Your PC specs.
April-27th-2002, 10:08 AM
#16
Master of All Things :{D
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: southeast texas, near houston
Posts: 4,118
Lets see.....custom built this one about a year ago....
MiroStar Motherboard
AMD Thunderbird 1.2 Gig Processor
512 Meg of PC133 Ram
32 Meg G-Force Video Card
AOpen Sound Card with Yamaha 724 chipset
Yamaha 80 watt speaker system with sub.
30 gig Western Digital HD which I subdivided into 6 seperate drives
4.2 gig Segate out of my old computer
Creative Labs CDRom 58X
Plextor 12-10-32 CD Burner
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Kinsington Expert Mouse (four button trac-ball)
Mid Tower with 300 Watt PS
3Com(usrobotics) 56K V90 Modem
OS- Windows 2000 Professional
she was a REAL hotrod when she frist came to life a year ago....she is still pretty hot for what I use her for.....just wished that it cost me a year ago what it would cost me to build her today!! lol
MiroStar Motherboard
AMD Thunderbird 1.2 Gig Processor
512 Meg of PC133 Ram
32 Meg G-Force Video Card
AOpen Sound Card with Yamaha 724 chipset
Yamaha 80 watt speaker system with sub.
30 gig Western Digital HD which I subdivided into 6 seperate drives
4.2 gig Segate out of my old computer
Creative Labs CDRom 58X
Plextor 12-10-32 CD Burner
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Kinsington Expert Mouse (four button trac-ball)
Mid Tower with 300 Watt PS
3Com(usrobotics) 56K V90 Modem
OS- Windows 2000 Professional
she was a REAL hotrod when she frist came to life a year ago....she is still pretty hot for what I use her for.....just wished that it cost me a year ago what it would cost me to build her today!! lol
April-29th-2002, 07:05 AM
#17
Protege Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: South Western PA
Posts: 343
Intel Pen 4 1.6 Ghz
768 Mb Ram
40 Gb Hard Drive
64 Mb Nvidia GeForce 2 Mx
Samsung CD-Rom Sc-148c
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160b
3Com EtherLink Xl-10/100 Pci network adapter
MS USB IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
19" Mag Monitor
HP 1120Cse printer
Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router
SpeedStream 5260 DSL modem
768 Mb Ram
40 Gb Hard Drive
64 Mb Nvidia GeForce 2 Mx
Samsung CD-Rom Sc-148c
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160b
3Com EtherLink Xl-10/100 Pci network adapter
MS USB IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
19" Mag Monitor
HP 1120Cse printer
Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router
SpeedStream 5260 DSL modem
April-29th-2002, 04:38 PM
#18
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: PA
Posts: 2,339
I've had the same PC I built 3 years ago. It USED to be nice : )~
PIII 650 (100mhz bus) : (
192M RAM
Leadtek Geforce 256 32M DDR (One of the original DDR Geforce cards, still kicks ***)
8 gig maxtor
30 gig maxtor
8/4/32 sony spressa SCSI burner
8x DVD drive
TV tuner card w/ remote
etc.
I also have a
Dell Latitude CPI (notebook)
PII266
128M RAM
10gig IBM
Actually runs win2000 prett well! : )
This summer I'm going to build a new PC:
AMD Athlon XP 1.8ghz or higher
512M PC2700 DDR
Asus A7V333 (USB 2.0, firewire, onboard 6 channel sound)
Geforece 4 4200
Maxtor or Western Dig. 40 gig or larger drive
New DVD drive (the old one sucks)
40/32/40 Plextor burner
19" flatpanel CRT
I'm going to use my old PC as a possible file server, and also play around with linux on it.
PIII 650 (100mhz bus) : (
192M RAM
Leadtek Geforce 256 32M DDR (One of the original DDR Geforce cards, still kicks ***)
8 gig maxtor
30 gig maxtor
8/4/32 sony spressa SCSI burner
8x DVD drive
TV tuner card w/ remote
etc.
