Probably the final specs....

[beau_zo_brehm]

these are probably going going to be the final specs for the computer im about to be buidling.... IM SO NERVOUS.... this is goin to be the first computer ive ever built and im scared im gonna screw up! dont even try converting me to amd though because im way beyond that descision! I would like any kind of feedback as far as compatability, performance, and the such....

Case (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: X-Clear

Price: $99 (with 5 fans included)

URL: http://www.xoxide.com/clearacatxca.html


Power Supply (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: ModRight X-Connect 500W Ultra Modular Titanium ATX Power Supply with UV Cable Kit

Price: $129

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/psu-94.html?id=vbESQb7U


Motherboard (IS IT COMPATABLE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE?)

Model: ABIT "AG8" i915P Chipset Motherboard

Price: $144

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-182&depa=0


Processor (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 540

Price: $299

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-183&depa=1


RAM (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: Geil Ultra Series Dual Channel Kit

Price: $313

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-320&depa=1


The Video Card (NERVOUS ABOUT PCI-E)

Model: ASUS ATI RADEON X600 XT Video Card

Price: $230

URL:http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-121-513&DEPA=1


The Floppy Drive

Model: Alps Beige 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive

Price: $13

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-301&depa=0


The DVD-RW Drive

Model: Sony Beige 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive

Price: $44

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-818&depa=0


The DVD-ROM Drive

Model: ARTEC 16X DVD-ROM Drive

Price: $26
URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-120-506&depa=0


Hard Drive (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive

Price: $121 (with cables)

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-200&depa=1


Sound Card (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2

Price: $88

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=29-102-162&depa=1


Keyboard

Model: Logitech BLACK Optical Desktop

Price: $18 (includes mouse)

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=23-126-141&depa=1

Mouse

Model: Logitech BLACK Optical Desktop

Price: $18 (includes keyboard)

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=23-126-141&depa=1


Speakers (NOT WILLING TO CHANGE)

Model: Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 Surround Sound Speaker System

Price: $102

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=36-116-140&depa=0

Monitor

Model: AOpen F70CS 17" LCD Monitor

Price: $352

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-174-017&depa=1


Operating System

Model: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Price: $104

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=37-102-025&DEPA=0


Thermal Monitor

Model: Beige DigiDoc 5+

Price: $39

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/tmp-11.html


(I NEED ALL THE HELP WITH COOLING AS I CAN GET!!!)

Cooling

Reservoir

Model: Tundra Dual 3.5" Bay Reservoir

Price: $29

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-res-35.html



Radiator

Model: Danger Den Black Ice Pro 120mm Radiator

Price: $67 w/ fan

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-rad-07.html



Pump

Model: Hydor L20 185GPH Pump

Price: $35

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-pmp-10.html



CPU Waterblock (COMPATABLE WITH LGA775?????)

Model: Koolance CPU-300-V10 CPU Water Block

Price: $60

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-blc-81.html



Video Card Waterblock (COMPATABLE WITH X600???)

Model: Danger Den MAZE4 GPU

Price: $48

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-blc-74.html


Chipset Waterblock (COMPATABLE WITH MOTHERBOARD???)

Model: MAZE4 Chipset

Price: $39

URL: http://www.dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4_chipset.asp


Expense Sheet-
Case: $99
Power Supply: $129
Motherboard: $144
Processor: $299
RAM: $313
Video Card: $230
Floppy Drive: $13
DVD-RW Drive: $44
DVD-ROM Drive: $26
Hard Drive: $111
Sound Card: $88
Keyboard: $18
Mouse: Comes with keyboard
Speakers: $102
Monitor: $352
Operating System: $104
Thermal Monitor: $59
Cooling: $278

Total: $2473


what do ya think?

all help is appreciated.... thx!

 

[ziptieboy]

Well you DVD-RW drive isn't exactly a DVDRW. It is a CDRW, with a DVDROM, as a combo. So if you actually want a DVD-RW, then I suggest looking for a new drive. If you don't need a DVD-RW, then drop your DVDROM drive and just get this combo drive.
I don't know about the other stuff though

zip

 

[termin@tor]

What is it going to be used for? Everything looks pretty compatible... should be an awesome system

The DVD-RW Drive

Model: Sony Beige 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive

Price: $44

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-106-818&depa=0

That's not a DVD RW!! There is absolutely NO POINT in getting a CD-RW/DVD combo and then getting ANOTHER DVD!!!!!! This is important. This is only a combo meaning that it can only READ DVD's not record them. It can record CD's. The other drive you got is a DVD with the exact same speed as this one. There is no point in doing this. Get a DVD-RW and keep the CD-RW/DVD combo (the one I quoted above) The point in this is to get faster speeds for recording CD's and faster DVD playback, while having a DVD-RW that can record DVD's.

