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My New Computer is born!

  • Nov. 15th, 2005 at 12:59 AM
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Ok, so it's not UBER uber, but it's my first new computer in about three years. AND it's my first ever computer that I personally picked and bought parts for. Some of them are hand-me-downs, but they're still way better than anything I've had before. The boyfriend is assembling it for me today, transferring parts from my old case to my new, since he's certified and all that useful stuff. I've been taking pictures to document the occasion. :)

Check out my new case! It's an Antec P160!


Sure it looks empty now, but just you wait!


The front looks dark now, but just you wait!


My old PIII 800Mhz 815e Intel is finally getting disassembled (No disassemble Number Five!)


Wow, it looks like somebody took a screwdriver to that fan vent when something started rattling two years ago! Coincidence? Hardly!


If that ain't ugly, I don't know what is!


The motherboard is ready for insertion!


The 120mm fan is installed now, complete with rubber grommets!


Can you say cabling? I think you can! (That's what we're stuck doing now. Anyone have a magnifying glass we can borrow?)
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[info]phred1973 wrote:
Nov. 15th, 2005 11:20 am (UTC)
Yay! I have the same Computer case as Elli! W00T!

I enjoy it, but there are features of my Lian Li case I prefer over this one. Everything's a freakin' trade off. *sigh*
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[info]elligirl wrote:
Nov. 15th, 2005 07:54 pm (UTC)
I wanted a Lian Li, but it went out of stock just before I wanted to grab it. I am extremely happy with this case, though.

My old case has proven difficult. The metal motherboard plate reaches across the entire side, so to unscrew the floppy and CD drives from their racks, I need to remove the mobo, remove the side, and THEN unscrew the drives. FUN.
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[info]phred1973 wrote:
Nov. 15th, 2005 11:23 pm (UTC)
Ewwww. Doesn't sound fun to me.

I'm actually rather happy with the P160, except in hindsight the rounded panel athe top is... less useful than it ought to be, and keeping the individual pins for audio/mic jacks is a total pain in the ass - so much so, that I don't use them. *sigh* - that was one of the selling points for me, too. Everything's a trade-off

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[info]gambitsmind wrote:
Nov. 15th, 2005 01:53 pm (UTC)
Congrats... I just picked up a new HP yesterday.. been playin with software installs and getting it where I want it...
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[info]chrisarmstron36 wrote:
Nov. 16th, 2005 02:11 am (UTC)
Building it is only half the fun!
That's a really cool looking case and motherboard. Once it is complete, you should have a blast with that!
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[info]ruhdwulf wrote:
Nov. 16th, 2005 01:58 pm (UTC)
Congrats on the new computer Elli. Wow, that is a monster computer by my standards.
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[info]magmafire wrote:
Nov. 16th, 2005 02:36 pm (UTC)
Very nice Lovely Goddess! I know I enjoyed creating my new computer as well, there is a satisfaction to something made to your own specifications rather than the general market. It looks lovely and there seems to be a good amount of room for upgrades too!
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[info]elligirl wrote:
Nov. 17th, 2005 12:04 am (UTC)
I always buy parts, I've never bought an "as-is" computer except for my laptops. I just don't trust the "Multimedia Full Meal Deal" when they give you a really nice something or other but then everything else is crap, and they expect you to not notice.
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[info]spectral42 wrote:
Nov. 16th, 2005 06:19 pm (UTC)
Ummmm, computer porn :)
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[info]coldboy1 wrote:
Nov. 17th, 2005 12:24 am (UTC)
got a slot for me?
Well, I thought it was funny. *lol*
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[info]bouncyx wrote:
Nov. 16th, 2005 11:33 pm (UTC)
i feel odd saying this to a girl who runs her own sex site but.............wow, its so big..lol
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[info]elligirl wrote:
Nov. 17th, 2005 12:00 am (UTC)
haha yeah, it seemed over-large to me, but it still fits in my desk, so it's all good :)
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Nov. 17th, 2005 02:21 am (UTC)
But...
It's not how big it is, it's what you DO with it that counts.

Not that anyone has said that to me, you understand....

:-)
Locust
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Nov. 18th, 2005 02:01 am (UTC)
I've got the same case, too. It's great. It's really light. Kind of deceiving when you pick it up. Easy opening side panels and easy to install new parts and pieces. The blue lights were freaking the dog out. Had to disconnect them.

Sam
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[info]nocturne4ever wrote:
Nov. 19th, 2005 03:56 am (UTC)
The Transformation.

There's actually a somehwat interesting horror story in the dismantling of the old computer. I had just finished speculating that the fans seemed to be spinning at a below average speed.. So, since it had been on for hours, I naturally decided to make sure I set it to boot the CDRW drive so I could run a few diagnostics on it before ripping it apart.

Instead, while sitting in the cmos, just for the hell of it, I hop into the Hardware monitor. A picture of the look on my face in seeing the HSF fan speed reporting at 900rpm and the CPU temp reporting idle at ** 85C/185F ** would probably have been priceless. The old Pentium 3 800Mhz had in fact been COOKING itself to death, and I'm honestly surprised the heat-sink didn't just drip right down the motherboard and into the case as I took it apart.

After continual blasts from canned air, enough dust came out of the old PSU fan and heat-sink to easily have counted as secondary smoke inhalation.

The new polished aluminum northbridge mod on the Soltek nforce 2 motherboard and the Athlon FX-64 will *not* be allowed to reach a temperature even at full load, let alone idle!

I am truly shocked her computer didn't explode long before this, and not from neglect, either, the old case is so horribly designed even with properly tied cables it was just letting the heat sit on the motherboard and wasn't going anywhere.
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[info]asianpenis wrote:
Dec. 6th, 2005 05:40 am (UTC)
Why is it so hot to see a girl with a computer?
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(Anonymous) wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 09:05 am (UTC)
Funny quote

When you go out to buy, don't show your silver.


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