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08-27-2006, 09:13 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 12,061
Country:  | 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.
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08-27-2006, 09:37 AM
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#2 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country:  | 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. Quote:
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
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08-27-2006, 10:13 AM
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#3 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
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Country:  | I know nothing about computers but it sounds good, lots of numbers and letters  Floppy Disks...ha!
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08-27-2006, 10:33 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Country: | 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
__________________ "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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08-27-2006, 11:24 AM
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#5 | | the old Sage
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Country: | 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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08-27-2006, 02:03 PM
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#6 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i think someone's boasting
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08-27-2006, 02:27 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | 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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08-28-2006, 07:09 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Country: | 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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08-28-2006, 04:24 PM
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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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08-28-2006, 04:37 PM
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#10 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Depends on the OS. 2000 will boot and load from the CD, so no floppy is needed.
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08-28-2006, 04:39 PM
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#11 | | World Traveler
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Country: | 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.
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Last edited by Gnomey : 08-28-2006 at 05:48 PM.
Reason: Typo - when would i need a floopy drive...
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08-28-2006, 05:43 PM
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#12 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | 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....
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08-28-2006, 06:12 PM
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Country:  | Cool I wish I had one of those.
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08-28-2006, 08:14 PM
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#14 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | 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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08-29-2006, 03:46 AM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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