Share your PC specs!

My PC is totally broken.

@Jathan: So, how are you posting this comment?

I just use my lovely desktop:

*Hp Media Center PCm7160n
*Pentium D Processor, 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
*Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
*3GB (1 built-in + 2x 1GB) Crucial DDR PC2 3200, not overclocked, I just leave 'em alone and they do just fine
*225GB Hard Drive
*GeForce 9500 GT, 1024MB Total Memory
*17'' Samsung SyncMaster 930B (analog sadly) monitor, 1280x1024
*Stock case
*Case fan and heatsink-cooled
*Windows XP SP3

I paid about... $1100 for the PC back in the summer of '05. I upgraded the RAM and its video card within the next couple of months; bought a GeForce 7800 and the RAM at the same time. Its a little dated when compared to the current generation of say, Core 2 Duos and whatnot. However it keeps plugging along and I've never had any problems with it!

When I initially bought it I was into the whole 3D modeling scene but I grew out of that and changed my focus to gaming. I still currently use it for gaming, school projects, and work-related stuff.

Although I'm pretty good at recognizing what is and what isn't computer-related, I'm no expert so if any of the specs I posted are wrong, please let me know. I enjoy learning anything new, and it will just help me make smarter decisions in the future!

Current gaming box:

Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
Asus P6T Deluxe Palm
6GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1600mhz
2x XFX Geforce GTX 280 XXX (670 / 2500) SLI
2x WD6401AALS in Raid 0
3x WD1001FALS / WD6300YAKS
LG Blu-Ray GGW-H20L / LG DVD±RW GH22LS30
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion with Logitech G51
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W
Cooler Master COSMOS S
Acer G24 (1920x1200)
Logitech G15 and G7

Computer Type
ACPI x64-based PC
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center Edition
Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
CPU Type
Mobile DualCore Intel Merom, 1500 MHz
System Memory
2037 MB
Video Adapter
Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (448 MB)Disk Drive
FUJITSU MHW2160BH PL
Disk Drive
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 USB Device
Disk Drive
Maxtor 4 R120L0 USB Device (120 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632M ATA Device

I have a laptop, a SONY VAIO, 1,8 GHz processor, 2,00 GB Ram, 200 GB hard drive, 15.4" LCD monitor.

@Ben: For a 4 y.o computer, it still does very well. Upgrading it along the way is definitely a good idea. I remember my 2.8GHz Pentium 4 Northwood from that time. While it was only a single-core, it was the part of the first generation of cpus with Hyper-Threading enabled, which made opening multiple windows and programs so MUCH faster.

Your hard drive is probably a 250GB model, but due to how things are calculated and if you consider that there might be an HP recovery partition, it shows up as 225GB under Windows, perfectly normal in the end.

Do you have any plan for upgrading it in the future?

@iregulate: That's one solid gaming rig, needless to say.

Are you running everything stock or have you overclocked any part? Considering the cooling, power supply and especially the cpu, it would be a crime not to overclock it :P

I just got a MacBook Pro.
2.4 ghz processor
2 gigs ram
220 gig HD
Going to add more ram to support parallels, but very satisfied.

@Andrew: Looks like a Core Duo laptop from what I can tell. My previous laptop was based on the Core Duo as well, which offers great performance for an excellent price.

I wasn't aware that there was a 1.5GHz version though, unless that's SpeedStep kicking in? Hmmm.

In any case, looks like a pretty good laptop, as long as you don't game on it. What do you use it for?

@Anto: Good to have you back. Thanks for sharing your laptop specs with us. If I may ask, what made you choose a Sony VAIO laptop over other brands? Was it just the right set of features, the look, the brand reputation? I'm curious to know =)

@VitaminCM: I keep hearing good things about Macs, regarding their simplicity and how easy they are to use. I'm tempted to try one, but I just can't see how I could manage to relearn everything from the start, after being opening up/using PCs for over 8 years. I know you can run Windows on Macs, but doesn't that defeat the purpose of a Mac?

There's also the fact that you can't really build your own computer with a Mac OS. It makes sense from a business POV (exclusivity of Mac OS on Macs, easier for tech support, higher profits, etc.) and from a user POV for people who just want their computer to work.

Thanks for taking the time to comment =)

Brand/Model: Custom
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0 GHZ ($167.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P ($134.99)
RAM : 2x2GB G.SKILL 1066 DDR2 ($58.99)
Hard drive:
1. (3.5") 1000GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200RPM 32MB Cache ($139.99)
2. (3.5") 500GB Western Digital Caviar SATA 7200RPM 16MB Cache ($64.99)
3. (2.5") 40GB Hitachi Travelstar 5400RPM 8MB Cache (24.99)
Video card: Sapphire Radeon X850 XT 256MB (Free from my uncle)
Case: No idea. I'm too cheap to get a new one, but this one looks to be mid-90's (idk, but im sure its worthless)
Cooling: Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler ($31.99)
Power Supply: SilverStone STRIDER 400W Continuous (54.99)
Operating System:
1. Windows XP Service Pack 2 (32-bit) (Copy)
2. Windows 7 Build 7077 (32-bit) (Copy)
3. Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 (32-bit) (Copy)
When was it bought/built? December 2008
Screen size/resolution: 21" CRT HP P1100 @1600x1200. Ghetto monitor FTW!

