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  • Maxxarcade
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jul 2006
    • 973
    #1

    My new PC...

    Just dropped almost $1k on a new system

    Athlon 64 X2 5600+ w/2x1MB L2 Cache
    2GB Mushkin DDR2 800
    2x 160GB Western Digital HDD's w/16MB cache
    Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard (Cheap, but has what I need)
    EVGA Geforce 7600GT w/256MB PCI-X16
    Netgear GS516T 16 Port Gigabit Switch (and it's pro-grade rackmount...)
    2x Intel Pro/1000GT PCI Gigabit NICs (for my servers)

    I decided to keep my old Audigy Platinum since I'm not a gamer. In fact I was originally going to go with a Geforce 7100GS video card, but I needed the 7600GT at a minimum if I wanted full Purevideo acceleration with H264 and other video formats. Too bad this card has a fan though... they always go bad after about a year or less.

    Let's hope the new Gigabyte works as good as my current one (GA-K8U-939)

    And I'm glad I just upgraded to a server grade 700W Zippy Emacs PSU Never again will I mess with cheapo PSU's in my main system.
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    • Maxxarcade
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jul 2006
      • 973
      #2
      Re: My new PC...

      Damn, I exceeded the daily limit of my Debit card
      I hope they try the other half tomorrow instead of cancelling my order

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        • willawake
          Super Modulator
          • Nov 2003
          • 8457
          • Greece
          #3
          Re: My new PC...

          nice system. need some pics when it arrives

          those nics should be nice. did you know :

          Built on Intel lead-free technology, the Intel® PRO/ 1000 GT Desktop Adapter is the environmentally friendly way to bring Gigabit performance to your desktop at no extra cost.
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            • Maxxarcade
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Jul 2006
              • 973
              #4
              Re: My new PC...

              Ya, all the chips will probably fall of the board when it heats up

              But remember when gigabit stuff was $$$$$? What's next? Fiber optic LANs in the home?

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                • willawake
                  Super Modulator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 8457
                  • Greece
                  #5
                  Re: My new PC...

                  But remember when gigabit stuff was $$$$$? What's next? Fiber optic LANs in the home?
                  yeah. gigiabit is nice for sending a few dvd isos from comp to comp and cheap now. i think its necessary to have faster hdds to get a better transfer though.

                  the beauty of fiber is not speed but that it is possible to do long runs (like few 100 meters @gigabit or kilometers @megabit) but not only that but also avoid ground differential probs when going between buildings.

                  i was laughing about the intel marketing text. hahaha. check out my environmentally friendly network.
                  capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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                    • Maxxarcade
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 973
                      #6
                      Re: My new PC...

                      Originally posted by willawake
                      but not only that but also avoid ground differential probs when going between buildings.
                      Ya, I remember the first time I connected two 486 PC's together with a 30 foot serial cable to play Doom II. One computer was missing the ground prong on the plug, and it made the other system do some really weird shit

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                        • WNG
                          Badcaps Veteran
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 354
                          #7
                          Re: My new PC...

                          yeah, Intel, such a great humanitarian company. We should bow down and offer our first born to them for all their generosity.
                          “We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
                          We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”

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                            • pentium
                              Badcaps Legend
                              • Mar 2006
                              • 2778
                              • Canada
                              #8
                              Re: My new PC...

                              Fiber optic LANs in the home?
                              Remember the show Hometime that used to be on TLC right up until 2002?
                              I remember an episode back in 99 where they fitted a new home with fiber optic networking. almost every room in the house had a jack.
                              Think how much it cost.
                              Find Nedry!


                              Check the Vending machines!!

                              <----Computer says I need more beer.

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