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?
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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?
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.
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.
*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*
hah, my 386 spits out more FPUs than yours! And you can blame Windows ME for that.
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
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
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
Congrats on the computer build! Custom-built PCs rule. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Cid
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
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.
http://www.solidthinking.com/support...es/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
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
<.< 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.
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.
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:]