NationStates Jolt Archive

Politics/Religion/Music - seems that's all I see in the General forum these days so. . .

Now for something completely different

If you built your computer yourself and are proud of it (and I bet we've got a bunch of those here) Tell us about it, brag on yourself, post a picture if you want. Let's see who's the uber techno guy. Use the following format it will make things easier for those who follow up. Here's one of mine (I have 4, but this is the one I use most).

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe)
Chipset: Nvidia N-Force 2
CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, OC'd to 2.5 Gigahertz (200 FSB x 12.5 Multiplier)
RAM: 1024 Megs, Corsair XMS - PC3500
HDD's & Controller: Two 36 Gig, WD Raptors (10,000 rpm) in a RAID -0- Configuration on the SATA controller and two 80 Gig. 7,200 rpm, 8 Meg. cache Maxtors on the IDE controller.
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro w/ 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Zip 250, Memorex Double-Layer DVD +/- R/RW burner
Sound: Onboard Soundstorm with Klipsch 5.1 speaker set-up
Case: Lian-Li Aluminum
Cooling: Coolermaster HCC-001 Sink with 7,200 rpm tornado fan.
Voltages: 1.65 - CPU, stock - RAM & Video
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 213T - 21.3" LCD
Average CPU Temp: 117 F/47 C.
Misc: Combo floppy drive/CF/SM/SD card reader, CoolerMaster Aerogate II temp. monitor and fan controller.
Benchmarks: I've not run any in a long time and find that comparing this from system to system is like apples-bananas - feel free to post yours if you wish though.

my PC sucks


(did i do it wrong?)

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe)
Chipset: Nvidia N-Force 2
CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, OC'd to 2.5 Gigahertz (200 FSB x 12.5 Multiplier)
RAM: 1024 Megs, Corsair XMS - PC3500
HDD's & Controller: Two 36 Gig, WD Raptors (10,000 rpm) in a RAID -0- Configuration on the SATA controller and two 80 Gig. 7,200 rpm, 8 Meg. cache Maxtors on the IDE controller.
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro w/ 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Zip 250, Memorex Double-Layer DVD +/- R/RW burner
Sound: Onboard Soundstorm with Klipsch 5.1 speaker set-up
Case: Lian-Li Aluminum
Cooling: Coolermaster HCC-001 Sink with 7,200 rpm tornado fan.
Voltages: 1.65 - CPU, stock - RAM & Video
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 213T - 21.3" LCD
Average CPU Temp: 117 F/47 C.
Misc: Combo floppy drive/CF/SM/SD card reader, CoolerMaster Aerogate II temp. monitor and fan controller.

Sooo, how well does Excel run?

Sooo, how well does Excel run?

Don't know, I don't use Excel for anything. Doom III kicks ass though.

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe)
Chipset: Nvidia N-Force 2
CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, OC'd to 2.5 Gigahertz (200 FSB x 12.5 Multiplier)
RAM: 1024 Megs, Corsair XMS - PC3500
HDD's & Controller: Two 36 Gig, WD Raptors (10,000 rpm) in a RAID -0- Configuration on the SATA controller and two 80 Gig. 7,200 rpm, 8 Meg. cache Maxtors on the IDE controller.
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro w/ 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Zip 250, Memorex Double-Layer DVD +/- R/RW burner
Sound: Onboard Soundstorm with Klipsch 5.1 speaker set-up
Case: Lian-Li Aluminum
Cooling: Coolermaster HCC-001 Sink with 7,200 rpm tornado fan.
Voltages: 1.65 - CPU, stock - RAM & Video
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 213T - 21.3" LCD
Average CPU Temp: 117 F/47 C.
Misc: Combo floppy drive/CF/SM/SD card reader, CoolerMaster Aerogate II temp. monitor and fan controller.


