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My Latest PC Upgrade

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Motherboard: Asus M2N-E SLI AM2 nF500-SLI HT2000 2xPCIEx16 SLI8x RAID 1394a GbLAN ATX http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1 ... odelmenu=1
Graphics Card: Albatron GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI Express Video i will get 1 now and 1 next year
to make it SLI the price should have also droped aswell. http://www.albatron.com.tw/English/prod ... ion&no=221
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4800+AM2 Processor Retail Dual Core AM2
2 x 1 GIG PC6400 800Mhz Sticks of RAM
1 x Seagate SATAII NCQ 250GB 7200RPM 16mb Cache Harddrive
1 x 450watt Power supply
1 x 5.1 EAX soundblaster card
[img]http://www.asus.com.tw/999%5Cimages%5Cp ... 1419_m.jpg[/img][img]http://www.albatron.com.tw/Public/Image ... S_View.gif[/img][img]http://203.185.232.2/dbs/images/products/6853.jpg[/img]
I already have the CPU, RAM, Sound Card, Power supply, DVD Burner, Floppy, from before the
old hard drive is stuffed so in the bin it will go have sold my old AGP vid card and ram so hopefully
wont be to long thx to all who gave advice. MADOZ
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Post by Cecil »

Nice. Almost exactly the same as mine, cept I have a different MB and different graphics cards x2.

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Hooah Mate - fingers crossed it all comes up well!
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Hooah medic, we should start a 'Save the Medic So He Can Save You Fund'.

Goodluck with the parts, Let this be a lesson to all 'MSI SUK BALLS'

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good luck on the graphics card, i just returned one of the same that s##t itself, i ended up paying the extra bucks and getting the 8800

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hey medic look over there *points behind*
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ADF-Matt wrote:hey medic look over there *points behind*
YOINK
LAWL.. I think medic would fight to the death for these parts to fix his desktop... goodluck matt... goodluck [smilie=flicks.gif]  [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]

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LAWL.. I think medic would fight to the death for these parts to fix his desktop... goodluck matt... goodluck [smilie=flicks.gif]  [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]
[smilie=80.gif] Yep  [smilie=laugh[2].gif] Anyhoo the misses has come through and said to order it so have done and the parts
should be here this arvo or in the mornin mmm wonder why shes being so nice. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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Prolly coz the PC keeps you from annoying her :P

So are you getting the gear from an online supplier or picking up locally? Coz if you can, get them to test the gear in front of you in the store...
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[smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]  [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]  [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif] Probly. [smilie=laugh[2].gif] Got the gear online from umart. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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ADF-Medic wrote:[smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]  [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]  [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif] Probly. [smilie=laugh[2].gif] Got the gear online from umart. [smilie=flicks.gif]
Umart is the place to be. I went in there today, got the same ram as you (2x1024mb 6400 DDR2 800mhz) for $78 at $34 each bahaha. 4gb of ram for cecil :P

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Dam 4 gig. [smilie=laugh[2].gif]  [smilie=flicks.gif]
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HOOAH Back up and runnin. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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HOOAH Medic will be great to see u in game again to kick some OPFOR
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... I Mean....

Your Shout!!!!!! :P
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Glad to see you up and running again mate .....It will be good to race with another FORD driver on the ADF V8 CHALLENGE  [smilie=beerchug[1].gif]  [smilie=beerchug[1].gif]

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Post by Yoshizumi »

if you have the dough

raptor HDD's the way to go
i have a similar setup but my mobo is half the size and works twice as fast as urs only 2 DDR2 slots though

i just need a new cpu cause this ones dual core 1.6ghz and its bottlenecking my machine

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Heres a few pics of my setup guys. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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[img]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243 ... G_0148.jpg[/img]

Motherboard: Asus M2N-E SLI AM2 nF500-SLI HT2000 2xPCIEx16 SLI8x RAID 1394a GbLAN ATX
Graphics Card: Albatron GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI Express 2000Mhz i have 1 now and want to get 1 this year sometime to make it SLI.
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4800+AM2 Processor Retail Dual Core AM2
2 x 1 GIG PC6400 800Mhz Sticks of RAM
1 x Seagate SATAII NCQ 250GB 7200RPM 16mb Cache Harddrive
1 x 450watt Power supply
1 X MOMO Logitech FF wheel & a few other goodies. [smilie=laugh[2].gif]

My laptop is a suped up T26 IBM Thinkpad with a gig of ram and a 80 gig HD. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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Looks good m8 especially the silver box your moniter is sitting on [smilie=laugh[2].gif] I dont know how you can play with the wheel in the way though. [smilie=Crash[1].gif] [smilie=jpshakehead.sml[1].gif]

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you forgot to mention the guitar amp :P

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Umart FTW!

