Thu Nov 22 03:14:43 2001

I am posting this from my brand new Athlon 1600+ (sic) XP-based computer that I built on Monday.  New ECS mobo, 256MB SDRAM (from P3 box), same old GF2 GTS video (plus ATi secondary), SCSI, 70GB total HD, CDR and CD, yada yada.

Ph34r m3, for I have passed teh gigahurtz mark!  :biggrin:

Just thought I'd post something semi-informative.  To those in the US: have a happy T-day tomorrow.

Thu Nov 22 08:39:10 2001

Ph34r m3, for I have passed teh gigahurtz mark!  

I've done it twice in one box

[size=20]I WIN![/size]

Thu Nov 22 09:35:20 2001

All yuor RMA are belong to me!

Thu Nov 22 17:44:36 2001

All yuor RMA are belong to me!

:biggrin:

Thu Nov 22 22:22:10 2001

New ECS mobo, 256MB SDRAM

Hmmm...ECS K7S5A?

An apparently decent board for ridiculously cheap.

Fri Nov 23 02:25:01 2001

from Imitation Gruel posted at 5:22 pm on Nov. 22, 2001

New ECS mobo, 256MB SDRAM

Hmmm...ECS K7S5A?

An apparently decent board for ridiculously cheap.

As they say at OSY, indeed!

Various vendors had them between $62 and $70.  A number of their also had a positive quote from Tom's Hardware on them; it's the first time I've seen such a blurb from a website stuck on a mobo manufacturer's box.

Main reason I got it, though, was because the Epox I was originally looking at doesn't/didn't support the AthXP CPUs, and the other (more expensive) mobos just weren't being offered.  So I 'settled' for the ECS and thus far I'm pleased with it.  This one supports both SDRAM and DDR, and since I didn't have the $$$ on hand for DDR, I would have to use my SDR for the time being.  

Even has built-in NIC and sound, though I'd have preferred to have neither.  I'm using the NIC for the time being and I've disabled the sound.  Been thinking about an Audigy or GTXP next... :biggrin:

Fri Nov 23 13:13:08 2001

Fri Nov 23 15:25:43 2001

from HitScan posted at 7:13 am on Nov. 23, 2001

Life at 1GHz+ does indeed kick much ass.

Fri Nov 23 16:16:45 2001

And then you try dual processors...

My standards are so high for new boards now that I won't be able to buy a new one until I can afford the Tyan Thunder K7. This may take considerable time.

Sun Nov 25 01:25:49 2001

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Sun Nov 25 04:09:54 2001

Thu Nov 29 02:35:52 2001

w00t, as it were.

ClearType looks good even on my 3-year-old cheapo 19" Sceptre monitor.

This post has supposedly been informational.

Thu Nov 29 03:57:35 2001

:)

Thu Nov 29 15:24:13 2001

from AllYorBaseRBelong2Us posted at 10:57 pm on Nov. 28, 2001

There are a couple of girls on campus that I fancy.

:)

Please send us (well, me) some pictures! :biggin: