The (new) Official PC building thread!

ill give those a look GM. i gotta get ready for work.

i found out i now have 64bit card...cheapy HP...lol
it works.

 

cincyrob,
Looks like you've made some good choices. The MB is the P35, not the P35C. It's what I have and according to the link from the Mfg. it should be Rev. 2.1. I'm not a big fan (no pun intended) of fanless video cards, but that's up to you. If it was me with the choices available it would be this!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130062
I have an XFX 7600GT and it's basically the same. Good card for your needs! At $64.99 with the MIR, about the same price!

I would pass on that 64 bit card it's only GDDR2, while the 7600GT above is 128 bit and GDDR3!

Best regards,
Russ

 

@Herrick - This should do - LINK

@CincyRob - Do not get the 8500GT - they are pants - I have one - and will be getting rid soon.

@sam - How about this(its not cheap though) -Enclosure - the only 1 I have found.

 

rob,

that's gonna be one hellofa nice build. all you need now is my address to ship it to I've got a brand new empty cooler master stacker 830 evo just waiting for that kind of hardware. I'll be more than happy to PM ya my address I'll be nice and supply my own p/s (corsair HX620) too.

 

I don't know about you fellas in the UK but I still think the best way to go on an EXTERNAL DVDRW drive is buy a case and drive separately.

That way you get an enclosure that you like and the drive you like and have it all for less than $60 if you shop right.

....gm

 

Mort81,

Well be a pal and ship that right out to Rob! ROFLMAO!!! Hey, turnabout's fair play! LOL!!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

Rob be careful. Morty's no kidder. heehehe. If he finds out where you live he might drive the 12 hours or so and wait on your front porch for the UPS man. hehehee. @ Morty.

I agree rob, NICE build and you'll LOVE IT!!! I'm waiting on a gfx card right now mine is down so to say. lol.

...gm

 

I spotted that one Pepp, and was considering it, but it's pricey and only uses IDE drives, not that that's a huge problem of course...

 

I'd be most accommodating except he doesn't like the stacker 830 evo.

seems like somebody else already stated something very similiar to this.

 

@GM - thats all well and good but Sams looking at a SATA DVDRW and enclosures for them are like rocking horse poop. Ive found one and only one and that cost about 60 bucks (£30).

PC World are selling a liteon external DVDRW at the moment for about the same price.

I actually have an internal ide Sony DVDRW in an enclosure sitting in the cupboard at the moment as the two internal ones I have are more than enough lol, think Ill put it in my old comp when I sell it and keep the enclosure.

 

@ sam - according to the product overview of that one it says :-

The device takes a Sata device (HDD, DVD, DVDRW) just slot into the bay and then connect via USB 2.0 or eSATA into your PC or Laptop.

so it takes SATA not IDE and is probably why its so expensive - it appears to be the only one out there lol

 

cincyrob,

Originally posted by Mort81

See Rob, I told you he'd fall for the "I don't like it" line! LOL!! Take the man up on the deal! ROFL!!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

Got a decent OC on my 3870 today. 862 core and 1338 frequency.

13,554 3DMark and recorded for YouTube.

At the start i was ripping up 81 fps.

 

Yeh yeh, not trying to steal your thunder. I'm slow on the typing sometimes and I've been swapping back and forth on my KVM trying to get a little rig going. GOT the OS installed and about to add some "goodies" to it. I'm prolly running 20-40 minutes behind you guys and your quick posting. hehehe...

.....gm

 

81fps? Lol so if I told you I got 79fps and only 11,300 marks...

Pepp: Didn't even notice that. Now to question whether I can afford £60 for an external DVD drive... :S

 

My quad at 3.56Ghz helps.

1 - Return to Proxycon
39.575

2 - Firefly Forest
46.438

CPU1 - Red Valley
1.835

CPU2 - Red Valley
2.587

Canyon Flight (SM 3.0)
51.644

Deep Freeze (SM 3.0)
61.83

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnmR2JFdg3U

 

Morty just saw your post from 2:39 this morning. lol. Didn't even read the bit about the externals. sorry.

Sam you're made of ££££ and you know it. Just buy it!!!!

@sam
You guys don't have something like this.... linky I'll be honest here I don't think you'll see that much difference between IDE and SATA when it comes to DVDRW drives. jm2c... good luck...

....gm

 

@GM - yep we have loads of those and normally as cheap too, but one thing, thats for "Internal Interface: IDE"

Sam is (for the second time lol ) looking at using a SATA DVDRW.

 

off topic but check out this awesome iphone clone. Only 240 bucks.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/06/keepin-it-real-fake-part-cix-c-002-hiphone-ups-the-ante/

 

He already has the drive then?? my bad...

good luck sam...

...gm