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Post by Twisted Mojo » Wed Aug 27, 2003 10:52 am

12' Powerbook G4
867 MHz G4 Processor
256 MB DDR 2100 RAM
40 GB Hard Drive
32MB GeForce4 420 Go
Combo DVD/CD-RW Optical Drive
12.1 Inch Internal Display

I love my computer. Small, sleek, and sexy. 8)
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Re: Your Computer?

Post by EznocDOTcom » Wed Aug 27, 2003 3:46 pm

OK.. i have several.. so here goes


System #1 (the beast)
Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz cpu overclocked to 3.6 Ghz (240 x 15) with a 119CFM fan and an SLK - 900U 92x92 Heatsink
2.0 Gigabytes Kingston HyperX PC3200 (4 x 512Mb Sticks, cas 2.0 2-2-2-6-1T timing)
Radeon 9800 Non Pro @ 459 core (918) / 355.5 mem (711)
49,000+ Aquamarks, 18500+ 3dmark01s, 6600+ 3dmark03's
Lian-Li PC71 All Aluminum Black Anodized Case - 15 Total drive bays, 14 in use)
Asus P4P800 Deluxe Motherboard
Enermax 651 Blackshell Power supply (550Watt)
18 Total system fans
4.1 Channel Flat Panel speakers (generics that are fabulous)
Dual Monitors, 1 19" (18.01" Visible) CRT Monitor
1 21" (20.4" Visible) (one of my 19's died, and they replaced it with a 21" -- woot for me..
5 x 160 Gigabyte Maxtor 5400 RPM Hard drives (storage)
1 x 200 Gig Western Digital 7200 RPM/8mb cache drive
1 x 180 Gig Western Digital 7200 RPM/8mb cache drive
1 x 160 Gig Western Digital 7200 RPM/8mb cache drive
2 x Western Digital 36.7 Gigabyte Raptor 10000 RPM/ 8 Mb Cache Drives : in raid0
1 x Wacom Intuos2 6x8 Digitizer with wireless pressure sensitive pen (1,024 pressure levels)
1 x Pioneer 106BK Black Faced 4X DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW Dvd Burner
1 x LiteON 4816 16X DVD Read/48X CD-Record/24X CD-Rw/40X D.A.E. Burner
1 x Nexus FanBus controller

Painted "purple and black"
1 x Microsoft Natural Internet Multimedia Keyboard v 1.0a
1 x Logitech Trackman Marble Thumb Operated Trackball, Wireless
1 x APC 1100VA UPS (37 minute runtime on this system!)


System #2 (the son in laws machine)
1.5 Gigabytes PC2700 Kingston HyperX
Epox 8R-DA3+
Amd "Barton" XP 2600+ @ 2.4 Ghz
Dual 80 Gb WD 7200 RPM Drives (raid0)
Radeon 9700 Pro with Zalman Heatpipe
Onboard sound
21" Sony EP-540 21" Trinitron monitor (19.8" vis)
Logitech Cordless Freedom Keyboard + MX500 Wired Mouse
1 x Logitech MX700 Mouse
48X Cd-Burner (Lite-On Oem)
Home theater sound system 5.1 Speaker
KingWin Silver Case with 3 Plexi sides


System #3 (the girlfriends machine)
Gigabyte 7VAX Kt400 chipset motherboard
Amd Athlon XP 1700+ dl3tc @ 2.08 Ghz
768Mb PC2700 Ram
60 Gb 7200 RPM/8Mb Cache wd HDD
21" KDS VS-21E monitor
FireWire capture
16x Dvd Reader
48X Cd-R Burner
2.1 Channel Altec Lansing speakers (don't remember model)

System #4
Dell Inspiron 1100
P4 2.0 (not celeron)
30 Gig hdd (5400 rpm, not 4200)
DVD Reader/24x Cd-Writer
512 Mb Ram
14.1" Screen
10/100 Nic, Dual Batteries, 56k v.92 modem

In-House server
Compaq Slim Desktop : K62-475, 256MB RAM, 10 GB HDD: Operates as our router, proxy server, firewall

Off-Site Server (4 identical ones)
Dual 1.13 Ghz P3 CPU's
4 Gigabytes System Memory PC133 ECC
640 Gig Raid 0+1 array (640 available)
Industrial class UPS with backup generator.

Daughter in Laws system

P2-450
512MB RAM
40 GB HDD
48x cd burner
Geforce 2 MX 400
19" Monitor
Generic Keyboard, Logitech Wired trackball "TrackBall FX+4"
Plain beige box, 400 W Generic PSU


//edit revised the beast a little.
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Post by Favlaud » Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:20 pm

At Dad's

Dell Dimension 4100;
256 PC133 SDRAM
PIII 900Mhz
15" Monitor
20 gig HDD
2.1 sound
CD-RW drive (up to 8x)
Generic CD drive
Windows ME

At Mom's

PIII 500mhz
312 PC100 SDRAM
19" CRT
10 gig HDD
generic CD drive
Windows 98

I need a new system badly at my mom's T_T
;)

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Re: Your Computer?

