Specfest Time

[Floppyman]

Hi all,

It's about that time of the year again to have our annual specfest Basically all it is, is that we post our computer specs to see what everybody else has got "under the hood" I'll start:

System 1

Amd Athlon 1.33ghz
Swiftech MC-370 heatsink
Iwill KK266+
768mb pc-133 Micron CAS 2 ram
Plextor 40x SCSI cdrom
Pioneer 10x SCSI DVD
HP 9100i 8x4x32 IDE cdrw
floppy
Fujitsu 18.2 gig 10k rpm Ultra 160 SCSI hdd
Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160 SCSI controller
SB Live Plantinum 5.1 w/Live Drive IR
ATI Radeon 64mb VIVO
Linksys 10/100 NIC
Supermicro SC-760A case
Samsung 900NF 19" Monitor
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Logitech First Mouse Wheel mouse
Win2k
etc.

System 2

Amd K6-3 450mhz @550mhz
Soyo 5EMA+ V 1.1 motherboard
128mb pc-133 ram
Mitsumi cdrom
floppy
SB Live Value
Asus V3400 TNT
Linksys 10/100 NIC
Samsung 700IFT 17" monitor
InWin Q500 case
Gateway keyboard
Microsoft Mouse
Win98se



P.S. You can post as many systems as you want, there is no limit.

[RJ]

Okay, here's my PC:

Abit BE6-II V1.2 [BX chipset] mainboard with HPT370 UDMA100 controller
Intel PIII 800E SECC2 CPU with Intel heatsink+fan
320 MB PC-133 SDRAM
61,5 GB UDMA-100 7200rpm IBM Deskstar 60GXP as C:
17,2 GB UDMA-66 5400rpm HDD Seagate Medialist ST317242A as D:
Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A as E:
AOpen DVD-1240 as F:
Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS (GeForce 2 GTS GPU) with 64 MB DDR-RAM
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Player 1024
Hauppauge WinTV PVR
Realtek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet NIC
Cherry G81-3500 USB-Keyboard with 4 USB downstream ports
Microsoft IntelliMouse with IntelliEye
Standard Joystick + USB adapter
15,1" digital TFT Monitor Philips Brilliance 150P [DVI-D-Connection]
HP DeskJet 690C inkjet printer
DSL Internet Connection
Win98SE

Will add the second system after looking what components are inside. . .

RJ

[cobra]

Gamer:
Asus A7v-133
512MB Mushkin rev2 cas2
Tbird 1 gig 266fsb
GlobalWin cak38 (I think)
Adaptec 2940uw
Cheetah 18 gigger 7200rpm
GeForce2GTS CL
SoundBlaster XGamer
Intellimouse explorer
Mouse bungee
Benwin Flat Panels and sub
Linksys 2 port kvm switch
Pioneer 16x DVD
3com gamer modem (yucky dial up)
Win2k SP2
3c905b 100mb nic
Linksys 5 port switch
Palm Vx
Frozencpu 540 window case
---------------------------------------
Server:
Abit KT7 raid stripe mode
Duron 700 (copper alpha heatsink)
3x10 gig Maxtor 7200 rpm ata66
AIW Radeon
1 gig Mushkin PC-133
Ensonique pci audio
3c905b 100mb nic
Plextor 12/10/32a
Win2k Advanced server sp2
19" KDS monitor
gigs and gigs of MP3's
Coolerguys Aluminum case

[HAL9000]

Hmm.. well, here is #1

Pentium 4 2.0A
512Mb PC2700 DDR RAM
AOpen AX45 Motherboard
ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64Mb DDR
SoundBlaster Live 5.1
Startech 10/100 Ethernet
LiteOn 52x24x52x CDRW
Pioneer 16x DVD
120Gb Western Digital 7200RPM 8Mb cache
17' .25 CyberVision (Viewsonic) monitor
MS Internet keyboard
Logitech Optical Rat
Yeong Yang full tower case (25")
Panasonic floppy drive
Generic 2 piece speakers, sound pretty good though
350w Sparkle Power supply
Logitech Web cam
Windows XP Home