I also have a
Dell Latitude CPI (notebook)
PII266
128M RAM
10gig IBM
Actually runs win2000 prett well! : )
This summer I'm going to build a new PC:
AMD Athlon XP 1.8ghz or higher
512M PC2700 DDR
Asus A7V333 (USB 2.0, firewire, onboard 6 channel sound)
Geforece 4 4200
Maxtor or Western Dig. 40 gig or larger drive
New DVD drive (the old one sucks)
40/32/40 Plextor burner
19" flatpanel CRT
I'm going to use my old PC as a possible file server, and also play around with linux on it.
April-29th-2002, 05:07 PM
#20
Do you ZooM?
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Edmonton, AB (That's in Canada, by the way)
Posts: 845
Originally posted by Mxyzptlk
Gateway PIII 450. 256 MB & 52GB HD. NE one know how to get a class action suit started? Every owner who bought a gateway through credit that I know has been severely rippped off.
Gateway PIII 450. 256 MB & 52GB HD. NE one know how to get a class action suit started? Every owner who bought a gateway through credit that I know has been severely rippped off.
Or at least thats what you shoulda got!! Or better, built it yourself!How did people get ripped off? what happened?
April-30th-2002, 01:49 AM
#21
The amazing RANDO!!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Edmonton Ab Canada
Posts: 410
okay here goes..
AMD athlon 750
gigabyte GA7IXE MB
256mb ram
40 gig maxdor 7200rmp HD (just got it)
5 gig fujitsu HD (for storing un needed crap)
Creative SB live
16mb TNT2 (upgrading probably this weekend I REALLY NEED TO)
20x10x40x aopen cddrw drive
logitech rumble pad (GREAT FOR RACING GAMES)
I know it's not the best but for everythign I payed $450 bucks and thats monitor and everything well exept for the 40 gig drive I JUST got that and it was a gift..
oh and my laptop
an IBM 233
46 megs of ram,
2 gig HD
24X cdrom
soundcard
nothing special but hey I got it FREE from an organization when I was going to college they helped student get laptops and they had a surplus of money so they upgraded and gave the laptops to students who already had them and couldn't afford to buy one, and hey I was a student like I could afford a laptop..
some people get all the luck
Brycecr79
AMD athlon 750
gigabyte GA7IXE MB
256mb ram
40 gig maxdor 7200rmp HD (just got it)
5 gig fujitsu HD (for storing un needed crap)
Creative SB live
16mb TNT2 (upgrading probably this weekend I REALLY NEED TO)
20x10x40x aopen cddrw drive
logitech rumble pad (GREAT FOR RACING GAMES)
I know it's not the best but for everythign I payed $450 bucks and thats monitor and everything well exept for the 40 gig drive I JUST got that and it was a gift..
oh and my laptop
an IBM 233
46 megs of ram,
2 gig HD
24X cdrom
soundcard
nothing special but hey I got it FREE from an organization when I was going to college they helped student get laptops and they had a surplus of money so they upgraded and gave the laptops to students who already had them and couldn't afford to buy one, and hey I was a student like I could afford a laptop..
some people get all the luckBrycecr79
Last edited by Brycer79; April-30th-2002 at 01:53 AM.
April-30th-2002, 06:47 AM
#22
Speed Racer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 665
Originally posted by sandman
Dude, you're getting a dell! Or at least thats what you shoulda got!! Or better, built it yourself!
How did people get ripped off? what happened?
Dude, you're getting a dell!
Or at least thats what you shoulda got!! Or better, built it yourself!How did people get ripped off? what happened?
April-30th-2002, 09:17 AM
#23
Do you ZooM?
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Edmonton, AB (That's in Canada, by the way)
Posts: 845
Originally posted by Mxyzptlk
Gateway advertised a payment plan. Like a 36 month plan or something. But instead it ended up being a revolving credit plan with 26% interest. Then to dodge the attacks they sold our accounts to different banks so that now we do not do business with Gateway. In fact so many people have been scammed that the bank itself sold our accounts to another company so that now I am paying someone totally unrelated to gateway.
Gateway advertised a payment plan. Like a 36 month plan or something. But instead it ended up being a revolving credit plan with 26% interest. Then to dodge the attacks they sold our accounts to different banks so that now we do not do business with Gateway. In fact so many people have been scammed that the bank itself sold our accounts to another company so that now I am paying someone totally unrelated to gateway.
