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My other project... FINISHED

Reply #30 – August 19, 2006, 01:20:21 AM

Glad to see a computer enthusiast base here. Kinda mixes my two favorite things together. Ive been a member at http://www.hardcoreware.net for over 4 years now. They have some decent hardware reviews and forum.

Im long overdue for a new rig. Its just not in my budget right now. Oh well, the longer i take to get new stuff, the better the new stuff will be than what I have now. An abit nf7-s motherboard with a mobile athon 2500+ (mobile = lower voltage = lower temps + better overclocking), half a gig of pc3200, and a radeon 9600xt. it doesnt really play anything new decently, which is why i havent been into gaming much lately.

I did download the original doom games a few days ago, which has kept me mildly content. Reminds me of when I was like 8, playing it over a 14.4k modem.

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Reply #31 – August 19, 2006, 01:20:55 AM

This is what I got for RAM.

I have another couple sticks sitting around worth a Gig, but I'm not sure if they'd create a bottleneck next to these Ballistix things or not.

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Reply #32 – August 19, 2006, 01:29:17 AM

Quote from: Ifixyawata

This is what I got for RAM.

I have another couple sticks sitting around worth a Gig, but I'm not sure if they'd create a bottleneck next to these Ballistix things or not.

If they're slower than that Ballistix RAM, all the RAM will downclock to the speed of the slowest stick(s). If they're the same, then it will be fine. Although if the slower sticks are DDR 400 or better, you'd probably benefit from a 2nd Gig of RAM in newer games, especially Battlefield 2 and Oblivion.

@bhazard: Yeah, I'm upgrading because the market seems right. CPU price/performance ratios rising, graphics cards comin down (7900GT @ $265, X1800XT $199, etc). I'm not even spending $1G on this comp...just around $950 I think (although I'm not buying a new PSU).

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Reply #33 – August 21, 2006, 05:21:07 PM

same with me. time for a new box, but no money.
my 1600+ with my mx440 can't play oblivion, been playing on my wifes. 64bit 3400+ with a gig ram, and 6600GT.
only thing hers needs really is a sata drive.

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Reply #34 – August 21, 2006, 11:48:07 PM

***NEW UPDATE***

Ohhhhh yeeeeeaaaahh :D

Still to go:

-Motherboard
-RAM
-Graphics card

It's gettin there!

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Reply #35 – August 26, 2006, 05:48:45 PM

I'm still rocking the amd 2100+ or *gasp* the PIII 450

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Reply #36 – August 26, 2006, 08:50:17 PM

okay...i think i may have found my winter project. ive been thinking about picking up a new computer alot. the one i have is old and while it has hiccups here ant there it has been relitivally reliable. its a mess, but it continues to work. its just tired and time to upgrade. my woman wanted to use a new pc as incentive. she wanted to see if we could get all the cards, bills and cars paid off by tax time we would buy a new pc. ive flirted with the idea of building one but im somewhat triggershy with it. i get some of the basic components. im sure i could buy the hardware and assemble it but i wouldnt know what to do with it from there. plus id have to get all new software as well. i wouldnt want to pick out get the wrong stuff either.

currently i have:
1.8 ghz pent4
256ddr sdram (i expanded that but i forget what it is)
300 gig HD (expanded from the 80 gig that was in there)

looks like you have a sweet project going there. ill be following it even though im clueless.....lol

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Reply #37 – August 26, 2006, 09:51:21 PM

I have an
AMD 2100+
512 pc266 ddr
Gigabyte kt400 board
120gb ide drive
and a 56k Modem!

Its amazing that when I put this together it was FAST and powerful, it was pre barton cores and everything....

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Reply #38 – August 26, 2006, 11:13:58 PM

I still try to keep up with what's going on in the computer world, but I think I've done my last upgrade for some time. I was using a Dell Inspiron 1100 P4/2.4 laptop and decided I needed a newer, faster machine around about March of this year, so I bought a Gateway with a 17" widescreen, AMD 64 4000, a gig of RAM, a 100 gig hard drive, and 256MB X600 Mobility Radeon graphics. Aside from the widescreen and integrated DVD burner I wasted my money. The only games I play are 1980's arcade games (MAME32 anyone?) that don't exactly need state-of-the-art, I don't edit video, and the very rudimentary photo editing I do could probably be done on a 286. Aside from that I surf the internet (on dialup, no less) and use Mitchell OnDemand (would run fine on a 1200Mhz Duron). The Dell was perfectly fine for what I do. The 64-bit aspect of the Athlon chip is useless as the machine came with 32-bit Windows (the useless-on-a-laptop Media Center edition at that) and all my software is 32-bit. I spent $1600 for a new laptop, and that money would have been much better spent on car parts. That $1600 would have bought a T-5 swap and a paint job.

My desktop is a Dell P4 3.0 that I don't even play MAME games on - it's used solely for internet. No need to upgrade that in the near (or long tem) future either. Both machines are like fishing with hand grenades - too much tool for the job.

My point? I guess I don't have one. I just need to convince myself to not go out and build/buy a new computer, especially now that the 'Bird is finally getting some lovin' :D

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Reply #39 – August 26, 2006, 11:21:04 PM

To be honest, I didn't notice that much of a difference between my XP 2200+ w/ 1 gig of RAM and this 3200+ with 2 gigs of RAM, when I did this upgrade last year. Now I think I'd get more out of going with a couple of really fast hard drives in RAID 0.. with a third, even bigger drive as a backup for the array. This lone 300 gig drive is nice, but I keep filling it up with downloads.. (no, NOT porn.. hah) and I know there are faster drives out there.

Hmmm.. if only I could find a SAS controller for regular PCI, and a pair of Cheetah 15ks.. :p

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Reply #40 – August 27, 2006, 12:03:14 AM

@shame302 - If you want, I'll help you choose the parts of the system.

@Bird - Yeah, but I'm pretty sure my upgrade will be quite noticable, especially in games like Battlefield 2 in which my current PC kinda struggles; the new comp will cut through games with ease.

As for the parts I have left (graphics card, motherboard, and RAM), I'm kinda undecided on which of those I'm getting and when. Here's the predicament I'm in:

1) The RAM I'm getting has a $20 rebate that ends on the 31st (which is when I'll be able to get my next piece).

2) I just got an email from monarchcomputers this morning showcasing some deals they had on refurbs, including an X1900XT 512MB for $139!!!! I might want to wait for that deal to come around again, but who knows if it will (and if it does, when?).

3) NVidia is about to release the 7900GS; performs about as good as a 7800GT and early OEM versions are selling for $139. It'll save me money, but it will perform a bit less too.

Whatta you guys think?

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Reply #41 – August 28, 2006, 03:34:35 PM

Well, I decided. I orded this beauty this morning at 7am before I went off to school :D :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130050

It's only $3 than the other card I was looking at (X1800XT) and performs better. Also, I feel more confortable dealing with eVGA and newegg instead of some guy over ebay. My current graphics card is an eVGA and has been running strong for 10 months. No problems with the $1,000+ worth of stuff I've bought from newegg so far, either, so I'd rather deal with them. Woo hoo, cant wait to see how this beautiful system runs :D .

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Reply #42 – August 28, 2006, 11:22:54 PM

It's gonna give you a floating point error. That's just the way things go. :D

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Reply #43 – August 28, 2006, 11:43:17 PM

Quote from: jkirchman

It's gonna give you a floating point error. That's just the way things go. :D

YOU!!!

When its up and running while pushing out awesome graphics, I'll show you!!

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Reply #44 – August 29, 2006, 10:03:20 AM

Yeah I bet that blue screen will look really purdy now! :flip:

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