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The Official PC building thread!

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by souldoubt, May 11, 2004.

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  1. marsey99

    marsey99 Regular member

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    is this a sexy piece of metal or what?

    not sure about the noise with a stock cooler but take a look at the temps on the before pic near the bottom, toasty!
     
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    that looks pretty sweet, assuming it is SilenX, not the company that goes by the same name and makes poor-quality ripoffs of the same products...
     
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    the future of multi threaded gaming, read what the big gun says

    @sam
    i dont know about low quality ripoffs of silenx but the resulting temps (if true) look quite good.
     
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  4. esoteric1

    esoteric1 Guest

    hey im building my first PC on a $2000(CAD)after tax budget ($1750 USD). Unfortunately that includes a monitor. It will be used mainly for gaming. Any advice would be appreciated. So far I have:

    Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz$369
    Asus P5B Core2 Duo$157
    Corsair Value Series 2GB 667MHz DDR2 Dual-Channel (2x1GB)$270
    EVGA e-GeForce 7950GT KO 512MB$328 [no more 7900 GTO's :(
    Seagate 250GB SATA-2$94
    LG GSA-H22N DVD Writer$40
    Antec Sonata II Case Black 450W PSU$122
    Arctic Cooling Fan 12 120mm Case Fan$12
    LG L194WTX 19" Widescreen 5ms GtG, 2000:1, 300 cd/m2, DVI, 1440x900 Black LCD Monitor$255
    Windows XP Home $97

    bringing me in just under $2000 CAD
     
  5. marsey99

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    get a dif dvdrw. i had one of those far 3 days and took it back. it made more coasters than any thing.
    get an nec or pioneer.

    but the rest is great.

    well, you might want a dif psu aswel
     
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  6. esoteric1

    esoteric1 Guest

    ok I guess i'll get a Pioneer 111 DVDRW Dual-Layer instead. And I'll just get the Antec P150 Quiet MidTower case instead of the Sonatta II since it comes with the Antec Neo HE 430W PSU which is supposed to be great and costs like $120 seperately and its only a $60 upgrade to that case, plus it being super silent doesnt hurt.

    thanks marsey
     
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  7. aabbccdd

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    remember you can't booktype DVD+R media to DVD-ROM with Pioneer drives. i would go Plextor ,Lite-On or BenQ

    i'am not sure that 430 watt PS is going to be big enough . i would go 480 watt at the very least, you might check that out.

    everything else looks pretty good . i would check newegg.com on prices before you pull the trigger
     
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    is windows xp home edition a good computer
    to you nerds
     
  10. esoteric1

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    great, im begining to realize that I may have underestimated the importance of a good PSU. So with that site it recommended 473W without any OC'ing. I dont plan on doing alot of OC besides the video card. So does anyone know of a PSU/case solution that wont break the bank? My original budget could fit $200 CAD but lower would be nice. Otherwise im gunna have to rethink this PC. :/
     
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    you should probably look into getting them separate and spend 100 on each.

    you want to check how many amps the 7950 needs and start from there.

    @silver

    thats a good way to get people to respond to you.
     
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    silver, windows xp home edition is not a computer but an operating system
     
  13. aabbccdd

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    esoteric1, the Antec True-Power 550 watt would work great, thats what i have per my sig

    also don't short cut a new system wait and do it right
     
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    @silver

    nerds only use linux
     
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    The hiper 580sli 630 max w/ modular cabling has served me well

    @ Marsey99

    Noticed your comment "nerds only use linux" plaese exsplain your point? I do not use or have never used linux but w/ the nwe OS from Gates I do not want anyone dictating my down loads [coping programs] and at those prieces at that... Please enlighten me on our opinion?
     
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    At tigerDirect they have a Geforce 7600 Gt XXX Vid card[139.99], how much more performance will I get from what I have now w/ the SLI set up per my sig?
     
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    @ SAM or who ever-

    AMD has some utilities and up-dates for thier 64x2 prossores... I hear you can splite the two... here is my thought??? If you can split the two you can burn two differant movies at the same time on the fly? I have never heard anyone doing that, but two weeks ago at a shop I heard two young'ens deep into conversation about doing it???
     
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    @ herrick

    it was a comment aimed at silver112's question about nerds and using xp home. i thought it was funny more than anything.

    iv never used a linux distro but depending on how the netx 12 months go for vista i minght use one as my next os. linux comes in many forms, but they are all free open source operating systems, that are updated and maintained by its user base, in a co-op fashion.

    i friend of mine uses it and he says that Kubuntu is one of if not the easiest to get to grips with (his opinion as i have not used linux).

    i do know that some versions allow you to run the os from the disk so you can try them without the need to install them or delete anything else, which is nice.

    i think that someone in the software threads will be able to shed more light on this topic as this is a hardware thread.
     
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    thanks creaky i think i will do some reading up on linux too, just in case.
     
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