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2.8GHz
3gb RAM
500 GB HD
Radeon X1650 512mb
17" Widescreen LCD

HP Pavilian a6330f PC

My desktop:

Alienware Area 51
Intel Core 2 E6850 @ 3Ghz
4 GB RAM
1 TB 3.5" HDD
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
Air Cooled, processor doesn't even use a fan
Vista Home Premium 32 bit (hope to upgrade to 64 this summer)

Paid about $2500 for it when the E6850 was brand new.

I use a 24" Dell monitor running at 1900x1200, absolutely beautiful. But honestly, that resolution hits this machine a tad hard. Still trying to decide if I should upgrade the GPU or the CPU first.

HP Pavilion dv9207us laptop
17 inch, 1440 x 900 Widescreen anti-glare BrightView display
Intel Centrino Duo T2250 @ 1.73GHz
120GB hard drive @ 5400rpm
1.0GB DDR2 SDRAM
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics card with 256MB RAM
Windows Vista Home Premium
Paid about $1000 in April 2007

nothing special, but it does the job :)

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz 4.9 4.8
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.8
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 4.9
Gaming graphics 2431 MB Total available graphics memory 5.2
Primary hard disk 219GB Free (456GB Total) 5.9
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

System
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Manufacturer HP-Pavilion
Model GX613AA-ABA a6300f
Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 466 GB
Disk partition (C:) 219 GB Free (456 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 1 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Media drive (E:) CD/DVD
Media drive (J:) CD/DVDCD/DVD
Media drive (K:) CD/DVDCD/DVDCD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Total available graphics memory 2431 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1407 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.7824
Primary monitor resolution 1440x900
DirectX version DirectX 10

Custom built in 10/2002 for $750
Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4Ghz - 15/2/4
Elitegroup (ECS) - M935U
384 MB DIMM, SDRAM
80 GB Western Digital 7200rpm
300 GB Western Digital 7200rpm
Radeon 9200 LE - 128MB
17" EV700 Monitor - 1024x768 screen resolution
Windows XP Pro Sp3

Could seriously use a RAM upgrade!

I built this just after Christmas. 99% of the parts came from a very popular online dealer. Don't know the policy on mentioning names, so I better not.

MOTHERBOARD - Intel DP35DPM LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX
POWER SUPPLY - PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500 500W
PROCESSOR - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
CASE - COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black
HARD DRIVE #1 Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM
HARD DRIVE #2 Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM
HARD DRIVE #3 Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
VIDEO CARD - ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/512MD5 Radeon HD 4870
DVD/CD drive - LITE-ON Black 22X SATA 22X DVD Burner
KEYBOARD - Logitech S520 Keyboard and Mouse
SPEAKERS - Logitech S-220
RAM - Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB)(8GB Total)
OPERATING SYSTEM - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
MONITOR - ViewSonic 19" 1280 x 1024 - Not new, was being used on my XP system. (When the wife cools off about the computer build, I'll buy a new monitor.)

Mainboard : Unspecified P4VM800
Chipset : VIA PM880
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 2400 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR-SDRAM )
Video Card : RADEON 9200 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation)
Hard Disk : ST325031 (250 GB)
CD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8527B
DVD-Rom Drive : TSSTcorp CDW/DVD TS-H492C
Monitor Type : Acer AL1702W - 17 inches
Monitor Type : LM560 - 15 inches
Network Card : VT82C570 MV IDE Controller VT6102 Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
DirectX : Version 9.0c
I paid $700 bucks for this machine 4 years ago. It had 400 watts PSU, 1 gig RAM a 40 gig HDD .The only original part left is the motherboard and CPU. Now its got 550 watts PSU 2 gig RAM 250 SATA HDD a 160 back-up Maxtor HD I got for $40 somewhere. I had more configurations of case fans than anyone in the world. A little firefox a little MSN and a lot of internet backgammon makes my day.

Hardware Monitoring : Winbond W83697HF
Voltage CPU : 1.41 V
DIMM : 0.03 V
+3.3V Voltage : 3.17 V
+5V Voltage : 5.05 V
+12V Voltage : 11.25 V
Processor Fan : 2909 rpm
Processor Temperature : 44.5 °C
Mainboard Temperature : 32 °C
:
Processor : Thermal Diode
:
Hard Disk Monitoring : S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk ST325031 0NS : 28 °C

@Mathieu:

Yes, you're right, I do have the Hp recovery partition so I must have the 250GB hard drive. Not that I've ever needed it all but you know :D

And as for the future, I will probably upgrade my processor to something newer but I have no plans as of yet. But considering my past history of upgrading it'll probably happen sooner or later!

