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Building a computer...
Been picking out parts, finally put in the order and now just have to wait for them all to get here. i can post a list of the parts if you guys want. I won't have a good monitor for a while, but hopefully I can get a good one sometime around Chrstmas.
Has anyone else built one?
Has anyone else built one?
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MichaelVash7886 - Posts: 1294
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Re: Building a computer...
Dude i wish you lived next door. i live to do that.
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Re: Building a computer...
its been a year but i used a asus fire board to enable to ati sli video cards :-) i have to dig out my specs but i will list them if you want
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twistedblister wrote:its been a year but i used a asus fire board to enable to ati sli video cards :-) i have to dig out my specs but i will list them if you want
No idea what you just said... :)
But that's awesome about building a comp. I was thinking about doing that, but I decided to just buy one. :)
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ha. my mother board was an Asus. board with SLI crossfire ATI wiring for the video cards. hence i could scale link interface sli my video cards together to act as one . although spliting workload it does not double the gpu strenght
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and stick when i get my cash flow and buy the new yellow dog i will burn it and send it to you i have not forgot.
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Re: Building a computer...
Second part still didn't make sense...oh well!
You know what I want...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner]
Hah, ok. I forgot about that whole thing..
You know what I want...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner]
Hah, ok. I forgot about that whole thing..
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Re: Building a computer...
Well:
CASE -RAIDMAX|ATX-619WU RT < click the name of the case to see it
-PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-450VX 450W RT
-MEM 2G|GSK F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ R
-CPU AMD|A64 X2 5000+ 2.6G AM2 65N R
-MB ASUS M2N-E NF570ULTRA AM2
-Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB Caviar Sata 7200 Rpm 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive
-Lite-On SATA 20x Super All Write LightScribe Internal DVD/Dual Layer RW Drive (LH20A1L06)
-Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2B for System Builders (decided to go with this over Vista.
-PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDCP, Video Card (a steal gonna cost, $99)
All of this came in at just under $700 with my rebates.
CASE -RAIDMAX|ATX-619WU RT < click the name of the case to see it
-PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-450VX 450W RT
-MEM 2G|GSK F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ R
-CPU AMD|A64 X2 5000+ 2.6G AM2 65N R
-MB ASUS M2N-E NF570ULTRA AM2
-Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB Caviar Sata 7200 Rpm 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive
-Lite-On SATA 20x Super All Write LightScribe Internal DVD/Dual Layer RW Drive (LH20A1L06)
-Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2B for System Builders (decided to go with this over Vista.
-PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDCP, Video Card (a steal gonna cost, $99)
All of this came in at just under $700 with my rebates.
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MichaelVash7886 - Posts: 1294
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ok i am hammerd and unable to read it but i understand it shopping list wise. i need to read this tomorrow
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Re: Building a computer...
Not entirely sure what all that exactly means, but I can understand CPU speeds and memory, etc, and it sounds nice. Also, good decision to go with XP over Vista. 

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man i need a new computer. mine is like 5 or 6 years old lol i can't play any recent computer games with out lagging my comp really badly lol
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Re: Building a computer...
stickcult wrote:Not entirely sure what all that exactly means, but I can understand CPU speeds and memory, etc, and it sounds nice. Also, good decision to go with XP over Vista.
definitely
sorry i can't brain today, i have the dumb


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twistedblister wrote:ha. my mother board was an Asus. board with SLI crossfire ATI wiring for the video cards. hence i could scale link interface sli my video cards together to act as one . although spliting workload it does not double the gpu strenght
Go meet my dad, he would actually know what your talking about because I have no idea.
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TwistedSystem - Posts: 2418
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Re: Building a computer...
TwistedSystem wrote:twistedblister wrote:ha. my mother board was an Asus. board with SLI crossfire ATI wiring for the video cards. hence i could scale link interface sli my video cards together to act as one . although spliting workload it does not double the gpu strenght
Go meet my dad, he would actually know what your talking about because I have no idea.
Basically he's saying he can plug in two video cards to really kick graphics processing into high gear.
WHO_99 wrote:man i need a new computer. mine is like 5 or 6 years old lol i can't play any recent computer games with out lagging my comp really badly lol
That's why I'm building this one. I'll know what's in it and what I will need to change to update certain things.
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MichaelVash7886 - Posts: 1294
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MichaelVash7886 wrote:TwistedSystem wrote:twistedblister wrote:ha. my mother board was an Asus. board with SLI crossfire ATI wiring for the video cards. hence i could scale link interface sli my video cards together to act as one . although spliting workload it does not double the gpu strenght
Go meet my dad, he would actually know what your talking about because I have no idea.
Basically he's saying he can plug in two video cards to really kick graphics processing into high gear.WHO_99 wrote:man i need a new computer. mine is like 5 or 6 years old lol i can't play any recent computer games with out lagging my comp really badly lol
That's why I'm building this one. I'll know what's in it and what I will need to change to update certain things.
thats the reason i got a triple. upgrading gear and parts and crap to play new games doesn't appeal to me. so i got what i thought had the sexiest specs.
sorry i can't brain today, i have the dumb


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tekkentool - Posts: 1408
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tekkentool wrote:thats the reason i got a triple. upgrading gear and parts and crap to play new games doesn't appeal to me. so i got what i thought had the sexiest specs.
A triple core processor?
I don't necessarily want to upgrade for games. Just 4 or 5 years down the line, it may be running slow again. All I'll have to do is pop the mother board, RAM, and processor out and add the new stuff needed.
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MichaelVash7886 - Posts: 1294
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Oh and this should be in Friday or Monday. Hopefully I can put it all together then and take a picture of it.
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Not a huge FPS fan. May check it out though.
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MichaelVash7886 - Posts: 1294
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It's pretty cool. I've got a guest pass thingy for it (like play it for 3 days or something) if you want to try it. I've got no one else to give it to.. >:0
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nice goin tek.....buy the sexy specs 

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Re: Building a computer...
wow what a freak.........fish gets turned on by computer gear
how do these make you feel fish??


haha jk

how do these make you feel fish??


haha jk





Ryan voted for me!!!
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Re: Building a computer...
That hard drive is so NOT hot! It's an IDE drive!! eww!!! now, if it were SATA....
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stickcult wrote:It's pretty cool. I've got a guest pass thingy for it (like play it for 3 days or something) if you want to try it. I've got no one else to give it to.. >:0
Sure once I get it built.
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MichaelVash7886 - Posts: 1294
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WHO_99 wrote:wow what a freak.........fish gets turned on by computer gear
how do these make you feel fish??
haha jk
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