Curse

Genosha · Apr 05, 2005, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Cough Cough... AMD's Hmm...You see I still disagree about AMD, but I also had AMD's before this Intel. My last ASUS motherboard with AMD XP CPU bit the dust do to a little glitch it didn't take a beating. Gotta watch Gigabyte though for motherboards they can be touchy. But my ABIT is nice and smooth no problems yet with the same 2.4gig cpu and my free floating fan from my Gigabyte board. As for the XP line I never really saw anything special about them. I know that I had come across an article that said they were under power and some of the timing was off. Something about bus speeds.

LordFu · Apr 05, 2005, 10:03 PM // 22:03

Well, here are my stats, if anyone cares.

P4 2.8C w/HT
Albatron 865PE Pro MoBo
Corsair XMS 1GB Dual Channel
Seagate Caviar 80GB x2
GeForce 5200 w/256MB (soon to be replaced)

Genosha · Apr 05, 2005, 10:10 PM // 22:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordFu

Well, here are my stats, if anyone cares.
Albatron 865PE Pro MoBo

I CARE

Anways that's a Gigabyte correct? With Dual Bios? Did they fix the glitch the with dieing Bios after a year? I had the 845PE and croaked on me.... Sniff sniff and I thought I was special...

LordFu · Apr 06, 2005, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Nah, the manufacturer is Albatron. The only problem I've had with it is with the on board NIC. It's far to sensitive to line noise, and it reports being disconnected every 5 or 10 seconds. I had to use a PCI Ethernet adapter.

Genosha · Apr 06, 2005, 11:33 PM // 23:33

Try a line filter maybe that will clean it up... FYI if you have dsl you need 2 line filters... Unless you use a filter on the DSL line....

Vyxxen Heartstomper · Apr 07, 2005, 12:28 AM // 00:28

This is not spam, but ummm... do you have a license for that rig, sir?!

I'm actually enjoying reading these posts as I'm shopping for a new computer, about $1600.00. Any suggestions, anyone? And not some custom built jobber that will take too long to get to me. And I'd like something portable. ... good gaming laptop. Suggestions?

--Vyxxen Heartstomper

==

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chev of Hardass

Intel 2.4ghz HT with 800mhz fsb
Chaintech 9CJS motherboard w/dual LAN
512megs PC3200 @ 400mhz and dual channel
NVidia GeForce 5200
Sony 48x burner/pos cdrom
7.1 Vinyl Audio sound card hooked up to 4 Altec Lansing computer speakers and 1 Cerwin Vega 15" downfiring 200w sub
NEC 21" main monitor and after I get the adaptor Gateway 17" secondary
Enough fans tha I can hardly sleep at night with it on
Apogee software monitoring the 39-45C degree CPU temp displayed on the 6-in-1 card reader/ usb/firewire port
160G Seagate,40G Seagate, 40G maxtor, and 6G Fugitsu HD all 7200 excpt the 6G
400w powmax power supply (never buy powmax)
Gateway internet keyboard and Dell mouse on a Elderly Intrument mouse pad

Lansing Kai Don · Apr 07, 2005, 01:12 AM // 01:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSE4

The majority of you don't need to worry about your computer specs. It's not like you're playing Half-Life 2, it's mostly your VGAs that are going to take a hit from a MMORPG.

I agree that the general user doesn't need to know (probably... but knowledge is power). But how do you get that your VGA's will take most of the hit? The CPU has to process the data before it gets to the VGA... I agree with you except it can be misleading. Just tring to keep from "I've got a 450MHz w/ a 128MP GeForce 6800GT and the game is all laggy"

Lansing Kai Don

P.S. Wow, Drizzt, do you not think they've hit a block with how small they can go? And your numbers are really loos Virt, 5Mhz is equal to 5x10^6 cycles per second, or 5 cycles per microsecond. Didn't know if that was intentional, just trying to make sure that people undestand.

Genosha · Apr 07, 2005, 01:17 AM // 01:17

Quick Answers:
www.outpost.com

www.ebay.com

Curious:
You can always go to Paypal and check out their sales...

Cronic · Apr 07, 2005, 01:53 AM // 01:53

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHz
512 RAM (Kingston HyperX)
ASUS "P5GDC-V Deluxe" 915G Chipset Motherboard For Intel
GeForce 6800 GT OC (256 onboard)
80 Gigabite HD (western Digital)
500 watt (video sucks up a lot of power) Antec P.S.
HP DVD burner-
52x CD drive

I think thats it---- LOL

I also dont think this matter---ON a piece of crap Monitor

--AGAIN-- also an 24 bit sound blaster "LIVE!" [Wit the best surround sound head phones- There cool

Jugalator · Apr 07, 2005, 02:23 AM // 02:23

Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
Abit IS7-E motherboard (I don't need no stinkin' RAID

)
512 MB DDR-RAM
Samsung SyncMaster 957MB 19" monitor
Maxtor DiamondMax 9 160 GB drive
Geforce FX 5600 128 MB (bahh, what's making GW often run at ~20 fps, just low enough to be a bit annoying

of course I could lower the detail level from what it recommends me to use, but what fun is there in that

)

Armaio · Apr 07, 2005, 02:36 AM // 02:36

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.46 GHz - My Power Supply BLOWS)
1.00 GB Generic RAM (Good RAM, QUALITY)
Nvidia Geforce 6600GT
Asus A7V8X-X Motherboard
Integrated Soundblaster Live
Western Digital HD 40GB (Dont know specs, lost packaging, I know there is something extra on it I paid for...)

