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3. March 2006 @ 05:34 |
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@ Sammorris
what cooler would you recomend? It doesn't have to be silent but it needs to be quite quiet
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X2 4600 AM2|Asus M2N32-SLi-Deluxe |Leadtek 7950 @550/700|2GB XMS2 6400 C4 TwinX (2X1GB)|Logitech G7|Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty|SpeedLink Medusa SL-8793|Western Digital Raptor 10,000 RPM 36GB|Western Digital Caviar 500GB x 2|Tagan EasyConn 580W|BenQ DW 1655|Maxtor 80GB|Hitatchi 250GB|Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-3000|BenQ FP241W
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AfterDawn Addict
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3. March 2006 @ 07:18 |
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For coolers I'm not sure, something by Zalman preferably, but not having a really meaty CPU at present, I don't need a really meaty heatsink.
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9. March 2006 @ 21:13 |
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Ok IVE HAD xp 64BIT eD FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ITS NO BETTER THAN XP 32BIT.COME ON YOU'RE IN THE STATES AND YOU DONT HAVE IT YET.THATS SHOCKING.KRIKEY ILL PROBABLY GET VISTA BEFORE BILL GATES DOES.
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9. March 2006 @ 21:20 |
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Oh and having nore than 2Gb of ram wont make any difference cos Win Xp can only pick upabout 3 or 4 gigs depending on your MB and if you wana run dual cpu's you HAVE to use NT4 or Server 2003, and neither os have driver support for games.Basically it will be useless running dual cpu's.
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10. March 2006 @ 01:12 |
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XP pro will support 2 CPUs, but not XP Home.
X64 isn't nay better than the x86 version because there aren't any drivers and compatible software for it. The overall concept is better, but only for the applications that are supported. We could have x64 but choose not to.
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kishnike
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22. March 2006 @ 05:01 |
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22. March 2006 @ 05:51 |
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Except that a single 7800GTX will outperform those two in numerous games...
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kishnike
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22. March 2006 @ 13:54 |
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tocool4u
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22. March 2006 @ 14:04 |
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I thik a Blade Server would be my dream computer upgraded to the max to be about 32,000....LOL
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22. March 2006 @ 14:30 |
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this is a quad config not a dual
duh
Forgive me for being cynical but an average 10% difference above one £300 card when using two £550 cards to me doesn't sound like value. Besides, the compatibility of two of those things actually wasn't great. I'd much rather stick to my 80% of the speed single card, none of this quad GPU business, more trouble and money than they're worth.
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kishnike
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22. March 2006 @ 16:19 |
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Lol I know what u mean, adding GPUs is a quick way to more power for graphics for higher resolutions, it is better to develop better GPUs, even dual core 1s? But I wouldn?t mind the quad set up just for games, forgetting about the price that is? Dream system, Until something better comes out :p
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23. March 2006 @ 04:50 |
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adding GPUs is a quick way to more power
But an expensive way!
Dual core GPUs is an interesting thought, I wonder...
Problem is, load balancing isn't really as necessary for GPUs since the number of different operations they perform is quite low, just raw graphical power.
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LostinPC
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27. April 2006 @ 14:55 |
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I got my ATi Radeon X800 for $150, but it don't fit in my motherboard so i'm lookin to buy a new that as well :*(
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28. April 2006 @ 11:28 |
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Someone wasn't paying attention. Lol dw I got caught out by that once. Never buy something from a link via kelkoo. Go via the website's categories from it's home page afterwards.
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redZoneOS
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2. June 2006 @ 10:39 |
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i think my dream machine would have to be a Compaq Presario
LOL
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redZoneOS
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2. June 2006 @ 10:53 |
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ohhhh and i just noticed i'm not on "newbie" status anymore woot!
so I guess, err, i'll have to post something serious so I'll post what I just ordered as my first build :D (more on the budget side of things, rather then the dream machine haha)
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 3500+
MOBO: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
VID CARD: ATI RADEON X850XT
CASE: Thermaltake Shark Full Tower (silver)
TV TUNER: HAPPAUGE 150 PVR
RAM: CORSAIR TWINX DUAL CHANNEL 2048MB PC3200
HDD: SEAGATE 250GB SATA 3.0
PSU: HIPER TYPE-R 580W (blue)
hopefully all goes well!!! any last minute changes?
oh and everything else not mentioned (dvdrw drive etc) I'm moving in from my old computer :D
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2. June 2006 @ 11:31 |
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I think that would be w00t lol.
