Just got back from Best Buy, and I'm f*cking happy...
 

Got a real good price on the computer I was hoping to find today. More pics coming when I get it out of the box and setup! :thumbsup

http://arikaames.com/gfy/new/newcomp1.jpg

They were out of stock of the monitor I was looking for, so I settled for this one for now. Least it had DVI inputs!

Can the Shuttle be upgraded? Looks pretty small. I like towers.

It looks really cool tell me how it works i might be interested in one...

I love the big kids toy store, Best Buy!!

Yeah I think that it can. But not as much as the regular tower.


Have fun with your new big kid toys.

I don't know yet, It's got;

Liquid Cooling system
P4 3.0Ghz w/HT and 800FSB
512mb of ram
160gig HD
ATi 9550 256mb graphics card
8x DVD +/- RW
and a million inputs and outputs...lol

This is a secondary machine for video processing, I think it will be a few weeks before I will upgrade anything. :)

Getting it all out the box now...

Do the liquid cooling systems really improve performance? Or is it more of a novelty thing?

Uh, I think it's a cooling thing. Because of the smaller case, traditional fans won't keep it cool.

It needs liquid cooling because the chassis is to small for passive or active cooling.

Very sexy machine :P

You must really like that fucking couch. It seems to be the backdrop for all of your pictures, from Arika to your new computer.

:1orglaugh

I'm just fucking with ya! :thumbsup

Awesome looking system, sounds like you're one happy mofo.

That makes sense. What about on a standard box? Is there any real advantage to liquid cooling?

What did it cost ya?

The shuttle was $999.99, the monitor was $359.00, the tax made me have a small heart flutter...lol

:1orglaugh

Nah, the couch is just the closest thing to my cameras usually since most of the time they are plugged into one of the computers here...lol

that shuttle looks pretty sweet

that looks pretty sweet.

Here are the specs from Best Buy...



Shuttle XPC Desktop with Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.0GHz

Model: G 5690

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1089890510300&skuId=6784571&type=pr oduct

now thats a great idea

Looks like a great setup man :thumbsup

I hate those things, they suck ass to work on cuz the parts are so small and jammed in there. The power supply is fucking weak unless they have fixed that problem.

Nice little machine.

I need an upgrade on my main computer. I have three that run 24/7 and this one, my main computer has run 24/7 since June of 2002. Really!

I need to get myself a Christmas present.

:thumbsup

I've been thinking about getting one of those for the guest bathroom here.

edit - I misread your post.

Do it, they are small enough to fit on the bathroom counter. :)