You might be an OC Junky if:

[DentyCracker]

1,2,3,4,8,9,10,11,13,14,17,19,23,28

[paulcs]

That part about thinking about upgrading before finishing assembly was very painful. I recently purchased a PIII 600 Coppermine, and I had visions of PIII 750's dancing in my head before the FedEx carrier arrived at my door.

The "spare parts" computer also rang a bell. The problem I have with machines built from spare parts is I'm always missing a couple, whether it be RAM, or a case, or a hard drive. I always end up spending an extra $400-$500 to build systems I intended to build entirely out of spare parts.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[merchant2112]

1 no but i only have one screw holding the case on.
2 see 1
3 have a supply of them on a shelf.
4 nope (only big ones)
5 nope
6 nope but i do have a platnum card.
7 nope
8 nope
9 yep, worked all the bugs out and now im thinking about a new mobo.
10 yep
11 yep
12 yep they do get anoying dont they.
13 nope
14 probibly (it's dosen't come up that often.
15 yep
16 yep
17 yep (and format comands)
18 nope i beleave in proper case cooling (6 internal fans with sound proofing)
19 yep tweak ui and regedit
20 no well yes but only becuase the computer controls them (x10 active home)
21 nope but i did work alot of ot once to pay for one
22 nope pc is in a room with enviromental controlls.
23 a quote "the day you can sit in that room and run all that equipment flawlessly is the day you can get rid of him (meaning me when a new super visor took over. ah he has scince been repalced hehehe) ive watched 5 of them come and go cuase they cant hack the pit.) 4 comps, 2 video plex systems, 17 monitors, a door lock and id badge system (that is buggy) video phone com system an alarm panle that is more complicated than hexadesimal programing (i did that one on purpose for job security reasons.)
so in essence yes yes yes.
24 yes.
25 no but close
26 no coment
27 no (i used to but i fixed that.)
28 yes

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

Hmmm, where did all these spare heatsinks and fans come from?
jim


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Abit BE6
P-3 620 (5*124)
128mb ram
14.6 gb Maxtor ata66
G400 vanilla 32mb @ 168/210
384k DSL
Windows 98se
DX7a
3dMark2000 = 2956

[Muad'Dib]

What is all this madness!?! I haven't o/c'd anything and this STILL applies to me!!! My dad's an electrical contractor and I swear, I haven't seen screws or covers or ... on ANYTHING (including TV's, microwaves, washing machines...)! Hmmmm, four "extra" computer systems in the garage, let me see, 6 (how do you change font sizes?) burned out monitors.... The house lights WOULD dim if we hadn't put a generator outside.... Enough for now ...

Dimitri

P.S.: My grandma has my old P 133.... Poor woman...

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MSI K7-PRO (110 version)
G400 MAX
196 Megs PC100 RAM
20 gig Maxtor
6 gig WD
DVD-ROM (2nd gen)
RealMagic Hollywood + DVD decoder
32X cd-rom
Crappy sound card (with a GREAT stereo )
All I need is a FREAKIN processor!!!!! (and another excuse to suck at UT)


[This message has been edited by Muad'Dib (edited 23 February 2000).]

[kidspot]

Hmmm . . . well you might add these:

29) if the a.c. in your house must pass through your computer case before being allowed to cool the room . . .

30) if your case pushes out more cfm (cubic feet per minute) than your ceiling fan does.

31) if you have more fans in your case than than all the other computers in your neighborhood combined.

32) if you know the operating temperature of your case and chip - plus their relationship to the ambient room temperature.

33) If the leads on your outdoor thermometor end inside your computer case.

34) If you have to warn people using your computer to turn on the A.C. first - for the computer's sake.

35) If you keep a room fan handy - just in case there is a cooling problem.

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Athlon 500 ->600 (runs 87-102 F)
MSI 6167 mobo
10 GB Maxtor 5400
27 GB Quantum 7200
256 MB PC100
6x DVD
4x4x16 CDRW
SoundBlaster Live!
G400 Marvel
21" Viewsonic (also cooled w/ 2 80mm fans)
SuperMicro 750A (80-85 F)
1 Air conditioning duct
3 Thermometers
17 fans of all shapes and sizes
1 room fan 4 feet away - just in case

[Mark F]

36) If your on friendlier terms with the UPS/FedEx/etc. delivery person than most of your neibors.

37) If you see these people more often than members of your familly.

- Got a chill when the Fedex lady asked how I was recovering yesterday.

Mark F.

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OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a DVD...
and burped out a movie

[Muad'Dib]

Sorry, I just thought of number 38. If the Hack Saw has become a permanent repair tool for your case.... Or maybe I'm the only one with that???

Off to study I go.....

Dimitri who doesn't want to study but must....



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MSI K7-PRO (110 version)
G400 MAX
196 Megs PC100 RAM
20 gig Maxtor
6 gig WD
DVD-ROM (2nd gen)
RealMagic Hollywood + DVD decoder
32X cd-rom
Crappy sound card (with a GREAT stereo )
All I need is a FREAKIN processor!!!!! (and another excuse to suck at UT)

[merchant2112]

39. if you know your ups mans route so that you can pick up packages by finding him first. (ive done this after tracking a package knowing it is on his truck and finding the van before he gets to my house.)

[RAB]

40. You build a home network to justify keeping the old left over computers around.

Corollary to 40. You have more wire surrounding your computer(s) than around your stereo.

RAB

[Maggi]

[*] #41: You have to contact your local power supplier before turning your computer on

[Jake]

Guilty as charged!

I spent 6 hours today trying to get my rig (PIII-450) to do 600!! (again!). Tried fiddling with almost every bios setting, voltage tweak, fresh goo on my HSF (lowered CPU temp by 10C!!) and so on and so forth.

Managed to get it stable at 6000@2.2V, L2 cache disabled (sad!!), but only using an old vga ISA adaptor, not my beloved G200. It could not handle 87Mhz (2/3 FSB).

Maybe I'll try installing some copper spacers on the L2 cache chips. Any good advice on this procedure???

Well, it's the neverending story....

Regards,

Jake

BTW: I won't eat next month as I just shelled out about $700 (hardware is friggin expensive in Denmark!!) on a lovely Adaptec AHA-2940U2W PCI controller and a 9.1 GB Seagate Cheetah 10K HDD! Now that's a BAD mutha!!!

Sandra HDD benchmark index: 16900

[Guyver]

Jake,

Shoulda told me you were looking...

Had an old Cheetah 9GB and 2940U2W just sitting around...

Sold the HD to the office for $400 and gave the controller to them as I didn't have to pay for either of them in the first place....

Replaced them with a pair of Quantum Atlas 10K 18.2GB driven by an Adaptec 29160 (not 29160n)... Now that's a sweet setup...

Guyv

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

#42 the kids are constantly trying to toast marshmallows at the rear of the case
jim


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Abit BE6 with P3 500 @ 5*124=620
14.6 gb Maxtor ata66 and 128mb ram
G400 vanilla 32mb @ 168/210
Sblive with Altec Lansing speaker combo
384k DSL and Realtek nic
Windows 98se with DX7a
3dMark2000 = 2956
Worn out reset button :O)

[Mark F]

#43) During the winter you rearange the case the the rear faces you, and the expelled air keeps your legs warm.