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Akalon
October 5th, 2001, 22:01
I'm on my new computer and let me tell you, this baby goes like a rocket :classic2: :biggrin2:
Giancarlo
October 5th, 2001, 22:02
What are the specifications? ;)
Akalon
October 5th, 2001, 22:13
AMD Athlon 1.4ghz
MSI K7T Turbo Motherboard
20gb IBM 7200rpm HDD
256mb SDRAM
64mb GeForce-II MX Graphics Card
128mb Creative Vibra Sound Card
16x10x40 Iomega CD-RW
Giancarlo
October 5th, 2001, 22:15
No DDR-RAM?

Nice machine though! The AMD 1.4 rocks anyways.. ;)
Epgs
October 5th, 2001, 22:36
yeah nice machine about how much it cost?
Bruce
October 5th, 2001, 22:46
I don't know how much he paid, but it should be around ~$700.
Akalon
October 5th, 2001, 22:48
It cost $1730 Aussie dollars.... and if i'm correct, that's around $850 US ;)
Archbob
October 5th, 2001, 22:49
Must have ....DDR ram, you can get 256mb ddr for less than $100 at crucial.com.
Bruce
October 5th, 2001, 22:50
It cost $1730 Aussie dollars.... and if i'm correct, that's around $850 US


Actually it's $861.71, but who's counting?
Akalon
October 5th, 2001, 22:50
Originally posted by Phrozen
I don't know how much he paid, but it should be around ~$700.

It is probably cheaper to buy a computer in the states, because here, what I paid for was a very good price :)
Giancarlo
October 5th, 2001, 22:53
Originally posted by Archbob
Must have ....DDR ram, you can get 256mb ddr for less than $100 at crucial.com.

Are you kidding?
You can buy 256MB DDR Crucial ram at http://www.newegg.com for $35 US dollars.
Bruce
October 5th, 2001, 22:54
Originally posted by Archbob
Must have ....DDR ram, you can get 256mb ddr for less than $100 at crucial.com.
Considering his motherboard soesn't support ddr ram I don't that that's such a good idea.
Giancarlo
October 5th, 2001, 22:56
I thought having DDR ram with the 1.4Ghz Althon was a requirement? It works okay with SDRAM?
sp0radic
October 5th, 2001, 23:01
Did you build it yourself?
Bruce
October 5th, 2001, 23:01
Yup, it works fine with sdram. Pentium 4's now support sdram too, not that I'd want one or anything though...
Giancarlo
October 5th, 2001, 23:06
Originally posted by sp0radic
Did you build it yourself?

Yeah...
Akalon
October 5th, 2001, 23:09
Originally posted by Giancarlo
I thought having DDR ram with the 1.4Ghz Althon was a requirement? It works okay with SDRAM?

It works great with SDRAM


Originally posted by sp0radic
Did you build it yourself?

Nope :)
Bruce
October 5th, 2001, 23:19
Well that explains why it cost a little more than. If you didn't build it, then that's a great deal.
LastActionHero
October 6th, 2001, 02:02
Originally posted by Phrozen


Actually it's $861.71, but who's counting?

actually it's $876.591.

I'm going to build one soon, as soon as I have enough money. IS that motherboard good? Which company? MSI? never heard of it.
LeX
October 6th, 2001, 02:32
The specs are almost identical to my computer, only I have a DVD rom instead of a burner.
Bruce
October 6th, 2001, 09:18
Originally posted by LastActionHero
IS that motherboard good? Which company? MSI? never heard of it.
Yes, MSI. It's one of those cheap brands. That motherboard only costs around $60.

Persoanlly, I wouldn't buy it, but that's just me. I would definately get one that supports DDR Ram. I would either get an Epox or an Asus board.
LastActionHero
October 6th, 2001, 09:24
hmm do you have the url to msi's website? Does it have onboard graphics and sound?
Giancarlo
October 6th, 2001, 09:54
The FIC I ordered was about $100.
Bruce
October 6th, 2001, 10:19
Originally posted by LastActionHero
hmm do you have the url to msi's website?
MicroStar International (http://www.msi.com.tw/)
DJsexie
October 6th, 2001, 19:54
Originally posted by LeX
The specs are almost identical to my computer, only I have a DVD rom instead of a burner.

same as mine too, but between a DVD rom and a burner, which one would you prefer?
Daniel
October 6th, 2001, 21:19
Originally posted by DJsexie


same as mine too, but between a DVD rom and a burner, which one would you prefer?


Burner all the way!! ;)
Docevl
October 6th, 2001, 21:21
Originally posted by Daniel
Burner all the way!! ;)
Yeah a burner seems more useful.
Akalon
October 7th, 2001, 00:25
Originally posted by Daniel



Burner all the way!! ;)

Well, thats why I chose it instead :D
LeX
October 7th, 2001, 00:52
Personally I would've chosen a burner too, but my dad got a DVD rom instead. Since we don't have any DVD players, I suppose that's a nice addition. But I hope to get a burner soon...
trenzterra
October 7th, 2001, 03:04
Originally posted by Akalon
AMD Athlon 1.4ghz
MSI K7T Turbo Motherboard
20gb IBM 7200rpm HDD
256mb SDRAM
64mb GeForce-II MX Graphics Card
128mb Creative Vibra Sound Card
16x10x40 Iomega CD-RW What OS?
Coolin
October 7th, 2001, 03:07
Originally posted by trenzterra
What OS? I don't think it really matters that much...
trenzterra
October 7th, 2001, 03:13
Originally posted by Coolin
I don't think it really matters that much... just curious to know...
LeX
October 7th, 2001, 03:15
DOS probably. :rolleyes:
Coolin
October 7th, 2001, 03:27
Originally posted by LeX
DOS probably. :rolleyes: Really? I thought it was a mac with an Athlon processor. :rolleyes:
LeX
October 7th, 2001, 03:28
ROTFLMAO uh, oh, can't make smilie-only posts
trenzterra
October 7th, 2001, 03:36
Originally posted by Coolin
Really? I thought it was a mac with an Athlon processor. :rolleyes: Maybe Mac OS 1 ROTFLMAO
Coolin
October 7th, 2001, 03:42
Originally posted by trenzterra
Maybe Mac OS 1 ROTFLMAO Nah. Mac OS 1 has awful hardware support.

It wouldn't support the CR-RW drive.
Akalon
October 7th, 2001, 04:24
Originally posted by trenzterra
What OS?

Windows 98SE (didn't want to spend any more money on getting ME) and Corel Linux
trenzterra
October 7th, 2001, 05:35
Originally posted by Akalon


Windows 98SE (didn't want to spend any more money on getting ME) and Corel Linux I didn't find it expensive getting ME on my system. Anyway, I still miss Windows 98SE
:cry2:
Epgs
October 7th, 2001, 10:13
i miss dos 5.0 with that damn gorilla game i can't find anywhere.
LastActionHero
October 7th, 2001, 10:23
goto dosgames.com and you might find it.
Dusty
October 7th, 2001, 12:04
I told you, Epgs, it comes with QBasic. Here's the .bas file for Gorilla (http://www.oct2000.f2s.com/gorilla.txt), load it in QBasic and choose "Run" out of one of the menus, I don't remember which.

If you don't have QBasic, download it from http://www.basicfiles.net/interpreters/msdos.html