My future build

[|CoR|Braveheart]

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811112099 case
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813188019 mobo
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814150252 card
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817341002 PSU
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231098 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148140 HDD
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106095 DVD drive
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116142 OS
http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A1938460 CPU

I am going to take apart the case, powder coat it OD green, paint the Red cross on both sides, install two industrial handles on the top and put these on the front http://www.frozencpu.com/products/5825/ele-258/Military_Style_Switch_-_Red_LED.html?tl=g44c153 and put a CPU temp control panel on as well to get a WW2 field radio look.


My mom is paying for Monitor.

 

[Elader Arkon]

Very nice. Except for the OS.
If you simply must go with a Windows system. Stick with XP. Otherwise you could easily save yourself $220 by going with the good stuff.

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

Very nice. Except for the OS.
If you simply must go with a Windows system. Stick with XP. Otherwise you could easily save yourself $220 by going with the good stuff.

I am thinking! ok question: will old HL1 mods like NS work with Vista?

 

[tjguitarz]

I am thinking! ok question: will old HL1 mods like NS work with Vista?

I wouldn't worry about the games. I would worry about stability. Just wait for VK or HCS. They can give you a nice list of reasons to NOT choose Vista.

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

I wouldn't worry about the games. I would worry about stability. Just wait for VK or HCS. They can give you a nice list of reasons to NOT choose Vista.

Actually games will be my #1 concern

 

[Atown]

reactOS is free >.> , so is ubuntu, fedora, etc

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

reactOS is free >.> , so is ubuntu, fedora, etc

Both my brother and my sister have Vista. so to tell you the truth i am scared of trying Fedora.

 

[Atown]

huh?

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

huh?

I want to stay with what i know.
i have been playing around on my siblings PC's with Vista so i atleat kinda know what it is.
i have XP and know it well.
I know Vista runs all of my games.
my brother will know how to take care of it if something goes wrong.

i know nothing about Ubuntu nor do i know if it runs my games.

 

[Elader Arkon]

Sounds like a candidate for a Dual Boot system. Go with XP, and get something like Ubuntu and play with it. There are a few programs like Wine or Cedega that will allow you to play your Windows games on Linux.

 

[vibrokatana]

I would get 2 identical hard disks and run them in raid 1. That is what I have now and it works wonderfully.

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

Sounds like a candidate for a Dual Boot system. Go with XP, and get something like Ubuntu and play with it. There are a few programs like Wine or Cedega that will allow you to play your Windows games on Linux.

Is there a way to dual boot Vista and Fedora?

 

[vibrokatana]

Is there a way to dual boot Vista and Fedora?

Yes, both the fedora and ubuntu installers do it automatically.

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

Yes, both the fedora and ubuntu installers do it automatically.

Oh sweet! ok thats what i will do

 

[Elader Arkon]

Just make sure you install windows first because MS can't stand sharing...

 

[vibrokatana]

Just make sure you install windows first because MS can't stand sharing...

ya, windows likes to nuke the boot record of your computer, it is especially annoying if you have multiple drives.

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

Ok thank you for the help Xion and Vibrokatana.

 

[pbshaver]

thoughts on vista...

********************WARNING RANT IMMINENT**********************
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****************************IMHO*******************************

Here is a MS professional thoughts on using vista on a gaming rig...

USELESS WASTE OF PRECIOUS RESOURCES!

the system itself needs 1 gig of ram, if you want to play games you better start adding more...

15GB of HD??? to install the OS? my xp pro system at work has all of my software installed, my "work" mp3's and 3 gigs local data files and I am only using 14 gigs!!!

128MB shared memory video card required? more waste for fluffy visual effects on the OS GUI. (you have not started watching movies yet let alone gaming)

Not to mention the sheer fact that nothing MS does is stable and usable until after SP1 is released. The theory at MS is that the best way to test a public release candidate software is to release it and fix it later. EVERYONE USING AN MS OS IS A BETA TESTER!!! You certainly won't catch me installing Vista on any system that serves any important function.

 

[vibrokatana]

Some could argue that microsoft never leaves the beta stage...ever,

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

I know its a resource hog, but i truly think 1 8800GT (2 later) and a quad core and 2 (4 later) will run it just fine.

and say it doesn't or say i can't get a killer rig, i looked at XP pro SP2 and it's just as pricey as Vista!