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Bullfrog
04-03-2003, 10:16 AM
Since this is a 'Gaming' website figure it's time to see who get's the 'Pimp-Daddy' award for their gaming system! So post what you got...

Current Gaming Machine for LANs:
Tyan Tiger MPX Mobo (has 2 66mzh/64bit PCI slots)
Dual Athlon MP2000+
768 DDR2100 Reg ECC Memory
On-board 3com 10/100 NIC
Intel Copper Gig Server NIC (66mzh/64bit lovin baby!)
Wester Digital 80gig 8mb cache HD
Sony 24x CD-R
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro w/128meg
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
Antec 1080 Server case w/ Antec TruPower 550watt PSU
19" Sylvania Monitor (nothing special but don't care if I kill the thing)
* I have a big old RAID array in this beast but that damn thing was too heavy to lug around anymore.

Coming Soon Rig!:
Shuttle SN41G2 (Small Form Factor baby!)
Nforce2 chipset
Radeon 9500 Pro w/128meg
AthlonXP2800+ 'Barton' 333FSB
512 OCZ DDR333 memory

Going from the tank to the cruise missile ;)[/u]

GotNoRice
04-03-2003, 02:48 PM
Bah, my rig is in desperate need of an upgrade. I think it’s been almost 2 years since my last major upgrade (Not counting secondary hard drives, monitor, Network card, etc)

Note: Click on things to see picture.

Soyo K7VTA-Pro (KT133A)
TBird1.4 overclocked to 1.6 w/ Alpha 6035 Heatsink and a Black Label Delta Fan.
1Gig Pc133
Intel Pro/1000 MT Desktop adapter (Gigabit Copper)
Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit Server adapter (Gigabit Fiber) (http://GotNoRice.dynu.com/dualgig.JPG)
Western Digital 40gig 7200RPM 2meg cache (Boot)
Seagate 40gig 7200RPM 2meg cache (Secondary)
2x Western Digital 120gig 5400RPM 2meg cache (Software Raid-0) (http://GotNoRice.dynu.com/Pornspace.JPG)
16x CDRW
12x DVD
ATi Radeon 8500 64meg Retail
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Chevy Engine Orange Enermax FS-710 Steel Case (Chieftec Dragon rebadge) (http://GotNoRice.dynu.com/LantroPics/case1.JPG)
300watt Enermax (Primary)
250watt Lite-On (Secondary)
21” Trinitron (Main)
15” Gateway DVI LCD (Secondary & LAN Monitor) (http://GotNoRice.dynu.com/21trin15lcd.jpg)
Thrustmaster Fox2Pro Shock Joystick
HP USB Keyboard
Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Func 1030 Mousepad

Moddy
04-03-2003, 03:26 PM
My Rig:

Abit IT7 Mobo
2.4 Ghz CPU
512 megs DDR (PC2100 crap)
GeForce 4 4400 Vid
Soundblaster Live
3 x 40 gig HDD
2 x 20 gig HDD
40x CDR
52x CD ROM
PIMP ASS 1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVE! w00t for 80's technology.

Defiant One
04-03-2003, 05:31 PM
Well, I know they're not the top speed demons at the LANs, but they're no slouches either! I've been switching off rigs, depending on which one I feel like using that day:

Defiant1

Athlon 2600+ (333)
Alpha 8045 HSF
KT3 Ultra2 RU
2x512MB Geil PC3200-Ultra (copper heat spreaders, CAS2 at 200mhz)
GF4 Ti4200 (64mb)
2x100GB WD 7200rpm RAID 1 (C:\)
2x120GB WD "JB" RAID 0 (D:\)
MSI 48x24x48 "Dragon Writer"
Pioneer 16X slot DVD
Antec 350W
Assorted LED fans, cold cathode lights, and aluminum-mesh rounded cables
NIC
Modem
Lian Li PC-65

Defiant2
Athlon XP 2400+
Swiftech MC370 (modified to use 80mm fan)
A7V333
3x256MB Crucial PC2100
GF3 (vanilla)
1x80GB WD
1x40GB Maxtor
Lite On 40x12x48 (updated to 48X burn)
Lite On 16X DVD
Antec 350W
LED fans, rounded cables, 13 system fans (11x80mm, 2x120mm)
NIC, etc.
Some case that I bought for $4 on Ebay just because it had spots for 13 system fans!

Oh yeah...They both run WinXP Pro, and have floppies too! :bj:

surferdude9k
04-03-2003, 08:56 PM
Lets see.........

