Holy messiness Batman!

Cool though!

OMG I can see Megaman toys! <3

Specsplz.

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If it's not as drop dead sexy as Cyc's PC then don't bother.

PLEEEEEEEEASE tell me that doesn't read "Compaq".

~Rico

*Steals topic*

Look at my sexy, messy dorm room. Yep, that's my PC... Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition CPU 3.20GHz, 3.21GHz, 512MB RAM... With an All-In-Wonder 9800 Series card in it...and a Sony DVD + - R/RW burner.

My uncle helped me build it...

My speakers are the best part of my computer /cuz they're loud as hell. Otherwise my computer is not outstanding.

I do have an 8-in-1 media reader. n.N

I guess we might as well make this the e-peen thread.

CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester (dual-2.2GHz)
Mobo: DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D
RAM: OCZ Platinum EL PC3200 2x1GB
GPU: eVGA GeForce 7800GT 256MB PCI-E
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
HDD: Seagate Barracuda IX - 250GB
ODD: Samsung WriteMaster DVD+/-RW +DL
PSU: Fortron Blue Storm, 500W
Case: Lian-Li PC-V1000
LCD: Samsung SyncMaster 913v
KB&M: Logitech Bluetooth Desktop MX5000

Way to rain on my parade, guys. I can't build. I have to buy.

Anyway, here's the specs.

I'm just warning you. It was cheap for a reason. So if something goes wrong with it, you'll know why.

EDIT: There are alternatives between building your own and walmart. Custom shops are around most places and Dell has decent systems once you're over the 1200 mark.

~Rico

Building isn't hard. All you need are your wits and a Philips screwdriver. Hell, you could have posted in the Computer Hardware Thread in GA and I would've walked you through the whole process, from choosing components to installing Windows.

Yeah, It is pretty easy building a PC...I was surprised...As long as you can read a manual, you a pretty much set. Knowing what you need is a different story, but that's why we've got Cycle

Cyke, does that include where to put the the plugs from the front lights/buttons/periphials on Case A into Motherboard B?

No I don't even advise someone with no experience build a system without practicing on a old system first. I made Jamie tear apart and rebuild an old dell twice a day everyother day for two weeks before I told him he was ready to build a system.

There's more to it than a screwdriver and loading windows. Thats why I advise my online friends to look for local custom build shops with decent warranties. And if not that then a custom build site with at least a 2 year warranty. Last ditch choice would be to shell out the 300 bucks to Dell for a 3 year warranty.

Walmart and their bargin basement parts and 90 day warranties aren't acceptable to me for any reason. I got my aunt and step grandmother dell systems because all they do is email and a little surfing. Neither have had any major problems.

Gaming systems require either you have a shop you trust to build a gaming computer, knowledge of the parts yourself. Or as Cycle said you can post it in the computer thread in the gaming academy and read whatever argument Cyke and I get into to to decide what you should get.

~Rico

Its easy IF you read the whole mobo manual first. I had a friend that attempted it. Apparently the manual said to "Screw the motherboard into the case."

Well. Thats what he did. Motherboard to case.

Right now Cycle is probably twitching because he knows what will happen.

See the manual didn't tell the specifics of screw the copper mounting screws into the case and THEN screwing the mobo into the mounting screws.

~Rico

Cyke, does that include where to put the the plugs from the front lights/buttons/periphials on Case A into Motherboard B?
Usually if I'm walking someone through the process, I know what motherboard they bought and have it in front of me in pdf format.

No I don't even advise someone with no experience build a system without practicing on a old system first. I made Jamie tear apart and rebuild an old dell twice a day everyother day for two weeks before I told him he was ready to build a system.
You serious? My little brother doesn't exactly have a party going on on the top floor, as it were, but he figured it out on his own by watching me do it twice. I did my first build by reading a magazine and using google.

Well my cousin DOES live out here so if he fried a system he was building he'd really be SOL. That and his mother tends to try to take most of the money he DOES make.

Different situations.

~Rico

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A computer just like this one by eMachines was over $1,000 pre-rebate two weeks ago. It's cheap because it's on its way out.

You could buy a good bong and a loooot of dope for 1.2k.

Heres some obnoxious shots of my 2001 presario i got for 500 bucks and *With soem help from Cyk, might I add* slapped up enough to run Oblivion.

Taken with my s**tastic 20 dollar digi-cam.

Congrats on the new computer, looks nice. w00t for the Athlon 64. I'm starting to feel fairly outdated with my Athlon XP 2500+ w/512MB RAM, I really should look into some upgrades eventually... (although it's still doing what I need pretty well)

I personally don't see a problem with an off-the-shelf computer if you can't or don't want to build a system for one reason or another, as long as it does what you want for a decent price. My brother has had a Compaq system for a while now that I wouldn't particularly want for myself, but it does everything he wants just fine. And it's never given him any trouble, so he's happy with it. My main complaint with Compaq, HP, and other prebuilt systems like that is that they usually always come loaded down with tons of mostly useless software. A good chunk of time initially spent with my recently acquired Compaq laptop was for removing most of the preinstalled software, heh. But as long as it suits your needs, I don't see a problem with it.

Oh, and w00t x2 for the partly visible Zero figurine.

Here's what the insides look like. Note my lackluster cabling job. Also, the fan the videocard came with sounded like a leafblower once the core temperature hit 60 degrees, so I picked up a Zalman VF700-Cu, which features a giant copper heatsink topped by a super-silent 92mm fan. It not only cools more efficiently, but does so in almost complete silence. Of course, the problem now is that I'm starting to notice how noisy my chipset fan is -- oy vey. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is an iPod lying on top there. I am indeed a consumer whore.

Fine, since everyone seems to be putting up details about their PCs.

AMD 64- 3200+
512MB ram (need to get more }:O)
DVD rewriter +/-
17inch widescreen (1440x900)
wireless b/g
80GB HDD
the usual lan/dial up modem/serial/parallel/usb2/firewire ports.
5.1 sound

~creosote

so long as most everyone is posting pictures of their systems, I might as well add mine:

old setup

new (downsized) setup (wire mess on the right isn't normally there)

reason for downsizing previous setup

Specs are here (first two systems) for those who care.

yay for my bland case. Doesn't bother me any. Kind of miss the old setup at times, but I didn't use anything but my main system much anyway, and that chair=happiness during TV viewing, gaming, and laptop usage.