System #2 (The one that the wife refers to as the piece of junk put together with my left over parts that I don't want anymore)

Celeron 1100Mhz
256Mb PC133 RAM
QDI Brilliant 9 BX motherboard
ATI All-in-Wonder 8Mb
Dual 12Mb Voodoo 2's
SoundBlaster Live Value
Promise Ultra66
Startech 10/100 Ethernet
Panasonic 48x CD-Rom
Teac 4x CDRW
15Gb Maxtor 7200 RPM hard drive
$5 Dell keyboard
Logitech Optical Rat
17' .25 CyberVision (Viewsonic) monitor
Zoom 33.6 ISA modem.
Enlight 7237 case
Sparkle 250w Power Supply
Panasonic floppy drive
Generic 2 piece speakers (Mli 699), sound like crap, well, not that bad, but I got them for nothing.
Windows ME

System #3

Celeron 1000Mhz
256Mb PC133
ASUS CUBX motherboard
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card
Fujitsu 9.1Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI hard drive mounted in a bay cooler
Wester Digital 120Gb 7200RPM
Matrox Millenium II 4Mb...WOW!!!
Enlight 7237 case
Sparkle 300w power supply
Startech 10/100 ethernet card
Panasonic floppy drive
Ricoh 6x4x24 CD-RW
Keyboard, mouse and monitor shared with system #1 with a Startech KVM switch.
Red Hat Linux 8.0

Whole mess networked with a SMC Barricade 4 port router and a cable modem.

[dead_eye]

Ummmm, in my sig +
mobo is ecs k7s5a, sound card sucks (onboard). This computer was built by me less than 2 weeks ago. 30 gb maxtor 5400 rpm ata hdd.

Old computer: p2 400, 384 mb ram, and voodoo2 3d card. No monitor or physical space to place it .

[Jenni]

P3 800 (8x100)
Soyo SY-6VBA133 MB
15GB IBM HDD
384 megs of RAM running at 133MHz
Philips Seismic Edge sound card
Voodoo3 2000 PCI (soon to be replaced by a Geforce2 GTS)
crappy CNET winmodem (soon to be replace with an ISA or external SupraExpress)
Asound NIC
Iomega 8x4x32 burner
Sony 52x CDROM
Full tower Inwin case, painted black

[lil Jimmie]

System specs are:
~IWILL KK266+
~AMD 1.4 GHZ T-BIRD @ 1.6 42C
~THERMALRIGHT SK-6 HSF
~768 MB PC 133 SDRAM
~ENLIGHT 7237 CASE with 300W/PS
~LG CDRW 40X/16X/10X
~LG DVD-ROM 48X/16X
~40 GB WD HD ULTRA ATA/100 7200RPM
~SONY 1.44 FD
~NIVIDIA RIVA TNT M64
~ON BOARD SOUND
~17” PROVEIW MONITOR
~CNET PRO 200 NIC
~HP PHOTOSMART 1000
~HP SCANJET 3200C
~LOGITECH CORDLESS KEYBOARD
~LOGITECH CORDLESS OPTICAL MOUSE
~MULTI-BOOT WIN XP PRO/2000 PRO

[DrZaius]

And I was just thinking a few days ago, "with all the new systems people have built, we need another specfest!"

CPU: AMD Athlon 1000MHz
Motherboard: ECS K7S5A
Memory: 256 MB of Crucial PC2100
Video Card: ATI Radeon LE 32MB DDR
Hard Drive: Maxtor 45.0 GB ATA100 @ 7200 RPMS
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 570V TFT
DVD: EPO 16x
CD Writer: Sony Spressa CRX140E/CH2 (8x4x32x)
Sound Card: AOpen AW744
Speakers: Altec Lansing ACS33
Mouse: Logitech Optical
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Running 24/7 for a month now at 100% CPU load (DC client) with no problems.

