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Learn to use the Dark Side of the computer force and you'll achieve a power greater then any AMD enthusiast! - Darth Doc AKA The Doc (I now proclaim myself as Darth Doc). (Sorry couldn't help myself I'm a huge Star Wars fan)

Anyway, being serious for a minute, this will be a thread for Intel owners to come and post their rigs. Here's my Intel rig:

* Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE
* P4 530J
* 2X512MB Crucial Ballistix 4-4-4-10
* 120GB Hard Drive
* X800XL
 
Mine's in my sig, nothing real special. Its all in a black/silver Aspire Q-Pack, and has a 450 watt CoolerMaster power supply. Also, a 36gb Raptor for the system and games, and 120gb ata100 WD drive for storage (that thing has been thru a lot of crap from me, and just keeps going...)
 
I am going to be installing Windows 64 Profession tonight on my new rig.

Consists of:

GA-8N-SLI Royal
Penitum D, 3.0GHz 2MB L2
2GB Crucial Ballistix Memory
4x SataII 80GB Hard-disks
1x Hitachi 400GB Hard-Disk
Thermaltake 680W Purepower PSU
2x Gigabyte 6800GT SLI


This puppy better fly!!
 
You might be better off posting this in the Intel Section..maybe..cough. ;)
 
Well mine is nothing special, it is my first complete Intel build that I have ever done and it was on a very tight budget.

Older Viscom ATX Midtower case
Gigabyte 8VM533M-RZ Mobo (on-board 6 channel audio)
Celeron D Prescott 2.26GHz
2 x 512MB DDR Viking PC2100 RAM
1 x WD 60GB HD (for programs and applications)
1 x Hitachi 160GB HD (for storage, will be adding another soon)
LG CD/RW/DVD-ROM
ATI Radeon 9250 128DDR AGP (VGA/DVI/Composite outs)
ProLink TvTuner Pro

And my old Rosewill (I know, I know) 300W PSU crapped out so I'm waiting on a new 480W PSU from Newegg. I built this to use as an HTPC and I think after all is said and done it will serve its purpose quite well.
 
My rig is 1.5 years old, but it's the pride of my computers.

- Canti -
Pentium 4 2.4C stock speed (was at 3.2-3.4)
1 GB Crucial
Antec TruePower 430
Radeon 9600XT
NEC ND-2500A
Lite-ON 52x cd burner
Audigy 2 Plain
Abit IC7-G
Wester Digital 160GB
Seagate 7200.7 120GB
Coolermaster Wavemaster case

and NEC FP912 :D
 
Mine's old tech but all impt stuff is in sig. I also has a 3.2 Northwood that will be on another i875 board with lots of RAM soon (I hope).
 
Lets see, ill post my intel rigs from Mid-2004 to present:

P4 520 @ 3.5
Abit AG8
ATi X800 Pro
1GB TCCD

Then came the 630...

P4 630 @ 3.4
AOpen i915GM-i
1GB Ballistix
ATi X800XL

Then came the 505 that did 4GHZ on air...

P4 505 @ 4GHZ
Shuttle SB95P V2
1GB DDR2-533
ASUS 6600GT

Then came the opportunity i couldn't resist, the 570J ES + Another 6600GT :D...

P4 570J ES @ Stock
ASUS p5ND2-SLi Deluxe
1GB DDR2-533
2xASUS 6600GT's in SLI

And thats not counting the 'other' companies rigs in between, but I always find myself back with intel...
 
Here's mine:

p4 540j 3.2g @ 3.8, cooled with xp-90 HS & zalman fan.
Abit AA8XE
4x512mb OCZ Value DDR2 533
460W Akasa UQuiet PSU Blu/Fan
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 160gb SATA HDD
X800XL @ 468 core 576 mem
 
The Doc said:
Learn to use the Dark Side of the computer force and you'll achieve a power greater then any AMD enthusiast! -
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System #1
WindowsXP Pro SP2
Antec True Power 430W PSU
Super Flower (Lian-Li type) 301B Black Case!
ABit IC7-G Max-II i875P
2.6GHz P4C@3264MHz
Zalman CNPS-7000 CuAL
1GB (2 X 512MB) PQI PC-4000
Seagate 160GB 8MB Cache SATA1
SB Audigy2 ZS digtal and Analog out to a Pioneer VSX-D711 5.1 Receiver.
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro
Liteon 5232K Combo (Black)CD-RW/DVD 52X32X52X-16X DVD
NEC 3540 (Black) DVD+-RW DL/R
Black Iomega 100MB Zip Drive
Black Sony Floppy
Microsoft Natrual KB Pro
Microsoft Blue, Optical Wheel

Next one will be on the Dark Side, LOL! a 3200+ ;)

Donnie27
 
Pentium D 820 2x2.8ghz CPU cores
Intel D945GTPLR motherboard
2x512mb Corsair ValueRAM DDR2 667mhz
2x250gb 7200.8 Seagate Barracuda HD's RAID 0
1 6600GT 128mb video card
Lian-Li PC-9300 case
270watt enermax ATX12V power supply
19" NEC CRT monitor

I'm able to transcode a .vob file to XViD in the background and play Doom 3 at 1280x1024 with no lag. Very fast system.
 
