dragon
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2 edits | Your System - May 2006
Post your system specs if you've built/bought a new system during the month of May.
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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SSX4life
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join:2004-02-13
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Acer Travelmate 4000lci
1.4ghz Centrino (Dothon core)
2 gig pc 2700 memory upgraded from 1 gig
40 gig 7200 RPM HDD upgraded from a 4500rpm hdd
64MB Intel Graphics
Windows XP Professional "Custom Edition" 
Intergrated wireless a/b/g
Intergrated bluetooth
1 PCMCIA slot
The memory boost and the hdd speed increase really helped my lappy on gaming performance, as well as load times in counterstrike / utk4 / and appz like photoshop.
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ePCdoctor
Panda Security US
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join:2000-06-21
Glendale, CA
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Athlon64 3500+ Clawhammer @ 2.5
A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
2GB PC3200 DDR400 Corsair Xpert
2x Nvidia Ge-Force 6800's GT's SLI
3x Maxtor SATA 300 GB HD's |
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n_w95482
Premium
join:2005-08-03
Ukiah, CA
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Here's a triple upgrade  .
Laptop (Dell Inspiron E1705):
Intel Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz)
1 GB (512x2) Hynix PC-4200 (533) DDR2 *ADDED* 2 GB (1x2) G.Skill PC-5300 (667) DDR2
nVidia GeForce Go 7800
100 GB 7200 RPM SATA HD
Intel wireless card
Combo CD burner/DVD-ROM
WinXP Home
Old gaming/Linux experimenting/folding/spare computer:
Intel Pentium III 933 MHz
Asus CUV4X
160 MB Infineon RAM (128 MB PC133, 32 MB PC100, all at CAS2, 133 MHz) *ADDED* 512 MB (256x2) PQI PC133, CAS2 (only cost $28 or so a stick )
nVidia Vanta, 16 MB, AGP (still looking for a replacement  )
13 GB IBM Deskstar
7.5 GB WD Spartan
8x4x32 Creative CD burner
Generic 300w PSU
WinXP Pro, Red Hat 7.2, Win98SE (soon)
Main machine:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (normally @ 2.65 GHz, temp. @ 2.2)
DFI LAN Party Ultra-D, modded to SLi, using Vantec Iceberq for chipset cooling 
2 GB (1x2) Crucial Ballistix PC4000 DDR *Possibly replacing*
nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX, 256 MB *ADDED* Copper OCZ BGA heatsinks for rear RAM chips
74 GB WD Raptor
250 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 (SATA)
Pioneer DVR-109 DVD burner
Samsung DVD-ROM
500w Fortron Blue Storm PSU
WinXP Pro, WinXP x64
I'm currently having some issues with the new memory in the laptop. The BIOS says it's running at DDR2-667 speeds, and CPU-Z reports it as being in dual channel, but CPU-Z also reports the FSB:DRAM ratio as being 1:2 and memory bandwidth benchmarks with both Everest and Sandra show results comparable to a single channel setup (below 4 GB/sec). I'm going to try flashing the new Dell BIOS tomorrow to see if it'll help clear it up. Other than that, it seems to work great. Battery life seems identical to the original Hynix, and heat is okay.
As for my desktop, my second set of Ballistix is dying (first set crapped out in October, after 3 months of usage). With this set, I ran it below the recommended voltage due to heat and stability issues. They lasted this far but are beginning to show errors in Memtest86+ fairly quickly. Errors still show up at speeds not much higher than PC3200. I guess that's why Crucial discontinued the 1 GB PC4000 modules. If I can return them, I may get some OCZ instead. I have the memory in the orange slots, I may try the yellow ones first before I make arrangements for an RMA. |
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masterwolfe2
Resident Redneck
join:2001-03-07
Hiawassee, GA
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Asus P5WD2 Premium * Intel Pentium D 930 * Corsair Twin2X1024-5400C4 * Seagate 120 GB SATA * 80 GB W/D PATA * Toshiba SD-R5372 DL DVD Burner * TDK IndiDVD 4x * ATI 512 MB x1800XT * Audigy2 ZS Platinum * Antec SmartPower 2.0 500 * Thermaltake Black Shark
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blaster_bolt
join:2003-12-14
2400067
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again update on system
Asus A8N-E nForce 4 Ultra
AMD Athlong 64 3200+ Venice Core (Everest shows as 1.3
sock HSF - soon to be changed
Hynix 512MB x2 1 GB RAM
Sapphire X700 Pro
Zalman VF700 Cu
LG GSA-4163B DVD burner
Maxtor 250GB SATAII system + storage *ADDED*
Maxtor 160GB SATA storage
Western Digital 80GB SE storage
Maxtor 80GB ATA133 storage
3 1/2 FDD
internal 5-in1 cardreader
Buffalo USB Wireless G Device
Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0
update again, the 160GB was filling up too fast...
