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Dead_reckon

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what setup do you have?
« on: June 09, 2006, 07:13:47 PM »
just a random post for everyone to disscuss the hardware they have on there computer, this is my setup:

(go ahead and laugh now if you want)

MSI 478 socket board,
with an intel celeron D 2.6ghz with 256 cache,
1 gig of DDR PC3200 ram,
ole nvidia gforce 4000 mx 64 mb\bit card for primary video,
secondary is the onboard SIS graphics,
a 1996 crt NEC MULTISYNC XV17+ as primary monitor,
and an ole Magitronic crt 17 inch as my secondary,
RealTek ac97 5.1 audio that wont put out anything on the rear, and wont put out anything on the front unless its in 4 channel mode,
altec lansing acs40 2.0 speakers,
with acs250 sub,
500w 4 channel amp with 2 60w pioneer 4 way speakers,
2 160w 2 way panasonic speakers and 35w sharp 2.0 channel stereo used with two old MGA 15w two way speakers as tweeters,
80 gig seagate barricuda hard drive with 8mb buffer,
lite on dvd burner,
3.5 inch 1.44mb floppy drive,
some off brand 380w switchable PSU,
dell (logitec) optical mouse usb. with dell keyboard PS\2,
onboard 10\100mbs lan
front usb fbs: 400mhz,
4 rear usb,
1 rear printer port,
1 rear COM 2 port and two PS\2 ports
D-link wireless card 54mbs
windows xp pro corporate edition, with linux (ubuntu) as secondary OS

i think that covered it all...


like i said, laugh if you want, im only using it through this summer, im building a real nice 775 board, will give specs later, right now, i feel like ive typed enough, oh and a note to people, i DO NOT reccomend celeron proccessors of anykind, 478 boards, OR MSI boards in general... feel free to post your hardware, im interested in hearing about others setup's. or you can ask about mine.

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    Re: what setup do you have?
    « Reply #1 on: June 09, 2006, 08:00:48 PM »
    I built this computer with the view of future upgrades to CPU and Video Card but as time has rolled on I think a new compter is looking better & better.

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        Generator                                         Eddie
        Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional 5.0.2195 (Win2000 Retail)
        Date                                              2006-06-10
        Time                                              11:58


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          OS Service Pack                                   Service Pack 4
          DirectX                                           4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
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          User Name                                         Eddie

        Motherboard:
          CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
          Motherboard Name                                  Asus P4P800 Deluxe  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 WiFi, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
          Motherboard Chipset                               Intel Springdale i865PE
          System Memory                                     1024 MB  (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
          BIOS Type                                         AMI (08/20/03)
          Communication Port                                Communications Port (COM1)
          Communication Port                                Communications Port (COM2)
          Communication Port                                ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

        Display:
          Video Adapter                                     NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X  (128 MB)
          3D Accelerator                                    nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
          Monitor                                           Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]  (CX  276964)

        Multimedia:
          Audio Adapter                                     Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3]

        Storage:
          IDE Controller                                    Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
          Floppy Drive                                      Floppy disk drive
          Disk Drive                                        WDC WD800JB-00CRA1  (74 GB, IDE)
          Optical Drive                                     HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8520B  (52x/24x/52x CD-RW)
          SMART Hard Disks Status                           OK

        Partitions:
          C: (NTFS)                                         76308 MB (61383 MB free)

        Input:
          Keyboard                                          Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
          Mouse                                             Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

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          Network Adapter                                   WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface  (202.172.109.233)
          Modem                                             Standard 56000 bps K56Flex Modem

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    Re: what setup do you have?
    « Reply #2 on: June 09, 2006, 08:38:04 PM »
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    System Information
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    Time of this report: 6/9/2006, 22:35:09
           Machine name: (hidden)
       Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
               Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
    System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.                
           System Model: Dimension 9100              
                   BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A01
              Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
                 Memory: 2046MB RAM
              Page File: 595MB used, 2832MB available
          
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    Display Devices
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            Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
         Manufacturer: NVIDIA
            Chip type: GeForce 6800
             DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
              Display Memory: 256.0 MB

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    Sound Devices
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                Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [D880]

    I could give more info, but I'm tired  :P

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    Dead_reckon

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    Re: what setup do you have?
    « Reply #3 on: June 10, 2006, 05:57:16 PM »
    both good computers, both have a P4 and alot of hardware that is better than this thing, also i have noticed realtek ac'97 audio controlers are REALLY common. as i said, ill show you the setup im building:

    this s the LOGISYS Area 51 case im getting:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811148030

    other than that i dont know, the hp proccessor only functions on HP boards, so im gonna go with AMD, ill update when i know what im gonna get

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    Re: what setup do you have?
    « Reply #4 on: June 10, 2006, 06:32:02 PM »
    AMD, good choice  ;D

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      Re: what setup do you have?
      « Reply #5 on: June 10, 2006, 06:38:44 PM »
      Motherboard
      ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe ATX LGA775 I945P DDR2 2PCI-E PCI-E SATA RAID Sound GBLAN

      Processor
      Intel Penium 4 3.0Ghz. 2MB Cache

      Hardrive
      Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 9ms NCQ Quiet RoHS

