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  • Dirty F
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jul 2001
    • 59204
    #1

    Computer nerds...err...experts - inside please

    Im gonna buy a new system one of these days and have roughly found what i want.
    I used an online tool to configure a system. I dont know much abour brands and stuff though. Is there anything you would change? Is there anything that doesnt work together?

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    • Dirty F
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2001
      • 59204
      #2
      Im thinking about using a small 10.000 rpm harddrive for the operating system. This makes sense right?

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        • Evil E
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2005
          • 3201
          #3
          Windows XP instead of Windows Vista.

          Might want to add a second hard drive with raid 1 to have data redundancy.


          A girl once told me "Give me 8 inches and make it HURT".

          So, I fucked her twice and hit her with a brick.

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            • Dirty F
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Jul 2001
              • 59204
              #4
              Originally posted by knewon
              Windows XP instead of Windows Vista.

              Might want to add a second hard drive with raid 1 to have data redundancy.
              I already have 2, you mean a 3rd one?

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                • ssp
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 7990
                  #5
                  Why not get a mainboard with sound and lan, wireless and firewire onboard?

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                    • HEAT
                      Confirmed User
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 2255
                      #6
                      do you use floppy disks yet?
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                        • Deej
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                          • Jun 2005
                          • 24386
                          #7
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                            • Klen
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 32234
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Dirty Franck
                              Im thinking about using a small 10.000 rpm harddrive for the operating system. This makes sense right?
                              I suggest you buy two wd raptor disk (10000 rpm) and put them into raid 0 field.

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                                • Dirty F
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 59204
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by ssp
                                  Why not get a mainboard with sound and lan, wireless and firewire onboard?
                                  Sure, which one?

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                                    • ztik
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2001
                                      • 5196
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by ssp
                                      Why not get a mainboard with sound and lan, wireless and firewire onboard?
                                      Yeah, I was just going to say that.

                                      Why get such a shitty motherboard when you have such nice componets?
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                                        • Martin3
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2005
                                          • 1529
                                          #11
                                          I'd go with better ram and a 550 watt psu.
                                          264-543-302

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                                            • ucv.karl
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                                              • Jul 2006
                                              • 498
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Deej
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                                                • Dirty F
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                  • 59204
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by ztik
                                                  Yeah, I was just going to say that.

                                                  Why get such a shitty motherboard when you have such nice componets?
                                                  I dunno much about motherboards, thats why im asking. Can you tell me which one to buy please? Which type/brand.

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                                                    • Dirty F
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                      • 59204
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Martin3
                                                      I'd go with better ram and a 550 watt psu.
                                                      550 watt is noted. Which ram do you suggest?

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                                                        • ztik
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Aug 2001
                                                          • 5196
                                                          #15
                                                          Asus M2N32 Pro http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...07&modelmenu=1

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                                                            • ztik
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                              • 5196
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Dirty Franck
                                                              550 watt is noted. Which ram do you suggest?
                                                              Oh, I didn't notice only 550. Your going to want bigger.

                                                              Go with OCZ for ram get 800mhz instaid of 600mhz

                                                              http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...latinum_series
                                                              Last edited by ztik; 05-13-2007, 10:06 AM.
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                                                                • Dirty F
                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                                  • 59204
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by ztik
                                                                  Asus M2N32 Pro http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...07&modelmenu=1

                                                                  Noted. Thanks.

                                                                  I can add 2 videocards in it right? I might buy a 2nd card in the future.

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                                                                    • Dirty F
                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                      • 59204
                                                                      #18
                                                                      I dont have time to read that page now as i have to leave but it looks really good.

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                                                                        • ztik
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Aug 2001
                                                                          • 5196
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by Dirty Franck
                                                                          Noted. Thanks.

                                                                          I can add 2 videocards in it right? I might buy a 2nd card in the future.
                                                                          Yeah, you can.
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                                                                            • Martin3
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Oct 2005
                                                                              • 1529
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by Dirty Franck
                                                                              550 watt is noted. Which ram do you suggest?
                                                                              Well, I'd go with a different board aswell. The 590 suggested above is a good one. 570 also, but about $30-40US cheaper, both will have all your usb, firewire, sound, and lan onboard. OCZ ram instead of Kingston.
                                                                              550 watt psu is about the minimum I'd go with. It depends on how many fans and hard drives you plan on adding. Having room for future growth doesn't hurt. I don't know how power hungry that card and cpu are. I have a 550 with an opteron 165 [email protected], x1900xt, 3 hard drives, and 4 120mm fans + 80mm cpu fan. It works fine for me. But the opteron isn't very power hungry. 650 watt are higher probably wouldn't hurt, price difference isn't that much once you get that high anyways.
                                                                              264-543-302

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                                                                                • acctman
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Oct 2003
                                                                                  • 2840
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  buy a shuttle xpc box... www.shuttle.com

                                                                                  edit: western digital drives SUCK... they die after about 3-5yrs, right when the warranty runs out.. get a seagate

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                                                                                    • Antonio
                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                      • Oct 2001
                                                                                      • 14136
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      second video card? do you really need the one that you chose on a frist place? do you do video editing? play games? otherwise drop it, way too much money IMO

                                                                                      yet again if you really want Vista you migh need it, lol

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                                                                                        • cess
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Sep 2006
                                                                                          • 2921
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          You should be reading/asking at anandtech or some other tech site/forum. BTW why go with AMD? Intel is a much better buy right now...

