My computers are...

Factory desktop compacr*p (ok, doesn't really work does it) Compaq
Factory Compaq laptop.

Both s*ck. Neither can run HW2

But really spidy, what'd you mail him *is curious*

@AoD, Taw dug this thread up originally by editing something of his for no good reason really. Indy posted in it after 2 days of it sinking, it happened to be right at the time Mullet was posting Spam in a frenzy so I had to ask if Indy missed it. That's why the thread is back.

@Indy11, btw, did you see my edited response to your edited response on the previous page?

Sir Spectre

actually I had a good reason at the time, but in retrospect it was probably a mistake. let's just get it clicked so it goes away.

WB, it's Compqrap!

Edited by - Tawakalna on 07-12-2003 18:02:57

The first PC I built on my own (except the front USB cables from the motherboard) is as follows:

Gigabyte P4 Motherboard (picked up for £32 with a P4 cooling fan from a PC Market at Pride Park, Derby)
P4 2.4 GHz Processor (picked up for £37.10 (inc. delivery) from an Amazon.co.uk Auction)
512MB SD-RAM (picked up for £38 from a PC Market at Pride Park, Derby)
GeForce MX 440 Sparkle 128MB AGP 4x Graphics Card (picked up for £64.28 from PC World in Derby)
20GB Maxtor HDD (picked up for £58 from from a PC Market at Pride Park, Derby)
16x Samsung DVD-ROM (picked up for £15 from a PC Market at Pride Park, Derby)
52x32x52 LiteOn CD-RW (picked up for £37 (inc. delivery) from Amazon.co.uk)
Micro Case (picked up for £25 from a PC Market at Pride Park, Derby)
15" CRT Monitor (had it for ages)
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (picked up for £22 from a PC Market at Pride Park, Derby)

All in all, came to £328.38, for a PC which would have cost me atleast £800 from a PC retailer or something!

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

Estupidud Rex



http://www.cardamine.net/ - should be up and running after Christmas!

Card, u can easily o'c that cpu on that board to 2.6 or 2.7, even 2.8 if u cool it properly.

@Taw could you tell me how to identify my motherboard and then tell em to what speed i could Overclock my P4 2.66Gz

i would know what mother board i have if i built ym pc but i got it for my BarMitzvah (yes i am Jewish)

First i drank Some coke
Then i drank More coke
Then i Drank even more coke
Then there was no coke

I don't know the exact specifics of my new comp but I got a new one on Saturday for under $2K.

2.6 GHz
40 GB Hard Drive
740 MB DDR RAM
128 MB GFX Card
1 MBps Cable Modem

Let's just say that it runs FreeLancer well .

@viper nice machine lots of ram!
what graphics card does it have?

I LOVE computers. I work in IT, and I have been waiting for such a thread. Thanks! I built my computer myself, but unfortunately I was severely limited in expenditure at the time of purchase. Therefore, here is my beast;

CPU - P4 2.4 533MHZ FSB I didn't know about the 800MHZ FSB
MB - ASUS P4S8X Long story
RAM - 768 Kingston + Samsung DDR2700 Don't ask. Really.
HDD - 40GB WD 7200 RPM + 2MB Cache I don't need anything larger
CD-RW - Samsung 252B 52x24x52 Cheap and sturdy
CR-ROM - Asus 52x Not much to say here
Case - Generic Midi-Tower with 400W PS I know, I know
Sound Card - Creative SBLive! It does the job
Speakers - 2 Yorkville Passive Reference Speakers and a Pioneer Amp LOVE that deep bass!
Monitor - 19" Phillips 109B Made sense at the time
Video Card - Sapphire Radeon 9700 Overclocked from 275/270 to 340/310 Perfectly stable with stock cooling!

Phew! I think that's all of it. By the way Mustang, good to see some other "techies" around here.

Mmm, that may just be my largest and most elaborate post ever. I hope someone actually reads it...


Esquilax

============================================================
"I don't run TLR, but I have an understanding with the people who do."


Edited by - esquilax on 08-12-2003 23:44:26

@SnS

!!!!???? Where'd everybody come from all of a sudden ????!!!!

Hunh? Oh. Yeah. I did see your edit to reply to my edit that replied to your edit that replied to my first edit. And I saw your edit that edited to yourself to end the editing.

To stay on topic.... Thought I did this already... must be another thread
I have a ... growing older as we speak.....

Dell 1.9ghz. (423 pin)
60gig WD 7200rpm.
CD/RW
512Mb PC800 RDRAM
Xtasy GF4 TI4600 128mb DDR VCard
17" Digi/Analog LCD
Santa Cruz Turtle Beach Sound Card
10/100 ethernet built in on MB
Altec 4.1 Speakers
US Robotics x2 PCI Fax/Modem
Logitech Wingman (US Joystick
Optical Mouse
Stock Dell "Internet" keyboard
Sony 32X CD/RW
Samsung DVD
SCSI Iomega Zip100 (yes I still use zip disks).

Oooo I just bought some Logitech z-680's and and cast the Cambridge Soundworks pea shooters into the spare pile. I am now the ultimate power in the galaxy!

I'd seriously reccomend them to anyone, the clarity is stunning for music and DVD. The 8 inch subwoofer pumps out some serious bass, so much so I've had to cram an old pillow between the back of my desk and the wall to stop the chipboard backplate from rattling and if you like it loud you'll love em. I haven't been game to turn them all the way up yet but 3 quarters volume is well loud.

Those speakers are supposed to be VERY nice. A bit on the expensive side though. I still say that you can't beat a good powered amp and some bi-wire speakers. Plus, you can connect it to a TV or to a sound system, etc. Better for wider applications. Before I borrowed the passive reference speakers and amp, I was using some Altec Lansing AC54s *4.1). Not enough bass .

Esquilax

============================================================
"I don't run TLR, but I have an understanding with the people who do."

You can connect the Logitechs up to a DVD but that's about the limit of thier versatility. BTW Esquilax, I picked them up at Harvey Norman (aussie dept. store for you non-australians) for $600, which is $200 off the list price. Still pricey but not as pricey.

when i want some external sound (if I can't be bothered with my Altec Lansings, again not ebough bass, I concur with Esq, I pump it through a semi-decent Sony amp and some Jamo speakers, the music and dvds are actually worth listening to then.

@AoD, i thought u wanted to be a computer technician! when ur system first starts to POST, u'll see the video BIOS version and ur video chipset come up first, then the next thing u will see is ur mobo BIOS and chipset version, u have to be quick! u can press esc to pause the boot process. Once u'v got that, u can then get the specs of the board from the manuf. site, bear in mind that a lot of oem boards in branded machines have the clock multiplier functions locked in order to prevent u doing what u ar trying to do, which is why I never get pre-assembled branded kit.