Topic: Dieing Video Card

[Sidewinder{DoH}]

Looks like a good setup to me 

[Razor]

Looks pretty good.  I love my quadcore but I wish I had a 45nm one... may upgrade next year though...

[Sandman-XX]

Check the price difference on the 2.4 and the 3.0 cpu.  Might save a few bucks, and 2.4 is plenty fast for awhile, still, if the stays high.

[Woapalanne]

Thanks for the help all...  Parts have been ordered. 

[Sidewinder{DoH}]

This may be what I upgrade to if I can wait long enough.  http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3326

[Sandman-XX]

If you've ordered already, then put it in a public wish list and post it. 

[Woapalanne]

If you've ordered already, then put it in a public wish list and post it. 

CPU INTEL|C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R
MB GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L P35 RT
VGA EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR 8800GT 512M
HD 250G|ST SATA2 7K
MEM 2GX2|A-DATA ADQVE1B16K R
PSU ANTEC|BP550 PLUS RT

And a couple case fans because the video card gets hot.

[Sandman-XX]

If you've ordered already, then put it in a public wish list and post it. 

CPU INTEL|C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R
MB GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L P35 RT
VGA EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR 8800GT 512M
HD 250G|ST SATA2 7K
MEM 2GX2|A-DATA ADQVE1B16K R
PSU ANTEC|BP550 PLUS RT

And a couple case fans because the video card gets hot.

Aww, you didn't get a raptor HD?  I didn't know you were changing HDs as well.  The WD HDDs are going for cheap, I think.  500g for around 100.00.

[Woapalanne]

nah, not going to fill up 250g as it is.

[Sidewinder{DoH}]

Who wants a Raptor when solid state drives are just around the corner!!!Although I guess it still may be awhile before they are affordable.

[Razor]

haha, solid state is nice, and are available - not around the corner... just really expensive for relatively low storage.

Holographic memory will be the next big thing.

[Woapalanne]

Holographic memory will be the next big thing.

???  don't know much about that technology

[Sidewinder{DoH}]

I'll take a holographic HDD with a quantum processor please   

[Razor]

???  don't know much about that technology

I think I remember reading somewhere that this sort of technology was already available at the "industrial" level... but may be a while before it is cheap enough for the normal consumer.

Wiki has a good summary...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_memory

Also...
http://www.howstuffworks.com/holographic-memory.htm

Interesting video here... not the price lower down in the article... yikes.. also cool how the disks are clear
http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=313

[Woapalanne]

So far the system is running great!  TF2 is different with all the graphics on high.