I Have Become A Geek, My New Computer Set-Up....

[The Architect]

My Computer Finally Crapped out just over a week ago,
Since then I received my new custom Computer parts from Newegg and Have assembled (most of) it all

(I ordered more just tonight so Ill update when i install them)

What I had was a P4 3.0GHZ HT CPU with 3GIGS RAM and a PCI Slot 256mb Video Card.

I was running Vista Ultimate x86 and it ran aero smoothly.....it was a fairly nice computer and worked fairly well.

BUT....all good things must come to an end and make way for new great things.


NEW SET-UP
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x86
ASUS V2-P5G43 Barebones PC w/ Intel P45 Express Chipset
Intel C2D E7300 Wolfdale 2.66GHZ OverClocked to 3.2GHZ (For Now)
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
WD Caviar 250GB HDD SATA 3.0GBS 7200RPM
4GB DDR2800 240 Pin RAM w/HeatSinks (1 2GB Transcend, 1 Geil 2GB)



Plenty more upgrading to come (Video Card, Sound Card, etc etc etc)



PICS WILL BE ADDED ONCE I RECEIVE THE FINAL COMPONENTS

[id3379]

too bad you can't use over your 2 gig's since your only running your system 32 bit.

This is what 64bit is for :D

[The Architect]

vista x86 recognizes and uses 3.12 max so i just bought 4gb anyways

[BailOut]

Real geeks do not use Windows. Minor geeks may use Windows but certainly not Vista.

[The Architect]

im not really into the linux thing and possibly having to create my own drivers should something decide to not work.

maybe a mod. should change the thread title to minor geek indeed.


sorry if i offend any true geeks.

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

*sniff*

no harm done!

[kuyachris84]

I don't think building a computer is geeky... lol

It's just a set of skillz to be able to do so.

Hope you pick a good case for airflow.

[Gideon]

Just 3.2? C'mon push that sucker!

[id3379]

well yah...but u have to tweak stuff in vista to get it to work properly for that 3.12

[The Architect]

yea its only 3.2 for right now, i didnt get my cpu cooler and ram heatsinks yet, the e7300 has been pushed to 4.4 but im not even gonna touch that.

[eTiMaGo]

not bad not bad... ex-geek here I suppose, tinkering with PCs kinda grew old, gimme a good, stable laptop now

You really could have gotten a bigger hard drive though, they're so cheap now...

[Phaeton]

I used Vista for over a year.
For the everyday average user it's ok, IF you have a fast machine.
For gamers Vista is crap. I just went back to Xp, I noticed a huge performance gain in Crisis, Call of Duty etc.

[lita_g]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Real geeks do not use Windows. Minor geeks may use Windows but certainly not Vista.

Ditto. With 4gb of ram you're definitely better off with a 64 bit OS, and you can get an additional HD of at least 500GB really cheap nowadays. The pc I bought a year ago came with vista on it, and even though it's a pretty darn fast computer, Vista still made it chug along, that's what made me move to Linux, much more fun and efficient, and I'm a newbie when it comes to linux so I haven't tweaked it as much as others have.

Vista sucks.

[bdc87]

Not bad,
My setup is as follows:
Q6600 - ASUS P5N-D - XFX 9600GT 700/2000 - Buffalo Firestix DDR2 800 2GB (1GBx2) - 250GB Seagate SATA2 - CLSB X-Fi FATAL1TY PRO - Antec TP 500W - Antec 900 - Thermalright Ultra 120

[ChinoCharles]

You guys are wimps. I'm running 6 gigs of ram.

[bdc87]

For me only 2GIGS are needed, I'm running XP PRO SP3.
Why so much RAM?

[The Architect]

very nice, the q6600 is basically overclocked by everyone Ive seen with it, any chance your doing any oc'ing?

I intend on getting a nice video card when possible will probably spend 150-250 on it.
I think im on limited by my mobo's PCIE 6 pin powers plugs though.

any chance you have a picture of what that 6 pin plug looks like (im semi-new to video cards etc.)

[Gideon]

I've used Vista forever practically, and I haven't had any problems. A few incompatibility warnings, but nothing serious. It's really not that bad, and certainly NOT comparable to Windows ME in problems.

My setup:

e6850 @ 4.0 GHz - Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme - eVGA 680i 122-CK-NF63-TR - OCZ DDR2 4GB - BFG GeForce 8800 GT - WD Raptor 74GB - WD 2x750GB - Antec P190.

(sniff, so much new stuff out I need to upgrade)