I would Like to know what Type of computer everbody has and what they want!!

I have i "Dell"
2.53 ghz prosser
80 Gbyt Hard Drive
Nvidia 64mg graphics card

ADM 2.7G, 420W power supply, 512M 400MHz ddram, GeForce 4 TI4200, 80G Western Digtal - main, 60G IBM - secondary, ASUS A7N8X-X MB, in a purple chieftec window tower. Kitty has the same rig in green.

Yeah ,

Building a sys is the way to go !

I have a FalconNorthwest ...

80gig IBM hard drive
1 gig of ddr ram
Nvidia G-force 4 ti 4600 128 mg
amd 1.2 processor

all overclocked

I like it

can't think of any other system I would want....but i don't get out much...lol...

custom built

amd xp+1700
40gig western digital hdd
gf2 64 megs video
soundblaster live x-gamer soundcard
512 ddr ram

and i want what necrodoggy has..

Anybody have a Radeon 9700??? I'm waitin for the GeForce FX but in the prerelase trials the dam thing sounds like a vacuum cleaner. I'm wondering if it might not be worth it to just go with the Radeon.

Necro, mine sounds somewhat similiar.
I have a XP 2600+ 333 FSB, Asus A78NX-Deluxe, Corsair XMS 512 PC2700 RAM, Western Digital 80 GB 8mb cache, GeForce 4 TI4600, DVD-ROM, Sliver Braided Round IDE/Floppy cables, 400W Tri-color LED power supply. All that in a blue Chieftec window tower.
I want nothing else. Maybe a custom painted Falcon Northwest case. That would be nice.

QUOTE (NecroDoggy @ Feb 25 2003, 05:14 PM)

Anybody have a Radeon 9700??? I'm waitin for the GeForce FX but in the prerelase trials the dam thing sounds like a vacuum cleaner. I'm wondering if it might not be worth it to just go with the Radeon.

I have the Radeon 9700 Pro... I love it. No problems.

I run a Radeon 8500 128MBDDR, and I have had no problems. It a huge step up from what I was running before. I know a few other guys have just ordered the 8500, and should have it installed soon. Other than that I have an Alienware Area 51. Western Digital 80GB HD. I run 728MB RDRAM. With a 340 Watt power supply. It also has a 2.53 Ghz processor. Its a great machine.

Cobra

QUOTE (Epacy @ Feb 25 2003, 05:32 PM)

Necro, mine sounds somewhat similiar. I have a XP 2600+ 333 FSB, Asus A78NX-Deluxe, Corsair XMS 512 PC2700 RAM, Western Digital 80 GB 8mb cache, GeForce 4 TI4600, DVD-ROM, Sliver Braided Round IDE/Floppy cables, 400W Tri-color LED power supply. All that in a blue Chieftec window tower. I want nothing else. Maybe a custom painted Falcon Northwest case. That would be nice.

Pretty....I'm going for the gold wound cables next week after Kitty and I get back from a monster LAN party down in Indiana.

Well you have the same MoBo so you have the option to upgrade to the AMD Hammer when it's released. Kitty and I went for the TI4200 cause it was relatively inexpensive and we're waiting on the FX board. I do hope they fix the fan and tunnel cooling system on that thing, it really is unbearably loud. Ah, you went with the blue...that's a nice looking rig.

Why did you go with the Corsair ram?

The place where I get my puters has a case that was painted yellow with blue spots like a cow...very weird, very cool. If it had been for sale I would have bought it. Instead I went with the purple chieftec.

Kitty found a 'Punisher' fan cover but it's a 90mm and we can't find a decent place to put a 90mm fan in her case without going through the plexiglass.

You guys should put up a section for people to upload pics of their rigs. Then this would be geek hog heaven. ;o)

QUOTE (NecroDoggy @ Feb 25 2003, 05:53 PM)

