The most obnoxious computer???

[juandeez]

Let's get a little contest started here to see who has the most obnoxious computer. Meaning the one with the most bragging rights..... Here's my entry:
InWin Q500A Case
300 watt power supply
ABit BH6
Pentium 2/450
192Mb RAM
Toshiba m1202 IDE DVD-ROM
Iomega IDE Zip 100
Quantum fireball 13.6Gb IDE HDD
Epson 5.25" HD floppy
Panasonic 3.5" HD floppy
Adapted 2940U2W SCSI adapter
Plextor SCSI Plexwriter 4/2/20
Seagate Ultra2 SCSI Cheetah 18.2Gb
ATI All-in-wonder 128 (32Mb version) -- Have Playstation hooked up to this
Sound Blaster Live w/ daughtercard -- connected to 500 watt Kenwood home theatre reciever w/ surround sound + 250 watt subwoofer
Netgear 10/100MBps NIC
Creative DxR3 DVD decoder
3Com 56K voice/data/fax modem
3 fans
Gateway 17" monitor
Gateway multifunction keyboard
Logitech Marble mouse
Gravis gamepad pro
Connectix USB quickcam
Windows 98 SE, and will set up Win2k dual boot very soon

And I think that's it!

[Jester2]

Obnoxious? I'll tell you obnoxious. This is my system, and i'm still using right now to play Starcraft and Office 2000


Compaq Presario Pentium 133
73 MB EDO RAM
3.1 Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive
1 MB S3trio+ Vid Card (Integrated!)
ESS 1888 Sound Card (Integrated!)
ADI MicroScan 5AP 17" Monitor
Altec Lansing AC-40 Speakers
MS Intellimouse
Compaq Keyboard


Bahahah. Obnoxious is the key word :P

[pickel]

Were you able to get this all in one room??

[juandeez]

Yeah. But just barely My room is really small, and my parents hate it because it is either too loud, or I spend too much money on it!! hahahahaha I love it though!

[daveleau]

How's about this...a very loud system...slightly powerful as well...

SuperPower ATX Case
Gen 300W PS
Abit BF6
Cel 2 566 @ 901
384 MB SDRAM (128 Gen PC133, 256 PNY (Infineon) PC100)
G400 Max 32MB Dual head
Card slot AGP cooler
SBLive! Value
3COM 10/100 NIC
NetGear 10/100 NIC
FastTrakk RAID (modified Promise ATA66 card)
2--20GB WD ATA66 7200 RPM 2MB buffer hdds
2--small AMD K6-2 retail CPU fans strapped tot he side of my hdds with rubber bands to cool the hdds (cheap but effective and quiet)
52X Kenwood TrueX CD-ROM (installing tomorrow)
HP 8250i CD-RW
mitsumi fdd
USR ISA Faxmodem 56K (for backup when my cable goes down)
4 80mm box fans
USB Zip 100
USB Altec Lansing 3 peice speakers
USB Intelimouse Explorer
Logitech Deluxe 104 keyboard

Whew ok that's my system. first time I think I've posted the whole thing...
Dave

[This message has been edited by daveleau (edited 06-07-2000).]

[Mntsnow]

OK...Twist my arm

Main system

Triple booting (Win98, Windows2000 and Mandrake 7.0)
Intel Pentium 3 450 running at 600mhz @ 2.0 Volts (133fsb x 4.5) Alpha heatsink and YS-tech fans
Abit BX6-2 Motherboard
256megs of PC133 7.5ns ram (2 sticks of 128megs each) Infineon branded
3dfx VooDoo3 3500 (AGP) 16meg.
SB-live Value (2nd generation) (PCI)
Siig Ap-40 Ultra Wide scsi card (PCI)
Realtek 10/100 NIC card (PCI)
Promise Ultra66 converted to Fasttrak66 raid card using
(2) Maxtor 20.0 gig 2 meg buffer 7200rpm ATA66 (IDE) in stripe mode (raid 0) (Booting system)
(2) Seagate 9.1 gig 512k buffer 7200rpm (SCSI)
(1) Pioneer 303S 6X DVD Drive (SCSI)
(1) Plextor 8x bunner (SCSI)
(1) Plextor 40x reader (SCSI)
(1) 8gig 4mm tape drive (4mm 120 meter)(SCSI)
(1) Internal Iomega Zip drive (IDE)
(1) Mitsumi 1.44meg floppy drive
In a "TTGI" model #880 Full tower case with 2 extra case fans.

