I'm buildin' a new 'puter!

Sir Kenyth · 10-26-2001, 07:01 PM

Prices are waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy down on most parts and I'm gonna take advantage of it! After selling my old system to my neighbor, the whole thing should only cost a little over $330! Here's what I'll have!

AMD Athalon 1.2 Ghz
Basic standard stuff- 56k Modem, 10/100 ethernet, USB, etc.
256 Mb Ram
40-60 Gb Hdd (I havn't got a buy nailed down on this one yet)
20" monitor
12x/32x DVD player with hardware based DVD decoder
4xCDRW/8xCDR/32X CD-RW drive
500 watt speaker system

I WILL HAVE THE AWESOME ABILITY TO COPY DVDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am excited and doing the happy dance!!!

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skywalker · 10-26-2001, 07:03 PM

Didja check out www.pricewatch.com?

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MILAMBER · 10-26-2001, 09:00 PM

Copy DVD's? Which format? Are you sure that's what you are getting? The cheapest DVDR's I've seen are around 350-400 dollars. There are some DVD/CDR/CDRW drives out there, but don't think they will burn DVD's. Even among DVDR's many of them are cartridge based and of a different format then the dvd's you play in your home dvd player. The way you wrote it, 12x/32x DVD doesn't necessarily mean those are write speeds. It probably means that you have a 12x DVD and a 32x CD read speed.

Also, I'd strongly recomend getting the Athlon XP series. The Palomino chip is significantly faster then the Thunderbird. As far as HD's go, Western Digital just came out with a 160 gig, 7200 rpm, ATA 100 drive for 299 which is a hell of a deal. Have fun!!

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John D Harris · 10-26-2001, 11:19 PM

I misread the title I thought you were talking about golf.

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Prime2U · 10-27-2001, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MILAMBER:
Copy DVD's? Which format? Are you sure that's what you are getting? The cheapest DVDR's I've seen are around 350-400 dollars. There are some DVD/CDR/CDRW drives out there, but don't think they will burn DVD's. Even among DVDR's many of them are cartridge based and of a different format then the dvd's you play in your home dvd player. The way you wrote it, 12x/32x DVD doesn't necessarily mean those are write speeds. It probably means that you have a 12x DVD and a 32x CD read speed.

Also, I'd strongly recomend getting the Athlon XP series. The Palomino chip is significantly faster then the Thunderbird. As far as HD's go, Western Digital just came out with a 160 gig, 7200 rpm, ATA 100 drive for 299 which is a hell of a deal. Have fun!!

ehhhh you can still sort of copy DVDs...You just have to rip them and then decode them and then reencode them with a program like Flask, then make SVCDs. takes three or 4 cds for one dvd, and most dvd players will play them. You can lower the resolution and get a movie on 2 Cds, but why not go for laserdisk quality? The big downside is that it takes FOREVER to encode them, plus each ripped dvd takes up 3-8 gigs.

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Neb · 10-27-2001, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Kenyth:

AMD Athalon 1.2 Ghz
Basic standard stuff- 56k Modem, 10/100 ethernet, USB, etc.
256 Mb Ram
40-60 Gb Hdd (I havn't got a buy nailed down on this one yet)
20" monitor
12x/32x DVD player with hardware based DVD decoder
4xCDRW/8xCDR/32X CD-RW drive
500 watt speaker system

No fair! That's better than what I have!

I've only got a measly 950 Mhz Athlon, 128 Megabytes of Ram, got about the same space HDD. Aaaaaargh! You've got a bigger monitor than me! Damnit! I NEED a bigger monitor for when I play movies on my computer, sure you don't want my 16" monitor and then you can send me your nice 20" one?

Ah ha! I manage to beat you in the sound area, FEAR the power of Surround Sound! Mwahahaha!

WOLFGIR · 10-27-2001, 05:06 AM

DVD-roms are getting down in prices too mate..

Well I´m just curious on one thing, what type of motherboard are you going to have.. Here you really should go for the worst motherfraggingmotherloadboard on the planet.. Cause a motherboard is the most important part on the puter!!

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10-26-2001, 07:01 PM	#1
Sir Kenyth Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: somewhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,785	Prices are waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy down on most parts and I'm gonna take advantage of it! After selling my old system to my neighbor, the whole thing should only cost a little over $330! Here's what I'll have! AMD Athalon 1.2 Ghz Basic standard stuff- 56k Modem, 10/100 ethernet, USB, etc. 256 Mb Ram 40-60 Gb Hdd (I havn't got a buy nailed down on this one yet) 20" monitor 12x/32x DVD player with hardware based DVD decoder 4xCDRW/8xCDR/32X CD-RW drive 500 watt speaker system I WILL HAVE THE AWESOME ABILITY TO COPY DVDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am excited and doing the happy dance!!! ------------------ Member of ORT Master Barbsman and weilder of the razor wit! Official royal toad! Ribbit! Ribbet I say! The true secret to happiness is not having what you want, it's wanting what you have!

10-26-2001, 07:03 PM	#2
skywalker Banned User Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: VT, USA Age: 64 Posts: 3,097	Didja check out www.pricewatch.com? ------------------ Still The Most Humbly Prideful (?) Member Of The Illuminati! Mark

10-26-2001, 09:00 PM	#3
MILAMBER Lord Soth Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,948	Copy DVD's? Which format? Are you sure that's what you are getting? The cheapest DVDR's I've seen are around 350-400 dollars. There are some DVD/CDR/CDRW drives out there, but don't think they will burn DVD's. Even among DVDR's many of them are cartridge based and of a different format then the dvd's you play in your home dvd player. The way you wrote it, 12x/32x DVD doesn't necessarily mean those are write speeds. It probably means that you have a 12x DVD and a 32x CD read speed. Also, I'd strongly recomend getting the Athlon XP series. The Palomino chip is significantly faster then the Thunderbird. As far as HD's go, Western Digital just came out with a 160 gig, 7200 rpm, ATA 100 drive for 299 which is a hell of a deal. Have fun!! ------------------ "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." -General George Patton (1885-1945) Member of CLAN HADB

10-26-2001, 11:19 PM	#4
John D Harris Ninja Storm Shadow Join Date: March 27, 2001 Location: Northport,Alabama, USA Age: 63 Posts: 3,577	I misread the title I thought you were talking about golf. ------------------ Crustiest of the OLD COOTS Airline ticket to Afghanistan $800 High powered rifle with scope $1000 Hotel room with roof access $100 A clean Head shot on that sack of Horse Manure Usuma Bin Laden PRICELESS!

10-27-2001, 05:06 AM	#7
WOLFGIR Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 3,450	DVD-roms are getting down in prices too mate.. Well I´m just curious on one thing, what type of motherboard are you going to have.. Here you really should go for the worst motherfraggingmotherloadboard on the planet.. Cause a motherboard is the most important part on the puter!! ------------------ Howling to the moon, cause this world seems so far away.. Wolfgirs lair once-upon-a-paper

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