New Computer from scratch, what would you have to have in it? |
 Feb 25 2005, 05:48 PM
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Say you were given a free computer built to your specs. What would you need in it? What's important.
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Feb 25 2005, 05:51 PM
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 =] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
The best computer I would build:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.4ghz 1 gig ddr2 ram 200 gig hd nice case decent motherboard dvd burner xp pro is this what you were asking? |
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Feb 25 2005, 05:59 PM
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 To Live is to Dance Group: Member Posts: 791 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 70,074 |
QUOTE(ryanoman @ Feb 25 2005, 5:51 PM) The best computer I would build: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.4ghz 1 gig ddr2 ram 200 gig hd nice case decent motherboard dvd burner xp pro is this what you were asking?  I agree with Ryanoman that would be a badass computer ^_^ also have two hard drives... two hard drives is the best thing to have! i have two hd's one is 20 gig and the other is 10 gig but now that i just got a full time job i will be upgrading my hard drives..muwahahahah ^_^ and also a sound blaster is really good for your sound, and lets see..... yeah and diffently make sure to get xp pro and not xp home because xp home is the worse! okay.lol hope that helps.. but i would build one like what Ryanoman mention............. |
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Feb 25 2005, 06:00 PM
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get a External 60 G Harddrive...i love those
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Feb 25 2005, 06:07 PM
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 baker o.O Group: Member Posts: 446 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 97,190 |
i have 3 120s :) and getting more soon
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Feb 25 2005, 06:11 PM
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baker o.O Group: Member Posts: 446 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 97,190 |
QUOTE(ryanoman @ Feb 25 2005, 4:51 PM) The best computer I would build: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.4ghz 1 gig ddr2 ram 200 gig hd nice case decent motherboard dvd burner xp pro is this what you were asking? nooo!! amd 64 fx :-p 2 gigs ddr pc3200 2-200 ata 7200 hdds 2-32 raptors sata 9800 pro ati sexy case asus mobo dvd duel layer burner xp pro :D <3 mine: amd 3000+ 512 pc3200 400mgz 2 120s and a 40 ata gforce 5200 256 mb soltex pro sexy case cd-rw front rca ports 500 watt psu <33 >.< sorry for the double post!! >.<!! |
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Feb 25 2005, 07:08 PM
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=] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
I was gonna say fx!! :-D
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Feb 25 2005, 07:40 PM
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 Happy Person Group: Member Posts: 1,729 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,674 |
why stop at SATA? go scsii >.<
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Feb 25 2005, 07:47 PM
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=] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
^ lol.. it's scsi.. mainly because they are really expensive.
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Feb 25 2005, 09:41 PM
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are you kidding? 3.5 ghz? Pssh.
mine would be a massive beowulf cluster. it's going to be legendary man, 1 petaflops, 200 gb of ram, all the hd space in the world. |
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Feb 26 2005, 12:11 AM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
all i would need is notepad, ms paint, photoshop, imageready, the internet (dsl or cable). that would probably be about it...
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Feb 26 2005, 02:40 AM
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 [[one piece :D Group: Member Posts: 2,722 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 795 |
mouse and keyboard. :nod:
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Feb 26 2005, 02:41 AM
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QUOTE(tofumonzter @ Feb 26 2005, 2:40 AM) mouse and keyboard. :nod: Haha... |
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Feb 26 2005, 02:56 AM
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Happy Person Group: Member Posts: 1,729 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,674 |
QUOTE(ryanoman @ Feb 25 2005, 7:47 PM) ^ lol.. it's scsi.. quiet fiend scalp cooling shall own you many a times over shows you what one letter misspell can do  QUOTE are you kidding? 3.5 ghz? Pssh. mine would be a massive beowulf cluster. it's going to be legendary man, 1 petaflops, 200 gb of ram, all the hd space in the world.. is there really a need for that if it's ur personal computer |
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Feb 26 2005, 01:54 PM
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QUOTE(largosama @ Feb 26 2005, 2:56 AM) is there really a need for that if it's ur personal computer you could make tons of money selling processing power, and you'd be famous. |
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Mar 12 2005, 02:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ Feb 25 2005, 9:41 PM) are you kidding? 3.5 ghz? Pssh. mine would be a massive beowulf cluster. it's going to be legendary man, 1 petaflops, 200 gb of ram, all the hd space in the world. what bout a TeraByte of storage? |
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Mar 12 2005, 02:52 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
how bout a good graphics and sound card?
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Mar 12 2005, 04:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
GFX: radeon X800
Audio: Creative Audio something or other |
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Mar 13 2005, 11:03 AM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
omg you guys are way too good at this stuff... i mean i love computers and i dont know these stuff...that's very sad.