I hate you where do you live so I can steal your nice PC?

b]Motherboard:[/b]
Chipset:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800
RAM: 768 SD RAM PC 133
HDD's & Controller: 1 40GB Seagate 7200 RPM 1 20GB Seagate 7200 RPM
Video: Geforce 4 FX 5600 Not Oc'd
Removable Drives: None, unless you include my USB keys
Sound: Soundblaster Live 128
Case: Custom.
Cooling: 2 Extra Case fans.
Voltages: ? I can't be bothered to reboot my PC and check.
Monitor: HP Pavillion Mx70 17 Inch
Average CPU Temp: Again, can't be arsed.
Misc: Floppy, DVD RW etc
[b]Benchmarks:[b] Dunno, its been a long time since I last run 3d Mark on this thing, but it runs HL2 in average detail ok.

bump

My computer runs on the blood of the exploited working class. Top that.

My computer... works. Relatively quickly. It runs most games I've evr tried to load on it. It's better than the piece of junk I used to have.

:D That's the extent of my knowledge concerning my beloved compy.

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe)
Chipset: Nvidia N-Force 2
CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, OC'd to 2.5 Gigahertz (200 FSB x 12.5 Multiplier)
RAM: 1024 Megs, Corsair XMS - PC3500
HDD's & Controller: Two 36 Gig, WD Raptors (10,000 rpm) in a RAID -0- Configuration on the SATA controller and two 80 Gig. 7,200 rpm, 8 Meg. cache Maxtors on the IDE controller.
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro w/ 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Zip 250, Memorex Double-Layer DVD +/- R/RW burner
Sound: Onboard Soundstorm with Klipsch 5.1 speaker set-up
Case: Lian-Li Aluminum
Cooling: Coolermaster HCC-001 Sink with 7,200 rpm tornado fan.
Voltages: 1.65 - CPU, stock - RAM & Video
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 213T - 21.3" LCD
Average CPU Temp: 117 F/47 C.
Misc: Combo floppy drive/CF/SM/SD card reader, CoolerMaster Aerogate II temp. monitor and fan controller.
Benchmarks: I've not run any in a long time and find that comparing this from system to system is like apples-bananas - feel free to post yours if you wish though.

Feck i'll pay you $5 NZD otherwise lets see what i've got in my little surgery bag here....

My Comp. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000301N94/104-1073825-8018326?v=glance)

As it is on the market, now. Not bad, not the best in the west.

Chipset: Intel 925XE 1066/800MHz FSB
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Processor w/ HT Technology Extreme Edition 3.46GHz 1066MHz FSB 2.5MB Cache
RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Video: ati radeon x800 xt platinum ed.
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with dual firewire
Case: NA
Cooling: NA
Voltages: NA
Monitor: Viewsonic E220
Average CPU Temp: NA
Misc: Sony DRU-710A 16x and Dual-Layer +R Internal

Politics/Religion/Music - seems that's all I see in the General forum these days so. . .

Now for something completely different

If you built your computer yourself and are proud of it (and I bet we've got a bunch of those here) Tell us about it, brag on yourself, post a picture if you want. Let's see who's the uber techno guy. Use the following format it will make things easier for those who follow up. Here's one of mine (I have 4, but this is the one I use most).

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe)
Chipset: Nvidia N-Force 2
CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, OC'd to 2.5 Gigahertz (200 FSB x 12.5 Multiplier)
RAM: 1024 Megs, Corsair XMS - PC3500
HDD's & Controller: Two 36 Gig, WD Raptors (10,000 rpm) in a RAID -0- Configuration on the SATA controller and two 80 Gig. 7,200 rpm, 8 Meg. cache Maxtors on the IDE controller.
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro w/ 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Zip 250, Memorex Double-Layer DVD +/- R/RW burner
Sound: Onboard Soundstorm with Klipsch 5.1 speaker set-up
Case: Lian-Li Aluminum
Cooling: Coolermaster HCC-001 Sink with 7,200 rpm tornado fan.
Voltages: 1.65 - CPU, stock - RAM & Video
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 213T - 21.3" LCD
Average CPU Temp: 117 F/47 C.
Misc: Combo floppy drive/CF/SM/SD card reader, CoolerMaster Aerogate II temp. monitor and fan controller.
Benchmarks: I've not run any in a long time and find that comparing this from system to system is like apples-bananas - feel free to post yours if you wish though.

