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« on: December 19, 2003, 05:51:48 PM » |
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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!
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« Last Edit: December 19, 2003, 05:53:50 PM by diskreet »
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2003, 06:41:48 PM » |
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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.
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diskreet
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2003, 11:47:26 PM » |
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i guess i should do mine... Silver Chieftec Server Chasis Workstation Tower w/ Side Panel WindowSOYO 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 |
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2003, 01:25:20 AM » |
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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.
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« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2003, 08:39:41 PM » |
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cool beans.. it has plenty of room for anything huh.  |
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2003, 01:10:07 AM » |
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yup, course you would know as well as i would LOL
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« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2003, 05:54:56 AM » |
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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
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« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2003, 06:33:17 AM » |
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My experience is that if you buy cheap hardware, you get cheap hardware :sheep:
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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 <_<
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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2003, 11:26:44 PM » |
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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  |
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« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2003, 08:18:49 AM » |
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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
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2003, 08:18:57 AM » |
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maxtor is somewhat notorious for producing drives that go bad. Stick with WD or Seagate.
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