Try looking at the label on the side of the psu.





eek:

Mm probably better for going for something better if you can afford it, 6800-non ultra or something along those lines. The fx series sucks balls.

+1

it is free, so I am not going to argue. I would get a new card right now, but I am getting a new computer during summer, so I just need something to tide me over until then.

I need another gig of ram ASAP

Join the club, i ned 2 gigs for my shuttle and 2 for my main pc. Then ive still to order all my new shit. loney:

K, my dad bought a computer recently, with a GeForce 6200SE. The guy at Futureshop said it was 'decent'. Is it a piece of shit or no?

Could someone go more into detail please? Like how shitty is it really? What modern games can I run (if any)?

Sorry, I'm kind of a nub with graphics cards...

lols and i remember when everyone talked shit to me when i got 2 gigs of ram in my pc. especially you gerv and here i quote

and then

plzdie:

I just got 2 gigs as well.

i have 1.5 but I think it's pretty crappy

2GB is bear minimum in my books.

512 megs rock:

That was before games that whored memory like bf2 were available, probably a good year or more before thye were available.

I need a WinXP Boot diskette...

i would use a win98 but fdisk only does FAT/FAT32.

nevermind, did it with Windows CD.

No you plzdie:

lol



I need 2 gigs cause BF2 and company are slutting my comp up.

fixed

has anyone tried the new Windows Antispyware, renamed, "Windows Defender?"

Damn......only got 1G of RAM. Things seems smooth so far so i'm not gonna sweat it.

Remember the days when you thought you were the shit for having 256MB of RAM ?

hahah yeah, i remember the days i thought i was the shit for having a amd k6 processor. rock:

i386 architecture has been the standard since 1986.

[quote="Short Hand":98bef]i386 architecture has been the standard since 1986.[/quote:98bef]

are you saying it needs to be changed...


wtf is it anyway

[quote:c1159][url:c1159]http://www.groundforce1.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1012551[/url:c1159][/quote:c1159]

Answer.

[url:c1159]http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2668[/url:c1159]

[url:c1159]http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2695[/url:c1159]

[url:c1159]http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/09/seven_of_nvidia/[/url:c1159]

I dont trust myself building a computer on my own (heavy handed). My dad said he would pay for it, and write it off as a company expense, as long as I work for 6 months for him.

I will be mapping, and gaming (ofcourse) with the computer. Mapping takes a hell of a lot of processing power, and a lot of memory.

my choices for processors is between the AMD 3800, and 4200. Would going up to the 4200 be that much of a performance boost? Or would I be better off sticking with the 3800?

When it comes to graphics cards, 7800GTX or X1900?

I have basically everything else covered. just need to know about the processor, and graphics card.
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Answer.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... spx?i=2668

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2695

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/09/seven_of_nvidia/ [/quote:77be5]

n00b.

The x1900 gives the 7800gtx a good kick in the balls, plus its a good bit cheaper than nvidia's retarded 512mb panic edition they tossed out in tiny quantities at a totally stupid price. And that price has got higher over the months, it now sells in the uk for £581.57($1,013.54), a few days ago it was selling for £640 ($1,115.44). oOo: Think the stores finally figured out they weren't gonna shift any at £640. stupid:

As for the cpu, not a ton of difference between the 3800 and the 4200 (200 mhz per core). The 3800 is regarded by most as the "budget" dual core of the amd line since its the cheapest. Personally id go for the 4400+ for the extra cache on it.

Un-FUCKING-beleivable, i sent that pos asrock mobo back over a month ago to get a refund, look what i get in my inbox tonight.

Hello

Your order MXXXXX12345-stfu has just been despatched.
Your invoice number is blablabla.


Your delivery is being provided by City Link.
Your Consignment Reference is Abcdef.
http://www.city-link.co.uk/track_parcel ... parcel.php

There are 1 parcel(s) in your consignment.
AU10123456




Sending me out the THIRD friggin replacement after getting 2 boards that liked to catch fire, even after i told them i wanted a refund. oOo: annoy:

they caught fire? wow

Yup, both times i had the motherboard on top of its box on some foam, connected cpu,gfx,ram,hd and the power connector. Soon as i powered on a diode on the board beside the memory slots turrned pure white then started to burn. oOo:

Must have a few faulty components in a batch of them or somehing, made up my mind to go the shuttle pc route a while ago, can't be bothered building another full size tower up again.

damn that sucks. i've had a stick of ram fry on my once for no apparent reason

basically i am finally getting away from my laptop after a 4 year gap away from my ancient built P3 voodoo3 and want to build a new rig. Totally lost for what specific gpu/motherboard/cpu versions etc too look at, no problems with putting it together just need pointing to which are best too get.

looking at getting a x850xt 256mb, 1 gig of ram and a athlon 64 3200+ then whatever else and a decent motherboard if anyone could give any suggestions.

Mobo ; DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra

Gfx ; PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB

ram; G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (better with 2 gigs)

cpu; AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (2.2 ghz)



All from http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

Not that much difference in price betwen a 3200 and a 3700, graphics wise you can grab the x850 for like £160 or so from there, though you can get an x1800xl for like £50 more and its a much better card. http://www.techspot.com/reviews/hardwar ... xl-3.shtml

Added it up, not too bad for a full system. dance:

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) 1
£134.95 £134.95
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS) 1
£129.95 £129.95
GX-042-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-HT) 1
£179.95 £179.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF) 1
£79.95 £79.95
CA-031-AN Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W PSU (CA-031-AN) 1
£59.95 £59.95
CA-017-TT Thermaltake VB1000BNS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-017-TT) 1
£39.95 £39.95
Subtotal £624.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £111.59
Total £749.24

thanks


1gb of ram will do me fine though garv spank:


motherboard wise im looking for something cheaper

Dfi boards are good, think that one is sli enabled, still work fine with an ati board in it though obviously.

Have to get akuma in this thread, i don;t know much about amd setups since i don't own one. Usually abit\asus\dfi are all good brands though.

cry: I am trying to get this system down to at least 2,200 bucks. I think I may have to actually build it myself if I want to do get it that low.

okay, I think I understand what is going on here.
This motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131540
would work with this processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103546
and this graphics card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814195002