anyways, the only thing i want is window xp pro. 600GB (if that's possible --- LOL) Virus&Spyware&adware pro blocker dvd burner cd burner 3 usb ports 9-in-1 memory card reader DVD 1GB DVD Rom drive 40max speed (if that's possible) black hard-drive black monitor cd-rw drive clear&clean screen professionally made mouse professionally made keyboard heh. |
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Mar 13 2005, 02:29 PM
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baker o.O Group: Member Posts: 446 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 97,190 |
QUOTE(angel-roh @ Mar 13 2005, 10:03 AM) omg you guys are way too good at this stuff... i mean i love computers and i dont know these stuff...that's very sad. anyways, the only thing i want is window xp pro. 600GB (if that's possible --- LOL) Virus&Spyware&adware pro blocker dvd burner cd burner 3 usb ports 9-in-1 memory card reader DVD 1GB DVD Rom drive 40max speed (if that's possible) black hard-drive black monitor cd-rw drive clear&clean screen professionally made mouse professionally made keyboard heh. im confused!!  no 600 gig but there are 300 gigs now ;) a black hard-drive? they are black dear ;) only 3 usb ports? i have 10 :D all 2.0s your forgetting a floppy drive :-p cd-rw is a cd burner :D dvd 1gb? is that a disk? lol clear&clean screen? flat screen :D |
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Mar 13 2005, 02:33 PM
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 yeah. i'm kevin. Group: Member Posts: 1,399 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,782 |
ATI Radeon
but Nvida GeForce XT something is really good i heard, you should put to of the same video cards if your motherboard in compatible.. that would be mad nice. |
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Mar 14 2005, 10:43 PM
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Happy Person Group: Member Posts: 1,729 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,674 |
QUOTE your forgetting a floppy drive :-p USB pens all the way 
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Mar 14 2005, 10:58 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
people can't be loosing floppy support!
they dropped 5 inch support, and i'm sad because i can't play numbercrunchers anymore... |
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May 30 2005, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE(Baku @ Mar 13 2005, 3:29 PM) your forgetting a floppy drive :-p Floppy drives are sooooo 20th century. 
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Jun 2 2005, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(tofumonzter @ Feb 26 2005, 2:40 AM) mouse and keyboard. :nod: Haha, practical. |
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Jun 2 2005, 04:55 PM
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 No Day But Today. Group: Member Posts: 1,405 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,184 |
Erm, I'd just ask my brother to choose. My brother = computer genius.
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Aug 14 2005, 05:07 PM
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my dream computer:
box, tv scren, type writer, cup and string |
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Aug 14 2005, 08:05 PM
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 Lil JC Group: Member Posts: 868 Joined: May 2005 Member No: 145,741 |
windows media player
iTunes IE Notepad Photoshop ImageReady Logitech Wireless Keyboard & Mouse Cable Internet EVERY VIRUS/SPYWARE/ADWARE/POPUP BLOCKER EVER INVENTED CD Ripper & Burner DVD Ripper & Burner |
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Aug 14 2005, 09:06 PM
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 The Texan Group: Member Posts: 430 Joined: May 2005 Member No: 136,431 |
A true computer would run Linux ^_^
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Aug 14 2005, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(CrazayChristian @ Aug 14 2005, 10:06 PM) A true computer would run Linux ^_^ Just out of curiosity: are there that many people around here that run Linux full-time, or almost full-time? There seem to be a lot of posts alluding to that. |
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Aug 15 2005, 12:23 AM
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 ksjchskjdahfkja Group: Member Posts: 958 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,175 |
http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/altix/
whatever specs are in that one. its only $100,000  my mom works there. i actualy got to use one of those. 
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Aug 15 2005, 10:09 PM
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The Texan Group: Member Posts: 430 Joined: May 2005 Member No: 136,431 |
QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 14 2005, 9:59 PM) Just out of curiosity: are there that many people around here that run Linux full-time, or almost full-time? There seem to be a lot of posts alluding to that. Well, windows is less freeing than linux, and linux is virtually 100% Virus proof. Those who know programming usually 90% run linux because it allows so much more, has so much more, and IT'S FREE! |
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Aug 15 2005, 10:15 PM
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QUOTE(CrazayChristian @ Aug 15 2005, 11:09 PM) Well, windows is less freeing than linux, and linux is virtually 100% Virus proof. Those who know programming usually 90% run linux because it allows so much more, has so much more, and IT'S FREE! Trust me, I'm well-versed in the relative merits of Unix and Unix-like operating systems.  I do, in fact, write software for such systems. But I do see a lot of comments about it on here, and I'm just asking if there really are that many people around running Linux full-time or almost full-time (or at least half the time).
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Aug 15 2005, 10:36 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
i don't have linux... not yet anyways.
i blame my lack of a CD burner. i was going to try it on an old comptuer, but i can't burn a CD-R that it will read. i can't burn a CD-R period. stupid combo drive gave out. i think the biggest obstecle to people getting linux is the number of distros. if it were like firefox, i'd so have gotten it already. but even after i chose a distro, i had no idea what processor i was on (uneducated in the verses of techyness i was). then i figured it out, but it still took a while. it'd be nice if there was just a base linux distro that you downloaded, and you installed modules for whatever feature you wanted. (now someone will tell me there's a distro like that. my CD burner gave out. :-( so it's still no help to me. ) |
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Aug 15 2005, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Aug 15 2005, 11:36 PM) it'd be nice if there was just a base linux distro that you downloaded, and you installed modules for whatever feature you wanted. (now someone will tell me there's a distro like that. my CD burner gave out. :-( so it's still no help to me. ) You could always just download the kernel and any other modules you need, compile them yourself, and install it. But it would be a tremendous pain in the ass. |
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Aug 16 2005, 07:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 211 Joined: May 2005 Member No: 143,509 |
lol. regarding the specs...who needs all that...seriously? my preference...laptop...
- 3 GHz - 512 M RAM - 40-50G HD - CDRW/DVDRW drive - 14.1" screen... that's it really...more will cost like hell. this config is real cheap.. i think.. it's wasting stuff to have like 300 G's and not really needing them all..at least in my personal opinion..i.e. need, not want... |
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