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Your System - August 2004

Ok.

Now that I have cracked the whip,

New:
Asus A8V Deluxe with WiFi
Socket 939 3500
1 gig OCZ PC3200
WD raptor 74 gig boot drive
PC Power and Cooling 510: »www.pcpowerandcooling.com/about/···w510.htm

Re-used:
AIW 9600
WD 120 gig storage
Pioneer A06 DVD burner

I am seriously loving that 939 system.
It makes my old overclocked XP2500 seem so tired.
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New System:

AOpen AK89 Max / Socket 754
A64 3000+ Newcastle CG Stepping
Thermaltake Silent Boost
2 x 512 OCZ 3700EB
1 x 120 gb Maxtor SATA
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb
Antec Truepower 430
NEC 2510 DVD Burner
XP Pro SP1a w/ all Updates
Cat 4.7 Drivers
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Re: Your System - August 2004

I made a few adjustments to my old setup.

Intel P4 3.2
ABIT IC7 MAX3
1 GIG 2x 512 of Corsair Xtreme PC4400 Ram
Antec Plusview 100AMG Case
Enermax 430 watt power supply
XFW 6800 GT (OC to Ultra) --Added--
Hauppauge WinTv PVR2 --Added--
2 X WD Raptor series drives in raid 0
2 X WD SE 80 gig drives for backup
Lite On 8X DVD writer
Lite-on 52X cdwriter
SBL Audigy 2 Platinum
Logitech Z-680 Speakers --Added--
MS OfficeXP Keyboard
MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
Windows XP Pro
HP office Jet printer
Epson Stylus Photo RX600 Printer --Added--
Cyber Power 1250 AVR UPS system

I mainly dropped the ATI AIW 9700 Pro
and added a new Photo Printer since my older HP is not up to task as a Photo printer.
I went with the seperate Tv tuner due to not having to wait on the AIW cards from ATI and did I say thier drivers for the AIW cards are a just plain crazy with all the seperate drivers and such It just got on my nerves.
I like upgrading my video card often and hate being tied down.
Gave my old Klispch 4.1 set to my son and stepped up to the 5.1 Logitechs

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New System
AMD Athlon 2800XP 333FSB
2x PC3200 2CAS 512mb DDR Crucial Sticks
200gb Maxtor ATA133 8mb Buffer 7200RPM HD
60gb Maxtor ATA133 7200RPM Slave
7 Antec LED 80mm Case fans
3 Port Firewire PCI Card
5 Port USB 2.0 PCI Card
Sound Blaster Z Platinum Sound
2 Black Rounded IDE Cables
Powmax 500watt Black PSU With 3 fans w/Blue LEDs
Soltek SLVFRN2RL Mobo
Transferred a Plextor 40x12x40 CDRW Drive
IO Magic 4x DVD+-R/RW Drive from older Dell.

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I rebuilt my primary machine over the last two weeks.

OLD:

PC Chips M810LMR motherboard
Duron 800MHz processor
256MB SDRAM

NEW:
MSI KT6VL board
Athlon 2400+ processor
512MB of DDRAM
WOW! It's nice to be in the 21st Century!

Reused:
Sony CRX-216E CD-RW drive
Afreey 10X DVD drive
60MB Maxtor hard drive
generic 2-port IEEE 1394 card

Dropped:
generic 2-port USB 2.0 card (don't need it now!)
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New system (some parts en-route)

Iwill DK8N (dual processor Opteron)
1 X Opteron 248 (OSA248CEP5AU)
2 x Viking 512 MB ECC DDR400 PC3200
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB AGP
Antec Trupower 550w EPS12v
Coolermaster Stacker case (Awesome!)
CoolDrive 4 (temp monitoring, fan control, HDD cooling)
Pioneer DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DVR-108
Windows XP 64-bit Edition

Recycled parts:

WD Caviar 200GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100
SoundBlaster LiveDriveII
Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 digital 5.1 sound
Studioworks 995E 19" monitor
Netgear VPN router
HP networked laser printer

This rig provides the ultimate in upgradability. I plan to get new storage capacity (RAID 0+1), a new sound card and speaker system (any suggestions?), new scanner (current one is very old SCSI), and a nice big LCD monitor.
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Here's my all new system that should be coming in next week:

-Thermaltake Xaser V Damier Black Full-Tower Case, Model "V5000A"
-AMD Athlon64 3500+ (with Thermaltake SilentTower)
-MSI K8N Neo2 nForce3 Ultra Motherboard (should be in stock next week)
-eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT (of course I'll overlock it to Ultra specs )
-1GB OCZ 3500EB Platinum (512x2)
-WD Raptor 74GB SATA (system drive)
-2 x WD 250GB SATA HDDs (storage)
-ViewSonic P95F+B 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor
-NEC 8X Black Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive
-Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro
-Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 Surround Sound Speaker System
-Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480W with Black housing

It's about time I got a new PC.

