OMG! Pritch finally got a new computer?!

[pritch]

Yeah, that's right. So I can't moan at you about my system any more :)

Some spec for those that care;

• Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.6Ghz w/ 512kb/second level cache.
  
• Custom (don't ask) motherboard with 3 PCI slots.
  
• 512MB Samsung DDR RAM @ 333Mhz (upgrade module supports up to 2 gig)
  
• 120GB Seagate 7200rpm HD with ATA100 interface
  
• ATI Radeon 9600TX card w/ 128MB DDR SDRAM @ 540Mhz
  
• Stereo TV and FM radio card
  
• 6-channel home cinema sound (supports surround sound)
  
• Radio remote control controlling cinema etc. options
  
• 3x Firewire/IEEE 1394 (1 front, 2 rear)
  
• 5x USB 2.0 (3 front, 2 rear)
  
• 10/100 Ethernet
  
• Keyboard, Intellimouse! heh
  
• Sony DVD ROM 16x
  
• Pioneer DVD minus RW (2x DVD-RW, 4x DVD-R, 8x CD-RW, 16x CD-R, 12/32 read). Records straight off TV onto DVD.
  
• Supports two monitors
  
• Endless microphone, S-VHS, and 5.1 sound inputs and outputs
  
• ConnectXL interface built in - reads Memory Stick, Micro drives, MMCs, Smart Media, Compact Flash and SD cards.
  
• 19" CRT monitor.
  
• 5.1 Surround Sound system with subwoofer (1x200w, 5x50w PMPO)
  
• Software! For all office, multimedia, and other applications the hardware supports, such as Power Cinema.
  
• Windows XP Home OS (on probabtion)
  
• One year on site warranty

Whee. All this for £950. The PC was £800, the monitor £120 and the speakers £30. Best value I could hope for. I had to pull a few strings.

Right, now I shall disappear for a bit while I get all this going o_O

[DooMBoy]

Pritch, you are one lucky son of a gun! Congrats on the new computer dude! ;)
Now I must update, so I can brag :)

[Disorder]

Dammit. I'm stuck with something less fast as that. I'm not even going to be able to play Doom III when it comes out..

[DooMBoy]

Disorder said:

I'm not even going to be able to play Doom III when it comes out..

Dude, join the club. It really doesn't bother me that much though. I'll probably play it like three years down the line, when I (hopefully) have a new computer, a place of my own, and of course Doom, DoomII, and Doom III :)

[Grazza]

pritch said:

512MB Samsung DDR RAM

OMG! Less than a gig of RAM. ORFL!

[Scuba Steve]

Pfft... new computers are so passé. The cool people now are buying OLD computers.

Wanna be cool kids? Buy a Cyrix.

[dsm]

You're much too early! Doom 3 still isn't released!
:-P

[Rotting Corpse]

Cool! I have some segstions tho.
Go for 6.1 sound.Mod you tower. Rambuss?

[Grazza]

Scuba Steve said:

Pfft... new computers are so passé. The cool people now are buying OLD computers. Wanna be cool kids? Buy a Cyrix.

I've got an ANITA calculator from the 1960s or something. Wanna put in a bid for it? :)

[Cyb]

pritch said:

specs

Nice.

[Goat]

i didnt hear anything about an agp slot...

[Arioch]

Ewww crappy motherboard.

[fodders]

Pritch has been shopping at Aldi stores.

[Disorder]

fodders said:

Pritch has been shopping at Aldi stores.

Heh, I thought Aldi was nothing but a local store here.

[pritch]

fodders said:

Pritch has been shopping at Aldi stores.

You win!

Heh, this machine is amazing. One slight problem though.. can't seem to connect to the net. XP keeps making my broadband connection a dial-up one, despite me telling it otherwise. I really, really need to make it look different too, ugh.

A question. What's the best way to transer files between two PCs? I know my new one has networking capabilities, afaik this doesn't.

[Grazza]

Disorder said:

Heh, I thought Aldi was nothing but a local store here.

