After 6 years, I finally built a new computer

Posted by melee-master on Feb. 24, 2013, 10:35 a.m.

…well, mostly new. I bought a new CPU, motherboard, RAM, network card and optical drive. The last three high priority parts I need to replace for it to be 100% new computer are: graphics card, power supply and sound card.

Anyways, I made the switch from AMD to Intel and I'm damn happy about it, even if it was harder on my wallet. Specs:

[new] Intel i7 3770K @ 3.5Ghz

[new] 2*8GB Corsair Vengeance Blue

[new] ASUS Sabertooth Z77

[new] Intel PRO/1000 CT (network adapter)

[new] Zalman Z9 Plus (case)

[old] OCZ Vertex 2 60GB (SSD)

[old] 2*500GB (Hitachi Deskstar, Seagate Barracuda)

[old] Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme

[old] ATI Radeon HD 4600

[old] Cooler Master 500W

The Sabertooth motherboard is fucking awesome. Three big reasons I picked it: it's just damn nice overall, it supports 32GB RAM and has 8 (internal) SATA ports.

Other stuff:

Samsung SyncMaster 2343BWX 23" @ 2048*1152

Sennheiser HD558

250Mb down/15Mb up

Parts I intend to get:

ASUS Xonar Essence STX

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670

2*8GB Corsair Vengeance Blue

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M 850W

2*3TB Toshiba HDKPC08 or Western Digital Red

128GB Crucial M4

Cooler Master HAF X EATX

Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60

Comments

Charlie Carlo 11 years, 2 months ago

Why does everyone have magical alien space computers? My case looks like a rusty briefcase.

Acid 11 years, 2 months ago

Everyone decided that it was time to build their PC's, I guess.

I built one too but I'm too lazy to put it up.

LAR Games 11 years, 2 months ago

Man, everyone's building awesome PCs these days.. Looks awesome.

*grits teeth* I'm sure you two will be very happy together.

JuurianChi 11 years, 2 months ago

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Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60

So I guess you can officially say….

:take off shades:

Your Pc is just chilling right now.

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Eva unit-01 11 years, 2 months ago

Guess it's time to go buy another gaming laptop and say I did something cool.

That looks epic btw. Red and blue LEDs?

JuurianChi 11 years, 2 months ago

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Guess it's time to go buy another gaming laptop and say I did something cool.

Buying a computer isn't cool though…

Eva unit-01 11 years, 2 months ago

Having one is beyond cool. There are some things you need to understand, Chi.

Charlie Carlo 11 years, 2 months ago

My computer doesn't even have fans, I just pour cold water on it when it gets hot.

RC 11 years, 2 months ago

One of these days, I will actually build a PC.

That case looks like the one I planned to buy before I spent all my money on a car.

JuurianChi 11 years, 2 months ago

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Having one is beyond cool.There are some things you need to understand, Chi.

Excuse me while I pretend that actually made sense.