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Title: Post your Specs
Post by: THX on January 01, 2003, 01:22:28 PM: It\'s the beginning of the new year and many of us got new toys to play with. I finally was able to upgrade my dated P3 800 to play Medal of Honor at a decent frame rate.

P4 2.4b ghz 533mhz bus
Asus P4PE mobo with digital audio out/firewire/LAN
512mb pc2700 Crucial DDR
400w Q-Tech Ultra-Quiet PSU
Palit GF4 Ti4200 Daytona 64mb w/S-vid out
WD 40gb 7200 ata/100
IBM 60GXP 20gb 7200 ata/100
Plex 8/4/32
Pio 10xDVD/40xCD
15" LCD*
Wireless K/M*
Ahanix D-Vine HTPC Case (pic (http://www.exoticpc.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=EPC&Product_Code=AHA-DIGN&Product_Count=0&Category_Code=CASES-LX) review (http://www.moddin.net/review.asp?ReviewID=45&PageNo=1))

*purchasing this weekend, any recommendations? :)

It\'s going in the home theater again so the LCD will be on the coffee table for internet/work and the wega for games. What did you get?
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: mm on January 01, 2003, 03:43:38 PM: a 2k system and you put a 5$ Plex 8/4/32 burner in it?

nice setup tho
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: THX on January 01, 2003, 04:11:00 PM: It was left over from the last one, I do need to get a faster one though. I\'m sick of waiting 8-10min to make a CD. :P
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: PSX_J on January 01, 2003, 05:29:59 PM: Yay, I got an HP Media Center PC..here are the specs...

Processor-P4 2.53GHz, 533MHz bus

Ram-512Mb SDRAM

Hardrive-120Gb

DVD/CD writer combo (cant remember the speed)
DVD/CD player combo (cant remember the freaking speed on that also)

NIVIDA 32b graphics card...I forgot the model

Sound Blaster 24b sound card

Klipsch 2.1 speakers with a subwoofer.

I got more but sh*t Im just to lazy to post em.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 01, 2003, 10:35:57 PM: u asked..

Just Cooler SP400 (400watt) PSU
Athlon XP 1800+ ~ updating to 2700+ (maybe higher)
GA-7VAXP 333FSB 8xAGP MB (Including Lan, 6 Speaker onboard/SPIDF, Raid Controller/ATA133, Smart Card Reader port, Secure Digital/Memory Stick port, IEEE Support and USB2.0)
Seagate ATA100 7200RPM 80Gig HD
Leadtek A250 TD 128meg (ti4400 @ 4600) My Vivo GFX card.
512 Meg PC2100 (266) Kingston DDR ~ updating to PC2700 (333)
Pioneer 116/2 DVD Rom.
Sound Blaster Live 5.1
TV Excal TV/FM/Capture Card
Swann 2 56k Internal Modem
Daewoo Monitor 15inch ~ updating to 19inch
Logitech Mouse
Starkey Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder control pad.
Cyborg 3D Digital Stick.
With Windows XP Pro @ SP1

Case modding includes.
3 Case Fans. 1 at front, 1 at back and 1 at panel.
1 MB fan (included with mb)
1 CPU fan (included with cpu) ~ Updating to Coolmod Volcano 9 from Thermal take.
Clear Perspex window
2 Round IDE cables
1 Round Floppy cable
2 blue Cathodes 1 300mm and 1 100mm.
2 Inverters for cathodes.
Both on a switch with sound activation.

I plan on getting the plextor 48 / 25/ 48A burner in 2 weeks.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Tyrant on January 01, 2003, 11:35:44 PM: suddenly i feel so small :p
P4 1.5Ghz
256mb samsung Rd-ram
40GB HDD
leadtek GF4 Ti4200 MYVIVO graphics card (man i\'m having a blast with the video in features :D)
creative SB pci 128 (crappiest thing in my PC right now)
creative inspire 4.1 speakers
creative DVD-ROM 12x
samsung CD-writer 24.10.40
samsung monitor 750s

this is the system i hope to build by march 2003
P4 2.4 or 2.53 Ghz
80 or 120 GB HDD (200GB if i\'m lucky :D)
512 Mb ram (kinston pc 2700 or if i can get it cheap PC 3200)
creative Audigy sound card.
creative inspire 5.1 speakers
same gfx card as above (i\'m really not willing to go spend another 200+ dollars on another one)
well thats about all i can think off right now.
:)
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: SwifDi on January 02, 2003, 01:21:10 AM: My PC was custom-built and the coolest thing about it is that it has 7 fans.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Samwise on January 02, 2003, 01:57:22 AM: Wow, it must be real fast then.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Jumpman on January 02, 2003, 02:06:04 AM: 1.6GHZ
Geforce 2
20GB HD(wtf?)
256 MB of ram

That\'s all I know.
Title: Re: Post your Specs
Post by: Agnino on January 02, 2003, 08:44:13 AM: Quote
Originally posted by THX
It\'s the beginning of the new year and many of us got new toys to play with. I finally was able to upgrade my dated P3 800 to play Medal of Honor at a decent frame rate.

