The (new) Official PC building thread!

that sucks man, its like its teasing you!! LOL

the less power you strain through your mother board the better, it stays cooler and thus performers better, id rather take my power directly from the PSU then the MB! (although i guess the difference is minimal)

 

abuzar1,

And it would suck any less if you weren't? LOL!!

Hang in there buddy!

Russ

 

Pepp: heh, some fans can burn out the motherboard header because they draw too much current (i.e. Deltas), so it can happen!
Theone: That's what I was thinking lol, if you're impatient it annoys you more!

 

It IS annoying, if you guys have noticed I'm not the patient type lol.

First time I fired up my E6750 I went to the BIOS and put the clock speed to 3.6Ghz! I actually tried 4Ghz but it didn't POST with that.

tripplite is right, the box is just sitting there at the post office, TEASING me.

 

My Birthday today.

Things to get after exams.......

1. Raptor 74gb drive
2. X-Fi soundcard

 

sammorris,
It's funny you would think that when you get old, you would be less patient because you have less time! LOL!! Then again, the years of experience with the consequences of impatience teaches you not to be impatient! LOL!! One of life's little jokes on us! LOL!!

The "Retro" 2400+ simply amazes me. I originally left it at the "Optimal" settings until I went in and took a good look at them. The memory timings were "real loose". I set the memory to it's rated timings and it got even faster. To think, I could of had something like this 4 years ago if I had just been smart enough to buy good quality components instead of the junk I used to buy! Sure I would of had to spend more money, but in the long run I spent a lot more and got Less! ROFLMAO! Some of us learn very late in life! There's more to a fast computer than a fast CPU! This thing is so sweet! This coming from a man that owns a fast E6750! ROFL!!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

over priced and terrible quality (i dont care what ppl say they are!), you can get an m-audio 7.1 surround sound for 70bucks on ebay

-tripplite

 

Thinking of this,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Creative-Tech...oryZ3701QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Not sure what is meant by Dell support.

 

I want to get me some of these. They're kinda cheesy, but I don't care. That is as long as I can turn them off when watching a movie.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800888072

 

nah i still think its rubbish, others will disagree!

dell support is a little app that comes with all dell computers, its used to troubleshoot driver issues, re-download drivers, and it provides a FAQ for hardware installtion and such.....

 

Abuzar: I know the feeling....
Greg: Happy birthday mate!
Theone: Hmm, even so though, I always notice going back to a single core from a dual...
Tripplite: I don't think the X-Fis are poor quality, but they all do the same job and vary from a normal price to a stupid price, with no real gain for gamers.
I'd avoid the Dell version though, Creative's own software is much better.

 

i had a feeling i'd meet resistance! i find the line of audio cards to be of very low quality.....just my opinion!

i agree, i would look online to find the latest creative drivers
here:
http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

-tripplite

 

well, I've not used one personally, but the normal SB Audigy cards (before they made them all X-Fis) were great, and I now use a USB 5.1 SoundBlaster which rocks.

 

Happy Birthday greg!

 

Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series used to come with on board 64 ram.... I see they do not do that anymore after looking on Creatives site? now it only comes on the XtrmeGamer

The software thats come w/ it is cool and the remote control allows you to play with my play list from my bed LOL

000Ps....after more reading I was wrong...I missed it they both come w/ on board ram, sorry

 

Looking to buy a pc for the young lad to get him away from the xbox
360s and into pc,s .
want good graphics and for gaming online .
any suggestions

Thanks .

 

Heh, okey dokey, what's your budget?
I hate to bring a downer on things but a gaming PC isn't going to be quite as cheap as an xbox, but they're much cheaper now than they used to be, and much better than xboxes graphically (at least they are for most titles)

 

danny1969,

If you have the ability, you should build it yourself. It's not very difficult, costs less than a pre-built you wind up with exactly what you want and it's something you can do with your kid, together. I mean this is the Building Thread! LOL!!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

moneys not the problem its picking a decent computer to get him off my laptop lol

 

I agree with theone's sentiment. Would you be happy to do that? You will get a much better PC out of it.