How BUFF is YOUR rig?

Originally Posted by cyberbeing

AMD X2 4800+
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
4GB DDR400
74GB Raptor 10,000rpm x2 in RAID0
300GB Maxtor MaxlineIII x2
500GB Hitachi 7K500 x2 in RAID0
500GB WD RE2 x2 in RAID0
500GB + 300GB + 160GB external
Total Storage = ~3.38TB
16x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
52x CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
nVidia 7800GTX 512MB
Soundblaster Audigy Plat.
Klipsch 5.1 Surround
Dell 2007FP
WinXP

I built this in Summer of 2005 minus the two WD RE2 and 500GB external drive which I added later.
I am hoping that this rig will last me a few more years before it is completely outdated and I feel the need to build a new rig that will last me another 3-5 years. I usually go all out and build a high-end machine when there is a huge leap in performance (over what I currently have) and next-gen specifications come out to try to future-proof my machine for as long as possible.

My previous 2001 built computer was the following (built around WinXP released):
Dual Processor AMD MP 1800+
1GB DDR266 ECC
Tyan K7 Thunder
80GB x2 in RAID0
60GB x2 in RAID0
160GB External
Kenwood 72x CD-ROM
4x DVD+/-RW
ATI Radeon 8500
Soundblaster Audigy Plat.
Klipsch 5.1 Surround
Sony GDM-F520
WinXP

OH SHI......

[DemonElite117]

Eagletech Viper II Gaming Tower Case (Red LED)
Tagan TurboJet 900 Watt Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor QX6700 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce® 680i SLI Chipset
2GB RAM
Dual nVidia GeForce 7950GX2 1GB
eVGA Brand Video Cards [SLI enabled] Powered by NVIDIA
Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
Logitech G15 Keyboard w/ G5 Mouse

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Custom built by the way.



Demon

Nobody I know buys prepackaged units anymore. It's just so easy and relatively inexpensive to build and/or upgrade your own. I'll never buy a premade.

[aceman67]

Originally Posted by Romulus

Nobody I know buys prepackaged units anymore. It's just so easy and relatively inexpensive to build and/or upgrade your own. I'll never buy a premade.

Say that to the milions of Dell customers.

Although, At my locale mall, I got to play around with Dell's top of the line Gaming rig with Vista Ultiment installed on it... Damn man... Half life 2 at 1920x1400 at absolute max quality. I almost literally creamed my pants.

[nxcmp]

CPU: Intel Pentium D 805 OC 4.0gHz (Note: Overclocked from 2.66gHz)
RAM: x2 CORSAIR XMS2 1GB DDR2 667
VIDEO: x2 GeForce 7600 GS 256m DDR2 SLI
HDD: x2 Maxtor 500G SATA (RAID 1)
Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-SLI 775 ATX nForce4 SLI

[prh99]

Originally Posted by Romulus

Nobody I know buys prepackaged units anymore. It's just so easy and relatively inexpensive to build and/or upgrade your own. I'll never buy a premade.

I tend to like building my own systems cause it's just sort of a hobby. There are people who'd like to spend their time doing other things than researching parts and assembling, and Dell etc to offer that extra lawyer of support by fixing or replacing machines under warranty. Nothing wrong with either one, to each their own.

honestly I've gotta get pre made for now....I don't have time/money for anything else....but Military is gonna help out with that