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phial · Apr 4, 2003

i sold my old system for 500 bucks canadian.. kinda cheap, but i hate it when ppl overcharge for used computer parts.

heh, there was a p3600 with 128m/ram and a voodoo3 for 800 bucks (sans monitor) in the local paper today , for example

Unolocogringo · Apr 4, 2003

I'm still pushing my old P3.

Cheap case modded for side fane and rear fan.
Asus TUSL2-C
P3 1.26@1583 166fsb
256mb Crucial@3/2/2//5/7
G4 4200 @285/60
40gig 7200rpn Maxtor
Aureal 2500 sound card
Cambridge 5.1 speaker system
Linksys 10/100 eathernet
Creative 56k modem (backup for when DSL is down)

3dmark2001 10600

3dmark2003 1587

I aint signing nothing!!!

david__t · Apr 4, 2003

Athlon XP 1900+ + Silverado HSF
ASUS A7V333 Deluxe
2 x Corsair XMS2700 256MB
PNY Geforce 4 Ti4600 128MB
SB Audigy 2 + Altec 2100s (rear) + 621s (front)
Pioneer DVD Slot Load
Yamaha CRW-F1
2 x Seagate Barracuda ATAIV 60GB - RAID 0
Enermax 350w PSU
4 x Evercool 80mm case Fans + 1 x YSTech 120mm @ 8V
GlobalWin GW-802 Case

3D Mark 2001 SE score: 11,000
3D Mark 2003 score: ...must ...get ...DX9 Card ...1900

Can't wait to get the 2500+ so I can get everything running at 333MHz. Shame I have to replace the whole board for PCB rev. 2.0. S**t.

4.77MHz to 4.0GHz in 10 years. Imagine the space year 2020

lhgpoobaa · Apr 4, 2003

oh all right, if you insist

AMD XP1700+ TbredA OC'ed to 1750Mhz @ 1.65v & 167FSB.
MCX-462 cooler with 3200rpm 80mm panaflo
Epox 8K3A+ mobo
Corsiar PC3200 cas2.5 512Mb
Leadtek Geforce2pro 200/400
SB live
Dlink NIC
Dlink DSL504 ADSL modem/router (dark grey)
80Gb 800JB primary drive
80Gb D740X backup drive
floppy (black)
Liteon 16X dvd (black)
Liteon 48x248x48x overclocked to 52x24x52x (black)
compac keyboard (black)
MS explorer 3.0 mouse (grey/black)
ratpadz mousepad (black)
atlas SB-201 case (black)
Viewsonic 17"
HIFI for audio (black)
APC ES500 500VA UPS. (black)

P.S. I dont belive in 3dmark. waste of time and effort.

Damn War! I'm too young to watch other people die!
<A HREF="http://members.iinet.net.au/~lhgpoobaa/images" target="_new">My Images!</A>Edited by lhgpoobaa on 04/03/03 08:58 PM.

Spitfire_x86 · Apr 4, 2003

It's fine not to beleive in 3DMark. But what's wrong with knowing your 3DMark score? IMO, it doesn't hurt to know things that you don't beleive

<A HREF="http://geocities.com/spitfire_x86" target="_new"> My Rig</A>

14Dx · Apr 4, 2003

I dont know. Its oc'd to 380 (VPU) and 330 (Memory). That is my score though with catalyst 3.1's. Havent tried it with 3.2's yet.

If its not broken, you're not trying hard enough.

Lonemagi · Apr 4, 2003

I still have to runn a few benches, but here they are.

Game Rig:
(I just got my new stuff in, here's a before and after) {old} / new
Athlon XP2100 Tbred-B @ 2000mhz <new oc, 2140, 12.5x172>
MaxXxpert Spiral block and rad, Ehiem 1048
Abit NF7
{512 Samsung PC2100 @ 133, extra safe timing} / 2 x 256 CorsairXMS PC 2700 @ 166, turbo (2-3-3-5)timings
BBA Radeon 9700 Pro, stock speeds 324/310.5
C-media 5.1 surround card
Hapagaugh WinTV card
{Antec 400w PSU} / Antec 430 Truepower PSU
80gb Western Digital (SE) 8mb cashe HD
{Creative 16x DVD} / Lite-On 16x DVD
Artec 48x CD-rw
Teac Floppy Drive
WinXP Pro SP1
19in KDS Viual Sensations monitor
Custom Painted Antec SOHO (like the cheiftec) case w/ 2 80mm antec case fans and 1 120mm fan on the rad, Logitech iFeel mouse, IBM keyboard w/ wormlight mod, Nostromo Speedpad, Gravis Gamepro USB, VXI Parrot translator headset (Dragon speech), Logitech Z-640 5.1 Speakers, Microsoft Force Feedback 2 joystick, Microsoft Force Feedback Precision Pro joystick.

