Hardware/ Software/ Technical Questions Thread, All you ever wanted to know about your PC! |
Hardware/ Software/ Technical Questions Thread, All you ever wanted to know about your PC! |
Nov 12 2006, 10:28
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
Righto. Will look into that
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Nov 12 2006, 11:30
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
Do HD's really count towards performance on games? I'm getting S-ATA II 160Gb HD with my new PC... Sounds alright?
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Nov 12 2006, 11:38
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
Well, in these days it's easier to get bigger HDD. Go for a 300 GB drive, won't cost much more.
300GB SEAGATE ST3300622AS Barracuda = 99 Euros (0,33 Euros / GB) 160GB SEAGATE ST3160812AS-RK Barracuda = 66 Euros (0,41 Euros / GB) -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 12 2006, 11:41
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
Well, in these days it's easier to get bigger HDD. Go for a 300 GB drive, won't cost much more. Ok, cheers for letting me know. The company that is building it are pretty friendly, you can just phone them up and they'll add stuff to your order as it's being built. |
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Nov 12 2006, 23:50
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ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Admin Extraordinaire Group: Administrators Posts: 907 Joined: 5-November 06 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 18 |
Yes I got a 250GB SATA hdd for a good price and I ahve alraedy filled half of it
Best value card is the 7600 Series, they are a bargain and still a solid card. -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2006, 00:23
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
Howabout we all post our specs, then we can be all nerdy and compare them
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6700 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache 2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz 160GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm) 512MB GEFORCE 7950GT PCI Express + DVI + DVI + TV-OUT (x2 in SLI) INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1) AUDIO (6 CHANNEL ON P5NSLI) All for £1184.68 I'm worried though, not being hugley hot on PC's, how long this PC will last before I have to upgrade/ before it becomes ancient :wierd: Having spent that money on it, I guess I'm just looking for confirmation that I've made the right decision =S I just hope I can play ArmA on full! Cheers |
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Nov 13 2006, 00:49
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 16-October 06 From: Leiden, The Netherlands Member No.: 7 |
QUOTE Howabout we all post our specs, then we can be all nerdy and compare them Hurray! E-penis comparison! AMD Athlon X2 4200+ (@2,54ghz) A8R-MVP (Weird motherboard, it calls itself an Overclockers mobo but it wont allow the core coltage >1.5 and i cant seem to find a CPU:RAM ratio setting thingy. thank god i have the 2nd generation version, the 1st version was as stable as me on 1 leg, while this one seems to work fine) 1,5GB DDR (512MB Kingston+1GB Cheapass) (@+-400mhz, need to check that) 256MB ATI Radeon x1600XT Cheapass soundcard In total probably 500€ when i bought it, but i cant remember what was included in that price (mobo? HDs? case?) Im planning to upgrade that x1600XT with a Dx10 card once they are affordable, but for now it works fine -------------------- Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum.
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Nov 13 2006, 00:58
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Hipster addonmaker Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10 |
You all know what they say about the person that is the shortest in height (biggest saucage on the block ):
AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1,81GHz) Soltek SL75 DRV5 Rev3 1GB DDR (PC2100) Geforce 4 TI4200 (128MB version) Creative Audigy + 5.1 Creative speakers -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2006, 02:12
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ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Admin Extraordinaire Group: Administrators Posts: 907 Joined: 5-November 06 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 18 |
Amd Athalon 64 4200+X2
Gigabyte SLI AMD mobo, forget the model without reference on this work pc 2GB Corsair II DDR2 RAM GeForce 7600GS 256mb card 250GB SATA HDD 16mb Cache Not a bad little machine for my needs -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2006, 06:31
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
PIII 700 Mhz
Some Mainboard nVidia TNT2 M64 128 MB SDRAM PC133 Seagate 20 GB IDE HDD ...that was my PC back in 2000 upgraded this PC with following + 128 MB SDRAM PC 133 - to play OFP lagfree + Geforce 2 MX400 2002, new PC: AMD Athlon XP 1800 K7S5A Mainboard Geforce 2 Ultra 256 MB DDRRAM PC 266 upgraded this PC with following + 256 MB DDRRAM PC 266 + Geforce 4 Ti 4200 2003/2004, new PC: AMD Athlon XP 2800 Asus A7N8X Mainboard Geforce 4 Ti 4400 512 MB DDRRAM PC400 Samsung 160 GB IDE HDD upgraded this PC with following: + 512 MB DDRAM PC400 + Geforce FX 5700 Ultra (mid-2004) + Geforce 6600GT (March 2005) 2006, new PC, current system AMD 64 X2 4000+ (1024 KB L2 Cache) Asus M2NE Mainboard Asus Geforce 7950GT 1024 MB DDR2 RAM PC800 will upgrade following: + 1024 MB DDR2 RAM PC800 + 300 GB S-ATA HDD (currently running the old 160 GB IDE) The history of my hardware Before 2000 I was using my dads PC, which was even worse... -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 13 2006, 07:45
