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 May 16 2008, 01:36 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68  |
I am still with my amd 1800+, anyone know a good computer for everything, minus the OS for $1200?
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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May 16 2008, 01:36 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ May 16 2008, 02:29 PM)  that case should be fine. just make sure you test fit the heat sink if you're going to use it. if you end up using the stock heatsink/fan do not put the thermal paste on it. it wont jive with the stuff that's already on there. also make sure you peel the paper off the pre-applied compound (yes, dumb to say but people do it, and end up with charred paper mess all over the cpu/heatsink). ok. cool. thanks for the tips. I haven't done this in 4ish years and the heatsink fan was the part I'm worried about doing.
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May 16 2008, 01:38 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (chook @ May 16 2008, 02:36 PM) I am still with my amd 1800+, anyone know a good computer for everything, minus the OS for $1200? already built? You can build one yourself for that price and have some pretty good specs.
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May 16 2008, 01:57 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ May 16 2008, 02:38 PM) already built? You can build one yourself for that price and have some pretty good specs. just the parts to get. I haven't paid attention to the market for a while and am pretty clueless about advantages/disadvantages. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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May 16 2008, 02:02 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Some dude wouldn't shut up about this processor yesterday...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...ku=CP1-AM2-9850 Might be worth looking into. Has incredible benchmarks on Tom's Hardware |
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May 16 2008, 02:06 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I just don't understand why it would allocate to four processors...or rather what the point is. To me, it would seem better to just stick with a duo core
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May 16 2008, 02:08 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
i'd grab an intel core 2 quad if i was building a new system right now. a fast hard drive is very nice too. i've got one of the western digital raptor 150GB drives and it's friggin smokin. after those two items, just get whatever fills in the blanks. RAM is mega cheap right now so load up. as far as motherboards go i have used the intel reference boards for years and they've been very solid.
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May 16 2008, 03:02 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Here's what I'd build right now if I was to build a complete new PC:
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishli...itle=chucklist1 A little over the $1,200 you mentioned chuck, but a pretty effin sweet system. |
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May 16 2008, 04:24 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
hmm, i may have to blow some money soon.
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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May 16 2008, 10:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
If you have any questions on it let me know, that's pretty much the exact system I'm running right now minus the processor.
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May 22 2008, 02:09 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
YAY! Our computer stuff came today. Well, minus a case fan haha. A $4 case fan is on backorder. Thank God that was the only thing. I already have 2 or 3 others so it's fine for now.
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May 22 2008, 10:04 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
yay posting from new computer!
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May 22 2008, 10:28 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
congrats!
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May 22 2008, 10:33 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Thanks!
I accidentally broke one of our $17 dvd r drives though  I was unplugging it to adjust something and the damn pins or something came out and got stuck in the SATA cable. I blame the cheap device. I'm not that strong, and I'm careful.
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May 22 2008, 10:52 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
i apparently just wore out my dvd drive after ripping like 50 DVDs over a couple days...
gah what else should i get... i can't buy just one thing from newegg |
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