I have a college student email and you get a major discount when they verify it.
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I have a college student email and you get a major discount when they verify it.
hmmm, where is this through?
Oh there are lots of sources for that. You'll want to look up MSDNAA (one of the As is for "academic," I believe) or IEEE (Engineering and CompSci students, I think).
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Link: http://www.msdnaa.net/search/schoolsearch.aspx
See if you school and faculty has it. If so, you should be able to find yourself a copy.
I know about MSDNAA, hadn't looked into IEEE. Actually, come to think of it, I might just go ahead and get a personal MSDNAA account; it's only, like, $20/year, and I wouldn't be using the license for an incredibly long time anyways (the original reason why I didn't want to do MSDNAA).
I actually got this from my girlfriend's dad.
http://windows7.digitalriver.com/ser...&SiteID=mswpus
hmmm, interesting. Too bad it's just home premium :( Ah well, I guess I'll go with that individual MSDNAA instead.
Oh gotcha. Yea, any os that's dirt cheap and up to date is great to me! :D
Finally got the side window done, finally drilled the last holes....one hole broke on me, i rushed a little bit on the drill press and yea, it broke followed by "ship". Pics go in order of finished window to the plexi being filed.
Ah, well then why don't you check out Linux ;p
Seriously though, it's a great OS...it just doesn't have DirectX, so my main desktop is locked into Windows...damn my gaming addiction. :D
Yea, this build would be part gaming desktop.
I've been busy mocking a picture for my decal. I can't wait it's gonna be sweet!
More pics to come. I mounted a new side window fan (It'll be drawing air out) and i'm waitin' til we get more black printer ink before i can print the decal. Possibly Fry's tomorrow to check out more deals they have in-store! Been having a really busy schedule lately!
Here's a little teaser for the decal, goes quite well with the build!
All I need is some black ink to print it!
But to continue with the build, i got this little fan for the window. Just a simple blue led fan, that i mounted to the window. I haven't plugged it in yet. Waiting for my DVD drive to arrive. I put both of the case sides on to show what it would look like. All that's left is RAM, CPU, HDD...and of course all the accessories.
Here's a couple pics to show what's done as of now, as you can see all the psu wiring in the front, i can explain....i tried to put them behind the support rail that the psu sits on and as i tried closing that side it just wouldn't so....i'll have to try to figure out how to make it look more clean.
Looks like that fan sits right above the CPU heatsink. If it does, you should probably reverse it so it's pulling cool air straight in and onto the CPU - if you have that fan and the CPU fan near to each other, pulling in opposite directions, both fans will be working way under capacity and you might end up with heat issues
Oh yea, i should probaby switch it around and have it pulling in instead of out.
idk about taping a paper to the side of the case man...
j/p I cant wait to see more
What about a t-shirt transfer - they're printable and may look much better than a printed sheet of paper?
Haha. I'm going to use a decal sheet. The printable paper is just to show what the picture will look like on the side.
Kinda stuck between the AMD Phenom X4 9600 2.3 ghz and the Athlon II X2 2.8 ghz, any suggestions?
Honestly? Neither. For the price I would highly recommend the Phenom II x2 545 ($90) or Phenom II x4 620 ($100). Unless you're stuck with the AM2+ socket, in which case I'd go with the Phenom x4 9750 ($105).
EDIT:
Looked up your MBB; you've got AM3 compatibility, ignore the Phenom x4 9750.
Thanks! I think i'll go with the 545, the reviews show that the processor can overclock pretty high! ( My mobo has OCing switches)
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I am going to play some games with this computer as well as school work.
Just stumbled across your thread here, Your off to a good start. I have a AMD 9950 i'm looking to offload. I checked your motherboard specs and it list the 9950 but it list the 125w version (mine is 140w). So i don't know if mine will work in your system but you can probably email MSI if your interested in it and see if it will work or not. I'm selling it for $55 here:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...ad.php?t=20943
Thanks for the offer but i think i'm gonna stick with 545.
Finally got somethin' to work on (DVD drive) and it went by so fast. Pics will be put up tomorrow.
Black printer cartridge on its way.
HP #96 Black Cartridge: $34 at Office Max; $19 on ebay. Wow, that's quite a difference.
Finally! It arrived yesterday and already in the printer. Now i just have to get the decal sheet and start some decal printing!
UPDATE!
Package arrived! When you have nothing else to do, waiting for something takes so long!
It was wrapped pretty well!
Two pics to show the progress i've made so far.
Also, printed out my decal today! I still have to clear coat the decal a couple times to make sure it doesn't bleed when i prepare to stick it on.
Lacquer that i used ate at the ink and it failed. :[
On the other hand, i got my CPU today!
