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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Pistol Whipped" <pwhipped@NOtampabaySPAM.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> Gaming: $2200 (tops) in parts unassembled ... $3000-$5000
>> pre-assembled!! *What* the hell is *that*!?! $1K for a case with
>> devil horns and flashing lights? Probably for "expertise" in
>> over-clocking the rig ... but ... jeesh ... that's just trial and
>> error in a good BIOS these days.
>
> Forget the weirded out case man. But DO shop for a box and ps that have
> good construction and good airflow through the case. Unless you plan to
> leave the sides off and put a deskfan next to it like I did
)
>>
I agree re: weirded out cases (usually from Alienware). I simply don't
understand them. It's like having UV lights in your case. It's so...stupid.
What a waste of money. It's really just dicky...IMHO.
Meanwhile, I guess I'm fortunate.
I bought this here case - it's a Shaw - for a sweet (AU)$55 back at the
start of December 2004...it includes a 500W PSU. It runs like a dream, I've
never had a problem....heaps of ventilation, existing case fan, 2 front
USB....wonderfuly.
I don't know much about cases of PSUs....and this one is fantastic.
My suggestion is don't pay too much.
>> I think I'm going to just start out with either the FX5700 I've
>> already got, if I go AGP, and probably one 6800GT as the first half
>> of an SLI if I go PCI-e.
>
> 6800GT and my 3.0E; the P4 is the bottleneck!!!! No kidding! I laughed
> myself silly when I ran the set of benchmarks and realized my badass
> little Prescott couldn't make the 6800GT-256 meg card break a sweat
>
> And the AMD64's, all of them, *own* memory bandwidth at the moment, thanks
> to the on die memory controller which treats your entire system ram as an
> L2 cache kinda. Cool huh? This one little tidbit is giving results that
> are making intel jump through burning hoops and jump 40 cars on a 20 car
> motorbike TRYING to get something to market that can beat it. They're
> crashing and burning a lot PW
> Now, add to that the dual core CPU that runs in the 939 socket with just a
> BIOS upgrade to use dual core, and it runs not much hotter than a single
> core A64. This one won't compete with your air conditioner for a major
> share of the light bill! Intels dual core uses about 1.1 horsepower worth
> of juice
>
Oh you're making me excited McG!
I went back to check on my little excel spreadsheet with my planned
acquisitions....and realised I'd forgot to select the MB in the final price
equation.
Ooopsss....a hehe heh.
Anyone wanna 'lend' me AUD1,095??
Meanwhile - I got an interview for a new job! I'm excited. It's four days a
week...I go to uni 3 days so I'm a bit worried...but all that money...oh I
think it will be worth it. Every day I'll come home exhausted, but I'll be
able to put on my trackydaks, quickly deep fry some dim sims or something
while watching Arrested Development, before I run into the computer room,
boot her up and settle down for a few solid hours of beautiful
graphics......
And I can put lots of money away for my 35mm SLR and my trip to Europe!
*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
Well, you're only young and unattached once...then you turn 51 and have to
contend with 7 little tykes running around at crotch level.
lol....hope you had a good birthday, btw, McG.
>>
>>> McG. [*seven* grandchildren now, all before I turned 51 this Friday
>>> past
]
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Congratulations on the new family member! ... and my condolences on
>> that sad event of last Friday
>>
>> It's one thing to *be* 50 ... and another thing completely to be *in
>> your 50s*!
>
> Thanks on the addition, and agrees on the sad event three days later
> McG.
>
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>> PW
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