My new computer to be

DrAlimentado · 02-03-2006, 18:52

I finally ordered my xmas present to myself

will take 7-10 days to be built and delivered so should arrive just before my birthday on teh 12th march

£871 inc. vat + delivery, the components cost about that so I'm happy to have them build it for me and save me the hassle.

must be time to buy cIV I guess!

Lt. Killer M · 02-03-2006, 18:57

Mwaha!!!!!!

And once it arrives it will not work, and you'll swear and cuss and wish you'd assembled it yourself!

j/k

hope you'll be happy! Can I challange you to a CIV PBEM, once you get to know the game (and I have more time)?

Pastorius · 02-03-2006, 21:39

Hm. Time to fire up the old killer dictionary

Also, nice specs

Shabbaman · 02-03-2006, 22:11

I thought you'd go for the fanless power supply. 500W peak? What's the brand?

DrAlimentado · 03-03-2006, 02:27

120mm fans are pretty dam quiet, and I dont trust fanless power supplies. It's not super super quiet but it should be pretty good overall, the mb has some silent pipe jobbie instead of a northbridge (or w/e) fan but in the end i got a gfx card with a fan cos I know ppl who have had problems with the fanless ones overheating. CPU has a stock retail fan but I have read favourable reviews that the newer san diego chips have a better quality fan on the retail versions which runs quieter than normal... gonna see how it goes before splurging £50 on a quieter fancy ass cpu cooler. hard disk reviews also state they run virtually silent so I am hopeful

Sir Eric · 12-03-2006, 02:15

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quote:Originally posted by DrAlimentado
£871 inc. vat + delivery, the components cost about that so I'm happy to have them build it for me and save me the hassle.

I think that would work out to be around AUS$2500, which is good for those specs. A similar spec system here would start at that price and go up.
Do you get a monitor with it as well?

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Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	Mwaha!!!!!! And once it arrives it will not work, and you'll swear and cuss and wish you'd assembled it yourself! j/k hope you'll be happy! Can I challange you to a CIV PBEM, once you get to know the game (and I have more time)? __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

02-03-2006, 21:39	#3
Pastorius Custard used tile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Opening a can Posts: 3,158	Hm. Time to fire up the old killer dictionary Also, nice specs __________________

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03-03-2006, 02:27	#5
DrAlimentado Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: the cookie jar. Posts: 1,568	120mm fans are pretty dam quiet, and I dont trust fanless power supplies. It's not super super quiet but it should be pretty good overall, the mb has some silent pipe jobbie instead of a northbridge (or w/e) fan but in the end i got a gfx card with a fan cos I know ppl who have had problems with the fanless ones overheating. CPU has a stock retail fan but I have read favourable reviews that the newer san diego chips have a better quality fan on the retail versions which runs quieter than normal... gonna see how it goes before splurging £50 on a quieter fancy ass cpu cooler. hard disk reviews also state they run virtually silent so I am hopeful __________________ <font color=\"red\">sign up for the best game on the forum</font id=\"red\"> <font color=\"green\">My Army</font id=\"green\"> <font color=\"green\">Help my orcs to prosper</font id=\"green\"> MapTweaker Utility beta (copy/paste/resize biq files)