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Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:54 pm
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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Location: Eugene, Oregon
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| If only I could get $2 off.... |
Looking better. 
How much is an upgrade from the Corsair memory 
Corsair is teh sux.  |
It's like $53 more to go to Kingston (w/ Heat Spreading) |
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:05 pm
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Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Location: New Jersey
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| Audhumla wrote: |
| It's like $53 more to go to Kingston (w/ Heat Spreading) |
$53.00 well spent... |
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:04 pm
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Joined: 15 May 2005
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| Just make sure you can cool off that AMD. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and she still overheats occasionally, it was really bad when I first got her. |
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:08 pm
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Joined: 07 Feb 2005
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Location: Houston
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| Lizzeh` wrote: |
| Just make sure you can cool off that AMD. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and she still overheats occasionally, it was really bad when I first got her. |
Oh yeah, when the ac quit working my dad's pc BSOD'd because it overheated, but mine didn't even when I was playing games and stuff. And if mine can survive 100 degree heat and games, then it can survive normal use. So if you really feel like it, test it that way. Or you could just get some fans and heat sinks. |
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:39 pm
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Joined: 13 Jul 2005
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| My AMD 1600+ runs a consistent 150-180 degrees for some reason, so I have to use a house fan by it to keep it marginally cool. That's my 2nd CPU though, so I don't play anything really other than TFC/CS 1.6/Starcraft on it due to that. |
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:47 pm
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Location: Eugene, Oregon
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I forgot to mention the extra little things I shelled out a little extra for that don't show up in product summary.
Like 3 extra case fans.
Since in like 10 months I'll be living in Phoenix (probably) keeping stuff cool will be important. |
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:52 pm
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Yikes.
Kingston is $93 more.
Corsair XMS High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader is what is $51 more...
Going with Kingston, and a few other changes...
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CASE : HOT NEW! Xplorer Mid-Tower Case 420W W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Black Case w/Silver Face)
CPU : (939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 3700+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
MOTHERBOARD : (Sckt939)ASUS A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI Chipset SATA RAID Dual PCIE MB w/Gb-LAN,USB2.0,IEEE-1394,&7.1Audio
MEMORY : 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Kingston Hyper-X High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader)
VIDEO CARD : ATI RADEON X800 GT 256MB 16X PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD
VIDEO CARD 2 : NONE
MONITOR & LCD : NONE
HARD DRIVE : 40GB Hard Drive (Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA 133 Hard Drive)
Hard Drive 2 : 200GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Maxtor 200GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive)
Optical Drive : (Special Price) LG GWA-4161 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2 : NONE
SOUND : Creative Labs SB Audigy-2 ZS 7.1
Price: $1445.00 |
Not mentioned there are the basics like free HL2 DL coupon, AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK + 3 EXTRA CASE FANS, Creative Labs Inspire P7800 7.1 Surround Subwoofer Speaker System (If I'm getting a good sound card, no reason to waste it on a crap 2-speaker set-up), network card, crap mouse + keyboard (tad upset there's no NONE option for this, I love my current mouse & keyboard), INTERNAL 6in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer, Windows XP, Microsoft Works 7.0 , and most importantly, MICROSOFT® FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2004. (It's 6 extra bucks, compared to like 20 in the store.)
Things look great now? Price look good too?
Keep in mind this will have to last me a while, as being a poor college student like I will soon, upgrades will be few and far between. |
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:27 am
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| Now you're talkin... |
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:04 am
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Now to get $1445...
Anyone wanna float me a loan?  |
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:07 pm
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| ill give u a dollar but your to far away from me |
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:20 pm
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i would get a better vcard and just get the 3500+
Also 2 gb ram matters (bf2 eats alot of ram now...) if your gonna keep that for a long time 6600gt (futureproof unlike the x800gt) and 3500+ should be good enough dont know if you want to squeeze in the 2gb go ahead also
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Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:07 am
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Joined: 04 May 2005
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Location: So Cal
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| I like corsair, had it in 2 systems overclocked. been stable. but im not up on current stuff maybe they went to crap. |
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Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:21 am
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Joined: 06 Jan 2005
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Location: middle o' no where Nebraska
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| Just make sure you can cool off that AMD. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and she still overheats occasionally, it was really bad when I first got her. |
swear to god, my A+ teacher proved to us that the colder the cpu the better by using liquid nitrogen for the cooling system. they were using a 2.2GHz intel something or other, and it boosted it to 4.5GHz! course the inside of the case was right above freezing. So, i propose we make a case out of a minifridge! if you think about it (and past the craziness of it) it will keep the computer cool, it will eliminate dust, and you can keep your drinks in the shelf above! can't beat that  |
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Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:02 am
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| Dude crimson stop giving me ideas ill put a huge AC right at my new pc when it comes hmm?....... |
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| dude, we should start the Crimson Nirvana company and make random stuff for a living. i can see it now! |
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