[LawyerRon]

Same as last year and she still gets the job done:

Celeron 500 ppga @562
MSI Slocket (adjustable voltage and fsb)
Soyo SY-6BA (BX Chipset)
192 meg PC100 SDRAM (Kingston)
Maxtor 8 gig 7200 rpm (boot drive)
Maxtor 30 gig 5400 rpm (archive)
ATI Rage Fury Pro VIVO (32 meg)
Sound Blaster SB16 (old ISA model)
Dell Trinitron 15" Monitor
Zoom PCI Winmodem
Kingston NIC
Cheepo 52X cd rom drive
Some sorta floppy drive
Logitech Optical Mouse
WIN98SE

[jotto84]

Processor/CPU:AMD Athlon 1400MHz
Motherboard: ASUS A7V
Memory: 256 MB of Kingston ValueRAM PC133
Video Card: GeForce2 PRO 64RAM W/TV OUT
Hard Drive: IBM 20Gig 7200RPM ATA 100
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 955DF
CD-ROM: SONY 52x
CD Writer: Plextor Plexwriter 16x10x40
Sound Card: SB Live Value!
NIC: Linksys ($25.00 one)
Speakers: Boston Acoustics BA735 Digital
Mouse: Microsoft Explorer (The big grey one!)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Profesional

[dj4uk]

CPU: AMD Duron 850MHz
Motherboard: AOpen AK73 Pro A
Memory: 256Mb of Crucial PC133
Video Card: 3dfx Voodoo Velocity 100 AGP 8Mb
Hard Drives: 2 X 6.4Gb Fujitsu 5600rpm
Monitor: 17" Unbranded
CD-RW: Ricoh MP7040A 4X4X20X
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Modem: Some software modem
Speakers: All run through my monster Pioneer Hifi
Mouse and Keyboard: Trust
Operating System: Windows 98 and soon Windows 2000 pro

[Xayd]

Router and small webserver is it's purpose...

Gigabyte GA486 mobo
Intel 486DX 100mhz CPU at...100mhz
32 megs fast page RAM in four 8 meg sticks
Floppy drive
2 ancient 3COM 3C509 ISA nics
Trident 512k ISA vid card
No CDROM
No Sound Card
No Hard Drive
No Keyboard
No Mouse
No Monitor
Coyote Linux v1.31
Cost- 45 dollars


Uptime = "04:56:52 up 49 Days (1177h)"

[Xayd]

Oh, almost forgot...

and a TURBO LED on the front of the case, get some!

[cobra]

and a TURBO LED on the front of the case, get some!

Fear Xayd's Turbo LED...

[Statica]

My newest machine:

Motherboard: EPoX 8KHA+ w/VIA KT266/a
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Memory: 768MB Crucial registered/ECC PC2100
Video: Matrox Marvel G450 eTV (32MB DDR)
Sound: SBLive
HDD: 2xIBM 30GB

[morriswindgate]

System1
Lucky Star K7VAT Motherboard
AMD Athlon 900mhz Socket A CPU
512MB PC133 Ram
Vantec Heatsink/Fan
Promise ATA100 Controller Card
GForce 2MX 32mb Video with TV out
Diamond Monster Sound Card
LinkSys NIC
Creative DXR2 DVD Decoder Card
2 - 30 GIG WD ATA100 7200 Rpm Hard Drives
Plextor 12x10x32 Cd-RW
Lite-On 52x CD-ROm
Creative 12x DVD

[glc]

OK - read them and laugh, folks.........

