Post Your System Spex : 2005 Edition

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Originally Posted by clocker

Darth,
Having tried both I would recommend you look into the Antec NeoPower PSU over the Ultra.
Although my Ultra worked perfectly, many have had issues with it ( it crashed out of Maximum PC's comparison test).
Another quibble of mine with the Ultra concerned the cables themselves.
Basically, they are just too long and are so nicely made that I couldn't bear to cut them up.
The Antec, while not totally modular like the Ultra ( the ATX and P4 cables are hardwired in as normal) seems to offer better options for modifying the cables to fit length/configuration needs.

That said, both units worked perfectly for me- rails were very stable and power was never an issue.
The Antec is significantly quieter and you might find the "fan-only" header of use ( I do not).
The Antec comes with all the current/future connections (24 pin mobo , SATA, etc), but I'm sure that Ultra will offer these soon ( Ultra will send you SATA cables free if your unit didn't ship with them).

You really can't go wrong with either supply, but I've opted for the Antec for now (which makes my Ultra a very high tech paperweight for the moment....).

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Thanks Clocker. I have an older Antec that never failed me...I was thinking about Ultra because of the modular design...but you made some good points. Right now, my cables looks like spagetti. :wacko: I'll definately look into the "Maximum PC" article.

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ 939 pins 90nm
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (MS-6702E)
Corsair VS256MB400 x2 Matched pair (Dual Channel)
Seagate ST3160023A 160GB, 8MB Cache
LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4160B 16X Dual Layer DVD Burner
Samsung SyncMaster 900NF(T)
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256DDR
Antec SX835II Performance Series II Mid Tower
Antec True380 Power supply
Panasonic 3.5" 1.44 Floppy drive
Logitech Access Keyboard
Logitech MX510 Optical mouse
Linksys BEFSR41 Router
Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL External modem
Lexmark X73 All-in-one Printer, Scanner, Fax
Yamaha Speakers

CPU fan runs @2000 RPM.
2 Case fans @1500 RPM.
2 PSU fans @1500 RPM.

AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor 2200+
ECS K7VMM+ (km266 chipset, it's a pos)
corsair 512mb pc3200 memory
Maxtor 40gb 7200rpm 2mb cache
Toshiba 16x dvd-rom
32x20x40x CD-RW drive
Samsung SyncMaster 753DF (17")
Geforce FX5200 128mb
Nice looking case, don't remember the name
Enermax 450watt powersupply
Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard
Logitech Wireless Optical Mouse
DLink DL-704P router (connecting 3pcs and 256kbps cable internet)
RCA Modem
HP Deskjet 697c printer
HP Scanjet 3200c scanner
Logitech 4.1 speaker set
iPod - 20gb :01:
Logitech WIngman Force3d with force feedback

Windows XP Corp sp2 + all windows updates

7 fans:
-1 80mm red led fan on case floor (brings cold air for the vid card and hard drive)
-1 80mm red led fan on back of case (blows hot cpu air out of the case)
-1 80mm blue led fan on side of case (blows air in for vid card and cpu)
-1 120mm on roof (blows hot air out)
-1 80mm blue fan attached to 80mm-to-60mmm fan adaptor (for on heatsink)
-2 80mm fans inside power supply
All fans except CPU fan and PSU fans are volt modded to 7v - very quiet!

CPU = ~32degrees idle/~45degrees full load (folding@home)
Motherboard = ~25degrees idle/~29degrees full load (folding@home)

Intel Celeron D 2.4 @ 3.6 (comparable to a 2.8 p4)
Asus p4s800-mx
512mb kingston pc3200
80GB WD 7200
NEC 8x dvd+/-rw
MAG Innovision (?) 17inch lcd
radeon 9600pro
Raidmax Scorpio (i think)
Microsoft Intellimous 3.0
generic keyboard

Shuttle XPC
WinXP Home
80gb HDD
20gb HDD
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ MMx 3DNow 1.7GHz
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 8500
Avance AC '97
Digital Technologies DVD-RW 8X
Memorex spillproof keyboard (I've already gotten my moneys-worth out of this :whistling )
Logitech wireless optical mouse
Altec Lansing 2.1 speaker system - sounds good
Dell 1901 FP 19" LCD monitor with adjustable height stand
Dell 1801 FP 18" LCD monitor with adjustable height stand
Dell 720 inkjet - Just for printing DVD covers :whistling
HP 1300 laserjet - for printing everything slse

Soltek SL-75FRN2
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 1833 MHz (11 x 167) 2200+
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X (64 MB)
Maxtor 6Y120L0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Seagate ST340810A (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-812S
MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8582
DIMM1: Kingston K 512MB PC3200
DIMM2: 256 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
DIMM3: 256 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM

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Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (OC'ed @ 2185 MHz)
Motherboard: Asus A7V600-X
Memory: 512 MB 2700 DDR
PSU: 350 watt Antec
HDD 1: 120 GB Segate 8 MB cache
HDD 2: 400 GB Segate 8 MB cache
HDD 3: 40 GB Segate 8 MB cache USB 2.0
CD/DVD 1: Sony 52x24x52 CD-RW
CD/DVD 2: Sony DRU-510A 4x DVD-/+RW
Video: ATI Radeon 9600 SE
Sound: Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Network: Linksys Gigabit Ethernet

System 2

Processor: AMD Athlon 1.33GHZ (OC'ed @ 1458 MHz)
Motherboard: MSI K7T Turbo 2
Memory: 786 MB PC133
PSU: 350 watt Antec
HDD 1: 120 GB WD 8 MB cache
HDD 2: 40 GB Segate 8 MB cache
CD/DVD 1: Sony 52x32x52x16 CD-RW/DVD Combo
Video: Matrox 2 PCI
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Live!
Network: Linksys Gigabit Ethernet

Shared Components:

Belkin 2 Port KVM Switch
Viewsonic 17" LCD
NetGear 5 Port Gigabit Switch
Cyber Power 825 AVR
Comcast 3 MBit/256KBit

Amd Athlon XP (Barton) 2500 @ 3200 2.2
Abit Nf7-S v2
512mb pc 3200 corsair ram
eVGA Geforce 6800 GT
WD 80 gig 7200 rpm hdd
Pioneer DVD-Rom
Aspire Dreamer 2 case (black)
350 watt power supply (upgrading to 500 watt next week)
Windows XP pro SP2
4 Case fans (3x 80mm blue leds), (1x 120mm)
Logitech 2.1 speakers
POS 1995 15 inch monitor :frusty:
wireless microsoft standard keyboard, ms wireless optical mouse
Microsoft mn-100 router (2mb dl / 512kb up DSL)

TURBO X-DREAMER CASE
Super Alien 500 Watt See Through Power Supply
12" COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT
(939-pin) AMD™ ATHLON™64 3500+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
(939-pin Socket) Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 nForce4 Chipset MB w/ LAN, USB2.0, IEEE, & AUDIO
1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY
Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM Serial ATA 150 8MB Cache
NVIDIA Geforce 6600 GT 128MB 16X PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD
COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW)
NEC 16x dvd burner
Princeton 17" LCD monitor
Windows XP Sp2