Show Us Your Rig [2]

[PwnFrnzy]

Tried to, my camera is not very ergonomic. . .Doesn't feel to have been designed to make firm and steady shots.

 

[LiquidSnak]

Paint is your friend. Black spray paint works wonders on all sorts of computer stuff . Wires, the inside of your case, etc etc etc

 

[ZaLiTH]

Paint is your friend. Black spray paint works wonders on all sorts of computer stuff . Wires, the inside of your case, etc etc etc

If you're going to paint wires, don't use just any paint / spray-paint.. Since most of them work by sticking to the surface of whatever you're painting, it won't work too well for wires (as they flex it will start to crack and come off).

Have a look for vinyl dye instead, you should be able to find it at most hardware stores, and many online PC modding shops carry a nice range. Generally it comes in a pressurized can (much like normal spray paint), but instead of sticking to the surface it seeps into the plastic sleeving of the wires and colours them nicely.

 

[A Guy]

Lol, don't paint your wires just so you can post pictures here. Close your case and enjoy your PC

A Guy

 

[xarden]

Wires dont get painted. They get sleeved

 

[ZaLiTH]

Haha.... Yeah well, each to their own I guess.

Sleeves.. Paint.. Dye.. Clips.. Perspex.. They're part of the extremely long list of "toys of the trade" as far as I'm concerned.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

So I built a rig for my Architect friend. It's a banging little system complete with two 22" LED's and Illuminated Keyboard and Gaming mouse delivered we got it done for under 8 bills.

Here's the underpinnings:
MSI 785GTM-E45 Phenom II X4 Barebones Kit - MSI 785GTM-E45 Mobo, AMD Phenom II X4 920 CPU, Zalman CPU Fan, Patriot 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 RAM, Seagate 1TB LP HDD, Thermaltake V3 BE Case, Diablotek 550W PSU 785GTM-E45 Bundle at TigerDirect

 

[Beastie]

i put this together a couple of weeks ago

 

[StalkeR]

Simple and nice !

 

[BugMeister]

aye, very elegant..





- and powerful, too..!!

 

[Beastie]

i gotr lucky on the build

a person on the nvidia forums sent me the motherboard and ram at no charge
i got the cpu off of ebay for less than 200.00 and the case i bought new
but if he had not sent me the motherboard and ram i would still be using my q6600 on an asus p5n-t delux board
i can honestly say i have been impressed with the speed of the I7

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Now that's a forum worth frequenting !

 

[LiquidSnak]

Nice I got lucky on my last build before this one, (donated it eventually) because I found the hard drive, motherboard, RAM, processor, etc In a dumpster. Free stuff is always superb ^_^

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I thought we'd talked to you about dumpster diving?

 

[A Guy]

Good stuff everyone

A Guy

 

[Terronium 12]

What's this about finding hardware in the dumpster?

Where do you people live, and how can I get in on this?

 

[PwnFrnzy]

What's this about finding hardware in the dumpster?

Where do you people live, and how can I get in on this?

Agreed, new (used) hardware is so worth it. . .

 

[Terronium 12]

Especially when it's free. If it doesn't work you don't lose...because you didn't pay for it. It's a win-win.

At least theoretically.

 

[xarden]

I once recieved one of two decent machines that were destined for the skip.
The only thing wrong with them were the network cards.


to private companies with disposable income.

 

[Dave76]

It's good to be in the right place at the right time