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Old 04-06-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default torrent box and possibly media center pc

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Hey guys I'm gonna need help on this build I'm gonna be using it as a torrent box and also I am gonna transfer movies and other medias to my grandmas HDTV shes getting so I can watch on the HD I am gonna use a wireless media player but use the wired option on it lol I have some HD I'm gonna put on the new build and was wondering if I will get HD picture when watching it off the pc onto the HD? well heres the build list also if you don't understand the above I will reword it.

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There's no video card in the wish list. O_o
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There's no video card in the wish list. O_o
I have 7600gt to put in it

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PSU is overkill.
Will it still be over kill when I put more HDD in the future?


and also whats with these raid drives I hear about? What would I need if I want to add more HDD but all the sata ports are used on the motherboard or how do I set this up??
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System: Almost to 4.0GHz >:D
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E8400 3.0ghz OC @ 3.8GHz @ 1.36v
Motherboard
DFI BLood Iron P35
Memory
G.Skill 2x 1gb DDR2 800 CAS @ 5-6-6-21
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Corsair 650 watts
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Better, cheaper build:
$70 ECS 780G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135075
$35 Earthwatts 380w http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371005
$50 X2 4000 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103775
$35 Corsair Value 2x1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145098
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Thanks man for the help! still need help on this when I build it my plan is to hook up the HDD straight to the sata connector on the mobo but when I run out of connectors on the mobo and want to add more HDD?
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CPU
E8400 3.0ghz OC @ 3.8GHz @ 1.36v
Motherboard
DFI BLood Iron P35
Memory
G.Skill 2x 1gb DDR2 800 CAS @ 5-6-6-21
Graphics Card
ECS 8800GTS 512MB
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Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 250GB
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Corsair 650 watts
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Thanks man for the help! still need help on this when I build it my plan is to hook up the HDD straight to the sata connector on the mobo but when I run out of connectors on the mobo and want to add more HDD?
It has 5 SATA connections dude. If you are ever using 5 HDD's and running out of space it is better to sell them and acquire bigger HDD's
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I have a better idea...

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

I know a guy who bought one and he thinks it's amazing. All you have to do is just buy a HUGE hard drive for it and your set.

Here's a review...
http://www.digitalreviews.net/review...nk-review.html
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I have a better idea...

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

I know a guy who bought one and he thinks it's amazing. All you have to do is just buy a HUGE hard drive for it and your set.

Here's a review...
http://www.digitalreviews.net/review...nk-review.html
I have seen those before but the reason why I'm doing this becuase im also gonna use it to put files on and other stuff but most of it is videos and be using skype and crap I forgot what else I made a list gotta look it up
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ECS 8800 GTS (G92) OC 789/1972/2138

System: Almost to 4.0GHz >:D
CPU
E8400 3.0ghz OC @ 3.8GHz @ 1.36v
Motherboard
DFI BLood Iron P35
Memory
G.Skill 2x 1gb DDR2 800 CAS @ 5-6-6-21
Graphics Card
ECS 8800GTS 512MB
Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 250GB
Sound Card
Razer Barracuda AC-1
Power Supply
Corsair 650 watts
Case
Cooler Master 690
CPU cooling
Xigmatek 1283
GPU cooling
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OS
Windows vista ultimate 32bit/Windows 7 32 bit
Monitor
21.5 inch Samsung monitor full HD 1080p :D

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I have a better idea...

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

I know a guy who bought one and he thinks it's amazing. All you have to do is just buy a HUGE hard drive for it and your set.

Here's a review...
http://www.digitalreviews.net/review...nk-review.html
That's a $180. My build is around $250 with the case... but is a few dozen times more powerful. In addition, you get video acceleration and post-processing with the HD3200.
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i can still turn the computer on, it just catches on fire when i do...
To answer most of your questions: (1) a fridge cannot cool a PC (2) 64-bit OS for over 3.4GB (3) If a PCIe card fits, it should work (4) Resolution, not screen size (5) If you have a question, it is not news (6) Report, not respond to Spam (7) Single-Rail/Non-Modular PSUs are not always better than Multi-Rail/Modular (8) Sequential does not matter as much as random for OS drives


System: Once again...
CPU
i7 920 [4.2GHz]
Motherboard
Asus P6T
Memory
3x2GB OCZ Gold [1680MHz]
Graphics Card
HD5850
Hard Drive
OCZ 60GB Agility + 3xRAID0 500GB 7200.12
Sound Card
X-Fi XtremeMusic
Power Supply
Antec Truepower New 750W
Case
Li Lian PC-V2100 [10x120mm fans]
CPU cooling
FuZion V2 + Quad-Heatercore
GPU cooling
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