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Lowbrassman04
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Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:44 pm |
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If i were to build a PC online what would be the best all around site to do so?
Im looking to replace my current dell that runs xp. |
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(-TU-)-Corndog-
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Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:53 pm |
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Newegg.com you can create a Wishlist (or PC parts list) |
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Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:37 pm |
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Lowbrassman04
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Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:16 am |
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i really dont know what to look for when building a computer. im gonna get a monitor so i might as well buy it from work and get my discount and get a package with the monitor and an all in one printer but friend who works in computers at work says windows 7 can run on a 1 gb computer. but the question is, can a pentium 4 handle windows 7... |
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dukeuk76
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Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:18 am |
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Lowbrassman04 wrote: |
but friend who works in computers at work says windows 7 can run on a 1 gb computer. but the question is, can a pentium 4 handle windows 7... |
I have 2 pc`s running Win 7. One of them is a duel core athlon with 1GB of Ram, it runs win 7 ok, slighly laggy sometimes but better then vista with 1GB of ram. |
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Lowbrassman04
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Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:37 pm |
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i checked it and i have 1.5 gb ram. But this computer is 5 years old so its definitely out dated. some how i can get a free copy of 7 by doing some servey or something or other. |
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MeanMF
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Lowbrassman04
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:13 am |
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well how about that. Now to download the thing to see if my computer will blow up if i upgrade it to 7 lol |
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Lowbrassman04
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:07 pm |
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yeah i cant provide proof that im enrolled...cuz im not lol.
but im thinking about buying a retail version of win 7 with a 1tb HDD and swapping them out. |
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MeanMF
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:21 am |
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Lowbrassman04 wrote: |
yeah i cant provide proof that im enrolled...cuz im not lol. |
As long as you can get the email that they send to that address, I don't think they care... |
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Lowbrassman04
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:31 am |
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yeah i still have my email until January.
What if they happen to ask for my enrollment proof? be like uhh...i got my degree lol? or be like oh you got me! ok ill pay?
my pc isnt upgradeable. i ran the system check thingy and i need to custom install, which by their definition, full OS partition erase, or maybe full HDD erase. it would be good for my PC tho.
im just worried that it wont run smooth. its a pentium 4 2.7ghz and 1.5gb ram.
the main things that failed in the system test was my video card |
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MeanMF
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:38 am |
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I really don't think they care. A custom install does not mean that you have to erase your system partition, but you do have to reinstall all of your programs and copy over all of your saved stuff. It'll rename your old Windows directory to Windows.old.
I think it would run fine on that - the ram is the most important thing and 1.5gb is pretty decent. If the video card is too old I think it means you won't be able to run the new "aero" skin on the user interface. |
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Lowbrassman04
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:20 pm |
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yeah that what the checker said. but i just got this card last year. the nvidia dash board or whatever came with the card i installed will work. it just said my graphics adapter wont support areo.
im still thinking that getting a new computer would be the best bet. mine is 5 yrs old. |
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