Not bad...
Change the case though, good lord.
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Change the case though, good lord.
Gaming Build w/ Pictures
I decided to build a decent gaming rig after my graphics card went bad on my old Dell Pentium 4 system.
For the mean time, I'm just going to use my old Dell case to save a little money and have the "sleeper" effect.
Here are the parts I used:
DFI Lanparty JR P45
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Sapphire Ati Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5
WD Caviar 320GB 7200rpm
OCZ 700W Modular PSU
4GB Corsair DDR2 800
I downloaded Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit a little over a month ago, so I just used those as my OSes over two partitions.
Overall, the building process went pretty well. I did kind of struggle with the stock CPU cooler's interlocking mechanism though. After connecting everything, she booted right up with no problems whatsoever.
I do plan on upgrading some more as in a new case, SATA drives, and the CPU down the road, maybe.
Cable Management: I'd like to apologize to those who previously had perfect vision before seeing the pictures.
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Anyways, the Dell case isn't exactly suitable for any sort of cable management, so I tried to do what I could. I'm going to get a new case soon (I'm eying the Antec 300), so hopefully that will be more cable management friendly.
Old Dell specs:
Pentium 4HT 3.0GHZ
2GB DDR
Geforce 8500GT PCI
80GB HDD
Thanks for viewing.
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For the mean time, I'm just going to use my old Dell case to save a little money and have the "sleeper" effect.
Here are the parts I used:
DFI Lanparty JR P45
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Sapphire Ati Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5
WD Caviar 320GB 7200rpm
OCZ 700W Modular PSU
4GB Corsair DDR2 800
I downloaded Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit a little over a month ago, so I just used those as my OSes over two partitions.
Overall, the building process went pretty well. I did kind of struggle with the stock CPU cooler's interlocking mechanism though. After connecting everything, she booted right up with no problems whatsoever.
I do plan on upgrading some more as in a new case, SATA drives, and the CPU down the road, maybe.
Cable Management: I'd like to apologize to those who previously had perfect vision before seeing the pictures.
Old Dell specs:
Pentium 4HT 3.0GHZ
2GB DDR
Geforce 8500GT PCI
80GB HDD
Thanks for viewing.
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Thanks for the nice comments and advice.
I do plan on upgrading the case and CPU cooler next. Right now I'm mainly looking at the Antec 300, Cooler Master 690, or even the Antec 900 if possible. Although, I do find the sleeper effect amusing.
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I do plan on upgrading the case and CPU cooler next. Right now I'm mainly looking at the Antec 300, Cooler Master 690, or even the Antec 900 if possible. Although, I do find the sleeper effect amusing.
DELL? aaahhhh, its too good to be a dell. i would paint it all and get rid of the dell badge somehow lol, or just buy a new case. then again, its one hell of a Rig and if you want dell, you can have dell. totally up to you, thats why they are called personal computer=pc
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