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OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 11:13 Go to next message
Zion is currently offline  Zion
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Here's what my new computer's going to look/perform like when i buy it. Let me all know what you think. Big Ups


NEW COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

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{Motherboard} ASUS P5NSLI NF570 SLI 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 466131

[PRICE] £73.12 inc VAT
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{CPU} INTEL - Core 2 Duo E6600 2x2.4Ghz (socket LGA775) {Conroe} 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 430633

[PRICE] £219.17 inc VAT
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{CASE} COOLMASTER - WAVE MASTER BLACK w/o PSU ATX 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 94532

[PRICE] £86.94 inc VAT

[DIMENSIONS] L=540mm / W=198mm / H=458mm
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{PSU} TAGEN Quad SLI 900W ATX 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 366220

[PRICE] £152.62 inc VAT
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{HDD} Maxtor - 500GB 7200RPM - HARD DISK DRIVE 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 325310

[PRICE] £150.14 inc VAT
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{RAM} [DDR2] 2x1GB PC5400 (667) 240pin 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 291364

[PRICE] £152.21 inc VAT
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{GRAPHICS CARD} [1GB] NVIDIA GEFORCE 7950GX2 XFX 2x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 370089

[PRICE] £316.08 inc VAT (getting one of these for now then get the other one later when i get more money)
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{MONITORS} 19" HYUNDAI B90A TFT 4x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 225789

[PRICE] £184.48 inc VAT
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{OPERATING SYSTEM} MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL WITH SERVICE PACK TWO 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 136430

[PRICE] £253.80 inc VAT
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{DVD DRIVE} HP 840i LIGHTSCRIBE BLACK 16x16 DVD+-RW DUAL LAYER 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 292193

[PRICE] £39.00 inc VAT
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{CD DRIVE} ASUS BLACK 52x32x52 SUPER QUIET CD-RW 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 109998

[PRICE] £15.85 inc VAT
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{FLOPPY DRIVE} SONY - BLACK FLOPPY DISK DRIVE OEM 1.44mb 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 64856

[PRICE] £4.69 inc VAT
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{SPEAKERS} CREATIVE INSPIRE T7900 7.1 DOLBY 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 140004

[PRICE] £64.80 inc VAT

[SPEAKER QUANTITY] 8x (3x right) (3x left) (1x center) (1x sub)
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{SOUND CARD} CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 4 7.1 1x

[URL] http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 310754

[PRICE] £45.81 inc VAT
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TOTAL = £2,686.86
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[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 15:16]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218754 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 11:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wrong processor.

See: Core 2 Duo/"Conroe"

Pluses: None, well, maybe the GX2.

Minuses: Yuckdai and Maxtawr, Peetium Dee, Tagen (I don't know shit about that brand), actually buying Windows XP, CD Drive (get a regular DVD drive), speakers.

FUCK

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 11:22]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218759 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 11:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Scythar is currently offline  Scythar
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Very nice Very Happy

If I went for a system like that, I'd get an even bigger monitor though.

Nooo! Tell me it's not a floppy drive! KILL IT!! Don't let those infernal baby-demons infest your modern rig! Ö_ö

There's a hole in the sky through which things can fly.

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 11:24]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218773 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 12:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't see the point in getting four monitors.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218781 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 12:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have two now and it's great, i have mIRC on the other monitor while i play games or model and stuff so i'm up-to-date with everything.

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 15:17]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218785 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 12:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You chose the wrong one, seriously.

You may have to wait longer to get that Core 2 Duo, but damn, it will be worth it (unlike this piece of shit).

FUCK

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218788 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 12:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The thing is, i have to update the bios of the mobo for it to work with Core 2. I was thinking about getting them but it's too much, really, may-as-well stick with what i've got since it's basicly the same, and a bit more hertz on the cores. Smile

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218792 is a reply to message #218773] Mon, 11 September 2006 13:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Quote:

I have two now and it's great, i have mIRC on the other monitor while i play games or model and stuff so i'm up-to-date with everything.


Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know of a way to make Windows maintain the windows on each screen as active? It sucks how it minimizes your full-screen application from the other monitor when you click on the other. I've got multiple monitors too, and I hate it how I can't play a game and chat on IRC simultaneously without the game being minimized every time the IRC windows is activated on the other monitor. With the crappy "alt-tab" features in many games nowaday, the game additionally ends up crashing after minimizing too. Sucks. With the amount of multimonitor setups out there, they ought to have fixed this already.

