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Lets see:

Compaq Presario 5000 Series
- 667 MHZ Intel Celeron Processor
- 64 GB HDD
- 15 MB RAM
- CD-RW Drive

This was the first PC that I ever bought, which at the time (if I recall) was about the second or third best off-the-shelf PC offered by Compaq at the time. The CD-RW drive died within about a year and a half, and something fudged the HDD so it was eventually wiped. I attempted to do a Linux wipe not long ago, just to run it as an internet-only PC, but it didn't go over too well. It sits pretty much, although I occasionally will turn it on. I may just put it on the network and hook it up somewhere in the house... We'll see.

HP Pavilion 720n
- AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2 GHZ)
- 200 GB HDD
- 512 MB DDR
- DVD+RW/CD-RW drive
- 9-in-1 Card Reader with Fire Wire and USB 2.0 ports

I bought the last computer just after Christmas 2004, and it has to be one of the best rigs I could get. For a little more than $700, I can't complain, as it has worked like a charm and has yet to do anything freaky. I would have been nice to equip it with a graphics card at some point, but I always felt it more important to spend the money on consoles. The computer may end up going with my brother to school, we'll see, but a replacement is already being planned...

Replacement?
- Probably will be an HP product
- Core 2 Duo is a must (may continue with AMD, maybe...)
- Graphics Card must be able to handle the early DX10 games
- Can't break the bank...

We'll see. I may end up hiring a friend to do a custom job, but I recently found a setup on the interwebz that may meet (most) of my demands. Problem is, I'm still uncertain about buying from NewEgg as opposed to Best Buy. I may try a local shop...
 
I've gine through 3 computer, and am currently on my 3rd, an HP pavillion 305ww/ 256 mb ram and a 30g HDD. Sometime in the next few years I hope to build my own, topped out so as to last me another 5 years just as this HP has.
 
YSSMAN
Lets see:

Compaq Presario 5000 Series
- 667 MHZ Intel Celeron Processor
- 64 GB HDD
- 15 MB RAM
- CD-RW Drive

This was the first PC that I ever bought, which at the time (if I recall) was about the second or third best off-the-shelf PC offered by Compaq at the time. The CD-RW drive died within about a year and a half, and something fudged the HDD so it was eventually wiped. I attempted to do a Linux wipe not long ago, just to run it as an internet-only PC, but it didn't go over too well. It sits pretty much, although I occasionally will turn it on. I may just put it on the network and hook it up somewhere in the house... We'll see.

HP Pavilion 720n
- AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2 GHZ)
- 200 GB HDD
- 512 MB DDR
- DVD+RW/CD-RW drive
- 9-in-1 Card Reader with Fire Wire and USB 2.0 ports

I bought the last computer just after Christmas 2004, and it has to be one of the best rigs I could get. For a little more than $700, I can't complain, as it has worked like a charm and has yet to do anything freaky. I would have been nice to equip it with a graphics card at some point, but I always felt it more important to spend the money on consoles. The computer may end up going with my brother to school, we'll see, but a replacement is already being planned...

Replacement?
- Probably will be an HP product
- Core 2 Duo is a must (may continue with AMD, maybe...)
- Graphics Card must be able to handle the early DX10 games
- Can't break the bank...

We'll see. I may end up hiring a friend to do a custom job, but I recently found a setup on the interwebz that may meet (most) of my demands. Problem is, I'm still uncertain about buying from NewEgg as opposed to Best Buy. I may try a local shop...
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You may want to have a look at www.ibuypower.com. You pretty much spec a system as if you were buying the parts from Newegg, but they build it and have it set up. Pricing is very reasonable, unlike certain other high end PC manufacturers...
 
