My new rig's wishlist

Everything looks pretty good, but only 256MB of Ram? I think you should up it and get at leasst 512MB.
 
nah its actually 2x of those. and i know there is no hd i bought a 8mb cache 120 gb 7200 rpm maxtor a little bit ago thats going in there! i think im getting my radeon from best buy with my employee discount.... its 245 plus tax :)
 
O okay, as long as you have at least 256, then all is good. Nice nice.
 
Originally posted by Boardin087
http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=529809

check it out i think this is close to the final.... im OCing using it for heavy gaming and programming. im throwing in a ATI 9800 pro from where i can get it the cheapest....... looks about 900 shipped
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First hand experience.

Don't buy that NEC drive.. I had 2.. I loved my first one until it died within 30 days.. I loved my second one until it died within 7 days... I have loved my Pioneer 106D for the 4 months since that happened.

Aren't you the guy who was starting his own computer business?
 
Originally posted by Laforge
First hand experience.

Don't buy that NEC drive.. I had 2.. I loved my first one until it died within 30 days.. I loved my second one until it died within 7 days... I have loved my Pioneer 106D for the 4 months since that happened.

Aren't you the guy who was starting his own computer business?
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yup im one of the guys and its going well. We aren't really advertising much for now but thats because i have been reading more books on it before we jump full force into it. For now we just let word of mouth spread and help out friends. Its giving is good experience without having to worry about knowing EVERYTHING. So far our biggest weakness is networks. Networking problems are NOT FUN to solve at all. :(

If you say go pioneer, i will :)

How are you liking everything else. I really like everything on it and think it turned out well. I may get a different case and wait an extra week to make the money for that monitor in 19inch. We'll have to see.
 
That Nec drive is that bad really? I know a few people that are using that drive for "good" things, and it has been working like a champ. They had theirs for more than 30 days, I know that for sure.

Yeah, Networking is a biotch, but is easy to get into. I work retail, and the guy hired me to sell Networking products. I told them that I do not know anything about it, but they still wanted me to work for them. So basically, I jumped right into it. Within 1 week, I got the basics. Now, I am able to setup networks and troubleshoot them. Basically, one thing that will help you alot regarding Networking is to just setup hella Networks and mess around with them, hehe. Good luck with that.
 
Looks nice, and network, once you get the hang of it, is no biggy, as long as the networks aren't overly complex.
 
Originally posted by Boardin087
yup im one of the guys and its going well. We aren't really advertising much for now but thats because i have been reading more books on it before we jump full force into it. For now we just let word of mouth spread and help out friends. Its giving is good experience without having to worry about knowing EVERYTHING. So far our biggest weakness is networks. Networking problems are NOT FUN to solve at all. :(

If you say go pioneer, i will :)

How are you liking everything else. I really like everything on it and think it turned out well. I may get a different case and wait an extra week to make the money for that monitor in 19inch. We'll have to see.
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Everything else seems golden to me.. I mean, it's not my choice of case, but it's a definately decent choice that you'll be supremely happy with (remember, I'm the extremist in cases.. either uber SFF, or lianli 15 drive monsters)..

You'll be happier with that pioneer that's only $18 more that you selected :)

and yes..chelica.. but I'm only talking from my experience. I burn about 20 disks a day.. and my nec's couldn't handle the work load.
 
20 disks a day? Ahrite, I am sold, where's the Pioneer?? Hehe. But yeah, I always wanted to get the 106 but when I saw the price on the Nec drive, I started asking around. But I have yet to hear a bad review on the 106 or a Pioneer for that matter.
 
why did you get 2 dvd capable drives?

i'm just curious, i never get cd-rom or dvd-rom drives, either a combo, or a straight burner, since from my experience the burners read disks alot better.

also, you floppy drive is beige, not black like your other drives

other wise, it looks good
 
Originally posted by velocitypimp
why did you get 2 dvd capable drives?

i'm just curious, i never get cd-rom or dvd-rom drives, either a combo, or a straight burner, since from my experience the burners read disks alot better.

also, you floppy drive is beige, not black like your other drives

other wise, it looks good
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Direct Disk->Disk copying comes to mind.
Or the ability to WATCH a DvD on power DVD while burning a DvD also comes to mind.

