Computer upgrades... - Always nice :biggrin:

[viper2040]

just my little boast thread...
between the " *** " are all sorts of specs on my comp...if you really dont care, scoll on down to the bottom...


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getting 1 gig of HIPERF, KINGSTON memory....
details:
2x 512mB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
HyperX High performance memory
CAS Latency: 2.5
Timing details: 2-3-2-6-1T
Gold plated Connectors

And did I mention, it also comes with a free 16 mB usb memory pen type gadget thingie-ma-bobber


all for $224....free shipping...try and beat that price ANYWHERE

also recently got:
AMD XP2600+ Processor ($97)

Soyo Dragon KT-600 Plus Motherboard ($102)
supports up to 1.5 gigs of pc3200 memory, or 3 gigs of ddr266 memory
Anti-Burn Regulator (shuts pc down when cpu temp exceeds the temperature i specify--60 celsius)
Oh, and did i mention Front side bus overclocking directly from the BIOS?

Serial ATA harddrive, 80 gigs, 7200 RPM, 8 megs cache (maxtor) ($104)
.....Life is good :biggrin:

other specs-- Ive got a Sound Blaster Audigy siter sound card, and a Verto nVidia Ti-4200 AGP video card, with 64 megs of ultra fast, 500 MhZ memory

Antec TrueBlue 450 Watt powersupply, with built in blue LEDs...

2 rear UV sensitive fans, with one of them holding a circular cold cathode UV lamp....a side 80mmfan with 4 blue LEDs

Processor goodies--a copper cpu shim to prevent cpu damage...Arctic silver Ceramique thermal paste for low temps, a Thermaltake ducting mod, and a Thermaltake "smart&silent" Volcano9+ cpu fan--speed up when needed, slows down when cpu is idle

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Any thoughts??
If anyone wants to know where I find such good deals, Im MORE than happy to share my "tricks of the trade"...
Also, Im interested to see what kind of systems people use here....

be sure to post your specs



Edited By viper2040 on Sep. 24 2003 at 10:21

[Nferno666]

well...try pricewatch.com usually everything is cheaper there but if not then i guess those are good prices...i would check but i'm busy in school..yeah school at 8pm :shocked:

[viper2040]

PRICEWATCH?? bah, their best deal on ANY kind of 1gB kingston pc3200 ram was pretty high.....Kingston.com is having a special deal on HyperX ram, so that it is now cheaper than normal ram...but you have to go through their "specials" link or else they'll charge you full price, the bastards :p

and i am a tad wary of pricewatch, since people seem to advertise stuff they dont even have, or advertise it as something better, or mis represent the price....and no pics, either....ebay is better, IMHO, and in MOST cases, www.newegg.com is best of all....plus, with bigger parts, they give you better and better stuff for free--with the motherboard and processor, i got 2 REALLY cool pens...
harddrive, and a tv tuner, i got shirts...

[Nferno666]

some have pics and more of a description...depends on which company your ordering it from


well found the mem on pricewatch for a total of 204 with 2day fed ex shiping...hell even better ones for under your price


Viper2040_: watch the double posts...you know better, man...



Edited By viper2040 on Sep. 23 2003 at 23:43

[viper2040]

heres the problem on pricewatch--they dont mention the timing specs, NOR whether it is actually Kingston branded or ValueRam (which undergoes less vigorous testing...)

for $20 extra, i get BRAND NEW, HIGH quality MATCHED ram, AND a usb memory pen...

sounds good to me,....

[Nferno666]

that's why they include the model# and a link to the offical webpage to view the specs if it doesn't mention much on pricewatch

[viper2040]

come on, people, lets see some computer specs here...
I'm interested to see how many people out there build pcs, and who bow down to Dell

[SSJKarma]

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CPU : Pentium 4 1.7ghz celeron
RAM : 512mb 266mhz DDR
VIDEO : GeForce 4 MX440 TV/OUT (64mb DDR RAM)
SOUND : VIA AC'97 WDM (onboard)
HDD : 5400 RPM 20gb
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and if you think this is good for a system, just know that any P4 is easily beaten in speed by the PIII systems !

example:
CPU : Real PIII 550mhz
RAM : same as above
VIDEO : same as above

in speed that system beats my P4, i know tested at optimal performance by 3D MARK 2001 and it does about 1000 points better then me !

morality : don't buy P4 by AMD for now !

other example:
a friend of mine who keeps his computer always in touch sent me a photo of 3D mark 2003 comparing his AMD to a P4....
the results...

the amd 2000+ under clocked at 1.7ghz with same deal of memory, video and all specs identical except CPU and MOTHERBOARD, nothing onboard ! he easily got pass the P4 3ghz by over 1000 points !

SEE P4 doesn't stand to AMD right now !
don't buy those if you're gonna update, don't do the same mistake i did !

do not go for cheaper product as well, they aren't the best and will most liky get your computer speed down a notch !

that's all folks !

[LancerPX]

all for $224....free shipping...try and beat that price ANYWHERE
does that mean you install it yourself?
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i think i'm gonna have to check for some upgrades on this computer

[Nferno666]

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CPU : Pentium 4 1.7ghz celeron
RAM : 512mb 266mhz DDR
VIDEO : GeForce 4 MX440 TV/OUT (64mb DDR RAM)
SOUND : VIA AC'97 WDM (onboard)
HDD : 5400 RPM 20gb
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and if you think this is good for a system, just know that any P4 is easily beaten in speed by the PIII systems !

example:
CPU : Real PIII 550mhz
RAM : same as above
VIDEO : same as above

in speed that system beats my P4, i know tested at optimal performance by 3D MARK 2001 and it does about 1000 points better then me !

morality : don't buy P4 by AMD for now !

other example:
a friend of mine who keeps his computer always in touch sent me a photo of 3D mark 2003 comparing his AMD to a P4....
the results...

the amd 2000+ under clocked at 1.7ghz with same deal of memory, video and all specs identical except CPU and MOTHERBOARD, nothing onboard ! he easily got pass the P4 3ghz by over 1000 points !