Desktop:

Enlight 6680 midtower AT case with 250w power supply
QDI Titanium 1B+ Intel 430TX chipset motherboard
AMD K6-2/500 underclocked to 417 (83.5 x 5)
2 - 128mb SpecTek PC100 SDRAM dimms
Fujitsu 4.3gb ATA33 hard drive 5400 rpm
Fujitsu 6.4gb ATA33 hard drive 5400 rpm
WD 8.4gb ATA66 hard drive 5400 rpm
Mitsumi 3.5" floppy
Teac 5.25" floppy
Toshiba 32x SCSI CD-Rom
Iomega 12x10x32 CD-RW
Conner CTT8000S Travan-4 SCSI tape drive
STB Velocity 4400 16mb TNT PCI video card
Adaptec 2920 PCI SCSI card
Creative AWE64 Gold ISA sound card
USR 56k Sportster model 5687 ISA
Old generic NE2000 compatible coax ISA nic (EFA Info Express)
Gateway Crystal Scan 1776LE 17" monitor
Cheap NMB keyboard
Logitech 3 button serial mouse
M$ Sidewinder 3D Pro joystick
TrippLite 1250 watt UPS
Altec ACS45 3 piece speakers
HP Deskjet 882C
Dual boot 98FE and NT4 Workstation

Laptop #1:

Metrobook DT
15" TFT 1024x768
102 key keyboard
Pentium 233 MMX
64mb EDO DIMM memory
4gb hard drive
20x CD-Rom
3.5" floppy
4mb C&T video
ESS sound chip, 2 internal speakers
Actiontec 56K PC Card modem (Lucent Venus)
NE2000 compatible combo PC Card nic (EFA Info Express)
Win2000 Pro

Laptop #2:

NEC Versa V75
9.5" TFT 640x480
486DX4/75
20mb memory
1.5gb hard drive
3.5" floppy
1mb WD video
Versa MediaDock (ESS 688 sound chip, speakers, and 2x CD-Rom)
Practical Peripherals 33.6 PC Card modem
Win95B (at this time)

Edited 11/29/01 to reflect a minor upgrade

[morriswindgate]

GLC, If it gets the job done, it's OK. And for all the Newbies that are worried about computer parts failing or lifespans of the parts or even how much speed do I need. Pay attention to the make-up of the machines.

[mc2phat]

#1
Epox 8KTA2; Duron 900
512 megs Corsair PC133 CL2 RAM
twin 15 gig 7200rpm/ATA 100 IBM IDE drives
Adaptec 2940 UW
Plextor SCSI CDROM, Plextor IDE CD-RW
ATI Rage Fury Pro 32 meg
LS120 (been too lazy to yank it out and eBay it)
SB Live! Value; Altec Lansing 45.2 speakers
Netgear FA310TX NIC
Mitsumi floppy
w2k
Mandrake 8 going on second drive when I get a round Tuit

#2 (The Wife's)
Tyan S1598 AMD K6-3 450
512 megs generic mwave PC100 RAM
10 gig Fujitsu 7200rpm/ATA66 harddrive
Diamond V770 Ultra 32 meg
Acer CD-RW
SB Ensoniq sound card, Altec 45.2's
USR external modem
FA310TX NIC
SCSI Zip drive (Adaptec ISA dummy card, forget what model)
w2k

#3 (The daughter's)
Epox MVP3G2, K6-2 450
128 megs Micron PC100
four gig Sleezegate, 1.6 gig IBM
Diamond V770 32 meg
SB Ensoniq
Mitsumi 8X CDROM
FA310TX
floppy disk, no clue what brand
W98 (she has 75 Barbie games)

#4 file server
ABit BX6 R2 500 Pentium III
128 megs generic mwave RAM
twin 4 gig Sleezegates
FA310TX
Diamond PCI vid card, 1 meg RAM
Acer or Mitsumi 12X CDROM
floppy
w2k

Netgear hub connects all this...soon as I find employment we're getting broadband
1 - 3 have Sparkle 300 watt PS, server has 250 watt Powerman PS

[Demosthenes]

The one that sits in the corner:

