Alien 1 Posted April 9, 2002 I figured I might as well post my system's specs - might make some of you lot feel a bit better about your own PCs. Fortrex "Magic" MG-780 ATX Full Tower [a.k.a. that rather big full tower that Maplin sell under the wrong name ] [They call it a "Jupiter Full Tower"] Macron MPT-300 PSU K6-2/500 TMC TI5VGA mobo [w/ 2MB cache] 320MB RAM IBM 75GXP 30GB ATI Radeon 64MB DDR ViVo Sonic Vortex 2 Lite-On LTR 12101B [12x 10x 32x] BTC BCD24XHM 24x CD ROM 3.5" & 5.25" floppy drives [1 of each] Antec EzUSB Realtek RTL8029 based NIC MRi PCI1456 56K modem [just in case cable server dies ] Motorola Surfboard 3100 cable modem Eizo Flexscan 9400 20" monitor Share this post Link to post
pmistry 0 Posted April 9, 2002 my crappy PC is as follows: Asus K7V VIA KX133 chipset BIOS 1008-D Beta AMD Athlon 750 SLOT A 512 MB PC133 RAM Panasonic S70 Monitor Hercules 3D Prophet II MX LG 52X CD-ROM Mitsumi 4x/4x/24x Burner Maxtor 20 GB 7200 RPM ATA100 Hard Disk a couple of floppy drives Altec Lansing ACS54 Speaker set SB Live Player 1024 Lucent 56k Modem Linksys USB 10/100 Adapter Belkin PCI 10/100 Adapter Logitech Wingman USB Gamepad A crappy 5 dollar PS/2 mouse and an ancient 101 AT Keyboard Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted April 9, 2002 Well, the Epox is in. Had to up the memory voltage before WinXP would stop giving me a MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD. I also found out the HTP372 controller doesn't like my rounded cables... Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted April 10, 2002 Well i got a 1.8a p4, very nice, 2.4gig an climbing, quite impressive. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted April 10, 2002 Yeah, the Northwood is a nice overclocker. I know some dude that's trying to hit 2.6 with his 1.6A, and he might do it too with his H2O setup. Share this post Link to post
JP- 0 Posted April 10, 2002 Also, managed to grab some new drivers for my 8500, just given me 500 more 3dmarks which was nice 10,000 is in reach, ill be well impressed if i can manage that. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted April 10, 2002 I found out something: shims suck! I had one on my T-bird and it was preventing me from using anything but the default multiplier. That sucked! Share this post Link to post
Four and Twenty 0 Posted April 11, 2002 yea shims allways seemed kinda sketchy to me Share this post Link to post
Rashman 0 Posted April 11, 2002 Taken me a while to get a pc im happy with!..... Windows XP Professional AMD Athlon 1333mhz on 266 FSB MSI K7T Turbo Limited Edition Motherboard 768 Kingston PC133mhz Ram 40 Gig Western Digital 7200 rpm ATA 100 Hard Drive Soundblaster Live 5.1 Platinum Soundcard Sony 12x CDRW\DDRW Writer Ricoh Combi DVD/CDRW Writer MSI Gerforce 4 MX440T Graphics Voodoo TV/FM Tv Tuner Card Nicam Stereo HP Scanjet 6200c HP Laserjet 5 Creative Webcam go Samsung digimax 800k Camera Cambridge soundworks DTT 2200 5.1 Speaker system Sony Graphic equalizer Cordless Headphones Cordless Black & Silver Trust rechargable mouse BTC Black and silver keyboard Optiquest V115 22" (20" Viewable) Monitor Customized in Silver with Black buttons Logitech cordless Gamepad Sony Minidisc player hooked up to optical leads on live drive 4 port usb hub ir receiver so i can control pc with a remote control Silver server tower case with black buttons hayes v92 modem pci on board usb network Im chuffed!!!! Share this post Link to post
BBA 0 Posted April 11, 2002 Does a dual 2.2GHs Prestonia with 1G PC800 count? Only 6 18G Cheetah's RAID5w/128MB cache controller? With a GF4? Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted April 11, 2002 I don't have a huge heatsink anyway, so the shim is kinda pointless and I haven't killed a core yet. Share this post Link to post
