30-04-2005, 13:37
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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.
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30-04-2005, 13:40
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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.
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30-04-2005, 13:53
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
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Originally Posted by McGraw
What does anyone reckon?
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green with envy... 
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Originally Posted by McGraw
Does anyone have any advice as to make my life easier with the install? Lessons learned etc?
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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...
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30-04-2005, 14:05
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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!
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30-04-2005, 14:27
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
oh, and dowload all the drivers you'll need before you swap everything over.
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30-04-2005, 14:45
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
Sounds like a very nice machine.
Good spec.
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30-04-2005, 14:48
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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.
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30-04-2005, 15:15
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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.
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30-04-2005, 16:13
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
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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.
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nice choice on cpu was it from overclockers??? think i need to start asking them for commision 
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30-04-2005, 17:36
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
If you've received it how about some piccies
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30-04-2005, 17:53
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
Yeah go on tie me over till my rig arrives ,
*although where in gods name is my firgging usb camera lead*
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30-04-2005, 17:55
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
Tie you over, or Tide you over..... The former sounds a bit kinky to me, is that why you wanted the USB lead?
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30-04-2005, 18:41
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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.
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30-04-2005, 18:41
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
Post them here if they're not too big (file size that is).
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30-04-2005, 18:43
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Re: Got my new rig finally!
How do I do it?
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