Post by artificialhero » Thu Aug 28, 2003 12:14 pm

Main System:

AMD Athlon 1700+ T'bred B @ 2.08GHz
ThermalRight SLK-800 Heatsink
Akasa 80mm speed sensing fan
2 x 512MB TwinMOS PC3200 DDR SDRAM w/ Heat Spreaders
Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec PlusView 1080AMG tower case
Sony 52x24x52x CD/RW drive
Sony generic DVD drive
generic Samsung floppy drive
40GB Western Digital 7200RPM System Drive w/ CoolerMaster CoolDrive 3
120GB Western Digital 7200RPM Storage Drive w/ CoolerMaster CoolDrive 3
Altec Lansing ADA-885 4.1 speakers
Samsung 152V 15" LCD Monitor
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop keyboard/mouse

I heart my lovely computer... first one i built myself and it went perfectly :):):)
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Post by Stormpawe » Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:11 pm

Alright, guys i think i beat everyone here with my stellar system......


Phillips 388 KHZ (yes i am not lying)
40mb HD (cost my dad $1000 at the time he bought it)
15" 16 color moniter,
only god knows how littel RAM
no video card uz they weren't out at the time
no sound card that i know about
hehe i win "the shitiest computer awrd"
oh and its runs on DOS 2.1..i have the 5" floppy on my desk upstares by my computer also has windows 3.0 :):) hehe doesn't crash either, wodner what happeend over time to windows :)


now for my real computer

Win XP
P4 2.4GHZ
512 DDR Ram @ 400MHZ side-bar
Radeon 9200 videa card
15" LCD moniter
3 speaker sound system with generica sound card
16x DVD
32/16/52 CDRW
3.5" floppy
10/100 D-Link NIC card
80GB HD at 7200RPM
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Re: Your Computer?

Post by Watcher » Fri Aug 29, 2003 9:57 am

cool, damn some sweet hardware there :)

I'm running a

PIV 3.06Ghz @ 3.4Ghz
1024meg RAM
52x Burner
16x DVD ROM
80gig HDD
128Meg Nvidia Ti4200
21" Phillips Monitor
2 x 56kbps Dial up connection (I'm on a island in the middle of nowhere)

2 other pc's, but there both a bit under the weather atm, I'll post when thereworking again

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Re: Your Computer?

Post by EznocDOTcom » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:43 pm

Just added another system to the mix (for my Home Theater)

Shuttle SN45G
Shuttle F45 Motherboard with Nvidia NFORCE2 chipset
Amd Athlon XP 2100+
10/100 Network
Optical SPDIF out 5.1 Channel Dolby Sound
Radeon 9000 128MB Pro
100 Gigabyte Western Digital 7200 RPM HDD
Hp DVD 200i DVD+R 2.4X Writer / 8x DvD Reader
1.0 Gigabytes (2 x 512Mb) Dual Channel PC2700 Ram
60" Widescreen HDTV
Yamaha YHT 550 Watt 6.1 Channel Home Theater System with 5 Disk Progressive scan DvD changer
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 Video Capture Card/TV Tuner :D :) :D :)
My New Hero is (and I'm a white, non rap listening type guy) Kanye West.. and I quote
"George Bush does not care about black people" - 9/2/2005 - Redcross nationally televised benefit concert for victims of hurricane katrina.

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Post by Killer-Rabbit » Mon Sep 01, 2003 4:44 pm

Currently I have:
Dell Inspiron 2600
1.2 GHz Celeron
Integrated video and sound
DVD drive (not sure the speed)

By the end of the week I will have:
ATI Radeon 9800pro 128MB
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
512MB Corsair PC3200 RAM
AthlonXP Barton 2500
LiteON 16X DVD player
120GB Western Digital SATA hard drive 7200 RPM/8mb cache
120GB Western Digital IDE "Special Edition" 7200 RPM/8mb cache
15" LCD monitor
Logitech MX Duo (Already have these...mmmm...MX700...)

To be added (didnt want to spend all that money at once):
Audigy 2 sound card
52X Cd burner (maybe the DVD-R/CD-R drives they have now)
Atleast 512Mb more RAM
Second monitor (Probably CRT)


Yeah...its just a little bit of an upgrade for me :wink:

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Post by EvilPanda » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:38 am

Gateway somthing somthing
Intel Pentium 4
512 ram (being shipped)
radeon ati 9600 256 ram grafics card (also being shipped http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product ... AM0C1C83C9 )
Boston speakers and sub woofer
32 inch lcd monitor
20 gig hard drive
dvd drive
cd burner

I share this computer with my whole family, and im getting the ram and the viseo card for my birthday. So werd.

