Bought a new computer case

[Magnethead]

Well i finally got the money and bought a new computer case. I was using my dell one for well past it's factory intentions.

To put the flow of this case in perspective- I can put my hand on the front of the computer and feel the air flying into the case.

My LED's power supply doesn't hurt either in the looks dept.













And yes, that is a 20 centimeter (7 7/8 inches) fan at the top.

 

[Magnethead]

Nice to see people care..haha

I've spent $152.56 so far on my computer.

$120 for case
$7.50 for heatsink bracket
$0.00 for heatsink and fan (guy had it laying around)
$25.06 for cables and cable adapters (to hide the ugly stuff)
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$160 for graphics card
$400 for new motherboard
$60 for SATA DVD burner
$60 for another SATA DVD burner.

in something close to that order.

 

[kelloggs5TLfan]

Glad you found what you wanted.

 

[barelypure]

Nice to see people care..haha

I've spent $127.50 so far on my computer.

$120 for case
$7.50 for heatsink bracket
$0.00 for heatsink and fan (guy had it laying around)
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<$35 for >120GB SATA hard drive (ebay if i can get lucky)
$120 for memory
$200 for graphics card
$400 for new motherboard
$60 for SATA DVD burner
$60 for another SATA DVD burner.

in something close to that order.

Well if ebay doesn't come thru on the HD Tiger Direct has a Maxtor / DiamondMax 20 / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / SATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive
for $55.
And, they have a HP AH048AT Lightscribe DVD Burner - 16x DVD±R Burn&Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 4x DVD-R DL, 48x32x CD-R/RW, SATA for $70. There's 6 others less than $50.

 

[Magnethead]

Well if ebay doesn't come thru on the HD Tiger Direct has a Maxtor / DiamondMax 20 / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / SATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive
for $55.
And, they have a HP AH048AT Lightscribe DVD Burner - 16x DVD±R Burn&Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 4x DVD-R DL, 48x32x CD-R/RW, SATA for $70. There's 6 others less than $50.

Thanks for the heads up BP. Now that I have a case where i dont have to pull the gringer and metal shears out to add a hard drive, i can do just that. I'm gonna copy my Linux over from my 6 GB to my 40 GB hard drive, then i already have a 320 GB IDE and the factory 160 GB SATA, and i'm wanting another SATA drive purely to put backups on.

 

[kelloggs5TLfan]

Thanks for the heads up BP. Now that I have a case where i dont have to pull the gringer and metal shears out to add a hard drive, i can do just that. I'm gonna copy my Linux over from my 6 GB to my 40 GB hard drive, then i already have a 320 GB IDE and the factory 160 GB SATA, and i'm wanting another SATA drive purely to put backups on.

OK, I show that I care and then you ignore me. Go figure.

 

[kat2220]

MAG, have you searched AMAZON.com? They seem to have better prices than E-bay for all kinds of stuff.

 

[ajk112802]

your case looks similar to ours. My husband built our computer himself with parts,etc from www.newegg.com

 

[Magnethead]

yea every now and then i go poking around newegg and amazon..not alot though since a chunk of my income right now is through paypal.

 

[Magnethead]

eh, revised the list. Spent more than i wanted on cabling but i guess that's what happens wheni have to live on a self imposed computer vs pocket vs bank account budget.

 

[Magnethead]

well another revision- I'm not gonna upgrade memory (what i have is enough), so i've been able to bring the cost way down. now for the immediate future is just 160 for graphics card.

Once i get the new heatsink on and extra fans (green and red) ordered, here's how i'll have the fans oriented-

front intake 1: low (39 CFM) (24 decibels)
front intake 2: low (39 CFM) (24 decibels)

top exhaust: low (83 CFM) (25 decibels)
rear exhaust 1: low (39 CFM) (24 decibels)
rear exhaust 2: auto (~30-50 CFM) (unknown decibels)

So i'll have 78 CFM intake and 152-172 CFM exhaust.