pimpin_228 0 Posted April 14, 2002 Well i am working on my lan box heh Dfi ak-75ec mobo voodoo 3 2000 16 meg pci maxtor 8 gig stick of 256 pc133 and i was looking on pricewatch and i can get 1.3 duron for 64 WOW that is a must so i might be investing in that and a new case Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted April 18, 2002 Criminy! My 8K3A+ died, and I'm sending back for a full refund from Newegg. On the upside, I got an Abit NV7-133R to replace it. This mutha is loaded, and could probably change my stance on Abit. So far (and it hasn't been long) it's given me no problems. On a side note, this is the first non-Via chipset motherboard I've used in one of my personal machines for at least 2 years (440BX last non-Via one for me). Share this post Link to post
pimpin_228 0 Posted April 19, 2002 well i learned that my cpu can run 172 f and not die, cause i had to turn my fans off a minute and forgot to turn them back on and when i got back my comp was crashed and restarted and it wouldn't boot into windows so i reset itand i pauseed on the temp thing and my cpu was 172 so i remembered to turn my fans back Share this post Link to post
Alien 1 Posted April 19, 2002 My updated specs: Fortrex "Magic" MG-780 ATX Full Tower [a.k.a. that rather big full tower that Maplin sell under the wrong name ] [They call it a "Jupiter Full Tower"] Macron MPT-300 PSU Athlon XP 1900+ [1.6Ghz] Abit KT7A-RAID v1.3 384MB RAM [3x128MB PC133] IBM 75GXP 30GB ATI Radeon 64MB DDR ViVo Sonic Vortex 2 Lite-On LTR 12101B [12x 10x 32x] BTC BCD24XHM 24x CD ROM 3.5" & 5.25" floppy drives [1 of each] Antec EzUSB Realtek RTL8029 based NIC MRi PCI1456 56K modem [just in case cable server dies ] Kensiko translucent blue PS2 keyboard [the ones Staples sell] Logitech USB Optical Wheelmouse Motorola Surfboard 3100 cable modem Eizo Flexscan 9400 20" monitor Share this post Link to post
Alien 1 Posted April 19, 2002 Hey LinuxBoy - what temp does your CPU stay @ when idle? Share this post Link to post
Linuxboy00 0 Posted April 19, 2002 At idle - 28C Full Hard @ss Load - 40C I maxed the cpu out at 100% for 5 hours, and the temp never went over 40C Share this post Link to post
Linuxboy00 0 Posted April 19, 2002 Of course that depends on if my AC is running or not. :-) I've seen it idle at 26C and be at full load running at 35C Just depends on ambient room temp for me. Mine is not overclocked. Standard CPU Share this post Link to post
sapiens74 0 Posted April 19, 2002 ONly an Athlon would need a Delta fan. No thanks,I hear enough helicopters in the morning, here. Share this post Link to post
Linuxboy00 0 Posted April 19, 2002 The only reason I have one is because that's what came with my HS. I've been looking at quiter ones, that produce the same amount of air flow. Any suggestions? Share this post Link to post
sapiens74 0 Posted April 20, 2002 I had the swiftech heatsink with a delts fan, and I changed to a CAK 38 with a smaller fan, tho it was 5k rpm, was a bit quieter thok, and used a lot less room. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted April 20, 2002 Well, it's time to repost one of my systems. Scorpio -Abit NV7-133R -Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz @ stock -512MB PC2100 DDR -Gainward GeForce 3 @ 250/571 -Maxtor 20GB ATA100 7200RPM -Maxtor 40GB ATA100 5400RPM -Toshiba 12x DVD -Samsung 48x CD -Mitsumi floppy drive -2 port Lucent IEEE1394 PCI card -Sparkle 350 W PSU -Vantec CCK-6027D HSF -Super Case full tower I cannot believe how many PCI slots I'm not using. Currently, I only have a firewire card for this thing. I'm probably not going to do much, if any, overclocking, especially since the options on this board are quite anemic at best. I'm not going very far with a max Vcore of 1.8 volts--and yes, this is an Abit board. On the upside, the integrated stuff rocks! USB 2.0, HighPoint ATA133 RAID, 5.1 ch sound, integrated LAN. I'm liking the NForce, which IMO, is possibly the best integrated chipset yet. Share this post Link to post