Operation Delta 3 - 013

[greengoose1]

We begin a new thread and pick up with Spagers question. He was wondering which Ge Force Card I was going to get. It will be one just behind the cutting edge so as to maximize my money. It is narrowed down to between $60.00 and $100.00 for the card. One thing we try to do is build a good powerful computer for less than a $1000.00. So far, we have been successful in the effort with the first two computers.

The countdown continues.

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[Daizy]

Hiya greengoose1:
Anxiously awaiting the birth of your bouncing new baby!
How about a running list of your components again for this thread...and what you paid for them?

Daizy

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[bistro]

And if you tell us you got ANY parts from a yard sale, you're fired....

spragers: From what I've read, the TI series of vid cards will be faster than the original GeForce 3's--as far as core speed. But it won't be all that much faster as far as rendering. Supposed to speed up games that use programmable shaders. Watch out for the TI 200--watered down, no real diff and probably not worth the price IMHO.

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[greengoose1]

Gee, and Garage sales are my favorite. Did I tell you about the monitor I found in a bar ditch and the ....... .

I remember many of the prices off the top of my head but I will see about getting the list together. Got to do a checklist tonight.

You know having to repair the Compaq gave me alot more confidence to work with components. But I have a funny feeling of anticipation as Friday night nears and I wonder "can I do it?" I want to bring BT up without a glitch, the same as the Queen of Hearts did with hers. Ya know I'm on that side of 60yrs that allows me to delegate to all of those on the other side. But I'm like a little kid getting all excited and I don't mind saying so. This is great.

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[bistro]

Being young at heart covers a multitude of years...

I've had a few builds that went off without a hitch; the others were simple enough to correct (usually some stupid move I made being in too much of hurry). Patience/slow go is the key.

"What???!!?? No sound??? Must be a bad driver!!!! Uh....er...that, or maybe it's because I plugged the speaker wire into the mike jack..."

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[Train]

Or why is the floppy light staying on?
180 degrees out. Darn!

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[Sarrkazztic]

I personally have never made any of those mistakes... yeah right..... also on the first machine I built the power supply came with the power setting on 220 volts...plugged it in without checking....what is that awful smell....yanked the cord....and I had melted one of the wires coming from the p/s to the floppy drive.....I was able to repair it so I could get it up and running but I did end up replacing the power supply.....every mistake that I have made putting computers together has been because I got in a hurry....any other times that something has gone wrong it has been D.O.A. parts....and that does happen....bad cpu bad mobo....bad vid card...bad ram....I have had all of these at one time or another....be patient my friend and it will all come together and you have an elite support group that will be right here with you as you are building.....Unless of course Bistro Train Jaak and DrMdj want to meet me somewhere for a few brews and a poker game...

[bistro]

Hey!! That sounds good....greengoose, you're on your own...

[greengoose1]

I knew I could count on you all. Gives me a warm feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Where'd you say the game was? LOL

Got to hit the sack. Nite all.

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[Train]

We could just sit back and watch the panic you know.

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[Sarrkazztic]

Hey Goose I found something you may be interested in...I remember you were looking for an external cd burner Check this out I have to ask tho....it sounded like you were dead set on external..why is that? why are you against internal?

[jtdoom]

Hi,
first electronics kit I burnt was a CB mobile HAM radio
I did not have a power supply for it
so I used a car battery.
one day, I connect the darn thing wrong.
kinda smelly

about them geforces.
geforce2 mx200 are not much worse than geforce 2 mx400

saw a siluo t400 (T for tv-out)
good card, but I saw no difference with a 200 TV-out.

have an elsa gladiac 511 tv-out still in wrapper (64 MB)
I ain't even gonna look at how it does.


imho, if you aren't a heavy gamer, geforce2 mx200 is plenty okay.

hell, I still use a TNT 2 M64, 32MB...
its a guillemot cougar maxigamer someone sold me when he upgraded.

will get back a geforce2 MX200 (already ran trials on it) when the elsa is put in system. (I had to get that kid up and running, and could not convince him this elsa was not cost effective.
but hey, it dropped 25 bucks in price since then...


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[Sarrkazztic]

look at this originally posted by Winch

I recently posted a question about where to buy a cheap machine. Someone suggested I build one and I'm interested in that. I was pointed to the Delta threads here. I've started reading them but there seems to be so much superfluous info (personal bantering etc that BB are famous for). I was wondering is there another source that's more down to brass tacks, step by step instructions. Maybe someone could suggest a good book.
I'm not trying to knock the Delta threads, I'm just a little overwhelmed at the start.
Thanks all

superflous information : )

[greengoose1]

Not against internal, Sarkazztic. I thought it would be neat to have the added capability to take with me to other computers.

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[Train]

sarrkazztic
I do my burning with a external hp 8230e. I can and have taken it with me when making help type runs.
Burn a cd or two if possible and then dig in, format or whatever. Sure saves download time on 28K limit dialup. Horrible phone system. Even have the via usb stuff on a cd just incase. 3 hours sure beats 3 weeks.
GG1 knows I use mine in this manner.
Sure beats a floppy.

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