My new PC

Yeah I know, it's all so l33t, but I'd been planning a new PC build for some time. I've been using the same rig for about 6 years, and I though I'd graduate to something with a least a bit of chic. My old rig (which went through several reincarnations) was based in a 2½' tall case, which sported room for two power supplies, 6 5¼" drive bays, 2 external 3½" bays and 4 internal 3½" bays. Needless to say it was quite a beast. And it was on casters. :)

At any rate, I did my a trip to Microcenter to pick up some pieces parts, and what you see here is the fruit of an afternoon's labor. Interestingly, the motherboard I picked happens to have quite a few UV-reactive parts built onto the board as well as covering some of the cables. I need to see about getting a black light put into the case to see what that does. ;) And no, I didn't intent to go all colorized, but the case I picked had a window and included some fans that were lit, so I added the tri-color cold cathode tubes for effect (it was only $4, so what the hell, eh?)

Also a first for me is having a RAID system. Two 100GB 7200RPM SATA drives running mirrored at the moment, plus a GFX card based on the nVidia GeForce 6800 chipset, *and* the mobo is a DFI Lanparty nF4, which also sports nVidia chipsets. I'm actually quite impressed with the quality of the Lanparty and nVidia components. I'm used to barely-there manuals with little to offer for software control, but this combination is built for the enthusiast: all sorts of BIOS tweak parameters, decent software bundle, and it looks cool too.

Now off to find a nitrogen chiller unit... just kidding. Maybe.

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