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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #60 on: January 27, 2011, 01:58:08 am »
For me I'm waiting for amd's 6990 card. Although it is expensive I just have to have it.  ;D Also waiting out on amd's bulldozer chip. Which will 8 frickin!!! cores and 4 256 bit fpu's  :o Also good is that I will be able to turn my current computer into a minecraft server with 8 gigs of ram.

List of stuff I need to do before September:
1. Finish the Emulator of the Casio Prizm (in active development)
2. Finish the the SH3 asm IDE/assembler/linker program (in active development)
3. Create a partial Java virtual machine  for the Prizm (not started)
4. Create Axe for the Prizm with an Axe legacy mode (in planning phase)
5. Develop a large set of C and asm libraries for the Prizm (some progress)
6. Create an emulator of the 83+ for the Prizm (not started)
7. Create a well polished game that showcases the ability of the Casio Prizm (not started)

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #61 on: January 30, 2011, 07:58:04 am »
haha nice. Ok, so amazing news. I WILL HAVE MY COMPUTER IN JUST OVER A WEEK!  :w00t:
I took my money that I would be able to use today (including my yet to be sold computer) and I looked to see what I could do with that alone. Amazingly enough, I was able to find 3 of the same parts and 2 that were extremely similar and formulated a budget where I can buy all the components all at once.

my wishlist for my remaining components: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=13351211
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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #62 on: January 31, 2011, 02:55:58 am »
Awesome! I'm glad you're finally getting it. I hope you don't have too much troubles setting it up. :)

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #63 on: January 31, 2011, 03:34:35 am »
Make sure you distribute power evenly from your power supply. That caused problems for me when I first set up my system. (I was trying to use as few cables as possible, which caused the gpu to fail)  :o

List of stuff I need to do before September:
1. Finish the Emulator of the Casio Prizm (in active development)
2. Finish the the SH3 asm IDE/assembler/linker program (in active development)
3. Create a partial Java virtual machine  for the Prizm (not started)
4. Create Axe for the Prizm with an Axe legacy mode (in planning phase)
5. Develop a large set of C and asm libraries for the Prizm (some progress)
6. Create an emulator of the 83+ for the Prizm (not started)
7. Create a well polished game that showcases the ability of the Casio Prizm (not started)

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #64 on: January 31, 2011, 08:45:04 pm »
dont worry, its a single +12V rail ^.^

edit: also im doing a re-install of (both) operating systems because ironically, i have 65,000+ rootkits on my mac partition according to avg rootkit scanner on my windows side :-X :crazy:
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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #65 on: February 01, 2011, 02:46:59 pm »
Ouch that sucks. That reminds me... I need to reformat my old desktop at one point...

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #66 on: February 03, 2011, 02:27:22 pm »
Good luck getting your mobo. Intel just recalled all 1155 boards because of a chipset bug.

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #67 on: February 03, 2011, 04:03:34 pm »
yep that's why I now do not have a computer until april. See, I listed my comptuer on ebay monday and the day before yesterday (when the bug was announced) my computer sold about an hour later and now I can't buy my cpu because they recalled it and that's why I don't have a computer until april.. although my dad might obtain me a free mac mini G4. Nothing special, all I hope is it can run IRC and the JDK for my class. I got my motherboard before hand so I have to RMA that as well :(

even though all that happened.. this is good for me because I will have enough money to save for the computer parts I would have eventually bought if i waited until march, so yay.. kinda :s
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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #68 on: February 04, 2011, 12:26:21 am »
Wow congrats on the fast Ebay sale. When you get your new computer, does it means you'll be online more here? :D

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #69 on: February 04, 2011, 09:09:06 pm »
oh definitely 8)

good-bad news kinda. My dad lost his job (company is being sold) so ima have to buy all the parts that he would have bought me.. but that's ok because I can afford what I need fortunately. Also im glad newegg prepaid my shipping label and waived the restocking fee for a true 100% refund :D

current wishlist: https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14559305

In addition to that I will be buying avg internet security, windows 7 professional edition (educational discount), and re-buying the motherboard I had to send back once its out
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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #70 on: February 04, 2011, 11:50:44 pm »
Don't use AVG, use Avast! or Microsoft Security Essentials. Both are free, iirc.

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #71 on: February 04, 2011, 11:59:12 pm »
What's wrong with AVG, though? You should state a reason why one should use Avast over AVG so it won't look like software fanboyism, considering all 3 softwares you mentionned are available for free. I never had troubles with AVG on my old computer, except that it used to be so friggin hard to find the free version online. I like Avast, though, since it automatically updated for me and like the free version of AVG it was free.

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #72 on: February 05, 2011, 09:30:37 am »
yeah in-fact in my case AVG free actually caught a worm that microsoft essentials didnt catch! :o

edit: and yes, please tell me why microsoft security essentials should be chosen. In my case, im getting avg internet security 2011
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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #73 on: February 05, 2011, 12:47:02 pm »
Oh you mean Internet Security, which isn't free. In that case I wonder if you wouldn't be better with the free version or Avast, combined with another software like Spybot Search and Destroy?Note: If you be careful you shouldn't even need the latter. This comp runs only with Avast and I never got any spyware or the like: I simply watch out what site I fill forms on and avoid downloading torrents containing zip/rar/tar/gz/exe files.

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Re: building a computer!
« Reply #74 on: February 05, 2011, 04:08:01 pm »
avg internet security seems to be working for me ok. I do a lot of websurfing and dl'ing and I havn't caught anything.. untill recently (not sure how that even happned though.. might be via utorrent or SysReset). Although I will still keep utorrent, I won't be seeding the music torrent anymore because im affraid that's where it came from. other than that idk
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