Topic: Post Your Setup (Read 110467 times)

Anonymous · « **Reply #125 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:37:22 AM »

Video: I beleive the ATI Radeon 9800 XT is slighty better.

Board: That's a great motherboard. Good brand. However, I didn't notice if it has firewire. You can always add that later on using a PCI slot, but since you're buying new, try to get it built in.

The CPU... 64 bits makes me drool. Just because it's 64 bits. But then I come back down to earth and realize that it won't do much of a difference since there's no 64 bit O/S out yet. I'd wait for MS longhorn to come out and for more 64 bit applications and games to hit the shelves before paying the extra money for a CPU that won't get used to it's full potential.

Sound: On board sound is alright, but if you are into gaming or want to watch DVD's on the PC, get a creative labs 5.1 or 7.1 sound card and speakers to go with it. You'll get an orgasim when you hear the sound that comes out of that box.

CD/DVD: Any need for a DVD burner?

Hard Drive: Consider getting two drives. Obviously you don't need the extra space with a 250 Gig drive, but when that baby crashes, you'll be really pissed. (Unless you had a second drive to back up critical shit...)

Modem: If you can afford a PC like that, you can afford high speed internet. No need for a modem.

A heat sink is a cooling unit that sits directly on your CPU. You absolutly want to get the best heatsink you can get. It's one of the most critical componements. CPUs don't like heat. A good heatsink and case fans will ensure that your CPU will not be damaged by heat.

Anyway, it's really up to you and your budget. This sucker is going to be expensive, but worth it regradless.

hackess · « **Reply #126 on:** February 11, 2004, 09:15:10 AM »

Hey, Judgie...she's 17. She gets high speed internet if her parents buy it.

However, CherryBomber, if you go to university, you will undoubtedly have a high speed connection. Make sure you have a NIC/Ethernet card.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #127 on:** February 11, 2004, 10:30:03 AM »

Yeah, Microsoft Shoehorn will be great to have on your PC.

If you want DRM infesting every fricken file on your computer.

No thankyou.

There are already Linux and BSD kernels that have support built in for 64-bit architecture. And they won't tell you what files you can and can't have access to on your own goddamn computer.

SuSE, Mandrake, Red Hat and Slackware all have 64-bit versions that are ready, up and available now. Granted, there aren't many desktop applications (for any OS) that take advantage of 64-bit processors yet, but they're coming down the pipe pretty fast.

Longhorn won't likely be available (and patched up like every other half-assed MS project) until 2006 at the very earliest.

And I've read that they're wanting to push it back as far as 2008.

CherryBomber · « **Reply #128 on:** February 11, 2004, 04:13:21 PM »

Quote from: catwritr

Hey, Judgie...she's 17. She gets high speed internet if her parents buy it.

Haha! Damn straight. But I live out in the boonies; I dont think high speed is even an option here.

It has 2xIEEE1394 (that's firewire right??), 8110S Gigabit Ethernet, and Realtek ALC655 6-Channel Audio Codec. I guess the sound doesnt really have to be jizz-worthy, but it's going to be of decent quality right? I also have the Sony DVD +-RW/+-R external blah blah burner. As for an extra hard drive, I'm going to back that up with the computer I'm using right now and a 30GB mp3 player I have.

heatsink : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-150-027&catalog=62&depa=0
Excuse me for bing a dipshit, but i put this right over the processor?

Thanks!

Demosthenes · « **Reply #129 on:** February 11, 2004, 04:18:12 PM »

Make sure it's seated properly on the processor. Pretty much perfect contact is necessary in order for heat transfer to take place at the rate that's needed to keep the chip from burning itself out the first time you use it.

There's a kind of heat sink goo you'll want to smear on the contacting surface of the processor before putting the heat sink in place as well. It's a thermally conductive compound that makes it easier to ensure you have a good contact between the two surfaces.

You should be able to get some of that at newegg too, I would think.

EDIT

Here you go, I just found exactly the stuff you'll need for that: Thermal paste

hackess · « **Reply #130 on:** February 11, 2004, 04:18:37 PM »

Sounds like you're all set.

Yes, the heatsink goes right over the processor. You may want one of your tech-savvy friends to help you put it all together, just to be safe.

EDIT: Mmm....I love thermal paste. Just don't get it on your hands, clothes, carpeting, or anything else except the top of the CPU/bottom of the heatsink. That shit sticks to everything.

CherryBomber · « **Reply #131 on:** February 11, 2004, 05:09:19 PM »

score- the paste is included.

I love you guys!

