Overly Chatty Penguins
The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: DruBo on May 03, 2004, 03:37:54 PM
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I expect at least Grillkohle to reply to this, since he suggested it.
Now you may ph33r.
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Inside picture not required, I just put mine up because I had it. And also to explain the number of stickers on the case front.
For the curious:
2x Intel Pentium III-S @1.4ghz
1024mb DDR266 RAM
Radeon 9500Pro
4 hard drives: 13gb, 8gb, 40gb, 30gb.
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weow DOS fans,lotsa wires :D
id take a pic of mine but im too lazeh ^_^
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olo GG 6 harddrives ^_______________^
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I wanna take some nice pictars of my shiny new motherboard and processor ^_____________________________________^
But later.
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-AMD Barton 2500 (running at 166mhz FSB, I'm gonna take it to 200mhz once I get a better cpu fan/heatsink)
-512mb pc3200 (running in dual channel)
-Ti-4200 128mb
-80gig wd
Basic gaming rig.
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This might be a little oversized, but I think we can take it.
For the curious: :p
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 333FSB (Barton Core)
1 GB DDR 333 RAM
ATi RadeOn 9700Pro 128 MB
80 GB HDD
MSI K7N2-D Motherboard
One picture has the processor fan on it that I ordered with it. Double-checked compatibility with the Motherboard, said it's all fine, pictures looked ok (small pictures...), so I open it... no clamps but screws. Ugh. So I just put the AMD HSF on it, and it works like a charm (even in Florida).
I also had to remove the motherboard chipset fan (I think they call it northbridge) because it was broken, and I have yet to find a replacement because its not a normal standard fan but some MSI crap. Oh well, it works without it too.
When I noticed that the picture of Grillkohle's PC didn't quite fit on my screen, I got meself a powerful projector and hooked it up to mah compeh. Unfortunately, when I projected the picture onto the surface of the moon it STILL wouldn't fit, so I decided to shrink it instead.
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ROFL
I have the same exact case as Grillkohle. (good case!) Cept for a few things, and cleainer wiring :) (My wiring is so preddy!) But yeah a few mor ethings then grillkohles, maybe ill post a pic sometime
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newegg.com eh ? ^_^
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Teehee - 800 mhz FSB and 8x AGP make me a happy fella B)
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This is just a generic case that I doodled the TSA logo on with crayons. It's old and stained and blech, but I rarely see it anyway. (It's on a shelf under the desk)
Specs:
Pentium 4 1.8 GHz @ 400 MHz FSB
ECS M925LR motherboard - mATX. 1 AGP4x (Runs at 2x voltage, my Radeon 9600 Pro doesn't work on it arg die), 2 PCI, 1 CNR, onboard audio, video and LAN. (I only use the onboard audio, the onboard LAN crapped out on me.) VIA VT8751 Northbridge, VT8233 Southbridge.
1024 MB generic DDR RAM @ 333 MHz
Sapphire Radeon 9000 128 MB
Western Digital Caviar 40 GB (WD400BB)
LG GCC-4120B (CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo. 12x8x32 CD-RW, 8x DVD-ROM)
Some generic 52x CD-ROM
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ECS M925LR motherboard
Hafaf, I had an ECS K7S5A, upgraded to an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe, and I noticed a large performance boost from just teh board, and it had better onboard sound and a Universal AGP slot(or something like that). I love my asus board now, I'm never buying another ECS board again!
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ECS M925LR motherboard
Hafaf, I had an ECS K7S5A, upgraded to an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe, and I noticed a large performance boost from just teh board, and it had better onboard sound and a Universal AGP slot(or something like that). I love my asus board now, I'm never buying another ECS board again!
Yeah, ECS stinks. I'm planning on getting an Asus mobo. The one I have my eye on is 8x AGP. :D
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This is just a generic case that I doodled the TSA logo on with crayons.
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I'm planning on getting an Asus mobo. The one I have my eye on is 8x AGP. :D
It'd be tough to find one these days that isn't 8x AGP, but that's beside the point I suppose.
Here (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-478&depa=0) is what I take to be the Asus board you want. It's the one everyone wants.
But as an experienced system builder, I have something to point out to you.
This one (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-198&depa=0) is nearly identical and costs $23 less. And if you don't want SATA, you can get one of these (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-150-045&depa=0) for only $57. That's $53 less than the Asus. EpoX and Shuttle are just as reliable as Asus.
The thing with Asus is that a few years ago they became an enthusiast favorite, and they noticed, went "w00t!" and jacked the retail prices up by about $30 to $50.
So buy the Shuttle. And spend your extra $53 on some more ram, or a bigger hard drive.
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ROFL
I have the same exact case as Grillkohle. (good case!) Cept for a few things, and cleainer wiring :) (My wiring is so preddy!) But yeah a few mor ethings then grillkohles, maybe ill post a pic sometime
I have the same case as well.
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I'm planning on getting an Asus mobo. The one I have my eye on is 8x AGP. :D
It'd be tough to find one these days that isn't 8x AGP, but that's beside the point I suppose.
Here (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-478&depa=0) is what I take to be the Asus board you want. It's the one everyone wants.
But as an experienced system builder, I have something to point out to you.
This one (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-198&depa=0) is nearly identical and costs $23 less. And if you don't want SATA, you can get one of these (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-150-045&depa=0) for only $57. That's $53 less than the Asus. EpoX and Shuttle are just as reliable as Asus.
The thing with Asus is that a few years ago they became an enthusiast favorite, and they noticed, went "w00t!" and jacked the retail prices up by about $30 to $50.
So buy the Shuttle. And spend your extra $53 on some more ram, or a bigger hard drive.
Actually, I'm in the market for a Socket 478 board. I'm a Pentium boy. ;) This (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=590091&Sku=A455-1026&CatId=1379) is what I'm gonna get. (I can't buy from NewEgg, I'm Canadian. :/)
*EDIT* I need something that supports ~3.0 GHz at 533 or 800 MHz FSB. That's my next upgrade.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/se...4&sku=S451-2136 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2104&sku=S451-2136)
Should I get that instead?
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I'd recommend this (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2111&Sku=S451-2138&CatId=1281) instead. The Asus isn't bad, though. I thought you were just blindly spending $110 on a name, rather than a product, and I wanted to prevent that.
The PT800 does kick much ass though. And my link above will get you a $59 PT800 board.
And spend your extra bucks on a new case! Sheesh kebab that thing's ugly!
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Sheesh kebab that thing's ugly!
Oh so true. Nice, cheap cases here. (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=7&manufactory=1400&DEPA=0&sortby=14&order=1) Some are dead ugly, but there are some real nice ones (the shimmery black one <3 ).
*edit* Aw, too bad. You live in Canada...
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LEDs? You completely lost any respect I might have had for you.
Completely.
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Who are you talking to?
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I'd recommend this (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2111&Sku=S451-2138&CatId=1281) instead. The Asus isn't bad, though. I thought you were just blindly spending $110 on a name, rather than a product, and I wanted to prevent that.
The PT800 does kick much ass though. And my link above will get you a $59 PT800 board.
And spend your extra bucks on a new case! Sheesh kebab that thing's ugly!
Processors Supported
Intel Celeron 1.60GHz ~ 2.60Ghz @ 100MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz ~ 2.50GHz @ 100MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz ~ 3.06GHz @ 133MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz ~ 3.40GHz @ 200MHz FSB
Front Side Bus
100MHz
133MHz
200MHz
266MHz
333MHz
400MHz
533MHz
800MHz
WTF?
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Only has 2 slots for RAM :(
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Pshhh, now you guys are making recommendations, 5 days after I ordered my new MB + CPU :(
Oh well, I'm pretty confident with my decision:
P4P800SE ASUS MB
Intel Prescott 2.8E (1gig cache/800FSB)
2 sticks of PC3200 256mb DDR RAM
E-BONER! :o
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Yeah, Sancho. Sounds like you made a sound decision there. B)
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Well...I'd like to think so :)
The problem is that I decided at the last minute to spend the extra 100 or 150 bucks to go intel instead of AMD. Finally making the switch after being fed up with all the problems on past AMD computers and on my parents' new AMD barton that likes to randomly reboot while I'm playing NS.
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Processors Supported
Intel Celeron 1.60GHz ~ 2.60Ghz @ 100MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz ~ 2.50GHz @ 100MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz ~ 3.06GHz @ 133MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz ~ 3.40GHz @ 200MHz FSB
Front Side Bus
100MHz
133MHz
200MHz
266MHz
333MHz
400MHz
533MHz
800MHz
WTF?
WTF what? All that means is that any socket 478 cpu that Intel makes will work on that board.
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Processors Supported
Intel Celeron 1.60GHz ~ 2.60Ghz @ 100MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz ~ 2.50GHz @ 100MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz ~ 3.06GHz @ 133MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz ~ 3.40GHz @ 200MHz FSB
It looks like they're saying "Up to 200 MHz FSB" here. That confused me a bit. My mistake.
Only has 2 slots for RAM :(
That's fine for me. I use two sticks of 512 MB. 1 GB is more than enough for me.
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Take your silly Apple home, Chuckie. ;)
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Mine's Bettar!
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