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James Crivellone 05-02-2002 01:14

Who has the best computer?
 
Post your specs guyz, hehe who's got the best box :)


Pentium 4 Northwood 2.0GHZ 512K L2 @ 2530mhz
768MB PC800 Rambus
ABIT TH7II-Raid Motherboard
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64MB
Gainward Geforce2MX 200 PCI 32MB
Soundblaster Audigy XGAMER
Promise Fasttrack TX2 Raid Controller
Highpoint HPT370 Raid Controller
Intel Inbuisness NIC 10/100 PCI
40GB WD UDMA100 Hard Drive 7200RPM
40GB WD UDMA100 Hard Drive 7200RPM
45GB IBM 75GXP UDMA100 7200RPM Hard Drive
45GB IBM 75GXP UDMA100 7200RPM Hard Drive
10GB Maxtor UDMA66 5400RPM Hard Drive
12/10/32A Plextor CD Burner
72X Kenwood CDROM Drive
400 Watt MACRON Powersupply (AMD and Intel Approved)
Floppy
Mid Tower noname case *which rocks*
19inch Sony E-400 Trinitron Flat Screen Monitor
17inch CTL Flat Screen Monitor
27inch Toshiba Flat Screen TV *for TV out / Monitor 3*
Logitech Z-560 THX Speakers
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
RATPADZ!!!!!!!!

AWiser 05-02-2002 01:33

Grrrrrrr......





I'll trade ya' ;) :D

A. Snodgrass 05-02-2002 02:15

James not AGAIN!
:rolleyes:

Wetzel 05-02-2002 02:51

HEYZEUS!!!!
2!! Video Cards?

Athlon XP 1700+
Soyo Dragon Plus
512 DDR RAM
60GB 7,200 Maxtor HD
16x10x40 Lite-On CDRW
12x Sony DVD
GEFORCE2 MX-400 AGP 64MB VIDEO CARD
350 watt power supply (AMD approved)
Eagle Aluminum case
19 inch KDS flat screen monitor with Trinitron tube
APC Back-UPS Pro 650VA

Got it only a week ago, so its not overclocked yet, but I have my sights set on 1.7Ghz actual....:D
Ordered the Logitech Z-560 from ThinkGeek but they were DOA last Saturday. Can't get anything.:(
Waiting for a email back from thinkgeek on getting a replacement. First time I have had an issue with them, and I have been buying stuff there for two years...:(

mnkysp6353 05-02-2002 03:11

3 Sony 21inch
150 900mhz render boxes
150* 256mb ram
3 ATI RADEON 8500 64MB Graphics Cards
150 60gig hard drives
3 12xcd burners
dvd drive

Ken Leung 05-02-2002 03:24

I have a PI 66 mhz, with 8mb of RAM, 2X cdrom, 830mb HDD and a floopy drive. Oh yeah, a 15" monitor, I think.

I wonder if I can get 4th place with this computer.

Andrew Dahl 05-02-2002 07:19

G4 dual 1ghz
geforce 4 128
1.5 gigs ram
superdrive
dvd-ram
4 (count them 4) 60 gig HD
5x7 waccom tablet



dahl

Anton Abaya 05-02-2002 12:21

ha! you have to see my programming computer for the bot last year. it'll be waaaaay better than any of your computers, hands down :-).

i'll post the pic tonight.

-anton

FotoPlasma 05-02-2002 13:32

1.2GHz @ 1.35GHz TBird AVIA stepping (I soooo wanted an AXIA, %%%%%%)
Abit KT7A-RAID
256MB PC-133 (I need more...)
60GB WD 72,000 RPM
52x... I don't know the brand... POS CD-ROM
16x12x32 Lite-On CD-RW
Asus v7700 GeForce 2 GTS
SB Live! Value
Windows 2000 Pro

Oh yeah... and a 120mm blowhole I cut with tinsnips before I had access to any robotics materials...

Jon Lawton and I are planning on designing and building our own cases after Nationals... it should be fun, though I am really tempted by those Lian-Li cases...
*drool*

Elgin Clock 05-02-2002 17:06

LOOKIE WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED!
 
And in the featherweight division ther rises a champ!

SPACEWALKER Shuttle Sv24!!

My Dream 'Puter, Nuff Said!!

Processor
Socket 370
Intel FC-PGA Celeron with 66 MHz FSB
Intel FC-PGA Pentium III with 100/133 MHz FSB
Cryrix III Socket 370 CPU series

Chipset
VIA PL133 Chipset
VIA VT8604, North Bridge
Integrated S3 Savage 4 2D/3D Graphic Engine
VIA VT82C686B, South Bridge

Form Factor
Flex ATX
Size: 178mm x 190mm

Expansion Slot
1 x PCI

Memory
2 x DIMM
Support PC133 SDRAM
Flash EEPROM
Award PCI BIOS with PnP, Green and DMI Features
On board IDE Controller
Support PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2
Supoort Ultra 33/66/100 Synchronous DMA mode
On board I/O Controller
1 x Floppy port
1 x Serial port (16550 fast UART compatible)
1 x Parallel port (SPP, EPP, ECP port)
2 x USB port
2 x 1394 connectors

RTL 8139 LAN Controller

Lucent 1394 Controller

Other features
Onboard S3 Savage 4 VGA
Chrontel CH7006C TV-out Controller
Onboard AC97
Onboard 10/100 Fast Ethernet
S-Video and Composite TV-out terminal
Wake-On-Ring & Alarm
KB/Mouse wake up

ALL CUSTOMIZABLE AND UPGRADEABLE OF COURSE!

Joel J 05-02-2002 17:44

Re: Who has the best computer?
 
Quote:

Originally posted by bp_360
Post your specs guyz, hehe who's got the best box :)


Pentium 4 Northwood 2.0GHZ 512K L2 @ 2530mhz
768MB PC800 Rambus
ABIT TH7II-Raid Motherboard
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64MB
Gainward Geforce2MX 200 PCI 32MB
Soundblaster Audigy XGAMER
Promise Fasttrack TX2 Raid Controller
Highpoint HPT370 Raid Controller
Intel Inbuisness NIC 10/100 PCI
40GB WD UDMA100 Hard Drive 7200RPM
40GB WD UDMA100 Hard Drive 7200RPM
45GB IBM 75GXP UDMA100 7200RPM Hard Drive
45GB IBM 75GXP UDMA100 7200RPM Hard Drive
10GB Maxtor UDMA66 5400RPM Hard Drive
12/10/32A Plextor CD Burner
72X Kenwood CDROM Drive
400 Watt MACRON Powersupply (AMD and Intel Approved)
Floppy
Mid Tower noname case *which rocks*
19inch Sony E-400 Trinitron Flat Screen Monitor
17inch CTL Flat Screen Monitor
27inch Toshiba Flat Screen TV *for TV out / Monitor 3*
Logitech Z-560 THX Speakers
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
RATPADZ!!!!!!!!

Just buy another box and give me your old one..

Andrew Rudolph 05-02-2002 19:31

By far Antons Laptop from last year is best, if thats the computer he used to program last year and the one im thinking of and he is talking about. Its better than my squazza machine with the gaff tape covering the HDD.


Andrew

Wetzel 05-02-2002 20:34

Exchanged the broken Z-560 at Best Buy, these one work and tump! 400 watts RMS, 188 sub, 53 watts to each of 4 satalites! THX certified. :D

mnkysp6353 06-02-2002 01:56

Anton i have been waiting all night to see a pic of that laptop where is it?

Zeinin 06-02-2002 07:42

AMD Athlon T-bird 1.4gzh
Iwill KK266r
512mb pc2100
60gigs of 7200rpm lovin
an origonal Geforce 3, herculese brand.
Dual head Geforce2mx
Plextor 12plex burner. cant beat plexis!
soundblaster live plat.
some other cards..


my upgrade?
Asus a7m-d dual athlon board
another 1.4
1 gig of ddr
watercooler, from www.cpufx.com
Lian Li pc 71 case
promise supertrack 100
2 ibm 80gig 120gxps

Wetzel 06-02-2002 16:45

Mine was free.
Better cost/performance ratio than all of yall!:)

James Crivellone 06-02-2002 17:50

Quote:

Originally posted by Wetzel
Mine was free.
Better cost/performance ratio than all of yall!:)

75% of mine was free :D

Anton Abaya 06-02-2002 21:50

MY PC OWNS YOU!
 
1 Attachment(s)
cyrix 100, 24mb ram, 1gb hdd, and it used to be a laptop (we think).

and you know it :p

-anton

ps. that computer programmed our bot last year :), it's also been given a proper burial for a long life of servitude.

Wetzel 06-02-2002 21:55

most excelent
I have something that looks vaguly similar, but it is an atari in the process of becoming portable. :)

mnkysp6353 07-02-2002 01:23

Thats SWEET!! anton.

FotoPlasma 07-02-2002 01:25

That "laptop" is so cool.
:D

Anton Abaya 08-02-2002 01:50

hehe thanks...

its been replaced by my dell :)

-anton

Justin 188 09-02-2002 01:20

Any room for a n00b? :D


Pentium III 600 MHz/100MHz chipset
512MB RAM
20.0GB HD
52x CD-Rom Drive
8 x 4 x 24 CD-RW
ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 128 PRO - 32MB
Soundblaster Live! Value
Creative Labs Inspire 4.1 - 4400 (speakers)
AOC 17" monitor, flat screen
Cordless Keyboard
Wacom Graphire Tablet


Yeah it suks next to most of the systems in here, but it's almost 3 years old. That, and I'm too poor to get anything mad crazy :)

D.J. Fluck 10-02-2002 18:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Ken Leung
I have a PI 66 mhz, with 8mb of RAM, 2X cdrom, 830mb HDD and a floopy drive. Oh yeah, a 15" monitor, I think.

I wonder if I can get 4th place with this computer.

Dont joke about that...thats what my comp was except i had till about June of 2000, but i had 32 megs of ram and a 4.3 gig hard drive...:D

Greg McCoy 10-02-2002 18:27

Me too, until I got this brand new Dell :D

Wetzel 10-02-2002 18:54

I'm glad my dad is a highend computer guy...
No im not, cause I can't convince my parents that we really need a 3 mbs bussiness DSL.

EnderofDragon 10-02-2002 21:42

Mine is the best by far
 
My Power Macintosh G3 (the 4-6 year old beige kind) will blow all of your pitiful "computers" out of the water. Behold my 128 Mb memory and 6 Gb hard drive! :rolleyes: Fear me puny mortals!!!!!!


I cant wait till I get my PC.....:(

Greg McCoy 10-02-2002 21:48

A Mac? Probably more stable and efficient than an Intel PC. Too bad there isn't any software for it. :D

EnderofDragon 10-02-2002 21:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Greg McCoy
A Mac? Probably more stable and efficient than an Intel PC. Too bad there isn't any software for it. :D
Tell me about it.

Wetzel 10-02-2002 22:12

Intel..hahahahahaha
AMD Athlon XP....faster, better, cheeper.
AND easier to overclock!:D
As to stability: Linux and Win2k

Greg McCoy 11-02-2002 11:21

AMD is just some weird company that made a rip-off clone for cheaper.

Clark Gilbert 11-02-2002 11:35

Idea.....
 
Here's something i thought of while sitting in class...

Take a MAC computer case and put PC stuff in it or the other way around.
:)

Greg McCoy 11-02-2002 11:40

Sounds Interesting,

What class are you in, Clark? I'm in computer apps :eek:

Bondage 11-02-2002 13:33

Quote:

Originally posted by Greg McCoy
AMD is just some weird company that made a rip-off clone for cheaper.
That cheaper rip-off clone is faster. And more durable.
<Edit> Not really me, this just happens to be my robotics hotties computer... I would be Wetzel, the guy with the funny colored car.</edit>

Greg McCoy 11-02-2002 14:31

Yeah, but I think (I'm not sure) that the current AMD clock speeds are a lot lower than the current Intel clock speeds. However, the AMD processors for whatever reason seems to run faster so they turn out to run about even.

Sorry if I offended any AMD owners out there :D

Wetzel 11-02-2002 17:09

Quote:

Originally posted by Greg McCoy
Yeah, but I think (I'm not sure) that the current AMD clock speeds are a lot lower than the current Intel clock speeds. However, the AMD processors for whatever reason seems to run faster so they turn out to run about even.

Sorry if I offended any AMD owners out there :D

Yes, Intel recently ramped up to 2.2 Ghz, while AMD has jsut released the 2000, which runs at 1.67 Ghz. The 2.2 P4A has a slightly diffrent archetecture (hence the 'A'), and doubles the L2 cache to 512KB. But the AMD chip still outperforms in Office performance as well as Linux Kernel compiling. That is efficency making up for the 32% difference in raw speed. In gaming, the new P4A has a slight edge over the Athlon XP, but is still loads more expensive. Here is a link to becnhmarks.
Tom's Hardware Benchmarks

I have an Athlon XP 1700.. It runs at 1.43 Ghz. It will outperform the Intel P4s because of the prefetch. Basicly, the data to be processed is run through a set routine. Both chips will guess ahead as to what will be needed next, and run that data. If it is found not to be needed, it is thrown out. You have wasted time. AMD not only has a better guessing ability, but it also hasa shorter pipeline, meaning that a wrong guess dosn't cost as much wasted time. So AMD went and built a much more efficent core, while Intel's Willamette (current P4 architechture) design is geared towards seeing how many transistors they can fit on the chip, thereby increasing the number Ghz. My 1.43 Ghz (actual) Athlon XP will outperform a P4 1.7 Ghz in every benchmark no sweat, everything else being equal. Intel is going away from using RAMBUS ram, which should bring the costs down somewhat, but AMD is still a better performer.
Also, by adding all those extra transistors, it generates a whole lot more heat, requireing bigger heatsink/fans and shorting the lifespan of the chip.
AMD chips are also easier to overclock, but thats an entirely diffrent matter.:D

Also, Cyrix made chips for a while that were really cheap, but a POS product. They stoped at the K-6II level I think...
But they were a cheap clone.

Greg McCoy 11-02-2002 18:12

Is "robotics hottie" an oxymoron? :D

Just Kidding...


Yeah, I didn't realize that AMD's had different archeticture at all. I have an Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz system.

It always helps to know what you're talking about before you yell :D

EnderofDragon 11-02-2002 18:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Greg McCoy
Is "robotics hottie" an oxymoron? :D
Almost as much as Microsoft Works

Bondage 11-02-2002 23:26

oh really graham? so you don't think I'm hot? I'm incredibly insulted......*cries*
I'll chalk it up to the fact that deep down inside you're madly in love with me...

EnderofDragon 14-02-2002 16:43

Quote:

Originally posted by Bondage
deep down inside you're madly in love with me...
How did you know!?!?!

AntiCrombieDuck 14-02-2002 19:36

ok im not even gonna beat u guys, i want to cry!

Want to donate too a kid 1 of those?

Matt Attallah 14-02-2002 22:49

768MB PC800 Rambus<--------??

How is this possable?? (I know you all love my spelling!!) I thought only way you can get that is by having 2 processors, and if that o/s can support that much. Windows only can register 512...

My Computer:

AMD Althon 1.1ghz
256 MB pc133 ram
NVIDIA 64 Pro w/ 16 mb on-chip ram
60 GB HD (7,200 I Think...)
Win XP <-----------------BBBBBOOOOOO!!!!(I Forked out the $99)
7.1 Surrond sound (yes, i did fork out some big $$ for that)
8x8x24 RW-CD-Rom
8x DVD-Rom
1.44" Floppy Drive
56K Modem
10/100 LAN Card

and dents in the side from me kicking it w/ some burn marks on the back from the power supply where the Magic Smoke came out!

Wetzel 14-02-2002 23:31

Quote:

Originally posted by Matt Attallah
768MB PC800 Rambus<--------??

How is this possable?? (I know you all love my spelling!!) I thought only way you can get that is by having 2 processors, and if that o/s can support that much. Windows only can register 512...
...

Win XP supports more, I think up to 4 GB of RAM. (Not Sure)
Win2k supports a GB of ram.
Win9x supports 512 MB.
Linux can support more as well, I have seen Linux running with 1.5 GB Ram....
Your mobo can also limit the amount. Mine (Soyo Dragon Plust) supports only 1.5 GB of DDR ram.
Or you can get even more exotic OS's...

Greg McCoy 15-02-2002 15:13

Yeah, I think that's right. If you really want 4 GB of RAM, I think you can have it with XP.

Wetzel 24-02-2002 02:53

w00t!
 
Have secured funds for a duile board and another XP 1700.
Next, go to my local computer store and purchase said items.
Thirdly, browrow 512mg ram from a friend, to total a gig in machine.
Then see how fast 3dMax will render. :D

James Crivellone 24-02-2002 05:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Wetzel


Win XP supports more, I think up to 4 GB of RAM. (Not Sure)
Win2k supports a GB of ram.
Win9x supports 512 MB.
Linux can support more as well, I have seen Linux running with 1.5 GB Ram....
Your mobo can also limit the amount. Mine (Soyo Dragon Plust) supports only 1.5 GB of DDR ram.
Or you can get even more exotic OS's...

