The PC Discussion Thread

[drakkie]

Yeah, buy a Liteon one. I got a 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner for $80AUD at a computer fair last year, so they're prolly even cheaper now. Full write stats:

DVD+R 16X
DVD+R DL 4X
DVD+RW Rewriting 8X
DVD-R 16X
DVD-RW Rewriting 6X
DVD-ROM Read 16x
CD-R 48X
CD-RW 24X
CD-ROM Read 48X

It's pretty good, I've had no drama's. Can't vouch for CD R/RW though, I use my Liteon 52x-32x-52x CDRW Burner for that, but it's been great as well

and reliability ? Does it "slip" after a while making those weird noises or not ?

[2ndclasscitizen]

No problems so far. What's this 'slip'?

[drakkie]

No problems so far. What's this 'slip'?

a short description of it:
you insert the cd, it needs to speed up but the cd never gets upto speed properly and you hear a sound similar of a slipping belt. This problem comes back every time it needs to speed up nd the drive isn't normally usable. It's kinda hard how to describe but i'll make a videoclip of it tomorrowmorning.

[2ndclasscitizen]

No, it just goes to speed and holds it, no slipping problem.

[Zytek_Fan]

Anyone have an Opteron processor in their PC?

[TVR IS KING]

Sorry about the completely irrelevant post, but I need help.
My Microsoft Paint has collapsed!
Im running windows 98...I have no other imaging programs that are worth using, and I cant open Bitmaps.
Can anyone help me get paint?
^^^^ I dont have one of those.

[Roy Visser]

do you have the original windows 98 cdrom?

[Dino Scuderia]

I ordered most of my new PC yesterday, will also use the HDD and other drives from my current compy.

Acer 20" Ferrari F-20 1680x1050 LCD
EVGA Geforce 7600GT 256mb P2-N553
Maxtor 160gb HDD
Corsair TWINX Dual Channel PC3200 400mhz 2x1024mb
Ultra Blue Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower case w/550-Watt PS
Ultra Blue 120mm fan
ASUS A8N-SLI nVidia Socket 939 ATX
AMD Athlon 64x2 4200 Dual Core
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Haven't chosen a mouse or sound card yet.

[Roy Visser]

sweet, im discussing pc possibilitys too, getting one at the end of the month


why did you chose the 7600gt if i may ask?

im thinking of a 7900GTX atm

[Zytek_Fan]

I ordered most of my new PC yesterday, will also use the HDD and other drives from my current compy.

Acer 20" Ferrari F-20 1680x1050 LCD
EVGA Geforce 7600GT 256mb P2-N553
Maxtor 160gb HDD
Corsair TWINX Dual Channel PC3200 400mhz 2x1024mb
Ultra Blue Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower case w/550-Watt PS
Ultra Blue 120mm fan
ASUS A8N-SLI nVidia Socket 939 ATX
AMD Athlon 64x2 4200 Dual Core
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Haven't chosen a mouse or sound card yet.

Why not the mobile X1900XT?

[Roy Visser]

Why not the mobile X1900XT?

euhm the 7600 is about half the money of the x1900xt?

its not in the same priceclass

thats like asking someone why they didnt get a ferrari, when they just purchased a volkswagen

[Dino Scuderia]

sweet, im discussing pc possibilitys too, getting one at the end of the month


why did you chose the 7600gt if i may ask?

im thinking of a 7900GTX atm

A couple reasons...at first I wasn't planning to upgrade my monitor so due to that extra cost I chose the 7600GT which is an excellent card for the money, lots of positive reviews. Since my mobo is SLI I will add another 7600 later as the price falls on them.

There's an excellent comparo test here of evga and Ati cards.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/326/1/

[Zytek_Fan]

A couple reasons...at first I wasn't planning to upgrade my monitor so due to that extra cost I chose the 7600GT which is an excellent card for the money, lots of positive reviews. Since my mobo is SLI I will add another 7600 later as the price falls on them.

There's an excellent comparo test here of evga and Ati cards.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/326/1/

If you plan on playing any really graphics intense games like Oblivion or Quake 4, the ATI X1800XT and X1900XT works the best

[Dino Scuderia]

If you plan on playing any really graphics intense games like Oblivion or Quake 4, the ATI X1800XT and X1900XT works the best

I don't plan to...and the Ati counterpart to the 7600GT is the XT1600XT, not the 1800 or 1900.

[drakkie]

No, it just goes to speed and holds it, no slipping problem.

after some heavy use only It takes me only 3-6 months to get it per drive.... about 3-4000 running hours i guess

making a video for you now

Done... I'm sorry but i couldnt record sound and video at the same time/programme. They might be a little of and both poor quality.. webcam and shitty microphone... But i hope you get my problem

http://rapidshare.de/files/20781999/cdrom.rar.html