Asus P4P800-SE w/CT-479
Celeron M 310 (1.2Ghz) running 12x133 (1.6Ghz)
2x 512MB Nanya PC3200
Geforce4 Ti 4200 128MB (AGP 4X model)
SB Live! Value 5.1
Maxtor 60GB and 120GB
NEC DVD-RW something model
NEC DVD-ROM something somethin
 
ASUS P4P800 SE
P4 2.80E, 800FSB
2 x 512 DDR400
5900XT
Other shit.

I'm switching to AMD for my next upgrade. HA!
 
Primary
P4 640 3.2GHz @ 4,100MHz - Water-Cooled
ASUS P5AD2-E Premium Motherboard
1GB(2x512MB) PDP DDR2-700 PC2-5600 RAM
Leadtek GeForce 7800 GTX
Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS
Western-Digital Raptor 74GB HDD - 10,000 RPM
Western-Digital 80GB HDD - 7,200 RPM
Lian-Li PC65 Case
OCZ ModStream 520w PSU

Secondary
P4 3.4E @ 4,000MHz - Zalman 7700Cu HSF
ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe Motherboard (VDroop-Modded)
1GB(2x512MB) GeIL DDR-500 PC-4000 RAM
eVGA GeForce 6800
Soundblaster Audigy2
Western-Digital 80GB HDD - 7,200 RPM
Xoxide X-Turbine Skull Edition *Limited* Case
Thermaltake 500w PSU
 
Have two...at least one of which would still cost more today to build than my A64 rig...both of which are substantially less powerful than my A64 rig...
 
I'm building an Intel BTX system for my father for his birthday (I really like BTX architecture) consisting of a Pentium D 820, Intel 945G microBTX board, an XFX 6600 PCI-Express card (passive heatsink), 1GB DDR2-667, a Raptor 74GB drive, 250GB Hitachi, Chenbro microBTX chassis, and a Pioneer dual layer burner. Parts should arrive this week, I'll post pics!
 
Built this one 2 years ago

P4 3.06ghz @ 3.29ghz on stock cooling
ASUS P4P800 Deluxe
1gb Corsair XMS DDR PC3200
FX5900u 256mb Flashed to FX5950 Ultra
160gb WD HD

Im going to be upgrading this winter though. I might make the switch over to AMD since money is an issue. I got plenty of money, I just don't want to spend it all on my computer. And by upgrading to AMD I can probably keep my ram which is gonna save me $200. For some reason I bought 400mhz ram when it can only run @ 333mhz because of my FSB.

But I love this processor. Fast as hell and OC's very well for just stock cooling. It can do 3.31 but unstable in some games. 300mhz on stock is great I think.
 
mines the oldest :)

2x Pentium III-s 1.4ghz @ 1.75Ghz (the board tops out at 166mhz FSB :()
MSI Pro266TD Master-LR
1GB PC2700
Radeon 9600 Pro
Audiotrak Maya MK-II
all the other unimportant crap :p

according to sandra's ALU/FPU tests, it holds its own against dual opteron 240 machines and is just a bit slower than dual 242 machines. pretty damn good for its age.

also, according to sandra, its about ALU pts ahead of a 570, and with SSE performance, its ahead as well, by about 100pts. when you factor in SSE2, the p4 takes the lead in that though. compared to my a64 rig, the tualatins are stronger in FPU and ALU. pretty damn impressive IMO.

in the multimedia benchmark (sandra still) its competive with dual 244 machines

i didnt know this thing was still so strong, honestly...
 
I have my main box in my sig, and the new HTPC that I am building based on a Pentium M 745 that I managed to score for $50 at a local shop which was selling it as a Pentium 4-M 1.8Ghz. I figured at the very least I could get another great OC chip since my last P4M 1.8Ghz did 3.0 on air. Looked up the s-spec when I got home, and nope, P-M 745 :D
 
Well my Intel rig has JUST become my secondary rig, but I still love it a lot nonetheless:

P4 3.0G Northwood (OC to 3.6 easily, running on air with Zalman)
ASUS P4C800 Deluxe
1GB Kingston PC3200
ATI X800 XT PE (running at 55c under load with ATI Silencer 4)
Enermax 550w PSU
HDD, CD-RW, sound blaster etc etc etc.
:cool:
 
Aging, but still great for video encoding,rock stable.

