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MaStalee January 14th, 2011 9:35 AM

Dell Studio XPS. 12 GB of RAM and an i7 :

I love it, it is sooo fast and handles everything I throw at it.

cyan. January 14th, 2011 10:25 AM

acer aspire 5741-5193 laptop
its pretty good (:

Archer January 14th, 2011 5:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerri Shin (Post 6398238)
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.

Yeah, but one thing that really gets to me is that it can't use newer software, such as iTunes 10 or Safari 5. The latter means that it doesn't have the great HTML5 performance that could really help with video playback.

One thing that I really didn't see coming was the issue with finding the room to have it. One would think, being an all-in-one unit, that it would be easy to give it somewhere to inhabit, but in fact it's so deep that I'm using it on the desk with the keyboard on my lap. :P

I'm thinking of upgrading the hell out of it. It can take 2GB RAM and the CPU can be overclocked from 1.25GHz to at least 1.6GHz via playing with resistors. It should cope a lot better with Leopard at 1.4GHz and 2GB. It will take any IDE HDD, but they're expensive and hard to find. The last problem is the constant fan noise, if it were to act as a server. Some people have used variable resistor fan controllers on them with a lot of success.

And I know that if the logic board ever dies, it could be a fun project to fully update it. Put an ITX hackintosh board in there and replace the screen with an LCD. :D I could ever shorten the back, lol.

pkmn.master January 14th, 2011 9:18 PM

HP-Pavilion p6228p
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
AMD Athlon II Quad core
8 gigs of RAM
600 gigs of Hard drive

Runs Half-Life 2 and episodes well, but cooling system bails under some dust and GPU overheats to 120* C, but easily cools when dust is removed.

Archer January 15th, 2011 6:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkmn.master (Post 6399465)
HP-Pavilion p6228p
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
AMD Athlon II Quad core
8 gigs of RAM
600 gigs of Hard drive

Runs Half-Life 2 and episodes well, but cooling system bails under some dust and GPU overheats to 120* C, but easily cools when dust is removed.

HP has always had horrible thermal design. What's the graphics card?

Morgnarok January 20th, 2011 10:21 AM

My computer is a
Compaq
AMD Anthlon 64 X2 Dual
Core processor 4000+
2.11 GHz,4GB of RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4350(Upgraded Video Card)DDR2 512 MB

Was a Windows Vista but i downgraded it to Windows Xp Professional.

Mr. X January 21st, 2011 7:40 PM

With how bad Vista is that could be considered a upgrade.

What model?

Gerri Shin January 21st, 2011 7:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noblebeastx (Post 6408843)
My computer is a
Compaq
AMD Anthlon 64 X2 Dual
Core processor 4000+
2.11 GHz,4GB of RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4350(Upgraded Video Card)DDR2 512 MB

Was a Windows Vista but i downgraded it to Windows Xp Professional.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. X (Post 6411275)
With how bad Vista is that could be considered a upgrade.

What model?

Based upon the specs, Vista should run just fine on it, Vista was only really bad during its tenure with only SP0 to SP1, since SP2 it's actually been pretty good. I'd wager Windows 7 would perform just as well as XP on that hardware.

donavannj January 21st, 2011 7:53 PM

HPs are awful at staying cool when the dust accumulates on the heat sink for the CPU. You get marked performance improvements with them just by simply cleaning the dust out of your HP system, even moreso than other brands or even custom rigs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. X (Post 6411275)
With how bad Vista is that could be considered a upgrade.

What model?

Unless it was a 64-bit version. Then there's also the drastic (albeit highly ineffective within 6-12 months of its initial release) security improvements in Vista that make using Vista better than using XP. AND VISTA WASN'T THAT BAD. SERIOUSLY. I don't see why people still hate on it. It's drastically more stable than using XP.

Morgnarok January 24th, 2011 4:21 PM

The computer is posted above was my grandmother and i put windows 7 on hers and it runs smoothly and i also put it on my which is a little older but has a better graphics card and less ram and runs good but is low on ram because it only had 512mb.

Archer January 24th, 2011 6:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 6411296)
HPs are awful at staying cool when the dust accumulates on the heat sink for the CPU. You get marked performance improvements with them just by simply cleaning the dust out of your HP system, even moreso than other brands or even custom rigs.



Unless it was a 64-bit version. Then there's also the drastic (albeit highly ineffective within 6-12 months of its initial release) security improvements in Vista that make using Vista better than using XP. AND VISTA WASN'T THAT BAD. SERIOUSLY. I don't see why people still hate on it. It's drastically more stable than using XP.

Provided the computer is not too old to handle it properly, Vista is far better than XP. Some people just can't cope with change or have an outdated system.

And the next person to say "XP is better for gaming" needs to be shot. Just no. Unless you're playing DOS games, in which case Win95 is better.

Mr. X January 24th, 2011 7:09 PM

I would argue that point since i have a few games made for XP that refuse to run in vista/7 no matter what compatability options i use.

Anyway, 7>XPsp3>Vista>XPsp2

donavannj January 24th, 2011 7:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. X (Post 6416592)
I would argue that point since i have a few games made for XP that refuse to run in vista/7 no matter what compatability options i use.

I have a few games like this, too, but I still have to rate it like so:

7 64-bit > Vista 64-bit > 7 32-bit > XP > Vista 32-bit in terms of gaming (since XP uses fewer resources than Vista 32-bit), but Vista 32-bit is still better than XP for general usage.

Meganium January 25th, 2011 3:50 PM

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5919
Windows Vista Home Basic (later upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium)
2GB RAM/140 GB hard drive
...and I have it for almost two years.

Gero50 January 25th, 2011 11:15 PM

I am using my main design machine for a primary computer for now.
It is just one I put together.

dizzyKitty February 5th, 2011 1:38 PM

I bought a Toshiba Protege r705 from Best Buy last week. I'm in love with it. <3 It's 3.2 lbs, only about a 1/2 lb heavier than the Macbook Air, but it has an optical drive, so I can still burn CDs and watch movies. -w-

s4rg10 February 10th, 2011 5:46 PM

PC Specs:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.67GHz (with coolermaster fan ready for stable 3.8 overclock)
6144MB RAM DDR3 1600mhz (Tripple Channel DDR3)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB
Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
500GB HDD, 2TB HDD

Build it myself, its getting almost year old so i think soon will be time to upgrade graphic card, i was thinking about ram memory as well, but even after using computer to edit videos and pictures i dint find need for more memory

Laptop Specs:
Acer Aspire 5551-2384
15.6" HD LED LCD
AMD Athlon II X2 P320 @ 2.1ghz
4GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
Win-7 Home Premium (64-bit)
250GB HDD

Purple Materia February 10th, 2011 6:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s4rg10 (Post 6448956)
PC Specs:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.67GHz (with coolermaster fan ready for stable 3.8 overclock)
6144MB RAM DDR3 1600mhz (Tripple Channel DDR3)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB
Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
500GB HDD, 2TB HDD

Build it myself, its getting almost year old so i think soon will be time to upgrade graphic card, i was thinking about ram memory as well, but even after using computer to edit videos and pictures i dint find need for more memory

I'd update the graphics - everything else is killer.

Archer February 11th, 2011 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s4rg10 (Post 6448956)
PC Specs:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.67GHz (with coolermaster fan ready for stable 3.8 overclock)
6144MB RAM DDR3 1600mhz (Tripple Channel DDR3)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB
Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
500GB HDD, 2TB HDD

Build it myself, its getting almost year old so i think soon will be time to upgrade graphic card, i was thinking about ram memory as well, but even after using computer to edit videos and pictures i dint find need for more memory

You'll be pushing it to try and cool a 3800 MHz i7 on anything Coolermaster has to offer. They're great for cooler quads, like the i5s and Phenoms, but the heavily OCed i7s pump out some serious heat, especially with hyperthreading. Also, keep in mind that adding another 3 DIMMs of ram will stress the integrated memory controller, causing more heat again.

Anyway, the memory is fine. I have 8GB and it's definitely overkill. 6GB is plenty unless you're running several VMs, and even then, most people just say they use VMs to justify having the extra, when they don't actually have a legitimate reason to run them. *glares at a few people here* :cer_laugh:

I'd be updating the GPU, yes. Depending on what you're looking at spending, the GTX 560 Ti is looking very promising. It would be just over twice as fast as the 250. You'll notice that much more than a RAM upgrade.
Very nice, by the way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Materia (Post 6449082)


I'd update the graphics - everything else is killer.

Yep.

Loving my new AMD 6950, by the way, but I'm thinking I'll need a new case, as it's really pushed for space with the new card at 27cm/11.5".

Thinking that my next upgrade will be a white Corsair 600T case and H70 cooler. I still don't trust SSDs enough yet. :P

twocows February 11th, 2011 7:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s4rg10 (Post 6448956)
PC Specs:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.67GHz (with coolermaster fan ready for stable 3.8 overclock)
6144MB RAM DDR3 1600mhz (Tripple Channel DDR3)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB
Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
500GB HDD, 2TB HDD

Build it myself, its getting almost year old so i think soon will be time to upgrade graphic card, i was thinking about ram memory as well, but even after using computer to edit videos and pictures i dint find need for more memory

Laptop Specs:
Acer Aspire 5551-2384
15.6" HD LED LCD
AMD Athlon II X2 P320 @ 2.1ghz
4GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
Win-7 Home Premium (64-bit)
250GB HDD

Your bottleneck is the graphics card. The processor is overpowered, you're not going to be putting that thing to work for a few more years at least. An i5-750 would be a better fit for this build (760 wasn't out a year ago).

Archer February 11th, 2011 4:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twocows (Post 6449733)
Your bottleneck is the graphics card. The processor is overpowered, you're not going to be putting that thing to work for a few more years at least. An i5-750 would be a better fit for this build (760 wasn't out a year ago).

I wouldn't call it overpowered so much as safe for years to come. When the CPU gets clogged in games, you're going to see a bigger drop in frames than if the graphics card does so. It's always safer to have a faster CPU over GPU, within reason.Especially considering the X58 platform allows for better SLI performance, should the OP decide to SLI their next card in a few years. What card do you reckon they should get?

As for overclocking the CPU, I'd be looking at one of three options. The Noctua NH-D14 and the Thermalright Silver Arrow are the best air coolers on the market. I've seen both of them support an i7 to 4200MHz. Sadly, neither which are very attractive or compact coolers, the Corsair H70 is an alternative here.

Guest123_x1 February 11th, 2011 6:17 PM

I have quite a few desktop computers, all are very old (2002 and earlier), here's the one I currently use:
Compaq Presario 5430US with
Pentium 4 1.8GHz
512MB DDR SDRAM (2× 256MB modules)
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX AGP 64MB
160GB EIDE/PATA Western Digital (system originally had a 80GB HDD, but I replaced it with the aforementioned 160GB WD drive)
LiteON iHAP322 DVD±RW drive (bought and installed myself replacing a DVD-ROM drive that couldn't read DVDs)
HL-DT-ST CD-RW drive (that doesn't work all that great)
3½" floppy drive
Windows XP Home Edition
For the most part, this system has worked well for me.
The monitor I'm currently using with this is a Dell LCD/flat-panel with 1280×1024 resolution. Before that I was using an eMachines eView 17f CRT with the video resolution at 1024×768.

My most recent machine is my laptop (from 2008) which is
Gateway M2626u with
AMD Turion X2 Mobile dual-core
4.00GB DDR2 -256MB shared video
160GB SATA HDD
15.4-inch Ultrabright™ WXGA TFT 1280×800 ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 video
DVD±RW drive
5-in-1 media card reader
Built-in 802.11b/g Wireless
1.3 megapixels webcam
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

I own two other machines as well but I don't think this is the place to post about them.

GlaceonX February 14th, 2011 6:08 PM

Custom As-rock pc, It's stupid fast. Atleast I don't have any slowdowns on it and I'm a heavy multitasker. Specs on siggy :3

Happy Azumarill February 17th, 2011 3:19 AM

i am using:

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 LGA775
Gigabyte G41MT-D3
4Gb DDR3 Fsb 1333Mhz
Windows Vista Hame Basic 64Bit SP2
1Gb Nvidia Geforce 7600Gs
160Gb Main
1Tb Secondary
LG Multi Drive DVD

I am about to upgrade the processor to E7500 2.93Ghz but don't know if it is worth it.

And my dumb pc witch is:

Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.8Ghz PPGA478
2.5Gb DDR Fsb 400Mhz
160Gb IDE
Nvidia 7600 GT 512Mb

I want to turn this machine into a server for storage.

Thomas February 19th, 2011 12:22 PM

Right now I'm using a 13" Aluminum Mac Book. Er I think it has a 2.4 Ghz processor and 2GB Ram and a 250 GB hard drive. I got it about 2 years ago, and it runs pretty well. I dual booth Mac OS X and Windows 7. :)


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