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Owner: BrooksyX
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Posted: Feb 13, 2008
Last Update: Feb 13, 2008 20:48
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Rating: Outstanding (7.0)
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System Specs:
» Amd Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 3.0 Ghz » Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 AM2 Motherboard » Leadtek Nvidia 8600gt - Bios Modded 660/1512/800 » 4 GB of G. Skill DDR2 800 (4 x1 GB) » Seagate 250 GB Sata II HDD w/ 16mb Cache » Pioneer 112d DVD-Burner » Thermaltake TR2 430 Watt PSU » Generic Black Rosewill case » ViewSonic 19" Widescreen LCD » Arctic Freezer 64 Pro Cpu Cooler » Arctic Accelero S2 VGA Cooler » Windows XP Pro SP2
Performed Mods:
Third party CPU & VGA cooling, Cut out fan grills, OCed CPu and Video card.
This is just a temporary Build for now. Plan on getting a new video card, case, and psu this summer. Not bad for below $500 though. 3dMark06: 5150

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by NeoCrisis (February 13th - 9:24 PM) - Reply
7/10
Clean and simple, nothing fancy... nice work on your cables.
If anything id paint the inside/back of your case to give it a more elegant look.

you should take that vga cooler and put it on a 8800GT or GTS(G92) and it'll double your 3dmark score
by AphexDreamer (February 13th - 9:28 PM) - Reply
7 out of 10 from me to.

I say you replace that Nvidia Card with an ATI to call it a true AMD rig, but thats just me.
by BrooksyX (February 13th - 9:33 PM) - Reply
Thanks for the input. Im defenantly planning on getting a new video card soon, either an 8800gt or HD3850. Just need the money first :(
by tkpenalty (February 14th - 1:24 AM) - Reply
*Tkpenalty is freaked out how similar that build is to his secondary*

Nicely done, very clean build that looks rather nice. See that hole next to the PSU? route your spare wires behind the mobo tray; its neater.
by Silverel (February 14th - 11:29 AM) - Reply
Very clean and good cable work. The case is not particularly great, and pics are fuzzy. Offsetting between aesthetics and attention to detail along with build quality. I dub thee 6/10.
by kyle2020 (February 14th - 12:03 PM) - Reply
7/10 on this - brilliant cable management, very clean and tidy - just slap an 8800GT in it and possibly wrap it in a new case - antec 900's are cheap and great for keeping everything looking nice and feeling cold. Still, nice little rig, would keep up with most up to date shizzle haha.
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