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Asus P4P800-E deluxe --New
2X512 TWINX1024-3200LL --New
Leadtek 6800 GT --New

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My Main Homebrew's Gear....
Albatron PX865PE Pro II
Intel P4 2.8C
1GB OCZ Performance Series Rev2 PC3200
Seagate 200GB 7500RPM/8MB
Pioneer A06U DVD+R
Sony DVD-ROM
Leadtek A400 TDH nVidia 6800 --added--
Enermax EG475P 470-Watt PSU
Antec SX835II case w/4-fans
Sony SDM-HS94P 19-inch LCD (12ms/1280x1024)--added--
Dual boot - Windows XP / SuSE Linux

--Moved to my Athlon XP1700 machine--
Sapphire ATI 9800Pro 128MB

--Moved to my P4 1.9 Linux box--
Eizo L365 15-inch LCD

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As of August 16th, 2004:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Barton) @1.92 GHz (Not Overclocked)
AsRock K7S8XE+ Motherboard (SiS 748 Chipset) With AMI BIOS Version P1.70 04/27/2004--Board Revision 1.0
Black Mid-Tower Case with 430W Antec TruePower PS
APC Back-UPS XS 1000VA Connected Via USB Cable
1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM CL3
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB DDR SDRAM (Catalyst 4.60 Drivers)
Seagate ST380013A (74 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) HD on Sis primary (master) -- Added 8-14-04
Western Digital WD800JB-00ETA0 (74 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) HD on Sis primary (slave)
JLMS (Lite-On) XJ-HD166S DVD-ROM Drive on Sis secondary (master)
Plextor DVD/CD Writer PX-708A on Sis secondary (slave)
Generic 1.44MB Floppy Drive
17-inch NEC MultiSync LCD1765 LCD Monitor
SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (integrated)
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
Creative Inspire 5.1 5200 Computer Speaker System
Microtek ScanMaker i320 USB 2.0 Scanner -- Added 8-14-04
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 (USB)
Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard (PS2)
Gravis Blackhawk Joystick (Game Port)
Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick (USB)
HP 932C Printer Connected Via LPT1:
Motorola SB4100 Cable Modem
ISP Charter Pipeline 3000/256
OS Windows XP Professional OEM SP2
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Primary system:
-Case: Generic big tower case (unmodded), 2x Pabst 80mm Silent Case Fan
-CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood) 2.6GHz/HT, boxed cooler
-RAM: 2x 512MB TwinMos DDR3200 dual channel
-Board: ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
-GPU: Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT
-HDD#1: Maxtor 80GB, 7200rpm, P-ATA
-HDD#2: Samsung 120GB, 7200rpm, 8MB, P-ATA
-HDD#3: Samsung 120GB, 7200rpm, 8MB, S-ATA
-DVD: NEC DVD+-RW ND-2500A
-CD-RW: LiteOn 32x12x40x
-Sound: SB!Live Player1024
-Screen#1: Samsung Syncmaster 750P 17"
-Screen#2: Samsung Syncmaster 15GLi 15"
-Network: Onboard Intel/Pro GigaBit
-Mouse: Logitech Mouseman Dual Optical@Everglide Giganta
-Keyboard: Logitech Internet Navigator SE
-Headset: MS Sidewinder Game Voice
-MP3-Player: Apple iPod 3G, 15GB
-GamePad: Sony PlayStation Dualshock@PSX->USB Converter
-OS: Windows XP Pro SP2, SuSE Linux 9.1 Pro

TV-System:
-Case: Generic Midi Tower (unmodded)
-CPU: AMD Athlon 1,4GHz FSB133 (Thunderbird), Cooler Master HHC-L61
-RAM: 2x256MB Original Infinion PC-133 CL2-2-2
-Board: MSI K7T Turbo Limited
-GPU: 3DFX Voodoo 3-3000 AGP
-HDD#1: Quantum FireBall 4GB, 5400rpm
-HDD#2: Quantum FireBall 12GB, 5400rpm
-DVD: Pioneer 16x, slot-in
-Network: D-Link DFE-530TX 100Mbps
-Sound: SB!Live Player 5.1
-Mouse: Logitech Wingman Gaming Mouse
-Keyboard: Apple USB-Keyboard (integrated USB hub often comes in handy at the couch table )
-Screen: TV
-TV-Card: Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T
-MPEG-Dec: Video7 Hollywood Pro
-Gamepad: Gravis Gamepad Pro USB
-OS: Debian 3.0 running VDR, Windows XP MCE2004 SP2

