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# 16 30-08-2003 , 02:59 PM

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whoops i arrived late...

lol it seems it will end costing as a mac... but at least it will have loads more muscle.... user added image

one of those days ill post a pic of my crappy gray 20€ case open with a house fan ponting at it... user added image

you wont find better refigeration for a lower prize user added image

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# 17 30-08-2003 , 03:40 PM

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I've still got to check a few compatibility issues but here is the general spec i think i'll have.

Thermaltake Highest Xaser III V1000D Super Tower
Dual Xeon supermicro X5DAE Motherboard
2 x Intel Xeon 2.4GHz
2 x 1.0 GB DDR PC2100 ECC Registered
250 GB Western Digital 7200rpm IDE HDD
Leadtek Winfast GF4 Ti4200 128Mb DDR 8xAGP Graphics Card
TDK DVW-A040212N DVD+/-RW black
SoundBlaster Audigy2 6.1 Surround sound card
Creative Inspire 6700 6.1 Surround Sound speakers
Thermal Take Quiet 480W Black Dual fan PSU
Thermaltake XaserIII Keyboard & Mouse
Lacie Photon 20.1" vision LCD/TFT Monitor

I've never built a PC before so tell me what i've missed.

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# 18 30-08-2003 , 03:55 PM

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ckyuk,

how much is that going to cost?

and where are you going to buy it from?

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# 19 30-08-2003 , 04:03 PM

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£3513.23

Some of it from my local shop but most from a couple of shops on the net.

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# 20 30-08-2003 , 04:07 PM

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I would of had a TV card but the one i've got now keeps crashing my computer every time i use it. (Hauppauge WinTV PCI with XP Home)

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# 21 30-08-2003 , 04:08 PM

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and i'll have to get XP Pro due to Dual CPUs

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# 22 30-08-2003 , 06:08 PM

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lucky u... i´ll have to work again soon...(if i can) the dirty poor student life is killing me... (the damn dentist bill finished my security margin...)

btw... have you thinked about a logiteck cordless optical keyboard+ muse combo?

(Its cool thingie, and the keyboard still hadnt needed cell replacement in 6 months and the mose just evey month and half or so...)Besides it allows me hiding the case and going as far from it as i can user added image

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# 23 30-08-2003 , 07:26 PM

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Man... that's some crazy computing right there!

Also, whoever said that PCs are better for 3d stuff is wrong, Infact Macs are generally made for graphics work. Preferance is of course the esscence here, I prefer using PCs however would love to have a mac, the problem being that i have no idea of how to use a Mac, and so it would be no use having one.

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# 24 30-08-2003 , 07:48 PM

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Yeah i've never used a Mac before either but i need to learn how as i have to use them on my graphic design course i'm starting this year.

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# 25 30-08-2003 , 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by dragonfx
btw... have you thinked about a logiteck cordless optical keyboard+ muse combo?

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Yeah i did think about the logiteck optical cordless range and they are good, i've used them a few times, but although the Xaser range isn't cordless it is optical and after all it is only a keyboard and mouse so i went with the Xaser on looks as it goes with the case and i think i can live with a few wires.

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# 26 30-08-2003 , 08:12 PM

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told ya cause im thinking on selling it for cash user added image

just joking.. im not planning on selling this cool piece of hardware, yet... lets see if it continues to be a joke next month...

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# 27 30-08-2003 , 08:43 PM

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I was just looknig into buy XP pro and saw this in the description:

Originally from some website
Dramatically reduced reboot scenarios

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Windows only crashed every six months or so under 2000, under XP it seems to crash each week or whenever you ask it to do something like move the mouse. Still can't beat Windows 3.11 never crashed once in it's whole life.

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# 28 30-08-2003 , 09:32 PM

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WAIT! 250gb HDD?, NO! Heres what you need to do. Go get 2 100GB HDDs, and a 50 GB HDD. Also, get a hardware RAID card. It makes 200 of your original 250 GBs read and write TWICE AS FAST. Then put extreamly important things on the 50.

If you do hardware RAID instead of software RAID, you can RAID your OS. Making your OS alot faster.

Does the board you want have dual memory controlers?

EDIT: Btw, RAID the two 100GB together. user added image

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# 29 30-08-2003 , 09:36 PM

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YOU made a bad choice with the mouse. What you need is the Logitech MX 700. It is about $60 now. But heres the thing. It it the most precise mouse on the market today. you will be amazed how you can have control over every pixel, with otu having to zoom in to 1600X. lol. i Love it. it is way worth the money!

(Also great for gaming!)

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