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Thread ID: 58831 2005-06-13 10:46:00 Uber-Geek at Last Winston001 (3612) PC World Chat
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363620 2005-06-13 10:46:00 No, I haven't built my own machine, but the next best thing - Metla built it for me.. :D And it arrived today. What a beast. :thumbs: Just had to share the good news. Nice and quiet too.

Naturally I now find there is no room for it on the desk so some lateral thinking required. Anyway, here are the specs:

Thermaltake Tower case,400w PSU,Silent fans front and rear. Black

AMD 64bit Athlon 3000 939 pin CPU


Asus Extreme 6600GT PCI Express 16x TV out, DVI, 128MB DDR3 Video Card

2 x 512mb DDR 400 Ram (for dual channel)

Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9, Socket 939 NForce4 Motherboard

Seagate 7,200RPM 200 GB SATA-150, 8MB

Liteon SHOW-1673S, Double Layer

Microsoft Multimedia PS2 Keyboard, Black

Microsoft Optical Intelli USB / PS2 Mouse, 5

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, OEM

PCI 1394 FireWire Card, 3+1 port, NEC Chip, software & Cable included

Floppy Drive

:D :D :D
Winston001 (3612)
363621 2005-06-13 11:09:00 Turns green with envy, and thinks, now your Solitaire will go blindingly fast :thumbs: Terry Porritt (14)
363622 2005-06-13 11:12:00 Nice one Winston and Metla, well done. :thumbs:

That system is pretty close to what I have been looking at for my next new PC. Almost identical in fact so I must be on the right track. :p
FoxyMX (5)
363623 2005-06-13 11:20:00 Well i have seen the case / tower and :eek: it is serious geek looking...:p

sworn to secrecy i was...... and the lights....hahahaha yep.
:lol:

Well done Mets, itll be the best..... only forseen prob ........is that thing between keyboard and chair...:p

Congrads W001.

welcome to the mets club.

:D

beetle
beetle (243)
363624 2005-06-13 11:36:00 Nice one, Winston !

And good to see that Metla let you have a floppy drive!
...I have one in my system, which is very similar to your's. :D
Strommer (42)
363625 2005-06-13 11:37:00 Winston, please put up a pic on Sal's page of the beast and you being productive.
We all drool ./..
TonyF (246)
363626 2005-06-13 13:52:00 Yes, pictures you make, upload to sal you will. Hmm? :) bob_doe_nz (92)
363627 2005-06-13 14:03:00 ...and I third the motion, pics Winston. sal (67)
363628 2005-06-13 15:43:00 ...and after all that, how could he not?
In fact, why wasn't the link already in his post?
(You KNEW we'd ask, surely..)
Laura (43)
363629 2005-06-13 21:32:00 Thermaltake Tower case,400w PSU,Silent fans front and rear. Black

Which one??
pctek (84)
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