What kind of comp you have?

[sznapsDOTcom]

What kind of computer you have?
I just got a new Toshiba Satellite w/ 2.8ghz and 512mb ram
I also have a desktop, w/ 3.06 ghz p4 2gb ram, (I'm a big gaming freak)

[fac3less]

Currently I only have my one system (as my iMac is missing! :()

2ghz custom built
micron 512mb ddr 3200
lite-on 16x dvd player
lite-on 52x cd burner
80gb maxtor 7200rpm
8 usb ports w00t
2 lan cards..
radeon 9600 128mb
asus p4S533

other than that.. rest isn't important..
meh

[sznapsDOTcom]

I just got a new Toshiba Satellite w/ 2.8ghz and 512mb ram
Has a combo cd-rw/dvd-rom 40gb hd, 64mb video card (dunno what kind)



I also have a desktop, w/ 3.06 ghz p4 2gb ram,
I have the lite-on 52x burner, Mines custom too, and i got a dvd drive
8 usb back 2 front
3 firewire
Giga-byte mobo
Audigy 2 sound card
ati radeon 9800 pro 256mb
2x120gb hd
And more, Im adding support for multi montiors 3 to be exact, so thaht i have a surrond type thing, I got all the monitors and everything but I just gotta install it (too busy)

[SnakEyez]

I just have this laptop right now:

Apple Powerbook 15.2" screen (Titanium)
550 mhz G4 processor
512 mb ram
DVD/CD-RW
16 meg vid card
30 gig hard drive

[johca]

I have three I assembled myself:

Two are:
Power Supply: Antec True 550, 550 Watt, ATX 12volt
Asus P4P800 deluxe w/Intel P4-3.2C GHz
2GB DDR PC2700 RAM
System Hard Drive: one 120GB ATA Seagate Hard Drive
Video Editing Hard Drives: two Raid 0 configured 120GB seagate serial ATA seagate Hard Drives.
Display Card: Matrox RT.X100 Extreme Pro
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Disc Writers: two internal Sony DRU 530A
Disc Drives: 250MB internal zip drive, 2.44KB 3½ floppy disc drive
OS: Windows XP Professional
Inputs/Outputs-analog (composite, s-video and RCA audio) and digital (firewire and USB2)
Monitor: Sony 19" FD Trinitron® CRT
Editing Software: Pinnacle edition 5, Adobe Encore DVD, Audition, Photoshop 7.0, Premiere Pro.

The 3rd is:
Power Supply: Antec True 550, 550 Watt, ATX 12volt
ASUS P4PE w/Intel P4-2.4C GHz
2GB DDR PC2700 RAM
System Hard Drive: one 120GB ATA Seagate Hard Drive
Video Editing Hard Drives: two Raid 0 configured 120GB seagate serial ATA seagate Hard Drives.
Display Card: Hercules 3D Prophet 8500, 128MB
Video Editing Card: Pinnacle DV500 DVD Plus
Disc Writers: two internal Sony DRU 510A
Disc Drives: 250MB internal zip drive, 2.44KB 3½ floppy disc drive
OS: Windows XP Professional
Inputs/Outputs-analog (composite, s-video and RCA audio) and digital (firewire and USB2)
Monitor: Sony 19" FD Trinitron® CRT

All three are network connected through a Linksys EtherFast four-port cable/DSL router

Internet: DSL

Editing Software: Pinnacle edition 5, Adobe Encore DVD, Audition, Photoshop 7.0, Premiere Pro.

Office Productivity: Office 2003 Small Business w/FrontPage 2003

Misc other software, games, scanners.

Power Protection: 3 APC Backup UPS Pro 1000VA

(edited to add power supply & power protection)

[HRGraham]

Desktop(custom built):
Abit NF7-S Mobo
~2.1GHz AMD Athlon(XP 2800+)
512MB Kingston Memory(PC2700) x 2
80GB Seagate Barracuda HD x 2
32X LG CD Writer
4X Sony DVD Writer(+/-)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Klipsch Promedia 5.1 Speakers

Laptop(Dell Inspiron 8600):
1.4 Intel M Processor
768MB RAM
40GB HD
4X Dvd Writer(+)
Dell Truemobile 1400 a/b/g

[KLH]

Sznaps, I think I got almost the same laptop as you. It's a satellite also, but mine is a little bit different.

