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Old December 29, 2003, 17:35   #1
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Greetings from my new badass machine
Well, parts of it anyway...

I normally don't spend that much money, so most of what I earn goes into savings or to pay off the interest on my college loans...but earlier this semester a power surge left my laptop unusable for a few weeks (I had to send it back to Dell to be fixed) and I realized just how dependent on computer I am.

So, I decided to do something a little earlier than I had planned - build a new computer With Christmas right around the corner, I knew that any extra cash I needed would become available soon, and my parents who are always stumped on what to get me had some new things to add to their list.

What I have so far is my KDS 17" Flat Panel Monitor, Seagate 120GB HD, and a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse/Wireless 108 Button Keyboard (using them all through my laptop, of course)

Yet to come is...

- Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz 266FSB
- Infineon PC2700 DDR333 512MB
- CREATIVE LABS Samsung 16x DVD ROM
- SONY CDRW 52X24X52
- 64MB GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 4X DUAL VGA NV72
- X-GEAR Beige 350wt w/ USB Ports (6)



Should have it up and running by the new year Just in time for Winter and Spring Sessions
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:35   #2
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oh, and the best part is - the bottom line. All that I listed above for roughly $900 US!
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:37   #3
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:38   #4
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what are your specs Harry?
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:39   #5
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Almost good enough to beat my 1 year old machine.


Have fun with it.
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:42   #6
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haha, meh....for what I paid, I'm happy with it...especially considering the monitor cost $410 of that!
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:42   #7
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what need is 333MHz RAM with 266 MHz FSB?
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:45   #8
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I don't even know anymore. Let me see.

HP Pavilion
Celeron Processor
GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3
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New (but still bulky) hi-res monitor
Win 98
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That's about it. Slow as all hell compared to what you have. I can't even run the newer games on this sucker. Any suggestions?
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:46   #9
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soon I'll have 1 gig o RAM, DDR 266
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Old December 29, 2003, 17:49   #11
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*sigh* let me measure my monitor...
It appears to be a flat screen, 0.36 metres on the diagonal.

Besides that,
I got me Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Got me 512 Mb of 266 Ram
Got me 128 Mb Geforce 4
Also got a similar size soundcard
Got me 20Gb HD of which 2 GB is used.

This machine cranks out the framerate.
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Old December 29, 2003, 18:31   #13
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i just shipped my box up to chicago, where i'll pick it up at the end of the week.

i miss it already.

that box is:
p4/1.7ghz
768mb pc800 rdram
western digital 60gb 7200rpm hd
seagate 80gb 7200rpm hd
16x liteon dvd
48x24x52x lg cdrw
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nvidia geforce 3 64mb
turtle beach santa cruz sound card
3Com 3c920TX integrated nic
Intel v.92 modem
ati tv wonder ve
pinnacle studio firewire card
microsoft intellimouse optical

===

the box i'm using now, for the week i'm still at home is:

intel pIII/700
288 mb pc133 sdram
seagate 4gb 5400rpm hd
western digital 8gb 5400rpm hd
24x lg cdrom
intel v92 modem
3Com 3c905TX pci ethernet card
avance logic sound card
logitech itouch keyboard
optical mouse

===

the box right next to it, which is my brother's computer, is:
amd athlon xp 1700+
512mb sdram
seagate 80gb 7200rpm hd
western digital 6gb 5400rpm hd
hp 8x8x24x cdrw
lg 16x/24x12x48x dvd/cd-rw
3com 3C905TX pci ethernet card
turtle beach santa cruz sound card
ati radeon 8500le graphics card
samsung korean/english keyboard
optical mouse

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i'd've stuck gigabit lan cards in all three, but the router we have is only 10/100.
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Orange:

900 is an awesome price for your machine, but I still feel bad for you.

Not to brag, but my dad knows alot of computer insiders through his business, and so I get all these sweet factory direct deals. Like you, I just got a new computer myself, and its basically very similar to yours, except its a 2.4ghz Pentium4 and its got a bit more ram, though with a bit smaller HDD (80GB). Total price? $125USD. It almost pisses me off to realize just how much profit these computer retailers make. I mean, that same machine would sell for thousands in the store.

No warranty though, but for that price, ****, if any part breaks I'll just buy a whole new computer.
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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 3400+ (2.1GHz)
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The PC I built for the BF with his brother for Christmas:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Barton)
nForce 2 400 Ultra motherboard
512MB DDR400 (CL2)
40GB 7200rpm HD
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ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
Wireless router & PCI card
ATX case w/ 350W power supply

All for under $700 CDN.
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Virtually noiseless

Nice, ver nice.

What OS do you run on this?
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I'm trying to put Linux for x86-64 on it as a secondary OS, but there are no RAID drivers for my motherboard, nor any sound drivers, nor any video drivers.
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I'm just heartened to see that practically everyone in this thread has chosen the side of light (Athlon) over the darkness of evil (Intel)...

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80Gb HD (Second HD, bought later)
LG CD Burner 24x
DVD Burner 2x (bought later)
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A old computer, isn't?

Plus I've a 486 on my room - but I need to buy batteries (the mainboard battery is off) for it.
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