Gonna try a Twin Core and a new card

MA_Dak · Post by **MA_Dak** » 26 Oct 2006 18:53

Youll love it DB

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 26 Oct 2006 19:27

MA_DanglyBob wrote:OK so I'm ordering a few bits then.

Abit KN8 SLi, NF4 SLI, S939, PCI-E (x16), DDR 400/266/333, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £63.44

160 Gb Maxtor 6G160EO DiamondMax Plus 17, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 9.0 ms, NCQ £37.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket939, VeniceCore, 2.0GHz, 512KB Cache, OEM £43.48

Akasa AK-862 S754/S939 + AM2 9cm Ultra Quiet Amber Heat Sink Fan - A64/FX53

plus a SATA PSU converter if I can find one on scan

yup :-)

and with your two sticks of 1gig PC3200....you'll FLY!!!

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 26 Oct 2006 21:17

If u cant find them at scan m8 I have some.

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 27 Oct 2006 00:27

cheers trig

just ordered one from ebuyer at £1.50 or summat...

MA_Dak · Post by **MA_Dak** » 27 Oct 2006 00:47

This is mad, just put on BF2 I honestly didnt relise it could look that good

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 27 Oct 2006 10:35

Bet it loads a darn sight quicker too...

going to be a few days before I get hold of my bits and get round to a build...

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 27 Oct 2006 11:05

take your time....we did! Get it right and clean, good airflow and tidy innards :-)

Dak's is a peach now :-) and quieter than ever before. We even took out a case fan as I'm convinced it was not doing any good, only harm.

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 27 Oct 2006 11:07

while we're at it.....Bob, as you're doing a clean install, try this on your old machine.

Start, Run and type

msconfig

when it loads, go to the tab on the right that says Start Up.
Count the things that load on boot up.
When XP is fresh, no drivers etc...it has zero entries.
Every time you install summit, drivers or whatever, check it again, google the item and see if it's needed.
And dont let anyone install stuff like Quick Time without you disabling all the assosciated cack with it.

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 27 Oct 2006 11:38

I quite regularly go in and clear out cack....

Not looking forward to the new Vista. Can only imagine what extra cack that's going to put in. XP is bad enough.

Always on the lookout for 'lite' versions of bits.
One I found ages ago was the alternative for realplayer...
Going to have to go find them all again now...

Hate doing fresh installs. At least I'll be able to save the old 40Gb HD with the original stuff on it to transfer emails, old save games, configs etc across from.

Ordered all the bits now anyway. Scans stuff will arrive on Monday. I had to order the board from another supplier, Misco, as Scan had run out of those boards.

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 27 Oct 2006 12:02

I love fresh installs. My mobile is on most of the time, so don't panic

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 27 Oct 2006 12:05

I hate doing fresh installs thats why I have a section on my D drive called Storage where I have all the apps and patches that I use when I do a refresh install, quickalternative and real alternative are both in there Bob

MA_Thorn · Post by **MA_Thorn** » 27 Oct 2006 12:09

You'll love the new clause in Vista's EULA.. you are only allowed to transfer the license once.

That is, you can buy it, install it. Then when you buy new hardware you can re-install it, after that you'll need to buy a new license.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 27 Oct 2006 12:25

What about when you just reinstall it on the same hardware?
I reinstall my XP about 3/4 times a year, might actually get round to just imaging the drive next tiome when its done and just resetting it to where it was post install just after activation...

SmoothNuts · Post by **SmoothNuts** » 27 Oct 2006 15:13

MA_Thorn wrote:You'll love the new clause in Vista's EULA.. you are only allowed to transfer the license once.

That is, you can buy it, install it. Then when you buy new hardware you can re-install it, after that you'll need to buy a new license.

Surely that's OEM only?

MA_Thorn · Post by **MA_Thorn** » 27 Oct 2006 15:16

I'll find the link, and post in a mo.

Basically it's a change from the XP license, at the mo you can reinstall XP happy as larry as many times as you like (though you may need to phone MS when you change hardware) providing you no longer have it installed on whatever machine it was previously installed on (i.e. no multiple installs.. duh.)

With Vista you are only allowed to do this twice. (1st install, then one transfer)

EDIT: http://www.maximumpc.com/2006/10/microsofts_lice.html

Here’s the exact text: “The first user of the software may reassign the license to another device one time.” That means that if you purchase a copy of Vista at retail—be it the $200 Home Basic or the $400 Vista Ultimate package—you have the right to install that OS on one machine. When you retire that machine, you can install the OS on a second PC, but that’s it.