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10-10-2008, 10:36 PM
Finally i enter the desktop pc world.
Never done this before.
I got two desktop pc's from job for the first time in my life. They are exactly the same. I have only used laptops. Never done moding.
So what to do?
Dream*
Basically combine both of them to make one pc which does max performance. It will be used for the family to watch movies, web tv, surf and download. and not use my laptop. Uber dream is that it is not as bloody noisy as it is.
Reality
They both have basically the same specs
one has 3.2ghz processor the other 2.8ghz
the 3.2ghz has only cd burner
the 2.8ghz has cd burner + dvd player
Ram - put the 2ghz ram from one to the other machine making it 4ghz - according to my knowledge this requires no software. automatic or not?
Hardrive - Add the the second harddrive - this requires knowledge according to the web, you can not simply put it in and voila extra space.
DVD - The main machine has only a cd burner. The other has a dvd player. Can i just plug it in or?
or make a dual processor thing?
Fan Noise - ffs sake this thing makes more noise than a vacuum cleaner.even in tranquile mode. Presently formatting one of them will tweak it and give temperatures after wards.
SPECS X2
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Operating System System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) IBM -[6230xxx]- 1.0
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3,20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: IBM MS-9128 2.0
Serial Number: 051RF5H
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: IBM -[T6E121A]- 09/08/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d 190,04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
76,48 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
IC25N030 ATCS04-0 USB Device [Hard drive] (30,00 GB) -- drive 1
Maxtor 6Y160M0 [Hard drive] (160,04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y45AX1PE, rev YAR51HW0, SMART (http://www.belarc.com/smart.html) Status: Healthy 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM4' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160,04 GB 75,95 GB free e: (NTFS on drive 1) 30,00 GB 532 MB free
Controllers
Display Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 [Display adapter]
Iiyama TXA3601GT [Monitor] (14,1"vis, februar 1998)
Bus Adapters
Multimedia Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D7
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
Intel(R) 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD Realtek AC'97 Audio
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I basically want to make the most out of both the machines. :)
Thank you in advance.
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Never done this before.
I got two desktop pc's from job for the first time in my life. They are exactly the same. I have only used laptops. Never done moding.
So what to do?
Dream*
Basically combine both of them to make one pc which does max performance. It will be used for the family to watch movies, web tv, surf and download. and not use my laptop. Uber dream is that it is not as bloody noisy as it is.
Reality
They both have basically the same specs
one has 3.2ghz processor the other 2.8ghz
the 3.2ghz has only cd burner
the 2.8ghz has cd burner + dvd player
Ram - put the 2ghz ram from one to the other machine making it 4ghz - according to my knowledge this requires no software. automatic or not?
Hardrive - Add the the second harddrive - this requires knowledge according to the web, you can not simply put it in and voila extra space.
DVD - The main machine has only a cd burner. The other has a dvd player. Can i just plug it in or?
or make a dual processor thing?
Fan Noise - ffs sake this thing makes more noise than a vacuum cleaner.even in tranquile mode. Presently formatting one of them will tweak it and give temperatures after wards.
SPECS X2
_______________________________________________________
Operating System System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) IBM -[6230xxx]- 1.0
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3,20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: IBM MS-9128 2.0
Serial Number: 051RF5H
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: IBM -[T6E121A]- 09/08/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d 190,04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
76,48 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
IC25N030 ATCS04-0 USB Device [Hard drive] (30,00 GB) -- drive 1
Maxtor 6Y160M0 [Hard drive] (160,04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y45AX1PE, rev YAR51HW0, SMART (http://www.belarc.com/smart.html) Status: Healthy 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM4' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160,04 GB 75,95 GB free e: (NTFS on drive 1) 30,00 GB 532 MB free
Controllers
Display Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 [Display adapter]
Iiyama TXA3601GT [Monitor] (14,1"vis, februar 1998)
Bus Adapters
Multimedia Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D7
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
Intel(R) 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD Realtek AC'97 Audio
___________________________________________________________
I basically want to make the most out of both the machines. :)
Thank you in advance.
Z%
http://d.imagehost.org/0227/DSCF5589.jpg (http://d.imagehost.org/view/0687/DSCF5586.jpg)
http://d.imagehost.org/0890/DSCF5583.jpg
http://d.imagehost.org/0290/DSCF5585.jpg
http://d.imagehost.org/0687/DSCF5586.jpg