EddiE314 0 Posted December 27, 2001 PSU, yea tell me about it, i am running mine with a 250w!!! i'll need at least a 350 for my Athlon XP, i can get my athlon 850 to 1.1 stable now at 1.85v, i guess i'm lucky, but i feel safer with it set to 1000MHz. Share this post Link to post
pimpin_228 0 Posted December 28, 2001 Well the newest edition to my comp or shouldi say lost is my case full of comp discs was stolen and i went bonkers Share this post Link to post
pimpin_228 0 Posted December 28, 2001 EPoX EP-8KHA+ with a stick of 512 is my next upgrade Share this post Link to post
Dulorn 0 Posted December 29, 2001 What's the point, in 6 months it will all be crap anyway. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted December 29, 2001 Dude, are you here to help, ask for help, or to troll? Why buy a car ever? You're gonna replace it in 10 years or less. Quit being a troll and post something useful or leave! Share this post Link to post
Dulorn 0 Posted December 30, 2001 I did not know I was trolling. I thought trolling involved giving a system specification higher than everyone else's then saying everyone else's computer sucked, but to each his own I guess. "Battle Of the Computers" in the "Other" forum is not exactly people asking for help. My computer now makes the one I had 6 months ago seem like crap. And 10 years would be nice for computer upgrades. Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted December 31, 2001 Well ive not posted in this huge thread once so far so i may as well do it now Abit TH7-II-RAID Intel Pentium 4 1700@2047mhz (until i can get hold of a better cooler ) 512MB RAMBUS 2xIBM 60GXP 40GB in RAID0 on the crappy highpoint grrr Floppy drive Hercules Geforce 3 Ti500 Voodoo 5 5500 PCI Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Platinum Linksys 100TX 10/100 NIC Pioneer DVD-105s 16x Plextor 12/10/32a CD-R/CD-RW Iiyama Visionmaster Pro 410 DTT2500 speakers MS Intellimouse Explorer/MS Forcefeedback 1/and 2xMS Gamepads and a window and 2 neon lights (red and green, looks very nice). and that is it... Share this post Link to post
sapiens74 0 Posted December 31, 2001 You don't need a faster CPU when you have a BIG....... Hard Drive. "Get your minds out the gutter" Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted January 1, 2002 Well, I just got some more cash so I'll be getting some parts for the Corona-12: a 400 Watt Antec PSU and another stick of 256MB PC2100 DDR. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted January 2, 2002 Got my PSU, and shall be ordering my CPU and heatsink soon. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted January 5, 2002 1.4GHz Athlon T-Bird and a Vantec CCK-6035D ordered. Should be here by Thursday. (Shipping is waaaaay too expesive for anything else) Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted January 5, 2002 I think youve probably managed to get 90% of all your posts from this 1 thread alone. Its like a constant status update Share this post Link to post
Four and Twenty 0 Posted January 6, 2002 i don't know if i have posted back to this thread since i got my dually so here goes Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted January 6, 2002 I want to spend some money but i dont know what to get Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted January 6, 2002 How much is burning a hole in your pocket? I suggest going to dual processors... Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted January 6, 2002 I would LOVE to go dual but what are the options. Just dual athlon or dual p3? Which mobo would be the best in each case? Share this post Link to post
Four and Twenty 0 Posted January 6, 2002 I would say dual p3 on an Intel chipset or Dual p4 xeon on an i860 my opinion is totaly biased due to my repeated bad luck with amd in the past. Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted January 7, 2002 Hey i would prefer intel as well, as ive had some bad experiences with amd myself and none with intel. Im thinking i might just get a new case though, my current 1 is getting a bit old and broken Im thinking a quality all aluminium 1 this time. (Lian-Li maybe, anyone got any suggestions?). Share this post Link to post
INFERNO2000 0 Posted January 7, 2002 my new system is up...the duallie rig Ragnarok is on temporary hold NIFLHEIM Windows XP Professional AMD Athlon XP 1600+ Overclocked to 1800+ speeds(1533 (146x10.5) Swiftech MC-462a w/ Delta 80mm-80CFM fan on 12/7 switch Soyo K7V DRAGON+ Sigma Edition w/ onboard NIC, sound, Promise IDE 512mb(2x256) PC2100 DDR from Crucial iiyama VisionMaster Pro 451 19"(running @ 1600x1200x32@85) Gainward GeForce3 TI-200 Golden Sample (240core/540RAM through BIOS) 40gb IBM 60GXP Lite-On 24x10x40 CDRW Lite-On 16x48 DVD Enermax WS101 mobile rack Panasonic Floppy all rounded cables Chenbro Genie w/ casters, fan holes cut for more airflow (SR10405-Door model bezel will arrive in a month or so) 2xPanaflo M1A 120mm 1x Sanyo Denki 92mm Enermax 465 modded w/ better fans Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 RatPadz Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted January 7, 2002 If you want a cheap duallie board, the ECS 6DVAA. It can be had for around $60, making it the cheapest duallie board available. It has optional HighPoint HPT370 RAID. It's based on the Via Apollo Pro 133A chipset with the 686B southbridge. Pentium 3's go in it. Unless you have a buttload of cash, the (P4) Xeon's are gonna be waaaaay too expensive. They would be nice to have, tho. I haven't really had problems with AMD chips, but that's me. I'm really not partial for the home setting between the companies in the desktop market. Corporate scenario, Intel and ServerWorks (big $$$$$$$) all the way. Your system looks pretty tight M4, so you could always hold onto it, or get that case. Nice rig, Inferno. How ya like your 60GXP? My 2 in RAID 0 are rather quick Nice jet-engine too:p Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted January 7, 2002 Hey Ill just make it clear that ive never had probs with amds chips, i had a slot athlon 700mhz with an amd irongate (750/751) chipset and it ran great. But my other boards, Via KX133 and the KT133a always had some stupid problems which took hours/days of tweaking to get stable So my problem isnt really the chips, i know they are faster than the p4s atm, but they are just not stable enough with those stupid via chipsets (at least for me). Think the case i will get is...... http://www.coolermaster.com/products/atc/atc200.html Its silver but has a kinda black front which would look great with some black drives when the time comes to change em. BTW Brian, your running 2x60GXPs in RAID0 like me Any chance you could do some benchies I need to make sure mine are running right, and what strip size did u use? Share this post Link to post