Your Computer Specs

[Cid]

Okay, so I just successfully built my first computer. And I'm very proud. It's amazing what you can put in when you do it yourself...

Anyhow, what is your computer specs?

Here's mine:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Dual Core)
2GB of PC3200 RAM
eVGA Geforce 7800GT CO SE 256mb
700gb (300+400)
Some huge Antec case

Anyhow, I freaking LOVE this beast. I've never had a great computer before, but now I can finally say I do. I click things and they open... fast. Half-Life 2 plays at 140 fps. Happy am I.

The question is, will I look at this thread in 3 years and cringe at these specs?

[NeoCracker]

Yes you will, its a garentee.

[The Devourer Of Worlds]

When we got our old PII 7 years ago, people commented on how we would never be able to use up 12 GB of disk space.

Fun times

Oh and yes, that comp is pretty awesome. So awesome in fact that I'm not going to post my specs...

[Levian]

"No entry found for garentee.

Did you mean grenade?"

[edczxcvbnm]

Lets see...

3.0 Pentium4
1 GB RAM
128 6600GT graphics card
16x DVD drive
4x DVD burner
80 GB harddrive

My computer may not be top of the line like it was close to being about 2 years ago when I got it but it isn't weak at all and I have yet to feel like I must replace it.

I do want to get a new hard drive but I think I will wait 2 more years when new technology should be a year old. They are coming out with new ways to write to harddrives to get more data out of it which has not been done in forever.

[NeoCracker]

Intel Centrino Processor,
120 GB
1 G DDR-2 Ram
Can't remember the rest, but its only a lap, so i think thats pretty dang good.

[rikkupainegoofydonald]

For me, my harddrive of gigabytes are stuck at 40GB :sad:, let my computer harddrive be increased to 150GB.

3.0 ISUS/Samsung Monitor
2 GB RAM
1-CD ROM
40 GB harddrive

[Cid]

Intel Centrino Processor,
120 GB
1 G DDR-2 Ram
Can't remember the rest, but its only a lap, so i think thats pretty dang good.

Yeah, that is nice for a lap top.

[Captain Maxx Power]

3.01 Ghz Pentinum 4
1Gb of RAM
Geforce 6600 GT
114Gb drive, of which I only have 3Gb left.

[bipper]

The one I am currently using (at home, I am at work on a dell 260 atm :)) is 5 years old.

2.4GHz (no HT) PIV
80GB drive (built with IDE raid (DSP)(2 40's)- i hate raid now )
Intel PEB boars, riddled with driver errors, and still legacied out (hate intel)
512 ram (Seriously need an upgrade)
GForce 4 TI 4400 2x AGP (boo!)
Cd burners, cd drive, dvd drive.

I think the most important thing that I learned, and am larning as I prospect building another, is that now is usually and awkard time to buy, as the dual core is going to be getting upgraded bussing specs etc in the spring. Doesn't make it a bad time, just a good time to hold off if you can. Though in holding off, you find yourself like several guys I work with (waiting like years to build).

My personal advice is, go AMD, Nvidea, and go with overkill on ram if you can swing it. No intel, processor or boards, as I have had and seen many have overheating porblems on the northbridge. Make sure you get lifetime warenty ram, and keep all recipts. Write down your windows keys, and make damn sure you put the washers between the case and motherboard when you screw it in. These are there to stop conductivity. Of course, read all insturctions as well.

I am currently building a slightly better system (k lot better) for a personal client for 370 dollars total. I get my parts from www.ZipZomFly.com and highly reccomend em over newegg - etc.

I am looking at dropping $2,000 on a computer soon, and then building another $1,200 machine for my wife. My current computer would then become a prospect server ~ thats down the road about 2 months though :)

Congrats Cid, Building your own machine (or having someone who knows how, help you) is by far the most machine for your buck, and a great saticfaction in knowing you built it. Glad to hear it went swell for ya!

Bipper

[NeoCracker]

HEres the exact specs, only DDR and not 2 sadly.




