The: What Computer Part did you buy this week thread

[sapiens74 0]

Cool thing about Hawaii, you have a Huge BX, and a Huge NEX, and they are so much cheaper then local shops

 

They have actually started mixing the commisary and BX/PX now.

[clutch 1]

Yeah, the did that in GTMO back in '90, and you could even buy cars and Harleys through the base exchange (not like there were any other dealers on base). It was this mega-mall thing.

[sapiens74 0]

Sony 48x 24x 48x burner,

 

Flashed firmare to make it 52x 24x 52x

[Jerry Atrik 0]

got a motorola cable modem

now i can stop paying monthly for the old one i had for years and years

[Brian Frank 0]

Bought a case for a system I'm working on for someone else and a green LED'd 80mm fan that I've put on a Volcano 7:D

[sapiens74 0]

Bought A 3rd Computer

 

ASUS A7N266-VM

 

Athlon XP 1700 Retail

256MB PC2700

Enlight Mini Tower w/300w Power Supply

 

Only 219 Bucks

 

Shipping was 67 tho

[Marktait 0]

This week i got these -

 

Intel Pentium 4 2.533Ghz 533Mhz <--- Got her running sweet at 2.8 might take her further

ASUS P4S533-E

512MB 333Mhz PC2700 RAM

Creative Geforce4 Ti4600

Thermaltake Active Memory Cooling Kit

Coolermaster IHC-L7 Fan (not delivered yet)

Antec Arctic silver which should come with the Coolermaster fan

400Watt Power Supply Unit <-- Got home and plugged it in and it made a loud pop noise and lots of flashing so thats going back

[Marktait 0]

Just bought a new 4D Optical mouse and a 48x LG CDWriter

[Marktait 0]

Bought myself -

 

19" Philips CRT monitor (smallest 19" front to back space requiring monitor)

2x 80GB Western Digital Special Edition HDD's 8mb cache

1x raid controller

200 48x cdr's

[Champion_R 0]

Brought a new MEC Extreme 919 case for my new PC which I'll build next week

[Marktait 0]

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Bought myself -

19" Philips CRT monitor (smallest 19" front to back space requiring monitor)
2x 80GB Western Digital Special Edition HDD's 8mb cache
1x raid controller
200 48x cdr's

Just got them, but its friday 13th 8) so a bit frightened to put them in.

[Champion_R 0]

Got my ECS K7S5A and Athlon XP 1700+ today

[Marktait 0]

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Got my ECS K7S5A and Athlon XP 1700+ today

Have u tried running that board yet, as i am having probs with mine and may have a feeling that its to do with the XP chips, maybe BIOS needs upgrade. Let me know if u get probs starting up sometimes.

Cheers

[Champion_R 0]

Booted fine everytime for me.

[Champion_R 0]

Also brought a Microsoft Internet Keyboard today. It's great.

[Brian Frank 0]

Bought a Chaintech GF4 MX 440 64MB DDR AGP card off newegg...not for me, but for another rig I'm putting together for someone else (and making a few bucks on). Should give him enough power to actually play some games for once (I have no clue what's powering his grahpics ATM)

[Alien 1]

Ok, this is more of a "what bits have I bought in the last month" rather than the last week, cos I haven't gotten round to posting.

 

1st up, I got myself a Zalman ZM-NB32J northbridge heatsink, partly cos it was on sale, & partly just cos I felt like it. Of course, although it can work without a fan [& is intended to], I didn't see any reason why I shouldn't put 1 on it. :-) a 40mm 1 would have fit on perfectly with screws, but the only 40mm fans I had were pretty much dead anyway, so I tied on a 45mm fan I had that was still working ok.

 

Next I got myself a new HSF for my CPU, another Zalman product, this time it's the CNPS5100-Cu. It keeps my CPU a bit cooler than the stock 1 that came with my retail/boxed athlon XP. It's also noticeably quieter than the stock 1 [even @ full speed without the fan speed thingy] - so much so that when I'd put the side of the case back on & powered it back up I thought there was something wrong with my HDDs because of the amount of noise they were making, then realised that they'd always made that much noise but that I just couldn't hear it because of the HSF noise!

 

I also got 1 of those slot blower thingies that is intended to take the hot air from your gfx card & shove it straight out the back of the case. It allegedly is supposed to push 42cfm, but I've felt stronger airflow from a <30cfm fan. Oh well, it was only £5.99, I guess you get what you pay for.

 

Then I found myself with a bit more cash to burn, so I decided to treat myself. I'd been wanting a DVD drive for absolutely ages, but hadn't gotten around to getting 1, then found that the PC World just down the road from me were doing OEM Lite-On LTD-16SH drives for only £35.

