dragon
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| Your System - May 2005
Post your system specs if you've built/bought a new system during the month of May.
If you've changed your system, put "ADDED" next to the new component(s).
If you haven't changed anything - don't post!
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dthar
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join:2005-01-03
Swartz Creek, MI
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| I just got this finished about 2 weeks ago!!! After using my 500 Mhz Athlon(original series) for so many years, this thing absolutely flies!
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
Processor: Athlon XP 3000+ Mhz
Memory: Samsung 512MB Dual Channel DDR
Video Card: (Chaintech) G-Force 4 MX-440 8X AGP
Audio: Integrated 5.1 surround sound
Hard Drive: (2) Maxtor 80 GB SATA drives running in a Raid 0 configuration(Stripped set). The computer sees them as one drive. It will split the data and write to both drives at the same time. Reading from the drives works the same way, only the data transfer rate is doubled.
Pioneer DVD-RW Drive Model DVR-109
Standard 3 1/2 " Floppy drive
Acer ScanPrisa 640U Scanner
Lexmark Z-51 Printer
Sound Image Speakers
It works for me!!   |
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biff420
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join:2002-01-26
Richmond, CA
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Just completed my annual upgrades.
Mobo: Asus P4P800
Chip: P4 3.4E Prescott ADDED
upgraded from 2.6 Northwood
RAM: 512MB Kingston PC3200
Video: Asus GeForce FX5200 8X AGP
Audio: Onboard SoundMax 5.1 via
Altec-Lansing 5.1 Speakers
Hard Drives: Maxtor 60Gb + 40 Gb Ultra IDE
Plextor DVD-RW
Toshiba DVD-rom
Teac Floopy
Antec LanBoy case ADDED
upgraded from generic
LAN, 56K, Wi-Fi
A work in progress. Sweet! |
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GameGuy369
join:2004-07-09
Olathe, KS
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Case: X-Blade Silver - 3 Case fans and Blue Cathode Lighting and Round Cables
PSU: Enermax 535W SLI-Ready
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE NF4
Processor: Athlon 64 3500+ (939 pin)
Cooling: Stock (this may be upgraded soon)
Memory: Corsair Value Select 1GB PC3200 DDR RAM
Video Card: PCI-E XFX Geforce 6600GT
Audio: Sound Blaster Audigy X-Gamer
Hard Drive: Hitachi 160GB SATA 150
Basic DVD Drive (cant remember brand)
Lite-On SOHW-1633 DVD+/-RW
Standard 3 1/2 " Floppy drive
6-in-1 Media Reader
Creative 5.1 Speaker/Plantronics DSP-500 Headset
Basic Keyboard
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Old Dell Monitor (DEFINITELY need to upgrade this soon - maxes out at 75Hz when at decently high resolutions. Ouch. |
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mpelle4456
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join:2001-07-21
Tacoma, WA
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This is an upgrade of my youngest son's system:
MSI K8N Neo 4 SLI Platinum
ADA3200DAA4BP LBBLE 0516 (Venice) @ 2500 MHz (HTT 4, LDT 250 X 10) Stock vcore (38c idle, 47c load)
1 GB OCZ PC3700 EB CAS 3 (vdimm 2.85) running 1:1 @ 250 MHz
Thermaltake Silent Boost K8
Gigabyte X800XL 256 (doesn't want to overclock)
2 X Western Digital 36 GB Raptors in RAID 0
1 WD 8 MB cache 150 GB storage drive
DVD ROM
MSI CD R/W
Thermaltake Xaser III case with lots of fans and lights
Enermax Whisper II 460 Watt PSU
It hit 250MHz easy,with no problems. I'm gonna let it sit there for a while, then see how much farther I can go on stock vcore. I've heard of Venice's with this stepping reaching 2.7 GHz on air!
The only bummer I've seen with this board so far is that you have to disable aggressive timing over 235 MHz. Hopefully a BIOS update will fix that.
I figure to make use of the SLI feature sometime down the road - but not now.
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Viper007Bond
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join:2002-09-26
Portland, OR
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Re: Your System - May 2005
•Pentium 4C 3.0GHz @ 3.3GHz (goal is higher though)
•ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe mobo
•That one Zalman HSF that looks kinda like a flower and that's solid copper (I forget the model number/name)
•Antec TruePower 550W PSU
•2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 DDR in dual channel mode
•BFG Tech 6800 GT OC - ADDED (today in fact and I plan to OC it to Ultra speeds )
•Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
•Radimaxx case with aftermarket fans and IDE cables for the burners (all lit with blue LEDs)
•WD 74GB Raptor HD (SATA)
•Seagate Barracuda 400GB 7200.8 HD (SATA)
•Maxtor 250GB (SATA) - on a PCI/SATA card, well not right now as that card conflicts with my new graphics card 
•Plextor 16x DVD-RW
•Generic 48x CD burner
•Logitech Z-680 (5.1 505W RMS speakers)
•19" ViewSonic CRT (P95f+B)
•17" ViewSonic CRT (A71f+)
•Logitech Elite keyboard
•Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 4.0A
•Cooler Master Musketeer v1 (Black)
•3 1/2 floppy drive - Oooooo!!! 
