Your Computer?

[ImmortalTechnique]

What kind of computer do you have and what kind do you want?

I have 2 Dell Dimension 4200 Desktops with 17 inch flat panel monitors. Both have 80 GB hard drives, 2.8 GHz processors, 512 MB of RAM, and CD burner/DVD Player combo drives.

If I could afford it I would get a fully customized Dell Dimension XPS Gen 5 with a 1.5 TB hard drive (actually 3 HDDs would be required), 4 GB of RAM, 3.8 GHz processor, 24 inch flat panel LCD screen, Dual Drive 16X DVD-/+RW and 52X CD Burner. This system costs about $5000.

[adamba4e]

I have a Sony Vaio RS630G, with a 19 inch LCD flat panel monitor. It has 1 terabyte of hard drive space, a 3.8 GHZ processor, and a I also got a liquid cooling system installed.

[CompGeek]

I have a 100% Custom Self Built Machine

Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2ghz stock) @ 3900+ (2.53ghz) stock heatsink/voltage. s939

nForce 4 motherboard

1GB Dual-Channel DDR 466 RAM Clocked all the way at 466.

GeForce 6600 GT (500/1000 stock) @ 585/1210 with ramsinks and massive gpu heatsink.

200 GB SATA HDD

16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Burner.


My DREAM:

Athlon 64 X2 4800+

Dual 7800GTX in SLI

4GB DDR 533 RAM (for overclocking)

2x 76GB WD Raptors in RAID 0

2x 500GB Data Drives

BlueRay Dvd burner

All water cooled

Thats about $4000 if i built it myself, $6000 if i had it made by a pc company. And dell doesnt make anything that good :P

[ishould]

Compgeek, that’s a duplicate of my dream computer. I know alienware can build a similar system for about $7000 right now. They only have a max of 400GB HDD’s, and they only have 2GB of "low latency" RAM for that set up. And obviously they don't have the blu-ray burner yet. I've got two comps

2.53 GHz P4
1GB 133MHz RAM
Radeon 9600 ~300Mhz 256MB
120GB HDD
160GB HDD
DVD burner

On number 2:
2.4GHz Celeron
768MB 266MHz RAM
Radeon 9600 ~300MHz 256MB
40GB HDD
30GB HDD
DVD Burner

I’m looking to upgrade to this in the near future (within a year costs permitting)
Athlon 64 3700+ 2.4GHz (I’m really looking at an X2 if the prices drop)
7800GTX (if prices drop below $400)
2GB DDR-400 (or higher clock rate)
400GB storage
146GB 10k for games
80GB for Linux

Of course that’s looking at over $1500 right now, so I’ll probably end up splitting the cost with my parents trying to convince them that I need this kind of power strictly for school work :wink:

[CompGeek]

riiiiight, lol, even what u have now is overkill for schoolwork ;)

[coltde420]

I have a system that i built myself
Athlon XP 3000+ Barton
Ga-7Va Giga-byte motherboard
1GB crucial ddr-400 ram
Ati Radeon 9700 pro 128mb
80GB Samsung harddrive.

My build in the process
Athlon fx-55(have)
Geforce 6800 ultra 256mb(need to buy)
A8N Sli-deluxe mobo(have)
2gb Dual channel Corsair mem(have)
Creative X-fi sound card(hasnt come out yet)
this should be a good gaming system

[ishould]

You know how much computer power Microsoft Word takes! And you defiantly need a 7800 to cope with the massive amount of graphics in it :lol: :lol:

[CompGeek]

You know how much computer power Microsoft Word takes! And you defiantly need a 7800 to cope with the massive amount of graphics in it :lol: :lol:

OH yeah.. forgot about that, and u need all that speed so u can boot up in 5 seconds and get to doing school faster ;)

[hoverbike]

I have a very weak computer:

266 MHz Celeron
32 MB of SDRAM (DIMM)
8 MB ATI Rage Pro
FSB speed - 66 MHz
1 CD-ROM burner and player
1 floppy drive
40 GB hard drive (Used to be 1.5 GB)
Sound Blaster Card
2 USB ports
Dial-up Modem

^^^
This Computer needs a upgrade badly!

[CompGeek]

Badly is a bit of an understatement.

[PeanutButterMunky]

This Computer needs a upgrade badly!
Your computer doesn't need any more upgrading. What you need is a NEW computer altogether. ;)

[CompGeek]

LOL, he should seriously be asking for donations... :lol:

[adamba4e]

I have a very weak computer:

266 MHz Celeron
32 MB of SDRAM (DIMM)
8 MB ATI Rage Pro
FSB speed - 66 MHz
1 CD-ROM burner and player
1 floppy drive
40 GB hard drive (Used to be 1.5 GB)
Sound Blaster Card
2 USB ports
Dial-up Modem

^^^
This Computer needs a upgrade badly!

Wow what year did you get that computer? Those specs seem very old, time to invest in a new computer.

1.5 GB wow, my music files couldn't fit in that.

[MiThRaZoR]

Lol, tell me about it. A hard drive that used to be 1.5GB? Crazy..

Mine is:
Intel Pentium 4, 2.5GHz.
512 MB of DDR-SDRAM
Integrated Intel Pentium Graphics chip
1 CD-ROM player/burner and 1 DVD Player
1 Floppy drive
120GB Hard Drive
Built in Sound chip

Is this good? Cause on quake 3, the most FPS it goes up to is 50. Which is gay, cause I can't do man jumps. And can't play on all the America's Army's levels.

[PeanutButterMunky]

Quake III used to be the number 1 game for benchmark tests. But the graphics engine is a little outdated and your computer would be more than fine for it if you bought a new graphics card and upgraded your RAM to at least 1 Gig (you could play most games at good frame rates if you had a high end graphics chips).


Integrated Intel Pentium Graphics chip
The graphics chip that comes standard with any computer is always terrible.

[MiThRaZoR]

Thanks for the advice. I'll keep that in mind till I have the money. :wink:

[hoverbike]

This Computer needs a upgrade badly!
Your computer doesn't need any more upgrading. What you need is a NEW computer altogether. ;)

Well yeah! You could upgrade this massively weak computer by replacing the motherboard then every thing else after :?

And yes the 1.5 GB hard drive thing was a nightmare to cope with every day something will get deleted because of the space. I now have a 40 GB in its place :D

I got this computer for $300 but before the :shock: :shock: It came with a great moniter (didn't measure it)

[yesmar91]

i just ordered a:

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
2GB Corsair™ XMS Extra Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 512MB
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX PCX 256MB w/Digital and TV Out
500 GB Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA 7,200 rpm (2x250GB) - RAID
Plextor PX-716SA 16x DVD±R/W Drive - Black
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 4 7.1 Pro

[PeanutButterMunky]

i just ordered a:

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
2GB Corsair™ XMS Extra Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 512MB
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX PCX 256MB w/Digital and TV Out
500 GB Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA 7,200 rpm (2x250GB) - RAID
Plextor PX-716SA 16x DVD±R/W Drive - Black
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 4 7.1 Pro
How much did you pay for that awesome piece of technological excellence?

[PS Gamer]

We had a post like this A LONG LONG time ago...well here's my PC specs:

It might have the same specs as the "Factory Model" but my computer is a Alienated Mega Suped Up version of the Aurora.

Aurora 7500

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
3.6GHz, 2000MHz FSB, 1MB full-speed level 2 Cache

Graphics
Single PCI Express x16 high-performance graphics
Up to 256MB DDR3 dedicated video memory
DVI, VGA, and S-Video outputs with dual-display support
Dual DVI and S-Video outputs with dual-display support*
Full DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL® 2.0 graphics compatibility
NVIDIA SLI-Ready* with Geforce 6800 GT.
(Dual NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 Ultra PCI Express 256MB DDR3 with NVIDIA SLI Technology)

Memory
Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
Four DDR DIMM sockets
Up to 2GB of system memory
(2GB Extra Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 512MB)

Drive Bays
Externally accessible:
Four 5.25" for DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW, or DVD±RW drives
Two 3.5" for floppy drive, 8-in-1 digital media reader / writer, or front accessible 1394
(NEC® ND-3520 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive)

HD:
400GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache

Additional Storage:
400GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache

(Pff, I'll bet you I'll use all 800gbs of storage in a month XD Laughing)

Sound:
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with Dual Firewire (IEEE® 1394) - Incredible Audio Performance

Display:
NEC 30" LCD 3000 Black

(Thing was 6 grand....paying 203$ a month, yada yada yada)

[ishould]

Hey PS Gamer: Have I ever told you that I envy your computer, more so than CompGeek's now? If I had a stable job I might think about upgrading to a 7800 GTX. But I'd need to upgrade my motherboard. And my processor would be holding it back, so I'd need to get it upgraded. Then there would be a bottleneck with my old, slow RAM, so that would need to be upgraded. Then I'd need to get a bigger power supply because mine is only 250W. See how much I'd have to upgrade to get ONE piece of better hardware lol

[PS Gamer]

Hey PS Gamer: Have I ever told you that I envy your computer, more so than CompGeek's now? If I had a stable job I might think about upgrading to a 7800 GTX. But I'd need to upgrade my motherboard. And my processor would be holding it back, so I'd need to get it upgraded. Then there would be a bottleneck with my old, slow RAM, so that would need to be upgraded. Then I'd need to get a bigger power supply because mine is only 250W. See how much I'd have to upgrade to get ONE piece of better hardware lol

I've been thinking of upgrading to a 7800...but its 500$....I think I'll wait till it comes down a bit. I mean I'm still paying off my machine.

[ishould]

I'd say once you pay off your machine (in 2 years probably) you should buy it in an SLI set up. By then though they would have the 8800 or 9800 out and it'd be a much better upgrade anyway. Or you could just win the lottery and buy a new, $10000 computer from alienware. Get a 64 X2 4800+ and 7800GTX in SLI and all your worries would be forever lost in the deep depth of the never ending sea…

[coltde420]

I'd say once you pay off your machine (in 2 years probably) you should buy it in an SLI set up. By then though they would have the 8800 or 9800 out and it'd be a much better upgrade anyway. Or you could just win the lottery and buy a new, $10000 computer from alienware. Get a 64 X2 4800+ and 7800GTX in SLI and all your worries would be forever lost in the deep depth of the never ending sea…
7800gtx in sli thats just sick, power wise and price wise. Instead of the x2 4800+ have you seen the new FX-57 coming out. That is just one sick gaming cpu.
http://www.gdhardware.com/hardware/cpus/amd/athlon64/fx57/001.htm
Check it out there with benchmarks.

[ishould]

I would wait and don't bother with the FX-57, even though it is probably the fastest thing out there, just wait. With the announcement of upgrading to the 2.8GHz clock speed, I'm predicting within 3 months, there will be an Athlon 64 X2 FX-57 clocked at 2.8GHz. Plus, if you have a game made in 64bit and coded to work with dual core, I'm sure the 64 X2 4800+ would be faster than the FX-57. Although it's entirely up to you because it’s your food money you'll be spending.

edit: Tom's Hardware put up a better benchmark IMO. It compares the game at 1280x1024 instead of 640x480. Depends what game, but sometimes 64 X2 is higher, sometimes the FX-57 is
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050627/index.html

[mjolnirV]

Okay, I have a Sony VAIO P4 530J(hyper-threading) 3.0ghz, and 4-channel 1024mb RAM. The only thing is that the mother came with integrated graphics, but thank god it came with an open 16x PCI-Express slot.

