Decent Computer for Price?

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Postby thedog789 » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:33 am

Final build


$122.99 - DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D ATX AMD Motherboard

$159.99 - XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX (590MHz) 256MB PV-T73G-UDD3

$138.88 - OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Platinum System Memory - Retail

$89.99 - Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply

$275.00 - AMD Opteron 165 OEM

$79.99 - Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS

Total : 866.88 before tax / shipping


Think I'll pull the trigger on this tomorrow morning. Hoping none of the prices go up -_-
Decided not to get the Audigy for $65 nor the CPU cooler as I don't think I'll overlock THAT much.



LAST thing to decide on is the monitor.

The Dell is looking mighty attractive at $356.

Its down to either the Tyrius for the lowest cost / good features, the Viewsonic for the lower cost widescreen (and low power consumption compared to the Sceptre), or the Dell 2005FPW for pure sexiness (and relatively lost cost for what it is.

Realistically, its either the Tyrius or the Dell, as there is no point in getting a Viewsonic and not paying the extra ~70 for the Dell.
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Postby thedog789 » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:47 am

gangstaj8 wrote:I'm just concerned about you putting a possibly failing HDD in your new system. I'm not trying to deter you from getting your new system, but I think it would save you a lot of grief knowing that you're putting in a stable HDD. Wouldn't you just scream if you put your new system together and it crashed right off the bat simply cause your HDD was crapping out? Otherwise, the little knowledge I have about building systems, it looks like you've got a good line-up. Good luck.


Sorry if I came across a bit strong...
Now that I think about it, you're perfectly right. Just how would I test my hard drive though? :?:
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Postby Kariudo » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:07 am

if you have windows go to my computer
right click on the disk you want to check
select properties
under the tools tab you will see check volume for errors
click check now

I'm not sure if this tests if your hard drive is going out, but if it has lots of errors it could be a sign of that.
just make sure that you aren't doing anything else (as this takes up lots of cpu power and to do a full scan you need to restart so it can run it from the setup)
this is for xp home...your results may differ
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Postby gangstaj8 » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:16 pm

thedog789 wrote:Sorry if I came across a bit strong...

It's not that, I just wanted to help you avoid a possible catastrophe. :wink:

But follow Kariudo's advice, that will tell you if there's anything physically wrong with the drive platter, thus, any corrupted data. If somethings wrong with the motor or the head, you'd probably be hearing some weird noises.

Defrag is also a good idea, it does a quick disk check, then arranges the data so it runs more efficiently. It won't tell you anything that the disk check won't, but it's a good utility to run every now and then to help keep your computer running smoothly. Good luck.
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Postby oldwrench » Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:05 pm

I don't know what brand hdd you have, but most manufactures have tools on their web sites for testing their drives. Check the oem web page for support, they probably have a program to download that goes far beyond the windows test.
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