10-20-2001, 09:20 PM
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the sho.gun PC (my new project)
I have finally decided to start on my project comp, it'll take a while to finish at the rate I get paid and maybe I'll even screw up something really bad that it won't end up finished. Here's what I'm putting together:
*Epox EP -8KHA+ kt266a mobo (also thinking of the MSI K7T266 pro2, i'm in love with the red mobo) *Athlon XP 1600 (I'm buying the mobo and cpu last, waiting on some price drops, and maybe I would win one on that AMD XP tour in LA) *Thermalright sk6 HS with that loud delta that comes with it *IMT-4000 mid tower case *Sound blaster audigy *Hercules kyroII 4500 64 mb *Pioneer 16x dvd slot load (I'm going to do this to it) *Plextor 24x cd rw (I might settle for a lite-on after all, depending on how much $ i have) *60 gb Maxtor *512 mb pc2100 ram *Enermax 431w PS **extra stuff I'm putting on** ~window on top of the case ~cut out some parts of the side of the case and grill them ~Lazer leds for inside lighting ~maybe put 2 panaflos on the side and 1 on top ~Rounded cables ~NewQ!!! ~paint the inside of the case ~put wheels on the case ~cut out top of case for the 2nd fan on the PSU and put a biohazard fan grill on it. ~more stuff when I think of em. 10/20/01 Ordered the case and the rounded cables, can't wait to start working on it, I need a dremel though...  Last edited by sho.gun : 10-20-2001 at 09:22 PM. |
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10-21-2001, 02:00 PM
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Chief of Naval Operations
 
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Everything looks good except...
Hercules kyroII 4500 64 mb
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10-21-2001, 02:52 PM
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Why does that look bad? It outperforms the GF2 Pro in a lot of stuff at 32bit color. Granted it doesn't do as well as a GF3 or an ATI 8500, but what if he can't afford that?
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10-21-2001, 03:00 PM
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Gotta go with nvidia. Sorry, I think the Kyro is a waste of money.
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10-21-2001, 03:10 PM
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10-21-2001, 07:13 PM
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the lemonizer
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I've been debating whether or not to get the kyro or a geforce, but the kyros are a really good card for their price and performance. If by the time i get my vid card geforce 2 prices go down to under $100 then I'd get them. Also, maybe that kyro3 will come out soon... and as for gforce3's, i'm gonna have to sell my bed to buy that.
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10-22-2001, 03:34 PM
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Re: the sho.gun PC (my new project)
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No, don't get that. Just get an SBLive. From what I have heard the audigy is the start of hardware filtering to block the playing of unregistered music. |
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10-22-2001, 04:29 PM
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the lemonizer
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Re: Re: the sho.gun PC (my new project)
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AAAHH!! Is that true? Well crap, if it is I'm just going to get a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz instead of a SBlive card. Man, I was looking forward to the firewire capability too.  |
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11-04-2001, 07:26 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
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how far are you along buliding this now?
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11-04-2001, 08:12 PM
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Re: Re: the sho.gun PC (my new project)
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I dont mean to be a jerk, but do you have any proof of this? Or is this jsut somethign youve heard? I have the audigy and I have no trouble playing music... |
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11-04-2001, 08:29 PM
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poo on pc2100 ram get some 2700
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11-04-2001, 08:29 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
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how much $ is that case?
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11-04-2001, 10:44 PM
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the lemonizer
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Well, the case was $54 and as of right now nothing has been done to it yet. I'm planning on modding the thing so one of these days I gotta visit home depot and get some clear acrylic thing, wheels, and that sort of stuff.
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11-05-2001, 07:36 PM
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Re: Re: Re: the sho.gun PC (my new project)
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Nope, just heard about it like I said. It must not be true if you have one and it works fine. As I don't have one, I have to go by what I hear. |
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11-06-2001, 06:41 PM
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Ya, I havent had one instance of trouble playing MP3's out of it... getting it to conenct to me DTT2500's in Digital though...
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11-30-2001, 01:02 AM
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the lemonizer
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So, time to update this I guess...
