New PC, woo!

[Thordic]

I got tired of my somewhat old P3 800, so..



Turbo X-Alien Case (no windows though), 420W power supply

- 2.8ghz P4
- 512MB PC3200 DDR
- 16X DVD / 32x24x40x CDRW (cannibalized from this PC)
- Internal 6in1 Flash media R/W
- 120GB HD / 80 GB HD (cannibalized again)
- ATI Radeon 9200 128MB with TV-Out and DVI (not the best card, I know, but it'll handle CS, NWN, and should handle HL2 if it ever comes out, I don't care about much else)
- SB Live 5.1

Plus some extra fans and stuff. I got a good price on it, been meaning to get a new PC for a while, so I figured what the hell and ordered it tonight. Should be here by next week.

My checking account took a hit, but I don't mind, its a nice new toy :)

[Mateo]

*looks at crappy compaq*
*sigh*

[p8ntball1016]

nice! its only 140 megs faster than mine. but i have rd ram and a dvd burner.

[agdemagman69]

Doesnt having a 1000$+ computer make AO so much more interesting!


Nice case choice, i like it!

[ExtremeODD]

heh u cant buy my case, or u sorta can, i bought an old alienware Dragon case, and put a window in the side, and was planning on getting a U shaped CCFL for the front vents to light it up and mod a top fan on.... BUT my comp doesnt cool by fans much, its peliter watercooled, so i get NICE temps for great overclocks.... sorry im a speed freak, got a peliter cooled sapphire radion 9800 pro (its now faster than XT by bunches) amd 2400, with a 220*12 oc (for u nonknowing thats 220 FSB witha 12x multiplier. this is peliter cooled of course, avarage temp anywheres from 2c to 20, depending on the overclock. the mobo is a asus a7n8x dlx rev 1.4 , i got the northbrige cooled solely by watercooling. 1 gig of pc 2100, i have no farking clue how i can get ddr 166 (166 fsb run speed usually) up to 220, im just one lucky sob :P and 2 dead 200 gig HDDs (found out my CDrw doesnt like being chained with HDDs)

[agdemagman69]

Originally posted by ExtremeODD
heh u cant buy my case, or u sorta can, i bought an old alienware Dragon case, and put a window in the side, and was planning on getting a U shaped CCFL for the front vents to light it up and mod a top fan on.... BUT my comp doesnt cool by fans much, its peliter watercooled, so i get NICE temps for great overclocks.... sorry im a speed freak, got a peliter cooled sapphire radion 9800 pro (its now faster than XT by bunches) amd 2400, with a 220*12 oc (for u nonknowing thats 220 FSB witha 12x multiplier. this is peliter cooled of course, avarage temp anywheres from 2c to 20, depending on the overclock. the mobo is a asus a7n8x dlx rev 1.4 , i got the northbrige cooled solely by watercooling. 1 gig of pc 2100, i have no farking clue how i can get ddr 166 (166 fsb run speed usually) up to 220, im just one lucky sob :P and 2 dead 200 gig HDDs (found out my CDrw doesnt like being chained with HDDs)

OoOoOo You wanna go!

Blue alienware dragon case (got it from compusa)
custom cut window, mirror paint on inside with blue ccfl
Dual AMD64 mobo, with two 64 3200+s
3 gigs pc3200 ram
radeon 9800 pro 256 running at 460/440
Audigy 2, with logitech z680s
2 200gb hd's in a raid 0 config
regular optical drives
Still running fine on air cooling, might move up to water soon

[Thordic]

Originally posted by agdemagman69
Doesnt having a 1000$+ copmuter make AO so much more interesting!

I didn't pay anywhere near $1000 for it, sorry :)

$670 + shipping.

And as for a DVD burner, I don't want one. They are too slow right now. I didn't have the patience to burn a CD at 4x, forget about a DVD. I'll wait till 32x+ DVD burner are commonplace.

[agdemagman69]

Originally posted by Thordic


I didn't pay anywhere near $1000 for it, sorry :)

$670 + shipping.

And as for a DVD burner, I don't want one. They are too slow right now. I didn't have the patience to burn a CD at 4x, forget about a DVD. I'll wait till 32x+ DVD burner are commonplace.

bah, its late and im too lazy for quoting prices lol

Dvd burners suck right now... Gotta wait for the 52x, mmm fast

[ExtremeODD]

6x dvd burner isnt slow, dvds and cds have diffrent speeds for teh #x rate. like 6x i think was equal to like 30-40x on a cdrw... much faster, the disks will shatter, ive already had one or 2 shatter in my cdrw (running a 2x disk at 48)

EDIT: heh my computer is fast for non 64bit, next year or so ima do my ultimate case

[agdemagman69]

oh man, i was watching a video clip where they were spinning cdroms as fast as possible before they'd shatter... it was awesome!

[e mag]

Originally posted by agdemagman69
oh man, i was watching a video clip where they were spinning cdroms as fast as possible before they'd shatter... it was awesome!

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88868&highlight=dremel

dvd burners aren't that slow anymore, plextor has a dual format 8x dvd+r 4xdvd-r. I just bought one but havent installed it yet cause my comp has been messed up.

[FactsOfLife]

Originally posted by Mateo
*looks at crappy compaq*
*sigh*

here's a little wake up call for ya son, when I was your age, the HOT pc at the time was an IBM Personal Computer. 2 grand for 16mhz, and a black and white monitor

[bofh]

Originally posted by FactsOfLife


here's a little wake up call for ya son, when I was your age, the HOT pc at the time was an IBM Personal Computer. 2 grand for 16mhz, and a black and white monitor

Only the uncool people got the Amber on Darker Amber monitors :) Or green on black ones.

[Hasty8]

I've been thinking of updating my comp. Either a P4EE or P4C with an 800 FSB and upgrade my board to handle at least 3 gigs of ram. Keep my old 128 vid card, which works very well and get rid of my seperate DVD-ROM and CD-burner and get a combo unit that does all.

Gonna have to get jiggy with the new case though. black lights and uv reactive paint on the boards. Also, no fans. Instead, I'm gonna go with a liquid nitrogen cooling system. With that much cold I should be able to overclock a 3.2 to almost 4.

[Rmarks]

hehe, I just got my new pc also:

Athlon 2500+
Abit NF7S mobo
120gb SATA hdd
Radeon 9600 pro
Corsair 512mb PC2700 XMS ram