 dragonPremium,Mod
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PC Hardware Discus..
1 edit | Your System - June 2007 Post your system specs if you've built/bought a new system during the month of June.
If you've changed your system, put "ADDED" next to the new component(s).
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 SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
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Mentor, OH
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Ok here is my system [all from newegg][system is one day 2] My goal was to build the best machine I could, as cheaply as I could. My goal was a machine for 700 bucks, but I ended up at 970, mainly due to powerline network adaptor and buying Vista ultima:
XION II XON-103 Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply 70 bucks. The only bad thing I have to say about this kool looking case is that the power supply that came with the case appears to be flimsy. Like the housing is falling apart. But it works, the case was in undamaged shape.. so I kept it.
MSI K9VGM-V Socket AM2 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard 54 Bucks. I wanted a simple easy to use mobo. So far this one fits the bill. Only draw back was my case has two led lights, the board only has one led plug. so I ahhh cut and paste to make it work lol...
EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card 115. Nice card, works good.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor 69 bucks. I wanted a dual core processor and one that was good but not to pricey.
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory 67 bucks. I have been messaged about my poor choice in getting just 1 gig of ram. So far though I haven't had any problems. I'll save up over the next few months and upgrade to two gigs, the max this mobo can support.
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 70 bucks. I forgot it was OEM, so I ran out and brought cables, power connectors... then found out all that was in the case. Hey I said this was my first build 
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 967561-0403 Black 102 Normal Keys 12 Function Keys USB + PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included 30 bucks. I brought a wireless mouse for another PC and was smitten by being wire free and mouse pad free.
HYUNDAI B70D Silver-Black 17" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers 170. Its a LCD monitor, flat screen, and 17 inches. I have heard the refresh rate is a tad slow, but thats ok.
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM write and LightScribe Technology Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model LH-20A1H-185
34 bucks for a lightscribe dvd burner. I jumped on it. And yes I did the oops oem thing. But like I said before, the parts were in the case.
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD 190. I didn't want to do it, but felt its a new system so why not go legit . So far after a few misunderstandings on my part [like how full security features are enabled] and one Blue screen of death, we are doing ok.
NETGEAR XE102G Powerline 80 bucks. One of the neatest things I tried in awhile. Just hooked it up, no software to install. And I get near 100mbs speeds, if not 100mbs.
Ok, thats it for my machine, as of now. Thank you for reading thru this.
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 AirwolfPremium
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Windsor, ON
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Replaced my Cyber Acoustics AC-645 headset (ear wrapped), the left side crapped out, with the AC-401 model (same as the 645 model, but not ear-wrapped).
I find this model to output base a lot better and don't hurt your ears at first. The other ones needed a lot of "stretch" time.
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 shollingPremium
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Hemet, CA
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I’ve just upgraded my month old home system.
This is where I was at:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4ghz 4MB level 2 cache
Scythe SCASM-1000 120mm Sleeve Andy Samurai Master CPU fan (CPU running at 29c)
ASUS P5N32-E 680i SLI motherboard built-in w/RAID5
2GB of OCZ PC8500 DDR2 RAM
A PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800GTS
ASUS DRW-1814BL 18x DVD burner with LightScribe
For now I have two new Seagate 320GB (7200.10 series) drives in a RAID1 array
Scythe S-FLEX (8.7db) 120mm low speed fan blowing across the upper drive cage
Antec P180B case
Antec TruePower Trio-650 power supply
Acer 22” wide screen 5ms LCD display
Windows Vista Ultimate
I’ve just added the following and don’t expect to make any more changes for a while:
A second ASUS DRW-1814BL 18x DVD burner with LightScribe
3ware 9650SE-4LPML PCI Express 4x SATA RAID card with 256MB cache
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···16116042
Four 750GB Seagate HDs in RAID5 (2TB partition)
One additional 320GB Seagate HD for storing drive images from the mirrored 320s
Another 2GB of OCZ PC8500 DDR2 RAM for a total of 4GB (3.5 usable)
Rosewill RCR-102 3.5” internal media card reader
APC 1200V/A UPS
Total usable storage 2.6TB.
