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Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Troglodyte on March 17, 2002, 08:40:02 AM: Woo Hoo!

Note to all those that believe in the "build-it-yourself" philosophy. . . I don\'t care.

Here\'s my CPU, a HP pavilion 780n :

http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpdirect/shopping/scripts/product_detail/product_detail_view.jsp?product_code=P6399A%23ABA&aoid=7222&script_name=product.cgi

Here\'s my monitor, a HP pavilion f70 :

http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpdirect/shopping/scripts/product_detail/product_detail_view.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1804898310.1016382994@@@@&BV_EngineID=dladcdigijljfbfenckgcfjhdgmg.0&product_code=D5064S%23ABA&cat_level=2

Eventually I might get a better sound card, and in about 2 years or so I\'ll be getting an updated video card, but basically this should hold me for another 4-or-so years, based on my past computer purchases.
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: mjps21983 on March 17, 2002, 08:55:29 AM: We have a 7955, what are the features on urs?
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Tyrant on March 17, 2002, 09:34:20 AM: thats one sweet pc u gots there
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Solid Snake 88 on March 17, 2002, 10:27:37 AM: Building your own PC is a much better way of doing things, not only is it cheaper, but you get to pick what parts go into your comp.
But anyway, that PC looks pretty good. Although you\'ll need a new video card soon. GF2 MX400, ugh.

My current comp:
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4ghz
MSI K7T266 Pro
256mb PC2100 DDR RAM @ CAS2
nVidia GeForce 3 Titanium 500
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
Some crap monitor
Cable modem

Soon I will be upgrading to:
AMD Athlon XP (Thoroughbred)
or I might hold out a bit longer and get a ClawHammer. But those won\'t be out until the beginning of next year. I can\'t wait that long. :(
An extra 256 RAM
Somewhere along the line, a GeForce 4 Titanium 4600
Some more/better fans (running at ~140 degrees farenheit at the moment :/ )
Another hard drive
Title: Re: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: nO-One on March 17, 2002, 12:08:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Troglodyte
Here\'s my CPU, a HP pavilion 780n :

http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpdirect/shopping/scripts/product_detail/product_detail_view.jsp?product_code=P6399A%23ABA&aoid=7222&script_name=product.cgi

No that was your computer, this is your CPU
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sorry I felt like nitpicking :p
congrats anyway
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Bossieman on March 17, 2002, 12:32:22 PM: I have 1 gig DDR memory. And a Athlon 1.4 Ghz. I like it.
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Ryu on March 17, 2002, 12:52:18 PM: HP?!?!?!

*shoots self in head*
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: ajoh432 on March 17, 2002, 03:43:22 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ryu
HP?!?!?!

*shoots self in head*
haha, no kidding.. HP sucks @ss.. But I guess you could tame the beast.. Maybe..
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CygnusXI on March 18, 2002, 05:43:11 AM: 512 DDR
Athlon 1600XP (clocked to 1700)
:)
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Troglodyte on March 22, 2002, 08:19:57 AM: Quote
Originally posted by ajoh432
haha, no kidding.. HP sucks @ss.. But I guess you could tame the beast.. Maybe..

I\'ve never had any problems with HP. Plus if everything else is HP, (like my printer & scanner), then everything is all dandy.

Gateway, on the other hand was the worst choice in PC\'s I could have ever made.
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Coredweller on March 22, 2002, 09:36:07 AM: What was the total cost?
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: GmanJoe on March 22, 2002, 09:46:20 AM: I spent less than half of that HP, with similar options (AMD 1.4 with 1 gig of DDR ram, 64 megs of DDR ram NVidia GTS 2 video card).

As far as I recall from Sharky Extreme, AMD 1.4 processor beats out the Pentium 1.7 processor in office apps (like Photshop 6) but not with games. That\'s why I own a PSX, PS2, GC, N64, Saturn and DC for games. :)

The advantage with building your own : upgrades are cheap. Replace the chip and motherboard is the norm.

For pre-built name brands - sorry, gotta buy the whole package. :)
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CHIZZY on March 22, 2002, 09:46:44 AM: sorry, I know this is not the thread for this but...

I\'ve got an AMD athalon XP1800.... 1.8 GHZ, right?

but my resources say it\'s running at 1.52 GHZ. Is that normal?
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: GmanJoe on March 22, 2002, 09:59:03 AM: Quote
Originally posted by CHIZZY
sorry, I know this is not the thread for this but...

I\'ve got an AMD athalon XP1800.... 1.8 GHZ, right?

but my resources say it\'s running at 1.52 GHZ. Is that normal?

Yes. That is correct. BUT.....

.....don\'t let mHz or gHz numbers fool you. That is not necessarilly the true measure of its power.

Here\'s a review and comparison of your CPU to Pentium. Enjoy it coz you made a wise purchase. :)

Please note, that your 1.52 gHz processor is running against Pentium 1.8 and 2.0 gHz cpu\'s. And yet does quite well against them.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/reviews/amd_1800/
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CHIZZY on March 22, 2002, 10:12:40 AM: Wow! Thanks for the info! :D

Oh yeah- Congrats, Trog! :bounce:
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: nO-One on March 22, 2002, 10:15:37 AM: Chizzy, the number scheme from AthlonXP\'s is derived from a number of benchmarks like like SPEC mark and such.

The P4 and it\'s massive Mhz kinda fools the consumer, it reaches these insane speeds through it\'s massive 20 stage pipeline. However clock for clock the athlon beats the P4 (it calculates more data on each clock cycle than the P4). And the Athlon also has a much more powerful fpu unit.
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CHIZZY on March 22, 2002, 10:30:41 AM: OH YEAH! I ROCK! WOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I have a massive pipeline, too! :laughing:
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: GmanJoe on March 22, 2002, 11:25:30 AM: Quote
Originally posted by CHIZZY
OH YEAH! I ROCK! WOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I have a massive pipeline, too! :laughing:

Yep. Now go find yourself a female geek and tell her that. She\'ll tell you she has a couple of huge software and a tight I/O port. ;)
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CHIZZY on March 22, 2002, 11:34:01 AM: way ahead of you, man

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Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: nO-One on March 22, 2002, 11:57:29 AM: Make fun of us geeks all you want, but who are you going to call when your games don\'t work!!! :D
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CHIZZY on March 22, 2002, 12:15:38 PM: Ummmmm....

Ghostbusters?

:laughing:
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: nO-One on March 22, 2002, 12:17:24 PM: Damn I knew you were going to say that, but keep in mind that the ghostbusters were geeks.....atleast 1 or 2 of\'em. :p
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on March 22, 2002, 12:35:33 PM: my beast

p III 667
128 RD Ram (PC 700)
Geforce 1 DDR :p
19" Screen
36gb :D

thats my $hit box
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: CygnusXI on March 22, 2002, 12:40:00 PM: Well M_G_R... at least your monitor is bigger than mine:D
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on March 22, 2002, 01:05:04 PM: yeah its a trinitron aswell and I got it for free! :D
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: Troglodyte on March 22, 2002, 01:33:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by nO-One
Make fun of us geeks all you want, but who are you going to call when your games don\'t work!!! :D

Hey! One of my games doesn\'t work! It\'s Dungeon Keeper 2, and EA support tells me that it\'s not compatable with XP. :(
Title: I gots me a new computer!
Post by: nO-One on March 22, 2002, 01:50:36 PM: Find the games .exe file. right click, then click the Compatabilty tab, there select run compatabilty for win 9x