MidWest Micro (I believe)
Intel 486DX 33MHz
Same Turbo LED just to let you know how slow you are going
4 x 8MB SIMMs (upgrade from original)
Terribly old SoundBlaster ISA
1MB Stealth something Video Card (extremely expensive for its day)
3.5 Floppy
5.25 Floppy
Slow CD-ROM (4x? upgrade from original)
256MB Hard-drive or thereabouts
Dusty Keyboard
15" Monitor
Panasonic "Quiet" Dot Matrix (I think the "quiet" part is a joke)
Crappy desktop speakers

Cost in its day ~$3500
======================


The one that replaced the one that sits in the corner, but now shares that corner:

Toshiba Brand
Intel Pentium 166MHz
Proprietary Motherboard
2 x 64MB RAM (Upgrade)
Onboard Sound
Onboard Video (S3 Verge)
3.5 Floppy
Not quiet so slow CD-ROM (12/16x? Never checked it)
2 GB Matrox Harddrive
Very nice keyboard which I still use
17" MidWest Micro Monitor
BJC-600e Bubble Jet Printer
Same crappy desktop speakers

Cost in its day ~1000 w/o monitor (Not too bad)
===============================================


The one that replaced the one that replaced the one that sits in the corner, and still does stuff. My first good build:

HBC
Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Asus P2B-L Motherboard
Inwin Q500 Full Tower Case
2 x 128 MB PC100 RAM (state of the art, I might add)
SoundBlaster Live!
Matrox Millennium G200 with 16MB RAM
3.5 Floppy
4x2x32x Sony Re-writable
52x Delta CD-ROM
8 Gig Western Digital Caviar
Clickety keyboard
21" Compaq Qvision Monitor
BJC-600e Bubble Jet Printer
Bose Accoustamass Speaker Set

Cost in its day ~2500
=====================


Newest System and current favorite waste of money:

HBC
AMD Athlon 1.2 AXIA Thunderbird Core
Epox 8K7A Motherboard
Enlight 7237 Case
2 x 256 MB PC2100 RAM
SoundBlaster Live! Gold
Gainward CardExpert GeForce3 with VIVO / DVI
3.5 Floppy (hard to shake that one)
4x2x32x Sony Re-Writable
Internal ATAPI Iomega Zip Drive
Intel InBusiness 10BaseT/100BaseTX PCI NIC
40 Gig IBM 60GXP 7200 RPM
Old Toshiba keyboard
21" IBM P260 Trinitron Monitor
HP 960c DeskJet Printer
Same Bose Accoustamass Speaker Set

Cost in its day ~$1400
======================

Looking at all that makes me depressed, what a waste. My first computer that I really used aside from those really old calculators that they have in the Smithsonian, was an AppleIIe. It was amazing what you could program for that thing. Graphics were bad, but people were much more inventive back then. That 486 was great. It was the most amazing computer of its time. Favorite games: Prince of Persia and Gunship 2000. All mine have run DOS, then Windows 3.1, then Windows 95, then Windows 98 FE. Will hopefully be getting XP for Xmas. As for the rest of the family, I do not know the specs of their computers / laptops.

Respectfully,

Demosthenes

P.S. Skipped over that the first time, mc2phat: "Sleezegates". Where can I find one?

[mc2phat]

The correct spelling is "sleaze." I like the incorrect manner of spelling, as it reminds one of the two "e"'s in "cheese." I have a few dead ones in a box in the attic.

[padawan]

Time does fly, seems like we just did one of these a little while ago...

Gaming Rig
Athlon 1600+ XP (1.4GHz)
ThermalRight SK6 w/ Delta
256MB PC2100 DDR
Abit KG7-RAID
Visiontek GeForce3
Hercules Game Theater XP
Logitech Z-560
40GB WD ATA100 7200 HD
3Com 10/100 NIC
Ricoh DVD/CDR/CDRW
Sony 32X CD-ROM
Antec SX1030B SOHO Case
Windows 2000 Pro

