show em off!

if you were looking for links/detailed info, this wont help.... but heres my rig.

Asrock Dual Sata2 939
Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2.76ghz
2gb (4x 512) G.Skill
XFX Geforce 6600gt
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
WD 250gb
Windows XP Pro.

Not exactly a "show off" rig, but it plays CS:S and WoW on max and thats all i need it to do.

Author : mad-dog
Thread : The PC that mad-dog built
Profile: addict

These are my system specs...........
This is my version of a budget system,
simple all-purpose rig that does what it's told,
No overclocking, 3DMark06-8771
Boot time to loaded desk-top in 1.18 minutes
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Case: Thermaltake full-tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811133032
I set mine up with a pair of 120mm fans in the front,
the chimney vent has a 120mm fan, another 120mm fan on the back wall,
above that is a 90mm fan drawing air thru the removeable HDD cage.
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PSU: FSP Group 700W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817104026
I can't describe how reliable and solid this PSU is,
I don't have to worry each time i boot the system,
It works long, hot days and never complains.
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Motherboard: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131011
There's a reason this motherboard was elected 2x winner of customer choice award.
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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103759
I've always had good-luck with AMD, there are better choices but it works just fine for me,
waiting on K10 prices before upgrading to the 6400+ 3.2GHz version.
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CPU Cooler: ThermalRight Ultra-120 Extreme
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835109140
It's big and ugly but it's the next best thing to water,
Yet another 120mm fan as the Heat-Sink does not include one.
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RAM: Geil 4 x 512MB DDR2-800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820144020
Runs Cool and quiet, 1.8V RAM, works great.
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GPU: EVGA 8800GTS 320MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130082
EVGA has a great step-up program, plays all my graphics-intensive
flight-sims with settings maxed out.
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GPU Cooler: ThermalRight HR-03+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835109136
This is nothing more than a HR-03 with 2 more heat-pipes and larger mounting block.
Chalk up a 92mm fan to supplement the awesome cooling power.
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HDD: A pair of Seagate 320's in RAID 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148140
These are so nice that I'm adding a second pair and reconfiguring for RAID (0+1).
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Monitor: Viewsonic VA1912wb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824116074
Very similar to mine, great picture, built-in speakers.
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Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823175103
Keys and board are backlit using blue LED's.
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Mouse: Logitech 2-button optical
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6826104019
Nothing fancy, old-reliable, goes where you point it.
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Total Fans: 7, 5-120mm, 1-80mm, 1-92mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811999127
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811999121
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835226006
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OS: Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP/2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6826104019
Switching to Vista Ultimate when DirectX-10 is more prevalent in gaming software.
What can i say about Bill Gates that you don't already know
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Folding@Home

ABIT AB9 Pro P965 LGA775 Motherboard
Intel C2D E6420 @ 3.20ghz w/ (8x400mhz, 1.3875v, Arctic Freezer 7 Pro & 25+ Hours Orthos Stable)
(2x1024mb) G. Skill DDR2 6400 @ 800mhz w/ (4-4-4-10: 2T, 2.05v)
ATI Sapphire X1900XTX 512mb @ (662mhz/783mhz), (Soon to be 2900XT / 8800GTS 640mb, but hopefully the revision of one of these cards)
Antec P-180 Case
Antec NeoHE 550w PSU
SATA 20x Lite-On DL DVD-RW Optical Drive
3x120gb SATA 120gb, 8mb Cache Hard Drives
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS 2 Sound Card
Win XP Pro and Win Vista Prem Dual Boot
Samsung 20" 206BW 2ms LCD Monitor
and a good ol' Floppy drive

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=241911

Best,

3Ball

E4300
Gigabyte 965P DS3
1GB of G.Skill (one died T_T)
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB
Antec True Power Trio 650W
Seagate barracuda 320GB
Tuniq Tower 120
NZXT Trinity Case

Commodore 64
Commodore 1702 14" color monitor
Commodore 1541 disk drive (2)
Commodore 1531 mouse
Turbo232 RS232 adapter @ 9600 bps
Atari 2600 joystick (2)

Oh and my modern PC --

AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+
Abit KN8 Ultra
2 gigs RAM
eVGA 7600 GT KO
Samsung 160 gig SATA 3Gbps HDD (2 of them in RAID 1)
Plextor 708 DVD RW
MS comfort keyboard
MS Habu gaming mouse
Windows / PC adapter for wireless Xbox 360 periphials
Dell 207FPW 20.1"
Windows Vista Business

-- Works great for what I do , such as Star Wars Galaxies, MAME and an occasional FPS. Tends to struggle running TVersity to encode stuff on the fly for my Xbox 360 (both cores 88 - 95% cpu when running this!!!)

I am done with the upgrade game. The Xbox 360 is my main gaming rig now, aside of SWG...

Not the most impressive but it works:

Opteron 180 @ 2.6ghz
Asus A8N-E
4x512MB Kingston DDR 3200
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS 2
eVGA 7900GT KO
160GB WD Caviar
200GB Seagate Barracuda
Antec 430w Truepower
Old Antec case
19" Samsung LCD
Netgear wireless g card
NEC DVD-RW
Generic DVD-ROM
3.5" Floppy

My setup:

Q6600 G0 OC to 3.0G/1333 FSB
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 Rev. 1.0
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm Fan
Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR2 800 4:5 divider 832.5Mhz effective
HIS Hightech Radeon X1950PRO 512MB
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB
WD Caviar SE 160 GB
Silencer® 610 EPS12V Power Supply
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW
Floppy
Antec Solution SLK3000B Case with 2 120mm Antec Fans.
XP Home OEM

Edit: Modified frequency for accuracy.

Solider37's machine pictured above is just totally kick A$$!

Your Rig is like every gamer's DREAM!

-C2D T7400 @ 2.2 Ghz
-2GB DDR2-667
-Nvidia Geforce Go 7950 GTX @ 605/770 (Yes, it's overclocked!)
-100 GB HDD @ 7.2k RPM
-17" Monitor

It doesn't seem like much to you power users, but I'm showing it off because it's a laptop, and my pride and joy.

Desktop:
AMD Opteron 165 (1.8ghz & 1.35vcore @ stock) Running At 2.7ghz @ 1.35vcore
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
2x512mb Centon (CRAP!) DDR 400 SDRAM @ 491mhz
Gecube ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AGP - 256mb (@stock....for now)
2x Western Digital Raptors in RAID 0
Western Digital 120gb 7200rpm
Sunbeam NUUO 550w PSU
Antec 900 Case w/ added UV cathode


Laptop:
Dell XPS M1710
Core Duo T2400 - 1.83ghz
1gb DDR2 @667
Nvidia 7900 GS
Seagate 100gb 7200 RPM HD
17" 1920x1200 display

all my rigs setups in sig

C2D E6600 @ 3GHz (1.3GHz FSB)
2GB Patriot DDR2-800
2x160GB WD Enterprise disks in RAID-0
320GB WD backup disk
Audigy2 ZS (yea, I know)
EVGA 7900GT KO 512
19" Viewsonic VX922
Gigabyte GX-965P-DQ6
One of them 8-button Logitech mouses

hahahahaha

Signature, yea, it's 2+ years old, but my vid card OC is my pride and joy. Will be upgrading to a C2D system in <12 months.

Bright man: "whats a girl?"

Thanks, I'm a successful chemical engineer with a girlfriend of 3 years who's getting her PhD, I don't need to hear your pointless dribble. Sometimes people need to take their own advice. Computers are just a hobby for me, not a lifestyle, as I suspect they are for you.

ryan, how many posts do you have?

Hm, she be kinda old, but concidering I've had 'er for almost two years now, and a couple upgrades (proc, video, memory) She's running pretty well.

Socket 939 Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (from 3500+)
MSI Nforce4-f (From ECS POS that failed)
2 Gigs Kingston HyperX DDR400 (from 1 gig)
Connect 3D x1900XT 256meg (Built-in x300, 6200TC, x1600pro)
Samsung DVD +/- RW
Raidmax Scorpio case, with extra fans (all 5 in case)

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ake-sticky

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/237043-28-show
Mine is in the second one on page 3. Most people have theirs in their sig (see mine) or Hardware Configuration

sorry KyleSTL, im an ass...im a civil engineer we should be friends.

Hide them wires! LOL

Mine's listed in my little hardware profile thing... q6600 8800gts 640 etc etc, 1x 320gb hd, 2x 1gb g.skill ddr2 800 ram. 20" acer widescreen.

I kind of want to upgrade -_-

Solider 37,

What is that green light underneath your monitor? Is that a cold cathode? Is that thing wired directly in to your computer or is it wired in to an AC outlet? Does it give off much heat? How did you do that? Where did you buy it?

REf: Post from 09-13-2007 at 04:18:26 AM

Just built this past weekend. Very happy with it.



(probably fix the cables later in the year)

BTW, nice looking machine. That is an awesome build.