Sovereign
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| System Name | "The Gateway Donation" |
|---|---|
| Processor | Mobile AMD Turion 64 ML-34, 1975 MHz (9 x 218) (1MB L2) |
| Motherboard | MSI K8N Neo3-FSR (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGR, 2 DDR DIMM) |
| Cooling | Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO + Various 80mm Case Fans |
| Memory | 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM, Hynix & Nanya Chips) |
| Video Card(s) | MSI HD2600XT 256MB GDDR4 Diamond OC Edition PCI-E x16 |
| Storage | Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) |
| Display(s) | Princeton LCD1950 19" 8ms Digital LCD (1280x1024 @ 75Hz) |
| Case | Gateway (2000) Beige P150 ATX MidTower Case |
| Audio Device(s) | Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500 "SuperQuad" Audio |
| Power Supply | HEC Orion 500 watt ATX Power Supply |
| Software | Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/ SP2 |
| Benchmark Scores | SuperPi 1M @ You don't even want to know! ;) |
hey cool I was going to do that anyway, thanks for saving me the work
as for the the burner yeah I'm just getting one at newegg sony nec free shipping for like $32
as for the cooler I wanted to test it out first and see how it works, then I was thinking maybe a pci slot cooler or something, I'm going to have massive airflow as it is so I may not even need something new
oh and is the hard drive formatted or what condition is it in?
This video card does produce a good amount of heat, even with the decent all copper factory hsf that it comes with stock. I think a good aftermarket cooler is probably the way to go here. As I stated in a PM i think, I was able to push her to 650MHz core and 740MHz (1480MHz effective) memory with the stock cooler but the fan needs to be at 100% speed (kinda obvious...) and it sounds like a jet plane on a runway (well, not quite that bad but you get the idea). The great thing about the X1650XT is that its low power, single slot, no need for additional power via 6/8 pin and it's on par and in most cases, better than a Geforce 7600GT.
As far as the hard drive, it'll come freshly formatted (NTFS) and in an anti-static bag. It's SATA2 capable but I think you have to go to Hitachi's website and dl a small utility thats needed to set the HD in SATA2 mode. I believe it comes default at SATA150. I could be wrong and you might not have to do anything as I haven't used the hard drive in months and can not remember if I needed to do that or not. Anyhow, it's no big deal and a simple operation to perform if it is indeed needed.
I can't wait to show you guys when I get her up and running! I'm getting a modular PSU and everything
