Post your setup!

[VS Omega]

What type of case is that? Looks similar to the one Im getting, but i didnt notice the PSU was mounter on the bottom. Do you notice any heat problems with it mounted down their?

Coolermaster RC 690, bloody good case (I'd used el cheapo no name up until this build).. provisions for water cooling (not that I'm that keen) and HEAPS of room, one of the cases that can fit the heatsink snugly, did a lot of research before making purchase (as with everything), excel spreadsheets weighing up pros and cons.. nearly got some crazy cool looking Aerocool but in the end the strong features lured me into the boring looking RC690

[Tom_1569]

Coolermaster RC 690, bloody good case (I'd used el cheapo no name up until this build).. provisions for water cooling (not that I'm that keen) and HEAPS of room, one of the cases that can fit the heatsink snugly, did a lot of research before making purchase (as with everything), excel spreadsheets weighing up pros and cons.. nearly got some crazy cool looking Aerocool but in the end the strong features lured me into the boring looking RC690

Thanks for that. Just had a look at the case. Really like it, and its unique in design. Sideways mounted drives, has to amke it easier for hot swappable etc, and i like the way the PSU is bottom mounted, very different. Just doesnt have enough slots for what I want but its a cool case all the same.

[Pub247]

Well me being on a tight budget when old pc died built myself a cheapy.
HP 17inch crt moniter (nah not bad paid 40 for it when i first moved to melb 2 1/2 years ago)
EL Cheapo speakers
MS multimedia keyboard
Samsung optical mouse
160 gig ide WD hard drive
lg dvd burner

Thats all the stuff i retained from my old pc
New Stuff
AMD athlon 64x2 daul core processor 5600+
2gig of ram
Gigabyte motherboard
nvidia 8500gt
New cheapo case and power suplly
Netgear wireless card
Netgear dg834g router modem combe

that's it only cost me $470 all up

[burnz]

bought one for $550.
80 gig seagate.
1 gig ram ddr2 (i think).
lcd monitor 19" WS 1440X900.
gigabit mother, duel duo 6600 quad.
128 meg sheared onboard graphic's.

i dont use it for anything exept browse/email P2P.

[TA 91 WA]

Alright, this rig was $1000 and got it 6 months ago.

CPU: 1 x E6750 OC'd to 3.0Ghz
RAM: 4gb DDR2 800mhz
HDD: 2 x 500gb Sata II
GPU: 1 x 8800GT OC
Case: Silverstone PS01 with Fan Controller
Screen: 22" AOC Widescreen
Accessories: Silverstone CPU Cooler (2 x 60mm fans), 2 x 120mm fans << all 4 fans running off fan controller.

[tommo82]

nice rig tommo
good name too

[VSIIISU]

Black box (typhoon-bloated) (may change this to linux soon):
AMD Athlon64 X2 (2GHz each)
2GB OCZ dual channel DDR-SDRAM
ATi Radeon X850
3x WD 320GB (IDE)
LG Super Multi Drive
4x WD/Seagate 500GB SATA
1x WD 400GB USB
MSI Motherboard

Router (soon to be re-enlisted as linux desktop box) (windowsxp)
Intel Pentium-D (2.8GHz)
4GB DDR-SDRAM
64MB PCIe (Nvidia)
80GB Seagate SATA
Pioneer DVD-ROM Drive
Multidrive (unknown brand)
Realtek 10/100 network card
Dual Atheros AR5212 a/b/g wireless card
Gigabyte motherboard.

Have about 2 or 3 more boxens I need to setup before I can post my glorious computer room setup . 3 laptops I have in my collection, two of which needs repairing and I'm stuck with a crappy one for the time being.