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                                                                                            • Dirty F
                                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                              • Jul 2001
                                                                                              • 59204
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by Martin3
                                                                                              Well, I'd go with a different board aswell. The 590 suggested above is a good one. 570 also, but about $30-40US cheaper, both will have all your usb, firewire, sound, and lan onboard. OCZ ram instead of Kingston.
                                                                                              550 watt psu is about the minimum I'd go with. It depends on how many fans and hard drives you plan on adding. Having room for future growth doesn't hurt. I don't know how power hungry that card and cpu are. I have a 550 with an opteron 165 [email protected], x1900xt, 3 hard drives, and 4 120mm fans + 80mm cpu fan. It works fine for me. But the opteron isn't very power hungry. 650 watt are higher probably wouldn't hurt, price difference isn't that much once you get that high anyways.

                                                                                              Thanks. Can you tell me the difference betwen the 570 and 590 btw?

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                                                                                                • Dirty F
                                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                                                                  • 59204
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by acctman
                                                                                                  buy a shuttle xpc box... www.shuttle.com

                                                                                                  edit: western digital drives SUCK... they die after about 3-5yrs, right when the warranty runs out.. get a seagate
                                                                                                  Any suggestions on how many harddrive and what setup? Someone mentioned a raid setup?

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                                                                                                    • Dirty F
                                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                                                      • 59204
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by cess
                                                                                                      BTW why go with AMD? Intel is a much better buy right now...
                                                                                                      I hear exactly the same stories the other way around.

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                                                                                                        • Dirty F
                                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                                                                          • 59204
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Antonio
                                                                                                          second video card? do you really need the one that you chose on a frist place? do you do video editing? play games? otherwise drop it, way too much money IMO

                                                                                                          yet again if you really want Vista you migh need it, lol
                                                                                                          Well, not for now. That 768 card is more than enough but who knows next year?

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                                                                                                            • GAMEFINEST
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                                                                                                              • Nov 2006
                                                                                                              • 14470
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              intel is the bomb
                                                                                                              Compound interest.

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                                                                                                                • nico-t
                                                                                                                  emperor of my world
                                                                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                                                                  • 29901
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  reading this thread made me feel like i used to feel in math class...

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                                                                                                                    • Dirty F
                                                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                                                                      • 59204
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by GAMEFINEST
                                                                                                                      intel is the bomb
                                                                                                                      Wuts wrong with AMD?

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                                                                                                                        • whomework
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                                                                                                                          • Jan 2007
                                                                                                                          • 109
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          I would ditch the floppy drive and get yourself a 1GB thumb drive for about the same price. Also, get yourself an extarnal HDD for backups. Nothing like losing all your data and not having a backup strategy in place. I have seen grown men cry over lost data. LOL.
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                                                                                                                            • tranza
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                                                                                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                              • 57559
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Seems like you're going to build a nice CPU there...
                                                                                                                              I'm just a newbie.

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                                                                                                                                • Dirty F
                                                                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                                                                                                  • 59204
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by whomework
                                                                                                                                  I would ditch the floppy drive and get yourself a 1GB thumb drive for about the same price. Also, get yourself an extarnal HDD for backups. Nothing like losing all your data and not having a backup strategy in place. I have seen grown men cry over lost data. LOL.
                                                                                                                                  Wtf is a thumb drive?

                                                                                                                                  And i already have an external drive. Right now im just looking for what to use as internal drives.

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                                                                                                                                    • Dirty F
                                                                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                                                                                      • 59204
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by tranza
                                                                                                                                      Seems like you're going to build a nice CPU there...
                                                                                                                                      Yup yup!

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                                                                                                                                        • ssp
                                                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                          • Jan 2005
                                                                                                                                          • 7990
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          I stopped using floppy drives, I use USB sticks instead.. 2GB... 4GBs. Why go back to 1.4MB drives lol!

                                                                                                                                          I think any ASUS board with shit on board will do the trick.. I usually go for a deluxe or premium board so I know it's good. Check out their website www.asus.com.tw I think.

                                                                                                                                          Personlly I found Vista to be a horrid system but that's up to you.

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                                                                                                                                            • The Sultan Of Smut
                                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                                                                                                              • 4325
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              The only thing I could add is maybe toss the ASUS board. I know ASUS boards are packed but I've owned two in the past and my Internet connection would drop periodically. I know it was the board both times since in each instance I swapped it out but used the same components.

                                                                                                                                              It's been a while now so maybe their boards in the past few years don't do that but I'll never buy one again.

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                                                                                                                                                • Klen
                                                                                                                                                  • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                                                  • 32234
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by ssp
                                                                                                                                                  I stopped using floppy drives, I use USB sticks instead.. 2GB... 4GBs. Why go back to 1.4MB drives lol!

                                                                                                                                                  I think any ASUS board with shit on board will do the trick.. I usually go for a deluxe or premium board so I know it's good. Check out their website www.asus.com.tw I think.

                                                                                                                                                  Personlly I found Vista to be a horrid system but that's up to you.
                                                                                                                                                  Floppy sucks.But some programs still require to use it

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