New computer!!!!

3991vhtes · May 5, 2007

Hey people! If you read my specs I think that you will say "Wow, he sure has a piece of crap system!", and I don't care if you do because I do. Well, I am getting a new PC. The specs for it are as followed...

Intel Celeron D 2.66GHz (~2659MHz) LGA775
Corsair DDR SDRAM PC3200 768MB
Western Digital 160GB HDD
nVidia GeForce FX5500 (discussed here)
Yamaha 6 channel sound card
Windows XP Professional

all of this for a mere $100, and it is brand new! Now, you are prolly thinking there is no way that I would be able to have a new computer that cheap, but I am getting it thru my uncle, and I have a family discount. It would normally sell for $600.

Kursah · May 6, 2007

Not bad. Use it like you stole it! Cause you pretty much did with that awesome discount! Kickass dude! Keep us posted on how she runs!

3991vhtes · May 6, 2007

Well...I will be getting the computer in a bit...and I am psyched!!!

bruins004 · May 6, 2007

3991vhtes said:
Hey people! If you read my specs I think that you will say "Wow, he sure has a piece of crap system!", and I don't care if you do because I do. Well, I am getting a new PC. The specs for it are as followed...

Intel Celeron D 2.66GHz (~2659MHz) LGA775
Corsair DDR SDRAM PC3200 768MB
Western Digital 160GB HDD
nVidia GeForce FX5500 (discussed here)
Yamaha 6 channel sound card
Windows XP Professional

all of this for a mere $100, and it is brand new! Now, you are prolly thinking there is no way that I would be able to have a new computer that cheap, but I am getting it thru my uncle, and I have a family discount. It would normally sell for $600.

Good for the price.
What are you looking to do with this computer.
Also, how many modules of RAM do you have in that? It looks like 3. If so take, 1 module out(the one that doesnt match the other 2) bc it will run faster that way.

Kursah · May 6, 2007

Yeah...but for that application, dual channel may not really be noticable...I'd say try it with all 3 sticks, then try it with 2...if you notice a difference then run less memory, otherwise, maybe get a 4th stick and then you'd be GTG. What motherboard are you getting?

kwchang007 · May 6, 2007

very good for the price, try and get some more ram, and get a better vid card, you'll be much happier.

theonetruewill · May 7, 2007

kwchang007 said:
very good for the price, try and get some more ram, and get a better vid card, you'll be much happier.

Get an old 9800pro and I swear you'll be far more satisfied.

Solaris17 · May 7, 2007

theonetruewill said:
Get an old 9800pro and I swear you'll be far more satisfied.

i used to beat the piss out of mine those are amazing cards and if you ask the member dolf for some help you can flash to xt and play with timings etc thatw what i did.

WarEagleAU · May 7, 2007

not too bad and a huge upgrade from your current system

3991vhtes · May 7, 2007

Ok, I'm going to answer some questions. The mobo that I am getting is an Intel mobo, it has 2 ram slots, and one chip is a Corsair 512MB pc3200, and the other one is a Corsair 256MB pc3200. I will be playing some games that have steep requirements (like the sims 2, battlefield 2, WoW, and some more...), and I got it today (May 7, 2007)... :toast:

3991vhtes · May 7, 2007

I forgot to mention...it's a Dell Dimension 1100 built from a barebones system.

bigboi86 · May 7, 2007

bruins004 said:
Good for the price.
What are you looking to do with this computer.
Also, how many modules of RAM do you have in that? It looks like 3. If so take, 1 module out(the one that doesnt match the other 2) bc it will run faster that way.

The only way it could possibly run faster is if the stick you took out was a slower spec stick causing the other ram to run at the slower spec.

Memory only runs as fast as it's slowest module. If you have a PC supporting DDR400, and you have two 400 sticks and a 266 stick, all your ram will run at 266.

If you have 3 400 sticks, even if they are different brands, they will run at 400.

So unless one of your sticks is slower(brands don't matter), then keep it in there.

3991vhtes · Jun 4, 2007

Bad news....it burnt up cuz i overclocked it. Now I'm usin an old piece of junk. Look at my specs!

bigboi86 · Jun 4, 2007

3991vhtes said:
Bad news....it burnt up cuz i overclocked it. Now I'm usin an old piece of junk. Look at my specs!

