Got a new computer!

[Michaelas10]

Spent 950$ on it. It's a Dell XPS with an Intel Core 2 Quad, a 2.5GHz processor and 8 GB of DDR3 SDRAM. Probably the best PC that is not a custom gaming computer (or that contains an Intel i7, sigh..)

What's your PC specs?

[ParadoxVoid]

Lenovo Ideapad Y530-300
Dual Core 2.26 GHz Processor
4 GB RAM
nVidia 9500M Videocard
320 GB HDD

Not bad for a laptop, and I got it for only AU$1344, which is pretty damn cheap. Plus it has a Blu-ray drive, wifi, SD card reader, and a 17" screen. A right steal.

[Rage]

Computer hardware thread!

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6gHz
12gb DDR3 8-8-8-24 @ 1440mHz
2xSLI GTX 260 (Factory overclocked)
A 640gb conventional hard drive

I do lots of 3D rendering and work with CUDA apps. This machine is supposed to hold out for me until I build a 12+ core machine when Intel's 6-core chips roll out early next year. I was also tempted to build a huge array of solid state disks, but considering how faster and cheaper they've gotten in just the past few months, I thought it much wiser to hold out for a while. It's REALLY hard to do with money burning a hole in your pocket.

[Michaelas10]

At 5/9/09 11:37 PM, RageVI wrote: Computer hardware thread!

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6gHz
12gb DDR3 8-8-8-24 @ 1440mHz
2xSLI GTX 260 (Factory overclocked)
A 640gb conventional hard drive

I'm so fucking jealous. Oh well, at least we have the same hard drive capacity.

[Wuggawoot]

I'm so proud of mine.

Intel quad overclocked to 3.01 ghz, 4 gigs ram, 3 tb hard drive, dual gtx 260s, 2000 watt power supply, 42'in monitor.

Watching porn on this thing is the fucking shit.

[Proottalfain]

At 5/9/09 11:37 PM, RageVI wrote: Computer hardware thread!

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6gHz
12gb DDR3 8-8-8-24 @ 1440mHz
2xSLI GTX 260 (Factory overclocked)
A 640gb conventional hard drive

I do lots of 3D rendering and work with CUDA apps. This machine is supposed to hold out for me until I build a 12+ core machine when Intel's 6-core chips roll out early next year. I was also tempted to build a huge array of solid state disks, but considering how faster and cheaper they've gotten in just the past few months, I thought it much wiser to hold out for a while. It's REALLY hard to do with money burning a hole in your pocket.

OUTSTANDING. Also solid state drives contain no disk at all, so you can't call it that way.
My computer:
3.0GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 6000+
2GB RAM DDR2
Ati Radeon HD3870
And I don't think the HDD really makes a big difference but anyway 160GB Seagate Barracuda

[Eclipse]

My computer is outdated but it plays the games I love and thats all that matters, I dont need a quad-core to play UT99. (its a laptop)
30GB HD (am updating this soon)
Mobility Radeon 9000 32MB (overclocked to 64MB)
Intel Centrino at 1.40GHz
512 MB RAM (am updating this soon too)
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
14.1 inch LCD monitor
24x CD/DVD-RW
California Audio Gaming Speakers

[ragingfred]

mine is pretty modest by today's standards

2.2GHz dual core CPU (64 bit)
2Gb DDR RAM
Nvidia 7600 gt graphics card
320GB harddrive

my laptop on the other hand

200 MHz CPU
128 MB RAM
2 GB harddrive
4mb graphics card (not sure what but it can do some 3d rendering (it lags playing NFS3)

[DraGoN-RaGe-9001]

At 5/9/09 11:37 PM, RageVI wrote: Computer hardware thread!

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6gHz
12gb DDR3 8-8-8-24 @ 1440mHz
2xSLI GTX 260 (Factory overclocked)
A 640gb conventional hard drive

i was wondering... how is the i7 processor? is it that much better than a quad core?

[Rage]

At 5/9/09 11:41 PM, Proottalfain wrote:

OUTSTANDING. Also solid state drives contain no disk at all, so you can't call it that way.

Whoops, slipped up there. I've been following SSDs for the longest time. I was thinking of going all-out when the OCZ Vertex lineup was released, but with SATA 3 and USB 3 on the horizon (Along with more advanced memory controllers for these demanding devices), it's just worth the wait. It doesn't help that Intel just slased the prices on their X25-Ms though.

At 5/10/09 12:00 AM, DraGoN-RaGe-9001 wrote:

i was wondering... how is the i7 processor? is it that much better than a quad core?

The Core i7 lineup is all quad core at this time, but it has a brand new architecture so it's a completely different beast. The worst case scenario is that performs on par with a Core 2 Quad. (This scenario seems to be confined just to gaming for the most part). Best case scenario (and there's lots of them), the Core I7 will completely mop the floor with the older processor.