Mine is a A35-S159.
I think it is just a little bit less then yours. Mine is only 2.3 Ghz, but with a 60 GB HD, other than that, I think they are the same. I love mine. How much did it cost you, and did you get an extended warrenty on it?

[uhsites]

My computer is just a boring HP Pavilion 520w :(
But I really like it-- and it's silver colored. It matches my tablet and printer and everything (like that matters, lol).

I've kind of thought it would be cool to have a laptop, but I wonder if I'd use it enough to be worth the price. I wouldn't want to get a really cheap one that sucks either.

[metawu]

Custom 800 Athlon Tbird
512mb Ram
20 maxotr + 80 WD Gig HD
52x Cd-rom and 1st gen DVD (from an older comp)
Asus A7V mobo
ATI Radeon 8500 64mb
Sound Blaster live
NIKAO Computer Case
ATP4 Altec Lansing Speakers
Samsung 17' 753DF

I really need to upgrade. But I'll probably have to replace everything except the hard drive, speakers, monitor and case.

Just out of curiosity does any one have a custom case or mod one?

[Winston]

I have:

An HP 1 Ghz Athlon
60 Gig Hd + Maxtor 120 Gig HD
384 megs of Ram
Dvd Rom
(Soon 8x DVD Burner)
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
Logitech Z-560 Speakers
Ati Radeon 9000 Pro

[sznapsDOTcom]

I have a mod one, This is it... I just got a new one, http://store5.yimg.com/I/extremepcgear_1769_17975834

[sznapsDOTcom]

KLH, Mine was 899 after rebates, but i got a extended waranty, ya, i saw that laptop too...my bro has that one.

[Viper007Bond]

Mine is 17 months old, so cut it some slack and think what it was like when I got it. ;)

Dell 4500 (needed it for school and didn't want to deal with uncompatabilities and such)
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz w/ 533 MHz bus
768 MB DDR SDRAM @ 266 MHz (I'd have a gig, but I don't want to waste the 256 that's in there)
80 GB & 120 GB HD's
64 MB (I need a 128!) nVidia GeForce 4 TI 4200
40x/10x/40x CD Burner
16x DVD-ROM
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz surround sound audio card
AverMedia TV tuner card
2 champange style speaker, 4 channel with wimpy 40W subwoofer sound system
17" Flat Glass CRT
USB Keyboard 'n crap like that
and the best mouse in the world - MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0

It's not bad and it's CPU is still better than most. :)

http://images.viper007bond.com/computer_small.jpg

[Unicorn2]

Rig #1
P4P800 Deluxe, P4 3.0C overclocked to 3.6, 2 gigabytes of PC3200 HyperX (512mb x 4). 1.6 Terabytes of HDD Space, Dual 1800FP Dell LCD's, Radeon 9800 Non pro @ 436.50/355.50 (711), Pioneer 106D DvD 4X +/- Burner, LiteOn LTC4816H Black 16X DvD Reader/48x24x48x CD-RW, ByteCC 8-in-1 Memory Card reader/Usb 2.0 Hub/Firewire Extender, Nexus Fan Controller, Lian-LI PC71USB All black aluminum Tower case, Enermax EG-651 650 Watt Powersupply, Midiland "Ghetto" 7.2 channel sound system (MX-5.1 + MX-2.1), Wacom Intuos2 6x8 Digitizer, Sony CPD-E540 21" Trinitron, Quadro2 PCI, 27" Sharp TV (on s-video), Microsoft Ergnomic Internet Natural Keyboard (Black and purple), Logitech Trackman Wheel Wired, Logitech Trackman Wheel Wireless, Argosy External HDD Enclosure (Firewire/Usb2.0) APC 1100VA Ups
Hercules/Guillemot Digifire 7.1, Sennheiser HD-497 Phones, Nomad Muvo^2 1.5 Gb (want the 4gb that just came out)
onboard gigabit lan, Happauge WinTV PVR-250


Rig #2
Abit IC7, P4 3.0c @ 3.75 ghz, 1 Gb Corsair PC3500 XMS
1 x Raptor 36GB, 2 x WD800JB-SE Drives, 1 x Hp DvD200i, 1 x Radeon 9700Pro, 1 x Mag 17" LCD (forget model #, but it's a 16ms one), 1 x Sony CPD-E540 Trinitron (#2 in house), 48X Generic CD Burner (Khypermedia), Kingwin Windowed Case
Antec True480 PSU, Logitech 640's speaker system, Logitech MX-700, MX-500, Cordless Straight Internet Keyboard, onboard gigabit lan

Rig #3
UberGeneric Brand Case (Or Yum Cha if you read dansdata.com)
Enermax EG-365VC-FMA Psu
Abit KT7A-RAID, Athlon 1 Ghz (not overclocked, although it o/c's like the devil), 1 GB ram, 60 GB WD SE-JB drive : 4 x 160GB 5400RPM 2mb Cache HDDs (maxtor cheapies) in raid0+1, 16X Samsung DVD Reader. No Monitor/keyboard. Gigabit Lan card

Rig #4
Shuttle XPC SN45G
Xp 2100+ CPU, 100 Gb WD1000BB (7200rpm/2mb cache), LiteOn LDW-411s, Radeon 9000 128Mb Pro, Happauge WinTV PVR-250, 1 Gb PC2700 Cas2.0 HyperX, Onboard 5.1 Optical sound : Logitech cordless duo k/b & mouse, 60" HDTV Projection tv via vga cable for it's monitor, Yamaha YHT-550 6.1 channel home theater system, onboard 100mb lan

Rig #5 & #6
Dell Inspiron 1100s with 768mb ram, 8X DvD/24x10x24x CD-Rw, P4 2.0a/400fsb/intel 845g chipset/onboard lan/audio/usb/modem, 30 Gb HDD (craptastically 4200rpm)

Rig #7
6 year old Enlight ATX Case
Enermax EG365 PSU
Gigabyte 7VAX rev 1.1
Xp 1700+, 512MB (single stick) ram,
200GB 7200RPM/8MB Cache WD HDD
another BYTECC 8-in-1 card reader thing
21" KDS vs-21e monitor
48x24x48x Generic Burner
Toshiba SDM-1202? 5X DvD reader

Microsoft Natural (v1.0) Keyboard
Logitech Trackman Marble Wired
MidiLand mx 2.1s
Onboard sound
Generic modem for the once per year we use it
Gigabit Lan

Rig #8
P3-450, on abit-bh-7 board (I think)
voodoo3/16mb
19" KDS Monitor
40GB/7200Rpm/2mb cache drive
48X CD burner
Craptastic brand speakers
Sb-128-pci
Generic keyboard/mouse (daughter in laws machine)
512mb ram
100mb lan.

network infrastructure
RoadRunner Cable Modem 3.0 down/512k up
Bellsouth FastAccess DSL 1.5 down/256k up
----->> Nexland Pro800Turbo <<------
Effective bandwidth 4.5 down/768k up
Generic Gigabit switch : only has the gigabit capable machines attached to it
Dlink di-604 (our old router) working in "hub only mode" has the 100mb only devices attached to it

DI-604 and SWITCH plug into nexland.

KonicaMinolta-QMS 2300DL Color Laser printer (large box style, not small) - on apc 500va

about 8 UPS devices total in house (2 x 1100s, 2 x 500s, 1 x 650, 1 x 350 [little puter] 1 x 700 [network hardware] ... ok.. 7 I guess.


Have a couple of non connected DP machines too.

[sznapsDOTcom]

wow, that alot of comps...

[vanselus]

Now I will attempt to bring this thread back in to normal computer land, after the super-computer-gods have posted.

Home:

Gateway 400S laptop
2 gig P4
386 ram
30 gig hd
15" screen i think - but it only runs 1024 :(

Home-built desktop
1gig celeron
nvidea 64mb vid
17" viewsonic
512 ram
30 gb hd
cdrw

Work:

dell dimension
700mhz p3
19" trinitron
512 ram
120gb external
30gb internal
cdrw

emac 700mhz pp
512 ram
15" lcd
superdrive

See? they're normal.

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by sznapsDOTcom
wow, that alot of comps...

Sad thing is, there are only 4 people living here.

#1 is my rig
#2 is my "son in laws"
#3 is our in-house server
#4 is my home theater p.c.
#5 is also mine
#6 is 'son in laws'
#7 is girlfriends
#8 is 'daughter in laws'


(my girlfriends kids are practically my kids, although I'm not their father)

[vanselus]

How do you have your home-theater pc setup?

[uhsites]

Unicorn-- what exactly is it you DO? (let me guess- something to do with computers) :)

[vanselus]

That question was answered in this thread: http://forums.hostrocket.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11141&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

Well. In addition to designing websites (: which was why I was peeved about HR deleting my stuff, I had a lot of works-in-progress that I don't do daily backups of [I do now!]

I also do some high end video editing work, as well as graphics art production. I have 5 video output devices on my computer, 5 input devices, that incredible amount of storage, audio, and display space because I'm a one-man pixar

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by vanselus
How do you have your home-theater pc setup?

Ok.. Main components are :

* - - Yamaha YHT-550 6.1 Channel Surround sound :
* - - 5 Disk progressive scan dvd player
(comes with the yamaha)

* - - Er.. Philips (thought panasonic for some reason until i actually looked at it! 60" 16x9 Widescreen Rear Projection, High Definition Television
that has two complete sets of HDTV (Y Pr Pb) inputs on it, as well as a vga, and a ton of svideo/composite inputs (yellow/red/white)

* - - HDTV Cable box from cable company (scientific atlanta explorer 3000)

* - - Shuttle HTPC


Ok.. layout is this :

Primary Y Pr Pb input on television is used by cable box for the VIDEO signal. i.e. the cable box plugs DIRECTLY into the TV
The audio signal from the cable box goes (via optical) to my Yamaha home theater receiver : I run the receiver at "Digital TV/Cable" mode when watching 'just television'

Yamaha DVD Player Plugs into yamaha receiver over Y Pr Pb cables and Optical LED cable for video/audio

The HTPC plugs DIRECTLY into the televisions VGA port (like a standard computer monitor for PC)
The HTPC audio goes into the yamaha over optical output (again, 5.1 LED)


So.. all sound comes out of home theater machine.. and whenever possible, I have a direct connection to the 60" tv.

Additionally, the HTPC has it's own 'standard coaxial' jack as it has a Coax video capture card in it. (that only lets me get up to channel 125)

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by uhsites
Unicorn-- what exactly is it you DO? (let me guess- something to do with computers) :)

"Diverse level of services in computer related business"

Mainly I'm a tech and a consultant, although I do design websites, and do custom artwork. We also have a video production house (mostly PC, although a few macs are here).. If I could offset the cost of running a t3 to here, I'd do my own hosting, but since I can't, I have to host with places like HR. If HR had a reseller plan, I'd be a very happy person, but they don't.

but.. If it's broken, I fix it.. If you think it'll break, I prevent it, if you think they will break it, I teach them not to, If you think it'd look better with a cool logo, I can design it, if you want to tout your company, I can help.

I mostly do repairs and sell highend servers..

[vanselus]

wow, that's quite a setup. but what advantages does having the HTPC inline give you?

[uhsites]

Originally posted by Unicorn2


Mainly I'm a tech and a consultant, although I do design websites, and do custom artwork.



Do you have a site with your artwork?

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by vanselus
wow, that's quite a setup. but what advantages does having the HTPC inline give you?


Well, first off..it's my own personal tivo. (except for the fact that I can't record anything above channel 125.. which is where all the 'premium' stations are on my cable company, such as hbo, etc..)


but.. it also lets me fire up vcd's, photo-cd's, DivX's, etc.. and play games such as You don't Know Jack (which is immensely fun on a 60" tv at parties)

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by uhsites
Do you have a site with your artwork?

I don't pimp my stuff over forums.. Yes, I do have a site, but I won't give it out, I don't think it's fair to HR to pimp my stuff (even via pm) via their network, without paying an advertising fee.. and since i'm not gonna do that :-)

If you look hard enough, you might be able to figure out stuff from a "computerized-antireligious-folks.com" or "twisted-paintings.com" (names changed to not pimp other peoples sites uncalled for)

[KLH]

Originally posted by Unicorn2
[B If HR had a reseller plan, I'd be a very happy person, but they don't.
[/B]

They have a resellers plan.
http://www.hostrocket.com/products/reseller.htm

[Unicorn2]

It's not actually 'active' -- and it's also not a real resellers plan. I.e.

1) I don't get to set the prices/sizes etc

2) they won't put MY logo on the control panel.. it'll either show completely "unbranded" (but like.. ya know, it's SO HARD to figure out who the host actually is) or it'll blatantly say hostrocket..


3) Their plan is more like an 'affiliates' plan, anyhow.

A reseller plan, to me, is say..

"Reseller buys service"

Service includes :

XX Gigs of storage space
XXX Gigs a month of bandwidth
Name servers OF YOUR OWN
Your own MAILSERVER(s)
your own static ip(s)
Your own control panel, which you can brand with your own company name.
From your control panel, you can setup different account levels (storage space/bandwidth)
Off of this, you can run as many domains as you can "fit into your allotment" i.e. if I buy 10 gigs of storage space and 100 gigs per month, and decide to sell 1 gig / 10 gig domains, Then I can sell 10 domains.

I pay XX per month for the account. I collect whatever amount I see fit, based on the configuration of my billing.

What HR does is

"You buy these plans that we've set forward, you have no control over the plans.. and can't make your own plans" you pay us this amount, and we offer you a nonbranded control panel, and tell your customers to use OUR nameservers and OUR mail servers to sell "your" services, which you can either offer to them at the same price we offer to you (and you make your money on the "discount") or you can mark up.

I want my own nameservers. I don't want my customers to do a tracert to their site, and find out it goes to hrnoc.net

I want it to stop at "mydomain.com"

[uhsites]

You can't set your own prices? What price does HR set for you?

[KLH]

You can charge whatever you want, but you will always have your 50 gigs bw and 1000 megs space..

[Unicorn2]

That reseller plan link is outdated : It's not an available option : Read brendans posts "We've considered a resellers plan but have not yet finalized it"..


KLH pulled up a link that SHOWED for a little while, but is not 'active'.

I mean, brendan spoke to me himself (called me) right before christmas and I confirmed with him that they DON'T have a reseller plan (I told him that was why I was leaving them in the first place, because they DON'T HAVE ONE)

[uhsites]

So they DON'T have a reseller program? because I submitted a TT about it and asked (about 3 weeks ago) and they told me that they did...

[KLH]

They offer what they show on that page, from what I hear.

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by uhsites
So they DON'T have a reseller program? because I submitted a TT about it and asked (about 3 weeks ago) and they told me that they did...

The ceo of the company specifically said, out of his own mouth, to me, that they don't have one. He didn't type it, or post it on a forum.. I heard him say it to me.


In fact, he even recommended me to a company that DOES have a resellers plan (which is pretty decent, but I've found better)

[Unicorn2]

BTW.. this was after I had told melissa that the reason I was leaving hostrocket was because they DON'T HAVE a resellers plan.. I would think, if they had one.. that'd have been a really good chance to keep a customer

[vanselus]

Maybe it all boils down to what you think a reseller plan is? They obviously don't offer what you're asking, but they do offer some version of a reseller plan. Maybe what they call a reseller plan, you wouldn't.

[Unicorn2]

No, vanselus. That link isn't valid (yet the html page isn't deleted).

Brendan Brader : You know, the CEO of hostrocket, said "We do not offer a reseller plan at this time, we are thinking about it, but there is not one in place right now"

How much more exact does this have to be?

He said these words to me, after calling me on the phone FROM his office. 518-371-5919


If they offered a resellers plan, why would he tell me to go check out "httpme.com" because they had a good one?

[vanselus]

Did you not read my post? All i'm saying is you may have different definitions of what a reseller plan is, which would make it possible for them to say "we do" when you say its "we don't".

Although in your last post you say Brendan told you on the phone that they don't - but also that he told you to check out httpme? When did he tell you that?

[fac3less]

Another one you can possibly check out is

www.made2own.com

they run their servers out of servermatrix/theplanet (the planet in their case) and are quite good. Never had any incidents or downtime with them over the 4 months I was with them.

They're also really affordable and offer a great reseller plan.

If that isn't sufficient - let me know.. I can also hook you up with a plan.

[vanselus]

what is servermatrix/theplanet?

[KLH]

Originally posted by vanselus
what is servermatrix/theplanet?

I think it is a hosting company

[fac3less]

www.servermatrix.com
www.theplanet.com

both companies (same company really, just two sections of one) that rent servers/allow you to colocate your servers in their IDC (info/internet data center? :b)

both have great rates and cheap bandwidth. of course if you don't need a server to yourself its best to go with something like host rocket or made2own

[vanselus]

Oh, other dedicated hosts. I like Rackfast. I'm sticking with them because they offer great service and reasonable rates.

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by vanselus
Did you not read my post? All i'm saying is you may have different definitions of what a reseller plan is, which would make it possible for them to say "we do" when you say its "we don't".

Although in your last post you say Brendan told you on the phone that they don't - but also that he told you to check out httpme? When did he tell you that?

12/23 or so.. the day my account on hostrocket was deleted.

[vanselus]

So then that was after he told you that a reseller plan did in fact exist?

[Tammy]

In answer to the original question, I have a Athlon 2500+ Barton, 120 gig + 40 gig HD, 512 RAM (with designs on upgrading to 1 MB), Lite-on DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 128 MB graphics card, 5.1 sound speakers, natural keyboard and logitech cordless rechargeable mouse, and 21" CRT monitor (got it cheap recently). It suits me, I spend all day in front of it on work and gets the job done. My laptop is three years old but also gets the job done when I travel.

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by Tammy
In answer to the original question, I have a Athlon 2500+ Barton, 120 gig + 40 gig HD, 512 RAM (with designs on upgrading to 1 MB), Lite-on DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 128 MB graphics card, 5.1 sound speakers, natural keyboard and logitech cordless rechargeable mouse, and 21" CRT monitor (got it cheap recently). It suits me, I spend all day in front of it on work and gets the job done. My laptop is three years old but also gets the job done when I travel.


I'm assuming you mean 1 gigabyte .. question.. does your board support dual channel, and will you be maintaining a dual channel setup when you upgrade? (i.e. most athlon dc boards only have 3 slots, so to go 1 gb dc, you have to have 2 x 512s...

[Unicorn2]

Originally posted by vanselus
So then that was after he told you that a reseller plan did in fact NOT exist?

Yep.. that's when he told me that it did in fact, not, exist..


I don't understand why this concept is so poorly picked up.

I called hostrocket because of a *still* unsolved email problem.
I asked melissa "do you guys have a reseller plan yet"
Her reply : NO :
I told her, "then in that case, don't renew my account on april 22nd, 2004

She then deleted my account 2003

When I called back to get my account reinstated, I asked them to have brendan call me. He did.

In conversation with the CEO OF THE COMPANY, I told him "I'm leaving hostrocket because you still don't have any form of reseller plan"
To which he replied (paraphrasing) 'You're right, we do not have a reseller plan, we have been thinking about it, and even had one lined out, and gave up on it'

If there was a reseller plan in effect, this would have been an EXCELLENT TIME FOR BRENDAN TO SALVAGE A CUSTOMER. ALL HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO SAY IS "YOUR WRONG, ANDREW, WE DO HAVE A RESELLER PLAN!" muahahahah!

Instead, he not only agreed with me that they DO NOT have a reseller plan in any way shape or form, but he recommended me to ANOTHER HOSTING COMPANY that does (httpme)


Remember. This was the CEO of the company himself telling me "Hostrocket does not have any sort of reseller plan"

"If you want a company that has one, contact our COMPETITION"

If they had a reseller plan, wouldn't this have been a VERY good chance to inform me of one?

[vanselus]

So then where's the confusion? If the CEO of HR told you that, then it's probably the final word.

[Tammy]

Originally posted by Unicorn2
I'm assuming you mean 1 gigabyte .. question.. does your board support dual channel, and will you be maintaining a dual channel setup when you upgrade? (i.e. most athlon dc boards only have 3 slots, so to go 1 gb dc, you have to have 2 x 512s...

Yes, thanks for the correction, I meant I want a gig. Want to go dual channel which in fact was my original plan but ran into certain, ahem, financing issues. I don't know exactly how that will help me much, but if I can find it cheap enough am curious to see. I know I have to match the chip and all that, so will add the identical 512.

[fac3less]

Tammy.. unless you're a superuser do you really need all that much speed?

Sure its nice to have.. but no need to go too far really.. keep costs down.

[Viper007Bond]

If she's a gamer (are you Tammy?), she'll want it. I have a couple friends building a new computer and are going for the P4 3.0 GHz, 1 GB Dual Channel RAM option. ;)

[Tammy]

I play some games, but to tell the truth, I don't ever feel the computer is too slow for me. I probably don't need the extra RAM, true. It's pretty low on my list of priorities, maybe for my next machine....

[fac3less]

Then really no need for huge specs.. i'd say at the max you'd need(want? :b)

is something like i have.. 2ghz.. 512mb ram.. meh, cheap vid card.. etc
radeon 7000 for 30 bucks or so.

anyways.. it'd keep your system costs at like 400 bucks total.. keep it simple.. keep it low.

[vanselus]

Originally posted by fac3less
Then really no need for huge specs.. i'd say at the max you'd need(want? :b)

is something like i have.. 2ghz.. 512mb ram.. meh, cheap vid card.. etc
radeon 7000 for 30 bucks or so.

anyways.. it'd keep your system costs at like 400 bucks total.. keep it simple.. keep it low.

You can get all that for 400?

[Tammy]

Originally posted by vanselus
You can get all that for 400?

That would be tough, but I think you could if you found real deals on all the individual parts and put it together yourself. Takes time to scout all those individual deals up, though.

[Viper007Bond]

--> http://www.newegg.com/ <---

[vanselus]

Thanks Viper - that's a good one. I don't know why I always forget about newegg...

[Viper007Bond]

Never bought anything off there myself as I don't by much hardware (haven't built a system yet), but have friends who have bought off there and their prices seem pretty good (Pricewatch can have better though - but from no-name sites..).

[vanselus]

Yeah some of those no-name sites on pricegrabber kinda scare me. I'd rather pay a touch more and be worry-free.

Of course, I don't want to pay WAY more and drive to circut city though!

[Viper007Bond]

True. If you gotta go to a store though, I find the best place is CompUSA. Their sales are unbeatable. I got my Maxtor 120 GB 7200 RPM hard drive with 8 MB buffer for only $60 after rebate. :D

[vanselus]

I hate stores. I usually do online, and slickdeals.net usually has some good deals goin. The best thing this xmas was that i didn't set foot in a store!

[Viper007Bond]

Not nearly as easy to return stuff though...

[vanselus]

That is true, but since we have a shipping dept handy, at least I don't have to go to the local UPS Store or post office...

[johnb]

only $60 after rebate

I get a kick out of the people out there in hot deals forums that have most of their rent for the month tied up in rebates.

[Tammy]

Originally posted by johnb
I get a kick out of the people out there in hot deals forums that have most of their rent for the month tied up in rebates.

LOL, that is so true! And a goodly percentage of the time they will find some excuse to disallow your rebate even when you do everything by the book. Some rebates are cool, but some are a total scam.

[johnb]

Some rebates are cool, but some are a total scam.

I had to spend 30 minutes on the phone with Maxtor to get them to honor a rebate on a drive my mom bought. After she sent in all of the stuff (including the receipt that very clearly stated the rebate period) they sent her an email saying it was invalid because it was outside the period. I finally just told them that if they didn't honor it I'd never buy another drive and would make it my life's mission to ensure that no one I knew would ever buy a maxtor product. I tend to get a little worked up. :D

[Tammy]

The worst are when you to to the store, there is a sign there saying "$20 rebate", you buy the product, the receipt prints out with the rebate coupon, you go in and immediately mail in the rebate form with the upc and all that, and three months later you get a little postcard saying you did not buy the correct item! I had that happen with a Siemens router once at Circuit City. Turned out there were slightly different upc codes for the same router, and I got a box with the "wrong" number. Ticked me off immensely. Overall, though, my experience with rebates has been ok. If you really get into it, you start hearing about how "the New Rochelle rebate address sucks, but the Seattle one is cool" and stuff like that. Keep good copies and follow up and usually they pay - but not always.

[johnb]

I've pretty much convinced myself that they won't send it unless you call and ask, so I usually do that as soon as week six hits.

[vanselus]

Or when the sign is in the store, you purchase the item, then realize that the sign said "expires 12/15/03" - and it's 2004.

[KLH]

I must be the only person who actuallly has good luck on the rebates..

I buy lots of stuff with rebates (hundreds of dollars a years worth) (So far for the month of January I have about $75 worth of rebates).

I don't think I have ever had them deny a rebate. Once I had 2 rebates for one item, so I sent in the original UPC to the rebate that gave the higher $. The other company sent me an email that said the UPC was not included in with the rebate, and I should mail it in, I told them it went to another rebate, and gave them the info, they went ahead and gave me the rebate. :) All through e-mail also, no phone calls.

I am getting in the habbit more of buying online. Be lucky that you did not step into any stores this holiday season. I went shopping the day after thanksgiving at Best Buy. I will NEVER do that again!! I spent HOURS in line to checkout.

[johnb]

If you have to hit a B&M, the week before is the way to go.

[metawu]

Hmm now I'm worried...
Has anyone got a rebate from Western Digital? I sent one in the beginning of january...

[fac3less]

Threaten to mail them aol cd's to the same address the rebate you sent into was..

lol.

"look buddy, I've been stockpiling these for 10 years now, you know how many cd's that is? thats more than enough to build a few houses out of"

[Viper007Bond]

Never had a problem with rebates here. Saved like 3 or 400 dollars with them. :)

[Excelsior]

Self Built System!

Evercase Medium/Small Tower
Asus P4S333
Pentium 2.6Ghz
512MB PC3000 Corsair RAM
Geforce 3 Ti500
SB Audigy
WD 250GB HD w/controller card
LG DVD/CDRW Drive
IBM 60GB Deskstar HD (cache drive)
CD-Home CD Holder 5¼" (anyone know where I can get more?)
3Com 3c905c-TX 10/100 NIC
SMC2804 Wireless NIC
CTX 19" monitor (PL950)
Ligitech Z560 Speakers
Sennsheiser PC-150 Headset ( http://www.ddz.net/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=reviewhw&Number=13939 )

Lan Equipment
Eizo L365 LCD Monitor (3500 hours no NO dead pixels!) +DVI connection
Xbags carrying setup
Color rotating 5mm LEDs


Will be replacing ALL fans with either a water setup or Acoustifan fans because of the very low noise and vibration free motors.

Can you tell I enjoy this?

[metawu]

I found an rebate status page on their website which is nice, but my order isn't in yet...
I hope its just the snail mail thats taking a while...

[vanselus]

I've actually never been ripped off on a rebate where I followed the rules. Apple tried to screw me out of a couple hundred dollars - funny conversation, here's the summary:

apple - "we can't honor your rebate because we did not receive your upc label"

me - "it was in the envelope with the form"

apple - "well, maybe it fell out in the mail"

me - "was the envelope damaged?"

apple - "i don't know"

apple - "you need to cut the upc off the box and mail it with the form"

me - "that's going to be tough to do since i already cut it out and mailed it with the form you have in your hands"

apple - "ok, we'll send you the rebate anyway once you fill out a lost-upc form"

me - "this is why i buy pc's"

just joking on the last one, i didn't really say that.

[johnb]

Heh, you should've. Buncha dirty hippies over there. :)

[vanselus]

You know, I had a hunch. Yesterday I walked in and the office smelled like incense and a faint odor of toasted almonds. I asked the Mac if he knew why, and he looked really suspicious when he said "no way man, it was the PC".