There's a hole in the sky through which things can fly.

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 13:11]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218795 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 13:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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duuude, absolute NO to the Pentium D. Even for the same price you can get an Athlon 64 X2, which is much better. That pretty much dumbs down your whole computer.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218804 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 14:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'd have to concur with Comrade and icedog90 here.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218806 is a reply to message #218792] Mon, 11 September 2006 14:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Scythar wrote on Mon, 11 September 2006 21:10

Quote:

I have two now and it's great, i have mIRC on the other monitor while i play games or model and stuff so i'm up-to-date with everything.


Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know of a way to make Windows maintain the windows on each screen as active? It sucks how it minimizes your full-screen application from the other monitor when you click on the other. I've got multiple monitors too, and I hate it how I can't play a game and chat on IRC simultaneously without the game being minimized every time the IRC windows is activated on the other monitor. With the crappy "alt-tab" features in many games nowaday, the game additionally ends up crashing after minimizing too. Sucks. With the amount of multimonitor setups out there, they ought to have fixed this already.


I use NVIDIAs software and a little of the windows stuff, when i run another windows on the "main" screen the other one is displayed as inactive (greyed out title bar etc).

Icedog90

duuude, absolute NO to the Pentium D. Even for the same price you can get an Athlon 64 X2, which is much better. That pretty much dumbs down your whole computer.


I'm not going for AMD, the processor you see is the processor i'm getting unless their is a really valid reason not to, not just any old statement like " AMD runs better and has more FSB space" or "Core 2 roxors" etc etc.

This one has 2mb L2 cache per core and 3.6ghz per core too, and like i said before, BIOS has to be updated to run Core 2 and i need a CPU to do that.

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 14:09]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218813 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 14:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I can already see the ignorance in your post. Especially when you said "FSB Space". You seriously don't have a clue about processors... if you buy that Pentium D, then you've made the crappiest decision you could ever make for your brand new computer.

You totally remind me of the guy "L33tmasta" on the PHW Comic forums.

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 14:23]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218824 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 14:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Whoa, hey, don't start arguing people! Rocked Over
Then again, I have to agree with the others here and say that Pentium Ds are really at the low end of the market, considering the other stuff you've got there. Hell, you might as well buy two Celerons. Tell Me

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218830 is a reply to message #218824] Mon, 11 September 2006 14:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jonty wrote on Mon, 11 September 2006 17:40

Whoa, hey, don't start arguing people!

You obviously don't know these forums very well. People are so lost in their ignorance that it's annoying. It's just blinding ignorance.

whoa.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218831 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 15:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Right, well, since no-one likes pentium D i'll go for Core 2, i need a motherboard (SLI with two PCI-e x16) that can take what i already have.

I'll have another look on scan.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218833 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 15:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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And within 1 minute of posting my last post, i find one that's more than £100 less than the one i was getting. Smile

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 466131

And the processor to go with that.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID= 430633

Thanks. Big Ups

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218835 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 15:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm glad Icedog managed to punch some sense into you. Good choice on the new CPU, but the fact that you nearly got a Pentium D at THIS time deserves a punch to the face due to lack of research on your end.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218836 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 15:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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thank you for listening to us. You'll be happy with this processor, I guarantee you.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218837 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 15:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ok, lol.

Round up, round up to punch Mero in the face for nearly buying a pentium D!

Hahaha.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218855 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 16:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hahahaah NOT!

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218871 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 19:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Question: which one are you going to buy?

(EDIT: To clarify, which Core 2 Duo)

FUCK

[Updated on: Mon, 11 September 2006 19:22]

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218873 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 19:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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he gave the link. it's an E6600.

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218875 is a reply to message #218752] Mon, 11 September 2006 19:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ugh.

*slaps himself.

FUCK

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218917 is a reply to message #218752] Tue, 12 September 2006 04:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Please don't pay that much for Win XP pro. You can get an OEM version from Ebuyer.co.uk for under £100!

Ric

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Re: OT: My New Computer (Hopefully) [message #218920 is a reply to message #218752] Tue, 12 September 2006 06:11 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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The E6600 was a good choice. Blazer is more than happy with his E6400.

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