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Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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I have decided it is time for me to make a computer upgrade... Now some of you might not like the processor I am choosing.. but oh well.. all I want are the lowest possible prices. Right now I am looking at mwave.com for prices as I have shopped from their before. If you have any suggestions I would most appreciate them. I was wondering about the cooling fan for the CPU most of all.. I am not savvy on the subject of CPU cooling, so if you have a better suggestion (within reasonable pricing) I will take it into account. All I know is Arctic 3 is necessary for any CPU as it transfer heat better and keeps the CPU cooler.

The Stuff:
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Bundle with AMD 2500 XP+ Barton - $227.50
512MB PC3200 DDR-RAM (400MHz) - $61.52
THERMALTAKE VOLCANO 9 "COOLMOD" COPPER BASE - $25.00
Arctic 3 Premium Silver compound - $6.00

For a grand total of: $320.02
Shipping brings that up to: $348.04
Ecthy is offline Ecthy
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Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

don't add a gaydar to your machine, you will never stand the constant beeping
Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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Now anything helpful?

Az is offline Az
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MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
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All I can say is good luck.
Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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I think my Geforce2 TI450 Video card is in need of upgrade.. maybe I can convince my dad.. it still works though. Any suggestions on that? I am leaning mostly towards ATI right now.. 9500 or 9600.
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Increase Your PM Length

Get a better digital camera for you know what reasons

Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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Why? My digital camera is pretty damn good. And it cost me $299.. it is also 4.0MP.. the color is good.. sure some photos turn out a little dark but it does very well.

Ecthy is offline Ecthy
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Mar 2000
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how anti climactic a reply...

(beginning to get drunk here)
Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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Back to the topic please...

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the topic is a little flat, maybe we should extent it a little... why don't you just post some of those special pics?
Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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Get a bigger avatar today!

Hell no..

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27 views on 10 posts, that's a pretty lame ratio... 2:1 is quite good
Park Avenue is offline Park Avenue
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Oct 1999
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Getting drunk at 16:47?
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Whenever anybody else asks for help on computer parts there is somebody... not for me though.

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post-school pre-final-exam German youth

quite normal

the guys that had oral exams today are already plastered, I can't, I'm in tomorrow, in the earliest of all mornings...
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you have to ask when it's afternoon in America and all the American geeks post... they know stuff, euro geeks don't.
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Came you put me up for a week? I fancy a holiday.
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Came as in can? here? why not :beer:
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May 1999
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Check this nice new cooler out
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Put an end to popups!

no beer smiley?

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I think my Geforce2 TI450 Video card is in need of upgrade.. maybe I can convince my dad.. it still works though. Any suggestions on that? I am leaning mostly towards ATI right now.. 9500 or 9600.

Do you really need a new one?

I have a Radeon 9500 (non-pro) with a 9700 PCB. I'm happy with it. If you're lucky enough, you can successfully patch it to a 9700/9800. (I get a bit of the checkerboard-effect unfortunately, so I put things back.)
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Got spare money?

Gah... and I thought I'd expect some help from euro-geeks..

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Great? What's that **** plce you live in again? Aalborg or is that someone else?
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Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

You also want a heavy-duty power supply
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there's one euro geek talking right above

hi zop still afroman I see

"I was gonna go postin on poly, but then I got high..."
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quote:
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Gah... and I thought I'd expect some help from euro-geeks..


Well you know what thought did.
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Aalborg is in denmark, you already forgot I'm a German Nazi c*nt?

It's a place close to Germa... Berlin...

Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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That cooler master aero7 looks better.. I'll get that one instead.. My power supply is 400 watts... wouldn't that be enough?

quote:
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Do you really need a new one?

I have a Radeon 9500 (non-pro) with a 9700 PCB. I'm happy with it. If you're lucky enough, you can successfully patch it to a 9700/9800. (I get a bit of the checkerboard-effect unfortunately, so I put things back.)


Well it depends the Geforce2 might stick around much faster.. I am probably going to go with the pro version.. priced at $172 (US) at mwave.
Asher is offline Asher
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Nov 1999
time: 22:28
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I'm replacing my computer in September.

Specs:
Intel Prescott (P5?) 3.4GHz (1MB L2 cache, SSE3, improved hyperthreading, 90nm process, etc)
Intel i875-based motherboard
1GB Dual DDR400
Radeon 9900(?) Pro 256MB
200GB SATA HD, 8MB cache

Also buying a laptop around the exact same time:
Intel Pentium M 1.8GHz (Dothan: 2MB L2 cache, 90nm process, etc)
Intel i855E-based motherboard
512MB DDR266
Radeon Mobility 9600 64MB
802.11a/b/g wireless
IBM ThinkPad (T40?)

Last edited by Asher on 04-06-2003 at 20:03
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I know it's got a crappy football team that always get beat...named after a factory or something?
 
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