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Gandalf

January 09, 2003, 01:22:42 PM
I've just taken delivery of the following

Abit AT7-MAX2 mobo
Athlon XP 2700+ proc
1GB PC2700 ram
460W PSU

I've also got on backorder the new GeForce FX GFX card. (Should get it this month)

Now I just need to make sure that my existing GeForce2 Ultra is true AGP 4x compliant, as the mobo only takes 1.5v boards. (Time to get my multi out :))

All going well I'll have a nice fast system to play with, but I bet it upsets XP :)
*G*

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Gh0st Face Killah

#1
January 09, 2003, 01:57:58 PM
Oh thats not fair........theres me still waiting for delivery of my bits and yours turn up.......and then you have to rub it in as well!!

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sheepy

#2
January 09, 2003, 03:22:22 PM
give us pore students playing on antiquated systems a bit of sypathy.
i still play on a 800mhz pc. till i get the h2o cooling system and oc it to about 1.4 /1.5 gig
[quote=smilodon;228785]
Sheepy appears and begins to stroke my head. According to his slurred drunken speech I am "lovely and like a fuzzy felt". Thankfully he soon leaves and passes out somewhere. [/quote]

DonkeyCheeseGrater

#3
January 09, 2003, 04:07:15 PM
Tasty, and i shall be trying all the old bits you throw out to try and fix my system.  :D
"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said \'Parking Fine.\'"

TeaLeaf

#4
January 09, 2003, 04:10:18 PM
QuoteI've just taken delivery of the following

Abit AT7-MAX2 mobo
Athlon XP 2700+ proc
1GB PC2700 ram
460W PSU

I've also got on backorder the new GeForce FX GFX card. (Should get it this month)

Now I just need to make sure that my existing GeForce2 Ultra is true AGP 4x compliant, as the mobo only takes 1.5v boards. (Time to get my multi out :))

All going well I'll have a nice fast system to play with, but I bet it upsets XP :)
:D  Nice........

Please post full PCmark, 3Dmark and SISmark scores for all to see.....

Looking forward to seeing it at the LAN - but has it got water or a blue light thingy?  :wink:

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

DonkeyCheeseGrater

#5
January 09, 2003, 06:08:26 PM
QuoteLooking forward to seeing it at the LAN - but has it got water or a blue light thingy? :wink:

TL. 8)

  The last time i saw his system it has some rather tasty coffee  cup rings and half an inch of dust. Does that count?  :lol:
"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said \'Parking Fine.\'"

Gandalf

#6
January 09, 2003, 10:07:07 PM
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 :D Nice........

Please post full PCmark, 3Dmark and SISmark scores for all to see.....

Looking forward to seeing it at the LAN - but has it got water or a blue light thingy? :wink:

TL. 8)

As soon as I get my new GFX card in there I will.

As for cooling. I'm just using the stock AMD cooler with arctic silver. Currently at 42deg C, and rises to 45deg C under load.
*G*

Cake: Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Three/four cups butter or margarine. One and two third cups granulated sugar. Two cups all purpose flour. Fish shaped ethyl benzene. Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.

albert

#7
January 23, 2003, 11:50:23 AM
OK Gandalf, you got all the parts and put them together. I can't be doing with all that so where is the best place to get a pre-built pc?

Best price but a choice of quality components and not crap like on board sound and integrated graphics etc...

I could do with some guidance as I am more of a pc user than fiddler and don't really know the best components out there.

I have £600 to spend on Case (fans pwr etc), mobo, RAM, HDDs, Graphics, Sound. No need for keyboards, mice, monitors, speakers etc..

I have currently a 1600+ XP proc
512MB of DDR
2 x 40GB HDDs
GEF 3 Ti 200
Audigy player
Motherboard of some description.

but could do with

around a 2400 or better proc (Athalon or Inter? - whats best?)
1GB DDR (whats the best type to buy?)
2 x 100GB + HDD (recommend a manufacturer?) - HDD space very important
GEF 4 Ti 4200 at least (any board makers recommended?)
Happy with my Audigy player but any recommendations?
NO idea about mother boards at ALL whats a good one?

Thanks in advance.
Cheers, Bert

sheepy

#9
January 23, 2003, 12:25:02 PM
bstrd, i really wish trhat i could have ur current system.
[quote=smilodon;228785]
Sheepy appears and begins to stroke my head. According to his slurred drunken speech I am "lovely and like a fuzzy felt". Thankfully he soon leaves and passes out somewhere. [/quote]

albert

#10
January 23, 2003, 12:40:02 PM
Quotebstrd, i really wish trhat i could have ur current system.

I am really starting to feel sorry for you mate. You seem to have had it all happen recently with the phone bill etc... but at least you have your health.

Looking back to my student days, I never had a pc at all, or a car, or a phone come to think of it. So I suppose it isn't all that bad. I used to have to work as a gimp for a living whilst playing organ in the local church and running a local drug rehab centre.

I got my first car when I was only 35 and only recently got my first pc at the tender age of 57. I now live off the government in the form of unemployment benefit, houseing benefit and disability benefit. All in all it earns me £1500 a month and a free modified Renult Clio which was a bit tricky to drive at first but after I started using my chin to stear it was a doddle.

I don't really need another pc upgrade but want to research so I can get one later in the year.

(none of the above is in any way a reflection of the views of the author and all characters are pure fiction)
Cheers, Bert

sheepy

#11
January 23, 2003, 12:45:29 PM
Quote

 but at least you have your health.


what fecking health, last year i damaged my knee ligaments meaning i couldnt play rugby 4 a year, just as i start to train again i get ill, and ive been in bed ill 4 nearly a week
[quote=smilodon;228785]
Sheepy appears and begins to stroke my head. According to his slurred drunken speech I am "lovely and like a fuzzy felt". Thankfully he soon leaves and passes out somewhere. [/quote]

albert

#12
January 23, 2003, 12:52:17 PM
doh  :roll:
Cheers, Bert

Gh0st Face Killah

#13
January 23, 2003, 12:52:32 PM
Sh*t Sheepy you are not having a good time of it at the moment are you?
-=[dMw]=-Gh0st Face Killah
Ex Ingorantia Ad Spientiam, E Luce Ad Tenebras

Gh0stys mixes

D. A. M. N.
Naked Mothers Against Dyslexia

JonnyAppleSeed

#14
January 23, 2003, 01:00:07 PM
Quote I used to have to work as a gimp for a living

ha!! SO IT IS TRUE  :P
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion

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