 

While I was in PCW I also decided to have a look @ game controllers. I don't play games all the time, just occasionally - when I feel like it, but for quite a while I'd wanted some sort of joystick or gamepad for the few games I've got where 1 might be useful. I didn't want to splash out on something expensive that could do the dishes & make me a cup of coffee 1st thing in the morning as well, as I already had about £200 earmarked for something else. Sadly they don't let you try them out in store, but they did say I could take it back within 7 days if I didn't like the 1 I chose, which ended up being the Saitek P2500 Rumble Force Pad for £20.

 

Tomorrow's [Monday] the last day I can take it back, so I'm going to have to try it out on a few other games before I go to bed tonight, but going on the 1 game I've tried it with so far [Moto GP Racing] it's going back. Yes, it looks nice, & it is also comfortable to hold, but whilst there is an option to calibrate the analogue thumb sticks with regard to how far they can be pushed in each direction, there's nothing to calibrate the sensitivity of them. What I mean is, that unless the game includes its own sensitivity option for analogue controllers & you try playing a driving game using the analogue sticks then you may find yourself wondering if your driver/rider is gonna get pulled over & breathalised!!!

 

Right, almost done - been saving the best for last. What did I have that £200 [actually £199] set aside for? My new pride & joy, & currently my favourite piece of hardware - a Mordaunt-Short 907W 100w sub-woofer [mine's black, not that nasty cherry colour]. Now all the deep bass bits in films sound just like they should.

[Alien 1]

Went to town? LOL, not exactly - that's yet to come. I have a few other things to get 1st [like a new VCR, TV, DVD player, & possibly a 5.1 amp/decoder & maybe some new speakers], but after that I have a list of stuff I wanna get:

 

DigiDoc 5

Abit AT7 Max2 [& maybe the Max XP drive bay thingy]

Athlon XP 2700 [maybe higher by the time I get round to it]

512MB of Corsair PC3200

& [hopefully they'll be out by then in this country] a Radeon 9700 Pro AIW

New PSU [haven't made my mind up about make/model yet]

I'm also toying with the idea of an Audigy 2 Platinum.

[Brian Frank 0]

I bought the following:

2 packs of Cooler Master ramsinks

an Athlon XP2000+ (Paliminio)

and I have a Thermalright SK-7 on order from newegg

 

I plan on ordering a KVM switch here shortly as well.

[AndyFair 0]

Went a bit mad over the last couple of weeks :x :

 

Vantec Nexus W-Force Super Panel

Swiftech MCX462+ Heatsink with YS-Tech 80mm fan

Chieftec AX-01SLD Aluminium Midi-Tower

Creative Labs Audigy 2 Soundcard

 

I think it's time to put the plastic away before I get tempted again... 8)

 

AndyF

[Marktait 0]

I just bought a tricolour cathode light from ebuyer info here 8) , didnt even know you could get such a thing, looks very nice

[BladeRunner 0]

I think we should retitle this thread "New parts I've just bought" and then we can all post as we buy new things.

Hell, keep the thread going for a couple of years and the first few pages of posts will be very historic

 

Anyway, my purchases over the last week or so:

 

ASUS P4G8X-Deluxe motherboard (Granite Bay)

Western Digital WD1200JB HD (120GB, 8MB Cache)

Diamond Internal V92 modem (For some reason my dial-up speed has now increased from 42k to 49k-50k, all very strange).

[sapiens74 0]

Dell PowerEdge 1600Sc dual SCSI 320's

640MB ECC REG Ram

Dell 1800FP monitor

[BladeRunner 0]

I was as surprised as the next person!!

I was using a USR External V90 (flashed to V92) modem.

The connection speeds were a rather constand 40k or 42.6k

It has been this way for years and I've always assumed bad lines where I am.

 

Over the weekend I was building a PC for the girlfriend, her old machine had an internal modem and I'd sourced a Diamond Internal V92 one - this is a true hardware PCI modem, not WinModem or Software.

After I'd set her machine up of course I wanted to download the critical updates so I hit the net.

First attempt to connect to the net, connected at 44k.

A few more tests after reboots, 46k, 48k, 50k.

I'm now averaging around 48k and the only thing changed is USR External modem removed, Diamond Internal Hardware modem added.

 

Yer ok, compared to those lucky people with broadband this may seem like nothing, but my online experience does feel that bit better now.

[Brian Frank 0]

Yeah. My granparents have a local ISP, and they connect at 48k pretty consistantly. Not as fast as the DSL I'm used to, but I'm impressed to say the least.