messy

I just wanted to thank everyone who replied to my earlier thread. I finally got my new system put together and mostly stuck with what I had originally planned, but I did make a few changes. Here's what I wound up getting...

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
MSI K8T800 "K8T NEO-FSR"
Corsair XMS Xtreme PC3200-C2PT DDR400 ..1 gig..
Sapphire RADEON 9800PRO 128M (Thanks Lasereth.. great card/great price!)
Sony CRX230E-B2 52x32x52 CDRW
Samsung SFD-321B Floppy
ANTEC True430 Power Supply
22" NEC/Mitsubishi SuperBright Diamondtron MultiSync FE2111SB

I had originally ordered the same ram, just the ECC version, which would not work with the MSI Motherboard. Now I have to pay the damn restocking fee. I also changed my mind about getting the nForce based board because I heard they hinder the 64's performance a bit.

The HDD's I took out of my old PC, so I did save a few bucks there. I'm probably going to have to take that extra cash an get a new power supply. I had all three of my HDD's powered up and my system would get to the welcome to windows screen and shut itself off.. so I unplugged one, and she fired up just fine. That Athlon must really suck up some juice. No biggie.

Thanks again everyone and here's some pics to enjoy...




***the flash from my camera makes the monitor look B-R-I-G-H-T***



Thanks again for everyones input.

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Lasereth

Damn nice computer, messy!! I'm glad you got it together, and I'm even happier than the videocard came through alright. I want one really bad.

How about downloading 3d Mark 2001 and 2003 and posting some scores?

-Lasereth

Destrox

Not sure which i envy more, the tv/screen or how you can actually see your desk... I've almost forgotten what one looks like.

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norky

no floppy?

looks like a really nice system, enjoy!

VF19

Nice, a UT2k fan.

messy

Well, I ran 3d Mark 2003 and got a score of 4935. I think it should be a little higher, so I'm going to see if there's any tweaking I can do. Does it automatically test it at a resolution of 1024x768, or should it be set at 800x600? This was the first time I've used it, so I may have screwed something up.

I also ran 3d Mark 2001 and it gave me an error message that I need to have directX 8.1 (I think that's what it was). So no score there, unless someone knows the problem. I'm running dx9 currently.

And hell yeah I have a floppy! See it in the top bay? I had to cut one of my extra bay covers and rig it up in the large slot because my HDD's took up all the 3.5 room That's my first floppy drive since '98. I forgot how slow and loud they are.

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Destrox

Yes 1024x768 is the default, and theres a patch you can get for 3dmark2k1 i beleive that lets you run it in Dx9 environment.

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Jesus Pimp

Decent setup. You should of gotten a black case to match your monitor. Also you might want to clean your cases i.e. fingerprints o plenty.

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JohnnyRoyale

Very sweet, but one question: What's that blueish looking thing in the front, it looks kinda like a radio/equalizer?

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Redjake

that's awesome! I hope it performs to expectations. Let's see some benchmarks on 3dmark2001 and 3dmark2003

I really like the front inputs and the floppy in the 5 1/4 bay. awesome

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Lasereth

Damn man, my PC gets about 1,200 on 2003. My old PC got about 5,900, but it was an OC'ed Barton and 5900 Ultra (256 MB).

I've been looking for a fix for that, can you give any more info or a possible link? I hate having to fuck up my system just to get 2001 to run. Thanks!

-Lasereth

shakran

advice for ya: Turn the brightness on your monitor down a bit. They come from the factory set artificially bright to impress you, but the colors aren't as natural AND you'll wear the monitor out faster.

Destrox

Now that I actually looked into it, turns out the 3dMark2001 SE pro has the patch built into it. IF you still have an older version, you can use this: http://www.futuremark.com/download/?...001patch.shtml

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messy

I finally got 3dMark2001 to run with the dx9. Looks like you need build 330 for it to run with dx9. My 3dMark2001 score is <b>14794</b> with 1024x768x32 (all defaults)

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messy

oh, and..

That's a <a href="http://www.newq.com/product/e-PLATINUM.asp?menu1=04">NewQ Platinum</a>. It's exactly what you thought it was, an EQ with an FM tuner. It's doesn't have much functionality, except looking cool and having a nifty remote to control volume (but mine somehow fell off my desk into the garbage can )

The brightness is down. It just looks like that because of the angle that I took the picture from. Only complaint that I have with this monitor is that the corners are a <i>little</i> blurry. But it seems almost all 21" or 22"s have that problem.

I used the same case from my old 'puter in order to save some cash. And I'm not too concerned about fingerprints

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