So who is working on anything new.........
12-08-2008, 11:42 PM
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the first post of your stuff i picked out the parts but i was tryin to figure out why you had 2 systems ...maybe making a super computer?? i see you edited to show desktop/laptop... makes more sense now
i dabble off and on in the pc stuff... was attracted by the namebrand/specs of alienware...im sure could find similar cheaper.. realized how long i havent paid attention to computer parts a month or 2 ago when i saw a compusa ad for a 'terebyte' hard drive for about 150 or less....
im scared to go back into it... now that i sorta have more $$ since house sold... i'd be screwed adding things to pc and or car
i dabble off and on in the pc stuff... was attracted by the namebrand/specs of alienware...im sure could find similar cheaper.. realized how long i havent paid attention to computer parts a month or 2 ago when i saw a compusa ad for a 'terebyte' hard drive for about 150 or less....
im scared to go back into it... now that i sorta have more $$ since house sold... i'd be screwed adding things to pc and or car
12-08-2008, 11:45 PM
#546
Originally Posted by kkawana
the first post of your stuff i picked out the parts but i was tryin to figure out why you had 2 systems ...maybe making a super computer?? i see you edited to show desktop/laptop... makes more sense now
i dabble off and on in the pc stuff... was attracted by the namebrand/specs of alienware...im sure could find similar cheaper.. realized how long i havent paid attention to computer parts a month or 2 ago when i saw a compusa ad for a 'terebyte' hard drive for about 150 or less....
im scared to go back into it... now that i sorta have more $$ since house sold... i'd be screwed adding things to pc and or car
i dabble off and on in the pc stuff... was attracted by the namebrand/specs of alienware...im sure could find similar cheaper.. realized how long i havent paid attention to computer parts a month or 2 ago when i saw a compusa ad for a 'terebyte' hard drive for about 150 or less....
im scared to go back into it... now that i sorta have more $$ since house sold... i'd be screwed adding things to pc and or car
yeah, 4 gigs of ddr2 can be had for less than 40 bucks most places and terabyte drives run about 90 on newegg.com
it's ridiculous how cheap stuff is right now.
you gotta pay to play with the top end stuff though, but if you're into overclocking and some more heavy duty cooling solutions you can get around that though; say a Core i7 920 overclocked to 3.8 on nice air cooling for under 400 instead of that 1300$ Core i7 965...
12-08-2008, 11:49 PM
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gonna have to put you on my 'pick their brains' list next time i need to upgrade my puter.... lol maybe i'll put you on a quest to find me a matching vid card so i can try dual cards believe its a 7900gt nvdia series... pci-e... wandering the storers lately havent been able to find a match
i know its not top of line but dont need top of line.... yet..
believe its a 7900gt nvdia series... pci-e... wandering the storers lately havent been able to find a matchi know its not top of line but dont need top of line.... yet..
12-08-2008, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by kkawana
gonna have to put you on my 'pick their brains' list next time i need to upgrade my puter.... lol maybe i'll put you on a quest to find me a matching vid card so i can try dual cards believe its a 7900gt nvdia series... pci-e... wandering the storers lately havent been able to find a match
i know its not top of line but dont need top of line.... yet..
believe its a 7900gt nvdia series... pci-e... wandering the storers lately havent been able to find a matchi know its not top of line but dont need top of line.... yet..
you'd have to have the right motherboard/chipset to do it though, so unless you have an SLI capable nVidia chipset based mobo, you're out of luck, and the only real reason for it is bigger monitors or at least high res stuff.
Originally Posted by mdickson81
It was pretty nice that stuff has gotten cheap. Got all the parts though newegg.
the egg, mwave, and now ncix.us are amazing price competitors.
unfortunately ddr3 isn't so cheap... but plugging 12gigs of that in is going to be just epic...
12-09-2008, 12:03 AM
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yeah i got a asus-sli board... amd 64bit dual core something or other..lol... picked it up when compusa store went out of biz in south center.. tho its only ddr not ddr2 ram... got 4 gigs of it...
usually get my stuff from info-tech in federal way... info-technow.com i think is their site
usually get my stuff from info-tech in federal way... info-technow.com i think is their site
12-09-2008, 12:15 AM
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well now is a good and cheap time to upgrade to a newer setup, but of course only if you need it, otherwise no reason.
i've been delving into VM's and doing a lot of compiling in multiple OS's and such so i'd love to get some more ram, but my 8800gt isn't quite holding up the way it used to in games, so i'm looking for an upgrade cause my monitor is 1920x1200; and well, if i do that, i might as well do the rest of it...
i've been delving into VM's and doing a lot of compiling in multiple OS's and such so i'd love to get some more ram, but my 8800gt isn't quite holding up the way it used to in games, so i'm looking for an upgrade cause my monitor is 1920x1200; and well, if i do that, i might as well do the rest of it...
12-09-2008, 04:54 AM
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In regards to car stuff, even though computers can be super exciting. :-P
I am just finishing the floor for the tC with the sunken amp rack. Cant seen to be getting it level, but I am sure a good night sleep and some working tomorrow I can figure out something creative.
I am just finishing the floor for the tC with the sunken amp rack. Cant seen to be getting it level, but I am sure a good night sleep and some working tomorrow I can figure out something creative.
12-09-2008, 05:02 AM
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Ohh Brian,
One more question. I am going to get a 5th 5AD rim when I order them. Dont shoot me for this, but I am thinking about cutting the 5th one up like that forester that was up at the show. Where would I get the rubber to make the tire from, also how hard would it be to make that.
One more question. I am going to get a 5th 5AD rim when I order them. Dont shoot me for this, but I am thinking about cutting the 5th one up like that forester that was up at the show. Where would I get the rubber to make the tire from, also how hard would it be to make that.
I'll put it to good use I promise!!
12-10-2008, 12:20 AM
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not sure wher to get the rubber but what I would do.....is cut the rim and tire to match and attach it to the rim via adhesive....then use concrete to fill the tire then paint the ends.I would like to know how they did it.........
12-10-2008, 12:58 AM
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LOL, nothing recent. Tomorrow we will be putting some green on it while the gauges for the WRX are put in. I will get some photos then. I am super stoked about it, Slowly coming together.