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Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional (build 2600) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board
1400 megahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ABIT 761-686B(KG7) Rev:1.0
Serial Number: 6A6S6A1A
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 10/22/2001
Drives Memory Modules
332.38 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
71.71 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1610A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
Slot 'BANK_0' is Empty
Slot 'BANK_1' is Empty
Slot 'BANK_2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 61.48 GB 30.75 GB free
d: (on drive 2) 30.74 GB 67 MB free
e: (on drive 3) 160.10 GB 6.76 GB free
f: (on drive N) 80.05 GB 34.14 GB free
Logins Network Drives
Installed Microsoft Hotfixes Printers
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Controllers Display
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra [Display adapter]
Bus Adapters Multimedia
HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller Creative SB Live! series(WDM)
Creative SBLive! Gameport
Communications Other Devices
Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (NGRPCI)
NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (NGRPCI) - Packet Scheduler Miniport
USB Root Hub
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
My PC isn't even in the running of "best" PC, but because it's MY PC it is "THE BEST"
Cost: $4800 Aus Dollars
Man, your dollar must be worth a lot less than our Canadian dollars (ours is a bit better than half the worth of a U.S. dollar) , that price is outrageous for that PC..
We could buy the same PC here for under $2000 dollars. Closer to $1500
I would think that no matter what you have, somebody is ALWAYS going to have something better than you!
I have enough to get me by, that works for me.
RCA Cable Modem 225 - BEFSR41 Linksys router - DLINK USB 2.0 10/100 NIC - Linksys 10/100 16 port and 5 port Switches - Pentium PIV 2.0A CPU with a Thermaltake Volcano 7+ Copper Heatsink/Fan combo - 512 MB PC800 Rambus RAM - Intel D850MV motherboard - 240GB hard drive space, 2ea 40GB and 2ea 80GB as a 160GB ATA 133 Raid drive using a Promise TX2000 PCI Raid Controller, Just bought a Maxtor 160 GB 8mb buffer drive to add for more video editing - Buslink (oem Ricoh MP5125a) RW5125a DVD+RW/+R Burner and TDK 24x10x40x CDRW drives - ATI 64MB DDR All In Wonder Radeon-8500-DV with excellent MPEG2 Capture, TV, and Playback Accelerator Video Card - Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Audio with 4.1 Altec Lansing surround speakers - Enermax EG465P-VE (430 watt) Whisper Quiet Power Supply - Viewsonic VA800 17.4 Inch LCD Display (equivalent in size to a 19 inch Flat Screen CRT display) - Windows XP Pro (registered and activated) - Comcast cable service with 1.8mbit down / 256kbit up.
I've got a pretty decent machine I use for working at home, here's the specs:
Coolermaster ATC-210-VX2 Case
Enermax 430 Watt Power Supply
Asus A7M266D Motherboard
Dual AMD Athlon MP 1900+ CPUs w/ AOC EC-CUC-610 Processor Fans
1 Gig of Corsair 2100 ECC DDR
SB Live! Sound Card
Asus V8200 TI 200 Pure (GeForce 3)
3Com 905C WOL 10/100 NIC
Promise ATA 100 Controller Card
2 60 Gig Maxtor 7200 ATA 133 Hard Drives
Asus 52x CD-ROM
Asus 1610 CDRW
Zip 250 Drive
Floppy Drive
with Red Hat Linux 7.3 as the OS
I have 3 others at home as well, all but one running Linux, Gentoo (for fun) and Red Hat (for work), it runs 2 database servers (PostgreSQL and MySQL) and has a fairly high load when I'm working--thus, the need for multiple processors. With all the fans it has, it sounds like a few hairdryers are running when it is on...
