My New Rig

[Falkirion]

Having decided to upgrade I went looking for parts which my friends gratefully helped me out with. This is the first build I've done on my own from scratch.
Specs.
Antec P193 Case
Corsair HX-1000 Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Motherboard
Powercolor Radeon HD5970 2GB
2 Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 6GB (3x2gb) DDR3
Seagate Barracuda 500gb ST3500418AS
Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB ST31500341AS
Samsung SH-B083L 8X Blu-Ray DVD Combo with Lightscribe
Intel Core I7 950
Zalman CNPS10X Extreme

Cost me $2,606 AUD but it was worth it. Best PC I've ever had, first I've built from scratch and gaming has never been so smooth.

[FIREWALL]

Nice Rig.:up: Isn't it better when you build it yourself ? :yep:

You'll get alot of enjoyment out it for some years to come. :rock:

[Castout]

Nice Rig.:up: Isn't it better when you build it yourself ? :yep:

You'll get alot of enjoyment out it for some years to come. :rock:

Ya bet!:yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

All that to play Tetris. :shifty: :har: J/K. Looks like a powerhouse! Enjoy. :up:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Yeah - it'd do...

*cries jealously*
:wah:

[Falkirion]

I just decided to splash out on this one. Budgeted high end so I dont have to upgrade for a while.

[Webster]

I just decided to splash out on this one. Budgeted high end so I dont have to upgrade for a while.


yep, things have slowed quite a bit for computers. used to be it was old before you got it home but now it lasts about a year before the new stuff is really that much better.

my guess is your fine for the next 5-7 years at least (maybe 10) before you even need to think about upgrading anything

[FIREWALL]

For a change the Game Co's. are going to have to catch up to you. :DL

[KleenHippie]

Here's what I've used in my first homegrown rig.
Corsair 800D Obsidian case
XFX 750W Black Edition PSU
ASUS Rampage III Extreme Mobo
i7 - 930 CPU OC'd to 3.6 Ghz
EVGA GTX470 Graphics Card
12Gs (6 x 2Gb) Ocz DDR3 Gold Series DRAM (Can't remember the speed rating but it works)
2 - 1Tb Black Caviar Drives set up in Raid
1 - 850 Gb Seagate Drive-Storage
1- 650 Gb WD Drive-Storage
LG BD Rewriter
And water cooling system made up of DangerDen and Swiftech parts off the shelf.
Windows 7 Home Premium
I actually started to upgrade my HP that I bought last year and I just kept buying more stuff every week until it turned into a different computer. I wanted to go with the new i7 processor which meant a new MOBO, and that didn't fit the case I had. Then I had all these empty memory slots to fill, and the dinky graphics card I had didn't look good thru the window, then I found that my PSU wasn't big enough. Then all this stuff started getting hot when I found the overclockers website... And I went right by a Microcenter on the way home everyday... All's that I have left is the HP2408 monitor from the original computer. I already have a list of stuff I want to add and change to this one. It's turned into an addiction!:rock:

[Seth8530]

Nice rigs guys. Im rocking it with as follows

8 gig DDR3 running at 1333
AMD 955 quad core 3.2 Overclocked to 3.74 GHZ
EVGA GTX 285 Overclocked to its limit ^_^
550 wat PSU
320 gig hdd /;

[Gerald]

Great rig Seth8530, :up:

[FIREWALL]

I just decided to splash out on this one. Budgeted high end so I dont have to upgrade for a while.



:har::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotf l2:

[Seth8530]

Thanks, im hoping she will pull me through untill next summer lol