Lake Conjola: Part I - The Trip Down

Lake Conjola: Part II - Water Related Activities

New PC is Finished!

http://www.surfionline.com/archives/2005/02/01/new-pc-is-finished/
Published on February 1st, 2005.

Well over the last 2 days I dragged my father out to the western parts of Sydney (Silverwater, Homebush West and today Rydalmere to pick up all of the parts for my new PC. Specifications are:

  • AMD Athlon64 3500+ Processor
  • ASUS A8V Wireless Edition Motherboard
  • 512mb Geil DDR 400mhz RAM with Heat Spreaders (intend to get more soon)
  • Thermaltake SWA7000 Silver Shark Case
  • Thermaltake SlientTower Heat pipe CPU cooler (it’s damn massive!)
  • 80GB 7200RPM Maxtor Hard drive (has been sitting in drawer for a while)
  • 250gb Western Digital SATA Hard drive
  • Samsung 16x DVD-RW (+ and -)
  • 64mb Nvidia video card (temporary until I decide on a new one - recommendations?)

I also had to pick up my wireless access point for this laptop and now that computer, and some cool thumbscrews (can never have enough), oh and two sata power cables.

And now for the pictures..

©2005 SurfiOnline (Chris Boulton)
©2005 SurfiOnline (Chris Boulton)


I promise i’ll write more about my holiday tomorrow and upload the rest of the pictures I have! That is when I get home from work. -_-

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  1. 1.

    John Anderton (February 2nd, 2005, 12:02 am)

    Recommendations for graphics card would be NVidia but i heard that ATI’s Radeon is also quite good :) But still people use ati radeon. I have never done that. I have only seen nvidia unforunately :(

  2. 2.

    Chaotic_Shield (February 2nd, 2005, 1:02 am)

    I heard that nVidia is quite good.

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    Michele (February 2nd, 2005, 1:52 am)

    Not bad, but it’s [b]just[/b] a PC… :P

    I have my PC resting on the side of my desk: I use it maybe once or twice a month. And it’s a shame because it’s a pretty nice machine: AMD XP 2200+ with 2*70GB UltraWide SCSI HDs and some 128MB nVidia graphic card.
    Anyway…Macs are sooooo much better… ;)

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    lizard.boy (February 2nd, 2005, 4:05 am)

    damn you and your shark case. i woulda bought one if it wasnt for the price (the tsunami dream is nice too).

    i myself am becoming an nvidia fanboy, i have a msi fx 5700le (256mb) which really dosnt get enough use. although i can say i havent had any problems with a radion 9200 in my parents computer.

  5. 5.

    Wj (February 2nd, 2005, 1:56 pm)

    Dude,

    Wire managment! Sleve the wires and hide the slack! It’s not that hard, Do some custom sizing if you have to but neat and clean wires are paramount for a good display PC.

    Video Card…. Hmm…. nvidia has nice software and drivers, ati has better hardware and more efficent rendering techniqures… nvidia has sli (but requires a special mobo)…. ATI! Just pick up one of the newer ati’s. I got a Radeon 9500 PRO and I LOVE IT! I’ve had it for almost two years now and it hasnt let me down in the least. (Good luck finding one though)

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    sockie (February 2nd, 2005, 2:34 pm)

    ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with 256MB. :)

    How much did all that stuff cost, BTW? I need a new PC but I’ve only got like 800 USD, and prices here aren’t too low… :’(

  7. 7.

    David Kornahrens (February 2nd, 2005, 4:14 pm)

    Radeon 9800 pro series is def. the best choice to go. Unless you are trying to save money, and then that wouldn’t be the best route at all. It’s quite expensive. I think 500.

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    Jeremy (February 2nd, 2005, 6:09 pm)

    Well Radeon X800 are awesome atm one of the high range graphic card. It also depend on wat brand you are going to get it in. The price takes affect on wat brand the graphic card it. If its for just normal computer usage well a 9600Pro or 9800 Pro are all sufficient enough to run anything. If for gamers X800. For nvidia the GT selection are a top of the market Nvidia card which competes with the x800 radeon. Well my suggestion is that for high performance X800 and for normal computer use prolly the older models of nvidia or radeons. Thanks Catch ya Hope it Helpped out =D

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    Jeremy (February 2nd, 2005, 6:11 pm)

    Btw for got to say that are some hecktic specifications for a non-gaming machine besides the graphic card :P
    Those specs are awesome for video editing and all those hardcore things you can do on a computer. Thast all catch yas all later just had a good look at the site and thought ill help out!

  10. 10.

    Chris Boulton (February 2nd, 2005, 6:15 pm)

    Well I do a bit of video editing every now and again. I’ll probably get in to gaming more too because of the specs. I was thinking about the GT 6800 PCI version from Nvidia or even the X800 from ATI - both are pretty expensive so I might just wait a while - its not that important right now and if I really need to I will steal the 128mb Nvidia FX card I put in the family computer and put it this just until I get one..

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    Jeremy (February 2nd, 2005, 6:19 pm)

    By the way this is Jeremy Ng from Port Hacking High in Year 11 =P with you bro =P
    Well that card u mentions up the top is a awesome card soo yeah. The price depends on wat brand you get it. Well add me on MSN joeyjeremy399@hotmail.com
    i would like to ask u some stuff =P

    [b]Talk to Ya soon =D[/b][/b]

  12. 12.

    joel (February 3rd, 2005, 4:34 pm)

    no point having a good graphics card now, no more good games coming out…
    ps. work is boring

  13. 13.

    Kilroy (February 4th, 2005, 3:35 am)

    I have a NVIDIA Geforce 6800 Ultra… it’s PCI-express though. It’s a really great card, the best out there at the moment. You’ll need a thick wallet though.

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