The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" LMAO!
    Deadrum: tut tut, when you check your RAM you're meant to check all of it!
     
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    EVery now and then Sammy gets lucky... I mean with directions and PC stuff... NOT with girls!!! :p
     
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    HA of course you are, and I thought I initially checked 2 of them in the first slot. I was distracted by my 4 yr old daughter in the middle of things and when I came back and seen 4 sticks that look exactly alike, i got confused and and accidentally used the same one twice. Told myself what are the chances of 2 sticks dying at the same time, must be something else. Then became emotional about spending more money and stepped away from it for a bit, im glad i did.
    If I find that Murphy guy, he will have something coming to him. One of my favorite laws is
    The only things that start on time are those that you're late for.
     
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    Hmm of course I'm going to sacrifice all other slots so I can have 7 16x size PCI-e slots for a system only compatible with 4 cards and possibly a fifth for PhysX. With a dual-slot card only 4 are usable anyway which just means your throwing money away. Is it only me who doesn't understand the point of this at all?
     
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    If there was an nf200-free Crossfire version of that board, I would so buy it. Dual nf200s though, ugh, it's like having cancer twice!
     
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    There's supposed to be a bargain thread, but I'll be damned if I can find it! Can't they get these indexes in an order so they can be understood?

    OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 Sale price $59, $20 MIR = $39!

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

    Check it out!

    Russ
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Er, it's stickied at the top of the PC hardware section...
     
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    I still havent received my rebate ($20 charge card) from OCZ for the SSD i purchased over 2 months ago.
    Definitely not as good as Corsair with their rebate department, or DDR2 department for that matter. But a power supply is neither of those so I digress...
     
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    I hate to burst your bubble, but it's not there!

    http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5019/36523304.jpg

    I wish they would go to an all alphabetical index. Finding various forums on AD has always been a bit of a PITA!

    Russ
     
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    No, IN the building a new PC section.
     
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    Terrific place for it! Right where no one would have a clue as to where to look for it! LOL!! It should have it's own spot on the main menu like most other computer forums do!

    Russ
     
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    Sorry, what? A section that only contains a single thread? Why?
    The only need for a dedicated forum section for this is if aD had a marketplace, which it does not. I don't see the problem.
    If you have trouble finding threads, get google mail and archive your emails instead.
     
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    aD does have a buy and sell place.....
     
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    Put it in with the Offered for sale and the Wanted to buy threads then! It should be it's own topic anyway, with threads being added for different items! That's the way it was at the Hounds, and the topic, "Bargain Bin" was right on the main forum menu!

    Russ
     
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    But Russ that would mean you going out of this thread from time to time... :)

    [​IMG]


    Was tidying up my Win7 machine the other night due to insomnia. Some nights i just stay up all night and grab 2 or 3 hours at around 4 or 5am.
    Anyways, it was a triple boot, Win7 RC1, XP and Puppy Linux. All working 100%, so don't ask why i messed with it. To save all the reinstallation hassles i made a copy of the Win7 install DVD and edited the csversion.ini file to basically fool the install into thinking i had an older build installed. Worked a treat, all worked fine, took a fair while though.
    However i then stormed straight into Puppy, fired up GParted, and went straight for the XP partition to delete it and extend Win7's partition. Upon reboot i found i'd made a huge booboo, had deleted the wrong partition even though i knew which ones were which. Reinstalled from scratch, wasn't difficult to reinstall all my apps though.
    Note to self, no PC Building when you've had hardly any sleep for months on end.

    Posted that in case it helps anyone lurking, i see the question about upgrades very often on the net, thought it was about time i tried it for myself. At least i know it'll be easy when i want to upgrade to the retail build.
     
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    Creaky,
    At least my hunt for the damned "Bargin Bin" would consume less of my time away from this thread, if it was on the main menu where it belongs!

    Russ
     
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    Russ,

    If you go the the top of this page you will find "My Account", select it, then go down to "List of discussion threads you've subscribed to", select that, and you will find the thread you are looking for.

    HTH
     
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    I think the best place for it is where it is right now.
     
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