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 May 11 2008, 05:14 PM
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I'm getting a Velocity Micro with the following specs. What do you think of it? A-bit AN-M2 nView AM2 NF630a mATX Motherboard AMD Anthlon 64 X2 6400 + 3.2 GHz Processor with Dual Core Technology, Socket AM2 Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Heatsink, Ultra Quiet Fan, Copper Heat Pipes 4096MB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 Low Latency Extreme Memory with Heat Spreader 512 EVGA GeForce 8800 GT DDR3 PCI-E w/HDCP VideoCool Positive Pressure Airflow System 320GB Hitachi 7200rpm SATA300, 16MB Cache 20x Lite On DVD +/- RW Dual Layer Burner Integrated 10/100/1000 MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Integrated 52-in-1 Internal Media Card Reader 2 Intergrated IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports, 1 front & 1 rear 8 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 6 rear) - TTC Mod Edit: Topic moved to more appropriate forum~ TMacK This post has been edited by TMacK: May 11 2008, 05:25 PM |
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May 11 2008, 06:39 PM
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That looks really nice. One thing you should know is if your running a 32-bit OS, your total memory will be less then 4gb. It will more likely only appear as 3.5gb or less. Thats still a lot of memory though, and you probably won't notice the difference.
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May 11 2008, 07:04 PM
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I'm going to be using a Windows XP Pro SP2 on it. I could've gotten Vista on it, but I'd rather not get Vista til all the glitches are worked out with that OS...xD; (I'll eventually upgrade to it..Just not for now.) A couple of friends of mine recently had to reformat and downgrade to XP because Vista was giving them a lot of problems. @w@;
Good to hear that the ram difference will be barely noticeable though. A person on another board (not bleepingcomputer's forums) said that the ram in this model might end up causing "bottlenecking" with the computer. Oo; Not sure if that person has a high or low technical amount of experience, but I figured that I should look into it anyway...^^; This post has been edited by TTC: May 11 2008, 07:10 PM |
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May 11 2008, 07:09 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: 23-October 07 From: SoCal Member No.: 164,912 |
Im personally not fond of hitachi hdd i personally would pick a western digital or seagate but its up to you. Besides that it looks good
What power supply you runnin -------------------- Centurion 5 Case~GA-P35-DS3L Rev2.0~E6550~EVGA 8800GS~2GB GSkill~Cooler Master 650 PRO~Seagate 320GB SATA II~ASUS 20X Burner~Sound Blaster Audigy SE~ZeroTherm CF900f~Acer 22" P221W
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May 11 2008, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 23-August 07 Member No.: 152,291 |
The power supply is a 500W Velocity Micro Power Supply
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