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Post by billf » Tue Sep 02, 2003 3:12 am

well, my specs have changed a bit since I first posted in here, so here's the update:

Dual AMD Athlon 1900 (1.6 gig) MP processors
1 Gig (2X 512 meg) DDR SDRAM
19" Samsung SynchMaster 950b monitor
52X CD-R/RW drive
Creative Labs Audigy 2 Platinum sound card
80 gig HD
Microsoft standard Internet Keyboard
Logitech MX 700 Optical Mouse
Altec Lansing 3 piece PC Gaming Speakers
ATI Radeon 8500 128 meg video card
Lain-Li something or other aluminum case... can't remember the model number and I'm far too lazy to look for it.
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Post by kamikazifreak » Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:00 pm

[quote="Earlier, I";p="5114"]It's sad...really it is :( :

Compaq Deskpro
Pentium 233 proccesor
64 Mb RAM
Onboard S3 Video Card with shared RAM
16 bit Sound Blaster Card
Gateway Vivitech 15 Monitor
15x CD
28.8 Gateway Telepath Data/Fax Modem
10 Mbps Ethernet card (no use for it)
3.1 Gb Hard Drive (C:)
2.98 Gb Hard Drive (D:)
3.5 in. Floppy (of course)
some desktop speakers, they're ok
Blackhawk Joystick
mouse, keyboard
Recently added:
2-port USB card
40x14x48 external CD-RW drive

oh yeah, Windows 98


Pity me. I'm a computer geek stuck with a POS.[/quote]

The sad thing is, now I'm doing an independent study course in Visual C++ .NET, and my computer at home can't use it. I'm going to have to do everything at school (unless I can use this to convince my mom to let me get a better computer).

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Re: Your Computer?

Post by Jester83 » Tue Sep 02, 2003 11:42 pm

well lets see here i just upgraded a few monthes ago and this is the out come:

Intel P4 3.06 ghz processor
nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4400 128mb
100 gig HD
SoundBlaster Live! Gamer
17" LCD Monitor
48x12x48 cd burner
all of that in a Shuttle case (which is about the size of a cinder block or toaster oven)
oh yeah and i got me one of them elumix keyboards the blue one to match my case
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Post by Quan-Time » Wed Sep 03, 2003 12:09 pm

i have a fairly good paying job, so i can keep up to date (if i want that is)

XP2400+ @ 11x200 (over XP2800+ specs.. does the job)
epox 8RGA+ mobo
512meg pc3500 corsair ram
WD120JB
asus ti4200 8x

oh, and i did the case myself, and the handle, yadda yadda.. and i have a 17" LCD (DV172)

and heres an old pic (same case, different guts)
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hope that gives you an idea (sorry for the large pics ppl)
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Re: Your Computer?

Post by HelloTman16 » Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:26 pm

OK here goes:

(my machine)
Athlon XP 3000+ (barton) @ 2.26 (only cooling mod is an extra case fan and video card fan)
512MB PC2700
48x cd burner
Geforce FX5200 @ 300/386mhz (128ddr)
Biostar Mobo
80 gig maxtor ata133 with 8mb transfer cache
500watt psu
soon to have a UPS and more cooling mods
XP pro


(machine 2, 3, 4)
P3 550
256mb PC133
one has vodoo3, one has ati rage, other has geforce 2 w/64mb
one has a 15" monitor the others have 17's
2 have 20gb hd, 3rd has 17gig
all on xp pro

(machine 5)
P3 933
256mb PC133 (I think)
Geforce 2
20 gig hd
17" viewsonic flat screen
XP pro

(machine 6)
IBM laptop w/docking station
P3- 850
128mb ram
don't know what video card
6 gig hd
Windows 98se

(machine 7- the awesome one)
Dell notebook
P1 166
32mb ram
tiny hd
crappy screen
windows 95

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Post by Prospero » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:10 pm

Compaq Presario Laptop 2500

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.66GHz / 512KB (L2) Cache
512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 266MHz
ATI MOBILITY RADEON (M6) 4X AGP (64MB DDR SDRAM)
80GB enhanced-IDE Hard drive (WinXP Home - FAT32 Tables)
Floppy Drive
DVD+CD-RW Combo (CD-read 24x; CD-write 8x; CD-rewrite 8x; DVD-read 8x)
15" display.
Integrated v.90/v.92 56KB modem
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
Integrated 54g wireless LAN, Draft 802.11g standard compliant
JBL Pro Performance; Internal speakers
Touchpad / 88-key keyboard.
PC Card Type I/II 16-bit with support and 32-bit card bus
Three Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
Standard computer inputs and outputs

32.9 cm x 27.2 cm x 4.9 cm (12.96 (L) x 10.72 (W) x 1.93 (H) inches)
7.5 lbs
8-Cell Lithium-Ion (4.4 Ahr), 90W AC adapter, and a partridge in a pear tree.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot Firewire.

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