-=PCTechTalk=- Re: newest configuration for my ibuypower system
- From: LARRY SOUTHERLAND <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:20:53 -0700 (PDT)
I had looked at the iBuyPower PCs (on Costco) and what finally dissuaded me was
the "Tokyo at Night" display that they all had. Great for a teenaged gamer,
but a little offputting in a regular office or home environment (IMHO). The
$799 system that I was contemplating was "sweet" and a great deal, but goodness
was it "loud." ;-)
Just FYI: There is a really good program for deleting data called "Cyberscrub"
that deletes data really, really well. www.cyberscrub.com.
There are also some freeware or shareware programs that also do a very good
job, such as "WipePro+" and "Clean Disk Security." Do Google searches and you
can find these.
Some legacy hardware has just "seen its time come and go:" floppies have been
replaced by flash drives and SD cards; Zip drives by -- well, hard drives and
flash drives. The only real piece of hardware that I'm keeping from my current
system is my Fujitsu Magneto-Optical Drive (very reliable and I have a *lot*
of discs).
--- On Mon, 4/20/09, Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: newest configuration for my ibuypower system
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 11:26 PM
Cristy,
I'm looking things over now and have questions (some of which you
probably answered before). lol
Do you intend to bring over anything at all from the system you're
using
now? If you plan to give it to someone, you only need to give them the
tower itself and can reuse the mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc. with the new
system. If the system is to be trashed or put away just in case of
emergency, you can reuse the floppy drive, hard drive and maybe some other
parts from it to help bring down the price of what you're about to buy.
All of these cases are a bit over the top for what you need, since
you're not exactly going to be taking the new system out to any LAN parties
(where gamers get together and play against each other on a closed LAN
network). It seems to me that IBuyPower is specfically geared towards
gamers with all of the fancier lighting schemes, side windows and such, but
they provide no way of choosing something different than what's offered
with
their parts choices. The case you selected has no description (click 'Help
Me Choose' to see the ones that do), so there's no way for me to advise
you
on it one way or the other. Personally, I would avoid anything I couldn't
research. I even hunted through the IBP forums and it hasn't been
discussed.
Finally, if you have done any financial stuff on your old system (kept
track of spending, online banking, bought anything online, etc.), consider
keeping the hard drive, too. If that's not feasible, at least use a good
wiping program to truly erase what's on there. The next owner can install
Windows themselves.
Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:54 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- newest configuration for my ibuypower system
> Hi Gman,
>
> I have uploaded my newest config for a new system to the yahoo group site
> when you have time could you take a peak and comment? I tried to scale it
> back a little, the shipping cost is not added into that config either.
> Can
> you tell me if you think there is an area that could be scaled back or an
> area that maybe should be scaled up ;0
>
> the case may have lighting doo dads, I dont know it is just the one that
> came with the special deal..I see no option to light out..if it was
> cheaper
> I can do without it, I also cannot tell if it is mid tower or high
> tower/full.. Im wondering if my power supply is enough.
>
> thanks!
> christy
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