building a new PC, old one RIP on me

[Camaro_Corvette]

^Yeah that should do the trick A gig one will do the trick also.

Originally Posted by MerF

Newegg or bust, folks.

Agreed, Newegg is definitely the place to shop for a custom build

[Dave McFly]

newegg is FINE i guess but this is what i paid for my parts from a link from the www.pricewatch.com site

gigabyte motherboard with AMD 64 'dual core' 2.0 ghz cpu and cooling fain: $115 shipped
2 sticks of 2 gig 800 mhz memory for 17.99 x 2 with free shipping
500w power supply 32 bucks at a local PC parts store
mid ATX tower case (black with front audio/usb) 45 bucks at local pc parts store

227 and change total

since i kept things like my DVD burner and 2 HD drives and floppy drive kept the cost way down.

[2KZ28_For_Now]

Forgive me, this is off-topic - but how many engineering/geek peeps here used to blow capacitors just to hear them "POP" and see the smoke trail?!?!?

I can tell you "Black Cats" Ain't got nuthin on a "Fat Cap" that's been overloaded -- on purpose ----

That's a fun way to break the boredom of building boards and stuffing components before they hit the wave-solder machine. Good times. Brings me back.

PS- sorry to hear your old gear gave up the ghost, but it sounds like you got the new stuff taken care of.

Cheers.

[ArcAngel]

Im a MAC guy so dont have to worry about these things LOL

[2KZ28_For_Now]

Originally Posted by ArcAngel

Im a MAC guy so dont have to worry about these things LOL

(sigh)

[ArcAngel]

Why did you sigh LOL

[manimsoblack]

Originally Posted by 2KZ28_For_Now

Forgive me, this is off-topic - but how many engineering/geek peeps here used to blow capacitors just to hear them "POP" and see the smoke trail?!?!?

I can tell you "Black Cats" Ain't got nuthin on a "Fat Cap" that's been overloaded -- on purpose ----

That's a fun way to break the boredom of building boards and stuffing components before they hit the wave-solder machine. Good times. Brings me back.

PS- sorry to hear your old gear gave up the ghost, but it sounds like you got the new stuff taken care of.

Cheers.

My lab partner and i did that in our AC/DC class last semester.

[manimsoblack]

Originally Posted by ArcAngel

Why did you sigh LOL

macs are computers for people who hate computers (or can't use them properly)

p.s. i've had a lot of experience with macs, i worked for the school board in high school servicing, troubleshooting, security, etc. so i'm no windows fanboy. i'm not that fond of windows actually and mac does what it does well, but it's like this, you can have a Lexus that can park itself or

[Ject]

Originally Posted by MerF

Newegg or bust, folks.

[Zabo]

Originally Posted by MerF

Newegg or bust, folks.

Thirded and QFT. I also second Tigerdirect. If I wasn't so satsified with my HP laptop, I'd have built my own as well. Would have been a wash more or less, but when you can swap drives with a PS3..

Yeah, I was sold. Only qualm is LOLNOITDOESNTPLAYCRYSIS..

Pity they don't make vid cards as easy to swap in laptops as they do in PCs. But I do have an idle desktop back home.. might do a gutting with that hulk. *shrug*

[Scott@Bjorn3D]

The only reason I do not have a Mac is because of my review site. We are heavily PC based and PC Gaming based.

Black Mongoose my computer that I upgraded for my birthday which was before we found out Stephanie was sick is the following.

i7 940 overclocked to 3.3GHz
6 GB Corsair DDR3
Asus Rampage II X58 Chipset
NIVIDA GTX295 Reference Board from NVIDIA
300GB WD Raptor HD
2x 1GB Seagate 1TB HD
Creative Fatality PCI-E X-FI
Dell 2708 27" LCD
Vista 64 Ultimate

This except the video card will last me about 16 months before I have to upgrade again to have a good review machine.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Originally Posted by Zabo

Thirded and QFT. I also second Tigerdirect. If I wasn't so satsified with my HP laptop, I'd have built my own as well. Would have been a wash more or less, but when you can swap drives with a PS3..

Yeah, I was sold. Only qualm is LOLNOITDOESNTPLAYCRYSIS..

Pity they don't make vid cards as easy to swap in laptops as they do in PCs. But I do have an idle desktop back home.. might do a gutting with that hulk. *shrug*

I can't wait to play the sh!t out of that game!

[cosmin haraga]

ok , here is mine bought last week

i7 940, 2,93, how do you overcloak it?
motherboard intel x 58
7.1 sound onboard, total crap I can't get it to work right, maybe other drivers soon
7.1 creative t7900
gainward 2g ddr5 2xrv770, 4870ati ,dx10.1 ....
80 g /320 g hards, aside from an ocasional game I don't need more space
650 true power antec
antec box
2g 1600mhz kingmax ram going to buy more with win 7 64
curently vista ultimate 32

[Scott@Bjorn3D]

Originally Posted by cosmin haraga

ok , here is mine bought last week

i7 940, 2,93, how do you overcloak it?
motherboard intel x 58
7.1 sound onboard, total crap I can't get it to work right, maybe other drivers soon
7.1 creative t7900
gainward 2g ddr5 2xrv770, 4870ati ,dx10.1 ....
80 g /320 g hards, aside from an ocasional game I don't need more space
650 true power antec
antec box
2g 1600mhz kingmax ram going to buy more with win 7 64
curently vista ultimate 32

OUCH, only 2GB that is not good for an X58. That is a tri-channel chipset. You need to get the memory upgrade sooner than latter.