Current Rig (Sucky HP Pavilion xt993 with a specially made mobo)

Asus A7V-VM (Specially made for HP, and no AGP!!!!!!)
Athlon t-Bird 1.3
384 Megs PC133 SDRAM
40GIG Seagate HDD
Lame ass integrated Graphics (Savage Pro)
Liteon 48x12x48 CDRW Drive
Sony (I believe, or Panasonic) 8x DVD Drive
Windows XP Pro


The rig I am building:

Acorp 7KT266A
512 MB (Single Stick) Corsair PC2100 DDR SDRAM
10-20 Gig HDD (I need one!!!)
AMD Socket A (933+, still need one!)
GF2 MX400 4X AGP 64MB
Linksys 10/100 PCI Network Card
HP CD-Burner 8x4x32 (I replaced this with the liteon)
Windows XP (Will purchase Longhorn when it is released next year or in 2005, date has not been set.)

I am looking for a 10-20 gig HDD and an AMD CPU, if you have a spare one, LMK.

LawJp
04-04-2003, 06:32 PM
My Rig:

P4 1.8 at 2.1 (That’s right, 2.1 of Willamette goodness)
Asus P4T-E
384 RDRam
Geforce 4 TI4600
Soundblaster Live
1x80Gb WD HD
Lite On 16x DVD
Lite On 52x CDRW
Uhhh.... 3.5 Floppy, not to be confused with its high tech brother, the 5 1/4 floppy... :hittard:

Bullfrog
04-04-2003, 07:23 PM
Uhhh.... 3.5 Floppy, not to be confused with its high tech brother, the 5 1/4 floppy... :hittard:

HardOCP posted a news article on a guy who made a 6 floppydisk RAID array. Yes that is right....floppydisk...for a grand total of a 6meg array.

kickass
04-08-2003, 11:11 AM
My Rig

Soyo SY-P4S-645DX DRAGON Ultra
P4 2.4B@2.7Ghz with a bad ass intel stock HSF
512MB PC2700 Ram running at Cas2
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Intel pro 100+ Nic
Also using onboard Nic
Maxtor 120GB 8MB cache drive
Western Digital 120GB 5400RPM Cheap ass drive
Western Digital 80GB special Edition 8MB cache
Seagate Baracuda V 80GB drive
Liteon 48xsomethingxsomething CD burner
Old ass 8X DVD Drive that I bought from hoss about 2 years ago
Cheap 6 channel onboard sound that works pretty good
Logitech Z560 speakers
19" HP 920 Monitor
Logitech wireless keyboard
Logitech MX700 Mouse

Bullfrog
04-09-2003, 07:15 AM
...with a bad ass intel stock HSF


I bow down to the almight god of HSF coolers! :P

Moddy
04-09-2003, 07:59 AM
...with a bad ass intel stock HSF


I bow down to the almight god of HSF coolers! :P

OFF YER KNEES BOY!

kickass
04-09-2003, 01:31 PM
...with a bad ass intel stock HSF


I bow down to the almight god of HSF coolers! :P

I only install the best on my shit :D

D()M
04-09-2003, 02:32 PM
P4 1.7 Ghz w/ Intel MB
512 MB SDRAM
1x 120GB 1x 60 GB HDD
Geforce 4 Ti4800 8x AGP
Sound card not worth mentioning
Antec Case (white) w/ glow fans :rock:

Silly
04-10-2003, 09:42 PM
ABIT IT7
P4 2.4 (Had it running @ 2.7 on a GB motherboard, but returned that and waiting for canterwood now.)
512MB PC2700
2xWD 120GB 8MB drives RAID0
2x60GB Maxtor drives (one of 'em is dying :()
ti4800SE (for a week or two more. Good 'ol Fry's)
Onboard sound (CMEDIA 5.1 I think)
AR speakers
Intel PRO/1000XT 1000BT NIC
Intel PRO/1000F 1000B-SX NIC
40x writer
8x DVD
21" HP (Sony) monitor
M$ Opt. mouse
Bitchen HP USB keyboars w/ volume knob

tacomonkeygod
04-13-2003, 01:42 PM
man, my pc looks like childs play compared to everyone else's here.

I'm running:

Intel Pentium 1Ghz
1.5 gig of sdram
13 gig harddrive
20 gig harddrive
and yet another 13 gig harddrive
HP 9100plus 8x cd burner
DVD Rom no idea on it's specs cause it sucks
ATI Radeon 9000Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer (like there's a difference between the gamer and mp3 other then packaged software)
a really shitty compaq monitor that I've had for years.

