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Old 05-03-2002, 01:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Media Bragging rights!!!

OK people nows the time to throw down...
Lets hear what you have under the hood, What are you running, did you build it, and is it soild..But last but not least what will you do diffrent next time?
So don't hold back lets hear it
I am presently building mine but this is what I have to work with so far.
Gforce 4 4600 128 DDR ram
daimondback 7200 40G HD
40x CDROM
robotics modem
512 Megs RAM DDR
ENermax 450 whisper
lian-li 60pc case brushed nickle color
I don,t know about you people but building this thing has been the most frustrating/fun thing I have ever done.
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Old 05-03-2002, 02:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Why No burner?

mine
XP 1700 @ 1800 - need some as3
Volc 6cu+
Dragon + -Soyo
10 gig 7200 maxtor -looking for another to raid 0
liteon 16x
i/o 52x recently pulled
gf2ti
custom oem painted case with magnifying side window
256 ddr- elixir
19" mag crt
this isnt much to brag about but i built er meself.
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Old 05-03-2002, 04:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
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mine:

Main workstation:
T-Bird 1.0 Ghz on ECS K7S5A
GlobalWin FOP32-1
512 MB PC-133
2 x 40 G Maxtors
Acer 16x10x40 CD-RW
Samsung 52x CD-R
Nvidia TNT-2 16 MB
Full Tower with 350w PSU (^ TechIMO case badge)
3Com 3C905-TX NIC
SB PCI-128
2 x 80 mm case fans
17" ViewSonic CRT
Symbios Logic Fast-Wide differential SCSI
Quantum DLT-4000 tape drive
100% linux, running Mandrake 8.2.

Probably not that much to brag about, but it can handle anything I throw at it, & gets the job done. ( and ya gotta love the DLT drive.)

Test box:
Celeron 566 / Gigabyte GA-6VXE7+
256 MB PC-133
1 x 6.4 GB Maxtor 5400 IDE
2 x 9.1 GB 10,000rpm IBM SCSI
52 x Lite-On CDR
3Com 3c905-TX NIC
DDS-2 SCSI tape
TNT-2 16 MB AGP
Mid-Tower / 300w PSU
This week running W2K.

Wife's:
Duron 900 / Gigabyte 7-IXE-4
CoolerMaster fan
512 MB PC-133
2 x 10.2 GB Seagate 5,400rpm
HP 4x2x24 CD-RW
16 MB TNT-2 AGP
3Com 3c905-TX NIC
Generic Internal 56K PCI modem
SB PCI-128
Mid-Tower / 320w PSU
2 x 80mm case fans
15'" Compaq CRT
win XP Pro.

ALL self-built and 100% stable.



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Old 05-03-2002, 04:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Here we go...

Pentium3 800EB (133Mhz FSB)
Abit BF6 mobo
256MB PC133 Kingston RAM
20GB Maxtor 7200RPM
8GB Quantum Fireball 4000RPM (haven't upgraded this baby for a while )
Acer 50x CD-ROM
BUSLink 16x10x40 CDRW
nVidia Geforce2 MX400
17" Vistapoint monitor (soon to be Samsung 955DF 19")
Basic PC-Club med-tower case w/ 300w PSU & stickers from Eibach Springs and Falken Tires on it
Logitech Wingman Optical mouse w/ cool blue logitech logo (lights up!!)
Runnin Win2k SP2

Built completely on me own and running better than you can dream about


Oh and sorry but my computer isnt "soild" hehe.....is your computer incontinent? Sorry, just had to comment on the funny keystroke slipup
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Old 05-03-2002, 05:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Just my main computer(I have another workstation on my home net and my wifes computer).

Dual athlon 1800+,
Tyan Thunder(S1867DLU3AN)
1 Gig pc2100 DDR Memory,
1- IBM 9 gig ultra160 scsi
1 - IBM 18 gig ultra160 scsi
1 - Toshiba 1401 dvd-rom drive 12x/40x scsi2
1 - Hitachi GF-2050 4.7GB DVD-RAM Drive
ATI Radeon 8500DV 64Megs + onboard ATI Rage chip/w 8Megs into
2 Viewsonic 21" monitors
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
Harmon Kardon speakers.
Optical MS Mouse

Bought at geat expense (not built by myself). Running more or less stable via Win-dose XP.
Plus a slower than mud 56k modem that usually connects at 26.6!

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Old 05-03-2002, 05:02 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Athlon 1.2 @ ~1.5 GHz
CoolerMaster HS/Fan (AMD Retail)
Abit KT7-RAID KT-133
384 MB PC-133 SD-RAM
32MB nVidia Quadro II GTS AGP
16MB 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI
Abit AU-10 PCI 6ch. Dolby Sound Card
Abit SP50 Dolby 5.1-ch Audio System
WinTV Stereo TV/Video/FM PCI
CNET 10/100Mbps PCI Network Card
USR v.92 56k External Serial Modem
2x 10GB Maxtor 7200rpm (RAID O)
15 GB WD 5400rpm (A/V Backup Storage)
Hitachi GD-2500 8x IDE DVD-ROM
Memorex 2x2x24 IDE CD-RW
Backpack 8x8x32 USB v2.0 CD-RW
Iomega ZIP-100 USB v1.1 Drive
Cheap Windows Keyboard
Cheap USB Graphics Tablet
Logitech 3-button Mouse
Generic ATX Mid-Tower Case
EnerMax 430watt Power Supply
More Fans than I count!
Proview 19" CRT 1600x1200
Windows 2000 Professional
Linux Caldera eDesktop
QNX RTOS Unix OS
BeOS v5.0 Professional

I also have mupltiple alternative operating systems (mostly underground projects) installed under VMware workstation in Win2K, plus awaiting a copy of Virtual PC to run OS/2 under Win2K as well. This box is mostly used for gaming and some development work. Actually, I am seated behind a P3 for the majority of each day when working on most of my projects.