3D Mark 2001se : {13478} / 14939 <14935>
3D Mark 03 : {4634} / ****
PC Mark CPU : {5981} / 6122 <6492>
Memory : {4311} / 5060 <5054>
Hard Drive : {825} / 860 <899>
United Devices Ranking: {132} / 142

Work Rig:
Dell Dimention 4550
P4 2.0ghz
786 pc2100
Geforce 4 420mx AGP (Dell)
Geforce 4 420mx PCI (PNY)
Soundblaster Live 5.1
WinXP Pro SP1
HP Media Keyboard, Logiteck MX500 Mouse, RatpadzGS mousepad, Dual 19in monitors, HK (?) 2.1 speakers, Nostromo Speedpad (great for AutoCAD and Corel Draw), Labtec stereo / Mic headseat

3D Mark 2001se :
3D Mark 2003 :
PC Mark CPU :
Memory :
Hard Drive :
United Devices Ranking:

Internet / MP3 / Sister rig:
450 P3 Slot1
Intel Mobo
192 MB PC 133
8gb WD hard drive
3com NIC
Cheap ATX mid tower w/ 1 casefan, Silicon Graphics (Indigo 2 Impact) keyboard, HP wheel mouse, Magnavox boom-box for speakers

3D Mark 2001se :
3D Mark 2003 :
PC Mark CPU :
Memory :
Hard Drive :
United Devices Ranking:

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... And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free, and I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. (and the bastard french, I might add)Edited by Lonemagi on 04/07/03 10:56 PM.

phial · Apr 4, 2003

your red white and blue is murdering civilians btw

Mr_Underhill · Apr 4, 2003

Not a long time member by any means, really just a lurker, but I thought I'd play, too.

Northwood P4 2.4GHz 400MHz FSB
MSI 645 Ultra w/ stock BIOS (not sure of version, not at home)
450Watt PSU
1024MB PC2100 DDR
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro w/ Catalyst 3.2
Creative Labs Audigy Gamer
40GB Seagate HD @ 7200RPM
Yamaha CRW2200E 40X/20X/10X CDRW
100MB Iomega Zip
Sony Trinitron 17" Monitor
Windows 98SE w/ DirectX 9.0

3DMark2001SE - 12124
3DMark2003 - 4312

Now, if I could only figure out how to properly tweak my BIOS (or flash them to enable "fast writes"), I'm betting I could up my scores in each test a little more.

Regards to all,

-Mr. Underhill.

jankphil · Apr 4, 2003

"your red white and blue is murdering civilians btw"

What does this have to do about showing your systems and 3dmark scores -_-

"What kind of idiot are you?"
"I don't know, what kinds are there?"

speeduk · Apr 4, 2003

Ah i see, its o/c more than my 9700pro (337/337), thats why your getting that score, still thats not a bad o/c. I only wish mine would o/c better, it maxes out at about 350/344 with lots of artifacts 🙁

Lonemagi · Apr 4, 2003

you guys using stock cooling and rage3d to oc your 9700's? Ive been able to take mine up a bit, but have been a bit cautious cause its a new card.

***
... And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free, and I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

cleeve · Apr 4, 2003

Mmmmmkay...

Athlon XP 2000+
ECS K7S5A Motherboard
768 MB DDR333 at 2.0 latency
Radeon 8500 with 9100 bios, o/c to 285/285
40 GB 7200 RPM Hard Disk
Logitech Z560 surround speakers

3dMark2001SE score: 8521

My motherboard is holding me back on the 3dmark score, but the system runs everything smoothly unless I turn on more than 2x antialiassing, which my Radeon doesn't like so much...

14Dx · Apr 5, 2003

I cut up this big P2 alminum heat sink into chip size pieces and mixed epxoy with thermal compound and glued them to the ram. I also have an 80mm fan blowing right on the AGP slot.

If its not broken, you're not trying hard enough.

Dev · Apr 5, 2003

Well, since you asked...

MAIN:
Antec 1040 case
AXP 1800
Alpha Heatsink (Don't remember model, but I've set it to turn on the fan at 50*C, and so far that hasn't happened. LOVE IT!)
Asus A7S333 Mobo
1GB Kingston 2700 ram (for VMware...)
80GB Seagate 7200
60GB Maxtor 7200
20GB Buslink USB 1 HDD
Plextor 16x DVD
Ricoh MP7200 20x10x40 CDRW
Powercolor Geforce2 Pro (Soon to be a 9700)
Intel 10/100 PXE Nic (Don't know the exact model)
D-Link 10/100 Nic

SERVER 1:
No name Case
MSI 745 Ultra Mobo
1.4 T-bred with stock HSF
768MB Crucial 2100 (Again VMware)
Very Old 4x4x4 Memorex CDRW
No name 12x CD-rom
40GB WD 7200
15GB Maxtor
Trident 4mb PCI VidCard
2x Linksys 10/100

Server 2:
Enlight Case (don't know model)
ECS K7S5A
Duron 800
512 SDram
3x 15GB Maxtor (on a raid card I can't remember the make of) + 2x6.4 GB Seagates
Panasonic 8x DVD
Riva TNT 32MB (I think it's Visiontek)
Hawking 10/100 Nic
D-Link 10/100 Nic
Main rig is a dual win98 and W2k with VMware running Red Hat 7.1, Red Hat 8.0, W2K Advanced Server and WinXP.
Server 1 is dual OpenBSD and W2K Advanced Server running RH 8 and 7.3
Server 2 is sorta trippel in that the Seagates are in trays and I switch between them. One runs Netware 5.1 and another is a dual boot with w2kAS and Red Hat 7.3.

