# Brag about your computer
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 3, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536 "2002-04-03T03:10:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/41 "2002-04-05T12:46:40Z")
Shoulda asked this a year and a half ago when I could have actually bragged about it.
Both are home built.
My wife’s computer:
In-Win mid-tower case w/ 275 watt power supply
P-III 450 mhz
ABIT motherboard
128 meg RAM (going to 256 soon)
30 gig HD
40x Creative Labs CD drive
crappy 16 mb Voodoo3 video card (soon to go)
Creative Labs AWE 64 sound card (soon to go)
Cambridge Soundworks speakers
17" monitor
Gravis Gamepad Pro
My machine:
In-Win full tower case w/ 300 watt power supply
P-III 800 mhz
ASUS motherboard
256 meg RAM
40 gig HD
40x Memorex CD drive (hey, it was cheap and it works)
Creative Labs 8/4/32 CDRW drive
32 mb TNT2 Ultra video card (soon to be a GeForce 3)
Creative Labs Live Value sound card
Klipsch ProMedia surround speakers (awesome sound)
Gravis Gamepad Pro USB
CH Products joystick/throttle/rudder pedals
Both networked on a Linksys router and connected to internet by cable modem.
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### Author:  [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/42 "2002-04-05T23:39:07Z")
Normally I’d hate this kind of thing, but seeing as my system is rocking on ready lately, I might as well gloat.
AMD Athlon 1800 xp
Gigabyte GA7DX ATX 266 FSB MOBO
786 DDR RAM
Seagate Barracuda 80 gig Primary
Maxtor 40 gig Secondary
Plexwriter 16/10/40
Samsung DVD
21" HP A4033A Primary Monitor, 17" Dell Secondary
Leadtek Geoforce 4 TI-4400 Primary, 3dfx Voodoo 3 secondary
Hercules Game Theater XP
Klipsh 4.1 ProMedia speakers W/ NHT SubZero Sub and bookshelf support
Klipsh Promedia DD 5.1 Decoder/Preamp
HP Photosmart 1218
Cisco 678 (DSL)
Linksys Etherfast Router/Hub
Misc
2 Gravis Gamepad Pro (Hate 'em)
Logitech Force Feedback Stick
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