My new computer

[Nighthawk]

I've got it burning in right now, but as of right now it looks like I lucked out and got a 2500+ from googlegear that will run on a 400Mhz FSB out of the box with stock voltage and retail cooling, with core temperatures running in the high 40C range.

When finished:
Antec 1080AMG case (w/TruePower 430W)
NF7-S 2.0
1 GB (2x 512mb) XMS PC3200C2
Athlon 2500+ @ 2.2GHz
GeForce4 Ti4400
3Com 3CR990-TX-97 hardware NIC
US Robotics 3CP5610 hardware modem (just in case)
WinTV 404 (w/ FM tuner and surround sound)
160GB Maxtor 8MB
120GB Maxtor 8MB
40GB Western Digital (on Serillel)
Lite-On 48x24x48 burner
Pioneer DVD106s

I can't wait until I'm able to finally start playing games on it. I'm sure it'll be FAR better than my P3 700 Now to get one of those Dell 1800FP monitors when they go on sale again..

Thoughts? Comments?

[ShawnD1]

Sounds like it would also make a really good home MP3 server You definitely have the hard drive space

[Xpander]

yeah that's a lot of hard drive space. but you can never have too much ^_^

[nurdonsite2]

wow thats a killer setup! what r u gonna do with all that hd space?

[The_Saint]

Congratulations NIGHTHAWK!

Thats a sweet sweet setup! And that LCD I`ve heard is killer too!

[Nighthawk]

It survived the night doing more than 100 Sandra burn-in cycles, so I'm calling it good. The core temp stabilized around 45C and the board temp was around 25C.

I'm not sure yet exactly what I'm going to be using it for, but I've planned:

160: 25GB Windows, 135GB apps/games
120: 120GB movies
40: 40GB of CD images, drivers, program installers, etc.

I really wish Abit had put their case fan connectors on the right-hand side of the board instead of the left side. The cables from my fans can't reach it.

[EndobioticChaos]

Wow, very sweet system. I need more HD space too.. my little old 80 gigger just doesn't have space for movies. I have half of it full of CD images, and the other half would be full of apps and games, except I just reformatted Monday.

[Computer]

well i dont have that problem cause I can only dl at 3 kb /s oh well. maybe someday. Like when I move out.

[cunokyle]

very nice setup! going to crunch with it as well or just use the P3 for crunching?

[Bruneau]

Nice.