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tropicalfish
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:00 am Post subject: New System! |
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Built it on Friday.
Specs:
Antec 300 - Case
Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W - PSU
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H AMD 790GX - Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Quad-Core - CPU
G.SKILL 4GB 240-Pin DDR2-800 - RAM
SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB - Graphics Card
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB - Hard Drive
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - Optical Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit - Operating System
Some pics:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/mrairplaneman777/New%20System/DSC_8447.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/mrairplaneman777/New%20System/DSC_8448.jpg
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The desk isn't actually that close to the edge of the desk, that was only for picture purposes. |
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tropicalfish
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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New pics!
Improved cable management
I cleaned it up as best I could.
I've looped the SATA cable around the HDD to avoid the troubles of tying the cable.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/mrairplaneman777/New%20System/DSC_8484.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/mrairplaneman777/New%20System/DSC_8480.jpg
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jaeger52
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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Location: Rolling Meadows, Illinois
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Looking real good, T-Fish!
Enjoy! :D
Jaeg-
PS, Do you have anything in mind for back up and restore software, like Acronis or Nero? Just interested to know. |
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tropicalfish
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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jaeger52 wrote: Looking real good, T-Fish!
Enjoy! :D
Jaeg-
PS, Do you have anything in mind for back up and restore software, like Acronis or Nero? Just interested to know.
No, I don't use backup software, I don't know of any good ones.
I just occasionally (like monthly) back up my documents onto another hard drive and maybe any software, like FS. |
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jaeger52
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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Location: Rolling Meadows, Illinois
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:07 am Post subject: |
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tropicalfish wrote: I don't know of any good ones.
I mentioned two of the best I know of, and now you've piqued my interest when you suggested that you haven't found any "good ones"?
Interrogatory: Do you have any experience with Acronis? Nero?
I personally have Acronis 11.0 installed on my system as a fail safe. I can't speak to its accuracy other than it was highly rated in the usual places like, CNET, etc.
--Knock On Wood-- I haven't had to use it at this point and hope I never do. But with a spanking new build, a guy has got to start thinking of past mistakes and the loss of "critical stuff", and how to prevent that from happening again.
You mentioned having a recovery drive on your system, yet I see only one HDD in your Sig File, unless you have an external drive you haven't mentioned.
Again, I'm just curious. :wink:
Jaeg- |
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tropicalfish
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:00 am Post subject: |
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I use a network drive where my whole family can access files.
I don't use recovery programs, I've never bothered to look for any. There are many good alternatives out there but I haven't bothered to check them. |
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skipperdan
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Posts: 1300
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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WOW !!!
Very impressive. Back when I was only 4 years old like you, my parents let me play with Playdough, Tonka Toys and plastic airplanes. Now that I am grown up, I get to fly in real airplanes. 8) 8) |
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Cat1
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
Posts: 1500
Location: KFTW (Meacham Intl, Ft. Worth)
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Nice looking system...
I'll have to do the same for my i7 build :wink: |
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