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So through a long tale of trial and error, I have somehow ended up with two completely functional and fast computers.

This is my long and drawn out story of computer mundaneness and frustration:

Six months ago I told Renata to buy a Gateway computer from Futureshop since it was a good deal.  Great performance for the price.  So she got it.  And I realize that Gateways aren’t the best for high performance computing, but for non-gaming stuff it’s a pretty good deal considering you get a pretty decent machine.

Then I moved here and needed to upgrade it so that I could play the latest and greatest games.  I bought a brand new video card for a lan party here in Ottawa a few months ago.  When I installed it, I found out that I needed a new power supply to drive the video card.

So I bought a new power supply.  Stuck it in, and it seemed to work like a charm.

I found out at the LAN party that my machine over heated with the new video card/power supply because the case was too small … so $130 later I bought myself a wicked gaming case that has like 6 fans.

When I went to install THAT, I found out that the gateway motherboard doesn’t fit into the new case since it doesn’t follow the standard specs.  Sonofabitch!

So I went to go out and by a motherboard to fit the cpu that I originally had, so that I could fit that motherboard into the new case.  The motherboard was a “refurb” and it didn’t work at all.  The gateway machine’s CPU was a Socket 939, which is a little outdated so it’s hard to find a brand new mother for it.  So I decided that I might as well buy a new CPU and motherboard.

I bought a brand new CPU and motherboard yesterday.  Came home to install stuff, and then found out that no… my DDR RAM sticks don’t fit into this motherboard as the new motherboard only supports the latest type, DDR2.  BLARGH!!!

So to shorten the story, I bought a new CPU to fit the new motherboard to fit the new case to fit the new video card and powersupply, which all didn’t work with any of the gateway components.  I reassembled the gateway machine and now it’s back to where it originally was before this whole ordeal.

So if anyone’s interested, I have a fairly new Gateway desktop for sale with the following specs:

•  AMD Athlon X2 64 Bit 3800+
• 1 Gig of DDR ram
• 250 Gig hard drive
• 2 DVD drives: 16x DVD-RW and 16x DVD-R
• TV Capture card
• Integrated sound/video/network.
• 56k modem
• 9 in 1 flashcard/memory card reader
• Firewire and USB2 ports.

I must say, one of the best things about this computer is that it’s SUPER quiet.  It doesn’t have a massive roaring video card fan, and the CPU is passively cooled (well, sorta) as it has a massive 3×2 inch heatsink.

For sale for a good price

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