kmisterk Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 EDIT: New Pics are up! Tell me what you think. This one I call the Recycler, because I didn't purchase a single piece of hardware with this build new. I work at an electronics recycling center and I acquired everything that went into this build for free or extremely cheap. Specs: Case: Lian-Li Brushed Aluminum - Free from work PSU: Cooler Master 850w PSU - 5 bucks from work MainBoard: MSI G41M-P34 775 Socket Motherboard - 5 bucks from work CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad q6700 2.66 ghz, OC'ed to 3.2gHz - 20 bucks from work (purchased untested, lucky it worked) osx see's a quad-core xeon CPU Cooling: OEM Intel Heat Sink - 2 bucks from work Memory: Hynix 2x2gb 1333 DDR3 - 5 bucks from work Video: Asus Dark Knight Radeon 4870 - 15 bucks from work Boot Disc: 500 GB Seagate 7200rpm 3gb/s SataII HDD - Free from work Optical Disc: Asus Sata 24x DVD-R/RW DL 54x CD-R/RW w/ LightScribe - 3 bucks from work WiFi: Linksys WMP110 (Seen as AirPort Extreme, 802.11n 300Mb/s) - Free from work BlueTooth: RocketFish Micro USB Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Module - Free from a friend Monitors: Dual Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Extended Displays 1680 x 1050 Res - 20 bucks a piece from work Input: Logitech Bluetooth Desktop MX5000 - 10 bucks from work HeadSet: Triton USB Gaming Headset - 30 bucks from a friend Grand total: $115 USD Used Retail disc and related methods to install the OS GeekBench: 6898 7315 after fine-tuning and no programs running (meh, not bad for a 115 dollar build, eh?) Pics: Tell me what you think of the new case. Thanks guys. Hope you enjoyed watching lol. Hope to get your vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Impressed by the value for money, LOL P.S. The new case is nicer, of course. You get my vote too. Hard to beat for the price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMacMongo Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 maybe if the wires inside were cleaned up a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Yeah that's a pretty slick build for 115 dollars! It has a certain charm for sure. /EDIT like the new case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZØØT Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Five bucks on the PSU? Sweet! I guess I'll put up my Dell Dimension case job without fear now. You topped me in the "top of the heap" department. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmisterk Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Five bucks on the PSU? Sweet! They sell PSU's by the pound here regardless of how awesome or sucky the psu is. So I gave them a 300% profit based on weight compared to what they would have if they sold it by sheer weight. maybe if the wires inside were cleaned up a bit Yeah, cable management has never been a strong suit. I'll do what I can tonight at home and reupload some pics. Maybe lol. And it doesn't help that I have a craptastic cell phone camera to work with and a room that has virtually no ambient lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 $115?! That's insane, way to go kmisterK! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkNugget Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Very clean, and good for you on the pricing! Please do a GeekBench score. I've gotta know !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmisterk Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Very clean, and good for you on the pricing! Please do a GeekBench score. I've gotta know !!! GeekBench: 6898 7315 after fine-tuning and no programs running (meh, not bad for a 115 dollar build, eh?) $115?! That's insane, way to go kmisterK! Thanks man. Took me 6 months to acquire the parts and hours upon hours to figure out how to get osx up and running. It's a constant work in progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 My vote is in. Case is classy, and wonderful value for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmisterk Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Thanks, pooky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BALDY_MAN Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 great build for the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmisterk Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thanks i'm stoked. We got our first 1366 motherboard in today. It's got a bad capacitor, but that means there are more to come soon. I'm so excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 replace the capacitor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmisterk Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Unfortunately, I don't have the soldering skills required for that accurate of a job. Besides that, it was just the motherboard. No heat sink, no ram, no video card, no CPU. Having the motherboard nowadays isn't exactly a head start, considering the cheapest CPU I could find for it was an i7 920 on Ebay used for 189 with 2 days left on the bidding lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 True, but depending on what you'd have to shell out for a broken mobo, I'd do it just to do it. Better to hone your soldering/desoldering skills on something you won't mind messing up just need a basic iron, solder, some flux and some desoldering braid. oh and another capacitor. I consider that a fun afternoon Not sure why 1366 cpu's are still so expensive At least triple channel ram is dirt cheap again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmisterk Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I think the 1366 CPU's are so expensive cause the slowest ones they make are still relatively high end i7's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Steel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Sweet, awesome value for money! I just found a whole Athlon 64 X2 4200+ based system with a bad CMOS battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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