SEE P4 doesn't stand to AMD right now !
don't buy those if you're gonna update, don't do the same mistake i did !

do not go for cheaper product as well, they aren't the best and will most liky get your computer speed down a notch !

that's all folks !
the P4 has always sucked compared to AMD...the 1.7 was one of there biggest mistakes cause a 1.1ghz "duron" out does it...ppl just think that since it's "pentium" it's better but no. sure they have a 800FSB but amd is DDR and it's only 400(they have a 2ghz FSB but for servers, hopfully soon to be desktop with the 64bit athlon...pentium server cpu only for 533 as far as i remember..who know i don't like intel) right now but it still competes with it and even out does it on certain occasions.

[SSJKarma]

not all pentium are bad !

PIII prooved to be worth th ebuy compared to the brand K7 from AMD back then !

but ever since we got over 1.3ghz, intel just got wrong !
the P5 coming up looks awesome tho !
just hope miscorsoft don't do their plan with intel.
WINDOWS in CPU !

its just gonna make AAMD the ultimate CPU seller !
don'T think wrong, i'm not AMD nor INTEL... i go with what i have moeny to pay for !

[Kingryu1]

if i were to upgrade my pc, i'd be better off buying a new one. it sux that much, that it would cost atleast

[blanka09]

[quote:post_uid0="Kingryu1"]if i were to upgrade my pc, i'd be better off buying a new one. it sux that much, that it would cost atleast

[viper2040]

its called i worked my ass off over the summer working two jobs :biggrin:

and i got a raise at both places...AND i was employee of the month (*cough burgerking coough*)

as for pentium, eh, ive heard that the new p4 (3.06 ghz) is incredible, but AMD has always provided high performance at a low tag...and i like the fact that they arent just trying to see how technically fast the clock is, but rather using alternativ etechnology to overcome clock speed barriers...

[Nferno666]

yeah the *newer* p4's are doing good these day but when they came out to fast and basiclly took a step back back when the P3 was only out for not even a year i think...intel just got scared by the athlon since they couldn't beat it..the p3 was a good thing untill the athlon came out...hell even the duron could compete with it head to head which left the celerons way behide...

[viper2040]

come on people, im starting to lose faith in humanity--so far my impression is that everyone is using a dell or compaq, built to the demonic specifications of Microsoft... (shouldnt they be called MicroSoft? its a combo of 2 words....)

lets see some custom pc specs...

[SSJKarma]

my PC is custom VIPER !

if by custom you mean no brand like a whole computer made by COMPAQ or HP, then my PC is nothing more then a CLONE, i chosed and buought my pieces by different companies ! i wouldn't do it any other way !

as for two things, they can't be custom made...
i mean INTEL BOARD are necessary to have INTEL CPUs and AMD BOARDS are necessary to have AMD CPUs ! so basically, its more and more difficult to get boards that take all CPUs in them. so its more and more difficult to have computers that aren't all made up form the same company !

has anyone of you heard of the palladium ?
basically speaking, its a processor with an INCHIP windows all installed !
the only thing for windows that will be on your HD will be the UPDATES themselves !
in a way that would be awesome, but in a case where people like me change windows a lot of time to try and test the different one wxisting, including LINUX and all others like BEoS, its gonna be hard to work and would only disadvantage us !

anyway... just a saying !

[viper2040]

run that past me again? the part about finding mobos which support multiple processors?

to my knowledge, there is NO mobo which will support both an Athalon XP and a Pentium4....

oh, and Im now into overclocking...good stuff...

[Nferno666]

he probably means dual cpu...

[SSJKarma]

nop, i am really talking about those pentium one computers where the motherboard was CONFIGURAABLE to support many brand of CPUs including, CYRIX, INTEL, AMD and another one i don't quite remember !

they were SOCKET 7 !
on it you had the chance to plug a CYRIX CPU up to to 333mhz.
ot you could plug in an INTEL CPU up to 233mmx.
or you could go with AMD, up to 300mhz (latest boards supported up to 500mhz)

see, even Pentium two's with SLOT 1 type CPUs could support multiple brands like that. ever since the P4 and AMDs K7... that' freedom that we had was sred to dust, now a days we have no choice but to choose one brand and go with it, which is bad. cause its becoming hard and harder to customize the PC to your liking !

the many companies are staring to look like APPLE more and more everyday !
APPLE makes computer you can't change at all, you buy it that way and if it broke you're stuck with it or you buy another one !

other companies are coming to this as well !

[Nferno666]

yeah there are those but he meant that you said 2 different cpu's at the same time

[Ken-Po]

come on, people, lets see some computer specs here...
I'm interested to see how many people out there build pcs, and who bow down to Dell
**********************************************2.6G HZ Pentium 4
256MB ddr ram
Ati Raedon 9800 pro
Intel i860 mohterboard
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Upgraded the cpu not too long ago from a 1.8ghz to 2.6ghz
Video card also switched fron nVidia to Ati
Satisfied with the ram
Runs XvssF/SFO @ 40Fps
All the latest sites no problem runing them at all