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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 bitchin setup that will handle about anything you throw at it all for under $500.. Use the extra money and jazz the fucker up !!

 

 

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

 

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

 

FUCK that intergrated bullshit you were looking at... if you go intergrated, then don't buy a high end CPU.. it's a fucking 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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Ohh God! 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.

"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller

 

NEVER FORGOTTEN

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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?

Persevere,

it pisses people off.

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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 fucked up and he can't do a damn thing except replace the hardware:eek:

Tried disk check, tried booting from disk, tried the diagnostics scan. Nothing.

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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?
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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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?
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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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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

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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.

 

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 fucks 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.

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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.

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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 fuck 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 FUCK IS THAT ?? I believe 2 gigs is way too much.. and why in the fuck 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.. fuck 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!

 

64-Bit PC, High-Graphics games, and a web design company...YEAH, Phreak, XP home would be the best...:rolleyes:

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Sweet thanks for the link Joker.

 

Okay my current personal budget is 1,500... Everything I want fits with what Phreak listed, also an upgrade to...

 

http://oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={31522340-6464-46E4-A061-8CE11AE5EF6B}&ic=CPUAMD%2DADA4400&Tp=

 

Would I still use the same MOBO and Power Box for the processor.. Anything Supporting a 939 chipset right?

Taking it up the poopchute from Allah since 1990.
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Sweet thanks for the link Joker.

 

Okay my current personal budget is 1,500... Everything I want fits with what Phreak listed, also an upgrade to...

 

http://oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={31522340-6464-46E4-A061-8CE11AE5EF6B}&ic=CPUAMD%2DADA4400&Tp=

 

Would I still use the same MOBO and Power Box for the processor.. Anything Supporting a 939 chipset right?

 

Listen Hamza and listen real closely:

 

GO WITH THE MOTHERBOARD/POWER SUPPLY PHREAK POSTED!!!

 

Don't take it personally, but you could fry the motherboard with an incorrect power supply.

RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
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Well, here's a bad one: The newest cases (not xps) can't open all of the way.

 

Anyway, Hamza, here is an upgraded version of what Phreak suggested...

 

BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $59.00

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail $213.00

NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M

Cache IDE/ATAPI 16X DVD

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Can we change clan policies? I'd like to see a cracker burned at the next meeting. Mainly, sixes.

 

Sure. Why not?

To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair

 

Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.

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I built my own system for around $3000 Australian, to buy it off the shelf it would have cost me around $4000, I know I did the sums :p

 

Make your own, do some research and get the parts you want.

My system had to be balanced for Autocad (I'm an architect) and graphics work, plus the all important gaming.

If you are going for a pure gaming machine, go AMD, if you need to go any graphics work go for Intel. Intel are more stable when it comes to graphic work, AMD can develop a float point problem with AutoCad etc

 

Just do you home work and you should be fine, this is also a great site, it has user reviews etc

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/

Enjoy

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Oh hey btw. My Power Source came and it's great! 550W NVIDIA SLI Complyable. I am about 90 dollars short from being able to buy an AMD FX 58... Do you recommend an upgraded MOBO. I put that on hold, everything else is here but the MOBO and processor.
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