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dbmaven
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Your System - March 2005

Post your system specs if you've built/bought a new system during the month of March.

If you've changed your system, put "ADDED" next to the new component(s).

If you haven't changed anything - don't post!

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geierr
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As of March 4th, 2005:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Barton) @1.92 GHz (Not Overclocked)
AsRock K7S8XE+ Motherboard (SiS 748 Chipset) With AMI BIOS Version P1.90 07/19/2004--Board Revision 1.0
Black Mid-Tower Case with 430W Antec TruePower PS
APC Back-UPS XS 1000VA Connected Via USB Cable
1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM CL3
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB DDR SDRAM (Catalyst 4.9 Drivers)
Seagate ST380013A (74 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) HD on Sis primary (master)
Western Digital WD800JB-00ETA0 (74 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) HD on Sis primary (slave)
JLMS (Lite-On) XJ-HD166S DVD-ROM Drive on Sis secondary (master)
Plextor DVD/CD Writer PX-708A on Sis secondary (slave)
Generic 1.44MB Floppy Drive
17-inch NEC MultiSync LCD1765 LCD Monitor
SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (integrated)
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 Computer Speaker System
Microtek ScanMaker i320 USB 2.0 Scanner
Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical (USB)--added 3-3-05--replaces IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0
Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard (PS2)
Gravis Blackhawk Joystick (Game Port)
Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick (USB)
HP 932C Printer Connected Via LPT1:
Motorola SB4100 Cable Modem
ISP Charter Pipeline 3000/256
OS Windows XP Professional OEM SP2
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Dunke
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Build Completed March 1:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester
MSI Neo4 K8N Platinum
Cosair 1GB (512x2) TwinX 3200XL
BFG Geforce 6800 GT OC
WD Raptor WD360GD
WD Raptor WD740GD
DVD NEC 3520A
Generic DVD Rom
Antec P160WD Case
Antec 550W EPS
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
Generic 1.44 Floppy
Saitek Gamers Keyboard/Pad
Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Sylvania F912 19" Monitor
WinXP Pro SP2


Tolik
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reply to dbmaven
Build in proggress...

Kingwin KT-424-BK-WM Case
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester/SHF
MSI Neo4 K8N Platinum Mobo
Antec NeoPower 480W PSU
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB HDD (SATA)
Maxtor 300GB HDD (ATA)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Micro Advantage DVD+-RW
Logitech MX700 Mouse
Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Monitor
WinXP Pro. 64
Generic 512MB RAM (temp)
Old PCI Video card (temp)

On the way...
MSI RX800XL-VT2D256E Radeon X800 XL
Zalman CNPS7700-CU CPU Cooler
GeIL GL1G4000DC 1GB Ultra RAM


Barmat
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Just Built

AMD64 3500 Winchester(stock)
Antech Neo480 PS
MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI
XFX 6800GT
1GB Corsair Pro Series
Thermaltake Bigwater HS
WD Raptor 74GB
Hardcano 13 Card reader/Fan control
Lite-On 16x Dual Layer DVD burner
Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse
Logitech Media keyboard

For the first time NO FLOPPY

Just finished 2hrs playing COD/UO and my CPU temp stayed at 44C

aarskringspi

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reply to dbmaven
Just Bought:

Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4
P4 3.6 ghz Processor
2 GB DDR2 RAM
400GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
Phillips 16x DVD and 16x DVD+/-RW w/dbl layer write
20 Inch Ultra Sharp Wide Screen
Logitech MX 100 Wireless Laser Mouse
Dell Quiet Key Board
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 5.1 Sound Card
256MB PCI Express nVidia GeForce 6800

And for my wife

Dell Dimension 8400
P4 3.2 ghz Processor
1 GB DDR2 RAM
80 GB SATA Hard Drive
Phillips 16x DVD and 16x DVD+/-RW w/dbl
19 Inch Ultra Sharp
Logitech MX 100 Wireless Laser Mouse
Dell Quiet Key Board
Intergrated 5.1 Digital Audio
128MB PCI Express ATI Radeon X300 SE


Somnambul33t
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built 2 weeks ago:

Winchester 3200+ 10x235 33-40 C idle 37-45 C load
DFI LanParty Ultra-D
2x512 OCZ Performance pc3500 **not compatible even with latest BIOS** - running 2x256 Corsair XMSPC3200C2 1:1 2.0-3-3-10 (2x512 Geil Platinum pc4000 on its way)
x700Pro 256MB
Onboard Karajan 7.1 Sound (better than most onboard sound, but not as good as Audigy or my old NF2U's SoundStorm)
1x74GB Raptor SATA1
1x160GB Seagate 7200.8 PATA
OCZ PowerStream 520w
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timcuth
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ADDED today - Western Digital Dual Option Media Center 250 GB external hard drive
»www.wdc.com/en/products/products···guage=en

I intend to hook it up via Firewire and mainly use it for Acronis True Image backups. Of course, I will be able to use it for a lot of other stuff, too.