The hard drive is good, but you will DEFINITLY need more space. You see, hard drive manufacturers count 1 GB as 1000MB insted of its actual value (1024MB) Windows, recognizes a GB as its regular value (1024MB). All applications also recognize 1GB as 1024MB and not 1000MB. This means, you're not acutally getting 36.7GB's. Also, windows itself with all the needed components and other things eats up at least another 5 GB's. You'll only have about 25 or a few more GB's for your applications! This is very little space!!! A game like Far Cry requires more than 5GB!!! About 4 games, and that's it, you're done. Over. So, get a bigger hard drive. Keep this one, it's a good, fast drive, but get another SATA one with at least 80GB for storage. Install Windows on the smaller drive, also install some of the applications you need a fast hard drive for. Then use the other drive for storage.

I can see you're going for extremely high overclocks, voltages and FSB... I mean, that RAM, and the processor. They just have OVERCLOCK ME written all over them.
If you have the money, you should consider getting phase change. If you don't, then I guess water is enough.

Now, I can see you're really going for looks. A good looking setup is nice. That rad is way overpriced, IMO. It might look nice, but it's just way too small, and not capable enough for its price. Get a heater core. Dtek has some good, cheap, and good looking heater cores. If you're not going for looks (which is probably not the case looking at your other components) go to dangerden.com, and get their double heater core. It would be "ugly" in your all clear setup, but it does the job fine. If not, get one of these:
http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=103

It's cheap, it's beautiful, and you'll get much better performance than that black ice pro.

The pump - I don't think that would be powerful enough for all of this. With the money you saved on the rad, I'd go with a better pump. Get an eheim 1250. Much more dependable, quiet, and better performing. If it's too big for your tastes, you should look into the hydors 30,35. I'm not very familiar with hydors, but you would need more head pressure and GPH. My vote goes for the eheim 1250 and you could get one pretty cheap at dangerden.com.

CPU waterblock. Don't get it. It SUCKS!!! Way too expensive for the bad performance. Get a white water. It will be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than that koolance crap and it EVEN COSTS LESS!!!111 Add that to the money you saved from the rad, and you could get an MCP600 pump which would be really nice for your setup! You can get a white water at dtekcustoms.com. Do some research on compatibility though. It should fit on that mobo/cpu. They have it for all kinds of systems. Just get it, ok? I don't want to see you wasting 60 bucks like this. On the other hand, you could donate them to me because I am poor and I am trying to help you

Vid card block should be compatible with card. They x600 are just like 9600's, so yeah, you can get that block. Get it from the original makers though. Frozen CPU sell stuff way overpriced. Danger den (IMO the best place to get water cooling stuff) has it for much cheaper:
http://dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4gpu.asp
The money I save you, you could donate to me. I would gladly accept any donations because I'm pretty broke right now

For the chipset block, I think it should be compatible as well. Yeah, I think it should fit. That danger den block fits on almost all motherboards... actually I haven't seen one it doesn't fit on, but I'm sure if you look around, you'll find a mobo it doesn't fit on. You could get that from frozen CPU because the prices are the same... it doesn't really matter. It's your choice.

Other than that, that should be a pretty good system. When you build it, take pics and make a thread about it so we can all enjoy it!

 

[abitavenger]

Umm i heard some bad things about that case. Fingerprints out the wahoo, and something like you have to take the whole mobo out to just get inside of the case :-\

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

Umm i heard some bad things about that case. Fingerprints out the wahoo, and something like you have to take the whole mobo out to just get inside of the case :-\

i know but its so pretty!

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

What is it going to be used for? Everything looks pretty compatible... should be an awesome system



That's not a DVD RW!! There is absolutely NO POINT in getting a CD-RW/DVD combo and then getting ANOTHER DVD!!!!!! This is important. This is only a combo meaning that it can only READ DVD's not record them. It can record CD's. The other drive you got is a DVD with the exact same speed as this one. There is no point in doing this. Get a DVD-RW and keep the CD-RW/DVD combo (the one I quoted above) The point in this is to get faster speeds for recording CD's and faster DVD playback, while having a DVD-RW that can record DVD's.

