I built a computer!

Elcie
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I built a computer! Dec 28, 2014 0:31:32 GMT -5 Gelquie, Nut, and 11 more like this

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Post by Elcie on Dec 28, 2014 0:31:32 GMT -5

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL LOOK AT HER

......But seriously! I'm so happy! This is my first attempt building a computer and it went incredibly well. I did most of the work on Christmas Eve, and finished up Christmas night after extended family had left. It's so much faster than my laptop, and it's going to be even better once I've added the graphics card *_* (Because technically this is for school, but why not make sure game performance is great while I'm at it?) I've named it Zephyr. I'm enraptured. This is the nicest computer I've ever owned, and I MADE IT.

I even came in under budget, thanks to some good deals I found, and my parents for buying me a nice LCD monitor and the OS license for Christmas C:

Some more pictures, and the specs for anyone who's interested:

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Case: Rosewill Challenger-U3
Drives: Samsung 840EVO 120GB SSD, Seagate 500GB HDD
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Pro4
Processor: Intel i5-4690
Memory: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X Series
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W

Future graphics card will be a XFX Radeon R9 270, and... haven't picked out a DVD drive yet XD

Last Edit: Dec 28, 2014 0:33:02 GMT -5 by Elcie

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Breakingchains Random Contestant I'm up, I'm up Posts: 5,898	I built a computer! Dec 28, 2014 1:45:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Breakingchains on Dec 28, 2014 1:45:23 GMT -5 Aw maaaaan I have always wanted to do this. Looks awesome!
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Celestial Able Attendant Admin Dragons eat knights and capture queens. It makes them very bad at chess games. Posts: 39,848	I built a computer! Dec 29, 2014 8:14:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Celestial on Dec 29, 2014 8:14:00 GMT -5 Ooh, so this is the famous computer you've talked about? It's quite a beauty, you did a great job with it, Elcie. <3 You are very right in being proud.
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Post by Elcie on Dec 28, 2014 0:31:32 GMT -5

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