Bump.

Sadly as i see the death of gaming on the PC getting closer i wont be upgrading either. But i did just buy some cool 10x CD-RWs, best purchace ive made in a while, wow 10x, ive only ever had 4x ones up till now

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Sadly as i see the death of gaming on the PC getting closer i wont be upgrading either.Wash your mouth out! Quote:But i did just buy some cool 10x CD-RWs, best purchace ive made in a while, wow 10x, ive only ever had 4x ones up till now Don't suppose they were 80min ones were they? I haven't been able to find 10x 80min ones anywhere - 10x 74min ones are no probs - I have some, just not the 80min ones. I keep checking in Maplin & Staples, but no joy yet

They were 80mins yes, im sooooo happy. Funny how 10 speed 80min CDRWs made me happier than a gf4

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They were 80mins yes, im sooooo happy. Funny how 10 speed 80min CDRWs made me happier than a gf4 So tell me where from!!!!!

That fantastic shop....PC WORLD! They have loads of cool types in there, well they do at least here in milton keynes.

The Packard Bell ones, yes? I just had a look on their site, £17.99 for just 10 RW CDs? Think I'll pass for now - will wait til prices come down a little.

But ive always wanted 10x

As have I - I just don't have the same amount of spare cash to throw around as you obviously do. Plus, I phoned Videologic tech support today only to be told that the prob I have with my SV2 is a known issue with XP & the only solution is to get a new sound card, so have got to save up for 1, as the prob I have with it is driving me nuts.

That XP issue sucks , and what can i say.....im an impulse buyer

New video card today, so I will update my specs...
 

WinXP Pro
Intel P4 1.6A@2.4GHz (16x150MHz FSB) Northwood with stock heatsink and VCore
SOYO Dragon P4S Ultra (SiS 645 Chipset)
1GB PC2700 (DDR333) Mushkin DDR-DRAM
WD 100GB ATA-100 HD w/ 8MB Cache
Samsung 5x DVD/32x CD Drive
GeForce4 Ti 4600, 128MB
Onboard C-Media 6-Channel Sound
Onboard SiS USB 2.0 with 5.25" Drivebay I/O
Onboard Highpoint UDMA/IDE RAID Controller (33/66/100/133)
Radius 19" Monitor (Trinitron AG CRT)
MS Natural Keyboard Pro
MS Intellimouse Explorer
SanDisk USB Compact Flash Reader
Spacetec SpaceORB 6DOF Game Controller
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Now I am just waiting for UT 2003 and Doom3 to come out.

Asus P4S533
1.6 Northwood @ 145mhz FSB for 2312mhz
Corsair XMS 2700 at 2-2-3 1T @4/5 divider
Leadtek A250 TI 4400 @ 310/670 mhz
SB Audigy MP3
Maxtor 80g 7200 Rpm ATA 133
Plextor 40x12x40
various large fans and neon lights
 
WINXP PRO Corp Gold
Office XP PRO
PSP 7.0
Norton 2002
Clone CD
EZCD PLat 5.0
list goes on....
 
best 3dmark2001se is 11530

Well, I got a new toy: a digital camera. Specifically, the Sony DSC-P20, 1.3 mega pixel camera. This is very good, since I can now take pictures of stuff I'm reviewing:D

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Brian, are you talking about that kid who asked: "Why's my system so dope?"?, he was a fag-lamer extraorinaire (spelling?)!

i think everyone was reasdy to go postal on him!!!!, and hope some did


but anyways just check ma sig!

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Dude, that's like a year and a half ago! 8)
 
I think he's hanging around T-Break's forums. My systems are about as dope as I can keep them. I am totally 1337:D hahahahahahahahaha!

^^^ love the sig m8!!
 
ahahaha
 
my recent one i decide to use to some people who say ICQ messed up my comp
 
[size:24]ICQ doesn't kill computers , Idiots kill computers.

The quote is off SNL's "Nick Burns: Your Company's Computer Guy" It's hilarious to the nerds in the house, chiefly me and my dad
 
Anyway, I'll be looking at some different batteries: this new camera eats alkalines. I can use NiCAD or NiMH or Sony's expensive InfoLithium...suggestions welcom.