(add-ons)
Cambridge 4 point speakers with Sub
Logitech Wingman Formula Force (forcefeedback) Steering Wheel W/pedals (usb)
Microsoft Force-feedback joystick (joystick port)
Kensington Netcam (usb)
21" Viewsonic Monitor
Lexmark 3200 color inkjet printer
HP III-D laser printer


2nd System (server)
Dual Booting (Win98se (1% of time) & Windows2000 (99% of the time))
Abit BP6 Motherboard
(2) Celeron 366's running 550mhz (5.5x100) at 2.0 volts with globalwin heatsink and fans
512megs of PC100 8ns ram (2 sticks of 256meg each) Micron branded
Diamond A90 AGP video card (16meg Savage4 chipset)
Soundblaster AWE64 soundcard (PCI)
SIIG AP-40 Ultrawide scsi card (PCI)
Realtek 10/100 NIC (PCI)
Promise Ultra66 converted to Fasttrak66 raid card using (PCI)
(2) Maxtor 27gig 2 meg buffer 7200rpm ATA66 drives (IDE) (Booting system)
(2) Seagate Barracuda's 9.1 gig 512K buffer 7200rpm (SCSI)
(1) HP 9110+ CDR-W 8x4x32 burner (IDE)
(1) Aopen 56x CD reader (IDE)
(1) Seagate 8gig 4mm 120 meter tape drive(SCSI)
(1) Internal zip 250 drive (IDE)
(1) Teac 1.44meg floppy drive
All housed in a TTGI #880 Full tower case with 3 extra case fans


3rd System (May soon become my main system after I get thru "loading it up"!)

Win98se
SoyoTek 6VCA slot1 motherboard
(1) Celeron II 533 cpu in an Abit slocket III running at 960mhz (8x120) at 1.8volts using Alpha heatsink/fan (can boot 992mhz but is not stable )
128 megs of PC133 ram (1 stick) Generic brand
3DFX Voodoo3 3000 AGP 16meg video card
Soundblaster Live! (digital out) (2nd generation) (PCI)
(1) Maxtor 40gig ATA66 drive (IDE)
(1) Phillips CDR-W 4x4x24 burner (IDE)
(1) BTC 44x CD reader (IDE)
(1) SIIG AP-10 scsi card (PCI)
(1) Pioneer 303S DVD drive (SCSI)
(1) Seagate 8gig 4mm 120 meter tape drive (SCSI)
All housed in a Cal-PC Full tower case with 3 extra case fans

Then there is a "few others" in the house but these are what I mainly "play with"

Mntsnow
*edited for spelling* A lets see you run all that thru the spell check!...I just got tired of clicking ignore


[This message has been edited by Mntsnow (edited 06-08-2000).]

[Ultima]

Well,

My first system contains the following:

A-open Q800 case with 300W PS
MSI 6167 mainboard
Athlon 650 0.18 Micron(though I'm not sure)
256Mb pc100 infineon ram CL2
Asus v3800 running 180/210(4 fans on it)
2 Q'tum fireball 18.2Gb 7200Rpm
3com etherlink 100Mbit card
diamond mx300 soundcard + add-on card
Sony cd-writer 4x4x24
cdrom 50 speed
4 case fans in it
2 satellite speakers 120W each
300W woofer, also Labtec
And a 17 inch monitor

Second system:

AT case with 300W PS
Asus P5A-B motherboard
Amd-k6-2 450Mhz@518 (4.5x115)
64Mb pc133 Toshiba
Q'tum fireball 10.2Gb 7200rpm
44 speed cdrom
Innovision mighty banshee 16Mb pci.
Aureal a3d soundcard
3com pci ethernet adapter 10/100Mbit
15 inch monitor
Gravis gamepad pro
2 Target speakers, 120W each
and a whopping 24 system fans build in.

