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09-02-2006, 09:11 PM #26Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by e-places
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_surge
The main use for UPS is a system to keep your computer running while there is a disturbance in the power grid eg... loss of power... so you can safely shutdown and not lose any data that you may have been working on.
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS), sometimes called an uninterruptible power source, is a device which maintains a continuous supply of electric power to connected equipment by supplying power from a separate source when utility power is not available.
I'm not saying your wrong, Im just saying the average PC user does not have an UPS connected to there system as they do not see it as a nesacary item.
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09-02-2006, 09:13 PM #27Web Hosting Master
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ugh... ok dude.
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09-02-2006, 09:32 PM #28Managed Hosting Expert
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Anyway who cares about UPS, quite honestly if the power died for a bit I'd enjoy the extra sleep.
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09-02-2006, 09:33 PM #29WebHostingTalk Lover
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Main PC im using as desktop is a Raidmax Scorpio case, looks very nice
2gb ram and regular p4 3ghz 512mb cache with 120 and 200gb HDs Seagate
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09-02-2006, 09:46 PM #30virtualizing the world
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I personally have a UPS that can hold my internet connection and laptop for a max of 10 minutes, but if I needed to, I think my internet connection could run on my UPS for up to 30-45 minutes, as I could just use my battery on my laptop.
At any rate:
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HP Pavilion Laptop zd8000
Pentium IV 3.0 GHz w/ HT
60 GB HDD
1 GB of Physical Ram
ATI Radeon X600 128 MB
17" Widescreen
CD RW/DVD Combo
Win XP
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09-02-2006, 09:46 PM #31Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by Hoobastank68
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09-02-2006, 10:42 PM #32Retired Moderator
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Seagate are fairly good drives
Steer clear of Samsung, the two drives I have prematurely fail on me were both Samsung.
You'll notice a difference between SATA and IDE but it's only slight indeed.Web Hosting Plus
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09-02-2006, 10:46 PM #33virtualizing the world
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On a server end, I tend to steer away from Seagate. From my experience from a while ago, Seagate is the most unreliable brand of HD's to use.
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09-02-2006, 10:46 PM #34Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by SSHocker
I've read some other storys about Samsung being pretty bad.
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09-02-2006, 10:48 PM #35Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by Virpus-Ken
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09-02-2006, 10:49 PM #36Retired Moderator
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Yeah the Seagates I have are reasonably quiet, I ditched a 120 GB Maxtor in my Linux machine because it was too noisy
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09-03-2006, 12:41 AM #37Web Hosting Master
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I've had problems with Maxtor before but not Western Digital or Seagate. The Raptors were the best drives you could buy at the time, and were the only TRUE Sata drives for a number of years. I've had a seagate baracuda too that was great.
Right now I'm using WD 500GB drives because of price. But they've been great, and I've never had a problem with WD.
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09-03-2006, 12:52 AM #38virtualizing the world
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I would recommend Western Digital, scribby. No problems out of them yet.
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09-03-2006, 02:31 AM #39-=*/E=-
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Ah man everyone seems to be so rich around here.
But anyways my pc like a tin box with powerful p3 800 mhz processor, 400 meg sd ram, 256 mb ati 9600 video card (plugged into 4 x agp port ofcourse of asus cusl2-c). And ofcourse LG dvd rom, 1 LG cd writer, 2 80 gig seagate hdd, 1 WD 40 gig hdd and still no space to put my movies on.
Thats pretty much it thats what my pc is like .
And holy crap where did you get a processor with 512 mb cache dude i need one,
Originally Posted by Hoobastank6812+ years -same website , new server [SSD Inside] providing shared/reseller hosting only !
These things we do not provide/offer : Unlimited Storage ! Unlimited Bandwidth ! But Why? Cause, we were unable to put such a large number on our pages, it just would not fit.
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09-03-2006, 02:33 AM #40Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by paidhosting
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Originally Posted by scribby12+ years -same website , new server [SSD Inside] providing shared/reseller hosting only !
These things we do not provide/offer : Unlimited Storage ! Unlimited Bandwidth ! But Why? Cause, we were unable to put such a large number on our pages, it just would not fit.
So check out the numbers that actually fit >> << the page as well as your budget too !
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09-03-2006, 06:46 AM #42Web Hosting Master
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It's not the best although it certainly does everything I need it to, and on top of this, it didn't cost a lot at all.
Intel Pentium 4
3.2GHz Processor With Hyper-Threading
Western-Digital 250GB SATA Hard-Drive
DVD RW DVR-MCC
IDE DVD-ROM 16X
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
nVidia GeForce 6600 PCI Express 128MB
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09-03-2006, 08:38 AM #43Newbie
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Ive just bought a super budget thingy
cost me £402
Pentium 4 HT 2.8ghz
512meg ram
80GB hd
Radeon xpress 200 graphics
17" TFT screen with built in speakers
Win XP Pro
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09-03-2006, 08:46 AM #44Web Hosting Evangelist
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nice and good spec, where did you get that from?
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09-03-2006, 08:54 AM #45Big fan of RajiniKanth!!!
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well my pc is simple and fast/
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09-03-2006, 02:41 PM #46Newbie
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P4 3.4GHZ + Hyper Threading
7200RPM 250GB Western Digital SATA HDD
2GB Ram
256M Nvidia 6800 Ultra G Card
CD/DVD rom
CD/DVD Buner
21 inch Dell LCD
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Originally Posted by daveredfern
Thanks i know its nice specs but got it from my bro12+ years -same website , new server [SSD Inside] providing shared/reseller hosting only !
These things we do not provide/offer : Unlimited Storage ! Unlimited Bandwidth ! But Why? Cause, we were unable to put such a large number on our pages, it just would not fit.
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09-03-2006, 07:06 PM #48Web Hosting Evangelist
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who builds there own PC's? or do you buy pre-made/brand PC's?
I've always built my own PC's since my first one back in 2002
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09-04-2006, 06:36 PM #49Newbie
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I think that I've only ever had one pre-built desktop pc, and that was back in the early 90's. Since then I have only had cusotm built pc's built by myself, I've always found that this means I get exactly what I want from the machine! However, since finishing University, I barely use my desktop now, as I just dont need the power of it anymore. All of my current work is carried out using my laptop on my dining table!!
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09-04-2006, 07:11 PM #50Web Hosting Master
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Plane-jane black case with generic 430w power supply,
AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+
2gb Kingston Hyperx RAM
nVidia GeForce 7600 video card
Couple hundred GB harddrive
Blu-ray burner
For work on the road, I've got a White Macbook 2.0ghz core duo / 2gb ram / 80gb hdd / superdrive and a Sony Vaio PCG-FS660/w 1.7ghz pentium m / 1gb ram / 100gb hdd / dvd burner.
The desktop is fast =|