Two successful builds now!

[JD Anderson]

I had never worked on a computer until two weeks ago. I built a high end system and had no problems, no glitches.
I built a low end budget system, reusing CD RW, HDD, Wireless network PCI card, Floppy, etc. Some of the components were 4-6 years old, so I wondered how it would work. Everything works like a champ! I expected to have some trouble, but didn't.

This is kind of fun... Knock on wood.
JD

 

[xXgambitXx]

aaah, isn't it great when everything works out?

you do realize now that we'll be reading a "JD Anderson" post in 2hours that's all like.....OMG help me my computers don't work, random reboots, blue screen

 

[JD Anderson]

Originally posted by: xXgambitXx
aaah, isn't it great when everything works out?

you do realize now that we'll be reading a "JD Anderson" post in 2hours that's all like.....OMG help me my computers don't work, random reboots, blue screen

You are evil...

LOL

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Money has me stalled on my third in two years. This will be my first AMD.

Good on ya mate I didn't have a single problem with either of my first two, with the exception of pushing the ram timmings, then having to back them off. Get into the BIOS and have some fun If your anything like me, you will be glad there is a default setting so the process can be started over again.

This post may come back to haunt you but don't worry about it.


GalvanizedYankee

 

[GamerExpress]

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: GamerExpress

QFT.

what are the specs of your new old system.

 

[drsafety]

Cool dude. I am also planning my first build, to be completed in the next 2 months.

 

[raildogg]

listing your specs would be nice ...

 

[JSLIM]

I felt the same way w/ my first. Now I'm having issues from time to time, RMA, troubleshooting and what not.

 

[wildwolf]

Heh...y'all are in for a rude awakening.

I used to have a good ol' decent paying fatory job...good work, good pay. Wanted a "new computer" to play a new game my "IRC" buddies were talking about (Quake2). Had one "custom built" after reviewing all parts (reviews/benchmarks) on AT and Tom's. Spent $1200 on it. Was mad because the reviews didn't fully explain (at the time) the particular motherboard I bought...overclocking a P2-266 to 300 would only work if you did a pin b52 mod (taped it off) because motherboard wanted to force AGP to overclock since a "true" 100 bus CPU wasn't found. Found a good gaming server...got hooked....offered to donate my AOpen Board and P2-266 to the server site, they accepted.

Bought a new Abit BH6 and P2-300 SL2H8 (overclocking champ of P2's). That baby hit 450Mhz with minimal cooling and no extra anything! I was happy. That was the first "real" computer work I did myself.

After a few years of playing games, building PCs for friends/family and generally teaching myself everything I needed to troubleshoot, I decided to quit the factory life, go to school (I was 30...never been in college) and get a real career.

3 years later, I graduated with a computer science degree....now can fix/build/repair AND program the things....and get paid twice what I made in the factory.

I'm telling ya...you're in for a rude awakening...once you start building them...they take over your lives....run....run for your life!

On a lighter side...thanks for reading...enjoy the computer building goodness, and have a nice day.

 

[JD Anderson]

I was an Electronics Technician and Reactor Operator in the Nuclear Power field for 12 years, and I've been a Project Manager in the Semiconductor Industry for almost 10 years (currently at Intel Fab23 in Colorado Springs). I also do portrait photography, weddings and event photography, as well as Graphic Design on the side. I don't need a new career, or hobby for that matter! LOL Oh yeah, I'm also a Cub Scout Leader and teach Sunday School. And I have three kids. Yikes, I really don't need another hobby!

JD

Originally posted by: wildwolf
Heh...y'all are in for a rude awakening.

I used to have a good ol' decent paying fatory job...good work, good pay. Wanted a "new computer" to play a new game my "IRC" buddies were talking about (Quake2). Had one "custom built" after reviewing all parts (reviews/benchmarks) on AT and Tom's. Spent $1200 on it. Was mad because the reviews didn't fully explain (at the time) the particular motherboard I bought...overclocking a P2-266 to 300 would only work if you did a pin b52 mod (taped it off) because motherboard wanted to force AGP to overclock since a "true" 100 bus CPU wasn't found. Found a good gaming server...got hooked....offered to donate my AOpen Board and P2-266 to the server site, they accepted.