Compgeek! How is that 6600gt working for you? Because I'm either getting the BFG 6600gt overclocked, or an ATI x700 pro. The X700 has 256mb of memory (twice as much), but all the benchmarks I've seen have the 6600gt with higher framerates across the board. Should I get it? I need a second opinion.

[CompGeek]

Yes, 6600 GT pwns all under $275

[coltde420]

I would go with the 6600gt. Go on newegg, you can get them for like 160. Thankgod for newegg.

[Lintee]

128 Mb PC133 Ram
1.3 Mghz Celeron Processor
30Gb hardrive
16mb intergrated graphics hardware.

YEAH! Old Skool! :(

[ishould]

You must be playing Doom 3 at what, 6fps? Or is it 7? If you go out and get a $30 graphics card it would increase that to 15fps

[hoverbike]

128 Mb PC133 Ram
1.3 Mghz Celeron Processor
30Gb hardrive
16mb intergrated graphics hardware.

YEAH! Old Skool! :(

Hey your computer is like mine! Old,slow,playing FPS at 8 fps,almost the same size of Hard drive as me.

Why did you put Mghz? is it in MHz or GHz?

My computer has 0 KB of L2 cashe and 16 KB of L1 cashe :cry:

[ishould]

Somehow I don't think he could run an OS let alone get on the internet with 1.3 Megahertz. And only 16kb in the LI cache? ouch

[hoverbike]

Somehow I don't think he could run an OS let alone get on the internet with 1.3 Megahertz. And only 16kb in the LI cache? ouch

When computers were that slow they ran DOS in black and white colors. I think he meant 1.3 GHz not 1.3 MHz.

The cashe is low and I tried to run Grand Theft Auto Vice City on this computer! I guess what I't said "You don't have enough VRAM to run this game". Could you run GTA VC on a 32 MB of RAM and 266 MHz computer? 8)

[ishould]

You might be able to actually RUN the program. I tried to run UT2004 with a 1 GHz Celeron; 128MB of RAM slower than 100 MHz, and 8MB integrated graphics. I had to turn all the options to the lowest and turn off all the optional’s to get it to go a 15fps lol

[hoverbike]

I can play 3d games but at a high price. Unreal tournament 1 (1999) runs at 15 fps at the settings at the lowest. It takes 2 minutes to get in the menu and 20 seconds to load a level. Games like Simcity 3000 and The sims run fine on my computer.

I can also play PS1 games on my computer at normal frame rates (depends what game) at low graphics.

[ROMAN]

I've got a very good but pricy setup from alienware that I'm ordering: 2gb of ultra low latency ram, dual sli geforce 7800 gtx, 30 inch flat lcd screen, 800gb hard drive, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-57.

[ishould]

I would have gone for the dual core Athlon 64 4800+. Seems a little bit slower now, but in the end it'll be faster. Anyway, that PC must have cost at least $6000, if not more

[ROMAN]

Yea thats why I said pricy :lol:

[Lintee]

Whoops, yeah I meant Ghz....never made that mistake before! :roll:
It's really time for a new system, looking over Redjag's site and sorta building in my minds eye, something along these sorta lines.

Athlon 64 3000
Nforce4 SLi
600W powersupply
512 Mb DDR400 RAM
160 GB S-ATA HDD, with 8mb cache.
And some sorta fairly meat and potatoes graphics card, maybe a geForce 6600 or something similar (suggestions?).

Essentially a base to build on in the future (I draw your attention to the SLi chipset and 600 watt powersupply), and costing in the region of about £600, something that'll handle most games relased in the last couple of years if I don't mind playing them at lo9ish) settings. But I'm not a big tech head, this look worth my money to any of you guys?

[ishould]

I'd say for that set up (even with SLI) 600W is a little overkill. If you had 4 DVD burners, 5 HDD’s, two 7800's in SLI as well as an Intel with the rest of the slots, now that’s a different story. I'd say you'd be fine with a 350W+. Other than that it looks great. You might want to buy a 3200 Athlon 64 or more though because it's not that much more expensive.

[Lintee]

I'd say for that set up (even with SLI) 600W is a little overkill. If you had 4 DVD burners, 5 HDD’s, two 7800's in SLI as well as an Intel with the rest of the slots, now that’s a different story. I'd say you'd be fine with a 350W+. Other than that it looks great. You might want to buy a 3200 Athlon 64 or more though because it's not that much more expensive.

Gives me room to breath if I want to install two 6800's or even, if I win the lottery (heh), two 7800's , and it's surprisingly inexpensive. Besides, the company I'm looking at will only supply an SLi system with either a 480 Watt or a 600 watt power supply.

[adamba4e]

I found a computer on Ebay it is awesome 7.2 GHZ


I just realized it says dual proccessor (3.6GHZ each) and the seller must think that equals 7.2GHZ.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=52476&item=5212239555&rd=1

[Fallout Boy]

CPU:Athlon 2800
M/B: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
RAM: 2 Gig DDR 400 Dual Chanel
HDD:2X Maxtor 300GB SATA Mirrored
2X 74GB Raptor SATA Striped
GeForce 5200
Antec Sonata

[phobia]

Nice hard drive storage you got, gotta love those raptor drives :D. All it needs is a next gen video card and athleast an A64 3400 and still good for a year or 3-5 (depending on what you use it for)

[Fallout Boy]

I don't really need a good GC card, I have my PS2 for that and don't really get into many PC titles,
I use my mirrored array for my Movie/Music/Photo libraries. they get quite large and with the mirror it provides a decent failsafe against dataloss

The raptors are for my OS & App's with the 2Gig of RAm coupled with the Raptors it runs beautifully, I run Win2k3 Server and it is great to work with, I have very few problems!!!

I need high ram & fast disk access cause I use VMWARE GSX server to run Linux/Window versions for learning my MCSE & Linux programs, plus working remotley for work.

I plan to upgrade to a Athlon 64 soon, but im lazy I can't be bothered spending a couple of hours upgrading it, plus the 2800 is running fine, with 2GB of Ram I very rarley have a problem with bottlnecks.

[hoverbike]

I've got a very good but pricy setup from alienware that I'm ordering: 2gb of ultra low latency ram, dual sli geforce 7800 gtx, 30 inch flat lcd screen, 800gb hard drive, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-57.

How can you have a 30 inch screen? that's as big as my T.V or is it a T.V and your using it for your computer?

[ROMAN]

No its a flat panel monitor. You can get even bigger ones if you have the cash.

How can you have a 30 inch screen? that's as big as my T.V or is it a T.V and your using it for your computer?
Not my fault you have a small tv. :lol:

[hoverbike]

Quote:How can you have a 30 inch screen? that's as big as my T.V or is it a T.V and your using it for your computer?

Not my fault you have a small tv.

Are you joking? You call a 30" T.V screen small? And where can you get a 30"+ Computer monitor from anyway? I've never seen one In my life!

[adamba4e]

Quote:How can you have a 30 inch screen? that's as big as my T.V or is it a T.V and your using it for your computer?

Not my fault you have a small tv.

Are you joking? You call a 30" T.V screen small? And where can you get a 30"+ Computer monitor from anyway? I've never seen one In my life!

Circuit City, I bought a Sony one about 3 months ago for my sister.

[goodfella3048]

I have a Dell Dimension 8200.
-2.0 ghz pentium 4
-256 mb ram
-40 gb hdd
-cd burner

Next time around, probably this fall, I am going to build one myself. I have to keep it relatively inexpensive, so I can afford a nice tv for my PS3 next year. So I'm afraid no 7800gtx :( I'll most likely have to "settle" for a x850pro, they have those for $300 on newegg, by the way.

[hoverbike]

Circuit City, I bought a Sony one about 3 months ago for my sister.

I still have never found one on the internet or in stores,ads,tv,ect. Please give a link were one is and remember it's a computer screen not a T.V.

[The Chocobo Kid]

I have a one of the new dell. I not that good of what's inside of a computer but I like to ask is there a website that will have someone build you a supercomputer.I don't know much about upgrade and I would pay someone else to think for me.

[Fallout Boy]

I have a one of the new dell. I not that good of what's inside of a computer but I like to ask is there a website that will have someone build you a supercomputer.I don't know much about upgrade and I would pay someone else to think for me.

Just go to your local computer store, most small places custom build computers, but you have to know what you want to put in it.

[justintheman99]

I custom built my comp around 2 years ago.

I have a Thermaltake Xaser III Case (Black)
Athlon XP 2.4GHz
1GB RAM
128 MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
120 GB HD
DVD Burner
9 Case Fans
Blue Cathod Light
Plexiglass side panel

I had to cut costs somewhere so I am still using my old monitor from my first ever system. Its a 17 inch monitor but it still works fine so why replace it I guess.

[adamba4e]

I have just started building a new computer.

[PS Gamer]

Just like to make some updates to this thread:

Home Computer:

Aurora 7500

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
3.6GHz, 2000MHz FSB, 1MB full-speed level 2 Cache

Graphics
Single PCI Express x16 high-performance graphics
Up to 512 MB DDR3 dedicated video memory (updated)
DVI, VGA, and S-Video outputs with dual-display support
Dual DVI and S-Video outputs with dual-display support*
Full DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL® 2.0 graphics compatibility
NVIDIA SLI-Ready* with Geforce 7800 GT. (updated)
(Dual NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 Ultra PCI Express 512MB DDR3 with NVIDIA SLI Technology)

Memory
Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
Four DDR DIMM sockets
Up to 4GB of system memory (updated)
(4GB Extra Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 1024MB)

Drive Bays
Externally accessible:
Four 5.25" for DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW, or DVD±RW drives
Two 3.5" for floppy drive, 8-in-1 digital media reader / writer, or front accessible 1394
(NEC® ND-3520 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive)

HD:
400GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache

Additional Storage:
400GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
400GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache (New)

Sound:
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with Dual Firewire (IEEE® 1394) - Incredible Audio Performance

Display:
NEC 30" LCD 3000 Black


Work Computer: Sony Vaio Type T series

Display:

17" WXGA+ TFT (1440 x 900)

Wireless Lan:

Wireless LAN (802.11a\b\g) with Bluetooth Technology and Cordless Optical Mouse

Memory:

2 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-400, 1 GBx2)

Processor:

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 770 (2.13GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)

HDD:

100 GB Hard Disk Drive

Drives:

DVD+-RW with Dual Layer Drive

[Anonymous]

man i cant beleive people still buy softmodded junk from dell and have it be overpriced by 2 grand.... :\

[hoverbike]

How did a guest come in here? My computer is still very old and shameful to the new computers but I think I will get 256 MB of SDRAM real soon.

[Aza]

I have an AMD Athlon64 3200 cpu
1gb Corsair DDR ram
GeForce 6800gt graphics card
Windows XP OS

As for what I want, well that all depends on whats out next year.
PC components change so fast its impossible to know what to get.