I got my case a while back and completely dissambled it for the mods. One setback was that the case construction was not what I thought it would be, when you take the side off, it comes off as a whole piece, like a U. Not a side open like I thought it would be. So then, improvise! I bought a lucite board and plan on making a clear door on the side, I've cut out the window and put in some chrome molding on the edges. Lookin good, now I gotta mount my "door", put in the wheels. I also got my fans from Xsiled2, 2 120mm fans and a panaflo 80mm. I connected to 2 120mms together so they use a single molex and also put a little switch on it, they move a LOT of air... I got some fangrills and painted them gold, now I'm thinking maybe I should paint the whole inside chassis gold. So the 2 120mms will go on the bottom of my case side by side sucking up air from below. Changed my case LEDs from the plain red & green to some ultra brite red and blue LEDs. I'll post pics when I have time. |
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12-01-2001, 01:53 AM
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the lemonizer
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Gonna order the following next week from Newegg:
*MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU 266MHz FSB ATX DDR IDE RAID USB 2.0 MOTHERBOARD *Athlon XP 1600 *Thermalright sk6 HS with that loud delta that comes with it *IMT-4000 mid tower case *Sound blaster audigy *Hercules kyroII 4500 64 mb *Pioneer 16x dvd slot load *Lite On 24x cd rw *2 40 gb Seagate IV 7200 RPM IDE Hard drives for RAID 0 *Enermax 431w PS w/ sleeping mode Gonna be around $970 with tax and shipping... thats so much money!! |
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12-01-2001, 02:58 AM
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usb 2.0 doesnt work with XP, or so i heard
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12-01-2001, 03:13 AM
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the lemonizer
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It does, just gotta dl some drivers/service pack thingie from M$ |
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12-01-2001, 03:14 AM
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the lemonizer
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But since there aren't any USB 2.0 devices out there yet, USB 2 won't be workin for a while... I guess I can run other USB stuff there but i want the speeeeeeeeed
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12-01-2001, 11:41 AM
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Nice. It all sound pretty good, but I would have changed a few things if it were me... Over all, though, really nice...
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12-02-2001, 02:29 AM
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the lemonizer
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(Blurry) Case Pictures!!
Picture 1 Side door view Notice the nice crack on it Top vent/window Sorry about the blurry pics, I'll post better ones later. |
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12-02-2001, 02:56 AM
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the lemonizer
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Those links need to be copy and pasted to your address bar, brinkster's not letting it work
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12-04-2001, 11:01 AM
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the lemonizer
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K those would be old pics as of Sunday night. I think I finished the case, I replaced the cracked door, changed the top window spacers to some cool looking gold stuff, put up my fans, handle, magnets to keep door shut, etc. Oh and yesterday I went to Fry's with a friend and decided to get a UV cold cathode for my comp and the power inverter for it. Wired it up last night and worked like a charm, one thing though, the lucite door I use filters out about 80% of the UV light so it doesnt really go through and make stuff outside the comp glow...
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12-06-2001, 11:02 AM
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the lemonizer
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Ordered pretty much everything last night from newegg except the CD-RW which is out of stock
 .I should be getting them in a couple of days... the tension feels so.. so.. aaaaaaaaaaaahhh!! |
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12-07-2001, 11:17 AM
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the lemonizer
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it comes today... but i'm at school GAAAAAAAAAAH i wanna go home!!
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03-07-2002, 03:04 PM
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the lemonizer
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/me goes back to shed to put back shovel...
Okay I finally got some pictures today and I made a small website for my new comp. Well it isn't exactly new... but here it is in all her glory: http://www.dslextreme.com/users/lumowa//Comp/comp.htm tease picture:  |
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03-09-2002, 10:24 AM
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Kyro was dumb... shoulda gotten a GF4MX or GF3ti450... I like the silver slot laoder, whats the easiest way to paint like that?
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03-09-2002, 10:48 AM
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Hate to point it out but the ATi8500 @ $140 is pretty much the best deal available in the video card world. |
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03-09-2002, 11:35 AM
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Damn that case is nice... I need to get my hand on one of those baby! Does anybody know if that case is any good in term of cooling???
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