Help me out please!

jokersarewild

jokersarewild

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yeah building your own would save you tons of money. thats what i did.
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I question your ability to build a computer... :rolleyes:

Anyhoo...

Angie, it may not be the hard drive. I had a friend that had a laptop that did that...he just had to disk-check it and it worked fine. Blue Screens are software, not hardware(although it is possible something got ****** up and he can't do a **** thing except replace the hardware:eek:

 
phreakwars

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I question your ability to build a computer... :rolleyes:
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I question YOURS too. My price was the same chipset/graphics for the same amount with more for your money. Your updated version includes a PCI-E 16x Video card..
Now if he wanted to go with a seperate videocard, why in the **** would he want a motherboard with intergrated video ??

I'd switch that board to a socket 939 MSI board with no onboard video instead.

And 2 gigs of memory ?? WHAT THE **** IS THAT ?? I believe 2 gigs is way too much.. and why in the **** would he need XP Pro ?? XP home does just fine for what he will use it for.

But then again.. if you have a bootleg copy.. **** it !!

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Hamza123

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Yeah I have XP Pro on hard copy so don't worry about that...

INTEGRATED VIDEO SUCKS ***!!

I am buying the ATI Radeon x1600 so I do need a PCI-E 16x port... I believe the 939 MSI board supports AMD X2s?? I could be wrong.

I only need a gig of RAM as I run a lot of photoshop.

 
phreakwars

phreakwars

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To be quite honest with you, if you would rather do a simple upgrade, go with

MSI K8N Neo4-F

POWERCOLOR X1600PRO256MBDDR2

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego

Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM

You'll have one ******* setup that will handle about anything you throw at it all for under $500.. Use the extra money and jazz the ****** up !!

My customers favorite is the NZXT GUARDIAN , it's one of the most kick *** cases I have seen, you should see it LIVE and not in pictures !!

**** dude, all I'm saying is for $800 canadian, you can get some better **** by building one yourself.

**** that intergrated bullshit you were looking at... if you go intergrated, then don't buy a high end CPU.. it's a ******* waste without a good video card .

Edit: before I forget, make sure you have an adequate power supply, and your powersupply supports the 24 pin board, or you will need an adapter.

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snafu

snafu

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Ohh ***! I want to build one! I have to many things on my wish list already though. If my computer dies I just might have to do it anyways.
 
builder

builder

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So phreakwars, how much do you charge your customers for building them a kickarse machine? And how much warranty do you offer them with the purchase price?
 
angie

angie

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I question your ability to build a computer... :rolleyes:
Anyhoo...

Angie, it may not be the hard drive. I had a friend that had a laptop that did that...he just had to disk-check it and it worked fine. Blue Screens are software, not hardware(although it is possible something got ****** up and he can't do a **** thing except replace the hardware:eek:
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Tried disk check, tried booting from disk, tried the diagnostics scan. Nothing.

 
phreakwars

phreakwars

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So phreakwars, how much do you charge your customers for building them a kickarse machine? And how much warranty do you offer them with the purchase price?
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I charge 10% cost markup (Parts + OS licence ), plus $30-50 build fee. If the customer is going to install their own OS, I just charge the build fee.
Usually it will come with the standard 1 year RMA exchange warranty, plus whatever the part manufacturer offers.

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phreakwars

phreakwars

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Tried disk check, tried booting from disk, tried the diagnostics scan. Nothing.
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I would boot into the recovery console and fix it there. It doesn't sound to me like the hard drive is bad either, you probably either have corrupted data or a missplaced file...

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Hamza123

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Okay my budget is 1,500-1,600... I was thinking of getting that new case you were talking about and upgrading to AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core 2.0GHz... Since I can, would you?
 
phreakwars

phreakwars

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I just "UPGRADED" from an FX-51 to an X2 4400+ Chip. If it is in your budget, I would actually go with the same. To me, I see no difference between this and the FX-57 except the price. I have seen quite a few claims of FX-60 performance, but I don't believe in pushing a CPU by overclocking, the long term effects could be devastating to overall system life.

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Hamza123

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Hmm, I am not sure if I want this...

http://oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={31522340-6464-46E4-A061-8CE11AE5EF6B}&ic=CPUAMD%2DX23800&Tp=

Or this...

http://oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={31522340-6464-46E4-A061-8CE11AE5EF6B}&ic=CPUAMD%2DADA4200C&Tp=

Each fit in my budget however, if I get the second one, I can only buy this kind of case... (Btw, any particular power supplies for particular mobos??)

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1289171&CatId=1520

 
jokersarewild

jokersarewild

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Okay sweet, umm, one more thing, do I want a MOBO that supports DDR2? Or DDR? I don't know much about RAM.
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Probably DDR2, since it is becoming the new "black". Just make sure that you don't get DDR2 ram for a DDR board, I believe that it ***** it up, but I'm not sure.

And you should probably get the processor phreak recommended...http://oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={31522340-6464-46E4-A061-8CE11AE5EF6B}&ic=CPUAMD%2DADA4400&Tp=

And the configuration he recommended, budgetwise. If mine sounds better, you will end up paying about twice what is already there for the processor.

 
angie

angie

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I would boot into the recovery console and fix it there. It doesn't sound to me like the hard drive is bad either, you probably either have corrupted data or a missplaced file...

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Hm.. Oh well my parents already ordered the new hard drive LOL. I'm not telling them anything......shhh.........

Oh and I believe the error on the screen was 'unmountable boot disk'...maybe unmountable boot volume...something along those lines. And I'll ask Bob if he tried to do....whatever you said.

 
jokersarewild

jokersarewild

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I question YOURS too. My price was the same chipset/graphics for the same amount with more for your money. Your updated version includes a PCI-E 16x Video card..
Now if he wanted to go with a seperate videocard, why in the **** would he want a motherboard with intergrated video ??

I'd switch that board to a socket 939 MSI board with no onboard video instead.

And 2 gigs of memory ?? WHAT THE **** IS THAT ?? I believe 2 gigs is way too much.. and why in the **** would he need XP Pro ?? XP home does just fine for what he will use it for.

But then again.. if you have a bootleg copy.. **** it !!

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Oops, forgot about the integrated video. The card I suggested is better than the onboard, though. And he mentioned needing a high end system...

I basically will be playing highly graphical games, web design, and running my own web design company on this computer... I want a 64-Bit PC, with RAM at a high Mhz speed. Anyone, I ask you, please tell me your opinion!
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64-Bit PC, High-Graphics games, and a web design company...YEAH, Phreak, XP home would be the best... :rolleyes:

 
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