INFERNO2000

who ever said anything about my being nice?

Actually, I don't come here enough to stay on the top 10 list. I'll be moving off of it fairly soon. With JD back? I give it a week. I'm over at the [H] as NecessaryEvil now.

I was just getting him off the top 10 list nothing more

it's jdulmage and we're asking what the harm is? lol jk anyway... it's sad how things have moved up. yes, it's essential for gamers like me. I like my 1600x1200 gaming on my 20.1" LCD. I like my quarter terabyte of hdd space--it helps with my TV-capture card's encoding of movies(or TV) into DivX. My computer is a media box My computer is a gaming rig. My computer is a powerful workstation My computer is NOT meant for lil ol grannies that want to play Solitaire between making cards. The perfect low end system for most people that aren't: gamers, programmers, power users, etc. is something along the lines of this: nForce motherboard. 256-512mb RAM(depending on how they plan on using their system) Duron 1.1ghz (or Athlon as need dictates) 40gb hdd to start out with(if they go Kazaa crazy, they can add in more) a 40x CDRW(price difference between 40x and 32x? 10 bucks. Price between 40x and 48x LiteOn? Free w/ firmware update ) DVD drive Videocard with TV-out(probably a GeForce3 as they're about the same price as a GF4 MX) sound is taken care of onboard, and is high quality ethernet is taken care of onboard modem as necessary quiet case with room for expansion Now, a system like that only will cost about 500 dollars. add in peripherals and software, and it's about 800. But take into account piracy from friend,s and it's closer to 700. It offers room for expansion. it is relatively affordable. and it is powerful enough to last them a year or 2. With proper upgrades, it can last them up to 3. But at this time, we'll be running 64-bit systems that make this system look like a toy.

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/evildesktop.jpg I use the Solaris Skin. Matches my desktop fairly well.

Just what it says I'll start out: I'd like to change from my 19" CRT to a 19"(or 20") LCD or dual 15" LCDs

I've been an avid Trillian user since Ver 0.625. I love Trillian....the only bugs I've known of are because of AOL ****ing around with Trillian. the newest release, .73 was released because Microsoft notified Trillian that there was going to be a change to the MSN service. (How do you like that? MS HELPING the little guy!!! AOL just tries to prevent Trillian from working). If there is a problem, the guys work on it immediately. They've been known to release 2 or 3 versions in a single day just trying to catch up to AOL's sabotage. You lose out on many features...like voice chat and webcam with Yahoo!, but for a no bloat/frills(Other than some awesome skins) chat program that can handle multiple ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo accounts, you won't find a better program. And if you do, let us know.

Highest I've seen is 2048x1536. but...get dual monitors, and it's 4096x1536 or, 2048x3072.

