Raige All American 4386 Posts user info edit post |
There are a few posts like this but typically they start off or are titled with someone bragging and not everyone responds. Post what ya got and why you put in what you did. Also mention anything you don't like about your system and maybe what you'd do to fix it.
Athlon 64 3700 San Diego 1 gig DDR Corsair Ram (3700) MSI Nforce3 64 bit motherboard w/ sata and raid. 2 160gb IDE 7200 rpm Maxtor HD's ATI X800XT All-in-Wonder Panasonic DVD-RW CD-Rom (for those stupid games that have issues running on dvd-roms that have delay). 20" Dell Trinitron
It's not the best, but it's nice . My next upgrade is the monitor. Hoping for a good flatscreen like the Acer AL1914. Waiting until after christmas.
What ya got? 12/19/2005 10:03:34 AM |
Docido All American 4642 Posts user info edit post |
A Pentium III compatible MB. Pentium III 933 1 gig unknown ram ATI Raedon... video card 30 GB 7200 HDD DVD-RW DVD ROM CDR 17" Sony and Acer monitors
...most important stat: Stopped upgrading ages ago (as you can tell) 12/19/2005 10:34:14 AM |
xvang All American 3468 Posts user info edit post |
IBM ThinkCentre ---------------- Pentium IV 2.4GHz w/ HT 1024MB PC2700 GeForceMX 420 40GB HD 80GB HD 4X DVD-RW 52X CD-ROM
19" IBM ThinkVision Flat Panel Monitor IBM Keyboard IBM Optical Mouse IBM Webcam 2.0 IBM Desktop Speakers
...most important stat: It was all FREE... built from scrap parts being thrown away at work.
[Edited on December 19, 2005 at 10:44 AM. Reason : stats] 12/19/2005 10:43:01 AM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego - as high as they went before the $$$ chips, small size for better cooling 2 GB OCZ 3700 RAM - Because BF2 usually runs with about 1GB system memory and I'm always the first to load in to a map ASUS A8N-SLI Premium mobo - because I might want to try a couple of 7800's in SLI when I get out of grad school and can drp that kind of cash for video cards. also a big fan of the passive cooling/heat tubes on the board. It also has 8 SATA connectors for a lot of flexibility. Onboard 7.1 surround sound kicks ass (thou I only use 2.1 of the channels right now), an asston of USB 2.0 (8 I think), and 2 10/100 connections 2 160 GB Seagate SATA HDD in Raid 0 - I trust seagate, they have good access speeds, and I don't have anything important on my desktop to warrant a Raid 1...and I reformat every few months anyway Sapphire x800XL 512MB video card - 512 MB kicks some tail, plus it has 12 pixel pipelines for less $ than lower pipes on other cards, cooling vents direct to case exterior thru a second slot vent. I run BF2 completely maxed out with no gaphical lag Lite-ON DVD burner - again, it's who you trust and I trust Lite-ON for by burners. I don't make DVD's yet, but it's nice to know I have the option in the future. Viewsonic e90f 19" CRT - never been let down by VS quality. 19" is plenty big for me, and I like CRTs better for gaming Dell 19" monitor - because my grad school was giving them away for free when they upgraded their systems, and it is actually nice to be able to have a spreadsheet open on one screen and do analysis on another without having to switch back and forth. Plus, I have my old gaming rig hooked up thru a KVM switch and can keep on gaming while flipping monitors to change music (old rig pretty much just used for tunes and movies thru my entertainment center and TV)
[Edited on December 19, 2005 at 10:52 AM. Reason : .] 12/19/2005 10:51:47 AM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
AMD Athalon 64 3800+ 2GB OCZ RAM 2-3-2-5 timing Gigabyte A8N-SLI Pro 2 160GB WD SATA HDDs GeForce 7800GT Lite-On CD/DVD 19" CRT monitor
im definitely going to be overclocking some stuff sometime. the thing is running idle b/w 22-26 C lately and under load in the mid 30s. i could overclock my processor like mad and still have it running cool just under air cooling. but i have no need to atm 12/19/2005 1:19:04 PM |
Perlith All American 7620 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'll show you my gaming rig if you show me yours" |
12/19/2005 1:22:45 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
AMD Athlon64 3700+ 1 GB Corsair XMS DDR RAM PC3200 (2 x 512) ASUS K8V-SE Deluxe motherboard (SATA, RAID, firewire, 4.1 sound, etc.) Winfast GeForce 6600GT 128 MB AGP 8x 40 GB ATA100 7200 RPM Seagate (I think?) HD (boot drive, salvaged from older system) 160 GB ATA133 7200 RPM Maxtor HD Lite-On 52/32/52 CD-RW Old large mid-tower/small full-tower Gateway case (originally from a G6-450xl) 400W PSU 19" Gateway VX900 CRT monitor