[smitty61]

I know this may sound like a piece of junk but it works fine for me. I have a 345 Intel Celeron D Processor. It has 512MB PC2700 SDRAM memory with 160GB 7200RPM-Ultra DMA hard drive. That's about all I know about it. That and I bought it at Circuit City.

[Nikhil]

Mines a Toshiba M200 (tablet pc)

1.5 GHz Centrino package
1 GB of DDR Ram (upgraded from 512)
60 GB hard drive (down to 800 MB)
Built-in 802.11G

Halo plays without lag, and it's set to medium, so, not bad. I also use a Logitech Trackball mouse (the side-mounted kind), and it works wonders with Halo!

[Perfect Sin]

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 (Tower PC)

3.4GHz Pentium 4 Proccessor
1 GB RAM
250 GB HDD (down to 180) *Free Upgrade*
nVidia 6800 GTO (customized for Dell *shrugs* i can max graphics on Fable: Lost Chapters without any lag)
MS WindowsXP Pro Edition + SvP 2.
Ms Office 2005
19' Dell Monitor CRT Monitor
Edit:
Dual Disk Drives:
CD Burner/Reader
DVD Burner/Reader
-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-End Edit
$2,000 (Not bad considering i had to make it a family computer and Dell's expensive)

[smitty61]

How expensive is a good 200GB hard drive Sony VAIO?

[Used2EatAtArbys]

I built mine myself, and with a little help from my dad three years ago. I was only 12.

Pentium 4 1.5GHZ, 400 MHZ FSB
120 GB Hard Drive, and a 40 GB one
GeForce 4 Ti4600 128 MB Video Card
768 MB of RDRAM
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Sony DVD Burner
Sony DVD Reader
17 inch CRT Monitor
Logitech Z-640 5.1 Speakers

I paid for it with the money I got from good grades. I got 300 dollars in 6th grade for getting this Presidential award for academics or something. The I got 300 more dollars in 8th grade for making Laurel Honor Society, which was like you had to get a 3.5 GPA average. And my parents paid for the rest.

My Dad's computer kicks ass though.

Two Intel Xeon 2.4 GHZ Processors, 400 MHZ FSB
Two 74 GB 10,000 RPM Hard Drives
250 GB SATA Hard Drive
1.5 GB of RDRAM
ATI FireGL 128 MB Video Card
SoundBlaster Live
21 inch Sony CRT Monitor
19 inch Sony LCD Monitor
Plextor DVD Burner
Sony DVD Reader

[Zach730]

I was wondering for everyone who has a notebook. Did your notebook come with a cable input slot for dsl or jusr regular cable connection? Mine just arrived and I realiezed it had no cable hook up.(just modem) That really bites for I wanted to use it to play games. . .

[Osirus]

amd64 3200+
ATI AIW 9800 pro
1 gig of ram
soundblaster audigy gamer
17 inch flatscreen monitor
DVD rw
cdrw
maxor 160gb HHD

[Steroyd]

i feel ashamed of my computer :oops:

here goes.

0.9Ghz AMD Athlon (pitiful)
256MB of RAM
17" CRT screen
Nvidia 5200FX
CDRW (not even a DVD RW :cry: )
And 40Gig Hard Drive.
Soundblaster Pro

My computer struggles playing the sims (i'm talking about the first one :shock: ), it can't even surf the net without any problems...

Exceuse me while i put a bag over my head.

And to think this game would've been uber poweful back in the day :roll:

[hoverbike]

Steroyd How can your computer stuggle with 256 MB of RAM when I have 32 MB od RAM and the Sims lags a little? I'm going to put 256 MB of SDRAM in my computer in 1 hour and your saying 256 MB will still lag? :cry:

On the bright side for you your computer is better then mine except I have a DVD burner.

[Zach730]

I use to complain about my computer but now I got a spankin new one with:

-NOTEBOOK!
-AMD 64 3200+
-2GB RAM
-DVD Burner
-128 MB of video memory
-Kicks ass playing BF2
-Wireless card (something)/g
-$1,500!

[Perfect Sin]

Zach WHERE THE F DID YOU BUY THAT!

[Steroyd]

Steroyd How can your computer stuggle with 256 MB of RAM when I have 32 MB od RAM and the Sims lags a little? I'm going to put 256 MB of SDRAM in my computer in 1 hour and your saying 256 MB will still lag? :cry:

On the bright side for you your computer is better then mine except I have a DVD burner.

O.K i exaggerated a little, it chuggs along when the smallest of things happens though, but i think it depends on the OS you use.

I had a Windows ME, and the first sims ran O.K but the framerate dropped every now and then (yeah i know...weird).

But when i upgraded to Windows XP...BANG, computer crashed everytime i tried to load it, and when it did work it'd only work for a while before my computer starts draggings it's heels.

Don't get me started on the sims 2 :shock:
two words..."barely playable" it'd take 10-30 minutes just to rotate the camera!!

[Zach730]

i bought mine from HP. It may not be the best brand but this is their top model to most people.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_series.do?series_name=zv6000_series&catLevel=2&category=notebooks/hp_pavilion&storeName=computer_store

[hoverbike]

That's what I thought Steroyd. I see a big improvement in speed but since my computer only see's 128 MB that means it's faster. I need help with that problem.

[Perfect Sin]

Damn i just customized their top model with nearly maxed out features for around $1800...HP has some sweet prices, and even better FREE Upgrades.


EDIT- Scratch that made it even better for 1900

[ozone]

HP Pavilion a1040n
3.0GHz Pentium 4 HT
Hynix 512 mB RAM x2
200 gB Western Digital HDD
HP LightScribe DVD/CD Burner
DVD-ROM Drive
ATI Radeon 9250 128mB
Realtek Integrated Audio 7.1
8-n-1 Media Reader

Some of you may remember I bought that video card recently when I found out this crap mobo has no AGP slots. I'm living off that till Christmas break when I go to NY and buy a new mobo and video card (preferably a Gigabyte mobo and a Sapphire X800). Haven't played much PC games on it, but I did finish playing Warhammer 40k: DoW on it awhile back. I'm saving up some cash until then and so far I got $33 US dollars... Pathetic, I know, but my birthday is coming up in November and I'm hoping for some cash then. If all else fails, I get it all for Christmas. :D

[Melchiah41]

IWill DN800-SLi Mobo
Dual Intel Xeon Nocona EM64 HT 3.2GHz@800MHz FSB
Dual Ge-Force FX 7800 GTX's
2GB Dual DDR2 3200 Ram
2x WD Raptor 10000rpm 74GB Hard Drives
Approx 1TB of HDD space in total

Well thats my PC. I can pretty much run anything on full.

[MiThRaZoR]

Compaq 6454NX

Intel P4 2.5Ghz
512MB DDR SDRAM
120GB Hard Drive
Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics chip (I hate it)

[law44uk]

Sony Vaio PCV-RS322E

Intel P4 2.6GHz HT turned off
1.5Gb of 400mhz RAM
120GB 7200RPM HDD
Ati 9550 256Mb ( upgrading soon to nVidia 6800 AGP )

[spiderman]

some Sony Vaio i can be brothed to type the specs but it a year and a half old and is good

[su37su]

Athlon64 3400 939pin
512mb KIngston hyperX
80GB 7200 RPM
DVD burner and so on

NEXT PC
Athlon64 FX-57
1024MB Kingston HyperX
Motherboard ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI Chipset
2 NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM 8MB Cache
Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive
COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW)
CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System

Total Price $3030
but thats from a website If I Build my own it would be around 1900-2500 dollars.

[donnierisk]

I'm poor so don't laugh....

Geforce mx 440 :oops:
512 DDR RAM
AMD sempron 2600+ (1.8 ghz)
dvd/cd rewriter

[adamba4e]

I just bought a new PC, it is a Alienware Area-51 ALX. I have not set it up yet, but I will later today.

[Cushy]

Well mines is custom build with help from my dad and his friend

Case - Coolmaster Wave
P4 3.2gig
Main HDD - 100gig Rapter drive over 7000RPM
Back-up HDD- 200gig Western
1gig DDR RAM
RADEON 9800 PRO GRX Card (worth £500 but got it for £70 thanks to my dads friend)
5 Silent X fans
2 4x DVD writers
and a 15inch LCD screen




Altogeth cost me £800 :D

[adamba4e]

Ok, my new Alienware Area-51 ALX is up and running.

Operating Systems:
Microsoft® Windows® Professional
Processors:
Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition with Hyper-Threading Technology
Dual-Core Technology (3.2GHz)
Chipset:

NVIDIA® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition chipset

Memory:
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 512MB

Graphics:
Dual NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX KO ACS PCI-E 256MB DDR3 with SLI

Power Supply:
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 SLI

System Drive:
High Performance - Serial ATA
1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA-II 3Gb 7,200 RPM w/32MB Cache

and

Extreme Performance - Serial ATA RAID 0
1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA-II 3Gb 7,200 RPM w/32MB Cache

Storage Drive:
High Performance - Serial ATA
1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA-II 3Gb 7,200 RPM w/32MB Cache

Monitor:
Alienware® 20.1" 16ms LCD Display

Speakers:
Alienware® ALX 5.1 Home Theater System by Klipsch


DLP Projectors:
Mitsubishi XD60U DLP™ Projector

External Storage:
Western Digital® Dual-Option 250GB External Drive

[homer]

How much did you buy that for :shock:

[adamba4e]

About $12,000 (including shipping) not including software (like virus protection).

[hoverbike]

About $12,000 (including shipping) not including software (like virus protection).

Um..That is a ton of money right there. What kind of Job do you have!!? And $12,000 is a tad bit high for that because you could have got a AMD FX-57 CPU instead. Still a very high end rig.

[adamba4e]

It is the most expensive PC I have ever bought, but it is worth it. I had an Alienware before, but it broke down to a point that it was unfixable. I bought a Sony Vaio ($4,000) as short time replacement, but now I got another Alienware (at Alienware.com) and have added some configurations to Alienware Area 51 ALX.

[soldier one]

adamba4e your computer sucks :lol: no im just messing with you man how is aleinware i was just wondering but not looking for a new computer at the time.

[adamba4e]

This is my second and I have aways felt Alienware is the best out of all the PC's I have had. I have had an IBM, HP, Sony Vaio, Dell, and a Compaq.

[soldier one]

This is my second and I have aways felt Alienware is the best out of all the PC's I have had. I have had an IBM, HP, Sony Vaio, Dell, and a Compaq.

the only part i dont like is its your second. i havent had a computer break to where i need a new one since windows 2000 and i know have a XP with a brand new computer. i guess coming from you aleinware is good.

[adamba4e]

Everyone I know that has an Alienware is satisfied with it.

Soldier One, when was the last time you bought a new PC?

[soldier one]

Soldier One, when was the last time you bought a new PC?

less than a year ago why. it wasnt because my other one was broken or anything it was just we needed another one so we got a new one with all the upgrades and stuff for doom.

[ozone]

About $12,000 (including shipping) not including software (like virus protection).

What do you do for a living man? You spent a fortune on that! BTW, enjoy.

[adamba4e]

I really can not tell you what I do for a living, but I am enjoying it.

(My job is not illegal)

[Tonic785]

hey adam, what's your name? :lol:

[Smily0012]

His name is adamba4e why do you want to know so you can search it on the net.

