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09-22-2005, 12:19 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18
|  I just bought my baby ... and she's a sexy little beast.
XG GAMING ELITE 4000 (NO MONITOR)
XGE4000Z, www.buyxg.com/system/XGE4000.asp?v=d
*BASE_PRICE: [+939]
CAS: Hot New! X-Cruiser Mid-Tower 420W Case W/ WINDOW, MultiMeter Display & Control [+5] (Silver Color)
CASUPGRADE: 12" COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT [+10] (BLUE COLOR)
CPU: (939-pin) AMD Athlon64 X2 4400 CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology [+300]
CD: COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW) [+10] (SILVER COLOR [+9])
CD2: 16X DVD ROM [-18] (SILVER COLOR [+9])
FAN: AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
HDD: (SATA150) Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive [+21]
KEYBOARD: PS2 MULTIMEDIA INTERNET CONTROL KEYBOARD (SILVER COLOR [+3])
MOUSE: Microsoft® IntelliMouse® Optical Explorer 4.0A USB & PS/2 Compactible [+16] (SILVER COLOR)
MOTHERBOARD: (Sckt939)Asus A8N-E nForce4 Chipset SATA133 RAID PCI-E w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio [+34]
MEMORY: 2048 MB (1GBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY [+135] (Corsair Value Select)
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2
PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU [+19]
POWERSUPPLY: ANTEC True 550 550w Power Supply
SOFT: Microsoft® Works 7.0
SERVICE: Standard Warranty Plus 2-Year OnSite Service [+40]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: (BLACK) Logitech X530 70Watts 5.1 Configuration Speaker System
UPS: OPTI-UPS SS1200 AVR Voltage Stabilizer [+20] (BLACK COLOR)
USB: Build-in USB 2.0 Ports
VIDEO: NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card [+361]
... PRICE: (+ $2100)
and a Dell 20.1" UltraSharp 2005FPW Flat Screen LCD Monitor.
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09-22-2005, 12:20 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,660
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cooooool
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09-22-2005, 06:41 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,944
| Re: I just bought my baby ... and she's a sexy little beast.
Quote: Originally posted by Zack
HDD: (SATA150) Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive [+21]
| Bad news with maxtor... it will most likly be dead in a year or two... im not talking from experience so dont kill me with that statement... | |
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09-22-2005, 06:57 PM
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Formerly charles_scott Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,605
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Maxtors have gotten better in the past few months with there hard drives.....
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09-22-2005, 07:05 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 4,625
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I dont see why ppl bash Maxtor. I still have the very first HD i ever got and its a 3 gig maxtor and still runs great and i still trust it to keep my back up stuff.
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09-22-2005, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5,883
|  Re: I just bought my baby ... and she's a sexy little beast.
Quote: Originally posted by Zack
HDD: (SATA150) Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive [+21] | EWWWW.... Maxtors. I have seen too many of them die.
Back up regulare basis.
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09-22-2005, 07:08 PM
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Formerly charles_scott Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,605
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Yea ive seen maxtors last a long time at my school and the computers they sit in get punched all the time
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09-22-2005, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5,883
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Quote: Originally posted by P.P. Mguire
I dont see why ppl bash Maxtor. I still have the very first HD i ever got and its a 3 gig maxtor and still runs great and i still trust it to keep my back up stuff. | Every Maxtor I have owned has died.
And 50% of the time when i am servicing a computer with a dead hard drive, it a Maxtor
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09-22-2005, 07:13 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,745
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I got a maxtor and imnot haivng problems with it. Maybe its because you dont know how to take care of your hardware 
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09-22-2005, 07:18 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14
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Yes, I've had 2 Maxtor hard drives fail me in the past. I avoid them now when buying new parts for my computers. Other then that, thats a nice system. | |
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