LCD monitors = blurry mess in games

Chipset: Intel 925XE 1066/800MHz FSB
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Processor w/ HT Technology Extreme Edition 3.46GHz 1066MHz FSB 2.5MB Cache
RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Video: ati radeon x800 xt platinum ed.
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with dual firewire
Case: NA
Cooling: NA
Voltages: NA
Monitor: Viewsonic E220
Average CPU Temp: NA
Misc: Sony DRU-710A 16x and Dual-Layer +R Internal

NICE!!

LCD monitors = blurry mess in games

Not that bad, at least not mine. Admittedly, not as good as a CRT for fast action stuff. Does most well though - Simcity, Civilization, etc. work fine. Doom3 is good too until I get moving really fast.

Not that bad, at least not mine. Admittedly, not as good as a CRT for fast action stuff. Does most well though - Simcity, Civilization, etc. work fine. Doom3 is good too until I get moving really fast.

Oooh, I love simcity. Which one? (your computer isnt too bad either ;) )

Oooh, I love simcity. Which one? (your computer isnt too bad either ;) )

I usually play SC 3000 Unlimited. The original gets played online sometimes though and I play 2000 on my kids computer. I have 4, but haven't played it much.

Motherboard: ABIT IC7-G+
CPU: Pentium4 2.4 @ 3.1, 800FSB, its a Phillipino chip too - Much better than the Costa Rica crap out there.
RAM: 2x512 Dual Channel matched OC-Z Platinum - PC3500
HDD's & Controller: 1 (yes *sigh* only 1) Seagate Baracuda 120GB 7,200 rpm, 8 Meg. cache on SATA
Video: ATI 9800 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Lite-On Double-Layer DVD +/- R/RW burner, Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW
Sound: Onboard with Logitech Z-560 4.1, 400W (waiting for the z-5500 to come down in price a little so I can sell these and upgrade)
Case: Antec Sonata, Black with a piano like finish - mod'd and has blue LED feet, 2x120mm blue LED fans, windowed, blue LED 400W TruePower, Sleeved in black tech-flex, two blue cold-cathodes in case - one under.
Cooling: Vantec MTD fan - these things are awesome!
Voltages: Sorry - can't be bothered to check and can't remember off hand
Monitor: ViewSonic Graphics Professional Series (in black), P90f - 19" Flat CRT
Average CPU Temp: 120 F
Misc/Input: Logitech MX-700 wireless combo, Logitech OrbitCam - everything is sooo black and shiny! I have mod'd a lot of my peripherals to have the same blue LED's where they would otherwise be green or red, and I have several blue LED tubes running externally hidden under the various levels of my desk to continue the theme. Plus I have the coolest blue LED mouse pad that I adore when it's lit. Luckily I have a Belkin F6C500-UNV UPS - saves my ass a lot.

Thats pretty much that. Not the best, but it does pretty good. :)

Mine runs Doom 3, with a small amount of laggage. I'm happy :D

I usually play SC 3000 Unlimited. The original gets played online sometimes though and I play 2000 on my kids computer. I have 4, but haven't played it much.
4 is good if you get the right plugins form here www.simtropolis.com

Chipset: Intel 925XE 1066/800MHz FSB
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Processor w/ HT Technology Extreme Edition 3.46GHz 1066MHz FSB 2.5MB Cache
RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Video: ati radeon x800 xt platinum ed.
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with dual firewire
Case: NA
Cooling: NA
Voltages: NA
Monitor: Viewsonic E220
Average CPU Temp: NA
Misc: Sony DRU-710A 16x and Dual-Layer +R Internal
damn!! :eek:

Processor: AMD Athlon 3000, says here 797+ MHz
HD: 60 GB
OS: Windows XP SP 2
Other features: Wireless capable; in fact, this post is being typed on my wireless connection to my router, which supports a 300ft range and a 54Mb top speed (of course, my connection is a mere 3Mb, but that's how fast connections come these days...I have cable, and that seems to be pretty top-of-the-line for connections these days.)

