Submitted by zen on 31 July, 2005 - 00:43.
I was going to buy a new computer. It was because my old computer crashed, and I thought I couldn't fix it... Eventually I fixed my old computer... but the thought stuck in my mind... so I continued to buy my new computer...
I was thinking about Intel, because of its stability: intel cpu + intel chipset, nothing can be more solid and stable than that, but because of some whimiscal impulse, I changed my order to AMD....
Now I'm sufftering the consequence of my imupluse decision. The AMD CPU is superior, but the chispset that works with AMD... well they are good in performance, maybe good for games. The hardware are very sounded, but the software is kind of seedy... I am now dealing with some driver issue.
Sometimes I got the Blue Screen error in Windows XP
Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
caused by
HTTP.sys
Could this be the Nvidia IDE driver? or SATA RAID driver?
Anyway...
Originall I was planning to buy this computer:
Intel 830d Dual core with P5WD2 - Premium with Wifi TV
| CPU |
$ 425.95 |
Intel® Pentium® D 830 3.0Ghz - 800Mhz FSB Retail (2MB Cache) |
| Motherboard |
$ 269.95 |
Asus P5WD2 Premium Intel 955X w/Audio, FireWire, Gigabit LAN, SATA-RAID, DDR2 800 |
| DDR2 x 2 |
$ 125.95 |
OCZ Dual Channel (Value Series) OCZ25331024VDC-K 1024MB DDR2 Kit |
| Sonta II |
$ 128.95 |
Antec Sonata II 17" Black ATX case w/450 watt Smart power supply (8xbays) |
| Video |
$ 165.95 |
Asus Extreme N6600 Silencer GeForce 6600 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express *Fanless* w/DVI, TV-Out (Retail) |
| TV Card |
$ 69.00 |
Leadtek Winfast XP TV2000 Expert TV-Tuner PCI (Retail) |
| Harddrive |
$ 169.95 |
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB - 7200RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA150 (OEM) |
| DVD ROM |
$ 53.95 |
BenQ DW-1640 (Beige) - 16x DVD +/- R/RW, 8x DVD+R Double-Layer *Software Included* (OEM) |
| CPU Fan |
$ 49.95 |
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Quiet CPU cooler compatible with Socket 478/754/462 |
| CPU Cooling |
$ 9.95 |
Zalman ZM-CS1 Socket 775 Clip Support for CNPS-7000 Series CPU Cooler |
| Assembly |
$ 40.00 |
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But I ended up buying this computer, just because of a moment of impulse...
AMD 4200+ Dual Core and Asus A8N-SLI (the SLI is absolutely useless for me, but this is the only model with passive heatsink).
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Price |
SKU |
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| CPU |
$ 669.00 |
3783 |
AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ Socket-939 512K Box |
| Motherboard |
$ 229.95 |
3932 |
Asus A8N-SLI Premium *Fanless Design* nForce4 SLI w/Audio, 2 x Gigabit LAN, FireWire, SATA-RAID, Dual DDR400 (Socket 939) |
| Video |
$ 165.95 |
4201 |
Asus Extreme N6600 Silencer GeForce 6600 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express *Fanless* w/DVI, TV-Out (Retail) |
| TV Card |
$ 69.00 |
462 |
Leadtek Winfast XP TV2000 Expert TV-Tuner PCI (Retail) |
| RAM 512x2 |
$ 118.00 |
1103 |
2 x 512MB PC3200 400Mhz 184pin DDR (Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512) |
| Sonta II |
$ 128.95 |
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Antec Sonata II 17" Black ATX case w/450 watt Smart power supply (8xbays) |
| Harddrive |
$ 169.95 |
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Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB - 7200RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA150 (OEM) |
| DVD ROM |
$ 53.95 |
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BenQ DW-1640 (Beige) - 16x DVD +/- R/RW, 8x DVD+R Double-Layer *Software Included* (OEM) |
| CPU Cooler |
$ 39.95 |
3065 |
Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Quiet CPU Cooler (Socket 462 / 478 / 754/ 939 / 940) |
| Network Cable |
$ 12.00 |
408 |
Crossover Cat. 5e RJ45 15 feet cable with ends(White) |
| Assembly |
$40 |
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