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#1 supersloth   User is offline

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puttin together a new system myself

Posted 13 December 2001 - 03:20 PM

-bare system
http://www.micropro.com
motherboard
abit kt7z 266mhz fsb
cpu
amd athlon 1.33 ghz (2kkmhz fsb)
floppy
mitsumi 3.5" floppy
video
pine geforce 2 mx 400 64mb
sound
creative sound blaster live 5.1
踸.00


pricewatch/misc

-hard drive
40gb
around ๖
-memory
512mb
around ุ
-cdrw
around ๖
-dvd
around ุ

total-around 輔

thats what i got so far, everyone tell me what you think, i know i havent picked a monitor yet, still lookin at those, anything im missing you think i need?


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#2 Lee Allers   User is offline

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Posted 13 December 2001 - 03:24 PM

hmmmmm um all ur old pasrts r goin to me righ? ;) hmmmm...... I dont think u r missin nothin but then again i never said i was a comp builder dude :laugh:
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Posted 13 December 2001 - 05:09 PM

not bad pricewise...  but AMD... *shudders*
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Posted 13 December 2001 - 07:06 PM

my only tip to sloth, sice i know jack squat about hardware: build the whole system based on what works best for UT. :biggrin:
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Posted 14 December 2001 - 09:44 AM

Nah man that looks great as a system. Thats what mine will roughly look like when im done upgrading minus a few things and adding a couple. But thats not bad... at all... and AMD r00ls!
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Re: puttin together a new system myself

Posted 15 December 2001 - 08:41 AM

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Quote: from Vetritus03 on 7:09 pm on Dec. 13, 2001
not bad pricewise...  but AMD... *shudders*

*shudders with vetritus*

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 10:14 AM

The only things I have against the AMD is the fact that part of the BIOS is stored on the HD and if you don't install it you won't get the performance you expect. I keep forgetting any time I reformat or change my HD that I need to install the BIOS updates immediately after the OS before I do anything else.

The other problem I have with AMD is their reaction to overheating. Please make sure you get a more than adequate heat sink and fan (or other, better, cooling system) or you may find you have an over toasty CPU ...

http://www4.tomshard...atvideo-01.html

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 11:29 AM

actually with vetritus' help, ive kinda changed what im gettin, for the better of course.

heres the motherboard: http://usa.asus.com/...l2/overview.htm

and the cpu: http://www.googlegea...gweb....e=80612

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 12:39 PM

SPEAKERS! cant forget those, i would HIGHLY suggest getting a set of the Logitech z560's. I have them now and they are BETTER than the klipschs, they are only about 150 too!

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 12:41 PM

Also, if you are gonna get into serious gaming, I would go with AMD...

Josh Dura

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Re: puttin together a new system myself

Posted 15 December 2001 - 12:55 PM

yea, i havent even thought about speakers yet.

and actually, that processor, and mother board have been outperforming p4's at 1.6ghz

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 01:44 PM

here's that article sloth... i forgot i read about this way back in June...  i'm sure you can find better benchmarks...

http://www6.tomshard...0612/index.html

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 01:50 PM

you know... everyone says that AMD is a good gaming processor... ####, the game cube s a good gaming platform... but i still wouldn't buy one.  (sorry sloth)
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Posted 15 December 2001 - 02:07 PM

thanx for the article

and yea yea, i know how you feel bout the cube, same way i feel bout da box.

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Posted 15 December 2001 - 02:16 PM

next question is... is 133Mhz worth... 60 bucks

http://www.googlegea...oductCode=80614

this would max out the board as far as speed...

(Edited by Vetritus03 at 11:17 pm on Dec. 15, 2001)

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