POLL: Home-built or Pre-built rig (i.e. Dell/Gateway)

[Keego]

see rigs,
laptop - can't really build that, now can ya?

server - 1u, turned out to be a GREAT deal and I'm still patting myself on the back about it.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

My current systems are prebuilt, but thats because I got a great deal on them. All the other systems I've had in the past were homebuilt

 

[4824guy]

Build it and they will come!

Your satisfaction will be guaranteed

 

[BP]

Home built

Epox ep-8kta+
Duron 650 @ 918 35c idle/42-43 load
128meg NEC pc100 @136
128meg Crucial pc133@136
15g Maxtor
V5
Acer 52x cd
HP 7200 2x cd-r (planning on getting a Lite-on 24x)
zip internal
80mm fan on side panel ducted to cpu
EKL 80x60mm hsf lapped

 

[Geekbabe]

All my computers and home office networking needs are handled by me, there are only a couple of people I can
think of that I'd allow to build a rig for me or for one of my clients.

 

[dakata24]

AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 1.54Ghz
Soyo Dragon+ Mobo (Using Onboard Sound/LAN)
Gainward/CardExpert GF3 Ti200 Golden Sample @ 240/500
512MB Crucial PC2100 DDR
Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200Rpm
AOpen 24x10x40 Cdrw
LiteOn 16x Dvd Rom
Antec SX1030 Case
4x Panaflo 80mm L1A Case fans
Alpha PAL8045 Heatsink with Sunon 80mm fan (39cfm/32dba)
Altec Lansing ACS295 2.1 Speakers
Epson Stylus Color 880 Printer
Viewsonic PT775 17" CRT Monitor
MS Intellimouse Optical
MS Internet Keyboard
Compaq Microcom 415 External 56.6Kbps Modem (backup for cable modem)

no case mods done other than using split loom to tidy up the inside of my case.... plus my AMD & Gainward case stickers that i'm sure add at least 100Mhz to my system

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

I built all my comps since my dell pentium 233 years ago...

 

[crab]

<< I built all my comps since my dell pentium 233 years ago... >>



Wow that's alotta years...

 

[Jerboy]

Keyboard:Microsoft Natural Elite keyboard(was real weird at first, but I like it alot now)
Mouse: Logitech Optical
Monitor: Mitsubishi 17"(7yrs old, flaky but still works)
speaker: a pair I got from garage sale years ago

Home built. I've built two so far.

(mine, I'm using this right now)
Intel Pentium 3 Katmai 600MHz 100FSB
Abit BE6
8.4GB 5400RPM Maxtor
192MB of generic PC100 memory
ATI RageFury Pro VIVO 32MB AGP
generic 44x CD-ROM drive
borrowing my parents 4x external writer

(mine, broken right now)
AMD Athlon Tbird 1.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-7DXR
512MB Infineon/Siemens PC2100 DDR(Mushkin Basic)
40GB 7200RPM Western Digital Caviar
40GB 7200RPM Quantum Fireball AS (These two HDD's needs to be upgraded with something less noisy)
Plextor 16x IDE CD-RW
Teac 40x CD-ROM drive
Creative PCI 128 sound(on board hardware sound)
ATI Xpert98 8MB videocard

 

[dakata24]

<<

<< I built all my comps since my dell pentium 233 years ago... >>



Wow that's alotta years... >>



my first computer i built was a Cyrix PR200 or something like that. running on a pc chips mobo.. it's not being used right now, but last i remember it was running fine..

 

[Mitzi]

I've been building PCs since about '96. The last machine I bought was a Pentium 60Mhz with 8Mb of RAM!

 

[Siddhartha]

Athlon XP1900+
MSI K7T266 Pro1 mb
512 meg Crucial PC2100 DDR
40 gig and 60 gig Maxtor HDs and a 40 gig WD HD
Chaintech Gforce3 video card
Plextor 12/10/32A CDRW
Two satellite\two subwoofers speakers\Sony receiver
SB Live sound card

 

[MikeO]

<<

<< I built all my comps since my dell pentium 233 years ago... >>



Wow that's alotta years... >>



LMAO

 

[Kelvrick]

Athlon XP 1800+ @ 2200+ speed
Epox 8KHA+
512 Mushkin pc2100 ddr
45 GB Maxtor 7200
80 GB Maxtor 5400
Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 GTS 32mb
Lite-On 16xDVD
TDK 12x10x32x
Voyetra Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Altec Lansing ATP3
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
CoolerMaster HHC-001 HeatPipe *Fan adapter with 80mm Delta 68 CFM
SkyHawk MCR-4610
Samsun SyncMaster 955DF

Just finished today: Aluminum drive bezels

To be finished this weekend: Case, drive LED's. Power from motherboard too weak, so bringing in 12 volts from PS to power super brites.

To be finished during spring break. Custom case window with 1 12" cold cathode and 1 4" cold cathode. 92mm blow hole on left panel.

EDIT: Hey Aphex, how much can you get the Radeon 8500 for?

 

[murphy55d]

Rig is in my sig.

 

[virtuamike]

Home built:

AMD 1700+ @ 1.62GHz
Abit KG-7 @ 148MHz FSB
Crucial 512MB DDR Registered @ Turbo settings
Visiontek GF3 Ti200 @ 235/500
Philips Acoustic Edge
3Com 3C905B NIC
Adaptec 2490U2W
IBM 10K RPM 18GB U160
WD 10K RPM 9GB U160
WD 5.4K RPM 60GB ATA100
Lite-on 16X DVD-ROM
IOMega 12X/10X/32X CD-RW
Inwin Q500 full tower modified

 

[CKDragon]

AMD XP 1700+ 1.47 Ghz
256 Crucial DDR RAM
EPoX K7HA+ Mobo
AOpen DVD 16x
Lite-On 24x/10x/40x
Gainward Powerpack GF3 Ti200
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value
U.S Robotics Ethernet Card and Modem

 

[Nemesis77]

Home-built of course

700MHz Duron @ 850MHz (it can do 900MHz, but it wasn't 100% stable in Linux)
256MB SDRAM
GeForce2 GTS
SB Live!
21" AstVision 21P monitor
10GB HD
30GB HD
Pioneer DVD
HP CDRW
Dual-boot W2K Pro/Linux

I will upgrade at the end of this year/beginning of next year, depending the availability of Clawhammer . Current system will become my server.