The hard drive is good, but you will DEFINITLY need more space. You see, hard drive manufacturers count 1 GB as 1000MB insted of its actual value (1024MB) Windows, recognizes a GB as its regular value (1024MB). All applications also recognize 1GB as 1024MB and not 1000MB. This means, you're not acutally getting 36.7GB's. Also, windows itself with all the needed components and other things eats up at least another 5 GB's. You'll only have about 25 or a few more GB's for your applications! This is very little space!!! A game like Far Cry requires more than 5GB!!! About 4 games, and that's it, you're done. Over. So, get a bigger hard drive. Keep this one, it's a good, fast drive, but get another SATA one with at least 80GB for storage. Install Windows on the smaller drive, also install some of the applications you need a fast hard drive for. Then use the other drive for storage.

I can see you're going for extremely high overclocks, voltages and FSB... I mean, that RAM, and the processor. They just have OVERCLOCK ME written all over them.
If you have the money, you should consider getting phase change. If you don't, then I guess water is enough.

Now, I can see you're really going for looks. A good looking setup is nice. That rad is way overpriced, IMO. It might look nice, but it's just way too small, and not capable enough for its price. Get a heater core. Dtek has some good, cheap, and good looking heater cores. If you're not going for looks (which is probably not the case looking at your other components) go to dangerden.com, and get their double heater core. It would be "ugly" in your all clear setup, but it does the job fine. If not, get one of these:
http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=103

It's cheap, it's beautiful, and you'll get much better performance than that black ice pro.

The pump - I don't think that would be powerful enough for all of this. With the money you saved on the rad, I'd go with a better pump. Get an eheim 1250. Much more dependable, quiet, and better performing. If it's too big for your tastes, you should look into the hydors 30,35. I'm not very familiar with hydors, but you would need more head pressure and GPH. My vote goes for the eheim 1250 and you could get one pretty cheap at dangerden.com.

CPU waterblock. Don't get it. It SUCKS!!! Way too expensive for the bad performance. Get a white water. It will be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than that koolance crap and it EVEN COSTS LESS!!!111 Add that to the money you saved from the rad, and you could get an MCP600 pump which would be really nice for your setup! You can get a white water at dtekcustoms.com. Do some research on compatibility though. It should fit on that mobo/cpu. They have it for all kinds of systems. Just get it, ok? I don't want to see you wasting 60 bucks like this. On the other hand, you could donate them to me because I am poor and I am trying to help you

Vid card block should be compatible with card. They x600 are just like 9600's, so yeah, you can get that block. Get it from the original makers though. Frozen CPU sell stuff way overpriced. Danger den (IMO the best place to get water cooling stuff) has it for much cheaper:
http://dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4gpu.asp
The money I save you, you could donate to me. I would gladly accept any donations because I'm pretty broke right now

For the chipset block, I think it should be compatible as well. Yeah, I think it should fit. That danger den block fits on almost all motherboards... actually I haven't seen one it doesn't fit on, but I'm sure if you look around, you'll find a mobo it doesn't fit on. You could get that from frozen CPU because the prices are the same... it doesn't really matter. It's your choice.

Other than that, that should be a pretty good system. When you build it, take pics and make a thread about it so we can all enjoy it!

thx for all that! im about to check in to all the changes you reccomended. i really would donate u the money i save, but its not actually my money so i cant.

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

i have another question.... the white water waterblock, i read the guide on how to mount it and it said to take the heatsink cage off, on prescott cores and the lga775 isnt the heatsink core directly connected to the core. basically what i am asking is, will taking the cage off kill my cpu?

 

[termin@tor]

i have another question.... the white water waterblock, i read the guide on how to mount it and it said to take the heatsink cage off, on prescott cores and the lga775 isnt the heatsink core directly connected to the core. basically what i am asking is, will taking the cage off kill my cpu?

I'm not completely sure I understand what you're asking. You have to take the cage off almost all motherboards to mount a water block. Some water blocks don't require taking the cage off, but most do. It's shouldn't be a problem at all though because as long as the heatsink/water block makes good contact with the core and has a thin layer of thermal compound inbetween it and the core, it'll work just fine. It doesn't matter if the cage is removed or not.
I'm not really sure on compatilbility though. You can always make a custom metal plate that you could mount over the water block with holes drilled over where the holes in the motherboard are so that you could mount it.