Web Machine/DSL Router
Abit BF6
Celeron II 566MHz
256MB PC100 SDRAM
GeForce2 MX
Aureal SQ1500
CL FPS1000 Speakers
20GB WD HD
3Com 10/100 NIC
Sony 32X CD-ROM
Antec SX635 Case
Windows 2000 Pro

Spare Gaming Rig (For fragging friends on the LAN)
Abit KT7A-RAID
1.1GHz Thunderbird
GlobalWin WBK38 w/ Delta
Hercules GeForce2 GTS
Logitech DSR-100 Speakers
Canyon ESS Sound Card
256MB PC150 SDRAM
30GB WD HD
Generic CD-ROM

In Progress
Abit KT7E
No CPU yet
Hercules Kyro II
Aureal SQ2500
10GB WD HD

[Cricket]

My PC's all share a 17" Sony 200GS, NMB keyboard and Logitech Optical mouse.

Main system (my favorite):

Chenbro Value Series Mid-tower case
235 Watt Sparkle Power PS
Shuttle Spacewalker HOT-641
400 MHz Pentium II w/stock HSF
256 MB PC100 Kingston Value RAM
Matrox G200 AGP
Soundblaster AWE64
USRobotics Sportster 56K ISA
9.1 GB IBM 22GXP 7200 RPM
Plextor 12/10/32A CD-RW
Sony CDU5211 52X CD-ROM
TEAC floppy
Win98SE


New system (not used much):

Antec SX830 Workstation case
300 Watt Antec PS
EPOX 3SPAL3
1 GHz Pentium III
Alpha PAL6035 HSF
512 MB PC133 Kingston Value RAM
Matrox G200 AGP
Soundblaster Live! Value
USRobotics Performance Pro 56K PCI
20 GB IBM 60GXP 7200 RPM
Plextor 16/10/40A CD-RW
TEAC 540E CD-ROM
TEAC floppy
Win98SE


The Mutt (seen better days...but still works):

Generic Mid-tower case
Generic 250 Watt PS
Genoa TurboExpress 586TX LC
233 MHz Pentium MMX w/stock HSF
64 MB EDO RAM
Creative Graphic Blaster Extreme PCI
Soundblaster Vibra 16
Diamond SupraExpress 33.6K
6.4 GB Fujitsu MPB3064AT 5400 RPM
4X Mitsumi CD-ROM
Mitsumi floppy
Win98SE

Cricket

[dj4uk]

Cricket - why have you chosen your favorite as the 400MHz PII over a better spec machine (your new system that you don't use much)?
Just generally curious if there is a good reason.

[Blankman]

WIND TUNNEL PLUS W/400W PS
ASUS A7V133
ATHLON 1.4GHZ W/SWIFTECH 462
512MB MUSHKIN REV3+
IBM DESKSTAR 41GB 7200 ATA100
IBM DESKSTAR 60GB 7200 ATA100
PIONEER 16X DVD
ACER 4X8X32
TEAC 1.44FD
ASUS 7700 DELUXE 64MB GEFORCE 2
SOUNDBLASTER LIVE 5.1
H&K ADA885 5.1 THX SOUND
19” MAG MONITOR
LOGITECH CORDLESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE
WIN ME (PREPARING TO DUAL BOOT LINUX)
LINKSYS ROUTER
ADSL MODEM
HP 990CSE PRINTER W/ATTACHED SCANNER

[Gintaras]

Mine is same as last time, just a couple of upgrades:

MB: ABIT BP6
CPU[s]: 2x 400MHz Celerons @558MHz ea.[93Mhz x6.0]
RAM: 256Mb PC133, @CAS2[don't remember brand- bought from Floppy- works perfect] [Upgrade from last year, I had 128Mb]
Video: ATI Rage Fury Pro 128, 32Mb [Upgrade from last time]
Sound: Aureal Vortex SQ2500
HDD[s]: Maxtor ATA100[7200] 15.5G & Maxtor ATA66[7200] 13.6G
CD-ROM: I/O Magic 48x
CD-RW: SONY 12x/8x/32x [Upgrade from last year]
Modem: SupraExpress ISA 56K
Monitor: ADI MicroScan 5P+
Printer: HP 722C
Scanner: HP 4100C
OS: Win2000 Pro

