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Your System - November 2003

As of November 2nd, 2003:

AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @1.48 GHz (Not Overclocked)
ASUS A7V133 Motherboard With BIOS Version 1010 Beta--Board Revision 1.05 (no dot)
Mid-Tower Case with 430W Antec TruePower PS
TrippLite OmniSmart 725VA UPS
1GB PC-133 SDRAM CL3
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB DDR SDRAM (Catalyst 3.8 Drivers)
80GB 7200 RPM UDMA 100 Western Digital HD on Promise primary (master) *ADDED*
80GB 7200 RPM UDMA 100 Western Digital HD on Promise secondary (master) *ADDED*
JLMS (Lite-On) XJ-HD166S DVD-ROM Drive on VIA primary (master)
Pioneer DVD/CD Writer DVR-A06U on VIA secondary (master)
Generic 1.44MB Floppy Drive
17-inch Princeton VL1715 LCD Monitor
Netgear FA311/FA312 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Motorola SB4100 Cable Modem
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
Creative Inspire 5.1 5200 Computer Speaker System
HP 3400CSE USB Scanner
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer (USB)
Fellowes Ergonomic Mouse Pad
Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard (PS2)
Gravis Blackhawk Joystick (Game Port)
Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick (USB)
HP 932C Printer
ISP Charter Pipeline 1500/128
OS Windows XP Professional SP1
VIA Drivers 4.46 (AGP only)
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My awesomestest computerz

MY COMPUTER

ASUS P4P800 Deluxe *Added*
Pentium 4 2.4b 533 fsb
120 Gb Seagate SATA 7200 RPM Barracuda Hard Drive *ADDED*
80 Gb Western Digital 7200 Rpm 2 mb cache Hard Drive
NEC 17 " CRT Monitor CLEAR FLAT
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 Mb DDR
Black Kingwin Divine Power Series 450 Watt ATX Power Supply (4 fans w/multi-colored led)
512 Mb Buffalo Tech. PC3700 DDR
Windows XP PRO
3 case fans
Black/Silver Chieftec Matrix series case
Lite-On 52X32X52 Cd-RW
Artec 16X48 Dvd-ROM
Direcway Satellite Internet(client)

FAMILY COMPUTER (In Living room)

ECS K7S5A
AMD Athlon XP 1600 + 1.4 ghz
Crucial 256 DDR PC2100
30 Gb 7200 RPM Western Digital
Geforce 2 Mx 200 64 Mb DDR SDRAM
Lite-on 16X10X16X CD-RW
Lexmark Z33 Printer
14" Hp monitor
Windows Xp Home
DIRECWAY Satellite Internet (Host)
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Main:

P4-2.4B ghz (533)
MSI 645e Max Mobo
512mb PC2100 curcial DDR
MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb DDR
160gig Maxtor ATA133 HDD.
Lite-on 52x CDRW
18x DVD
1.44 floppy (use it to flash bios only, thats all its good for now)
Viewsonic 17" CRT

Linux box:

ECS K7S5A mobo
AMD XP 1700+
512mb PC2100 DDR
80gig WD HDD.
12x dvd
plextor 12x CDRW
Floppy 1.44 (to flash mobo bios)
KDS 17" CRT

School work:

Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop
512mb Crucial DDR
Nvidia Geforce4 440 64mb DDR
15" Samsung Laptop LCD
40gig IBM Travelstar HDD.
Portable external Iomega 80gig usb2.0/firewire HDD. (for all my mp3 and movie files to take with my during my long boring , in between class breaks)

Possible system to build within the next week:
AMD 2400+
ECS K7VTA3 Mobo
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[text was edited by author 2003-11-04 00:22:07]

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My system:

Ga-7n400-l
AMD 1800+ Palomino pc2100
128mb PNY Geforce 4 FX5200
Mid-Tower Case with 400w Raidmax PSU
60gb 7200rpm Western Digital HD
Lite-ON 52x32x52x black
Samsung 1.44mb Floppy Drive
Integrated 6 Channel Sound
17-inch Samsung SyncMaster 17glsi
Crappy stupid Speakers (Labtec Spin or whatever it is)
Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro
HP 3820c
Windows 2000

Family Computer:
Don't know Mobo
AMD K-2 533mhz Processor (snicker)
512mb pc 133 PNY
40gb HD (Don't know)
sis 32mb video card
56x Cd-rom
8x4x8x CDRW
15" Compaq Monitor
HP 9** Printer **=Something
Windows 98 SE
Cable Modem with 8 port router with 6 ports filled