YSSMAN
Lets see:

Compaq Presario 5000 Series
- 667 MHZ Intel Celeron Processor
- 64 GB HDD
- 15 MB RAM
- CD-RW Drive

This was the first PC that I ever bought, which at the time (if I recall) was about the second or third best off-the-shelf PC offered by Compaq at the time. The CD-RW drive died within about a year and a half, and something fudged the HDD so it was eventually wiped. I attempted to do a Linux wipe not long ago, just to run it as an internet-only PC, but it didn't go over too well. It sits pretty much, although I occasionally will turn it on. I may just put it on the network and hook it up somewhere in the house... We'll see.

HP Pavilion 720n
- AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2 GHZ)
- 200 GB HDD
- 512 MB DDR
- DVD+RW/CD-RW drive
- 9-in-1 Card Reader with Fire Wire and USB 2.0 ports

I bought the last computer just after Christmas 2004, and it has to be one of the best rigs I could get. For a little more than $700, I can't complain, as it has worked like a charm and has yet to do anything freaky. I would have been nice to equip it with a graphics card at some point, but I always felt it more important to spend the money on consoles. The computer may end up going with my brother to school, we'll see, but a replacement is already being planned...

Replacement?
- Probably will be an HP product
- Core 2 Duo is a must (may continue with AMD, maybe...)
- Graphics Card must be able to handle the early DX10 games
- Can't break the bank...

We'll see. I may end up hiring a friend to do a custom job, but I recently found a setup on the interwebz that may meet (most) of my demands. Problem is, I'm still uncertain about buying from NewEgg as opposed to Best Buy. I may try a local shop...
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For local shops, just make sure their warranty is to your liking, most local shops don't offer much of one.

NewEgg... I've purchased well over 40k of parts from the Egg, and with every purchase I'm happier with them than the last. Just the other day I had an issue with a deffective part; they not only paid for the shipping back, but also upgraded a reorder to air shipping for no fee to me.
 
I was bored this afternoon so I headed down to the local Best Buy and stumbled across what I believe to be a pretty good deal on a new PC. Its a Gateway-built PC which includes:

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
- 2GB DDR2
- 500 GB HDD
- DVD±RW/CD-RW drive
- NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT graphics card
- ATSC/NTSC TV tuner
- 15-in-1 digital media manager
- Windows Vista Home Premium

All for $899.99, which thus far, has been a hard price to even match at most other places. I haven't had a Gateway computer in years, so I have no idea how the quality rates these days. But, it has most of what I want for a price that doesn't seem too bad. I have no idea how to build a PC for myself, but I know a guy who may be able to do it for me. Maybe.

A similarly equipped iBuyPower PC was just a bit over $1000, but I see that comes with a three-year warranty, which is optional at Best Buy. Hmmm. Looks like I'll have to do some soul-searching. I've got a bonus $800 this year for tuition costs that I can put towards it, so basically I'm paying for extras and a new LCD screen.
 
I've searched NewEgg for similar spec rigs and I usually can't come-up with the same stuff. Cyber Power seems to have pretty decent hardware, but I end up getting the same $1000-ish price. The bonus is, it comes with the 3-year warranty standard.

I think my problem is that I've pretty much convinced myself that I need to be ready for DX10 (Crysis is calling!) so I keep optioning up to the AMD 6000+ and the Nvidia 8500GT (256 MB). Furthermore, I have no idea how to build a rig myself, so outside help would pretty much be required.

If I can figure out a way to cut out a few bucks (I've found rigs for less than $800 that cut the processing speed by just a bit, but completely cut-out the DX10-ready video card), I'll do it. Otherwise, I may wait just a bit to see if prices drop.

The replacement isn't urgent, as my current rig runs fine, but if my brother ends up going to school, its looking as though he will be taking this one with him (that is, if he buys it from me...).
 
This is what I was able to work out on the AMD side. It comes in at about $894 with shipping, but I didn't add a keyboard, mouse, speakers or monitor.

And I think most people should be able to assemble a computer themselves.

