TSGL: the system of my dreams!

Thu Dec 20 22:38:40 EST 2007

A power supply resides within your system and converts your alternating high voltage currents into the low voltage direct current needed by the motherboard and peripherals. A UPS is an external battery powered backup to your normal electricity. You need both, but your system will NOT operate without the former.

-----Original Message-----
From: "ytisonimul" <ytisonimul at comcast.net>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: 12/20/07 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: the system of my dreams!

Thank y'all so much for the links.  I've been reading so much lately 
that my head is swimming, and I probably know less than I knew before.  LOL

Here's what I've (in lieu of someone screaming "OMG NO DON'T DO THAT 
YOU'LL BLOW UP!!") decided to order.

Processor:  Intel Core 2 Quad 6600  
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115018

Motherboard:  ASUS P5K-E/WIFI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131196

RAM: G.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) 240-pin DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231112

DVD: Pioneer DVD-212D BG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129008

Hard drive: WD Caviar SE16 WE5000AAKS 500GB (I'll get at least 2 of these)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

Monitor:  Samsung 226BW Black 22" 2ms (GTG)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096

Okay, I'm still hung up on a video card and a power supply.  I do a lot 
of video editing, but no gaming at all.  I've been reading up at 
videoguys.com, but I'm still <strike>undecided</strike>confused.  I used 
to have an MSI card.  I'm looking at this one, but I'm looking at it the 
way a caveman would look at a 747.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134010

Power supply.  I may have this all confused, but we've been talking 
about getting a UPS, and isn't the power supply *part* of that?  I want 
the sort of PS that is way more than a surge protector.  One that will, 
if I have a power failure, allow me to save/shut down normally.  This is 
what I've been reading about that makes me feel really stupid. :)

So, my questions are:   Am I forgetting anything really important?  Does 
this stuff actually work together?  I'm just... as bad as I was when my 
husband and I built our first system. Scared to death.

Thanks y'all, and happy holidays!

Lum

Bo Maurin wrote:
> My suggestion would be to use one of the guides on internet and tweak
> your system from there.
> Here is a good start http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3125
>
> Regards / Bo 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
> Sent: den 13 december 2007 07:41
> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: TSGL: the system of my dreams!
>
> Sorry Lum, 
>
> You're way past me! When I look for a computer or build one, my budget
> is usually less than a $1000. Way less!! So I'd love to help you spend
> the money. 
>
> My computers are fast enough for my needs. I use a 5000+ X2 AMD. My
> wife's computer is a 4200+ X2, and my primary laptop is one of the
> slower Core2 Duo models (1.5 MHz) and I feel lucky to have that. But I
> know that the Quadcores are the latest and the greatest. Unfortunately
> I'll probably not be able to afford one myself to test until Octcores or
> maybe 16 cores are available. 
>
> But I do have one piece of advice. You need memory, memory, and even
> more memory. I run 3 GB in all of my machines. While each of the
> machines can take 4 GB, 32 Bit Vista cannot use much more than 3, so why
> add the 4th GB?
> However, a 64 Bit machine can run a lot more than 4. I'm not sure how
> much, though you can find that out through a quick Google, but whatever
> it is, it may be worth it with the apps you run. 
>
> So consider going to a 64 Bit machine which can take a lot of memory.
> That may be just what you need.
>
> Russ Coover 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of ytisonimul
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:57 PM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: TSGL: the system of my dreams!
>
> When we last saw Lum, she was pondering the sudden shutting down of her
> computer.  Sadly, in mid-back up, she discovered that her PSU committed
> suicide, taking everything with it.  Oy.
>
> [two weeks go by]
>
> So, I've been ordered to spend $2300 at newegg to get the computer of my
> dreams. (Happy Holidays to me from a plethora of online friends. Wow! 
> and thank you so much if you lurk here!) Even though I can't diagnose
> worth a hill of beans, I'm not afraid of the inside of the box, and my
> husband and I built the last computer. So... anyway. 
>
> I repeat:  Obviously, since I couldn't even diagnose a power supply
> death correctly, I'm looking for help. 
>
> I have already started a list of what I think I want, based on what I do
> with the computer.  I have decided not to pursue a Mac for no other
> reasons than $2300 won't get me what I want--or something that I could
> upgrade to what I want.  That I know of.  I love the idea of Boot Camp
> and the Time Machine.  And I already know my way around a PC and the
> programs I'm going to use.
>
> Does anyone on this list make a living or spend a lot of hobby time
> creating/editing/exporting/converting/distributing/authoring video?  
> This is what I do with my computer when I'm not doing the medical
> documentation job that I do to feed my video habit. 
>
> I analogize my computer use like this:  My computer is a 64-square
> chessboard. Two spaces are my job, in which I use MS Word almost
> exclusively, with occasional forays into Excel.  55 of the other spaces
> on the chessboard are vidding and video editing and DVD
> compiling/imaging/authoring/burning.  I use Adobe Premiere and After
> Effects and Particle Illusion for editing.  I use DVD Maestro for
> authoring.  I use LlamaEnc (a specialized encoding program developed
> specifically [by some of my buddies, for them and me] for converting
> just about any format of video into m2v/wav formats using Avisynth
> scripting).  And I use VirtualDubMod, DGIndex, Avisynth, DIVX, XVID,
> Adobe Audition, etc. The other seven spaces on the chessboard are for
> surfing, browsing, chatting and boggle.
>
> Are any of y'all here up for helping me figure out what I need?  I'm
> looking at quadcore CPUs and Intel P35 chipsets and Antech power
> supplies and various UPS's.  And the more I look, the less I know.
>
> If not, that's cool too.  It felt good just to write it all out and feel
> consolation. :)  Thanks either way.
>
> Lum
>
>   

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