PC Upgrading Discussion

[Bert Van Waes]

Ok guys, tx. It's just that my technician mailed me the list through from what he thinks should be ok. but i mailed him already back about the memory stuff.

So if i go for the bad cooled graphics card, will i have problems?

 

[Damian Henderson]

No problems no but it will be noisier / run more hot. ( can tweak the fan though ) The Asus card has a much more efficient cooler at keeping the card cool / with lower noise.

The technician don't seem to good

 

[Bert Van Waes]

Actually he is he just called me and said he ordered the one you showed me, together with the Modxstream!! wooot. Those are the last pieces of the puzzle and they will be here on tuesday.

i would've went after them myself but no time to spare at the moment for such trips. And my little BMW is coughing a bit so...

Btw mind him, he's just a teacher in informatica

Greetings guys and tx again for updating me on this pc world, and for the massive help!!

In a week i'm back racing around on this board!! wooot

 

[Christopher Aponte]

cool man
glad to hear that

 

[Bert Van Waes]

And it's actually a bit sooner... On mostly my old system... for now

the guy thought after alot off testing it was my mobo too. But today he called me it's working again, with a new power supply and some new connectors in the pc aswell (some were pulled out of their socket and were just hanging there... that's why he thought the mobo was gone too. But he spotted some lose connectors when he was deassembling the pc. Hahah!! So for now my old rig is back in use... My god i'm happy

And the new one coming in a week... Oh boy i feel spoiled now, after almost being fried to death... Hmm :clap:

 

[Eric Nelson]

Well Eric
I decided to take a quick look and come up with this for you

Tower/Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119115

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171031

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131393

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115206

Ram card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

Graphics card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150323

Harddrive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

DVD burner/drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151188

total (without S&H): $512,92

don't know what Damian can come up for you (that might be cheaper better compare to what I have put right now :wink2

iT appears that the CPU in the specs above is on backorder til mid september. thats too long so I'd like to change the package a bit.

Which of these processors can I substitute? E7500 or E7600? or E8400?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N=2000340343+1050722265+1051707842+1050937013

They all seem similar to me reading the specs but I don't really understand the differences except the price.............:doh2:

thanks for the help guys!

 

[Damian Henderson]

Take the E8400.

 

[Christopher Aponte]

Hey Eric
if you want to keep it cheap I suggest go with the E7500
but if you don't mind giving out some extra cash, then I suggest the E8400. It is a top of the line processor/has better performance (I personally have this one )

Damian quicker than me

 

[Damian Henderson]

Damian quicker than me

Nothing new there then :cheer2:

Take what Chris said to Eric

 

[Christopher Aponte]

BTW Eric
I don't have experience with mail in rebate, but if you are familiar with that or actually know how to work with it (well), then I may suggest some alternative product to go with the E8400 CPU (and give some or a lot of extra boost on your new pc than previous intended )

Graphics card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133246

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

I think psu should handle it, unless Damian has another thought of this

 

[Damian Henderson]

The PSU is great, had their older version ( no where near as good ) for 4 years now in one rig.

 

[Eric Nelson]

BTW Eric
I don't have experience with mail in rebate, but if you are familiar with that or actually know how to work with it (well), then I may suggest some alternative product to go with the E8400 CPU (and give some or a lot of extra boost on your new pc than previous intended )

Graphics card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133246

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

I think psu should handle it, unless Damian has another thought of this

OK I took the shot in the wallet and ordered it w/ the E8400 and the two items you recommended above Chris. IN the end it's $100 USD more after shipping and rebates but it's worth it in the end to have a good machine.

Here comes those nice high frame rates! good bye to 16 FPS!

 

[Christopher Aponte]

great job Eric
would love to see the machine in when it's fully assembled & kicking buts

 

[Eric Nelson]

Also gonna toss in windows 7 for the O/S!

Just dreading the data transfer etc.

 

[Eric Nelson]

Question guys!

Windows 7 Pro is a 64 bit application. Will the E8400 and mother board I ordered work at 64 bit?

 

[Damian Henderson]

Yes will work 100% fine.

 

[Bert Van Waes]

Yeah, guys. I have some questions as well. What should i run on the system you guys put together for me.

I now know that if i want to go for XP, it should be the 64 bit one, because otherwise 6gig ram is pointless.
But 64 bit on XP, isn't that looking for problems?

And then there's vista.... Breeding ground for problems...

 

[Damian Henderson]

Get Windows 7 64.

Xp 64 support is dead and you will just run into problems. Vista 64 will work fine also, but 7 is a better OS, so use it if you can, otherwise I would use Vista 64.

 

[Eric Nelson]

Go tthe new PC assembled and loaded w/ windows 7.

Let the windows install run while we went out for lunch. Found out it is a 32 bit appilcation? did we miss a prompt during install to select 64?

Also, a small magnetic ring was included for putting cables thru to decrease interference. wellit fell and broke into 3 pieces.....what cables are supposed to have the ring around it anyhow? does it really matter?

 

[Christopher Aponte]

actually 64 is another ISO/cd, as it is bigger than the 32 bit

as for cables, if you just have a tie-wrap around, you can use that to bunch the cables together and make your pc look much cleaner and better for airflow