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Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:21 pm
by Typheus
Ok, I've got this Nvidia Geforce 8800GT video card picked out.

I'm currently looking at 4 gigs of ram, and it says it doesn't have a heat spreader? How bad of a thing is that?

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:14 am
by Realm
The ram doesn't? Not a huge deal, but do you have a linky?

It's all about the motherboard, don't skimp there.

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:44 am
by Typheus

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:18 pm
by WiizerFanboy
network card?

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:12 pm
by Typheus
What type of network card would you suggest?

EDIT: My motherboard that I've chosen says it has onboard lan. Would I still need an ethernet card?

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:33 am
by Typheus

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:30 pm
by Typheus
Zephie and I talked to a crazy smart friend of his. Well, Zephie did, and then translated for me.

Apparently, the latest version of the list http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Publi ... r=12215607

Is even faster, and the processor and ram has been harmonized to make it go faster ^.^

Zephie said it like this. "Before, it was Mr. T strong...now it should be Chuck Norris strong."

Greatest analogy award goes to....

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:02 pm
by Verence
Zephie sucks.

You tell him I said that.

Doesn't even send us a farkin' postcard at christmas anymore, the ingrate!

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:20 pm
by jayt11
Typheus wrote:What type of network card would you suggest?

EDIT: My motherboard that I've chosen says it has onboard lan. Would I still need an ethernet card?

your motherboard melts when you try to send a fax/
where you get your CPU? In a box of crackerjacks?!?

- Weird Al --- "It's All About the Pentiums"

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:50 am
by Typheus
jayt, wtf man?

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:22 am
by Typheus
So, apparently the Nvidia Geforce 9800 GTX is almost a damned scam, so I'm going to get this overclocked 8800 GTS instead.

And I'm going to forfeit the blu ray player until my next pay period. That way, I can smack bitches in two weeks, and THEN watch blue ray movies in high def on my new monitor two weeks after that :D

Re: Few PC Questions. Bout to build my own.

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:37 pm
by Typheus
So...I'm getting Vista Ultimate because it's only 10 bucks more than the copy of Premium I was looking at. $129 for Ultimate

Any FULL install of Vista can be used on a clean PC, right? It doesn't have to be some BS "System Builder" version, right?