Computer Problems/Upgrades/Info

[«BuA»Meat]

alright i have the same trojan that deleted the keypress.dll of ts well well well after me and dev looking at teamspeak forum we aren't the only ones they've come up with ts version 2032 u can download it from www.teamspeak.org . I did now it works alright .

If i ever caught someone vreating this kind of junk i will attach that peace of s*** at the back of my car and give him a ride of a lifetime . after if he's still breathing cause of dirt, i'll fill is mouth full of bugs now thats a virus.

 

[Bonecrusher]

Having trouble making up my mind...but I think this is my baby right here.

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
(800FSB) Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU @ 3.0GHZ 512K ~ CBA603
*(DDR400-800MHz FSB)ASUS P4P800 SE I865PE AGP8X DUAL DDR w/AUDIO,USB2,LAN
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK)
SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE (BLACK)
(BLACK) ViewSonic® E90FB 19 INCH .22H MM SVGA MONITOR
3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD


Remember...no drooling. I still have a month or two to wait before I can totally wipe yas out.

 

[TAZTG]

Thats a very nice RIG.. The other one you built was real nice. Its your Choice (Intel or AMD) The Intel one is nice but IMOP the AMD Athalon 64 was better.. Both are better then mine and anyone elses at this time. Patience young Fragger prices should drop some more by the time your ready..


Asus K8V Deluxe Socket 64 Motherboard with AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor

Diablo ATX Mid-Tower Case with 450Watt Power Supply, Front Neon Lights, Front USB and Audio Ports

Corsair Value Select Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory ( 2 x 512MB )

ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -BULK -OEM

Maxtor 80GB / 7200 / 2MB / ATA-133 EIDE Hard Drive

Artec 16x DVD-ROM Drive / Black / OEM

Artec CD Burner / 52x32x52x CD-RW / Black / Nero Software

Viewsonic E90FB 19" UXGA 1600x1200 Black CRT Monitor

1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive (Black)

Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro Edition OEM Version

Studio RTA Computer Cart

Grand Total: $1,450.00

 

[Bonecrusher]

Perhaps...
Yeah its still gonna be a little wait yet.

Last day of school! Share that bottle Lurk!

WoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOO

 

[«BuA»Lurker_71]

Perhaps...
Yeah its still gonna be a little wait yet.

Last day of school! Share that bottle Lurk!

WoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOO

I could use a bottle right about now.

 

[Bonecrusher]

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
AMD ATHLON64 3000+ CPU ~ CAF604
NEW ASUS K8V SE Deluxe VIA K8T800 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,IEEE,
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK)
SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE (BLACK)
(BLACK) ViewSonic® E90FB 19 INCH .22H MM SVGA MONITOR
Creative Labs SB LIVE VALUE 5.1

Price: $1451.00


Thats the price only missing the desk.
The price above was missing mouse and keyboard. So...looks like we got something here. Hell Yeah!

 

[Bonecrusher]

Ok guys...I'm going to make you aware of my dilemma

Right now at current prices I can buy...

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
AMD ATHLON64 3000+ CPU ~ CAI604
NEW ASUS K8V SE Deluxe VIA K8T800 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,IEEE,
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory (Major_Brand)
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK)
SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE (BLACK)
(BLACK) ViewSonic® E90FB 19 INCH .22H MM SVGA MONITOR
3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

Price: $1329.00

Pretty nice right? But can I make it a lot nicer for a small difference in cost?

The problem is in the mobo...there I have chosen a "New" ASUS
But there are four to choose from with the processor I have chosen.

• Albatron K8X800 PRO VIA K8T800 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,&Audio
• MSI K8T Neo FSR VIA K8T800 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2, &Audio
• GigaByte GA-K8N Pro nForce3 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,IEEE,&Audio
• NEW ASUS K8V SE Deluxe VIA K8T800 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,IEEE,&Audio

MOBO Stats

Now is the ASUS really worth $53 more dollars than the Albatron which is run on the same chipset?
I'm thinking the main reason the ASUS costs more is because it comes with a Wi-Fi slot for wireless LAN upgrade which I'm probably not going to use.

What I could do with that extra $53 dollars (and a couple more bucks):

• Upgrade to an AMD ATHLON64 3200+ CPU
• Upgrade to 1024 MB (512 MB x2) Corsair XMS High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader
• Upgrade to an ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
AMD ATHLON64 3200+ CPU ~ CAI603
Albatron K8X800 VIA K8T800 Mboard
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory (Major_Brand)
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK)
SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE (BLACK)
(BLACK) ViewSonic® E90FB 19 INCH .22H MM SVGA MONITOR
3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

Price: $1342.00

or

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
AMD ATHLON64 3000+ CPU ~ CAI604
Albatron K8X800 VIA K8T800 Mboard
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory (Corsair_XMS)
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK)
SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE (BLACK)
(BLACK) ViewSonic® E90FB 19 INCH .22H MM SVGA MONITOR
3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

Price: $1376.00

or

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
AMD ATHLON64 3000+ CPU ~ CAI604
Albatron K8X800 VIA K8T800 Mboard
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory (Major_Brand)
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK)
SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE (BLACK)
(BLACK) ViewSonic® E90FB 19 INCH .22H MM SVGA MONITOR
3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

Price: $1380.00


Your Thoughts?

 

[«BuA»Meat]

here's what i think-

when it comes to computers, it's changing so damn fast that even if you get a super mega ultra sicky rig so powerful that you must connect it directly to hydro electricity central, you still gonna have to change it for specific needs in around 4 years. does it worth it ?

