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hello everyone

Back to visit your thread, eh, pimpin? Glad to see ya around again.

I still do....
BTW just saw MIB 2, I think it is funny

Yeah figured I would stop by and say "Hi" cause it's summer and i have been busy

Heres my 2 cents...:D

ahahahahaha

I don't think I've put 2 systems I've assembled last time I updated this thread.

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Iwill P4D (i845)
P4 1.6A@ 2.32GHz
256MB PC2700 Samsung
ATi Radeon 8500LE @ 290/317
Maxtor 20GB 5400RPM ATA100
Toshiba 6x DVD-ROM
Hercules Fortissimo II
SIIG IEEE1394
Realtek 8129 10/100 NIC
SuperCase mid-tower
Stock Intel P4 cooler
Win XP Pro

Novell box (for now)
Tyan Trinity 400
P3 800E
128MB PC133 Infineon
IBM 10GB 5400RPM ATA100
Panasonic 32x CD-ROM
PNY GF2 Ti 64MB
D-Link DFE 538 TX + 10/100 NIC
SuperCase Mid-tower
stock Intel P3 cooler
Novell 5.1 server eval/500 client liscense (Linux later on Mandrake 9.0 or SuSe 7.2)

Fortrex "Magic" MG-780 ATX Full Tower case
Macron MPT-300 PSU
Athlon XP 1900+ [1.6Ghz]
Abit KT7A-RAID v1.3
384MB RAM [3x128MB PC133]
60GB Maxtor 5TO60H6 [DiamondMax Plus 60]
30GB IBM DeathStar 75GXP
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR ViVo
Creative Labs Audigy [OEM, cos it's cheaper ]
Lite-On LTR 12101B [12x 10x 32x]
BTC BCD24XHM 24x CD ROM
3.5" & 5.25" floppy drives [1 of each]
Antec EzUSB
Realtek RTL8029 based NIC
Kensiko translucent blue PS2 keyboard [the ones Staples sell]
Logitech USB Dual Optical Wheelmouse
Motorola Surfboard 3100 cable modem
Eizo Flexscan 9400 20" monitor

Well these are the specs of the computer i should have in about 3-9weeks 8)

Lain-Li Alimuninium Case w/550Watt PSU
Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 533mhz (i decided to go for a Intel chip)
ASUS P4B533-E w/RAID
1GB PC2100 DDR Ram
Leadtek MyViVo Geforce4 Ti4600
Creative Soundblaster Audigy Player
WinTV Primio FM TV/Radio Card
10/100 Genius NIC Card
19" Philips CRT Monitor
80GB IBM/60GB IBM 7200RPM Hard Drives
48x/12x/40x Lite-On CDRW
16x/48x LG DVDRom

Marktait, I have pretty much that exact system, except for a few components, and just an FYI, when you order ram, you can really only use the first 2 ddr slots, as the third is shared with the 2nd. So for 1GB, you'll either need a 1gb stick or 2 512 sticks. The third slot can only be used if a single-sided chip is used in slot 2 and a single-sided chip is in slot 3.

Thanx adam, good job you warned me. I will be going for 2 512 Sticks.

Hey
NIce ot see this topic up again.my current specs
Athlon Xp 1800
Epox 8hka+
266 ddr 156 megs
30 gig maxtor
60 gig western digital
asus 50x cd rom
300 watt psu
17 inch gateway vivtron
linksys nic
us robotics 56k fax modem
creative sound card
geforece 2 mx 32 meg
and it plays ut2k3 at 800x600x32 fine
but i havn't had to much to do or say

My new P4 Monster in my sig which still has to have the drives and monitor renewed yet and i hope to have another 1GB of ram eventually but im poor now , and i havent had time to put my xp1800 in place of the Duron crap, my sis is to get the duron

I'm thinking of getting a little better Athlon for my new LAN box. Right now that 1.2GHz Duron ain't shabby, but I really cringe at having PC2700 RAM and not even really being able to make use of PC2100 speeds. I'm really regretting not spending the extra $15 for that Athlon XP1600.