Also, it's a laptop, so wherever I go, it can come. I can take it to a hotel and hook it up to a power source (though it has a two-hour battery life) and just go to a wireless connection. That or a coffee shop, where I can eat clam chowder out of a sourdough bread bowl and sip on a fancy coffee with a name I can't pronounce while I surf the internet.

3.4 EE Pentium
X800 plat., oc'ed to 550 Mhz core and 520 Memory
Had 512 ddr2 at 533. Upgraded to 2 gigs of Ballistix DDR2 at 533 Mhz
Dvd RW +- 8X
52X CdRw drive



Oddly enough, Doom 3 no longer works correctly on my machine. Since I'm running the X800 I thought it might have been problems with DX 9.0c except I can run various tech demos that utilize it. So I've got no friggin clue what's wrong.

Brag? My pc's shit.

I'm very bloody lucky I could play Doom3 with 640x480 resolution and no special effects.

2.8 pentium 4e
radeon 9800 AIW
1 gig 400mhz ddr
maxtor 80 gig sata main hd
200 gig maxtor for storage, (mostly recorded tv)
ahanix htpc aluminum case
gyration wireless keyboard and mouse
42 inch sony hdtv (grand wega)
lg dvd multi
lg dvdr+-rwram
2 nics
1 linksys wrt54gs router
1 modded xbox w/ xbmc and wireless bridge to stream media to tv in game room

3.4 EE Pentium
X800 plat., oc'ed to 550 Mhz core and 520 Memory
Had 512 ddr2 at 533. Upgraded to 2 gigs of Ballistix DDR2 at 533 Mhz
Dvd RW +- 8X
52X CdRw drive



Oddly enough, Doom 3 no longer works correctly on my machine. Since I'm running the X800 I thought it might have been problems with DX 9.0c except I can run various tech demos that utilize it. So I've got no friggin clue what's wrong.
tried the new ati drivers?

Check the last post of this Type for my PC. It's two steps above Valia's in In RAM and Processor, same everywhere else. This don't really matter, though, because I program in ASM and the only games I play from the past ten years are text-based (Dragon Court, as I'm a friend of Fred Haslam (programmer of Sim City 2K) and could briedly have called myself a "close-personal" friend of his.

This is my crappy old one which should be dead by now ...
* AMD K5 (350 Mhz) CPU
* Obselete Gigabyte motherboard
* 2 x 2Gb hard drives
* 32x and 4x CD-ROM (4x is to fill space in PC)
* 64Mb EDO RAM
* Acer V771 17" monitor
* Canon BJC-210 printer
* Canon FB630U scanner

whoo.hoo. this is like, the SEXIEST thread ever!!! ;)

whoo.hoo. this is like, the SEXIEST thread ever!!! ;)
it is now that you're here

built myself, cant be arsed to mod tho

Motherboard: forget...
Chipset: Nvidia N-Force 2
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, no OC (lazy)
RAM: 768 Megs
HDD's & Controller: Two Maxtors (hey, they're cheap ;) ) both 200 gig (400 total)
Video: 256mb Nvidia GeForceFX 5950 ultra, ViVo & no OC.
Removable Drives: Sony dual layer dvd burner (but its kinda shite :( )
Sound: Creative Audigy 2
Case: Thermaltake....something...looks cool (maybe pics later)
Cooling: nowt special (not an OCer or modder)
Misc: fan controller.

those new BTX cases look cool, eh?

it is now that you're here
thanks. if you only knew me..... anyhow, does that mean i have to stay? and talk about my


laptop? kidding. i love the nerdy threads, even if i am left out of the tecchie loop, it is still cool to read. i can only WISH i knew that much about my Toshiba.

iBook G5, 1.2 GHz, 60 GB hard drive space with a 120 GB external added on, iPod Shuffle 1 GB connected to it, running Mac OS X 10.3.7. Purchased December 25, 2004.

i have a stock hp laptop with 312 megs of ram. it's choked with spyware at the moment, because my school server sucks.

tried the new ati drivers?
Yeah, normals and the Omegas. Not sure what the problem is.

