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Candy MAME
lettuce:
Got my PC parts a few days ago, from dabs.com, based here in the UK...
Gigabyte S775 Intel P35 ATX Audio Lan DDRII FSB133, £54.95
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz, £82.85
Corsair Memory TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2x1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL4, £35.20
Samsung Spinpoint 500GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA300, £44.87
Nvidia Geforce 7600GT 512MB PCI-E, £39.99
OCZ Technology 500W STEALTHXSTREAM POWER SUPPLY, £36.91
LiteOn DVD-ROM 16x48x Internal SATA Black, £12.94
Have attached the components to a 1/2 inch mdf board which will fit inside the cab and slide in and out, just like the PCB board would do..
Wont be keeping the DVD drive attached to the mobo so havent screw it to the board, will upload any files to this PC, via my network after installing windows. Just need to decide either Windows XP 64 or Vista 64 ???
Timstuff:
--- Quote from: Neilyboy on July 03, 2008, 09:27:26 am ---This thing is beautiful... maybe one day ill find a candy cab locally.. With gas prices the way they are and being broke all the time pretty much eliminates the possibility of driving anywhere to pick one up..
nice work man ill keep an eye on this one..
neil
--- End quote ---
I haven't even seen a candy cab in person... I'm not sure if there even are any in my state. :(
BASS!:
Ok, the only thing I see missing is a good aftermarket cooler. This board is dieing to be overclocked. If you need help with settings tazznz is always around in the mame benchmark topic. FYI I have this same setup with a intel e8400 which runs stock at 3.00ghz running around 4.2ghz stable as a mule. The only other thing I have found about these boards is they don't cope well with sleep mode and overclocking. If you put it in sleep it will often have a bios error and re set your default motherboard settings.
About the bezel, I like dark gray, I think it will look great with the blue case. If you are dieing to switch it up you could always maybe paint it a tad lighter, but stay away from white, its going to drive you mad if you stare at it too long. Otherwise congrats on the cab, If only someone had one in the Seattle area I could nab for under $1000. LOOkin great! :applaud:
jeffhlewis:
Nice looking project, I think that blue color is awesome and suits it perfectly.
That PC is a beast! You running MAME on this primarily or other stuff too?
lettuce:
Thanks, mainly mame, aswell as NullDC too
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