i want G3 mouse from logitech... and another gig of RAM... and the list goes on and on... |
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RobNyc
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join:2002-03-06
New York, NY
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Asus P4P800-E-Deluxe Mobo
Thermaltake Big Water 12cm Liquid Cooling System
Prescott 3.0ghz
WD 160gb HD | nec dvdrw
2x512mb ddr400 dual-channel supertalent + heatsinks
Sapphire Radeon x1600 PRo 512mb AGP *ADDED*
Asus a9250ge/256mb (Uses Radeon 9250 Pro engine) But Linux says its a r9200 pro LOL
Logitech mx3100 | Logitech z-2200
XP Pro, OSX86(Testing/Fun), Linux(Fun)
ANTEC TP-II 430w PSU *ADDED*
ACER AL1916W (19" LCD/WideSCreen) *ADDED*
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brydry
...it's meat-cake
join:2004-12-05
Safety Harbor, FL
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My PC:
Compaq SR1750NX AMD Athlon64 3500+
Rplaced 17" CRT with Acer 19" LCD (as1916asd)
Wife's PC
Old: Dell dimension 4100 P111 @800MHz
512MB ram
120GB WD and 20GB Maxtor
Cd-rom and CD-RW
NEW: Compaq SR1830NX AMD Athlon64 3500+ @2.2GHz
1GB ram
200GB seagate sata HD + old 120GB WD
DL MF DVD-writer
Acer 19" LCD
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MrBW
Ha Ya Doin'?
join:2003-02-17
Brooklyn, NY
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Thermaltake Kandalf VA9000SWA Full Tower Aluminum Case
OCZ PowerStream 520W Power Supply
DFI LanParty VENUS NForce4
Athlon AMD X2 4800
OCZ Voltage eXtreme EL DDR PC-3200 2GB Dual Channel
EVGA 7900GT CO Superclocked SLI'ed
EVGA DUAL 7900GT SIGNATURE Very Limited Edition SLI'ed *ADDED*
Viewsonic VX922 2ms Response Time 19'
Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Music
Logitech Z-5500
seagate 20gig hd
wd 120gig UltraATA 8mg cache
wd 120gig SerialATA 8mg cache
wd 120gig SerialATA 8mg cache (raid 0)
ASUS Black 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive w/ QuieTrack Technology
Asus Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive
ASUS DRW-1604P NEC DVD-R/W 3520A
Logitech Laser Cordless Mouse MX-1000
Logitech Elite Keyboard
floppy
Thermalright SLK-948U Zalman CNPS9500 Ultra quiet CPU cooler *ADDED*
Optimum Online
Windows XP pro |
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tokevino
Rain
join:2001-12-03
AZ
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Configure 1:
A64 x2 4200+
EPoX 9NPA+Ultra (On Board Sound / etc.)
PQI 512MB*4 = 2GB/2.5-3-3-7 @400MHz
Samsung 200GB*2 = 400GB SATA2/RAID0
XFX NVidia 6600LE 256MB
Samsung DVD Burner D/L x2 (Samsung DVD Burner D/L)
Floppy Drive
removed: D-Link 802.11b/g
added: 80mm case fan x2
added: vga pci slot cooler
zalman 9500 (stock fan)
Configure 2:
A64 3500+ Venice
AOpen EZ-482 BareBone (On Board Sound / etc.)
GigaRam 1GB*2 = 2GB (2.5-4-4-7) less 256MB shared
WD 80G PATA-133
ATI Xpress 200 (Integrated) 256MB Shared
Samsung DVD Burner D/L (NEC DVD Burner) |
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n_w95482
Premium
join:2005-08-03
Ukiah, CA
| reply to dragon
Here's my updates. I'll refer to my previous post to cut down on space.
