My system

[InsaneRage92]

Hi, I'm new to the forums, anyways I just thought I'd post my system specs for everyone to see. Don't have any pics though, don't have a digital camera. Anyways, here we go.

EZ Media ATX mid-tower model G7
Asus K8N nForce3 250 s754
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Newcastle
1GB Geil PC-3200 RAM w/heatspreaders
128MB 9600XT
250GB Hitachi 7,200rpm S-ATA HD
NEC dual layer DVD/CD +/-
480w PSU - Came w/case

Compaq V1100 21" CRT
Logitech Elite keyboard
Logitech MX500 mouse
Logitech Premium Stero headset

And here are my planned upgrades for this year.

256MB X800XT
Antec True 550w PSU

Hope you like it, if anyone has any suggestions for upgrades or anything please say something. Thanks.

[Shyguy]

If your into gaming, which I'm assuming becuase of teh vid card, RAM & other stuff, upgrade the mouse to a MX510 or MX1000, I got the 500 as well, thought it was teh 510 when I got it & didn't realize there was a difference, though the 500 gets me by fine, I still wish I had gotten at least the 510, but hopefully in coming months I'll be getting the 1000.

Other than that, can't see a thing wrong with thet setup!!!:)

AND Welcome to XPC!!!:)

[InsaneRage92]

Thanks. My MX500 cost $50 so I doubt I'll be upgrading that anytime soon. :)

[Shyguy]

yeah same here, got mine for $50 as well at Office max, but then the next week Best Buy had the 510 on sale for the same price, thats when I realized the two were different, I just thought the 510 was just a slightly newer version of the 500 (new name, color, etc), guess not, LOL!!! Oh well it works fine for now, but would like to get a little more precision for in games.

[InsaneRage92]

What exactly is the difference other than color? Does it have a higher DPI or what else is there, just overall better?

[Shyguy]

basically yeah, higher DPI, & just more accurate, both are wired mice, but has same buttons & stuff, just a higher precision sensor is about it.

[InsaneRage92]

Yeah I figured the DPI was higher. I would've gotten the MX510 but it was an extra $3 which I didn't have. :lol:

[Shyguy]

Oh well, the 500 is good enough for now anyways.

[InsaneRage92]

Anyone else have any comments?

[ThRoNkA]

I am not wild on the new video cards. But you have a great config. I have never tried a 64 bit processor yet and I dunno if I will.

[roadtech]

Welcome to XPC InsaneRage92

Nice, very nice.
I'm doing a AMD 64 system up myself.
But mind will have a 3400 Clawhammer
DFI Lanparty UT NF3 250GB
2 x Seagate Cheetah 10k. 73GB HDD's
256 X800 XT
other than that it's about the same specs.


Kev

[InsaneRage92]

Thanks for the warm welcome. :)
Well I would've built a better computer but I was on a budget of $1000, which I went over by like $76. I bought everything locally because I didn't want to put up with any possible hassle or anything, plus I got all my stuff wholesale. So what does anyone else think?

[ThRoNkA]

Could you give us a sample of what you paid?

[InsaneRage92]

What? Please elaborate.

[Stan]

Nice config! oh... and welcome to XPC!!

Antec makes very good PSU. My server runs on a True Power 550 EPS12V 24pins.
I like Enermax as well... hard to choose between the 2!

[Win2Kuser]

Welcome to XPC IR :D

Not a bad spec although I think until 64bit OS's and applications are mainstream, it's a lot of power wasted...

Put a desent VC in their though, and that'll rock :D

So what hobbies do you have etc, and have you checked out our Distributed Computing section here. (http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=46) We could sure use some firepower like that :bunny:

You get to have a laugh with a great team through banter etc, and help find cures for Cancer HIV and other nasties, what more could you ask for...

[InsaneRage92]

My hobbies are PCs, PC games and reading PC magazines. :)

Haven't checked out Distributed Computing, but I will. By the way, what exactly do I do in Distributed Computing?

[fshanda]

Could you give us a sample of what you paid?

Well I would've built a better computer but I was on a budget of $1000, which I went over by like $76

Read boy read :D

[Win2Kuser]

My hobbies are PCs, PC games and reading PC magazines. :)

Haven't checked out Distributed Computing, but I will. By the way, what exactly do I do in Distributed Computing?

Pretty much PC related then, Join the club :D

The DC project XPC supports mainly is Find-a-Drug which is non for profit.