QUOTE (Epacy @ Feb 25 2003, 05:32 PM) Necro, mine sounds somewhat similiar. I have a XP 2600+ 333 FSB, Asus A78NX-Deluxe, Corsair XMS 512 PC2700 RAM, Western Digital 80 GB 8mb cache, GeForce 4 TI4600, DVD-ROM, Sliver Braided Round IDE/Floppy cables, 400W Tri-color LED power supply. All that in a blue Chieftec window tower. I want nothing else. Maybe a custom painted Falcon Northwest case. That would be nice. Pretty....I'm going for the gold wound cables next week after Kitty and I get back from a monster LAN party down in Indiana. Well you have the same MoBo so you have the option to upgrade to the AMD Hammer when it's released. Kitty and I went for the TI4200 cause it was relatively inexpensive and we're waiting on the FX board. I do hope they fix the fan and tunnel cooling system on that thing, it really is unbearably loud. Ah, you went with the blue...that's a nice looking rig. Why did you go with the Corsair ram? The place where I get my puters has a case that was painted yellow with blue spots like a cow...very weird, very cool. If it had been for sale I would have bought it. Instead I went with the purple chieftec. Kitty found a 'Punisher' fan cover but it's a 90mm and we can't find a decent place to put a 90mm fan in her case without going through the plexiglass. You guys should put up a section for people to upload pics of their rigs. Then this would be geek hog heaven. ;o)

The Hammer will be interesting, VERY expensive though. I don't hear good things about the FX. I hear they did fix the noise problem to a degree from the test cards they distributed. My 4600 will last until the next GeForce comes out in about July.
The Corsair memory has a CAS latency of 2 instead of 2.5. It is a faster RAM module and you can't go wrong with Corsair. The heatsink on it is kinda just for show.
A forum for the pics of everyones PC isn't too bad. Either that or maybe just a thread devoted to it in General Discussion. I would like to see people's rigs.

Self built AMD Athlon 1800 XP system with 512 of Crucial PC 2100 DDR megs of RAM 100 gig Western Digital 7200 RPM hard drive with a ATI Radeon 8500 128 meg graphics card, CDR, firewire, and a big ole 56k modem.....................

holy crap...mine has abutton that you push and it comes on, a key board and a mouse

the knowledge that you guys have amazes me...Ep if you lived closer I would give you some $$$ and let you build me a monster

custom built mine......almost two years ago!!!

got the 1.2 tbird still
768 megs of sd133 ram
one 40 gig and one 60 gig hd
gf4 mx440 agp
old soundblaster live card
added a 24x burner..at the time it was the shiznit
added a dvdrw burner over the summer...

and thats about it.

plan on bilding one this spring though

I got mine at the yard sale last year. The lady who sold it to me said something about 250 megahertz.


Clan

QUOTE (Clan Killa @ Feb 25 2003, 08:35 PM)

I got mine at the yard sale last year. The lady who sold it to me said something about 250 megahertz. Clan

Clan, you must be from the south, cause they are some yard selling fools down here.

hehe

Zillah

QUOTE (Johnzillah @ Feb 25 2003, 09:13 PM)

QUOTE (Clan Killa @ Feb 25 2003, 08:35 PM) I got mine at the yard sale last year.  The lady who sold it to me said something about 250 megahertz. Clan Clan, you must be from the south, cause they are some yard selling fools down here. hehe Zillah

Hilarious!!

QUOTE (Nixon @ Feb 25 2003, 07:24 PM)

holy crap...mine has abutton that you push and it comes on, a key board and a mouse the knowledge that you guys have amazes me...Ep if you lived closer I would give you some $$$ and let you build me a monster

Nixon, I can still build you a KING. I'll just send it to you.

that might be something I might go for...just need to get my finances in order first...I will keep you posted

Righteous.

Nixon EP can use old military parts we've already payed for them

I can use super-secret components for you. That way you can see all of our secrets.

amd xp 1900 @ 1752mhz
epox 8k3a+
1 x 512 samsung pc 2700 2,2,2
visiontek GF4 ti 4400 @ 4600+
riva tnt2 m64
21" sony tritron on GF4
19" kds POS on riva tnt2
Sound Blaster Audigy platinum
logitech z-560 400w thx OMG
maxtor 1 x 80gb ata 133
volcano 7+ ALOT OF CFM's LOL
2 80mm intake at 43 cfm
2 80mm exhaust at 43 cfm

EDIT forgot about my logitech mx700 cordless the best gaming mouse on the planet

HT server / rig for my freinds to play MOH:AA SH on (on mob #2 of course)

amd TB 950 @ 1120
asus a7v
2 x 256mb pc133
GF2 mx 440 clocked to the max with 80mm fan added (3dmark beating my dads gf4 mx420 LOL)
15'' ttx monitor
Sound Blaster Audigy
4 x 40gb hard drives LOL (all the movie storage you could ever need )
stock cooler that came with my xp 1900
120mm intake 190cfm
3 x 80mm exhaust

and there you have it i wont list my dads rig I made for him because it is verry close to mine execpt for the GF4 TI and the dual monitors

I have a Dell, also known as a POS(Piece of Shit), 1.7 ghz, with 40 gigs, 512 ram, and a Nvidia 64 card. Since my computer skills are few, and I mainly use mine for gaming and porn(what comps were made for), mine does me ok for now.

I would really like an Alienware 3.0, with 80 gigs, 1024 ram, and the ATI 9800 Pro, but since I'd have to sell 1 of my testicles to afford it, then I'm probably stuck with what I got.

Any of you guys know what is the best and fastest type of ram?

I have a:
XP2800+
Volcano 9 cpu fan to keep it cool
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
1024MB XMS 3200LL Ram
A 20 and 40gig hd
ATI 9700 Pro
Lian-Li PC-601 Case
Antec Truepower 550w ps
2 yr old Boomslang 2000dpi mouse

Other then the mouse, got everything from newegg. Been really happy with it.

Peace.

/bc

Hey blackcat,
Your computer sounds simliar to mine. I am thinking of getting the Volcano 9 for my XP2600+. How has it fared for you? I know it is quite heavy and kinda loud. Does it do well for you. Also, I saw the Volcano 11 came out, thought about that one as well.

Epacy,

Just checked and I am at 40c/104f right now (It's the coolmod version with the 80mm 4800rpm fan). I think if I had to do it all over again,
I'd probably get the Swiftech MCX462+:
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcx462plus.asp

On the newegg reviews, one person with the Swiftech and a 92mm Panaflo fan is getting 32c idle, 36c maxed with an XP2800+. Pretty respectable.

There's a review from Tomshardware on swiftech and others:
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030113/c...cooler5-24.html

I know a couple of people with the swiftech and they're is really happy with them.

The new Volcano 11 looks REALLY nice. There was one other cpu fan that had all copper fins, but can't remember off hand.

Peace.

/bc

Damn....blows away my Commodore 64......hehe

QUOTE (Epacy @ Mar 17 2003, 11:06 PM)

Hey blackcat, Your computer sounds simliar to mine. I am thinking of getting the Volcano 9 for my XP2600+. How has it fared for you? I know it is quite heavy and kinda loud. Does it do well for you. Also, I saw the Volcano 11 came out, thought about that one as well.

all volcano modles BLOW over priced under performing POS I have a volcano 7+ (the best performing of the bunch) with 4 case fans and my idle temp is always 18C above ambient room temp (with the fan on high setting ) and I have only done a mild OC to this thing and to top its shitty perfomance off it is really loud as well (like ear bleeding loud) so I went out and spent another 30 bucks for the nexus fanbus to quite it down so I can sleep I am not kidding I am a heavy sleeper but this thing on high 20feet away was to loud for me to ignore and go to sleep DONT BUY ANY VOLCANO get yourself an ax7 or slk 800 with a good 80mm fan and you will get kick ass temps and it wont kill your ears

Im running that same swiftech and it is nice because you can mate whatever fan you want to to it. Anything named Volcano just sounds looud and obnoxious. I would also recomend linning the inside of your case with Dynamat which is a sound deadening material. This decrease your computer sound levels as well. Just make sure that you have adequate airflow running through your case. I thing the best place to buy PC modding and cooling supplies is www.plycon.com. These guys live for this stuff and are gamers just like you and me. Plus, I think they are the largest distrubutor in the country. I think even Alienware buys from them.


my 2 cents

AOBTC

I have 2 comps

1).VpR Matrix 60gb 256 ddr memory 1.7ghz GeForce 3 18 inch flat screenSyncMaster.-850$

2).VpR Matrix 100gb 512 ddr memory 2.53ghz GeForce4 19 inch flat screen 3 year warranty-1300$

Some big systems on here. Lets see some picks guys.

I wish I had a pic to post I love pimping my rig I have not done that much modding to my comps execpt for custom led lighting thing I made that runs off the usb port in my server and I have the cleanest case wiring you have ever seen lol

You can't brag without a pic.

You bought your computer at Wal-Mart Epacy.