@Mathieu Yeah-- variable overclock based on temperature. Last night I got home and it was 86*F ambient in the room. Had to dial back the overlock :)

Do u know what 86*F means?
86-230=-144!!!!
U live in a frozen planet or smth like that???
The least temperature in earth is -88!!!
I hope that u were drunk when u saw the temperature!! :)

Your conversion formula is wrong. 86F is equivalent to 30C ;)

Intel Core2Duo E8400 Wolfdale @ 3.0GHz
3GB DDR2 Ram 667MHz(a bit strange heh)
400GB Sata HHD (ghosted)
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
-576MHz Core Clock (OC 653Hz)
-1242MHz Shader Clock (OC 1408MHz)
-999MHz Memory Clock (OC 1289MHz)

(OVERCLOCK ONLY GIVES ME 8 FPS MORE, SO NOT WORTH IT =\)

780W PSU
19" Viewsonic (standard not wide)
Coolmaster Elite Casing
ASUS P5KPL-C/1600

Hoping to get an LED case fan in Summer, and maybe 1GB more RAM

Yeah, that's the main drawback with air-cooling, ambient temperature limits how cool your setup will be.

What is your average speed and what is your max? Out of interest.

Interesting build, although it raises a question in my mind:

Why the 40GB 2.5" hard drive? Did you take it from a previous laptop?

And nothing wrong with a 21" CRT =D Nothing better than a CRT for games, no delay at all.

What do you use your PC for out of interest?

Nice system :)

What do you use it for?

Sounds like you have great ventilation in your system, for your CPU to use no fan!

Agreed, 1900x1200 hits a machine. I'd say that your GPU should be upgraded, at high resolution, that is your bottleneck.

Make sure to get a model with at least 1GB of memory, makes a big difference at that resolution. 2GB is not overkill, better to be future-proof.

I'd suggest that you take a look at the Radeon 4870 2GB, especially this model from Sapphire: http://bit.ly/bJkRV
It features a very silent cooler, which is a good change compared to most of the noisy high-end card. As for the 4870 gpu, it definitely offers the best value at the moment, offering high-end performance at a mainstream price.

If you prefer sticking to Nvidia, think again. The next step-up is a GTX 285 and at nearly twice the price of the 4870, it's not worth it IMO, for the small improvement compared to the big price hike. Just not a good value.

Pretty good deal considering it's an HP and comes with a Geforce 7600/high resolution.

My friend paid $1000 for an Acer in Mars 07 or so, and it was a 1.6Ghz Core Duo, with an Intel 950 and 1280x1024 resolution.

As you said, it does the job. That's what matters most. That your PC answers YOUR needs. =)

Considering the time that it was build in and price paid, you got a pretty good deal.

For the RAM, what's the configuration? 128MB+256MB I'm guessing? And isn't DDR memory? Guessing so from what I see online when I search for the motherboard.

If that's the case, you can easily upgrade to 1GB(2x512MB in dual channel) for a reasonable $36.99, including free shipping http://bit.ly/9Gaby

Or if you want to be more future proof and really run things smoothly, go with 2GB(2x1GB dual channel) for $25 more, with free shipping as well at $61.99 http://bit.ly/XPXIS

RAM is still cheap now, never been a better time to upgrade ;)

What a great system build there. Definitely a good combination of parts to avoid any bottleneck, a well-balanced design.

I have no problem with you mentioning stores names. I personally recommend NewEgg to anyone I know, due to their low prices, quick shipping and great customer support, but if you had good experiences with other online stores, feel free to share it with us =)

And I understand the need for your wife to cool off about the computer build ^^ I've the same problem with my ex, whom didn't understand the value of PC parts and why it's better to invest more to be future-proof and get reliable parts.

Luckily for you, 22" and 24" are at all-time low prices, which will be easier to justify and easier on your wallet =)

Pretty good system, especially for the time you've got it. Still running strong today I bet, those P4 Northwood are solid performers and were nothing short of amazing back when they were launched. 2GB of RAM sure helps too.

"I had more configurations of case fans than anyone in the world."

What do you mean by that? Share that with us :)

I would watch that +12V line, it's quite low at 11.25V. Within the 10% margin of ATX specifications, but still very low.

You mention having a 550W power supply, but what brand/series is it? Total Wattages is important, but not as important as quality.

Glad to hear so about upgrading =)

If I can recommend, wait until the end of the year. Intel should release their mainstream cpu based on the Core i7, along with the mainstream chipset.

Even if you have no desire to upgrade to that platform, keep in mind that:

A: Core 2 Duo/Quad parts will go down in price.
B: AMD will have to reply to that, driving competition, which is always good for us
C: DDR3 is becoming mainstream, meaning that it will reach DD2 prices soon.

Pretty good system, even though the power supply seems totally overkill to me. Good if you decide to SLI or upgrade to a Quad-Core and still overclock though.

I'm curious though, why don't you upgrade your screen first? Considering the all-time low prices of 22" and 24", that might be something interesting for you to do.

