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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby pch.shot » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:49 pm

See!! You are already there. Grab some grand kids(they can be anybody's) and get a head start on everybody else!!
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby ixnod » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:15 am

pch.shot wrote:See!! You are already there. Grab some grand kids(they can be anybody's) and get a head start on everybody else!!


lol PCh.shot

"Lemme give you young whippersnappers a lesson in history. Back in my day as a wee lad, we didn't have all this ooey GUI crap you're all use to today, no we had text as in real words none of this point and clickity crap!!
We typed it and the computer did it!!. we did our own spell checkin' and if the puter didn't like it it would beep, or worse yet do nuthin but hang and we had to configure out what went wrong on our own, no tech support at $75.00 an hour long distance to India mumbo jumbo. We would pull out our hair, gnash our teeth and flail our bodies between ingesting large carafes of coffee until we got everything working!!" < this is usually the part where grandkids begin to wonder what in the hell they are doing, Alone, in the garage, with a very strange man. in which they probably would start eying the nearest exit>
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby pch.shot » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:27 am

Remember those Captain Highliner commercials. "Have you ever been blown at sea, Billy?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNUaT5ARx2M
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby ixnod » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:37 am

:o Whoah MG I can't believe that 20 years ago that was so ummm.. normal

today, little kids do not talk to strange men holding fish sticks wandering the neighborhood.
Also said strange man does not repeat Does not enter the house for dinner. Jesus fish on his hat or not!! PERIOD!!!

<< end creepy rant>>
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby pch.shot » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:04 pm

Very nice, Strider. A little too flashy for my tastes, but I'm an old guy. What I would like to see is a solid wood case w/ aluminium interior. Walnut finish so it will blend in with the furniture. Like the stereo consoles of the 50's and 60's(retro you know).
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby red_team316 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:10 pm

I was looking at the Coolermaster Cosmos case at one point, but I decided to go with Antec900 due to the screwy power switch on the cosmos and the fact that there is NO reset switch. I heard a few people complain about the door pops off a random. Other than those gripes, it is a very sexy case.

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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby Cab » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:12 pm

I should attempt to take some pics as well I run a Antec 900 as well
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby pch.shot » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:22 pm

This is what I have. Check out the interior. It's one of the best designs I've ever seen and resonably priced.
http://www.antec.com/usa/productDetails ... s&id=15137
Systems Windows XP Pro 32 bit & various Linux in Virtual Box and VMWare Player
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Kingston ddr3 1333 ram(4 gig)
MSI Z68A-GD80(G3)mobo w/hdmi video and optical audio
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Antec Sonata IV case/620 watt psu
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby pch.shot » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:42 pm

Mind you, will all the crap I have inside mine it is far from clean. A micro board is the only realistic one for this case. Bigger than that and it's a little too tight. I dread opening mine up. The hard drive slots are the best feature.
Systems Windows XP Pro 32 bit & various Linux in Virtual Box and VMWare Player
Intel i7 2600K cpu with built in Intel 3000 video
1 OCZ Vertex 3 120 gig ssd(System)
1 Western Digital 2 Terabyte Green internal hard drive(Storage)
Kingston ddr3 1333 ram(4 gig)
MSI Z68A-GD80(G3)mobo w/hdmi video and optical audio
Realtek HD audio
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1 LG sata optical drive
Antec Sonata IV case/620 watt psu
50 inch LG plasma tv/monitor
Sony surround sound amp
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Re: Custom Built Computers

Postby red_team316 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:48 pm

strider5236 wrote:I have personally not had any issues with this case. It is by far the best case for my setup. I love how much room I have inside the case. I generally move my HDD's around a lot and needed a case that would let me do that without disturbing anything else in the case. It is a little big but it is awesome. I love the quick release tabs for the side doors and the sound of them clicking back in is pretty cool to. The reset switch works great. The door is awesome, and can be taken off or changed from one side or the other. It is a solid well built case and it rocks. Maybe I got lucky and got one that just works. <BREW>


My bad, I meant the Cosmos Sport Case. It has a touch sensor button, but no reset button. I obviously saw the handlebars and thought of the other case. I was looking for a darker colored case and thats the one I meant. I have read great reviews about the standard cosmos though.
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