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| aquila |
| Oh. Right. Gotcha :happy2: |
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| biznology |
so im about ready to give up on this one...
mobo hasnt arrived yet, but i realized its a micro atx with onboard audio only (not enought PCI slots for all my cards), most likely will not be able to exceed 512 max, and i would need two DIMM for that anyways. the Tualatin 1.13 WAS the unstable recalled one, and primarily for edge servers...and i coulda bought a 1.0ghz p3 coppermine that would have swapped perfectly for the same price (8 bucks)
i will prolly mess with the mobo when it gets here, but thats wasted money most likely. hopefully i can send the mem back for a refund as an exchange would be another 50 still for just 512. i dont think i can get rid of the 1.13, but there is a slim chance i could exchange that under warranty for the 1.0 chip.
basically this has ended up a cluster and i spent too much money. (100 bucks lol)
but on the brightside i do have a 60 gig HD bumping my total up to 100gigs...woot. and i will make the very late switch to xp with the new sp.
i feel dumbfounded, but not because of your advice Ben, mostly because most of the research was out there and straight-forward and i let excitement get the best of me. i am glad for the experience and wouldnt have done anything if not egged on!
now, maybe in another month if i can be frugal i need to figure out if i should look into something fancier.
a socket 750 mobo that can go low in the p4 or pd up to the dual cores - for more money and less hp now...
or a cheaper, but slightly faster(in the short run) AMD set up... |
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| kadomony |
here's mine:
Case: Antec Sonata
Monitor: Dell M993c 19" CRT
Keyboard: Microsoft Digital Media Pro
Mouse: Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 6300 @ 1.86GHz
Motherboard: Intel DG965WH
Power: Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W
RAM: 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 (PC2-6400)
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster X-Fi
Hard Drives:
C:\ 40GB Western Digital ATA
D:\ 250GB Seagate SATA
F:\ 60GB Maxtor SATA
Optical Drive:
Samsung TS-H492A Internal CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive |
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| kr00t0n |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
here's mine:
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I used to have the same case, nifty little performer, had with my XP2500 in 2004 :) |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by biznology
so im about ready to give up on this one...
mobo hasnt arrived yet, but i realized its a micro atx with onboard audio only (not enought PCI slots for all my cards), most likely will not be able to exceed 512 max, and i would need two DIMM for that anyways. the Tualatin 1.13 WAS the unstable recalled one, and primarily for edge servers...and i coulda bought a 1.0ghz p3 coppermine that would have swapped perfectly for the same price (8 bucks)
i will prolly mess with the mobo when it gets here, but thats wasted money most likely. hopefully i can send the mem back for a refund as an exchange would be another 50 still for just 512. i dont think i can get rid of the 1.13, but there is a slim chance i could exchange that under warranty for the 1.0 chip.
basically this has ended up a cluster and i spent too much money. (100 bucks lol)
but on the brightside i do have a 60 gig HD bumping my total up to 100gigs...woot. and i will make the very late switch to xp with the new sp.
i feel dumbfounded, but not because of your advice Ben, mostly because most of the research was out there and straight-forward and i let excitement get the best of me. i am glad for the experience and wouldnt have done anything if not egged on!
now, maybe in another month if i can be frugal i need to figure out if i should look into something fancier.
a socket 750 mobo that can go low in the p4 or pd up to the dual cores - for more money and less hp now...
or a cheaper, but slightly faster(in the short run) AMD set up... |
www.pricewatch.com and get a good brand name mobo with a 1.86 core2duo and 1gb of ram. $200 and it will just drop right in your current setup. ;) |
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| biznology |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
www.pricewatch.com and get a good brand name mobo with a 1.86 core2duo and 1gb of ram. $200 and it will just drop right in your current setup. ;) |
yeah well we will see...not for a little bit tho.
i dont think im gonna keep this dell case tho, the fan is piddly and i have one side off of it for airflow most of the time. i will deffo keep up on pricewatch and possible get a decent case/powersupply first (since they dont get obsolete as quickly. then check out a mobo/cpu setup and then move onto drives and vid cards, et al.
mostly what i want is some expandability. nowadays, unlike in 2000(before AMD) you couldnt easily upgrade within the mobo to a better proc, etal. that has changed somewhat| |
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| Audious |
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16824009094
^might as well go with that monitor, I have the same one and it's pretty nice. No dead pixels or anything.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820231098
^two of these versus the RAM you have
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127331
^I would probably go with that video card instead of the one you have, if you're looking to stay within the $100 range.
If you're getting quad-core processors, why the weaksauce video card? I would definitely upgrade your card to something at least 512MB, or bump down to dual core processors. |
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| gehzumteufel |
Your first mistake. Never make suggestions on parts before asking what the target usage is. He doesn't need a massive video card, as it is a production machine. 512mb is massively unnecessary and useless.
Second, Acer = .
Third, getting 2gb instead of 4gb for a production machine is murder. Max ram you can afford always. Same with HD. |
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| Audious |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Your first mistake. Never make suggestions on parts before asking what the target usage is. He doesn't need a massive video card, as it is a production machine. 512mb is massively unnecessary and useless.
Second, Acer = .
Third, getting 2gb instead of 4gb for a production machine is murder. Max ram you can afford always. Same with HD. |
#1. Didn't think of production, just assumed since he was going for quad-core that he was building a gaming machine.
#2. The reviews on NewEgg for the monitor seem to think otherwise. On top of it, I own it and it's working just fine.
#3. Said to get two of the 2x1GB. 2x2=4. No reason to waste money on the 2GB stick, unless he plans on going to 6GB or 8GB of RAM in the near future. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Audious
#1. Didn't think of production, just assumed since he was going for quad-core that he was building a gaming machine.
#2. The reviews on NewEgg for the monitor seem to think otherwise. On top of it, I own it and it's working just fine.
#3. Said to get two of the 2x1GB. 2x2=4. No reason to waste money on the 2GB stick, unless he plans on going to 6GB or 8GB of RAM in the near future. |
#2....I just remembered, that even though acer = , there are only 3 major LCD panel manufacturers in the world. Samsung, LG, and Sharp. And since they are sourcing them from one of those three, it is good either way. Sorry, my bad. :D
#3. I would agree if it wasn't a production machine, but considering it is, the potential is there to go more than 4gb later, as production software can get pretty memory and cpu intensive. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
here's mine:
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That case looks like it would have HORRIBLE air flow. Look how small those vents are! And they're at the top. The front doesn't even have any vents...:nervous: |
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