[djeyecon]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
2GB Dual Channel G.Skill HZ DDR2-800 RAM
Coolermaster iGreen 600W PSU
Albatron GeForce 7950GX2 1GB Gfx Card
Cretive Audigy 4 Sound card
Gigabyte DQ6 Mobo
Seagate SATA 320GB H/D
WD Firewire 200GB external H/D
LG DLDVD Combo
Logitech 5.1 Surround sound
Logitech Wireless k/b and mouse

... gets me from a to b

[Heffer_Slayer]

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs),
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Hard Drive: 1.670 TB Total
Video Card: Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512mb
Monitor: CMV 221D
Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio output
Speakers/Headphones: Altec Lansing 2100, and Zalman 5.1 Headset
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse
Mouse Surface: Generic Mouse Pad
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Pro
Computer Case: Thermaltake Armor+

[TVR-190]

Windows Vista Home Premium

250Gb HD

1.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo

3Gb Ram

512mb NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

17.2 Inch Screen

DVD Super multi drive

Subwoofer, Bluetooth, IRDA, Wi-Fi

and this is how i was keeping it cool on this 35 degree day



temps:

[Ozzie]

Tower: Thermaltake Armour Server Case S1 With 25cm Side Fan
Power Supply: 800w Antec True Power
Motherboard: Asus P5K-E
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.66ghz
Graphic Card 1: Gigabyte ATI Radeon 2600 Pro 512mb DDR2
Graphic Card 2: Gigabyte ATI Radeon 2600 Pro 512mb DDR2
Hard Drive 1: WD Raptor 37gb Sata2
Hard Drive 2: WD Raptor 37gb Sata2
Hard Drive 3: Seagate Barracuda 320gb Sata2
Hard Drive 4: Seagate Barracuda 320gb Sata2
Hard Drive 5: Seagate Barracuda 320gb Sata2
Optical Drive 1: Asus Lightscribe 20X Sata DVD/CD Burner
Optical Drive 2: Asus Lightscribe 16X IDE DVD/CD Burner
Memory: 4 X 1gb (4gb) DDR2 800mhz Kingston

Other Added Features:
Full Thermaltake Liquid Cooling System
2 X VF1000 Zelman VGA Heatpipe Heatsink/fans
4 xCase Fans (Thermaltake)


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Hard Drive 1,2 - Raided Stripe0 (Windows Drive)
Hard Drive 3,4,5 - Raided Stripe0 (Storage Drive)
Both ATI's are native crossfire @ 1gb DDR2

[SweetWagon]

Built my first PC:

Asus Vento A8 case
450W Asus PSU
Gigabyte EP-45-DS3 MOBO
Intel E8500 CPU 3.16Ghz
2 x 1GB Kingston DDR2-800
Asus 512mb 8600GT
Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD
Samsung SATA 20x DVD
3 case fans
LG 19" LCD
Logitech Z4 2.1 speakers
Compaq keyboard
HP Mouse
WinXP- Professional SP3

[ucwepn]

I'm running:
Thermaltake power supply
Asus p5kpl-cm 1600fsb motherboard
intel pentium dual core e2180@2.00ghz
3gb generic ram ddr2 800mhz
asus pci-e 8600gt oc (not o/c'd)
250gb + 80gb hd
X-tec midi tower case (black)
19" asus vw192t lcd monitor

does the job on the cheeeeep! lol

[levymetal]

My pc is about 3 years old, bluescreens about twice a day now. Shame because the speed is still fine for what I use it for.

p4 3.2GHz
4gb ddr ram
60gb + 120gb + 160gb + 320gb hdds
radeon 9600xt 256mb
2x dvd burners
cheapo case and i custom built a clear side panel haha
neon light which never gets used
4 neon fans, again none of which are connected any more, too noisy and did nothing!

[Heffer_Slayer]

What blue screen do you get? maybe i can help u out..

[levymetal]

thanks man, i forgot now, i googled it a while back and no one knew the answer on how to solve it. my other problem is that, usually when loading something, the mouse becomes real jerky. my assumption is something is interrupting the processor so much that it affects the mouse movement. it's all hardware related - i can reformat a million times and i get the exact same problems. i have my suspicions, crappy gigabyte motherboard, dodgy ram, processor. no point replacing any of those components because it's all outdated and non transferable to a new pc if i got one.

