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My suggestion list;Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P ($110)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128387CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz ($180)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471Harddrive:Seagate 1.5 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($120)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337orSeagate 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($90)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433RAM: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 Mhz ($55)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104073Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 ($150)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825Total: $615
Quote from: miketh2005 on July 10, 2009, 07:31:20 pmDonate to enesceHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Is it really needed to have 1.5TB of space in your hard drive? I'd go fine with ~300 GB.
Seriously? What do you put on there?I have 2x 250 GB, and the second drive is nearly untouched. 200+ gigs free.
Last year, I dreamt I was pissing at a restroom, but I missed the urinal and my penis exploded.
Do you guys know that "Delete" option is here for a reason?
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz ($180)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471
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I'd prefer Intel's E8500 over the Phenom you got there. (Because Tom's Hardware says so)
If so, what do you do with a cpu which costs almost 200 dollars?
@jrgp: I must have very good luck with hard drives, I have a 20 gb hard drive that is now almost 10 years old, still working fine (ribbon cables w00t). Same with my 5-year-old 60gb hard drive.Will take into account though.
Quote from: iDante on August 06, 2009, 07:22:33 pm@jrgp: I must have very good luck with hard drives, I have a 20 gb hard drive that is now almost 10 years old, still working fine (ribbon cables w00t). Same with my 5-year-old 60gb hard drive.Will take into account though.Right, old drives are amazingly indestructible. Stuff from the 80s/90s lives forever. Like for my v6 tunnel/ssh access point Gish (http://jrgp.us/health) is a dell from 1998 with two 20GB hard drives, each from no later than 2003/4.The oldies always work, but unfortunately stuff made now is shit and dies after a year. At least from my personal experience(s).
Quote from: Dusty on August 06, 2009, 06:56:50 pmI'd prefer Intel's E8500 over the Phenom you got there. (Because Tom's Hardware says so)Toms hardware is the crap when it comes to hardware comparisons. Basically they are Intel biased at times.
Separately. No clue if there's a different preference for desktops but in the laptop forums I frequent Arctic Silver 5 or MX7 [I think] is the preferred stuff.
Quote from: Espadon on August 11, 2009, 05:29:55 pmSeparately. No clue if there's a different preference for desktops but in the laptop forums I frequent Arctic Silver 5 or MX7 [I think] is the preferred stuff.If the CPUs come with a heatsink, it'll have thermal material on the sink itself.
Quote from: Veritas on August 11, 2009, 08:27:35 pmQuote from: Espadon on August 11, 2009, 05:29:55 pmSeparately. No clue if there's a different preference for desktops but in the laptop forums I frequent Arctic Silver 5 or MX7 [I think] is the preferred stuff.If the CPUs come with a heatsink, it'll have thermal material on the sink itself.I used to read a lot of hardware reviews back in the day, and they all said that stock thermal paste is no where near as good as arctic silver.
Quote from: jrgp on August 11, 2009, 09:11:04 pmQuote from: Veritas on August 11, 2009, 08:27:35 pmQuote from: Espadon on August 11, 2009, 05:29:55 pmSeparately. No clue if there's a different preference for desktops but in the laptop forums I frequent Arctic Silver 5 or MX7 [I think] is the preferred stuff.If the CPUs come with a heatsink, it'll have thermal material on the sink itself.I used to read a lot of hardware reviews back in the day, and they all said that stock thermal paste is no where near as good as arctic silver.That's really only important if you're overclocking.
Don't buy a Seagate. Some are made in Taiwan and are good. Some are made in former Maxtor factories in china and they fail all the time. The quality is so sketchy that you're safer to go to Western Digital.
lower heat means longer life. You're right though, stock is sufficient.
Quote from: a-4-year-old on August 13, 2009, 09:10:30 pmlower heat means longer life. You're right though, stock is sufficient.Longer life does not matter in this case since the CPU's live like decades. They rarely fail due to overheating. And difference between Arctic Silver and something else is non-existent. Even Ketchup works better, I've tested it, twice.
Quote from: Clawbug on August 14, 2009, 06:21:01 pmQuote from: a-4-year-old on August 13, 2009, 09:10:30 pmlower heat means longer life. You're right though, stock is sufficient.Longer life does not matter in this case since the CPU's live like decades. They rarely fail due to overheating. And difference between Arctic Silver and something else is non-existent. Even Ketchup works better, I've tested it, twice. it does a lot of a difference, by using a good paste you can earn a few degrees.