Regardless of current draw, any hardware you buy will be obsolete before you unwrap it.....
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Regardless of current draw, any hardware you buy will be obsolete before you unwrap it.....
Also remember when you use "min. required" things like your video card might run but not with a full head of steam. Sure would be a waste to put down that cash for a system that limps or doesn't even run.
Rgr Tfog, not worried about that. Just trying for a basic gaming/music writing/edting rig that I won't "have" to update within the year, lol.
Was trying to keep at $2K and below including periphials.... so I did:
890x MOBO
AMD 955 Phenom IIx4 CPU
8GB 1600hz DDR3 Ram
750w PSU
Radeon 5870 1 GB video
Creative sound card
1 500GB HD
1 CD/R-DVD/R
22 inch moniter
basic keyboard/mouse/speakers/headset
upgraded air cooling
Win 7 OS
Which all came out at about $1900...
Then I was looking at 2010 MS office which would add another $130... but I know there is a compatible free version of the office suite somewhere online I've seen before. Anyways....
In a non-ghey way: Do I ever mention that I love this board and the folks on it. Y'all are great.
Which Win7 OS did you get?
please say OEM,
Please say OEM,
Don't have anything yet, just dream building as I won't have teh physical money until late August (been working my #%^& #$%& off to save just $20 a month for a LOOOOONG time now [close to 5 years since I've had a real gaming/music rig]... and I keep screwing it up by going to the range.... but I'm almost there).
But to answer your question, yes it will be an OEM version. 64 bit.
Originally Posted by BigBear
openoffice.org
and if you are so inclined as to learn a little *Nix... you can run all of your games under "WINE" and save a few hundred on the OS and anti-virus too!
Openoffice! That's what it was... For some reason I kept thinking "Sun Suite" or something to that effect.
Is "*nix" shorthand for Linux? Unfortunately, as far as I know, the music software I use MUST be on Windows... as far as I know...
As much as I love UNIX as it's variants and loathe windows, don't do the linux thing. Unless your willing to jump into this head first and start a new career in IT, you're gonna pull your hair out.
Hey, hey, I know what a "fan controller" is... I'm not a nerd but I do know some stuff... albeit, very little... HAHA.
Yeah, I think for my peace of mind I'll stick with windows. Although it was nice to be reminded of the name of hte free MS Office type software. I'll look at the Linux stuff, but no garuntees.
open office is developed and supported by Sun microsystems
which was recently acquired by Oracle.
as far as your music...
I run all of my Windows Games on a Linux Box and they run just as well as if they were running on my Windows box. "WINE" is a windows Emulator. it essentially allows you to run Windows applications as if you were on a windows OS.
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop <free checkitout
you can go here, download the live CD.ISO and run it from the CD without installing it.
who knows... you might want to install it on your current system after you do your new build and add a few more years of performance. Linux is renown for using fewer system resources as compared to a comparable Windows OS.
I know a guy rebuilding old PII laptops and installing a linux ver called DSL on them... then shipping them to the troops.
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