I just ordered a Powercolor Radeon 9600 Pro 256mb....I saw it on Pricewatch.com for 150 with tax and had to grab it. I know that most games now don't require 256mb but they soon might. As for RAM i am wanting to upgrade also but i'm not familiar with doing so. My cpu has only 256mb RDRAM and it's starving for more juice. My question is will i have to buy another 256 RDRAM to upgrade? I was told that i can't put a 512 in with the 256 (they have to be the same). Also the RDRAM seems to be a lot more expensive than DDR....why?
Thanks Murt. Helps a lot. Next time I get a new computer, i'll get an AMD 2500 .
AHH! I just found out that your posts are checked for the amount of information given on them- I also found out that they don't count the number of posts- they just read the content on them. So if you post a bunch of crap posts with two words- you will lose rank points! Check it out in the FAQ section in the link bar. I am editing this post because it was kind of unnessesary. I should have just e-mailed you Murt. hehe I hope this helped a few people.... even though it is not a "FAQ topic", .... i'm going to stop typing.
I just have a quick humourous story I would like to share. About 5 years ago I bought an EMachines PC (it's a 466Mhz LOL). Anyways, I always had errors and crashes and the ever dreaded blue screen of death was something very constant. At the time I knew very little about cracking open the case and seeing what was wrong so I dealt with it (after trying to contact tech support many times). Well today I was just working on this machine because I am preparing for A+ and I had turned it on for a while with the cover off. And dam did it get hot. Then I noticed the cooling fan was not working so I thought damn I gotta replace it. I started to take it off and touched the heat sink and damn it was hot as hell. Then I noticed the fan was installed upside down. Those stupid morons at Emachines installed something as simple as the cooling fan upside down. This caused the blade to get caught on the heat sink and it could not move. So I took the heat sink off and the cpu was freakin hot. I could of cooked an egg on it. Anyways I fixed it and left it on for a while and it is running fine.
MORAL: Buy from Emachines and you are having problems...rip the damned machine apart and see if everything is installed correctly.
It's not the best of that group, there's the Ultra version, but this is still a good motherboard.
*EDIT
Since it's a nForce 2 motherboard, I would suggest downloading the Nvidia chipset drivers... I would also try and figure out if you have the newest BIOS... it seems that you can overclock your motherboard... I need to find out what KIND of BIOS is used... If you go here I see there's a program called WarpSpeeder... Looks like some Windows based overclocking program... you can use this to get an idea how to overclock, and when you think you're 100% ready then you will put those options into your BIOS and your PC will start up with the faster speeds... my 2500+ says 3400+ at bootup.
*EDIT 2
You have an AWARD BIOS... they are decent...
Here's a link to download the newest BIOS for your motherboard. I also downloaded your user manual for your motherboard, you should have a copy of that... in there is a section about "WarpSpeeder", you should read that... it's about overclocking. If you want to overclock your videocard... I know "PowerStrip" is good for an ATI card... I use RivaTuner, but I believe that's only for Nvidia... also you should download the newest Catalyst 4.1 drivers from ATI... get Direct X 9.0b... etc etc.... defrag... uninstall all the crap programs you'll never use.. or just do a fresh format... it takes me from start to end about 5 hours... not to bad.
You can get into the timing of RAM too. My default timings for my DDR400 RAM is 2-3-3-6, but I can easily overclock my RAM to faster timings of 2-2-2-5... I'm not 100% sure what it does, but it makes my RAM a lot faster.
For example, Murt has 512MB of Crucial RAM, I have 512MB of Cosair XMS DDR400...
Newegg.com sells Murt's RAM for $82, mine is still going for $120... so you're saying, what's the difference? They are both DDR400 and both 512MB! Well, you're wrong... Mine are made with the Samsung chipset, I have no idea what chipset Crucial is... I dunno... I just know mine is made better... You get what you pay for in the computer world... that's all I'm trying to get at.
ewww... thats an ugly sonofagun. i see ibuypower is usin my aspire x-alien case now though
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I agree, that's one ugly ass case. I have your standard Chieftec case... which is the base model for Alienware, etc... I'm happy with my big silver case... it does its job.
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yea, sometimes the lower the pcnumber, the higher the cost
SOMETIMES
as with pc100, a stick of 256 on that is like 80 bucks
but anyway, it matters on your motherboard, if your motherboard only supports 512 ram, then yes, you will have to get another 256,
but i doubt it only suports that little....
waht's the make of your motherboard
*ps, that thing you heard, no it's not true, it just matters on the make of your mobo*
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AHH! I just found out that your posts are checked for the amount of information given on them- I also found out that they don't count the number of posts- they just read the content on them. So if you post a bunch of crap posts with two words- you will lose rank points! Check it out in the FAQ section in the link bar. I am editing this post because it was kind of unnessesary. I should have just e-mailed you Murt. hehe I hope this helped a few people.... even though it is not a "FAQ topic", .... i'm going to stop typing.
ah don't worry about that
the rankings are no biggy, and just typing crap isn't going to help it...
it's fine that you didn't email me, but instead said it..i mean, admin's not going to pwn yhou for following up on what i said eh?
