madboy33 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Well i finally did it and built my own computer from scratchNIce shiny new case, 550 watt PSU, AMD64 3000, 1GB ram, ATI Radeon PCI-Express 256mb ram card Baby does it fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 So give us some details then.Where did you get your bits... did you have any problems, how long did it take to put together... etc etc etc.I expect a blow by blow account Madboy... I hope you took photo's!! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 erm photos.........NO......LOLOh and a SATA (120gb) drive as wellwell it took me a few days, had a few problems. Comp would not POST :wacko: . Found out it was the 400 watt PSU that came with the case. Replaced it with a 550 watt. The computer then went to POST, but would not load windows. After 5 attempts to load windos i found out why. I had the mic and headphone jacks in and was getting an IRQ. So took the jack plugs out and windows installed in a mind blowing 15 minutes.God i am good........LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Congrats madboy, you're now on the slippery slope, benchmarking etc :lol:But it is so satisfying to finally fire it up and all works ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 There's nothing quite like the huge sense of satisfaction you get when your build actually POSTs and then loads Windows (or other O/S).It's the same however many you build but your first one always remains extra special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Quick questionWhat does everyone use to benchmark there PC's with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 I've always used Pcpitstop for an overall look at how it all works together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Congratulations Madboy. I use the same as mark, PcPitstop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Well done! madboy :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yes it is a great feeling of satisfaction when it works, and you have forums like this to fall back on when it does not.I forgot a basic thing when putting a floppy in a shuttle the other day and could not get it to work but by using this forum and a process of elimination it was resolved. :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 There you are Tony :flowers: Now you can take orders from other NP members for new-builds :rolleyes: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Congrats madboy! :)Nothing quite like building a nice PC to put you in a good mood :DIt'll be a while before I can start on my next one, but I'll do photos for you when I do! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I've always used Pcpitstop for an overall look at how it all works together.You're kidding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted August 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 i didnt think PC Pitstop was any goodI need a benchmark test thats free and in prgramme form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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