This Frankenstein has an un happy fan somewhere..
noise is driving me nuts.. and its IN the desk, behind a door..
After switching from Mac's
In Service to the Dream,
Paula
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| Posted by: mingkee 19-Apr-2004, 07:09 PM |
| just a follow up for a post I dreamed to build a desktop myself for years finally, it's done and I really like my "product" |
| Posted by: Macfive 19-Apr-2004, 07:24 PM |
| Thats great mingkee. It is wonderful to be able to put it all together yourself and know that 'you' did it! Kinda like working on cars! |
| Posted by: michaelcov 19-Apr-2004, 08:52 PM |
| Good on ya mingkee! I built my own system in the States. It was a shame I had to leave it there when I moved to Australia. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Apr-2004, 05:40 AM |
| Never owned a PC I had'nt built... This Frankenstein has an un happy fan somewhere.. noise is driving me nuts.. and its IN the desk, behind a door.. After switching from Mac's In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: tsargent62 20-Apr-2004, 06:38 AM |
| I would love to build my own. Never have but have always wanted to. I always claim to be a geek, but I guess I can't be a <u>true</u> without building a cornfuzer. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Apr-2004, 06:48 AM |
| Todd.. It is so much easier then you think ! If you can put a food processer together.. you can build your own puter.. Saves you a lot of ching too ! In Service to the Dream.. Paula I must still love Mac's My tower is HOT pink, in homage to the iMac |
| Posted by: tsargent62 20-Apr-2004, 06:53 AM |
| Oh, I know it's pretty easy. I've installed new pieces parts in my existing boxes. My only concern would be component compatibility and interoperability. Does sound board A cooperate well with mother board B or C? Things like that. I know that one thing that differentiates mass manufactured computers. Some components work together better than others. Where do you find that kind of information? Also, how do you decide what are the best jumper settings for a hard disk? That's the kind of stuff I don't know. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Apr-2004, 07:05 AM |
| I go to a smaller store.. but the big box stores are fine.. Just find a good sales person.. they can tell you want plays nicely  I use mosty all AMD.. they seem to get along well with each other.. Your allways gonna have some conflicts no matter what.. Mine is .. I can't turn off from the keyboard with XP.. So what.. I deal ! In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Shamalama 20-Apr-2004, 07:14 AM |
| I used to always build my own. That way I could get the power I wanted without the terrible price. But today's computers are almost "disposable"; you get one today and throw it away in 5 years. So today I simply buy the best I can with the money I have and tweak it later to my specifications. I'm 44 (an old fart) but I still love my computer games, so I'm always on the hunt for the latest video card and cheap RAM. There's just something satisfying about thumping through a village in a 40' tall OmniMech. When I scream "You want some of this?" to my 'virtual enemies' late at night it's a clue to my bride to get my medications and put me to bed. My computer at work has been tweaked to be more of a downloading and CD burning machine (since I'm on a T1/T3 at work). Not that I collect warez or gamez or appz or anything like that (because that's illegal  ). Ahhh, I do enjoy the newsgroups. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Apr-2004, 07:17 AM |
| Pirate ! Sorta why I build my own too.. I play a videocardsuckingRAMeating MMPRPG on line.. If the lag beast catches me.. I'm kissing the lifestone.. In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Blue_Rogue 20-Apr-2004, 08:03 AM |
| tsargent62, it really is easier than you think. With today's motherboards, almost everything is built onto them, thats the easiest way to go, all you have to add is your hard and disc drives. In fact, it's getting harder and harder to find plain striaght motherboards. And, as long as you have access to the web while your building, you can always to to the manufactures web site for information. Plus, I'm sure there are plenty of us here that would be more than happy to help you. It really can be a lot of fun!!!! psssssssst........ AMD Processor Rule!!!!! |
| Posted by: tsargent62 20-Apr-2004, 08:08 AM |
| If I were to build AMD would definitely be what I used. I've heard a lot of good things about them. Plus, Intel is just too far in bed with Micro$oft. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Apr-2004, 08:34 AM |
| My heart is loyal to AMD.. they do RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I said Todd you may hit a sticky wicket .. because of just what you just said.. But..they are easy to fix In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: tsargent62 20-Apr-2004, 09:00 AM | ||
What sticky wicket is that? What I said about Microsloth? *barely contains disdain of giant, monopolistic, extortionistic marketing company that makes software* |
| Posted by: Knightly Knight 20-Apr-2004, 05:49 PM |
| My first computer was "steam" powered. Ive had one computer whic was "pizza" powered. I finally moved to the " speed of light" whoo hoo |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 20-Apr-2004, 06:52 PM |
| AMD All the way! =) I don't have anything against Intel, but I like AMD better =) As for compatability, I have to disagree about getting (or at least using) on-board hardware. It's not as bad as it used to be though. Used to be you had to jump through hoops if you wanted to upgrade from what was on-board, and they rarely put decent hardware there. Anymore I am seeing decent hardware built into MB's and it's easy enough to disable in CMOS if you want to upgrade, although I still feel more comfortable knowing I won't have to sacrifice something to upgrade video or sound later. I avoid on-board video and sound like the plauge for this reason. LAN isn't too bad, as I have yet to see a reason to upgrade beyond what is on most boards. IDE, USB, and Legacy ports are pretty standard... as for other compatability, best to try and match up the alphabet soup =) Easy enough to do with add on cards, since PCI is pretty much the lone standard atm, with some up-and-comming new ones, so it's just a matter of getting good hardware. Creative, ATI, Nvidia... As for motherboards, I like Gigabyte and ASUS for the first pics. The Shuttle MB in my testbox seems to be working just fine too. |
| Posted by: mingkee 20-Apr-2004, 09:00 PM |
| I am so interested on AMD... of course, good price to buy performance nf2 for almost out of date Athlon XP works like charm make sure you have a pair of same RAM, in order to run 2ch, it really helps (esp for onboard gf4, it can even reach 440MX performance) but I'd get AIW 9800 later, make a little xpc like a digital VCR |
| Posted by: gandster 23-Apr-2004, 08:47 PM |
Rofl!! i played realm on a p-166 for 4 years(on dailup!!) and found every tweak and third party software there was till i got cable ...then had to find third party software to tweak the 200kbs/ to 1.5 mbs....even though my isp swears they upgraded there severs to 3.0mbs...(shakes head)  Just remeber to reset all the jumpers on your hardware to master prior to adding anything else.. (add a cd-burner in an empty slot /w a cd-rom ya need to change the burner over to slave/master as compared to cable ...set by default via Dell...provided ya have only 2 IDE plugs on the motherboard and are running both off a dual cable onboard should be just no-existent...its a lag eating monster....if you have the agp/pci slots spend the couple bucks and run vid/sound off of those  gandster |
| Posted by: VetteGal 25-Apr-2004, 11:40 AM |
| Hi, Just thought I would chime in on this thread as I have built two computers myself. The first one was a gamer computer which over time was not fast enough so I gave it to my brother who uses it for his business and the internet. My second one was really a kicker. Best of everything at the time (2002). Still kicks though! I will just upgrade on this one. Just replaced the CPU heatsink yesterday and added more DDR RAM. Have a 60GB HD, 1GB DDR RAM, 48x burner, DVD, AMD XP 2100+, Sound Blaster Platinum Live sound card, and also just change video card to a ATi Sapphire 9100 128. I play a lot of flight sims and games like Age of Emipres. Running Windows XP home. My next upgrade will be to change out the DVD and the burner. I personally would never buy another store bought computer after having these. You can mix and match components better than any brand can. There is just no comparison. |