Got my cyberpower x blade AMD today!
I finally got my AMD 64 cyberpower xblade. The first product I have ever recieved for free. Pretty excited took me 6 months. I didnt find out about FIG till after I already was approved. Thanks Gratis!
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theysayjump
01-07-2005 23:23:07
SWEET!!
thats what im working on at the moment, just 3 more greens and then im good to go D
what was your timeline and are there any problems with the computer? does it run good? is it noisy etc?
[quote9d506e134c="theysayjump"]SWEET!!
thats what im working on at the moment, just 3 more greens and then im good to go D
what was your timeline and are there any problems with the computer? does it run good? is it noisy etc?[/quote9d506e134c]
Well I signed up for it December of last year I believe. But I got all the referrals on my own without trades or paypal thats why it took so long. The timeline once I completed my requirements was about 1 month. from ordering it to recieving it. I havent hooked it up yet but I turned it on looks real nice and it comes with a simple black logitech keyboard, black mouse, and some speakers. So I am pretty happy. Oh yeah you can barely even hear it very quiet. D
theysayjump
02-07-2005 00:22:26
nice...i didnt even know it came with a keyboard, mouse and speakers so thats cool!
Batman
02-07-2005 00:35:47
That looks pretty sexy. Congrats!
xXHasek99
02-07-2005 00:50:16
NICE! i got a similar pc bought from ebay... although mine has 200gigs of STEEL harddrive ;)
Hasek.
bruman
02-07-2005 01:42:35
mine comes thursday D
thecrazykevy
02-07-2005 01:44:46
Looks nice. Congrats. I'm half way done for freedesktoppc and I'm going for the cyberpower too.
tracemhunter
02-07-2005 08:13:15
congrats.
I connected it and man this thing is smooth!! it has 3 fans and temprature control. I kicked up to 1.24 ghz last night by adding another stick 512mb of ram. Then I installed firefox and applied the tweaks! lightning fast page loads. Very quick dl's. There is only one thing that dont look right! it has a card reader and the card reader cable is connected to the video card with a piece of scotch tape! lol...... I dont know whats up with that but other than that This computer is the Shit considering the price. D And I swear it is so quiet you really cant hear it unless your trying to.
Blink182=Gone
02-07-2005 10:11:51
AMD processors are bottom-of-the-line.
Bookerman
02-07-2005 11:03:05
AMD bottom-of-the-line? Some benchmarks will favor Intel and some AMD depending on the processor at a particular price point. But, your universal statement is not necessarily true.
About the scotch tape to the video card That wire should be a temperature probe originating from the fan control. Likewise, there are taped wires to both the cpu heatsink and hard drive.
[quotef52385305a="Bookerman"]AMD bottom-of-the-line? Some benchmarks will favor Intel and some AMD depending on the processor at a particular price point. But, your universal statement is not necessarily true.
About the scotch tape to the video card That wire should be a temperature probe originating from the fan control. Likewise, there are taped wires to both the cpu heatsink and hard drive.[/quotef52385305a]
oh is that what it is? thanks! and as for the AMD being bottom of the line. Yo your Nuking Futz Dude! Before I even choose between the Intel p4 and AMD 64 I did a whole lot of research and asked for suggestions from computer geeks through Computer Geek groups and they were really helpful and 98% of the people who responded to my posts on AMD 64 vs Intel p4 all recommended AMD hands down. As a matter of fact alot of them said they would never get an P4 most of them were pro AMD. Not only that just go to google and type in AMD 64vs. Intel p4 and you will see the benchmark results. Do your research. I'm Loving this computer. AMD Rulez! my other computer is an older AMD and it still kicks Ass! P
theysayjump
02-07-2005 14:39:18
so when you say you got it up to 1.24Ghz....is that an extra 1.24 or 1.24 total?
It came with 512 mb of ram and then I added another 512 to 1.24 total and it still has room for 3 more sticks of ram.
theysayjump
02-07-2005 15:10:10
ohhh ok.....you mean 1.24GB's.....i thought you meant the processor speed of 1.24Ghz.
haha! oh shit! lol... yeah I got it twisted I meant 1.24gb. my bad. Nah this system runs at 1.8 ghz.
[quote9f6f86d41e="Fice"]haha! oh shit! lol... yeah I got it twisted I meant 1.24gb. my bad. Nah this system runs at 1.8 ghz.[/quote9f6f86d41e]
512MB + 512MB = 1024MB = 1GB
Also, 1.024 not 1.24!
Collateral
02-07-2005 15:58:41
Fice obviously isn't a math wiz. His sig is bothering me, lol. It's "you're" not "your".
hahaha! dude who cares? I specified 512 + 512 I think people got the picture. lmao! And thanks for pointing that misspelling. I guess the voices forgot to tell me that part. lol.....
EatChex89
02-07-2005 20:29:07
nice.