Update for me too. And, here are all of my rigs: http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Reaper-SM.jpg my main rig: Absolute Evil 2.0 Chenbro Net(black) modded for more and bigger fans Panaflo fans { 4x120mm M series 1x92mm H series 2x60mm H series } Custom Built PC Power & Cooling 450W PSU 1x White LED 2x Blue LED 2x Red LED P4 1.6a @ 2.24 w/ Alpha 8942-ThermalTake SmartFan*once AC is on, i'll take it back to 2.4 1gb(2x512) PC3200 Corsair DDR Abit IT7 { i845e Firewire 4 Intel USB2.0 ports 4 Via USB2.0 ports onboard Realtek 10/100 NIC(8139, if I recall correctly) Highpoint 374 ATA133 RAID controller(set up as a standard IDE controller) } Gainward GeForce4 TI-4400/128 Leadtek TV2000XP TV-tuner/FM/Capture Card Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Dlink DG500T 10/100/1000 NIC LiteOn { 16x DVD 24x10x40 CDRW 40x12x48 CDRW } Toshiba 40x CDROM Drives on HighPoint controller [ Windows XP { Western Digital WD1000JB-SE 100gb/UDMA100 2x Maxtor D740X 80gb/UDMA133 } Linux or other OS { Western Digital AC38400 8.4gb/UDMA33 } ] 4x Vantec EZ-Swap LCD UDMA133 bays. 4x 36" rounded UDMA133 cables 1x 24" rounded UDMA133 cable 1x 9" floppy cable(for when I need to flash a BIOS) Panasonic Floppy(black) Microsoft { Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Natural Keyboard Pro } http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEFR.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEFL.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEFC.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEF.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AE-Bays1.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AE-Swap.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AERP.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AERU.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AERIO.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AELO.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AETT.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AELL.jpg iiyama VisionMaster Pro 451 19" CRT(running 1600x1200@85hz) ====================================================================================================================================================== Ragnarok(still empty): Chenbro Ultra (modified for more and larger fans) Panaflo fans { 4x 120mm fans(1xL, 1xM, 2xH series) 9x 92mm L-series fans 5x 80mm L-series fans 2x 60mm H-series fans } 6x White LEDs 2x Blue LEDs http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RFL.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RFR.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RB.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RFO.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RRC.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RRU.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RRO.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RLO.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RLOF.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RLOR.jpg ==================================================================================================================================================== Oh, and my laptop too! Cerberus: Toshiba Satellite 3000-S353 Pentium3 900mhz(em class) 815 chipset motherboard 512mb (2x256) Centon RAM 16mb GeForce2 Go 14.1 TFT (1024x768@60) AC-97 sound Firewire 3x USB ports IR port onboard Realtek 8139 NIC Orinoco Silver PCMCIA WLAN card onboard 56k Modem Toshiba 8x DVD-ROM Sandisk 64mb SmartMedia card IBM 20gb 4200rpm HDD http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Cerb-C.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Cerb-o.jpg http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Cerb-R.jpg You'll notice it lacks PS2 and Serial connectors. USB only

My dream board: Quad Channel 400mhz or better DDR supporting 8gb of DDR Dual CPU No serial No PS2 No Parallel No onboard sound No floppy(*but supports boot from USB floppy) Onboard intel chipped gigabit Ethernet(2 ports) Onboard Firewire. Onboard USB2.0 Onboard 802.11b(or a) Onboard 4 channel HPT374 ATA133 RAID Onboard Serial ATA (support for 8 devices!) AGP8x 6 PCI (64/66 that supports 32/33) slots Support for 2 PSUs. a dozen fan connections with their own dedicated leads(that won't burn out) onboard support for Compact Flash and SmartMedia

I've been using Memorex since my 4x2x24 CDRW. using them still today. I also like PNY...

http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/VIA/P3TDDE.htm $190 shipped.

I sold it on ebay for 195 after shipping.

I did the thing was made in January. that's talking about the GF3 and GF2, just like I said. GF4 has been said to have a MUCH better picture than the GF3...and the GF3 was muchbetter than the GF2 I can't back that up until Friday, most likely Finally put in the order for a GB of Corsair XMS3200....and the RAM was all that was missing in my system.

that talks about hte GeForce 2 and 3..not the GF4. there may be a difference...probably is, due to the dual monitor ability.

my list The Good: MSI, Soyo, Abit*, Asus*, IWILL, Gigabyte, SuperMicro, Tyan, EPoX, ECS(their K7S5A is a great ****ing deal. Fast, stable, and CHEAP AS HELL!) The Bad: Asus, Abit(yes, these get voted twice. ****ers at Asus neglected a CMOS reset switch in the A7V133. But my old CUSL2 went up to 170FSB. As for Abit, I've had 4 boards. The BX6 didn't overclock past 103 mhz FSB, where the Soyo 6BA+3 went to 153mhz before the RAM went out. The SA6R couldn't match the CUSL2's 159mhz standard OC. 2 NV7ms went bad last week after the first one's BIOS update(Abit's batch file the readme said to run) went bad, and the second had a bad controller. I fixed one of the NV7ms by swapping BIOS chips, and use it on my LAN box. I'm posting from it right now.), The Ugly: PC Chips, Chaintech(PB OEM!!!), FIC AMD: If I have to buy an SDRAM board, I'll buy an IWILL KK266+. DDR, I'll buy an MSI board. I love my KT3 Ultra ARU, and my brother's K7T266 Pro-2RU. The Soyo Dragon+ has a better RAID controller(in that it can be set to UDMA controller only), but USB2.0 is more important to me than an $8 NIC. MSI pwnz0rz j00!

I picked the 4400....because that's what I've got in my cube. (GF3 TI-200 in my lan box) Why the 4400 instead of 4600? it's not worth the extra hundred bucks for an overclock my 4400 can probably do(if it lives up to the Gainward Tradition)

and your point is? it's just as brand new as the others. 180

I just got a Gainward TI4400/128 with VIVO for my home rig. my LAN/media rig will have a Leadtek GF3 TI200/128 and that Leadtek TV2000XP. So, I'll have RCA & SVideo out and in, just like my Gainward, + IR, TV tuner.

anyone use this?? http://www.leadtek.com/mmedia/tv2000xp/tv2000xp.htm

I bought all of these in preparation for the Dual AMD server I was to build, but scrapped. Now I need money, and these are just sitting around NOT Getting there money's worth! These are new products, and have only been powered on long enough to test them. 2x matched IBM 18gb 36LZX 10,000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI hdd. SCA interface. $140 per or 250 for both http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/ultra/ul36lzx.htm SCA Adapters are available as well. 2x matched WD 18gb 1800AV(4mb cache instead of 2) 7200rpm Ultra2 Wide SCSI hdd. 68 pin interfaces. $90 per or $150 for both 1x IBM 4.5gb 9ES 7200 rpm Ultra2 Wide SCSI hdd. 68pin interface http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/prod/9esprod.htm $45 1x Lian Li RH620 U160 hotswap rack $50(blue LED in it as well!) 1x Seagate 2.1 gb 7200 rpm UW 68 pin hdd. $20 I have 1 cable..but I doubt you'll want it. 1x 4 device(5 connector + Termination). This cable was custom made for me. The first device is 42" or so from the controller. As these were custom made, the price was high. $50 YOU MUST EMAIL ME @ necessary_evil_4_MWF<@>hotmail.com OR ICQ ME (14313922) IF YOU WANT THESE. I'm posting these at other places, and I have no doubt that I won't have them for long. If you guys want to get dibs, let me know sooner than they will. Trades? My parts for my paypal saying something greater than it had before. I don't need any parts from anyone, sorry.

Here's what I've got: 1 stick 256mb PC2100 Crucial DDR. $70 1 stick 128mb PC100 PNY SDR that I've had up to a stable 147 mhz before my IDE controllers screamed "no more" $20 1 ISA 56k V90 Diamon PnP modem (SupraExpress 56i Voice, to be exact) $15 1 ISA 3com 509b NIC. $10 2 New Sunon 80mm fans (untailed). $10 1 4.3gb Fujitsu ATA66/5400rpm hdd. $20 1 Aureal Vortex 8810 Soundcard (New, system pull)$10* 1 Seagate 2.1gb UW 7200 rpm SCSI hdd $20 * 1 Adaptec 2940U2W (NEW) $80 * The asterisked items are on ebay. let me know if you want them ASAP so I can remove them before they're bid upon. I'll sell to a forum member before a random ebayer.

iiyama VisonmasterPro 451 although, it's been replaced with the VMP 453. great 19" monitor. includes speakers(nice at a LAN party), 2 inputs, and a 4 port USB hub. max resolution 1920x1440@ 60; I run mine at 1600x1200@ 85. samen tube as the Samsung 900NF

Not many people have the smallest of the Antec series...I'm looking at getting one, painting it in Hammered Red....but I'm looking for opinions. I'm familiar with the 8xx, 10xx, and 12xx....I know how I can do comparisons. But I want REAL experience.

I'm not longer one of the top ten Spammers on the board!! Four and Twenty just bumped me off the list I've moved on to the [H]ard|Forums...but still come here regularly for updates and help.