But, since my pioneer burns at 4X, and my Liteon reads at 16X (and the pioneer will adapt even if the liteon slows down to 2X for some reason), with "buffer underrun protection and smartburn"

Those are just a few possible reasons that I can think of.
 
thanks for pointing out the floppy drive......

i want disk to disk burning capabilities.... plus as he said i want to be able to watch dvd's while i burn....

its a shame dvd burners are only at 4x........ how long does it take to burn a full 4.8 gb dvd at this speed?
 
Originally posted by Boardin087
thanks for pointing out the floppy drive......

i want disk to disk burning capabilities.... plus as he said i want to be able to watch dvd's while i burn....

its a shame dvd burners are only at 4x........ how long does it take to burn a full 4.8 gb dvd at this speed?
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Well.. dvd burners are at 8x.. (like tdk which is a rebadged plextor) or plextor.. but they are more expensive.


A few bits of info ahead of time for you.

1) DvD's don't hold 4.8 gigs. They hold (advertising b.s. here) 4.7 gigs. Which means they ACTUALLY hold about 4.37 gigs. :)

2) My 4X burner burns a "to the brim" disk in about 15 minutes.

3) 8x burners don't always burn at 8x.. but they do burn faster than 4x burners.. but I'm hearing reports of *6x* being more common..

True DVD's can be dual layer, so.. 8.5->9.4 gigabytes.
This presents a problem when backing up your personally owned dvd collection. My solution is to use something like DvD shrink to backup *ONLY* the movie itself, and exclude the 'extra features' such as trailers, extra languages/directors commentary, and subtitles..
 
Originally posted by devo5676
i guess i can put my system on here...

http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishHistoryReview.asp?position=HISTORY&submit=VIEW&ID=500196

any comments, suggestions before i buy, and laforge im boardin buisness associate(spelling, lol) all is good right now, like he said word of mouth spreads qutie well
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Ooh.. even less of a case choice for me : damn those cases are fugly.

(But they are based on the ever popular chieftec/antec dragon..)

My comments are :

Case is fugly but functional. Sort of like an amc gremlin or an obese woman : It'll do the job, but I wouldn't want to be seen using one..

Geil = In my personal opinion, makes garbage ram : Spend the money and get some corsair or something..
Also... I'll remind ya that PENTIUM 4'S don't care about cas rating..they care about bandwidth. You'd be better off with some cas3 pc3700 corsair or kingston or crucial than cas2 pc3500 geil.


Monitors : Your getting a 19" + a 17"? gonna look sort of odd for dual display.. and the heat output is gonna be tremendous (believe me.. I had 2 19s before.. now I've got a 21" (that I only turn on when I need it) trinitron and dual 1800FPS for my day to day ...

I'd personally go with an asus p4p800 deluxe instead of gigabyte ga-8ik1100.. I've had bad luck with gigabyte boards.. 2 of the 3 i've owned personally are now dead.

The psu is decent.. but for a little more ($6) you can get the (430) watt version of it, and for $12 more than that you can get the 480.. nobody will ever say you have TOO MUCH powersupply.. especially since the 380,430,and 480 are all the same unit, with more power abilities..

Video card :
Any reason why your getting a seperate ati tv tuner on pci instead of just getting an all in wonder? I do believe that everything that's on that card is whats on an all in wonder..
 
and to add on to everything else.... Get 1 gig of ram. YOu have a quality system dont let the ram hold you back
 
Originally posted by El Spic
and to add on to everything else.... Get 1 gig of ram. YOu have a quality system dont let the ram hold you back
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thats alot of extra money........ let me add that in a bit :)
 
Originally posted by Laforge
Well.. dvd burners are at 8x.. (like tdk which is a rebadged plextor) or plextor.. but they are more expensive.


A few bits of info ahead of time for you.

1) DvD's don't hold 4.8 gigs. They hold (advertising b.s. here) 4.7 gigs. Which means they ACTUALLY hold about 4.37 gigs. :)

2) My 4X burner burns a "to the brim" disk in about 15 minutes.