Anonymous · « **Reply #132 on:** February 11, 2004, 05:41:21 PM »

Quote from: CherryBomber

I love you guys!

I'd say I love you too celeste, but you're just 17.

OMFGLOL!!11

CherryBomber · « **Reply #133 on:** February 11, 2004, 06:16:31 PM »

hah - whateva'

CherryBomber · « **Reply #134 on:** February 24, 2004, 07:11:52 PM »

say.... is there anything I can used to instead of heatsink paste?

Anonymous · « **Reply #135 on:** February 24, 2004, 07:18:06 PM »

Why not use the paste?

CherryBomber · « **Reply #136 on:** February 24, 2004, 07:48:22 PM »

it's messy! i guess it doesnt really matter, i just want to know what else it out there - if anything.

hackess · « **Reply #137 on:** February 24, 2004, 08:03:24 PM »

I wouldn't recommend it.

DiscipleOfChaos · « **Reply #138 on:** February 24, 2004, 09:16:02 PM »

I've heard that chewing gum or denture adhesive work really well*

*if you like the smell of burning computer chips.

CherryBomber · « **Reply #139 on:** February 25, 2004, 09:15:36 PM »

I'll get right on it

Anonymous · « **Reply #140 on:** February 26, 2004, 08:53:44 AM »

Quote from: DiscipleOfChaos

I've heard that chewing gum or denture adhesive work really well*

*if you like the smell of burning computer chips.

DiscipleOfChaos · « **Reply #141 on:** February 26, 2004, 04:46:33 PM »

Quote from: TheJudge

Quote from: DiscipleOfChaos
I've heard that chewing gum or denture adhesive work really well*

*if you like the smell of burning computer chips.

No fair!

Scuzzy · « **Reply #142 on:** February 26, 2004, 05:14:32 PM »

ahh well here we go

AMD athelon XP 2000+
512 MB of OCZ RAM
1, 16GB HD
1, 60GB HD
ATI Readon 9200 pro
nVidia nForce 2 sound card (bah that built in sh*t)
Samsung 52*32*16 DVD/CD-RW drive
and...Dell 18" CRT monitor

w00tness for compy can this summah!

xolik · « **Reply #143 on:** February 26, 2004, 05:34:21 PM »

Amiga 500
No internal hard drive
Internal Floppy! W00t!
Color monitor
TWO button mouse. (Classy, eh?)
Workbench 1.2
Extra 512k RAM.
Motorola MC 68000 running at 7.14mhz
9600 baud modem.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #144 on:** February 26, 2004, 05:39:36 PM »

Heh.

IBM PS1 Executive
Processor: 386
RAM: 4mb
HDD: 500mb
5.25" B-Drive
3.5" A-Drive
14.4k US Robotics internal modem
MS-DOS 3
Windows 3.11

pseudonymph · « **Reply #145 on:** February 26, 2004, 09:15:46 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes

Heh.

IBM PS1 Executive
Processor: 386
RAM: 4mb
HDD: 500mb
5.25" B-Drive
3.5" A-Drive
14.4k US Robotics internal modem
MS-DOS 3
Windows 3.11

Demosthenes · « **Reply #146 on:** February 27, 2004, 09:29:12 AM »

Hey that's no joke... I actually have one of those, and it still works!

I mean, it's not my main machine or anything, but I still think it's kinda cool that it's functional.

hackess · « **Reply #147 on:** February 27, 2004, 09:35:33 AM »

I'd like a 386 to play all those old games that XP fuxx0rs up.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #148 on:** February 27, 2004, 09:44:41 AM »

If I could find a way to get a CDROM drive installed in this thing without blowing the power supply, I'd be stylin'.

But as it sits, the only way I can get games on it is to use games that don't require a CD in order to run them.

And even then I have to zip them across a bunch of froppy disks to get them on the thing. It doesn't even have a network card in it, and no open slots (ISA or otherwise) in which I could install one....

Otherwise I'm pretty sure I could run games off of a shared CD drive on my file server over my network.

The Humanist · « **Reply #149 on:** February 28, 2004, 11:14:43 AM »

iMac G4 1GHz/1GB RAM/80GB Hard Drive/GeForce 4MX/Airport/Bluetooth
Canon S900 Photo Printer
Epson 1660 Scanner
LaCie 80GB External Hard Drive
10GB 2nd Generation iPod

iBook G4 800MHz/384MB RAM/60GB Hard Drive/Airport/Bluetooth

Other things
Canon ZR65 MC Video Camera
Canon PowerShot S50 5MP

And a dog.

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