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

I'm not completely sure I understand what you're asking. You have to take the cage off almost all motherboards to mount a water block. Some water blocks don't require taking the cage off, but most do. It's shouldn't be a problem at all though because as long as the heatsink/water block makes good contact with the core and has a thin layer of thermal compound inbetween it and the core, it'll work just fine. It doesn't matter if the cage is removed or not.
I'm not really sure on compatilbility though. You can always make a custom metal plate that you could mount over the water block with holes drilled over where the holes in the motherboard are so that you could mount it.

thx, how hard would it be to make a custom mount(if i have to)? im inexpeirienced with stuff like that so the easier the better. i really dont have much of a toolkit either.

 

[termin@tor]

Well, it wouldn't be that hard. All you would need is a drill, a mounting kit (which comes with the block, and some tough material you can use to hold the water block down firmly from all ends with equal pressure.
All you would have to do is drill 3 holes in the middle for the barbs, and then 1 hole in each corner directly over the motherboard holes. Pretty easy if you could find good material that won't break the block (you shuold get aluminum top) or it won't break itself.
Should be fairly easy. I'll try to use my 1337 pain skillz to show you sort of what it has too look like

Alright, here's my 5 minute job:
If it's blurry, click on it to make it larger.

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

Updated Specs

here are the updated specs.... i managed to make the damn thing better and cheaper at the same time!

Case

Model: X-Clear

Price: $99 (with 5 fans included)

URL: http://www.xoxide.com/clearacatxca.html


Specs:
4 x 5.25" exposed bays
2 x 3.5" exposed bays
5 x 3.5" internal HDD bays



Power Supply

Model: ModRight X-Connect 500W Ultra Modular Titanium ATX Power Supply with UV Cable Kit

Price: $129

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/psu-94.html?id=vbESQb7U


Specs:
1x 17.75" 1-pin Pentium 4 Power Cable
1x 17.75" 20-pin ATX Motherboard Cable
1x 17.15" 6-pin Zeon Power Cable
1x 17.15" 4-pin Molex Power Cable
1x 21.75" 4-pin Molex Power Cable
1x 17.75" Y-Cable with (1) Floppy Power Connector and (2) 4-pin Molex Connector
2x 17.75" Y-Cable with (2) 4-pin Molex Connector
Motherboard

Model: ABIT "AA8-DuraMAX" i925X Chipset Motherboard

Price: $160

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-180&depa=0



Specs:
Supported CPU: Intel Prescott LGA775 Processors
Chipset: Intel 925X + ICH6R
FSB: 800MHz
RAM:4 240-pin DIMM for Dual-Channel DDR2 533/400 Max 4GB
IDE: 1 ATA 100 up to 2 Devices
Slots: 1 PCI Express x16, 3 PCI Express x1, 2 PCI
Processor

Model: Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 540

Price: $288

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-183&depa=1



Specs:
Model: Intel Pentium 4 540 w/ Hyper Threading
Core: Prescott
Operating Frequency: 3.2GHz
FSB: 800MHz
Cache: L1/12K+16K; L2/1MB
Voltage: 1.4V
Process: 90nm
Socket: LGA 775
RAM

Model: Crucial Ballistix 240-Pin 512MB DDR2 PC2-5300

Price: $275*2 ($550)

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-161-403&depa=1



Specs:
Manufacturer: Crucial
Speed: DDR2-667 (PC2-5300)
Type: 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 4
Support Voltage: 1.9V
Bandwidth: 5.3GB/s



The Video Card

Model: ASUS ATI RADEON X600 XT Video Card

Price: $230

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-121-513&DEPA=1


Specs:
Chipset/Core Speed: ATI RADEON X600 XT/503MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/736MHz
BUS: 16 lanes PCI Express
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz

The Floppy Drive

Model: Alps Beige 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive

Price: $13

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-301&depa=0



The CD-RW Drive

Model: Aopen Chameleon 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive

Price: $42

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-547&depa=1



The DVD-RW Drive

Model: NU Technology 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive

Price: $67
URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-154-010&depa=1


Hard Drive

Model: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive

Price: $154

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-160&depa=1



Specs:
Capacity: 74GB
Average Seek Time: 4.5 ms
Buffer: 8MB
Rotational Speed: 10000 RPM
Interface: Serial ATA



Sound Card

Model: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy LS

Price: $53

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=29-102-160&depa=0


Specs:
Channels: 5.1
Max Sampling Rate: 96KHz
Signal-Noise Ratio: 100dB
Digital Audio: 24-bit
Polyphony: 1024 Voices
PC Interface: PCI
Keyboard

Model: Logitech BLACK Optical Desktop

Price: $18 (includes mouse)

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=23-126-141&depa=1



Mouse

Model: Logitech BLACK Optical Desktop

Price: $18 (includes keyboard)

