The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

Philips is the # One contender only because they play DixX & R priced reasonable. I really don"t know what more a person could want,the quality is also good. Back in the day they were one of the cheapest and most advertised TVs. Still lookin 4 a Firmware fix 4 my TEAC DV-W516GB
Thought I'd slip that in. I'd really like to hear from somebody who donit. But my trust is still here at AD, with all of U

 

My XP install has met its demise (no DHCP capability), so temporarily I'm back to using Vista. It seems I underestimated the bootup time a bit last time I posted. On count, from the green scrolling bar first appearing (so not including POST) until applications are usable and at least mostly smooth (I can't use the point where HDD activity stops because it never does - presumably due to auto defrag) is 5 minutes and 14 seconds. Including POST, that makes the total bootup time 5 minutes and 40 seconds, give or take a few, on a clean install with nothing but IM applications set to auto-run. My record for XP, admittedly on a raptor, is 51 seconds including the POST.

 

ouch sam, ouch. is this on your raptor?

 

No, HD753LJ, which also thanks to Samsung's epic genius SMART system that reports past interface problems as being faults with the drive, I have to get rid of a popup telling me the drive needs replacing every ten minutes.

 

what do you guys think of this biuld?

Corsair 2x2GB DDR2-800 kit TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX XMS2
Cooler Master CM/RS 690
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R
Zalman ZM850-HP
Intel E5200
HIS Digital HD4850 512Mb GDDR3

 

Well, considering you can run an HD4850 with ease off a 380W EarthWatts, the 850 Zalman does really seem overkill.... Apart from that it's a good value build.

 

hell i know that, but hey the HD4850 is just a temporary card, untill the end of the year. Next year i'll get a HD4850 X2 or an HD4870 X2

 

Assuming you do, the Zalman is a good choice.

 

yeah thats why most of my parts are future proof or it should lst me at least 3 years...

 

I don't know if this is something that is needed by any of U or not. But let me tell U this is by far the best Anti-Virus Protection I've ever used (Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware). I read up on it here http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php. It was the only program that removed the blah blah 2009 Anti Spyware, that popped up on my computer. 6 or 7 windows kept popping up on me every couple of mins, plus it would connect to the internet for free scan. I use NOD32 which would show a pop-up of blah,blah has been blocked etc., but since installing Malwarebytes & Enabling Protection NOD32 has not shown one popup of anything being blocked. Also not one piece of anything has gotten past it on to my Comp. Prior to this any Spyware removal Tool that I used would show all types of infections almost on a daily basis
This little program is less then 4mb, its been 4 me totally amazing
hxxp://www.mininova.org/tor/1717309

 

hey man, i know that anto-malware...i've got it long ago...because i got hit by the "blah blah anti 2008" virus...

 

GTR35: Well what do U think of it? Appreciate a little feedback 4 those who might not know about it Do you think I did the right thing posting it here. I thought it might be of interest. I really think its great

 

firstly i don't think you are suppose to post it here, this section of forum has nothing to do with softwares. secondly it is a pretty good software to have on your computer

 

thanks mod! ^^

 

ddp,

where is that forum exactly? could you give me the link? (ya I'm lazy) I'm looking for some good, free anti-virus software to put on an older Dell desktop pc with windows 2000.

it only has one 128mb stick and one 256mb stick of PC133 dram, which is just barely enough memory for most anti-virus software and not enough for others. thanks.

 

cool, moderator gathering...and btw, aren't you guys off topic?