Cobbi's Rig'o'Doom!

Cobalt Katze · 12-12-2005, 06:39 PM

Well since Piro wanted me to do this

Fear my system and its potential upgradedness!

Cobbi's Rig'o'Doom!

Name: Navi
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
RAM: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Direct X: 9.0c
Monitor: 20.1" LCD Widescreen + 17" LCD
Graphic Card: nVidia GeForce 7900GT
Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum
Speakers: Mackie Tapco
Hard Drives: 1x 80GB - 1x External 160GB
CD/DVD: CD/DVD dual-function burner. Speed = Fast?

Updated: 8/16/06

Cobalt Katze · 12-12-2005, 09:23 PM

Oh no, double-post!

Neatton, or anyone else: Can you recommend me a really nice 80-120GB external HD (USB 2.0)? Not sure what's out there.

Neatton · 12-12-2005, 11:52 PM

I would probably go with this one. It has an 8 meg cache which for external isnt too bad. You will get almost as good a performance out of this as if it were internal.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144389

If you want to go all out though I would personally find a good external enclosure by itself possibly by a manufacturer who builds good cases. Then just get yourself a regular internal hard drive. It usually isnt to much more expensive but its a bit more work searching around and making sure you get something compatible. The up side to this is that you can generally find something that stays cooler and runs smoother as they worked on making a good enclosure instead of a complete system. The main reason for this however is to make sure that the setup is not propriotary. If you get a seperate enclosure and HDD you know that you can always upgrade the HDD with little trouble.

Let me show you a few links of what I would probably do. For the 135 that the WD setup comes out to I would do.

Enclosure:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817146053

Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144309

Well ok 150 bucks but still much better deal!

Cobalt Katze · 12-13-2005, 12:26 AM

Thanks

I'd probably be more inclined to get the first one, the fully external.

Cobalt Katze · 03-14-2006, 06:28 PM

Booyah! System Upgrade Conprete! Added my 160GB external HD, 1GB of RAM, and X-Fi Platinum to the lineup.

Neatton · 03-14-2006, 07:17 PM

nice man that should last you sometime to come

Cobalt Katze · 08-16-2006, 05:06 PM

Yet another upgrade occured yesterday evening! A new widescreen monitor has been acquired and compiled into a multi-monitor setup, along with a shiny 7900GT video card. Sales make me happy. List is updated to reflect~

Nil · 08-16-2006, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobalt Katze

Sales make me happy. List is updated to reflect~

If ya don't mind me asking, what was the response time on that monitor - and how big of a sale?

Cobalt Katze · 08-16-2006, 09:49 PM

Dell is selling them for around $100 off the usual price, though I'm not sure if it's still going on.

Response time... I don't have a concrete number. How would I find out? It doesn't feel awkward though.

Neatton · 08-17-2006, 12:05 AM

If its there normal 20 in i believe there 12 ms.