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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 16:50 |
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won't hurt the computer as there is computer cases with side fans. which way is the other fan blowing air, in or out?
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 16:51 |
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This is now a reply to J-five, neither both are suxxors lol. i bought a e machines t6216 i think is modle from tiger for 399.99 cheaper than ur budget and its better than those 2 lol. amd 939 socket amd64+ 3200.
ati 128mb video(i know on board! but better than my previous 64mb nvidia card!><) 512mb ram(ive since upgraded so now i ahve 1.5g of ram only costed 100 bucks too:)) crappy on baord sound but i dont use surround so no need. came with win xp sp2, dvd burner, cd drive, 6 in 1 bay thingy, media keyboard and a mouse, oh and speakers. its highly upgrade able well untill the amd baords with ddr2 support are cheap. u can replace cpu with a duel core i think great upgrading machine thats decent by iteself.
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 16:54 |
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3 post 5 minutes lol, i was going to have it blow out to pull air of the cpu. wont let me post gotta wait..... dododododo..... oh any idea as to a reasonable priced upgrade from my cpu?
Chase
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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 17:00 |
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3 minute time delay for newbies because of spam. what upgrade besides psu & videocard are you talking about or are you talking about those??
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 17:05 |
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i have an idea on what i want with the video card and psu(though input is always good) my main thing is what would be a good/ and well priced CPU upgrade from my current amd 64 3200 939socket. i do gaming primary.
Chase
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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 17:09 |
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what cpu can your board go upto? you certain it is a t6216 as emachine doesn't list it?
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 17:12 |
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didnt know there was a limit. i got a 939 board, it has duel channel support so how u mean whats it go up to?
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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 17:16 |
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reread my other post as added something there. boards have a speed limit on cpu's so what is yours?
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 17:18 |
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bought it from tigerdirect, refurbished how would i look up the max speed?
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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 17:22 |
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user manual. are you certain it is t6216??
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 17:23 |
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positive, i know the mb is a msi with onboard video.
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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 17:25 |
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 17:27 |
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im sorry t6212 i just check my sytem info its t5212 sorry lol
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ChaseMc
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2. December 2005 @ 17:30 |
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t6212! lol i keep hitting wrong keys lol its t6212
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ddp
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2. December 2005 @ 17:47 |
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jonni3
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3. December 2005 @ 01:50 |
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@ ChaseMc ,you'll need to find out what mobo you pc has, i think you might neeed to update the bios to run a higher spec Amd 64 cpu , what video card & psu you got in mind ?
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ChaseMc
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3. December 2005 @ 14:05 |
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what i have in mind is
gpx card:
Powercolor Radeon X800 GT / 256MB GDDR3 / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card
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Diamond Radeon X600 Pro / 256MB DDR / PCI Express / VGA / DVI / TV Out / Video Card
PSU:Diablo / PSDIA-01 / 420-Watt / ATX / Dual 80mm Fan / Power Supply
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Diablo / 550-Watt / ATX / Dual 80mm LED Fan / SATA-Ready / 20-Pin / Power Supply
But not sure if they will work mith my mobo. version of bios
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 2/15/2005
Pheonix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 2/15/2005
SMBIOS version: 2.4
its an msi card with radeon 200(something) on baord graphix. pls any info?
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ddp
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3. December 2005 @ 14:14 |
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which msi board as the bios info you posted is of no use. are you certain you have a pci/e slot on the motherboard?
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ChaseMc
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3. December 2005 @ 14:29 |
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yes i have a pci-e slot its the msi board that u find on the ATI website with 200 express graphix im pretty sure, ill just go google my computer model and find out. brb.
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ChaseMc
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3. December 2005 @ 14:36 |
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i went to ati wesite looked up a amd socket 939 board with xpress graphics clicked on the 200 version and then went to the oens made by MSI this is my board i think(looks like it and the other only has 2 extra pci clots) mine has 3 EXtra (not counting the pci-e) so this is it Model
Form Factor
# of PCIe x 16 Slots
# of PCIe x 1 Slots
# of PCI Slots
Memory Type
1394 (Firewire)
LAN
TV Out
SATA
RS480M2-IL
microATX
1
N/A
3
4x DDR
Yes
10/100
Yes
Yes
if u want to check it the adrress is http://www.ati.com/buy/promotions/radeonxpressmobo/amd939int.html
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ddp
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3. December 2005 @ 14:40 |
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go with the Powercolor Radeon X800 GT
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5. December 2005 @ 01:10 |
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Absolutely, it's over 50% more powerful than the X600 Pro, and allows for High-res gaming (1280x1024 easily, and to an extent 1600x1200) and the 600 doesn't.
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jojojo69
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17. December 2005 @ 06:35 |
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hi i'm buying a pc in january and wondere if this was any good.
[URL=http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail.asp?stype=5&productcode... next day[/URL]
my price range is around 650 - 750 pounds
i'll be looking for obvious stuff like good at games like doom 3 battlefield 2 and call of duty so i need to know that it will be able to run these ok.
please could sum1 give me sum advice and possibly other links to similiar pc's
awesome cheers
joe
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andmerr
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17. December 2005 @ 07:02 |
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@ jojojo69 : your link doesnt load
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17. December 2005 @ 07:37 |
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http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail.asp?stype=5&productcode...
"The Intel Pentium 4 630 3.0GHz CPU is usually only seen in machines £200 more expensive than this PC" - not strictly true, and 3000mhz is a relatively low clock speed too, an A64 3200+ is better.
" CPU will easily outperform similar priced CPUs from rival brands" - well rival brands would be AMD so no it doesn't.
"This is coupled with 512MB of RAM memory" - i know its not a vastly expensive PC but 512 isn't a lot for gaming
"nVidia GeForce 6800XT" - is there such a thing? i'll assume this is a 6800GT. That's very good for a system of this price, really.
"All this is hosted on the ECS 915PL-A2" - an ECS motherboard. <shudders>
"a 16x Double Layered, Dual Drive DVD+/- R/RW burner is included" - not bad at all, but some people like a second DVD-ROM drive as well.
It comes with a card reader and 17" TFT monitor so not bad.
I'd have a look at www.savastore.com for some good UK-based deals. If you can get a better PC than that for the same price there I'll eat my hat.
EDIT: I won't eat my hat, because they've removed one of their better offerings, so actually you probably won't find a better PC. And the 6800XT does exist, but it performs a lot slower than a 6800GT does. TO be fair, that's actually not a bad deal.
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