I bow down to all the other pc's :|

Bullfrog
04-13-2003, 02:47 PM
Well...I just orderd by Shuttle SN41G2 system. Now my decision is do I put in a 2800 Barton or 3000 Barton. So what do you all think I should use? :D

Defiant One
04-13-2003, 11:16 PM
Well...I just orderd by Shuttle SN41G2 system. Now my decision is do I put in a 2800 Barton or 3000 Barton. So what do you all think I should use? :D
I think that you should use the 3000, and send me the 2800 for "testing" purposes.. :cool:

Digital_Frogan
04-14-2003, 12:27 PM
"Grey Wolf"
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Soltek SL-75DRV5 Motherboard
768mb PC2100 DDR Ram
Visiontek Geforce4 Ti4400
Antec Plusview 1000 AMG
Samsung 52x Burner and 16x DVD Drive
IBM Keyboard and Logitech MX700 Mouse
19" Optiquest Monitor

dakken
04-14-2003, 06:17 PM
Ohhhh PLEASE!!!! I put you all to shame with my Commodore 64. That's right, only the best for me!!

Okay seriously...

Athlon XP 2100+
Asus A7V333-X
512 PC2100
Geforce 4 4200 128Mb
Sound Blaster Audigy
100Gb WD HD
16x black (from a Dell machine) DVD-ROM
24x Sony Burner
Raidmax black case w/window and red cathode
Win XP Pro

And to finish things off, it's name is Vader. Bow down to the all mighty sith lord!!

You may now call me a dork. Proceed.

Bullfrog
04-14-2003, 06:36 PM
Well...I just orderd by Shuttle SN41G2 system. Now my decision is do I put in a 2800 Barton or 3000 Barton. So what do you all think I should use? :D
I think that you should use the 3000, and send me the 2800 for "testing" purposes.. :cool:

I seems to be a popular response from many folks. ;) Followed closely by "can you get me a hammer processor too?"

To which I usually reply 'Sure....you get yourself the motherboard and drivers' :hittard:

Moddy
04-14-2003, 07:12 PM
Ohhhh PLEASE!!!! I put you all to shame with my Commodore 64. That's right, only the best for me!!



hehe.... I used to have a C-64. In fact, I have a C-64 emulator for my PC somewhere. Fuckin rocks to fire it up......gawd, what a pile of crap that thing was! :)

SonKev
04-14-2003, 07:37 PM
My Rig:

Geforce 4 TI4600
1x80Gb WD HD

i g2g sorry i dont know alot

surferdude9k
04-17-2003, 06:49 AM
hehe.... I used to have a C-64. In fact, I have a C-64 emulator for my PC somewhere. Fuckin rocks to fire it up......gawd, what a pile of crap that thing was! :)

Ahh, but can it match the sheer power of my copy of... get this... WINDOWS 1.0?? hahaha :)

Bullfrog
04-17-2003, 04:00 PM
hehe.... I used to have a C-64. In fact, I have a C-64 emulator for my PC somewhere. Fuckin rocks to fire it up......gawd, what a pile of crap that thing was! :)

Ahh, but can it match the sheer power of my copy of... get this... WINDOWS 1.0?? hahaha :)

Don't make me go get my old Heathkit out of storage! 8-inch floppies rule! :rock:

Moddy
04-17-2003, 06:56 PM
Don't make me go get my old Heathkit out of storage! 8-inch floppies rule! :rock:

I bet all the ladies tell you that, eh? :cheeze:

Bullfrog
04-18-2003, 04:06 PM
Don't make me go get my old Heathkit out of storage! 8-inch floppies rule! :rock:

I bet all the ladies tell you that, eh? :cheeze:

Never had any compliants :cool:

And it is now OFFICAL: My SFF system is in and fully functional!

http://www.atkinsonandfamily.com/images/flg/sff.jpg

Athlon 2800+ 'Barton' 333FSB
256 OCZ DDR333 (will be 1GIG by FLG#3)
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro w/128meg
DVD / CD-R combo drive
And all the goodies that come with a Nforce2 based system!

Moddy
04-18-2003, 05:41 PM
Never had any!

