Firsttime's First Computer Build

Firsttime

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Mar 31, 2005
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I just finished building my first computer, and im pretty proud. As a 16 year old I like to think I did pretty good. Not as good as a couple of the teens on here but heck it handles what I throw at it. So here's a list of the specs.

Sempron 64 2600+, 1600mhz@2280mhz
BBA Radeon 9600pro
512 mega bytes of Kingston HyperX PC3500
DFI Lanparty UT NF3
Hitachi 80gb SATA Drive
Samsung DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
Westinghouse 17" Widescreen LCD
Logitech G5 mouse and multi-media keyboard
Nikao Hero Gaming Case(gift from my parents from a local computer store)
Windows XP Pro
Logitech X-530 Speakers


Now I tried to spend more on the parts that don't go out of date as quickly while still keeping reasonable preformance for the price. Im not a BF2 player or anytihng the most hardcore game I run is AoE3 and so far its done a great job with it. I love tweaking and Ive had a blast playing around with the Sempron. As a teen I had a pretty tight budget to work with, and I bought most of the stuff used off the FS/FT forums here. My only complaint would be with the monitor although watching DVDs and playing games is very cool in widescreen the monitors uncommon resolution 1280x768 gave me some problems with older stuff but it seems is becoming more common on newer games. Anyway here's some pics.

Entire System View
Inside View
Another Inside View (wire management isn't as bad as it looks:p
Desktop
Front of Case
View of My G5 :p
Entire Room Pic
Pic of my Ultra Cool speaker stand

Anyway feel free to leave comments/questions, thanks for all the advice you guys have given me over the plast year.