December 29, 2003, 17:35
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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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December 29, 2003, 17:35
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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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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui
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December 29, 2003, 17:37
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My Celeron will take that heap of junk anyday!
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December 29, 2003, 17:38
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what are your specs Harry?
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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui
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December 29, 2003, 17:39
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Almost good enough to beat my 1 year old machine. 
Have fun with it. 
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December 29, 2003, 17:42
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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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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui
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December 29, 2003, 17:42
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what need is 333MHz RAM with 266 MHz FSB?
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December 29, 2003, 17:45
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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
63 MB RAM
New (but still bulky) hi-res monitor
Win 98
CDW
Ethernet card
14 gig HD
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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December 29, 2003, 17:46
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Prince
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Intel P4 2.8GHz @ 533FSB
DDRRAM 333Mhz 512MB
Samsung DVDROM 16x
48x8x40 CDRW
Geforce IV Ti4600 128MB
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December 29, 2003, 17:48
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soon I'll have 1 gig o RAM, DDR 266
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December 29, 2003, 17:49
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[nelson]
Hehe, Whaleboy has a bigger penis...
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December 29, 2003, 18:19
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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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December 29, 2003, 18:31
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Intel P4 2.8GHz @ 533FSB
DDRRAM 333Mhz 512MB
Samsung DVDROM 16x
48x8x40 CDRW
Geforce IV Ti4600 128MB
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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui
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December 29, 2003, 18:39
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P4.6 with 900-googlefloppies per googlefloppy
ASVAB 400X2 CD-ROM with Read/Write/Spellcheck/Speak'nSay
ATI R2D2 Holographic Video Card, complete with Princess Leia movie
1024 DDRAMO+ operating at 566 megakizzles
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December 29, 2003, 19:43
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I miss my 486... 
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December 29, 2003, 19:52
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I have a twelve inch hard drive.
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December 29, 2003, 20:16
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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
12x8x24x hp cdrw
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
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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
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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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December 30, 2003, 03:10
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ph33r the crap computer
AMD Duron 750MHz
192MB SDRAM
Seagate 15GB HDD
GeForce 2 64MB AGP
Hewlett Packard keyboard
50X CD-ROM
4X CD-RW
56k modem
And, the best component
Wallace & Gromit mousepad
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December 30, 2003, 03:14
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I have a twelve inch hard drive.
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286 processor?
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December 30, 2003, 03:52
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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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December 30, 2003, 04:55
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Originally posted by Whaleboy
Intel P4 2.8GHz @ 533FSB
DDRRAM 333Mhz 512MB
Samsung DVDROM 16x
48x8x40 CDRW
Geforce IV Ti4600 128MB
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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 3400+ (2.1GHz)
1GB DDR400 (CL2)
Samsung 16x DVD-ROM
ASUS 52x24x52x CD-RW
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (@ 440MHz core, 750MHz memory -- faster than an XT)
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Gigabit ethernet
2 x 120GB SATA 8MB in RAID0
Virtually noiseless
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December 30, 2003, 04:57
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President of the OT
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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
52x/48x/52x CD-RW & 16x DVD-ROM combo unit
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
Wireless router & PCI card
ATX case w/ 350W power supply
All for under $700 CDN.
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December 30, 2003, 05:25
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AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton)
nForce A7N8X Mobo
1024MB Kingston RAM
80GB 7200rpm HD
Standard CD ROM drive
Standard CD-RW Drive
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
Standard Case with 4_0 Power Supply
All for about $1100 CDN.
I'm very happy with it.
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December 30, 2003, 05:49
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Deity
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Originally posted by Asher
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 3400+ (2.1GHz)
1GB DDR400 (CL2)
Samsung 16x DVD-ROM
ASUS 52x24x52x CD-RW
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (@ 440MHz core, 750MHz memory -- faster than an XT)
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Gigabit ethernet
2 x 120GB SATA 8MB in RAID0
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Nice, ver nice.
What OS do you run on this? 
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December 30, 2003, 05:50
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President of the OT
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Windows XP Professional, of course. Soon to be Windows XP 64-bit Edition.
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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December 30, 2003, 06:25
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I have a twelve inch hard drive.
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I wish I had one of those dishwasher packs. They are so cool.
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December 30, 2003, 09:47
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Prince
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Asher has a bigger penis than I
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December 30, 2003, 11:31
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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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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 3400+ (2.1GHz)
1GB DDR400 (CL2)
Samsung 16x DVD-ROM
ASUS 52x24x52x CD-RW
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (@ 440MHz core, 750MHz memory -- faster than an XT)
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Gigabit ethernet
2 x 120GB SATA 8MB in RAID0
Virtually noiseless
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December 30, 2003, 11:45
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+3 years old machine
AMD Athlon 850 MHz
512 MB 133Mhz SDRAM
20Gb HD (First HD)
80Gb HD (Second HD, bought later)
LG CD Burner 24x
DVD Burner 2x (bought later)
Riva TNT2 32Mb
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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December 30, 2003, 11:47
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I forget to add that it's virtually noisefull
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