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"We Need More Hardware Posts!"

Well, me and Phil both reckon we need more hardware posts. So, in a desperate attempt to get more in here, I racked my brains and came up with a fantastic idea! Sadly, United scored and i was so busy celebrating I forgot. So instead, what specs are your PC?

What? Its hardware isnt it?

They can't be as bad as mine, turbo!

I'm not even going to bother posting my specs, you'll all laugh.

This is the kind of thing that's going to be hard - despite SR not stocking any products relating to this (or any half-decent range of them), we can't advertise "competitors", who operate in a different field of computer components..The more people on MSN or IRC as well, the better.

Second hand may be your best bet, retail prices have dropped significantly recently (especially on athlon T-birds), so the second hand market has fallen even further to keep up. Don't worry too much about second hand hardware, I've never had problems, and many sellers now have IDs on hexus.net - a pc hardware site, but users.hexus.net acts as a directory of sellers, with comments and recommendations.

Like I said, you could pick up a new cpu/mobo combo for around £150 second hand, but going for new parts, you're looking more in the range of £200-£250.

Quick note: If anyone ever has old hardware they don't need, I'm always looking for parts; either free and I'll pay postage or for a price, depending on the age. Find me on MSN or IRC if you want to get shot of anything..

Thats Fair enough, so with a New Mobo, any prices??

cjh, you could get a new AthlonXP for £120, but you'll almost certainly have to upgrade your motherboard (I -think- all athlon 600s were slot, which is no longer supported). A new mobo and a 1GHz axia or suchlike could be had for about £150, and if you happen to find an axia y you could take it up to 1.6ghz with sufficient cooling..

for £100, find out what mobo you've got, and we'll work something out, if the mobo is half decent, a cpu and ram may be all you need. if not £100 is hard to work to.

Hm, it's a start...
These are the three boxen that get used, others for gateway, laptops etc..

Deceit
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AthlonXP 1600+ (@????mhz, haven't tried clocking)
2x 256mb Crucial CAS-2.5 PC2100 DDR ram
64mb Asus V8200 GeForce3 Deluxe
19" Taxan Ergovision 975 TCO99
Asus A7V266 mobo
60gb IBM hdd
16x Samsung DVD-rom
ThermalRight SK6 + Delta 60mm HSF
Other cooling kit (hdd cooler, ramsinks, system exhaust, 3 case fans)
Antec SX1030-B black case (with 400w macron PSU, soon to be modded - window, cathodes and etch)
Creative Labs SB 5.1
Cambridge soundworks surround speakers

Bucephalus
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Athlon 1.1GHz
2x 256mb Kingston CAS-2 PC133 SDRAM
64mb Pine GeForce2 MX200
17" Taxan (don't remember the exact model, it's all the way downstairs..)
Chaintech CT-7AJA mobo
30gb Maxtor 7200rpm hdd
Samsung DVD/CD-RW combo

Enigma (currently for sale)
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Duron 750@935mb ([email protected])
2x 256mb Crucial CAS-2 PC133 SDRAM
32mb Leadtek GeForce2 MX400
Abit KT7A mobo
20gb Seagate hdd
8x Creative DVD-rom
Nokia style e-Star case
Taisol HSF combo
Creative Awe64 value

All on a nice LAN using yellowfish (sprayed yellow =)) as a gateway, with a cable modem.
And yes, they have names, some are just getting their last upgrades...

Ah Ha, I have an AMD Athlon, 600Mhz ... and planning on getting an update .... any recomendatios??? In the Range of £100- ish (Give or take £50)

You know, I haven't got a clue what my PC is made up of anymore...

.. All I know is that it gets worse and worse everyday, and that my Monitor is 21" and modem 56k. Thik I have an AMD Something too.....

Mine:

AMD K7 Athlon 750 MHz CPU overclocked to 787 (too hot you see)
ASUS A7V Motherboard
320 mbs RAM (though I may upgrade to 1.5GB for a laugh)
Voodoo 3 2000 (next on the list)
Sound Blaster 1024 Sound
40GB Hard Drive
2GB Hard Drive
24/4/4 CD-RW (2 years old so getting slow now)
50x CD
14" Monitor

All in a lovely case I sprayed blue.

And if you really want to know:
CPU Temp 55C
Mobo Temp 41C
Fan at 4963rpm