looking for your ideas on a new desktop or new laptop for RAH and general use

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Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 52438 - Posted: 14 Apr 2008, 8:50:02 UTC - in response to Message 52437. nice stuff guys, thanks newegg looks like some good deals. 240 dollars or 152 euro is pretty nice deal. much better than a whole new case and power supply. then i suppose i need to upgrade my video card as well. now..i think we are almost at the end of questions, but now I need vista i suppose to run this qudcore. i doubt xp is up to the task is it? I know of a place called software warehouse or something like that, where i got my US version of XP at. thanks for the advice so far XP is fine - you can have as many cores as you like per CPU on XP Home, but you need Pro if you're using more than one CPU. So basically, any version of XP will be fine for you. most excelent news! Thanks dcdc ID: 52438 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 52448 - Posted: 14 Apr 2008, 20:41:17 UTC anyone live in the PDX/Beaverton area? i am looking at the advantages of tax free shopping in oregon. but i have no idea where to go to find a good parts supplier. wish list is a AMD Phenom 9850 with the right mobo (using MSI at the moment, but had ASUS in the past)and a video card to go with it. audio is not so important as i just use a stereo system with a subwoofer by logitech on occasions. ID: 52448 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 52454 - Posted: 14 Apr 2008, 23:41:23 UTC east coast over here, going back and forth between NY and DC. what about newegg? would that be tax free for you? they sometimes have good cpu /mobo combos, even with free shipping. ID: 52454 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 52460 - Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 8:43:53 UTC - in response to Message 52454. checked that, indeed it is tax free, just shipping is 8 dollars by ups. still, if a local store can offer a cheaper price, i will go to a store. but i will order from newegg if needed. Any recomendations on a good but expensive video card? I hardly have time to play games any more and would rather watch movies on my big screen television, so I don't need high res 3d or tv features. east coast over here, going back and forth between NY and DC. what about newegg? would that be tax free for you? they sometimes have good cpu /mobo combos, even with free shipping. ID: 52460 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 52466 - Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 10:12:30 UTC Last modified: 15 Apr 2008, 10:13:54 UTC Assume you mean "inexpensive" video card :) newegg (free shipping), of course... will a family member help out with a rebate? EVGA GeForce 8600GT 256MB Video Card $50AR ID: 52466 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 52468 - Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 11:13:17 UTC - in response to Message 52466. ummmm, yeah INexpensive indeed. dang tuesday mornings. I saw that card at new egg, haven't looked into the details of that yet. Ok, then how much RAM do I need to use with a quad to make rosie happy? Is 2 enough or should I go up to 4? Any good DVD burners that are not to expensive that you know of? I have a working CD burner at the moment. I might as well buy all the parts I need now with the nice dollar exchange rate. Glad to live in the EU right now. lol Todays rate 1.59 euro to 1 greenback. Assume you mean "inexpensive" video card :) newegg (free shipping), of course... will a family member help out with a rebate? EVGA GeForce 8600GT 256MB Video Card $50AR ID: 52468 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

dcdc Send message Joined: 3 Nov 05 Posts: 1832 Credit: 119,920,601 RAC: 3,042	Message 52474 - Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 12:39:12 UTC - in response to Message 52468. ummmm, yeah INexpensive indeed. dang tuesday mornings. I saw that card at new egg, haven't looked into the details of that yet. Ok, then how much RAM do I need to use with a quad to make rosie happy? Is 2 enough or should I go up to 4? Any good DVD burners that are not to expensive that you know of? I have a working CD burner at the moment. I might as well buy all the parts I need now with the nice dollar exchange rate. Glad to live in the EU right now. lol Todays rate 1.59 euro to 1 greenback. Assume you mean "inexpensive" video card :) newegg (free shipping), of course... will a family member help out with a rebate? EVGA GeForce 8600GT 256MB Video Card $50AR Something to consider: any 32-bit OS can only use ~3.5GB RAM (depends on Graphics card RAM size and other things I'm not too sure of!)... HTH ID: 52474 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 815 Credit: 1,812,737 RAC: 0	Message 52479 - Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 13:37:32 UTC 2 is enough ... but, max out the "channels" you use so that you get the maximum bandwidth ... If the MB can use 4 channel, populate it with 4 sticks of 512 M ... ID: 52479 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

dcdc Send message Joined: 3 Nov 05 Posts: 1832 Credit: 119,920,601 RAC: 3,042	Message 52494 - Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 21:22:10 UTC - in response to Message 52479. 2 is enough ... but, max out the "channels" you use so that you get the maximum bandwidth ... If the MB can use 4 channel, populate it with 4 sticks of 512 M ... I'm not sure that's necessary with the latest gen computers (probably due to the large caches and fast access anyway): http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/parallel-processing-RAM,review-29694-11.html I'd go for dual-channel if you can, but going for bigger DIMMs and leaving spare slots for expansion might be worth considering. ID: 52494 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote