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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Geekmas - The Geek at Christmas
Now that I'm getting older, my parents can't buy me toys for Christmas any longer. And now that I'm into tech stuff, everything is now more expensive. I asked for a gig of RAM and a nice speaker set for xmas but my dad was afraid to get into all that so they didn't bother. I didn't really care. I did really want the gig of RAM though. My older brother did give me a KVM cable that is great for connection input/output stuff to a pc for quick disconnection. I also got his fiance's old LCD.
After Christmas, I was looking at TigerDirect when I found a gig stick (DDR PC3200) for $41. "This is a miracle," I said to myself as I clicked 'Add to Cart'. I also wanted some nice speakers because my audio is all poppy and junky so I thought I should get an upgrade. Well, I've been also contemplating the idea of getting a video card as well for dual monitors. I found a 256MB PCI-Ex card for $29. Without giving a second thought, I added it to my cart.
It all came yesterday and I installed it all as fast as I could. Everything works perfect and I love the dual monitors. And the gig of RAM helped out a lot. And plus there was something that I've been wanting to use that for as well. Which brings me to my next post............
After Christmas, I was looking at TigerDirect when I found a gig stick (DDR PC3200) for $41. "This is a miracle," I said to myself as I clicked 'Add to Cart'. I also wanted some nice speakers because my audio is all poppy and junky so I thought I should get an upgrade. Well, I've been also contemplating the idea of getting a video card as well for dual monitors. I found a 256MB PCI-Ex card for $29. Without giving a second thought, I added it to my cart.
It all came yesterday and I installed it all as fast as I could. Everything works perfect and I love the dual monitors. And the gig of RAM helped out a lot. And plus there was something that I've been wanting to use that for as well. Which brings me to my next post............
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4 Comments:
You should post some pictures too.
Lucky... you actually have a computer with a PCI-express port. How old is it? I still have AGP... (since it's 7 years old...)
Pianoboy called me today, and said to ask you for stuff. If you had a 256mb ram card that is PC100 (i think), that you would be willing to part with, that would be great. I am trying really hard to max out the system completely. I also think i'm gonna switch it to Fedora 7 because no matter what I do, it will never be able to handle XP according to one of my friends. Is there anything else you think I could do to speed it up and make it more efficient? Its been suggested I buy a 7200 harddrive or something to that effect, which i plan on doing here soon. But other than that I know nothing about how to speed it up, so info would be much appreciated.
Thank you
also if you have any linux tips, please let me know, am almost definitly switching to fedora or one of the ubuntu type versions. i'm considering kubuntu i think it is but fedora 7 is currently my top pick. anyway thatnks again for putting up with me and my computer issues (and my horrible grammar).
bye
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