It all began on a Wednesday (unsure of the date), when I asked my father if all the parts were ready to be put together. We were planning to build this computer for about a week now, and as soon as I got my confirmation I was overly excited. It was Summertime, meaning no homework, no stress, and the availability of creating big projects began to arrive. Later, that same Week-end my Father and I gone to his work place, where I was surprised to see all the necessary electronics which made up the computer. Back then, I barely knew anything about computers, and so, when my dad told me only I was to build it I was shocked and began to work right away.
While building the computer, I asked my dad all sorts of questions; The age of the computer (15 as of this year), and if I was able to take it home today as well. Of course, he said yes, however, he first told me to assemble it. Being as careful as I could be I started by installing the CPU, which was the Core 2 Quad then the cooler, then the motherboard G33T, an LGA 775 socket with ddr2 ram slots.. This then went into the Silverstone Multimedia case (used for watching movies and being compact vertical wise. After installing the Motherboard in to the system, the earlier mentioned ddr2 ram (which has a maximum frequency of 800mhz) 4gb was installed (then later upgraded to 8gb). Luckily, the case already had a Power Supply, so all that was left was to plug in the Graphics Card (Geforce GTX 650), plug in it’s connector, connect the SSD (Solid State Drive), and boot up the system.
As it turns out, the system worked amazing with Linux Mint installed onto it. This was a major breakthrough in my interest level, and even to this day I open the computer up, clean it, and look for alternatives for certain parts. In total, at the time of creating the computer the cost was $290. For the 3d modelling tasks I use the computer for, it works great, however, the lack of speed and modern compon3ents is marked by the unstable or unsupported apps which every now and then let me know of their existence.
– Iaroslav Serg Pyrozhok