biggest computer parts order EVER! *pics*

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Darein
Pretty nice set up you're going to have there.

thanks


i called but they said it was a no go on free shipping, oh well.

[rant]
to all of you saying i wasted the money...maybe you dont know my financial situation? maybe you dont know how i got it? no need to say "some kids waste their money"


i am going to be able to pay for college by myself, which i know a lot of people have, but i still value that as an accomplishment. i also paid for my truck and i pay for everything else i dont need.

so lay off
[/rant]

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: LaLaLand
WTF, did you win the lottery?

Blowin 5k of 3 computers........ Must be nice. I can think of a few other words for it also.

Guess some kids rice, some kids smoke or snort it and some geek it. I'm option 4 none of the above. lol

this is the crap i was referring to in my post right above this

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: LaLaLand
WTF, did you win the lottery?

Blowin 5k of 3 computers........ Must be nice. I can think of a few other words for it also.

Guess some kids rice, some kids smoke or snort it and some geek it. I'm option 4 none of the above. lol

Perhaps I'm option number 5: I'd geek it if I had it.

Both of my computers combined don't have near the processing power, RAM, or disk space of one of his. And my 15 inch monitor on the server / parents' machine is just pitiful, though I won't complain about my 19 inch Philips CRT (it may be big and heavy, but LCDs still don't impress me in the color reproduction dept., and I do a good deal of photoshop work).

Ah well, I'm hoping to get over to Bloomington, IN in a few days to see what the IU materials management place has in the way of used computers and monitors. None of it will be as nice as that stuff, but at least I can afford it.

<-- is hoping to get an old PII or two for Linux/UNIX development, and a 2nd CRT for my main rig.

Oh well, sorry for the personal rant, but MrDudeMan, you are going to run a distributed computing project on these, aren't you?

dont know how to do it but if you tell me ill try to hook it up

 

[Gnurb]

maybe you dont know how i got it?

I don't, but I'd be very interested in knowing how.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
dont know how to do it but if you tell me ill try to hook it up

Check out the shameless recruiting thread posted at the top of each forum.

I do Folding@Home, but SETI would probably be more efficient on your P4s (SETI can use the greater memory bandwidth better, and it isn't dependent on parts of the processor that are weaker in the P4 than in the Athlon). FWIW, we (Team AnandTech) don't (for the most part, at least all of our major producers have quit, AFAIK) participate in the Neo project, due to legal issues and the-guy-who-runs-the-project-is-just-pissing-everybody-off issues.

Anyway, just scroll through that thread, and if something looks interesting to you, click on the links provided to FAQs and tutorials to help you set it up.

 

[amdskip]

Must post pics of all these boxes when they come

 

[Legendary]

Wow.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Must post pics of all these boxes when they come

definitely will

 

[SCSIfreek]

blowing 5K on 3 computers is kinna wasting your money in this type of economy. but if you can support it financially, powers to you. I'm working my butt off and I can't even spend $500.00 on toys But I did spend 30K on my car Buhahahahahhaa...

 

[CrazyDe1]

What do you do for a living?

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
What do you do for a living?

He either is a very smart investor, or he works at a job that pays a whole friggin' lot more than mine does.

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
check out the computers i just ordered... put down your drink. when you see the bill, you will probably spit it out, lol.
computer 3:

p4 2.53
Asus P4PE
ti4400
1gb pc2700 kingston
19'' LCD
80gb WD SE
audigy
altec lansing speakers
ti4400
ms optical mouse
SLK3700 Antec Case
DVD-ROM
etc.

two?

 

[RU482]

I love making big orders like that. When the packages arrive, it's like christmas morning !
I also like doing that kind of business with such a fine company as Newegg

 

[AntaresVI]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Darein
Pretty nice set up you're going to have there.

thanks


i called but they said it was a no go on free shipping, oh well.

[rant]
to all of you saying i wasted the money...maybe you dont know my financial situation? maybe you dont know how i got it? no need to say "some kids waste their money"


i am going to be able to pay for college by myself, which i know a lot of people have, but i still value that as an accomplishment. i also paid for my truck and i pay for everything else i dont need.

so lay off
[/rant]

Their opinion is their opinion....so lay off. You seemed to be a bit of an ass over in your WWII thread too...

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: LeRocks

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Darein
Pretty nice set up you're going to have there.

thanks


i called but they said it was a no go on free shipping, oh well.

[rant]
to all of you saying i wasted the money...maybe you dont know my financial situation? maybe you dont know how i got it? no need to say "some kids waste their money"


i am going to be able to pay for college by myself, which i know a lot of people have, but i still value that as an accomplishment. i also paid for my truck and i pay for everything else i dont need.

so lay off
[/rant]

Their opinion is their opinion....so lay off. You seemed to be a bit of an ass over in your WWII thread too...

did you even read the thread? guess when i started being an ass, you asshat, when OTHER people started attacking me, like just now.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
check out the computers i just ordered... put down your drink. when you see the bill, you will probably spit it out, lol.
computer 3:

p4 2.53
Asus P4PE
ti4400
1gb pc2700 kingston
19'' LCD
80gb WD SE
audigy
altec lansing speakers
ti4400
ms optical mouse
SLK3700 Antec Case
DVD-ROM
etc.

two?

oops haha...thanks for noticing that

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
holy cr@p! 4 big ones! i want your job!

5 grand for PC parts? Dude, our last hardware changeout cost use about $250,000 and that was only 850 pc's.

5 grand for me is pocket change.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
What do you do for a living?

He either is a very smart investor, or he works at a job that pays a whole friggin' lot more than mine does.

if you read my thread about how i paid for my truck, it says in there. but, if you didnt, basically i worked a job at the YCMA, invested in the stock market and got pretty lucky, and i work around town on computer stuff (used to do it really frequently, like a few hours a day). when i got my 18.1'' Viewsonic LCD, i basically ran out of money other than what i had set aside for the truck. so i started working again and i just didnt spend. i had a goal, so i kept focused on it. it was that easy for me. some people have obligations tha require financial backup, but i just am in a situation where i dont. my parents are not rich by any means, we live in a nice town but that doesnt really matter either. it has just worked out like this.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
holy cr@p! 4 big ones! i want your job!

5 grand for PC parts? Dude, our last hardware changeout cost use about $250,000 and that was only 850 pc's.

5 grand for me is pocket change.

LOL now THAT is an order

 

[poopaskoopa]

Man.... Why not Radeon 9700? The addtional cost isn't gonna make much of a difference at this point .

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

It's not complete without SCSI.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Crack sales be good in TN.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: poopaskoopa
Man.... Why not Radeon 9700? The addtional cost isn't gonna make much of a difference at this point .

actually, i set aside exactly 5 G's for this, lol, i went over by .14!


anyways, i wont be playing hardcore games. i usually play counterstrike and warcraft III etc.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Crack sales be good in TN.

haha no there is no crack around my money

 

[Aenygma]

My wife and I (business related of course) Do about 15,000 worth of sales every month. Our credit card company lovvvvesss us. Course they would love us even more if it were not paid off in full each month lol.

Just last week she had sitting in her car in the garage...4 Dell Desktops worth 4,800. I tried asking her if we could sell them off for 800 each and tell her company.. ya know the strangest thing happened.. our car was broken into lolol.