Time for another update:
 
Fortrex "Magic" MG-780 ATX Full Tower [a.k.a. that rather big full tower that Maplin sell under the wrong name ] [They call it a "Jupiter Full Tower"]
Macron MPT-300 PSU
Athlon XP 1900+ [1.6Ghz]
Abit KT7A-RAID v1.3
384MB RAM [3x128MB PC133]
IBM 75GXP 30GB
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR ViVo
Creative Labs Audigy [OEM, cos it's cheaper ]
Lite-On LTR 12101B [12x 10x 32x]
BTC BCD24XHM 24x CD ROM
3.5" & 5.25" floppy drives [1 of each]
Antec EzUSB
Realtek RTL8029 based NIC
MRi PCI1456 56K modem [just in case cable server dies ]
Kensiko translucent blue PS2 keyboard [the ones Staples sell]
Logitech USB Optical Wheelmouse
Motorola Surfboard 3100 cable modem
Eizo Flexscan 9400 20" monitor
 
Goodbye & good riddance to my Sonic Vortex 2. Ok, so in fairness, it's not a bad card as such - when it works, it sounds nice - but let's face it - nobody wants to have to keep rebooting their PC whilst watching a video file because the sound dies on them. If I ever get round to building a second machine running on either Linux or 98SE then I might let the SV2 take up residence there, but until then it's on the sidelines indefinitely.

Update for me too.
 
 
And, here are all of my rigs:
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Reaper-SM.jpg
 
my main rig:
Absolute Evil 2.0
 
Chenbro Net(black) modded for more and bigger fans
 
Panaflo fans
{
4x120mm M series
1x92mm H series
2x60mm H series
}
 
Custom Built PC Power & Cooling 450W PSU
 
1x White LED
 
2x Blue LED
 
2x Red LED
 
P4 1.6a @ 2.24 w/ Alpha 8942-ThermalTake SmartFan*once AC is on, i'll take it back to 2.4
 
1gb(2x512) PC3200 Corsair DDR
 
Abit IT7
{
i845e
Firewire
4 Intel USB2.0 ports
4 Via USB2.0 ports
onboard Realtek 10/100 NIC(8139, if I recall correctly)
Highpoint 374 ATA133 RAID controller(set up as a standard IDE controller)
}
 
Gainward GeForce4 TI-4400/128
 
Leadtek TV2000XP TV-tuner/FM/Capture Card
 
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
 
Dlink DG500T 10/100/1000 NIC
 
LiteOn
{
16x DVD
24x10x40 CDRW
40x12x48 CDRW
}
 
Toshiba 40x CDROM
 
Drives on HighPoint controller
[
Windows XP
{
Western Digital WD1000JB-SE 100gb/UDMA100
2x Maxtor D740X 80gb/UDMA133
}
 
Linux or other OS
{
Western Digital AC38400 8.4gb/UDMA33
}
]
 
4x Vantec EZ-Swap LCD UDMA133 bays.
 
4x 36" rounded UDMA133 cables
 
1x 24" rounded UDMA133 cable
 
1x 9" floppy cable(for when I need to flash a BIOS)
 
Panasonic Floppy(black)
 
Microsoft
{
Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Natural Keyboard Pro
}
 
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEFR.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEFL.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEFC.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AEF.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AE-Bays1.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AE-Swap.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AERP.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AERU.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AERIO.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AELO.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AETT.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/AELL.jpg
 
iiyama VisionMaster Pro 451 19" CRT(running 1600x1200@85hz)
 
 
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Ragnarok(still empty):
 
Chenbro Ultra (modified for more and larger fans)
 
Panaflo fans
{
4x 120mm fans(1xL, 1xM, 2xH series)
9x 92mm L-series fans
5x 80mm L-series fans
2x 60mm H-series fans
}
6x White LEDs
 
2x Blue LEDs
 
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RFL.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RFR.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RB.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RFO.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RRC.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RRU.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RRO.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RLO.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RLOF.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/RLOR.jpg
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Oh, and my laptop too!
 
Cerberus:
Toshiba Satellite 3000-S353
 
Pentium3 900mhz(em class)
 
815 chipset motherboard
 
512mb (2x256) Centon RAM
 
16mb GeForce2 Go
 
14.1 TFT (1024x768@60)
 
AC-97 sound
 
Firewire
 
3x USB ports
 
IR port
 
onboard Realtek 8139 NIC
 
Orinoco Silver PCMCIA WLAN card
 
onboard 56k Modem
 
Toshiba 8x DVD-ROM
 
Sandisk 64mb SmartMedia card
 
IBM 20gb 4200rpm HDD
 
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Cerb-C.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Cerb-o.jpg
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/053102/Cerb-R.jpg
 
 
You'll notice it lacks PS2 and Serial connectors. USB only

Very nice. I can't quite bear the thought of ditching my PS/2 ports just yet, but that IT7 is very sweet in concept.