Collateral
02-07-2005 20:58:56
[quote85431c84dc="Fice"]hahaha! dude who cares? I specified 512 + 512 I think people got the picture. lmao! And thanks for pointing that misspelling. I guess the voices forgot to tell me that part. lol.....[/quote85431c84dc]
D
TooFace
02-07-2005 21:04:40
Did it come with just the tower alone or did it have extras? I had read about some people getting speakers and keyboards with their cyberpower machines. Also did you get all of the manuals, were there any broken/doa parts? I'm still having a hard time choosing between this and the Dell (mostly because of build quality issues that I've heard about).
theysayjump
02-07-2005 21:50:22
[quote5c5b7159b0="Fice"] I havent hooked it up yet but I turned it on looks real nice and it comes with a simple black logitech keyboard, black mouse, and some speakers. So I am pretty happy.[/quote5c5b7159b0]
EDIT
anyone know if the cyberpower can be overclocked and if so, what to?
Bookerman
02-07-2005 23:13:14
Not easily as the motherboard only allows small changes voltage changes and the fact that the bus is not locked. One website reviewing this motherboard yielded no stable overclock above 10%.
theysayjump
02-07-2005 23:35:05
eeep.
oh well, thanks!
[quotee03439aaad="TooFace"]Did it come with just the tower alone or did it have extras? I had read about some people getting speakers and keyboards with their cyberpower machines. Also did you get all of the manuals, were there any broken/doa parts? I'm still having a hard time choosing between this and the Dell (mostly because of build quality issues that I've heard about).[/quotee03439aaad]
No broken parts everything came nice and neatly packed. Yeah I also heard that dell sucks. I was going to get the dell 4700 because it seemed like a better deal but I asked around in computer group got second and third opinions and it seemed like everyone picked AMD over Intel. I even gave them specs to compare and AMD was the favored system. My personal opinion I've been on it all day and this beauty is fast. Heres a pic of all the accessories and software. Those are just extra cables that they sent with it.
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theysayjump
03-07-2005 00:16:36
was XP already installed? if so did they have a lot of other shit installed also?
[quote0945b92e98="theysayjump"]was XP already installed? if so did they have a lot of other shit installed also?[/quote0945b92e98]
yea XP was already installed all you have to do is install SP2 and updates and activate. No there was no other software installed. There was like trial version of Mc Afee and earthlink tool bar for IE but I uninstalled all that then installed all my other programs like norton system works, firewall, firefox, etc..... kind of feels good to actually own windows xp Im going to upgrade to professional pretty soon.
theysayjump
03-07-2005 01:26:30
cool.....although i think ill pass on the SP2 update though.
[quote78f2956b23="theysayjump"]cool.....although i think ill pass on the SP2 update though.[/quote78f2956b23]
Why whats the problem with the SP2? just curious.
theysayjump
03-07-2005 12:44:21
the main problem is it conflicting with alot of programs and software.
http//www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/02/winxpsp2_security_review/
[quote4e43d07dca="theysayjump"]the main problem is it conflicting with alot of programs and software.
http//www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/02/winxpsp2_security_review/[/quote4e43d07dca]
Thanks that was a really good and interesting review very helpful.
theysayjump
03-07-2005 13:25:32
no problem!
ben laden
03-07-2005 14:01:04
Ugh, I didn't even know that about SP2. Maybe I should reinstall with sp1 lol
Bookerman
03-07-2005 15:36:05
That article dealt with security, not with compatibility. SP2 is already installed on the Cyberpower by default, and SP2 is also what they bundle on the CD. Since the machine is brand new, I think a wise choice would be to install everything you normally use and run it a few days to see if there are any issues. My guess is the answer will be no.
Collateral
03-07-2005 15:47:30
I never have had issues with SP2
EDIT I also think that it could lead people with a false sense of security since there is a build in firewall. I always have Sygate Pro running along with SP2.
Phbs83
03-07-2005 16:26:17
That article is from 2004, so I wouldn't even consider it 100% accurate anymore. SP2 had a rough start, but everything is going well now I believe. The only problem I had so far is with Klient (www.klient.com) but it can be considered Klient's developer fault - [ba6c1018bc3]everything[/ba6c1018bc3] else works great, and even a tad faster (subjectively) . My machine with SP2 runs perfectly nice, and I would recommend it over SP1 any day.
computer-guy
03-07-2005 19:41:18
[quote44f03bf89c="Fice"][quote44f03bf89c="TooFace"]Did it come with just the tower alone or did it have extras? I had read about some people getting speakers and keyboards with their cyberpower machines. Also did you get all of the manuals, were there any broken/doa parts? I'm still having a hard time choosing between this and the Dell (mostly because of build quality issues that I've heard about).[/quote44f03bf89c]
No broken parts everything came nice and neatly packed. Yeah I also heard that dell sucks. I was going to get the dell 4700 because it seemed like a better deal but I asked around in computer group got second and third opinions and it seemed like everyone picked AMD over Intel. I even gave them specs to compare and AMD was the favored system. My personal opinion I've been on it all day and this beauty is fast. Heres a pic of all the accessories and software. Those are just extra cables that they sent with it.
