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| +Aiko+ | Jun 6 2009, 12:46 PM Post #11 |
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Yeah, but you said you wanted a gaming computer. A passable gaming computer costs around $800US if you build it yourself. That works out to be about $1K or so in Canadian dollars. The problem with buying a new PC is that if you go cheap it's already outdated by the time you get it. If you spend the extra hundred or so for a solid machine, it'll be up to speed for a longer period of time. The video card is often the single most expensive component of the computer. The rest of the computer is essentially support hardware for your video card in gaming machines. Transcon, you're right in that you can salvage your old hard drives, but only if you intend to use them as slaves for storage. If you're upgrading to a new computer, leaving an old HD in there as your master is just a bad idea. Older hard drives have slower reading rates and can slow your entire computer down, especially if you have limited RAM. Also, the typical guaranteed lifetime of a HD is about 4 years. Anything after that and you're on borrowed time. Besides, HDs are cheap now. You can essentially buy 2-3 gigs for $1US, so a 120GB HD will run you less than $60US. I personally don't see much sense in saving $60 if it will significantly improve disk space and reading rates, not to mention saving the trouble of having to reinstall your OS and programs when your HD finally craps out. It's hard dishing out money for a new PC, but I generally pay about $1100US for a new one every 4-5 years or so. It's kind of an expense you just have to eat, but it's an investment since you'll get a lot out of the computer in the long run. |
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| ~esreveRPsychology~ | Jun 6 2009, 02:01 PM Post #12 |
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Allow me to introduce myself, I am Doctor Buzz Killington.
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I'm going to have to agree with Aiko here. Besides, with everything going SATA nowadays, crossing over into redundant IDE storage drives is kind of gimping yourself, especially if you already have the drive space on your main drive. The only point on which Aiko and I differ is the cost per gigabyte. I purchased a 500 gig HD for $60 not too long ago, space is cheap, and trying to sub space out to an old IDE hard drive on a primarily SATA system will bite you in the ass. Now as for canadian taxing issue, why not just have someone in the states purchase the parts, and ship 'em to you? It'd mitigate most of the cost, and you might even be able to talk 'em into assembling it for you. |
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| +transcon+ | Jun 6 2009, 06:48 PM Post #13 |
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I have had absolutely no problems with IDE Slaves. I don't know where you're getting the idea that it's "biting me in the ass" because all they are is storage drives. But, to use them as masters for the Boot or Main would be suicide for the computer. So, as long as you're planning on using your old IDE hard drives as storage slaves, there is no problem with that. I do recommend a new hard drive for the OS for the Master HD. Space is cheap, and when you can add a couple of forty to eighty gigabyte hard drives for free that offer no problems to performance as slaves, then might as well go for it. Oh, and I built my PC for $720 USD ($783.41 CAD) and it handles games perfectly. http://www.enuinc.com/ |
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| ~Bloody Pom~ | Jun 6 2009, 07:08 PM Post #14 |
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Science Team has vapor for brains.
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Metroid: Other M is enough for me to buy a Wii again.. but I already sold my first one. Eh. I'll wait until the Wii remakes of Prime and Echoes are out, at least. Right now I've got myself set on a DS Lite (no DSi, I want the GBA slot) and Pokemon Platinum. Played a friend's copy of it and I'm hooked. |
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| +Aiko+ | Jun 6 2009, 09:14 PM Post #15 |
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Roffel House!
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The problem with Cemp, Transcon, is that most of the computer technology has to be imported into Canada from the US, and because of associated taxes, Cemp is essentially paying an additional 10-20% than what we can buy hardware for here in the states. That's why Jake and I suggested buying the parts, have them shipped to NY, assembling them, and then shipping the computer to Cemp. A Dell or Acer computer that costs us about $650 here will cost Cemp about $900. And I still don't recommend salvaging IDE HDs. It's old, it's clunky, and the money you'd spend getting an adapter for it would be better spent in buying a newer, bigger HD. |
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| ~Metamyth~ | Jul 9 2009, 10:41 PM Post #16 |
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Alright, I've told a few of you here and there that I've been working on a lot of concept for a computer case that I'm going to tweak with a bit. I just need to know what I'm really going to put on the case (or inside) before I get started. The case itself is fairly plain: it has one solid side and one windowed side along with a mostly solid top, where the only holes are factory drilled for the top-mounted fan. The front is probably the neatest part, since it reminds me of Transformers and has a front panel that swings open. Now, what I had intended on doing was: putting a small chain of blue LEDs on the inner part of the window (out of sight, of course) so that the window has a bit of a glow and you can see all my nifty inside parts (some of them are really pretty looking XD); cutting out a design in the solid side (probably just my insignia... which I haven't thought up yet) in a stencil form and putting a few LEDs in there; last, generally just cleaning up the case a bit, painting nicks and scratches, and maybe changing the colors up a bit here and there. Any thoughts or suggestions for any of this? I'm open to just about anything short of flaming or trolling.
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| ~esreveRPsychology~ | Jul 9 2009, 11:17 PM Post #17 |
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Allow me to introduce myself, I am Doctor Buzz Killington.
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You should use orange instead of blue... >_> <_< What? |
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| +Aiko+ | Jul 9 2009, 11:20 PM Post #18 |
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Roffel House!
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You don't want to cut any holes in the solid side of the case. It's solid for a reason, and that's to protect your motherboard from dust, sparks, debris, etc. It also provides structural support for the board. The back and the solid side are the two parts of a case (alone with the bottom, I suppose) that I don't recommend doing any kind of physical mods. Painting an emblem on the solid side is fine, but you shouldn't cut it. |
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| ~wildwood~ | Jul 12 2009, 02:52 PM Post #19 |
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hey guys I want to buy a new mp3, but I don't know what kind to buy? my brother has a reel nice sandisc, but I also want a microsoft. I don't know what kind to buy! help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| ~DJChilllyPhil~ | Jul 21 2009, 12:01 PM Post #20 |
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Too bad@$$ to have a FACE?! Maybe...
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Well, I'm not sure which one is better among the hundreds of different media players that are available, but what I can tell you is that I own a Microsoft Zune and, if you're able to shell out $15 a month for a Zune Pass Subscription, it can be a really good thing. Being able to download as many songs as you want can be pretty cool, which is sandviched ((OM NOM NOM)) with 10 credits you can use to download songs that you keep for as long as you want, even if you stop your subscription. You can even use them to download songs that you couldn't download with just the Zune Pass. It's a bit complicated, but you learn the ins and outs pretty quick. It's definitely an option you should think about, but only if you can keep the money flowing for it. But you should do a bit of research into which service might work best for you. --------------------------------------------- So, some of you may or may not know, but I've started to play the electric bass guitar. Now I've been having fun with it for a while now, and after this whole weeklong event we had at the church and after seeing my instructor using one everytime I have a class with him, I've been wondering about whether or not to buy one of those multi-effect pedal things. Example (aka The One I'm Thinking About Getting): CLICK THE LINK FOR GOD'S SAKE! I'm just wondering if it's a good idea or not. I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun playing around with the settings in an attempt to try to find an effect option I like more than the others... What do you guys think? |
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