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Shedis said:
Thank you all for a very warm welcome! :)
I was trying to put a post up in the General Hardware section yesterday and (as expected) I got a message that it has to be approved first. I'm not in any rush, just wondering how long does it usually take for a newbie's post to appear?
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You have to know the meaning of life first.
 
Shedis said:
Thank you all for a very warm welcome! :)
I was trying to put a post up in the General Hardware section yesterday and (as expected) I got a message that it has to be approved first. I'm not in any rush, just wondering how long does it usually take for a newbie's post to appear?
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It looks like your thread got approved.
 
hi everyone! :)
i`ve been reading this forum 3 months ago and i decided to join now..:D
i`m still newbie and i hope everyone can help me :D
 
stanza_nate said:
Hi guys! First post on here, I've umm-ing and ahh-ing about it for a while but I figured what the hell...

I've been playing around with computers since I was 6-7 years old (am now 22 - my first OS was Win95), but am only just getting into overclocking and building up my system now. I figured this would be my first stop to start learning, along with a mate who used to be in the overclocking/PC building game.

Unfortunately I've learned the hard way, not knowing any better I got a system built by a local PC shop; short story is I probably paid a little bit too much, the guy used some cheap parts (PSU) that can't take the heat and now I'm cutting my losses and doing it up myself.

Still could be worse, I nearly bought an Acer Predator from WOW instead, glad I didn't now I know better.

I guess it doesn't help that I'm a natural tinkerer, I've been playing around with cars since I was 13 and now I'm starting to turn that energy to computers. I see a second expensive hobby coming on... :thup:
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WELCOME stanza_nate :welcome: .
Yes,guess some had to learn that way as you said.

Me ? Was building them back in the late 80s to early 90s.
I'd pick brains with the independent techs.
I also went to school for a year.It was "Computerized Equipment Repair".
That was supposed to be the "entry level" for technicians.
Plus, on the old,err, ancient XT's,it was either 8.44 or 8.77 MHZ....That was blazing speed back then.
Memory ? My credit card took the hit of some $200.00,to expand from 512KB to 640KB.
Seen an ad in one local puter paper; 120MHZ selling for over $1,700.00-about
1990.Bay Area;San Jose,Union City,Santa Clara....
Puters sure has greatly advanced.No setting of IRQ's....PIB.

Can play with them in all price ranges now.
I'm really gettin the itch to build a few.
Gotta wait for the gummit on my backpay.
Learnin a lot from these guys/gals on here.
Whatever question you have,ask away.
You enjoy that puter that you've built !:attn:
 
How's it going?

Thought I'd stop by and say hello on my new built machine. First time building a machine from scratch, using how-to books back from the days of Win2k. I was kinda forced into it since I received a FREE AMD Phenom II x4-925 and ATi Radeon HD-5830 at a HP Live Training Event in Tempe, AZ.

So little about myself, I work for a Office Supply chain in Tempe, AZ doing graphic design for our print center hub untill Im out of college. I dont think of myself as a gamer since my xbox gets used maybe once every other month, but I just got Portal2 yeasterday to see how the rig works out. Im just chill easy going, and here to ask those noobish questions to the dear "search" button.

My Rig:
AMD Phenom II x4-925 @2800MHz(new heatsink and fan are next to upgrade)
msi 870A-G54 Mainboard
ATi Radeon HD-5830 1GB Graphic Card
Patriot Sector 5 8GB(4x2GB)DDR3 1333MHz
Antec 500W Basiq PSU(also on the next to upgrade list, NewEgg says I need around 650W, Im thinking maybe a bit more)
Antec Sonata Proto Mid Tower Case
OEM Windows 7 Home

So far it works great, except for the case rear fan, and the loud AMD stock fan. Otherwise it has ran Portal2 at almost full power flawlessly. The graphics looks amazing on my Samsung 46".

I also have a 13" Apple MBP i7 Dual Core, with 8GB RAM.

Look forward to surfing the forums.
 