Also, no point upgrading to 4GB, since you will be limited by the 32 bit specs. 32 bit limits your system to a total of 4GB of addressable memory. Keyword: Your System, not just the RAM

Meaning that you can only use what is left after substracting the amount of memory on your video card from 4GB. Your video card has 896MB, meaning that 32 bit Windows won't be able to adress more than 3.1GB of RAM. And there are other things using memory addresses.

So a 1GB ram upgrade is useless, unless you are ready to upgrade to an 64-bit OS.

Not to mention that games don't use over 2GB of RAM, except under a 64-bit OS, for the very rare games that have a 64-bit .exe available.

Thought you might want to know this ;)

NewEgg is where everything except the mouse and keyboard came from. I have had lots of good luck with them over the past year. All items shipped quickly and, knocking on wood, no DOA's on anything I've ordered.

Thanks for the compliment on the system build. I appreciate it.

MOTHERBOARD - FOXCONN 45CMX 775
POWER SUPPLY - ANTEC BASIC 500W
PROCESSOR - Intel E8400
CASE - COOLER MASTER ELITE
HARD DRIVE SEAGATE 250GB 7200 RPM
VIDEO CARD - EVGA 8800GT
DVD/CD drive - LITE-ON Black 22X SATA 22X DVD Burner
FLOPPY DRIVE - SAMSUNG INTERNAL
KEYBOARD - Logitech S520 Keyboard and Mouse
SPEAKERS - CREATIVE T40
RAM - GSKIL 4GB (2 x 2GB)
OPERATING SYSTEM - LINUX MINT / UBUNTU 9.04 / VISTA 32 PREMIUM
MONITOR - 22" ACER

LAPTOP IBM T41 TRASH PICKED, HAD A BAD STICK OF MEMORY, HAD FOR 2 YEARS AND STILL RUNNING GREAT... ABOUT 45 MINUTES BATTERY LIFE. MINT / XP PENTIUM M 1700 MHZ, 768 MB RAM, DVD BURNER INTERNAL.

TEST MACHINE, CHEAP PLASTIC CASE (PUTTY), FSB 500W POWER SUPPLY, FOXCONN 945P7AD-8KS2HV, E2160, 2 GIG SAMSUNG DDR667, 17 HANS G MONITOR, CD, DVD, 160 GB WD HARD DRIVES

2 OTHER OLD DOGS, ONE RUNNING OS/2 WARP / IBM DOS / WINDOWS 3.1 20" IBM MONITOR, ASUS BOARD, 128 MB OF OLD RAM,CD, FLOPPY, SCANNER. THE OTHER IS A APLLE LISA 2, MOTOROLLA 68000 CPU, 5.25 TWIGGY DRIVE, LISA MOUSE AND KEYBOARD, I THINK IT HAS A 5 MB HARD DRIVE, MONO CROME VIDEO, STILL WORKS TOO OR THE LAST TIME I CHECKED. PROBABLY SHOULD CHECK THE INSIDE FOR LEAKY STUFF

2 OTHER ONES BUT I AM TIRED OF TYPING

Intel Core2Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66Ghz
Artic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro
Asus P5k EPU/SE
EVGA GeForce 8600 GT 1024MB
XION II XON-101 case w/ 450w psu
2 (2x1GB) G skill DDR2 1066
500GB Seagate Barracuda sata
80GB Western Digital..something sata
Asus 20x DVD burner
Samsung 48x Combo Drive
Hans-G 19" widescreen

MOB M3NA78-T
CPU-AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz
Memory-G SKILL DDR2-800 8gig
GPU 3x Ati 3850 Crossfire
2 Raptor 36gig 150 sata in raid 0 for OS
windows vista 64bit business
1x 160 sata for games
1x 80 gig for back up
Blu-ray player
For sound I use the optical out and is hooked up to a home theater amp
2x 22" wide screen Monitors
Custom Water cooled in a server Rack

2nd computer used for Web server and File storage:
ASUS A8n-sli deluxe
Amd 939 x2 4200
2 TB total storage
with 2 gig of ddr-3200
window server 2003
air cooled for now
Case is A 4U generic Server rack case

What I got:
Custom Workstation, builed by myself
-Full Tower Antec Titan (past model beige)
-Power Supp Antec TruePower Trio 650
-Motherboard ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
-CPU AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core 3800+
-RAM OCZ400512ELTE Platinum dual kit (2x 512mb) DDR PC-3200 + Crucial 3E19A380 1gb DDR PC-3200 (total: 2gb)
-HDD Boot Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA-II (3gb/s.) 1tb, 32mb (2 partitions: 1= NTFS (Windows) & 2= UFS (Linux))
-HDD Data Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS SATA-150 300go, 8mo (2 partitions NTFS)
-DVD-Rom ASUS E608 (PATA)
-Burner LG HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H22N 16x (PATA)
-Floppy Panasonic 1.44mo
-Graphic adapter ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI-Express 16x, GDDR3 256mb
-Sound card Aureal Vortex 2 PCI
-Monitor #1 NEC MultiSync P1150, 21", CRT, VGA
-monitor #2 ACER x223Wb, 22", LCD, 2500:1, 5 ms, DVI
-Integrated Network #1 Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller, 10/100/1000
-Integrated Network #2 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, nForce4, 10/100 Ethernet
-Keyboard BTC 6200C Ultra Slim Multimedia, argent, USB
-Mouse Logitech M-SBF90 Optical PS/2
-Capture card/TV Tuner MSI TV@nywhere Plus PCI
-Speakers kit Logitech LS21, 2.1 stereo
-Inkjet printer HP Deskjet F4140 All-in-One, USB
-Backup UPS APC Back-Ups XS BX1200-CN, 1200VA, 780W, 120V, RJ45, USB control (+1 battery RBC32)
-PowerBar APC SurgeArrest PRO7T
-Router D-Link DI-624 AirPlus Xtreme G, WIFI 2.4Ghz, b/g
-Cable Modem 10Mps with Videotron High-Speed Internet
-Windows XP Professionnal FR x86
-Linux Ubuntu GUI Gnome & KDE (both install for test purpose)
-HDD 2,5" de 80gb 5400RPM, 2mb, IDE in USB Enclosure nGear
-Adaptec VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 USB capture module
-Altec Lansing AHS423 Headset
-Koss UR-20 Headphone
-Sound Mixer NUMARK DM2000X (connected to my PC and to my sound system)
-nGear All-In-1 USB2.0 Card Reader (CF/MD, SM/X-Memory, SD/MMC & MS/Pro)
-Sandisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium 4gb (U3 smart) USB Flash memory
-LEXAR JumpDrive 512mb USB stick
-Many Antec fan
-Dozen of cables, adapters, reader, tools, accessories, etc.
-Dozen of installation, support and other CD/DVD
-One Laptop ACER who start to die, which I will not mention the exact specs or model
-My ASUS P535 Smartphone PDA with Windows Mobile & my BlackBerry Pearl which I always synchronize
-Plus all my networked video game consoles de jeux, the little computer my girlfriend use & many more pieces and peripherals (older). Also, my really old Intel PIII 550
-Old Windows 98 SE FR, Windows 95 FR and BeOS CD


Want next:
Custom Workstation, builed by myself
-Full Tower Thermaltake Spedo Black
-Power Supp Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W, Quiet Modular
-Motherboard ASUS P6T6 WS REVO X58 DD3 A+SR+2GBL+SAS, S1366, 6xDIMM Triple-Channel DDR3-1333, 6x PCI-E x16
-CPU Intel Core Extreme i7 Quad 940, S1366
-RAM 2x Corsair TripleX 12 GB Kit (3x 4gb) DDR3-1600 CL9 (Total 24gb) OR equivalent at OCZ
-HDD Boot Intel X25-E Extreme 64 GB SSD NCQ SATA300, 2,5" with 3,5" adapter (SSDSA2SH064G101) (Multiboot Windows & Linux)
-HDD Data Western Digital Caviar Black 1.0TB 7200RPM SATA300 32mb (WD1001FALS) (NTFS/UDF)
-Burner Main Blu-Ray Lite-On DH-4B1S-13 4x Blu-Ray Writer SATA, 8mb, black
-Burner 2nd LG GH22NS30 22X DVD+/-RW SATA, 2mb, black
-Reader Vantec 58-in-1 Memory Card Reader UGT-CR905 Black (SD, MS, CF, MMC, XD, SD), USB (intern)
-Graphical adapters 2x ASUS nVidia GeForce ENGTX285 /HTDP 1.0GB PCI-E x16, 2x DVI HDTV, SLI mode
-Sound card ASUS Xonar D2X PCI-E x1 7.1, EAX 2.0, Retail, with the I/O bracket & converter cable for MPU-401 MIDI
-monitor 3x ViewSonic Pro Series VP2250WB 22", LCD, 1000:1, 2ms, DVI, Black on Matrox TripleHead2GO Digital
-Tablet/Screen Wacom Cintiq 21UX 21" LCD (CINTIQ21UX)
-Integrated network adapters Dual (2x) Realtek 8111C 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network
-USB Gaming Keyboard (ie: Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard)
-Optical USB Gaming Mouse (ie: Logitech MX518 Performance Optical Mouse)
-Backup UPS APC Back-Ups RS 1500 (BR1500LCD), 1500VA, 865W, 120V, RJ45, USB control (+1 battery)
-Router D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router, WIFI b/g/n (10/100/1000)
-New modem for Extreme High-Speed Internet
-Windows 7 Ultimate Edition International 64-bit, retail DVD
-Linux Ubuntu GUI KDE
-M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (9900-50830-00), 88-Key USB MIDI Controller, 88-note hammer-action keyboard, 59 MIDI-assignable controllers (4 zones), MIDI I/O, retail
-Flash memory drive Corsair Flash Voyager CMFUSBHC-64GB, 64gb, Drop-tested and water resistant
-2x Fan Antec TriCool 120mm
-Water cooling system
-Manhattan LCD TV Converter/Tuner (SW-8181, Mfg Part #: 176156) to transform monitor (VGA ou DVI) into TV (RCA, COAX and S-Video (DIN-9))
-A brand new Laptop ASUS W90Vp-A1 Notebook (multitasking and multimedia powerhouse laptop)
*Real nice stuff, but with I'm doing this is no luxe!
*I will add all the old peripherals (Printer, TV Tuner card, headphone, mixer, etc.)