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Just ordered from DELL

--> Abit IS7
--> P2.4C @ 3.00Ghz
--> 2x Corsair PC3200 XMS
--> ATI Radeon 9500PRO
--> 120GB WD, Special Edition, 8MB cache
--> Lite-On 52x24x52 CD-RW
--> Sony 16x DVD-ROM
--> Antec 400W Power Supply
--> Samsung Syncmaster 152T LCD Monitor
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Re: Your System - November 2003

reply to dbmaven
MSI NEO-2 LS
2.8 P4, 800 MHZ FSB
2x 512 MEG Dual Channel PC3200 DDR
ATI 9200 W/128 M, 8x AGP
Seagate 120 GIG SATA HD
HP DVD Burner
LiteOn 16x DVD Player
Logitech wireless Optical mouse and keyboard
Cheiftec Aluminum Case with 450 watt P/S
Cornea Systems 17" flat panel w/TV tuner CT-1702
Canon F20 all in one printer
Embedded 6 in 1 memory card reader with USB 2.0 port
Onboard lan and sound
Bose Media Mate speakers
Windows XP Pro

I wish now that I had went ahead and gotten firewire on the MB. I guess I'll have to add a card.

reply to dbmaven
My new PC:
AMD AthlonXP 2500+ Barton
Biostar M7NCD nForce2 mobo
2 sticks of PC2700 DDR Ram
1 WD 80 Gig ATA133 7200 RPM HD
Radeon 9600 Pro
Lite-On 40/16/48 CDRW Drive
Cheap JBL Speakers (upgrading speakers when soundcard arrives)
17 Inch HP CRT Monitor
Windows XP Professional

Old Windows Box:
700 MHz Pentium 3
320 Megs of PC-133 SDRAM
10 Gig Seagate 5200 RPM HD
Linksys NIC card
52x CD-Rom
12x CDRW (Mitsumi burner branded by HP)
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI card

Planned upgrades for new PC:
additional 200 Gig HD
DVD-Burner
Soundblaster Audigy Sound Card
cold cathode lights
Water-cooling system
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Old PC
Gateway PII 350 256MB PC100
Samsung 17" LCD
Logitech Cordless Keyboard/Mouse
Digital Research 52X CD-RW USB 2.0
Boston Acoustics Sub/Speakers
Win98

Ordered Today
Antec SLK3700 BQE with 350W Antec PS
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro
Intel P4 2.8 HT 800 FSB
2X Corsair 256MB TwinX 3200C2
WD 120GB SE
Lite-On DVD/CD ROM
Sony DWU-14A DVD Burner
Teac FDD
MSI FX5600 VTD128
Creative Modem Blaster
XP

I'm not into games, but the MSI comes with a bunch of bundled software and games so that may change. Looking more at image/video editing/archiving. Should be more than up to the task. $1200 from Monarch - assembled.

reply to dbmaven
P4 3.0 gig w/hyper threading
800mgh front side bus
2 western digital 250 gig hdd(500 gig)
Lg dvd burner
Lg cd burner
Ati radeon 9800 w/128 meg
sound blaster audigy 2 platinum
multi format smart card reader
Lexmark 1150 multifunction printer
18 inch gateway lcd flat panel
Sb5100 cable modem
Logitech keyboard+mouse
1 gig ram
Xp home

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Antec Sonata piano black case, 380 watt PSU
Asus P4PE/L motherboard
2.66 GHz P4, 533 MHz FSB
Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu HSF *Added*
512 MB Crucial DDR333 Ram
256 MB Crucial DDR333 Ram *Added*
40 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 system HD
120 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 data HD
120 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 data HD *Added*
160 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 data HD *Added*
160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus data HD *Added*
Firewire external HD enclosure *Added*
Removable HD trays *Added*
Pioneer DVR-A05 DVD/CD burner
Matrox G550 dual head video card
Matrox RT.X100 video editing card
Samsung 957MB 19" monitor
Dell Ultrascan 1000 17" monitor
XP Pro
MS natural keyboard, optical mouse
Altec Lansing speakers, subwoofer

Now overclocked to 3.0 GHz
Swappable drive enclosures allow offline storage for video editing. Firewire external HD enclosure for site-to-site transfer of multi-gig files.
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reply to dbmaven
This could go almost as a new computer...
old one:
Gateway Select 1100
amd athlon 1.1 ghz cpu
250 watt psu
16x toshiba dvd
40 gig wd 7200 hard drive
ati radeon ve 64 mb memory
128 megs of pc133 memory..upgraded to 640 megs
56k modem/hpna
linksys 10/100 ethernet card
1394 firewire card(2 ports rear / one front of case
soundblaster live value sound card
boston accoustic ba 735 digital speakers
3.5 inch floppy drive
40x/12x/48 tdk cd burner

rebuilt to following specs:

gateway select 1100 case
antec 480 watt psu
abit IS7-E motherboard
Pentium P4 2.6Cghz cpu
1 gig geil golden dragon pc3200 ddr memory ( dual channel )
onboard 6.1 sound
onboard 10/100 ethernet
ati radeon 9800pro 128 megs memory
16x toshiba dvd
40x/12x/48 tdk cd burner
seagate barracuda 7200.7 120 gig serial ata hdd
wd 40 gig ide hard drive
and the ever popular 3.5 inch floppy drive
looking for new speakers compatible with onboard sound..

basicall a complete rebuild... still loading software.

Edit: darn , knew I'd forget something..
monitor same for both old and new...
gateway ev910 19 inch crt...