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Thats awsome man! thats the one i wasn't to sure about but now i am D
nicd.01
03-07-2005 20:29:44
Gotta love the white speakers and rolly mouse they give you. I got the same ones so I'll probably give them to my mom or something. Congrats on getting the great PC! Pretty nice, huh?
[quote8f4f63b9bb="nicd.01"]Gotta love the white speakers and rolly mouse they give you. I got the same ones so I'll probably give them to my mom or something. Congrats on getting the great PC! Pretty nice, huh?[/quote8f4f63b9bb]
lol.. yea I haven't opened the speakers either I'm using my yamaha's but I'll probably use them for my old computer. I'm thinking of installing linux on it see what thats all about. Thanks for the congrats! And yes I must agree it is pretty nice especially in the dark.
[quotefe8da38bad="mr0x"][quotefe8da38bad="Fice"]haha! oh shit! lol... yeah I got it twisted I meant 1.24gb. my bad. Nah this system runs at 1.8 ghz.[/quotefe8da38bad]
512MB + 512MB = 1024MB = 1GB
Also, 1.024 not 1.24![/quotefe8da38bad]
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bruman
04-07-2005 19:05:44
how many open slots does it have for other stuff to add-in?
(like if i wanna add a firewire and dvd-burner to it)
J4320
04-07-2005 19:20:01
Wow, congrats. You're inspiring me to start freedesktoppc... I hate my crappy celeron computer.
[quotef3e07178ad="bruman"]how many open slots does it have for other stuff to add-in?
(like if i wanna add a firewire and dvd-burner to it)[/quotef3e07178ad]
it has 4 additional pci slots and 2 additional slots for dvd or cd rom. here are some ratings from people who purchased this mobo. Seems like this is a pretty good board.
http//www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=1229152/id_type=M
[quote481661eda6="J4320"]Wow, congrats. You're inspiring me to start freedesktoppc... I hate my crappy celeron computer.[/quote481661eda6]
Oh no doubt! you should take advantage of this great offer. This computer is heaven compared to my old AMD which is still pretty good but theres nothing like a fresh new computer. D
bruman
04-07-2005 20:19:30
whats a PCI slot? whats it used for
Collateral
04-07-2005 20:21:41
[quote1ef8f15bc5="bruman"]whats a PCI slot? whats it used for[/quote1ef8f15bc5]
Used to add extra components such as a modem, sound card, video card, etc... I'm using my sound card through my PCI slot right now.
GBuntitled
05-07-2005 10:38:33
[quotee776245b5a="Fice"][quotee776245b5a="bruman"]how many open slots does it have for other stuff to add-in?
(like if i wanna add a firewire and dvd-burner to it)[/quotee776245b5a]
it has 4 additional pci slots and 2 additional slots for dvd or cd rom. here are some ratings from people who purchased this mobo. Seems like this is a pretty good board.
http//www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=1229152/id_type=M[/quotee776245b5a]
What do you mean by, "or"? You can only have a dvd OR cd rom? And congrats on the desktop! I need one badly so I might start getting refs for my account soon. )
[quote5d8b76d818="GBuntitled"][quote5d8b76d818="Fice"][quote5d8b76d818="bruman"]how many open slots does it have for other stuff to add-in?
(like if i wanna add a firewire and dvd-burner to it)[/quote5d8b76d818]
it has 4 additional pci slots and 2 additional slots for dvd or cd rom. here are some ratings from people who purchased this mobo. Seems like this is a pretty good board.
http//www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=1229152/id_type=M[/quote5d8b76d818]
What do you mean by, "or"? You can only have a dvd OR cd rom? And congrats on the desktop! I need one badly so I might start getting refs for my account soon. )[/quote5d8b76d818]
haha! thanks! let me put it in different terms, you can have a total of 3 dvd / cd drives if you wanted.
Rodney
05-07-2005 13:55:07
how much total RAM can the cyberpower hold (I guess I could go upstairs and open mine up, but maybe someone here already knows?)
JUNIOR6886
05-07-2005 21:58:36
the pentium 4 in my comp would have the amd processor in that cyberpower for breakfast.... but congrats on the free pc anyways D
No doubt Im happy with mine! but personally I think the AMD 64 FX 51 would eat your shit up! ) AMD Kicks ASS!
goofygarber
06-07-2005 21:30:19
Some of you guys are idiots...
AMD Processers benchmark way better than Intel processors when it comes to comparable clock speeds; and they are significantly better for general gaming.
AMD64 > Pentium 4/E any day