WarMongrel Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Im not a pro by any means and i guess i could have spen a little more time on cosmetics but this is my current rig and it rocks! Specs MSI NF750-G55 Mobo AMD Phenom II 550 Black edition x2 OCed to 3.5ghz Thermaltake Bigwater Liquid CPU cooler MSI N250GTS Twin Frozr Vid card Kingston Hyperx DDR3 1600 - 2x 2Gig sticks Antec 650W psu Antec 300 Case w Led segate 7200rpm baracuda HD Nothing too crazy but it runs cold as ICE and never skips a beat.. Hope to add a second vid card when funds allow ill keep you all updated. [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img] 2 Quote
Administrators daredevil Posted June 9, 2010 Administrators Posted June 9, 2010 You all make me f***ing jealous.. gah! 1 Quote
OnionKnight Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Nice. Lol our motherboards almost look exactly the same and is the same family of boards =D (they are nice budget gaming boards). I also have the exact same HD as you and exact same powersupply =). Also I like your choice of case. Antec 300 is probably the most bang for the buck you can get for any case in the market. Also if you have the processor I think you have "Phenom II x 2 550 Black Edition" you can unlock the cores on that motherboard so it has 4 cores (you need to update your bios to do that). But ya I totally like what you got going =). Its uberly budget wise and gives out great performance =P (I like the colorful tubes for your water cooling too) Quote
Guest R..pace! Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Nice build but AMD sucks! lol jks. I have an intel-based PC right now... High end intel processors are really overpriced though. Once I get the mula I'll build/buy an AMD rig as well, unless by some miracle, intel chips begin to sell for equal or less... Once again, good job and nice choice of components Quote
Term!n@tor Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 nice build, clean and neat! though you could do with a better video card. Quote
WarMongrel Posted June 9, 2010 Author Posted June 9, 2010 Thanks for all the compliments Guys! Performance on a Budget is exactly what i was going for. I did try to unlock the extra cores on the CPU but i could not get it to stabilize with then unlocked. And yes the Antec 300 is not the flashiest case but its very cheap and provides Excellent cooling and air flow for around 50 bucks US. And as far as doing better on the video card my plan is to sli when i can so i didn't feel the need to run a very expensive single card. What suggestions would have made instead for around 140 bucks US? i Researched alot of cards and this one offered great specs for the price. Plus its MSI and i love Everything MSI they make GREAT quality stuff IMO. Thanks again everyone. I welcome any suggestion and opinions. Ill send more pics soon when i add the next card and clean up the inside a lil bit Quote
WarMongrel Posted June 9, 2010 Author Posted June 9, 2010 MSI NF750-G55 Mobo $100 AMD Phenom Black edition x2 OCed to 3.5ghz $100 Thermaltake Bigwater Liquid CPU cooler $80 MSI N250GTS Twin Frozr Vid card $140 Kingston Hyperx DDR3 1600 - 2x 2Gig sticks $120 Antec 650W psu $70 Antec 300 Case w Led $50 segate 7200rpm baracuda HD $60 ____________________________________ = Aprox 720.00 USD these are all aprox what i paid for each component Quote
OnionKnight Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 MSI NF750-G55 Mobo $100 AMD Phenom Black edition x2 OCed to 3.5ghz $100 Thermaltake Bigwater Liquid CPU cooler $80 MSI N250GTS Twin Frozr Vid card $140 Kingston Hyperx DDR3 1600 - 2x 2Gig sticks $120 Antec 650W psu $70 Antec 300 Case w Led $50 segate 7200rpm baracuda HD $60 ____________________________________ = Aprox 720.00 USD these are all aprox what i paid for each component Pretty good. The cost of stuff really depends on where you live =) (your liquid cooler is way cheaper than what they sell for where i live ) Quote
Desu Posted June 11, 2010 Posted June 11, 2010 thats cheap....though i think you could have gotten better vid card with that money Quote
OnionKnight Posted June 11, 2010 Posted June 11, 2010 thats cheap....though i think you could have gotten better vid card with that money True but the card he bought will probably last him a life time. I heard the components are top grade and has very good cooling (I am just going by reviews I read). There are cheaper 250's out there (like around the $115 range) but the quality is questionable. He also wants to SLI with his current 650W power supply and considering that the GTS 250 is pretty power friendly, he should have no problem. Quote
Funksdead Posted June 11, 2010 Posted June 11, 2010 (edited) Very nice machine, love the liquid cooling that is awesome.... did my machine last month Ecs elitegroup A780GM-M3 mobo AMD phenom 2 x4 3.0 ghz quad core processor ATI MSI R5750 vid card 2GB 1066 DDR2 G.Skill ram 580 watt suntech power supply 250GB western Dig 7200 HD Antec 300 series case Lightscribe DVD writer rom Edited June 11, 2010 by Funkbut Quote
TulsaGeoff Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 My only suggestion is to cut the tube going from the radiator to the CPU block a lot shorter. Nice rig. Quote
WarMongrel Posted October 2, 2010 Author Posted October 2, 2010 Just an update... Added 2 mor 2gb sticks of kingston hyper X ram Added Kingston Hyper X Ram Cooler Added Front control pannel with programable temp alarms and 4 temp probes plus 4 channel varible fan control. And neatened up that really long rad hose with some 90s Quote
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