Build planned for end of March - Page 3

Smashing · February 28th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Because we're trying to find a use to 4GB. ;)

Anyway, if it's for the end of March, I would wait until the end of March to start my list. Things change extremely quickly in the computer world, enough that you might want to grab a new quad core instead of a Q6600. Q9XXX series is very close. :)

Think of it as an ongoing build. I am wanting to tweak it slowly.

Smashing · March 1st, 2008

Updated list - Input please guys.

**RA1D** · March 1st, 2008

bad ass, i likey

polobunny · March 2nd, 2008

Still doubting the use of 8GB, but who am I to judge? It's your money in the end. :P
Suggestion; Grab a smaller HD (~250GB) for your OS and a bigger for your data (either the 750GB or 500GB, it's always up to you)
It's always MUCH less problems when re-installing, I've heard and saw horror stories about having to delete every partitions on the hard drive because else Windows setup would fail to create a partition, go figure. That or Windows assigning the C: letter to another partition, not your OS partition. Quite problematic because every installer will point to C:\Program Files\, everything will expect to find something in C:\Windows\ etc etc. That's also why I unplug everything but 1 drive when I install Windows. USB card readers temp to mess with the letters thing often enough when they're plugged in at OS install.

Smashing · March 2nd, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Still doubting the use of 8GB, but who am I to judge? It's your money in the end. :P
Suggestion; Grab a smaller HD (~250GB) for your OS and a bigger for your data (either the 750GB or 500GB, it's always up to you)
It's always MUCH less problems when re-installing, I've heard and saw horror stories about having to delete every partitions on the hard drive because else Windows setup would fail to create a partition, go figure. That or Windows assigning the C: letter to another partition, not your OS partition. Quite problematic because every installer will point to C:Program Files, everything will expect to find something in C:Windows etc etc. That's also why I unplug everything but 1 drive when I install Windows. USB card readers temp to mess with the letters thing often enough when they're plugged in at OS install.

I've been doing that system for over 10 years. I am going to go with twin 750s.

RangerXLT8 · March 2nd, 2008

Totally get Vista 64bit.

polobunny · March 2nd, 2008

Oh I missed the little 2 before. Why a 750GB as a system drive though??

Smashing · March 2nd, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Oh I missed the little 2 before. Why a 750GB as a system drive though??

I don't install programs on the secondary drive, only media and what not.

March 1st, 2008	#22
Smashing Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 160	Re: Build planned for end of March Updated list - Input please guys.

March 1st, 2008	#23
RA1D aka Mike Honcho Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,093 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Build planned for end of March bad ass, i likey INTEL Core 2 Extreme QX9770 * ASUS Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra * Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR3-2000 EVGA GTX 280 SLI * Western Digital Velociraptor * ASUS BC-1205PT Blue Ray Drive * Danger Den Torture Rack Water Cooling - Dtek Fuzion V2 - D5 - 120.3 - EK Res400 - 1/2" Tygon - Bitspower Compression Fittings

March 2nd, 2008	#24
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,573 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Build planned for end of March Still doubting the use of 8GB, but who am I to judge? It's your money in the end. :P Suggestion; Grab a smaller HD (~250GB) for your OS and a bigger for your data (either the 750GB or 500GB, it's always up to you) It's always MUCH less problems when re-installing, I've heard and saw horror stories about having to delete every partitions on the hard drive because else Windows setup would fail to create a partition, go figure. That or Windows assigning the C: letter to another partition, not your OS partition. Quite problematic because every installer will point to C:\Program Files\, everything will expect to find something in C:\Windows\ etc etc. That's also why I unplug everything but 1 drive when I install Windows. USB card readers temp to mess with the letters thing often enough when they're plugged in at OS install.

March 2nd, 2008	#26
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 942	Re: Build planned for end of March Totally get Vista 64bit. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x1gb OCZ3-1333@1380MHZ Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

March 2nd, 2008	#27
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,573 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Build planned for end of March Oh I missed the little 2 before. Why a 750GB as a system drive though??

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