Heres my very first build. not the greatest but it was cheap only around $300.
Athlon XP 3000 barton
pc2700 512mb ram
geforce4 mx440 8X
60gb 7,200 rpm 2mb cache maxtor HD
Soyo Dragon KT400 MB
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...2005/01/98.jpg
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Heres my very first build. not the greatest but it was cheap only around $300.
Athlon XP 3000 barton
pc2700 512mb ram
geforce4 mx440 8X
60gb 7,200 rpm 2mb cache maxtor HD
Soyo Dragon KT400 MB
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...2005/01/98.jpg
New Money Trap, had a great Christmas :D
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/...2005/08/48.jpg
Upgraded my CPU :-P
lmao this thread is still alive
http://home.twcny.rr.com/pixels/imag...tCase_2002.jpg
The 'Last of the V-8 Police Interceptor's' (as I call it) tearing up the "Information Super-Highway" (Best System I have made to date)
MotherBoard, CPU, Ram, Video, Monitor, & PowerSupply:
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* H/T Pentium4 3.2ghz 512kb L2 cache
(Eventually upgrade to P4 "Extreme Edition" w/ 2mb onboard L2 cache)
* 512mb Corsair DDR PC-3200 400mhz RAM speed set Cas/2
(Eventual upgrade to 1gb PC-4200 533mhz capable RAM by GEIL or OCZ)
* ATI Radeon 9800XT AGP 256mb DDR Ram 2d/3d video overclocked 450/425 + modified cooling next line w/latest ATI Catalyst 5.4 drivers...
* Abit IC7-Max3 H/T CPU + SATA/PATA RAID motherboard & latest BIOS
* Silicon Image 3114 onboard striping/mirroring SATA & PATA capable latest BIOS (11/30/2004) RAID firmware onboard controller
* 19" Micron (Trinitron flatscreen) monitor 120hz refresh rate @32-bit "True-Color" 1600x1200
* 530 watt dual fan Antec powersupply (w/ old coffin style Pentium III aluminum heatsink attached @ top being blown over by 3.5" fan).
Disks:
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* 1 WD "RAPTOR" 36gb 10,000rpm 8mb buffered SATA bootdrive cooled by Thermaltake IDE aluminum heatsink encasements + 2 fan intake & front of case temp. gauges + sensors.
* 1 WD "RAPTOR" 74gb 10,000rpm 8mb buffered SATA storagedisk cooled by Thermaltake IDE aluminum heatsink encasements + 2 fan intake & front of case temp. gauges + sensors.
* CENATEK ROCKET DRIVE PCI-SCSI SOLID STATE RAMDISK + 2gb PC-133 SDRAM
* 2 WD PATA-100 120gb JB "Caviars" 7200rpm 8mb buffered EIDE storage drives cooled by ZALMAN heatpipe cooler on top & sides of drive + 3 fan intake on case for lower part of drive.
* HiVal Dual Sided 9gb capable Cd-Writer/DvD Writer Combo 16x10x32x8x CdRw DvD Player EIDE Ultra DMA 33 model
* Iomega ZipDrive 750mb EIDE Internal IDE Mode 4
* SanDisk RamCard USB 1.0 reader for Camera memory card
* SanDisk Ramdrive USB 2.0 "Cruzer" model external storage "keychain" drive.
* Abit "Secure IDE" card (for storage drive 40-bit encryption on PATA disks - my 120gb WD's)
Sound & Multimedia:
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* Onboard IC7-Max3 RealTek AC97 Soundcard
* Altec Lansing ACS-45 Subwoofer & midranges
* Hauppauge WinTV32 USB television tuner
* IBM PC USB Camera
* 2 Belkin 4 port Stackeable USB Hub extenders
* Argus 5.0 MegaPixel Digital Camera (3x optical zoom, 2x digital zoom).
Input Devices:
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* Microsoft Intellimouse Pro LaserMouse USB-Ps/2 type (overclocked in packetization for gaming)
* Logitech Wingman Force "Force Feedback" racing wheel & pedals
* Logitech Wingman "Force Feedback" Force3D joystick
* Cirque Ergonomic GlidePoint Touchpad mouse built-in keyboard
Telecommunications & Networking:
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* Optimum Online CableModem (motorola surfboard type) @ 5.2mb/sec. download from SpeedGuide.net (back to TimeWarner now, both equally as fast in 2005 since TW updated)
* LinkSys 100mbit 4 port Cablemodem "NAT" & TRUE stateful-inspection true Firewalling Router (latest BIOS update flashed in)
* U.S. Robotics PCI V92/X²/K-Flex capable 56k PnP FaxModem TRUE UART modem (for faxing subsystem in combination w/ scanner & printers).
Print Subsystems & Scanners:
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* Epson Action Laser 1500 LaserPrinter LPT1
* HP DeskJet 3650 Color Printer (4800x1200 dpi photo-quality)
* HP ScanJet 2200c USB
Cooling & Case + OS makeup:
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Fan arrangement in FULL TOWER CASE:
* Abit IC7-Max3 "inside out OTES" built-onto-mobo cooler system.
* Northbridge/SouthBridge native Abit IC7-Max3 "orb" cooler.
* 1 top 3.5" ceiling fan 'blowhole' type style
* 2 top/side 5"/120mm fans at top sides draws hot air upward in case
* 2 rear 3.5" hot air exhaust fans RAID 0 stripe/array 3 drive bay coolers
* 1 3.5" floor fan blowing in front of add-on cards
* 2 case drilled 3.5" side fans
* 2 SlotMounted 3.5" fans below case hole fans positions
* 1 powersupply fan + Old-Style "Coffin" CPU heatsink on top
* 1 Slot-Mount cooler draws hot air off CENATEK RocketDrive out of case.
* 3 drivebay mount diskcoolers (3 486 style fans each - 9 fans intake cold air over RAID array & main drive)
* 5.25" drivebay front-case mount CPU temp. gauge unit reading in Farenheit.
* Thermaltake 2 aluminum heatsinks & 51.1 cfm/8000rpm fan on vidcard upper RAM chips on stock copper flat unit (mod by APK).
* Intel copper core + Aluminum shrouded heatsink from boxed cpu set w/ Artic Silver III contact medium on P4 3.2ghz H/T CPU.
* Ram Heatsink/Heatspreader (with 486 size ballbearing cooling fans) by ThermalTake on 3 other major chips on mobo adhesed w/ Arctic Silver Thermal adhesive.
Operating System Setup/Arrangement & Tunings:
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Windows Advanced Server 2003 SP #1 Operating System FULLY patched!
(TONS of shell extensions/Explorer Add-ons, on a Fully tuned NT based OS based on tunings from the following URL's for security & speed online & locally)
http://www.avatar.demon.nl/APK.html
&
http://www.avatar.demon.nl/APKTuneup.html
* :)
APK
P.S.=> APK System for 2004-2010... apk
Damn you people with SLi!!! My views towards SLi is changing and I dont want to move to it yet.. Must resist! To much work to move to SLi right now :(
HL2 4x aa 8x anistropic 1280x1024 max detail running at a smooth 200 FPS... does dip to 100 on the real intensive parts, but meh :p
NFSU 2 1280x1024 4x 8x max detail again, looks stellar, I'll get some shots up :p
still need to work on the 05 score though, sitting at 9500 (roughly)
Crank up the resolution and AA :DQuote:
Originally posted by speed freak
HL2 4x aa 8x anistropic 1280x1024 max detail running at a smooth 200 FPS... does dip to 100 on the real intensive parts, but meh :p
NFSU 2 1280x1024 4x 8x max detail again, looks stellar, I'll get some shots up :p
still need to work on the 05 score though, sitting at 9500 (roughly)
my max res. is 1280 x 1024 on my monitor, at least until I get a different one ;)
but I'll play with the AA and AF a bit :cool:
lord knows you have enough money to get a 2405... get that badboy and see if you can bring your fps below 100.
this one looks tempting too: http://viewsonic.com/products/deskto...eries/vp231wb/
I've just got to really think this one through :)
really nothing special... really.
Please resize that man! thats huge.
Hey, nice thread, didn't even notice it was here, lol. Here are some pics of my custom built desktop. I only finished it a week ago or something. Oh and sorry for the crappy quality, the pics were taken with a mobile phone camera.
http://img69.echo.cx/img69/6340/whole5ow.th.jpg
http://img69.echo.cx/img69/8372/soundcard8uu.th.jpg
http://img223.echo.cx/img223/3384/lights0vl.th.jpg
The specs are in my sig.