3) 8x burners don't always burn at 8x.. but they do burn faster than 4x burners.. but I'm hearing reports of *6x* being more common..

True DVD's can be dual layer, so.. 8.5->9.4 gigabytes.
This presents a problem when backing up your personally owned dvd collection. My solution is to use something like DvD shrink to backup *ONLY* the movie itself, and exclude the 'extra features' such as trailers, extra languages/directors commentary, and subtitles..
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awesome thanks man. i hate how they rate burner speed tho...... its like a 1x burner is what??? normal speed???? and then when u think its related to a cdrw at 4x but as far as bandwidth/second ....... sorry im just ranting... in any event i am going to get my 9800 pro and my lanboy now from bestbuy with my discount.... brb
 
Originally posted by El Spic
and to add on to everything else.... Get 1 gig of ram. YOu have a quality system dont let the ram hold you back
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damn why did u ahve to say this..... imma wait an extra week and get the gig o ram haha
 
if you're gonna be doing heavy gaming and ocing i would go up to a full gig of RAM. definite performance increase. i would also drop the floppy drive
 
if you're gonna be doing some gaming go ahead and get a gig of RAM. it's very much worth it.
 
Originally posted by Laforge
Ooh.. even less of a case choice for me : damn those cases are fugly.

(But they are based on the ever popular chieftec/antec dragon..)

My comments are :

Case is fugly but functional. Sort of like an amc gremlin or an obese woman : It'll do the job, but I wouldn't want to be seen using one..

Geil = In my personal opinion, makes garbage ram : Spend the money and get some corsair or something..
Also... I'll remind ya that PENTIUM 4'S don't care about cas rating..they care about bandwidth. You'd be better off with some cas3 pc3700 corsair or kingston or crucial than cas2 pc3500 geil.


Monitors : Your getting a 19" + a 17"? gonna look sort of odd for dual display.. and the heat output is gonna be tremendous (believe me.. I had 2 19s before.. now I've got a 21" (that I only turn on when I need it) trinitron and dual 1800FPS for my day to day ...

I'd personally go with an asus p4p800 deluxe instead of gigabyte ga-8ik1100.. I've had bad luck with gigabyte boards.. 2 of the 3 i've owned personally are now dead.

The psu is decent.. but for a little more ($6) you can get the (430) watt version of it, and for $12 more than that you can get the 480.. nobody will ever say you have TOO MUCH powersupply.. especially since the 380,430,and 480 are all the same unit, with more power abilities..

Video card :
Any reason why your getting a seperate ati tv tuner on pci instead of just getting an all in wonder? I do believe that everything that's on that card is whats on an all in wonder..
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I'll probably just go with the lan boy case, they are nice as shit, umm, i'll get the psu from best buy with my discoutn for 50 bucks (true 430w)
 
vid card supports dual monitors, im goign with the 19 and 17 cuz how my desk sits, i don't need two of the same size, the 17 sits up an the 19 is in the middle, im good on the monitors, as far as mobo's go, i've heard ALot of good reviews about this board, lots of revision have been done to it, its one of their better ones, im goign to stick with that, as far as ram, i'll go corsair, never had a single problem with them other than price, if i find a good price i'll get it, um, yea
 
That is a good price, and you can even sell the PSU from the Lanboy for some extra cash, hehe. Nice setup once again.
 
Originally posted by Chelica
That is a good price, and you can even sell the PSU from the Lanboy for some extra cash, hehe. Nice setup once again.
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glad u like it but its getting revisions... and do i need a better PSU??? 350 watts not enough???? In any even im going with a gig of the level 2 mushkin ram :) its an extra 200 bux tho..... o well tahst jsut a weeks work and it be worth it :) I love being 16 with no expenses !


thanks for all the positive feedback guys.... ill post final copy soon
 
I do not think you need a new PSU right away. I say just use the 350 and see how you like it. If you need more juice, then get it in the near future.
 
second lan boy, one for a friend and one for me, system is going to be kick ass, can't wait:D
 
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