LianLi 75B
P4 3.2C(30cap)@3.6...EXOS AL Cooled
Abit AI7
1Gig Corsair XMS DDR PC4400
MSI 6600GT AGP
Fortron 550w PSU
Pioneer-109
Pioneer-107
2xMaxtor 250Gig HDD
2xUSB Seagate 200Gig HDD
USB Sony (Mini) 80Gig HDD

Next Project...Phase Change.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
 
All of my computers are Intel:

P3 600mhz
2x256 PC100
ATI 9600
Going strong for 6+ years

P4 [email protected]
GA-8SRX
2x512 DDR333
MX440

and my gaming rig

P4 3.2E @ 3.6 - Air/Stock voltage
P4C800-E Deluxe
2x512 HyperX @ DDR450
BFG 6800GT

All my computers fold [H] 24x7
 
I'm still proud to be in the Dark Side... lol

My new rig:

Intel Pentium-M 755 @ 2.4GHz
ASUS CT-479 Adaptor + ASUS P4P800-SE
Kingston HT BT-D43 DDR400 512MB x 2
Seagate 7200.7 SATA NCQ 160GB
Samsung CD-RW
Thermaltake 420W Active PFC
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT @ 500/1000
Diamond MX300
Samsung 193T PVA LCD
Creative Inspire 4400
Logitech MediaPlay Coordless Mouse


-------- The sign below is very oooooold :( nevermind
 
* Abit AI7
* P4 3.0E (used to be a 2.4C)
* 2X1GB Corsair Value (yep, the cheap stuff, used to have BH-5, needed more RAM)
* X800XL (replaced 9800 Pro)
* Fujitsu MAM3184 18.4GB SCSI, 15000 RPM (just wanted a SCSI drive for some reason)
* Hitachi 7k250 250GB SATA
* Hitachi 7k250 120GB SATA
* Western Digital SE 100GB IDE
* Chaintech AV-710
* Antec SX1240
 
lithium726 said:
mines the oldest :)
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i got you beat

pentium 3 733mhz
128mb pc800 ecc rdram
intel i820 based mobo

was decent in it's time. desperately needs more ram now though :(
 
PII 350 (Gateway G6-350)
10gb hard drive
Intel mobo w/ integrated fx
dvd rom


seriously this is the only intel box i have ever owned (my aunt bought it in 98 and gave it to me in 03) I use it to play mp3's in my garage :)
 
Hah, my server is a Pentium 150 with 64 mb. Still going strong 24/7, I bet it's about 10 years old by now.

Other than that I also have a PPro200 with 64 mb, a 486dx2-66@80 with I think 20 mb, and another 486dx2-66 with 16 mb here, all still in working state.

And I have a 386sx-16, which still worked last time I saw it... A friend of mine wanted to borrow it to test some OS-code on.
 
My current rig:

P4 670 ES
Intel 925XE
1gb DDR2 533
2x120gb Barricudas RAID 0
ATI Radeon X800XL
DELL 2005FPW
 
(cf)Eclipse said:
i got you beat

pentium 3 733mhz
128mb pc800 ecc rdram
intel i820 based mobo

was decent in it's time. desperately needs more ram now though :(
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HAH! i have a p200 and 160 as well :p so i still gotcha!

how is that RD configured? i have a couple of 128mb RD sticks here, one is 128/4, one is 128/8
 
Scali said:
Hah, my server is a Pentium 150 with 64 mb. Still going strong 24/7, I bet it's about 10 years old by now.

Other than that I also have a PPro200 with 64 mb, a 486dx2-66@80 with I think 20 mb, and another 486dx2-66 with 16 mb here, all still in working state.

And I have a 386sx-16, which still worked last time I saw it... A friend of mine wanted to borrow it to test some OS-code on.
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Bah, I still have an IBM XT that still works, updated DOS to 6.22 and still running Windows 3.1. It still plays a mean game of Tetris.



Donnie27
 
Donnie27 said:
Bah, I still have an IBM XT that still works, updated DOS to 6.22 and still running Windows 3.1. It still plays a mean game of Tetris.
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You're not fooling me, if you really had an XT, you'd know that Windows 3.0 was the last to run on it, because realmode was dropped in 3.1, which meant you had to have a 286 at least in order to run it.
I actually had one, but I sold it long ago (poor sucker who bought it :) ).
 
Scali said:
You're not fooling me, if you really had an XT, you'd know that Windows 3.0 was the last to run on it, because realmode was dropped in 3.1, which meant you had to have a 286 at least in order to run it.
I actually had one, but I sold it long ago (poor sucker who bought it :) ).
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That's an IBM XT running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1! Not trying to fool anyone.

Donnie27
 
Scali said:
I'm sorry, but first of all, that is not an XT... it looks like some kind of IBM PS/1 or PS/2.
And secondly, it is physically impossible to run Windows 3.1 on an XT, because an XT has an 8088 processor, and Windows 3.1 requires at least a 286.
This is an IBM XT: http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/ibmxt/
As you can see it looks quite a bit older than the picture you posted.
The one you posted looks like this: http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/computer/ps2/9556.htm
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Ding Ding you're right!

It says right on the front "Model 35 SX". It's still older LOL!

Donnie27
 
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