2000 can take way more ram then just 1024

Elgin Clock 25-02-2002 12:17

Can I nominate myself for the most pathetic computer???\

I have a hand-me-down Tandy 1000. It has a 5 1/4" drive, (2) 3.5" drives, an external 30k harddrive, and a lovely monochrome green and black monitor!!!!

Oh and a printer, a dot matrix!!!

Oh yeah and it has some sort of "windows" type program installed on it called Deskmate.

Works like a charm, when I dust it off and actually turn it on!!!

Then there is my Widows 3.11 for workgroups computer.........

Greg McCoy 25-02-2002 15:12

My Palm m105 and graphing calcuator probably outperform that. :D

Bondage 25-02-2002 16:19

I nominate myself for most pathetic. (person, not computer) I have no clue what the specifications of my computer are... I know it can do alot though? It has a DVD player and a seperate CD player... Zip Drive... Pentium 3.... though I still have no Idea if it's a "good" computer.... it's a HP...

Greg McCoy 06-03-2002 11:46

Next month I'm getting a cable modem and wireless network in my house for laptops. Hahaha :D

Wetzel 06-03-2002 15:02

I love my cable modem...
Really, to all those who do not have one, I recommend it if you can get it.
Pings at a confortable 60...:D

Greg McCoy 06-03-2002 17:26

Or a T3 would be nice :D

RebAl 06-03-2002 17:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Greg McCoy
Next month I'm getting a cable modem and wireless network in my house for laptops. Hahaha :D
Im on one right now :D

AntiCrombieDuck 06-03-2002 17:48

Can i just say nice simpsons aviatr, they rule!!!!


GO RebAl, even though i have no idea who u are lol

RebAl 06-03-2002 20:42

Professor Frink
Professor Frink
He'll make you laugh
He'll make you think
He likes to rin
And then the thing, with the....
person

Oh boy!
That monkey is going to pay!!

-The Tomfoolery of Professor John Frink Theme Song :D

Found here

matt sorgenfrei 12-03-2002 17:40

My team member who owns this account doesn't know exactly what a keyboard is. But I am lazy and going to use his account.

I have a pretty %%%% good computer. It 0wns j00! jk. I hate "h4x0r5". In fact... They 5uX0r!
I got a bit of a grant$$$....
These are all parts available to your standard consumers. Although it is not a big server class system (eg, a sun, dell, etc.) It is one hell of a workstation.

2x Athlon Palomino 1900+ MP o/c-ed to true 2x 1.8ghz
(voltage mod 2.24v)
Water cooling w/Swiftech 462MCX
Ehiem 1380 Pump
1/2 inch Gauge Tubing
Radiator From A Chevy S-10 Pickup (modded to the outside of the case.

Lian-Li PC70 Anodized black on the inside
Enermax 500watt Power Supply
CaseETC Maelstrom Rheobus
Smoked Acrylic Window
Black Light Cold Cathodes

Asus A7M-266D Motherboard
4gb Ram (Crucial Registered 1gb sticks ECC)
Gainward Ultra/750XP GeForce4 Ti4600 128MB O/Ced to 320core/740mem

All rounded ide and SCSI cables
All with CoolerMaster Hard Drive Coolers
2 x 120GB Western Digital 1200JB (the 8mb buffered special edition)
2x Mylex SCSI 160 AcceleRAID 352 64bit PCIw/
Controller 1: RAID 0+1
4 x Seagate Cheetah X15 36LP 18.4gb
Controller 2: RAID 0+1
4 x Seagate Cheetah 73LP 73GB
Plextor 40x16x48 CDRW IDE
Lite-On 16x48 DVD IDE

Creative Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX
Netgear Gigabit Ethernet Card 10/100/1000
Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1s

2x Sony GDM-FW900 24" Widescreen Monitors
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
Microsoft Explorer Mouse v3.0

Keep it [H]ard Baby! www.hardocp.com
Overclockers! www.overclockers.com
Virtual-Hideout www.virtual-hideout.net
Storage Review www.storagereview.com
PCPowerZone www.pcpowerzone.co.uk
w00t! w00t! w00t!

RebAl 12-03-2002 17:48

how much $$$ or $$$$$$ more likely did you spend? :D

matt sorgenfrei 12-03-2002 17:59

It was a grant. I just told them what I wanted, and they gave it to me.

RebAl 12-03-2002 18:09

Is it for a business or something?

AntiCrombieDuck 12-03-2002 20:34

where can i get this grant? lol


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