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<blockquote data-quote="Tsyr" data-source="post: 1308089" data-attributes="member: 354"><p>My computer died. Again. And rather than trying to repair this ~3 year old piece of Dell crap again, I'm biting the bullet and getting a new computer.</p><p></p><p>I'm getting it from iBuyPower.com, which is kind a poor-mans Alienware... Except in some ways I like them better (More selection on individual components, etc, and you aren't paying for the brand name). I'd like to build my own in a way, but frankly, I'm lazy, and I don't really have a ton of time to spare (And I'm in kinda a rush to get it, as I have very little computer availibile to me right now... a crappy install of linux on a tiny hard drive on an old computer)...</p><p></p><p>So here is what I have right now:</p><p></p><p>Intel D875PBZ i875 800mhz FSB 8x AGP motherboard (With USB 2.0)</p><p>RAIDMAX 8 bay aluminum case</p><p>420 watt power supply</p><p>P4 3.0 ghz processor (800 mhz FSB, HT ready)</p><p>1024 mb Corsair XMS Pro Series DDR-400 RAM (+ heat spreader)</p><p>Two serial ATA Seagate 120 gb 7200 rpm SATA-150 hard drives (8mb cache buffer each)</p><p>8x AGP NVidia GeForce FX 5950-Ultra 256mb graphics card.</p><p>Mitsumi 3.5 Floppy Drive</p><p>Bay-mounted 6-in-1 Flash Media Card Reader</p><p></p><p>No optical drive, I know... I JUST bought a Sony DRU-530A 8x DVD +R/+RW/-R/-RW/CD-R/CD-RW drive... It hasn't even arived here yet (should arive monday)... just as my computer died. D'oh. And I figure I'll pull my CD burner and DVD drive out and stick them in the computer too, as hey, the more drives the merrier, and this computer isn't salvagable really (I normally hand old computers off to family or friends, but this computer has been nothing but problems since day 1, and it's been almost completely replaced since then, and it still gives me problems)...</p><p></p><p>On the RAM... They also have Kingston DDR400 Hyper-X PC3200, which is 20 dollars cheaper, and "crap shoot" ram, which is about 70 bucks cheaper than the Corsair, but it's unnamed...</p><p></p><p>Any other comments or questions? Suggestions on things I should do differently?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tsyr, post: 1308089, member: 354"] My computer died. Again. And rather than trying to repair this ~3 year old piece of Dell crap again, I'm biting the bullet and getting a new computer. I'm getting it from iBuyPower.com, which is kind a poor-mans Alienware... Except in some ways I like them better (More selection on individual components, etc, and you aren't paying for the brand name). I'd like to build my own in a way, but frankly, I'm lazy, and I don't really have a ton of time to spare (And I'm in kinda a rush to get it, as I have very little computer availibile to me right now... a crappy install of linux on a tiny hard drive on an old computer)... So here is what I have right now: Intel D875PBZ i875 800mhz FSB 8x AGP motherboard (With USB 2.0) RAIDMAX 8 bay aluminum case 420 watt power supply P4 3.0 ghz processor (800 mhz FSB, HT ready) 1024 mb Corsair XMS Pro Series DDR-400 RAM (+ heat spreader) Two serial ATA Seagate 120 gb 7200 rpm SATA-150 hard drives (8mb cache buffer each) 8x AGP NVidia GeForce FX 5950-Ultra 256mb graphics card. Mitsumi 3.5 Floppy Drive Bay-mounted 6-in-1 Flash Media Card Reader No optical drive, I know... I JUST bought a Sony DRU-530A 8x DVD +R/+RW/-R/-RW/CD-R/CD-RW drive... It hasn't even arived here yet (should arive monday)... just as my computer died. D'oh. And I figure I'll pull my CD burner and DVD drive out and stick them in the computer too, as hey, the more drives the merrier, and this computer isn't salvagable really (I normally hand old computers off to family or friends, but this computer has been nothing but problems since day 1, and it's been almost completely replaced since then, and it still gives me problems)... On the RAM... They also have Kingston DDR400 Hyper-X PC3200, which is 20 dollars cheaper, and "crap shoot" ram, which is about 70 bucks cheaper than the Corsair, but it's unnamed... Any other comments or questions? Suggestions on things I should do differently? [/QUOTE]
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