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redsaber5859 August 28th, 2010 4:55 AM

What computer are you using?
 
Like the "what internet browser are you using?"

I JUST GOT a Dell AlienWare M11x at the Fashion Square Microsoft Store, it is working awesome hooked up to my old monitor!

twocows August 28th, 2010 9:28 AM

ASUS F8Sn. I'm a huge fan of ASUS, never once had a product fail (at least besides the laptop, which has failed once while under warranty and got fixed for free).

donavannj August 28th, 2010 11:24 AM

Well, I'm using two of them. One's a custom machine with a Gigabyte MA75GM-US2H motherboard, and has other specs I don't feel like posting. The other's a Sony Vaio FW350J. I'm satisfied with both, as they meet my needs at the moment.

Gerri Shin August 28th, 2010 11:38 AM

I use a 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz C2D, 4GB, NVidea 8600m GT Running Mac OS 10.6 and Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Expecting: Mac Pro 2x2.66 GHz Xeon, 4TB hdds, comes with Dual NVidea 7300 GT and 4GB Ram (will be upgrading to 12GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 when I can)

Archer August 28th, 2010 9:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerri Shin (Post 6110678)
I use a 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz C2D, 4GB, NVidea 8600m GT Running Mac OS 10.6 and Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Expecting: Mac Pro 2x2.66 GHz Xeon, 4TB hdds, comes with Dual NVidea 7300 GT and 4GB Ram (will be upgrading to 12GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 when I can)

Be careful, check that the card is compatible with Snow Leopard before you go doing that. Assuming that the Hackintosh scene has has a lot of trouble trying to get 5770s working with Snow Leopard, I'd be inclined to believe that a legitimate Mac is going to have the same problems.

My System? :D

AMD Phenom II X4 [ Stock Undervolt: 3.4 GHz @ 1.265V / OC: 4.0 GHz @ 1.5V]
Gigabyte GA-785GT-UD3H
4GB Kingston RAM @ 1333Mhz (8-8-8-24)
ATI Sapphire Vapor-X 5770 [OC: 960 Core, 1375Mhz Memory]
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink
WD 1TB Black HDD

...that's basically the core of it, anyway. The next upgrades it will get should be (in no particular order):

Corsair HX 650W
OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
CM Storm Scout case

Oh yeah, and the front-end?

Acer 22" 1920x1080 Screen
Razer Lycosa and Copperhead
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

PlatinumDude August 28th, 2010 10:01 PM

Currently, I'm using a black Eee PC laptop. I don't remember the kind of Eee PC that I'm using, but I'm thinking it's a 901.

Happy Azumarill August 29th, 2010 1:05 AM

i am using a half custom computer,

P4 2.8 GHZ
2.5 GB ram
Nvidia Inno3D 7600 GT 512Mb
1TB Hdd
160GB Hdd
5.1 sound card

and all i am using is a standerd intel motherboard.

Archer August 29th, 2010 4:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Azumarill (Post 6112570)
i am using a half custom computer,

P4 2.8 GHZ
2.5 GB ram
Nvidia Inno3D 7600 GT 512Mb
1TB Hdd
160GB Hdd
5.1 sound card

and all i am using is a standerd intel motherboard.

The Pentium 4 is really holding that back. You might be able to upgrade that to an early Core 2 Duo, but I wouldn't count on it. Depends on just how late that motherboard is.

TheAppleFreak August 29th, 2010 4:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6112262)
Be careful, check that the card is compatible with Snow Leopard before you go doing that. Assuming that the Hackintosh scene has has a lot of trouble trying to get 5770s working with Snow Leopard, I'd be inclined to believe that a legitimate Mac is going to have the same problems.

Not quite, actually; the 5770 is an Apple-certified video card. They sell them as part of upgrade kits on their website for the Mac Pros.

Currently typing this on a MacBook (circa 2008, 2.4 GHz Penryn Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM, 250 GB HD, runs OS X 10.6.4/Win 7 32-bit (didn't have enough money for 64, so I reused the 32-bit install disc I got from Digitalriver)/Ubuntu 10.04).

Weeaboo Name August 29th, 2010 4:44 AM

A Samsung R510 laptop.

Had it a few years and it hasn't let me down of yet :)

Dakotah August 29th, 2010 5:12 AM

I currently use two computers; the first being a custom built computer with an ASUS M4A78-EM motherboard, 2GB RAM, an AMD Dual-Core processor, and 500GB and 2TB hard drives. It is hooked up to a 32" LCD screen.

The second computer is also custom built, however, that one has an INTEL Quad-Core processor and 4GB RAM. It also has a 500GB hard drive, a 1TB hard drive, and a 2TB hard drive. It is connected to a 42" LCD screen.

Both computers are fully networked.

yaminokaitou August 30th, 2010 5:32 PM

My computer
manufacturer: Toshiba
model: Satellite L505D
processor: AMD Turion (tm) II Dual-Core Mobile M520 2.30 GHZ
memory: 287 GB usable
RAM: 4.00 GB (3.75 GB usable)
system type: 64-bit

screen: 15 inch, wide screen
OS: Windows Home Premium

Kind of on the low end with memory, but that's ok. That's what my external HD is for.

