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mrmenz
Posts: 287/347 |
This is my budget system, I dont know how I actually even got the cash for it.
AMD 64 3000+ @2.0GHz
MSI K8T NEO Mainboard VIA K8T800 CHIPSET
512 184 pin DD400
GeForce FX 5200 PCI (Piece of shit from my old machine)
Hitachi 80 gig SATA HDD
HP DVDWriter 300n(Older drive I got for free)
All in all It does mostly what I need, when I have a job illbuild a hardcore gaming rig. |
ExKay
Posts: 789/1114 |
No pic from me either, but some specs.
- Intel Pentium 4 3,0GHz
- MSI 865PE Neo2-P Mainboard designed for P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors
- 1024MB DDR RAM
- ATI 9600 Pro 128MB video card
- 19' Monitor from Vobis
- 2 HDs a 120GB
- Emprex DVD-R/RW burns also +
- Polaroid CD/DVD ROM
- Dolby Surround boxes (5.1)
- Silver/Black keyboard with some specials keys like power, sleep, wake, multmedia and internet functions
- Wireless optic mouse
- And a screen of my tower.
Edit: Added the HDs |
The Guru of Furu
Posts: 187/240 |
maybe you don't have good air control in your computer, or maybe it's because my computer and my room are both at, let's say, on average, 95 degrees in the day, 85 degrees at night. I guess living in warm weather makes it easier for things that are warm to be concidered room temperature. Thank God there's no humidity where I'm at now.
Right now my computer is running at 28 (82.4) and my theremometer says that it's 80 in the shade and right outside where my therm is feels exactly like the downstairs of my house which is always cooler than my 2nd floor room. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5492/8210 |
So what, let me get this straight.
Your 3.2ghz P4 is running at room temperature...
And my 800mhz Celery is running at 40 |
The Guru of Furu
Posts: 185/240 |
Well, it's not much different than room temperature I'd say at most one or two degrees. It jumps up when I run big programs/lots of programs, like UT2k4 or MatLab and stuff like that. I think it stays pretty cool because I've got four fans and and pretty good heatsink (which is not good for noise control). |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5455/8210 |
 The sensor in your computer should read at least a bit higher than room temperature, unless you put it in wrong or your CPU is way slow. Mine's about 7 degrees higher with the sensor in the heat sink, though I suggest the 'indoor' sensor is reading high because it's mounted on a part of the case that gets a bit hot.  (I doubt it's 32 degrees in here...) |
The Guru of Furu
Posts: 183/240 |
Yeah, therm disps are cool. I got one of those and I use it as my room temperature monitor, becuase I've found that my computer changes temperature with the room perfectly, which is good, that means the fans and all are working, but it's bad considering it's been 95+ for the past few days, i can't wait to get back to freezing indiana where my computer will run at -100 degrees, or maybe more like 5
And yes, Celcius is just better, kinda like RE is just better. Okay, that's it. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5450/8210 |
I want a big flatscreen monitor. 
Pardon the small bump but I had to show off this simple but cool case mod:
I just bought an outdoor thermometer and stuck the sensor in the CPU's heat sink. (You wouldn't believe how much crud was in it, even though it looked clean. No wonder it's been running slow. ) It's running at 35.4 degrees right now. Plus I can switch it to display the room temperature, which is 28.4. (Pretty hot!) It can do Farenheight too, but Farenheight sucks.
You migtht also notice the LED sticking out, that's the power LED. I popped it out of place and can't get it back in. 
What's a good operating temperature for an 800mhz Celery anyway? |
Tarale
Posts: 2179/2720 |
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Jeez, Tarale, pretty big box for something so small.
Yeah, I know, and it's not like they fill up the rest of the space with a decent heat-sink and fan either o.o (Thus the custom one)
EDIT: Well, I have more fun stuff with my computer, so I'll post my last photo now 
New monitor. 
Isn't she beautiful? |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5318/8210 |
 *Stands in front of computer and unzips pants* |
The Guru of Furu
Posts: 179/240 |
Well, my pics are large and I don't feel like shrinking them so just click the link if you want.
PIC1
PIC2
As for the specs
Processor : P4 3.2gHz 2mb cache 64bit 800 mHz fsb
Vcard : GeForce 6600 256mb PCIe
Scard : Sound Blaster Audigy-2 ZS 7.1
Memory : 1 gb
HDs : 2 x 80gb and 1 x 120 gb eternal
Case : Raidmax Scorpio-668 Aluminum
Power Supply : 500 watts
Network : onboard lan and wireless pci card
Monitor : 17" Sceptre LCD
Sound : 2.1 sicuro system (and a 5.1 Klipisch at my bro's house for storage over the summer that's a 500 watt system, yay for loud speakers and strong subs)
Well, someone peed on my old computer so the insurance bought me a brand new one, which is amazing. It's got three fans, I'm thinking of moving the one on the side window to the front and getting a color led fan. Also, it's got a blue cathode on the bottom and I want to add another one near the top to get better lighting in the case. The motherboard was made by Abit and i bought the computer from iBuyPower. I really like the computers they have there. My hard drives are split into four partitions each (minus the external which is well over halfway filled with music). The main HD is a 60 gb winXP and the rest is Ubuntu linux, but I'm going to put on a Gentoo Distro cause I don't really like Ubuntu. The second hd is split into four partitions one for games, pictures, websites, and school work. Here's a full screen print screen of my desktop with partition magic showing the HDs. And my background is a picture of a bunch of my friends and me in the freezing cold (or inside trying to hide from being in the freezeing cold). |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5299/8210 |
Jeez, Tarale, pretty big box for something so small.
Well since I got the other computer running again (though not running anything in particular until I get around to installing an OS  ), here's some crappy pics of it too.
Ph34r the cardboard and duct tape easy-access custom-built case.
Front panel with wires hanging out. Yes it says 'ICE' on the display, I couldn't think of anything better.
More blurry guts. |
Sukasa
Posts: 1007/1981 |
Likewise, no pics but because I have no camera, but comprehensive specs of my self-built:
200mhz. Pentium w/ MMX
64 Mb EDO DRAM, 4 sticks
SMC EtherEZ
PheonixBIOS revision 1.0.A
Win98SE
2 6Gb hard drives
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
2Mb Diamond Stealth Video Card
350 Watt power supply, ATX
Blue case w/ 2 windows
Internet capability
6 LED fans
Cold-cathode lighting tube (green)
Lazer red LED set
Second lighting tube, blue spiral pattern.
So yeah, not too much but I'm proud of it. |
JDavis
Posts: 676/815 |
No pics (they'd come out worse than HH's), but here's some specs |
Tarale
Posts: 2165/2720 |
I have my CPU!
And I stuck a big fat blue glowy fan on it Which I can't see, cause the case is closed. (I'm not as concerned with how it looks but rather how it works.)
Course, I intend to add other cool stuff to my compy, will post a niiiice photo when I'm done. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5211/8210 |
Heh, so many people using the word 'craptastic' to describe HP machines and their components. 'Tis what I call my video card.  |
BMF98567
Posts: 947/1261 |
Okay, now I don't feel so bad about the way my desk used to look. Egads.
Current desktop photo fun time! Please stay behind the ragged rope curtain as you peruse the exhibit.
Clockwise from top:
1) Pile of assorted toys and doo-dads. The menacing thing on the left is called a "Helping Hand" (sold at Radio Shack). It has clamps to hold wires, PCBs, and other electronic components in place while you solder or do other intricate work. I love it. <3
2) Leaning Tower of CDs (and also Nerds). Directly to the left is a compressed gas duster and my routers. In front is one of my old Labtec speakers, which helps to provide surround sound.
3) Silver Eclipse. She lights up blue at night.
4) Blobby and the shell of an old boombox. The speakers were hacked out and screwed to the back of my desk (either side behind the monitor), while all the equalizer controls remained conveniently located on top of the box. This provides somewhat crappy pseudo-surround sound.
5) Flatbed scanner. Rarely used.
6) What's that smell? 
7) Two subwoofers and a mess of power cords. A 4-port KVM switch is also down here (3 computers + one Dreamcast VGA box).
8) Microchip.
9) Assorted crap. Floppy disks, ROM hacking notes, a magazine, my next car payment, and a prototype Famicom cartridge. The container on the left holds pistachios.
10) What remains of my "corner of tranquility." That green thing is a miniature fountain. To the left (outside the frame) are a model lighthouse and neat Wyland whale sculpture. The flashlight and bottle of rubbing alcohol add a touch of...uh...clutter. 
11) Shelves of Crap. |
Vystrix Nexoth
Posts: 330/348 |
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Computer specs:- CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 1.8GHz
- RAM: 256MB DDR400
- HDDs: (1) 4GiB (with Win98SE); (2) 9.3GiB (with Slackware 10.0, which is my primary OS)
- Monitor: 17" flatscreen CRT; display = 1280x1024 32bpp
Some of the keys on the keyboard are getting worn out (see, for example, the top half of the 'E' key, which has busted clean through). To the left you can see all manner of stuff ranging from an ashtray to a $20 bill to a long since empty pack of matches. I'm not a very tidy person, as you can see.  |
HyperLamer
Posts: 5195/8210 |
Her first shot also looks so similar to one I took a while ago I thought it was mine. But mine was only 320x240, so clicking it quickly revealed otherwise.
*busts out the CrapCam -5000*
Crappy combination of 2 blurry pics showing the monitor, TV and computer.
Close-up.
I bet if a robot saw this it'd throw up.  I never bothered to screw the case back on last time I was in there. I need to mod it sometime...
I forgot to take pics of the other computer and it doesn't want to start up anyway, so bah. |
BMF98567
Posts: 946/1261 |
OMG, Tarale...aside from the button placement, one of your cases is identical to mine.
These pics are kinda old, taken before I cleaned up and rearranged a bit, but they'll suffice.
#1 - "Blobby"
Motherboard: PC-CHIPS M571
CPU: K6-2 400MHz
RAM: 128MB
Video: Voodoo4 4500 PCI
Sound: Sound Blaster PCI512
Storage: 2 hard drives (120GB total), 8/4/32x CD-RW
Purpose: Internet PC
#2 - "Silver Eclipse"
Motherboard: MSI KT4AV-L
CPU: Athlon XP 2700+
RAM: 256MB PC2700
Video: GeForce FX 5500
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Storage: 2 hard drives (200GB total), combo DVD/CD-RW, 48/16/48x CD-RW (broken )
Other: ATI TV Wonder
Purpose: Gaming PC
(no picture)
#3 - "Microchip"
Motherboard: FIC VA-503+
CPU: K6-2 550
RAM: 64MB
Video: Voodoo3 2000 PCI
Sound: Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold
Storage: 1 hard drive (forgot the capacity ), 16x CD-ROM
Purpose: DOS PC |
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