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Title: all about hardware Post by: diskreet on December 19, 2003, 05:51:48 PM I didn't see any hardware topics (with full pc specs) so I figured I'd prod you all to see what kind of PCs you've built and what parts/brands you recommend when building custom boxes. My home PC was my first fully custom built PC.. and now, I've built 3 more for my friends and 1 for the company I work for since then.
so... share your custom build specs or custom dream machine specs or any cool hardware components you've found. i know some of you geeks are hardware people too. show yourselves! Title: all about hardware Post by: Biteme360 on December 19, 2003, 06:41:48 PM I've always be a hardware geek, since i first became geeky thanks to Maximum PC.
My comp: 2.4Ghz P4 Intel Mobo 845e chipset 256 DDR ram, and the first thing i'm gona fix when i have money. nvidia Ti 4400 40 GB hard drive 120Gb hard drive logitech keyboard, mouse, and joystick LOL for mechwarrior OLD 17" monitor, not flat screen and heavy as a whale 2 DVD drives one external CD-rw drive thermaltake full tower case and antec "true power" power suppy. future upgrades: 1Gb of ram using 2 512 sticks 15 or 17"...brain freeze...flat panel display, think thats it :hmmm: and an external DVD burner. because my IDE stuff is full. 2 hard drives, 2 dvd drives. Title: all about hardware Post by: diskreet on December 19, 2003, 11:47:26 PM i guess i should do mine...
Silver Chieftec Server Chasis Workstation Tower w/ Side Panel Window (http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=11-125-264-09.JPG/11-125-264-15.JPG/11-125-264-14.JPG/11-125-264-12.JPG/11-125-264-10.JPG/11-125-264-11.JPG/11-125-264-13.JPG) SOYO KT400 Dragon Ultra (black) motherboard AMD AthlonXP 2200+ Processor 512MB Crucial PC2700 DDR memory (1 chip) nVidia GeForce Ti4200 video card Sound Blaster Audigy2 sound card 80GB Western Digital EIDE hard drive (brand/speed?) DVD drive Lite-on (speed?) CD-RW drive Teac 1.44" Floppy Samsung 17" Flat (CRT) monitor MS Internet Keyboard MS Optical Mouse specs are off the top of my head since i'm at work.. but i think i got most of it Title: all about hardware Post by: Biteme360 on December 20, 2003, 01:25:20 AM that case is exactly like mine, even the window, sept mine doesn't have the front usb and has a slightly cooler door :cool: but it does have one of the Cd drive bays taken up by a front usb...thing, digital temperature gauge(battery died to that), and front firewire.
Title: all about hardware Post by: diskreet on December 22, 2003, 08:39:41 PM cool beans.. it has plenty of room for anything huh. :D
Title: all about hardware Post by: Biteme360 on December 23, 2003, 01:10:07 AM yup, course you would know as well as i would LOL
Title: all about hardware Post by: c4rc4s on December 24, 2003, 05:54:56 AM Mm, geek forum -- i have found my home.
AMD AthlonXP 2800+ barton Asus A7N8X dlx 2.0 1005 uber bios GF4 ti4200 128mb 512 Kingston PC-3200 Vantec Aeroflow Antec TruePower 430w PSU 2 250GB WD 8mb HD's 2 74GB WD Raptor HD's 16x DVD drive 52x24x52 CDRW drive floppy drive (why is it noone lists these? i suppose they arent something to be proud of but I like mine just fine thanks) Audigy 2 platinum Cerwin Vega surround sound setup (~2500W RMS) 22" NEC flat SuperBright CRT Monitor Thermaltake Xaser III case Title: all about hardware Post by: smi256 on December 24, 2003, 06:33:17 AM My experience is that if you buy cheap hardware, you get cheap hardware :sheep:
[edit] I just got a Maxtor, I feel like I was ‘selling out’ because I mostly go with Western Digital. Does anyone have first hand experience with Maxtor? Note: I don't like 'he said, she said" sort of stuff <_< Title: all about hardware Post by: c4rc4s on December 24, 2003, 11:26:44 PM Not much experiences with maxtor here, I've always been a big WD person (as you can probably tell from my system). I have had friends who had good experiences with them, but I have also had friends call me for help and they always gave me a pain in the ass. Goodluck with it though ;)
Title: all about hardware Post by: smi256 on December 25, 2003, 08:18:49 AM I wanted the WD, but the maxtor was bigger and cheaper... and if it stops working, I made a deal with my Dad that I can say to him "told you so" LOL
Title: all about hardware Post by: FragMaster1972 on December 29, 2003, 08:18:57 AM maxtor is somewhat notorious for producing drives that go bad. Stick with WD or Seagate.
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