The Computer Megathread

[steve5451]

I'm confused.

More powerful fan push or pull on my heatsink in push/pull.

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[Böltster]

ordered my new computer last night, should have all the parts some time this week. thanks ethan & co

[Captain Crazy]

ordered my new computer last night, should have all the parts some time this week. thanks ethan & co

^{what color is it}

[popman98]

There's the error message.

[MyNameIsYou]

im probably gonna buy this graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948, but i only have a 460watt PSU, so i may get this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017&cm_sp=Cat_Power_Supplies-_-Spotlight-_-17-341-017.


yah

[pecon98]

So, I posted about having all the parts for my new computer a month ago.

That's the big pile o' parts.
And now...




It's done!
I installed Windows 7 on it.
Specs:
AMD Phenom X4 3.2Ghz
Radeon 6200
8Gb RAM (Though, I havn't checked if it all works yet)


QUESTION FOR SOMEONE TO ANSWER
HELP
I bought a wireless card for this computer, I plugged it into a PCI Express slot (It didn't seem to have any place to put power, so I assumed it used power from the Motherboard).
I installed the driver software for it, and now it claims that it cannot detect the card.
Any help?

[steve5451]

Did you try uninstalling the driver and re-installing it?
Maybe it's defective.

and what case is that.

[Rugged]

My keyboard should be coming in hopefully tomorrow or tuesday.

neat

also got a free copy of windows 7 from some lady at the school my mom works at.

[Captain Crazy]

haALP

there are these square arrangement of holes on my case. is that where fans can be mounted?

[pecon98]

Did you try uninstalling the driver and re-installing it?
Maybe it's defective.

I don't think that's the issue because I looked for it in the list of hardware windows detects.

Also the case is made by Antec.

[steve5451]

haALP
there are these square arrangement of holes on my case. is that where fans can be mounted?

Most likely. It's probably 80mm or 120mm.

Since I'm getting my mobo RMA'd I have been using this somewhat functional computer I set up with a couple sticks of DDR2 RAM and my old motherboard in which all SATA ports had been broken off and my backup Athlon II X2 2.9GHz since my cat destroyed my Phenom II. Because of the lack of functional SATA ports I installed Ubutnu 9.10 on a 4GB flash drive. Because it's completely exposed to the air my CPU is running at 20C. :o

[e-maxx]

is that a sidewinder joystick :O

[steve5451]

is that a sidewinder joystick :O

Yeah, it was my great grandpas. He was a PC gamer and had his own custom rig before he died.
I respect him though I never met him, ;-;

[pecon98]

Can anyone help with my wireless card :c

[Fredulus]

Yeah, it was my great grandpas. He was a PC gamer and had his own custom rig before he died.
I respect him though I never met him, ;-;

what the stuff
your GREAT grandpa was a pc gamer? must have been the oldest thing on the internets

edit: what case do you have, pecon? is that one of the HAF series?