Making a computer (finally).

[Richie]

sexy ass wallpaper corndawg. is that a game? i'm really craving some live for speed now, thanks alot asshole.

That's Gran Turismo 4, yo. Not my picture (or my driving), just found it in a GT4 photo competition.

And I'm wanting some 2142, haven't played it yet. Made Sargent in BF2, now trying to get the Special Forces unlock for Medic.

[Verence]

Whew, I just had a fun morning of fixing my power supply.

The fan wasn't working, so I opened it up and replaced it. Still didn't work though, because the power supply fan took a different voltage than the fan I replaced it with (a standard case fan). So I had to run a wire out of the power supply to one of the legacy power lines in the case.

But the fan's running full blast now, so I'm happy.

The power supply is a month old, too, so it's fan has no excuse for breaking down.

[Richie]

That's mad ghettorigging, yo.

I'd have just sent it back to wherever for a replacement, but your way works, too.

[Verence]

If I sent it back, I'd have had to be without a computer for, like, two weeks. PLUS I'd have to pay shipping.

I've done enough of that lately, thank you very much.

[Richie]

Ah, my bad.

I'm a pack-rat with PC parts, so I always end up having spares around, or I've got other pack-rat friends I can beg/borrow/steal from.

[Verence]

It's fun to DIY, especially if it's ghetto.

Next on my list is optimizing case airflow by getting all of the wires tied down and outta' the way.

[Richie]

Yeah, I'm obsessive about the cables in my rig.

I used to read Maximum PC obsessively, and I got a lot of ideas from the pictures of Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Voodoo rigs. It's easier these days with SATA wires - back when everything was IDE, you'd have to origami-out every ribbon cable to get decent airflow.

Have fun sorting it out.