P3 machine from above:
nVidia Vanta, 16 MB, AGP *ADDED* ATi Radeon 9500 Pro
A64 machine from above:
2 GB (1x2) Crucial Ballistix PC4000 DDR *Temp addition* 1 GB (512x2) Kingston HyperX PC3200
Machine that the parts are being borrowed from :
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.3 GHz (200x11.5, 1.75v)
Abit NF7-S w/DFI nF2 Infinity northbridge cooler and 50mm fan taped on top
1 GB (512x2) Kingston HyperX PC3200
80 GB Samsung Spinpoint (SATA)
Pioneer DVD-120 DVD-ROM
ATi Radeon 9500 Pro *Adding shortly* ATi Radeon 9800 Pro (from eBay)
Lian-Li PC-7 case (really awesome case, try a Lian-Li sometime )
Antec TruePower 430w PSU
Thermalright ALX-800 heatsink w/high speed Sunon fan
I chatted with Crucial and they said they would replace my PC4000 with a new batch that they will begin selling shortly (Micron -5B F chips perhaps?). Those should come in sometime next week. For now, I'm using my XP machine's PC3200. Stuff can't overclock worth crap (Winbond CH-5 chips) for some reason so I'm leaving everything at stock speeds for now. |
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EUS
Kill cancer
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join:2002-09-10
Montreal, QC
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asus a8v (agp)
bfg 6800 gt oc
opteron 148 opteron 152 added
corsair pc3200 2x 512
antec tx1050b case
antec 500w psu
maxtor 250g sata h-drive |
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MrWhsprs
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join:2000-04-22
Chicago, IL
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Re: Your System - May 2006
Antec Sonata chassis
Antec Neo HE430 power supply
MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R motherboard
Intel Prescott P4 3-GHz (sometimes OC to 3.3-GHz)
AVC Sunflower2 HSF
2-GB PC3200
300-GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ
NEC ND-3500AG DVD±R/RW
Internal media card reader
3½" FDD
ATI All-in-Wonder X800 XT
ViewSonic VX2025wm 20.1" widescreen LCD (ADDED)
and Hitachi SuperScan Pro 800 21" CRT
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
4.1 surround speakers
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likwidkool
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join:2002-05-05
Jersey City, NJ
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let's see here. I just built most of a new new rig, and traded my old stuff for a lappy!
Desktop:
Athlon X2 4200+ watercooled overclocked to 255x11 *added*
MSI K8N Diamond Plus *added*
2x BFG 7800GT's *added*
2x1024 OCZ PC4000 EB Plats
250gb Maxtor DMax10 16mb cache sata w/ncq
200gb Maxtor DMax10 16mb cache sata w/ncq
Plextor 716SA DVD+/-R DL Sata
OCZ 700watt Gamer Xtreme PSU *added*
Audigy 2 Value souncard
Dell 1907FP 19" LCD Monitor *added*
Lappy:
Dell XPS M140
1.73GHz Pentium - M
1GB DDR2 533MHz, 2 DIMMS
4 USB 2.0 ports
5 in 1 memory card reader
One firewire port
Audio in (Mic), out
VGA connection
RJ-45 Ethernet
RJ-11 Modem
S-Video
One ExpressCard slot
14.1 (wide) WXGA 1280x800 resolution (TrueLife option)
Intel Media Accelerator 900 with up to 128MB shared
The Desktop as we can tell kicks ass. I just can't say enough about the hardware I put togther. The X24200+ speaks for itself. The MSI diamond is just great! I had a DFI SLI-DR before this, and I am not remorse at all to get the MSI. It overclocks just as well for my needs, and has great spacing between the vid cards and allows me the pci slot at the bottom for the soundcard and has 2x 16x pci-e lanes for the 7800gt's. Not needed, but nice to have. Then the LCD contrary to personal reviews on cnet and other sites, is great. I love it and bought it on eBay for $250 shipped! Then to round it off the PSU is top notch. I replaced a 600watt OCZ powerstream which I loved, but this psu is a killer! My review is here
Then the lappy is just great. Typing on it right now. Computes pi to 1m places in 42 seconds! The screen is only 14" but widescreen so it still fits a lot onscreen. No it is not a gaming lappy, but for everything else does well. I even like the fact I can spend more time with the family or watch tv while still being able to surf the internet! It is quiet as a whisper, and doesn't get to hot. All this in a package light enough to tote around.