I have a compaq that was made in 1999. Look below it explains my feelings.



Compaq
:confused: :sniper:


Me after i bought a compaq
:headbang:


I wish someone would give me a new computer im getting tired of SimTower.

Celeron 466 with 312 mb ram, ATI rage Xpert 128 16 MB, 10Gb HDD :D

which was recently replaced by a dual P4 3.01 GHz, 512 MB DDR ram, Gigabyte board not sure what chipset or model too lazy to look, 120 Gb Maxtor SATA HDD, Radeon 9550 vid card w/ 256 Mb, CD R-W+DVD... meh! Plus a cheapo flat CRT. I'm nearly blind anyhoo.

Strange system of a mix of godly processing power but crap components like the vid card. :/

I didn't build it or custom order it. It was a demo on sale cheap so I bought it. So there. Beats the hell outta my celeron system though. :D

The best major computer distro is probably Dell, much as I despise them.

Celeron 466 with 312 mb ram, ATI rage Xpert 128 16 MB, 10Gb HDD :D

which was recently replaced by a dual P4 3.01 GHz, Gigabyte board not sure what chipset or model too lazy to look, 120 Gb Maxtor SATA HDD, Radeon 9550 vid card w/ 256 Mb, CD R-W+DVD... meh! Plus a cheapo flat CRT. I'm nearly blind anyhoo.

Strange system of a mix of godly processing power but crap components like the vid card. :/

I didn't build it or custom order it. It was a demo on sale cheap so I bought it. So there. Beats the hell outta my celeron system though. :D
your system would rock with more ram 1 gig or more to feed those processors oh, and occido please do ;)

Motherboard:ABit AX8
CPU:AMD Athlon64 FX55
RAM:Corsair Twinx 2x1GB
Graphics Card:Asus Radeon X800XT/TD 256MB PCI-E
HDD: 2 200GB Seagate Barracuda

Need I say more? :cool:

your system would rock with more ram 1 gig or more to feed those processors oh, and occido please do ;)

heh. its a toshiba. dark blue. i looked on the My computer list thing, and it says-
toshiba satellite
intel [R]
pentium [r] 4 cpu 2.66 ghz
480 mb of ram

what happens now? applause? boos? stony silence?

your system would rock with more ram 1 gig or more to feed those processors oh, and occido please do ;)

Aye. I think the store which built it intentionally gave it a insultingly pitiful endowment of RAM so I'd come back to buy more.

heh. its a toshiba. dark blue. i looked on the My computer list thing, and it says-
toshiba satellite
intel [R]
pentium [r] 4 cpu 2.66 ghz
480 mb of ram

what happens now? applause? boos? stony silence?
Year? That's actually pretty good for a PC laptop.

Aye. I think the store which built it intentionally gave it a insultingly pitiful endowment of RAM so I'd come back to buy more.
Buy it off newegg.com or tigerdirect.com. If going for high performance OCZ or Corsair tends to be the best.

heh. its a toshiba. dark blue. i looked on the My computer list thing, and it says-
toshiba satellite
intel [R]
pentium [r] 4 cpu 2.66 ghz
480 mb of ram

what happens now? applause? boos? stony silence?
Just a simple thanks for gracing this GEEK thread with your feminine wit.... :p

Year? That's actually pretty good for a PC laptop.
2003/ it does everything i need it to, so i have no issues with it. it helps to be ignorant about somethings.

