Any performance PC users here?
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From: Elkhart IN
you got it grey, i dont have the money either, cause the second i get it its out the door, but when i do have it, i go for the gold. really, its not that expensive to build yourself a comp. i paid 75 for my 2.93 gig and a motherboard after a rebate, i got a used case from a local comp place for 15 buck, used a oldl power supply, cd burner, and ram, all had laying around. right now im in this comp for 85 bucks, so not bad. if you have to buy everything, your talkin a couple of hundred, but its a heckof alot better than a dell peice.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
this is for my right hand
P4 3000 Mghtz hyper threading
2 gig 800 Mghtz dual channel ram DDR2 PC 4000
80 gig 8 meg cache 7200 RPM drives SATA
256 meg ATI video AGP
6 fans
1 DVD burner
1 CDRW burner
500 watt power supply
20 inch LCD screen
Optical Explorer Inteli mouse
Left hand has a
P4 2400 hyper threading and the rest of the specs are the same as the right hand computer
Celerons are like Yugo's, it will get you there sooner or later....probably later.
But I also do a lot of Autocad drawings, run big Lotus spreadsheets and photo editing as well.
Can you still even buy a 40 gig HD?
Last time I went to the store I think the smallest they had was 60 gig.
P4 3000 Mghtz hyper threading
2 gig 800 Mghtz dual channel ram DDR2 PC 4000
80 gig 8 meg cache 7200 RPM drives SATA
256 meg ATI video AGP
6 fans
1 DVD burner
1 CDRW burner
500 watt power supply
20 inch LCD screen
Optical Explorer Inteli mouse
Left hand has a
P4 2400 hyper threading and the rest of the specs are the same as the right hand computer
Celerons are like Yugo's, it will get you there sooner or later....probably later.
But I also do a lot of Autocad drawings, run big Lotus spreadsheets and photo editing as well.
Can you still even buy a 40 gig HD?
Last time I went to the store I think the smallest they had was 60 gig.
Last edited by Dave Sponaugle; Sep 29, 2005 at 10:36 PM.
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From: Cool, CA
Originally Posted by MemOrex
Ok, just read some info on SATA. Sounds good, and will get that instead of IDE HD's.
Oh yea the cooling. How do you guys do liquid-cools??? MRKnight, your first post mentioned u have it...u got any pics of that mad setup?
I was just gonna use a bunch of fans with some TEC modules since I have that already. My PC would sound loud tho with like 4 cooling fans on it.
Oh yea the cooling. How do you guys do liquid-cools??? MRKnight, your first post mentioned u have it...u got any pics of that mad setup?
I was just gonna use a bunch of fans with some TEC modules since I have that already. My PC would sound loud tho with like 4 cooling fans on it.IDE = Slow!
Some info on "Hydra" my liquid cooled system
http://home.comcast.net/~knight75/Hydra/Hydra.htm
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From: Cool, CA
Originally Posted by MemOrex
What do guys prefer, Pentium or Celeron? I've used Celeron for the past 5 yrs and its been great.
Full Pentium = 8 cylinder Mustang
Any questions?
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From: B/CS, Texas!!
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That is one sick setup u got there, mrknight. I agree on those Peltzier coolers...they are power hungry. In fact, I was playing with one today and after being plugged in to 12V 15amps, the COLD side started getting HOT..lol, not good. I may need to step down the power on that...or maybe just get a monster fan like the one u have
On to motherboards...u guys ever hear of Soyo motherboards? I took a look at their website and they look pretty decent.
.That is one sick setup u got there, mrknight. I agree on those Peltzier coolers...they are power hungry. In fact, I was playing with one today and after being plugged in to 12V 15amps, the COLD side started getting HOT..lol, not good. I may need to step down the power on that...or maybe just get a monster fan like the one u have
On to motherboards...u guys ever hear of Soyo motherboards? I took a look at their website and they look pretty decent.
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I'm building up my new system Monday once I get my motherboard in:
Pentium 4 3.2ghz on a Intel D915PBL Mobo
1gb DDR2-533 ram
Radeon x600 PCI-E 256MB DDR
80GB SATA Seagate
16x DVD-ROM
Asus 19" LCD Monitor
I'm running it in a black Lava Lamp case packing a 600W power supply, black monitor,black DVD-ROM and keyboard.
Black is sexy
Greg
Pentium 4 3.2ghz on a Intel D915PBL Mobo
1gb DDR2-533 ram
Radeon x600 PCI-E 256MB DDR
80GB SATA Seagate
16x DVD-ROM
Asus 19" LCD Monitor
I'm running it in a black Lava Lamp case packing a 600W power supply, black monitor,black DVD-ROM and keyboard.
Black is sexy
Greg
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