Does it just turn on but no video? If so you probably just set something wrong in the BIOS or OCd the FSB too high and it just needs a cmos reset.

If you fried something that quickly you must not have a clue what you're doing. Read some more about overclocking and computer hardware in general. I have never fried anything overclocking.

3991vhtes · Jun 4, 2007

bigboi86 said:
Does it just turn on but no video? If so you probably just set something wrong in the BIOS or OCd the FSB too high and it just needs a cmos reset.

It doesn't turn on at all, lol :laugh:

bigboi86 · Jun 4, 2007

3991vhtes said:
It doesn't turn on at all, lol

Fans don't even spin up? Check your PSU with a tester, or multimeter. Might have just blew up your PSU.

How exactly did you fry it?

3991vhtes · Jun 4, 2007

bigboi86 said:
Fans don't even spin up? Check your PSU with a tester, or multimeter. Might have just blew up your PSU.

How exactly did you fry it?

PSU is good, because I hooked it up to my cousin's computer ( he has it in his computer right as we speak :toast:

). Computers don't turn on or power up anything when there is a burned up cpu. I used my cousin's computer to test the cpu (he has the same one, LGA775, also a Celeron D

). I got nothing. So, I put my cousin's cpu in my motheboard, and it powerd up beautifully. but, my cousin said no when i asked him if i could keep the cpu lol.

Exceededgoku · Jun 5, 2007

well that was rediculously quick to burn it up... mate you must be really bad at overclocking to burn out a processor....

bigboi86 · Jun 5, 2007

3991vhtes said:
PSU is good, because I hooked it up to my cousin's computer ( he has it in his computer right as we speak ). Computers don't turn on or power up anything when there is a burned up cpu. I used my cousin's computer to test the cpu (he has the same one, LGA775, also a Celeron D ). I got nothing. So, I put my cousin's cpu in my motheboard, and it powerd up beautifully. but, my cousin said no when i asked him if i could keep the cpu lol.

Actually I think a motherboard will turn on even without a CPU. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't tried in a long time.

3991vhtes · Jun 5, 2007

Exceededgoku said:
well that was rediculously quick to burn it up... mate you must be really bad at overclocking to burn out a processor....

What the weird part was is the cooling supported up to 3.5GHz, and I overclocked it from 2.66GHz to 3.20GHz.

3991vhtes · Jun 5, 2007

bigboi86 said:
Actually I think a motherboard will turn on even without a CPU. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't tried in a long time.

Some will, and some won't. Mine doesn't power up without a CPU.

bigboi86 · Jun 5, 2007

3991vhtes said:
What the weird part was is the cooling supported up to 3.5GHz, and I overclocked it from 2.66GHz to 3.20GHz.

That doesn't matter at all. How much voltage did you give it? CPU's really don't die that quick.

It would have to hit VERY high temps for it to fry. Also, not all CPU's will run the same temp at 3.5ghz. If you feed a CPU too much voltage or let it get too hot it will fry, but that's like the only way to fry one. You should have been temp monitoring.

3991vhtes · Jun 5, 2007

bigboi86 said:
That doesn't matter at all. How much voltage did you give it? CPU's really don't die that quick.

It would have to hit VERY high temps for it to fry. Also, not all CPU's will run the same temp at 3.5ghz. If you feed a CPU too much voltage or let it get too hot it will fry, but that's like the only way to fry one. You should have been temp monitoring.

i don't even remember the volts. After I left my cousin's house, I took out the hard drive, and threw the computer in a dumpster.

bigboi86 · Jun 5, 2007

3991vhtes said:
i don't even remember the volts. After I left my cousin's house, I took out the hard drive, and threw the computer in a dumpster.

Omfg dude you have problems. You didn't even troubleshoot anything, the memory,video card, motherboard, media drives and case could be useful.

3991vhtes · Jun 5, 2007

bigboi86 said:
Omfg dude you have problems. You didn't even troubleshoot anything, the memory, motherboard, media drives and case could be useful.

i was super P.O'ed when I left. I'm sure my cousin prolly found it cuz I told him I was going to.

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