I have been running a Dell Precision 490 for about 3 months and I found it to be OK for what I used it for. Not too much into gaming at the moment (this is changing!) but mostly audio and music production.
18gb RAM, 1x 60 & 1x 256gb SSDs + 2TB HDDs, 2x Intel Xeon E5345 CPUs and an HD6950.
I started getting audio dropouts which I simply cannot have. Trying to mix an album with stuttered playback is tricky to say the least!
So I got a new PC. I took some pics during my "build". It wasn't really a build as the mobo, CPU, heatsink, 1x 128GB kingston SSD and PSU were already installed into the case when I got it and I gutted out my Dell and put my memory in this new badboy!
The new case:
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0642_zps412382a6.jpg[/img]
Insides when I got it:
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0645_zpsf249ceb5.jpg[/img]
Inside the old Dell:
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0646_zpsf6be778a.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0647_zpsfbce98a9.jpg[/img]
My studio, mid-carnage:
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0649_zps277e5ac9.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0650_zps5039653a.jpg[/img]
Looking pretty damn good!
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0653_zps44a80f1d.jpg[/img]
What was left of the old Dell. Dust level = horrific!
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0656_zps29e6ebba.jpg[/img]
Finished! with a shot of my home-made 7string guitar in the background:
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0657_zpsef8ac44c.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0659_zpsf7899dbb.jpg[/img]
Shitty photos as they were taking with my phone and my room isnt that well lit.
Power on: LEDs are cool
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/IMAG0661_zps8ebe9020.jpg[/img]
I will be parting my old Dell parts for sale so msg me if you are interested.
Spec:
P8Z77-V Pro motherboard
Intel i7-3770k CPU: OC'ed to 4.5GHz (my first overclock which I am rather proud of! We all have to start somewhere!)
ETS-T40-VD cooler
Corsair GS800 PSU
8GB Samsung 1600MHz RAM: Will be bumped up to 16GB soon
HD6950 GPU
1x 128GB Kingston SSD
1x 256GB Seagate SSD
2x 1TB HDDs
Gigabyte Luxo X10 silent case