New System

[epicstruggle]

Bought myself a new system to take to south africa:

Conroe 2 Duo 6600
Zalman Heatsink
Asus p5w dh deluxe motherboard
2gigs of ddr2 800 memory
500w powersupply
ATI radeon x300se

 

[KimB]

That's, erm, a bit weak in the video card department, isn't it?

 

[epicstruggle]

That's, erm, a bit weak in the video card department, isn't it?

huh? I was told it was state of the art. She went, on and on about the PCI Express.

 

[Skrying]

X300SE? The X300 is slow, but then you went and bought the SE! The Slow Edition!

 

[Moffell]

huh? I was told it was state of the art. She went, on and on about the PCI Express.

She? As in SHE the SALESPERSON?!? Huh, selling state of the art goods. Whoo'd thunkit? I guess a chevvy Matiz is state of the art too in a sense

J/K. It's for your wife right, so I'm sure she'll do just fine with that card. As long as it was cheap.

 

[trinibwoy]

Hmmmm why buy such a low powered desktop - a laptop would've been a better choice no? Merom isnt noticeably faster than Yonah anyway.

 

[Ty]

Aw, c'mon guys. Let him enjoy what he bought!

Have fun putting it together, I always love that, though I hate the period of booting it up for the first time wondering if it actually will.

 

[digitalwanderer]

huh? I was told it was state of the art. She went, on and on about the PCI Express.

Please tell me you're joking Epic.

 

[epicstruggle]

Please tell me you're joking Epic.

She had a really nice rack. I was distracted!

 

[digitalwanderer]

She had a really nice rack. I was distracted!

Hell, you should have told me you just needed a cheap PCIe card...I think I might have one lying around.

 

[KimB]

Hell, you should have told me you just needed a cheap PCIe card...I think I might have one lying around.

But then he wouldn't have met the hot sales lady with a nice rack!

 

[_xxx_]

Why should that matter, him being married?

 

[epicstruggle]

Why should that matter, him being married?

I havent been with my wife for 9 months. Im actually flying to south africa in a couple of hours. lol. i wonder how much use this new system will get.

epic
ps im actually trading the x300se into this computer so i can take out my x850PE.

 

[CosmoKramer]

huh? I was told it was state of the art. She went, on and on about the PCI Express.

You should visit a site called Beyond3D. You might learn something about PC 3d Graphics.

 

[Cartoon Corpse]

is the x300 a crossfire-able card?

 

[_xxx_]

I havent been with my wife for 9 months.

Still, you _are_ a faithful guy aren't you?

 

[epicstruggle]

Still, you _are_ a faithful guy aren't you?

yep. ive only slept with her, and only after marriage. The only thing she has to worry about are my computers.

epic

 

[Tahir2]

I hope you don't have problems with that board epic, I have had to slot in a Pentium 930 and flash the BIOS to 901 from ASUS#s site to get it to POST with a Core 2 Extreme X6800. This is a known issue now but I am not sure you are affected with the E6600. However if it doesn't POST update the BIOS.

 

[MuFu]

is the x300 a crossfire-able card?

I'm not sure the world is ready for that kind of speed.

 

[Sobek]

I havent been with my wife for 9 months. Im actually flying to south africa in a couple of hours. lol. i wonder how much use this new system will get.

epic
ps im actually trading the x300se into this computer so i can take out my x850PE.

I would have happily sent you a 6600gt, I can't get rid of the damn things. And yes, one of them is that magical inbuilt Nvidia-hack card!