November-8th-2002, 05:34 PM
#24
I Can Be Teh W1N!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,870
oh hmm shoulda posted here first... but i guess my topic was more about the 3dmark2001 anyways here it goes
Custom Modded InWin S500 Case
Abit KT7 Mobo
Duron 1300MHz@1302MHz
Micron Original 768MB Ram PC133
Radeon 9000 w/ 128MB ddr
Panasonic DVD 8x40x
Ricoh CDRW 12x10x32x
Maxtor 40gig Fluid Bearing 7200RPM
Maxtor 10gig 7200RPM
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Digital
Linksys 10/100 w/ WOL
Modem Soft56K (for caller ID purposes)
Panasonic Floppy 3.5"
Creative 5300 5.1 speakers + 2 10" subs w/ 500w amp (car audio)
Custom Modded InWin S500 Case
Abit KT7 Mobo
Duron 1300MHz@1302MHz
Micron Original 768MB Ram PC133
Radeon 9000 w/ 128MB ddr
Panasonic DVD 8x40x
Ricoh CDRW 12x10x32x
Maxtor 40gig Fluid Bearing 7200RPM
Maxtor 10gig 7200RPM
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Digital
Linksys 10/100 w/ WOL
Modem Soft56K (for caller ID purposes)
Panasonic Floppy 3.5"
Creative 5300 5.1 speakers + 2 10" subs w/ 500w amp (car audio)
November-8th-2002, 05:51 PM
#25
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Paris Ontario Canada
Posts: 411
I just recently built this when my old Asus P5A-B board died (had a k6-2 266 )
EPoX 8K5A2+
AMD XP 1600+
512mb OCZ PC2700 rev 3.2
Thermaltake A1365 Volcano 9
ATI AIW 128 32mb agp (old)
2 Maxtor D740X-6L 40gig ATA 133 drives in raid 0
Yamaha 16/10/40 (old)
32x cd-rom (old)
Onboard nic
Onboard sound (don't know what sound card to buy yet)
)EPoX 8K5A2+
AMD XP 1600+
512mb OCZ PC2700 rev 3.2
Thermaltake A1365 Volcano 9
ATI AIW 128 32mb agp (old)
2 Maxtor D740X-6L 40gig ATA 133 drives in raid 0
Yamaha 16/10/40 (old)
32x cd-rom (old)
Onboard nic
Onboard sound (don't know what sound card to buy yet)
November-8th-2002, 10:50 PM
#26
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Fenwick, Ontario
Posts: 270
My PC is a piece of crap.
Celery 500MHz
96 Meg of RAM
3dfx card I dont know which model
SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer card that doesn't work in my PC
Some cheap 4x16 CD-R drive
A nicer Yamaha 8x8x24 CD-RW drive
A 52X CD-Rom drive that doesn't work
A 3.5" floppy drive
Ethernet card (cable internet)
NEC MultiSync M700 17 inch monitor
Intel Pentium 3 and Apple stickers
My laptop is slightly nicer
Dell Latitude
700MHz Pentium 3
256 Meg of Ram
24x cd rom
Ethernet and phone line card
14.1" LCD screen
And all kinds of expensive programs such as AutoCad 2002, Architectural Desktop, Precision Estimating, MathCad etc........worth more than the laptop anyways
Celery 500MHz
96 Meg of RAM
3dfx card I dont know which model
SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer card that doesn't work in my PC
Some cheap 4x16 CD-R drive
A nicer Yamaha 8x8x24 CD-RW drive
A 52X CD-Rom drive that doesn't work
A 3.5" floppy drive
Ethernet card (cable internet)
NEC MultiSync M700 17 inch monitor
Intel Pentium 3 and Apple stickers
My laptop is slightly nicer
Dell Latitude
700MHz Pentium 3
256 Meg of Ram
24x cd rom
Ethernet and phone line card
14.1" LCD screen
And all kinds of expensive programs such as AutoCad 2002, Architectural Desktop, Precision Estimating, MathCad etc........worth more than the laptop anyways
November-8th-2002, 11:35 PM
#27
Certified Sick Individual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Houston, TX.
