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Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Darth Joyda on May 28, 2001, 07:01:43 AM
Well, we haven\'t decided yet and so I would like to get your opinion of our ( own compilation ) PC. Well, our TO-BE pc ( maybe ) :)



Some of those might\'ve been translated wrong so I hope you understand the list :)

And it is still a PERHAPS. But we\'re getting a new computer anyways...
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Bladez on May 28, 2001, 07:06:54 AM
Congrats.  I got a new computer last year.  I was on it all night until 2 a.m.!  I was just a little tired after that. (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcwm.ragesofsanity.com%2Fcwm%2Fcwm%2Feek5.gif&hash=190f8f3b478efb24c817442d324864b7a35e9152)
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: nO-One on May 28, 2001, 07:12:32 AM
Congrats :)
It all sounds good.I have to upgrade mine again,it\'s been almost a year since I upgraded it.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: FackinKubuss on May 28, 2001, 12:26:18 PM
My dad is still being gay aobut getting a new one so hopefully he\'ll be convinced enough to get one soon. He got a new keyboard today for it but I dont know why, its stilla  piece of ****, lol.

No-One what is that place I go to to show the comparision of my computer to the newer ones? I think I\'m gonna try that on my dad now...
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: nO-One on May 28, 2001, 12:32:57 PM
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Originally posted by FackinKubuss
No-One what is that place I go to to show the comparision of my computer to the newer ones? I think I\'m gonna try that on my dad now...


It\'s called Sandra,and it\'s a banchmark utilty.

You can download it >>here (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10102-100-5462327.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.5462327)<<
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Seraphim Pride on May 28, 2001, 12:35:17 PM
I always get excited when I hear about someone getting a new computer.  Computer\'s are cool.  hehehe
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: FatalXception on May 28, 2001, 12:40:20 PM
I need an upgrade in the worst way.  I haven\'t upgraded anything but my sound and HDD in a year and a half.  
The one thing that doesn\'t seem "on par" with the rest of your system is the HDD.  If you have BB, and you use it (like me), you might consider getting two 40s or a 60.  I have a much, much older/slower/worse computer and I have 60 gigs.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: FackinKubuss on May 28, 2001, 12:54:23 PM
The link didnt work... its probobly my **** comp.. I\'ll try again later, thanks.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Kimahri on May 28, 2001, 01:17:30 PM
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Originally posted by Bladez
Congrats.  I got a new computer last year.  I was on it all night until 2 a.m.!  I was just a little tired after that. (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcwm.ragesofsanity.com%2Fcwm%2Fcwm%2Feek5.gif&hash=190f8f3b478efb24c817442d324864b7a35e9152)


?? im on my computer till 2 every night.not tired usually.. i dont know why?
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: FackinKubuss on May 28, 2001, 03:47:50 PM
I am only on weekends cause I have to get up every school day at 6 so it sucks...
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on May 28, 2001, 07:09:47 PM
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Originally posted by ps2gamer_59


?? im on my computer till 2 every night.not tired usually.. i dont know why?



me too me too - seems i just don\'t feel like sleeping until alte at night so i pass my time on the ol computer if i can

but i need to get a new PC pretty soon = probaly gonna get a new gateway but i am not too sure what i will get yet - but i am gonna try to get one with a GeForce 3
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: nO-One on May 28, 2001, 07:19:58 PM
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Originally posted by ps2gamer_59


?? im on my computer till 2 every night.not tired usually.. i dont know why?


pfft that\'s nothing.Right now the time is 3:24 AM.I\'m usually in the computer till about 4.Then I go watch a Star Trek episode.

Well until I have to start waking up early again (next week) then I\'ll only be in the computer till 2 then I watch Star Trek

I have wierd sleeping hapits
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Darth Joyda on May 28, 2001, 08:34:33 PM
Hmmm... I COULD easily buy 40 gig HDD, but I think 30 gig\'s is enough ( for a start ) :)

I can always buy a new one if 30 gig\'s seems like a small space ( notice that I have survived with 2 gigs to this day ;) ).

We\'ll probably get that computer this week.

:D
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on May 28, 2001, 09:23:30 PM
i don\'t know i think i would go with the 40 gigs

hell if i had a choice and money i would go bigger than that because i have had my 30 gig for a while now and its already half way full and i don\'t have a whole lot of stuff one there - plus games just keep getting bigger and bigger
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: SonyFan on May 28, 2001, 09:40:51 PM
I\'m going to upgrade to a faster computer too. My Pentium 200MMX is just about garbage anymore. Now that I\'ve got a steady income, I can start saving up to buy parts to stick in my old 386DX\'s case. I\'ll probably have to do quite a bit of work to it since I don\'t think any of the new motherboards have the old style keyboard hookups. As long as it dosen\'t have built on Com ports, USB, or printer ports.. then I think I\'ll be fine since everything but the USB can be hooked up by using a minimum of rigging.

I figure I can get everything else, like USB, on a PCI card.. and since my case has 8 expansion bays I know I\'ll be fine for space. (8 PCI/ISIS slots and 6 bays for HDD\'s or Disk Drives.)

