UT2K3 Demo OUT!

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[Warren]

^-- What speed are you getting?

The only switch I can find now is the one on FrozenCPU.com, which is a rounded on/off black switch. That's good enough, because I think that's all the case can fit in the hole for it.

And look at this case custom made by ATI -

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[Warren]

YAY! At least it'll work. I don't care if I have to run it at 320x230!

Well, I've completely typed out everything I want for my computer, here it is:

Warren’s Homemade Computer

- iBuyPower.com Clear Computer Case with 400-Watt Power Supply
includes 4 5.24” bays and 4 3.5” bays, 2 80mm Fan bays, Flex-ATX Style Tower, Made from Cast Clear Lucite, 7x PCI slots - $180 http://www.ibuypower.com/parts/case/clear.htm

-AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Processor (packaged with
motherboard below, otherwise MSRP is $170)

-Shuttle AK35GTR Socket A Motherboard, includes
DDR (Double Data Rate) memory capability, 2 USB
Ports, 6 PCI slots, 1 parallel port, 4x AGP slot,
the AMD Processor, and many other things (motherboard susceptible to change). $230 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 5GTR-x2200

-ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Graphics Card with 128Mb RAM
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detai ... l,zwb11938 $338

-512Mb DDR-RAM PC2100 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... u=P56-1904 $130

-Western Digital 120Gb EICE - 7,200RPM Hard Drive with 8Mb Cache http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 1200JB%20P $200

-Sony Trinitron E540 21” Flat Screen CRT Monitor
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/upsource/803107.html $521

-TigerDirect 1.44” Floppy Drive, includes cables for
homemade computer installation
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/
item-Details.asp?sku=TC1-6000B $20

-Hewlett Packard DVD100i DVD-R/RW - CD-R/RW Drive
(Susceptible to change) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 4-1794%20P $200

-Sony 52x CD-ROM Drive (to increase the life of the DVD Burner)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =S167-3064 $40

-Mitsuko Enhanced Keyboard in Transparent Blue
http://www.directron.com/mitsukoblue.html $27

-Microsoft Optical Mouse Blue
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detai ... l,zwb11607 $28

-Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 5.1 w/1394 IEEE (1394 IEEE Port connects to VHS devices to transfer videos to computer) http://www.micropro.com/item.htm?item_i ... Multimedia $68

-Creative Labs Inspire 5.1 5300 Speakers, includes
5 surround sound speakers and 1 subwoofer
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/cyberpower/sk-110-106.html
$67

-Miscellaneous Components like Fans, Fan Grills, Cables, Sleeves, Switch, Cooling… $100

Total w/o DVD drive and w/o shipping: $1949

Total w/ DVD drive and w/ approximate shipping of $100: $2249

Prices are expected to decrease in the next 3 months

To compare prices with manufactured computers, a Dell Dimensions Desktop with the same (or equivalent) components costs $4579.



Check out the links for the mouse and keyboard, they're kickass!


[edit] AH! I can't decide on what keyboard I want. Will a translucent blue or translucent clear look better? What about this ? Only $18 from www.colorcases.com. What about this ? From http://www.buyaib.com/keyboard.html. AHH! There's too many keyboards! What should I do?!!

[James S]

A Shuttle motherboard?! EWWW
Get Asus and only Asus, anything else sucks.

ATI Radeon 9700 is bad. It overheats way too fast because it still uses the 15nm construction operation. The die size is HUGE. That's an oversized graphics card. Wait until NVidia's next graphics card which will do pretty close to Toy Story level graphics in real time... Or something like that, they've been saying that for a long time. But the next GF will reign supreme for a long time.

Plus serial ATA is out, wait a couple months until it's integrated, but they're already working on Serial-ATA2 which runs a lot faster, around 200MB I think.

And firewire is a 400MB transfer method which can be used to connect anything from digital cameras to networking.

[Warren]

Nothing is set in stone, I can change anything. So far, I'm going with the Radeon, but I'll wait and see what nVidia has in store. As for the motherboard, Asus IS better, but it's uglier, and I couldn't find any combos with the Asus and AMD 2200+. If you find one, let me know. But I'd like the motherboard to be more colorful, you'll be able to see it with my clear case.

[edit] Actually, I can get an Asus A7V333 Socket A Motherboard and an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ all for $275 at www.tigerdirect.com. I'll look around for a more colorful Asus though. Hey, did you know that Asus Company is German? That's cool.

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[Village_Ideot]

dont listen to moose, when i did my riceaz everyone reccomended a shuttle.

and let me find you a deal on speakers. the ones you have are way cheapo and will ruin your nice sound cards sound

i would reccomend these speakers.
i dont know if they make them in 5.1 though

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Wrong thread, dammit.

[Village_Ideot]