Code: 
LG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model GSA-H54NK - OEM
Item #: N82E16827136119
		$27.99		

Antec Sonata III Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16811129024
		$149.95		

SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM
Item #: N82E16821103203
		$6.99		

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822148140
		$74.99		

GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813128014
		$114.99	
	
EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130084
		$159.99		

GeIL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model GX22GB6400UDCA= - Retail
Item #: N82E16820144062
		$99.99
	
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA5200CSBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103759
		$129.99	

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116204
		$114.99
 
Thanks for the help, it doesn't sound like too bad of a deal. I'm going to be poking around for a bit, as I likely won't buy one until after school starts (after August 20th).
 
Brad, you are uni, right? Check to see if you have MSDN alliance... you maybe able to obtain a site license to XP Pro SP2 or Vista Home (or some other variant) for free. That is how I have been doing it here, saves a pretty penny.

Road, I have to question your case and mobo selections. Its pretty much pointless to get an SLi board unless you ever plan to run it, and I feel SLi is mostly for bragging rights. Furthermore, there is no reason to run a 64-bit OS, espcially if you want to play games, unless you are running 4 gigs of ram. Why? Current driver conflicts and the likes, plus Legacy class software dies on Vista. You could also spend half the money on the processor and get the 1.9 GHz X2, then over clock it to 2.5 GHz (without changing Voltage) Money saved there could be redirected into the GFX card (which will make a FAR larger mark on the performance of games), or just kept as general saving. And why in god's name is there a floppy drive? I haven't had one for 5 years, and I've never missed it.

Honestly, I think the price could be under 600 dollars, SHIPPED, for a system that would post 2 FPS slower in a game, because it would be running a slightly slower clock. Easily can save 80 dollars on the case/PSU, 50 on the Mobo, 50 in the CPU, and 20 on the ram. And if Brad can get a school license, another 115 there.

EDIT -

Might as well add the first computer I could call my own here... though I can barely remember the specs on it. Built it myself though, fun stuff.

Old Cyrix running at 200 MHz (I overclocked it to 233 ;) )
16 or 32 megs of Ram, I think
500 meg Hard drive.
Some archaic PCi graphics card.
Sound Blaster sound card.

This was like 15 years ago though... or so, been a while is all I can say.

Next major one I built was...

800 MHz AMD Duron
512 megs of Ram (PC133 FTW)
nVidia Geforce 2 MX 32 meg AGP 4x
40 Gig Maxtor HDD
MSI Mobo socket A ( I think, I would have to double check)
CD-ROM

This thing was awesome when I built it. Best comp out of my group of friends that I lanned with.
 
Azuremen
Road, I have to question your case and mobo selections. Its pretty much pointless to get an SLi board unless you ever plan to run it, and I feel SLi is mostly for bragging rights. Furthermore, there is no reason to run a 64-bit OS, espcially if you want to play games, unless you are running 4 gigs of ram. Why? Current driver conflicts and the likes, plus Legacy class software dies on Vista. You could also spend half the money on the processor and get the 1.9 GHz X2, then over clock it to 2.5 GHz (without changing Voltage) Money saved there could be redirected into the GFX card (which will make a FAR larger mark on the performance of games), or just kept as general saving. And why in god's name is there a floppy drive? I haven't had one for 5 years, and I've never missed it.

Honestly, I think the price could be under 600 dollars, SHIPPED, for a system that would post 2 FPS slower in a game, because it would be running a slightly slower clock. Easily can save 80 dollars on the case/PSU, 50 on the Mobo, 50 in the CPU, and 20 on the ram. And if Brad can get a school license, another 115 there.
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That was more of a quick sample set-up. I was thinking of future expandability with the SLi motherboard, but I guess from what I have seen that it's better to replace the card than to have SLi.

I haven't really been tracking Vista, so I figured 64-bit OS for 64-bit processor. Bad mistake on my part.

For the processor, I figured YSSMAN wouldn't be overclocking. And the 5200+ is the lowest you can get while still retaining 2 MB of onboard memory(which is somewhat important for gaming.) For overclocking, I think going the Intel route would be better.

As for the floppy drive, sometimes it can be useful, but of course it's not exactly necessary.

