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Here is my PC...
- Intel Pentium III CPU, Socket 370, 933 Mhz. 133Mhz FSB, 256 K Cache
- Asus TUSL2-C Intel 815EP ATX motherboard. 1 AGP, 6 PCI, 1 CNR, flashed.
- 512 MB Micron PC133, two x 256 168 PINN DIMM's
- Advansys ABP-930U Ultra-SCSI PCI.
- Soundblaster Live! with Digital I/O PCI using Liveware 2002
- Kingston TX-111 PCI Network card, 10/100, RJ45.
- 32MB AGP Asus V7100 Geforce 2 MX-400, S-Video out
- Yamaha SCSI CD-Rewriter. 40 x Read, 16 x write.
- Pioneer U-DMA 33 DVD-ROM, flashed to multi-region (RPC-2)
- IBM 61 GB 7200 rpm Ultra-DMA 100, 2 MB cache, 8.5 ms
- Umax 610S SCSI scanner
- Full tower ATX case, sprayed black
- Iiyama 19" Vision Master 1451 Monitor
- Netgear DG814 ADSL Router/Hu, 4.3 firmware
- Logitech iTouch cordless mouse/keyboard combo
- Microsoft Precision Pro Joystick & Freestyle Pro Gamepad, Thrustmaster Grand
Prix Steering Wheel
- Creative FPS 2000 4 speaker system, using digital DIN
- Hard disc fan & five 11 cm case fans.
- Windows Windows 2000 Pro, SP3
- Marantz CD-63SE Hi-Fi CD player, connected via SPDIF Coaxial to Sb Live
input.
- Asus iPanel Basic- two front USB ports, LCD info screen for temp, fan speed,
voltage etc.
- Round ATA-100 cables.
I've also got a Acer Travelmate 270x laptop
- 14" LCD screen
- Intel P4 1.6Ghz Mobile CPU
- 512MB of DDR RAM
- 20GB U-DMA Toshiba HD
- SIS 650 IDE/Video chipset
- Realtek LAN, Lucent Mode, Realtek 202 Audio
- 3 USB ports, 1 serial, 1 pararrel, VGA, PS/2, S-Video out, Mic, Headphone, Firewire
- USB sound box- plugs into a spare USB port. It has optical out- therefore high quality!
Hardware to avoid- poor performance, compatibility, etc
- Cyrix & AMD processors- poor stability.
- Soundblaster Live series with VIA and Apollo Pro chipsets, and AMD
processors (OK with Intel)
- For gamers-S3, Matrox G200/G400, ATI Video cards. Poor Opengl performance
compared to Geforce, etc.
- oftware based audio cards. They take about 20-40% CPU usage for software
wavetable synthesis
- Software modems- the CPU decompresses the data from the modem, instead of
the modem doing the work. Motherboards with the video card built-in (usually
rubbish cards & video memory shared with system memory.
- Slimline cases- pig to get into, and no hard disc/DVD/slot expansion, poor
ventilation
- Maxtor, Seagate & Fujitsu IDE hard disks- poor reliability
- Second hand or cheap monitors without any warranty
Let me know of any other bad hardware!
