Opinions on this PC I am building.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:15 pm

And I question the claim of the stiffy.

Are you questioning my preference for hard drives

or merely questioning my ability to get a stiffy?

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:26 pm

In approximately 1986 there was a brand of 5.25" computer disks with a brand name of "Mr. Floppy."

Be grateful I couldn't find an image of a Mr. Floppy disk on google.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:26 pm

I'll have you know that I'm like the flame that burns twice as fast, half as long!!!!!!

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:42 pm

I'll have you know that I'm like the flame that burns twice as fast, half as long!!!!!!

Silence, flamer.

Post by **Troy** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:49 pm

Every thread with you two always gets derailed with Teh Ghey.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:31 pm

Every thread with you two always gets derailed with Teh Ghey.

I hear that all the time. "You keep making jokes about being gay, so maybe you are gay." Blah blah blah!

My response is always, "Listen, voice inside my head! Shut the hell up or I'll tell them what you made me do with the hooker's torso!"

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:37 pm

Back on topic here. . . for those building PCs, get 10 case fans for $10 including shipping. They have both the 3 and 4 pin connectors.

NewEgg

Just add it to your cart, tell it you want ten, and the price and shipping change to $9.90 with free shipping. Don't know why.. . . Oh, skip over the 'free sticker' offer. Don't accept it.

I bought them. Can never have too many fans, I say.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:15 pm

Cool. I'm buying my case and power supply next week, and I'll load up on fans, too.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:54 pm

Might want to hurry up and get the free ones that were posted in this thread before they are gone.

Power supply is dead.

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Post by **GORDON** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:04 pm

Well, if they're gone, they're gone. There will be water if allah wills it.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:10 pm

Back on topic here. . . for those building PCs, get 10 case fans for $10 including shipping. They have both the 3 and 4 pin connectors.

Fans... they do nothing for me.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:15 pm

Hey... what's the minimum power supply I was for an Athalon 64 chip, geforce 7800gt card, hard drive, dvd burner and mobo with integrated sound and network?

There wont be a lot of extraneous hardware in it.

450W?

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:43 pm

450MW should be plenty.
Near as I can tell, Athlon 64 is around 100, up to another 100 for the 7800, drives are generally 5-15, mobo 25ish.

I've got a P4-3.2Ghz with 1GB RAM, 2 burners, 6600GT, 7 drives on a 450. My UPS reports utilization of 250W

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:46 pm

Sweet, thanks.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:21 pm

Read the power requirements for your card. My 7800GT need 24 or 28Amps and a min of 420Watts.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:03 pm

Tom's Hardware

These #s are for the ENTIRE system, btw.

Here is their test system.

450 is plenty, plenty, plenty.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:35 pm

Ok, here's me:

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	 eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT CO SE 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130256 	$285.00
  	1 	ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813131568 	$209.99
Item(s) shipped from NJ       Tracking Number: 
  	1 	AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103539 	$213.00
  	1 	CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145449 	$97.00
  	1 	ASUS Silver IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A - Retail
Item #: N82E16827135049 	$22.99
Item(s) shipped from TN       Tracking Number: 
  	1 	Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822144416 	$91.00
  	1 	ASPIRE X-Navigator ATXA9NW-BK/500 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16811144168

I went as high tech as I could while staying close to $1k. I chose a good Mobo that I could do plenty of expanding on later... another video card to SLI them together, up to an Athalon 64X2 processor, etc. It also has 6 SATA2 HD slots, so that's cool. I was surprised how cheap the SATA2 HD's were.

I spent a lot of time cross referencing everything to ensure it was all compatible. Hope I didn't screw anything up the way I did last time.[/color]

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:43 pm

I almost just wrote "Crap I forgot fans!" but then I remembered the case came w/3 of them, heh.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:41 pm

Why deluxe on the motherboard? Just curious. The plain SLI seemed plenty to me.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:26 am

Why deluxe on the motherboard? Just curious. The plain SLI seemed plenty to me.

I didn't want to spend $1k on the top of the line dual-core athalons... this MB can handle them. So in a year or 2, when prices have dropped a lot, I still have plenty of room for upgrading.