computer building anyone?

[jdude]

how many of you are into building computers,how many have you built,list your setup, and if possible post pics.(ill post my setup when i get the computer done.;) )

[stampedefreak.]

I worked on an old junker NEC for a while, and finally gave up. I had 2 scsi drives the size of kansas I also found, and neither worked well. I almost had it running ms-dos, but I just gave up and trashed it cuz there was no hope for it.:lol:

[speedycheater]

I had a friend build mine. It has a sweet dark blue and grey case with big vents on the sides. I'm putting blue neons in it soon. I've also built a bunch a crappy win 2K computers, not sure what I put in them.

[tjf0288]

I did build several but I dont have what they had in them. One was mine for awhile, but now i have my laptop. And another one i did completely by myself is ny grandmothers.

[madrusty289]

I spent 2 months straight researching building computers. If I had the money, I would build one.

[rc10gt2003]

I always wanted to build my own computer , but then when my grandma got me a new dell computer then I forgot all about it.

[gabrill]

I used to have 5 comps continuously running all over the house. Then hard times hit and I had to sell all but my own tower and the wife's laptop, but the cat-5 still runs from the den to the living room.

This was a while back. My tower is a Duron 600 with a Geforce 2 GTS.

[isez2001]

I've done a lot of messing around with PCs. I don't really have anything fancy, because all of the parts were given to me when the previous owners moved on to newer and better things.

What I have now (the stuff worth mentioning, anyway):
HP PIII 600MHz motherboard
Integrated Matrox G200 graphics
Old IBM P50 monitor (bad colors, needs to be replaced)
Zip 100 drive (this is the only part I actually bought)

Right now, the thing is down, because it needs a new hard drive, and possibly a new power supply, too.

[crazyengine]

I love building stuff, I build this PC I have right nifgt now.
Specs:
MoBo- Asus A7N8X
CPU- Amd 2500+ XP (Overclocked to 3000+ XP at the moment and at max FSB at 400 Mhz)
Hard drive- WD 80Gb 7200 rpm SE
Case- Athxan Platinum XP (w/window and digital temp)
OS-XP
Monitor- Vision 15in LCD
Video card- ATI 9600 Pro
Memory- 512 stick
Dvd rom, cd writer
Vantac Aeroflow Cpu fan
Pci card
Power supply- 420 Watt
Some other stuff, I was on a budget when I build this or else I would have gone bigger and better! But this is fast as heck.
Mario

[madforceracer]

im building my own pc this christmas, the computer i currently own lags soo much. It should be fun building a comp.

[tjf0288]

Heres the way me & my dad look at it. Why buy a new one when you can have a better one for about half the price. Computer shows rock for parts.

[Peder2002]

I've built 2 in my life so far, one when I was 10, the other around when I turned 14..

My first (Not even ATX!):
-*sigh* AMD K6-2 300MHz :(
-64mb ram, later upgraded to 196
-8mb ATI Rage Pro (pathetic)
-I don't really remember much more than that..

My second (On it right now, also ATX:)):
-AMD Athlon XP 1900 I think.. anyhoo, 1.25 GHz, downclocked to save heat
-MSI KT4V Mobo (K7)
-512mb RAM PC2100 I believe..
-ATI Radeon (Built by Saphire) 7000 64mb, soon to be replaced by a GeForce FX 5200 128mb:bling:
-24/10/40 CD/RW
-24x CD Drive, soon to be replaced by a 16x DVD
-Green Cold Cathode
-500-something watts of surround sound speakers
-That-Thats about it.. (Think Buba from Forest Gump when he finishes the shrimp list)

[ss2nv]

I built mine, but it's nothing special.
Motherboard: MSI...,that's all I can remember about it.
CPU: AMD Athlon-1.0 gig, 266 FSB
Video Card: 3D Prophet Kyro...which isn't compatible with some games.
Sound Card: Regular, old Soundblaster
HD: a 40gig and an 80gig
Drives: old 3.5 floppy and a CDRW
But here's the good part: I'm using my 50" Widescreen Samsung DLP HDTV as my monitor because it accepts the output straight from my video card!

[FrogmanNH]

I built mine over a year ago, so bear with me.

CPU: AMD AthlonXP 1600 (Clocked at 1 ghz because I am too cheap to buy some more fans
RAM: 384mb non-DDR because I am too cheap to upgrade
Video Card: 128mb ATI Radeon 8500se because I am still too cheap to upgrade
HD: 40 gig Western Digital that I bought 3 years ago when I wasn't as cheap
16x DVD drive
onboard sound on a motherboard that was cheap enough for me
400watt power supply in a Codegen case that was damaged in shipping, but I am too cheap to do anything about it.

[jdude]

crazyengine, how do you like you a7n8x i was thinking about getting one but was skeptical, oh and by the way do you use watercooling to cool of the overclock?;)

[OvalEvader]

I built my desktop. Its a water cooled tower (but I havn't gotten the water blocks or pumps yet) with a AMD 2800 overclocked to 3100. 1gig ram. I don't use it much, I am waiting to get DSL installed into the room where it resides. Plus I don't like running my CPU that far overclocked without the water blocks installed yet (hopefully I'll get the water blocks, resivoirs, and pumps for christmas).

[crazyengine]

jdude, I love it but if you feel like spending a bit moroe money buy the deluxe version or the new ones that came out I forget what they are go on there website, no I do not use water cooling I wish I could but low on the funds. I just use a Vantec Aeroflow which runs about at 38 degrees C under load, which is good for me!
Mario

Asus webpage (http://www.asus.com/)

[Evader]

2 technic stereo recievers, 1 technic cd changer, 2 yamaha 3-way bookshelf speakers(bi-amped), adcom speaker switching devise, 2 powered Bostin acoustic 15 inch active subwoofers, 2 Butt kickers with independant amps, active crossover for biamping,40 feet of monster cable and 5 grand later you can throw some pretty good parties! Not bad fora 16 year old!,,Ooo, my bad i thought this was the home audio forum!,lol

[Bigwrenn]

I've only had one pre-built computer in my life(hate them!). Anyways I built the one I have now, the list of features are as follows!(i'll post pics later!)

Hardware

Mobo- FIC VC19+
CPU- Pentium 4 2.6 gig
Memory- 2 gigs!
Hard disk- 120 gig Maxtor Diamondmax with 8mb cache buffer!
Graphics- Xtasy 9200pro with 400mhz ramdac and 128 megs of physical memory(ATI powered of course)
Memorex- 52x read, 52x write, and 32x re-write CD/RW!
Plextor- DVD/RW+-
8 USB 2.0 ports
1 1394 port
8 90 mm fans!
Antec SoHo server case(gun metal grey)
Antec Smart 450 watt ATX power supply
500 watt Logitech THX certified 5.1 sound system with 120 watt self powered 10" subwoofer!
17" Micron monitor(CRT) soon to be 19" flat panel TFT!

Network

Netgear RP614v2 Cable/DSL Web safe router gateway
Sprint 645 series DSL modem 1500 down/ 256 up

Software

Windows XP Pro.
And all neccesary programs and toys to make this computer fun! :D

[jdude]

well i promised an update and you shall receive.i got it all built.... now here are the specs:

motherboard:
abit nf7-s

processor:
amd athlon 2500 xp

memory:
1x 256mb (planning on adding more.)

hard drive:
2x western digital 120gig

video card:
radeon 9600 xt

cd drive:
unknown cheapie (getting sony dru-510a)

floppie:
unknown

monitor:
none yet

o.s:
windows xp pro