Your Pile Of Hunk Or Gaming Rig

also make sure the case even fits the dang card, i've heard horror storries about the crappy dell cases nto even fitting in higher end cards.
in that case you'de need a new case(or to spend a bit of time witha dremel doing some mods)
if you get a new case, you'de have to get a new motherboard as well since Dell now uses BTX formfactor cases.


also, the 8800GTS 320mb is a comparative POS now that the 8800GT and radeon 3870 are out. Both outperform it and cost less(atleast based on MSRP)

 

Ah, yet another reason to replace a Dell motherboard.

 

well, BTX is a better design... it's just it has poor industry support. It was supposed to completely replace BTX back in 05 or so but it never happened. Probably would have been best if the ATX standard was extended. Inverted ATX isn't too bad and doesn't really have any additional implementation costs.

 

There are many cases which support BTX. Many ThermalTake case's come with optional BTX conversion kits. For example,
http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/BTX/BTX_index.asp

 

I seriously dont even know my specs lol

 

Thanks for the posts guys, and I was aiming to buy a ThermalTake case.
And I just decided to go one step further with the graphics card.

 

the ugliest PC here

PCLinuxOS www.GetPCLinuxOS.com

 

Processor: Intel® Core™2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Manufacturer: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 624 MB
Hard Drive:
2 x 250 Seagate SATA 7,200 RPM (storage)
74 GB WDC Raptor 10 k RPM (used for windows)
500 GB WDC MyBook (storage)
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Operating System: Windows XP -----
PSU: Thermaltake toughpower 650W Power Supply
KeyBoard: Logitech G15 Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G5 Mouse
Monitor Samsung 19 Inch SyncMaster 930B(Analog)
DVD Drive: NEC x16 DVD-RW

and thats all i could think of i currently don't have pics

 

wtf is that

glad to see thread still alive

 

^thats what i was going to ask lol

 

nice specs, i'll post mine soon .

 

Finished on xmas eve but couldnt be bothered getting pics





The side fans are green but for some reason the blue one that came with the case (which im replacing) causes them to look blue =/

Code:

AMD athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2GHz
Zalman 9500CNPS
Asus M2N-E SLI motherboard
250gb primary (Seagate barracuda)
250gb Storage (WD Caviar)
500gb iOmega External HDD
3GB generic ram (4GB Geil Black dragon by next week)
750W Thermaltake Toughpower
Leadtek winfast 8800 GTX
Onboard sound atm (XFI xtreme music whenever they bother to deliver it)
2x 80mm akasa green LED casefans
1x 120mm blue led case fan (came with the case)
1x blue/green cathode behind screen
2x green cathodes (sound reactive inverter)
BenQ FP937s 19' TFT screen
Logitech X-540 5.1 Speakers

EDIT: NIGHTTIME PICS! Cathodes + ---- cam = epic fail

 

I hate neons and LEDs. My case is completely light free, and It looks so much better.

 

i'm generally agreeing

most of the time LEDs aren't done right. you want a soft subtle glow, not the burst of light most give off.
If I were to add LEDs, which I might in the future(it'll be a while though) they'd be small underpowered things and they'd be hidden beneath the board such that I'd basically get a subtle glow coming form the underside of the board.

 

Yeah, I'm considering etching my gaming team logo into my side window, and mounting a few small LEDs into the corners of the window so the diffused edges of the etching will glow, but nothing else. Did it on a phase change cooler a friend of mine was making. As so