Here we go with my system:

CPU: AMD Athlon Palomino 1800XP+ cooled by Thermal take Silent Storm
Motherboard: ASUS A7V333 with onboard Raid
HDD: Seagate Barracuda IV 40Gb & IBM 60GXP 40Gb
RAM: 2*512 Kingston 2100 DDR RAM
VGA: ASUS AGP-V8200 GeForce3 64MB (oldschool)
Sound: creative SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1
DVD-ROM: 16x/48x Asus E616
Burner: Yamaha CRW-F1 44x write 24x rewrite 44x read (Sweet!)
Mpegcard: Real Magic Hollywood+
LAN: 3COM 3C905C-TX-M
Thermaltake case. 5 fans. One of them a LED fan in the site sitting in a window
430W antec True power PSU
Screen: 17" AOC TFT
OS: Win2k

it's been a while since I posted...so


this system will be completed on Friday:
[list]
Harbinger:

Asus A7N266-VM:AA nForce mATX
Athlon 2400+ (Thoroughbred-B)
Alpha 8045 w/ LED fans
Inwin V523b black mATX case w/ rear 80mm LED fan and front 120mm
Enermax 300W PSU w/ LED fan
512mb PC2100 DDR
GF2MX onboard *until Radeon 9500Pro is available at newegg
Leadtek TV2000XP tv capture card
Dlink DGE-500T Gigabit NIC
onboard Soundstorm audio
LiteOn 48x12x48 black CDRW
LiteOn 16x48 black DVD
black Teac floppy
working out a deal on a WD 40 & 80gb hdd
MS Natural Pro keyboard
MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 mouse
ratpadz
Planar PL150 15" 1024x768 native analog LCD
Windows XP Pro
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that's my LAN system and media center.

here's my home gaming system, to be completed around Christmas.
[list]
EVILution:

Asus P4G8X Deluxe
P4 2.8 (C1 stepping) --Will overclock it
Alpha 8942 w/ TT smartfan2
Lian Li PC-7323b black full tower w/ 6 blue LED fans
Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU w/ blue LED fans
1024mb Corsair XMS3200 DDR
Radeon 9700 Pro
Intel Pro/1000MT gigabit NIC
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
LiteOn 48x24x48 black CDRW --Will flash to 52/24/52
LiteOn 16x48 black DVD
LSI Logic MegaRAID i4 RAID 5 controller
2 Vantec black EZ-Swap w/ LCD
1 WD 100gb SE for OS
6 WD 100gb SE for RAID 5 stripe.
Seagate 10gb for Linux
MS Natural Pro keyboard
Logitech MX700 wireless mouse
ratpadz
Dell 2000fp 20.1" 1600x1200 native DVI LCD
Windows XP Pro (on the 100gb OS drive)
RedHat 8.0 (on the 10gb drive)

[/list:u]

that should do it for now.

I picked up a nice 1700XP for 50 bucks, retail.

Fortrex "Magic" MG-780 ATX Full Tower case
Macron MPT-300 PSU
Athlon XP 1900+ [1.6Ghz] cooled by Zalman CNPS5100-Cu
Abit KT7A-RAID v1.3 [northbridge HSF = Zalman ZM-NB32J & 45mm fan]
768MB RAM [2x128MB + 1x512MB PC133]
60GB Maxtor 5TO60H6 [DiamondMax Plus 60]
30GB IBM DeathStar 75GXP
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR ViVo
Creative Labs Audigy [OEM, cos it's cheaper ]
Lite-On LTR 12101B [12x 10x 32x]
Lite-On LTR-16SH DVD
3.5" FDD
Antec EzUSB
2 Realtek RTL8029 based NICs
Kensiko translucent blue PS2 keyboard [the ones Staples sell]
Logitech USB Dual Optical Wheelmouse
Motorola Surfboard 3100 cable modem
Eizo Flexscan 9400 20" monitor

check the sig for the new work comp


also, i am buying a new mobo / mem for my vaio, having alot of probs and the fact is it pc133 in there now really kills it.

anyone know of a good microATX board? with preferably pc2100 or higher support, or even rambus?

