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« on: May 09, 2008, 01:47:37 AM » |
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Case...Antec 900, already have it, it used to belong to Demon Keeler (RIP)...
CPU...(intel) dual core E8400...$264
Motherboard...Gigabyte, EX38-DS4...$219
Ram...4GB...$93
Hard Drive...Western Digital, 750G...$160
Video Card...Nvidia 512M, 8800GTS $367
Monitor...22" ...$300
Power...750W Thermal Toughpower...$193
So what do you all think...
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 08:45:50 AM » |
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So what do you all think...
That's it's alright for some. 
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 08:55:46 AM » |
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^^^  Hardware looks good.. Which OS?
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 09:03:38 AM » |
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His wife? Or is AF his own man ...
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2008, 02:27:08 PM » |
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Can I have your old one?  .... 
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"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments", so let's build up the orchestra!
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2008, 08:22:30 PM » |
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^^^  Hardware looks good.. Which OS? I'm sticking with xp home.....I have been hearing so many horror stories about vista when it comes to gaming..
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2008, 08:42:11 PM » |
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Treated myself last weekend and got these... X-CLIO BLACK SUPER TOWER WITH WINDOW 2X25CM FANS NO PSU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz 6MB Cache S775 1333MHZ Asustek S775 nForce 790i ATX AUDIO LAN DDR3 BFG Graphics GeForce 9800GX2 1GB PCIE DDR 2xDVI 600/1.5GHz 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.1 500GB 7200RPM S300 32MB Zalman 850W ULTRA QUIET PSU 2 x Corsair Memory 2GBKIT (2X1GB) 1333MHZ DDR3 CL9 I got a 22ins samsung syncmaster 226cw as well, so it's all looking mighty pretty right now, a mate is bringing over a spare 19ins tft as well, so I can dual screen  Kinda thought I needed a bit of a treat 
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2008, 09:16:02 PM » |
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Treated myself last weekend and got these... X-CLIO BLACK SUPER TOWER WITH WINDOW 2X25CM FANS NO PSU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz 6MB Cache S775 1333MHZ Asustek S775 nForce 790i ATX AUDIO LAN DDR3 BFG Graphics GeForce 9800GX2 1GB PCIE DDR 2xDVI 600/1.5GHz 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.1 500GB 7200RPM S300 32MB Zalman 850W ULTRA QUIET PSU 2 x Corsair Memory 2GBKIT (2X1GB) 1333MHZ DDR3 CL9 I got a 22ins samsung syncmaster 226cw as well, so it's all looking mighty pretty right now, a mate is bringing over a spare 19ins tft as well, so I can dual screen  Kinda thought I needed a bit of a treat  Good rig... Marry meeeeeeeeee....... And then we could breed our computers...and make super computers....hahahahahaha...
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2008, 09:20:36 PM » |
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Nice one Fey!  I never took you for a tech head..
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2008, 09:21:14 PM » |
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If thats a bit of a treat what do you have for Sunday dinner........  PS......Can I have your old one.... 
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"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments", so let's build up the orchestra!
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2008, 09:29:41 PM » |
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If thats a bit of a treat what do you have for Sunday dinner........  PS......Can I have your old one....  lol...I thought you wanted my old one.... now you want Feys old one..... your such a computer tart...... 
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2008, 09:31:44 PM » |
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Kids are having the old one, and I'm no tech head, but I do know how to build a machine now  A mate came and helped/showed me what to do, was interesting, but... problem is he convinced me to go for win xp64..... Yes go on throw all sorts of derision my way now  as I said previously... I'm no tech head  And AF... you're already married!!!
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2008, 10:13:12 PM » |
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Kids are having the old one, and I'm no tech head, but I do know how to build a machine now  A mate came and helped/showed me what to do, was interesting, but... problem is he convinced me to go for win xp64..... Yes go on throw all sorts of derision my way now  as I said previously... I'm no tech head  And AF... you're already married!!! Whats wrong with win xp64 ? I'm a pc dummy...... Yes...yes, I know I am married, dont remind me....  ahahhahahahahahahaa....
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2008, 10:13:46 PM » |
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I'm just trying to help out to old people take care of there rubbish in a responsible way..... 
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"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments", so let's build up the orchestra!
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« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2008, 10:20:24 PM » |
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Kids are having the old one, and I'm no tech head, but I do know how to build a machine now  A mate came and helped/showed me what to do, was interesting, but... problem is he convinced me to go for win xp64..... Yes go on throw all sorts of derision my way now  as I said previously... I'm no tech head  And AF... you're already married!!! Whats wrong with win xp64 ? I'm a pc dummy...... Yes...yes, I know I am married, dont remind me....  ahahhahahahahahahaa.... Drivers for things when you use winxp64 are a bugger, things don't work how they should like itunes!!! Found a work around for that though, basically it's a bit of a pain, and has somewhat taken the shine off my new toy, but hey all my important stuff if still on the old one so that's fine for now until I can work out how to fix it all up 
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