Thank goodness for that! I had visions of it blowing up and turning your entire neighbourhood into this...

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/...b__430x323.jpg

I went for....

e8200, with a Thermalright HR-01 PLUS
Asus p5k
2GB Corsair RAMMSTEIN
500 GIGADUDE Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 (No games obviously, looking for something quiet to compliment the HR-01)


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

All arriving soon or already got it?

It should be here on Tuesday*.










* depending on the mood of the City Link delivery driver.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/CL.jpg

Ha! :D

For the hundreds upon hundreds of forumites that care....

Everything's running sweetly so far, but one of the sticks of RAM was fucked so I'm trundling along on 1GB until new stuff arrives. :mad: It was the first time I'd installed a bolt-on heatsink and I was a little bit :eek:, but nothing got squished. I'm running it passively so my PC is lovely and quiet; if a mouse farted in the room right now I'm sure I'd be able to hear it. :goodjob:

Buttocks, I don't mean to pry, but how much did you pay for a system like that?

I keep having these little after thoughts of whether or not to invest in one.

It cost....

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200...............................£94.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450.....................£21.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II...........£39.99
Asus P5K Motherboard................................£59.99
Corsair 2GB DDR2.......................................£31.99
Antec Three Hundred Case.........................£31.99
Thermalright HR-01 PLUS heatsink................£26.99

.................................................. ..Total: £307.93

That works out at $607.66, but I'd say it'd be a lot cheaper than that over there.

Twas a pretty good buy. :goodjob: With the new 4850 thats out you could add an even better vid card and play all the top games for maybe £450. But wait..don't gaming pc's cost THOUSANDS>???!!?!?! zomg