Basically, you download the client and run it, it will download jobs to run which it will merrily crunch through by using only unused CPU cycles. The beauty of this is that it does not effect normal computer usage, as soon as you run anything, FaD steps aside and allows the program to use the cpu.

You can find out more about it, and how to join by looking here. (http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12165)

It really is very simple to get running, and you won't even know it's there. If you deside to run it and have a problem, just ask in our DC forum, someone will answer pretty darn quick :D

Also, this is a great place here at XPC, have a look around, there are some great people here and it is a very friendly place.

Enjoy your stay :)

[InsaneRage92]

It really is very simple to get running, and you won't even know it's there.

That sounds questionable. But I don't know, I might check it out.

[Shyguy]

nothing questionable about it, Ive been running FaD for ove a year now, & did F@H (Folding @ Home) prior to that for another site, & a few years ago, did I think it was The neo project or something like that, that we tried here, that one didn't turn out so well. But FaD is defiantely the best of all teh ones Ive done.

But he's right, I can play all my games or multitask with out having any hit in performance when running FaD. I leave my rig/rigs running 24/7 & turn in about 2-4 thousand points a day on average, with just one rig.

But we don't want to pressure anyone into it, so its up to you, if you want to know more I think W2K has the link above.

But again Welcome to XPC!!!:)

[InsaneRage92]

What's the purpose of collecting these points?

[Shyguy]

adds competition to the whole thing. the important part is how many jobs/molecules you get processed.

[Win2Kuser]

You can see how competitive we get with it by looking at one of the stats threads, then there is the automated web stats that update every 6 hours, plus the full version stats that I post here etc etc etc.

With a system like that, you could be moving up the ranks very quickly :D

As shyguy says though, it's how many jobs, hits and molecules you get processed that really counts, each hit is a good or bad reaction to each molecule subset and is what the researchers use to analyse the results. On a system like yours, each job of around 10,000 molecules should complete within a couple of hours.

So far, the Find-a-Drug project has completed over 5,000 years of computer processing time, this team has completed over 600 years alone, this is just in a few years. You can see how much time these projects save the AntiCancer researchers etc. :eek:

Anyways, what sort of games are you into, there are a couple of members here that are trying to get an XPC team together for online gaming fun, more info I believe is in the gaming forum somewhere...

[InsaneRage92]

I play first person shooters. Here are my games:

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/6712/mygames1vj.jpg

The only one that I play every now and then that isn't listed is Battlefield: 1942.

I might get Unreal Tournament 2004 sometime also. :)

[Twiztid Truckie]

I like the desktop buddy. Wish I had cable net here now, but till then Ill just be bored to death without my HL or TFC :(

Truckie:)

[InsaneRage92]

Thanks. That sucks, hope you get your cable back soon. Any other comments guys? :)

[Twiztid Truckie]

Quick Idea:

For your desktop, Download the freeware version of windows blinds, and setup the longhorn slate style, itll match the background perfectly :)

Truckie:)

[Shyguy]

How'd you get that pic to display at that res on the forums, I always have to downsize mine to the 600x480 that it says you have to have?

[Win2Kuser]

Probably beacuse he used the [ img] off site url [ /img] command rather than attaching a pic from your computer...

Just a guess :)

[InsaneRage92]

Good news, I got Unreal Tournament 2004 today. :)

[Shyguy]

Fun Isn't it?

I got, Unreal, Unreal 2, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2003, & Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD Edition.

Haven't played it in a while, But once I get my game rig running, I'll be playing it on & off some. Currently very addicted to Joint Operations. & hopefully Battlefield 2 when it comes out.

[InsaneRage92]

I downloaded Red Orchestra, it's pretty awesome.

[InsaneRage92]

I bought a crappy $15 digital camera at the Dollar General, enjoy.

My computer.

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/8726/picture0010ly.jpg

My TVs.

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/6831/picture0028my.jpg

My games.

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/3285/picture0031ld.jpg

My monitor and cable modem.

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/29/picture0044ia.jpg

Printer and router.

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/5858/picture0052cx.jpg

Logitech Elite and MX500.

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/2876/picture0061hs.jpg

http://img93.exs.cx/img93/2005/picture0070zc.jpg

[Twiztid Truckie]

Nice rec area Insane....Looks good...now put it all to work and start crunching if you havent done so yet :)

Truckie:)

[InsaneRage92]

Okay I'm running the FaD thing, is it supposed to be showing a little mocecule strand thing and saying 'THINK' at the top?

[Shyguy]

Yep, but I usually set the graphic thing to "hidden" so I don't have to watch that thing all the time & let it run in background Litterally.