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 14 2006, 10:02
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
Rager that. Well, lets see..
INTEL PENTIUM 4 Processor 541 LGA775 3.2Ghz 1MB L2-Cache 800FSB > $205AUD Any good? Cheers for the help. I'll bookmark that HDD -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2006, 10:02
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head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
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Nov 14 2006, 11:03
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Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Groningen, The Netherlands Member No.: 95 |
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939
1024 Mb DDR RAM GeForce 6600GT 256Mb 180 Gb HDisk 22" Widescreen TFT Monitor I must say the 6600GT has a great price/quality ratio. -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2006, 16:08
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
Today I decided to buy a new S-ATA. 250 GB should enough for me. Any advices for good HDD's? I either thought about a Seagate ST3250824AS Barracuda or a Samsung SP2504C SpinPoint P120. What do you think?
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Nov 14 2006, 16:10
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 16-October 06 From: Leiden, The Netherlands Member No.: 7 |
Rager that. Well, lets see.. INTEL PENTIUM 4 Processor 541 LGA775 3.2Ghz 1MB L2-Cache 800FSB > $205AUD Any good? Cheers for the help. I'll bookmark that HDD No, get a Core 2 Duo (an E6600 or something) like KH said, the whole P4 series is crap -------------------- Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum.
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Nov 14 2006, 16:50
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head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE Seagate ST3250824AS Barracuda i have this one. and no problems
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Nov 14 2006, 16:53
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Troubleshooting Device Group: Addon Maker Posts: 29 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 97 |
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 1024 Mb DDR RAM GeForce 6600GT 256Mb 180 Gb HDisk 22" Widescreen TFT Monitor I must say the 6600GT has a great price/quality ratio. Take the Samsung. I think it has the best price/quality rate. I have 2 of them and a 160GB Samsung. -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2006, 18:13
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
I think 160Gb will be enough for me. My friend has an 80Gb and he's never filled it over 3/4 of the way. I have no troubles with my 40Gb now, got plenty of shit on here too. If I find that I'm grossly mistaken, I'll get an external hd. Do they work just like normal HD's but on the outside? (can install shit straight onto them?)
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Nov 14 2006, 18:22
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Troubleshooting Device Group: Addon Maker Posts: 29 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 97 |
They nearly working the same but they are a lot slower because of the slow connection like USB. eSata solve this problem, because it is as fast as normal Sata HDDs just extern
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Nov 14 2006, 18:29
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
So basically it's not a good idea to run programs off of it?
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Nov 14 2006, 19:18
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Troubleshooting Device Group: Addon Maker Posts: 29 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 97 |
Small programs should be no problem, music is also ok but nothing like games or video editing stuff.
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Nov 14 2006, 20:02
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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 |
Basically it's meant for datastorage/back-up purposes.
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Nov 14 2006, 20:05
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
Ok, I kinda guessed that as soon as I heard the slow USB bit. Cheers for claring it up for me dudes
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Nov 14 2006, 20:06
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ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Gentleman Usher of the Banstick Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 1,781 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Old-Europe Member No.: 11 |
I won't buy a new HD for my new system I'll use an IDE Adapter
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Nov 14 2006, 21:11
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Troubleshooting Device Group: Addon Maker Posts: 29 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 97 |
I won't upgrade my system until DirectX10 cards are standard, as well as DDR3 memory modules. I think these are the technologies I can wait for although I know that the moment I buy hardware it is outdated a few seconds later.
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Nov 14 2006, 21:14
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There will be cake. Group: Members Posts: 270 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Netherlands Member No.: 117 |
Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz
ASUS P4P800-X Mobo AGP 8x, 512 MB ATI Radeon X1600 1 GB DDR RAM, Frequency 200MHz 160 GB Samsung HD (ultra quiet) 80 GB Iomega External back-up drive Also spended a lot on making my PC reaaally quiet. |
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Nov 14 2006, 21:40
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ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Appointed Olivia Wilde Stalker Group: Moderators Posts: 1,482 Joined: 12-November 06 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 113 |
well seeing as its related i guess, anyone use a slot style cpu?
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Nov 15 2006, 06:47
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
Dudes, I have a problem, yesterday I bought my new S-ATA HDD and I wanted to install Windows on it but it didn't work.
I divided it in 4 partitions all the same size but Windows set up kept telling me some XP compatible files where missing on the drive. I don't know how to fix it, anyone has an idea? I don't want to use my slow IDE's anymore. -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 15 2006, 09:04
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Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Groningen, The Netherlands Member No.: 95 |
I won't upgrade my system until DirectX10 cards are standard, as well as DDR3 memory modules. I think these are the technologies I can wait for although I know that the moment I buy hardware it is outdated a few seconds later. Ye, thats the problem with hardware. As soon as you buy it, it is outdated. It's such an expensive hobby to keep your PC up-to-date. -------------------- |
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Nov 15 2006, 22:03
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
I'd still much prefer to be a PC Gamer than a console'er Got a Ps2, and all it's good for is some mindless fun I decided to start playing San Andreas on ps2 again, but euch... I hate gamepads That's why I'd rather spend money on an updated PC ^^
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