Brand/Model: Custom
Processor: AMD athlon x2 4850 overclocked to 2.62 ghz (plan to do more)
Motherboard: ASRock AN61PW-11c cheap around $40 but it works
RAM : Corsair 2x2 gb work great
Hard drive: slow 30 gb and 20 gb IDE 3.5 in hdds Maxtor I think but I got them for free
Video card: EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2
Case: Model: some old compaq case, mods: no side or it would overheat
Cooling: 64 Freezer Pro AC fan and heatsink for AM2 (keeps at a chill 45C at heavy load
Power Supply: OCZ 600 W psu with SLI
Operating System: Running Vista Ultimate 32 bit
How much did you pay for it? Payed about $355 total because everything other than RAM was used. Great deals... :D
When was it bought/built? I started building it this year and it is still in progress, as I'm upgrading the hard drives in June. I also found a 19in dell monitor at Arc thrift for $50 so I use that.

Hey this is my system, just bout it about a fortnight ago for just under 4k:

Custom Built
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66Ghz
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme
PSU: 850W Thermaltake Q-FAN
RAM: 12Gb 1600Mhz DDR3 Corsair Dominator Triple Kit with Corsair Air Flow Module Fan
HDD: 2x 1.5TB 7200rpm Seagate HDD in JBOD
VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte Nvidea GTX285 1GB DDR3
SOUND CARD: Creative Extreme Gamer Fatality Pro
ROM DRIVES: 2x Samsung 22x DVDRW
MONITOR: 22inch Glossy Samsung LCD at 1920x1600
CASE: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS - VH600LBWS
Cooling: 2x 23cm Case Fans, 1x 18cm Case Fan (and obviously the fan on the video card, cpu and psu :P )
UPS: Powerware 1510 1500A
OS: Windows 7 build 7068 64 bit
OTHERS: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard and Logitech Revolution wireless mouse.

* Custom Build
* Processor: AMD 6000+ Windsor 3.0 GHz, soon to be slightly overclocked
* Motherboard: ECS AM2+ Socket
* RAM : 4GB of 1066 DDR2
* Hard drive: 3.5" 320 GB Western Digital
* Video card: MSI R4850 OC to 640 MHz, going to try higher
* Case: Antec 300; no mods
* Cooling: Stock CPU, GPU, and case fans
* Supply: Cooler Masters 460 Watt
* Operating System: Windows XP 32 - bit Home
* $<500
* 5/18/09
* getting a 17 or 19"

Intel Core2Duo E6850 OC'd to 3700MHz (4004MHz SuperPI, 4104MHz CPU-Z)
Gigabyte 965P DS3 3.3 motherboard
Thermalright 120 Extreme heatsink/fan w/ 120mm scythe fan
6GB DDR2 (4GB OCZ Gold + 2GB Geil ULL)
Samsung F1 500GB SATAII Hard Disk
Pioneer DVR216 DVD-RW
GeForce 7800GTX 256MB DDR3 video card
Akasa PaxPower 460W PSU w/ blue LED Fan
Creative SoundBlaster XFi USB soundcard attached to Denon amp
2 x 120mm case fans
Lian Li Plus7 black aluminium case w/ acrylic side panel + green cold cathode
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Samsung SyncMaster 19" 920NW TFT screen

yo my PC pretty old now therefore compared to the price and what you get these days its pretty dated but i'm surprised it is still running smoothly as I do regular maintenance like AV scans and so on.

Yeah anyway it's a Dell Dimension 5000 was around £800-900 at the time I think, can't remember exact date when bought but it must be at least 2-3 years now.

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
RAM: 1GB 667MHz
GFX: ATI Radeon X300 (128MB)
HDD: 160GB
Display: 19"

:P

SO yeah nothing special but at least it's still running and it has a great 19" screen which Im happy with and nice speakers and subwoofer that came with pack. Other then that i can't go into detail with any of the parts/specs as it's not custom built and bought few years ago.

Rather then updating I'll probably build my own box some time soon with a nice mobo which can run intel duo or quad core and at least 4GB RAM, decent graphics card like nvidia geforce 9600gso or ati radeon 3850 and a big 500GB HDD for storage :)

Hi I am going to build my server for DB and web. How's your server specs? is it good enough? I also like to know how much power supply do you have and fan. And if your server is on 24/7?