Just a simple thanks for gracing this GEEK thread with your feminine wit.... :p
if i had a dollar everytime someone referred to my wit as something positive {and feminine!!!}...well, i would have a dollar. so thank YOU. i can go buy a liter of diet pepsi now. :fluffle:

1Ghz iMac 17" G4
80GB; 256 MB ram (I fucking hate Apple for selling computers with that much ram); 4x DVD-R; OS X 10.2.8

Apple are still selling G5s with 256MB ram... Fucking stupid, so very fucking stupid.

I knew it, we got some kick ass 'puters out here in NS land and some that just need a few minor upgrades to be kick ass as well and few that, well, hmm, let's be nice - You can check your e-mail with.

Oh, yeah, I think SimTower is actually a pretty cool game.

Keep 'em coming - anyone got cool pics of a mod they did?

Let's see...

2.6Ghz processor
120Gb hard drive
512Mb of RAM
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128Mb video card (is that good? I'm just reading off the little label on the front of my PC)
CD-RW drive
DVD drive
5 USB ports
runs Windows XP

Motherboard:ABit AX8
CPU:AMD Athlon64 FX55
RAM:Corsair Twinx 2x1GB
Graphics Card:Asus Radeon X800XT/TD 256MB PCI-E
HDD: 2 200GB Seagate Barracuda

Need I say more? :cool:
thats pretty damned nice, how do you like the ABIT? Ever since I got my IC7-G+ Ive been swearing I should've gone ASUS, but the softmenu is nice. Corsair is some good shit too, like crack for computers, but I've been diggin the OCZ lately, since it seems to be better priced. Still, thats one rad rig you have there. :)

I knew it, we got some kick ass 'puters out here in NS land and some that just need a few minor upgrades to be kick ass as well and few that, well, hmm, let's be nice - You can check your e-mail with.

Oh, yeah, I think SimTower is actually a pretty cool game.

Keep 'em coming - anyone got cool pics of a mod they did?
Sure do from the looks of things - sadly mine looks a little pale compared to some of these real high end rigs... but I have some damn cool lights and stuff!! The only real mods Ive done, are to the case - cut in a window, and drilled some holes for the LED feet I put on - which are kinda nice looking at night. Does anyone else here get into the appearance side of modding? :)

Asus p4800s Motherboard with 800 FSB.
Pentium Prescott 2.4 gig 1 MB L2 Cache. Overclocked.
I gig PC2700 Geil ram.
80 gig Serial ata Westgate HD.
52x32x52 Lite-on CD burner.
Black case with red glowy lights and stuff w/ side window and red glowy fan.

Its the best computer in the world.

Why?

Cause I built it myself.

Asus p4800s Motherboard with 800 FSB.
Pentium Prescott 2.4 gig 1 MB L2 Cache. Overclocked.
I gig PC2700 Geil ram.
80 gig Serial ata Westgate HD.
52x32x52 Lite-on CD burner.
Black case with red glowy lights and stuff w/ side window and red glowy fan.

Its the best computer in the world.

Why?

Cause I built it myself.
That sounds pretty decent alright, but you need to sell that RAM and get at least PC3200 @ 400MHz or you arent even using that bus speed to its max. Do you know where your chip was made?

Icidentally, I was torn when building my computer as to which pro. I would use (AMD/INTEL) the code name 'Prescott' for the HyperThread enabled chips from Pentium is what made my mind up - Prescott is my last name. Interesting useless information. :)

That sounds pretty decent alright, but you need to sell that RAM and get at least PC3200 @ 400MHz or you arent even using that bus speed to its max. Do you know where your chip was made?

Icidentally, I was torn when building my computer as to which pro. I would use (AMD/INTEL) the code name 'Prescott' for the HyperThread enabled chips from Pentium is what made my mind up - Prescott is my last name. Interesting useless information. :)

I chose the Prescott chip cuase it had the 1 MB L2 cache, figured it had to be better than 512k.
Turns out I wasnt dissapointed.
It really crunches numbers, and *i* think it compares to faster chips.

This is the first computer Ive built, and I wasnt sure if PC3200 was going to be fullly compatable so I went with the PC 2700 to be safe.
Havent really noticed any issues with it being slower,but im sure that if I CAN safely use PC 3200, it would cook even better.