Posts: 1,141
My gaming/normal use machine:
ABIT KR7A-133 Motherboard
640MB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM
1.2GHz Athlon T-Bird (Athlon XP 2400+ on the way for Christmas)
SoundBlaster Live Sound Card
30GB 7200RPM HDD
12X CDRW
Voodoo 4 4500 (Geforce 4 Ti4600 or Radeon 9700 Pro for Christmas)
3C905C Network Interface Card
My Hardcore machine:
Tyan S2466 Motherboard
1GB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM
2 x 2200+ Athlon MP Processors
No Sound Card
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller
Seagate Cheetah 20GB LVD SCSI Drive (Ultra 160)
40x CD-ROM
My wife has another PC that is pretty much like my main one. The hardcore is a development machine.
ABIT KR7A-133 Motherboard
640MB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM
1.2GHz Athlon T-Bird (Athlon XP 2400+ on the way for Christmas)
SoundBlaster Live Sound Card
30GB 7200RPM HDD
12X CDRW
Voodoo 4 4500 (Geforce 4 Ti4600 or Radeon 9700 Pro for Christmas)
3C905C Network Interface Card
My Hardcore machine:
Tyan S2466 Motherboard
1GB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM
2 x 2200+ Athlon MP Processors
No Sound Card
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller
Seagate Cheetah 20GB LVD SCSI Drive (Ultra 160)
40x CD-ROM
My wife has another PC that is pretty much like my main one. The hardcore is a development machine.
November-9th-2002, 09:56 AM
#28
Guest
Posts: n/a
I recently built a new computer for approx. 400 or so bux ,,,
includes
atx case with power supply
50x acer cd drive(already had)
phillips cdrw burner(already had)
floppy drive
asus mother board , with all components on board ,, sound card and lan
amd athlon xp 1.8 ghz chip , with fan
western digital hard drive 40 gig @7400 rpm
western digital hd 40 gig @7400 rpm (already had)
256 mb of memory DDR(going to update to 1 gig )
CA speakers ( already had)
15" monitor (already had )
I like the set up , she moves pretty quick and is very usefull ,, the hd's operate great and I love em ........
Bruce
I want a dvd drive next and a 17" flat panel monitor (when price goes down)
includes
atx case with power supply
50x acer cd drive(already had)
phillips cdrw burner(already had)
floppy drive
asus mother board , with all components on board ,, sound card and lan
amd athlon xp 1.8 ghz chip , with fan
western digital hard drive 40 gig @7400 rpm
western digital hd 40 gig @7400 rpm (already had)
256 mb of memory DDR(going to update to 1 gig )
CA speakers ( already had)
15" monitor (already had )
I like the set up , she moves pretty quick and is very usefull ,, the hd's operate great and I love em ........
Bruce
I want a dvd drive next and a 17" flat panel monitor (when price goes down)
November-10th-2002, 05:30 AM
#30
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Huntington Beach, CA Uhhh Surfs up Dude
Posts: 2,367
wow, i guess my computer is showing it's age as well
AMD K2 300mhz
Western D 40gig main HD
Western D 20gig secondary HD
Kenwood CDrom 72x
Yamaha 4x CDR burner
HP 6x CDR burner
VooDoo3 video card
Custom Audio Card (for recording)
256 memory
Canon Color printer
Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse
brand X monitor
Roland CAMM1 Pro vinyl cutter
Jazz Sound speakers and subwoofer
computer #2
P3 350mhz
Western D 80gig HD
Samsung CDrom
HP 6x CDR burner
Sony Monitor
not much else, it's just a slave
AMD K2 300mhz
Western D 40gig main HD
Western D 20gig secondary HD
Kenwood CDrom 72x
Yamaha 4x CDR burner
HP 6x CDR burner
VooDoo3 video card
Custom Audio Card (for recording)
256 memory
Canon Color printer
Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse
brand X monitor
Roland CAMM1 Pro vinyl cutter
Jazz Sound speakers and subwoofer
computer #2
P3 350mhz
Western D 80gig HD
Samsung CDrom
HP 6x CDR burner
Sony Monitor
not much else, it's just a slave