QUOTE (Epacy @ Mar 19 2003, 08:25 AM)

You can't brag without a pic.

I will see if I cant get a web cam of one of my freinds to take a pic with

JESUS GUYS.....I know who I am going to ask for help with all of my hardware questions.....lol


I just got into gaming and puters and have to admit I actually understand what in the hell you are saying......(scary)........and admit it is quite impressive what you have done!


I just upgraded my system to:

P4 2.0
1024MB DDR PC2100
WD 120GB HD
Radeon 9700 Pro-------which kicks ass over my GeForce!
19" MV9500 Monitor
Wish I had the MX700 mouse--------then I could actually aim straight! LOL



from my old:


Atari 2600 that I was going to OverClock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



How the heck did you guys learn how to build such BADAZZ systems!

QUOTE (Messiah @ Mar 19 2003, 09:10 AM)

You bought your computer at Wal-Mart Epacy.

You mutt. How dare you disgrace my computer with that drivel. Nice to see you on again.

I got a Packard Bell with a 266 mhz Cyrix x86 chip!! 2 gig hard drive and 16megs of ram and 4mgs of onboard shared memory video!! 14 inch Packard Bell monitor, and a mouse! aww yeah

Zillah

man I did not want to reply to this .. will take to long but here goes.

1:
266 MHz little piece of shit as my linux box. (IP NAT, web server, dhcp server, firewall,ect...)

2:
old asus board a7m266
AMD XP 1600+
256 DDR PC2100 mem
60 gig IBM Deskstar HDD
19" KDS monitor
G-force 3 ti200

3:
same old asus MOBO a7m266
AMD XP 1800+
512 DDR PC2100 mem
40 gig IBM Deskstar HDD
27" Gateway monitor
g-force 2 ti

4:
little 300 micron laptop for chat and small tasks

5:(main gaming sys)
Asus a7n8x w/nforce2 chipset
AMD XP 2600+
2 512 sticks of Kingston DDR PC2700 mem (twin bank arch. allows twice the
bandwidth)
60 gig IBM Deskstar HDD
19" KDS monitor
g-force4 ti4600

That about does it ..

Big

27" Gateway monitor god damm what the dpi/max resolution on that thing

1 asus a7m266
2 512 meg crucial ddr2100 (just ordered a gig of micron ddr2100)
3 19 mitsubishi professional series flat screen monitor
4 AMD XP 2100 processor
5 swiftech heatsink on processor MCX-462U
6 Klipsch promedia 2.1
7 liteon 48X cd burner
8 geforce 3 video card (This is about to be replaced)
9 rounded IDE cables
10 entire case sound deadened with Dynomat
11 1 papst intake and 1 pabst 80 mm exaust fan
12 YS tech adjustable fan on processor
13 Mitsobishi 19 inch professional flat screen monitor
14 logitech dual optical mouse


will probably do a non-trivial amount of upgrading this year to be DOOM 3 ready

seems that everytime I post it is a thread killer.

I will able to post pics of my RIGs tommorow (if I get my dads brakes done in time) I got a good deal on a web cam

Where are you guys pickin up your parts?

I am gonna start builing my first system and have been pricewatch.com and newegg.com.

Some nice as systems in here.

A dude named Pendragon plays on his 40 sumptin' inch TV hooked up to his PC.


You will ALL be schooled with this:

I used to play MOH:AA on my 46' rear projection HDTV (omaha ROCKS on there) but now I have a big monitor as well and I am more comfortble at my desk I buy my suff all at store's in person

Any to stay away from or just shop around?

well I like to buy in person and I dont have a credit card as of yet (dont need one really) but I hear nothing but good things about newegg they are one of the best as far as I know and they sell xp1700 b cores

QUOTE (Sigma-Chi @ Mar 27 2003, 10:23 PM)

Any to stay away from or just shop around?

I always buy my hardware from newegg.com - product is delivered promptly, great shipping rates and they have excellent customer service.

Plus I like reading the customer reviews about the products that I am looking at.

Now for games, keep your eye out at Costco (if you have one in your area). I was able to get the game for 38 dollars and Spearhead for 16 dollars.

The best part was when The_Warrior pointing me to mobclan.com ;-)

Peace.

/bc

Costco is where I have picked up a lot for really cheap.....and not just the HOT DOGs!