Random shut downs and the occasional blue screen.

[AMDFTW]

i think i payed £260 for my phenom 2,i had the money and though hey why not.

i do like the 1090t but if i was going AMD i am goin to wait for the new asus ROG board

anyway lets not hijack the thread,but could you PM me about the hardrive hanging as mines keeps doing it

cheers

 

[Diablo]

As I said elsewhere adding an I7 with full 16x PCIEs to my computer and triple channel DDR3 would net me about another 3-5fps that I wouldn't even notice..

I don't even sell parts any more. I have a massive stockpile under my bed So many infact that I was able to build another complete Alienware for the price of a CPU, PSU and case. Not the ideal thing to have a Crosshair 2 rotting under your bed of course but I would rather it rot than feel gutted at only getting back about 30% of what I paid for it !

I think you nailed the issue of value with that statement, does that extra cash net you anything in return? And with the spare parts, I built my server out of cast off bits, only buying a new PSU and CPU. The CPU (an e3200 celeron dual core) was about the best purchase I've ever made. It cost £30 inc VAT, and will run 3.5GHz on stock volts and 50C...perfect for a file serving/DHCP server.

 

[dlads]

I don't even sell parts any more. I have a massive stockpile under my bed So many infact that I was able to build another complete Alienware for the price of a CPU, PSU and case. Not the ideal thing to have a Crosshair 2 rotting under your bed of course but I would rather it rot than feel gutted at only getting back about 30% of what I paid for it !

Mind you, I only paid £110 in a clearance on Scan about 9 months ago. Pennies for what you get. I am the super duper bargain hunter. Seriously some of the stuff I have bagged for next to nothing is just awesome. Perfect Alienware chassis in silver for £50 del. 750w brand new 80+ cert Alienware PSU? £25 (can still get them if any one wants one). My black chassis arrived with a crack, got a full refund and got to keep it and so on.

I could do with a new case tbo m8, so if your local as in britain we could talk business there, i dont give a crap about a crack so long as it does the job, jesus i just drilled about 300 holes in the side of my case for airflow for a fan i just screwed onto it. An u know what it knocked a good 15 degrees off my crappy normal idle temp of 50 degrees down to 35 hehe, still need a case tho.

Up to you if you can get them for dirt cheap.

 

[dlads]

I think you nailed the issue of value with that statement, does that extra cash net you anything in return? And with the spare parts, I built my server out of cast off bits, only buying a new PSU and CPU. The CPU (an e3200 celeron dual core) was about the best purchase I've ever made. It cost £30 inc VAT, and will run 3.5GHz on stock volts and 50C...perfect for a file serving/DHCP server.

Thats a naughty pc u got there m8, must've cost a bomb. I know oxford uni too, been there a few times, harcourt hill.

 

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£130 for mine from amazon.co.uk, flawless up until now, and i think £90 for my msi dka 790gx. Ram was dirt cheap.