My graphic card aint nothing to brag about, and therefore has not been mentioned.

My system aint no Alienware machine, but mine only cost me about 700$.
And it does whatever I ask it to, so Im pretty happy.

Heh. The PC I'm posting this on has:

300 MHz!
64MB RAM!

and...

Runs Windows 98!


Not quite OWNED you, I see.

I chose the Prescott chip cuase it had the 1 MB L2 cache, figured it had to be better than 512k.
Turns out I wasnt dissapointed.
It really crunches numbers, and *i* think it compares to faster chips.

This is the first computer Ive built, and I wasnt sure if PC3200 was going to be fullly compatable so I went with the PC 2700 to be safe.
Havent really noticed any issues with it being slower,but im sure that if I CAN safely use PC 3200, it would cook even better.

My graphic card aint nothing to brag about, and therefore has not been mentioned.

My system aint no Alienware machine, but mine only cost me about 700$.
And it does whatever I ask it to, so Im pretty happy.
I've got basically the same chip, and I have PC3500 (youre safe to use whatever you want btw, the higher frequency need only be considered by oc'ers like me though) I have my chip heavily oc'd right now, but I can bc it's a Phillipino chip not a Costa Rican chip. The CR chips can't take as much abuse aparently. Either way, yeah I like my system too, it was a budget build but I'm quite happy with the results. I posted it on here a ways back - page two or three I think. My graphics card is nothing special either, 9800 pro w/128Mb compared to these guys running the X800's with 256... but I can't be bothered to spend 600-700 bones Cdn on just that one component. I can't wait to build another system when Intel's new chipset goes down in price - and get my hands on some DDR2 spec - that stuff is rad. :)

Hmm, ok, since I built mine too.

Motherboard: Soyo Dragon Platinum Plus
Chipset: Via - won't support a 200 FSB though - no 1/5 divider for the PCI bus.
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+, OC'd to 2600+ speed (166 x 15 I think)
RAM: 1024 Megs, Corsair XMS - PC2700 (2 x 512)
HDD's & Controller: Two 80 Gig WD special editions RAID -0- on the MB controller and a 120 Gig 3rd drive for storage/backup.
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder 8500 w/ 128 megs video RAM (not OC'd)
Removable Drives: Zip 250, Sony make DVD rom/CD-RW combo drive
Sound: Onboard with some cheapo speakers
Case: Antec dark grey aluminum - it does have a fan in the side.
Cooling: Stock
Voltages: 1.75 - CPU, stock - RAM & Video
Monitor: Mitsubishi 21" CRT
Average CPU Temp: Dunno.
Misc: Soyo CF/SM/SD card reader.
Benchmarks: No clue

Not the greatest or the fastest, but hey, it rocks on Soldier of Fortune II

PIII 533mhz
256mb RAM
16mb intel graphics
9 gig hard drive

Fear me :)

it's a 386 with a zx81 taped to the top. Neat, eh?

I don't really know all that much about my pc...

athlon 2.8ghz or something.
700 odd meg of ram
Geforce 5200 mx, either that or some other graphics card.
120gb hard-drive.
oh yeah, and a 14inch monitor from the days of yore.
That's about it.

pitiful knowledge, hmmm?

it's a 386 with a zx81 taped to the top. Neat, eh?

I don't really know all that much about my pc...

athlon 2.8ghz or something.
700 odd meg of ram
Geforce 5200 mx, either that or some other graphics card.
120gb hard-drive.
oh yeah, and a 14inch monitor from the days of yore.
That's about it.

pitiful knowledge, hmmm?

Yeah, but it is obviously an artist's computer par excellence :D

Is that it, no one else has a computer?

Meh ... it's just a computer ...

Dual Boot system, Win XP/ Fedora Core 2 (Linux)
Intel Cel 2.66
512 Ram (DDR 400/3200)
Motherboard is a ECS PT800CE-A
Video: PNY nVidia GeForce2 MX
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 793MB
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro (I'm very proud of that one)
The usual bells and whistles.

