My Old PC Died...

Posted 12 March 2012 - 08:57 PM

... so I just built a new one instead of fixing it. Will have pics of things in a few days. Had a snag with the PSU so I need a new cable, but here's what I got in there right now.

• Case: Lian Li Lancool PC-K65B
• Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Performance (LGA 1155)
• CPU: Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10 gHz
• CPU Cooler: Prolimatech Armageddon with Prolimatech Blue Vortex 140mm fan
• RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 (PC3-12800)
• PSU: SeaSonic X650 Gold @ 650W
• Video: EVGA geForce GTX460 @ 1GB
• SSD: Crucial M4 64GB
• HDD1: Samsung Spinpoint 320GB
• HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB
• HDD3: Western Digital RE2 750GB
• HDD4: Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
• Optical: LG CD/DVD Burner
• Sound: Asus Xonar DS
• Display: LG Flatron IPS236 (23"), ViewSonic VG920 (19")
• Speakers: Dayton Audio 6 1/2" bookshelf speakers with Lepai LP-2020A+ amp
• Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
• Mouse: Logitech M500
• OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

At least you can see what went in it.

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 11:23 PM

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 11:39 PM

That's cause that's my PC workbench.

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 12:16 AM

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:45 PM

What caught my eye was that i5 box at a glance looked like a bag of cheeze-doodles. Which probably speaks more of my blood-sugar levels than the quality of the picture.


christ, thats a bit of cash for "A rig to replace the old one that just died", what do you do for a living

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 10:08 AM

I had a good chunk of the PC already. I recycle parts when possible. No point in buying brand new if I don't need to. Really, the new stuff I bought lately only set me back about $800, which really isn't that bad. Though, over half of that was financed with a loan from a friend.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 01:26 PM

Don't say you built a "new rig" if a good chunk of it already was bought .


If i get a good paying assignment within the next few weeks, I'll probably spend some of that cash on creating a new home PC for myself. I've only played bf3 with an average fps of 30, and I want more ssd disks for Os's. But right now the income flow is a bit parched, so I'll live.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 08:26 PM

A new PC really is the motherboard, CPU and RAM. And that was what I had to buy. Therefore, new PC.

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:40 PM

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 07:49 PM

The CRTs still work on my GTX460 but I have flat screens already.

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 08:10 PM

Also while we are complaining about things, shouldn't you have nailed some wall panels onto that wall? all that glass-fiber isolation out in the open might cause irritation to lungs if inhaled

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 09:48 AM

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 11:32 AM

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 09:22 PM

Do you actually need 16 GB of RAM?

This isn't about need. It's about cost effectiveness. It wasn't that much for it since I got it for under $90 and I tend to use quite a bit. Also Firefox likes to eat RAM like kids eat candy so I'm just well prepared.

She's up and running like a beast.


Aw hell yes.

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