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The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
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<div class="IPBDescription">Or, my new kickass PC</div> Well, I'm upgrading, FINALLY. And its not just a video card- its a lot.
P4 2.0ghz -> Same
No Video Card -> GeForce FX 5600
No Sound Card-> Audigy 2
Dell's Case-> Kickass Customizable Case
256mb SDRAM-> Same
Basically, its a new PC, PLUS, I get to add my old DVD drive to my cdburner drive! YAY!
P4 2.0ghz -> Same
No Video Card -> GeForce FX 5600
No Sound Card-> Audigy 2
Dell's Case-> Kickass Customizable Case
256mb SDRAM-> Same
Basically, its a new PC, PLUS, I get to add my old DVD drive to my cdburner drive! YAY!
Comments
FX5600 -> *vomits*
P4 2.0 -> with SDRAM? Strange...
But I think what matters is that YOU are happy with it, these are just my personal thoughts.
But congrats for upgrading, even the smallest step forward brings you closer to the finish line ^^
Generally, I don't think you'd be able to do much of anything besides scroll around on a black and white windows screen without at least inegrated graphics...sound isn't quite as important.
How much did this new computer cost?
FX5600 > onboard
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FX5600 = not worth it's money ^^
Oh and how on Earth did you live without a sound card?
Oh and how on Earth did you live without a sound card? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
*my point of view* And try to get a 9500 PRO, it is no longer produced but perhaps you can get a one left in the shop's shelfs ^^
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AMD 2600+ barton OC'd to 400mhz bus
512 meg PC3200 Kingston Hyper-X RAM
Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
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Suppose this is the right topic for that kinda thing.
For some odd reason the 2400+ is more expensive
than the 2600+ (which is faster!). Crazyness.
This should get me to 100+ in both areas, and make Unreal 2 that I bought when it came out actually worth it(which I'll be getting the MP patch soon too, thats gonna kick ****. I'm also gonna grab UT 2k3 or 2k4(depending), I want 2k4, but will RO work with it?
And ya, I'm getting more RAM on my own dollar later in the year. This is my ONLY christmas present from my parents(most directly my mom, she had to fight dad to do this). It should be finished in about a month(The whole process, including EVERYTHING, all the way down to restoring what I want)
P4 2.0 GHZ
Geforce4 Ti4600
512MB DDRAM
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 (gotta upgrade that heh)
19" Daewoo Flatscreen CRT Black Monitor (winnar!)
80GB HD
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Nice config you have there.
(btw thats my rig there)
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>P4 2.4 Ghz type B
Asus P4P800 Mobo, w/ integrated Sound and 3Com Gigabit LAN card
512 DDR Ram single channel (only one stick)
GeForce FX 5200
DVD Drive
Antec Case
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my rig. The baby has been with me for 3 months.
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crappy dell case
1.8gHz
512RAM, on two sticks <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
nvidia geforce 2 <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
60 GB HDD, 40GB used
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nice rig ur gettin, specially the case
(as if it hadn't been beaten over the head with a pointy stick)
get more RAM
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 4
Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP-A, 1833 MHz (5.5 x 333) 2500+
Motherboard Name Asus A7N8X-X (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 400
System Memory 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (04/28/03)
Display
Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary (128 MB)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2 - Audio Codec Interface
Storage
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive SAMSUNG SV4002H (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Disk Drive WDC WD1200BB-00DAA0
Optical Drive Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B (8x/8x/32x CD-RW)
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 1004 MB (194 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 114442 MB (269 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 30004 MB (1108 MB free)
F: (FAT32) 7179 MB (69 MB free)
Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Network
Primary IP Address 192.168.0.2
Primary MAC Address 00-00-21-EC-95-66
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8029(AS) PCI Ethernet Adapter (192.168.0.2)
Problems & Suggestions
Problem Disk free space is only 0% on drive D:.
Problem Disk free space is only 4% on drive E:.
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Spammy post but yeah that system cost me just under £350 including a case that cost £60 (damn me being too lazy to mod my own case and therefore buying a premod)
Ten points to anyone who can guess what I need to buy next.
You win if you said "Hard Drives"
No Video Card -> GeForce FX 5600
No Sound Card-> Audigy 2
Dell's Case-> Kickass Customizable Case
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P4 2.0: Okay... (2.0 is fine)
Video: ...Yawn (older versions of FX have problems)
Sound: Ew (you dont really need a sound card, but if your getting one get a good one where you CAN tell a difference)
Case: Okay (may i recommend Xpcases.com)
Ram: ew? (Nowa days 512mb Ram is recommend and trust me, it IS better)
*Edit* Go find AIDA32(Enterprise) on google and find your Motherboard info..make SURE it fits in your new case.
Firstoff, its a tossup between ATi and NVidia in the graphics market. I like ATi, but in this case, the GeForce is better, from what I've heard(don't turn this into that kind of a thread)
And the sound? A audigy 2 is the best out at the moment. I have NO idea what your talking about, but you don't get better than that.
And the RAM has been hurt, badly. I know- I'm gonna save up 100 bucks, and get a TON more RAM. I'm hoping a gig, maybe a gig and a half.
And I'm going to be making the 64-bit leap pretty soon with any luck... going to be selling off my old Ath TBird 1.4GHz (That's AthXP 1600-1800+ for those who can't convert), and picking up an Ath64 3200+, with an ASUS K8V mobo and probably around 512MB of (registered?) DDR4000. I get the feeling it'll make just a *little* performance jump, especially moving from PC133. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Radeon 9800
512MB DDR
110 GB HDD
Some weird sound card with weird name
If your computer is intended for gaming 512 MB is all you need. Your computer wont need 1 gig of RAM to play anygames, not even HL2.
id is a bunch of idiots for requiring that much.
Anywho, I run
AMD AthlonXP 2700+
512 DDR ram
Sound blaster something old
Geforce4 Ti 4200 128ddr with 8x. gg.