Glad to see you guys like the display. I was gonna buy a 21", but figured i might as well spend a little extra on a 24" so that i won't have to buy another LCD for another 2-3 years.

Also, i've decided to, after all, build the damn thing myself. Shit, i just wanna be able to customize everything to my liking. That and i really want one of those badass new home theater cases, as opposed to the same outdated tower design.

Hmm did noone latch onto the fact that id software doesnt make half-life? But... Valve..

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I want one of those Dell monitors... but I may have to settle for the Gateway 22" instead. I get staff prices from Future Shop... WOOT! But seriously... that Dell lcd is unreal!!!

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Originally posted by psychosomatica Hmm did noone latch onto the fact that id software doesnt make half-life? But... Valve..

The original Half-Life engine is a heavily modified Quake2 engine, by id Software.


This is my LCD.



Dated design by today's standards (2 years old) but it has a built-in TV tuner. Pretty rad.

Here are the components i picked. Gonna buy em and put everything together later this week:


Athlon 64 3200+
Gigabyte K8NE Motherboard
Silverstone Black HTPC Case
GeForce 6800GS
1GB 400MHz PC3200
160GB Maxtor ATA133
Lite-ON DVD+RW


Everything, including tax, is around $1200 after tax. The monitor is gonna end up costing around that much as well.

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Originally posted by d!abolic Here are the components i picked. Gonna buy em and put everything together later this week: Athlon 64 3200+ Gigabyte K8NE Motherboard Silverstone Black HTPC Case GeForce 6800GS 1GB 400MHz PC3200 160GB Maxtor ATA133 Lite-ON DVD+RW Everything, including tax, is around $1200 after tax. The monitor is gonna end up costing around that much as well.

I built his same shit almost exactly, back in 2004, except I had an old Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB kickin' around that I still use :cry:.

Athlon64 3200+
Asus K8V SE Deluxe mobo
some old case I had
1GB Samsung PC3200 DDR RAM
120GB Seagate SATA-150 harddrive
some old Pioneer slot-loading DVD drive I had (moved CD burner to other comp, cause iPods don't need CDs).

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I built his same shit almost exactly, back in 2004...

That musta cost you quite a bit back then

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Originally posted by d!abolic That musta cost you quite a bit back then

Just under a g-note for the CPU, HSF, mobo, harddrive, and RAM.

On another note, I used to run an Athlon 1400 as well. I had a Globalwin FOP38 fan and some fucking wackjob all copper heatsink that weighed almost 700 grams that had to be screwed into the mobo as if would literally rip the socket off if it were simply clipped on (I cannot remember the name of it).

That was back in my days of overclocking... I was determined to take that "worn out Thunderbird core" CPU to the fucking limit, as the 1400 was the supposed pinnacle of that Tbird core.

I rigged up a shitload of small 120mm Globalwin fans in some dryer ducting, and ran said ducting over top of the heatsink/fan/CPU combo and then the other end out my fucking window. This was the middle of winter, so -10°C temps were common.

Sucking in sub-zero temperature air at some ungodly CFM, I was able to take a CPU that would top 70°C at full load down to about 20°C under full load and bring it up to 1780MHz.

1400 top end, indeed I showed up a bunch of people back then. Holy shit I was a nerd. ePenis++

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Originally posted by tha_broad For some reason, I read this thread title as "I am now Del's whore"

LMFAO

I have been looking at the Acer 26" 16:9 LCD for my computer (currently have a 19" Sony Trinitron)

But after i saw that Dell 24"...it's a tough choice now. DVI in AND the rotate function

Too bad it's 16:10 tho. not sure if my ATI 9250 will like the native on it.

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