I just built the sweetest PC last night!!!

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I just built the sweetest PC last night!!!

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I went to my friends house last night to help him build his sweet new PC.
Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800.
Asus SLI Pro socket 939 Motherboard with AI
1.5GB ram (soon to be 2gb, he was only using the extra 512mb out of his old pc temporarily)
2, thats right, 2 E-VGA Nvidia Ge-force 7600GTs on SLI+ they have been OCed and the extra 4 ppls in both cards have been unlocked. we are getting 7800gt performance out of each one of them.
200gb segate hdd
Aspire X-plorer case with blue LEDs and 5 case fans, 4 80mm, 1 120mm.
dvd-rw drive
24bit soundblaster live sound card
Logitech 7.1 surround sound speakers.
20" good old CRT monitor, he plays a lot of FPSs
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performance
F.E.A.R
FSAA x4
shadows MAX
soft shadows ON
Texture detail Max
shaders MAX
Pixel doubling ON
Video detail MAX
Special FX MAX
Full model decals MAX
Resolution 1024x768

never went below 35 fps.

so now that I have talked how about you
how many awesome computers have you all built?
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Post by cowsgoquack101 »

Umm, none. I rebuilt my neighbors PC and my own. But they are extremely capable of running Windows XP and small amounts of games.
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Post by SpongeBuell »

My computer was pretty good when I first built it over 2 years ago...

AMD64 3000+
1GB RAM
Radeon 9200 128MB (never was too good, but a great card for the money)
500w Power supply
5.25" floppy drive!!!

A few days ago, my friend asked me to help him make a computer, since his parents are giving him one for a graduation present. His parents have quite a bit of money, so I think this'll be a pretty nice computer :)
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Post by Fabre »

Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz
512 MB RAM
Intel Mobility X1300
80 GB HDD

My laptop :D Not incredibly powerful compared to desktop PCs, but it can run Oblivion nicely.
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Post by sam fisher »

None, I just upgrade mine but buy them pre built. My PC was a rip off because of the Pentium D in it but it has a 3 year warranty so at least if it breaks I am pretty much set for a while. Anyway I am saving up money now so when I need a new one I will have the money to buy them.

Total So Far: £20

Target: > £800
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Post by Extreme_Jesus »

my built rig is a bit out of date these days

AMD64 3000 (overclocked to 2.1GHz) socket 754
Radeon 9600 Pro
Cant remember the motherboard
512Mb RAM
DVD x16

although its finailly getting the internet so it'll finially be used for its gaming purpose
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sniper_spike wrote: Amd 64 3700+ OC @ 2.5ghz (228x11) w/ Zalman CNPS9500 fan
Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe
Corsair TwinX1024-3200C2PT @ DDR456 2.5-3-3-8-T1
BFG 7800GTX OC @ 490/1360
Seagate Barracuda 160GB & 250GB
Xion 600W PSU 30A @ 12V
ThermalTake Tsunami Dream case

3dmark06:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=301764

3dmark05:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2019180
and

Amd Atholon XP 3200+
Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ
Corsair Value 512mb DDR400
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro Atlantis
Seagate Barracuda 160GB
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Post by bicostp »

The fanciest PC I built was this one: (not anything amazing by any means, but it works...)
3 gig P4 or Celeron (one of the two)
1 gig RAM
160 gig HD
56x CD-ROM (see note below)
floppy drive (yes, a floppy drive! :P)
ATI Radeon 9200 128mb graphics card (not much for gaming but it was free!)

I know I only have a CD-ROM drive in here at the moment, but I'm going to CompUSA today and I'll hopefully pick up one of their $30 after rebate Dual layer DVD +- RW drives. (check your fliers) Then it's off to Office Depot to pick up a 100-pack of DVD+- RW discs for $20. (Hopefully some of this will go on my graduation gift tab...
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Post by marshallh »

Betcha can't beat this:
4.77MHz Intel 80C88 CPU
640KB RAM
Paradise 16-color EGA graphics card
1200 baud modem
32MB Seagate hard drive
Magnavox TTL RGB monitor

It plays Rogue, BurgerTime, Pole Position, Battlezone, California Games, Pinball Construction Set and many more games that are much more fun to play than the games that come now (Except Nintendo.)
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marshallh wrote:Betcha can't beat this:
4.77MHz Intel 80C88 CPU
640KB RAM
Paradise 16-color EGA graphics card
1200 baud modem
32MB Seagate hard drive
Magnavox TTL RGB monitor

It plays Rogue, BurgerTime, Pole Position, Battlezone, California Games, Pinball Construction Set and many more games that are much more fun to play than the games that come now (Except Nintendo.)
Amazing that compy rocks!! My mac is a performa 400 or something like that it has an 80 meg harddrive and a cool sound when it turns on 16mhz proccesor and no screen...
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marshallh wrote:Betcha can't beat this:
4.77MHz Intel 80C88 CPU
640KB RAM
Paradise 16-color EGA graphics card
1200 baud modem
32MB Seagate hard drive
Magnavox TTL RGB monitor

It plays Rogue, BurgerTime, Pole Position, Battlezone, California Games, Pinball Construction Set and many more games that are much more fun to play than the games that come now (Except Nintendo.)
No, I can't beat that, but I'll still post my old compy's specs anyways:

AST Ascentia 800n Laptop:
486 Processor
4MB RAM
Standard VGA
250MB Hard drive
Floppy Drive
MS-DOS 6.22
Windows For Workgroups 3.11 (soon to be upgraded to 95 when I get a CD-ROM drive for it)
SFT LCD Panel
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...
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Post by bicostp »

Ha!

Zenith Datasystems TranSport laptop
8088 processor, ? mhz (probably 4.77)
320k RAM
16 MB HD
800k FD
no modem (it died)
CGA graphics (dark blue, blue, light blue, white. And it's inverted, too!)
DOS 3

:P

However marshall's junker is far better for DOS gaming. But what about MY DOS junker?

no-name case
128 MB RAM (4x 32mb SIMMS)
ISA GameBlaster/SoundBlaster compatible
S3 Verge display adapter
2 gig Seagate HD (4 512 mb FAT16 partitions)
Windows 3.11 running on top of DOS 6.22
24x CD-ROM
2x 1.44 mb floppy
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