GUNNER Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 So it was time for the GUNNERdog to build himself a new kickass PC so he could play all the new games in 1600X1200 with all the goodies turned on max so I picked me up some new hardware... I started with an Asus P4PE mother board , added a P4 1.8A chip, a Leadtek GF4 Ti4400, 512mg of Corsair XMS DDR3200 but used my old (6 months) 80G HDD and SB audigy xgamer. I did get me a Lite-on 48x24x48 burner for Christmas so that's new as well. now here is the cool part. So far I have over clocked my chip from 1.8 all the way to 2.7ghz. Now is that kick ass? I think so. <------Me.
Commander 598 Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Comparable to my new: 128 DDR ATI Radeon 9700 TX 512MBs of PC1066 RDRAM 120GB Hardrive SB Audigy 2 P4 2.40 Ghz Includes a 48x CD-R and 40x CD-RW.
GUNNER Posted January 17, 2003 Author Posted January 17, 2003 Commander, you ever run the 3Dmarks bench mark from Madonion.com on your PC? Is the 9700 TX like the 9700 pro? Nute, I didn't know you upgraded.
Jem Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Warning: detailed specs... AMDXP2100 ASUS333 DDR 256MB PC2700 333 LG DVD 16x CD-RW 40x12x40 IBM 80GB 7200RPM ASUS V8420 GFORCE 128MB AGP TI4200 SBlive 5.1 DOLBY DIGITAL 1.44 MB FLOPPY (YAY!) 350W USB/SPK/MIC output SILVER TB/XP FAN 10/100 Tbase NIC LOGITECH internet navigator USB keyboard MS wheel Optical LOGITECH Z560 5.1 THX Speakers LG 795FT 17" FLAT .24 1600x1200 Screen HP laserjet 1000 printer Hail to the king, baby ! I have the Utlimate Gamer's PC and I don't even play games anymore! The last game I've played was "Vampire: Redemption" about 2 months ago... I should try and finish it sometime. And I havn't used my burner yet. BTW, I got this computer on the 10-09-2002 But it is still only a dumb machine, I don't worship it or anything.
Ikhnaton Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 yeah, gunner, you and your Intel chips. i'm gonna stick with my athlon classic until the Hammer comes out.
GUNNER Posted January 17, 2003 Author Posted January 17, 2003 Intel roxors your boxers Ike. Or how ever you say it. Jem, that's a nice rig but it's not the king, more like the Queen there big fella.
Jem Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Hey, my computer IS DA KING because it has one thing no other computer has: Personality
Kylilin Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Hey GUNNER, how much did all that hardware run you? I was thinking of putting together my own PC instead of buying one from somewhere...
GUNNER Posted January 17, 2003 Author Posted January 17, 2003 Here is the rest of my stuff. 470W Power supply Creative 52x CD Sweet little floppy cheiftec case with 5 fans and a window with a red cold cathode light 19 incher HP 2210 printer/scanner/copier/fax Creative fps2000 speakers black belkin keyboard and red Alienware 5 button optical mouse all rouned silver cables nothing but Class.
GUNNER Posted January 17, 2003 Author Posted January 17, 2003 Originally posted by Kylilin Hey GUNNER, how much did all that hardware run you? I was thinking of putting together my own PC instead of buying one from somewhere... You will ALWaYS get a better deal if you put one together yourself. Plus you know exactly what your getting... The chip was $143 Mobo was $130 GF4 was $189 80G HDD was $92 Case was $59 PS was $50 CD rom was $40 sound card was $80 Ram was $180 All that is $960 and change. Not bad for a comp that will run at 2.7ghz. The chip is comparble to a $250 2.53ghz unit. I got over 13,750 on the mad onion 3Dmarks. If you buy all your parts on line there is no tax and I can usually get most of it will real cheap shipping as well. The ram is Corsair XMS which is top notch and will run at 2-2-2-6. With my FSB at 150mhz the ram is running at 400DDR. The P4PE is a real nice board as well. and Leadtek make awesome cards. Let me know and I'll tell you some of the best places to get stuff. If you don't already know..
Keyan Farlander Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I keep all my hardware fairly up to date. All except my video card, that is - I'm still running a TNT 2 Ultra. Of course, there isn't any PC game I care about that needs more than that to run at max detail. The oldies are the goodies
Cmdr. Cracken Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 it should also be know that Gunner is a crazy overclocking Mofo. If you liek warrenties, or don't know what your doing, don't overclock.
GUNNER Posted January 17, 2003 Author Posted January 17, 2003 As long as you don't put to much voltage to it you should be fine. Keyan, I still have my TNT2 Ultra too.
Ikhnaton Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 i will never ever buy a cd drive by Creative. why? i'm not sure. i just dont' like them.
edlib Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I got a Leadtek Ti4600 vid card. Pretty sweet. It's funny though, I haven't installed a single game since I upgraded to XP. I'm actually using it now more for work, of all things. I hope to start building a new PC by the end of the year. This one's 2 1/2, and starting to show it's age. First, I GOTTA get the house networked though, and soon.
Jabba The Hunt Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I've just fitted my new XP2000 processor but it wont stay cool, i'm having to run my pc with one side of the case off just to be able to use it, its running at about 45 degrees celcius (110 degrees F) anyone know how to cool it down without paying out for a water cooling system?
Keyan Farlander Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Hopefully you attached the heatsink and fan correctly. Putting some thermal grease between the heatsink and CPU can be a big help, unless there was already a square of the compound on there, in which case putting thermal grease on could make it worse. Hopefully you did not do that.
Gold leader Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Hey Jabba, 45° C for a Athlon XP is not bad at all. As long as it doesn't hang, or you don't smell anything bad, what's the problem? My system runs with a Thunderbird 1400, with 3 casefans it still hits 62° C stressed. Never had a problem with it. Even better, I don't need heating in my room anymore . CPU's can handle at max 90° C, so you've nothing to worry about. Just make sure you keep the temperature below 80°, to account for the measuring error. How do you measure the temp, BTW?
Jem Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Originally posted by Keyan Farlander The oldies are the goodies Amen to that.
Gold leader Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 You know, XWA is becoming an oldie very rapidly.
K_Kinnison Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 *eyes glaze over on all the specs and tech talk* i got a computer... it are good not bad from working my way up from a overglorified word processer
Keyan Farlander Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Originally posted by Gold leader You know, XWA is becoming an oldie very rapidly. Well, I was actually thinking of XWA, kind of on the recent end of "oldie." Though I must admit I spend more time with the original X-Wing and TIE Fighter, and even the original Wing Commander.
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