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McGraw 30-04-2005 13:37

Got my new rig finally!
 
In the end I went for:

Athlon 64 3800+ Venice
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9
2x512mb Geil pc3200
Gigabyte Radeon X800 XL
36.7Gb WD Raptor 10,000rpm

What does anyone reckon?

I'm well excited, finally I'm getting rid of my Athlon 1.4Ghz and Geforce 3 system.

Does anyone have any advice as to make my life easier with the install? Lessons learned etc?

Cheers.

Graham M 30-04-2005 13:40

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
ONLY 37GB of HDD space!? With your new rig and all the new games youll be wanting to play youll fill that in a matter of days.

bmxbandit 30-04-2005 13:53

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by McGraw
What does anyone reckon?

green with envy... :D
Quote:

Originally Posted by McGraw
Does anyone have any advice as to make my life easier with the install? Lessons learned etc?

should be straightforward, all i can say is make sure to put the heatsink on before you install the mobo, so you dont bend it if it turns into a wrestling match...

McGraw 30-04-2005 14:05

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
The Raptor is for Windows, the swap file and whatever game I'm playing at the moment.

I have another 80gb of space on other drives.

It's time for me to make other people jealous, I've been jealous of other rigs for too long!

bmxbandit 30-04-2005 14:27

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
oh, and dowload all the drivers you'll need before you swap everything over.

Halcyon 30-04-2005 14:45

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Sounds like a very nice machine.
Good spec.

jtwn 30-04-2005 14:48

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Thats one hell of an upgrade from your original. As said though, in this day, you will probably need a bigger harddrive.

AndrewJ 30-04-2005 15:15

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
I agree the one I have on order now which only has 80gb of hd space right now, need to plan out a nice external storage drive.

zing_deleted 30-04-2005 16:13

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by McGraw
In the end I went for:

Athlon 64 3800+ Venice
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9
2x512mb Geil pc3200
Gigabyte Radeon X800 XL
36.7Gb WD Raptor 10,000rpm

What does anyone reckon?

I'm well excited, finally I'm getting rid of my Athlon 1.4Ghz and Geforce 3 system.

Does anyone have any advice as to make my life easier with the install? Lessons learned etc?

Cheers.

nice choice on cpu was it from overclockers??? think i need to start asking them for commision :LOL:

Raistlin 30-04-2005 17:36

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
If you've received it how about some piccies :D

AndrewJ 30-04-2005 17:53

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Yeah go on tie me over till my rig arrives :D,

*although where in gods name is my firgging usb camera lead*

Raistlin 30-04-2005 17:55

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
:LOL:

Tie you over, or Tide you over..... The former sounds a bit kinky to me, is that why you wanted the USB lead? :D

McGraw 30-04-2005 18:41

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Right I'm back with it all installed.

Not done anything with it yet.

Pictures wise, where should I put them?
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I got it all from Micro Direct in Manchester. Simply because they are near my house and I wanted to pick it all up personally.

Raistlin 30-04-2005 18:41

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
Post them here if they're not too big (file size that is).

McGraw 30-04-2005 18:43

Re: Got my new rig finally!
 
How do I do it?


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