Product Details
Warranty Terms - Parts 1 year limited
Warranty Terms - Labor 1 year limited
Product Height 1.5"
Product Width 13.5"
Product Weight 5 lbs.
Product Depth 9.5"
Processor Brand Intel® Centrino® with Intel® Pentium® M
Processor Speed 1.86GHz
Display Type WXGA widescreen active-matrix TFT-LCD with TruBrite technology (1280 x 768)
Screen Size 14"
System Bus 533MHz
Cache Memory 2MB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM) 1GB
System Memory (RAM) Expandable To 2GB
Type of Memory (RAM) PC2700 DDR SDRAM
Hard Drive Type EIDE (ATA-6)
Hard Drive Size 120GB
Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-R
Optical Drive Speeds 2x DVD-R DL; 2.4x DVD+R DL; 8x4x8 DVD+RW; 8x4x8 DVD-RW; 5x DVD-RAM; 24x10x24 CD-RW
LightScribe Compatibility No
Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader
Graphics Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900
Video Memory 8-128MB (dynamically shared)
MPEG Yes
Networking Built-in Marvell 10/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Networking Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (802.11b/g)
S-Video Outputs 1
Audio Realtek ALC250 16-bit stereo software sound with support for 3D Sound, Direct 3D Sound, DirectSound, Direct Music and MIDI playback; SRS TruSurround XT and SRS WOW
Speakers Built-in Harman/Kardon stereo
PCMCIA Slots 1 Type II
USB 2.0 Ports 3
IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports 1
Notebook Weight Thin and light (4.5 to 6 lbs.)
Battery Type Lithium-ion
Pointing Device Touchpad with enable/disable function
Operating System Windows XP Home

On another not Cid himself quoted me, if I was a school girl i would probably feignt, which I may do anyway.

Edit: Okay, its either this or another one. They are almost exactly the same comp with a few minor differences, the only real difference is the DDR 2 ram, and since thats what I origanlly thought it was it could be that one. Dang you best Buy!

[Cid]

MPEG Yes


Thank God!

[NeoCracker]

After closer ispection its the one with DDR-2, since the speakers were also different and that one matched up. And it still can play MPGEG. So I'm going to do a happy dance.

[Raistlin]

Thank God!
I wonder how much that feature costs.

[Jess]

Mobile AMD Anthlon(tm) 64bit
Processor 3700+
263 MHz, 896 MB of RAM

It's a laptop though. I'm not sure of my computers specs, but I rarely use it anymore. :bigsmile:

[Fatal Impurity]

i need help ive got £1500 to spend and i wanna make a brand new GAMING pc and im just wonderin what are your recommendations?

[Shoden]

Cid, I will NOT steal your computer.

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
448MB RAM
69 GiG HDD
ATI graphics

Crappy Packard Bell make. I hate my cpu.

[Mirage]

Laptop:
Computer name: Orion
CPU: 1.6GHz Pentium-M
RAM: 512 MB
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64 MB
HDD: 80 GB
DVD-RW drive
54 Mbit WLAN
15.4" monitor, 1280x800
OS: Windows XP Pro

Stationary 1:
Computer name: Aldebaran
CPU: Athlon XP 64 3000+
RAM: 1 GB
GPU: nVidia Geforce 6600 256 MB
HDD1: 60 GB Maxtor
HDD2: 160 GB Maxtor
HDD3: 200 GB Western Digital
HDD4: 250 GB Western Digital (S-ATA)
Plextor 48x CD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Sony 2x DVD-RW
19" LG LCD monitor, 1280x1024, digital input
OS: Windows XP Pro

Stationary 2:
CPU: Intel 386SX 25 MHz
RAM: 6 MB
GPU: Unknown onboard VGA, 256 colours
HDD1: 40 MB
HDD2: 160 MB
Floppy 1: 3.5" 1.44 MB
Floppy 2: 5.25" 2something MB
MS-DOS 5.0/Windows 3.1
It was a beast in 1990 :D? I'm thinking of putting "some old linux" on it.

[PhantomXD]

*sigh* Uber rofl here goes:

CPU: 0.6 Ghz Intel-poop
RAM: 64 Mg
GPU: On-bord (lol)
HDD1: 16.7 GB (also slow poop)
HDD2: none
HDD3: none
HDD4: none
52x CD-RW
48x CD
18" Packard Bell, 800x600
OS: Windows ME

*Shames in corner to self*

[Mirage]

hah, my 386 spits out more FPUs than yours! And you can blame Windows ME for that.