[adamba4e]

My real name is not really Adam.

[Zach730]

Is that your fake name for the fake family you live with. Are you a CIA agent or are you just having fun making us frustrated.

[hoverbike]

I really can not tell you what I do for a living, but I am enjoying it.

(My job is not illegal)

Riiiigghht :wink: . Just kidding.


Is that your fake name for the fake family you live with
Here we go :| . Now as for that, he won't tell you.

[pacman326]

Is that your fake name for the fake family you live with. Are you a CIA agent or are you just having fun making us frustrated.


LMAO, this has nothing to do with the topic, but is funny! My computer is starting to show its age, even though I spent 2k on it with wireless mouse and keyboard and 17 inch LCD

Service Tag: F8LWW21
System Type: Dimension 8300
Ship Date: 6/10/2003
Dell IBU: Americas


Quantity Parts # Part Description

1 9Y856 PROCESSOR, 80532, 2.6G, 512, 800FSB, SOCKET N
1 G0728 CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), DIM8300, AUDIO 5.1/NIC
1 0X659 KIT, KEYBOARD, MOUSE, 104, UNITED STATES, WIRELESS, BUNDLE
1 5W416 MODEM, V.92, DATA FAX, INTERNAL, ALUMINUM, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 0R533 CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, SB0203
1 6Y078 DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 680M, 16X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, LITEON, CHASSIS 2001, V4
1 7E840 KIT, SPEAKER, 120V, HK395, SAMSUNG, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 5W540 DISPLAY, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, 17, DUAL, E171FPB, MIDNIGHT GRAY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 6T996 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, 128MB, R350, DIMENSION
1 X0770 HARD DRIVE, 60G, I, 7.2K, 60G/P, HIT-VAN2
1 0J568 KIT, SOFTWARE, MS-MNY-2K2, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 0E784 KIT, SOFTWARE, OFCXPSB, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
1 8P472 KIT, SOFTWARE, OFCXP-SP1, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 6W678 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WXPHSP1, COMPACT DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
2 D0837 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, CYBERLINK, 4.13C
1 T0103 DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, DVD+RW, 4.7, NEC CORPORATION, 4X, DVD+R, CHASSIS 2001, V2
2 J0201 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 256, 400M, 32X64, 8K, 184

That was a beast back in its time. I upgraded to 1 gig of ram, and that is the only difference to date. This will be my last computer other than my college laptop for a long time thanks to the PS3.

[nouse4aname68]

ok here we go

Powermac G5
dual 2.7 Ghz processors
8 Gb RAM
250 Gb Hard drive
nVidea GeForce 6800 256Mb video card

55" HDTV as a monitor

[mechestravniche]

MY computer:P4 3ghz 512RAM GF FX5900 128MB
I want PS3!!!!!

[hoverbike]

ok here we go

Powermac G5
dual 2.7 Ghz processors
8 Gb RAM
250 Gb Hard drive
nVidea GeForce 6800 256Mb video card

55" HDTV as a monitor

Umm...yeah. That is quite the computer there. A 55" HDTV would be sweet (for computer).

[nouse4aname68]

nouse4aname68 wrote:
ok here we go

Powermac G5
dual 2.7 Ghz processors
8 Gb RAM
250 Gb Hard drive
nVidea GeForce 6800 256Mb video card

55" HDTV as a monitor


Umm...yeah. That is quite the computer there. A 55" HDTV would be sweet (for computer).


thanks, cost me close to 4000 lol, its nice!!

[mechestravniche]

LOL man 8GB ram-thats just wicked.What does dual processors mean?

[adamba4e]

LOL man 8GB ram-thats just wicked.What does dual processors mean?

It means you have two CPU's instead of one

[-=PS3=-]

Acer 19inch Monitor w/Speakers

Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Processor (overclocked 5% to 3.15Ghz) Also a HYPER 6, hyper SILENCE Heatsink my max overcloking is 30% I think, under mac overclock its between 42 - 45C that would be about 3.90Ghz

I have a P4p800E-Deluxe Motherboard, w/Audio SurrondSound,LAN,4 USB's,1 FIREWIRE,1 GAMEPORT, 1 PRINTER PORT,Wi-Fi Slot,4x/8x AGP Slot, 5 PCI Slots, and some other useless Serial Ports, as well as MotherBoard meterial.)

420 Watt Power Supply (supports Both AMD, and Intel Pentium) (Comes with an ajustable fan contol) Color: BLUE

Radeon X 800XL 256MB Graphics Card 8X AGP Verion, (It has overclocking abilites but i dont play around with it, overheating problems, I have to get one of those graphic card heatsinks they come with like 5 or 6 in a package :wink: .)

640 MB Of RAM, (I know what your thinking, "WHAT! :shock:, thats what i really want to upgrade, i would like to upgrade it to 2GB that is what i would want for me for now 8).)

S-ATA, 7200 RPM, 2 MB BUFFER RATE, 250 GB HDD (Hard Drive Disk.)

16X DVD Writer Double Layer (WRITES: 16X DVD+R, 16X DVD-R, 5X DVD+R DL, 4X DVD+/-RW, 48X CD-R, 24X Ultra Speed CD-RW.) (READS: 12X DVD+R, 6X DVD+/-RW, 8X DVD+R DL, 2X DVD-RAM, 48X CD-ROM, 16X DVD-ROM.)

1.44MB Formate Floppy Drive (useless i would rather put N/A :lol: )

A Full Tower White case

I would like to make this a network computer and get myself an AMD Athlon FX Processor, yea those $1000 ones, and some other crazy stuff for a PC.

[nouse4aname68]

nice setup, take some pics and post em man

[-=PS3=-]

I will try to post up a picture, first of all i need to find a digital camera. we recently had a Cannon 3.0 Mega Pixels digital camera it broke for some reason i really dont what in the world happen to it. On top of that like most people, i custom build my computer parts. I buy parts and assemble them individually, so i'll try to get some pictures if i can, im thinking of taking a picture with my phone and sending i to my e-mail, but if i do that u'll see what is similar to an Avator icon mabey yet smaller (Too small). anyways i'll see what i can do.

[The House]

P4 2.4ghz. 512 RAM, intel intergrated grahics with 64 mb(worst video card maker ever, hate intel cards.) 17 inch samsung monitor,120gb hhd, intergrated sound card. wireless keyboard and mouse.dvd burner, cd burner.

do you guys know how to overclock, cuz i just want to try it out and see how it goes.

[-=PS3=-]

For anyone intrested in buying a new computer, i highly recomend that you buy your Hardware online the resone is that for example you go to the store you see a Sweet computer eveything is there the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) the CPU (Central Processing Unit), and RAM (Random Acess Memory), ...ect basicly eveything a PC Fan would approve, anyways it cost about $3000 or more or less, you say WHY!?, then u figure out the lastes hardware is installed on this baby, you look up the same product online you see that hardware for alot cheaper, i mean ALOT.. (i'll give you guys some good websites for does of you who are intrested and are new to PC upgrades.), you buy all those same products online for about max from $800 - 1500. You wont regreat it, once again for those of you who are new does this trust me its worth the wait when it comes to shipping tho, cuz u SAVE BIG on BUCKS!!. anyways here are some websites this web site is lcated in California so if anyones from Cali, go here http://www.zipzoomfly.com the next one i recomend is http://www.newegg.com happy shopping all :!: :wink: .

[su37su]

If your from cali don't get it from those websites the TAXES will kill you. get it from here Monarchcomputer.com or just go to pricewatch.com and find what u need and make sure u look at the ratings other buyers gave the online store because that comes in handy when u don't whant to get riped off.

BTW I got my pc for about 700 about 6 months ago that would of cost me around 1500.
I know this because my causin got the same pc for that much from PCclub store

[turdhat]

Well this is mine
Athlon 64 4000 (san Diego) @2.7ghz
EVGA 7800 GTX @ 489 1300
2GB Kingmax superam
DFI LANPARTY NF4 ULTRA D
80GB maxtor hard drive(Need more space)
Soundblaster live 24 bit.
17 inch Xerox lcd.


By the way I love my Amd processors. Intel just dont cut the mustard for games.

[Metzgermeister]

Since I'm a PC gamer first and foremost, first post goes in here :)

Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice Core) @ 1.8 Mhz
Corsair Value Select 1GB Dual Channel RAM 2.5-3-3-8
Connect3D ATI X700 PRO 256 GDDR3
2* 160 GB WD SATA HDD
DFI Infinity NF4 Ultra

Everything else not worth mentioning. AMD + ATI best ever, nVidia sucks (hope they can cut it for the PS3) and Intel is trash

[hoverbike]

Everything else not worth mentioning. AMD + ATI best ever, nVidia sucks (hope they can cut it for the PS3) and Intel is trash
So what's the reason for that? No reason I guess. Nvidia rocks though, however I do have a ATI card in my computer right now. I hope they don't cut it out of the PS3 and it's a good thing there's a 0% chance of that happening.

Intel is worse then AMD that's for sure! (gaming)

[Metzgermeister]

When I said I hope they can cut it, I meant I hope they will do a decent job. As fo why nVidia sucks, just this one story:

when nVidia "aquired" 3Dfx, they also got the Rampage GPU which in 2000 was comparable in power and performance with the G70 (7800GTX) today. BTW, the G70 is made on the Sage architecture. Sage was the GPU for the second gen Rampage graphic cards which also featured physics processors, but Vodoo 5 went down and so did 3Dfx, taking down the Rampage project and leaving nV to make a mess of things. If Rampage would of been launched, 3Dfx would of revolutionized graphics again, giving us Doom3 graphics in 2001 or 2002 and by 2004 we would of had Sage and HL2 physics as a standard, not as a ne tech. But 3Dfx sold out and nV just did a piss poor job at adapting that amaizing architecture that was the Sage. And just to show how incompetent nV is, Rampage was in design since 1997 in 3Dfx labs but never saw light because nVidia mass produced the Vanta and TNT and 3dfx had to downscale Rampage in order to put out Vodoo stopgap cards.
Otherwise instead of paying 600$ for a 20% increase every other 6 months for a GPU, 3Dfx would of had a 1 to 2 year development cycle with more than 300% increase in performance (compare Vodoo 1 with Rampage aka 7800GTX) and almost at the same price. So basically, we would of skiped from GeForce 256 to 7800GTX in 2 years without having to pay for all the intermediates.

[CompGeek]

Well, here's my dated rig (Rig = self-built, otherwise its just a PC):

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 4200+
2x 1GB Patriot Extreme Memory
200GB SATA HDD
Gigabyte nForce 4 Motherboard
eVGA 7800 GTX 512mb @ 600/1800+

And very sharp teeth :D

[phrZe]

I built my computer myself so it's homemade :D

CPU: Amd Athlon 64 3200+
Mobo: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/FSR
Memory: 512mb Corsair CMX512-320LL DDR400
Gfx Card: Radeon 9800pro (Getting an ATI x800 XT)
Hard Drive: 80gb WD 7200rpm
Sound Card: Audigy Gamer

Yeah some parts are old, but I am still able to play new games.

[Stormoen]

A netshop here in Norway built my computer.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Memory: 1 gb
Hard Drive: 200 gb
Gfx card:Radeon X600
and 17'' LCD

I don't know more about it. :oops:

[Nowheresgone16]

My laptop:
ACER ASPIRE 3000+
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor 3000+ (128KB L2 cache, 1.80GHz, up to 1600MHz system bus)
512MB (256/256) DDR333 SDRAM; 80GB hard drive
integrated DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display with Acer® CrystalBrite Technology
SiSM760GX chipset with integrated Mirage™2 graphics
802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem

My Desktop:
Dell Dimension 5150
Enhanced Performance
Bullet Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
Bullet Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition (English)
Bullet FREE 1GB 400MHz Memory from 512MB
Bullet 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
Bullet Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

[MagnumMan3]

I wish my computer was like that mine isn't that good but does a pretty good job....I guess.. :roll:

[Organic_Shadow]

[CRAPPY "I CANT AFFORD THE CUTTING EDGE STUFF" PC ALERT]

Gigabyte K8N Pro (sadly without dual channel support FOR SOME ODD REASON)
1gb (2 x 512) DDR400 OCZ Gold edition
AMD Athlon64 3200+ socket 754
XFX GeForce 6800 128mb Dual-DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
60gb IBM 7200rpm
120gb WD 7200rpm
160gb Seagate SATA 7200rpm
300gb Maxtor SATA 7200rpm 16mb cache
LiteOn 52x burner
Pioneer slot-load dvd-rom
-All in an old gutted Alienware case!

For the most part it runs pretty solid but im going to upgrade to a socket 939, which sucks because I will need a new CPU, and will upgrade to PCI-E, which sucks even more because I will have to get a new video card.

So....sucks for me. I need $850 for AMD 4000 90nm, BFG 7800gt OC dual-dvi, and Gigabyte K8NXP SLi. THEN I will need a new case.....and extra ram.....*sigh* being poor is so depressing.

[Ryunosuke]

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2700+
HIS Excalibur IceQ Radeon 9800pro 128MB
80GB HDD
LITE-ON DVD/CD-R/RW Combo Drive
Geil 512MB (2x256) PC3200 Dual Channel Ram

It does alright, but the low amount of ram has hurt my performance at times in a few games. I was considering building an new pc instead of buying an PS3 but I decided on going with the PS3 and see if I cannot get a new HDTV with it.

[hoverbike]

[CRAPPY "I CANT AFFORD THE CUTTING EDGE STUFF" PC ALERT]

Gigabyte K8N Pro (sadly without dual channel support FOR SOME ODD REASON)
1gb (2 x 512) DDR400 OCZ Gold edition
AMD Athlon64 3200+ socket 754
XFX GeForce 6800 128mb Dual-DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
60gb IBM 7200rpm
120gb WD 7200rpm
160gb Seagate SATA 7200rpm
300gb Maxtor SATA 7200rpm 16mb cache
LiteOn 52x burner
Pioneer slot-load dvd-rom
-All in an old gutted Alienware case!

So....sucks for me. I need $850 for AMD 4000 90nm, BFG 7800gt OC dual-dvi, and Gigabyte K8NXP SLi. THEN I will need a new case.....and extra ram.....*sigh* being poor is so depressing.
Yeah......I hope your joking about that. You think that's a crappy computer? try my computer. 266 MHz, 128 MB RAM, ATI rage pro (8 MB), 40 GB HD, normal keyboard and mouse, old motherboard with 2 ISA slots and 3 PCI slots, Sound blaster card, and a old fan.

[Nowheresgone16]

[CRAPPY "I CANT AFFORD THE CUTTING EDGE STUFF" PC ALERT]

Gigabyte K8N Pro (sadly without dual channel support FOR SOME ODD REASON)
1gb (2 x 512) DDR400 OCZ Gold edition
AMD Athlon64 3200+ socket 754
XFX GeForce 6800 128mb Dual-DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
60gb IBM 7200rpm
120gb WD 7200rpm
160gb Seagate SATA 7200rpm
300gb Maxtor SATA 7200rpm 16mb cache
LiteOn 52x burner
Pioneer slot-load dvd-rom
-All in an old gutted Alienware case!

So....sucks for me. I need $850 for AMD 4000 90nm, BFG 7800gt OC dual-dvi, and Gigabyte K8NXP SLi. THEN I will need a new case.....and extra ram.....*sigh* being poor is so depressing.
Yeah......I hope your joking about that. You think that's a crappy computer? try my computer. 266 MHz, 128 MB RAM, ATI rage pro (8 MB), 40 GB HD, normal keyboard and mouse, old motherboard with 2 ISA slots and 3 PCI slots, Sound blaster card, and a old fan.

he has a point... haha just kidding but yeah i used to have a really crappy computer i think it was an IBM AZURA or something really slow and old :lol:

[Organic_Shadow]

Well the reason I say it's crappy is because the CPU is bottlnecking the whole system, and an upgrade to socket 939 would improve it, but it would be reversed bottlenecked again because of the AGP video card. Thus, I would need to upgrade to socket939 CPU/mobo, get dual channel ram support, PCI-E videocard. By then though it still wont be good enough for the newest games that come out when I buy all this stuff.

Either way, there's not argument to the fact that my stuff isnt CUTTING EDGE. Im still using nforce3, 6800 128mb AGP, and no dual channel. One day I will have an awesome rig and be experiencing CryEngine2 games in all their glory!

[billyd4]

How can i check what size of graphics card i have?

[Perfect Sin]

...What do you mean by "size"?

[hoverbike]

How can i check what size of graphics card i have?
You can check the size by opening your computer tower and looking at the video card. It's easy to do.

[JordanL]

[CRAPPY "I CANT AFFORD THE CUTTING EDGE STUFF" PC ALERT]

Gigabyte K8N Pro (sadly without dual channel support FOR SOME ODD REASON)
1gb (2 x 512) DDR400 OCZ Gold edition
AMD Athlon64 3200+ socket 754
XFX GeForce 6800 128mb Dual-DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
60gb IBM 7200rpm
120gb WD 7200rpm
160gb Seagate SATA 7200rpm
300gb Maxtor SATA 7200rpm 16mb cache
LiteOn 52x burner
Pioneer slot-load dvd-rom
-All in an old gutted Alienware case!

For the most part it runs pretty solid but im going to upgrade to a socket 939, which sucks because I will need a new CPU, and will upgrade to PCI-E, which sucks even more because I will have to get a new video card.

So....sucks for me. I need $850 for AMD 4000 90nm, BFG 7800gt OC dual-dvi, and Gigabyte K8NXP SLi. THEN I will need a new case.....and extra ram.....*sigh* being poor is so depressing.

You must have a lot of porn to fill that much HDD space.

:P

[crobo]

mine is,

pentium 4 - 3,2 ghz
1024MB ram
200 gb harddisk
ati radeon x800PRO
dvd/cd burner
gigabyte motherboard

[Central]

Custom built by my stepfather. Nothing fancy, but back in early 2004 this machine would have cost you a lot more than what it did.

512MB DDR-SD RAM.
1.1 GHZ Processor
120GB Harddrive
Not sure about anything else -_-

[MavSkipper]

built this one a year ago... will upgrade it when the new AMD socket(M2) is available


AMD A64 3000+ (s754)
2x512MB Corsair XMS XL Pro PC3200
MSI K8N Mobo Platinum
360GB total (6 partition and about 5% free space :P)
Leadtek A400 6800 128MB
Pioneer A107BK
Thermaltake Shark Full Tower Black
a HP monitor with very high contrast :)
MS Optical mouse with 5 buttons, I bought 6 years ago (the very first one they made)
MS Black Keyboard... dunno which model
Creative Inspire T7700 + DDTS100 Decoder (7.1 surround sound heaven which i also use for dvd and console :D)

[MiNiMaL_sAnItY]

ok here it goes:
intel 915gav mobo
intel prescott 3.0 ghz
2 gb ram
xfx 6600 256mb
seagate baracuda 7200 rpm 200 gb
samsung sata 160gb
ms optical mouse
ms multimedia keyboard
creative 5.1 inspire
realtek onboard hd sound
lg flatron crt e700sh(the only setback :( )

[Mastur Debater]

I got a new computer a few weeks back. Its an HP Pavillion

Pentium 4 at 3.0 ghz
1 gb RAM
200gb HDD

I can't remember what else it has, and I don't know what card it has in it. But it doesn't really matter, because I wasn't planning on using it as a gaming machine anyways.

[Tobian]

I am a proud owner of a Pentium 4 Legend computer running @ 2.6 Ghz
2 x 256MB DDR-SD RAM
120 GB Seagate Harddrive (3 partitions)
ATI Radeon 9000 @ 128 MB

It was a top notch machine a few years back when a bought it. Had to save a lot of money but it was more than worth it. It still runs very smooth so I won’t need to be upgrading just yet.

[janenba352]

Im running an Alienware Area 51m 5500 Laptop
CPU: Intel P4 3.4Ghz
Ram: 1GB ddr2
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9700m Pro
HDD: 40GB Removable HDD: 80GB Extrnal HDD: 160GB Total: 280GB

[Eddiesm213]

My Dell Dimension 2400 running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005:
Pentium 4 @ 2.4Ghz
2x 256MB DDR-SD RAM
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR
40GB HDD

It's good now but I don't think it will work to good with Vista. :( :cry:

[bionomic555]

My first pc:

amd64 3400
1gb ddr ram
geforce 6800 128 mb
80 gb sata
120 gb ide

second pc...(soon to be upgraded to amdx2 3800 on feb)
amdxp 2500
1gb ddr ram
gefoce 5900 128 mb
60 gb ide
80 gb ide

[Jodaho]

My comp ain't BAD, but I'm getting an Alienware Area-51 m77000 notebook soon :)

Current system:
Pentium 4 @ 2.60 GHz
512MB DDR-SD RAM
nVidia Geforce 5200 128mb
74 GB HD

[Martinx]

Pentium 4 3,2 ghz
P4P800-x
2048 mb DDR KVR 512x4
nVidia 6800GT 256mb GDDR3
19" TCO 03' ImageQuest V995 CRT
T75 speakers with bass speaker
DVD-burner/reader
Regular DVD reader
MS intelli 3.0
Labtec crap keyboard

[SessDMC]

AMD sempron Skt 754 64-bit ready 3300+ (£90)
ASrock k8 upgradeable (skt 754 can upgrade to a 939 skt Mobo (£50)
nVidida GeForce AGP 8x 6600 256MB DDR (£128)
Maxtor 80GB HDD (£55)
Case and fans (£40)
DVD RW+- 16X CD-RW 48X (£40)
CD-RW 56X (£20)

All Costing me just Sort of £700 on budget. No 3D Mark as of yet. but i suspect it to be in the 6000 Region.

[PanzerPanz]

Intel® 955X, Intel® P4 660 3.6 HT 800 2M 775 (EM64T, XD, EIST)
1024 MB DDR II (2x512MB, 533MHz)
3x250GB SATA
ATI® X850XT 256M PCIe
PCI - CREATIVE Soundblaster AUDIGY 2 ZS PLATINUM
NEC-3550A

[wotter]

Antec Plusview 1000 AMG + 4*80mm fans
OCZ Powerstream 420 watt
AMD 64 Winchester 3200+ 2,0 oc @ 2,55ghz with Zalman 7000b-cu (superPI around 33-34 sec)
Asus A8N SLI Deluxe
Corsair 2*512 mb ddr pc3200
XFX 6600 gt @ 624/1272 (4652 in 3dmark2005/10460 in 3dmark2003) with zalman vf-700 cu
Maxtor 160 gb 7200rpm
Pioneer 16*dvd (gonna buy a nec dvd rw soon)
Samsung Syncmaster 730 bf 17" 4ms
Logitech x-230 2.1
Logitech UltraX Silver keyboard
Logitech G1 game mouse

[Nighthawk]

I hoped it wouldn't have to come to this...

HP Pavilion 714a
Pentuim 4, 2.6Ghz
512MB DDR SDRAM (x2 256MB DDR SDRAM)
Intel Graphics Controller 82845G Graphics Controller
HP Pavilion mx70 18"
Philips CD Reader/Samsung DVD ROM Combo

Now you guys can laugh at me :(

[Gandalf]

High-Performance Computer:
AMD A64 @ 2.5Ghz
1024mb DDR RAM
500gb HDD 7200RPM
nVidia G-Force 6600GT

Gaming Computer:
Intel P4 @ 2133Mhz
768mb DDR RAM
150gb HDD 7200RPM
nVidia G-Force 6800

You can really get a lot out of those Athlon64s, especially with a good video card.

[RotaryKnight]

Im trying to upgrade my pc for ages.
I havent upgraded anything for atleast a year already

AMD 2100+ Thoroughbred B pinmodded to 2.399ghz 3200+ ( thats almost 600mhz more then stock O_O )
air cooled with a temp of 95F :D from a modded Volcano 11 hsf
on a ECS K7S5a motherboard 8)

768mb ram
1x 60gb hdd
1x 40gb hdd
1x 80gb hdd
dvd burner
9800se softmod to a 9800 pro, overclocked to a 9800 xt
viewed through a Viewsonic Ultrabrite A90F+ 19 inch screen

That is my personal PC

My other PC is for my brother and anybody else that one to use te pc

2.8ghz p4 overclocked to 3.4ghz
1gb ram
160gb hdd
plextor dvd burner
nvidia 6600gt
also viewed through a Viewsonic Ultrabrite A90F+ monitor

[fooster]

I have a Sony Vaio RS630G, with a 19 inch LCD flat panel monitor. It has 1 terabyte of hard drive space, a 3.8 GHZ processor, and a I also got a liquid cooling system installed.

I have a vaio ra920g, it's interesting how sony labels it as liquid cooling but when i open up the case it turns out it's just heat pipes.

[Grey Fox]

I have a:
Amd athlon 3200+64 bit cpu
radeon 9600 pro 256 mb graphics card
1 gig of ram( not to sure on the specifics)
dvd/cd burner player
17 inch flatscreen lcd moniter
200 gigabyte hard drive :)

[Varsh]

Time for me I guess. o_O

AMD A64 Winchester 3500+
Asus A8N-Sli - Premium
2GB Corsair Dual Channel TwinX 3200XL (4x512MB)
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
BFG 7800GT OC
Pioneer DVD-ROM 105 - Slot Model
Pioneer DVD-RW -/+ 106
LiteOn CD-RW 24x10x40x
Hitachi 240GB (SATA Raid 0)
Hitachi 320GB (SATA Raid 0)
2x 19" BenQ FP937s
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech GT Force Pro
Yamaha 5.1 DTS Speakers (rebranded as Pacific)

[fooster]

Time for me I guess. o_O

AMD A64 Winchester 3500+
Asus A8N-Sli - Premium
2GB Corsair Dual Channel TwinX 3200XL (4x512MB)
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
BFG 7800GT OC
Pioneer DVD-ROM 105 - Slot Model
Pioneer DVD-RW -/+ 106
LiteOn CD-RW 24x10x40x
Hitachi 240GB (SATA Raid 0)
Hitachi 320GB (SATA Raid 0)
2x 19" BenQ FP937s
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech GT Force Pro
Yamaha 5.1 DTS Speakers (rebranded as Pacific)

Im guessing $5,000?

[Varsh]

Actually funnily enough...no. :p
Been buying the parts over 2 years, so it's probably amassed to about £1500 ($2700)

[mybutt]

Barton core AMD 3000+
1 gig of ram 3200 clock
Sata 120 gig in a R.A.I.D. 1 setup
BFG 6800 256 MB AGP

all of this and yet still not one kill in I.L. sturmovik!!!! that has to be the hardest game ever when set to realistic with all the settings on max. my plane just plane sucks with me flying it.

[playstationjunkie]

intel pentium 4 processor 1.5GHz
256MB SyncDRAM
40gb UltraDMA hard drive
48x max cd rom
16mb nVidia vanta graphics card

..my computer is about 4 yrs old what would you upgrade first on this beast of would you buy something new, all my money is for ps3 so i prolly wouldnt buy a new one but i wanna get it so i can play games and such... :?:

[Gandalf]

GPU -> RAM -> DVD -> HDD -> CPU

*In bold for most important upgrades.

[Varsh]

Actually Gandlaf, I think the best option for him is to buy a new PC!

[Jman21stc]

I have the crummiest pc of all

amd 2000xp+ 1.665 ghz
384 ram (128+256)
geforce 4 mx 440 overclocked but still crap
74 gig hardrive, speed: unknown/unbearably slow
old dell moniter from 90's that i got for free from a friend

The most unbelievable part is that i can play halflife 2 on this piece of (*)#@ and still get away with it. Same for cs source and battlefront 2. Didn't manage to survive battle field 2 though. Crashed on startup. I'm surprised it hasn't melted and gone straight to hell. Anyway,....I want to build my own.
Possible start of with amd 1.8 with a 6600 and upgrade to sli later.

[wotter]

Lol, off course it cannot play bf2, that game requires T&L, which your card does not have.

[Jman21stc]

well yah, but it's pretty crazy how far i could get with the card. Also, does anyone have any suggestions for a replacement card. I am not sure what to get because there's no pci-express, only agp 2x and 4x. I've heard i could run an agp 8x/4x on the rig but i'd like some confermations.

[wotter]

Yup, you can buy a agp 8X card and put it in a agp 4X motherboard, difference between 8X en 4X is perhaps 1-2%, not noticable.

[Jman21stc]

so ur saying i could stick a 6600 agp 8x in my old 4x! sweet! Of course i'd probably have to add more ram, but still. YES!

Do not overuse smilies -adamba4e

[Perfect Sin]

Jman...don't ever post that many smilies again...it's against the rules.

I posted my setup back on page 2 or 3 if anyone cares.

[Gandalf]

Actually Gandlaf, I think the best option for him is to buy a new PC!
Heh, sure, if that's an option. You could always transfer the good parts of your computer (or the reusable parts, like the HDD) to a new one if you're not going to be using the old one anymore.

[wotter]

so ur saying i could stick a 6600 agp 8x in my old 4x! sweet! Of course i'd probably have to add more ram, but still. YES!


Yes, that's perfectly possible.

[Jman21stc]

Thx man, I haven't been able to get a clear answer with some of my friends. Also, i'm sorry about the smily thing. got a little carried away there. (won't do it again.) Thx again!

[Anonymous]

My computer:



AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Dual-Core w/ 2x1MB Cache
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe w/ DualDDR400, 7.1 Audio, Dual GB Lan, Dual PCI-E x16 SLI, Cool-Pipe.
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW 1000W Power Supply.
Quadro FX 4500 PCI-E.
Kingston HyperX 4GB PC2-6400 Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (4 x 1GB).
Seagate 300GB Cheetah 15K.4, Ultra320 SCSI, 68-pin.
Zalman TNN 300 MicroATX Fanless Chassis.

BenQ DW1655 16x16 Dual Layer DVD+/-RW, Black w/ LightScribe.
Zalman Reserator 1 Plus External Fanless Water Cooling System.
Alpha and Omega Computer Hard Drive Cooler UHDC.
Thermaltake Media LAB VFD Panel, Silver w/ Remote.
VANTEC ICEBERQ Copper BGA Ramsinks, Set of 8.
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro.
Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System w/ Wireless Rear Speakers.
Logitech Cordless diNovo Media Desktop.

[Jman21stc]

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! How can u guys afford all of this stuff. I have to get by on my s[-]1^-bag computer that lags when playing cs source online. I wish i were rich... :( :(

[wotter]

Lol, find work... That's what I'm going to do during the holidays (July-August-Sept). I saved about 1300€ to buy my comp a year and two months ago. I don't need a 3000€ rig.

[Anonymous]

I make a new pc every month, I want to keep up with the tech. Plus, I donate my old one to a charity. There are a lot of kids that just cant afford high-end pc's, so I just give them my old one. Most of the time its only 1 month old but if I didn't have time to make one, I just wait another month.


Jman get a summer job!

[Firefox]

I make a new pc every month, I want to keep up with the tech. Plus, I donate my old one to a charity. There are a lot of kids that just cant afford high-end pc's, so I just give them my old one. Most of the time its only 1 month old but if I didn't have time to make one, I just wait another month.


Jman get a summer job!whoa you have nvidia quadro in your computer? that graphics card itself is like
$1000!

[Anonymous]

My harddrive is $1500.00! all my parts are the best!

[Firefox]

yeah right your 300 gb harddrive? I can get a 1 terrabyte harddrive for $500

[Anonymous]

wait... Ill get the price... on a website!

[Anonymous]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822111151

thats only the 147Gb one, I have the 300gb version, $ 200 more than that!

[Firefox]

I still like this 500 gb hard drive for a low price too!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1644683

[Anonymous]

I just dont like high-noise levals, plus Its great for gaming! no large seek times and much more! If you have the money this is the best hard-drive! I had 2 terrabyte hardrive's last november.

[Anonymous]

my video card is $1,800.00

[Varsh]

What's the reservator like? I've been thinking of buying one, but then again I think I'll need a new case first, this one's a lil bit too small.

[hoverbike]

my video card is $1,800.00
Why didn't you get the Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512 instead because it's better for gaming? Or the new ATI card that just came out that beats the one I just listed? (ATI 1900XTX)

[Anonymous]

here are some pics on what you need about the "RESERATOR".



http://www.zalman.co.kr/upload/product/reserator1_s_p.jpg


http://www.zalman.co.kr/upload/product/reserator1_f_p.jpg


http://www.zalman.co.kr/upload/product/reserator1_b_p.jpg


http://www.zalman.co.kr/upload/product/reserator1_c_p.jpg



Hope this can help! If you need help on finding a case that works good with it. just pm me!

good luck varsh!!! :D

500 Skill Points removed for double posting -adamba4e

[Varsh]

Quadro's beat the hell out of a 7800GTX anyway...but to the point I know what the reserator looks like, I've done a lot of research lol, but my question is, is it worth the money you pay for it? My room gets freezing this time of year but roasting (even with a fan on 24/7) during the summer so I'm not sure whether it'd work out beneficially.