It runs Doom3 without any lag and it does everything I need it to do.

I find that internet usage and access greatly decelerates your computer's speed. I suggest having one comp for internet and one for games and junk.

Meh, figured I may as well put my specs in as well. ;)

Machine 1: Diabolus
Motherboard: ABIT AV8
Chipset: KT800 Pro
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
RAM: 512 megs, PC3200
HDD: 1 200 gig SATA Western Digital, 8 meg cache
Video: ATI 9800 Pro, OC'ed to XT, BIOS unflashed
Case: Shoddy.
Cooling: Stock AMD 64 cool-and-quiet fan, coolermaster on video card
Voltages: stock
Monitor: Very shoddy.
Average CPU Temp: 43 degrees C.

Second machine is an A-XP 2200+ with 512 megs of PC2700, but I just use that for Linux, internet and MUDding stuff, mostly.

Machine 1: PowerMac G5
Motherboard: Apple's custom job, ATX-sized, it's blue :cool:
CPU: Dual 64 bit IBM G5s, running at 2.5 GHz (dual 1.25 GHz busses)
RAM: 1.5 GB PC3200 DDR 400MHz
HDD: 250 GB SATA Hitachi, 8 meg cache, external 20 GB FireWire drive (hey, it was around and I didn't want to buy an SATA to ATA adaptor :) )
Video: Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, memory over-clocked to match 400 MHz core
Case: Gorgeous titanium
Cooling: Four independent cooling zones, nine software controlled, low RPM fans and a closed liquid cooling system for the processors.
Monitor: 17" Samsung LCD with DVI connection, 75Hz refresh rate (!)
Average CPU Temps: CPU 1: 130ºF, CPU 2: 120ºF

For you guys who absolutely HAVE to use Windows, my machine is powerful enough to emulate 3 PCs running Windows XP simultaneously ;)

Machine 1: PowerMac G5
Motherboard: Apple's custom job, ATX-sized, it's blue :cool:
CPU: Dual 64 bit IBM G5s, running at 2.5 GHz (dual 1.25 GHz busses)
RAM: 1.5 GB PC3200 DDR 400MHz
HDD: 250 GB SATA Hitachi, 8 meg cache, external 20 GB FireWire drive (hey, it was around and I didn't want to buy an SATA to ATA adaptor :) )
Video: Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, memory over-clocked to match 400 MHz core
Case: Gorgeous titanium
Cooling: Four independent cooling zones, nine software controlled, low RPM fans and a closed liquid cooling system for the processors.
Monitor: 17" Samsung LCD with DVI connection, 75Hz refresh rate (!)
Average CPU Temps: CPU 1: 130ºF, CPU 2: 120ºF

For you guys who absolutely HAVE to use Windows, my machine is powerful enough to emulate 3 PCs running Windows XP simultaneously ;)

Wow! Kick ass.

Machine 1: PowerMac G5
Motherboard: Apple's custom job, ATX-sized, it's blue :cool:
CPU: Dual 64 bit IBM G5s, running at 2.5 GHz (dual 1.25 GHz busses)
RAM: 1.5 GB PC3200 DDR 400MHz
HDD: 250 GB SATA Hitachi, 8 meg cache, external 20 GB FireWire drive (hey, it was around and I didn't want to buy an SATA to ATA adaptor :) )
Video: Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, memory over-clocked to match 400 MHz core
Case: Gorgeous titanium
Cooling: Four independent cooling zones, nine software controlled, low RPM fans and a closed liquid cooling system for the processors.
Monitor: 17" Samsung LCD with DVI connection, 75Hz refresh rate (!)
Average CPU Temps: CPU 1: 130ºF, CPU 2: 120ºF

For you guys who absolutely HAVE to use Windows, my machine is powerful enough to emulate 3 PCs running Windows XP simultaneously ;)
Wow, thats hot! :eek: