iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 29, 2004 pick your favorite computer please vote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 29, 2004 ^^^ windows ??? wtfPersonnaly if i could have the cash i would buy 1 of those new p4 3.4 pci express......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 You seem to have confused an operating system with an actual computer.Anyways you should have a choice in there for self-built computers, as I'm sure many people on this site, including me, have built their own comp rather than buying one pre-built from dell, gateway, hp, alienware, etc, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 Windows of course.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 mmm If you don't like brand PC's? What then? heheI build my pc myself wanna see the specs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 ok then lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 8, 2004 mmm If you don't like brand PC's? What then? heheI build my pc myself Me too, but i voted 'Windows' And eh Jake_101, can you show me a pic of a Windows pc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Build the machine to suit your needs we have several computers but our server is a bp6 mother board running dual celeron 433 chips with heaps of ram. The bios has been modified but this machine runs server2003ent with no probs and this cost not much more than 200 dollars some time ago though.You have to know what you want to use the machine for before you build it.Our other computers are only 500mhz athlons which cost stuff all but still out perform newer machines with a faster processor because the frontside bus is not properly matched to the other hardware. The only bad thing with using older machines is the amount of ram they can hold its limited in some cases.Check on line for not the newest stuff but stuff that came out a year or so ago it will be much cheeper than buying latest technology.Tom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 I have a windows....but i really want to try a mac Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Hi Tom. our server is a bp6 mother board running dual celeron 433 chips with heaps of ram. The bios has been modified but this machine runs server2003ent with no probsI have a couple of questions.Why celeron in a server? and what do you mean when you say "the bios has been modified" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 22, 2004 self-built computers with the operation system of windows 2000 and xp. pick your favorite computer please vote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 22, 2004 pick your favorite computer please voteyeah, self built with 2gig of ram, 300gig HDD, 3.0processser....etc top of the line lol 8) "that's what I want " Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 22, 2004 none of the above i build CPU's and as far as windows goes im waiting for longhorn to come out but that wont be till around 2006 hopefully maybe within the new year coming up 8) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 5, 2005 Hi Tom. our server is a bp6 mother board running dual celeron 433 chips with heaps of ram. The bios has been modified but this machine runs server2003ent with no probs I have a couple of questions.Why celeron in a server? and what do you mean when you say "the bios has been modified" Celeron chips were only $20. this machine was built 5 years ago intel and microsoft did not want celeron chips used for this purpose. I did it because I could and we were only using nt4 as an operating system at the time.When it was built its combined processing made it the fastest thing around at that time.The bios has been rewritten to remove bugs and the scsi interface was upgraded it can now run faster p3 proceesors the company no loger supports the boardThe fsb can be wound up to overclock the processors.If they were going to be destroyed I did not want to waste a lot of money.The machine still operates today and runs server2003ent with no probs.basicly it was an experiment overclocking was the thing back then and thats what I used to experiment with.With the changes in technology the machine is obselete I keep in running out of curiosity.Check out http://www.bp6.com/board/index.phpthis website is dedicated to these boards.Let me know what you thinkTom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 5, 2005 Fair enough. I had a look at the link. There's a lot of info there, I have to return later.The overclocking frenzie happened at a time when I had very little money so I simply couldn't run the risk with my only mobo/cpu. These days computers are so cheep that I can't be bothered.Some older computers are actually very good. I still have a 200mmx 128 mb, running 98. Bootup ca 25 sec shutdown ca 5 sec. I use it mainly for an old game that won't run under newer OS'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
