new pc help / thoughts please
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if you can find a old 2500+ Barton you can overclock it to 3200+ easily for half the money, mine is overclocked to 3200+ with a coolermaster aero 7+ I can go alot fast with the setup I have but I left it like this for now. for the first month or so I was running @ what would have been 3800+ standards for AMD about 2.6ghz
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Originally posted by unrealaudio:
if you can find a old 2500+ Barton you can overclock it to 3200+ easily for half the money, mine is overclocked to 3200+ with a coolermaster aero 7+ I can go alot fast with the setup I have but I left it like this for now. for the first month or so I was running @ what would have been 3800+ standards for AMD about 2.6ghz
if you can find a old 2500+ Barton you can overclock it to 3200+ easily for half the money, mine is overclocked to 3200+ with a coolermaster aero 7+ I can go alot fast with the setup I have but I left it like this for now. for the first month or so I was running @ what would have been 3800+ standards for AMD about 2.6ghz
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thanks for the comments .....gave me some stuff to think about
as for overclocking, I have no idea how to even do that, I would'nt know where to start
isn't overclocking hard on the processor, you know extra heat build up and stuff
I think I'm just gonna get a single 200gb caviar for now and if I find it too slow for video recording I can add a single 70 gig raptor later
that'll save me about 5 hundred bucks
I did some reading and I think I will go for a p4 .....
apparantly it's better for gaming and video editing and a good mb should still support the new p4 chips coming out
how does this asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard stack up in you guy's opinion
and I' think I'll go with a 3 gig p4c (800mhz fsb)
I'd drop the dvd/cdrw combo but it's only like 70 buck and a second drive is nice for cop... er backups
as for overclocking, I have no idea how to even do that, I would'nt know where to start
isn't overclocking hard on the processor, you know extra heat build up and stuff
I think I'm just gonna get a single 200gb caviar for now and if I find it too slow for video recording I can add a single 70 gig raptor later
that'll save me about 5 hundred bucks
I did some reading and I think I will go for a p4 .....
apparantly it's better for gaming and video editing and a good mb should still support the new p4 chips coming out
how does this asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard stack up in you guy's opinion
and I' think I'll go with a 3 gig p4c (800mhz fsb)
I'd drop the dvd/cdrw combo but it's only like 70 buck and a second drive is nice for cop... er backups
The Asus P4C800E I would have taken for myself.
With the drive choice, I think it would be good to start smaller (or slower) if it eats into your pocketbook that much.
Overclocking, although fun, does build excessive heat and causes electromigration and eventual damage to the CPU's transistors. It's like running a 4 ohm stable amp at 3 ohms, haha. All depends I guess. With the right cooling, you can make it live.
[ December 19, 2003, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Chadxton ]
With the drive choice, I think it would be good to start smaller (or slower) if it eats into your pocketbook that much.
Overclocking, although fun, does build excessive heat and causes electromigration and eventual damage to the CPU's transistors. It's like running a 4 ohm stable amp at 3 ohms, haha. All depends I guess. With the right cooling, you can make it live.
[ December 19, 2003, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Chadxton ]
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Here are some helpful links
HTPC Part one
HTPC Part 2
HTPC Part 3
HTPC Case Review
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro Video Card
HTPC Part one
HTPC Part 2
HTPC Part 3
HTPC Case Review
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro Video Card
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Originally posted by Chris B:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by dodgeram:
well the reason for the 3 drives is this
one raptor for my main system drive, holds the OS and all programs/games ect and is the main drive for video editing ( as I understand a fast drive makes for faster video editing and fast load times on games ect)
the second raptor for pvr duties should give me about 20hours of record time on high quality(everthing I read tells me I want the fastest drive possible for high quality video recording with no frame dropout)
the 120 gig is for mass storage and system back up, it'll hold all the video files I want to keep (I like keeping music videos), my mp3's and I'll do a system backup on there too
well as for the amd I have no experience with em and probaly have seen too much marketing so I believe the p4 is better ...... I'll have to do some reasearch on that
I want to build a machine that I will keep for a long time with no need for upgrades so I figured go all out the first time
as for the desktop case I'm gonna have this in my living room in the stereo stand, I kind of want it to blend in
here's another case I found
http://www.modsynergy.com/Review%20108.htm
it looks a bit better
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by dodgeram:
well the reason for the 3 drives is this
one raptor for my main system drive, holds the OS and all programs/games ect and is the main drive for video editing ( as I understand a fast drive makes for faster video editing and fast load times on games ect)
the second raptor for pvr duties should give me about 20hours of record time on high quality(everthing I read tells me I want the fastest drive possible for high quality video recording with no frame dropout)
the 120 gig is for mass storage and system back up, it'll hold all the video files I want to keep (I like keeping music videos), my mp3's and I'll do a system backup on there too
well as for the amd I have no experience with em and probaly have seen too much marketing so I believe the p4 is better ...... I'll have to do some reasearch on that
I want to build a machine that I will keep for a long time with no need for upgrades so I figured go all out the first time
as for the desktop case I'm gonna have this in my living room in the stereo stand, I kind of want it to blend in
here's another case I found
http://www.modsynergy.com/Review%20108.htm
it looks a bit better
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awsome links jrace thanks [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]
as for the wireless stuff ..........the mouse has a chrging cradle to sit it in when you're not using it and the keyboard lasts a couple months on 2 duracell aa batteries, so when they die swap em out for new ones [img]smile.gif[/img]
as for the wireless stuff ..........the mouse has a chrging cradle to sit it in when you're not using it and the keyboard lasts a couple months on 2 duracell aa batteries, so when they die swap em out for new ones [img]smile.gif[/img]
