most satisfying HW purchase ??

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: pio!pio!
My Maxtor 15gb 5400 rpm ATA33 HDD

after it died, RMA'd and recieved a 30gb 5400rpm ATA66HDD!!
after that one died RAM's and recieved an 40gb 7200 rpm ATA100 HDD!

the best HDD purchase evar

I dunno man, it looks like 2 hard drives died though...
LOL

 

[DAPUNISHER]

D-LINK wireless card for my notebook a couple years ago. I hadn't had any wireless internet before, and being able to stream movies to the patio while BBQing, surf, or interact with Monday Night Football while being anywhere on my property was the closest feeling to being a kid@x-mas I've had in my adult life.

 

[DarkKnight]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: pio!pio!
My Maxtor 15gb 5400 rpm ATA33 HDD

after it died, RMA'd and recieved a 30gb 5400rpm ATA66HDD!!
after that one died RAM's and recieved an 40gb 7200 rpm ATA100 HDD!

the best HDD purchase evar

I dunno man, it looks like 2 hard drives died though...
LOL

maxtor has an awesome replacement policy, my friend bought an 80gb HD from them a couple months ago and it failed so they gave him a 120gb HD. Too bad that their drives suck.

 

[Avalon]

My sticks of Geil memory. They look neat, were extremely cheap when I bought them ($85 per 512mb stick), and in dual channel they still overclocked to the max my mobo could allow, with fairly tight timings. They perform excellently.

 

[Night Blade]

I've upgraded way too much over the years, but the one that will always stick is of course 3DFX Voodoo1 PCI 4mb , my jaw hit the floor the first time I loaded up glquake :Q.

Here's hoping Doom3 will bring back some of the good ol' times...

 

[Blain]

It's sad to say, but my most satisfying hardware purchase was a desktop case for $25 shipped.
I'm planning to mod it up.

 

[SquishyWeasell]

9700 pro. 2 years old and its still faster than most of my friends rigs. Unbelievable.

 

[IPLaw]

I guess 5 years ago - Celeron 300A guarenteed to run 450 at stock voltage, and smoking procs that costs like 5x.

Of course, followed by my reburb A64 3000+ from newegg for $165

 

[nick1985]

ti-4200

 

[Sureshot324]

My 9500pro and my hitachi cml174

 

[yelo333]

256mb of pc2100 for $10(AR), and to find out it runs at 2-2-2-6 + dual ddr perfectly, even though it isn't rated for either(prime95 for 10 hrs + 3 passes in memtest86, I think it's good)...

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: mrwxyz
took me a while to realize that this thread was about hardware and not homework....

makes sense now reading the posts

been purchasing your homework assignments huh? I should really lecture you about doing your own homework.

 

[Texun]

I'd have to say it was my first computer, a store bought no-name Premier 1600 (286-16Mhz) with a 40meg WD coffee grinder and DOS 4.0. Got it used for $600.

I studied and began to edit BATCH, Config and Autoexec files, DOS commands as well as set up sound cards manually. Of course I don't need that now, but it helped me learn a very satisfying lesson about PC's. I know a lot of "builder" friends who are dead in the water when Windows fails to start.

My current thrill is the super cheap Shuttle AN35N-U board that I use in my personal server. It's dead solid, super clean and a ton of fun for the money.

 

[blodhi74]

I wish I had started this as a poll.... any tv tuner card people here ??

 

[slpaulson]

Probably my Dell 1800fp that I got last year for ~$400.
My Klipsch Promedia v2.400 have held up well too. I got them whenever it was they came out.

 

[bayanke]

going from a mac to a 900amd w/ geforce 2 gts 32mb back in 2000, cs was sooo smooth

 

[Sunner]

Probably my Voodoo2.
The Permedia2 board I had before was a great all-around board, but it wasn't exactly a spectacular 3D performer, the Voodoo2 showed me what 3D gaming was all about.
It didn't hurt that it came with GPolice, which had awesome graphics

 

[gsellis]

So had it.

My USR Courier modem bought through a BBS deal for $130 less than retail ($215 vs $345). Bought it at 28.8 and flashed it 3 more times over 4 years at no charge. Last flash was to V.90/X2 and finally got a cable modem

 

[lopri]

Definitely my Samsung 213T. Bought it for $1,200 over a year ago and it still goes for $1,100. Beautiful thing.

lop