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Group: Addon Maker Posts: 1,148 Joined: 4-November 06 Member No.: 13 |
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Socket 939 512Mb RAM DDR1 ATI 9600 pro. graphics card 160GT SATA hard disc |
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Nov 13 2006, 08:24
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ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Admin Extraordinaire Group: Administrators Posts: 907 Joined: 5-November 06 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 18 |
Until a few months back this was my rig:
733Mhz Pentium 3 30GB HDD Some old MoBo 32mb TNT VidCard 128mb SD RAM Upgraded with: GeForce 2 MX 400 64mb Boosted to 512mb SDRAM That PC, dubbed 'mighty mouse' by my clan mates saw me through so many things it should not have been able to handle but by the end of its run it was a temperamental beast -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2006, 11:48
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
Well I need to get rid of my 160 GB IDE HDD. Anyone needs one? I need money for a new 300 GB S-ATA drive
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Nov 13 2006, 17:03
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Troubleshooting Device Group: Addon Maker Posts: 29 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 97 |
AMD Athlon64 3500+ (with fu**ing old Newcastle core)
ASUS A8V Deluxe PowerColor X850XT P.E. (AGP) 1GB Corsair TwinX PC3200 XL (2-2-2-3) Creative Audigy 4 around 1TB of space dispensed on 5 HDDs (3x S-ATA, 2x IDE) -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2006, 17:13
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
Old PC (current - at least until my new one arrives [15 days:D])
Intel P4 1.8Ghz Some crappy "dublin" MoBo Geforce 6200 256mb 1024Mb SDRAM Some crappy onboard soundcard |
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Nov 13 2006, 23:19
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
SDRAM? I thought this was just a myth, didn't know this existed in reality?
J/k How does it come you have 1024 MB SDRAM? I guess I wouldn't even have wasted so much money for 512 MB of it (of course I did). The problem is, you can't sell it because no one wants it. I tried it, but in the end it's settled between some other old hardware stuff now. -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 13 2006, 23:28
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Hipster addonmaker Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10 |
How does it come you have 1024 MB SDRAM? I guess I wouldn't even have wasted so much money for 512 MB of it (of course I did). The problem is, you can't sell it because no one wants it. I tried it, but in the end it's settled between some other old hardware stuff now. It's fine for a private webserver or fileserver for a small network. I use a PIII 600MHz with 448MB SDRAM and 50GB HDD for that purpose. Works good. -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2006, 23:50
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
SDRAM? I thought this was just a myth, didn't know this existed in reality? J/k How does it come you have 1024 MB SDRAM? I guess I wouldn't even have wasted so much money for 512 MB of it (of course I did). The problem is, you can't sell it because no one wants it. I tried it, but in the end it's settled between some other old hardware stuff now. lol I was told it was the only kind I could put in because of my motherboard Kinda helped my performance alot though. I dunno why, but it completely fucked up my system and I ended up having to reboot on BOTH occasions (once when the technical support guy in a store installed it, and when I put it in myself too ) Kinda funny really, when I put the Geforce 6200 in, I was completley mortified that I couldn't run CoD2 on full settings! So naieve... |
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Nov 14 2006, 09:03
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
OK, I have found a Celeron 3.33ghz 533FSB MODEL D 355 LGA775 64Bit for $125AUD. Good price? (Socket 775)
I am currently on a standard 2002 Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Worth upgrading to? AND Would this require me to get a new motherboard? I've also found a SeaGate 250 gig 7200rpm SATA-2 NCQ 16meg Cache 7200.10 for $115AUD. I'm currently on a 80GB HD. Worth it? KH, if you are willing to sell your 160GB for about $70 AUD I might be in -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2006, 09:48
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
Depends on the socket your P4 uses. And I won't go for a Celeron. Better get a new Core 2 Duo CPU.
And the S-ATA HDD is a better choice than my old IDE HDD. -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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