120GB for $129, portable hard-disk for backup
I’m still a geek at heart
Although I don’t frequent Sim Lim Square or Funan Centre as I used to when I was younger, I still get a thrill of looking at anything IT related
*Hint hint* for my future dates or birthday gifts … haha
But it’s an expensive hobby
Being a pauper student doesn’t help either back then.
I could only afford a window shopping spree at SLS, eying the latest gadgets, or imagining that the part would be awesome for rig (rig aka desktop computer for the IT idiot)
I’m pretty frugal myself. In fact my current rig is D.I.Y (Do it yourself) and from top to bottom, everything is made up of second hand parts.
My second hand nVidia 128MB MX440 GeForce 4 graphics card
Call me cheap but I rarely buy a first hand hardware in my life. I mean the stuff still works, why not use it and still get a good bargain out of it. I also like to work with my hand and build my own PC. I may look aloof and mat, but what goes inside this brain is a hardcore geek at heart
Anyway recently only did I splurge on a portable backup hard-disk for all my web work stuff. I think I really need it, thus the purchase and it’s about time I splurge something on myself fancy
My three IDE hard-disk. Couldn’t buy a SATA one as my mobo is old. Like me!
I’m quite impulsive as a person in-fact. I still wondering how am I not still bankrupt by now. Maybe it’s because, if there’s any urges, I would always question myself “do I really need the item in the first place”
Well that works great for buying stuff, but I’m still impulsive when it comes to relationship and such … bummer
Well anyway here are some of my rig photos. Recently I also bought a cheap second hand Maxtor 80GB hard-disk. A new one would cost me three times over. Why buy a new one, when a second hand works well.
My rig is on Pentium 4 at 2.4GHz with 2 slots of 1GB ram
Next on my shopping list, is to purchase a laptop. Well for this one, I’m still wondering if I should get a new one or second hand. Well I’m still undecided. I’ve started saving and I shall shamelessly name my laptop Fiona… keke
Well if you want IT lobang, I usually get my stuff from HardwareZone forums. So peeps, wanna share what kind of a rig are you running on?
Dude 120GB for $129 ? There is a sale going on @ Cybermind: 320GB for $150.
This is problem with SLS. Actually, more of a problem with the individuals. You have to really decide how much diskspace you want and to stick with the current budget.
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Processor
AMD Athlon 64 2.8 GHz HT
Mainboard
Gigabyte K8NS Ultra Socket 939
Graphics Card
Leadtek 128MB w/TV-OUT
Memory
1024 MB DDR SDRAM 400MHz
Display
ViewSonic f1703 Flat Panel Monitor
Storage
80GB Ultra DMA Hard Disk
Optical Storage
SONY 16X DVD-ROM
TDK 52X CDRW
BENQ 16X DVD-Writer
Casing
OEM
PSU
Acbel HT 450W
Audio
Creative Live Dolby Digital 5.1
OS
Windows XP Home SP2
you got it right there about a person’s adequacy.
i know i could get it cheaper and more at SLS and waste 3 hour trip down
but i chose my current one, and bought it in sch.
More expensive than SLS, slightly cheaper than outside but I save time. Exam mode now
Your rig is cool! I got three optical storage too!! haha, i think two is enough
My monitor is the bulky one, got it cheap at $20. i want your flatscreen! hehe. sell me if you’re upgrading
There used to be a time when people don’t trust AMD
Is your OS ehem *pirated*, keke
Only the OS is not pirated. Foundation must be real, original and authentic. Then the rubble won’t fall (pirated software). Hehehe
well *ehem* aku punya adalah cetak rompak
katak, cybermind? You sure you wanna shop there? It’s notorious for being called choppermind, you know… As in… You only buy from that shop if you don’t mind being chopped. Hahahha.
sha, your gfx card is running on PCI slot arh? That doesn’t look like an AGP or PCI-e slot to me… And I think it’s time you clean out your processor fan. Hahaha. And I wouldn’t place my harddisks so close together like that if I were you… Btw, you can get a SATA PCI card for like 20 bux. That’s what I did.
my gfx is AGP, can see the brown slot there
well i give it another 6months to clean it. my last processor i never cleaned it for 3 years and it works fine
well the HDD, the middle one is another backup. So the middle one is like the unused one and will dissipate the heat away, keke. not recommended but hey its my way. Also not seen is a big extra fan i placed in front of the HDD rack. another fan on the casing too. got it via my friend
oooh yeah i’m thinking of getting that SATA PCI, maybe on my next upgrade. Thanks!!
I dunno dude. I don’t usually buy my stuff from Cybermind. I’m just saying that there is a crazy sale currently going on with that shop :-)
My setup is older than yours. :(
CPU
Intel P4 1.80GHz
Mobo
ASRock P4i45G (A budget model, was broke when my old mobo died & was desperate to get a new 1)
Gfx card
Inno3D 128 MB nVidia GeForce 6600 (another budget model… Do we see a pattern here?)
RAM
1.50GB 266 MHz DDR SDRAM (omg, so old)
Monitor
LG Flatron T710SH (CRT rox LCD’s ass)
HDD
160 GB + 160 GB + 320 GB = 640 GB
Optical Drives
LG Lightscribe DVD writer GSA-H20L + Samsung Combo Drive (SM3-32B) (both sux, don’t buy)
Casing
Powerlogic Climatica 300 MX
PSU
Coolermaster eXtreme Power 430W
Audio
Altec Lansing Series 100, onboard audio. I’m no audiophile. :P
OS
Windows XP Pro SP2
i think what matters the quality of work and art we can do with old-run-own PC eh compared to the young punks who owns powerful PC/laptops
i aso got onboard sound, keke … as long can hear boleh lah
hi5!! we’re both having retro PCs, hopefully it doesn’t reflect us jer as a person! haha
OMG!! You’re so anal with your HDD storage zul!!! hahahaha
i was abt to comment on that too
maybe he has alot of ‘data’ … ehem
what? 320GB for SGD150? gue beli hard disk ku, 160GB for SGD140. damned.
oohh where you buy? SATA, IDE?
bought it from my friend’s mom’s company. i thought it was a good deal. but my godddd. the cybermind offer is even better la .. grrrr.
takper la … next time, do more research aite
Something weird going on with your commenting system… I posted my system listing several times but never appeared… Thought it was the word limit… Then suddenly one of them appeared. Oh well.
bro, some got into the spam inbox … no worries, i always check it
some of the word i think is spam, thats why
ok I’m on mac..help anyone?
hmm well i never used a mac
anyone?
ram goin cheap nw dude..1gb goin 4 40bux..my fren bought his 1gb+1gb 4 80bux..but that is if ur mobo is compatible with it..btw,2nd-hand part rocks..my LCD,heatsink,harddisk,LED fans are passed down from colleagues.that’s the perk of working in an IT dept..
At that, that’s really cheap
Well I would still go for 2nd hand items
I wouldn’t mind have such perks :)