The case was there as a quick choice, but it's a good case. And since Antec throws their own power supply in, it will likely last a long while.

I will give you a +rep for your post. 👍

As for my PC:

Athlon 2700+ XP
Nvidia 6600GT
MSI KT4-Ultra motherboard
2x 512MB DDR333 Ram
1x ATA Maxtor 120GB
1x SATA Seagate 120GB
1x SATA Seagate 320GB
NEC DVD-RW
Sony DVD-ROM
Antec Truepower 430W Power Supply

I have some money saved up, but I don't know what I want to do with it yet. But I'll probably come here to get some advice once I get a job.
 
My curent PC/laptop:
Processor Brand: AMD
Processor Class: Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology Processor
Processor Number: TL-56
Front Side Bus: 1.8 GHz
Mobile Technology: Turion
L2 Cache Size: 2 x 512 KB
Memory Type: DDR2-SDRAM
Installed Memory: 2 GB
Memory Slots Total: 2
Memory Slots Available: 0
Total Hard Drive Capacity: 160 GB
Drive Controllers: SATA-150
Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM
Optical Drives: LightScribe Double Layer DVD+/-RW SuperMulti Drive:

* Create a DVD Writable at a maximum 8X Write speed
* Other speed specifications are not available from the manufacturer

Additional Drives: LightScribe DL DVD SuperMulti
Sound Support: Digital Audio (16-bit)
Video Chipset Brand: NVIDIA
Video Chipset: GeForce Go 6150
Shared Video RAM (Max): 288 MB
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Screen Size: 14.1 in
Screen Type: Active Matrix LCD (TFT)
Port Connectors:

* 3 x Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
* 1 x Audio - Headphone-out with S/PDIF Digital Audio
* 1 x Audio - Stereo Headphone-out
* 1 x Audio - Microphone-in
* 1 x Video - VGA (15-pin)
* 1 x Video - TV-Out (S-Video)
* 1 x RJ-11 Modem
* 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet LAN
* 1 x Notebook Expansion Port 3
* 1 x IEEE-1394 FireWire (4-pin)
* 1 x Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Card Slots: 1 x Memory Stick
1 x Memory Stick PRO
1 x Secure Digital(SD)/MMC
1 x xD-Picture Card
1 x ExpressCard/34
1 x ExpressCard/54
Network Support: Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
Wireless Protocol: 802.11b
802.11g
Modem Speed: 56 Kbps
Input Devices: Keyboard
Remote Control
Touchpad
Security Features: Kensington Security Slot
Number of Batteries: 1
Installed Operating System: Windows Vista Business
In the Box:

* HP Pavilion dv2221us Notebook
* Mobile Stereo Earbud Headphones (1 pair)
* HP Express Card Remote Control
* 65W AC Adapter
* 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery

Height: 1.5 in
Width: 9.3 in
Depth: 13.2 in
Weight: 5.4 lbs
 
Road, I fully agree Antec makes a superb product. There is no question in my mind about their quality. Just I feel alot of cost can be cut by going with Rosewill, and you'll still have a decent quality PSU.

Next two computers that I've built/had.

Replacement for the 800 MHz Duron setup...

RoseWill case with 400W PSU
1.9 GHz AMD Athlon 2600+ Barton
ABIT NF7-S2 Socket A NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 ATX
2 x 512 Meg of Cosair PC3200 Ram
ATi GFX card (not sure which, only thing thats not on the old newegg invoice) 256 megs of gRAM, AGP 8x
Two random HDDs for about 160 gigs total of storage.

When the above got stolen... I found spare parts in my dad's basement to build this, which is my current computer.

1.1 GHz AMD Athlon XP
512 megs of PC133 Ram
Geforce 2 MX 32 meg (yes, the same one from the Duron box)
Which then was upgraded with a left over nVidia 5600 I think.
8.2 gig HDD
then I expanded with a 200 GB HDD that I got on sale.

