kelley 718 Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 With the sudden boom in PC gaming popularity here, I thought this was a good thread to start. Specs: CPU: Dual AMD Athlon MP 2000+(1.67Ghz) Motherboard: Tyan Thunder MPX RAM: 1.5GB PC2100 ECC Graphics: eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Live!5.1 Speakers: Logitech Z-540 5.1 Monitor: KDS Avitron AV-7 17" Trinitron Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Elite Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer v3.0 Pics: My camera broke while I was NYC, so no pics until I get a new one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris F 25 Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Specs: CPU: P4 3.0GHz w/HT Motherboard: ASUS P4C-800 Deluxe RAM: 1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM Graphics: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Sound: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Speakers: Creative Labs Inspire T7700 (7.1) Monitor: Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Multimedia Mouse: Logitech MX500 Pics: Coming Soon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyN 1,235 Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Im using my laptop for my PC gaming needs at the moment since its pretty new Dell 8500 Laptop Pentium 4-m 2.4 gig 512 RAM 64 MB Nvidia Geforce 4200 Go Video Card 60 gig HD Samsung CD/DVD combo drive Ill tell ya what. Playing City of Heroes for a little while i was kind of surprised at how well my laptop handled it capt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrJames 17 Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Mine is kind of old now. I plan on upgrading later this year when the new socket 939 Athlon 64's hit or maybe a P4 depending on what they release. Specs: CPU: Athlon XP 1800+ Palomino(1.53Ghz) Motherboard: Asus A7M266 (Early DDR mobo with AMD chipset) RAM: 512MB Crucial PC2100 (2 x 256MB) Graphics: Visontek 6564 GeForce 3 Ti200 HDD: Western Digital 80GB SE Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum EX DVD: Sony DRU-510A 4X DVD-+RW/-+R CD: Plextor 48/24/48 CD-RW Case: Antec SX1080 with True430 PSU Speakers: Logitech Z5500 Monitor: Samsung 753DF 17" CRT Keyboard: Microsoft Internet Pro Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 No pics yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan FB 14 Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Don't feel bad, mine's even older: Specs: CPU: Athlon T-Bird 1.33GHz Motherboard: Epox EP-8K7A+ RAM: 512MB PC2100 (2 x 256MB) Graphics: ATI AIW8500DV HDD: A lot. About 500GB+ total across all the drives. Sound: Onboard DVD: NEC ND-2500A 8X DVD-+RW/-+R CD: Lite-On LTR-48246S CD-RW, LG CRD-8400B CD-ROM Case: Antec SX1030B with 300W Antec PSU Speakers: Philips AY3682 Headphones Monitor: Magitronic 17" CRT Keyboard: Keytronic Black Keyboard Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buck 18 Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 CPU: Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800FSB w/ HT Mobo: ABIT IC7-G RAM: 512MB Mushkin Level 1 PC3200 DDR400 (Dual channel) Video: Sapphire ATI 9800 Pro 128MB HDD: 2x WD800JD (SATA) 7200RPM 8MB Cache RAID1 Sound: Sound Blaster Live Value DVD+/-RW: Pioneer DVR-107 CDRW: Lite On 52327S Monitor: ViewSonic PF790 Case: Antec SLK-3700 w/ Antec 350W PS Front with the door closed Inside with all components mounted (I love SATA ) The nicest HDD cradle I've ever used :tu: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Camp 277 Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 CPU: Pentium 4 @ 3 Ghz Mobo: Intel something or other RAM: 1 GB Crucial PC3200 DDR 400 Video: nVidia GeForce FX 5900 [128 MB version] Sound: Creative Audigy 2 Zs Platinum DVD: Sony DRU-510A Burner Hard Drives: two Maxtor 120 GB IDE drives & one Seagate 160 GB S-ATA drive (400 GB total) Case: Cooler Master WaveMaster Monitor: ViewSonic PF790 Keyboard: Microsoft Natural deluxe supremo edition(the best keyboard ever made) Mouse: Logitech MX-700 Speakers: Klipsch 2.1 models PSU: Nexus 400 watt silent Power Supply Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark E 730 Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 I've got a 450 mhz P3. VROOOOOOM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
exile 13 Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Obselete and replaced now see 3rd page Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpyElf 50 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Just finished my PC... lots of research, but I think it paid off. Specs: CPU: Amd 64/3400 Motherboard: MSI FI2R Neo RAM: 1 Gig Geil 3200 Graphics: ATI Radeon X800Pro 256MB Sound: Creative Audigy2 ZS Monitor: Dell 2001FP - 20" LCD My laptop: Dell 8600 512 Ram DVD+RW Pentium M - 1.5 Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 CPU: Amd 64/3400Motherboard: MSI FI2R Neo RAM: 1 Gig Geil 3200 Graphics: ATI Radeon X800Pro 256MB Sound: Creative Audigy2 ZS Monitor: Dell 2001FP - 20" LCD Let me the first to say congrats and I hate you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JTello 347 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 -Kelly, you may have to lend your avatar to skinner. :shock: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpyElf 50 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Hey Thanks Kelly, and yes, I am finally not jealous of everyone else! I mean, I'll be top of the line for what, maybe 6 months Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Originally posted by JTello@May 25 2004, 05:58 AM -Kelly, you may have to lend your avatar to skinner. :shock: I'll have my Athlon64 as soon as AMD says the magic words: Socket 939. