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The Official PC building thread - 4th Edition
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11. May 2011 @ 07:26 |
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Isn't that horrible they should never be able to do such things, terrorists or not. The Patriot Act was one of the worst things we've ever passed, and Government is way too big but that's another subject.
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11. May 2011 @ 07:48 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
I'll just agree (fully) with you Russ and i'll leave it at (other than saying it's admitted fact as to why Facebook et al were created, by who and the purpose is not what the mindless users of it think it is - it's even more mindless when it's an admitted fact as to who and why it was really created and the mindless still love it!).
I'll leave it there as my tin foil hat is fitting more and more comfortably as times goes on :p
creaky,
People in general are stupid! Some can't go to the bathroom these days without telling someone all about it. I cut people off cold when they start to tell me things about other people we both know. I always say that I'm not interested as it's none of my business. The look at you like you are from mars! Then there's Texting, another thing that is monitored. You can't even begin to believe how many lives have been lost because someone was texting instead of doing their job. Bus Drivers, Railroad Engineers and just ordinary drivers. People just seem to have to tell everybody what they are doing! They're addicted. We are far from the limits of how stupid people can be yet!
I've graduated from a tin foil hat to the new Titanium foil model. It makes the brain probes in the Satellites unable to spy on your brain waves! ROFL!!
Russ
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11. May 2011 @ 09:32 |
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Man did all you guys hit the nail on the head about this myface or facebook whatever the hell they call it thing, I joined one a couple of years ago after all my kids and their friends hounded me Poppy you need to get into the new world, after getting on it I couldn't believe all the things people were posting about themselves, I warned my kids about it, oh Dad your just paranoid, you set everything in the private mode and all is well, ok, so you want to believe that, I tell them, you young wipper snappers have no idea.
Last year I think it was facebook, my daughter got the flu and needed to take time of work, she also needed a note from the doc because of it, he gave her like a 4 or 5 day reprieve, well by the end of the week she was feeling better and went out with all her friends to this rave thing as the kids call it now a days, it was a firday night, they all posted themselves with pic's and all, Monday morning getting back to work didn't she get called in the office by her boss, she caught some hell, he told her it sure didn't look like you were that sick to me, why didn't you come in on Friday.
She couldn't understand how they found out, oh you think, just because you kids have the settings on private you really think people still can't figure out how to get in especially if they know how to get around things, and how about how people love to gossip, just like the creak and Russ said you can't take a crap without other people posting about you, with all this texting etc. you have snitches all around you, oh jeez I never thought about it that way, jee Dad I think you were right, us old farts we don't know anything.
Those things can be fun, I don't fully fault those sites, it's the people that screw it up, I always try to warn my kids never post anything on those sites that can bite you in the ass later, times they listen and times they don't, I don't know maybe I'm being biased, when we were growing up I feel we had more street smarts, and what really gets me more and more adults are doing the same thing, go figure, maybe as they say the dumming down of America might have some truth in it.
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13. May 2011 @ 17:56 |
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The build went well. Smooth as butter. One thing surprised me though. No IDE ports. Rather careless of me to not note that before purchasing/deciding on the build. I was gonna put one of my old IDE Dvd drives in it. Obviously that's not gonna happen. Honestly though? I'm not that upset about it. Sata is here to stay for now. Until of course the next standard. If one is really needed, eh?
I'm sure it'll be everything he hopes. I put some... eh hem, pictures in his picture folder, and set them as the background. I'm sure he'll like them :)
He gave me 450$(Keep the change), I spent 446 on the build, including my Nas enclosure. So the way I see it, I got the NAS enclosure for free. Or rather I only had to spend some time on the build. Which is fine. I love building :D
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13. May 2011 @ 18:13 |
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Yeah you don't get any IDEs on Sandy bridge systems, haha. I forgot about that when helping someone outline a system!
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13. May 2011 @ 18:26 |
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I like the feel of the Antec earth watts. More mass than I thought it'd be. Rather silly about not including the power cord, but I do have multiple laying around :S Pretty confident with the build. Looks like one of my friends goes over to this guys house fairly often. He's gonna drop it off for me, and give him pointers about running some of the programs. E.g. Project 64. I should really get this guys texting number. Texting is so convenient xD
Oddly, I've bought the case twice now. My mothers has a blue light in the front HDD bay area, the new one does not :S
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13. May 2011 @ 18:29 |
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Lots of PSUs I've bought have come without cables, including the pretty expensive Zalman I use in my main PC. Which case is this?
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13. May 2011 @ 18:32 |
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13. May 2011 @ 18:37 |
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Ah right. Is that just a blue light, or a front case fan? Might just be that CM no longer include the front fan with the case.