P4 2.4b ghz 533mhz bus
Asus P4PE mobo with digital audio out/firewire/LAN
512mb pc2700 Crucial DDR
400w Q-Tech Ultra-Quiet PSU
Palit GF4 Ti4200 Daytona 64mb w/S-vid out
WD 40gb 7200 ata/100
IBM 60GXP 20gb 7200 ata/100
Plex 8/4/32
Pio 10xDVD/40xCD
15" LCD*
Wireless K/M*
Ahanix D-Vine HTPC Case (pic (http://www.exoticpc.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=EPC&Product_Code=AHA-DIGN&Product_Count=0&Category_Code=CASES-LX) review (http://www.moddin.net/review.asp?ReviewID=45&PageNo=1))

*purchasing this weekend, any recommendations? :)

It\'s going in the home theater again so the LCD will be on the coffee table for internet/work and the wega for games. What did you get?

Athlon 2,1 ghz
60 gb HD ( I dont need more realy)
512 mb ddr ram
8mbit adsl connection
SB Audigy
Inteli 3 mouse + steelpad
Trust 17" screen (yay)

As for getting pc components for christmas ? Never experienced that before. I dont even get games for christmas. But then again, I have all games I need :)
You have not completed MOH yet ? Its so old :)
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Kurt Angle on January 02, 2003, 09:57:01 AM: PII 233mhz
196mb RAM
Windows 95
6Gb hdd
Toshiba CD-ROM drive
Memorex 24x cd Burner
17" Monitor

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Title: Re: Re: Post your Specs
Post by: THX on January 02, 2003, 12:21:51 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Agnino

You have not completed MOH yet ? Its so old :)

Dood there\'s something called multiplayer...
btw nice sound card. :)
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: clowd on January 02, 2003, 12:35:39 PM: 1300 mhz athlon

DVD/CDR/CDRW
4USB PORTS
512 RAM
128MB NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD
60 GIG HARDDRIVE
WINDOWS XP
17" FLAT SCREEN MONITOR
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Dajona on January 02, 2003, 04:42:31 PM: 600mhz PIII
128MB RAM
16MB TNT2
DVD ROM
4x4x24x CDRW
Sound Blaster 128D
12GB HD
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Heat on January 02, 2003, 04:49:43 PM: 1GHZ AMD
320MB RAM
GF3 ti200 128MB
CDRW
54X CD ROM
SB PCI 128
50 GB HD
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: slick on January 04, 2003, 02:48:52 PM: Athlon XP 2000+
Gigabyte GA-7VAX
512MB PC2100 DDR
WD 80GB 7200RPM
Antec 430watt True430
Radeon 8500 64MB Retail
SB Audigy 2
LiteOn 16X dvd and 32x cd-rw
Logitech Z560 4.1 setup
17" Samsung 765MB

gonna upgrade to a 2800+ or so, 512MB PC3200 DDR, and a Radeon 9700 pro this summer, maybe even a faster burner, since i burn a lot.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: fastson on January 04, 2003, 03:42:26 PM: Athlon XP 1900+
512MB RAM
Maxtor 60GB 7200rpm HDD + 9.4GB 5700rpm HDD
AC97 built in soundcard, which I hate.. I\'m getting a SoundBlaster.
GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB
19" DELL Monitor
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: NVIDIA256 on January 04, 2003, 04:57:50 PM: Here we GO!!! Bought myself new stuff for XMASS

[**NEW Toys]

**VIA P4PB Ultra Motherboard with built in RAID, HYperthreading support, etc.....

**P4 3.06-GHZ (got 30% of regular price)

512MB dual DDR 400 CRUICAL aka Micron

PLEXOR 48x24x48x

Logitech Z-560\'s(will be replacing when Monsoon comes out with there new 5.1 system-Audiophile bliss)

128MB ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Retail ATI

21 inch Professional Flat screen CRT CAD monitor-Samsung Diamondtron (LCD\'s still have not caught up to pro CRT\'s) running at 100hz high res

Slot in Pioneer 16x DVD

Logitech Dual Optical Mouse

Logitech multimedia keyboard

T1 Connection(shared amongst 3 people)

Turtle Beach santa Cruz DSP sound card(for audiophile music)

Creative labs Soundblaster Audigy (for games)

Three(3) "40GB" 7200rpm Maxtor ATA 133(liquid barrings) Hard Drives(RAID 0 setup)

Windows XP professional (and "$70,000 CANADIAN" worth of software on my PC)(around $52,000 american)

Anything here in my list that interests anyone just give me a PM!;)
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 04, 2003, 07:56:53 PM: Quote
Originally posted by slick
gonna upgrade to a 2800+ or so, 512MB PC3200 DDR, and a Radeon 9700 pro this summer, maybe even a faster burner, since i burn a lot. [/B]

I wouldn\'t bother with the PC3200 DDR ram.. better off with pc2700.

