Advice: new computer

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Advice: new computer

Post by kageneko » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:13 pm

I'm planning on picking up this sweetness from newegg. I've got a 1 TB SATA drive and an nVidia 8600 GTS (PCI-E) to put in it.

Anyone see any problems with this combo that I should think about?
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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by Colanai » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:21 am

Other than maybe upgrading the power supply (I am having a google-fart moment and can't find PSU minimum requirements for that card), looks pretty solid. Nice price.

edit: Of course I would find the requirements immediately after posting this. Minimum is 350-375, so if you don't have much else running on there, you should be A-OK.

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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by kageneko » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:35 am

I believe my current power supply is 400-450W. Maybe lower. It's an HP desktop that I got at best buy :)
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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by kageneko » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:40 am

The computer has 2 SATA drives, 1 optical drive, the video card, and maybe a tv tuner if I fit it in.
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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by Colanai » Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:43 pm

The case comes with a 500W power supply, so you should be OK.

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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by kageneko » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:38 pm

I finally got memtest86+ to actually find the bad memory in my computer. So that's something. I guess I didn't need to buy a brand new one, but I'm not too sad about it :D I'm going to take the old one and turn it into another ubuntu server.
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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by Colanai » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:59 am

I need to find a place to set up Lhynne's old computer as a server. It's ready to go, just needs a home! Living in a one-bedroom apartment sucks for space for some things. Got to set this thing up, then I can dump off a bunch of data files onto it!

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Re: Advice: new computer

Post by kageneko » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:23 pm

New computer is put together. I left it running overnight to download and install WoW. I hope it did :D It's a fine, sexy beast and has more overclocking options than I thought humanly possible.
TEAM CLERIC: Allern, Dranei Paladin; Lothlondor, Night Elf Druid; Lelian, Human Mage; Lesasia, Human Death Knight; Lagervolk, Dwarf Hunter; Sylerissar, Night Elf Rogue; Langston, Worgen Warrior; Leanora, Gnome Priest
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