What kind of computer?

[Jack Mehoff]

do you have? Did you buy it from a store or you built it?


My homemade, main PC:

AMD xp2500+@2400mhz
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe v2.0
Corsair 1024mb PC3200 400mhz
WD SE 120GB 8mb cache + Maxtor 120GB 8mb cache=240GB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
ATI Radeon 9700 AIW 128mb
NEC 4x DVD-RW
Lite On 52-24-52 CD-RW
Koolance water cooling case
Antec 550watts


I have 3 more desktops and 1 laptop but i'm too lazy to list them all.

[Salty Dog]

dad bought it:

2003 gateway with a pentium 4 processor, and thats about all i know, other than it has a ton of memory.

[Seoulstriker]

Chieftec Matrix ATX case with 550W Okia PSU.
2.4b ghz P4 (overclocking is dangerous with my slow ram and mobo)
133 FSB
asus p4b266
1024 mb 2100
IBM 120 gb 7200
CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
DVD-ROM drive

xfx geforce fx 5900NU 128 449/933 with ramsinks on front and back
*** bios-modded to 5950 @510/968 ***
(previously megaspeed geforce 4 mx440 128)

2 vantec stealth intake fans
2 exhaust fans
2 PSU fans
1 side window fan
1 XFX videocard fan
dragon ORB 478
1coolpc slot fan

mobo and processor running 24/26 idle, 24/36-40 at full blast
video card running at 44 idle, 56 full blast, 63 in Bridge It (what a hog).

13xxx in 2001, 56xx in '03.


i'm definitely going to move to the AMD 64 1.5-2 years. or maybe intel, if they get their act together.

[Ratamacue]

Built mine myself.

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0ghz
MSI Neo2 Motherboard
PNY 1024mb DDR RAM @ 333mhz
30mb HD + 20mb HD = 50GB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4400 128mb
Sony DVD-ROM Drive
Sony CD-R/RW Drive
350watt Power Supply

[memphiz]

i got's me a pentium3, my brother built it about 1 year ago
450mhz-somehow without overclocking it it runs around 650+, i can run BF1942 fine.
2x4.1GB HD
32MB videocardi think its a G-force3(i cant remember im not at my house)
256mb ram
theres like 14+ fans in it
CD-RW
DVD

compared to most your guys comp mine sucks but i like it, it runs the games i want.it the perfect system for hand built. and the ones i cant run i play on my bro's comp its

AMD-750-1000+mhz (i think ill ask)
32mb G-force 4
80GB HD
1024mb ram
CD-RW
DVD
Volcano 9 fan
etc. if he comes here he can say the rest in it,or correct my mistakes

[James]

Some kind of HP. I bought it at a store. I found a salesman and pointed it out.

"I want that one!"

[James]

Is it difficult and/or expensive to build a computer? I wouldn't know where to begin.

Please advise.

[ShotOver]

Mine has a big screen thing, and it's grey, and makes a kind of soft whiring noise.

:|

Got a couple of yellow lights on it too.

[seventy6er]

Home made:

XP2800
EPoX 8KRA2+ MoBo
512MB RAM @ 400Mhz
120GB HDD + 40GB HDD (will be getting another 120 or 160)
GeForce FX5200 (I don't play)
Plextor 2410 (will be getting a DVD-burner next week)
Toshiba SD-M1712
15" TFT
silent 400W
enough for my needs

[seventy6er]

Is it difficult and/or expensive to build a computer? I wouldn't know where to begin.

Please advise.

Actually it's very easy, you don't need to be a computer-geek to do it.

If you start from the scratch, you first need a Tower, then select a good MoBo (your local dealer will help you) and the chipset, RAM, HDD, floppy, graphic-card, additional drives (DVD, burner etc.).

You put the chipset on your MoBo, plug in your RAM, graphic-card, attach the drives - done. ;)

[UoUo]

Pentium 4 1800mhz
256mb 400mhz Rd ram
WD SE 120GB + Maxtor 40GB 8mb cache=240GB
ATI Radeon 9100 64mb
NEC 8x DVD-RW
Lite On 52-32-52 CD-RW

:|

[Haiw]

Built at a local shop to my specs (I wanted to build it myself, but my dad wasn't too happy about that, and he was the investor):

Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz (800 fsb)
1024 MB DDR PC3200
ASUS mobo (can't be arsed to dig out the specs)
2x120 and 1x80 (so thats 320 GB) of maxtor 7200 rpm harddisks.
Geforce 2 Ti (temporary solution, still waiting for a 'winner' in the graphics card battle)
SoundBlaster Live! (yeah cheap, but it's not like there's any difference between this and the Audigy)
17" Iiyama top-of-the-line CRT monitor

[Operation Ivy]

Gateway about 3years old
Radeon 9800XT :hug:
75GB
256RAM
1.79GHZ
Pentium4
15in Flat Screen

[berkal]

After building my own machines for a long time I finally decided to see what the fuss was all about and bought myself an Alienware Aurora XP3200 which just flies...very happy :D

http://www.alienware.co.uk/Images/Prod_Info_Img/cases/configurator_cases/v3_prd_configurator_plasma_purple.jpg

[flickme]

Got a dell. Not very happy with it. Not very good for gaming but it works.