[Necronopticous]

Athlon 3000+ //Processor
1 GB DDR 400 //RAM
ATI Radeon X800GT 256MB //Video
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum // Sound
120 GB IDE //HD1
80 GB IDE //HD2
16X DVD+/-R/RW //DVD Burner
24X CD-R/RW //CD Burner

SyncMaster 930B 19" Flat Panel //Monitor

[DMKA]

CPU: AMD Sempron™ 3000+ Processor
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Monitor: eView 17f3 17" Flatscreen CRT
Chipset: NVIDIA® nForce™ 2 chipset
Memory: 1GB DDR (1 × 512MB) PC2700
Hard Drive: 80GB HDD (7200rpm)
Optical Drive: 16x DVD±RW, Multi Format Double Layer
Media Reader: 8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital (SD), Smart Media, Compact Flash, Micro Drive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multimedia Card, USB 2.0)
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce4 MX Graphics 64MB shared video memory
Sound: 6-Channel AC '97 Audio
Network: 10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Modem: 56K ITU v.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals: Standard multimedia keyboard, 2-button wheel optical mouse, amplified stereo speakers
Ports/Other: 7 USB 2.0 (2 in front, 4 in back, 1 in Media Reader), 1 Parallel, 2 PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)
Printer: Lexmark All-in-one X1185 Printer/Scanner/Copier

[VorpalCyberWolf]

Ok, I can make People Cringe...

CPU: Intel Celeron
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Monitor: KFC Fellows 14" 'Cancerbox' (It's from the Windows 3.11 Days)
Chipset: Stock
Memory: 256 MB of RAM
Hard Drive: 30GB HDD
External Hard Drive: Maxtor One Touch II - 200GB HDD
Optical Drive 1: LITEON CD-ROM LTN485S
Optical Drive 2: MITSUMI CR 48x5LT
Video: Intel 82810 Graphics
Sound: Intel 82801 AA AC'97 Audio Controller
Network: Wireless Comcast High Speed Cable
Modem: Lucent Win Modem
Peripherals: Standard multimedia keyboard, 2-button wheel cordless optical mouse, Boston Acoustics Surroundsound with Sub Woofer.
Ports/Other: 2 USB Communications (1 In Front, 1 in Back), Printer Ports, 3 PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)
Printer: HP SPC 1210 All-In-One

[Samuraid]

Okay, so I just successfully built my first computer. And I'm very proud. It's amazing what you can put in when you do it yourself...
Congrats on the computer build! Custom-built PCs rule. :D

Anyways, here are my two boxes:


Drakken
(NOT named after the character from Kim Possible. Named because it generates heat like crazy)
Pentium D 830 (2x 3.0 GHz dual-core)
1GB DDR2-667 RAM
Intel 945GNT motherboard
Maxtor 2x 250GB HDD (16MB cache, NCQ) in RAID 1
Maxtor 80GB HDD (NCQ) for Windows/Linux dualboot
eVGA Geforce 6800GT (256MB)
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Antec Super Lanboy case
Coolermaster 450W PSU with active PFC
Sony 4x DVD±RW
Mitsumi 4x4x24 CD-RW (7 years old, but still works)

Celeborn
The trusy, dusty little webserver known as 216.101.198.21
Pentium 3 600MHz
256 MB PC100 SDRAM
Maxtor 40GB (main) and 20GB (backup) HDDs
Additional hardware too old to mention here

[escobert]

Compaq Pressario laptop.
Pentium 4 2.80
1 GB RAM
Mobility Radeon 9600 128 mb
I have no idea what my sound card is :/
55 GB HD - which is almost packed full.

I plan on building a desktop later this year, then doing a rehall on this laptop.

[Old Manus]

http://www.solidthinking.com/support/learn/images/glasses.jpg

EDIT:
Dell Dimension 5000
Processor: Intel Pentium 4
Memory: 1GB DDR RAM
Hardrive: 160GB
Chipset: Intel 915G Express
Network Adaptor: Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Monitor: 19" screeny thing (who cares because it's 19")
Video: PCI Express
Audio: ADI 1986 CODEC
DVD Drive
CD-RW Drive

etc

[Ashi]

I didn't and don't plan on building my own computer.

Desktop:
cpu 3.6ghz
1gb ram
nvida gfroce 256 mb ddr graphics card
sony 8.5g dvdr dual/double layer
150 gb hdd + 60 gb hdd

Laptop:
cpu 1.7ghz
512mb ram
64mb graphics
dvd rom 8x
cd-r/rw 24x/10x
60gb hd

[Tasura]

<.< my desktop specs are far superior to my laptop, btu for the life of me i cant remember them so, heres the basics of my laptop.