Though if I was to change my case, what do you think I should get? I was thinking of the P180 Silver or the Chenbro Gaming Bomb 2, however if possible I'd like a 100% completely tools free case that's quiet and can accomodate 4 hard drives, 3 optical drives, the front panel for my X-Fi, a Floppy (though this may not be needed soon), 6 expansion slots and lotsa fans. :D

[Anonymous]

Varsh, it worth the money! I have mine for 4 months and it works great. just be careful what mobo you have and case, in some of them it doesnt work! Plus the nvidia quadro is made for animation ( game making, and worksations) when someone makes a game, they test it on a nvidia quadro first, always!! So therefor it is better, plus I have alot o video cards and I tested them all, but the nvidia quadro is the best for gaming!

[Varsh]

Will it work with a BFG 7800 GT and an Asus A8N-Sli Premium? Also any ideas for the case to use for it? ;)

I must admit though, it is a little big...or rather it's huge!

[Anonymous]

depend... It should work with that package.. but tell me in what price range of case are you looking for?

[Varsh]

Any price range, don't care, though obviously nothing above £150 ($280).
I have been thinking about the Chenbro Gaming Bomb II (I currently have the Chenbro Gaming Bomb I) and the Antec P180 but I'm still not sure.

What I'm wanting is something completly tools free without needing to use a screwdriver, cool, looks asthetically pleasing, is quiet, has 4 x 5¼" bays and 1 x 3½" bay (or two, then again I'll rarely use 3½" if at all anyway).

Chenbro Gaming Bomb II : http://www.chenbro.com.tw/product/product_preview.php?pid=126
Antec P180 : http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=09180

[hoverbike]

So therefor it is better, plus I have alot o video cards and I tested them all, but the nvidia quadro is the best for gaming!
Wow....just wow. Tell me how that works and start posting on a PC forum and see the comments that roll in from that remark.

[Anonymous]

I dont know what your problem is hoverbike, like you should give a shit or not that you like my video card or not. Your life doesn't depend on my video card or ever will.If I were you,I would keep my comments to myself. If you dont like my video card then shuv it. I said that is my computer and I dont care what is your opinion is.




And varsh,I have the p180 on my other pc. It would work great with that reserator.

If your looking for a bigger case I would go for the:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119042


or this which is a little pricey : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112074


your pc needs space, right? That why I gave you huge cases. Those cases are good but here is the best Full tower case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133153

[Varsh]

I'm not particularly keen on the Thermaltake though I could live with that, but there would be a problem with my X-Fi as it takes a fron drive bay slot and I have a lot of things plugged into it..., the Coolermaster Stacker has had me intrigued for a while, been thinking of something like that for a few months but then it wouldn't fit underneath my desk amd I transport my PC everywhere so...that would be a little too big to carry around all the time.

The V2000 looks odd on the inside, I mean really odd and it looks as though my PSU won't reach the motherboard, but then again it looks as though the motherboard is upside down on this case...hmm.

Nice pics though any around the size of the P180?

I've taken a look at the Thermaltake VA8000BWA Armour Super Tower but that looks huge too...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Thermaltake.html

Gah I don't know what to get. >_<

[nouse4aname68]

LMAO Quadros aren't better for gaming than the 7800, trust me, I could have gotten either in my mac, ended up with a 6600 (I ordered right when they announced the new PowerMac G5's so I could either get a 6600, a quadro, or wait a month and get a 7800). Even the 6600 is better than the Quadro for gaming. The Quadro is made specifically for have several monitors and for rendering 3d images from programs like CAD and stuff.

[Anonymous]

please, Just leave me alone. I love my video card! and I can switch between each whenever I please! I have the 2x Nvidia 7800 gtx ko. Its good for gaming but I dont game all the time! I use my pc for my home theatre system aswell. 7800 gtx after sometime the frame rates get chunky, so I would have more moderate image then none at all.


And varsh, The p180 front bay panel isn't very strong, I had to get mine replaced. So thats not the best. The best Case is: my case but its quite expensive! I have modded my case ( chopped the top and put in more bays) It took me time to mod it. I had to get the contour right and everything, but anyhow try this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133171


I would take out the liquid cooling and use the zalman reserator. That case has even a hydraulic case side opener! That case is good, and strong. If your buying it in the store I would go for the p180, just make sure to test the front bay panel!



very light!

[hoverbike]

I dont know what your problem is hoverbike, like you should give a *expletive deleted* or not that you like my video card or not. Your life doesn't depend on my video card or ever will.If I were you,I would keep my comments to myself. If you dont like my video card then shuv it. I said that is my computer and I dont care what is your opinion is.
Yes your right, I don't care but I'm giving my thoughts on your Video card. I asked before if you were a PC gamer or not. It's fine if you have other video cards like the 7800GTX's then it's all good.

[Anonymous]

o.k, man sorry for dissng you! I didnt mean too! :D

[hoverbike]

o.k, man sorry for dissng you! I didnt mean too! :D
Yeah ok that's fine. (5 words)

[Anonymous]

great, I never thought what would be a equivalent to the 7800 gtx ko? Is it ATI'S Crossfire? I bought the new video card by ATI ( Crossfire editon) and I still think that nvidia is better! I tried Bf2, and Call of Duty 2 and they seemed o.k, but nvidia was a little faster. Whats your opinion Hover bike?

[hoverbike]

great, I never thought what would be a equivalent to the 7800 gtx ko? Is it ATI'S Crossfire? I bought the new video card by ATI ( Crossfire editon) and I still think that nvidia is better! I tried Bf2, and Call of Duty 2 and they seemed o.k, but nvidia was a little faster. Whats your opinion Hover bike?
I like Nvidia better because it has a easy tree line of video cards. ATI is the same in power with their video cards but I heard different things about both. I would buy a Nvidia card. ATI would not kill me. Go look at the marks on some hardware sites to see the card's performs.

[Anonymous]

I tried that but it still seams that even if ATI is more powerful, Nvidia is more leveled in performance and integrated more (Sl-I) and better than ATI . What video card do you run?

[hoverbike]

I tried that but it still seams that even if ATI is more powerful, Nvidia is more leveled in performance and integrated more (Sl-I) and better than ATI . What video card do you run?
I run a ATI Rage Pro that has 8 MB of VRAM. I got the whole computer before I knew of anything about computers. I would of got a Nvidia card though. I'm getting a whole new computer soon because it isn't good at all.

[Jman21stc]

quick question:is ur comp considered loud if u can hear the 2 fans from 7ft away? It especially gets loud if the hd starts spinning.

[miickEe]

We have had many PC's in our household over the years.. many have been packaged computers, others have been assembled with the scraps we have accumulated over the years. At the present we have over 9 PC's in the house, all are functional.

I have to say mine has the best specs, although I haven't upgraded in a looong time. I'minvesting in a PS3 to game because continually upgrading just to play a game has become so tedious.

AMD-64 3200+ CPU
ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Motherboard
ATI 9800 SE GFX Card
Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.0 Sound Card

Pioneer DVD-RW-R - 16x
LG CD-RW-R - 52X
Seagate Barricuda 160GB IDE HDD
2 x Western Digital Caviar 80GB IDE HDD

[YamNivek]

whoops, sorry can this one be deleted cant see how? :oops:

[YamNivek]

I just moved into my own houes so i needed (medically i think) a new pc (it was either that or go without :shock: ).

AMD-64 3400+
Foxconn NF4UKERS PCI-e Mobo
1Gb RAM (2 x 512)(Cheap stuff)
ATI Radeon X800 XL
80Gb HDD (cant remember which make)
Samsung DVD+-RW - 16x
Phillips 2.1 speakers

[Anonymous]

does any one here have a amd athlon fx 60 like me?

[Varsh]

An FX60 costs £800...I doubt barely anyone can afford that...

I'm going to wait for the new socket 940 though, embedded RAM on your A64? Yes please. To be honest it's about time somebody did this, although I can see problems about upgrading.

[Anonymous]

I am waiting for th m2 socket board! which the same!

[NationStater]

My 1st ' real ' gaming PC which I finished awhile ago, and I went with the company I'm brand loyal to, intel.

Aspire Crusier-X Mid Tower ATX Case
Intel EE Edition 955, 3.43gzh ,1066mzh FSB, Dual Cored,2mb L2 cache
Socket 775,65nm
4gb DDR2 ram at 533mzh
ATI x1900 512mb 2x in Crossfire Mode
500gb 7200rpm hard drive-Storage
33.3 Gb Raptor - System Drive
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card
Optimus 1200 Watt Amplifier/reciver with optical imputs to 4 speakers ( no surround :( )
1 Hard Drive Cooler on Raptor
Stock Intel Heatsink/fan
4 80mm Vantech Tornado Case fans at 5000+ RPM

Razar Copperhead Gaming mouse
Microsoft Wireless Elite keyboard
30inch NEC LCD Moniter

That pretty much sums it up, its pretty fast and I love it.

[Anonymous]

sorry... Intel cramps my style!!! AMD is the true powerhouse cpu Company, Intel is good for home theaters and such, AMD Is more into Graphical designing elements and Gaming! did I forget to say they have the best server cpu? The only thing that Intel has which is a little diferent is Its: "Itanium 2 " Cpu!

[NationStater]

I do have an AMD FX-57 in the house, and I like it.

But i've had some bad experiances with AMD products.

My Intel Rig can run anything I throw at it at over 100FPS, inculding fear. Anything I throw at this thing dosent slow it down in the slightlest. So I'm happy with it.

I have been thinking about using one of those uber cheap 754 Sempron 2600+s to build my mom a new PC for uber cheap. Could put together a whole PC for under 250 bucks ( not inculding windows, I can ghost legally ).

But I do have another PC that I like built myself, it was my 1st custom build. And like I had a very tight budget that time.

Celeron D 3.2ghz
768mb PC3200 Ram
ATi 9550 256mb AGP 8x
40gb Western Digital Hard Drive ( cheapest they had at the time )
Powmax Marix Case ( junk, but looks cool )
Crappy speakers and moniter I found.

It can play Half Life 2 on high settings at a decent framerate which is kinda werid.

Through DoomIII just makes it choke.

I've ran FEAR on it, and it actually runs at Medium Settings at a lower res at 40odd FPS.


I have been thinking about investing in Phase Cooling tho.

[Anonymous]

That is weird! I love AMD for gaming! I overclocked my AMD- ATHLON FX-60, and it runs great, I MEAN GREAT!!! Semprons are good for Internet and Office and such !

[NationStater]

Yeah a Celeron D on half life 2 is werid. It stays above 40FPS all the time, expect in really intense firefights, then it can chug a little bit.

And I cant do things like turn the res above 800x600 or crank the AA to 16x. But it gets the job done.

But I love my 955, its really a good sign for intel. The EE used to get owned by the FX, but the new 955 is right up there with with the FX60.

Intel is startring to learn that they just cant keep cranking the clock speed.

[Anonymous]

yup! Intel learned , and got served. And now they are making a comeback.

[james3579]

i just ordered a new comp, im so happy.


Saphire X1300 256mb PCI-E 16x
DDR400, 512mb ram
AMD 64 3200+, venice core, socket 939
400w PSU and Case
ASUS A8N5X NF4 939

i think the mobo is the best part 8)

my old comp-

celeron 897mhz
SDram 384
geforce fx 5200 128mb PCI 1x
crappy intel board
200w PSU, deer brand 8)

i know, its a screamer :lol:

[NationStater]

yup! Intel learned , and got served. And now they are making a comeback.