Fixed

:cheers:

PooP
04-20-2003, 08:00 PM
'The New Little Beast'
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
ECS K7S5A mobo w/ SiS Chipset, 735 I believe
512 ddr pc2100
nVidia GeForce 4 MX420
SB Live X-Gamer 4.1
Maxtor 15 gig HD
Western Digital 100 gig HD
Some DVD-ROM 8x
BTC 32x10x40x burner
17" MAG 771FS-S
Logitech KB w/ WAAAY too many buttons
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
80mm Thermal Take Dragon Fan on back for extra kewling :)
and a HDD Cooler on a 5 1/2 bay for that wind tunnel affect :D

Anything else I forgot *shrugs*

tim-ay
04-21-2003, 05:40 PM
my first post! woot!

main rig:
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ T-Bred B JIUHB 0302 @ 2.2ghz (for now)
Epox 8RDA w/ cryorb on northbridge, custom heatink on power mosfets, and modified v5 heatsink for southbridge
2 OCZ PC3500 512MB @ CAS2-2-2-4-2T
Antec True550
eVGA TI4200 64MB @ 285/570
Pioneer 106S 16X DVD (slot-loading)
Plextor 48X24X48
Maxtor 40GB 2mb 5400rpm (main drive)
Maxtor 120GB 2mb 5400rpm (games drive)
Sony floppy drive (name brand....cause they didnt have a GENERIC one...)
Intel PRO/1000MT Desktop Adapter
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum
ViewSonic 17" LCD
Logitech Cordless Elite Duo
and a Gravis GamePad Pro USB somewhere around here...

soon to be water/peltier cooled. had a leak in the radiator i got from a friend so....a new one from AutoZone is one the way :D

backup rig:
AMD Athlon XP 160 AGOIA @ 1.8ghz
ASUS A7V333 w/RAID and 5.1 audio
WD 1.2gb drive (temp drive)
3DFX Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB
GeiL PC3000 512MB @CAS2-2-5-2T
Sony 15" Trinitron
Plextor 24X10X40
Linksys 10/100 nic card
floppy drive
generic 250watt power supply

SonKev
04-22-2003, 08:13 PM
holy that is a tinny pc wow but you need a nVidia GeForce 4 MX420 in there....lol

Bullfrog
04-23-2003, 07:25 AM
holy that is a tinny pc wow but you need a nVidia GeForce 4 MX420 in there....lol

It has onboard video already....with dual outputs on the backplane. :D But I think I will stick with the Radeon 9500 Pro w/128meg, it performs just a tad bit better then the onboard video. But like I said...this thing ROCKS!

SonKev
04-23-2003, 05:41 PM
i need one of thoughs

fishmonger
04-26-2003, 12:38 AM
Intel D865GLCLK
3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB P4
2GB DDR400
Radeon 9700 Pro
2 x 120GB Seagate Barracuda V (SATA) in Raid-0

All wrapped up in a little micro-ATX case. It is the one on the left.

http://it.yorku.ca/~fishmonger/front_small.jpg

GotNoRice
04-26-2003, 01:03 AM
What's in the one on the right?

fishmonger
04-26-2003, 01:19 AM
Intel E7205 motherboard
3.4GHz, 533MHz FSB P4 (watercooled)
2GB CL2 DDR266
120GB WD1200JB
2 x 120GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA drives
Leadtek Ti4600 (http://www.leadtek.com/ad/cnet-ec.jpg)

Inside the case. (http://it.yorku.ca/~fishmonger/case.jpg)
Radiator. (http://it.yorku.ca/~fishmonger/rad.jpg)
SATA HDDs. (http://it.yorku.ca/~fishmonger/sata.jpg)
Waterblock. (http://it.yorku.ca/~fishmonger/block.jpg)

Bullfrog
04-26-2003, 09:22 AM
What brand waterblock is that? I don't recognize it...also considering I have never done a watercooling rig. :shock: I am just freaked over having water and electronics so close together.

fishmonger
04-26-2003, 01:36 PM
It's a Gemini P4 waterblock (http://www.case-mod.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21_24_75&products_id=340).

LawJp
04-26-2003, 07:04 PM
Intel D865GLCLK
3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB P4
2GB DDR400
Radeon 9700 Pro
2 x 120GB Seagate Barracuda V (SATA) in Raid-0

All wrapped up in a little micro-ATX case. It is the one on the left.

http://it.yorku.ca/~fishmonger/front_small.jpg


Yeah, that sounds great and everything...but where is your floppy drive?? :D

SonKev
04-26-2003, 07:38 PM
WOW IT EVEN COMES WITH A MIRR......im gonna need one of thoughs

fishmonger
04-26-2003, 07:41 PM
Yeah, that sounds great and everything...but where is your floppy drive?

You still use those ancient things? ;)