John-117 August 30th, 2010 6:25 PM

My computer
manufacturer: Lenovo
model: forgot is like SL3000
processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370 1.73GHz
Motherboard: Lenvov IHL 100
memory: 320GB
RAM: DDR2 3GB
Video Card: Intel 654 Chipset
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32Bit

My mum's

manufacturer: Lenovo
model: SL400c
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 2GHz
Motherboard: unknown
memory: 500Gb
RAM: DDR2 2Gb
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce G 105M
OS: Windows Vista Home Penium 32Bit


Archer August 31st, 2010 1:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaminokaitou (Post 6117086)
My computer
manufacturer: Toshiba
model: Satellite L505D
processor: AMD Turion (tm) II Dual-Core Mobile M520 2.30 GHZ
memory: 287 GB usable
RAM: 4.00 GB (3.75 GB usable)
system type: 64-bit

screen: 15 inch, wide screen
OS: Windows Home Premium

Kind of on the low end with memory, but that's ok. That's what my external HD is for.

Memory is RAM. 300GB of memory would be incredible and expensive. I'm assuming that's 320GB with a recovery partition. That's fine for most people. The only things that take up stupid amounts of space are usually pirated. :D

Aether★ August 31st, 2010 1:35 AM

Laptop
HP Pavilion dv6000
2GB RAM DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB
AMD Turion 64 x2 2GHz
15"4 matrix
250GB HDD

kallishell September 3rd, 2010 10:32 PM

I got a Toshiba Windows Vista laptop, its cheap,runs multiple applications fine tho,I used also HP Pavilion dv2000 Entertainment Notebook PC.It is a Intel Core Duo processor or AMD Turion X2 64-bit dual core processor.

kasabian_ September 5th, 2010 12:02 AM

Mine is the best computer in the world IMO ^_^ It's a VAIO VGC-LT1S.

Captain Fabio September 6th, 2010 3:39 AM

Now running:

Macbook Pro 15". 2.4GHz i5 processor, 320GB HDD, 4GB RAM (DDR3 @ 1067MHz each), GT 330M, HD Screen, OSX 10.6.4.

Runs like a dream.

Archer September 6th, 2010 3:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Fabio (Post 6133217)
Now running:

Macbook Pro 15". 2.4GHz i5 processor, 320GB HDD, 4GB RAM (DDR3 @ 1067MHz each), GT 330M, HD Screen, OSX 10.6.4.

Runs like a dream.

mmmm. I'd love one, but I really don't have that sort of money to go spilling. I'm probably going to get myself a Macbook Pro 13" in the next few weeks, though.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ September 6th, 2010 10:26 AM

A piece of junk.

Compaq Presario V5000 series laptop, purchased in 2006, only 30GB hard drive, Windows XP and the cooling fan is on its last legs. Wish I had the money to upgrade:/

Archer September 7th, 2010 1:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elite Overlord LeSabre™ (Post 6134065)
A piece of junk.

Compaq Presario V5000 series laptop, purchased in 2006, only 30GB hard drive, Windows XP and the cooling fan is on its last legs. Wish I had the money to upgrade:/

How on earth did you get a laptop with a 30GB drive in 2006? I bought mine in 2005 and it had a 60GB drive.

Gerri Shin September 7th, 2010 10:12 AM

currently using Mac Pro 2x2.66GHz Intel Xeon, 4GB ram, 3TB HDD, Nvidea 7300GT.

Unfortunately since I can't currently run Ethernet lines to it, I'm having to piggyback my MacBook Pro's Wireless internet. Can't wait til I can bump this up with an AMD Radeon HD 5770.

Bloo September 7th, 2010 10:53 AM

I've got an HP p6230y it has AMD Phenom II X4 210 Processor with 8GB of RAM 750 GB HDD. I know, I know my computer isn't THAT awesome but it's useable. And came with a Wireless-N antenna.

Archer September 8th, 2010 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerri Shin (Post 6136313)
currently using Mac Pro 2x2.66GHz Intel Xeon, 4GB ram, 3TB HDD, Nvidea 7300GT.

Unfortunately since I can't currently run Ethernet lines to it, I'm having to piggyback my MacBook Pro's Wireless internet. Can't wait til I can bump this up with an AMD Radeon HD 5770.

What are you using it for? 8 cores of Xeon goodness. Mmmm...

Happy Azumarill September 8th, 2010 1:54 AM

i am using a custom pc, P4 2.80GHZ, 2.5GB Ram, 1TB Sata, 160GB Ide, 512MB Nvidia 7600gt, 5.1 Soundblaster, LG Multi DVD Drive and Vista Home Premium.

redsaber5859 September 8th, 2010 4:35 PM

hey, can somebody rate mine? Here are the specs:

AlienWare M11x
Windows 7 Home Premium
Build 6.1 7600
Intel U7300 1.30 GHZ dual CPU 1.3 GHZ
4096 MB RAM
GeForce 2 GB graphics card
283 GB hard drive

Archer September 9th, 2010 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redsaber5859 (Post 6139287)
hey, can somebody rate mine? Here are the specs:

AlienWare M11x
Windows 7 Home Premium
Build 6.1 7600
Intel U7300 1.30 GHZ dual-core CPU 1.3 GHZ
4096 MB RAM
GeForce 335m 1GB graphics card
320 GB hard drive

Fixed. They're good systems, from what I can see and I'm really close to getting one.
The CPU is a little lacking, though. I know it's because it's a ULV and all, but it still limits games like Bad Company 2 and newer Source games, such as TF2 and L4D2. If you don't have the hinge issue that a lot of them seem to, then you should be fine. :D

Alistair September 9th, 2010 4:11 AM

I'm currently running an ASUS x83v series laptop. Not much to balk at in this day, but it gets the job done and reliably.

