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what hardware are you going to buy in 2005...?

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DukeLeto

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Pricewatch, or Newegg for starters.

...are both about $100-$200 more.  And I don't use retailer tech support anyways.  Remember, to me: Value for money>fluff features, and "customer support" is the biggest fluff feature ever.  (Perhaps next to 1394 ports.  WTF are 1394 ports for?)

veK

veK

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WTF are 1394 ports for?

That for:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IEEE_1394.html

actually they aren't used very often but they are extremely good. I use one firewire port for an external harddrive in a icybox case. it's connected to the notebook via usb2.0 and to my gaming pc via firewire. transfer rates are so much higher than with usb 2.0... it's a pity not more devices were developped for firewire instead of the usb standard...

DukeLeto

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Hmm, sounds like IEEE 1394b would be perfect for the coveted External Graphics Card that would be the Glorious Salvation of notebook gamers...

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Megashrap

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it should play all the new games.

Sweet, maybe we can figure out a way to play Pong online.  ;D

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veK

veK

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btw: my new hardware for 2005 is complete now (I hope so... still 6 months to go)

yesterday my docking station for the notebook arrived. and the 200gb hdd came, too

so I could finally use the icy box (for external hdd) - maybe I'll have to get another 200gb hdd soon as the one that arrived yesterday already is filled with 120gb  ;D

here's an up to date picture: www.planetvek.de/pics/pc/desktop.jpg

the blue thning is the bix for the 200gb hdd... looks really cool  :)

veK

veK

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Odd, it doesn't say the response time for that monitor. (eg. 25ms)

it should be written by the detailed informations...

it has 16ms response time - was a very very good value by the time this monitor came out on the market. nowadays you also have got 12ms and 8ms... but 16ms is enough for even playing very fast games like quake3:cpma oder painkiller.

it's a really great monitor... every corner has the same brightness (on my notebook the tft is just crap: it's much brighter in the lower quarter and it also depends on which angle you are looking on it) - at the dell monitor I can look from which angle I want and always have a good picture.

2 friends of mine got this one too...

veK

veK

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nice setup.. and the computer desk is a nice design too... nice clean look.

I work there, too most of the time... sometimes I also work at my main client's office but 90% at home so i t has to be cleaned up :)

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veK

veK

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funny... I just own the gaming pc for almost 3 months and I decided to sell it again. It's on ebay right now...

desert_storm

desert_storm

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I just bought

asus sli delux

AMD 64 3000 

1 gig of memory

a sli ready 256mb 6800 GPU

a decent case

windows xp pro 64x

winows xp home

2 80gb sata hard drives

1 40gb ide hard drive

Adobe Photo shop

a DVD writer

and I think I am forgeting something...... 

My parents gave me a $1300 limit, and if I remember right, all of that cost about $1200.  I was going to get a amd 3200 but they were out of them so I went down to a 3000 so that I wouldn't exceed my limit.  I will buy a secong GPU with my own money, and in a few months I will upgrade the cup to a dual core cpu. 

I will buy a network adapter, internet security, and E:BfD all for under $100 today or tommorw. 

What do you think?

rigel6669

rigel6669

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I upgraded my computer with a new video card gf 6200 with 256 ddr and added 256mb more RAM

New i can finally play games that require directx v9    ;D

GUNWOUNDS

GUNWOUNDS

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I just realized that my computer..... which is

Intel 3.0ghz (overclocked to 3.3) (800mhz FSB)

1gig dual channel 400DDR ram

Geforce Ultra 5900

ASUS P4C DELUXE mobo (800mhz FSB) (canterwood)

10k raptor drives

Is over 2 years old.

veK

veK

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my xpc is on ebay...

this is the new look: 95% office work / 5% private matters  :)

www.planetveK.de/pics/pc/overview.jpg

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