New Computer Tower

[Volvi]

Been frakking with my 7 yr. old tower long enough. Things got so frakkin slow so time for a new tower.

I normally always get my stuff from MSY but theyve gotten too big and cant count on theyre service especially if theres a prob.

So I found this mob who is practically around the corner with good prices and from what I can see good service. He also sells on ebay where I found him and so far I do recommend him. His name is Peter.

So what did I get:

Intel Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz,
4GB DDR2 RAM,
500GB SATA HDD,
ASUS P5KPL-CM

Ebay Link

advertised for $488, I got from the shop for $470.

PS.Yea I know 32bit only recognises up to 3.5 gig Ram. But am ready for 64 bit and I dont need major graphix.

[BUSGO]

Wow! Cheap as shit Volvi.
Did it come with any software?

[Volvi]

just your usual crap that you dont want anyway, anything good youve already got some copies of. frakk computer is flying like a turbo busa now. next update a decent monitor, so much around and cheap hard to decide which way to go. But am inclined for HDTV included that I havent yet got on my TV.

[Banter]

Been frakking with my 7 yr. old tower long enough. Things got so frakkin slow so time for a new tower.

I normally always get my stuff from MSY but theyve gotten too big and cant count on theyre service especially if theres a prob.

So I found this mob who is practically around the corner with good prices and from what I can see good service. He also sells on ebay where I found him and so far I do recommend him. His name is Peter.

So what did I get:

Intel Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz,
4GB DDR2 RAM,
500GB SATA HDD,
ASUS P5KPL-CM

Ebay Link

advertised for $488, I got from the shop for $470.

PS.Yea I know 32bit only recognises up to 3.5 gig Ram. But am ready for 64 bit and I dont need major graphix.

Hi Volvi, Vista 32-bit SP1 should support 4GB on your board. I run 8GB on a GA-M55-S3 through a Athlon 64 Dual core 46600 at 2400GHz using Vista 32-bit SP1 and it sees the whole 8GB. I did a lot of work updating the BIOS first so as to use 2008 64-bit Data Centre with Hyper-V setup for infrastructure and app testing but my main OS is Vista and it works fine with the 8GB. I see you have some over-clocking space too. By the way, Microsoft are getting there market ready with Windows 07 to move away from 32 bit systems and have officially released a statement that 2003 server will be there last 32-bit server OS, the desk tops are usually next so you may want to start on Vista to get ready for 07.
Banter

[Volvi]

Thanks for your comments Banter, but at this stage reluctant to move to Vista not only coz I havent heard to many great reports but Ive paid for my XP PRO and thereby have full updating facilities. So as yet my system recognises 3.5gig out of 4 gig ram and dont see all the effort worthwhile for the extra half gig, not at this stage anyway. But thx anyway.