Tim
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My System as of March 21st, 2005

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Non overclocked)
Abit NF7 2.0 Motherboard
Generic Case, 300 watt power supply
512mb's ddr ram
Cyber Power Systems UPS--700AVR, Connected via serial cable
Geforce FX 5600 AGP 8x 256MB
SB Audigy 2 Platinum with Audigy 2 Bay
Klipsch 4.1 ThX SPeakers + Subwoofer
Microsoft Internet Keyboard
Logitech MX 500 Mouse
Viewsonic VX-900-2 LCD monitor(19 inch)
80gb Western Digital Hard Drive(Master) 60GB (Western Digital, Slave)
Lite on 16x DVD-ROM-Added
Lite on 52X CD-RW
Generic Floppy
Wireless network card(trendnet 403PIPlus)-Added
PCI Slot fan
One Standard Case Fan
Lexmark Z53 Printer
HP Scanjet 3300C
Saitek Rumplepad P2500(Gamepad)
Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2


Pyrion
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reply to dbmaven
Just built:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (939).
BFGTech VNF4 motherboard (a rebranded Chaintech VNF4 w/ active cooling on the chipset).
Antec Sonata case w/ a 550W EPS12V PS (so I have a spare Antec TruePower 380).
1GB PC3200 CL2.5 Dual-Channel DDR SDRAM.
BFGTech GeForce 6600GT OC 128MB PCI-Express.
Western Digital 20GB 7200RPM ATA-100 (primary master).
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM ATA-100 (primary slave).
Creative Labs 16x48 DVD-ROM (secondary master).
Hewlett Packard 9300 10x4x32 CD-RW (secondary slave).
19" ViewSonic PS790 CRT monitor.
WinXP Pro SP1 (still no reason to go SP2).
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AMD Sempron 2400+ (1.67 Ghz) (can be OC'd to 2.250 Ghz)
ASROCK K7VT4A+ (KT400A Chipset), 6 USB 2.0
Nvidia TNT2 M64 w/ 32 Meg
120 Gig WD HDD.
3.5 Floppy
52x Cdrom [Lite-On]
Removed48x Cyber Drive CD-RW Added HP dvd640i DVD+/-RW w/ LightScribe tm
HP Deskjet 940c
512 MB DDR, PC-2700 - Simple Tech.
17" Mag monitor
Microsoft Optical Mouse -white
Standard keyboard
Codington Case white, w/ 500 Powertek dual switching p/s


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AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.1ghz
Thermaltake Silent Boost CPU Cooler
Mach Speed Viper V400DBL Motherboard
1026 MB Ultra Memory (2X512)
Removed: 1 Albatron Nvidia FX5700Q video card
Added: 1 e-VGA Geforce 6600gt video card
1 Aopen 5.1 Channel Sound Card
1 40 gig Maxtor Internal Hard Drive
1 60 gig Maxtor Internal Hard Drive
1 80 gig Western Gigital External Hard Drive
1 WSM 52X CD/RW Optical Drive
1 NEC 3500A DVD/RW Optical Drive
1 CoolerMaster 5.25" Fan Controller/Temp Sensor
Added: 1 3.5" Floppy/7-1 Card Reader
Added: 2 Antec Blue UV 80mm fans
Added: 2 12" Blue UV Light Tubes
Added: Blue UV Spiral Wire Loom


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santy
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I just bought a new laptop to play with,
Gateway 7320
2.8 ghz mobile pentium 4,533mhz FSB, 1MB L2 cache
dvd burner
usuall ports,
15.4 lcd screen
80gig hdd
built in wireless 802.11g
already customising software setup
Windows XP Home for now.
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Jenn
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Built on Thursday

CPU AMD 64 |3200+ ATHLON 939P
MB GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9
VGA SPPHRE X600 PRO 100587 PCI-e
DDRAM 2x512MB PC-3200 GE1GB3200BDC
HD 200GB|WD SATA
HP Litescribe DVD +-RW Dual Layer


NYR11
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Computer #2 Home Built 1.2 gig AMD Athlon T-bird, Asus A7A266 mobo, PNY Ti 4200 64MB video card, Soundblaster Audigy Gamer sound card, Netgear NIC, WD 40gig 7200rpm Hard Drive, 16X Pioneer DVD ROM drive, TDK CD-RW Drive 512MB of Kingston PC 3200 DDR, Microsoft Optical mouse and Microsoft keyboard, 17" Samsung SyncMaster Monitor,Win XP pro SP2, Antec Super Lanboy Case.
I had some old beige generic case for this rig that I hated. So I switched it into the Super Lanboy. Very Nice Case. This case is going to house my AMD 64 machine that I plan on building in the Fall:)
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kwitko
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Antec SX830, Antec True Power 430W w/ side window, 4x80mm blue LED case fans
Abit NF7-S rev 1.2
Athlon XP2500+, Alpha PAL8045 w/ 80mm Antec blue LED
2x512MB Corsair XMS PC3200
2 1 x 80GB HD
1 x 200GB HD ADDED
16x DVD-ROM Lite-On 4x DVD+/-RW
Lite-On 48/12/48 CD-RW
Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro 256MB w/ Zalman heatpipe cooler
BenQ 19" LCD
Windows XP
onboard network adapter

New items in bold
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