[Druid]

Have a nosey in here Fizz, you can do a virtual ‘build’ and it’ll auto select, useful tool

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/index.php?page=formindex&gclid=CMLB1YL6qooCFTVYQgodYDBiuQ

(btw, my shopping list came from talking to people not here in case your wondering :lol: )

[Druid]

@bat_lover wrote:

Work grrrrr :(

Who said that? :lol:

[Druid]

Consider the children unplugged…………….

[Druid]

@fizz wrote:

Hi :D

Just wondering what sort of rig you have ? mine is a home build (my second) but i do need a nice case so when i can afford one i will transfer every thing into it, main components – Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6600 2.40GHz CPU / Asus P5B Deluxe Motherboard/ 2GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit /Graphics Card HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 / Akasa Ultra Quiet 650W Power+ PSU / HDDs – 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache, and i would like a W/S Monitor present is Samsung SM-920N 19″ LCD Monitor, again when i can afford it :lol:

Fizz :D

Well, nowt special here,
Shop bought beastie this one with a few of my own mods

AMD 3000+ XP, 2.17GHz, 1GB RAM, 2 x 120GB 7200 rpm Seagate Barracuda HDD’s 128mb GeForce FX 5700 graphics, ASRock motherboard USB 2, 128mb GeForce FX 5700 graphics, ASRock motherboard. TSST 16X DVD-RW. I’m running XP Pro (came installed), W2K & Fedora 6 (on 2nd HD for study, was Vista RC2 now deleted) 19″ Philips 190B

Now, for the one I will be building hopefully this summer and will be central to my home network, (the one above will become my Fedora beast)
AMD 64 3200+ 2.4GHz 512MB L2 cache, 2GB Corsair DDR2 667MHz, ASUS M2V Dual DDR11 SATAx16 VGA USB2 motherboard,2 x 250GB Serial ATA 11 16MB cache HDD’s, Blu-Ray BDRW, 512MB Radeon x1600Pro + TV out, SoundBlaster Audio SE with 7.1 surround sound.

I think I may need some mods though, I’ve had this shopping list for 6 months now

I’ll be keeping XP but upgrading to a multi media OS, the idea is to bin the current TV & stereo/radio system and utilise the BB connection more, I have 4MB which may need upgrading, but staying with Virgin Media (now) I also want to run an HD wall screen, (makes millionaire more fun at Xmas :lol: ) so not too sure on the graphics card & cache levels. This system will be destined for entertainment/downloading purposes with
occasional PC use.

[Druid]

@dead_on_arrvial wrote:

Mmmmmmm…..

Funny we had “IT” test them all and they all fell short.

Now I know that you young poeple feel they know it all, but your wrong.

Some of us have being using the “internet” sinces the 80’s, ( oh how I miss my Prestal service from BT and my Sinclare spectum 48k. MMmmmmm it was £20 a month back then too.)

The fact are simple, what you pay for, is what you get.

Hey DOA, I found this in the archives, looks like your checking your floppy drive cable :lol:

………….only jesting m8 :wink:

[Druid]

@fizz wrote:

Hi :D

Windows uses its page file as a temporary workspace, and if this workspace is to small Windows will run slowly the optimum size is about one and a half times of memory in your PC (Ram), so if you have 512MB of Ram your page file should be at least 768MB within C: and that’s room you could use also Windows will work faster if the page file is on a different drive to Windows (a different HDD).
To execute this in Windows XP SP2
Click the start button, right-click My Computer and select Properties from the menu. Go to the Advanced tab and click the Settings button under Performance. Select the Advanced tab in the next window and click the Change button under Virtual Memory, all drives and partitions can now be seen. Set drive C: to no page file choose the second drive/ first partition and enter its values as before on C:, i increased mine by 70MB and of equal amounts (this will stop de fragmentation within the page file) (reboot to initialize). You now have more room on your C: drive and your PC will work faster. Be aware that you can sometimes have problems if you have no page file on the system drive ( C: ). A minimum page file should be left in place on the boot partition it is used in various circumstances by the system. Memory/crash dumps being the most important. IMHO set the page file on C: (or boot partition) to the minimum 2MB and maximum 50MB as well as creating a separate page file on a separate physical HDD Placing the page file on a separate HDD, not on the boot drive is a recognized way of improving system performance. However by how much, as from my own experience may not be all that noticeable, but all Computers are different.

Note moving the page file to a seperate partition on the boot drive can cause problems.

Fizz :D

Good post, also good to point out that its best to keep your system drive (usually C drive) defragged to prevent ‘thrashing’ (thats overworking your hard drive, you’ll notice this if the hard drive activity light never seems to go out) or you’ll need to install extra memory

Hope you didn’t mind the intrusion Fizz :wink:

[Druid]

@pats wrote:

[Druid]

Being given a nice big meaty PC to play with and finding out its a ferkin Server………. :roll: :roll: :evil:

[Druid]

@kateee wrote:

stop messing about posting everywhere and just fu.ck off will you :lol:

tut…..

[Druid]

@fizz wrote:

Security on my latest build NOT all free :lol:

My Protection Behind Hardware Firewall
Running
Zone Alarm Pro Fire Wall
AVG Anti-Virus Pro
AVG Anti-Spyware
PlusWinPatrol Plus (Hacked the Bark, Doberman Growl)
BOClean 4.22

On Demand
AD-Aware SE Pro
Spy-Bot SD
a-Squared

All Downloads to 4GB Flash Drive, Scanned prior to move and use.

Fizz :D

Nice armament fizz, and I agree
Windows ‘Firewall’ also leaves ports open, so if users keep changing different protection software whilst relying on just the Windows firewall Windows will not close the ports these apps’ used, by default Windows also leaves ports open for networking purposes and these are the ones that commonly get attacked, (I suggest that anyone concerned about this to use this free gizmo to test their security
http://www.portdetective.com/ )
I tend to use a router which is a natural firewall as well as the ‘on board’ firewall…………but don’t forget to configure it if you use one, most forget!, you can use multiple firewalls without slowing down your PC, but you must not use multiple anti-virus software :wink:

As for multi IE windows opening…………only time I had that happen was when I was using ping commands.

btw, nice body fizz…………………..

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