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whats the difference between regular memory and corsaid extreme memory murt...?
i know the cosair is better...
ummm gunblade, or djin...you reading?
lol, sorry bro, i don't know that part...
someone knows, i am sure of that
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anyone know where to get a 512 stick of DDR PC3200 ram cheaper than 90 bucks?
online and/or in a nationwide store, either is fine, thanks
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I just have a quick humourous story I would like to share. About 5 years ago I bought an EMachines PC (it's a 466Mhz LOL). Anyways, I always had errors and crashes and the ever dreaded blue screen of death was something very constant. At the time I knew very little about cracking open the case and seeing what was wrong so I dealt with it (after trying to contact tech support many times). Well today I was just working on this machine because I am preparing for A+ and I had turned it on for a while with the cover off. And dam did it get hot. Then I noticed the cooling fan was not working so I thought damn I gotta replace it. I started to take it off and touched the heat sink and damn it was hot as hell. Then I noticed the fan was installed upside down. Those stupid morons at Emachines installed something as simple as the cooling fan upside down. This caused the blade to get caught on the heat sink and it could not move. So I took the heat sink off and the cpu was freakin hot. I could of cooked an egg on it. Anyways I fixed it and left it on for a while and it is running fine.
MORAL: Buy from Emachines and you are having problems...rip the damned machine apart and see if everything is installed correctly.
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OMG!
I have stories...
One day I will share.
What will he do next?
lol i have a story!
don't buy from tigerdirect.com
lol
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lol... Oh well... live and learn eh?
Now start downloading all your drivers Murt so I can help your sorry ass out...
What will he do next?
lol
where to get them?
im on a biostar m7ncd mobo is that helps you...
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I'm trying to find the website for the motherboard...
pwned!
http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3?name=M7NCD
It's not the best of that group, there's the Ultra version, but this is still a good motherboard.
*EDIT
Since it's a nForce 2 motherboard, I would suggest downloading the Nvidia chipset drivers... I would also try and figure out if you have the newest BIOS... it seems that you can overclock your motherboard... I need to find out what KIND of BIOS is used... If you go here I see there's a program called WarpSpeeder... Looks like some Windows based overclocking program... you can use this to get an idea how to overclock, and when you think you're 100% ready then you will put those options into your BIOS and your PC will start up with the faster speeds... my 2500+ says 3400+ at bootup.
*EDIT 2
You have an AWARD BIOS... they are decent...
Here's a link to download the newest BIOS for your motherboard. I also downloaded your user manual for your motherboard, you should have a copy of that... in there is a section about "WarpSpeeder", you should read that... it's about overclocking. If you want to overclock your videocard... I know "PowerStrip" is good for an ATI card... I use RivaTuner, but I believe that's only for Nvidia... also you should download the newest Catalyst 4.1 drivers from ATI... get Direct X 9.0b... etc etc.... defrag... uninstall all the crap programs you'll never use.. or just do a fresh format... it takes me from start to end about 5 hours... not to bad.
What will he do next?
In plain English now...
RAM - 512MB is what most people have, I'm getting 1 GIG of RAM.
Go here...
You can get into the timing of RAM too. My default timings for my DDR400 RAM is 2-3-3-6, but I can easily overclock my RAM to faster timings of 2-2-2-5... I'm not 100% sure what it does, but it makes my RAM a lot faster.
For example, Murt has 512MB of Crucial RAM, I have 512MB of Cosair XMS DDR400...
Newegg.com sells Murt's RAM for $82, mine is still going for $120... so you're saying, what's the difference? They are both DDR400 and both 512MB! Well, you're wrong... Mine are made with the Samsung chipset, I have no idea what chipset Crucial is... I dunno... I just know mine is made better... You get what you pay for in the computer world... that's all I'm trying to get at.
What will he do next?
What will he do next?
meh well...
anyone have a good online site for parts that accepts money orders?
besides newegg?
just wanna compare prices also...im not saying i don't like newegg
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I believe Access Micro accepts money orders. I still wouldn't buy anywhere else other then Newegg.com.
*EDIT
I was looking at Access Micro, their site really doesn't have anything good... trust me, stick with Newegg.
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well newegg doesn't have any good fan grills
ima check out acces micro right now
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Oh Lord. . . *rolls eyes*
www.3dcool.com
If that's what you're looking for, go here... fan grills he says... lol
I would wait untill you got your PC up and running smoothly before getting any "little" extras...
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yay!
that's one of the sites i was looking for...
heh
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!look!
new cases...i don't see them anywhere else..only on ibuypower.com
anyone see them on another site where i can buy them?
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ewww... thats an ugly sonofagun. i see ibuypower is usin my aspire x-alien case now though
"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."
- Unknown Author
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I agree, that's one ugly ass case. I have your standard Chieftec case... which is the base model for Alienware, etc... I'm happy with my big silver case... it does its job.
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I didn't think it was ugly...
i thought it looked pretty cool
..NO! SPAGETTI SAUCE ON MY TOWER!
*sec, lemme clean it up, i'll edit
alright there we go...that case looks good, but mine's better
let's take another look at my piece of art!
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tigerdirect is pretty good
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