.Guy. Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I figure that at least some of the people who can actually post on a forum should be somewhat computer literate and thus we should have a pretty good amount of PC enthusiasts here. I love tweaking building my computers. Also as a college student funds are hard to come by so I don't have the most powerful computer but I gets a long fine. Here are my specs Asus P5N-E SLI - a solid, inexpensive board. Does what I ask it to. Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 overclocked to 3.6ghz. A solid 400FSB with the RAM running at a 1:1 divider. 4GB of OCZ RAM running at 800mhz. I've tightened the timing to 4-4-4-12. BFG 8800GT 512MB. This card is one of the best bang for the buck purchases I've made. The 8800 series IMO was on top for a long time. It runs hot so I leave it at stock speeds. A Western Digital 640AAKS Hard Drive. It has two 320GB platters so its pretty damn fast. Didn't want to shell out big bucks for a Raptor. I have a Creative Audigy 2 Value Soundcard which will be replaced soon. Its pretty decent sound quality but I want a sound card with Optical out. I have Samsung 2693HM 26" monitor with a resolution of 1920x1200. I love the real estate but I want more. Well at least It can play full 1080p. All of this is housed in a house sleek Lian LI A05B. Its midtower case but it looks so nice. No bling factor here. Its just elegant. Running all of it with the greatest OS of all time... Windows Vista Ultimate x64. I want to upgrade to Core i7... will probably do it within the next year. Nothing is ever fast enough Damn... I am guessing this will sound like gibberish to most of you LOL. But to those who actually understand post your stuff. It will cool to see what others members are running. Also I am ready for the "its a box thats says Gateway on it and its slow" posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins0756 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Nice specs. Not the most powerful like you said but it gets the job done. Surprised you say Vista 64 is the best OS around (unless that's sarcasm) when you could dual boot with Leopard. I haven't updated my computer in 5 or 6 years and it still runs fair. Dell 8400 (Pentium 4, 1.5GB RAM, 320GB HDD, XP Home, ect.). Just haven't found the time or money to update my PC although I did help a friend do a build. Researched parts and all got a pretty good deal at the time. Gigabyte mobo (don't remember exact model although it is compatible with the new 45nm Intel processors), Intel E6700, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 20" Samsung monitor, ect. If I need to get computer parts (or most electronics for that matter) I use Newegg. Probably the best site to buy things online. Great customer service, HUGE selection, and a great user forum for any advice on builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haithman Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Gigabyte P35 DS3L Intel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHZ under a ZeroTherm Nirvana HSF 4GB A-Data Ram BFG 8800 GT (stock) 24" Acer P241w LCD Happauge 1800 TV Tuner (forget the exact model comp is at school) Western Digital 640AAKS (love it) Vista Ultimate 64 However I got a MacBook Pro about 3 months ago and I use that MUCH more these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Sony Vaio VGN-NR385E 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo 3.0 GB RAM 120 GB HDD Vista Home Premium Simple laptop, all I did was upgrade the RAM from the 1GB it came with to the 3GB. I'll be upgrading the HDD soon probably. Didnt really feel a need to put a new video or audio card on it since I dont do any gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins0756 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Gigabyte P35 DS3LIntel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHZ under a ZeroTherm Nirvana HSF 4GB A-Data Ram BFG 8800 GT (stock) 24" Acer P241w LCD Happauge 1800 TV Tuner (forget the exact model comp is at school) Western Digital 640AAKS (love it) Vista Ultimate 64 However I got a MacBook Pro about 3 months ago and I use that MUCH more these days Why not just buy a non Apple laptop and put Leopard on it? I know people want the look and feel of Apple, but you'd be saving $1000... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haithman Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Why not just buy a non Apple laptop and put Leopard on it? I know people want the look and feel of Apple, but you'd be saving $1000... Scholarship money, I paid exactly $0 so I got the nicest thing I could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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.Guy. Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 snip No sarcasm at all about Vista x64. It looks great, runs fast and is stable. Media Center is off the hook. Yeah Newegg is great but I use amazon because I have Prime (which means free shipping and next day air only costs $4). The prices are pretty much the same but shipping makes amazon win out. Also I surf slickdeals and fatwallet and when I see a good deal on stuff I jump on it. Hell I've bought plenty of stuff from buy.com because they sometimes sell stuff super cheap. Some good specs here. Slacky you can't upgrade the graphics on a notebook well you can't on your model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astaroth125 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Just put together a new machine this weekend. MSI X58 Platinum board Intel i7 920 (looks like these overclock nicely to 3.6-4ghz) 6GB DDR3 G.Skill PC Power & Cooling 750w PSU 896MB eVGA 260 (Bad out of box, so am sending it in for RMA, using 7900GTX in the interim) 300GB Velociraptor drive 500GB WD storage drive Antec P182 case 2x Dell 24" monitors Windows 7 x64 I am still working on cooling - will probably go with a watercooling setup, or at least a better fan if I stay on air. My old computer is going to my wife, that's an AMD X2 4400+, 2GB of RAM, and 74GB Raptor and 2x 36GB Raptors (and the 7900GTX once I get my new card back). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I wouldn't classify myself as a nerd... I'm more in the geek category. anyways, my desktop, which I've had for 3 years and upgraded a bit along the way: 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 processor nVidia Geforce 5500 FX 60 && 20 GB HDDs 1 GB RAM Running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon 32-bit (have XP, 2000, and 98 on multiboot but I don't really use those, especially since XP stopped recognizing my graphics card) Ain't much anymore, but it was nice when I first got it. My laptop: Inspiron 1420 Core2Duo T7500+ (2.2 GHz) 160 GB HDD 2 GB RAM nVidia Geforce 8400 GS running on Ubuntu 6.04 LTS Hardy Heron 64-bit (multibooting with XP Home and Vista Home Premium, use them rarely, but they do serve their purposes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 That case is sweet. I was thinking about buying it, but went with a crappy, and what I found out to be ugly Thermaltake Armor to save some money. Asus p5n32e sli board 8800 gts card Intel 6420 Seagate 7200.10 300 gb all running on 32 bit Vista with a 22 inch Samsung monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Holy crap. I need to work on my intelligence; I have no idea what some of you are talking about. All I know is that I have a Dell Inspiron 531s running Windows Vista Home Basic.:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 All I know is that I have a Dell Inspiron 531s running Windows Vista Home Basic.:doh: :laugh::notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 My machine upstairs is a Gateway 486 with 1 MB Ram and a 1 gig HD running Dos 6.2 and Windows for Workgroups 3.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 :laugh::notworthy Gets the job done. But I'm pretty much running every Mac product that works on Windows. I even got that Object Dock thing to make my desktop look like a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAgeSkins Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Running all of it with the greatest OS of all time... Windows Vista Ultimate x64. You had me until this part... there's a reason why they've already released it's replacement (Windows 7 in beta currently). Vista is crap. How long did it last? Not even 3 years. XP had a life of almost 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 :laugh: when my generation builds something fast it has a throttle, shifter, fat tires, and hot women like to ride on it or in it. :hump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dfitzo53 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 You had me until this part... there's a reason why they've already released it's replacement (Windows 7 in beta currently). Vista is crap. How long did it last? Not even 3 years. XP had a life of almost 10 years. I don't know, I haven't had any more problems with Vista than I had with XP when it was new. XP is good now, but it had its share of problems early on. It's also more secure, and has 64-bit support which is important for some people. (Yes, there is a 64-bit version of XP but it's worse than Vista in terms of driver and software support.) I find most people who bash Vista haven't used it and are repeating things they heard or read from 2-3 years ago. At any rate, here's the machine I built last December: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel E4500 @2.93 GHz undervolted ZeroTherm BTF-90 heatsink XFX 8800GT 512MB (Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 added over the summer) 4GB SuperTalent DDR2-800 Samsung Spinpoint 500GB Lite-On DVD Burner Corsair 520HX Antec Solo with Scythe Kaze-Jyu intake and Slipstream exhaust LG L227WTG-PF (New this Christmas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorresA Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I was thinkin about starting a PC thread the other day. I am in the middle of building my new machine now (haven't done it in a long time). It would be done by now but I returned my CPU and should get my new one Tuesday. I usually use AMD and ASUS for my machine and this time is no difference. Mobo - ASUS M3A79-T 790FX CPU - AMD Phenom II 940 RAM - 8 gigs Crucial Ballistix Video card - Asus Radeon 4850 512 MB Hard drives - two 75 gig Raptors RAID 0 for OS - 300 gig Maxtor - 1 TB Western Digital NEC DVD RW Monitors - two 22" Westinghouse (one sale Best Buy Black Friday) Debating on Vista 64 or Windows 7 Beta 64 I was trying to keep my rig under $700 but after returning my CPU for new Phenom II and adding the Terabyte drive, I blew that. (Components from old computer going to new one: Raptor drives, 300 gig hard drive, DVD RW, monitors, and power supply.) The computer should overclock very well but I am not an overclocker so I probably won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astaroth125 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 You had me until this part... there's a reason why they've already released it's replacement (Windows 7 in beta currently). Vista is crap. How long did it last? Not even 3 years. XP had a life of almost 10 years. By that logic, no MS OS except for XP has ever been anything but 'crap' - From Windows 3x up to Windows 7, XP is the only one that there was more than a 3 year gap between releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Guy. Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 You had me until this part... there's a reason why they've already released it's replacement (Windows 7 in beta currently). Vista is crap. How long did it last? Not even 3 years. XP had a life of almost 10 years. Yeah and that's just like your opinion man. I think Vista is leagues better then XP. I haven't used 7 yet but as of right now Vista is #1 imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums and skins Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 My computer is decent enough to run Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead at 50fps or higher (tf2 will often be around 90fps). I got parts early last year. C2D E4500 (2.2GHZ), 2 GB ram, Geforce 8600 GT, a solid Intel motherboard (after RMA'ing an Asus board twice, I gave up on them), onboard sound (why anyone who doesn't do audio mixing/editing would buy a sound card is beyond me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 :laugh: when my generation builds something fast it has a throttle, shifter, fat tires, and hot women like to ride on it or in it. :hump: Thanks for controlling your urge to beat up everyone in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I've got respect for your abilities to build your own computers. I can't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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