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary P 11 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Kelley, Don't let Tom fool you by his calm, cool, ho-hum composure. The man nearly gave himself an ulcer doing his so-called 'research' for the past year. He never actually took the plunge until I threatened him with bodily harm a couple weeks ago...ain't that right Tom? Anyway, nowhere near as top-o-the-line, but here goes: CPU:AMD AthlonXP 3000+ Mobo:MSI K7N2-Delta Ram: 1 gig PC3200 Corsair XMS Vid:ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Storage:10,000RPM 36gig WD Raptor Sata Drive (the biggest pain in the ass hard drive ever!) Optical Drive: Plextor 504a DVD Burninator That's about it Gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 so i must ask being that i planned on buying some Raptors, what makes them the biggest pain in the ass? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary P 11 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Well, since you're buying Raptor(s) as in multiple, I can assume you're going to run them in some sort of RAID config, so you may not have as many problems. My first problem with Sata in general (or Win XP really) is that you must install a floppy drive, which I hadn't originally done, in order load up the 3rd party drivers...XP refuses to let you browse for the drivers in other locations. Okay fine, but when I got past that part XP still did not recognize the drive as being able to install a fresh OS onto it. Not until I specified the single drive as a striped RAID did it actually work (which makes absolutely no sense to me). So in reality I guess my gripe is that XP really wasn't designed for ease of use with Sata drives. YMMV But so as not to leave this post on a sour note, once it's up an running it does kick some major ass Gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I was just going to run a single Raptor as secondary drive for games. So its good to know that once it gets up and going it kicks ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpyElf 50 Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Ha, yea Gary, you got it. He's right, I was a wreck, not a day went by when I wouldn't try and justify a change in the rig. I never thought I'd actually order the damn thing, then one day, (after Gary's threat) I just went for it. I couldn't be happier now... I just finished Painkiller at 1600x1200, all options on MAX, not an issue anywhere, it was beautiful. Now moving on to Far Cry. Also, Kelly, I was going to do the same thing, a seperate Raptor just for games... but I'm waiting a bit for higher capicity and lower prices... soon to arrive I'm sure. T. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
exile 13 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Kelly: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc....ufactory=BROWSE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted June 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Yeah I'm really having a hard time coming to grips witht he fact that the 939s are twice as much as the 754s and don't offer twice the performance....I think I'm going to just go ahead and get myself a 3000+ 754 and wait for the 939s to come down in price and get PCI-Express on the motherboards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpyElf 50 Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yea Kelly, I agree... I was seeing some pre-numbers on the 939's, and came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the wait... You'll love the 754/3000. For sure. T. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted July 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Well I recieved my new kit tonight, new specs are: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 250 512MB PC3200 RAM ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Sound Blaster Live!5.1 Need to get a new HD tomorrow or the next day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan FB 14 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I've got a new computer on order, should arrive tomorrow: Intel P4 3.2GHz LGA775 Gigabyte GA-8I915G Pro 915G 1GB PC3200 RAM 160GB Samsung SATA HD Antec SX635BII Case/PSU (might do some PSU swapping so the new comp is in my other larger Antec case) ThermalTake Tower112 HS + 2 silent CAT fans I'll be using it for video editing more than gaming until some new PCI-E graphics cards come out. Hopefully, PCI-E won't become some abandoned technology that nobody develops for, because then I'll be screwed. I haven't bought an Intel since my PII-400 (which I still use daily), so for me this is bucking a long trend of using AMD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kelley 718 Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Got a Seagate 80GB SATA drive today and just got done updating and installing stuff on my new machine.........damn is this thing fast! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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