Reworked Cables in best budget sleeper ever! (V2)


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Posted: May 17, 2006
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» AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 256MB ram (upgraded soon after purchase) built-in VGA (upgraded soon after purchase) 80 HDD DVD+-RW DL Price for computer=$750 -$250 rebate -$50 rebate -$50 rebate -$75 Discount +$180 for ATI X800 GTO2 (unlocked and overclocked) +140 for 1GB + 2X512 GB (not optimized yet with pairing, but whatever!) Total = $645!! The performance? It speaks for itself with the GTO2 @ 581/629 » I broke the 6600 after some more oc confidence: 6731!! » http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2021208 »  I think i'm going to upgrade the psu next, and maybe new case, whichever the best deals come by (i'm rooting for a 450watt ~$15 or so after rebates)
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As much cable management as I could do. The first case photo is factory stock with everything just dropped in. I paid a little more attention to everything, and it looks a million times better (imho). please give me advice on what you would do next considering the project ( where cheap has to = good performance) side note, i think i am going to put a window in this thing (if i can get a window with air vents in it that fits this thing!)

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by markkleb (May 17th - 8:03 PM) - Reply | Edit
Go here and check out some of the ideas...

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=11774

nice job so far. Except for the Apple logo, lol
by PVTCaboose1337 (May 17th - 9:10 PM) - Reply
Apple is EVIL! They stole my money with that I-Pot of theirs.
by chris03 (May 18th - 1:31 PM) - Reply | Edit
ONE problem you went to PC world if i may say that is really stupid of you and you got APPLE and PC WORLD have you gone mad.but excepted from that i think the specs are ok and 1 thing how much did it cost from PC world
by i_am_mustang_man (May 18th - 6:21 PM) - Reply
by: chris03
ONE problem you went to PC world if i may say that is really stupid of you and you got APPLE and PC WORLD have you gone mad.but excepted from that i think the specs are ok and 1 thing how much did it cost from PC world

first off, what?
pc world? i got it at office depot months ago

the pricing you can find in my previous build, i haven't spent any more money on it

lastly, to all you mac bashers, you clearly have never used a mac recently, with their unix console availability and their prowess at video and sound editing, they are top notch machines. of course they're not gaming machines, that's why i didn't post my mac here. also, i put the apple sticker on the pc because i am trying to run dual boot on this computer, the inverse of boot camp: run osx86 on this and windows via a partition that i can access in bios (trying to work a way to have it give me a menu when it first boots up, but i haven't worked on it in so long i don't even think i could pick up where i left off)

plus, it's funny to have an apple sticker on a pc, methinks :-)
by markkleb (May 18th - 7:37 PM) - Reply | Edit
Its ur comp and you can do anything you want to it. Its just like putting a Ford sticker on my Camaro....
by drade (May 18th - 7:47 PM) - Reply
by: markkleb
Its ur comp and you can do anything you want to it. Its just like putting a Ford sticker on my Camaro....
Lol, thatd be funny..... What year is it?
by markkleb (May 18th - 7:48 PM) - Reply | Edit
69 its a RS/SS 396.
by drade (May 18th - 7:59 PM) - Reply
Nice, id like to see some pictures sometime if thats ok, I just have a thing with cars, its ok if you dont want to, never really seen a 69 camaro.
by markkleb (May 18th - 8:20 PM) - Reply | Edit
? never?
by drade (May 18th - 8:22 PM) - Reply
Im serouis, Im very new to cars, I just saw my first 69 mustang sweet car, but I want to see that camaro, I find cars confusing /amazing
by Velcro (May 18th - 8:35 PM) - Reply
nice job on the routing! LOOKS MUCH BETTA1
by i_am_mustang_man (May 18th - 11:54 PM) - Reply
by: markkleb
Its ur comp and you can do anything you want to it. Its just like putting a Ford sticker on my Camaro....

it would be like that, if your camaro also had a ford engine in it that it could run off
by i_am_mustang_man (May 19th - 8:54 PM) - Reply
on the 450watt ~$15 note

today, the fry's ad for my city (san diego) had the antec smartpower 2.0 500 watt for 54.99 before a 40.00 MIR. just picked it up and plopped it in. now i can add more fans and lights and stuff!! it's modular cables too, which kicks ass, plus my mobo is now (finally) running on a 24pin plug unlike the sketchy 20-pin 300W psu that my comp came with

it's in store only
by Steevo (May 19th - 11:08 PM) - Reply
E-macrap. Ewww.


Good job on the cleanup though. Kudos+++
by Alec§taar (May 20th - 11:49 AM) - Reply
I noted you have round cables going into it - you're going to like that, this is for certain!

I did @ least.

I went to using those for floppies, HDD's (EIDE mostly, now only on my SONY DRU 810a DVD burner), etc & have NOT looked back (& SATA/SATA2 has only made airflow even better, because they are tiny cables, inside of my cases here).

They cost a bit more, but you have them & can use them, system-to-system, all the way up to the death of std. IDE/EIDE or the floppy drive itself (which, imo, is not going to happen in either case anytime soon).

:)

* Keep @ it, it's not that expensive to get into (for once, something on a PC that doesn't "break you" going "high-end" & that's better cabling) either...

APK

P.S.=>
the antec smartpower 2.0 500 watt for 54.99 before a 40.00 MIR. just picked it up and plopped it in.
You're going to like that, a lot - I do! I have the same one here, & you only add power shunt harnesses "AS NEEDED", plugging them in as needed... this I liked, very much! PLUS, they're ALL BRAIDED & such, makes for a much neater case interior... apk
by markkleb (May 26th - 4:41 PM) - Reply | Edit
I am a big fan of rebates and sales and even used stuff. Great job of not wasting money..
by Batou1986 (May 30th - 4:07 AM) - Reply
thats perfect kinda reminds me of my dell4600 that i rewired
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