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Good thinking Patrickp  |
You're very welcome, cookie! ;-)
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I was going to recycle my 160GB IDE from my current machine to the new one, but then I'd have Windows and not much else on the new 300GB and not enough on the old one for My Documents. I'll maybe get a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 NCQ 80GB SATA150 7200rpm 8MB for XP in addition to the 300 GB. |
Doesn't even have to be that big. My system's set up that way, and the C: drive has less than 8GB used. 20GB would be fine; I guess you could get something a bit bigger, partition it and use the spare partition for temp files etc.
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And since I've decided not to get a PVR just yet I'm going to spend the dosh anyway - I'll go for the A8N-E mobo together with Corsair Memory TWINX2048 - 3200C2PT XMS3200 2x1GB 2x184DIMM CAS2 memory since that's been tested as working in this mobo. And if I'm paying for all that, it'd be churlish not to go for the dual-core while I'm at it  |
Go for it!
<jealous...>
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This is why I haven't done this kind of thing before - it's so easy just to keep spending more money (at least if I wasn't spending time with all this I'd probably be spending the same money in clothes shops anyway  ) |
To paraphrase the Furry Freak Brothers, cool computer gear will see you through times of no clothes better than clothes will see you through times of no cool computer gear... unless you have to go out... hmmmm...
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The wrist strap I've got has a wire with a bulldog clip that you attach to the radiator/metal PC case. As I mentioned, I've taken out & replaced the CPU, changed the CPU heatsink, replaced memory, disks etc on the current machine with it and nothing's zapped yet; no way am I working on a PC while it's still plugged in - and if I zap the mobo, well, I'll just have to buy another |
No, that's not quite what I mean, cookie. First, that clip should definitely be attached to the chassis you're working on; that will equalise any charges building up between you and it. Then the chassis needs to be earthed itself to dissipate any charges - you need to attach a wire to it and connect that to your radiator or (favourite) the earth pin of a 3 pin mains plug (and plug it in). Don't use a plug that you have anything else wired into, and make sure your electrical installation is Ok - not much point in running a decent PC on it, and you don't want to electrocute yourself!
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Final decision expected monday morning .....  |
Heavy sedation tonight, I think! ;-D