Try and top that, well at least the amount of fans, hahahha!!!
At least I have one thing to brag about.

Pim

[alpha]

Well, they ain't obnoxious, but here goes:

Stripped down hulk of a PII350 with no PSU
Jetway VIA133
64mb PC100
2gb HDD
40x CD
FDD
V2 sli rig.

It doesn't do anything as you'd imagine.

[mgordon99]

Mntsnow is clearly the winner, hands down.

[zzzreyes]

Nice systems... is there a rehab group for people that loose their babies!
mine:
full size ATX case A-bit got STOLEN
20 gig hard drive maxtor got STOLEN
19 inch Sony Monitor got STOLEN
32 megs v3800 asus video got STOLEN
amd k6III 450 with special cooling fan got STOLEN
A-bit motherboard got STolEN!


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That's it I can't continue the message.
Yesterday, last night someone broke into my house and stole my baby! they just stole my computer, nothing else!

[krusty the klown]

b@st@rds

Low-life burgling scum really p!ss me off!

[F=ma]

Geez this is so pathetic! This is a testosterone-filled mine-is-bigger-than-yours contest. Posting your machines for bragging rights, Okay man, brag to all us random ppl all over the world, and see how much we care. Maybe I speak for myself, but I just think you're silly.

[Ultima]

Well F=MA,

I think it has more to do with the fun you have with it!!!

Just to see what people got standing around.

Nothing else, and certainly not pethatic, as you say it!!!!

So just join the fun and brag a little yourself, or maybe you have such a system you would be embarresed to talk about???

Don't be ashame, you can't help it, just save some money for a new power thingie!!!
LOL

Pim

[alpha]

Yeah it's just a bit o' fun comparing systems. My system hasn't ran for ages - it's just a stripped down hulk and I'm still including it.

[tonym]

C'mon F=ma, doesn't everyone love a pissin contest??

Size does matter!

To whit:

1GHz Athlon processor
MS-6195 mobo
256MB SDRAM
Seagate 4.3GB primary drive
Hot-swap removeable secondary drive: right now Maxtor 13.6GB
300W Redundant PSU
Inwin Mid Tower case w/4 fans (2 in/2 out)
HP 9100 CDRW
Jaz 2GB
Zip 250MB
1.44MB FDD
3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 AGP
3Com 10/100 Enet NIC
Adaptec 2630U SCSI card
Sound Blaster Live! Value S/C
Zoom Model 2929 56K Dualmodem
NEC Multisync 90 19" monitor
IBM ruggidized keyboard
Logitech wheeled mouse
Altec Lansing surround sound w/subwoofer
HP 970Cse printer
APC Matrix UPS 3000 (10 systems supported by this UPS)

The above system is my personal workstation, the others are used by guest employees and consultants.

I've got three other identical workstations except they have 750MHz Athlons, and I've listed the remaining 6 systems in the past so I'll save characters here.

My next buy will surely be most obnoxious, a rack-mounted Proliant server!

But it occurs to me that the hardware is NOTHING without solid, versatile software. I've got about $20-25K of software on my machines...I need ten (yes, 10!) copies of OS's and Office. The expensive stuff is the CAD and design software...sometimes as much as $10K per seat. Obviously a business expense, it becomes impractical for a home user or tinkerer.

Jeez, I'm going to need a sysadmin real soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tony


[This message has been edited by tonym (edited 06-08-2000).]