Heh all... noob here

[medic583]

Heh all... noob here

Just piecing together a new system as it's been a LONG time since I've upgraded anything... and along the way in my search for information I came across a few really neat sites.

Hope ya don't mind me asking a few questions along the way in this learning experience... and trust me... there is lots for me to learn

Hopefully I'll have all the parts together by New Years... and then the fun begins

Current System:

Athlon XP2500 Barton

Asus A7N8X

Cooler Master Aero 7+

1 GB DDR 3200 Ram

Radeon X800 XL 256mb AGP Video Card

2 x 160GB Hard Drives internal

200 GB and a 250 GB external USB drives

Sony Dual Layer DVD Burner DRU800A

Mitsumi DW 7802 TE DVD±RW

Antec NeoPower 480W PowerSupply

I'm using XP Pro SP2 and Office 2007 viewable via an Acer 17" LCD.

New Build in progress ($$ is a consideration):

E6300

Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 CPU cooler

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

Thermaltake Case

ENERMAX 485WATT Noisetaker

ASUS RADEON X1800XT EAX1800XT

2GB Corsair DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme

SwitchView PC 4-port KVM Switch

and next up - 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache Ncq Hard Drives

 

[FarFarAway]

Hi mate

Nice to have ya here. Ask away anything - system looks decent, check our recommended rigs here

And welcome to OC3D :wavey:

 

[PV5150]

:wavey: Hi medic583, and welcome to OC3D. The new build is looking good, considering your cash

 

[medic583]

Heh Kempez and PV5150... thanks soo much.

Ouch... checked out those rigs... dang....looks like I'm a bit off eh?

I wasn't planning a new build at this time of year though... got most of the parts at bargain bin prices and am crossing my fingers they all play nice together.

By the way... wow... checking out the Intel Forums... SWEET posts everyone has up on OC'ing... gonna take me forever to go through them

 

[FragTek]

Nice new rig you're piecing together mate, hope all goes well for you!!

Welcome to OC3D, hope you stick around and chill with us. :wavey:

 

[markkleb]

You ought to notice a big jump in performance with ur new comp. ( I love the AC coolers)

Welcome to OC3D:wavey:

 

[Toxcity]

Hello dude and welcome!

As said before you new rig will be a blast!

Have fun Overclocking and what ever you do with it...

 

[darkorb]

your new rig looks pretty good, i must say, those recomennded rigs are pretty nice computers for being budget and mid-ranged

 

[Ares210]

your new rig looks pretty good, i must say, those recomennded rigs are pretty nice computers for being budget and mid-ranged

Lol my thoughts exactly, some of us have a smaller budget than almost all of those computers Screw being 15 and jobless.

 

[medic583]

Screw being 15 and jobless.

Try being old, bald and broke.... it gets worse as the years go on (k... that and way too many other toys ).

 

[darkorb]

eww nasty toys!

 

[medic583]

haha... nooooo... the good kind

Just finished rebuilding the old Flareside... and bought an old CJ5 to buildup this winter. I won't even go into the Motorbike/Snowmachine thing... ha...

Anyhow... ha... as with anything else... I'm startin' from scratch and pretty much have no idea what I'm doing yet again... but hoping to learn a lot more in the next while . The last rig I "assembled" I was too afraid to mod at all... now... time to dig in

 

[Ham]

that and way too many other toys ).

/me dreams over Nismo Skyline R34 GTR

Welcome aboard :wavey:

 

[Mr. Smith]

Welcome mate,

I'm sure you will get all the help you need. I wasn't familiar with that gfx card so I googled it in the uk it is £400+, a quick look on newegg it's 400 bucks...

For a tiny bit more you can get yourself the nvidia 8800gts - dx10 ready, overclocks like a charm to gtx speeds. Just a thought

 

[medic583]

At one of our cheapest Canadian retailers

$715.29 CAD before taxes and s/h.

But.... with a wee bit of searching... not minding a couple of month old card, and a lot-o-luck... managed to pick it up for .....$174.48 CAD to my door

Ha...gotta luv e-bay and bidding in the wee hours of the mornin' :worship:

Think that works out to:

97.7097 EUR

65.6646 GBP

 

[Mr. Smith]

£65!!! What a bargain! Nice find...

 

[chudley]

watcha matey, welcome, looks like you got some good gear and deals, look forward to hearing how it goes in the new year.

from old, but not bald (yet) and not broke but married with kids (same thing in many ways lol) beware all you young'uns.

 

[medic583]

Heh chudley

Ha... my favourite saying is "old enough to know better, young enough to learn a h*lluva lot more".... and I'm looking to do just that

This week is almost killin' me... almost all my parts are in... think the Ram is at the post office today... and the case... just waiting for it to show up so I can spend next week putting it all together.

Ha... then the fun begins

 

[medic583]

Update:

I ended up breaking down and buying a couple of HD's last night... 2 x Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200.9 8MB 11MS SATA2 NCQ RoHS Hard Drives and 1 x Western Digital 250GB SATA WD2500JS hard drive. Not the fastest... but SATA... needed for the mobo.

Today... wahoo... got the mail and sure enough the ram and case came in.

I've pretty much got the computer assembled today... just formatting an old 200GB ata HD to get it up and running for now.

Only one problem... the powersupply I bought... doesn't have a power cable!!!!:banghead: Soo... time to scrounge the house... call up the sisters hubby... find a cord somewhere to turn it on and see if I hooked it all up right.

Jeez... this christmas thing is going to get in the way isn't it?

 

[markkleb]

Dam holidays are always in the way The worst is weekends, always messing up my 2 day shiping...

Congrats on the new build...