What's it all for? Linux and W2k servers are for work and study purposes, Netware because I occasionally have to support it, and my main rig for everything else. None of the servers run anything critical, but are useful for play and learning. Oh, and I once accidentaly brought down my CO including SBC's connection to the ISP. OOPS! (It was their fault and they acctually thanked me for finding the weakness).

That's it.

Poor windows was not a brave soul. Threatened by the force of General Protection and Major Problem the little OS committed suicide by hanging.

Stoochie · Apr 5, 2003

toot, read my signature.

my case is a superflower black aluminum sf201 witha vantec stealth black aluminum power supply (loud as hell, dont buy) I built my whole system with black aluminum components and pcbs, too bad chaintech put in a whole bunch of useless crap in their nforce2 board, otherwise id have a black mobo as well 🙁

Saphire 9700pro (400gpu/333mem)
Asus A7N8X ND + XP 2700(192fsb x 12 @ 1.775v)
Corsair PC 3500 512 @ 5-3-3-2T 🙁
Audigy 2, WD-SE 80GIG

mito · Apr 5, 2003

ECS K7S5a
256mb pc133
Athlon 1300
GeForce ti4200 64mb
Quantum 40Gb 7200rpm
Windows XP

I'll soon upgrade to an Athlon XP2000 and 512mb ddr pc2100.

That's about it.

/\/\ito

phial · Apr 5, 2003

read the siggy above my post dood//

GeneticWeapon · Apr 5, 2003

Man, this thread is HUuuuge!, some of you guy's are really into modding, and strange cooling methods...something I dont hear getting discussed much on the graphics forum. I really dig on seeing a large thread, where everybody participates and gets along. Even though I am a member of other forums, I have always considered this to be my home...not because it's Toms Hardware, but because this is where the people I like, and feel comfortable around, hang out..

My Score..<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6258104" target="_new">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6258104</A>

phial · Apr 5, 2003

yeah its a great thread

hoserb2000 · Apr 7, 2003

Now remember guys “Thou shalt not covet”

PII 333 and some no name motherboard (upgrade from my Cyrix 586)
Matrox G2-400 (I don’t remember) 8mb
192mb pc66
generic 48x cd-rom and a LG cd-rw 16x8x32
Windows 2000 Pro
and the score you’ve all been waiting for……

67!(if it doest crash like the vanguard

I plan to “upgrade” soon though. We should have a thread where we post the worst system’s lol

Let's see, 500 posts a day, each day, for 30 days, and I will have more posts than Crashman!

LumberJack · Apr 7, 2003

Here goes...

My new one 😉
P4 2.53
Gigabyte 8INXP E7205
4 x 256 Crucial PC3200
AIW 8500DV
2 x WD 100gJB in Raid 0
Maxtor 40g
Audigy 2 Platinum
LG 16X DVD
Enermax 350W
Homemade 6.1 Speakers

Soon to come... watercooling

My Baby...
XP 1700+
Soyo Dragon +
2x 512 Crucial
ATI 8500 128meg LE
20G Matrox HD
16x LG DVD

My Firewall/Router 😉...
P1 233 MMX!! 😉
ECS mobo
64 meg ram
2G Matrox HD
12x Asus CD
2x Network cards (ISA)

That's pretty much it...

Enjoy...

To err is human... to really screw things up you need a computer!

TheGreatGrapeApe · Apr 9, 2003

Ok along the Lines of the worst, here are my 3 entrants from the Computer Cottage Crypt (aka attic).

Timex Sinclair (ZX-81) 4kROM/1kbRAM memory, graphics card are you kidding?, 16 kb cartridge memory, plus tape drive connector (never used), add time pilot game cartridge.

Commodore P.E.T. WITH Tape Drive. External 8" Floppy (used from IBM).

ORIGINAL IBM PC, 2 5.25" floppies, no HD, plus the time consuming chip by chip upgrade to 256KB Ram, GamePort, Electrohome CGA monitor, Original IBM PCPG 9pin Graphics Printer.

Yes I also had an Apple ][plus, but it's technically still in a friend's basement.

Anywhoo, hope that breathed some more life into the thread and gave some of you a smile (especially those of you who remember the phrase "Press Play on Tape 1"

- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp (or internet account) ! RED GREEN :tongue: GA to SK

mito · Apr 10, 2003

ok, I didn't start this.

I also possess the following:

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
zilog z-80 (3.75 Mhz)
16k ram
8k rom (many eproms were used to customize the "sisop"!)
tape device

I'm having flashbacks right now!

/\/\itoEdited by mito on 04/10/03 00:51 AM.

mito · Apr 10, 2003

I almost forgot to mention the following:

Commodore Amiga 500
Motorola 68000 (8Mhz)
Workbench 1.3 (fortunately, no Kickstart disk!!!)
Agnus, Paula and Denise (my first girls) ah ah ah!

They certainly rocked until Pentiums arrived... ;o)

/\/\ito

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