new computator

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:11 pm

My old one finally gave out... after 8 years of perfect service, and only 1 format... it finally took a shit. And thanks to microsoft not carrying CD's for anything older than 5 I wasn't able to recover it.... so I formatted it and put windows 2k on it. Now its strictly a shop computer.

But the good thing is that I bought a HP pavillion Slimline "s3500T" that they had on sale for independence day. it was 200$ off and a bunch of free upgrades. Ended up costing about 700$ after I got all the stuff I wanted in it.

Its got:
4 gigs of ram
500gb HDD
windows vista <--still getting used to it
Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6oGHz 2.60 GHz... so thats 5.2GHz overall
15 in 1 mem card reader... how is that possible with only 4 ports?!?
512 NVIDIA Geforce 9500gs video card with HDMI and DVI outputs.. only
Wireless card
lightscribe cd/dvd burner... I just burned my first cd... and it looks badass
5.1 surround sound card
And its 1/3 the size of my old tower!

And thats about it.... but the best part...... I have a 1920 X 1080 HD plasma 42" to hook it all up to. With a little bose boombox that sounds like a theater.

I do believe this just enhanced my anime viewing by a factor of 10.

New technology is great!

Overdrift · Post by **Overdrift** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:17 am

you need the wireless keyboard and mouse combo.

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:51 am

Overdrift wrote:you need the wireless keyboard and mouse combo.

already started saving for it.

Best buy has one that has a laptop type keyboard with a flat looking mouse, but the mouse doesn't have forward and back keys which I need. Oddly enough the keyboard my pc came with has keys that are 1/4 of the height of a normal keyboard... close to a laptop, but just a little bit bigger.

Post by **nt66** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:05 am

slow............

j/k

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:31 pm

nt66 wrote:slow............

j/k

Not near as slow as the integra.... oh wait. nvm

Post by **nt66** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:49 pm

hvguy wrote:
nt66 wrote:slow............

j/k
Not near as slow my the corolla.... oh wait. nvm

fixed

Overdrift · Post by **Overdrift** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:51 pm

I hear if you wet sand your screen in the middle it gives you a theater like picture

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:37 pm

Overdrift wrote:I hear if you wet sand your screen in the middle it gives you a theater like picture

if you want the LCD look I suppose so, but I have a high gloss screen

Post by **nt66** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:09 pm

yeah theres one MAJOR problem with your setup and its called VISTA

tnolo585 · Post by **tnolo585** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:54 pm

screen is too small imo..............

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:56 pm

nt66 wrote:yeah theres one MAJOR problem with your setup and its called VISTA

I agree, its been a pain learning where all the old gadgets are. But im learning. IMO its just as good as xp, but some of my old programs wont run on it.... very welll.

Post by **CBR_TOY** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:35 pm

uh... very nice. wish i knew about all that stuff

i'm technology illiterate

Post by **nt66** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:35 pm

well it sucks ass compared to xp if your a gamer but if not I guess it dosent matter

Post by **CBR_TOY** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:36 pm

i'm not a pc gamer myself... console ftw

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:28 pm

CBR_TOY wrote:i'm not a pc gamer myself... console ftw

+1 ive got better things to do with my time than play GTA for 6 hours a day.