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| CliffBraun |
 Jul 14 2009, 01:19 AM
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So I have an awesome mac pro that I'm trying to sell so I can replace it with a computer that's more suited to my uses and use the excess money to buy 914 parts:
http://slo.craigslist.org/sys/1268908068.html Anyone have suggestions for a computer to replace it? I mostly do media stuff, the occasional video game, and Solid modeling stuff for school. I'm thinking something i7 based with 6 gigs of ram. I'd probably run linux 90% of the time and boot XP for solidworks. Also, if anyone's interested in the computer I'd probably be willing to sell it for a bit less to someone from here. |
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| Chris Hamilton |
Jul 14 2009, 07:05 PM
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I think he meant to build one himself. Anyone have suggestions on motherboards, etc?
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| tat2dphreak |
Jul 14 2009, 07:47 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
QUOTE(Chris Hamilton @ Jul 14 2009, 08:05 PM)  I think he meant to build one himself. Anyone have suggestions on motherboards, etc? advice I can give, mostly from not following it in the past... 1) I don't overclock... it's a bad idea. 2) asus motherboards have always been extremely reliable to me... but I've gotten away with gigabyte, Abit and even ECS(see #1)... 3)stay with the big 2 chipsets on video, ATI and nvidia 4) Ram used to be the most volatile thing in a PC, you could look at RAM wrong and it failed... now, it's much better. that said, kingston makes a very solid RAM, patriot is also solid (see #1) but don't spend a bunch on a slightly faster ram, you'll be happier with MORE ram, than ram that is 1 latency faster 5)get enough power, any system now needs at lest about 450-500w starting... get a PSU with a seperate +12V rail for video... my main PC has 5 HDs, and a rocking video card on 550 watts, with a dual core AMD64 and 4GB of RAM. I never shut it off. aside from power failure in the house from storms, it hasn't been turned off in 8 months.... buy a GOOD PSU (Antec has been the best for me, but Enermax used to be very good.. I haven't used one in 3 years tho, because this PSU(ANTEC) was what replaced it. with all of my HDs, I should probably run 650w + but so far so good. 6) this was the hardest lesson for me to learn... I'd build a nice machine and put it in a cheap case... it would work, sure... but it was loud, sometimes got hot because some cases aren't vented enough, so I'd have to keep them open, making them even louder. also, I'd have to deal with 100 little screws, sharp metal and shit that was just frustrating. get a good case with thumb screws or screwless construction. shop around, you can find good Antec cases cheap sometimes, under $30 toms hardware guide has always been pretty good on hardware reviews... |
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CliffBraun OT: need a new computer Jul 14 2009, 01:19 AM
dinomium That is a sweet machine. had I not got a MacBook p... Jul 14 2009, 01:49 AM CliffBraun Yeah, Solidworks doesn't like emulation on the... Jul 14 2009, 01:56 AM Chris Hamilton Damn I thought I was cool with my dual processor g... Jul 14 2009, 01:59 AM RJMII Why not build your own machine?
go homegrown fr... Jul 14 2009, 10:03 AM
zymurgist
Why not build your own machine?
go homegrown f... Jul 14 2009, 11:32 AM tat2dphreak
Why not build your own machine?
go homegrown ... Jul 14 2009, 11:50 AM Vacca Rabite If you are going to run Linux, build your own.
... Jul 14 2009, 12:10 PM sww914 http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=D2...D-_-I... Jul 14 2009, 12:49 PM tat2dphreak
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=D2...D-_-... Jul 14 2009, 02:12 PM sww914 Food network. Yes' I believe that Cliff needs ... Jul 14 2009, 04:00 PM kwales A coupla more things that you don't want to sc... Jul 15 2009, 11:39 AM |
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