| Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | I need to upgrade my computer. I have only 30gig and am constantly running out of room and burning onto cd. So what do you guys think of the following approx specs:
250 gig HD 2 gig ddr ram 512mb graphics dvd RW 3 1/2 disk reader multiple memory card reader thing
I have no idea on the motherboard or if I should get a dual core processor or just 'normal'? processor. Or AMD or intel. Any help in the new Orbital Desktop would help.
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| | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | I personally like the 500gb drives  ... sounds good, though floppies are worthless now  I say an AMD processor, prices will vary; lemme dig up my specs i drew up | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | Motherboard "And with NVIDIA SLI technology, you can potentially double your graphics horsepower with 2 identical NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards!" I like the sound of that. It has one IDE channel, what are IDE channels used for?
Processor AMD vs Intel, do we have a disscussion about this topic here somewhere? I get the feeling the conclusion would be on the lines of "But AMD is cheaper"?. I like the sound of dual core, yet its 2.2ghz and I have seen processors at 2.6ghz.
500gb lol meh why not.. I was thinking 900gb at one stage. A comment on newegg mentioned heating. I think I might need extra fans. Meanwhile I need to read some more.
Gizmo have you ordered from newegg before?
I will be using this comp for a bit of everything, but my current desktop is in its 5th year and Im thinking I get the best I can so it lasts 5 years too. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | IDE is a dying technology, SATA is much faster.
You know the flat ribbon cable that connects your hard drives? Each IDE channel can support 2 hard drives (or CDRW's).
Basically, it's only good for use on cdrw/dvd drives; i'd go with 2 dvdrw's (only like $30 or so each) and then a couple of SATA hard drives.
lol we have a lot of discussions, it's in the eyes of the beholder; I myself like the AMD's because more manufacturers build better tech for them; this is the best motherboard for the money, and it supports a dual core amd processor which is quite affordable.
lol buy 2 500gb hard drives, they'd probably still be less in cost to the one 750+ gb hard drive.
Yes, I am ordering from NewEgg constantly; low prices, great reviews on both services and they list customer reviews on products.
| | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | I cant find an international mailing system. I want to order shipments to Australia. Hopefully they do that. Ill check it out later, right now Im watching that new series here called Heroes. Thanks for the help. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | lol new? it's been on for a while here in the US  ... And I'm not sure, I'm in the US and they have a shipping centre in the next state (Cali). | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | Newegg doesn't ship internationally (excet to Puerto Rico), so I was thinking I would order the parts from dealers within Aus. When I cite the names of your reccomendations, what short version of the name should I give. Like would the motherboard be: NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard?
I figured that your suggestions would be much better then the ones I would get from retail. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | puerto rico is a us territory, so no suprise there lol...
just print out what youw ant and bring it to them; I bet it'll be more expensive though from them, you know, being in BFE and all lol | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | What is BFE? I googled it and found bum freak egypt. Which Im not familiar with. But I will go over to the store on monday and check out the prices and tell you guys. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | thats so strange, I wonder how that originated. I think Australia is gonna be ok in price range, since everything is "made in tawain". | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | Just because it's made about the same distance means nothing; US recieves discounts because: A. It's designed here. B. We order a SHITLOAD to cover the various regions. Wheras you have Austrailia, which, no offense, is much smaller and has had less experiance screwing with the technology  ... Not to mention, I use newegg due to the prices, at most other places, that $150 500gb hard drive would be $300+ | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | What proc did you end up getting/ What capacity hdd? how much ram in your gforce8800? ho wmnay gb/mb memory?
Decent mobo, quadcore ready :drool; | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | duo core 2.3 (intel)/320GB/320mb 8800/2gb ram. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | Not too shabby; we're still waiting on your ugn donation  ... | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | yes you blood sucking leeches.... all of you *picks up a stick and points it at the zombies* "don't come any closer, Im warning you"
... yeah let me know if you got the payment, its my first time m using that thing so confirmation would be nice. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | lol so that was you :x... | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 UGN Member | UGN Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 478 | I need a monitor. I saw one with DVI Contrast of 2000:1 19", but what is DVI contrast and is it good? The ratio is more then double of the others. The other ones seem to all be around 700:1 contrast ratio. I just want a good monitor since they can be so expensive. I was thinking about going with LG 19" non wide screen. | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | I like the widescreen monitors myself, it's all up to personal choice; and DVI are much higher quality than DSUB...
In regards to the DVI Contrast Ratio, I believe that the higher the better... | | |
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