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02-01-2008, 05:05 PM
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I Got It!
My parts got here this Thursday, and I built my computer. Here are the specs:
E8400 Gigabyte DS3L P35 Diamond HD 3870 4GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 Antec 900 Corsair HX 520W WD 320GB 7,200 RPM HD DVD/CD Burner/Reader I'm currently installing Vista 64-bit Ultimate, and am planning on dual booting it with Ubunbu. A tutorial said that with Vista/Ubuntu, it was easiest to just do Vista first then Ubuntu, as Ubuntu has better, for a lack of a better word, adapting technology than Vista does. Ubuntu can recognize that there already an OS installed, and it will not try to remove it, as Vista does. (http://apcmag.com/5022/dualbooting_vista_and_linux). I think I got that figured out (if someone has tried this technique and it hasn't worked, I'm happy to hear what you got on Vista/Ubuntu dual boots, and I don't want to hear how bad Vista is). Main question that I know a lot of you would know the answer to (as some of you are happy with Vista) is: How do I turn off all that security mumbo jumbo that I encountered when I used Vista before. Like having it ask you twice before you run a program. I'll notify you guys with updates and stuff. Thanks.
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!=============>Current Rig<===============! !=====>E8400 at Stock Zalman 9700LED<=====! !==>GIGABYTE P35 DS3L = Diamond HD 3870<==! !=>4GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 - Antec 900 Case<=! !=>WD 7200RPM 320GB HD = Corsair HX520W <=! Contests Won: [Poem Contest - Kornowksi] [xFire Logo Contest] Quote:
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02-01-2008, 05:50 PM
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Very nice, how much? *borat*
get some pics  About vista, go into control panel / classic view / user accounts / Turn User Account Control Off
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CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =( |
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02-01-2008, 06:11 PM
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Awesome. When I get around to it (aka not playing around with my computer) I'll take some pictures.
It was $1,060. Very nice.
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!=============>Current Rig<===============! !=====>E8400 at Stock Zalman 9700LED<=====! !==>GIGABYTE P35 DS3L = Diamond HD 3870<==! !=>4GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 - Antec 900 Case<=! !=>WD 7200RPM 320GB HD = Corsair HX520W <=! Contests Won: [Poem Contest - Kornowksi] [xFire Logo Contest] Quote:
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02-01-2008, 06:17 PM
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Congrats, Tuxify. I'm happy for you. OC'ing the e8400? The dual-boot is a piece of cake, BTW. Shouldn't have any probs.
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02-01-2008, 06:26 PM
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Thats great, can't wait to see some benchmarks!
To turn off the most annoying mart of vista (UAC), go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control On or Off > De-select the check box
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Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179 |
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02-02-2008, 03:56 AM
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Okay, I got all that annoying security thing closed, and now I'm having mundo problems with the internet. I know theres nothing wrong with my connection, and even vista recognizes that I have 100% connection (wireless). Problem is, every few reloads, Firefox takes forever to find the connection, and I am having the same problem with Steam. It looks like Vista is going to be more harm than good, so I'll probably end up going back to XP and just dual booting it with Ubuntu. The real test is Counter-Strike: Source. If I cannot play that with a decent ping (or a ping at all) then I will just go down to XP.
Any suggestions on how to get the internet working? And while I'm typing this, the little thing on the bottom right is going from "Local and Internet" to "Only Local"... Also, whenever I restart, I have to go unplug the router/modem and re-boot them before it picks anything up... Not a problem I had with XP on my other rig...
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!=============>Current Rig<===============! !=====>E8400 at Stock Zalman 9700LED<=====! !==>GIGABYTE P35 DS3L = Diamond HD 3870<==! !=>4GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 - Antec 900 Case<=! !=>WD 7200RPM 320GB HD = Corsair HX520W <=! Contests Won: [Poem Contest - Kornowksi] [xFire Logo Contest] Quote:
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02-02-2008, 03:59 AM
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Oh, and to reply to what everyone else said:
@mep916: Yeah, I'll overclock once I get all the qwirks worked out. @dougland: I sold my old rig that I had bought for about $800 in the summer, for $800 a week ago. I got the money for that from a job.
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!=============>Current Rig<===============! !=====>E8400 at Stock Zalman 9700LED<=====! !==>GIGABYTE P35 DS3L = Diamond HD 3870<==! !=>4GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 - Antec 900 Case<=! !=>WD 7200RPM 320GB HD = Corsair HX520W <=! Contests Won: [Poem Contest - Kornowksi] [xFire Logo Contest] Quote:
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