It\'s gonna be a heavy b*tch when I\'m done too. Right now, just the case itself weights about 46lbs. I figure after I add in everything to it, I might just be able to top 50!  21 in X 16 in x 6 1/2 in ... and all solid steel except for the faceplate.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on May 28, 2001, 11:42:02 PM
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Originally posted by Darth Joyda
Well, we haven\'t decided yet and so I would like to get your opinion of our ( own compilation ) PC. Well, our TO-BE pc ( maybe ) :)

  • Processor: AMD Athlon 1,2 GHz / 200 MHz FSB
  • Motherdrive: ASUS A7V-133C 266MHz FSB
  • Central Memory: 256 Mt PC 133
  • Hard-drive: 30,7 Gt Western Digital
  • 3d accelerator: Asus AGP-V6600 Geforce256 MX 32 Mt
  • Shell: ATX-tower / Enlight 250 w
  • CD-drive: HP CDRW 9510i + 52x CD-ROM drive
  • Sound card: Sound blaster Live! 1024
  • Modem: ISDN / Telewell TW-5614SI ITU
  • MS Windows 98
  • MS Works 2000


Some of those might\'ve been translated wrong so I hope you understand the list :)

And it is still a PERHAPS. But we\'re getting a new computer anyways... [/B]


sound tasty, if I were you would sacrafice some CPU speed (take a 1ghz instead of 1.2ghz) for a 3d card upgrade. Seriously, my gf256 isn\'t cutting it anymore, get a gf3!
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: SmallLady on May 29, 2001, 12:43:21 AM
Lucky u!

Our comp\'s very very old. It was fine when there were no interesting games for the PC. But things have changed! There are so many games for me out there :/ Our stupid ancient machine can\'t even play games from the year 1998!! And when it comes to internet... well our modem\'s 28.8. Whoo.

I\'m thinking about buying more space... I bought a game yesterday that said it only needed 100MB hard drive space, when in reality it\'s much much more!! I\'ve tried deleting just about everything. Still not enough. So Joyda tell me how much does it cost to buy more space. Because u & I share the same currency.

At this point of my life money\'s no issue cause I\'m gonna graduate saturday & get loadsa money :D Maybe I\'ll buy a new comp too!
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: politiepet on May 29, 2001, 01:36:20 AM
hey smalllady, you\'re gonna graduate, congrats on that, I am gonna graduate soon too, I have only two more exams to go (thursday and friday) and than I will be graduated (I hope),.....boy it would sure suck if I weren\'t gonna, but I have good hopes......anyways darth, buy that computer, if you wait too long, it\'s never gonna happen, at least that\'s what happened to me, my dad has been thinking about buying a new pc for over a year now, but it just doesn\'t happen
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on May 29, 2001, 02:36:02 AM
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Originally posted by politiepet
hey smalllady, you\'re gonna graduate, congrats on that, I am gonna graduate soon too, I have only two more exams to go (thursday and friday) and than I will be graduated (I hope),.....boy it would sure suck if I weren\'t gonna, but I have good hopes......anyways darth, buy that computer, if you wait too long, it\'s never gonna happen, at least that\'s what happened to me, my dad has been thinking about buying a new pc for over a year now, but it just doesn\'t happen


heheh..hoe zijn de examens? have fun ;p

Congrats Smallady, just buy  a new 20 gig 7200rmp HDD, they ain\'t that expensive. Here in singapore they are abot 120 - 140 singapore dollar :)
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: politiepet on May 29, 2001, 03:10:24 AM
Ik denk dat ik het wel ga halen, ik sta 6sen en 7s, maar zeker weten doe ik het niet
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Avatarr on May 29, 2001, 05:02:05 AM
I was quietly impressed untill I saw the video card. Sorry to dampen the party, but the GeForce2 MX (confusingly named GeForce256 MX, by Asus) simply doesn\'t fit among all the other high end specs. Assuming that the funds are available, I recommend an immediate upgrade to a GeForce2 GTS or Ultra.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: nO-One on May 29, 2001, 05:09:19 AM
Maybe they just don\'t intend to play alot of games on it.

If so I\'d recommend getting a Matrox card,for the 2d quality.

But I have to agree,get a newer card.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Darth Joyda on May 29, 2001, 06:19:49 AM
Hmm.. perhaps I\'ll negotiate to upgrade the 3d-card...
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Darth Joyda on May 29, 2001, 11:06:40 AM
Update: we\'ll change the 3d accelerator to...

Creative 3d Blaster GeForce 2 Pro 64 MT AGP

Is it worth it?
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: EmperorRob on May 29, 2001, 11:48:58 AM
Joyda, if you putting this together yourself or having it put together, then I would suggest bumping the Athlon up to a C class supporting 266fsb.  Also bump the RAM up to PC2100 DDR.  DDR is cheap (http://www.crucial.com)
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Crippler on May 30, 2001, 01:49:44 AM
Swap your card for a Prophet 4500 64 meg and your in business :)
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: nO-One on May 30, 2001, 08:39:47 AM
Yes Joyda,the GF.2 Pro is a good card,you should be a happy gamer.

But don\'t use the drivers that come with the card,use the detonator drivers from nVidia,they are a heck of alot better and Creative\'s drivers can be a pain in the ol\'behind.
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: Darth Joyda on May 30, 2001, 11:28:24 AM
Thanks nO-One :)

I am a happy gamer... and I will be a happy gamer...

now I\'ll just have hard times on deciding wich game to buy to pc and wich to ps2 ( wich leads to more money-spending wich leads to empty wallet wich leads to depression wich leads to fear wich leads to the dark side! )...

But at the time i\'m waiting forward to Max Payne and Duke Nukem Forever, and I can be sure that they\'ll run on my PC ( oh and I forgot to mention Return to Castle Wolfenstein! )
Title: We\'re getting a new computer!!!
Post by: nO-One on May 30, 2001, 11:53:14 AM
Serious Sam is getting good remarks.

Black & White if your into those kind of games.And Tribes.2.

You can check out http://www.firingsquad.com for info on PC games :)