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13. May 2011 @ 18:39 |
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See, it doesn't have a fan in the older tower though. Not in the front anyway. I could be mistaken. Have to check tonight. I felt air, but I don't see the fan in there LOL! I'll look later.
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13. May 2011 @ 19:50 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
I like the feel of the Antec earth watts. More mass than I thought it'd be. Rather silly about not including the power cord, but I do have multiple laying around :S Pretty confident with the build. Looks like one of my friends goes over to this guys house fairly often. He's gonna drop it off for me, and give him pointers about running some of the programs. E.g. Project 64. I should really get this guys texting number. Texting is so convenient xD
Oddly, I've bought the case twice now. My mothers has a blue light in the front HDD bay area, the new one does not :S
Oman7,
They omitted the blue fan, to keep the price down. Newegg just never changed the picture. Now it only comes with one rear fan. How is the steel on the side covers? I've used the Elite 310 before, and the covers flex very easily as the steel is fairly thin.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119210
BTW, Sorry about the no IDE. It never crossed my mind that you didn't know that the MB didn't have one as it was the first thing I noticed when I looked over the MB layout. I always do that so I can visualize where the wires and cables will have to go. Sorry I didn't mention it. I'm guessing that leaving it out helps get a lower priced AM3+ motherboard out. I'm still deciding whether to go ahead and get the $136 AM3 board or wait and get an AM3+ when the time comes for it. I'm just thinking ahead, although chances are that Russell will never need more than the 1090T to begin with.
Russ
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13. May 2011 @ 20:36 |
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13. May 2011 @ 22:33 |
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14. May 2011 @ 00:21 |
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Quote:
Lots of PSUs I've bought have come without cables, including the pretty expensive Zalman I use in my main PC. Which case is this?
Funny as I just pointed one of my friends towards the same unit and installed it in his machine for him. He got a very nice thick gauge cord with it.
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14. May 2011 @ 00:55 |
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Originally posted by Deadrum33:
Originally posted by theonejrs:
Not sure, but this sounds like a deal to me. OCZ Vertez2 60GB SandForce controll w/Trim Support. $90 w/MIR and Free Shipping I've already gotten the rebate for my new PSU!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL051311&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL051311-_-EMC-051311-Index-_-SSD-_-20227550-L0A
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No TRIM on XP Russ...LOL
Yes, that price has dropped considerably. Don't hold yer breath over OCZ rebate, but If i remember right though, you don't mind calling companies up and repeatedly reminding them of their obligations so you might be OK... :)
Deadrum33,
I've already gotten the Rebate for the Fatal1ty 550 watt power supply I recently bought. It came much earlier than I expected, about 6 weeks, which really surprised me. I've had very good luck with rebates. The only one I can remember not getting was from Pep Boys for my Razor electric scooter. $50! I got a phone call from Pep Boys just last week asking why we haven't done any recent business with them, and I told him about the $50 rebate. The guy's comment was that I must not have filled it out properly. I asked him if they wouls like to see the copies, and they asked to see them. Russell took them over there and they made copies of them and told us that someone would be in contact with us. I doubt I'll hold my breath. The purchase was made in Janruary of 06! The big thud you will hear is my head hitting the floor if they ever call me back!
With the bad economy, they do make it harder to fill out, and you have to be very careful to do it exactly as they tell you to do it. Some companies are better than others, but We've gotten very good at it, with all I buy from Newegg.
Russ
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14. May 2011 @ 01:03 |
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Yes, the steel side panel is somewhat flimsy. He loves it though! Apparently he's very excited, and loves how it's running. I figured he would. I guarantee the Phenom would have been overkill. The athlon II should run pretty cool too. And the summer months are coming up ;) Feels pretty good being the go to guy :D I just love getting my hands dirty. At least with PC stuff :D
Not a big deal about the IDE. It's obviously being phased out anyway. I had one too many Sata drives anyway. I've had a 7261S on standby. So I gave him my 7241S. They behave very similarly. I got some use out of the 7241S, so I don't feel too bad about it. And it's become obvious to me, that the HAF932 is allowing for longer longevity on the Optical drives. Which is good. I have 2 BD drives in there :p
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14. May 2011 @ 01:03 |
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I have never depended on rebates but I did get the $30 rebate with my second 4870 from Sapphire so it does work when done right.
Russ, how is that 550W OCZ fatal1ty treating you? Any comments on build quality or noise. Voltages stable? The last OCZ PSU I had was exceptional.
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14. May 2011 @ 08:03 |
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Originally posted by Estuansis:
I have never depended on rebates but I did get the $30 rebate with my second 4870 from Sapphire so it does work when done right.
Russ, how is that 550W OCZ fatal1ty treating you? Any comments on build quality or noise. Voltages stable? The last OCZ PSU I had was exceptional.