Chev of Hardass · Apr 07, 2005, 02:58 AM // 02:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vyxxen Heartstomper

I'm actually enjoying reading these posts as I'm shopping for a new computer, about $1600.00. Any suggestions, anyone? And not some custom built jobber that will take too long to get to me. And I'd like something portable. ... good gaming laptop. Suggestions?

--Vyxxen Heartstomper

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I'm glad you appreciate the rig, but $1600? sure i'll sell you mine for $1600. I think over the last 2.5 years I have spent $1200 or so on this thing. Little bits at a time, but my chip is over 2 and a half years old. I want a 1600Mhz FSB 3.0Ghz with the 12Gig of ram I saw parts for online..............

Ahh the beauty of waiting till the technology comes down in price. If you want some advice go to tigerdirect.com they have a great online resource for putting together a system. Also, get the best motherboard you can and fill it with memory.

BTW I just replaced my powersupply with a SP? 400W with a 120mm fan and my temp dropped 10 degrees. That was worth every penny of the $27 I spent.

Virtuoso · Apr 07, 2005, 04:43 AM // 04:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vyxxen Heartstomper

This is not spam, but ummm... do you have a license for that rig, sir?!

I'm actually enjoying reading these posts as I'm shopping for a new computer, about $1600.00. Any suggestions, anyone? And not some custom built jobber that will take too long to get to me. And I'd like something portable. ... good gaming laptop. Suggestions?

--Vyxxen Heartstomper

==

Check out this post of mine. It answers your question pretty well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lansing Kai Don

P.S. Wow, Drizzt, do you not think they've hit a block with how small they can go? And your numbers are really loos Virt, 5Mhz is equal to 5x10^6 cycles per second, or 5 cycles per microsecond. Didn't know if that was intentional, just trying to make sure that people undestand.

Yeah, it was intentional. Just trying to make things a little easier on people. I dunno about everyone else, but when I see numbers like 5x10^6 describing something I know very little about I get a little confused. Thanks for the information, though.

-Virt

Kellogs · Apr 07, 2005, 08:34 AM // 08:34

I have a 2.2 Gig p4 processor
512mb ddr ram
geforce 4 ti 4600

Got this pc about 2-3 years ago. It works great with Guild Wars even though graphics card is far from top of the line, but im planning to build a new pc in the summer anyway for FPS games...

Jaythen Tyradel · Apr 07, 2005, 03:01 PM // 15:01

Dell Computer
Pentium 4
2.2ghz
1 gig of mem
128mb pci nvidia geforce 5500 graphics card
cable modem hookup

runs fine....

Droniac · Apr 07, 2005, 03:27 PM // 15:27

I have a:

AMD Athlon64 3200+
Asus K8V SE DX Motherboard
Club3D ATi Radeon X800 Pro
1024 MB RAM (Kingston)
160 GB Harddisk (Western Digital)
Audigy 2 soundcard
Antec P160 case (aluminium, perfect for LAN-parties!)
19" Iiyama monitor (horrible for LAN-parties! ;p)
Razer Viper as a mouse (probaply most sensitive mouse ever made, a bit small though ;\) with a Steelpad 4D for grip (Viper works on very few surfaces, but no mouse can compare to a Viper on a steelpad - no mouse at all)
A 6.1 Surround Sound system from Creative
And a Speedlink Multimedia headset (which simulates surround sound & is very comfortable)

Then there's the best part:
A DVD player that won't open (not even with emergency eject) ;\

Nichos Katran · Apr 07, 2005, 03:53 PM // 15:53

AMD Athlon 2600 XP 1.9 GHz
512MB DDR Ram
ATI Radeon 9600 SE 128MB Vid Card
Sound Blaster 16 Channel Audio Card
19" Flat Screen CRT
80GB Western Digital HD 8MB Cache
Logitech Internet Chat Headset (same one offered in CE, but still buying it)

Khelnozz · Apr 07, 2005, 04:06 PM // 16:06

Just built this system a few weeks ago:

AMD 64 3000+
MSI Neo4 Plat M/B
1 gig Corsair matched pair Ram
MSI 6600gt Graphics
200 gig seagate 7200.8 Hard Drive
Wraped in a Antec aluminum (sp.

) case w/400 watt true power PS

I have been enjoying it since I came from an AMD K6-2 500 with 192 Mb Ram. This will be my first BWE that I can actually play. I have been with Guild Wars since the WPE in October but I could just use it as a high end chat client.

Can’t wait and hope to see you all there.

Cronic · Apr 07, 2005, 07:48 PM // 19:48

Whats it with people and there AMD?

Go intel!

Loviatar · Apr 07, 2005, 09:16 PM // 21:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cronic

Whats it with people and there AMD?

Go intel!

well lets see

cheaper
more efficient per clock
fastest AMD beats fastest current extreme edition intel cpu

thats a few right there

i use them for best bang for buck

however i dont go around yelling go AMD

there are lots of them because the people who build their own pcs made a choice

there is room for all

even intel