Also: Monorail keys, IBM mouse, LabTec 5pcs. speakers[3 hooked]

[Cricket]

dj4uk-I'm not a gamer, so raw speed isn't that important to me. The PII 400 was the first system I put together where I actually knew what I was doing (sentimental value?). It does everything I need it to do, is very stable (iBX440 chipset) and it's been a real trooper. Built in 1998.

The Pentium 233 was my first actual build, but I didn't know what I was doing at the time. I was really surprized when it started on the first try. I learned a lot about troubleshooting with this PC...haha...but it was big improvement over the 100 MHz Packard Bell we bought in 1995. Built in 1997.

The PIII 1 GHz was built earlier this year...I guess I just wanted to be able to say I own a 1 Gig PC...own, but don't use much...haha...I use it mostly for burning music CD's and doing a little photo editing. It will eventually take over as the main PC, but I don't know when.

Cricket

[SARGE]

System 1:

Gigabyte 7ZX mobo with KT133
TBird 900
ATI Xpert 2000 AGP
256mb Crucial PC133
Antec SX840 workstation case
17" Viewsonic
Western Digital 30gb
USR external 56k
Supra Express external 56k
Linksys Etherfast Switched 10/100
Sidewinder Pro joystick
Win98se


System 2:

Gateway PII-450
Nvidia 16mb video
128mb Crucial PC100
mobo = beats me?
Quantum Fireball 3gb hard drive
USR external 56k
Supra Express external 56k
Supra Express internal 56k
Gateway 17' monitor
HP Deskjet 692c printer
UMAX 1220U scanner
Win98se

System 3:

CTX PII-266
440LX on Biostar mobo
17' Comp USA monitor
Diamond Stealth III 540 pci video
Maxtor 4gb hard drive
128mb Crucial PC100
Sidewinder Pro joystick
Linksys Etherfast Switched 10/100
Boca Tidalwave internal ISA 56k
ActionTek Lucent internal pci 56k
Win98se


System 4:

Can't decide, but wifey wants it built by Christmas. $1500 limit

[Baitcaster]

LOL
I was thinking about the same thing fellas..

For me, a MAJOR improvement from the last go around.

Motherboard: Asus CUSL2-C
PIII-750 @ 900
H/S-Fan: Globalwin FOP32-1 lapped
H/S paste: Arctic Silver II
Memory: Crucial PC133 Cas2 128Meg
Video: ATI Radion VE 32M DDR AGP
Soundcard: Creative SoundBlaster16 PCI
Nic: SOHOware ND4300 PCI
CDROM: Generic 52x drive
Burner: LG CD-RW CED-8083B (spare from a Compaq rig, thx bro.)
Disk drive: 3 1/2 generic floppy
Internal ZIP 100
Harddrive: Maxtor 10G 7200rpm ATA100
Power supply: Generic 250W
Case: Packard Bell platinum 7200 cut, bored, n hacked to bits
2 90MM case fans one in one out
Modem: 3com/USR cablemodem CMX
Router: Netgear RT-314
Speakers: Altec Lansing AVS300 (thanks kids)
Monitor: 17" Viewsonic A75s (thanks Wifey)
Keyboard: Future Power 911v (brand new, too much soda spilled into the old one)
O/S: W98 FE (patched n bandaged to the hilt, but VERY stable)

All of the above would NOT have happened, were it not for the people on this board. You ALL have managed to help me, and others, with the time you take to answer questions. For ALL your help, I thank you VERY much.

[dj4uk]

Cricket - so its just sentimental attachment then - I thought you knew something I didn't
If it stable I don't blame you sticking with it - a PII 400 will do the majority of things. As you say burning CDs and photo editing may need the extra bit of processing power.