Time for a new rig...need suggestions...

[oneway]

More beautiful pics please.  

Here is a couple for now...more art than anything...I like them...

The first image is double fan connector/splitter...UV sensitive components...

The second image is of true scale machine bolts used in model railroading...these were the bolts used to replace the Plexiglas side panel fasteners on the case...I drilled out the cheesy aluminum rivets....I also used these to mount the front panel elements...

The devil is in the details...

 

[oneway]

One more pic for now....

This is a close up of some custom potentiometer switches I made...I used the common anodized case case thumb nuts...cut off the typical male stud...drilled a socket into them, and press fit them to the splines on Pot...

In this case these were used as a fan rpm control bank on custom front panel...2x4 Pot Array...

The circuit board in the background was part of an off the shelf fan controller...these switches drove that board....I cannibalized the controller and also mounted the micro toggle in the background on the same custom front panel to bypass the typical auto fan control....manual override...when wanted...otherwise solid state management...



 

[SIK1]

Nice work oneway. The little nuts and bolts are too cool. 

[oneway]

Pulled the trigger tonight on the following upgrade package:

3 years since the last build....nearly to the day...

Out with the old:

Stryker Extreme, 8800 GTX,Core 2 Duo 1333 2.6 quad...various 184/DDR2 RAM over the years...


In with the new:

Asus P6X58D Mobo
i7 2.8 Bloomfield
Corsair Dominator DDR3 6GB (3x2gb) 1600 triple kit
Saphire 5870
OS 7

From NewEgg...

Build begins next weekend...

Oneway

[Waffle]

Lol - I just bought that same Mobo / Cpu / Ram for my home rig. My old core2duo system went down Thursday night. Was going to order from Newegg, but went to Frys locally since I'd be lost without a pc untill the parts arrived. Anyway - I got it up and running currently and all seems good.

Btw - Frys has a smoking deal on the antec Truepower 850 watt powersupply, $99 bucks.

[Spikes]

Waffle...with there being a newegg place right in TX, wouldn't it have been there in a day or two?

[oneway]

Lol - I just bought that same Mobo / Cpu / Ram for my home rig. My old core2duo system went down Thursday night. Was going to order from Newegg, but went to Frys locally since I'd be lost without a pc untill the parts arrived. Anyway - I got it up and running currently and all seems good.

Btw - Frys has a smoking deal on the antec Truepower 850 watt powersupply, $99 bucks.

99 bucks for 850 watts is a great a price..killer deal

anyone who needs a new PS should jump on that....

 

What V card are you running?...

[Waffle]

I picked up a nvidia 9800GT, planning on trying SLI - I probably wont pick another one up for a little bit though.

I actually needed a computer tonite - so I was kinda forced into Frys. Does newegg have a distribution point in TX?

[Spikes]

I think they have one in TX, NJ, and CA (main point). I get a lot of stuff from NJ, I live in Upstate NY and sometimes it even arrives next day, with 3 day shipping.

[skribetm]

all my orders from the eggo come from either tennessee or california. tennessee gets here overnight even if its ordinary ups ground.  but cali takes a whole darn week. 

[Spikes]

all my orders from the eggo come from either tennessee or california. tennessee gets here overnight even if its ordinary ups ground.  but cali takes a whole darn week. 

Forgot about TN.  I think their "lowest" priority is 3 day UPS...I could never select lower.

[oneway]

I am in the Bay Area...north bay....egg sends from their south bay location to me and its normally 2 days ups ground....1 day to the north bay terminal via tractor...1 day on the route truck...

I hate paying the sales tax but new egg is just so darn good to do business with, I am willing to pay it...sorry Tiger Direct...

Oneway