Mobile System:
-Apple PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
-CPU: 400MHz PPC750
-RAM: 2x256 MB Kingston Value RAM, PC133@FSB100
-HDD: Toshiba 20GB, 4200rpm
-DVD: Toshiba 4x DVD-ROM
-Network: Oboard 100Mbps, internal Apple Airport 801.11b WLAN Card
-GPU: ATI Rage64 Mobility
-Screen: 14" TFT@1024x768
-OS: Mac OS X 10.3.5, MacOS 9.2.2, Debian 3 PPC unstable, Windows 98SE@Virtual PC 6.1

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Finished Aug. 5th:

AMD Athlon XP-Mobile 2500+ OC'ed to 2.38ghz
Soyo Barebones Kit
Soyo K7VME mobo
350 Watt PSU
Geforce fx 5200 LE OC'ed
80gig Western Digital 7200RPM
Creative iTrigue 2.1 speakers
16x Pioneer DVD-ROM
52x Norcent CD-RW
1x512m Kingston DDR-RAM
90mm Tornado + Thermaltake HS
6xUSB 2.0
2xFirewire
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decided to build a system earlier than usaul this year
System 8

x-superalien case with 500 watt psu and 6 case fans
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU
Asus AV8 deluxe s939 mobo
4x 512MB ddr 400 RAM
NEC DL DVD burner 8x dvd-r/dvd+r 2.4 dvd dl-9
optirite 8x dvd burner
xfx geforce 6800 gt 256mb agp card
geforce 5200 pci card (going with three monitors this time)
120 gig seagate ide os drive
dual 120 gig seagate SATA drives

reply to dragon
The original system from my January post:

MB: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Barton (2.2 Ghz)
RAM: 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR400
Case: Enermax SL ATX CS-800TA-S
PSU: Antec True430
Video: Asus V9520Magic/128mb Fx5200
HDD: Maxtor 6Y120P0 HDD (2) - one is the secondary
drive from my old system
CDRW: TDK VeloCD 52x32x52 (removed from old system, put
the Yamaha CRW3200EZ back in)
DVD+/-R/RW: TDK IndiDVD 840G (swapped with 4x IndiDVD -
it is also now in the old system)
External Drives: Maxtor 6Y160P0, one USB, one 1394. Maxtor
OneTouch 300GB also on 1394.
Printer: Canon BJC6000
Scanner: Epson 1200U
Monitor: ViewSonic A90f+
KBD/Mouse: MS Multimedia KBD, Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse
Speakers: Creative Soundblaster SBS270

Some of these (two external Maxtor & one internal) have
been replaced as I noted in the Feb, Mar. & Apr. posts.
Two things I haven't mentioned that are my most recent
changes - I finally retired my 4 year old Canon BJC6000
and bought a Canon i860 to replace it. I also just got
my new DVD burner (a Plextor PX-712A) to replace the
TDK 840G that I installed with the system when I built it.
That one I put in just this afternoon when I got home
from work.
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Added a Geforce 6800 GT overclocked to ultra.
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Added:
2x250gb drives
  new 80mm fan
       finally upgraded to sp4 

reply to dragon
Sup yall!! Been a while since I've actually posted here but I've been a member of DSLR (how I remember it being) for some time. None the less Im glad to find a post like this. Built meh 1st system not bad either.

New System:

Case: ChiefTec Dragon Series Clear Sided Case (Sky Blue)
Power Supply: Ultra 500W ATX Power Supply with 2-80mm Cooling Fans + Blue LED's (Titanium Color)
MoBo: Mach Speed X-Caliber PT800DBP VIA Socket 478 ATX Motherboard w/ integrated LAN + Sound
CPU: P4 3GHz 800MHz FSB 512KB
Memory: 1 Stick of Ultra 512MB DDR400 (PC3200) RAM
CDRW: Artec Sky Blue CDRW 52x32x52
HDD-0: WD Caviar 80GB 7200rpm 8MB Buffer HDD
HDD-1: (Old HDD) IBM Deskstar 40GV 30GB 5400rpm 512MB Buffer HDD
FDD: (Old Stock FDD)
Video: (Old Vid Card) PCI PNY Geforce FX 5200 128MB GFX Card
Cooling: 2 80mm Low Noise Case Fans + Speeze Socket 478 HS/Fan

Like I said its meh first comp, so yeah there it is. Built 8/16.

Red
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We are the Children Of the KoRn.