4.77 MHz 8088 (XT)
31 MB Seagate MFM drive
640KB memory
True Blue IBM Case
True Blue IBM Keyboard
CGA Adapter
5 1/4 in. 360KB dual sided, double density drive
3.5 in 720 KB drive
2400 Baud Zoom modem with MNP5 compression (upgraded from 1200)
1MB Expanded Memory Card
RadioShack Color Computer
6809E 8 bit CPU @ .89 mhz (with 16 bit accumulator)
4k ram (upgraded to 16k) Overkill
2k Rom 'basic'
2k Rom 'extended basic' (Very first Dos, for accessing the floppy)
Max Res 256 x 192 Pixels (4 colors)
16k Cartridge slot (Assembler/Disassembler) Machine Code Editor
5 1/4" external floppy addon
No Hardrive (weren't invented yet)
300 Baud Modem
TV hookup (no monitor)
Joystick ports (variable resistance) good for different sensors.
Still working after 23 years.
Beat that
AND if I may add ..... I can't remember it EVER crashing.!!!
Originally posted by Norm My PC isn't even in the running of "best" PC, but because it's MY PC it is "THE BEST"
Man, your dollar must be worth a lot less than our Canadian dollars (ours is a bit better than half the worth of a U.S. dollar) , that price is outrageous for that PC..
We could buy the same PC here for under $2000 dollars. Closer to $1500
actually australian dollars are almost as much as canadian dollars from what i remeber... its something like $1 au = $0.9x cdn
oh and my system:
AXP1600+ @ 1575mhz (10.5x150)
ECS K7S5A mobo rev 3.1
384MB PC133 Sdram
ATi Radeon 64 DDR ViVO
6gb fujitsu 5400rpm udma66 HD
12x8x32 LG CD-RW
10X DVD rom generic
i gots 2 comps to share with u folks if your curious...
1) 800 mhz Amd Duron
40 gig 5400 rpm HD
8mb vid card... (yes it blows, for i have been gaming on this piece for quite a while)
a crappy ass sound card
4x cd-rw
52x cd-rom
Windows ME
2) 1700 mhz AMD Athlon XP
60 gig 7200 rpm HD
64mb Geforce 2 Ti
Sound Blaster Audigy
48x cd-rw
56x cd-rom
A phat heat sink, with an extra case fan including the power supply fan.
--- both connected through a Netgear cable/dsl security router 8 ports RO318, AT&T cable 1.5mb/300 kbits
-I know where there's a good party. They've got liquor in the front and poker in the rear-
intel p133 mhz
16 mb of ram
1.3 gig hard drive
4x cdrom
floppy
2mb video card ? it on motherboard
sound card ???
28.8 modem
OS win95
payed $2,600 for it new
I win!!!!mine is the best! what did i win ???
Legalmind with all that $$$ you have why would you want Congress to give children food and a place to sleep. I though it would be up to there mom and dad to do that? You could have them all over to your house for a sleep over and take you computer out of the icebox and put food in it and feed them. You think maybe you could keep them from doing drug's long enough to get job's, that would help a lot. Then congress would have the money to buy bombs to protect us from people who want to kill us
Dear Congress:
You can agree on bombs!
While we have children at home
sleeping in the streets and no
food for their belly.
Originally posted by legalmind my computer is in an ice box, cooled by feron/r134.
2.2ghz windows 98
80gig 10,000 rpm dual hd's
I use a 32 inch monitor
1280 mb memory
all home made by the one eyed computer god next door.
hooked to a t-1 direct-I got the $$$.
1. I have spoke before Congress concerning many matters, including the one you wrote about in your post. Children are something all adults should be concerned about, no matter who the father or mother is.
In a country that claims to be the "Human Rights" police of the world, is it not a shame that some poor kid does not even have a bed?
2. I do many flights a year to get POOR people to the live saving medical care they need.
3. I am the first in line to stick out my arm when blood is needed.
What got me started? In 1986 I saw a child on Christmas eve spending his Christmas in the rain, with no toys,no roof,no food and I will never forget his face!
Next week I am closing on a 2.5 million dollar property, so people who are not as lucky as you and I will have a nice apartment based upon what little money they make. I have pledged to do this for 2 years until I turn it into a profitable property.
I hope this very brief explanation meets your approval.
Best for what? Hardware should fit the application(s) not the other way around...that is one of MS biggest miscalculations. The faster CPUs get, the more huge amounts of memory become commonplace, the more will be required to run windows.
Then again, we are a consumer driven world...I like Norm's approach