hey all,
my love for computers started way back in 1999, when i first got a computer and started to use it, it was top spec back then, according to PC World lol (some advice, never buy a PC from there, utter crap, but i was new so it was a good start)
anyways from what i can remember it was
AMD something, with 600Mhz
64MB RAM (later up graded to 256MB)
16MB integrated Graphics
so laughable theses days, although it lasted me up until late 2005, then the processor died lol, it was running XP, think that did it.
second PC (current one)
bought it from MESH a year and a half ago (by this time i had learnt a lot about computers)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (939)
A8N-SLI Nvidia Nforce 4 (939)
1GB DDR400 RAM (512MB x 2) now upgraded to (2GB DDR400 Corsair Twinx 1024r-3200c2 (1GB x 2)
ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1600 Pro (512MB) PCI-E now upgraded to (ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1900 XTX)
250GB Maxtor Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW
550W PSU (HEC) or something
19" Viewsonic VA1912W Digital
7.1 Channel Surround Sound Audio (on-board)
Laptop for Uni
AMD Turion 64 1.6GHz
ATI RS482M
128MB Graphics Card (64MB Shared)
1GB DDR400 (512MB x 2)
17" Screen
802.11b/g Wireless Function
Built-in DVD Dual Layer Burner drive
As you can see, im a big fan of AMD......till now
anyways, its been a good computer, but now i want to build my own custom pc, ill use it for games, and uni work
i want to go water cooled, but have no idea how to build it myself or set it up, and my dad wont let me try,lol shows the trust?
so i decided on buying a case with water cooling preinstalled
here are the components so far (i haven't bought any yet, just been looking into it)
CPU
Case
Motherboard
RAM
PSU
Hard Drive x2
I'm not sure on the CPU yet, but i want to use my existing X1900XTX Graphics card and i also just bought the Crossfire X1900 card.
Any suggestions on CPU?
also, do i need fan controllers for the radiator for the water cooling and case fans? or will the motherboard operate them correctly?
suggestions on DVD RW drives?
I'm going to use the sound card that comes with that motherboard, as iv read its already rather good
I plan to start the build in early September
thanks
Components Definitely in the build
ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1900 XTX
ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1900 Crossfire Edition
2 x Danger Den Tyee GPU ATI X1800/X1900 3/8" Full Waterblocks
my love for computers started way back in 1999, when i first got a computer and started to use it, it was top spec back then, according to PC World lol (some advice, never buy a PC from there, utter crap, but i was new so it was a good start)
anyways from what i can remember it was
AMD something, with 600Mhz
64MB RAM (later up graded to 256MB)
16MB integrated Graphics
so laughable theses days, although it lasted me up until late 2005, then the processor died lol, it was running XP, think that did it.
second PC (current one)
bought it from MESH a year and a half ago (by this time i had learnt a lot about computers)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (939)
A8N-SLI Nvidia Nforce 4 (939)
1GB DDR400 RAM (512MB x 2) now upgraded to (2GB DDR400 Corsair Twinx 1024r-3200c2 (1GB x 2)
ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1600 Pro (512MB) PCI-E now upgraded to (ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1900 XTX)
250GB Maxtor Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW
550W PSU (HEC) or something
19" Viewsonic VA1912W Digital
7.1 Channel Surround Sound Audio (on-board)
Laptop for Uni
AMD Turion 64 1.6GHz
ATI RS482M
128MB Graphics Card (64MB Shared)
1GB DDR400 (512MB x 2)
17" Screen
802.11b/g Wireless Function
Built-in DVD Dual Layer Burner drive
As you can see, im a big fan of AMD......till now
anyways, its been a good computer, but now i want to build my own custom pc, ill use it for games, and uni work
i want to go water cooled, but have no idea how to build it myself or set it up, and my dad wont let me try,lol shows the trust?
so i decided on buying a case with water cooling preinstalled
here are the components so far (i haven't bought any yet, just been looking into it)
CPU
Case
Motherboard
RAM
PSU
Hard Drive x2
I'm not sure on the CPU yet, but i want to use my existing X1900XTX Graphics card and i also just bought the Crossfire X1900 card.
Any suggestions on CPU?
also, do i need fan controllers for the radiator for the water cooling and case fans? or will the motherboard operate them correctly?
suggestions on DVD RW drives?
I'm going to use the sound card that comes with that motherboard, as iv read its already rather good
I plan to start the build in early September
thanks
Components Definitely in the build
ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1900 XTX
ATI Radeon Connect 3D X1900 Crossfire Edition
2 x Danger Den Tyee GPU ATI X1800/X1900 3/8" Full Waterblocks