READ

http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/20021007/index.html#ddr400_vs_ddr333_less_is_more
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 04, 2003, 07:57:21 PM: Quote
Originally posted by slick
gonna upgrade to a 2800+ or so, 512MB PC3200 DDR, and a Radeon 9700 pro this summer, maybe even a faster burner, since i burn a lot.

I wouldn\'t bother with the PC3200 DDR ram..
better off with pc2700.

Read here (http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/20021007/index.html#ddr400_vs_ddr333_less_is_more)

I\'ve read somewhere else. (awhile ago) that people are getting better benchmarks with pc2700 rather then pc3200. Personally i rather test them both out for myself. But as it sits i\'m looking more at pc2700 as a update then pc3200.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: slick on January 04, 2003, 08:03:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD

I wouldn\'t bother with the PC3200 DDR ram.. better off with pc2700.

READ

http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/20021007/index.html#ddr400_vs_ddr333_less_is_more

yea, i know that ddr400 is no better, actually, less in performance compared to ddr333, but the way i see it, its not THAT significant, and using pc3200 makes my computer just a tad bit future proof. also, if i o/c, that little bit extra available speed of ddr400 will help out, right?
so really, to me, its not a big deal.
only thing i\'m worried about is how many of the 3 ram slots my mobo has can handle ddr400, from what i\'ve seen, only the first one can do ddr400, or the the first and second with ddr333, or i can fill all three with ddr266. i still need to get the full info specs on my mobo, it was an impluse buy.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 04, 2003, 08:10:22 PM: Pc3200 has problems running in more then 1 dimm. So i advice u to get a single dimm of 512meg etc. So u don\'t get any problems.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: slick on January 04, 2003, 08:43:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
Pc3200 has problems running in more then 1 dimm. So i advice u to get a single dimm of 512meg etc. So u don\'t get any problems.

thats exactly what i was going to do.
right now i have 2 sticks of pc2100 ( 256MB each ), both kingston value ram, but according to sandra pro, at CL2.5, one ram stick runs at 133MHz, which it should, but the other runs at 143MHz. so basically, i can o/c, but that one ram stick limits me since it does 133MHz max. i learnt my lesson.
btw, if i did get the one stick of ddr400, 512MB, and then later on wanted another, will i have to run them at 333MHz to prevent problems? i mean, will i have to physically change the settings in the BIOS, or will the computer do it for me?
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 04, 2003, 09:39:18 PM: You should be ok underclocking 2 Dimms of 400mhz ddr to 333mhz .. But you\'ll probably have to do it in bios. But i\'m sure 512meg ram would be enough anyway. I\'ve got 1 stick of Kingston pc2100 512meg. I\'m personally gonna try and get my hands on 2 sticks of kingston mem.1 400mhz 512meg and 1 333mhz 512meg and benchmark them to find out which will do better in all memory modes. Then buy 1.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: FatalXception on January 06, 2003, 09:30:50 PM: heh heh, and already falling behind..

P4 2.53 533 FSB on a P4T533 Asus MB
512 megs RAMBUS RAM @ 1066
Geeforce 4 Ti4600 deluxe (love the 3D!!)
200 GB hdd (one 40 for the OS, two 80s in a hardware RAID setup).
Modded case, w cathode lights, 9 fans + control on front, coolermaster solid copper cooler.
Logitech cordless mouse/keyboard combo (optical).
Logitech Z-560 speakers.
NEC Multisync FP955 (19 inch, pro series monitor).
CD/DVD..

All overclocked an average of 10% - that\'s cpu, ram, gpu, buses, etc.

My old system, next to this one is an older
PIII 450, 256 ram, P3B Asus MB?, SCSI HDD 10 gig, 60 gig IDE HDD, SCSI CD Recorder, ADI 17 inch monitor, cordless keyboard/mouse combo (non optical).
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Spencer on January 15, 2003, 08:20:15 PM: i bet some of the people on here are makin their specs up.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: jaik92662 on January 15, 2003, 08:27:39 PM: you know spencer, i think you\'re wrong!
Title: ...
Post by: Spencer on January 15, 2003, 09:29:22 PM: u know what WEZ, u better shut yur little azn mouth up if u know whats good for you.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 15, 2003, 09:29:56 PM: who do u think is bullshitting spencer?
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: GigaShadow on January 17, 2003, 10:07:18 AM: I have an oldie...

