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My best bud died a little over a year ago and he is the one that got me into this hobby so I decided to build a computer to crunch on in honor of him. He was always a fan of the space type programs so I am going to be running milky-way on it for now. But anyway here are the details on the machine.
Logisys Corp. 368 Cost was 33.99http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps33336dd5.jpg
ASRock G41C-GS cost was 64.99.http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps939c4b69.jpg
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz Cost was 20.00 http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...psef37e957.jpg
Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 800MHz DDR2. Cost was 20.00http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...psd34bf27f.jpg
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 - Cost was 22.00http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...psbafe5f4c.jpg
Antec 400w Power Supply Cost was FREEhttp://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...psbdb7ed38.jpg
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970 3 GB GDDR5 Dual X Cost was 175.00 http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps140d77ee.jpg
I had a hard drive so that was free also I am running Windows 7 on it.
Here it is all together as you can see I had to twist it to get the GPU in there it was a tight fit! I have to do some cable management and add some more fans but other then that it is on bonic running milkyway right now!
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...psccb49f1e.jpg
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A very appropriate tribute. :)
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Very nice way to honor your friend. Thanks for sharing.
And not to be an @ss, but I think your going to have a power problem soon. The reason is your PSU will hold up to the strain of driving any older Intel CPU (Pre 2nd Gen. Core i3/5/7, as they are all very inefficient power hogs) and a high end GPU like that HD 7970. A good minimum recommendation would be a 620 Watt PSU like the Antec 620C.
One reason for this minimum: All PSUs lose output over time. Well made PSUs lose a LOT less over a longer period of time. Some as little as 10%~15% over their lifetime. Budget brands can, and quite often do, lose 20%~40% in the first 12 months of use.
Maybe if we ask JPM real nice like, he could find info on avg. life/output rate for some or many of the major brands out there.
So like JPM, can you? (With sugar on top)
F$
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You need more ram in there get at least 8 gb
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I made a mistake on the power supply mine is a 500 watt antec I will run it until it starts giving me problems. I just ordered 8 gig of ram for my big computer so I will be installing my old 4 gig set into this computer. Im doing this on a budget got to stay off the radar of the wife! I am keeping a watch out for a good deal on a quad core 775 for it.
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Look on ebay they have core 2 quads cheep I have a 9400 and a 6600 both run good
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Im running a oced q9400 in my main computer. They are still going for more then I thought a old processor would be on ebay! I am going to start getting things ready to move up to a i7 devils canyon I think on my main system. And will use old parts to upgrade this unit. I would like to be able to have something that can CPU crunch and make a dent. Ive always ran GPU's but never had a cpu machine. I just have not a clue where to start as there are so many options.
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Yep my q 9400 is at 3.2 ghz now at 55c full load
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