 

[Devastator]

BC, try getting the ASUS K8V Deluxe instead of the K8V SE Deluxe. only diff is the Wi-Fi slot.

 

[Bad-Target]

Read all the reviews befor you leap. My rig was from Cyber Power PC, so far so good. I did have a harddrive die and the Cd writer other then those two things its been great.

 

[Bonecrusher]

BC, try getting the ASUS K8V Deluxe instead of the K8V SE Deluxe. only diff is the Wi-Fi slot.

Well if I build it from cyberpower I only have that ASUS to choose from. Getting all the parts myself will probably end up being...messy.


I also did discover another thing. After doing some measurements...I realized the 19" monitor will not fit into my room. So I'm downsizing to the 17" one...which is the same size I have now. Works fine. That saves me even more money.

So here is what it comes down to...

Being that I saved $70 dollars just by downsizing the monitor 2 inches which wouldnt fit anyway...I can go with the ASUS mobo...and I saved enough to go with an upgrade to athlon 64 3200+ , Corsair XMS, or upgrade to the ATI 9800 Pro 256MB

What do you think is the best thing to do?

 

[TAZTG]

Corsair XMS would be my bet. The better the ram the more stable your rig will run.

 

[TAZTG]

TAZTG Upgrades

ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL-$168.00

Specifications:
Supported CPU: AMD Athlon64 and Athlon64 FX Series Processors
Chipset: VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237
RAM: 4x DIMM for Dual-Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB
IDE: 3x ATA 133 up to 6 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 8X, 5x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xCOM,1xLPT,SPDIF Out,1xLAN,8xUSB2.0(Rear 4),2xIEEE1394(Rear 1),Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: Realtek ALC850 8-Channel Codec
Onboard LAN: Marvell 88E8001 GbE
Onboard SATA/RAID: 2xSATA by VT8237, RAID 0/1/JBOD; 2x SATA & 1x ATA 133 by Promise 20378, RAID 0/1/0+1/Multiple RAID
Onboard 1394: VIA VT6307
Features: ASUS WiFi-g PCI card
Form Factor: ATX

AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - OEM $485.00

- Specifications -
Model: AMD Athlon 64
Core: Newcastle
Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz
FSB: Integrated into Chip
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/ 512KB
Voltage: 1.5V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 939
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+
Packaging: OEM(Processor Only)

Swiftech MCX6400-V - Athlon 64 & Opteron Price: $54.00

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-4000PRO - Retail $322.00

- Specifications -
Manufacturer: Corsair
Speed: DDR500(PC4000)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 3-4-4-8 1T
Support Voltage: 2.75V
Bandwidth: 4.0GB/s
Organization: two 64M x 64 -Bit
Special Features: 18 activity LED's show level of memory activity
Warranty: Lifetime


Seagate 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST3120026AS, OEM $97.00

- Specifications -
Capacity: 120GB
Average Seek Time: 8.5 ms
Buffer: 8MB
Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Interface: Serial ATA
Features: 350 Gs non-op shock, 3D Defense System
Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year
Packaging: OEM, Requires additional Power adapter


Thats a start...

 

[Bonecrusher]

I figured...I'll take $1000 out of the $2000 CD that is coming due in august...and put that with ALL the money earned at giant up til that point...and thats how much I'll spend. I'm figuring something a little bit like this.

X-BLADE Medium Tower Case 450 W (BLACK)
(939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 3500+ CPU ~ CAI703
(939-pin) ASUS A8V DELUXE VIA K8T800 MAINBOARD
1GB (512MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Memory (Corsair_XMS)
80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
NONE - 2nd Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
56X CD-ROM (BLACK)
ARTEC CD-RW 52X32X52 (BLACK)
(SILVER/BLACK) ViewSonic® 17
3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

Price: $1585.00

(Cyberpower updated their website with a whole bunch of new ****)

 

[TAZTG]

BC, thats a start and future upgradeable. You should think SATA HardDrive, they are not much more then ATA Drives.

 

[Bonecrusher]

And whats the diff. between the two?

 

[TAZTG]

SATA is faster.

 

[Bonecrusher]

Alright fellaz. I got another question for you...and it has nothing to new with a NEW computer.

This peice of **** some call a sony VAIO has a strange folder that has some extremely old stuff in it.

I go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\sony user\Local Settings\Temp

In that folder is 3,665 Files and 265 Folders. 1.12 GB worth of them. WTF ARE THEY THERE FOR? The oldest folder in there is from Saturday, September 08, 2001. Oldest file being from Thursday, January 21, 1999.

Almost every folder I open is empty anyway...then there are hundreds of .ABI files, .exe files, .dmp files, and thousands of .tmp files. Can I delete the thing? Whats it there for?

If you know something I don't...could you tell me? Or give me some advice? Thanks.

 

[Devastator]

Try to go under tools, folder options, view, show hidden files and folders. Might just bring something up. If not, they are "temp" folders, delete em.

But I would wait or a second opinion --> TAZ or Lurk

 

[«BuA»Lurker_71]

I would try looking under control panel>>add/remove software and see if it's listed.
If it is listed, see how often you use it... if it says never, then uninstall, go back to the folder and delete everything.
It's likely that you're not using it, tho... considering how old your files are, but it's best (and safest) to check it out in add/remove software first.
If there's no listing in add/remove software, then I believe it should be safe to completely remove it from your system.