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AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Antec Sonata case w/380W Antec TruePower(?) PSU
Abit NF7-S mobo
1024MB RAM ( 2-512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 memory sticks )
120GB 7200RPM Western Digital HD ( WD1200JB-00DUA3 )
64MB Powercolor ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP video card
Samsung 1.44mb 3.5" floppy drive
BTC 52x24x52x CD-RW drive ( sold by Micro Advantage )
IBM RapidResponse standard keyboard
Microsoft 5 button optical wheel mouse
Windows XP Pro
19" CRT monitor ( Samsung 955DF - from old system )
Canon CanoScan N670 scanner ( from the old system )
Handspring Visor Deluxe ( from the old system )

The old 'puter that was my primary system from June '98 till now:

Gateway GP6-266 Pentium II 266MHz
Intel 440LX motherboard ( made for Gateway )
256MB RAM ( 128MB Crucial stick, 64MB PNY stick, original 64MB Hyundai stick from Gateway )
10GB 7200RPM IBM DeskStar hard drive
IOMEGA ZIP 100 ( internal IDE )
8MB ATI Rage Pro Turbo 3D AGP 2x video card
SoundBlaster AudioPCI 64V(?) sound card ( es1370 chipset )
Kingston PCI 10/100 ethernet card
ATI TV Wonder VE video capture and TV tuner card
Windows 98

reply to dbmaven
a TI-92, no really

Elder:
Pentium II 400
Asus P2B-S
2x128mb Crucial PC100 SDRAM
Sound Blaster PCI-512
nVidia Riva 128ZX
Quantum3D Obsidian2 X-24 24mb Voodoo² SLI
Toshiba 32x SCSI cdrom
NEC 3.5 floppy
Western Digital 5400rpm 20gb
Netgear FA310 nic
Win98SE

Beast
AMD Thoroughbred-b 2100+ @ 2700+ (13x166MHz = 2166MHz)
MSI K7N2-L
2x256mb Corsair XMS PC2700 c2
Sound Blaster Audigy2
Visiontek GeForce4 Ti4400 128mb @ 300/600 det.4345
Pioneer 12x DVD Slot-drive SCSI
Yamaha 8x8x24 CDRW SCSI
NEC 3.5 floppy
Western Digital 80gb 7200rpm 8mb cache ATA 100 Caviar SE
IBM 'Deathstar' 40gb 7200rpm 2mb cache ATA 100
nVidia MCP LAN
Win2k Pro w/SP4

this post makes me cool

reply to dbmaven
My setups:

system 1
Asus P4P800 Mobo (Vdimm Mod at 3.15V)
Intel P4C 2.4Ghz @ 3360 Mhz
water cooled and water chilled
OCZ PC4000 EL Gold Dual channel Memory
ATI Radeon 9800 128Mb
Memorex CDRW/DVDrom combo drive
Maxtor 120Gb ATA133 drive
Antec sx1040B case
Antec True Control 550W PSU

system 2
Abit NF7 2.0 Nforce2 Mobo
XP1700+ at 2306 Mhz
Thermalright SK7 HSF
512Mb OCZ Dual Channel Memory
Ati Radeon 9000 pro video card
WD 1000BB 100Gb IDE Hard Drive
Memorex 52x12x52 CDRW
Polaroid DVD+- RW DVDRW drive
Antec Sonata Case with 380 PSU and 120mm Fans

My Water Cooling setup:

Swiftech MCW 5000 WB on CPU
Danger Den Zchip WB on northbridge
Danger Den Radeon GPU WB
300+ GPH Pump Bought at Home Depot
Typhoon Quad Reservoir
Via Aqua Polar Bear Water Chiller
all 1/2" ID tubing

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AMD Athlon XP 2100+ TBred-B AIUHB @ 2.14 GHz
640 MB DDR2100 RAM
Chaintech 7NJS Zenith nForce2 motherboard
Maxtor 20 GB 7200 RPM HDD
Maxtor 80 GB 7200 RPM HDD
CD-DVD ROM; 12x CD-R
Generic Floppy 1.44
GeForce Ti200 64 MB DDR
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New:

Asus KT600 mobo
OCZ PC3500Gold LL 1gig
120 gig SATA WD 8meg buffer

Coming:
ATI9000 128meg pro

AMD Athlon XP 2100+ @ 1850mhz
Soyo Dragon Platinum KT 333 mobo
512 MB pc2700 DDR Mem
Nvidia GeForce4 TI-4200 8xAGP 128mb DDR
60 gig Maxtor Diamond Max Plus HD
60 gig IBM Deskstar HD both 7200rpm 2mb buffer
3com 3c-595tx Fast Ethernet Adapter
17" LCD Monitor
Cyber Acoustics 5 pc Surround
Logitech Wingman Rumblepad cordless game controller
Terayon TJ715 Cable Modem
HP Deskjet 648c Printer
Codegen 350w Mid Tower ATX
CD/RW 8x8x32 Samsung
Microsoft Wheel mouse Optical
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