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Thread ID: 61838	2005-09-18 05:56:00	Sorting out new pc	mejobloggs (264)	PC World Chat

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389137	2005-09-19 02:10:00	Thanks very much for the replies people. Also, i think your skimping on mice and keyboard if your into gaming, the netscroll is a POS, look around POS, what? Do you have any recommendations? I want a nice mouse, but the keyboard doesn't really bother me, as long as it is not too wide, and comes with a hand wrest thing. Also, changed to that Viewsonic lcd with an 800:1 contrast, thanks! I am going to get Ascent to assemble everything to save me the trouble :thumbs:	mejobloggs (264)
389138	2005-09-19 09:42:00	piece of ****, if money is no issue and you are a gamer, then get anything ms intellimouse range, intellimouse explorer's are great. for wireless the logitech mx range is fantastic.	Tux (606)
389139	2005-09-19 11:10:00	Ok, taken the comments into account. Got a better mouse/keyboard, better monitor, some slightly cheaper ram, and some sound reduction gadgets that I really hope will work. Case: iCute 0408SL-BS, Mid Tower, Side Window, Front USB, Bla Motherboard: Asus A8N-E, Socket 939, DDR, ATX CPU: AMD Athlon 64 CPU 3500+, 2.2GHz, Socket 939, 32/64-Bit, Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda ST3160727AS, 160GB, 7200RPM, 8192KB C CD / DVD writer: LiteOn SOHW-1673S, DVD 16R/16W/8RW, Internal, Black, Re Memory: Corsair Dual Channel Memory Kit, 2x512MB, DDR-SDRAM, DI Video card: Sparkle SP-PX70GVH, GeForce 7800 GT, 256MB, DDR3, PCIe- Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI Keyboard: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3100, Keyboard & Optical M Monitor: Viewsonic VP191B-2, 19" LCD, 1280x1024, DVI, Black OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2, for x86, OE Power supplies: Enermax EG565P-VE24P, Whisper II, 535W ATX PSU, SLI Rea SPEAKERS: Creative Inspire 2.1 T3000 Speakers, Black Other peripherals: Altec Lansing AHS502, Headset CASE+ACCESSORIES: OverclockersNZ Flex Pad, Acoustic Absorption Mat COOLING: Zalman CNPS7700B-AlCu, CPU Cooler CASE+ACCESSORIES: Vantec Cable Sleeving Kit, Blue I read somewhere that cpu fan is a large culpret in noise, and I think that Zalman Cpu Cooler will quiten it down a bit? Case good/big enough? Anyone know what the fan controller on this case is like? Hope Ascent has fun putting this together, because I sure won't be :D Now I just have to sell my brother. Maybe Dad's car if my brother doesn't fetch enough :rolleyes: Darn smilies, they get addictive.	mejobloggs (264)
389140	2005-09-19 13:07:00	My question marks.. 1. The case - is it any good? 2. Hard drive size - isn't 200 GB the sweet spot? 3. What, no RAID :) 4. No 5.1 speakers (!) (or better) 5. Let us hope that Ascent use good thermal compound on that puppy (alas I doubt they would be as exact as me)... 6. Oh and check warranty options...	gibler (49)
389141	2005-09-19 22:13:00	My question marks.. 1. The case - is it any good? 2. Hard drive size - isn't 200 GB the sweet spot? 3. What, no RAID :) 4. No 5.1 speakers (!) (or better) 5. Let us hope that Ascent use good thermal compound on that puppy (alas I doubt they would be as exact as me)... 6. Oh and check warranty options... 1. I have no idea 2. I get by perfectly fine on 40gb. I can upgrade later if I want. 3. Err, do I need this? 4. Not suitable for my house. 5. Anything I can do about this? 6. Shall I buy a 1 extra year warranty or something? Thanks	mejobloggs (264)
389142	2005-09-19 22:39:00	My question marks.. 1. The case - is it any good? 2. Hard drive size - isn't 200 GB the sweet spot? 3. What, no RAID :) 4. No 5.1 speakers (!) (or better) 5. Let us hope that Ascent use good thermal compound on that puppy (alas I doubt they would be as exact as me)... 6. Oh and check warranty options... 1. Purely a matter of opinion 2. At the difference in price I'rd be inclined to get something a bit larger. 3. Why. With one hard drive what will you use it for? 4.Never use them. 5.If you trust them to build your computer.Trust them to know how to do it properly. 6. Xtra warranty a waste of money.	JJJJJ (528)
389143	2005-09-20 08:18:00	on my athlon 64 i use the stock hsf, and its quiet as	Tux (606)
389144	2005-09-20 08:52:00	on my athlon 64 i use the stock hsf, and its quiet as Ah, good to hear. I guess I can get rid of that cpu cooler then.	mejobloggs (264)
389145	2005-09-20 10:13:00	Same with my 3000+, comes with a pretty grunty fan/cooler and you won't hear it above the case fan/s . Just a thought . . . as I've heard that the Athlon 3500 can run fairly 'hot' have you checked that the case has good air flow/decent fans? (at least two that is), will help a lot especially in summer . That's also a fairly big PSU which will pump out it's own measure of heat, even with an in-built fan . Case looks OK, appears to come with 2x 120mm fans (front/back) which sould do the job . Raid is good if you want to run 'hard drive intensive' applications as it 'shares the two drives' and swaps info between them . I don't think it would be an advantage for gaming (but someone else mifght know better) . Seems it's more for intensive number crunching or complicated graphics work . Stick with your 40MB for now . . . you can always upgrade to a couple of SATA drives in a RAID array later (the prices for SATA HD's are dropping still) . You can use the 'standard' 2 . 1 speakers with the 5 . 1 sound card . I'd suggest better 2 . 1 speakers rather than cheaper 5 . 1 speakers if you're playing video games . You can always upgrade to 5 . 1 later if you feel the need . The wired remote on the T3000 is very good idea, saves you having to use the mouse to change volume controls or rummage around under the desk for the volume knob on the control box . I haven't had anything assembled by Ascent, but in my dealings with them they always seem to know their stuff . . . compared to some computer places that's a real comfort . At least if they put the MB/CPU together you know it's more likely they will do a better job than you would :D HTH	Shortcircuit (1666)
389146	2005-09-20 10:45:00	At least if they put the MB/CPU together you know it's more likely they will do a better job than you would :D I agree totally with that :) The keyboard and mouse is driving me nuts. I cannot find what I want. The keyboard from the Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3100 looks good, not too wide (I think, I cannot find the dimensions at all, anywhere). But if I was going to pay that much for a keyboard and mouse, I might as well get the newer Logitech G5/G7, but I don't see that in a package anywhere. I am only a light gamer really, I don't play any fps apart from bzflag :D , so, does anyone have a suggestion for a good, mid range keyboard/mouse? It doesn't bother me if it is wireless or not.	mejobloggs (264)
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