New Computer

After 7 years with my current computer I\'m finally upgrading.My current hard drive has 6o GB and it\'s full.

I\'m not a very big "pc gaming guy" but I hope I can play some new games with my new setup:

Mainboard:Asus S 939 PCI-E

AMD 3500+

Kingston 512 mb DDR x2 so a total of 1024 mb

HDD 300 GB SATA II

Nvidia Geforce 6600 TD 256 mb



What do you think?

Looks great.  That graphics card will be an issuefor playing the latest games at decent resolutions but the whole system should last you for several years until the EMP hits.

I don\'t have a lot of knowledge when it comes to computer specs. but I said what I wanted and the guy at the store came up with this.I e-mailed a friend(a whizkid) the specs and he said that it was pretty good but that the graphics card was so-so.

I don\'t use this PC as a gaming monster(I have my PS 2 for that) and I\'m probably gonna play old games that I never had the chance to play earlier(Warcraft 3 etc.)


The guy at the store said that if I wanted another graphics card I can always upgrade my system.

If I wanted to go really big I\'d go with the Geforce 7900 GT.


Oh well..


I guess I won\'t be playing Oblivion on the highest resolution anytime soon.








edit:what kind of video card is in this one?

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If you\'ve been surving with any 7 year old computer (even if it was cutting edge when you bought it) lately, you will be more than happy with this one.  Like they said, you won\'t be pushing the lastest games at full res+effects, but that kind of setup is much more expensive, and a waste if you won\'t take advantage.  Enjoy your upgrade

oblivion looks pretty cool, I haven\'t played a pc rpg in a long time.  Just the game I need to break in the 7900gt that\'s being delivered tomorrow :neener:

I have my new computer for quit some time now but I\'m still not sure how I can transfer the stuff from my old computer to my new comp.

I\'ve been playing some games on my new one(warcraft 3,half life 2) but whenever I wanna listen to some music I hook up my old one again.So now I\'ve got 2 towers sitting next to eachother.


What is the best way to transfer data from my old comp to my new comp?


Also:I finally have a hd of 300 GB and now I can\'t fill it because all my programs(DC++) need to be reinstalled and I don\'t know all the settings that are needed to actually download some stuff.I have friends that are more into the pc scene then I am so usually I\'ll let them do it when they come by.



Thanks.

the easiest way IMO is getting a crossover cable (ethernet).  Make sure it\'s a crossover type tho, that way you can just hook the two comps up to make a sort of mini network.  Share your HD\'s in each and transfer away!

That was one of the ways I was thinking of.

How do you search for the other comp in the network?

[Titan]

After 7 years with my current computer I\'m finally upgrading.My current hard drive has 6o GB and it\'s full.

Took you 7 years to fill it? I have an 80 gig hard drive and had my computer since the end of July and I already need a second hard drive. I gotta delete some porn I guess :shy:

If you upgraded your PC yourself why not just open your old one and slap that harddrive into your new computer?  Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V until your eyeballs fall out.

That would be the fastest way to transfer gigabytes of files anyway.

[Titan]

7 years though. I think that\'s long enough that you should jsut get a new computer. I\'m amazed his works. I have a computer at home that\'s 6 years old and it sucks. Errors and everything constantly. Makes me glad I have my laptop

yeah, I guess slaving your old HD would be the easy way as well... takes a bit more cojones since you have to open the case and mess with cables and perhaps a jumper on your old HD.  Since you don\'t seem incredible computer savvy it might not be the best for you.

You can right click on your HD or any particular folders and go to sharing, then click on share this volume or whatever it calls it and it should show up in your network neighborhood.

If you do what JBean is suggesting, be sure to UNSHARE every drive you shared in the file transfer process BEFORE you connect the PC to a broadband ISP.  Don\'t share drives while it\'s connected.  You could be creating a major security hole if you do that.
 
I think you should just swap the old hard drive to the new PC.  In fact, you don\'t even need to copy the files to the new drive.  Just leave it permanently connected to the new PC as a slave drive, and pull off the files whenever you need them.

[Titan]

yeah, I guess slaving your old HD would be the easy way as well... takes a bit more cojones since you have to open the case and mess with cables and perhaps a jumper on your old HD.  Since you don\'t seem incredible computer savvy it might not be the best for you.

You can right click on your HD or any particular folders and go to sharing, then click on share this volume or whatever it calls it and it should show up in your network neighborhood.

I tried that on my laptop. By the end, there was an error and my new computer didn\'t get any of my files. I ended up taking CD-RWs and loading them one at a time.