Does Anyone Here Build Computers?

[CrayolaBounce]

If so drop a couple specs pics and prices coz it's about that time to step up again for me... Looking forward to seeing what talent is around.

[dirtyjap]

I guess I'll start this off.


This is the Antec P182 case. I love this case soo much. The cable routing makes for good airflow and a very clean look on the inside.


Here's the inside of the case. And a list of my specs.

Asus P5K-E
Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz
2 gigs Mushkin XP2 DDR2-800 @ 961 mhz
Asus Silent Square Evo
Nvidia 8500GT(silent video card)
M-Audio Delta 66
Lite on Sata DVD-RW drive(not pictured)
14 in 1 memory card reader(not pictured)
4 x Quiet case fans (3 shown above, not counting the heatsink)


A close up of the Mushkin ram.


Here is a shot of the bottom cage.

To the left is my 600 watt Nexus silent power supply (nx-8060), in the middle is the 4th case fan that blows over the hdd's to keep them nice and cool, and to the right are the 4 hdds.

I have my hdd's set up like this:
1 x 320 gig OS disk dual boot running XP Pro 32 bare bones for audio and Vista Business 64 for general use.
1 x 320 gig Project drive triple partitioned(1 Project partition and 2 recording partitions).
1 x 160 gig Samples drive
1 x 750 gig Backup drive running Acronis TrueImage(In vista)


Here is one final view of the whole system. I put a lot of thought into the design and took my time putting it together.

Total cost of what I have described minus the 160 gig hdd is somewhere around $1400. This system is overclocked and is 13+ hours prime 95 stable. I do superPi runs in just under 16 seconds and have very high memory bandwidth(I would post a number but I uninstalled Sandra after I had the system how I wanted it).

Anybody else have a build they want to show??

[The Infamous Ghost]

dirtyjap you have a sick ass setup..

[dirtyjap]

Thanks. I planned it out for about a year. Saved up what I needed and built a system that will last me a long time.

[C-Lovely]

^^^^^ How did you get the inside so "clean"(really can't see the cables)? Mine is cluttered with cables.

[The Infamous Ghost]

^^^^^ How did you get the inside so "clean"(really can't see the cables)? Mine is cluttered with cables.

sata cables lol... much smaller then ide all those red cables..

[Carnage]

very nice setup.

[dirtyjap]

^^^^^ How did you get the inside so "clean"(really can't see the cables)? Mine is cluttered with cables.

That is a result of the P182 cable management system. All the power supply cables are routed thru the back panel that is located behind the motherboard. It took forever to do but as you can see the result is very very nice.

[L-Treezy]

I'm biting some ideas from that system. I'm about to rebuild mine, so we'll see how it comes together.

[dirtyjap]

I'm biting some ideas from that system. I'm about to rebuild mine, so we'll see how it comes together.

Awesome. Let us know how it turns out. And be sure to post some pics here.