To address everything people have said in the last few posts:
-I just got XP reinstalled and a massive collection of programs put on, so my software situation is just the way I like it. I'm not about to get rid of it
to install Win7, reinstall it again to get a dual-boot set up, and then have to deal with the complications of trying to upgrade the RC to a full version when
the time comes. I am interested in Win7, but it's not worth the hassle.
-As for ventilation, I live in a house with central air, so it never gets too hot. My room is ~5 degrees warmer than the rest of the house (guess why), but
that translates out to 70-75 degrees year-round. There's at least a foot of free space behind my case, plenty of space in front, I semi-regularly
air-blast dust out of my case, and the case itself has 6 120mm fans in it. I'm fairly sure heat isn't an issue. Heck, the first version of this rig
got hotter playing Oblivion than this one gets with Crysis.
-The RAM is about 2 years old. It's four sticks of this, originally purchased
~2 years ago. I have a hard drive and a sound card in it that are 4 years old, and they still work fine.
-I probably could get dual-channel turned off, but it's not worth the effort right now. As it is, I'll just get my replacement stick in a week, pop it
and the working 1GB I removed in, and be back to 100%. I don't plan on doing anything tougher than SotS or emulating my N64 and PS games (because I like
save states), so I don't need it right now.
-It's not a Dell of any sort. This is a custom PC that I bought in 2006, and have since rebuilt several times. The only original parts from that PC still
remaining are the hard drive (now disk 2 of 3 installed) and sound card. I keep it in [url=]this case[/url], a Lian Li full-tower. The brace is removable,
but due to where the PC sits (and how friggin' heavy it is), the amount of work that'd take is actually more than the work I put in trying to work
around it.
The system has been stable since the RAM issue, so it shouldn't be a problem once I get the replacement in. It's been a very good rig, really- this
was just one piece of hardware dying, a jury-rig I made the last time I put it together working itself apart, and three years of heavy usage without sufficient
security coming back to haunt me, all at once.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
-I just got XP reinstalled and a massive collection of programs put on, so my software situation is just the way I like it. I'm not about to get rid of it
to install Win7, reinstall it again to get a dual-boot set up, and then have to deal with the complications of trying to upgrade the RC to a full version when
the time comes. I am interested in Win7, but it's not worth the hassle.
-As for ventilation, I live in a house with central air, so it never gets too hot. My room is ~5 degrees warmer than the rest of the house (guess why), but
that translates out to 70-75 degrees year-round. There's at least a foot of free space behind my case, plenty of space in front, I semi-regularly
air-blast dust out of my case, and the case itself has 6 120mm fans in it. I'm fairly sure heat isn't an issue. Heck, the first version of this rig
got hotter playing Oblivion than this one gets with Crysis.
-The RAM is about 2 years old. It's four sticks of this, originally purchased
~2 years ago. I have a hard drive and a sound card in it that are 4 years old, and they still work fine.
-I probably could get dual-channel turned off, but it's not worth the effort right now. As it is, I'll just get my replacement stick in a week, pop it
and the working 1GB I removed in, and be back to 100%. I don't plan on doing anything tougher than SotS or emulating my N64 and PS games (because I like
save states), so I don't need it right now.
-It's not a Dell of any sort. This is a custom PC that I bought in 2006, and have since rebuilt several times. The only original parts from that PC still
remaining are the hard drive (now disk 2 of 3 installed) and sound card. I keep it in [url=]this case[/url], a Lian Li full-tower. The brace is removable,
but due to where the PC sits (and how friggin' heavy it is), the amount of work that'd take is actually more than the work I put in trying to work
around it.
The system has been stable since the RAM issue, so it shouldn't be a problem once I get the replacement in. It's been a very good rig, really- this
was just one piece of hardware dying, a jury-rig I made the last time I put it together working itself apart, and three years of heavy usage without sufficient
security coming back to haunt me, all at once.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.