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=23-126-141&depa=1

Speakers

Model: Logitech Z640 5.1 Speakers

Price: $43

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=36-121-104&depa=0


Monitor

Model: AOC CT710G 17" CRT Monitor

Price: $91

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-160-130&depa=1




Operating System

Model: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Price: $104

URL: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=37-102-025&DEPA=0




Thermal Monitor

Model: Beige DigiDoc 5+

Price: $59

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/tmp-11.html


Cooling

Reservoir

Model: Tundra Dual 3.5" Bay Reservoir

Price: $29

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-res-35.html


Radiator

Model: Pro-120 Hi Performance Radiator

Price: $35

URL: http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=103


Pump

Model: Eheim 1048

Price: $49

URL: http://dangerden.com/mall/Pumps/Pump_eheim.asp


CPU Waterblock

Model: White Water Waterblock

Price: $55

URL: http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=108


Video Card Waterblock

Model: Danger Den MAZE4 GPU

Price: $40

URL: http://dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4gpu.asp


Chipset Waterblock

Model: FSB Northbridge Cooler

Price: $40

URL: http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=92



Other

Motherboard Adaptor

Model: Higher Power 20 to 24 Pin Adaptor

Price: $13

URL: http://www.highpowersupply.com/product-ac-2024.htm



Hard Drive Cables

Model: Serial ATA data cable

Price: $7

URL: http://www.pccasegear.com/prod974.htm


Radiator Fan

Model: Blue UV Reactive 120mm Fan

Price: $10

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/fuv-07.html



Cold Cathodes

Model: Dual 12" Cold Cathode Kit - Ultra Bright UV

Price: $15

URL: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/lit-46.html


Tubes

Model: Danger Den UV TUBING

Price: $9(4 ft)

URL: http://dangerden.com/mall/Misc_Hardware/tubing_clamp.asp


Expense Sheet-
Case: $99
Power Supply: $129
Motherboard: $160
Processor: $288
RAM: $550
Video Card: $230
Floppy Drive: $13
CD-RW Drive: $42
DVD-RW Drive: $67
Hard Drive: $154
Sound Card: $53
Keyboard: $18
Mouse: Comes with keyboard
Speakers: $43
Monitor: $91
Operating System: $104
Thermal Monitor: $59
Cooling: $249
Other: $54

Total: $2458





ehh better? this think has OC written all over it the ram deffinetly wont be limiting my overclock and my goal is 4 ghz stable.

 

[100mbHD]

wowowowsa. thats some crazy stuff. BE SURE TO TAKE PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It shoudl look awesome. My advice would be to get a quality monitor. In my opinion, NEC make some of the best monitors, but then again, they are pretty expensive. I noticed that you went from an LCD to CRT. that is your choice. but anyhow it should be a killer PC. Dont forget to take the pics.

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

wowowowsa. thats some crazy stuff. BE SURE TO TAKE PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It shoudl look awesome. My advice would be to get a quality monitor. In my opinion, NEC make some of the best monitors, but then again, they are pretty expensive. I noticed that you went from an LCD to CRT. that is your choice. but anyhow it should be a killer PC. Dont forget to take the pics.

i promise to take pics when i get my hands on a digital camera. (my old one died)

the reason i went from lcd to crt was to fit under a certain budget i had, if i had the extra dough i'd deffinetly get an lcd. i will in the future upgrade to lcd but for now ill live with crt.

edit: speaking of upgrades, im gonna start saving up for a prommy!

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

just a little update, i have ordered all the parts to build the pc

 

[100mbHD]

niiice.....i cant wait to see it fully finished. it should be awesome.

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

niiice.....i cant wait to see it fully finished. it should be awesome.

thx, i really hope it is. btw i bit the bullet and got the lcd monitor

 

[100mbHD]

sweet, that just makes your setup that much better. Where are your parts expected to come? Newegg usually ships next day. Since i live about 20 min from their wherehouse in Los Angeles, I get everything next day .

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

sweet, that just makes your setup that much better. Where are your parts expected to come? Newegg usually ships next day. Since i live about 20 min from their wherehouse in Los Angeles, I get everything next day .

Aww, man your lucky! All of my stuff should be here on Thursday

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

its 5:15 on thursday and nothing is here......

 

[100mbHD]

check tracking number!!!!! if it says out for delivery, dont worry, sometimes UPS comes as late as 7pm. thats if its comming UPS. Fedex doesnt deliver after 4pm. so i dunno.