Yeah, I totally agree. After 2 years of being beaten they are making a comeback.

If you look at the new EE ( mine ) its right up there with the FX60. Which is great news for intel. Its a bit slower in some gaming bechmarks tho.

[Anonymous]

That is true, but overall the ee is a good cpu!

[playstationjunkie]

i was wondering how to format a hardrive ive been trying to but dont know how, it seems whenever i try to something stays on, i have an xp disk so i can get an operating system back on it i just want to wipe it out though..

[Anonymous]

How to wipe your hard drive!

1. Put your cd in your drive
2. Re-start your computer, and press " any key" to boot from it.
3. After 20 secs, or so, you will get a screen saying: To install a clean copy of Windows Xp, or the other option which is to repair windows!
4. After you choose Install clean copy, you will be prompted to a " Microsoft agreement screen" just tap your F8 key to continue.
5. From now on, the instructions are very straight forward, just delete your partition and create a new one, and then format it using NTFS<Quick>. Once your done formatting your pc will re-boot, this time dont touch anything! Your pc will automatically start The installation of Microsoft's Windows Xp.


** Some words were changed to be easily understood.


Please re-post to tell me if it worked.


Ps: If you dont want a Os , just follow the steps and delete the partiton, and then shut off your pc! :D

[markyp23]

Got this little honey on the way to my house at the moment:

DFI Lanparty SLi-D
AMD Athlon 64 "Venice" 3200+
Mushkin 1GB (2x512MB) XP4400 Extreme Performance DDR550
Samsung Spinpoint 200GB S-ATAII HDD
XFX 6800XT PCI-E (Sli-capable, doubt I'll use it)
Sony DVD+-RW Silver
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream w/window case (hot).
XP Home

Looking forward to getting that running. If anyone has higher frequency RAM than that I'd be surprised. Surprised, but impressed all the same! :D

[Anonymous]

I dont like Mushkin Ram, they tend to be low quality! I use Crosair and OCZ ram. Speed isnt everything, having low latency is important as well.

[CompGeek]

Update for me

AMD Opteron s939 144 (1.8ghz w/1MB L2) @ 2.7ghz / 1.5v (300x9) (FX-56 ). Will try for 1.55v when my water is here.. maybe 2900mhz?
$180

2x 1GB Patriot Extreme 2-3-2-5
$220 ->Was $260 when I bought.

2x eVGA 7800 GT OC
$540

eVGA SLI N41 Mobo
$100

Antec TruePower 2.0 550 PSU
$90

200GB + 250GB = 450GB HDD space
$210

16x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
$40

Chaintech Envy24 Sound Card
$30

Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround
$30

Some Generic 19" CRT @ 1600x1280
$20

POS Keyboard
Free

POS Optical Mouse
Free

POS 10 year old full tower case.
Free

Planatronics Gaming Headset
$20



My rig including accessories = $1,480

[The Butcher]

While am thinking about getting new computer and would like to know if what am getting is any good for gaming. The specs are

Memory: Corsair TWINX Dual Channel 1024MB DDR at 400 MHz
Video Card: GeForce 7800 GTx
MotherBoard: Asus A8N 32-SLI-Deluxe
CPU:AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual Core Processor
Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda at 300GB and a Seagate Cheetah at 73 GB
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Power Supply: Xion at 600 watts
Case: Thermaltake Silver Armor Aluminum Full-Tower
Cooling: ThermalTake Smart Blue 120mm LED Case Fan Blue

So if anyone knows of something better please tell me. Just don't tell me to get another CPU because I don't have the cash to upgraded it

[Varsh]

To be honest I don't think you can go wrong with that and I doubt you'll need to upgrade anything for a long long time with that rig. However funny you should mention CPU, that's the one thing I could really do with upgrading, but I'm not prepared to fork out £300+ for a dual core any time soon.

[CompGeek]

YOu'll want 2GB RAM... posted this yesterday, dont know why these forums reset back so often, its a pain. Such a slow server too.

[Playsatan3]

I have a Dell XPS and it seems to run everything on it fine. Its a pretty cool P.C. cost me 2,125euro. And I only got a Nvidia GeForce 6800. Runs all my games fine. My newest games are : Quake 4, Black & White 2, The Sims 2 and Doom 3. Plus crap games that I had for my old Packard Bell. Its got 160GB, 3.2GHz, 1024 GB of RAM. I am looking to get the GeForce 7800GTx, I have a Logitech wireless mouse & keyboard, Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS. An Itel Pentium Extreme Processor.

[ebony & ivory]

Athlon 64 3500+
nForce 4 motherboard
1GB Dual-Channel DDR 466 RAM
GeForce 6800 GT
300 GB SATA HDD
16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Burner.

[Nikeballa23]

yea mine is
dual core amd processors (2 ghz each)
4gb of ram
200 gb harddrive
hdtv lcd monitor 26 inch
256 graphics
great sound card and sorround sound
liquid cooled

[CompGeek]

yea mine is
dual core amd processors (2 ghz each)
4gb of ram
200 gb harddrive
hdtv lcd monitor 26 inch
256 graphics
great sound card and sorround sound
liquid cooled

thats uninformative.

[Davids]

Okay there. Lets see what i have.

Pentium 4
2CPU's - 2.49GHz
512 MB of DDR
nVIDIA GeForce fx 5200
Realtek audio AC97
Some cheak keyboard
Logitech Mouse
NO MOUSE PAD!! :D
Logitech Formula Racing wheel or something.
SyncMaster 753dfx Samsung monitor.

And Im waiting for Defender microfon, but i have waited about 15 days - no sign of chek or anything :(

[Anonymous]

Thats a pretty good system you have there! Basic, but good! The ram could use upgrading, and the video card! other than that its pretty good!

[CompGeek]

Thats a pretty good system you have there! Basic, but good! The ram could use upgrading, and the video card! other than that its pretty good!

maybe he should be 1337 like you and modafry his mobo with some incompatible DDR2!!!

What you really need davids is a better graphics card and 512mb more RAM.

[Anonymous]

Yes, Sorry! But Comp Geek is a paraplegic! :wink: Thats what I said, and dot act ; like a kid! "modafry'? What ever, go and take a chill pill!

[CompGeek]

Yes, Sorry! But Comp Geek is a paraplegic! :wink: Thats what I said, and dot act ; like a kid! "modafry'? What ever, go and take a chill pill!

:lol: And how is that an insult to call me a paraplegic? Is that a hit on crippled people? What would that have to do with anything whatsoever? Im not the slightest bit paraplegic. Try using words of which you know the meaning.

A chill pill? Hmm.... act like a kid? That'd be you, you are obviously not a day over 12 years olld, I'd even guess 9...

[Anonymous]

Dont you know when to stop? Your acting like a kid!

[CompGeek]

Dont you know when to stop? Your acting like a kid!

I know that this is quite fun, and messing with a young public-school educated (quite obviously) brain online isnt a chance I get regularly. I must make the best of your cluelessness to the fullest of my entertainment.


For crying out loud you cant even spell you're!

[Anonymous]

O.k? look at your sig comp geek, and you can relate! Anyhow does anyone have more pc info specs? :D


Anything from now on, will be talken care of my firend mod! kapeesh?For some reason I got more skill points and icons than you, and you posted more! Please no more harrasing will go on the froum now on!! I know a lot of people on these forums!

[CompGeek]

Harassing? :lol:

I've got my REAL PC specs.

Opteron 144 @ 2.8ghz (311x9) w/1.55v on H2O
2x 1GB Patriot Extreme Memory @ 2-3-2-5.
2x eVGA 7800 GT CO @ 490/1200

My Proof Examples for you to follow:
B. http://service.futuremark.com/orb/projectdetails.jsp?projectType=14&projectId=142595

A. http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=74444
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8537/cpuz2800mhz5ii.jpg


Lets see you prove:

A. The GTX 512 with an ORB link, in the description I want it to say "Hey its me Stephan from PS3Forums."



B. The FX-60, I want a CPU-Z confirmed pic.


Lemme guess: You can't.

[Anonymous]

People as you see, he is crazy! You need medical attention! Why the hell would I photograph my screen, for you? Plus, I dont care what you think! O.k?

[hoverbike]

People as you see, he is crazy! You need medical attention! Why the hell would I photograph my screen, for you? Plus, I dont care what you think! O.k?
Can't you see that isn't going to cut it with him? If you want him off your back then post some proof of your computer. He did it and now it's your turn :wink: . I'll even do it!

[CompGeek]

I can tell you why you would want to photograph your screen:
To save some self respect.
To show someone that you're not an out and out liar.
To show off.


Why you would not:
You have no self-repsect.
You ARE a LIAR.
You couldnt produce proof.


If I need medical attention you need to be put to sleep.

[Anonymous]

You should become a Lawyer on a Soap opera, they are looking for good lunatics!

[CompGeek]

You should become a Lawyer on a Soap opera, they are looking for good lunatics!
You should be a lawyer in 10 years when you to college, liars usually make good lawyers... of course a few IQ points would be nice.

[Anonymous]

Yup, you should know about having few Iq points!

[CompGeek]

Yes... I would, Since I have a lot of them. I can teach you. It starts by not being a clueless liar.

[Anonymous]

I see... You are doing that study on reversing the meaning of your words! Ah!

[CompGeek]

I see... You are doing that study on reversing the meaning of your words! Ah!

You are just non-sensical now.

CompGeek Mission Complete: Physcological Ownage of a 10 year-old cybernoob.

Return to base.

www.guru3d.com

[Anonymous]

Anyhow, thanks for making me post so much, I got a lot of skill points! :D And you cant own anyone!

[The Butcher]

God Stephan not ever single person on the plant has the money to go out and buy the latest and greatest pc possible. So stop acting like you are 1337.

[CompGeek]

God Stephan not ever single person on the plant has the money to go out and buy the latest and greatest pc possible. So stop acting like you are 1337.

He doesn't own the system, he made one huge mistake. He said he was using DDR2 with an Athlon64, which hasnt even been done before because its 120% impossible.

Then he started defending it saying he had modded his motherboard, which is 10 truckfulls of BS.

[Anonymous]

Thank for letting me post more! Anyhow I dont care what you think! Plus, please keep on posting! I want to get another icon! :wink:

[hoverbike]

Thank for letting me post more! Anyhow I dont care what you think! Plus, please keep on posting! I want to get another icon! :wink:
Well now we know that you really don't own that computer your talking about! For Shame :no

[The Butcher]

God Stephan not ever single person on the plant has the money to go out and buy the latest and greatest pc possible. So stop acting like you are 1337.

He doesn't own the system, he made one huge mistake. He said he was using DDR2 with an Athlon64, which hasnt even been done before because its 120% impossible.

Then he started defending it saying he had modded his motherboard, which is 10 truckfulls of BS.

:lol: :lol: :lol: My god i didn't even know he said something like that. So let me change my statement Stephan just say you are a noob and stop all this 1337. I couple of minutes on any online computer store would give you the information that a 240-pin Athlon64 motherboard is right now a dream.