In fact, my overclocked Core i7 @ 3.6ghz renders more than twice as fast as the workstations in the digital arts lab at my school, which are quad cores Xeons @ 2.66ghz. It even renders slightly faster than the octo core Macs in the other lab, which use the same processors I believe, although I don't remember their exact specifications.

It's VERY worth it if you do things like rendering, multitasking, or basically anything that can take advantage of multiple cores. Games don't do that so much.

[TacoFreak]

AMD 720 BE - 2800 MHz overclocked to 3625 MHz (suck it)
2 GB DDR2 800 MHz CL5 RAM OC to 1000 MHz
9600 gt (need to upgrade)

[TacoFreak]

@ RAGEVI

1. lol 12 gb ram

2. overclock your gpu

[Rage]

At 5/10/09 12:20 AM, TacoFreak wrote:

1. lol 12 gb ram

I love how people lawl at me having 12gb of ram just because they can't imagine themselves putting it to use. Just last night I was using over 9gb while doing some rendering and video compositing. I can't tell you how many times I've maxed it out while using the 64-bit variants of Photoshop and Maya. And that's without the whole RAMDisk thing that I'm in to.

2. overclock your gpu

I haven't had time to play games for the past two months. Literally. I've hardly even had time to sit down. I just finished the semester, though, so I'll do this later. I might even get water blocks for 'em.

[string227]

Compaq presario

Asus A8N-LA socket 939
702MB DDR RAM
Nvidia Geforce 6150LE 256MB
Amd Sempron +3200 @ 1.8 ghz
160GB WD Cavair Blue
350W PSU

god my pc sucks, its similar to this picture:

[Slipstreamer]

Eww, that build sounds terrible lol.

My laptop has better specs then that.

haha Dell.

[RandomExploit]

My computer's 2 years old.

[Kogey]

</Piece of shit>

[SuperFlonic]

At 5/10/09 12:33 AM, RageVI wrote: I haven't had time to play games for the past two months. Literally. I've hardly even had time to sit down. I just finished the semester, though, so I'll do this later. I might even get water blocks for 'em.

What kind of education are you following?

Also, I'm not gonna post my specs here. Makes me look like crap.

At 5/9/09 11:57 PM, Eclipse914 wrote: Mobility Radeon 9000 32MB (overclocked to 64MB)

Lol wut?

[Seriana]

You remember the last time Dell sold quality parts and advertised properly

I don't either

[ParadoxVoid]

At 5/9/09 11:37 PM, RageVI wrote: Computer hardware thread!

I bet you just wait for these to pop up from time to time, just so you can pull out that baby and show it off, eh?

[darksytze]

MSI R4850 512mb GPU
E8400 3Ghz Duo Core
520w Cooler Master PSU.
P45 Asrock CS
2x 250gb HD
4gb DDR2 800

[Maximus]

I Have no idea if this is good or bad.

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B00
SMC Version: 1.38f5
Serial Number: 459115VN4R1
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

[Ocean]

Asus Eee pc.
550 mb's ram.
8 gig hard drive.
Suck it baby.

[Mulchings]

On this computer, my fathers, he's got
Windows Vista Home Premium
Pentium (R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50 GHz
2.00 GB RAM
Intel(R) G33/ G31 Express Chipset Family and a 22" 1920 x 1080 monitor he got for 'Checking his emails', although it's better than the TV he got me for Christmas, which he made m e pay for half of.

[Cheese-on-toast]

I built one a little while ago:
Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33 ghz)
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 RAM (1066 mhz)
GeForce 9500 GT video card (1GB)
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (Pirate :3)/ Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition

Not the best, still a decent computer though.

[MaciekOst]

My specs:
GTX 260
4 GB RAM
Athlon 7750 2.7 GHz Dual Core
500 GB ATA + 120 GB SATA Hard drives

[TheGyro]

Dell Dimension 2200 FTW!
512MB RAM,
2.66GHz processor,
80GB HDD

It's truly a beast.

[X8X]

Core2Duo @ 2.40 Ghz
2 GB RAM
Windows XP
Nvidia 8600 GT

Runs the way I want it, so why upgrade?

[pyromaniac616]

Intel core 2 CPU
6600 @ 2.40 Ghz 2.39Ghz
Ram : 4GB
64 bit
Memory : 2 terrabytes

There are a fair few hardrives in my computer, all linked together.

6 :S

[xSleekx]

C2D E4300@1,8 GHz
3 GB of RAM@533 MHz with Vista 32-bit
Nvidia 8600 GT

I'm stuck with those clock speeds on my CPU and RAM, because I have a shitty entry-level mobo...