I can find no flaw with that setup AT ALL. Rock solid.
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zeph317
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2. June 2006 @ 11:44 |
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Not a bad budget build, but I would opt for a Maxtor HD with 16 MB cache (I bought a 250 GB one for $119 and now they're down to low $90's). If you get two of them, you can Raid them! But of course, I am still a newbie so I guess that means take my advice with a grain of salt :-)
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2. June 2006 @ 12:13 |
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The grain of salt is that Maxtor drives are loud and lower quality than the near-silent Segates. I'd also advise against RAID, good though the performance is, it has too many disadvantages.
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2. June 2006 @ 12:26 |
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i had more problem with Segates then maxtor...now that Segates bought maxtor it will be western for me..from now out...
to me maxtors are much quieter then seagate,
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2. June 2006 @ 12:54 |
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Hmm fair enough. I can't really say about any drives other than that my old Seagate Medalist still works after 5 years of use and 8 years of existance. My WD drives have all been good, and even my Maxtor DM+8 has been OK, but the WD2000 wasn't strong enough to survive the massive surge my Qtec PSU created. (neither was high quality Samsung memory or a Panasonic floppy disk drive so this is largely irrelevaant) so I can't say I've never had one fail. However, the DM+8 was ready after a reformat (the FAT was razed but it was physically intact). The two WD2500s weren't formatted at the time, so I can't say, but they still worked. The drives are near silent and I've had no problems relating to workmanship as of yet. Can't wait to try out their Raptor series. However, IMO the best hard drives are Samsungs. When you sort case vibration out they are pretty much inaudible.
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zeph317
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2. June 2006 @ 13:19 |
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I usually listen to music or am playing games on my rig and I don't notice any "noise" so poeple that whine about noise must be hyper sensitive compared to me. I can't see why so many people care about having a "noiseless" PC. As I said earlier, mine is noiseless . . . to me. As for what is best: I like my raptors just fine. I have had a WD 80 GB HD go bad. I have had my Maxtor for about a year or so and it works fine.
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2. June 2006 @ 14:35 |
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I merely took the maxtor figure because it seemed to me that they've had a few more problems than most, but tbh all manufacturers have their bad times, It's the Caviar's turn at the moment, there's a recent influx of bad reviews on newegg. Before we know it, it'll have moved onto maybe Hitachi. It just happens. You're right about silent PCs, I don't care for silence, I'd rather have performance, but It's nice to have a PC that doesn't annoy you with its loudness, yours may not but some do.
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redZoneOS
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2. June 2006 @ 15:49 |
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looks like i started some drama in here with my mention of seagate HDD's haha... well I chose seagate because I've had several of their drives in the past (external and internal for ALOT of video storage from editing) and I've NEVER had a problem... WD is good too but I only had one of their drives and it started making weird wrrrrrrrrrrrrr noises....
AT SAMMORRIS: You better like that set up I got most* of those ideas from you! :) Thanks alot man I really do appreciate ur help!
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zeph317
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2. June 2006 @ 22:42 |
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All I hear on my PC is the 120 mm fan but that is not an annoying sound. It seems like some people have PC's within a warzone whereby, if their Pc's make a noise, then it gives away their position to the enemy resulting in them getting shot. I don't get it but maybe that's because my PC doesn't sound like a coyote in a trash compactor :-)
Amd Athlon Barton 2600+, 250 GB Maxtor 16 MB cache, 1024 MB 3200 RAM, Sony DVD-Rom, NEC DL DVD-Burner, Sony floppy, Q-Xpack Micro Atx case (Blue), Biostar MicroAtx Mobo, and a GeForce 6600 GT. My next build: Amd Athlon X2 3800+, radeon X1600XT, 2048 MB Corsair, (2) WD 36.7 GB Raptors, External DL DVD-Burner, Green See-thru 520 Watt PSU, Q-Xpack MicroAtx Case (green), and Vista OS (just waiting til next year :-)
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