The Computer Megathread

[Ethan]

DUDE. Iiiiiisssssss THIS Good? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859105511

Not really. It's not even a good server for the price.
I believe that's a Xeon from the C2D days, and it's only a quad core. Only 2GB RAM. Not a big hard drive.
You'd be best to build a i5-2500k system with no video card with lots of RAM for that.

[Ad Bot]

[Becquerel]

Here, go yell at me for having an inadequate system:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151254 MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139931 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817147045 PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416443 OS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811152105  CAES
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822332054 HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&Tpk=I5-2500K Proprocessor.
I got 2 other HDDs that I was planning to add.

[SpreadsPlague]

ahh ignore this ;-;

[Wordy]

Post a picture of the sticker on it?
I'm not sure what to do if we can't figure this out. We could always just update it, but it might be a waste and whatever you spend on a new one could be spent on a better GPU.

But my computer is pretty tight at using around 500watts.

Is there any application which shows me how much power my computer is using?

[David819]

Wich one of these latops are better?Im having trouble choosing.
First: Toshiba Processer Intel Core i3

Info:
Screen size 15x6"
Memmory DDR3 of 6GB
Disc space 640GB
Windows 7 Home premium and USB 3.0



~OR~

Second: Lenvo Processor Intel Core i5

Info:

Screen size is 17x3"
Memmory Size is 6GB
Disc space of 650GB

[Night Fox]

I'm still having problems with my NAT settings
it's "strict" while I want it to be open, or at the very least moderate
I am trying to play Halo Reach with roosterblock but this is preventing me from committing such a horrendous act

[SPooK]

Alright Ethan. What do you think? Any suggestions? (I was going for a blue/black scheme.)

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068
Mobo + OS Bundle: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.791365.13-157-271
RAM + PSU Bundle: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.794980
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125408
CPU: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354587 (I will pick this up.)
OD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
CPU Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016

~$1940.4 :)

[SpreadsPlague]

for that price I'd want an SSD ..

also that GPU is out of stock (but you could easily pick from another manufacturer)

further adding to this, the 7970 drivers are from what I've heard very unstable. just to let you know.

[Blooker]

My graphics card is being delivered tomorrow, Thank you for everything guys. You were a big help

[Wordy]

I'm still having problems with my NAT settings
it's "strict" while I want it to be open, or at the very least moderate
I am trying to play Halo Reach with roosterblock but this is preventing me from committing such a horrendous act

you have portforwarded, right?

[SPooK]

for that price I'd want an SSD ..

also that GPU is out of stock (but you could easily pick from another manufacturer)

further adding to this, the 7970 drivers are from what I've heard very unstable. just to let you know.

I mean, SSD's are expensive as hell and I know it would be faster, but the way all my system files would be arranged and how I would have to have only some programs on the SSD and the HDD would be kind of a drag.

Woly shiz. I was checking to see if this was going to be re-stocked all week and just this morning it was. Now it's out of stock!

I am not saying I was going to buy this now. I was going to wait until AMD releases their 7950 when hopefully the drivers are much better. I just want that card so badly.

[SpreadsPlague]

I mean, SSD's are expensive as hell and I know it would be faster, but the way all my system files would be arranged and how I would have to have only some programs on the SSD and the HDD would be kind of a drag.

nono .. you're buying a Z68 board, so you don't use the SSD as storage, you use it with SRT to act as a cache. More or less, it will speed up your HDD to SSD speeds.

[steve5451]

nono .. you're buying a Z68 board, so you don't use the SSD as storage, you use it with SRT to act as a cache. More or less, it will speed up your HDD to SSD speeds.

That only applies to writes though...right? :o

[SpreadsPlague]

That only applies to writes though...right? :o

Reads and writes.

Unlike Seagate's Momentus XT, both reads and writes are cached with SRT enabled. Intel allows two modes of write caching: enhanced and maximized. Enhanced mode makes the SSD cache behave as a write through cache, where every write must hit both the SSD cache and hard drive before moving on. Whereas in maximized mode the SSD cache behaves more like a write back cache, where writes hit the SSD and are eventually written back to the hard drive but not immediately.

Source

[steve5451]

Cool.