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Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:16 am
by Madican
Monitor (15 inch LCD), keyboard, and mouse would all be recycled. Possibly the RAM as well. It works well and I have a good amount of it.
And PCI-E fits PCI slots? Hmm, though that wouldn't make much of a difference with a Pentium 4 anyway. System as a whole needs the upgrade.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:17 am
by Paco
PCI-E cards don't fit PCI slots, no, they're separate from each other.
PCI is just a way to power a peripheral. Since graphics cards are too powerful for these slots now, they're used for things that consume less of it, like network cards, sound cards, but not video cards.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:18 am
by Zorinth
ok, mine was pre-loaded with windows 7 so i don't know if I got it, didn't really look. But I bet bue the time I will make one there will be a new windows out.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:19 am
by Paco
Your license number should be a on a sticker somewhere on the computer. If not, then manufacturers are even bigger assholes today than they used to be.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:20 am
by Madican
So I definitely still need a complete hardware upgrade to even think about using PCI-E then. Alright, I'll keep that in mind.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:26 am
by Paco
Yeah, your motherboard probably doesn't support new hardware, and that includes PCI-E video cards but also new processor architectures (they need different sockets, pins are arranged differently) and new RAM. With such an old machine it's only natural. As long as you make sure to get something adapted to your needs without extra slots or features you don't need it shouldn't be too costly.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:47 am
by Zang
Zang wrote:but anyway
this is my goal.
you think this will run skyrim and games like it smoothly? while livestreaming? and skyping?
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:01 am
by YCobb
It will do video editing smoothly, and video editing is sort of the most power-intensive thing you can do on a computer
short of even more extreme video editing, I guess
But you really don't need anything that powerful, dude.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:03 am
by Paco
I don't know why you want us to answer your questions when you refuse to listen to advice Zang.
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:08 am
by Zang
YCobb wrote:It will do video editing smoothly, and video editing is sort of the most power-intensive thing you can do on a computer
short of even more extreme video editing, I guess
But you really don't need anything that powerful, dude.
of course I don't, but I would love the luxery of having a computer with that much power to it, ya know?
I don't pay taxes or bills or car notes yet so why the hell not, right?
Paco wrote:I don't know why you want us to answer your questions when you refuse to listen to advice Zang.
I just am not comfortable with building a computer on my own, and my parents can be extreemly controlling, will try to do it for me, fuck it up, and it'll never work ever and that will be a load of wasted time an cheddar when I could get something better with just some work
but, like I said. maybe I would rather have something with a warrenty/ something I know won't spontaniously combust?
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:15 am
by YCobb
Individual parts usually have warranties. If you do ruin anything, it will probably be the motherboard; they near-universally have warranties.
Also are you sure you don't/won't pay taxes? I don't know where you live, but in America I thought you start paying income taxes as soon as you get a job.
and really, don't you want a $413 computer?
admit it
it would make every dream come true
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:17 am
by Zang
YCobb wrote:Individual parts usually have warranties. If you do ruin anything, it will probably be the motherboard; they near-universally have warranties.
Also are you sure you don't/won't pay taxes? I don't know where you live, but in America I thought you start paying income taxes as soon as you get a job.
wait what
INCOME TAXES? how much is that?
D:
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:17 am
by YCobb
I have no clue, but it's some percentage of whatever you earn
(can you tell that I, too, am 16 and have never had a job?)
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:19 am
by Zorinth
If you won't build your own then look back and read what parts we have been talking about, find a computer with similar parts, or the same, post what it is and make sure it's good, then if it is we can all tell you and you can get it. Otherwise there isn't a whole lot more to say that wouldn't be a repeat.
Its a decent amount sometimes, but for minimum wage, I have no idea, depends on state(i think states have the income tax).
Re: Tech help general
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:19 am
by Madican
YCobb wrote:Individual parts usually have warranties. If you do ruin anything, it will probably be the motherboard; they near-universally have warranties.
Also are you sure you don't/won't pay taxes? I don't know where you live, but in America I thought you start paying income taxes as soon as you get a job.
and really, don't you want a $413 computer?
admit it
it would make every dream come true
I want a $413 computer if it can do everything Zang is asking for. I would like one very much.