[Heffer_Slayer]

Yer...definaltey sounds hardware related. If your mouse stutters, its because the cpu is maxed out. Though it should never get to that stage...sounds like your hardware is dieing but you are right. Could be any one of the things you have mentioned. If you want to rule out your ram try running a "mem test" and running prime95 to see if ur cpu is alright.

[radarak47]

some basics for you.

download memtest86+ and burn to CD. Start the computer and allow it to boot from the CD. This program will tell you if your ram is playing up. I find this is one of the most common problems for blue screens on older computers (bung RAM or bung DDR/DDRII ram slot on the mainboard). The second most common issue is drivers not up to date or conflicting with other installed hardware or corupt programs (software).

PM me if you want me to to a remote diagnostic on it.

[levymetal]

yeah i've done memtest before, no issues there, also tried manually running the computer with 1 stick in it at a time in each slot and i get the same issues. drivers are always 100% up to date. it's unexplainable. i can't remember how long ago it was that i ran memtest though, and for how long, so i'll give it another crack tonight and leave it on all night.

i dug up my google searches and found the error, IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. doing a google search on it and all the links are purple haha. never found the issue and just living with it now.

[Ozzie]

check ur system event log and it will tell you whats causing it

[BANKS]

I built this computer about 5 and a half years ago, besides the case, monitor, keyboard and mouse and its 100% out of date lol. Still play most games of today like COD4 with max settings, but cant run a huge resolution.

Case: Antec P182 Black
Motherboard: ASUS P4P800 Delux
CPU: Intel pentium 4 2.6ghz
RAM: 1gig DDR
HDD: 1 x 40gig, 1 x 160gig
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 7600GT 256mb
Optical: ASUS lightscribe DVD burner

Monitor: ASUS 22" MW221 LCD
Keyboard: Microsoft natural ergonomic 4000
Mouse: Logitech MX revolution
OS: Windows XP Professional

The new one that im building soon... Should do for another 5 or so years

Case: Antec P182 Black
PS: Antec Signiture 850watt
Motherboard: ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi
CPU: Intel Quad Core 2 Q9550 2.83Ghz 12MB Cache
RAM: 6gig DDR3 1600mhz
HDD: 1 x 1TB SATA, 2 x 500gig SATA
Graphics: ASUS GTX280 1gig
Optical: ASUS lightscribe DVD burner SATA
Cooling: ASUS Silent Knight CPU Cooler
Audio: ASUS XONAR HDAV1.3

Monitor: 2 x ASUS 24" MK241H
Keyboard: Logitech DiNovo EDGE
Mouse: Logitech MX revolution
OS: Windows vista ultimate 64bit

As you can see im a fan of ASUS lol, i'd rather spend more now to have a computer that lasts for 5 years then spend half and having to keep upgrading it once a year. Even thinking of going 8gig RAM for ****s a giggles

[holdensupporter2005]

Take the side off the case and have a look at the capacitors on the motherboard. You may have what is known as "Popped Caps" or "capacitor plague". Capacitor plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A few years ago it used to be a fairly common cause for bluescreens and other errors. Not so much these days as the use better capacitors.
Capacitor Plague can be noticed by looking at the top of the capacitors. If they are buldging or split at the top they have gone faulty. Sometimes on the worst affected board they may even be leaking.

[Ozzie]

LOL Banks

5 years ago it woulda been a dream pc haha technology sucks!!

[levymetal]

check ur system event log and it will tell you whats causing it

cheers, plenty of ati errors there, not sure if they are the bluescreens but i'll double check next time it happens

[BANKS]

LOL Banks

5 years ago it woulda been a dream pc haha technology sucks!!

Tell me about it lol It took me ages to build it cus i was still at school, by the time i got everything new gear was coming out. You can never win with it i reckon go overkill at the start and you'll be sweet