Estuansis,
I'm pretty pleased with it. When you open the box, even the packaging reeks of quality, and everything inside it is neat and orderly. The internal wiring is routed neatly, so nothing interferes with the airflow. Noise is non existent thanks to the quiet 140mm fan and the fan controller is nice and smooth in operation. Voltage stability is excellent. With only having to use 3 of the six cables that came with it, case wiring was a snap. Nice and neat. They even give you a little zippered bag for the extra cables.
I've now repaired the 700 watt GameXStream, so I have a decent spare if needed, or I can even sell it if I chose. I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with both OCZ PSUs.
Russ
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27. May 2011 @ 03:52 |
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The OCZ Fatal1ty units use Impervio OEM platforms, a new company that's pretty unheard of up to now, however, they also manufacture PSUs for Silverstone's ultra-high output Zeus units, and unlike most brands they are machine-soldered, so quality looks good inside. As far as component choices go, Hitachi 105ºC capacitors along with Nippon Chemi-Cons suggests that they're pretty decent quality units. I'd probably wager better than the FSP units OCZ used to use (and probably still do for some units). It's worth noting that some of the GameXStream (not Gamestar Russ :) )units have moved to Impervio as well.
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27. May 2011 @ 04:52 |
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LOL so OCZ units are finally out of the bargain basement. They need to decide on a final OEM, because my last OCZ was Seasonic-built and it was amazing. Quiet and stable and everything. Would be willing to give one of the Fatal1ty units a go as I've heard nothing but good things about them. Even Sam had some kind words XD
As of currently just got done cleaning out my radiator and doing some re-wiring. My SATA DVD-RW arrived. An LG GH22LS30. Apparently a somewhat older unit as it's a DVD-RAM drive as well. So far so good. Nice and quiet compared to my old Lite-On and burns cheap media just fine. Very pleased with the effect it's had on my cabling which was a main motivation XD
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27. May 2011 @ 05:04 |
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OCZ have had loads of OEMs. My opinion on Fatal1ty units is simply on hearing which OEM they use. I can't state that they use the exact same components in their units, as I don't know how strictly they adhere to the OEM design, my information was derived from a high-end Silverstone that uses the same company, so keep that in mind. However, it was written explicitly in the article that the units are machine soldered, which eliminates a lot of the concerns for units (poor soldering quality is a really big issue in a lot of PSUs), but it can potentially mask other issues, like component choices. Not so for the silverstone, but I've not seen inside one of the OCZs.
The S30 series of LG drives is quite old now, my 20x drive from 2008 ish is a GH20NS15, whereas my 22x drive from a few months back is a GH22NS50, and the latter does not show as DVD-RAM.
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27. May 2011 @ 05:16 |
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Yep I figured as much, I got it used for $5 though so I can't complain. Functionally it's just perfect for my needs. I just wanna read the few disks I actually use and sometimes burn some. AFAIK there's not a whole lot to differentiate it from any other burner except the model number. I'm really ignorant to burners and media remember ;P But yeah it's treating me well and working as intended so no reason to care about it any more than that. If I were a big media burning buff I might give a flying crap but I'm not and I don't :P
Think this is the 3rd ever DVD-RW I've ever bought for my own uses. Could seriously go for over a year without using one.
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27. May 2011 @ 05:22 |
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Never had any issues with my LG drives/burners, but then they're just devices to me, not intricate systems with their own distinctive characteristics to the extent you need to own half a dozen of them, ahem :P
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27. May 2011 @ 06:05 |
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Tell me about it, i have 6 external drives spare, (plus another 6 or so bare writers), and i barely use existing internal opticals any more as it is :p
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27. May 2011 @ 07:08 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
The OCZ Fatal1ty units use Impervio OEM platforms, a new company that's pretty unheard of up to now, however, they also manufacture PSUs for Silverstone's ultra-high output Zeus units, and unlike most brands they are machine-soldered, so quality looks good inside. As far as component choices go, Hitachi 105ºC capacitors along with Nippon Chemi-Cons suggests that they're pretty decent quality units. I'd probably wager better than the FSP units OCZ used to use (and probably still do for some units). It's worth noting that some of the GameXStream (not Gamestar Russ :) )units have moved to Impervio as well.
Sam,
My 700w is a GameXStream, not a GameStar. It's a GXS-700 It's made by FSP. It actually has pretty decent components, and a few interesting design features. The only down side I see is is no MOV (Surge Suppression). I've since added it, which is easy enough to do, and takes longer to get the cover off the PSU than it takes to install. I recently replace all the Caps in the voltage regulation circuits with Solid caps from Nippon Chemi Con, so it should be good for many years to come.
Best Regards,
Russ
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