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Your System - November/December 2008

Re: Your System - November 2008

reply to dragon
Case - Thermaltake Armor+ MX
Mobo - ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe
CPU - AMD Athlon X2 6400+ @ 3.3
CPU Cooler - ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Fan Controller - Thermaltake XCONTROLLER
RAM - 4 gigs (i'm using old 667 rams from an old system, will upgrade to 800 later to OC)
PSU - Thermaltake Purepower 500
Vid - ASUS 512M GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
DVD - Using a dvd-r I took from a Dell Inspiron 531
HDD - 2 x 500GB, 1 external 80GB
KB/Mouse - Old Dell keyboard, Razer DeathAdder mouse
OS - Vista Ultimate 64 bit

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Intel E8400 Core2 Duo @4.0GHz (Added)
HP w2207h 22"LCD Widescreen Monitor
Gigabyte GA-P35_DS4 Mobo
8GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 64C5DHX
EVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256 Bit GDDr3 Video
(3) WD Caviar RE2 320GB Sata 3.0Gb/s HDD's
Enermax Infinity EIN720AWT ATX12V/ EPS12V 720W PSU
Scythe Ninja CPU Cooler
(2) Samsung 20X DVD Burners w/Lightscribe
Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP Case (7 Case Fans)
Zalman MFC1 Plus-B Black 6 Channel Multi Fan Controller
Bose Companion Series II 2.0 Speakers
Vista Home Premimum 64bit
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Sometimes My Mind Wanders.....Other Times It Leaves Completely!

reply to dragon
Rebuilt machine for my lovely spouse.

Reused Antec 635 case, mouse, keyboard, speakers, Samsung 19" LCD Syncmaster 940B

New components:
Corsair 620HX Modular PSU
MSI K9A2 Neo Mobo
AMD Phenom 9600 Quad core CPU
OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 PC1066 2GB x 2 Memory
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 500GB drives in Raid 1 Mirror
Vista 64 Home Premium

It's way too fast for her. But will do wonders with 3 cores running FAH/Boinc R@H
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If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Living in "an optimized state of temporary chaos"

reply to dragon
Having given one of my 19" Samsung LCDs to my wife, I needed to replace it.

Got this:
»www.vizio.com/productDetails.asp···pid=1508

Colors out of the box aren't great - needs to be calibrated. Based on a web search and several articles, I downloaded the 'printer test file' from digital dog
»www.digitaldog.net/tips/
Printed it out using my photo printer on good 8.5 x 11 presentation glossy paper, then did a manual "eyeball" calibration to match the monitor to the print. If you need to calibrate a monitor, and don't want to spend money on a USB device like the Pantone Huey or Spyder2/3 devices, this is an excellent way to do it.
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If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Living in "an optimized state of temporary chaos"

reply to dragon
Case - Enermax case
CPU - Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (ADDED)
Motherboard - Foxconn A7VMX-K AM2+/AM2 AMD 780V (ADDED)
RAM - Kingston 2GB DDR2 800 (ADDED)
Video - BFG 9600 GT OC 512 MB (ADDED)
HD - Maxtor 200 GB/120 GB/80 GB WD 80 GB (and soon a 500 GB)
DVD - BenQ 8x DVD-RW
PSU - Enermax 495P-VE
OS - Vista Ultimate

Upgrading the CPU/RAM/Mobo/Video card due to BFG swapping out my AGP 6800 GS and upgrading it to a 9600 GT PCI-E for free (figured the time was right to overhaul the whole system). Originally A64 2800+/2 GB DDR400/X800 XT PE (sometimes 6800 GS).

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Case - Coolermaster Elite 340
Mobo - Biostar T-Force TA780G Micro-ATX
CPU - AMD 5800+ Black Edition @ 3.2ghz
HSF - Zalman 9700cu
RAM - 8 gb, (4) 2gb sticks of DDR2800 @ DDR21000
PSU - Antec TruePower 650W
Vid - Asus 4850 512 Meg
Snd - Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS
Opt - (2) Lite-on DVD 20X Burners w/Lightscribe
HDD - (2) Western Digital 640Gb 16mb cache, (1) Hitachi 400gb external backup
DIS - (1) 22" Acer AL2216W Widescreen (black bezel)
OS - Vista ultimate 64 bit

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Re: Your System - November/December 2008

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It's hard work stimulating the economy, but I am trying.

CASE- Cooler Master COSMOS S.
PSU - SILVERSTONE OP1000-E 1000W.
COOLING - Cooler Master Aquagate Max. Arctic Silver 5 goo. 2x Noctua NF-P12 120mm case fans.
MOBO - Asus Maximus II Formula.
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad 3.0Ghz 1333 MHz 12 MB (Q9650).
MEMORY - G.Skill F2 6400 CL4D-4GBPI-B.
GRAPHICS - Asus EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G.
MONITOR - Samsung SyncMaster 226BW LCD
HARD DRIVES - 4x Seagate ( ST3500320AS ) Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 500GB 32MB Cache (2/4 RAID 0).
DVD/CD-ROM - Asus DRW-2014L1T.
FLOPPY DRIVE - Sony MPF 920 1.44MB Black.
MOUSE - Logitech USB TrackBall TrackMan Wheel.
KEYBOARD - DSE Keyboard USB/PS2 Black
OS - XP64Pro, XP32Home.
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If laughter can be contagious, why do we never hear of any mirth epidemics?

reply to dragon
Brand new build.

Case: Lian Li PC-8B
Mobo: ASUS P5Q Pro
Snd: Onboard - for now.
CPU: Intel E8500 @ 3.16 Ghz
HSF: Stock Intel cooler
RAM: 4GB Patriot 1066 Mhz
PSU: Antec NeoHE 500W
Vid: Evga GTX260 Core 216
DVD: Samsung SH-223Q DVDRW DL + Ligthscribe
HDD: 640GB Western Digital Black series.
OS: Windowx XP Professional w/SP3
Keys: '88 IBM Model M (There is no substitute!)
Mouse: Microsoft Optical

reply to dragon
iMac and I are giving the Alienware M17 a warm welcome! (As soon as Alienware decides to build it and ship it....)

I ordered it on December 26th. So I should hopefully get it in 2 - 3 weeks. The specs are as follows...

Dual 512MB ATi Radeon HD 3870's
Intel Core 2 P8600 at 2.4GHz
17-inch Wide XGA Display 1440x900
Illuminated Keyboard with numeric pad
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-Bit
2GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1033MHz
250GB 7,200 RPM HDD
8x Dual Layer DVD/CD Burner
One Year of AlienCare service, etc, etc.

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Corsair HX620 PSU
ASUS P5K Pro @ 1600Mhz FSB
Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.8Ghz
4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 @ 1066Mhz
nVidia BFG GTX260 Maxcore OC2
SB X-Fi
1.3TB total HDD 1TB, 250GB, 2x 120GB
Vista x64