[Seoulstriker]

an alienware??? did you spend over $2000 for that? :)

[DeltaWhisky58]

Sony RX403N (P4 2.4Ghz./512Mb RAM)

[Ratamacue]

Is it difficult and/or expensive to build a computer? I wouldn't know where to begin.

Please advise.

Generally, it's cheaper to build a high-performance computer than it is to buy one, often because you can take parts from your old computer (i.e. CD-ROM, power supply, hard drive) and put those in the one you're building rather than buy completely new ones. It can be a little tricky to put together, but basically you just gotta read the manual from the motherboard and it'll have a diagram showing all the sockets for different wires.

[Herrmannek]

Cheap piece of crap for poor student below all possible poverty lines...
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Mainboard Epox Krl..something KT600
512 ram noname
Graphics Radeon hercules prophet 3d 9100
Fan noname :)
Parts sponsored by my parents:
ATX midi-tower noname
Monitor Flatron 915ft+ CRT 19"
HDD 40 GB baracuda ****
Cd-writer lg 8W/4RW/32R
a4-tech mouse
keyboard noname

[Operation Ivy]

keyboard
haha No Way!! :D

[Jack Mehoff]

Start posting pictures



http://upload.serverseed.com/

[Operation Ivy]

If i had a digital camera i would but snice i dont heres what my graphic card looks like. I think u can tell i love it :hug:

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2003/10/03/15ll.jpg

[Seoulstriker]

http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/Room2-007.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/Room2-008.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/Room2-009.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/computer/outside-and-computer-010.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/computer/outside-and-computer-011.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/computer/outside-and-computer-012.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/computer/outside-and-computer-013.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/computer/outside-and-computer-014.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/computer/outside-and-computer-015.jpg

[Herrmannek]

Yoy defintly have to much money :)

[fred_engles]

Apparently laptop owners - like myself - are few and far between here.

[cut]

he's to young to drink so we'd all be rich in his position

[MolliG]

Yoy defintly have to much money :)
Maybe some should go on a cleaner? ;)

[Herrmannek]

Yoy defintly have to much money :)
Maybe some should go on a cleaner? ;)

???.. did you mean conservation of plain areas?

[Seoulstriker]

Yoy defintly have to much money :)
Maybe some should go on a cleaner? ;)

???.. did you mean conservation of plain areas?


is she referring to a stereotype of polish women? :|

[Jack Mehoff]

My new Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse I bought it yesterday. The best $80 i ever spent. Once you go wireless, you'd never go back.


http://upload.serverseed.com/images/972-key.jpg

[Jack Mehoff]

Apparently laptop owners - like myself - are few and far between here.

I got a POS Toshiba Satellite. It is not so good for gamer but it's enough for me


http://upload.serverseed.com/images/991-lap2.jpg

[Seiyuuki]

I got a labtop too...

Mobile Pentium 4 - 2.4 Ghz
DDR PC2700 - 768 Mb
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 M9 - 64 Mb DDR Video Memory
Toshiba HDD - 40 Gb

More than adequate for school and good enough for me when it come to gaming. The nice thing is that the only thing that I can't manually upgrade is the video card, everything else is upgradable anytime I got the money.

[Falco]

1800+ oc'ed
GA7RXP
768 DDR333
2x60GB Seagates baracuda4 in RAID0 and anothe 60GB
G4Ti4400
Creative audigy platinum
Logi. MX500
Nostromo n50
Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar


3x80mm intake 2x80mm exhaust, 1x120mm exhaust 2x120mm exhaust (all fans are QuadBlue LED)
UV rouded cables, UV cathode, modded Antec 430watts PSU, Sunbeam rheo.

[pAt]

Athlon XP KT3 ultra
RADEON 9200
1022MB RAM
120GB harddrive
10GB harddrive

-Getting a new CPU chip in summer i think mine screwed up over heat issues
-Getting new motherboard placed in summer

[Jack Mehoff]

http://www.nastyburger.com/room2.jpg

http://www.nastyburger.com/wc1.jpg

[Jack Mehoff]

http://s89501235.onlinehome.us/DeskRight-December-12-03%5BBlur%5D.jpg

http://s89501235.onlinehome.us/DeskLeft-December-12-03%5BBlur%5D.jpg

[MolliG]

Woah! Looks like someone needs a few bin bags! :lol:

[Shake n Bake]

dude, you're going to get electrocuted!