New computer parts should be at home now, so I'll post some pics of me building the replacement comp. And its specs when I get it running.
 
Aquinas College, per what I have been able to understand, does not have the MSDN alliance, but I may be mistaken. We aren't an incredibly high-tech school (we only have Wi-Fi in one building), but they do take pride in some of their computer programing courses, so you never know. I'm pretty sure Cornerstone up the road has it, but not AQ.

Now that its pretty much official that my brother is going off to school, its looking as though he will be taking this one with him (I'm being forced to sell it to him for $350 with the printer I just bought), so I'll need a replacement in a week or two. I'm probably going to spend the next week poking around, and then I'll probably end up buying hopefully by the weekend or early next week.
 
My first computer was a freebie when i moved to canada with my parents from my parent's friend. I don't remember what it was called or the specs but it was crap.

Our second computer was a HP Pavilion.

600MHz intel celeron
9GB harddrive
64mb ram
intergrated video card.

The third computer(the one im using right now) was bought 4 years ago.

Aspire X-plorer case
1gb ram
160gb harddrive
AMD 64bit 3000+
MSI Geforce 6200(mom didn't let me get a better video card at the time)
Some Abit motherboard
 
New computer parts pictured here, along with building thread ;P

AMD Athlon X2 3600+ 65nm
MSI AM2 Mobo
2 gigs of G.Skill Ram
EVGA nVidia 7600GT 256 megs DDR3
Western Digital 250 GB SATA 3.0gb/s
LG DVD-R IDE
Rosewill case with 400 W PSU.

And peeweegary, who is that chick in your avatar? She's a looker 💡
 
New laptop for me...
Still waiting for Dell to ship it though....

Vostro 1500, Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 1.8GHz, 800Mhz FSB, 2M L2 Cache
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCDTrueLife for Vostro 1500
1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 DIMM
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows XP Professional, SP2
8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/o Roxio Creator
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Vostro 1500

http://www.dell.com/content/product...nb_1500?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=bundlestab

Old laptop gonna be given to a cousin...
 
Azuremen
New computer parts pictured here, along with building thread ;P

AMD Athlon X2 3600+ 65nm
MSI AM2 Mobo
2 gigs of G.Skill Ram
EVGA nVidia 7600GT 256 megs DDR3
Western Digital 250 GB SATA 3.0gb/s
LG DVD-R IDE
Rosewill case with 400 W PSU.

And peeweegary, who is that chick in your avatar? She's a looker 💡
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woww i can't believe you don't know who she is. Anyways shes Leah Dizon. Former US Import Car Model but now a japanese singer.
Azuremen nice computer you've built there. Did you have like any experience in building rigs before or was it your first time.
 
peeweegary
woww i can't believe you don't know who she is. Anyways shes Leah Dizon. Former US Import Car Model but now a japanese singer.
Azuremen nice computer you've built there. Did you have like any experience in building rigs before or was it your first time.
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Starting doing this stuff when I was 10... so 12 years experiance ;) Things have become much much easier than they use to be... much. Getting Windows on a virgin machine use to be an ordeal, because the CD-ROM drive would not have drivers by default, so you'd have to load some via a boot disk, etc.

And yeah, it finally clicked who she is... just one of her older pictures I would say. (Harder to tell when its sooo small)
 
