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OK PC FTW; sticking with prettycrap
Topic Started: Nov 7 2006, 09:06 PM (282 Views)
Silverhawk
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ok so ive decided to stick with the PC.
how the hell are you supposed to build a pc in this day and age.
ive been building pcs for over 10 years now,
this is the first one ive had serious $$$ to spend on it.

bare in mind i already have the boring bits of the pc

650W seaview power supply
thermaltake matrix case
dvd burners
g5 mouse
g7 mouse
g15 keyboard
X-Fi XtremeMusic
24" moniter
2x320Gb SATA2 hdd that im going to put in a raid 0 setup

i was thinking of getting the
e6300
7600gt
2gb ram
ga-965p-s3
ect ect and over clocking in.
would cost me around 1000.

been reading up
and decided the best is
e6600 ... because of the extra cache
x1900xtx ...because motherboard supports crossfire not sli. plus they look smother than nvidia. nvidia is alot sharper. but kinda looks cartoony in comparason.
2gb ram
MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition ... because of over clocking ability's.
gonna cost me around 1600...

fair enough.

has anyone ever looked at the amount of video cards out there? there are millions. not only that. there are hundreds of brands offering the same product at different performances.

but the major problem im facing at the moment is RAM.
yes ram.
used to be the least thought about thing in the system... 512 generic great.
1gb whatever great.
but my last system was a lemon mainly because of cheap ram. and other cheap stuff but mainly ram.
ok so get good ram. corsair, OCZ, G.Skill. great. ive got the brands,
now the hard part.

Speed and timings and latency's ect.
i have the problem of deciding between
4 512Mb sticks
2 1024Mb Sticks
1 248Mb Stick.

im pretty sure ill go with the 2x1024.

but what about the
e.g. 4-4-4-12 6400 with 800Mhz or the 3-3-3-15 5400 800Mhz
1st number CAS# Latency (tCL)
2nd number RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)
3rd number RAS# Precharge (tRP)
4th number RAS# Precharge Delay or Active to Precharge (tRAS)
i think ive read that lower timings are better for an over clocked system than higher speed. but no one wants to talk about modern hardware. most is either on the k6/celeron era or new hardware but no exact details of the differences.



GAHHHHHHHHH what a headache
and this is all before i even start to adjust frequency's by 5Mhz jumps and voltages by 0.001 Volts

so has anyone out there gone nuts on their pc?
any advise?

you may remember that i was bitching about pcs back in june but gave up.
hopefully i don't give up again lol. but yeah my laptop needs to be put out to pasture and its been a long time coming.
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Tradjik
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I don't know shit about overclocking, I've never had a PC decent enough to warrant it.
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Prettycrap
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I fully support your decision
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mr-homer
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*Nods head* Yea you should get the 7 - 12 system that goes like a zurtec an with the 2.5 lasewr hardware that you can overclock like a rocket to increase major performance itll give you much better quality when you get into graphics so that your celeron can go an fuck itself, so you need to watch overheating so i suggest that you get the xz2900 for that.


Anywho back to the cricket
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Lammy
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i my feel bad cause i spent atleast 3g on my system in the past 2 years :(

spend that money on hookers and beer :P
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Silverhawk
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haha yeah i was gonna upgrade a few months back.
yeah... all the money went on bourbon.
was my birthday i went to the pub and spent around 900 in one night.
so after that i thought fuck it. that was great. went back next week and spend the rest.
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Silverhawk
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... tissue please.

bought all the shit.
install went fine

loaded xp pro for the first time

then BAM
PWNED BSOD
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Silverhawk
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Mr-Silverhawkİ
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tjink im gonna install linux again . sick of ms anyway
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Prettycrap
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lulz kk, but linux gives me gas.

better than the explosive diarrhea I get from windows
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Tradjik
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shitsux
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enjoy your non-compatible games
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krab
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AND HERE I THOUGTH THERE WAS THREAD FOR PC :( BUT NO ITS JUST THE MIDGET TALKING ABOUT HES TOYS
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