Kind of a hodgepodge, but built on the cheap, and a lot nicer than anything I've previously had. 12/19/2005 2:59:12 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11611 Posts user info edit post |
AMD 3500+ OCed to 2.4GHz 1GB DDR400 RAM ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe WD 80GBx2 RAID 0 SATA WD 160GB IDE BFG 6800GT OC NEC 3500A DVD Burner Dell p1130 21" CRT @ 1600x1200 Thermaltake Venus 12 CPU cooler Thermaltake Tsunami Case
I would love to upgrade to twin 7800GTs and a monitor array of a Dell 2405fpw and 2 Dell 2001fp, but that would take some serious cash that I don't have. 12/19/2005 3:20:23 PM |
brianj320 All American 9166 Posts user info edit post |
right now: (will be changing big time from my christmas presents..hehe )
AMD Athlon64 3200+ Socket 754 running at 2.2Ghz ASUS K8V-SE Deluxe Motherboard with VIA K8T800 chipset 768MB Corsair XMS SDRAM DDR400 PC3200 RAM 160GB Seagate Barricuda 7200RPM SATA HDD 60GB 7200RPM Firewire External HDD ATI Radeon 9600xt OCed Standard 52X CD-ROM Drive NEC Black DVD+R/+RW/+R(DL)/-R/-RW/ROM/CD-R/-RW/ROM Burner - OEM 3.5" Standard Floppy Drive Chieftec Dragon Series Aluminum Blue Case Ultra 500-Watt PSU Labtec 2.1 Standard Desktop Speakers WinXP-SP2 12/19/2005 3:54:16 PM |
Maugan All American 18178 Posts user info edit post |
my dick. 12/19/2005 4:29:26 PM |
Axelay All American 6276 Posts user info edit post |
Pentium 4 3.4ghz Abit IC7-MAX3 2 gigs Kingston Hyper X DDR4300 BFG GeForce 6800 GT Sound Blaster Audigy 2 2x 40 gig HDD's Sony 16x dual layer DVD burner Sony 52x DVD ROM
Best of all, I shopped around quite a bit and built it all for about $1100, and this was way back last summer.
Only thing I'd change about it is that I do need a more practical way to keep it all cool. My desk has a closed cabinet which really doesn't agree with this machine. Water cooling would work well, I suppose. Aside from that, I absolutely swear by each of the manufacturers who created my components. I have been building PC's using their components for years now, and I've never once had any disastrous failures. Hell, the most significant thing I've ever had happen was that my GeForce 6800 burned out, and BFG had me a brand new replacement the NEXT DAY. Now that's supreme customer service. 12/19/2005 4:49:47 PM |
alexwbush All American 3344 Posts user info edit post |
Pentium 4 2.8ghz HT Chaintech Apogee Motherboard 1 gig (4x256) PC3200 GeForce FX5200 (I know...) 200gig HD 120gig HD 40gig HD (I need my storage) NEC 16x (I belive) dual layer DVD burner Some blah CD burner
But I am upgrading with these parts AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX Update ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard SAPPHIRE 100130SR Radeon X800GTO2 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Deluxe Video Card 12/19/2005 5:04:33 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "(I need my storage)" |
pr0n?12/19/2005 5:10:38 PM |
alexwbush All American 3344 Posts user info edit post |
^haha... that would be bad
I got an AIW card about a year ago and never knew it had a record feature until about 2 months ago... and since then I filled up my 120 and 40gig HD's... so I figure a 200gig for $40 online for black friday couldn't hurt anything.
[Edited on December 19, 2005 at 5:19 PM. Reason : english] 12/19/2005 5:19:23 PM |
Noen All American 31346 Posts user info edit post |
Athlon 64 3500+ 2gigs OCZ PC3200 (2x1gig) 74gb 10k raptor system drive 320gb 7200rpm 8mb secondary drive 16xNEC 3500A DVD-DL burner eVGA 6800GT 256mb AGP video Shuttle SN95G5 (nforce3 based sff mobo)
The only change from when I bought all this in August '04 was trading out the raid array (2 74gb raptors) for the raptor+storage.
Paid about $1700 for it a year and a half ago. Paired it with the Dell 2001fp, which I paid out the ass for 12/19/2005 7:14:01 PM |
Golovko All American 27023 Posts user info edit post |
Athlon 64x2 4800+ Abit Fatality edition mobo 7800GTX dual WD Raptor 74gb hdd 2gb of Corsair ultra-low latency Ram 24" Dell Widescreen flat panel LCD 12/19/2005 7:16:39 PM |
MiGZ All American 2314 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Fatality Edition" |
lol!12/19/2005 7:19:46 PM |
Golovko All American 27023 Posts user info edit post |
^only one available with the specs i required. although it did come with some pretty cool 'extras' 12/19/2005 7:20:43 PM |