As soon as I can find a matched pair of PowerPC G5fx (part number 630-6611) processors for a not completely overinflated and ridiculous price, I'll be running a Power Mac G5 instead.

Master Bait September 9th, 2010 5:44 AM

I have a computer in my home. I use it when doing projects, resumes using MS Office 2010 and for entertainment. Specs;
Internal;
Motherboard: Asus-P7P55D-E
Processor: 2.5GHz i5 Core
Memory: 9GB RAM
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5970 & 5870
PCI: TV Tuner, RAID Card
Storage: 1.5Tb
Also using USB 3.0.
External;
Samsung SyncMaster B1740R 17" LCD Monitor
Optimus Maximus Keyboard
Canon IPF820 Printer
Ultrasone 8 Headphones

I also have an Alienware M11x laptop and it never gave me any problem for 6 months. I mainly use it for programming and testing software. Specs;
Processor: 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
Memory: 4GB RAM
Storage: 500GB hard drive
Optical Drive: None
Screen: 11.6 inches (1,366×768 native resolution)
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 335M (1GB) and integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

Gerri Shin September 9th, 2010 8:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6137730)
What are you using it for? 8 cores of Xeon goodness. Mmmm...

Right now it's mainly just being used to convert DVDs for archive and streaming later. I'll really test this machine once I receive my IcyDock 2.5" to 3.5" SSD adapter arrives. I got a 40GB Intel X25 SSD that I'll be using as my boot drive. It should give me a little more pep when it comes to the Adobe creative suite as well as the system overall. (I'll be moving the home directory over to one of the 1TB mechanical drives for storage, so the SSD will purely be system.

Archer September 10th, 2010 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerri Shin (Post 6140493)
Right now it's mainly just being used to convert DVDs for archive and streaming later. I'll really test this machine once I receive my IcyDock 2.5" to 3.5" SSD adapter arrives. I got a 40GB Intel X25 SSD that I'll be using as my boot drive. It should give me a little more pep when it comes to the Adobe creative suite as well as the system overall. (I'll be moving the home directory over to one of the 1TB mechanical drives for storage, so the SSD will purely be system.

I'd be getting another 1TB drive and RAID1 them. Redundancy gogogo. You're using that beast for backing up DVDs? I suppose the Adobe suite is a reasonable excuse. :P

Alistair, I don't see the point in putting together a PowerPC system. They're already outdated (You're stuck with Leopard, too) and can't trade blows with the Intel consumer CPUs as it is.

I'm going to be buying a Macbook Pro 13 over the next few weeks, I just need enough money.

Gerri Shin September 10th, 2010 5:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6142392)
I'd be getting another 1TB drive and RAID1 them. Redundancy gogogo. You're using that beast for backing up DVDs? I suppose the Adobe suite is a reasonable excuse. :P

Actually, I probably will be setting two of the Internal HDDs to a RAID 1, though I'm waiting until I can install my ssd boot drive before I do that. the system is currently residing on one of the 1TB drives I will be using for the RAID1 so I'm just using it to back up DVDs until I get everything I need to set it up the way I want.

Alistair September 10th, 2010 9:03 AM

Well, for one, I got the system for free, and I don't have the funds to invest in a new Mac Pro, or even a new computer at all. Plus, all the OS X applications I use are universal binaries, so support for Snow Leopard and Beyond is a non-issue as of now. I'm also perfectly fine using the last PowerPC-supported binary if support for the architecture is dropped. To be honest, I'm not picky about my computers, so long as they run what I need/want them to and do it well, and the Power Mac G5 suits my needs and then some.

Apple Inc. September 10th, 2010 9:40 AM

Custom Built Machine:
Intel Core i7 950 3.07 GHz Quad Core
6 GB Triple Channel 1600 MHz G.Skill Memory
XFX GTX 260 896 MB Vram
1 TB SATA 6.0 Gb\s Hard Drive 7200 RPM
*200 GB SATA 3.0 Gb\s Hard Drive 5400 RPM
750 watt power supply
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit

*Used as an Image Drive for easy restorations.

Archer September 10th, 2010 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerri Shin (Post 6142719)
Actually, I probably will be setting two of the Internal HDDs to a RAID 1, though I'm waiting until I can install my ssd boot drive before I do that. the system is currently residing on one of the 1TB drives I will be using for the RAID1 so I'm just using it to back up DVDs until I get everything I need to set it up the way I want.

Yeah, just keep in mind you will need to format the drive to put it into an array, so make sure you have an external drive to move everything to.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Alistair (Post 6143093)
Well, for one, I got the system for free, and I don't have the funds to invest in a new Mac Pro, or even a new computer at all. Plus, all the OS X applications I use are universal binaries, so support for Snow Leopard and Beyond is a non-issue as of now. I'm also perfectly fine using the last PowerPC-supported binary if support for the architecture is dropped. To be honest, I'm not picky about my computers, so long as they run what I need/want them to and do it well, and the Power Mac G5 suits my needs and then some.

Fair enough, I just thought you were chasing down a particular machine. If you already have it, then by all means, it's fine.

ANARCHit3cht September 12th, 2010 3:54 PM

I'm using an HP Mini 210. When I get a job, I will save for Alienware so I can play WoW and what not C:.

Archer September 13th, 2010 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narcissus Secret (Post 6150329)
I'm using an HP Mini 210. When I get a job, I will save for Alienware so I can play WoW and what not C:.

If you don't mind them not looking as good or you don't need the specific Alienware build, then there's a number of cheaper laptops that are as powerful.

Le Creep! September 16th, 2010 11:13 PM

I have a 27'' iMac, 4GB of RAM and 1TB HD. ATI Radeon 4760 graphics card and bla bla bla..

It's trucking awesome. :)

Archer September 16th, 2010 11:43 PM

I just bought this:

Macbook Pro 13" 2010
Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz
4 GB Ram
250GB HDD
Nvidia 320m Graphics

Absolutely loving everything except Counter Strike's performance.

Circuit September 18th, 2010 1:33 PM

Well, I got this for my B.day

Samsung R530
Dual Core T4400 2.2GHz

3 GB RAM
320 GB Hard Draive
Not sure about Graphics

I love it, aside from the fact, it has a rubbish internet connection. I cannot sit in my room with it since it cannot connect from that short distance, when my mum and dad's both can.

Lαvi September 18th, 2010 1:41 PM

I bought this one a while back for my birthday..

Macbook Pro 15" 2010
Inter Core i7 2.66 GHz
4 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
NVidia Gefore 330M

It's actually the best laptop I ever had and it's performance is above great.

Dooonerz September 18th, 2010 1:41 PM

I have a Dell Latitude D600 (I don't know much about computers but I do know that this is my dads old work one.) xD

Martins September 22nd, 2010 6:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lαvi (Post 6164719)
Macbook Pro 15" 2010
Inter Core i7 2.66 GHz
4 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
NVidia Gefore 330M

Something similar to this actually. The only difference is the HDD and I don't have NVidia (I think).

Dawn September 23rd, 2010 2:27 PM

I'm using a custom computer from cyberpowerpc =3.

It's all beast and stuff. Runs any game on high. Lag is not a problem.

I do love this computer.

Archer September 23rd, 2010 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PkMnTrainer Yellow (Post 6176594)
I'm using a custom computer from cyberpowerpc =3.

It's all beast and stuff. Runs any game on high. Lag is not a problem.

I do love this computer.

Would you care to share the specs of said machine?

Piplup-Trainer September 24th, 2010 4:57 AM

I`m using this laptop :

ASUS X57VN-AS025C
- NVidia GeForce 9650M GT, 1 GB VRAM
- 4 GB RAM
- Intel Core 2 Duo, P8600, each core : 2.40 GHz
- Windows Vista Ultimate, 32-bit
- 320 GB in description, 288 GB (C:149, D:139) in real-life xD

Other facts :
- Got it on January 9th 2009
- Failed on 4th August 2009
- Fixed on 8th August 2009
- Working ok/good till today

curiousnathan September 24th, 2010 5:12 AM

I am not wiz at computers and computer structures ect; but all I know is that I go on PC the msot with my quick yet rubbish old netbook that I got given by my school. It's got windows 7 installed and it's actually quite groovy. I am thinking of installing it onto my large computer. :?

AadmM September 24th, 2010 8:35 AM

iMac 20"
Mac OS X 10.6.4
2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400
320 GB HD + 500 GB External HD

Also have a 16 GB iPad Wi-Fi to go along with it...yeah, I'm a total Machead :P

locoroco September 24th, 2010 12:17 PM

I got a custom comp

As-Rock N68S
AMD Phenom II X4 4.100 ghz
4 gigs ram
1.5 TB hd
Ati radeon HD 5870 eyefinity 6 2gig gddr5
win xp home edition
water cooled

i also got an

As-rock N68S: IDK why i love this mother board.
AMD Sempron @ 3.6ghz
2 gigs of ram
500gb hd
Ati Radeon HD 4870 X2 2 gigs gddr5
win xp home


Thats pretty much it. Ummm do you guys think the 5970 is better?????. It has played all games ive thrown at it at high for now no probs.

Archer September 24th, 2010 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by locoroco (Post 6178079)
I got a custom comp

As-Rock N68S
AMD Phenom II X4 4.100 ghz
4 gigs ram
1.5 TB hd
Ati radeon HD 5870 eyefinity 6 2gig gddr5
win xp home edition
water cooled

Multiple Displayport monitors must have set you back a bit, what screens did you get? And a 5970 is going to be better for driving multiple screens.

Also, what voltage did you require for the 4.1GHz on that Phenom? Model and Stepping would be appreciated. If you're feeling up to it, what CPU block and rad do the WC setup use? I'm going to assume that you aren't water cooling that GPU, as the non-reference PCB due to the extra VRAM means you'll struggle to find a block.

Oh, and 3.25GB of RAM must be fun. What kit are you using? Also, no reply pretty much guarantees that you don't actually have this machine.

Purple Materia September 25th, 2010 12:44 AM

Manufacturer: MSI
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (3-5-5-15)
Hard Drive: 156GB Western Digital WDC WD1600AAJS-60PSA0 ATA Device (IDE)
Video Card: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
Monitor: HP L1710 @ 1280x1024
Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers/Headphones: Computer Assistant (Generic)
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
Mouse: Razer Deathadder
Mouse Surface: SteelSeries Mousepad QcK
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Motherboard: MSI MS-7267 (CPU 1)
Computer Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 334 NVIDIA Edition

Archer September 25th, 2010 1:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Materia (Post 6179592)
Manufacturer: MSI
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (3-5-5-15)
Hard Drive: 156GB Western Digital WDC WD1600AAJS-60PSA0 ATA Device (IDE)
Video Card: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
Monitor: HP L1710 @ 1280x1024
Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers/Headphones: Computer Assistant (Generic)
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
Mouse: Razer Deathadder
Mouse Surface: SteelSeries Mousepad QcK
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Motherboard: MSI MS-7267 (CPU 1)
Computer Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 334 NVIDIA Edition

For the LOVE OF GOD put a proper graphics card in that. With those peripherals, you clearly intend to play games.

Purple Materia September 25th, 2010 1:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6179682)
For the LOVE OF GOD put a proper graphics card in that. With those peripherals, you clearly intend to play games.

Yeah, lol. I plan on it. But money's been tight. I'm gonna build a new machine, and tweak the parts according to your comments.

Archer September 25th, 2010 3:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Materia (Post 6179689)
Yeah, lol. I plan on it. But money's been tight. I'm gonna build a new machine, and tweak the parts according to your comments.

If money's tight, then I'd be upgrading what is otherwise a perfectly good system. You'd have to check that the Power Supply could cope, but you could just fork out under $150 for an ATI 5770 and you'd be sweet. Alternatively, you could get a less powerful, hungrier Nvidia 250 for $120.

I'm not suggesting that you must go and buy a new graphics card, but if money's tight, definitely go with a new graphics card over a whole new system.

Purple Materia September 25th, 2010 3:16 AM

Yeah. I mean, the new system was for when I got a job. Lol.

I think my PSU is 500W, but I'm not entirely sure. Thanks for your help, by the way.

Archer September 25th, 2010 3:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Materia (Post 6179801)
Yeah. I mean, the new system was for when I got a job. Lol.

I think my PSU is 500W, but I'm not entirely sure. Thanks for your help, by the way.

Then it depends on the brand used, but you could well get away with a 5770 on that. And it's best not to plan a specific system for too far ahead, as the industry changes in a matter of months.

donavannj September 25th, 2010 4:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 6110646)
Well, I'm using two of them. One's a custom machine with a Gigabyte MA75GM-US2H motherboard, and has other specs I don't feel like posting. The other's a Sony Vaio FW350J. I'm satisfied with both, as they meet my needs at the moment.

Now I feel like posting some specs:

Desktop
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit/Ubuntu 10.04/Windows XP Pro
RAM: 8 GB DDR 2 800 ('Cause I won't be running too many NEW games, just a lot of virtualization for school)
HDD: 500 GB Samsung HD502IJ, 80 GB Hitachi, 80 GB Hitachi
Mobo: See quoted post of mine
Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black (gonna enable that 4th core one of these days)
Video: Onboard (I'm just largely running older games or lower resolution new games so I don't need much, but I may look for recommendations on cards or just sell this to my brother and go out and build myself a better one next summer).
PSU: 750W OCZ (forgot the particular model)

Laptop
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
RAM: 4 GB DDR(?)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Video: Onboard
HDD: 320 GB (manufacturer unknown at the moment)

I may tweak these as I rediscover a little more about the components in each.

hitech September 27th, 2010 11:49 PM

I have desktop computer with desktop monitor. How much watts it would take to run. Any article?

skppy1225 October 10th, 2010 8:22 PM

I'm using an early 2008 MacBook Pro that dual-boots OS X 10.6 and Windows 7. It's a solid machine and runs like the day I bought it.

pokerulerr October 14th, 2010 6:39 PM

toshiba netbook which is my brother computer unfortunately

AshPikastar October 14th, 2010 6:44 PM

My home computer I'm using Windows Vista.

menndy October 26th, 2010 10:45 AM

I am using HP duel core desktop and Sony vaio N series Laptop, it is really great laptop, HP also good.

locoroco October 27th, 2010 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6179408)
Multiple Displayport monitors must have set you back a bit, what screens did you get? And a 5970 is going to be better for driving multiple screens.

Also, what voltage did you require for the 4.1GHz on that Phenom? Model and Stepping would be appreciated. If you're feeling up to it, what CPU block and rad do the WC setup use? I'm going to assume that you aren't water cooling that GPU, as the non-reference PCB due to the extra VRAM means you'll struggle to find a block.

Oh, and 3.25GB of RAM must be fun. What kit are you using? Also, no reply pretty much guarantees that you don't actually have this machine.

actually the multiport display monitors didnt set me back that much. I used 1.55 volts on the phenom though its not perfectly stable its stable enough for me. I didnt like the 5970 i chose the 5870 because it was cheaper (300$ cheaper actually) the gpu is water cooled all the computer is. it uses 3.84 gigs of ram. Its a phenom 1090T BE E0 stepping actually i didnt oc it 1 of my computer experts friends did i helped him put her together but he did the oc work. Im using 2 Kingston HyperX T1. This is the water cooling kit im using:

Two DD12V-D5 PUMP
EK MOTHERBOARD cooling KIT
RADIATORS BLACK ICE GTX480 + BLACK ICE GTX360
DANGER DEN RAD-RESERVOIR
VGA WATER COOLER BLOCK 5870
5 ZALMAN FAN BLUE LED 120MM + 4 ZALMAN FAN BLUE LED 80MM
OCZ RAM FAN

Archer October 27th, 2010 8:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by locoroco (Post 6250774)
actually the multiport display monitors didnt set me back that much. I used 1.55 volts on the phenom though its not perfectly stable its stable enough for me. I didnt like the 5970 i chose the 5870 because it was cheaper (300$ cheaper actually) the gpu is water cooled all the computer is. it uses 3.84 gigs of ram. Its a phenom 1090T BE E0 stepping actually i didnt oc it 1 of my computer experts friends did i helped him put her together but he did the oc work. Im using 2 Kingston HyperX T1. This is the water cooling kit im using:

Two DD12V-D5 PUMP
EK MOTHERBOARD cooling KIT
RADIATORS BLACK ICE GTX480 + BLACK ICE GTX360
DANGER DEN RAD-RESERVOIR
VGA WATER COOLER BLOCK 5870
5 ZALMAN FAN BLUE LED 120MM + 4 ZALMAN FAN BLUE LED 80MM
OCZ RAM FAN

Sounds nice. Do you have any photos of the internals? I've got photos of my system that I might upload soon.

SiReNzZ October 30th, 2010 10:01 AM

I have a Packard Bell computer. I really want a new one, Christmas hopefully! :)

Happy Azumarill November 1st, 2010 4:32 AM

i am using:

Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHZ
1GB DDR2 Ram upgrading to 2GB
160 GB Sata
1 TB Sata
Nvidia Gigabyte 7600 GS
Windows Xp Home SP3

I was using P4 but i upgraded to that.

Archer November 1st, 2010 8:56 PM

I just put together an old Desktop as a spare. All the parts where essentially freebies that I collected over time. I spent a grand total of $25 on this.

Dual CPU 2xPentium 3 1GHz
768 MB SDRAM100
Asus P3C-D Motherboard
Nvidia Riva TNT2-M64
20GB HDD | 80GB HDD
XP Home & Arch Linux

The OSs are yet to be installed, because I can't actually find any IDE cables. It's in a relatively new case and has LED fans and cathodes. I'm going to chuck in some old-but-fast AGP cards (the TNT2-M64 is rubbish) and use it as a retro gaming machine.

Captain Fabio November 2nd, 2010 4:29 AM

15" Macbook pro I am using.

With Mac OS X and Windows 7 bootcamped. I have to use Visual Studio 2008 for programming, so that is why I have it on there. XD

twocows November 2nd, 2010 6:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6263406)
I just put together an old Desktop as a spare. All the parts where essentially freebies that I collected over time. I spent a grand total of $25 on this.

Dual CPU 2xPentium 3 1GHz
768 MB SDRAM100
Asus P3C-D Motherboard
Nvidia Riva TNT2-M64
20GB HDD | 80GB HDD
XP Home & Arch Linux

The OSs are yet to be installed, because I can't actually find any IDE cables. It's in a relatively new case and has LED fans and cathodes. I'm going to chuck in some old-but-fast AGP cards (the TNT2-M64 is rubbish) and use it as a retro gaming machine.

I bought a $50 Dell with a Pentium 4 in it to use as a retro gaming machine. I'm thinking of spending a little to upgrade it so I can play games up to about 2007ish.

CeFurkan0 November 2nd, 2010 8:51 AM

Q 6600 quad core but overclocked to 3.52 GHZ at daily usage

8 gb ram ddr2

geforce zotac gtx 470 amp edition

3x raid 0 OCZ SSD (vertex 2 60 GB) (750 MB read per second)

Mirby November 2nd, 2010 9:08 AM

Old lappy, Dell Vostro 1500.

It sucks.

The 100 Mega Shock November 2nd, 2010 3:27 PM

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @2.7GHz
ASUS M2N68 Motherboard
5GB DDR2 Ram at some speed i dunno
Geforce 9600GT 512MB
Combined 1.25TB HDD Space
Asus Xonar DS Sound Card
Windows 7 (Home Premium) 64-bit

Archer November 3rd, 2010 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twocows (Post 6263876)
I bought a $50 Dell with a Pentium 4 in it to use as a retro gaming machine. I'm thinking of spending a little to upgrade it so I can play games up to about 2007ish.

The only problems with the Dells of that era are poor airflow and proprietary power supplies (not all, but most), so you're stuck with a cool AGP card, which severely limits your options.
Quote:

Originally Posted by CeFurkan0 (Post 6264221)
Q 6600 quad core but overclocked to 3.52 GHZ at daily usage

8 gb ram ddr2

geforce zotac gtx 470 amp edition

3x raid 0 OCZ SSD (vertex 2 60 GB) (750 MB read per second)

VERY nice. What sort of cooling do you have on that Q6600?

Alex1239 November 27th, 2010 12:08 AM

M using Lenovo Y500. Pretty good performance is expected.

Ravecat November 27th, 2010 12:20 AM

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff56/emmy0/sony_vaio_e_series_blue_tr.png
Sony Vaio e-series in Blue.

angel November 27th, 2010 12:28 AM

I'm usually using the Wii or PS3. It depends if my brothers are home. Right now I'm on the Wii.

karynmonk November 27th, 2010 7:45 AM

This is a custom built based on AMD in a large Antec case Superlanboy. My laptop is a Toshiba A75 I got for free as a cover repairs. My office is another Intel based custom build. But I own them. They are mine.

iRyu November 27th, 2010 8:37 AM

I'm using my Toshiba Satellite - 350
It's got Windows 7: Ultimate 64-bit

Morkula November 27th, 2010 7:22 PM

I'm using a Sager np8662 laptop. Was pretty much the most powerful 15" laptop on the market when I got it, and it still holds its own really well.

2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
320GB 7200rpm HDD
nVidia GeForce 260M
Windows 7 Home Premium

Archer November 27th, 2010 7:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morkula (Post 6312542)
I'm using a Sager np8662 laptop. Was pretty much the most powerful 15" laptop on the market when I got it, and it still holds its own really well.

2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
320GB 7200rpm HDD
nVidia GeForce 260M
Windows 7 Home Premium

Looks nice. I'd be inclined to brag about the res on that screen, as well. :D

I'm tossing up as to whether the 7200 rpm drives are worth the noise/heat/power over the top of the 5400rpm drive in my laptop.

Bologna November 28th, 2010 12:53 AM

I'm using my Dell Inspiron 518. Haven't had it extremely long and it's got everything I need, so I'm happy with it.

Brendino November 29th, 2010 2:43 AM

I'm using an HP Pavilion 510N that I've had for about 7 or 8 years now.
Looking at some of the specs of this computer (256MB RAM, 40GB HD) compared to others posted in this thread, I'm surprised that my computer can handle some of the newer programs I have installed. I'd like to upgrade soon, though, as even most netbooks have more memory and a bigger hard drive than my computer does.

Archer November 29th, 2010 3:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brendino (Post 6315320)
I'm using an HP Pavilion 510N that I've had for about 7 or 8 years now.
Looking at some of the specs of this computer (256MB RAM, 40GB HD) compared to others posted in this thread, I'm surprised that my computer can handle some of the newer programs I have installed. I'd like to upgrade soon, though, as even most netbooks have more memory and a bigger hard drive than my computer does.

What's the processor? Because that's where netbooks stumble, big time. Any Pentium 4 is faster than an Atom. So were some of the later Pentium 3s.

Brendino November 30th, 2010 2:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6315336)
What's the processor? Because that's where netbooks stumble, big time. Any Pentium 4 is faster than an Atom. So were some of the later Pentium 3s.

The processor is an Intel Celeron 800MHz. It's not quite as powerful as a Pentium 4, and it looks to be about equivalent to some of the earlier Pentium 3s. I'm not sure how this compares to a netbook's processor, though.

Archer November 30th, 2010 3:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brendino (Post 6316802)
The processor is an Intel Celeron 800MHz. It's not quite as powerful as a Pentium 4, and it looks to be about equivalent to some of the earlier Pentium 3s. I'm not sure how this compares to a netbook's processor, though.

It's about the same as a 1.6GHz Atom. Maybe slightly faster in single tasks, and slower in multi tasking.
It could do with a little more ram. 512MB or 768MB is usually good enough for XP.
Strange, because 40GB HDDs and 256MB Ram were standard up until the later Pentium 4 era. Whereas that CPU was a budget CPU in about 1999.

Zuruggu December 4th, 2010 11:31 AM

Right now I'm using the ASUS G73Jh-X1 Notebook. I got it this summer and it's the most beastiful computer I've ever used. The specs are:

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel Core i7 Processor 720 QM
8 GBs RAM
5 GBs HDD
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Graphics
DVD Super Multi

HeyMikey December 5th, 2010 4:39 AM

Using the previous model of the 13.3" MacBook Pro.

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.26 GHz
4 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1066 MHz
250 GB SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Windows XP Student

Best computer I have personally ever used.

Palkia December 5th, 2010 4:55 AM

A Packard Bell PAK60
1.66 GHz Processor
32-bit
Windows 7 Starter

bigplrbear December 20th, 2010 9:45 PM

main comp-
Core 2 Quad q6600 @ 2.4ghz
2GB DDR2 RAM
Nvidia 8300GS
Windows 7 32-bit
400GB HDD

Laptop-
Apple iBook late 2005
G4 processor @ 1.33ghz
1.5GB of RAM
Mac OS X Leopard
40GB HDD

Tribal Ebony December 20th, 2010 9:50 PM

My family computer is Samsung, which I'm using right now, and my lappy (which is very slow) is lenovo.XD

laxiboyce December 24th, 2010 10:59 AM

I have just bought Dell think client and it is the best I think so as I am getting the outstanding performance with that. Just I am having some trouble with its graphic card and other than everything is fine and works better.

TheAppleFreak January 10th, 2011 12:02 PM

Well, since I recently acquired some new hardware recently, I figured I might as well update my list.

Laptop
Early 2008 MacBook (Black)
Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 @2.4 GHz
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM @667 MHz
Built-in 13" display @1280x800 px
250 GB HD @5400 rpm
Intel GMA X3100 w/ 144 MB of dedicated RAM
Integrated 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi card
Mac OS X 10.6.6 (primary) / Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (secondary)

New Desktop
Custom built
Intel i7-950 Quad Core @3.06 GHz (not overclocked)
6 GB DDR3 SDRAM @1600 MHz
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 motherboard
Antec EarthWatts 750 W PSU
Staples 19" monitor @1440x990 px (yes, Staples. It was cheap and I went for it several years ago)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB (400 GB partitioned to Windows, 400 GB partitioned to OS X, 200 GB partitioned to swap space)
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1 GB 256-bit
External Rosewill N-UBE-180-or-something-like-that 802.11 a/b/g/n USB WiFi antenna
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (primary) / Mac OS X 10.6.6 (secondary, really unstable, haven't gotten everything to work yet)
Logitech S 510 wireless keyboard/mouse combo

...and that's it.

Kobold Asylum January 10th, 2011 4:50 PM

OS Ubuntu
No Video card or Sound card
1 Gig RAM
Processor = OLD

Archer January 11th, 2011 1:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kobold Asylum (Post 6391866)
OS Ubuntu
No Video card or Sound card
1 Gig RAM
Processor = OLD

How... descriptive. Also, you DO have some sort of video card, it just might be onboard. What CPU is it?

Tribal Ebony January 13th, 2011 1:38 AM

"Tribal!" "Just a minute Mum, I am on The Pokecommunity!"
 
Guessing by thwe title and category, today I got a new laptop! Nice and neat, my HP COMPAQ is very fast. 4GB Ram, 320GB Internal Harddrive space... It is perfect! So this means I will be able to go visit you guys, the lovely staff and members, the ever-changing forum skin, and even the annoying spamming and trolling and awesome threads! So now I can visit you guys wherever and whenever I want to! So yaya! How about you guys? Any fast new laptops or computers?

Gerri Shin January 13th, 2011 1:01 PM

not a new computer for me, but I did put in a couple new HDDs and a Webcam. Now I'm up to about 6TB of space which is so nice as I was running out before I added the 2(two) 2TB drives in today. The Webcam is a Logitech Vision pro cam. very nice quality.

Nimblethumbs January 13th, 2011 3:47 PM

Acer Extensa 5620-6419. Got it long ago, works like awesomeness.

Mr. X January 13th, 2011 4:51 PM

Old (Slightly customized)

HP Presario SR5013W

2x 160 GB HDDs (1x Sata, 1x IDE. Orginally had just the Sata)
1 GB Ram (DDR2 Kingston. 512 orginally.) Page file extended to 5 GB
Realtek Soundcard
Asus Radeon HD 3450 Video Card 1 GB (Orginally a integrated Intel 945. This was a upgrade that gave me a BIG increse in power)
Intel Cedar Mill 941 Pentium 4 HT (3.2 GHZ)

New machine (No customizations yet)

HP Pavilion P6532F

1x 1 TB Sata Hdd
4 GB Ram (DDR3)
Athlon II X3 (2.7 ghz)
Radeon 3900 512 MB video card (Integrated)
Realtek sound card

Sadly im still using my old machine until i can get a dialup modem for the new one. The one i have in my old machine wont work and PCI x1 hardware is a pain to find. I'll have to buy online or just use a usb modem. The x16 2.0 slot is reserved for a new video card.

Edit - I might forgo the video card upgrade for a while and put the money towards my 'get a laptop' fund. In hoping for something decent enough to handle somewhat older games (from before 07)

Archer January 14th, 2011 2:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerri Shin (Post 6396749)
not a new computer for me, but I did put in a couple new HDDs and a Webcam. Now I'm up to about 6TB of space which is so nice as I was running out before I added the 2(two) 2TB drives in today. The Webcam is a Logitech Vision pro cam. very nice quality.

I picked this up just today;

eMac White
PPC G4 1.25GHz
1GB Ram
80 GB HDD
Superdrive

It's in great nick, I've just got to find a use for it. Tossing up between Tiger and Leopard.

Gerri Shin January 14th, 2011 9:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 6397834)
I picked this up just today;

eMac White
PPC G4 1.25GHz
1GB Ram
80 GB HDD
Superdrive

It's in great nick, I've just got to find a use for it. Tossing up between Tiger and Leopard.

Nice find, eMacs are fairly good workhorses. Slap Tiger on it and it should run well. Leopard is a bit more taxing on the older PPC machines, mostly due to its being optimized for Intel macs. Install tiger and you could set it up as a file/print server. (obviously for file server you may want a few USB HDDS with it.) or you could use it as a download computer.


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