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by **brownbox** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:42 pm

I did it- I brought a fancy computer for cheap!

check this out:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=76786879

Sure, the video cards looking a little low, but MAN! Look at the amount of software and ram. And its a dual core!

And it comes with vista rc1, and when that finishes, Windows XP Pro!!!

by **ZK-MAT** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:49 pm

Did you buy it after the auction closed mate? How much ya pay?

by **brownbox** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:51 pm

1100 was the fixed price offer
seems like a really good price

by **Chris Donaldson** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:55 pm

Nice buy, just one thing, I dont think Pentium D is dual core CPU, I maybe wrong tho?

by **ZK-MAT** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:03 pm

Sounds like a good buy mate, well done. 3 gig RAM? mmmmmmmmm, tasty

Pentium D is Dual Core

by **ZK-Brock** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:04 pm

Wow man, awesome buy!

by **brownbox** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:51 pm

also, the Asus 7300GS scores around 5000 in 3dmark03. Better than my old laptops 3000.

Think about it.
-The RAM is nearly twice as fast, and theres 3 times more than my laptops
-The HDD is over 3 times bigger
-The video card is nearly twice as fast, with double the memory and a pci-e interface instead of AGP
-Windows Vista RC1 means slightly improved gaming performance
-17" moniter!

I have a small feeling Im gonna have alot of fun with this computer

P.s, should i partition the hdd so when I uninstall vista when the time runs out, I can easily install XP Pro onto one partition?

by **ZK-Brock** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:04 pm

You'd be better off asking that question on a specially dedicated group of forums. I recommend gamefaqs.com if you're a member, they have a very knowledgeable PC board.

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:41 pm

a tidy little computer, glad you're happy.

as for vista, cross that bridge when you come to it.

by **brownbox** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:21 am

as for vista, cross that bridge when you come to it.

Huh? Im afraid I do not follow

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:28 am

i mean worry about the partition issue when the vista beta expires, its not worth thinking about yet

by **Codge** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:29 am

Good score,nice price,just one thing,will 3Gb CPU be enough or does dual core make that no problem? I would have bought it too at that price and the guy has a genuine reason for selling and it's damn near brand new! Well done
Codge :clap:

by **brownbox** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:06 pm

if im correct, the CPU is 3Ghz dual core, so it should be 6Ghz. Its not however, and it goes around the speed of 4-4.5Ghz. Still good.

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:41 pm

yeah as you say, its not as easy as 3GHz x2.
these days, processor clock speeds are not an accurate measurement of speed- for example, the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 runs at just 2.4GHz, yet is one of the most powerful on the market- whereas my 3.0GHz P4 is comparitively very slow.

by **creator2003** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:45 am

yes id make a partion on any drive that has op system on it ,spilt in to three bits then if your system goes down and you need to reinstall you will hopefully only lose whats on the c/drive not the d: and e: ,,it just make sence dude ,you run for six months and then have to install xp and without partion you have to reformat 200gb "you lose everything " now thats 6 months down the drain ,or alot of back up disc
your choise but if i was you "partion any system with only one hard drive "
oh and great buy on the new puter ,what a find !!!
mike.....

by **brownbox** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:34 pm

Thanks for the advice. So, how big do you say the partitions should be? I heard that for Windows, I should leave about 20GB, just to be a little on the safe side.

by **creator2003** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:21 pm

i have one 160gb split into two 75gb partions ,and i have others spilt into threes /halfs/quad partions ,so for your maybe 50gb for c: and two other d/: and e: into 70gb each around about the numbers given would look like 47gb c: 69gb x 69gb they wont be exact ok but theres a little guide line for you ,
then you have one partion for op and other for fs9 and other for work and download storage :thumbup:

by **Chris Donaldson** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:38 pm

ZK-MAT wrote: Sounds like a good buy mate, well done. 3 gig RAM? mmmmmmmmm, tasty

Pentium D is Dual Core

Thanks for clearing that up Matt, I went onto to a local suppliers site and just saw the name under CPUs "Intel Pentium D" and just assumed lol because it didn't say Dual Core, that it wasn't....my bad :lol:

by **brownbox** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:13 pm

i have one 160gb split into two 75gb partions ,and i have others spilt into threes /halfs/quad partions ,so for your maybe 50gb for c: and two other d/: and e: into 70gb each around about the numbers given would look like 47gb c: 69gb x 69gb they wont be exact ok but theres a little guide line for you ,
then you have one partion for op and other for fs9 and other for work and download storage

Cheers mate :thumbup:

by **gokanru** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:03 pm

It makes sense to partition your drive.I have 4 partitions on mine.I made my c:drive 10 gb,then split the others as near equally as I could.My flight sim sits on one partition all by itself.That allows for expnsion

good buying mate, now you have a machine that will do it for you.Best of luck with it :thumbup:

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