And yes it's still very quiet.
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My original system:
AMD Sempron 2400+ Socket A 2.4 ghz
1x512 MB + 2X256 MB DDR400
20 GB Samsung PATA HD
160 GB Samsung SATA HD
MSI K7N2 Delta2 FSR (nForce2-U400)
Inno3D GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB
HEC SilentOp 385W
BenQ DW-1640 16x DVD-RW
Sony DVD-ROM 16x
Added:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Socket AM2 @ 2.0 ghz
MSI K9N Neo F (nForce 550)
Kingston DDR2-667 1 GB
Leadtek Winfast 8600 GT TDH 256 MB |
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pandoraPremium
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Outland
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It FINALLY got here, system is a Dell E521, configured as follows:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
Dell USB Keyboard
22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU
80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
13 in 1 Media Card Reader
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Dell Optical USB Mouse
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
16x DVD+/-RW Drive
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels
IEEE 1394 Adapter
Microsoft Works 8
$639.00 + sales tax, free shipping
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 RobNycPremium
join:2002-03-06
New York, NY | reply to dragon
Antec 900 Case
(1x120mm BackExhaust, 1x200mm top, 2x120mm FrontHDD Cages Fan)
1x120mm SideFan (Added)
Scythe Ninja PLus Rev.B + SIlenX IXtrema Pro 90cfm/18dba (Added)
AMD Opteron 165 1.8ghz stock overclocked to 2.93ghz currently
G.Skill F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ [2x1GB] (UCCC) [3-4-4-8] (Added)
WD 2x250GB Raid0 + 1x200GB WD Backup
eVGA 7950GT 256mb (Added)
Acer al1916w
Logitech mx3100
Logitech z-2200
Antec TruePower-II 430w |
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ASUS M2V-TVM Socket AM2 Motherboard w/ VIA Chipset
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ Dual-Core Processor
1GB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SDRAM Kingston Ram
Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM HDD
Memorex 16X-DDL-ILO Dual Layer DVD/CD Burner
CD-Rom Drive 48X
3.5" Floppy Drive
8-1 Media Reader
10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet
350W Power Supply
Windows XP Home SP2
ADDED:
19" Viewsonic 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
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 StraphangerExpress is BackPremium,Mod
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Jackson Heights, NY
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AMD Athlon64 3500+ (Venice)
Antec TruePowerII - 380W
MSI K8N Neo4-F nForce4 Motherboard
OCZ Performance Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR400 RAM - Dual Channel
Leadtek PX6600GT TDH Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 (REMOVED)
EVGA GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 (ADDED)
Creative Audigy LS (REMOVED)
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic (ADDED)
Western Digital 80GB HD SATA (Primary)
2x Western Digital 320GB HD SATA
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM
SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA ATX Mid-Tower Case
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Microsoft Media Center Remote
Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
Microsoft IntelliMouse Wireless Explorer 2.0
Dell 19" UltraSharp 1905FP
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Just arrived today:
Core 2 Duo E6420
EVGA 8800GTS
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev.1.33 (Intel P965)
Crucial Ballistix PC6400/DDR2-800 2 Gb (2x1 Gb)
Replacing:
Athlon 64 4000+ (San Diego)
EVGA 6800GT
Asus A8V Deluxe (Via K8T800Pro)
Crucial PC3200/DDR400 1 Gb (2x512)
Retained:
Audigy 2 Platinum
WD 160Gb SATA3 7200 rpm
WD 120Gb IDE/ATA100 7200 rpm
Pioneer DVR-111D (16x max write)
1.44" OEM floppy (from a late 1997 vintage IBM S6 Aptiva )
Obsolete/non-transferable; now retired:
Kenwood TruX 72X
Maxtor 20Gb IDE/ATA66 7200 rpm
I'd like to thank Microsoft for making the transition as painful as possible. It was thrilling to see my existing 6 month installation of WinXP go down in flames and take a good deal of my data with it simply because it wouldn't boot following such a significant hardware change (very brief BSOD followed by involuntary reboot; tried a repair/reinstall w/o format and the damn thing was trying to force me into activation before I could even log on - how the hell do I activate without network drivers?! And forget dealing with customer support...fortunately, it would boot into non-network safe so I was able to go through the painstakingly slow process of backing up critical files with the 2001-era generic XP drivers). And to think - this is the first time in 10 years that one of my custom built systems POSTed on the very first press of the power switch (normally I overlook some jumper or connector in my haste to get the thing put together - but I took my time with this one). 