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eagle92
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join:2000-08-03
La Habra, CA
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2.42Ghz Socket 939 Toledo 1MB L2 x2
ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe Motherboard ******ADDED*******
2GB (2x1GB) OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Edition Dual Channel
2 XFX GeForce 7900GT Extreme 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E 16X DVI Running SLi Mode *******ADDED*******
Creative Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS
Seagate 500Gb 7200rpm (SATAII) *******ADDED*******
Seagate 400Gb 7200rpm (SATA)
Seagate 300Gb 7200rpm (SATA)
Maxtor 250Gb 7200rpm(ATA-IDE)
Maxtor 250Gb 7200rpm (ATA-IDE)
Maxtor 200Gb 7200rpm (USB 2.0)Metal Gear Box External
Plextor PX-716A 16X DVD±RW DL
Plextor PX-716A 16X DVD±RW DL
Marvell GigaLAN Ethernet
nVidia nForce 10/100/1000 ******ADDED*******
1500/384 DSLExtreme ADSL
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX3000 Laser
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD
Logitech Z-560 4.1 THX 400W Speakers
Cooler Master Wave Master Black Special Edition
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP-2
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2.42GHz Socket 939 Toledo,ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe,Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS,2X XFX GeForce 7900GT Extreme SLi, 2Gb OCZ EL DDR PC3200 Platinum Edition,Special Edition WaveMaster Black
2X Plaxtor PX-716A DVD-RW
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mpelle4456
Say What?
join:2001-07-21
Tacoma, WA
·Advanced Stream
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I built a new rig for gaming for myself:
DFI LanParty nF4 SLI DR - 704-2bt bios
3700 San Diego KAB1E 0607BPAW – 2.65 GHz (10x265 MHz – HTT 3 – vcore 1.41 volt)
eVGA 7900 GTX (673/857)
2 GB OCZ Platinum EB PC4000 (OCZ5002048EBPE-K) – running 1:1 - CAS 3, 3, 3, 8 at 1T - 2.7 vdimm
Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF - 32c idle, 43c load (at 2,900 RPM)
2 WD 36 GB Raptors in RAID 0 - SATA 1 and 2
Sony DVD ROM
Audigy 2 value
OCZ Powerstream 520 Watt PSU
Black Thermaltake Tsunami window case
I've had it stable in Windows at 275 MHz with these settings (passed 6 1/2 hours of Memtest and 2 hours of Prime) but I get video errors in 3D Mark.
The LanParty is one sweet board.
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southietech
join:2000-12-02
Boston, MA | Amd FX-55
Dfi Infinity N4SLI
2gig Ocz el ddr400 2.3.2.5
2 x Evga 6800gs 256mb pci-e running sli
OCZ Powerstream 520 Watt PSU
WD 250gig 16mb cache sata2 |
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eagle92
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join:2000-08-03
La Habra, CA
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2.42Ghz Socket 939 Toledo 1MB L2 x2
ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe Motherboard
ASUS Silent Square CPU Cooler ******ADDED*****
2GB (2x1GB) OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Edition Dual Channel
2 XFX GeForce 7900GT Extreme 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E 16X DVI Running SLi Mode
Creative Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS
Seagate 500Gb 7200rpm (SATAII)
Seagate 400Gb 7200rpm (SATA)
Seagate 300Gb 7200rpm (SATA)
Maxtor 250Gb 7200rpm(ATA-IDE)
Maxtor 250Gb 7200rpm (ATA-IDE)
Maxtor 200Gb 7200rpm (USB 2.0)Metal Gear Box External
Plextor PX-716A 16X DVD±RW DL
Plextor PX-716A 16X DVD±RW DL
Marvell GigaLAN Ethernet
nVidia nForce 10/100/1000
1500/384 DSLExtreme ADSL
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX3000 Laser
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD
Logitech Z-560 4.1 THX 400W Speakers
Cooler Master Wave Master Black Special Edition
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP-2
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2.42GHz Socket 939 Toledo,ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe,Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS,2X XFX GeForce 7900GT Extreme SLi, 2Gb OCZ EL DDR PC3200 Platinum Edition,Special Edition WaveMaster Black
2X Plaxtor PX-716A DVD-RW
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