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+, 2.39 GHz
1GB of RAM
ATi ATI MOBILITY Radeon Xpress 200 Series
Conexant AMC Audio
100GB internal, 250GB external, another 250GB external on delivery
and other stuff i cant remember/find right now.

[XxSephirothxX]

My laptop is an HP zv6000 with a 15.4" screen.
-AMD Athalon 64 4000+ Processor, 2.19 Ghz
-2GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon XPress 200 Series
-80 GB 5400 RPM HDD
-Dual Layer Lightscribe CD/DVD Burner

The only thing that I wish I could've improved is the Harddrive, but I went with faster rather than larger and got an external one for an extra 160 GB of storage.

[rubah]

mine is getting more outdated by the day. we got it oct 2001.

p4 1.5Gz

512mb RAM

40gb hd

the 16x dvd drive that came with it

and my brother put in a . . . 52x cd burner I think xD

nothing special anymore:]

[Bowser]

Lessee, this is what my computer says. I got it September 2004.

Machine Model: eMac
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 256 MB

no idea what any of this means though. :grinpink:

[fantasyjunkie]

AMD Athlon 64 3200
6600 GT Nvidea 256 mb
1 gig corsair ram
Aspire case

[Tasura]

Me an Azar have almost the same laptop =O mines an HP Pavilion zv 6000

[Rusty]

Intel Pentium 4, 3.0 Ghz, 1Gb DDR400 RAM, 80Gb Seagate Hard Drive, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Graphics card.

[Shaun]

Wow, some of you are lucky. I'm stuck with a 1.3ghz PC with 256mb RAM and a Geforce 2 GFX card. Sucks... If only I had a job, then I'd have a computer with sufficient power to handle the heavy tasks that I would be doing. Whereas most of you have a MEGA computer for just running FFXI and using MSN Messenger. ;)

[Mirage]

I photoshop with my computers. So yeah. I could use a bit more RAM though :(

[Shaun]

Photoshop doesn't require much memory/RAM. ;) It really depends on how heavy the documents are that you're creating. Either way, it would run on most computers, low-end too. I'd need a fast computer for:

- Playing modern games, including Half-Life 2, or Oblivion.

- Using Vue 5 Infinite.

- Editing high-poly models with little or no lag and rendering, in 3ds max.

-And yes, other stuff, including Photoshop.

:)

[Mirage]

I do work with huge documents :p.

[Shaun]

Do you work with a 70mb A4 PSD? :D Now THAT can cause scratch disk problems in Photoshop.

[KuRt]

AMD Athlon 3200+ 2.2 ghz
512 DDR
80 gigs hardware space
128 Radeon 9600 pro club edition
8x dvd-rw

[Sir Walkie]

2.4 Ghz Celeron Laptop
30Gig HD split between Linux and XP

One day I'll have a nice comp like Cid...

[KoShiatar]

I'm having a friend of mine trying to assemble a better computer for me from discarded pieces. Wish him luck because there have been some donors already.

[Dr Unne]

2.6 GHz P4
512 MB RAM
60 GB HD
GeForce MX 440
SB Audigy 2
etc.

Running Gentoo. I have no real need of anything faster. I'll likely upgrade once I get some spare money though, I could use more hard drive space. It makes me sad that people "need" a GB of RAM nowadays. Throwing money at your computer until your OS stops sucking. Fun times.

Mac Mini 1.25 GHz PPC G4
512MB RAM
40 GB HD
etc.

Running Tiger. Slow as a dog, but it's only a file / media organizer and SSH server. And it runs Photoshop and some nice Mac-only apps from time to time.

[Peegee]

If you look at my album pic of me with red hair my comp is in the background

P4 2.8 533 Mhz FSB (yuck -- it should've been a 800 FSB but w/e)
1.5 Gigs of ram
120 G HDD
40 G HDD
300 G HDD
--> two connected via usb devices
12x DVD-RW drive
Radeon 9600
some 400W cheapo PSU
And covering it all, a nice Acrylic case

rawr.

I need to upgrade my processor but that requires buying a new board and I haven't decided on amd versus intel yet.

[Carl the Llama]

P4 3300 HT
1024 RAM
180 GB HDD (full)
180 GB HDD (170 left)
ATI RADEON X600 256MB
DVD RW x8
DVD x16

cant remember the rest

[fire_of_avalon]

Don't revive dead threads, please! If it's in GC and it's gone longer than a month without new posts, I say make a new thread about it!