Computer upgrade time...[views:5071][posts:24]_______________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 12:23am - the_reverend ""] I have a AMD 1900+ with a ASUS k7v333 mother board. I just bought 2x512MB and 2x500GB SATA/300 that means, this computer is going to have 1.5GB RAM 256MB All-in-wonder pro 2x250GB RAID 2x500GB SATA 1x120GB main drive 2x320GB external drives 1x200GB external drives 2x60GB external drives. that's 2.36TB of hard drive space! that's |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 12:28am - the_reverend ""] I need to add a 2x SATA II card now... |
| _______________________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 12:33am - different_anonymous ""] Funny you should mention that Rev. I just got done ordering an XPS M2010 with over 4 gigs ram at 533mhz... 5500 bucks just like that |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 12:55am - the_reverend ""] who... you are kidding me. is that for work? |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 12:58am - the_reverend ""] my boss just ordered a similar thing, is it in a server case? that's what he got and got 1/2 off so it was in the $2000's |
| ______________________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 1:20am - different_anonymous ""] some of it I will use for work. Im a design artist on VA beach, but the other half for my own pleasures |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 1:28am - the_reverend ""] I got a dell 3GHz p4 at work with 3GB of RAM but I use that for making VMware builds. I'm going to segment off a vmware pc for my GF. if I can figure out how to get it right, she should be able to use it to put songs on her iPod. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 8:44am - the_reverend ""] I can't wait for these parts to come in. when they do, I'm going to show the disks on the computer. it'll be amazing. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 29,2006 11:56am - ShadowSD ""] The Sony monitor I've been using for the last decade is twenty years old and somehow works perfectly. Saying that in this context is like bringing a Model T to a futuristic car show, I know. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 1,2006 10:53am - the_reverend ""] http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16815124020 |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 1,2006 10:53am - the_reverend ""] that's a 1.5Gb/s card. I want a 3.0GB/s card, but my computer doesn't have PCI express and those cards with RAID are like $300-800 |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 3,2006 1:33pm - the_reverend ""] my 2x500GB drives came in today. I don't have a controller card for them yet. *sigh* |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 3,2006 1:35pm - ~~~carina~~~ ""] did i get any packages? |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 3,2006 1:36pm - the_reverend ""] ok, I like the packaging for the box and everything. the drives have a 5-year warrenty! yeah! |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 3,2006 1:37pm - the_reverend ""] yes carina |
| ___________________________________ [Jul 5,2006 8:01pm - anonymous ""] so I just got my new XPS laptop today. It pwns pretty much any laptop ive had before, but the resolution is terrible. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 5,2006 8:26pm - the_reverend ""] you didn't get the 1900x1200? that was like $300 more. I got my 2x500GB, but no SATA card. I got my 2x512MB sticks today and put them in. I've already set up VMware 5.0 with an XP session for my gf. I'm going to set up a OSX session on it too. maybe then I will turn off my G4 (400Mhz) that I never use. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 5,2006 8:34pm - anonymous ""] Its a 17" Ultrasharp widescreen UXGA display with truelife. The highest it goes is 1680x1050. I wish I didnt jew out and go with the cheaper one |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 5,2006 8:40pm - the_reverend ""] I have the 12.1 WXVGA 700m from dell and the monitor looks so nice and slick. |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 18,2006 10:50am - the_reverend ""] who would have figured, my CPU is over heating constantly now! |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 18,2006 11:13am - the_reverend ""] http://www.directron.com/clw00111.html so tempted |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 18,2006 12:35pm - the_reverend ""] ok... I'm looking to replace the mother board and cpu with something a lot lower in power... though I might just get a new case and let carina have this computer. http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_n...&cart_id=&Item_code=MB47_ASUS_4P_8V pentium m 2.0 GHz |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 18,2006 1:13pm - the_reverend ""] eh... forget that. PC3200 DDR400 memory = $81 mother board = $100 CPU = $250 case = $$$ I'm just going to keep 20 fans on this computer and let it die |
| __________________________________ [Jul 18,2006 1:19pm - ram_girl ""] Is that the computer Carina bought you back in 04? |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 18,2006 1:26pm - the_reverend ""] no, that's a laptop |