PIII 866Mhz
512 MB RAM
40 GB HD
GeForce 4 64 MB
DVD ROM
CD RW
17 Inch Monitor

I have to add I got this from Alienware a little over 2 years ago and it was the biggest waste of money I ever spent. 3 bad HD\'s, 2 bad Vid Cards (GeForce 2\'s) and a broken DVD player...
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: slick on January 17, 2003, 01:47:12 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Spencer
i bet some of the people on here are makin their specs up.

nah, its so easy to build a nice computer for a low price now, its not even funny.
i spent like $1200 on my 486 in 1993, and only $1000 on my current system which totally blows the 486 away. for $1500 you can have a top notch system, for $2000-$2500 can get you a top-of-the-line system.
i think for people that spent $200-$300 on a ps2, $25-$35 on a controller, $25-$35 for a mem card, and $20-$50 on numerous games, a nice $1500 system is probably do-able.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: THX on January 17, 2003, 03:51:57 PM: Ok Spence you caugh me. Most of that stuff I posted was pure BS. Here\'s a pic of my real computer:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmywebpages.comcast.net%2Fdonaldbl%2Fkungfu52%2Ffunny%2Fbum.jpg&hash=1b230c76b458c7eb50cc94017e568698bdb35d21)

:rpissed:
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Richard on January 28, 2003, 07:31:12 PM: (Gateway 700XL)

2.2 Ghz
120 GB
1024 Rambus
18.1" LCD
DVD/RW
CD/RW
ATI Radeon 8500 64
Boston Acoustics Surround
SB Live! (Comon\' Gateway)
Etc.
Etc.

That was for 3000

Now for 3500 the 700xl comes with the G4, 19" LCD, DUAL 200 GB HDD! Plus a free system, Gateway\'s Mid Range system or whatever.

Oh Well, I\'m Happy.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: ben_high on January 29, 2003, 02:05:56 PM: 188mgz Intel celeron proc.
windows 95
3gb HD
4mb ATI Ragepro vid card
160mb Ram

If you cried when you read my specs it\'s ok,I do all the time. :-)

If somebody want\'s to help me out with a case and a new motherboard to get me started,that would be ok too. ;-)
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Solid Snake 88 on February 01, 2003, 12:08:28 PM: Athlon XP 2400+ (going to overclock it soon)
Swiftech MCX462+
Vantec Tornado
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
2 x 256mb Corsair XMS PC3500 (dual channel)
GeForce 3 Ti 500 (bleh, upgrading soon hopefully)
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
80GB Western Digital Special Edition
Mitsumi floppy drive (weee!)
Lite-On 48x24x48 CD-RW
Enermax case w/ window, side fan, neon light (soon to be replaced with a cold cathode), front lighting, and a 350w PSU
Rounded cables
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
19" Viewsonic P95f+
Altec Lansing 251 5.1 speakers/Plantronics Audio .90 headset
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: nO-One on February 01, 2003, 12:42:47 PM: Still running an oldie :(

Tbird 1,2 @ 1,3 (wOOt, go crappy heatsink)
Abit Kt7-RAID
256 133Mhz
GF2 GTS 32mb
Sblive 256
Chieftech Dragon full tower.
Sony G400 19"

When I finally get my money sorted out straight I\'ll be buying the following.

Gigabyte GA-8PE667ULTRA2
P4 somewhere around 2,4 - 2,5Ghz
atleast 256mb pc2700
and hopefully a new vid card, probly just a Ti42- 4400 or a Radeon9500.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: Peltopukki on February 12, 2003, 02:41:30 AM: Celeron 2Ghz@2.6
512 266ddr
30GB harddrive (was it fujitsu... dunno)
Geforce2mx 400 (yup. this gotta go.. must find decent dx8 card or just get radeon 9500pro...) (and yes.. i have had really bad problems with old ati cards.. but there is always hope.. i hope..)
sblive- but using integrated card becouse it works better.
nothing else as hardware worth mentioning.

but i was happily suprised of the over clocking. accidentaly over clocked to 2.6 (bios shows 2Ghz with 133 bus...) and works like a charm. (with opened case there is no reason to use case coolers.. :)

oh. and i just updated to this from my belowed amdk6-2 300Mhz.. so it was time for little upgrade.
Title: Post your Specs
Post by: JBean on February 12, 2003, 05:43:46 PM: my computer is so lagging behind most of yours....hopefully later this year i\'ll have the cash to get a new one.

PIII - 450Mhz
RAM - 128Mb
HD - 10Gb
VIDEO CARD - ATI 4Mb