•The kitchen sink
I think that it's it. 
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bradleyd
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Up yours!
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New build for May:
processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Venice)
motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
memory: OCZ Gold Dual Channel 2 Gig (two sets 2x512)
video card: MSI 6600GT PCI-e
HDD: Seagate Barracuda NCQ (three 80GB, two in RAID 1)
case: Antec P160
power supply: Seasonic S12-430W
heat sink: Thermalright XP-90
misc: the usual in optical, floppy, etc.
I went with 2 Gig of ram because I do a lot of photo processing. One HHD will be for the operating system and miscellaneous software, while the RAID will be for photo storage etc. 80 gig is more than I will need.
An extremely quiet and cool system.
Brad
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ZMan222
join:2000-04-05
Mandeville, LA
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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI
AMD64 3500+ Venice w/ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu
TWINX1024-3200XLPRO
6800Ultra 256MB PCI Express
CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
Maxtor Diamond Max 10 250G 16M cache
Antec True Power II 480W
LiteOn DVD/LiteOn DVD RW
Mitsumi Floppy 8-1 Card Reader
SilverStone FP52 Fan Controller
CM Stacker
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2kmaro
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ColossalCave
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Well, I missed the April list - but it's still new to me!
LAPTOP! HP Pavilion zx5000
Processor: AMD XP 64 3700+
Memory: 1 GB DDR PC2700
Video/Audio: Integrated
HD: 80 GB 5200RPM
Integrated Harmon-Kardon Speakers
Combo CD/DVD Player/Burner (Dual-Layer burning)
15.4" 1680x1050 LCD display.
Built in 802.11a/g, 10/100 Ethernet and 56Kbps modem.
Windows XP Pro/SP2
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Ivan
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join:2001-11-15
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Semi-annual Updates:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (939 socket)
ABIT "A8V" VIA K8T800 Pro (939 socket) Motherboard
OCZ High Performance 'Dual Channel Kit' DDR 400MHz (PC 3200) 1GB (2x 512MB modules)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB Video Card
Antec Sonata 380W TruePower Case (Piano Black)
2x 120mm Vantec 'STEALTH' case Fans (1x front & 1x rear)
NEC ND-3500A 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/RW (Black)
Plextor PX-712SA SATA 12x DVD±R/RW (Black) ADDED
Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM (Black)
Generic 3.5" Floppy Drive (Black)
Logitech Cordless MX Duo (Keyboard & Mouse)
Maxtor DiamondMax 80GB (ATA/133) 2MB Cache (WinXP Pro)
Maxtor DiamondMax 120GB (ATA/133) 8MB Cache (WinXP Pro)
ByTecc External Enclosure (1394/USB2.0) ADDED
Seagate 200GB (ATA/100) 8MB Buffer (in enclosure)
Plextor Digital Video Converter (PX-M402U)
ViewSonic 19" UltraBrite A91f+ CRT Flat Screen Monitor ADDED
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HAL 90001
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Phoenix, AZ
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•AMD FX 55
•ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe
•1 gig (512 x 2) Corsair DDR 400 XMS low latency ram
•eVga 6800 Ultra (pci-e) (just one for now)
•Maxtor Atlas 15K II SCSI hd (for OS only)
•SCSI Card: Adaptec 29320A Single-Channel Ultra 320
•3 WD Raptors (2: 76 gig. one for apps and one for data; 1: 36 gig for TIF, page file, and all temp files)
•2 WD Raptors (76 gig) in RAID 1 for system backups with True Image
•Thermalright XP-120
•AS 5
•A couple of Plextor optical drives and a floppy drive
•Case: Lian-Li V1200B
•PSU: PC Power and Cooling 850 SSI
•Monitor: Sony 23 " Widescreen (GDM-FW900)
•Keyboard: Cherry G80-3000
•Mouse: Antique Microsoft thing
•OS: XP Pro
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Guff
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join:2001-12-30
CheckYourSix
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ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3000 Winchester (currently running @ 2025Mhz)
PNY VCG6600GXPB Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JD 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
LiteOn 8X DVD RW Optical Drive
Creative Audigy 2ZS Sound Card
Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Will add a second GeForce 6600GT in time to do some SLI action with Battlefield 2.
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