My Christmas present!

[ad4mg]

I'm giving myself an early Christmas present. My old Acer is doing some seriously weird stuff lately (had to add in a PCI NIC & a PCI IDE controller for the DVD drive), so I'm building a machine to replace it.

Here it is ... above average performance for less than $800 (at Tiger Direct):

http://mysite.verizon.net/ad4mg/2010cpu.jpg

:-D

BTW - the 1st HDD will be for Windows 7, and I'll add Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on the 2nd HDD.

[rot]

Cool man...Have fun. I'm doing a DirectTV upgrade to high def per Santa.
'Bout 800.00 in goodies so far and another 20/month down the road.
Should be lulzy...can't wait to hose the install...:lol:
rot

[W4GPL]

Just one RAM chip? Do they not do the Dual Channel stuff anymore?

[kf0rt]

Coolio, Luke. Really waned to replace a toob TV with a flat-screen this year, but can't justify it.

Rotley- have HD. You'll be amazed, somehow. Trust me. The dimes are better spent on the audio part of that experience. Or so I tell myself.

[N1LAF]

Just one RAM chip? Do they not do the Dual Channel stuff anymore?

Same question... more performance with 2 or 4 RAM boards/chips

[N1LAF]

Potential add-on, for drive swapping...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990001

[ad4mg]

Just one RAM chip? Do they not do the Dual Channel stuff anymore?
Naw, it's a 2 pack ... 2 @ 2048MB( I wanted a matched set):

The Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory is a kit of two 256M x 64-bit 2GB (2048MB) DDR3-1333MHz CL7 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory modules, based on sixteen 128M x 8-bit DDR3 FBGA components per module. The Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory kit supports Intel® XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles). The total Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory kit capacity is 4GB. Each module pair has been tested to run at DDR3-1333MHz at a low latency timing of 7-7-7-20 at 1.65V. The SPDs are programmed to JEDEC standard latency DDR3-1333MHz timing of 9-9-9 at 1.5V. Each 240-pin DIMM uses gold contact fingers and requires +1.5V

[WV6Z]

SWEEEEET!

[WØTKX]

I picked up a Gateway refurbished "open box" special that came to just under $600 with tax. It's supposed to go in the shack, but I have been having way to much fun with it as a media box. Movies rock on this thing, even when streaming MP3's at the same time. I've added another 2.5 TB of storage. Want another one, I'll wait for a return. :shifty:

Gateway DX-4320-09 (http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668664.php)



AMD® Athlon™ II X4 635
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
4GB DDR3-1333 RAM
1TB Hard Drive
16x DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive
Multi-in-One Digital Media Card Reader
ATI Radeon™ HD 5570
TV Tuner
10/100/1000 Network


MicroCenter is not quite as competitive as Tiger Direct or Amazon, but we have a brick and mortar store here in Denver. :dance:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0351070
(http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668664.php)

[AA8AE]

Very Cool Luke! My son got my wife new furniture for the Family Room and got me a 50" Plasma TV for the living room. It came with surround sound but we put that on the grand kids 65" in the Family room. I wanted to get a new rig but, thanks to a gentleman last month hitting my Ford Focus which was stopped in Traffic on the expressway in the rear at 45 mph I got a new pickup insted. Oh well! Merry Christmas to all!!

[n6hcm]

I picked up a Gateway refurbished "open box" special

gateway turns out some decent systems, especially when they're available as refurbs. this laptop i'm typing on at the moment is a two year old gateway that i got as a refurb through tigerdirect ...it's a bit large for my needs (17" screen, ...) but the large chassis meant i could install a second hd ...