The (new) Official PC building thread!

LP531,

I edited my last post. that sale ended on the 25th. I obviously can't read.

 

The wish list looks good. As for the PSU I'd stick with the Corsair HX 520W, it's one of the best from that list. I'm also partial to Corsair RAM, but there are plenty of other good brands to choose from. RAM isn't quite so much of a minefield as Power supplies, you generally know if you're getting something inferior!

 

Figured out my problem with Unreal 3 Demo...its a conflict with zonealarm...When I try and start game...it sends zonealarm into update mode...crashing my computer...
This sucks...I guess I will not be buying the game...I'm not getting burned on another one...

 

Why does ZoneAlarm being in update mode crash your PC? That seems rather odd.

 

I have No Idea...All I know is every time I launch the game...it simultaneousness sends zone alarm into update...and the system restarts...
I guess I am going to have to unplug net connection...shut off ZA...and see if game launches successfully...Only thing I can think of...

I have un-installed drivers...and reinstalled the latest nvidea drivers...I thought that was problem...but it did not help...I even did the same with the Demo...

 

Interesting. I know there were big problems with Gears of War crashing, but I've not heard about much going wrong with UT3.

 

This is weird...did everything I said above...UT3 Demo launch sent AdAware into update mode...sent system into restart...Got an error log from Lavasoft (adaware)...upon restart...

So I shut down adaware & spybot search & destroy as well...Launched game...computer did not go into restart...

however...I lost monitor...turned it off...not into the normal stand-bye mode...had to crash system to get monitor back up...WTF?

Here is partial adawarelog...

An unhandled exception occured at 0x7C910F29 in aawservice.exe

Exception Code : 0xc0000005
Client version : 0.669
Attached Debugger : 0

Windows Information :
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Windows Version : Windows XP (5.1)
Build Number : 2600
Service Pack : 2.0

CPU Information:
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CPU Name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
Type : 0
Vendor : GenuineIntel
Family : 6
Extended Family : 0
Model : 15
Extended Model : 0
Stepping : 6

Registry Content:
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EAX : 0x02d92170
ECX : 0x0069006c
EDX : 0x0063002e
EBX : 0x00b90000
ESP : 0x0121f92c
EBP : 0x0121f938
ESI : 0x02d92168
EDI : 0x02d91f10
EIP : 0x7c910f29

Memory Usage:
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Physical Memory in use : 18%
Total Physical Memory : 2096620 kb
Free Physical Memory : 1709168 kb
Total Virtual Memory : 2097024 kb
Free Virtual Memory : 1991016 kb
Max Page file size : 4036080 kb
Current Page file size : 3827972 kb
Free Extended memory : 0kb

Stack Information:
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Total stack size : 1712

I should probably start a thread...kind of off topic here...

 

Sorry sam, but im going for the Geil ram. Only because its labelled "The Black Dragon" and the greatest human on earth was labelled "The Little Dragon"

So i purchase Geil.

If you don't know, it's Bruce Lee.

 

You bought it because it had 'dragon' in the name...
I often wonder what goes through people's minds when buying components.

 

Sounds perfectly logical to me...LOL..

 

It's just i look out for little signs in life that relate to me.

 

A friend of mine...Gene Fields was taught personally by Bruce Lee...He has a local Karate Studio...He heads Team Voodoo...which competes in MMA...K-1 & the UFC...The Modesto area has quite a few fighters in MMA...

 

Any idea on the exact teaching date? Should have been between 1959 and 1963

It was most likely during the few months after Bruce set up his school(was your friend in California?) to earn extra money.

And yeah, Bruce was the first MMA fighter which makes him about 40 years ahead of his time. Bruce really did strip fighting to its essentials.

 

Does anyboby else find that the page doesn't load after you press the post reply button any more? it hangs there on the 'processing message' box...

 

It takes awhile(usually 10 seconds for me)

 

Gene has tons of pictures of him and Bruce in his studio...Gene looked in his teens...I never asked him what years the photos are from...One thing I know is...you do not want to mess with Gene...I got to meet Randy Couture...and Nick and Nate Diaz last summer...they were filming a movie with Rob Schneider...they came to a Concert I was producing in Stockton CA...It was a big thrill...Love MMA...I can't wait till the UFC comes back to Sacramento...and Yes...I am in California...Gene held a lot of World Records for things like Breaking Bricks...They were set in Modesto CA...at the Civic Center in the 80's...

 

Any chance of a scan in of these photos?

If you see Gene, can you ask him if Bruce really did not like getting hit in the face while sparring?

 

Need a little advice...I just recently purchased a router..Trendnet TEW-632BRP..Hooked it up to my Modem [hardwire] working well so far
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833156228
At Newegg Trendnet wireless adapters don't seem to have any good revues,does anybody know of a good wireless adapter at a reasonanble price that will work with this router,to add to another Computer..Of course I'm looking for something with 100MPS or above
I've also installed Computer Magic which seem to function well with this router

 

other than the gigabyte MOBO i have choosen. is there any other ones to look at? ASUS or inel boards that are along the same line as the gigabyte board???

here is the gigabyte board
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35

guess what im trying to say is i have a few selections of everything else to chose from but none for the MOBO just this one

 

Hey so is there any advice on one PSU. I'm looking for the cheapest one that wont put my PC on fire. This is what I plan on running.

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