Birth of a Lethal PC

[Fox Body]

Okay, a few of you remember me talking about Half Life 2 coming out in Sept. 30-03 and me preparing a machine that could handle it with no problem. Since then, my brother help me put together a pretty vicious PC. Here are the specs.....

Computer Specifications:

·· Motherboard - EPOX EP-8RDA+ Built in LAN/IEEE 1394/USB 2.0
·· CPU - AMD 2600+ 2.09 GHZ 333 FSB
·· Memory – DDR 1024 MB
·· Video Card – ATI 9500 Pro AGP 8x 128MB
·· TV Tuner – Hauppauge Win-TV PVR250 Multi-Encoder w/remote
·· Sound Card – Creative Labs 32-bit PCI
·· Modem – Motorola 56k V90 modem (dial-up sucks )
·· Rom 01 - Pioneer 52X cdrom/16X DVD
·· Rom 02 - LG 24X10X40 cd-Writer
·· Drive 01 – 120 GB Maxtor HDD
·· Drive 02 – Zip250 100/250 MB disk
·· Drive 03 – 1.44 MB Floppy disk
·· Fans – 2x90mm and 1x120mm case Fans
·· ViewSonic UltraBrite A90f+ 19" Flatscreen CRT Monitor (love the "ultrabrite" for gaming option) -- I prefer CRT over trueflats for gaming purposes...

Yeah, I know this isn't the fastest PC in the world (Dan's is ), but I'm not too far behind.

One of the best things about the whole deal is the price. All together, through various means of which if I expounded them to you I'd have to kill you (nothing illegal though ), I spent roughly $800 for the entire system (including monitor ). BTW, I am factoring in my old computer which I sold for $300 (but still for these specs, $1100 is still superb).

So, comparing it to a Mustang, you could say I'm running a 400-500 rwhp beast that does 10s in the 1/4 but I only spent a grand total of ~$2700 to get me there (plus I still have radio and A/C) .

....and yes I am kinda bragging (but in a good way ) cause I'm happy . I know some of you guys can relate. Hey Dan, we should have a computer race and see which PC loads up Windows the fastest and then we can talk about it in the Street Racers Corner forum (j/k)