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[Woof603]

I'm about to order a new rig thru Falcon NorthWest, but before I do I'd really appreciate any comments about the following:

ATC Aluminum Mid Tower
Enermax Whisper 450 psu
MS XP Pro
Asus P4C800 - E Deluxe i875P
Intel 4 3.2 ghz 800
Zalman Silent p4 cpu cooler
Corsair Twin x 1024 mb 3200 LL - PT(2/512)
ATI Radeon 9800XT 256 mb
HGST 7K 250 80gb 7200 rpm 8 mb cache SATA
Sony 52x ide CD-ROM
Audigy 2 ZS
Creative Inspire T-2900 2.1

I'm trying to get something that will be expandable over the next two or three years.

This will run around $3000 plus a 21 inch ViewSonic CRT at $650.

Thanks for any thoughts.

[Woof603]

I'm about to order a new rig thru Falcon NorthWest, but before I do I'd really appreciate any comments about the following:

ATC Aluminum Mid Tower
Enermax Whisper 450 psu
MS XP Pro
Asus P4C800 - E Deluxe i875P
Intel 4 3.2 ghz 800
Zalman Silent p4 cpu cooler
Corsair Twin x 1024 mb 3200 LL - PT(2/512)
ATI Radeon 9800XT 256 mb
HGST 7K 250 80gb 7200 rpm 8 mb cache SATA
Sony 52x ide CD-ROM
Audigy 2 ZS
Creative Inspire T-2900 2.1

I'm trying to get something that will be expandable over the next two or three years.

This will run around $3000 plus a 21 inch ViewSonic CRT at $650.

Thanks for any thoughts.

[BuzzU]

That's my exact system. You'll love it.

Buzz
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[Woof603]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BuzzU:
That's my exact system. You'll love it.

Buzz
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Hey, Buzz, thanks again. You've made my Xmas.

[Buster_Dee]

Not to steal your post Woof, but how is Falcon tech support?. I have an Alienware Area 51 that is very similar. It's a pretty good system, but tech support was almost impossible to get ahold of. They tried to be helpful, but they don't seem to have the manning needed. I had a bad stick of RAM that I ended up troubleshooting myself.

[Bearcat99]

What advice do you need exactly? What would you like to hear..... dont forget to eat and wipe yourself?? Dont fporget to get some rest? Dont forget to stop and stretch a while? Dont forget to go to work? What! What!! WHAT!!???

With a rig like that that is about the only advice i can give you LMAO!! Happy hunting !!!

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[crazyivan1970]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bearcat99:
What advice do you need exactly? What would you like to hear..... dont forget to eat and wipe yourself?? Dont fporget to get some rest? Dont forget to stop and stretch a while? Dont forget to go to work? What! What!! WHAT!!???

With a rig like that that is about the only advice i can give you LMAO!! Happy hunting !!!
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[Woof603]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buster_Dee:
Not to steal your post Woof, but how is Falcon tech support?. I have an Alienware Area 51 that is very similar. It's a pretty good system, but tech support was almost impossible to get ahold of. They tried to be helpful, but they don't seem to have the manning needed. I had a bad stick of RAM that I ended up troubleshooting myself.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ijust ordered this rig about fifteen minutes ago so I have no experience with their tech services, but if the sales people are anything to go by, tech is going to be great. I mentioned I wanted it for FB and they offered to install, patch and test FB if I sent them the disc. (I have an extra copy). NO extra charge for this.

And LOL and thanks, Bearcat99.

[LuckyBoy1]

Actually, if you are planning to host, you might consider a RAID array and maybe consider it even if you're not hosting.

Luckyboy = Senior hydraulic landing gear designer for the P-11

[Woof603]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LuckyBoy1:
Actually, if you are planning to host, you might consider a RAID array and maybe consider it even if you're not hosting.

Luckyboy = Senior hydraulic landing gear designer for the P-11<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I wasn't planning on Hosting right now and didn't consider RAID because of the extra cost. (This has already cost me my first-born.)
I decided on this system because of it's upgradeability.