Currently, I am setting up a computer that my sister can use for procrastination college work (e.g. internet/office).
I have my old desktop:
socket 939 AMD X2 3800+ 2.0ghz Manchester
2x512mb DDR1 utt-bh5 ram
Nvidia 6600gt
DFI NF4 lanparty motherboard
2x250GB + 1x160GB hard drives
600w...
I have 4x3TB sata drives that I would like to run in RAID 5. Currently I'm using the Intel fakeRAID of my motherboard but I don't really like the idea that my data is attached to the motherboard. I assume that if my motherboard dies or that I wish to move the disks to another computer, I'm SOL...
Work is shedding some old dev boxes and giving employees an opportunity to buy them.
The specs of the mac pro I am eyeing are:
2*2.8 ghz xeon harpertown quad cores
4 GB ecc ram
500 GB HDD
256mb ATI 2600xt
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP11
Also I can get a 2006 model for $375
2*2.66...
So a visit to Microcenter and Frys today left me with
an intel core i5 2500k CPU
an Asus P8Z68-V LX ATX LGA1155 Z68 Motherboard
5 Seagate 3 TB external drives which should have these inside.
An el cheapo keyboard mouse combo
and $770 poorer
Originally, I was just planning on...
My brother wants a desktop. I was leaning towards just recommending him a prebuilt but when I saw his options ... D:
I've been out of the loop for desktop components for a bit. Does something like this look sane?
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14060692...
Or more precisely, my brother is. I'm hesitant to build him a custom pc as 1) I'm only going to be home for about a week (and not till august) and 2) playing the role of long distance tech support kinda sucks so I'm thinking it would be best if I just recommend him a prebuilt one from a major...
as a software development engineer. I should be receiving a call tomorrow to go over my offer. Any ATOTer who is or has been affiliated with Amazon care to chime in as to what exactly I have gotten myself into :D?
Well in about two weeks I'll be flying to Redmond/Seattle for a final round of interviewing for a Microsoft Software Development Engineer internship position. I assume there has to be at least a few people here that have interned for Microsoft before so if you are reading this thread, care to...
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