Ha. This computer is total death in a box. My first own self-custom built computer too.
Want a picture?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_modding
First picture on the right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saibotcaseside.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saibotmoddedcase.jpg
It has a crappy motherboard but i have a max overclocked AMD athlon 64 x2 4800. most of these chips hit a wall at 3 ghz, but i got 3.022 ghz
Here are full specs:
Case: Custom Modded ThermalTake Soprano RS (fan holes cut)
PSU: Corsair TX 750 Watt
Motherboard: Asus AM2 Socket M2A-VM
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 - 800 5-5-5-18
CPU Cooler: OCZ Vendetta 2
Fans: 2x Antec Tricool Fans, 1x stock fan, 1x OCZ Stock cpu cooler fan (came with cooler)
Lights: 2x 12 inch Logitech CCFL Cold cathodes BLUE, 1x 12 inch Logitech CCFL Cold cathodes Purple
Speakers: Logitech 5.1 Surround sound X-540's
Mouse/keyboard: crappy stock logitech one's.
Monitor: Viewsonic 19 inch LCD monitor.
HDD: Western Digital 500 GB 7200 RPM.
Optical Drives: LG 22x DVD writer/reader thing and an old CD Rom writer/reader. Floppy drive. Salvaged out of old dell.
GPU: EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ Overclocked from
Stock:
Core: 739 --> 810 mhz
Shaders: 1836 --> 2015 mhz
Memory: 1200 Mhz --> 1370 mhz
Fan: 35% --> 70%
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ Brisbane Overclocked from
Stock:
Core: 2500 mhz ---> 3022 mhz
Voltage: 1.520V
Multiplier:12.5x
Bus speed: 241.8 mhz
Running temperatures at around 21 celcius idle, and 42 under load.
Pretty good considering i max'ed out voltages for my motherboard.
Running: Dualboot Linux UBUNTU and Windows XP customized login/boot screen and theme :)
i can play any game in the world with nooo problems at all... on Very high settings.
My CPU and MOBO are becomming obsolete. Looking to upgrade to intel E8400 or Q6600 because aparently, intel overclocks alot higher than AMD (i've seen 2.6-->4.2 ghz on intel's... i want that O_O)