Show Us Your Rig [5]

linnemeyerhere said:

Strong scores LF.....great feeling to know you have a top running rig !

just give it 1 more year lol! thats what sucks about computers. you rig is already outdated 3-4 months after you build it......

Quadrider10 said:

linnemeyerhere said:

Strong scores LF.....great feeling to know you have a top running rig !

just give it 1 more year lol! thats what sucks about computers. you rig is already outdated 3-4 months after you build it......

After what I spent on the little beast, it had better last me seven more years, like my first computer (a Gateway back before they merged with e-Machines) did. Not to mention I'm starting to be afraid to work on it. The first card reader I got for it didn't work. The second one works great but it took me a couple of hours to install it, most of it spent trying to get the four pin Molex power connector to go into the *&^%$#@! socket on the reader.

The new optical drive fit in the machine just fine but had to have some surgery on the bezel and on the case front cover so I could get the cover off because it would hang up (the previous drive–same brand–fit just fine).

Three days ago, I installed an exhaust fan in the blowhole I had blocked off hoping I wouldn't need it (the computer was running a bit warmer than I was comfortable with). That simple job turned into a two hour nightmare because I had the divil's own time getting at two of the mounting screw nuts for the cover blocking the blowhole, then removing the acoustic foam also covering the blowhole, both due to the tight quarters. Getting the fan in was also tight and took a lot of manipulating (and aggravation) before I finally got the stupid thing to slip into place. What was most aggravating was I couldn't see what was keeping the fan from going in and it was mostly dumb luck that finally let it slip into place.

I still need to add one or two TV tuners but, after the last three installations, I'm in no hurry whatsoever!

essenbe said:

All that stuff is what makes it fun, isn't it. It's also why I like full tower cases. They're hard to find a place for and heavy, but you really appreciate them when you have to work inside them. But, with all the trouble you had, think of the satisfaction you received when you heard the first POST beep.

I couldn't agree more... I'm still amazed at the difference in interior space between a "medium" case and these newer big-boy builds. It's a mission to cart around when I go to a LAN with friends, but for those points and for the bragging rights, it's most definitely worth it...

essenbe said:

All that stuff is what makes it fun, isn't it. It's also why I like full tower cases. They're hard to find a place for and heavy, but you really appreciate them when you have to work inside them. But, with all the trouble you had, think of the satisfaction you received when you heard the first POST beep.

Thing is, the latest problems came long after the first post beep.

You are absolutely correct about larger cases. Problem is, I don't have room for them, darn it. The one I have now is heavy enough (old age sucks) and I don't have all the HDDs installed yet. I have room for four more but I'm not buying them until I actually need them to maximize warranty length and, hopefully, they will be cheaper by then.

You had better luck than me. My most recent build saw TWO SSD's go bad. Ordered a bunch of parts and put them together, first SSD bad......talk to Newegg, send it in and they send me a replacement.....number two is bad as well. Exchanged it for the Samsung I have now and it's been fine since. The last thing you want during a new build is about two weeks of downtime waiting on UPS while your rig sits there in pieces!