Thanks! your reply is greatly appreciated ;)

Custom Made
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 at 2.80Ghz
4GB DDR2 Ram
2x ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB GDDR2 Video Cards in Crossfire
500GB HDD 7,200 or 7,400 RPM forgot :D
550 Watt Power Supply
Stock Heat sinks and fans
24" Dell LCD Widescreen 1920 x 1080

Plays all my games at highest details with minimal lag.
I'm happy. Planing to a quad core CPU.


When brought About $1000 [Came with 2GB Ram and a Nvidia 9500GT 1GB GDDR2]
About $1200 [With the addition of 2x graphics cards and 2Gb ram]

well i use mine as a back up server so total space is close to 2.5 tb total but i only use a 200gig hard drive for the data base that i use for my dvd collection and its only 50 mb data base depends on what you will have in your DB and what you would have on the webserver. For a basic web site you will do fine with a 200gig up to 500gig depending on what you plan on put in the web server

hmm maybe i should ready you question better, the case that i am useing is 25" long and is very roomie, it holds 10 drives right know i have 8 in there do to the mob limits. it run fine for what i use it for.

Cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo - E7400 2.8 Ghz Oc'd @ 4.4 Ghz @ 1.3V

Cpu Cooling: Thermaltake Bigwater 760i / Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal paste

Hdd: WD-300Gb @7200 rpm Sata II 8Mb Cache

Memory: 2x2 Gb (4 gb) OCZ2N800SR2G 800mhz @5-4-4-15 @ 2.03 V

MoBo: Gigabyte EP43 - UD3L @ 1640Mhz Fsb

Psu: BfG Tech bfgr650psu 650watt Dual 12v Rails @ 40Amp

Video Card ( Gpu): XfX 260 Gtx Black Edition @ Core: 666Mhz/Shader:1403Mhz/Mem:2300Mhz

Case: Xion II ( Modded ) Cooling : Thermaltake 120mm 76 cfm fans X 6 (2 each, front , rear , and top)
Custom Cable Managment.

OS: Windows Xp Home Sp3

Monitor: Samsung 20inch LCD@1680x1050

Sound: Creative XfI

Additional Specs: Cpu Idle Temp @ 26c / Full Load @ 38c

Virtualmark Score @ 17900

Currently Playing : Cod 4 & 5 , Grid , Xmen Origins Wolverine Uncaged Edition,
The Witcher , NFS Undercover , all @ Max Settings

Total Build Cost $ 950.00

Hello

i7 4.2ghz 12gb ram 300gb velociraptor 2 500gb drives
asus p6t deluxe 2 dell 3007wfp

thinkpad x31 (still love it)
x61s

some netbooks

iphone -jesus phone was a cell phone dealer for 7+ years

and my current favorite

80watt
e5300 oc to 4ghz
this chip is the oc king
intel doesnt want everyone to know its true power by making you think the l2 catch is some huge difference
10% ? what does a 100 percent overclock do to that 10 %

oh
dell studio hybrid runs like 30 watts
near perfect htpc machine - the weak graphics card
1 gen away from killer htpc slim low watt devices converging
with our tvs.

COMPUTER of D00M

Custom Rig-

Processor-Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @2.4 GHz (Running at stock Speeds)

Mother Board: Asus P5N-D (Replaces a xfx 780i board that I got originally for it, which did not like it's paint job... grrrrr..!)

RAM- (x4)sticks of 2 Gig DDR2 at 1066

Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda 7200 160 Gig (Operations Drive)
WD Caviar SE 500 Gig (Main Storage Drive)
Simple Drive 500 Gig (External- Back-up Drive)

Video Cards: (x2 in SLI) XFX GeForce NVIDIA 9800 GTX (Running at Stock settings)

Case: Ultra Aluminus (Black with Clear Lid) Custom switches for lights installed with nippers. Tucked under inner case door. Black Light Blue Atomic symbol (sticker) on glass
Fans: V1 CPU heat sink/fan. Large custom Heat sink added to Mother board, (x4) 120 mm Ultra Violet Blue Case Fans. (x2) Black Light Rods (12" each). Each wire tucked, wrapped (ultra blue), and painstakingly zipped into place for maximum air flow and cool looks.

Power Supply: Started with a 600 Watt Cool Master. But went up to a 1600 Watt Ultra. With current wall plug am able to draw 1200 watts... Going to have to change the houses service box and all wiring in the walls to get more power for the beast. lol

Operating System: XP 64 Professional

Cost: Without Flat Screen TV- approx. $1900

Was put together in mid-2008

Screen Size/ Resolution: LG 42' 120Hz. 1080p. (true-motion) / 1600/1200 Resolution is solid but using 1920 made her crashie as hell!

Other little add ons...
Razor-Death Adder Mouse
Razor- Barracuda Gaming Head phones
Razor/Belkin N52te
Logitech G-11 Keyboard
Razor Exact Mat
Custom made gaming Chair...!

Over 50 hours of Custom Painting on Interior Case and parts.

