OK, so I'm building another PC. No surprise there, I'm insane like that. It's going to be my experiment, I'll put it together, make sure it all works, then I'll overclock it until I reach it's limits.
Then when I know it's limits I'll splash out on some top of the range liquid cooling for it all and overclock it some more. Except this time, I'll just keep pushing it until something breaks. Ideally I'd like to be able to play Farcry on it at full settings before it ... expires, however that's quite a tall order considering the specification of it.
Here are the items that I've purchased:
| Manufacturer | Component | Cost | Received | Ebay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI | KT4AV-L | £ 36.50 | Yes | Ebay |
| AMD |
Athlon 2500+ (maybe faulty, it's a bit of a gamble) IT WORKS!!! I tested it in my main machine and I'm using it right at this very moment! |
£ 30.00 | Yes | Ebay |
| Unknown | £ 12.20 | Yes | Ebay | |
| Creative | Audigy 2 ZS | £ 42.50 | Yes | Ebay |
| Chaintech | Geforce 4 Ti4800SE 128Mb AGP 8x AGP | £ 41.34 | Yes | Ebay |
| Q-Tec | 650W Triple Fan Gold PSU | £ 23.44 | Yes | Overclockers.co.uk |
| Sunbeam | Sunbeam Samurai Gaming ATX Case - Black | £ 44.06 | Yes | Overclockers.co.uk |
| LiteOn | 16x DVD-ROM Drive | £ 15.95 | Yes | Dabs.com |
| LiteOn | 16x DVD-Writer Drive | £ 45.28 | Yes | Dabs.com |
| Unknown | Floppy Disk Drive | £ 3.99 | Yes | Ebay |
| Geil | 1GB [2x 512MB] GeIL PC4200 533MHz Dual Channel DDR Kit | £ 120.00 | Yes | Ebay |
So as you can see, I have no more stuff to buy now and I have a fully working PC.
I also bought some stuff that wasn't on the list, such as a KVM switcher (to control multiple PC's from one monitor/keyboard/mouse), a Logitech MX510 mouse (to kill people in games with) and some power cables and other crap.
I've changed my mind about overclocking it until it breaks, I think I'll just overclock it a hell of a lot until it reaches it's limits. I'm water cooling it with my aquagate at the moment so I don't think I'll bother with any top of the range liquid cooling for it either, think I'll save that for my main PC. :p
I think that this PC might very well make it onto Ebay at some stage, or perhaps not, depending on if I find someone who nees a PC first or not.
For now I need to install all of the drivers and stuff for the new PC, because I practically just took out an HDD from one PC and put it in another, windows didn't like it very much and threw a bit of a paddy, so I slapped it around a bit and that kept it quiet.