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[bofh]

Ooo, new computer posts eh (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Antec 900 ATX Ultimate Gamer Case, Corsair 750W PSU, Gigabyte P45 MoBo, Intel E8500 Dual Core 3.16 GHz CPU, Zalman CPU cooler, 8 Gigs of OCZ Fatal1ty DDR2 800MHz RAM, Diamond Radeon 4870 w/512MB RAM, Diamond Radeon 9250 w/256MB RAM, 2.25TB of disk (3 750GB Seagate Drives), Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer, Sony DVD burner, Logitech X-540 5.1 Speakers, and Microsoft XP Pro SP3.

I reinstalled Starcraft/BroodWar, Half-Life 2, Diablo II, Doom 3 and C&C 3. I also bought Dead Space. So far it's not bad. Not as scary as folks are saying though in my opinion.

I've heard both good and bad about Fallout 3 so I might have to check it out.

Computer build site:

http://www.schelin.org/20081004

Carl

[Stahlseele]

well, over here, in germany, thanks to the good €/$-Rate such things are much more common and cheaper . .
it's close to impossible to get a good CRT anymore over here though . . 17" CRT with 85Hz is the most many stores carry . .
no 21" anymore, not 100Hz anymore, certainly not 21" ^00Hz CRT's . .
look into your system stats, windows will be telling you anything from 3 to 3,5 to 4 to 8 Gig RAM in your computer . .
then go to http://www.canyourunit.com/ and see what that one is telling you about your RAM, as that is what Windows is actually going to be using . .
For example, in my one LapTop, there are 4 Gig DDR2 RAM in there. Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit and Vista says: 4Gig installed
can you run it says 3Gig, as that is the most this windows will actively use . .
now if i were to upgrade to ultimate 64 both would show me the full 4Gig, and if the board supports it i could upgrade up to 8 Gig . .

on the New Systems, i will use Vista Ultimate 64 to get the max out of the cores and RAM, on the older Systems WinXP will suffice, as there's no more than 2 Gig in either my current Desktop(the one going to go Storage) and my other slightly older LapTop . .