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    My new tower fleet

    now that my 4 towers are now finished, i would like comments on my hardware:

    Tower #1- gaming

    supermicro pdsge
    p4 prescott 630 (3.0ghz 2m x64)
    scthe katina cooler
    EVGA 7600GT 256mb PCIe video
    2gb RAM
    maxtor maxline III 250gb SATA
    toshiba dvd burner
    samsung dvd-rom
    happauge wintv-GO
    acbel 550w psu
    foxconn case w/ 3 fans (2 front vantec stealth 80mm, 1 rear 92mm pwm)
    ubuntu 10.04 x64
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    Tower#2: mini-server

    msi k7t-turbo (upgraded chipset heatsink, re-capped)
    amd athlon palomino 1800+
    modded heatsink w/ fonsan (delta) fan (not the ftc POS in the pic)
    1.5gb pc133
    ATI radeon 9550 128mb
    3-com 10/100 lan w/WOL
    160gb wd caviar green
    320gb wd caviar blue
    sony 40x cd-rw
    bestec 12z 250w
    old ee (powmax) side-saddle psu case, not flimsy,mods:

    dremel'd out fan ports (so the fans can do thier job)
    dremel'd out front/side vents, replaced with gutter-guard
    dremel'd out front bezel, to add 2 front usb ports
    added thumbscrews

    (ill post pics of the mods soon, on vacation right now, the board has yet to be re-capped)

    with the gutter-guard vents, it looks kinda sexy... for an old case, that is.

    ubuntu desktop 10.04
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      (edit for above, burner is actually a benq 52x cd-rw)

      Tower #3: compaq presario 7000, living room web-surfing

      s370 ATX mobo (little info on it avail., its been re-capped):

      4 usb (2 rear, 2 front)
      2 firewire (1 rear, 1 front)
      VIA chipset
      1 agp 4x, 5 pci

      pIII coppermine 1ghz
      oversized cpu fan
      768mb pc-133
      nvidia geforce-4 64mb AGP
      c-media 6.1 channels pci sound
      kingston 10/100 LAN (intel chip)
      linksys wireless-b (if i can get it to work on ubuntu, f*** you broadcom!)
      80gb seagate barracuda
      sony 4x dvd-rw
      lg cd-rw
      dell 250w psu (hipro, very beefy)

      ubuntu desktop
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        tower #4: dell-gateway mashup- family room web surfing

        gateway board (jabil kadoka r4 amd):
        slot-a
        3 usb ports
        1 agp 2x, 5 pci
        NO 'lytic caps on it, smd tants only

        AMD athlon classic 700mhz
        cooler w/nidec fan
        640mb pc-133 (@pc100)
        diamond stealth III agp (s3 savage4 16mb)
        diamond monster sound pci 4.1 channel
        10/100 mpx w/ WOL
        40gb wd caviar
        sony 40x cd-rw
        compaq 300w psu (delta)
        dell dimension 4100 case (has reset button- odd for an OEM), mods:

        added hd cooler
        dremel'd rear fan holder

        xubuntu 10.04 (to add to the mashup theme, i enabled the redmond (win2k) theme)



        NOTES:

        tower #1 has adifferent video card right now, the one mentioed has yet to come int he mail

        Tower #2 is not running, the board needs re-capped, caps coming w/card

        tower #3 has no working wi-fi at this time, in the works

        towers 2,3, and 4 have 1 or more fans custom wired to a p4 12v+ connector (de-soldered form dead mobos), so that cable is not wasted, and to not clutter with ugly molex inline adapters.


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          whoops... back form vacation, screwed it up:

          Tower #2 gets the sony 40x after all
          Tower #3 gets the benq 52x (the lg is dead)... and a usb 2.0 card (3 ports external, 1 internal header) and an internal card reader.
          Tower #4 gets a lite-on 40x burner

          sorry about that...
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            #6
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            Will all of it run at once?

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              #7
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              whats it all do
              capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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                #8
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                Originally posted by willawake
                whats it all do
                1 fileserver,
                2 web-browsers,
                and one for games.

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                  Originally posted by ratdude747
                  EVGA 7600GT 256mb PCIe video
                  sweet, glad it got there.
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                    to start off, i just got the card today. works great. however, i had to leave right after the test, i had another trip to leave for (robotics competition in cleavland). to answer the questions : (what it does, current status, future status at my house to be in Louisville)

                    1. web browsing, games (torcs, tremulous, etc.), homework, tv viewing

                    main rig in bedroom

                    will be only rig in my bedroom


                    2. web browsing, medium games (foobilliard, etc), file serving

                    in garage next to #4, inactive, waiting for a recap next week

                    will be in basement workshop


                    3. web, photo uploads, light games (minesweeper, etc.)

                    in my room being worked on (possible bad hd)

                    will be in either great room or living room


                    4. web, light games

                    in garage, used for looking stuff up (and bragging about my latest mod! )

                    will be in either great room or living room



                    next week when i get time, i will post pics. #2 has LOTS of mods, #4 has a few, and face it, #1 just looks cool.
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                      #11
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                      if you put them different places you can have a mini lan party.

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                        #12
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                        yeah... but a lan party sucks with a PIII.
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                          #13
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                          You would need to run old games.

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                            #14
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                            bzflag!

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                              #15
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                              Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D!

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                                #16
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                                You might be able to run counter strike. the original, not source.

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                                  Originally posted by NxB
                                  You would need to run old games.
                                  um... its linux, not m$.

                                  however, i can LAN frozen-bubble, i bet it would run on all (runs on my eee-pc 1000HEb without breaking a sweat).

                                  only #1 is intended for gaming, the rest can be used for games of varying levels of graphics.

                                  Originally posted by seanc
                                  Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D!
                                  nah... like i said above, unless it is FREE and is for linux/wine compatible, it is not being used by me on them.
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                                    #18
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                                    Originally posted by ratdude747
                                    now that my 4 towers are now finished, i would like comments on my hardware
                                    Good PCs, I like
                                    Just one thing though, (and you'd probably hate to hear this ) but you should get some form of Windows (perhaps XP) running on that p4 prescott 630 PC. I know MS is expensive and you'd rather not spend any money on that, but on the other side there's a much wider variety of games you can choose from (both free and paid). You can also take NxB's advice and get some old games. Many of them can be found for under $10, too, and I'm talking about popular, well known titles.

                                    By the way, is that eVGA 7600GT from the lot that TC fixed?

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                                      #19
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                                      that last post is blasphemy!

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                                        #20
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                                        yeah. i am happy with my existing games, thank you.
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