[MVSpartan117]

Just bought a recieved the parts for my new computer yesterday!

I'll post some pics aftr i build it and iu'll post the specs :)

[Herrmannek]

http://www.ihateaol.co.uk/misc/pics/02.14.04-18:16:00HPIM0162.JPG

[flickme]

Thats the dirtiest thing ive ever seen. How do u live like that? lol.

[Herrmannek]

Thats the dirtiest thing ive ever seen. How do u live like that? lol.
My or Jack's?

[Seoulstriker]

i hope those aren't empty wodka bottles. rofl

[Herrmannek]

i hope those aren't empty wodka bottles. rofl

No mineral water...

[memphiz]

damn you guys are messy.
@Jack
damn you got alot of computers, do you do that besides the military? like biuld and sell them?

[Jack Mehoff]

damn you guys are messy.
@Jack
damn you got alot of computers, do you do that besides the military? like biuld and sell them?

A hobby

[Seoulstriker]

jack, your watercooling system isn't as xtreme as the systems over at xtremesystems.org. ;)

[Jack Mehoff]

jack, your watercooling system isn't as xtreme as the systems over at xtremesystems.org. ;)

It doesn't matter because this water cooling is quiet like a mute kid

[Seoulstriker]

nice. i wish i had a water cooling system in my computer. i don't like the maintenance, though. :(

eventually, though, when i make it a hobby, i'll do a few more xtreme things (like phase-change cooling). :D

[memphiz]

jack, your watercooling system isn't as xtreme as the systems over at xtremesystems.org. ;)

It doesn't matter because this water cooling is quiet like a mute kid
yeh my computer is loud as hell, all 14+ fans wirring is really annoying

[Seoulstriker]

what i don't like about my computer is that the front is so open that my hard drive is the loudest component of my computer, with my processor fan being the second loudest.

i'm eventually going to get a thermalright sp-97 (if i go with AMD in teh future) with a 92mm tornado fan on a variable fan speed bus. i heard that it is still pretty loud with that, so i just might go with a normal 92mm fan. :)

[Jack Mehoff]

nice. i wish i had a water cooling system in my computer. i don't like the maintenance, though. :(

eventually, though, when i make it a hobby, i'll do a few more xtreme things (like phase-change cooling). :D

Maintenance? I haven't done any maintenace to my water since Feb 2003. Conventional cooling on the other hand requires you to spray your heatsink&fans with compressed air every 6 months because of all the dust impede the air flow

[Seoulstriker]

don't you need to have a resevoir of cold liquid to cycle through the computer?

[Jack Mehoff]

It's a special kind of fluid that will last you for at least one year. I use the same fluid for a year now and the CPU temp is still the same

http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/detail_hires/ex-liq-03.jpg

[Jack Mehoff]

don't you need to have a resevoir of cold liquid to cycle through the computer?

Yes, i got two reservoirs just in case one breaks down and the other one jump in and take its place

[Seoulstriker]

i really want to go into watercooling, but it is not very convenient for a dorm room. :(

jack, have you considered doing phase-change cooling?

[Jack Mehoff]

i really want to go into watercooling, but it is not very convenient for a dorm room.
Water cooling is no different than air cooling, except the box/case is ****ing heavy as hell. You do not need any kind of external plumbing for it to work
jack, have you considered doing phase-change cooling?
no

[Seoulstriker]

all the pictures i see of watercooling systems have resevoirs of ice water constantly connected to the computer.

what kinds of temps do you get with your system?

[Jack Mehoff]

amd xp2500+@2400mhz. Temp 95*F
Case temp 75*F
Room temp 70*F

[Seoulstriker]

that's high! :|

my processor is at 81, mobo at 78, room at 78. (idle)

full blast: 89/78. :)

[Durandal]

17" iMac...with all the bells and whistles...

[Falco]

all the pictures i see of watercooling systems have resevoirs of ice water constantly connected to the computer.

what kinds of temps do you get with your system?

Want to see WC cooled rigs? Check this out (it isn't mine though :( )

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/office.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/front.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/ld.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/side1.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/tc4.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/rad.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/interior_day.jpg

Same one different colors :D

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/vert.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/vert1.jpg

http://pages.infinit.net/mwclan/ww2.jpg

more at www.lux-design.com ;)

[flickme]

Jacks is the dirtiest ive seen. Disgusting. UGHHHHH

[Jack Mehoff]

Jacks is the dirtiest ive seen. Disgusting. UGHHHHH


liar (http://www.nastyburger.com/room2.jpg)