The first ever PC I had was archaic. Ye olde thing which ran apps off a disk which was actually floppy! 5 1/4 inch I think. Anyways, you'd turn it on and be greeted with a blinking green square. I remember playing Cluedo on it.. many many years ago. We gave that to an uncle many years ago.
Second PC we got around 96-97 I think.
At the time I didn't know many of the specs, but I've since dug it out of storage and booted it up for old times sake.
It was a Pentium II 233mhz, with 32mb RAM and a 3gb hard disk. It also had a 1mb S3 video card. Windows 95, although we did update to Windows 98 at some point. Ran NFS2:SE and Mechwarrior 2 well. Ahhh, good times. :P
Don't ask me which year, but we got a Dell Inspiron laptop through my mother's work. It had Windows XP (wow! We were still running Windows 9x on the other PC, so XP was all shiny and new.), and I vaguely remember it having a 1.8ghz Pentium processor and an 18gb hard disk. We had that right up till end of 2005/start of 2006. Sadly its no longer with us, which is a pity, as I miss the mobility of a laptop.
Early 2003 Dad decided that we needed a new desktop PC, and to my enjoyment we got a custom-built PC with a Pentium 4 2.4ghz, 512mb RAM (just recently bumped up to 1gb), 80gb HDD, and a 64mb nVidia 440MX (upgraded to ATi Radeon 9550 256mb about 9 months ago). It had a 17" CRT (replaced that with a 17" BenQ LCD a few months ago) and Windows XP SP1 (now SP2). That machine is still sitting behind me, as about this time in 2005 we got a new PC again. :)
This one was a Pentium 4 3.06ghz HT, paired with 512mb of RAM, a 120gb HDD, and the aforementioned ATi Radeon 9550 256mb. It had a 17" BenQ LCD and XP SP2. About 9 months ago I acquired FEAR Combat, and immediately decided that the Radeon 9550 was no longer adequate, so I went out and bought a shiny new 7600GT AGP, which runs FEAR like a charm. (I also upgraded PSUs, but they are boring.) Just a few weeks ago I bought an extra 512mb of RAM for this one too, bringing it up to 1gb, making it a decent (although aging) gaming machine. I'm due for a new machine soon, hopefully not before too long!
 
Well, I chose to bite the bullet, and bought an off-the-shelf PC:

Gateway GM5474
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0GHz per core)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT (256MB)
- TV Tuner (I need to buy an HD reciever...)
- DVD+/-RW
- 500 GB HDD
- 2GB DDR2
- 15-in-1 Media Reader
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- 19" 720p LCD Widescreen

This is pretty much the best computer I'm ever going to buy for a long, long while. It cost a little bit more than I had expected (the 19" monitor is to blame), but I'll survive. Between the money my brother owes me for the old computer (HP 720n) and the money I took out for school to buy this, its only costing me about $200 out-of-pocket, which really isn't that bad.
 
I'm getting a new laptop and it should be here on Monday :D

Vostro 1500, Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 1.8GHz, 800Mhz FSB, 2M L2 Cache
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCDTrueLife for Vostro 1500
1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 DIMM
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows XP Professional, SP2
8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/o Roxio Creator
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Vostro 1500

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/vostronb_1500?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=bundlestab
 
Currently the system looks like this:
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.4 on Water
4GB DDR2
HD 2900XT
2x 74GB Raptor RAID0
Asus P5B Deluxe
DVDRW
2x 20" Widescreen Acer
 
My new system looks like this (my first ever build):
Antec P182 in black
Core 2 Duo E6750
2GB DDR2
BFG 8800 GTS OC2
500 GB Hitachi Desktar
Gigabyte P35C - DS3R
20" Widescreen Samsung + 17" Dell flat panel that I use for menus in PS and Illustrator.

It'll be upgraded to 4gigs soon, Vista takes up around 700mb on a clean install alone!
 
Socket 939 Athlon FX-60 2.6Ghz
Zalmann Copper Heatsink/fan
Asus A8R-MVP Motherboard
ATI X800XL 256mb low voltage
2GB=4x512MB DDR400 RAM
some old 60gbIDE hard drive ATM (RMA'd 250GB Maxtor drive coming tomorrow
X-Fi XtremeMusic Soundcard
Chaintech AV-710 sound card
Soon-to-be Corsair 520HX 520 W power supply
Lian Li PC-60+ aluminum case
 
F1GTR
I have that PSU, it's really quiet.
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Sweet :bowdown: My current BFG 650W is the loudest component in my case ATM. The noise issue was why I bought it :bowdown:

dual 80mm fans creating unnecessary turbulence ftl
 

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