G.I.jonas Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I'm currenttly building my own super pc.Last night i painted my case up sweet and i started looking at what others have done,these guys definately showed me up . My fav is the one with the hamster in it lol. http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow/0,1206,pg=0&s=1005&a=130781,00.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Beautiful systems! I'll post pics of mine at some point. I went the sleek classy method. Stylish, but not too outlandish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukaniuk Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 That really puts "spending too much time on your computer" into a different perspective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badjuju Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 not really... we all drive old sports cars, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six_Shooter Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Yeah, those guys are nuts, they've added a few new systems since I was on there last. One of these days, I'll build a custom PC case, I have too many ideas and not enough time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannji Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I built myself a new PC recently as well... I had been running the old one since 2002, and as it was a gaming PC, that was long enough! I more than got my money's worth out of the old one, it was built to own in Unreal Tournament, and hung in there through-out UT99, 2K3, 2K4, and a couple of wasted years we don't need to go into. (WoW) The new specs: Xion BlueSteel Abit IP35 Pro mobo PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 Watt PSU eVGA 8800GT 512mb vid card Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66ghz CPU Crucial Ballistics Tracer 2GB Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA 3.0 HD Lite-On 20X DVD+R w/Litescribe SATA Lite-On DVD ROM SATA Thermaltake CL-ROO26 Aluminum Heatsink/Heatpipe RAM cooler X2 Zalman VF900 VGA fan/heatpipe (vid card) Zalman CNPS 9700 110mm CPU fan/heatpipe Logitech G15 keyboard with back-light and LCD info screen Logitech MX510 mouse Belkin Nostromo N52 keypad Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 speakers I wouldn't call it a super computer, but going from an AMD Athlon 1900+ Socket A machine to this Core 2 Duo was an eye opening experience to say the least. I installed my old UT 99 just for giggles, and out of habit, I disabled V-sync. (old school tweak to gain a few frames per second, at the cost of some smoothness) I had to turn v-sync back on... it was playing UT in surges, spiking up to 500+ FPS and bottoming out at around 150 FPS. Completely unplayable... you would take 5 normal steps, and then about 20 on "NOS", lol. I play a little COD4 now, and with almost all settings maxed I see about 90 FPS. I can only hope I get the same mileage out of this as I did the last = ) Kinda garish, but I intend to "de-mod" it a bit to quiet it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 tannji, try running OSX on that badboy. it's got all compatible parts, from what i can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfreer85 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 http://www.themodnation-forums.com/ Take a look at some of Bill Owens work logs and some of the others some AWESOME work. http://www.themodnation-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2093 Right now I've got a Titan Robela Water cooled case coming in, going to modify it a LITTLE bit to clean things up etc., nothing radical like these guys, but my main goal is for a clean looking computer case that functions well with the Quad Core and 8800GTS Graphics card. Anyways hope you enjoy the link its a lot of fun watching these guys do some pretty awesome stuff. Tyson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilbertZ Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Those are nice....but they are all running only ONE graphics card you need to start with an SLI motherboard (room for 2 or 3 graphics cards) and then go from there.... Check this out: http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_rotm_january08.html Here's my 15 minutes of fame: http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_diy_videoguide01.html And here's a nice link of other DIY guides: http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_learn_howtoguide.html Anyone played Crysis yet? I finished it finally last month...was sorely disappointed at the end, but look forward to call of duty 4 next! Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I was dissapointed with it too, kinda lame other than the rocking graphics. I liked COD4 MUCH MUCH better. A++++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 eh. neat. but I kinda got out of the whole pc case modding thing a while ago. "If iti doesn't do anything to make it run better, then why do it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilbertZ Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 eh. neat. but I kinda got out of the whole pc case modding thing a while ago. "If iti doesn't do anything to make it run better, then why do it?" Then you must not overclock and water cool Yes, you can go "all show and no go"...but you can do some pretty functionally blingy things too, like watercooling. to each their own I guess. I just wanted to pimp my company's awesome SLI tech (and bitch about Crysis) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Then you must not overclock and water cool Yes, you can go "all show and no go"...but you can do some pretty functionally blingy things too, like watercooling. to each their own I guess. I just wanted to pimp my company's awesome SLI tech (and bitch about Crysis) lol. nope no water cooling. my comp is overclocked like no ones business but its also like 4 years old. I just don't get why there has to be so many lights in 'high end" pc's now-a-days. Only real physical mod I did to my comp, is throw in a fan that won't fit inside my case. its as big as the PSU and sticks out an inche out of the chassis. And my monitors. lol its a mess. (I can never say no to fre lcd monitors). 2 of which have burnt out/missing cathode inverters. One of which works. So I have 3 montiors sharing a cathode inverter, all electric taped and zip tied to a wooden frame, held together in the same fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 That sounds gay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 My fav is the one with the hamster in it lol. http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow/0,1206,pg=0&s=1005&a=130781,00.asp My Z had mice living in it. Does that count as a mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Only if you make a little lexan viewing window....hmmm groundbreaking new car mod idea? i think so lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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