New Rig Almost Complete

[Mortis]

Greetings... Been slowly updating my Main Rig. Here is what I have so far with "soon to be's"

WinXP Pro
Charcoal Black ChiefTec/TurboLink w/ 430w PSU
MSI 648 Max-L
PIX 2.53 533fsb
Crucial pc2100 512mb (soon to be swapped out with pc2700)
Albatron Ti4200P Turbo
Seagate IV 7200 40g as Master
Maxtor 5400 20g Slave (Raw Storage for BackUps, Downloads and Misc)
HP CDRW
Pioneer DVD
Ligitech Z340's on front channel
Cambridge Soundworks/PCWorks on rear channel


Mortis

[jadison]

Looking great! :D

BTW, what monitor and soundcard do you have? Will you be upgrading those as well?

I esp. like the 2 speaker system setup you'll have there (I'm an audiophile :cooldude: )

[Mortis]

My Monitor is an HP mx90 (19")... I got it refurbed for an excellent price (I try to do all my monitors Refurbed- better for Environment). The picture image was good to begin with (text was a little fuzzy but cleaned up after running...) and then I came across E-Color and tuned the Color and Gamma with that and I have to say that the image is as good as any other Monitor I have come across, according to my eyes. I am very pleased with it.

My Mobo has onboard sound- AC97... I have thought of getting the TurtleBeach SC but I live in an Apartment Complex, so I cant really take advantage of what I have now vs upgrading to something better and independent. The sound is Great as is and the Z's Sub is Incredible! DVD's are a Joy.

Mortis

[fshanda]

Nice rig mortis:)

Bench mark and post the results when you get it finished. Im curious to see how it compares to mine. Im also running a ti4200 and 512mb ram but my system is a dual AMD MP200.

[Mortis]

MP200? Wow... didnt know AMD made the MP (or unlocked XP) in the 200 MHz range... hehe.

Just Joking... :) .

Your setups look nice... I thought about doing what ya did with the PVC, but I was going to try it Vertically because of space... but at the time my G/F was dead against it- now that she is gone, maybe I should revisit my plans... hehe.

Will post benches soon.

Mortis

[fshanda]

I made a rig at my shop to saw the notches. I took pictures of the work in progress if you want to see what I did i'll post them for you. The hardest thing was fabricating the plywood panels and assembling the thing and keeping everything aligned properly. The notches are only 1/8 inch deep so my tolerances are pretty tight. A tall tower would be pretty cool also.

[hifi]

Originally posted by Mortis
Greetings... Been slowly updating my Main Rig. Here is what I have so far with "soon to be's"



Hey dude, slow is the way to go...that way you can take advantage of some of the latest technology if you see fit....cool specs though! ;)

[NDC]

Nice specs! Be sure to post some images in the Xtreme PC Forums... :)

[Mortis]

I will... I have to "borrow" the Digital Camera from work... Mine really takes sucky pictures- or it could be me :D. I have a few of my setup, but boy are they bad... hehe.

Mortis

[Mortis]

Well, considering my self induced system problems, I went ahead and ordered my new CPU (since I plan to do a reinstall anyway :)). I have a 2.53 533fsb coming and it should arrive Wednesday. I had had my eye on the 2.4, but some things about it just confused me- It is the B (533) version of the 2.4 400fsb- that part I get, but it was listed as a P478 (Meant as socket?) instead of listed as a Socket 478. All other chips listed state clearly Socket478, where as this one stated P478. I couldnt decipher what this meant in reviews. This new Processor should unlock the potential of my System and VidCard. After I install both the CPU and OS, and the tweak... I will post some Sandra Benchmarks of the CPU and some 3DMark02 of my VidCard.

Now... I need to get back to Bussing Tables- have to pay for this processor somehow :) . Or head over to the Lets Make a Deal Section and give me some suggestions about a fair/accurate asking price for what I have listed... hehe.

[jadison]

Congrats Mortis, look forward to ur benchies and screenies! :)