Additional information: In order to run the 8 Gigs of RAM we need to use a 64-bit OS (XP Professional). This forced use to use the second computer for camera, printer and any other non-64-bit friendly hardware/software to have an interface... Networked drives tie it all together nicely... The twin screens mounted with easy turning brackets ( screwed right through the base into a 1"x3" piece of pine I put on the wall... lol)

Link to Photos:
http://coldfusiongaming.org/e107_plugins/forum/...

Shots vary through the pewters upgrade status... with them in somewhat of a chronological order.

Enjoy....!


D00M

@D00M,

Added the next upgrade... 3.0 Quad COre and x2 Nividia 280's...

Plus got a great deal on U1 servers... $139 each...

Had to get two...

Gaming for life... need gear...

D00M

@D00M, Link above broken.. sry..

http://coldfusiongaming.org/e107_plugins/forum/...

Hello !!!

My system:

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
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Motherboard: ASUS p5k-e (Wifi edition)
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CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad 9550 (O.C. 3.2Ghz)
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Memory: Kingston HyperX 4gb (4x1gb) 800 (4-4-4-12)
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Cooling: Cpu cooler Scythe Infinity (double fan 120mm)
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Graphics Card : Nvidia 8800GTS 512
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Power Supply: Corsair 550W
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Case : Coolermaster HAF full tower
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Monitor: LG 22" 2ms , 5.000 contrast
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Fan Speed Control: Aerocool Touch 2000
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HDD: 2.5TB , 3x500gb Western Digital 16mb Cache 8ms + RAID Stripe (0) [128k block] 2x500gb Seagate 32mb cache, 4.16ms
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DVD : LG DVD-RW Lightscribe DL + Blu-RAY Sony Player
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That's my PC :) (about 1 year old ) (Cost : about 1.400Euros)

I have only one question if someone knows:
I installed recently the fan speed control and temps monitor by AEROCOOL but i don't know how exactly to put the temps sensor to the CPU because the cooler by Scythe is a little big . Should i put the sensor between the CPU and Scythe ? or in a spot at Scythe cooler near the CPU?

Thank you very much for your time :D

Yo man!
What, are u crazy to have 4 GB ram and a 32-bit OS!!!!!
U are not using at least 1 GB ram and u have 4 rams 1 GB very bad....
U should upgrade to windows vista 64-bit immediately if u dont want to damage some more voltage in your computer
I recommend u to take at least 1 ram out of your motherboard and to put it until u have upgraded the OS.
Upgrade the 4 rams 1 GB to 2x2 GB. U will see the benefits as soon as u will listen to my advise.

While you are right on that one is better with a 64 bit OS to use 4GB of RAM or more and that two sticks of RAM are better than four, especially for overclocking, this won't damage his computer.

I do not recommend taking out one stick, as this would prevent his RAM from running in dual channel.

The only benefits in up to 2 x 2 GB vs 4 x 1 GB is that you're likely to be able to overclock further, if your motherboard/memory controller is your current bottleneck that is.

Model: Compaq Pressario S3100NX
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.8 Ghz
RAM: 256+512 Mb DDR
Hard Disk: 80 Gb
LG DVD/CD player-writer & Philips CD writer DVD/CD player
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition 32 bit
Built in 2003

Screen: Acer X193W 19''

here my system

processor:AMD athlon(tm)x2 64 5600+
hdd :160 gb seagate 7200rpm
case :panda 500watt (4 fans on the case itself)+graphics fan+cpu fan)
motherboard:amd sapphire 780v chipset
graphics:nvidia geforce 9600gt xfx 512mb {fatality edition}
memory :4gb ocz cooling ram(2x2)
os :windows vista ultimate
LG 22x dvd super multi burner

games work incredibly without any lag....i am happy with this performance for a usual budget computer...

You can Check Your Specs with www.checkmyspecs.org . After you download the free software(750kb) which is softpedia cerfied as spyware free and no adware , you can have your pc specs online for ever so you can compare and share them ! Also if you want you can get a special widget , so you can display your pc specs on forum signature or web or wherever you want .

Hope you like it and it will help you on your pc specs share.

Check it out , you can check your pc specs, share and compare online, but also you can grab the widget and make a cool display of your pc specs as forum signature or wherever you want to display your pc specs.

* Brand/Model: -
* Processor: Q8400 2.66 not overclocked
* Motherboard: GA-EP41T-UD3L
* RAM : 4x1gb ddr3 1333mhz
* Hard drive: 500gb samsung
* Video card: nVidia 250GTS XFX 1gb
* Case: Model: Raidmax smilodon
* Cooling: just the fans from the case
* Power Supply:700w
* Operating System: xp sp3 professional
* i bought it by parts, changed one part at a time
* last part some weeks ago
* Screen size/resolution is 1680x1050

oh and my monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 2232BW 22" 3000:1

i build this pc for battlefield bad company 2 wich is a game that demands so much power...i had 20 fps with a dual core and a 4800 ati hd video board...that says it all