The old setup was a good one; I think I got my money's worth with the A64 for its time (original proc was a 3000+ Clawhammer). Unfortunately, the lack of PCI-E support on the K8T800/A8V forced me to scrap the entire thing. There was no sense in going with an A64 X2 or something similar (even though the board - Socket 939 - would take it with a late version BIOS) because I was basically up against a wall with my video options. I replaced so much of the core system and retired so many legacy IDE devices AND my old 19" CRT (as of December) this time around that I basically have a second system waiting and ready to go once I bother to pick up a case and some cheap input devices for it. I even have a left over 400W Antec PSU.
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 signmeuptooLove those still alivePremium
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NanoParticle
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DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR (recent upgrade)
AMD Athlon 4800 Toledo
Team Xtreem Cronus Micron 5Bf 2 x 1GB DDR-500
EVGA 7950GT (ADDED)
SoundBlaster Audigy 2ZS Platinum
1 x WD 250 PATA HD
1 x IBM 80 PATA HD
Enermax Ininiti 720 P.S. (ADDED)
NEC 3520a OD
Lapped Thermalright XP-120 w/ Coolabs Liquid Pro
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 eagle92Premium
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La Habra, CA
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Socket AM2 Windsor 1MB L2 x2 @2.86GHz (UPGRADE)
ASUS Crosshair Motherboard (UPGRADE)
4GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum Edition Dual Channel(UPGRADE)
2X EVGA GeForce 8800GTS Superclocked 340MB GDDR3 PCI-E 16X DVI in SLi Mode (UPGRADE)
Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer (UPGRADE)
Seagate 500Gb 7200rpm (SATAII)
Seagate 400Gb 7200rpm (SATA)
Seagate 300Gb 7200rpm (SATA)
Seagate 500Gb 7200rpm(SATA II) (UPGRADE)
Maxtor 500Gb 7200rpm (SATA II) (UPGRADE)
Maxtor 250Gb 7200rpm (USB 2.0)Metal Gear Box External
Plextor PX-760A 18X DVD±RW DL (UPGRADE)
Plextor PX-716A 16X DVD±RW DL
2X nVidia nForce 10/100/1000
1500/384 DSLExtreme ADSL
Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Desktop MX5000 Laser (UPGRADE)
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD
Logitech Z-560 4.1 THX 400W Speakers
Gigabyte 3DAurora Full Tower Black Edition
Thermaltake Symphony Liquid Cooling Tower (UPGRADE)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Socket AM2 ,ASUS Crosshair ,Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer,2X EVGA 8800GTS Superclocked 340MB SLi, 4Gb OCZ DDR2 PC2 6400 Platinum Edition, GIGABYTE 3DAurora Black Tower,
Plextor PX-760A DVD-RW
Plextor PX-716A DVD-RW |
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This was done in March 2007, but I forgot to post.
ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 rev 1.04
Athlon 64 x2 3800+ @ 2.55 GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
Corsair PC 3200 4x512 Value Select
eVGA 7900GS *ADDED*
Maxtor 300GB 7200 16m cache hard drive
Maxtor 200GB 7200 8m cache hard drive
Samsung 120GB External USB 2.0 hard drive
Samsung 552B DVD-RW
Samsung 182D DVD-RW
Princeton Senergy 174 17" LCD 16 ms refresh
Audigy 1
Antec Sonata case w/ Earthwatts 500 PSU *PSU ADDED*
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 *ADDED*
Logitech G5 Mouse |
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