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New Toy

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by VanDolPhan, Nov 29, 2007.

  1. Nov 29, 2007 #1
    VanDolPhan

    VanDolPhan Club member Club Member

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    Came into some cash and took the opportunity to get a new computer

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    Q6600, EVGA 8800GTS 640MB, Vista 64bit, 8 Gigs of OCZ Platinum RAM, Asus P5K motherboard, 4 * 500 gig WD Drives, Cooler Master Cosmos Case and a 24" Samsung monitor.
     
  2. Nov 29, 2007 #2
    Fin Fan In Cali

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    Very nice Brother, what does it do in the 40?:wink2: Enjoy your new computer!
     
  3. Nov 29, 2007 #3
    unifiedtheory

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    Sheesh, THAT is a nice machine. I was going to the "big" upgrade myself but alas....I'm going to be a Mac person next Spring.
     
  4. Nov 30, 2007 #4
    dolphan117

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    Excuse me while I slobber all over myself. :wub:
     
  5. Nov 30, 2007 #5
    mnfinfan

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    wow that is one sweet frickin machine, 2 TB of storage? Set it up in a RAID 1? Heck with four you could do RAID 5. NIce and I am seriously fricking envious now, with my new Dell crappy laptop :(
     
  6. Nov 30, 2007 #6
    Celtkin

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    Macs rule :D I can run Vista (native) and Mac OS X at the same time and do it in 64-bit.

    ...but, nice machine bro (truly...) :wink2:
     
  7. Dec 1, 2007 #7
    VanDolPhan

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    Best part is I'm a freelance at home customer support for online gaming so it's all a tax write off.
     
  8. Dec 1, 2007 #8
    TiP54

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    Live from the Internet.
    ANd..how much did you pay?
     
  9. Dec 1, 2007 #9
    VanDolPhan

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    Little north of $3000 cdn with shipping/RMA etc
     
  10. Dec 1, 2007 #10
    Muck

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    Don't lie. We all know what that machien is for.

    *noticed the tissue box next to the monitor*

    :shifty:
     
  11. Dec 1, 2007 #11
    unifiedtheory

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
  12. Dec 1, 2007 #12
    VanDolPhan

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    Yup. My real nasty cold at the moment. The tissues are loaded with Vicks. Snowed three times the past 2 weeks now.
     
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