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Computer recommendations
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:08:41 GMT
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Monday and Tuesday after leaving my computer on for a while, I came back and it
had rebooted. I ran a virus scan with updated definitions and nothing came up.
Tuesday evening, the computer turned off while I was using it. Wednesday, the
computer wouldn't boot up. At first, only the power supply fan and the lights
on the front of the box would come on. After several tries, the CPU fan finally
came on too. Once, it got halfway through the windows startup screen before
hanging. Every other time, it makes no noises except for the fans, and sends no
signal to the monitor. Yesterday, I tried a different power supply. Only the
lights and power supply fan came on.
So, I will try reseating everything and giving it one more go, but otherwise it
looks like I'm in the market for a new motherboard. I figure I might as well
upgrade in the meantime. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions:
I would like a fast computer that will last me for several years before it's
completely out of date (I'm replacing a PIII 933MHz with 384MB of RAM which I
got in 2000). But...I don't want to pay any huge premiums for the highest
available system. Basically, I want to know what's the best bang for the buck I
can get.
I use my computer for:
watching movies
ripping/encoding video
Photoshopping, including touchup, panoramas, and graphic design
some CAD (Solidworks) and rendering (POV-Ray)
and the usual (web, email, word processing), but not really any games
Any suggestions for new mobo/chip?
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