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New PC
Oct 24, 2006 21:08:50 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 24, 2006 21:08:50 GMT -8
I have received premission from my loving wife to build a new desktop for myself. Anyone have some suggestions as to what cool parts I can get. I'm thinking about a 17" flat panel w/DVI connection. A mid range PCI-e graphics card, possibly supporting SLI. At least 1 GB RAM, not sure if it'll be dual channel or DDR2 though. My biggest buy will be the Motherboard and Processor. I'm torn between a Pentium D, Core 2 Duo or the AMD 64 or 64 X2. I saw a nice article on tomhardware where they overclocked a pentium d 850 (3.2 GHz) to over 4 GHz without any stability problems. I think they got the whole system for under 700 as well.
Anyway post your suggestions.
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New PC
Oct 25, 2006 12:56:48 GMT -8
Post by Nobody on Oct 25, 2006 12:56:48 GMT -8
If you wanna go all out on gaming, i think a nice GE force graphics card would be in order. Also, with the pentium, i would go with the core duo. Ram will be fine at 1GB, i would actually put a 2GB in their just in case, thought it can get a little pricy.
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New PC
Oct 25, 2006 19:29:56 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 25, 2006 19:29:56 GMT -8
There'll definitely be a gaming potential but I'm also looking down the road for a vista upgrade as well as the normal video editing. My primary concern is making sure that I can run Vista. With most of the hardware I've mentioned I know I should be ok. It's the little details of Intel Vs AMD that I need to overcome. I'm pretty certain it'll have a mid range PCI-e NVidia card. I'm on the fence as to whether I should allow for SLI in the future, as that drives the cost of the mainboard up a bit. It seems most boards that support Pentium D's do not support SLI so if I go that route I'm out an SLI set-up.
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New PC
Oct 27, 2006 17:50:27 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 27, 2006 17:50:27 GMT -8
Big fat double post but here's what I orderd today.
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 Motherboard W/Athlon 64 X2 4800+ CPU/Fan (2.40 GHz)
1 Gb DDR 400 Ram
XFX GeForce 6800 Extreme SLI Video card (512 MB GDDR3 Ram)
LG Flatron 17" f-Engine LCD Monitor 8ms response SXGA 1280 x 1024 with DVI-D and VGA interface
Segate 320GB 7200 rpm/ 16MB Cache/ SATA-300 HD
Cyber Acoustic 3 piece speaker set (2 flat speaks and a sub)
Apevia Black Mid-ATX case w/clear side, fan controller, Front USB and Firewire
2- 80mm Blue LED fans for the rear of the case
USB Keyboard and mouse
XP Pro w/ service pack 2
Ultra x-Finity Black 600 watt modular power supply SLI and SATA Ready
So I think I got everything I need for a very nice gaming/video editing pc. Not to mention it'll sexy when it's done. The total damage not including shipping was $1347.88.
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New PC
Oct 28, 2006 10:28:02 GMT -8
Post by Defcon on Oct 28, 2006 10:28:02 GMT -8
That'll run games just fine and dandy. However MS just announced that they recomment 2GB of RAM for Vista. I've been running the beta of Vista for months on 1GB and it's fine.
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New PC
Oct 28, 2006 12:16:11 GMT -8
Post by Nobody on Oct 28, 2006 12:16:11 GMT -8
Will vista even be that good?
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New PC
Oct 28, 2006 13:30:43 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 28, 2006 13:30:43 GMT -8
It should be since it's been delayed for over 3 years now
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New PC
Oct 28, 2006 15:44:15 GMT -8
Post by Nobody on Oct 28, 2006 15:44:15 GMT -8
Im thinking it will be just a little upgrade here and there and bam. It is win xp pro with a few upgrades.
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New PC
Oct 28, 2006 17:05:30 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 28, 2006 17:05:30 GMT -8
no the whole aero interface it a major upgrade
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New PC
Oct 30, 2006 14:14:02 GMT -8
Post by Zangief on Oct 30, 2006 14:14:02 GMT -8
Plus with the monopoly MS has, its in your best interest to upgrade to the latest verson of windows.
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New PC
Oct 30, 2006 15:36:20 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 30, 2006 15:36:20 GMT -8
I'll probably upgrade to vista once I see the pricing. Most likely mid next year to see if it comes down in price and to let them work out some bugs. I'm really stoked about my new machine. I got the e-mail this morning that all the parts have shipped.
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New PC
Oct 31, 2006 0:44:57 GMT -8
Post by Defcon on Oct 31, 2006 0:44:57 GMT -8
Like I said, I've been Beta testing Vista for quite some time now. It's pretty cool. Definitely a lot more stable than other versions of windows...
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New PC
Oct 31, 2006 12:29:50 GMT -8
Post by Roggie on Oct 31, 2006 12:29:50 GMT -8
Rick, when you get it built, put a picture of it up.
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New PC
Oct 31, 2006 13:50:38 GMT -8
Post by FrkUout on Oct 31, 2006 13:50:38 GMT -8
Ok
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New PC
Oct 31, 2006 19:26:06 GMT -8
Post by Nobody on Oct 31, 2006 19:26:06 GMT -8
I guess it will be cool. My dad is really excited about it.
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