Quick question, How do you take a cpu out of the socket? Because the cpu after i installed and locked it, it feels like it's stuck in the socket and i can't pull it off. I wasn't trying really hard because i don't want to damage it. I already made the rookie mistake and bent some pins but i use the credit card method and bent them back.
Chances are the bent pins, altho straightened are still a little bent so holding onto the holes a little. You remove a CPU exactly the same way as you install it, but in reverse. Remove the heatsink if installed, then lift the locking lever up. The cpu will then lift out - you might have to get a fingernail or something else under an edge - try to lift it from two opposite sides or corners at once - dont just pull up on one edge or corner...
Oh...mmk! I thought so, i was having a tiny freak out episode. Haha.
As for the decal - if you want to try again, try sticking the ink side to the case so you're putting clear onto plain plastic - the clear MAY eat into the plastic too, but you have a better chance than you do with putting the clear straight onto ink...
Yea, that would work. My dad has a gloss cote for that doesn't eat away at the ink on a decal sheet.
if you can get access to a colour laser printer, get some laser decal sheets, the method of using a laser make the ink cure so it won't be eaten by clear paint.
But if you do make sure you use transparancy settings so its really high quality and runs slower and hotter to cure the ink
Yea, i don't know of any people that i know that would have one or a store around me that would.
Waiting for UPS, getting my final mobo piece....4gb Kingston 800mhz RAM; BN in package!
Update will be posted soon, i'm thinking about doing something different to the side of the case that was suppose to be decal...i was thinking about having a angel wing design...yes...i'm talking about some cardboard and bondo with a little detailing. I'm hoping to replicate the wings that are on my worklog banner.
Decal and Testor Gloss Cote worked perfectly! Decal is curing in my room and should be ready tomorrow!
we want pictures! lol
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Finally an update!!! OMG! lol.
Got my 710 not too long ago! Your probably asking....well why not just go with a Quad Core instead of a triple core. My answer is that this is a limited budget build and i found this for a good deal. ( $100 retail, i got it for $86 BNIB)
Apparently Ziploc bags are the "new" standard in safety!
Back to the pics of the build.
As of now i'm just going to go with the stock HSF but later i might upgrade to something better.
Kind of looks like Christmas Day when you open a present and try to get to the goods and just throw everything else to the side.
The badge included with the Processor.
I opened up the manual first because i'm that kind of person to always read the manual first and i never got the manual to fold back as nicely as it is in the picture.
Installed! I managed to do the rookie mistake and bent pins but the credit card trick worked and i got the pins straighter than they were before. I can't get the cpu out though, it like flush to the mount and i can't get a fingernail or anything under the edges.
Stock HSF, the best it'll look right here.
My HDD arrived!
Bubble wrapped pretty well.
Everything installed, just need one more sata cable for the HDD.
Here are some glamor shots of what's finished.
This will be where it'll stay for a while....my work station that's crammed into the corner of my room.
I will be decaling the case side today, pics should be up later!
That RAM looks oddly high-density...though come to think of it, most of the RAM I've dealt with recently has had heatspreaders on it... *shrugs*
Looks great!
If you feel adventurous later, you could try unlocking the third core on the Phenom. All the x3's are actually x4's with one core disabled. The original idea was that they would just make a whole lot of x4 dies, and if a core was bad, package it as an x3, but some of the x3 lines did so well because of the lower price, that they ended up just disabling a fully functional core on some of them. IIRC it's fairly easy to determine if the core is bad after unlocking it, and it's possible to re-lock the core if it ends up being bad. It does void your warranty though.. *shrugs* idk, just a thought. :D
Yea, i read a review on newegg and the person told how to unlock it.
Here it is:
Pros: this is my second one. first one would not unlock 4th core with my gigabyte board. this one is in an msi 785g board with 710 sb. has acc in bios, switch normal firmware to special and switch acc to per core and boot. ta-daa! quad core. temp wont register anymore on hardware monitor so just load speedfan. that will still give you one cores temps. prime stable with 4th core! vista says 5.9 cpu score now, and plays nicely in win7 too.
Cons: none
Other Thoughts: f**s had a sale on them on friday 10-10 for 49.95. with the 4th core unlocked i got a new phenom II quad for 50 buck! haahahahahhaha! win :)
I love marketing...how else could you possibly come up with the COMPLETELY ridiculous scenario of disabling a perfectly good processing core and selling it cheaper, when in fact it costs AMD MORE to modify an X4 into an X3 b/c someone or some piece of machinery has to do the disabling. LOL...I mean really. why not just sell the bloody X4 a little cheaper???
If 3-legged dogs were cheaper and sold better than the 4-legged dogs, can you see pet stores putting one leg in a straightjacket and selling it as a 3-legged dog? LOL...man. The world we live in today is so nuts sometimes.
Yea, i don't know what they're mindset is on this marketing scheme.