Bought a new Abit BH6 and P2-300 SL2H8 (overclocking champ of P2's). That baby hit 450Mhz with minimal cooling and no extra anything! I was happy. That was the first "real" computer work I did myself.

After a few years of playing games, building PCs for friends/family and generally teaching myself everything I needed to troubleshoot, I decided to quit the factory life, go to school (I was 30...never been in college) and get a real career.

3 years later, I graduated with a computer science degree....now can fix/build/repair AND program the things....and get paid twice what I made in the factory.

I'm telling ya...you're in for a rude awakening...once you start building them...they take over your lives....run....run for your life!

On a lighter side...thanks for reading...enjoy the computer building goodness, and have a nice day.

 

[JD Anderson]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot.
Here are my specs:

My nice system:
Antec Performance P180 Case
Seasonic S12-500W Power Supply
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 Mother Board
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego CPU Retail
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Platinum System Memory - Retail
Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V-SP Radeon X700 Pro PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out & DVI Retail Video
Western Digital 74GB Raptor HDD (Boot Drive)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive ? OEM (Storage)
NEC Black ND-3540A 16X 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner ? OEM
NEC CD-RW (re use from previous system)
Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5? Floppy
NEC/MITSUBISHI - FE992-BK 19IN CRT .25MM-BLK 16X12
Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail
Logitech Cordless Desktop LX700 Black RF Wireless Keyboard/Mouse ? Retail
Windows XP Pro with SP2

My budget system for my 5 year old:

AMD Sempron 64 2500+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Retail $59
Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184 pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC3200) Unbuffered Retail $43
ECS K8T800-A Socket 754 VIA K8T800 ATX AMD MB Retail $53
XFX PVT18LQT Geforce MX4000 64MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card Retail $27
Aspire ATXB2KL-AL/420 Silver Steel ATX Mid Twr Case 420W PSU Retail $36
Aspire 120mm case fan $8
Reuse Floppy, DVD Rom, CD-RW, Seagate 20GB HDD, Maxtor 10GB HDD, DLink wireless PCI card
Win XP Home (reuse from old system with dead MB)
This was cheap at about $250, and it works great (for my kids needs, anyway)!


JD

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: wildwolf
Heh...y'all are in for a rude awakening.

I used to have a good ol' decent paying fatory job...good work, good pay. Wanted a "new computer" to play a new game my "IRC" buddies were talking about (Quake2). Had one "custom built" after reviewing all parts (reviews/benchmarks) on AT and Tom's. Spent $1200 on it. Was mad because the reviews didn't fully explain (at the time) the particular motherboard I bought...overclocking a P2-266 to 300 would only work if you did a pin b52 mod (taped it off) because motherboard wanted to force AGP to overclock since a "true" 100 bus CPU wasn't found. Found a good gaming server...got hooked....offered to donate my AOpen Board and P2-266 to the server site, they accepted.

Bought a new Abit BH6 and P2-300 SL2H8 (overclocking champ of P2's). That baby hit 450Mhz with minimal cooling and no extra anything! I was happy. That was the first "real" computer work I did myself.

After a few years of playing games, building PCs for friends/family and generally teaching myself everything I needed to troubleshoot, I decided to quit the factory life, go to school (I was 30...never been in college) and get a real career.

3 years later, I graduated with a computer science degree....now can fix/build/repair AND program the things....and get paid twice what I made in the factory.

I'm telling ya...you're in for a rude awakening...once you start building them...they take over your lives....run....run for your life!

On a lighter side...thanks for reading...enjoy the computer building goodness, and have a nice day.

That's real good for you. More people should take an example from people like you and seize the opportunities America has to offer, instead of crying to a union to inflate an already overpaid factory job that would only be worth 1/10th that amount in any other country. Bravo.