Otherwise, I have a P3 800e+DDR+G450 eTV (A/V workstation), a VIA C 733 (family Internet terminal), and a P3 650e notebook (for on the go!) floating around the house, with parts to build several more P3 and a few P4 systems. Though, Athlon parts seem hard to come by at my residence.

Built all of these boxes myself, and each are 100% stable for their intended purposes. Unstable systems have no place in life, as I do not have the free time these days to play around with a poorly designed configuration.

Catch ya' later,
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Old 05-03-2002, 05:24 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Hm... let's see:

My WS:
Tyan TigerMP
2x XP2000+ with Taisol 760's
1GB Crucial DDR ECC/Reg
Radeon SDR 32MB
Tekram U3W
1x Seagate X15-36LP 18GB
1x IBM 36LZX 9GB
1x Fujitsu MAB 9GB
2x Maxtor D740X 60GB
Plextor UltraPlex 40x (rev 1.1x)
Yamaha CRW 2200S
Pioneer DVD U03S
Agere/Lucent IEEE1394
SB Live Value
Realtek 3129C NIC
Enermax 430Watt PSU
AOpen HX08 full tower case
MS original Natural KB
Logitec Traveler Optical Mouse
Iiyama VM1451 19" Monitor
Yamaha Desktop Speakers
RH7.2 Athlon optimised 2.4.18-ac3-SMP

Wifes:
EPoX 8KHA+
Athlon XP1800@2100 with Coolermaster Heatpipe
1GB Cruciall DDR2100
2x Maxtor D740X 60GB
Asus 40x UDMA CDRom
Radeon DDR 64MB ViVo
Maxi Sound Muse
Texas Instruments IEEE1394
Realtek 3129C NIC
Wacom A4 tablet.
Logitech PageScan USB
MS original Natural KB
MS Optical (5button) Mouse
Sony 17SF2 Monitor
FSP/Aopen 300Watt PSU
Aopen HX45 midi tower case
Yamaha Desktop Speakers
Win2000Pro

Server:
PCChips 810LMR
Duron 1GHz with Tt Volcano
256MB CAS3 Hynix PC133
ATI Rage Fury Pro ViVo 32MB
Onboard SiS900 NIC
Onboard SiS7018 Sound
2x CMD649 PCI2IDE controllers
1x Quantum LM+ 10GB
4x Maxtor D740X 80GB in RAID5 (total 240GB of storage)
Philips 40x UDMA CDRom
Enermax 550Watt PSU
Nokia style Midi tower (cheap) Midi tower case
ADI Provista 15" Monitor
USB Zip100
HP 890C Parallel printer
Epson 790 Photo USB printer
USB 56K Modem
Yamaha Desktop Speakers
RH7.2 Athlon optimised 2.4.18ac3
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Old 05-03-2002, 09:28 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Mine
Abit TH7-11
P4->1.9 (willie core)
512 meg Kingston Rdram
Gainward Geforce2 Ti450 64 meg
sound blaster audigy x/gamer
Adaptec 29160 (going to another card soon)
Cheetah X15 36LP 15k SCSI HDD
Atlas2 10k (going into another computer soon)
Sony 52X cd-rom IDE (not for long) SCSI next
Light On 12x8x32 IDE (not for long) SCSI next
Dlink nic
Min Maw 3900 full tower 300 watt PSU
standard 101 key board.
M$ track ball
M$ sidewainder precision 2 joystick
Yahama speakers (not sure of #'s)
Sony 17" 200 ES monitor .24 pitch

I put it together. Only problems have been XP related. No problems with 98.
Getting rid of the ide items soon. Then I am done with it for a while.
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Old 05-03-2002, 09:36 PM   #9 (permalink)
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My main rig-

Soyo K7V Dragon Plus (VIA KT266-A chipset)
Athlon XP1700+
256 MB Crucial PC2100
GF4 Ti4400 (Leadtek A250 TD)
40 GB WD Caviar (ATA-100)
Pioneer 16X Slot loading DVD-ROM (40X CD)
Creative Audigy Xgamer.
In an Antec SX1040B case
Viewsonic 19" E90fb (.21mm DP) CRT

Fileserver/backup box

Asus A7V
Athlon Thunderbird 800 MHz (200 FSB)
384 MB Generic PC133
GF2 MX
20 GB WD Caviar (ATA-66)
Creative Live! Value
Pioneer 16X Slot loading DVD-ROM (same as above)
HP 8x4x32x CDRW (haven't had time to switch, plus its gray, so it would clash with my all-black main box)
In a cheap-o Inwin Midtower
Micron 17" CRT (.26mm DP, I think...)

Snug, you've got me beat on the videocard! I wasn't willing to pay an extra $100+ for the Ti4600.

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Old 05-03-2002, 09:44 PM   #10 (permalink)
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5 boxes from 800 to 1.2 Ghz (AMD baby)

1-ECS K75A
3- 805 ML
1- KT7-Raid.

3.2 G of RAM between em
ATI Radeon 7200, Kyro ProfitII, Voodoo 5.5, and a couple cheesy ones..
250 Gigs of Hard drives (All Maxtor)
5 cd's
2 burners
1 running 98
4 XP Pro
and a partridge in a pear tree....

They run 24/7 @ 100% of the CPU I never reboot.. (maybe one once a week.. or if the power goes out )


oh yeah I made em all myself..

Rock solid, unless I dork em up, then I fix em.

(and I've kicked myself in the seat for not buying the Klipsch speakers last year when I could afford them)

I would have bought 2 ECS boards and not just one.
I hate the Voodoo card....

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