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UnderLord
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This is just the stuff that will get the system almost ready to use. After I save enough to get the GPU I will upgrade the CPU to a dual core. As well as get a better heat sink im thinking a thermaltake heat sink they got some neat lookin ones.

I know I got a silver case with a black plated PSU and cd-drive, maybe i shoulda gotten the black one....but the silver has more bays. besides the cd-drive is a temp one, it was cheap so I got it.

Sony Black 52x IDE CD Rom Drive
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nVidia nForce4 Socket 939 Moth
Ultra 600w X-Finity Power Supply w/2 80mm / Black
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939 (Venice) BOX CPU
Thermaltake Armor Alum Silver Full Tower w/ Window
Maxtor 300GB Serial ATA HD 7200/16MB/S-ATA-150
Corsair TWINX 2048MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz (2x1024)

Anyone have some suggestions on what else I can get? I already have the GPU picked out but anything that might be of use to me let me know, this is primarly a gaming computer. All parts where bought from TigerDirect.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2006 18:30
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Quote: "Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nVidia nForce4 Socket 939 Moth"

I can vouch that its a fantastic motherboard. Using it right now

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Commodore kid
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2006 21:08
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uggh im fat (purp) im fat alex (fart) im fat (burp) HELP mE cus im fat alex (prup,fart)

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the_winch
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2006 22:43
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Quote: "I can vouch that its a fantastic motherboard. Using it right now"


Appart from the nvidia nic and its love for corrupting data.

Quote: "Ultra 600w X-Finity Power Supply w/2 80mm / Black "


600W, you planning on connecting a maker to that thing?

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Phaelax
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computers keep coming with bigger and bigger power supplies when the majority of today's top game machines can probably run fine with only 400, maybe less. I use a 400w but thats only because I had it left over from a dual amd setup which did need a crap load of power.

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Oddmind
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my computer is restricted to 15 Acronyms in the description.

I think its funny that computer nerds can have a whole conversation with acronyms, and no one else will know what theyre saying.

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TopGunSF
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My specs:

2 gig DDR ram
Athlon 4200+ x64 processor
radeon x1900GT vid card (256 meg)
500 watt psu
hp super multi drive w/ light scribe
dvd/cd drive
Not sure of my board type really, w/e they put in the comp I guess. xD (It's an hp 7470n that I've made a "few" modification to.)
19" Dell widescreen HDTV

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Phaelax
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hey topgun, how is that light scribe drive? I've been looking at those lately.

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FoxBlitzz
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Quote: "computers keep coming with bigger and bigger power supplies when the majority of today's top game machines can probably run fine with only 400, maybe less."


That's because of the rise of SLI-ready computers. When you have two graphics cards you need a lot of power to run them.

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dab
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Quote: "hey topgun, how is that light scribe drive? I've been looking at those lately.
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I'm not topgun, but I think the Light Scribe drives stink. You can only write on the disk once (the image side), they are only 2 colors, and I've only seen 1 disk that has that feature (this is more my fault) and that's the one that came with my comp.

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dark coder
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Quote: "Appart from the nvidia nic and its love for corrupting data."


Care to elaborate? i just had to reinstall windows due to it not booting outside of safemode and my network drivers messing up. and i also have that motherboard.

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Commodore kid
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heres the spec of my new computer
NAME C 64
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
OPERATING SYSTEM b.a.s.i.c
KEYBOARD Full-stroke 66 keys with 4 function keys
CPU 6510
SPEED 0.985 MHz (PAL) / 1.023 MHz (NTSC)
CO-PROCESSOR VIC II (Video), SID (Sound)
RAM 64 KB
ROM 20 KB
TEXT MODES 40 columns x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES several, most used : 320 x 200
COLORS 16 + 16 border colours
SOUND 3 voices / 9 octaves, 4 waveforms (sound output through TV)
I/O PORTS RGB (composite, chroma/luma and sound in/out), 2 x Joystick plugs, Cardridge slot, Tape interfarce (300 bps), Serial, User Port, TV RF output
BUILT IN MEDIA Cassette unit. Provision for 170 KB 5.25'' floppy disc unit (1541)

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the_winch
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Quote: "Care to elaborate?"


http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6278
http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=20405

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tomazmb
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Hello UnderLord,

I would suggest one thing. Replace your HD from Maxtor. I have a really bad experiance with Maxtor (this year 2 HDD from Maxtor died on me). Any Seagate, WD or Fujitsu will be just fine, but I'll never again buy anything from Maxtor again.

Have a nice day,

Tomaz

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UnderLord
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Quote: "600W, you planning on connecting a maker to that thing?"




Quote: "Hello UnderLord,

I would suggest one thing. Replace your HD from Maxtor. I have a really bad experiance with Maxtor (this year 2 HDD from Maxtor died on me). Any Seagate, WD or Fujitsu will be just fine, but I'll never again buy anything from Maxtor again.

Have a nice day,

Tomaz
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Well i'v only had one maxtor drive die on me in 6 years, so I guess its just you....

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Phaelax
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I'd never let a maxtor touch my machine either. But if they work for you, then great, stick with them. As for me, I only buy seagate. Used to buy WD by I've had 2 fail on me. I got free replacements, but thats not the point, the data loss is.

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UnderLord
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Quote: "I'd never let a maxtor touch my machine either. But if they work for you, then great, stick with them. As for me, I only buy seagate. Used to buy WD by I've had 2 fail on me. I got free replacements, but thats not the point, the data loss is."


Well I like my maxtor my external 500GB hard drive is also maxtor. Very nice hard drive I might add. But tell me why you wouldnt let a maxtor drive touch your computer? If you know something I don't I'd liek to know....

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Quote: "hey topgun, how is that light scribe drive? I've been looking at those lately."


So far I love it, I can run just about any kind of disc you can imagine in it, even things I've never heard of (cd-ram?). The light scribe is great, the discs are a bit more expensive then normal discs, they have to have a special coating or something, but its nice just being able to stick your disc in the drive and burn a label. No more messing up trying to get the sticker on your disc.

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just stories and reviews from the past that never rated maxtor very high. Though, I have heard they've stepped up quality in the recent years, but I'm happy sticking with seagate.

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UnderLord
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Quote: "just stories and reviews from the past that never rated maxtor very high. Though, I have heard they've stepped up quality in the recent years, but I'm happy sticking with seagate."


To each his own....

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UnderLord
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Posted: 27th Jul 2006 15:32 Edited at: 27th Jul 2006 15:33
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Wooo I got the parts for my computer. Now all I gotta do is buy the gfx card and the sound card and the other 2gb's of ram I want and woooo!!!!

(Will have pictures within the next 4 months =P)

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