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System Name | Night Rider | Mini LAN PC | Workhorse |
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Processor | AMD R7 5800X3D | Ryzen 1600X | i7 970 |
Motherboard | MSi AM4 Pro Carbon | GA- | Gigabyte EX58-UD5 |
Cooling | Noctua U9S Twin Fan| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)| Big shairkan B |
Memory | 2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 | 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair |
Video Card(s) | MSI AMD 6750XT | 6500XT | MSI RX 580 8GB |
Storage | 1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black | 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 | WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320 |
Display(s) | LG 27" 1440P| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" | 22" DELL/19"DELL |
Case | LIAN LI PC-18 | Mini ATX Case (custom) | Atrix C4 9001 |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard | Onbaord | Onboard |
Power Supply | Silverstone 850 | Silverstone Mini 450W | Corsair CX-750 |
Mouse | Coolermaster Pro | Rapoo V900 | Gigabyte 6850X |
Keyboard | MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 | Creative Fatal1ty eluminx | Some POS Logitech |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64 | Windows 10 Pro 64 | Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home |
Thought id share a little bit about my little project i did about 6months ago or so and i just basically finished it off the other day with a GPU upgrade. The project came about when i got a old computer off this old bloke for free and when i opened up the case i fell in love with its design. So i said to myself lets make this into a LAN PC so i don't have to lug my main big computer around all the time to LAN's.
The mini tower had all the right things to take modern computer components even though the case had Socket A parts in it originally. I didn't have much $$ at the time so it was on a very tight budget, cheaper the better but good enough to play all games on.
So this is what i got for it:
AMD Phenom II 955 $75 from a member here at TPU (already had a brand new spare Copper cooler for it here)
AM3 Mini ATX Mobo from ebay $25
8GB of DDR3 1333 Rip Jaws $55
WD Black 500GB $95 (by memory)
Silverstone ST45SF 450W SFX $89
3x60mm fans $12
Sony DVD $25
154GB WD Raptor was free i had it spare from older builds.
320 WD 2.5" Storage drive, got it free from a dead laptop
ATI/AMD 4850 512MB free as it was my brothers on lend till i got a new card.
Back grills $5 for the set of three
Multi card/USB reader $20
Gainward GTX 650 TI GS $154 replacement over the 4850
I think thats it.
i was going to get a 7770 but the length of the card was to long
So when i saw the GTX 650 TI came out it was more powerful, better on power and short in length i knew that was the card for this system, and im very happy with it so far.
3DMark vantage score of 14343 is not bad with a GPU score of 16131
Any questions please feel free to ask
Enjoy the pics

The mini tower had all the right things to take modern computer components even though the case had Socket A parts in it originally. I didn't have much $$ at the time so it was on a very tight budget, cheaper the better but good enough to play all games on.
So this is what i got for it:
AMD Phenom II 955 $75 from a member here at TPU (already had a brand new spare Copper cooler for it here)
AM3 Mini ATX Mobo from ebay $25
8GB of DDR3 1333 Rip Jaws $55
WD Black 500GB $95 (by memory)
Silverstone ST45SF 450W SFX $89
3x60mm fans $12
Sony DVD $25
154GB WD Raptor was free i had it spare from older builds.
320 WD 2.5" Storage drive, got it free from a dead laptop
ATI/AMD 4850 512MB free as it was my brothers on lend till i got a new card.
Back grills $5 for the set of three
Multi card/USB reader $20
Gainward GTX 650 TI GS $154 replacement over the 4850
I think thats it.
i was going to get a 7770 but the length of the card was to long

3DMark vantage score of 14343 is not bad with a GPU score of 16131

Any questions please feel free to ask

Enjoy the pics