Although I am not an AMD fan, I would take a look at the Nforce2 boards, Mr. Guvernment... I know Asus has some microatx boards with the Nforce2 chipset.

Just ordered a P4 2.66
ASUS P4PE
2 512 MB Corsair PC3200
Tricked out ANTEC case with all blue lights.
48x Burner
Radeon 9700
Audigy 2

Revised, thanks to AMD's bastardness

CHARON: (Primary Gaming rig until EVILution: then LAN rig/Media center)
Pentium4 2.4b @3ghz
Alpha PAL8942 w/ ThermalTake Smartfan2
Abit BE7-RAID
2x 512mb Corsair XMS3200
ATI Radeon 9700Pro
Leadtek TV2000XP tv capture card
Audigy2
Intel Pro 1000MT Gigabit NIC
3x Western Digital 80gb SE
LiteOn 48x12x48 CDRW
LiteOn 16x48 DVD
LiteOn 52x CDROM
Panasonic floppy
CoolerMaster ATC-111SX1 w/ 4 blue LED fans
300W Enermax PSU w/ blue LED fan
Dell 2000FP 20.1" UXGA LCD (DVI)
Logitech MX700
Logitech Cordless Comfort Pro
RatPad
Sennheiser 590 headphones
Infinity speakers(2.0 )
Windows XP Pro



ATHENA: (File Server & Bitch Box)
P2 266 (hope to upgrade to >400mhz P2 or P3)
IBM Proprietary 440BX motherboard
3x32mb PC100 (to be upgraded to 3x 128 PC100 by the end of the month)
onboard S3 Trio3d 4mb
Crystal Audio
Intel 55x onboard 10/100
SMC EtherEZ 10mb (for DHCP services)
Seagate 10gb hdd
Maxtor 8gb hdd
Hitachi 32x CDROM
Panasonic floppy
IBM Personal Computer 300PL
145W PSU
Dell 2000FP 20.1" UXGA LCD (Analog @ 1024x768)
HP PS2 Whellmouse
Gateway2000 PS2 Keyboard
RatPad
Windows 2000 Advanced Server (hell, I got it for free for taking the course, might as well use it)

CERERUS: My laptop
Pentium3 900
Toshiba Proprietary i815 motherboard
2x 256 PC100
GeForce2 Go 16mb
AC-97 audio
Realtek 8139a onboard
Orinoco Silver Wireless PCMCIA
56k Softmodem
IBM 20gb hdd
Toshiba 8x DVD
Toshiba floppy
Satellite 3000 -S353
14.1" XGA LCD
MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0a
Everglide LAP (blue Complimentary)
Windows XP Pro





this system just got pushed back till Spring/summer, but here's what she's got so far....just sitting.:

EVILution:
Lian Li PC-7323b black full tower w/ 6 blue LED fans
Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU w/ blue LED fans
Intel Pro/1000MT gigabit NIC
LiteOn 48x12x48 black CDRW
LiteOn 16x48 black DVD
LSI Logic MegaRAID i4 RAID 5 controller
2 Vantec black EZ-Swap w/ LCD
1 WD 100gb SE for OS
4 WD 100gb SE for RAID 5 stripe.(will wait until I have 4 more to upgrade the array)
Seagate 10gb for Linux
ratpadz
Dell 2000fp 20.1" 1600x1200 native DVI LCD (Charon will use the PL150 15" LCD)
Windows XP Pro (on the 100gb OS drive)
RedHat 8.x (on the 10gb drive)


Intentions are for a Canterwood/HT chip, 1GB PC3500, and the fastest card I can fit in my budget (that being a 9900 Pro or an Nv30)

thing is i don't want to buy a new cpu - be a waste of my 1.8 i already got. otherwise i likely would take a look.

Oops! I didn't even see that! Sorry...