10-09-2005, 13:53
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Re: dave's computer
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and, can anyone recommend the best display combination to have? for example, would 2x15" suffice, or would 2x15.4" widescreens be better, or go for 2x17"? I'm thinking 2x17" might be a bit overkill... I need the width more than anything  |
what about these?
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10-09-2005, 14:03
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Re: dave's computer
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29th is the next date, thats when the government give me £1000 
it's going faster than i expected anyway... at this rate it should be easily finished before christmas
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10-09-2005, 14:40
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Re: dave's computer
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29th is the next date, thats when the government give me £1000
it's going faster than i expected anyway... at this rate it should be easily finished before christmas |
Leave the cpu till last thats the most likely to drop in price over the next couple of months
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10-09-2005, 14:58
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Re: dave's computer
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Leave the cpu till last thats the most likely to drop in price over the next couple of months
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up next is the power supply, i am holding off the graphics cards and cpu as long as i can. so, psu then ram, then screens, then hdds, then processors...
oh, that sounds like a long way to go 
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10-09-2005, 15:26
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Re: dave's computer
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up next is the power supply, i am holding off the graphics cards and cpu as long as i can. so, psu then ram, then screens, then hdds, then processors...
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I may well beat you to dual core I got a buyer for my 3800 amd64
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10-09-2005, 15:57
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Re: dave's computer
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I may well beat you to dual core I got a buyer for my 3800 amd64 |
i will have the bargain though
tortoise and hare, and all that
btw, what is the advantage of say this ram: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeIL_ONE.html
over the ones you linked earlier, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...mmer_Sale.html ?
or is it just more expensive? I'm making the rash assumption that the lower the "cas" number the better 
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10-09-2005, 16:31
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well theretically the Geil should perform better.I like corsair,You are correct the lower the latency the better. The Geil although rated at ddr400 says it runs at cas 2.5 at ddr500 so should be good.
Please take note that Geil state that its rated and tested only on the DFI mobo,Looks like it may be fussy
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10-09-2005, 22:34
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Re: dave's computer
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What???? I was making an observation lol
Just been looking myself, dunno whether to build from scratch, buy new or upgrade.
I currently have:-
Athlon XP 2400
Asus NF7 NForce 2 Motherboard
1024Mb DDR 2100 Ram
128 Mb Geforce FX 5200
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you dissed PC World, it's not *that* bad...
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10-09-2005, 22:40
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you dissed PC World, it's not *that* bad...
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10-09-2005, 22:54
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you dissed PC World, it's not *that* bad...
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Err no it's not, it's aimed at n00bs yes, but there are some good deals on there.
The staff can be a bit of a mixed bag and the Coverplans are mis-sold by the staff who are probably on commission, but as I said, it's not that bad.
For a high street PC store, it's about as good as it gets.
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10-09-2005, 22:57
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Err no it's not, it's aimed at n00bs yes, but there are some good deals on there.
The staff can be a bit of a mixed bag and the Coverplans are mis-sold by the staff who are probably on commission, but as I said, it's not that bad.
For a high street PC store, it's about as good as it gets.
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i don't know any other high street computer stores now to be honest...
incidentally, the pc world business section is quite good for ordering obscure/hard to find things sometimes...
i have nothing against pc world, all i use them for is paper which they sell cheaply
personally i find it much friendlier etc than dixons, which is part of the same group... the cctv man that sits on a pedestal by the entrance is reallly intimidating though
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10-09-2005, 23:04
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Re: dave's computer
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Err no it's not, it's aimed at n00bs yes, but there are some good deals on there.
The staff can be a bit of a mixed bag and the Coverplans are mis-sold by the staff who are probably on commission, but as I said, it's not that bad.
For a high street PC store, it's about as good as it gets.
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i don't know any other high street computer stores now to be honest...
incidentally, the pc world business section is quite good for ordering obscure/hard to find things sometimes...
i have nothing against pc world, all i use them for is paper which they sell cheaply
personally i find it much friendlier etc than dixons, which is part of the same group... the cctv man that sits on a pedestal by the entrance is reallly intimidating though |
I look around for the best/most convenient deal. If that's PCW that's fair. if that's an online retailer that's fair.
Some of the staff are plebs but that's the same as anywhere, plus you can usually spot them. And the PCs are reasonably good quality- check out the latest Packard Bell iPower 6800 SLI http://www.packardbell.co.uk/product...ber=PB28300501 w00t!
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10-09-2005, 23:09
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Re: dave's computer
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I look around for the best/most convenient deal. If that's PCW that's fair. if that's an online retailer that's fair.
Some of the staff are plebs but that's the same as anywhere, plus you can usually spot them. And the PCs are reasonably good quality- check out the latest Packard Bell iPower 6800 SLI http://www.packardbell.co.uk/product...ber=PB28300501 w00t! |
costs £1400 for the base unit, that
the graphics are one thing i'd be dubious about, they aren't very clearly stated:
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Graphics 2 x Geforce 6800GT [img]Download Failed (1)[/img][img]Download Failed (1)[/img]Integrated on motherboard or on AGP Slot AGP
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and on the pc world website it doesn't mention 1 or 2 or if they are SLI...
still doesn't sound bad though
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10-09-2005, 23:37
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I look around for the best/most convenient deal. If that's PCW that's fair. if that's an online retailer that's fair.
Some of the staff are plebs but that's the same as anywhere, plus you can usually spot them. And the PCs are reasonably good quality- check out the latest Packard Bell iPower 6800 SLI http://www.packardbell.co.uk/product...ber=PB28300501 w00t! |
costs £1400 for the base unit, that
the graphics are one thing i'd be dubious about, they aren't very clearly stated:
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Graphics 2 x Geforce 6800GT [img]Download Failed (1)[/img][img]Download Failed (1)[/img]Integrated on motherboard or on AGP Slot AGP
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and on the pc world website it doesn't mention 1 or 2 or if they are SLI...
still doesn't sound bad though |
Well I wouldn't personally get it, because it's not much better than what I currently have or want, and because of the Tattoo/Recovery Media / Bundled issue, but I wouldn't have any probs recommending it as a decent machine.
It was only an example anyway.
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11-09-2005, 15:54
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Re: dave's computer
Ignoring what i have posted up above, the next thing i will be getting is the disk drives... but i have a question. (again... )
my motherboard apparently supports standard SATA and also SATA-300. My question is simply, would it be better to get a pair of these:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/produ...oductID=265758
or these:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/produ...oductID=265764
Ignoring the storage capacities, as faster load times are required for large files, which would be the best performing? SATA-300 seems to have double the data throughput of regular SATA but would that matter, due to the lower spindle speeds? Do the two counterbalance each other and have no obvious advantages over each other?
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