      Drives
      BenQ DW1650 Black DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer DVD Writer
      LG Black CDRW 52X32X52 INT EIDE ATAPI CD Writer
      Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5in. Floppy Drive

      Soundcard
      Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE PCI 7.1 Surround Sound Card

      Video Card
      BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC PCI-E 256MB 256BIT DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out SLI Ready

      RAM
      Corsair Value Select PC2-4200 2Gb. 4x512Mb DDR2-533 240 pin DIMM Dual Channel

      Operating System
      Microsoft Windows XP Pro. OEM

      Keyboard and Mouse
      Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard USB Black Silver LCD Panel Programmable Back Lit Keys
      Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 Platinum 4-WAY Wheel High Definition Tracking

      Case
      Xion XION2-BLK Black ATX Mid Tower Case

      Monitor
      Acer AL1916 19" Widescreen LCD Black

      Speakers
      Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound

      ...thats about all of it.
      « Last Edit: June 11, 2006, 12:09:03 AM by homer »

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      Re: what setup do you have?
      « Reply #6 on: June 10, 2006, 07:33:22 PM »
      Dell Optiplex GX1 Pentium III-500 (with a heatsink, no fan needed) with 256 meg RAM and 60 gig hard drive. Other than the hard drive and the DVDROM and CDRW, it is stock with an 8 meg AGP Rage II video adapter, onboard sound

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      and 250 watt power supply, hooked to a Viewsonic E77a CRT 17" monitor. It is running Windows 2000 and Vector Linux briskly in a dual boot.

      It has run great for 5 years, never a problem and runs everything perfectly, although I do not do any gaming beyond Age of Empires II.

      That's my main machine. I have others, but this is my workhorse.

      Vista? We don't need no steeeenking Vista!  ;D

      « Last Edit: June 10, 2006, 07:34:57 PM by GX1_Man »

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        Re: what setup do you have?
        « Reply #7 on: June 10, 2006, 08:13:09 PM »
        If it wasn't for games I'd still be using a 486, DOS & 3.11.

        sneakers



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          Re: what setup do you have?
          « Reply #8 on: June 10, 2006, 08:52:15 PM »
          Have shopped ebay on and off and pieced this together.

          CPU  AMD FX-55
          O/S  Windoes XP Build 2600
          AVG  Antivirus
          2GIG RAM
          2 80 GIG internal hard drives, 1 160 gig external seagate H/D
          ABIT AV8 M/B
          Lite On 16DL DVD Burner
          Radeon Pro 850X Video Card

          Funny you mention AGES GX-1. Thats about all I play.
          Love the site. Wish I could help more, but I am smart enough to try and post only the things I have learned since I started playing with these TOYS!!!!

          Thanks Again :)
          Case: Logisys Clear Acrylic - CPU: AMD Athlon FX-62 With HyperTransport Technology - RAM: 2GB  - Power Supply: 650 Watt SLI ready - Motherboard: Asus SLI Deluxe  - Graphics Cards: Geforce 7900 GT  - HDD: 2 - 36 GB Raptors     160

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          Re: what setup do you have?
          « Reply #9 on: June 11, 2006, 11:04:15 AM »
          At the mo I've got;

          P4 3.2GHz with HT enabled
          ASRock P4 Dual440 Pro
          1 GB Kingston PC3200 (400MHz)
          Nvidia GeForce 6600
          Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200GB
          Soundblaster Live 24-bit
          Sony Triniton 21" CRT

          Now I've recently bought a Club 3D X1900XT 512MB Radeon PCIe video card, but my PSU can't handle it - I have a Thermaltake Purepower 680w on the way to sort that one out. I am starting a new Crossfire build using AMD now.

          Games are the only real reason I've ever upgraded too, but I'm starting to really get into building PC's, so much so I've started a course on Hardware Engineering and am hoping for a career change in the future!

          Dead_reckon

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          Re: what setup do you have?
          « Reply #10 on: June 12, 2006, 06:39:08 AM »
          i know which board, case, and chip im goin with, im using the AM2 chip and socket board, seeing *censored* i will be makin 315 us dollars and over 2k us dollars next year. the only other things that that money will be spent on is my dads air horn kit that im gettin for his 1986 oldsmobile custom cruiser wagon for his b-day\christmas present, and about 350 to 400 on a new\used gas moped.  heres the set up im building, which, in every aspect, kills this crappy computer i have now:

          im too lazy and too tired (8:15 am here) to put the specs here so ill just put some links

          this is the motherboard:
          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131013

          feel free to drool over it, lol. plenty of room for expansion for the latest tech.

          this is the proccesor:
          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103631

          more than enough to keep me happy for a long time

          this is the case:
          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811165008

          not the best looking, but i want good cooling\plenty of expansion room, seeing as the mobo can support 6 sata devices

          this is the ram:
          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231071

          only reason im goin with 2 gigs is that its cheaper to buy this rather than to have to buy another 1 gig stick later

          didnt get the chance to look up anything yesterday, i had a stomach virus, im glad those things only last a day, ive got to pack my computer now, im goin to my grandmothers house for a week, no WAY im bein without it that long... oh, another thing i plan to get, either this year or next is a decent lappy, i dont care which brand, just so long as it has wireless and its fairly fast. i dont really want a lappy, but i need one, theres no way i can carry around that computer when i get it built.