Hell no, Aldi is everywhere.

pritch said:

A question. What's the best way to transer files between two PCs? I know my new one has networking capabilities, afaik this doesn't.

I tend to use an external USB Zip 250 drive. I've had no luck setting up a direct cable connection between my XP machine and my Win98 machines.

pritch said:

XP ... I really, really need to make it look different too, ugh.

I feel your pain.

[Alientank]

Nice computer, I'm building one in June which will be 1.1 ghz faster then yours :)

[Rotting Corpse]

Grazza said:

Hell no, Aldi is everywhere.

I tend to use an external USB Zip 250 drive. I've had no luck setting up a direct cable connection between my XP machine and my Win98 machines.

That the best way to trnasfer.I got a movo mp3 player witch dubbles as a 180meg hard drive. It is realy easy to tranfer files with it.

[Shaviro]

heh. Following hardware has crapped out the last couple of weeks:

Old Logitech mouse.
MSI Geforce 4 Ti4600.
Logitech keyboard.

I replaced those with:

Logitech MX700 (mouse)
ATi Radeon 9700Pro
Logitech Navigator (Keyboard)

And now I've convinced myself to get new CPU, motherboard and RAM as well... Here's what I have in mind:

Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2 2.667 gHz
Gigabyte GA-SINXP1394
512mb (or 1024mb) Dual channel DDR400 ram

That will be:

Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2 2.667 gHz
Gigabyte GA-SINXP1394
512mb (or 1024mb) Dual channel DDR400 ram
ATi Radeon 9700Pro
IBM Deskstar 180gxp 120gb
IBM Deskstar 75gxp 45gb
IBM Deskstar 60gxp 40gb
IBM Deskstar ? 8.4gb
Old Sony 17" Trinitron monitor
Logitech Navigator
Logitech MX700
Pioneer CD-ROM 32x
Some Realtek netcard
Promise I/O controller card
AverMedia TV Tuner
3 System fans (2 Coolermaster neon, 1 old fan)
AOpen HX08 case with 300w
Crappy Creative soundcard

[Espi]

pritch said:

A question. What's the best way to transer files between two PCs? I know my new one has networking capabilities, afaik this doesn't.

Put the HD from your old PC to the new.

[Rotting Corpse]

Cheak out alienware's new case.alienware.com/sub_pages/alienware_case.aspx

[Tyockell]

Rotting Corpse said:

Cheak out alienware's new case.alienware.com/sub_pages/alienware_case.aspx

woo thats pretty stoked.

[Alientank]

Waaaay too flashy imo. Alienware makes good systems but too expensive.

[Fletcher`]

pritch said:

A question. What's the best way to transer files between two PCs? I know my new one has networking capabilities, afaik this doesn't.

Ethernet cable.

[fodders]

pritch said:

You win!

Heh, this machine is amazing. One slight problem though.. can't seem to connect to the net. XP keeps making my broadband connection a dial-up one, despite me telling it otherwise. I really, really need to make it look different too, ugh.

Your broadband ISP will be assigned to the id# of your old ethernet card, you need to look at info pack on how to make a new connection with a new card.

[pritch]

ravage said:

Ethernet cable.

I'm pretty sure my old PC doesn't have ethernet.

I figured I could use my mp3 player, acts as a 128mb data storage device :)

Makes sense since my new machine has a built-in Smartmedia card reader.

[Use]

Rotting Corpse said:

Cheak out alienware's new case.alienware.com/sub_pages/alienware_case.aspx

Really stupid looking. Perfect for the kind of people who would buy from Alienware.

BTW Pritch, what chipset does this 'custom' motherboard use?

[Job]

Use3D said:

Really stupid looking. Perfect for the kind of people who would buy from Alienware.

I can't really expand on that truth.

[Scuba Steve]

In response to Alienware case: Oooo Purdy!

[Liam]

Rotting Corpse said:

Cheak out alienware's new case.alienware.com/sub_pages/alienware_case.aspx

i want two or three to stick in my front lawn