Hello, fellow clockers /Blu-ray drive backup question, too

Fellow Clockers!
Hi. I just joined up after finding you guys, doing some internet research (on AM3+). Glad I found you.

I'm getting a new system. At the time, I remember (just the other day) getting a little peaved that google's search functionality collapses the "+" appended to AM3 (so finding lots of AM3 stuff, too). Now, seems miniscule in comparison to the "new" google that reared it's ugly head-- now it disentigrates quotes too! (no more eliminating millions of search-hits by double-quoting the exact wording you're searching for!)...super-bummer!! Time's sure change.

Last time I bought a system was a Gateway, like 10 years ago, almost to the day. I'm logged-on with this same system right now. I got it for a little less than $1000 (when Gateway had shops around, still). I only received 256M ram; but, it had this AMD Athlon 750/Select upgraded to the Athlon 850/Select (Gateway [System Model "8DT-084_"]). It took a new board and everything (but the CD drive [that died later]). I popped in another memory module to get 392M. I'm still surfing--my main box, still (that Slot A architecture has served me well). Now, though, I frequently dive below 70M free (sometimes down below 12M). It's time.

The old Athlon 850/Select reliability (and no FDIV problems] steered me toward getting another AMD.

I'm an 'ol timer (you can tell, by now) . My first comp job was on an IBM 360, with a green-screen (monster) monitor...no gaming then, except: you could play (Mine-field, for example), by having printouts between turns: the computer would take a turn, print out a hard-copy of the battle-ship like grid, you would take a turn, then another page would print--in black and white (or black, and green-and-white), etc...(turn, print-out, turn, print-out...). On the rare occasion the mainframe (370/XA, by then) would need a part, I would see a guy stop down to the computing center with a suit on.... take, like 3 suit-cases full of IBM punch-cards out to load the operating system. But, I was going to school, too--Computer Programming Technology (you whipper-snappers call it I.T., now); and, I didn't feel I had time for games...there was too much to fathom and learn (and homework)....So, I'm not mainstream, like you gamers. I would rather spend time developing. But, we share the common goal of demaning computing power in a system. For me and video processing, I'd just like to just be able to watch blu-ray HD movies without associated problems (screen-flicker, or play-back hesitation, perhaps [I don't know]).

Any way, I ordered this system with a blu-ray drive (AMD Quad-Core A8-3850 Accelerated Processor/ 16GB / Radeon HD 6550D onboard)--a 12X Blu-ray Rewritable Drive. It supposedly writes DVDs, as well as CDs

But, I'm not sure about backing-up with a blu-ray drive. Is there anybody out there that knows if Windows 7 will back-up on them, or if there's a back-up utility that will work to back-up data? I'm not sure if the thing can work with Nero or not. It will burn CDs, though, supposedly. I know XP fails at a back-up, most of the time (I've only got it to complete, successfully, once).

Who can enlighten me with the blu-rays? I think it's an LG.

Thanks, all. Glad you're out there, as fast as technology advances (whipper-snappers! ) !

Sincerely,
CaptainMpirical
 
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I guess it's a little late for me to be posting here since I've got almost 50 posts... But eh well.

Years ago I was pretty heavy into tinkering with computers, built my first homebuilt from the ground up system back in the old P2 days, back when they looked almost like an overgrown stick of RAM.

Done a couple of builds since then, but for the most part life has kept me from really getting back into tinkering with stuff.

I've recently decided though that a new hobby was in order, and this is what I've chosen to come back to.

I've got a build thread going in the General Hardware section if you guys want to stop in and check it out...

Look forward to being around and learning some stuff, and hopefully once I get caught up with all the new tech I'll even be able to contribute!

-David
 
Hi guys, have been looking around here for a while, and registered on this forum.
Nice how-to`s and technical information aswell.
Getting my new rig these days.
Old rig got sick and tired of BSOD, camped with the problem for approximately 1,5 years.

So nice excuse for new system:)

Nathan
 
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