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  1. December 25th, 2006, 09:48 PM #1
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    Coming Soon to My House...

    I must've been a good girl, cuz lookit what I got for Christmas from Msb71:

    Ultra Wizard Case ATX Mid Tower Case
    Abit Kn8 Socket 939 Mobo
    Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego
    Zalman 7000B CPU Cooler
    2 WD 80 Gig SATA 2 HDD
    Antec True Power 2.0 500 Watt PSU
    Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT DDR2 256 MB PCI-E
    2x512MB Crucial Ballistix Dual Channel DDR 400 PC 3200
    Lite-On DVD RW Combo Drive
    XP Home SP2 (can upgrade to Vista)
    and …
    Samsung 940BW 19” Widescreen LCD Monitor



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  2. December 25th, 2006, 09:49 PM #2
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    sounds like a nice PC , can't wait to build it and pull you out of DellHell.
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  3. December 25th, 2006, 09:54 PM #3
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    Very nice GG

    A very nice monitor too, I'm looking to buy that model in the new year, unless the SM-225BW 22" comes down in price by then
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  4. December 25th, 2006, 09:56 PM #4
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    You know it's a nice PC - and the build is a joint effort

    My Dell is beyond

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    Quote Originally Posted by P3-450
    Very nice GG

    A very nice monitor too, I'm looking to buy that model in the new year, unless the SM-225BW 22" comes down in price by then
    Thanks!
    Yeah, I've been drooling over his computer for a long time...and seeing that monitor next to mine...it's kind of like champagne versus beer, LOL
    Sam's Club had it in stock again before Christmas now that I'm piecing how he snuck all this by me...


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  7. December 26th, 2006, 12:57 AM #6
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    very nice setup. It should keep you happy for quite a while =)

    I too recently went from Dell to home-made. Its so much better. Welcome to the club =)

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  8. December 26th, 2006, 01:42 AM #7
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  9. December 26th, 2006, 09:40 AM #8
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    Yeah, it'll keep me happy for a good while. Hopefully, after work we'll get to start putting it all together. Looking forward to that!
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  11. December 26th, 2006, 09:53 AM #9
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    it's kind of like champagne versus beer, LOL
    Congratulations, no more of that crappy champagne to deal with!

    The components list looks well-thought out, have fun building it. Make sure you post progress reports in the Prurient Interest forum for the rest of us.
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  12. December 26th, 2006, 10:27 AM #10
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    Thanks!
    Will definitely post progress reports. Msb thought out all of the components, he gets full credit for that. He's off today, so if he even thinks about putting any of it together, he's in big trouble.

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  13. December 26th, 2006, 11:51 AM #11
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    Wink

    Wouldn't think of doing anything to this while your at work, just get home so we can put this baby together!
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  14. December 26th, 2006, 09:23 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by msb71
    just get home so we can put this baby together!
    Nothing beats making babies.
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    After considerable thought, I may offer to trade either of mine for your outfit. Well, maybe I may consider trading both of 'em for your one; after it is up and running. Oh, you can keep the monitor. RSVP in 15 minutes to perhaps consummate the offer.
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    Nix: Nothing beats making babies.
    I'll shush on that one


    buf: After considerable thought, I may offer to trade either of mine for your outfit. Well, maybe I may consider trading both of 'em for your one; after it is up and running. Oh, you can keep the monitor. RSVP in 15 minutes to perhaps consummate the offer.
    Hmm...thanks, but I'll pass

    We got it put together and running last night, all except for me trying to decide how to set it for Raid...got to do some research on exactly what I want to do there. I want to be able to do backups, but just not sure how I want to do them yet. Any tips appreciated. Is it a good idea just to keep my second drive as a storage drive?
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  17. December 27th, 2006, 12:57 PM #15
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    I'm not a big fan of RAID anymore (I used to be). Striped RAID is a disaster waiting to happen, and the performance benefits are questionable, and very dependant on the particular hardware used. Mirrored RAID doesn't offer much more data security than standalone drives, and you waste an entire hard disk's worth of space, and is certainly not something you can use in place of a proper data backup regimen in any case. The only RAID level that is worth considering is RAID 5, IMO (RAID 5 controllers are now being fitted to some high-end mobos). But you do need 3 drives and you will lose the space on one of them.

    My preference these days is to just use standalone drives, with regular backups to external media and over the LAN.
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