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[Protek]

Slightly off topic, but anyway:
It makes me feel so old to suddenly find out there are people in college who have never seen a Commodore 64.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Commodore_64#Picture

Haha! That's hilarious. Best laugh I have had in quite some time.
"Can we swap the picture of the keyboard at the top for one of the whole computer?"

Bwhuhahaha! Too bad we don't have the rolling on the floor laughing emoticon here.

[BigPete]

oh yes! Finally got some more parts for the computer I'm building! ATX Miditower case, with 7x3.5" slots and 4x5.25" slots, and room for 1x120mm fan in the back, and four 80mm fans in the front. Also bought a 630 W PSU from a company called XION.

[BigPete]

oh yes! Finally got some more parts for the computer I'm building! ATX Miditower case, with 7x3.5" slots and 4x5.25" slots, and room for 1x120mm fan in the back, and four 80mm fans in the front. Also bought a 630 W PSU from a company called XION.

And I got an early birthday present today from my dear, sweet Maria An Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz processor! And an Asus Radeon HD 2400 XT PCI-e graphics card. Not a high-end card by any means, but it allows me to start up the computer since the motherboard doesn't have built-in graphics. Also found an 80 GB IDE harddrive which I'll plug in and use as a system disk. Now I just need to figure out how to connect all the cables and wires... Anyone handy who can help me out?

[palaste]

oh yes! Finally got some more parts for the computer I'm building! ATX Miditower case, with 7x3.5" slots and 4x5.25" slots, and room for 1x120mm fan in the back, and four 80mm fans in the front. Also bought a 630 W PSU from a company called XION.

And I got an early birthday present today from my dear, sweet Maria An Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz processor! And an Asus Radeon HD 2400 XT PCI-e graphics card. Not a high-end card by any means, but it allows me to start up the computer since the motherboard doesn't have built-in graphics. Also found an 80 GB IDE harddrive which I'll plug in and use as a system disk. Now I just need to figure out how to connect all the cables and wires... Anyone handy who can help me out?

Having built computers both for myself and for my little brother, I think I could handle it. Can you come to Helsinki so I could have a look?

[BigPete]

haha, thanks for the offer, but I figured it out Now I have another problem though...I put in a spare 80 GB IDE drive to use as a system disk, set it as master, and then added a dvd-burner that I set to slave, and set the jumpers correctly (triple checked), but the BIOS won't detect them...

[BigPete]

haha, thanks for the offer, but I figured it out Now I have another problem though...I put in a spare 80 GB IDE drive to use as a system disk, set it as master, and then added a dvd-burner that I set to slave, and set the jumpers correctly (triple checked), but the BIOS won't detect them...

Ok, fixed that too Faulty IDE cable Now I just need to get my hands on a bootdisk, install OS, buy a SATA harddrive, and I'm all set

[BigPete]

bah... the new computer is acting up already... whenever I try to access my E: drive (320 GB SATA disk), explorer crasches :/

[palaste]

bah... the new computer is acting up already... whenever I try to access my E: drive (320 GB SATA disk), explorer crasches :/

Try the drive in another computer to see which is at fault, the drive or your computer.

[BigPete]

it's Windows that's faulty, as always. Tried accessing the harddrive from my fiancee's computer via the network; no problems there. Browsing the drive when I'm using other programs, like photoshop, etc. works as well.

[SureShot]

Got some benchmark results from my review of the Inno3D GF9800GX2.
Test setup:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz Wolfdale
2x1GB Kingston Value PC6400 Ram CL5
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Bios F10
Samsung Spinpoint T166 250GB Sata 2
Corsair TX650Watt strømforsyning
Windows XP Professionel Service Pack 2
nVidia Forceware 174.53 til Inno3D GeForce 9800GX2 2x512MB
nVidia Forceware 169.21 til Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800GT Golden Sample 1GB








review can be found here http://www.octeamdenmark.com/forums/showth...read.php?t=1524[/url]

This post has been edited by SureShot: 25 April 2008, 08:59

[Protek]

I got the Matrox TripleHead2Go and the two Benq monitors set up and fired up the FS2004. All I can say is - WOW!

[SureShot]

Oh man that is SOOOOO awesome ! is it the analog or digital matrox version ?
However don't you need to raise the brightness on the BenQ's ?
Also Logitech Wingman 3D (Force Feedback?)... no no you gotta go with Saitek X-36/45/52 at least then it's REAL HOTAS

I had Logitech Wingman 3D FF once, but got tired of FF and then got Guillemot/Hercules TopGun II, but atfer 2½years of good use it became defective, now I have X-45 alive and kicking 2years old

This post has been edited by SureShot: 25 April 2008, 09:09

[palaste]

I won't even bother to guess how much that cost...

This post has been edited by palaste: 25 April 2008, 09:09

[SureShot]

I won't even bother to guess how much that cost...

mm a fast guess from me would be 1600Dkk a pop for the TFT's an 1900Dkk for the Matrox splitter... so about eu685 total I'd guess, - if it's all new stuff.

Tomorrow I'll be building my brothers new PC... he said he didn't need a new case (he has a silver old dusty Raidmax scorpio something), but I bought one for him anyhow... now I just hope he likes blue (329Dkk delivered):
Apevia X-DISCOVERY-BL.

http://www.apevia.com/ProductsInfo.asp?KEY=X-DISCOVERY-BL
It'll be containing some new stuff I got for it:
AMD 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition AM2 socket, unlocked multiplier so it'll run 3GHz out-of-the-box
2x1GB Kingston HyperX CL4 PC6400
MSI K9N4-SLI AM2 motherboard with SLI support.
Zotac GeForce 9600GT 512MB (bought it used but was only 7days old - got it for 780Dkk)
Thermaltake TMG A1 K8 CPU cooler
OCZ StealthXtream 500watt PSU
Soundcard, Drives/Bays and Harddrives will be reused.

This post has been edited by SureShot: 25 April 2008, 09:38

[Protek]

I won't even bother to guess how much that cost...

The Matrox (Digital edition BTW) cost 305 € and the two 17" Benqs with DVI cables 334 €, so 639 € total.

I'm still trying to get color/contrast/brightness settings in synch with the LG. I've actually adjusted the settings somewhat after taking the photos. The dark shades in the LG are still somewhat stuffed compared to the Benqs.