03-20-2006, 05:21 PM
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Ahh, may I introduce Dean. A good friend of mine who is building the PC, with my very limited help (making cups of tea). Although, I do intend to learn a thing of two about putting a PC together
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03-21-2006, 12:05 PM
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Just a quick update from work:
Two deliveries have been made at home (according to online parcel tracking). When I manage to leave work I should have a processor, DDR2, Graphics Card, Motherboard and lots of Artic compound.
8)
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03-21-2006, 04:34 PM
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Uploading now...not long
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03-21-2006, 04:59 PM
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03-21-2006, 05:04 PM
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looks good so far, good to see foxconn supply plenty of cables.
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03-22-2006, 04:04 PM
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he's got a scythe ninja. better than the zalman imo. I changed from a zalman to the scythe ninja, and my temps are on idle 9 degrees lower, and upto 12 degrees under load.
I agree though, the intel ones aren't very good, they are inefficient, noisey and a git to clean out.
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03-22-2006, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by phatbimmer
I never heard of Foxconn do they make AMD boards too?
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Foxconn make most of the connector components for most motherboards. They have been making motherboards under there own name for a little while now. The foxconn boards are regarded as being better than intels own boards. Im not sure if they make AMD boards, personally I would like at the ASUS K8 series for the X2 chips.
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03-22-2006, 04:09 PM
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03-22-2006, 04:51 PM
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No problem, at the end of the day I did put up pics of the standard Intel item, so could understand where you were coming from
I have the speakers up and running. Ok, they are not going to win any award espcially against the system next door, but for £40 they are pretty damn good!! A VAST improvement over the tin pot speakers I got with my current computer.
One more delivery to go, it should arrive tomorrow.
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03-23-2006, 12:00 AM
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good stuff good stuff, but why did you go INtel instead of amd?
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03-23-2006, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by DeMoN
good stuff good stuff, but why did you go INtel instead of amd?
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his normal heater wasnt working well enough
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03-23-2006, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by DeMoN
good stuff good stuff, but why did you go INtel instead of amd?
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I was just sticking with what I know ops: Dean was/is an AMD man but I decided to plump for Intel. I appreciate that AMD are better on several points, such as power consumption, raw speed and I suppose overclocking potentail. However, I doubt that I would notice the difference.
My aim for the PC was to build a robust, stable and respectably fast PC which has the potential to be upgraded as and when. At this point, I doubt that I will be going down any overclocking routes. Therefore I wanted a PC that would run the latest games fairly well out of the box so to speak.
I also wanted to build a PC that was capable of running the next generaltion of games - albeit, potentially, with some upgrades.
I think the spec of the computer meets my requirements. You never know, next time I may go down the AMD route. 8)
p.s according to online tracking, my final delivery has made it to my local depot and is on route to my house I will as always, get pics up when I get home.
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03-23-2006, 06:39 AM
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pps Dean!!
Just noticed your sig. Hahahahaha. The offer is still there, I will sue their ass if you want
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03-23-2006, 03:44 PM
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03-25-2006, 03:02 PM
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congrats jon_s!. enjoy your new pc and laptop.
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