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OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss My new computer! in the Current forums; I've just ordered this mighty rig... CPU AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT FX62 @ 2.8GHZ 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (AM2 pin) ...

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    My new computer!

    I've just ordered this mighty rig...



    CPU
    AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT FX62 @ 2.8GHZ 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (AM2 pin)

    Memory
    2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2-800 PC6400 - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

    Motherboard
    ASUS® M2N32-SLI DELUXE: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA, 2 x x16 VGA, 3 PCI

    USB Options
    SIX USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT)

    Hard Drive 1
    SATA II 250 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache

    Hard Drive 2
    NONE

    Raid
    NONE

    CD Writer/Combi Drive
    16x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (5x DVD-RAM) (40x CD-RW) (£19)

    DVD ROM
    NONE

    CD/DVD Writer
    52X 32X 52X CD WRITER

    Graphics Card 1
    1024MB GEFORCE 7950GX2 (DUAL GPU) PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

    Graphics Card 2
    1024MB GEFORCE 7950GX2 (DUAL GPU) PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

    Sound
    SoundBlaster X-FI Extreme Music 7.1: £52

    Modem
    NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

    Network Facilities
    2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS ONBOARD

    Floppy Disk Drive
    1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

    Memory Card Reader
    NONE

    Case
    Stylish Silver/Black Sigma case + 2 front USB

    Power Supply & Cooling
    500W (Peak) Super Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm fan & CPU Cooler (£39)

    OS Required
    MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP HOME (inc. Genuine CD & licence) (£59)

    Firewire
    2 x FIREWIRE PORTS ONBOARD

    Monitor
    Widescreen 20.1 Inch TFT Sil/Blk 1440 X 900 RES: 8MS (£249)

    Keyboard
    Black Logitech® Internet Keyboard + Hotkeys (£6)

    Mouse
    Black Logitech® Premium Optical Mouse (£5)

    Speakers
    CREATIVE ITRIGUE 2.0 250 SILVER/BLK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£35)

    Printer
    NONE

    Anti Virus
    NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2006 (£19)

    Oh...how I'm looking forward to no longer wasting time waiting. I am very impatient.

    "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004

    To those in that club.

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    That will serve you well. ASUS makes good motherboards. I have one that has been running for close to 10 years! (Backup system). You are going to love the speed of the SATA drives too.
    Floppy Disk Drive
    1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
    ROFL! Trust me, if you ever use it, it will seem even slower on this machine. I haven't had a floppy in my machine for 3 years.


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    I know nothing about computers but it sounds good, lots of numbers and letters Floppy Disks...ha!

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    I won't use the Floppy Drive, Eric. It's just there, it just comes free - basically. It better serve me more than just "well" though, it's costin' me two grand ! But I can pay that interest free over the next nine months
    Last edited by plan_D; 08-27-2006 at 10:37 AM.
    "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004

    To those in that club.

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    may I suggest adding another anti-virus to Norton, as it will not cover all the bases. I actually have three at this moment and find the Czech AVG the best overall plus it's free ........

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    i think someone's boasting

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    I agree with Erich.

    We use AVG including commercial versions on our internet servers.

    Nortons is a bucket of carp. Too many people I know who have had major problems have all been solved by one reccomendation.

    Un-install Nortons, install AVG.
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    I will update the system, or more precisely my brother will. He goes in there and adds firewalls, ad-aware, anti-virus ... etc. etc. Give him a day and the computer is protected.
    "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004

    To those in that club.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plan_D
    I won't use the Floppy Drive, Eric. It's just there, it just comes free - basically. It better serve me more than just "well" though, it's costin' me two grand ! But I can pay that interest free over the next nine months
    Unless Windows is pre-installed then you will need to use it. One more things you should of gone with Intel, the new Core2Duo chips destroy the AMD's in tests. For the same price as the FX-62 you could of had

    FX-62 (Overclockers UK Socket AM2) £500
    Conroe (Overclockers UK Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo) Bottom 2 - £350/£650 - both beat the FX-62 in trails but anyway still a nice rig (that would of cost a lot)...


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    Depends on the OS. 2000 will boot and load from the CD, so no floppy is needed.


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    True, I just know that when I installed my PC, I needed the floppy drive, not sure what it was for though, pretty sure it was one of the drivers though.
    Last edited by Gnomey; 08-28-2006 at 05:48 PM. Reason: Typo - when would i need a floopy drive...


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    There are times when a floppy is needed, but I haven't needed one yet for the last few years. Now that I have said that....


    > I Support Doug Gilliss <

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    Cool I wish I had one of those.


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    Floppy Disk Drive
    1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE


    Good for you PlanD. I know how that feels to be working substandard. You've got better than me now. But a floppy? Do you really use a floppy anymore? Hell, I haven't used a floppy since Windows 95? Maybe 98?

    Congrats.

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    Better safe than sorry.
    "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004

    To those in that club.

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