My Custom Computer, your opinion?

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My Custom Computer, your opinion?

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I've worked on this list for awhile, getting good deals, hardware, etc. Tell me what you think, and while everyone can say "Get <blah blah (insert item here) >", if it costs more, I probably can't get it. I don't have tons of money, and thats why this computer has such a low price. Tell me if its good, and any possible things wrong or bad.

Now, here's the link, write a review/rate it on newegg or post here.

Note: There isn't an ATX case on that list, because I already have a humongous tower to put it in.
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Post by MrPotatoes »

so you are calling people stupid huh?

that's a great start man. good job.

now everyone is going to come here and have nothing good to say.

gee whiz fella. thanx for your insight
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Post by Benjamin »

Looks good for the price.
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

If you're stupid
Generally you should always assume otherwise, much more polite and remember you are on a programming forum, cleverer than average people tend to gather on programming forums; at least I'd like to think so.

As for reviewing your hardware, I dunno, I'm not really a hardware guy, aren't there hardware forums more suited?
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Re: My Custom Computer, your opinion?

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GWsux wrote:Now, here's the link, write a review/rate it on newegg or post here.

If you're stupid and didn't realize that was a link, here's the url: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wis ... er=3454428
That was unnecessary, GWsux.
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Post by toasty2 »

:( Sorry...but that link is kind of small, you have to read kind of closely to find it. And is it me, or does this website have below average or small font? I didn't know there was a huge amount of rules that could be memorized, I usually just try to not say any words worse than "stupid". And, I have seen tons of idiotic people on a forum where you would think they'd be smart. Also, my intention wasn't to be completely be mean to "idiotic people", but to show them a larger link to click on.

On-topic, thank you all for the constructive comments.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

The sites font sizes are pretty standard sized fonts, and those in the subSilver theme are the default size used by phpBB. There aren't a huge amount of rules to be memorized (that's why the mods gently remind you of them), but common courtesy is appreciated by all here. And it isn't so much the word itself as the undertone it has in the context in which it used. However, it seems like an honest mistake, so taking this thread back on topic...

Sounds like it'd be a pretty sweet little rig. And for the price, it'd be hard to beat, unless you were shopping at a Mega-store. But then you'd have no control over the components, software or anything. So all in all, I'd say that is a pretty nice setup.
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Thanks :D

By the way, I really doubt it's me, but wasn't the site just down for like 15 minutes?
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It was down. I cannot say as to why, yet. I'll be talking to support shortly, I imagine.
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It was down. I cannot say as to why, yet. I'll be talking to support shortly, I imagine.
Name servers at dnsprotect.com were not responding... you might want to know that.
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Ole, I would've posted this on a hardware forum, but the places I usually post, the only thing they want to do is argue about Intel vs AMD. :?
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Personally I would spend a little more money on the power supply. I haven't found a single 400 watt power supply for under $50 that would actually output 400 watts. That rating tends to be PEAK output and that only lasts for a few minutes and not continuous. Usually the continuous watt output on those cheap 400 watt power supplies is between 250 and 300.

They usually use a single 12 volt rail to generate all power and that is a bad design. You need at least two 12 volt rails for 400 and up if you want stability and REAL power output.
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Post by panic! »

I'm building a machine at the moment, very similar spec. same CPU, so...good choice ;)

I personally don't skimp on memory quality (don't go for the value stuff) and PSU( get a TRUE rated one), both important if you want a nice reliable system!
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Get a Mac Image
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the places I usually post, the only thing they want to do is argue about Intel vs AMD.
Ahh. Is there any where they don't?
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