Thats where I got my Monitor and G15 from.

If you picked it up, its cheaper again MADOZ
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Hooah medic good to see ya online again pawnage time [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif] [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif] [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]
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My latest PC upgrade "HOOAH" thanks to some cash i got for my birthday and a few PC repairs
ive done l8ly MADOZ ohh & Umart once again [smilie=laugh[2].gif] have updated my Case,PSU,CPU & Graphics Cards.


Case: Thermaltake v9 VJ40001W2Z
http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chas ... 001W2Z.asp

Power Supply: Gigabyte 550Watt
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Pow ... ductID=279

CPU: AMD 3.0Ghz Athlon X2 6000+
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Pro ... 70,00.html

Video: 2 x Zotac 9600GT 512MB 256Bit DDR3
http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=c ... Itemid=161

Total Cost: approx $600

Current Gear i kept that went into new case:

Motherboard: Asus M2N-E Sli

Ram: 4 Gig DDR2 PC6400 800Mhz

HD: 250Gig SeaGate

Extras: LG DVD Burnner,Floppy Drive,Internal MultiCard Reader.
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very nice upgrade medic! and on a budget - man after my own heart. nw m8 MADOZ
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This is my new tower paid deposit get it next week http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=x1v8-bSNsNY [smilie=Crash[1].gif]

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Thought i would revive an old post with my next build orders in just waiting on the delivery now.. MADOZ

Medic's New PC:

Model #:Tempest EVO - NZXT Tempest EVO Mid Tower Case NO PSU
Model #:M4A89GTD-Pro USB3 - Asus M4A89GTD-Pro USB3 AM3 890GX 4DDR3 2PCIE RAID VGA GLAN 2FW ATX HDMI
Model #:OCZ-3G1333LV2G - OCZ 2G DDR3 1333Mhz PC3 10666 Gold Single x2
Model #:HDZ965FBGBOX - AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHZ Black Edition
Model #:RR-B20-N620-GP - Cooler Master Hyper N620 Cooler 6 Heat Pipes
Model #:WD5000AADS/WD5000AVDS - Western Digital 500G SATAII HDD 32M Green Power
Model #:DVR218L - Pioneer SATA DVR218L 22X DVD Black & Cyberlink
Model #:W2253TQ-PF -LG W2253TQ-PF BLK Glossy 21.5 Wide 2ms DVI 50000 x2 "1 is for the misses"

These are for the misses who gets my old rig:

Model #:AGB-00027 - Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard Retail
Model #:B75-00116 - Microsoft Wired Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 DarkGrey
Model #:Plantronics Gamecom 367 Closed Ear Gaming Headset

Things i allready have thx to Bubby & Reaper:

Model #:Vapor-x HD5770 - Sapphire ATI HD5770 Vapor-X OC Ed 1G GDDR5 PCI-E
Model #:CMPSU-850TXAU - Corsair TX-850 ATX Power Supply 140mm fan

& Pauline has a Logitech G27 allready to go in her new racing pod thx to Bubby & Reaper.

Will post some pics as i can.. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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Well its "ALIVE" and running great just installing the last few programs now will post some pics soon.. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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3DMark Vantage score all set to default. [smilie=flicks.gif]
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Where's mine ????????
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Dont Know ...where u lost ur marbles...haha [smilie=42.gif]



Bet they are with mine....I been looking for them for years...ahah


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This is mine to-day..

Wish I could get the CPU to move out faster...any ider's
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Interesting - its gone - Karput - been removed - must have contained

1. Sex scenes (porn)
2. Adult themes(see above)
3. Violence(not enough #1)
4. Bad Language(during #1)






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cool m88y

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Well done matey... MADOZ
Chris aka FDG Stitch was a top bloke and we gamed for many years with him.. so sad to hear the news today (23-09-2018), only a couple years older than me..(ADF-Cheech) LIFE is SHORT...May Stitch rest in peace, condolences to his family and his friends here and beyond ADFTEAM.

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PRETTY.... MADOZ [smilie=bowdown[1].gif]
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