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Old 03-05-2006, 11:54 PM
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I decided to post pics and specs of all my main computer systems.
Wanted to see what you guys think and also to see how many other people may be in to computers as much as i am..

PC#1:
AMD Dual Core X64 4400+ (2x1MB L2 Cache) Socket939
2x 1GB (2GB total) sticks of PC-3200
Video Card: PCI Express ATI X800Pro 256MB DDR2
Hard Drives: Two SATA2 160GB in Raid-0 & Two SATA1 120GB
Mods:
CPU Heatsink- ThermalTake XP-120
Video Card Heatsink- Zalman VF700-ALCU
Fan Controller- DigitalDoc 5+
Case: LainLi V1000B
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PC#2:
AMD X64 3700+ (1MB L2 Cache) Socket939
2X 512MB (1GB Total) sticks of PC-3200
Video Card: AGP 8x ATI Raideon 9800XT 256MB DDR
Hard Drives: SATA1 120GB & SATA1 250GB
Mods:
CPU Heatsink- Swiftech MCX64-V

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PC#3:
AMD X64 3200+ Socket939
2X 512MB (1GB Total) sticks of PC-3200
Video Card: On-Board ATI X300 (just a file Box)
Hard Drives: SATA1 160GB

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PC#4:
AMD XP-2600Barton Socket A
2X 512MB (1GB Total) sticks of PC-3200
Video Card: ATI 9600XT 128MB DDR
Hard Drives: SATA1 120GB

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PC#5:
AMD XP2500Barton Socket A 1.8GHz OverClocked to 2.38GHz (Water Cooled)
2X 512MB (1GB Total) sticks of PC-3200
Video Card: ATI 9600XT 128MB DDR
Hard Drives: SATA1 160GB
Mods:
CPU Water block: Swiftech MCW5000
Pump: MCP 600
Radiator1: 2x120MM Fan Swiftech
Radiator2: 2x80MM Fan DangerDen
Case: LainLi PC75B
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PC#6:
MAC Mini
1.25GHz G4
512MB PC-3200
Hard Drive: 40GB
Video Card: ATI 9000 32MB
Mods:
Small Size...


And now the PIC'*
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Yes i spend of my 10.50 hour job pay on computers but now that i got the Bonne
im devoting most of it to my car now...
Old 03-06-2006, 01:29 AM
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Sheesh And I thougt I was bad. i gotta get pics of my rig.

MMMMmmmm water cooling
Old 03-06-2006, 01:35 AM
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and here i've been trying to convince myself to spend the money on a radeon 9700 for six months....
Old 03-06-2006, 02:13 AM
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My laptop is 3 years old and barely hanging on...I lose...

Nice comp.
Old 03-06-2006, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by John Deere Boy
and here i've been trying to convince myself to spend the money on a radeon 9700 for six months....
spring the extra money for the 9800

ive got the 9800xt and i LOVE it
Old 03-06-2006, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DarkShadow
Originally Posted by John Deere Boy
and here i've been trying to convince myself to spend the money on a radeon 9700 for six months....
spring the extra money for the 9800

ive got the 9800xt and i LOVE it
yup the 9800XT is ALOT better then the 9700, and it only about 20-30 more now...
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3 x64 systems? Sweet mercy. Right now it'* a Xp 2800+, 1 gig PC2700 ValueRam, 1x 80 GB, 1x 200 GB (on the way), dual layer dvd burner, 9600XT 256mb, Enermax 470W PSU. I built it on a real tight budget and just have been upgrading components as I go. Started with mx440, 1 HD, 1 stick of 512, shady PSU, and a 15" CRT. It runs fine for what I do, I'm going micro-ATX within the next month and adding/upgrading a few parts since I got some ash to play with. Getting a nice lappy this summer, no need to do an overhaul on this.
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I haven't upgraded my junk in a long time. I'm due. I'm running an Athlon XP1700 OC'ed to a 2000... 1GB Ram, a couple 80GB ATA drives in a RAID-0. Radeon 8500 64MB card. It works, for now.
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wow...even though i have a love affair with computers..i just have no money to build em...

I used to have a pile of computers...butnow im down to 2...

My Pavilion and My Satellite

Pavilion a345w
P4 2.6 GHz
1 G Ram
80 G HD
Nothing Special...

Satellite M45-S265
Centrino Mobile Tech
Pent M 730
512 MB Ram
100 G HD

Haha, i know boring right? If only money grew on trees, which apparently for bandit, he went to walmart and bought the Money Tree Seeds..
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I use a laptop...

Back in the day, when I played computer games regularly, I built and maintained a desktop that had whatever the top of the line everything was at the time in there. I had 1 gig of ram at a time when most people hat 256. Was alotta fun


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