...and surprisingly is still pretty quick for most of today's applications (MS Office, older games 2008 (and before), Windows 7, etc) despite the Pentium 4 CPU dating back to 2002!
Obviously the latest games cannot be played on it and full HD (1080p) is very choppy.
Am seriously looking at Intel Sandy Bridge in 2011 (unless AMD "Bulldozer" can pull off a performance coup from Intel).
Yes but is anyone who posted originally still using their old computer
Believe it or not the machine I used to post in this thread originally was in service until about a year ago. The CPU and mobo were still the originals but the HDD and RAM had further upgrades since that post. The PSU had to be replaced as well. It was replaced as it was dreadfully slow for the modern internet although it was pretty good at the time!
Intel Pentium III 600MHz,
128MB PC100 SDRAM,
40GB HDD
Nvidia GeForce 2 32MB AGP Graphics Card,
CD-ReWriter
OS: Windows 3.1
Now I have;
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
4GB DDRII Corsair XMS2 800MHz RAM
XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
1x Western Digital 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM & 1x Western Digital 1TB 7,200RPM
SoundBlaster Xtreme PCI-E x1
Onboard Gb LAN
DVD-Rewriter
Windows 7 Professional
However, early next year, I plan on building a new, powerful gaming system.
Definitely building. If we're talking about off the shelves in computer stores. You'd likely pay in the region of £2,000 for something that would cost you £1,000 to build. You'd have to pay for the labour and all sorts. In that case, building's ALWAYS cheaper.
Intel 980x
24gb
gtx480 tri sli
2tbx6
cooler master HAFX
3x monitor setup 2560p each monitor.
This was worst thing ever built the amount ram was pointless 3xgtx480 was worse than two in sli. The electricity bill was a bitch. And I need car and insurance.
Custom Mix and Matcher GTX285 being delivered shortly, does anyone want to buy a fully working and boxed nVidia 8800GT 512mb PCI-E? You can have it for £35!
OCZ StealthXTreme 600W PSU
AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Dual Core @ 3.0GHz
4gb DDR2 SDRAM PC5300 667MHz in Dual Channel mode
nVidia GTX285 1024mb PCI-E
500GB SATA Primary Drive (partioned 20gb for Win installation)
650GB SATA Secondary Drive
120GB Portable USBHDD for backups
32" HD TV as a monitor (DVI to HDMI connection @ 1360x768)
Logitech G11 Keyboard (love my Macro keys for Photoshop and video editing)
Logitech MX518 Mouse
CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, 2666 MHz (8 x 333)
System Memory 3328 MB DDR II (800)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series (512 MB)
500GB HD
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32 )
Mac Pro
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 12 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB VRAM
Hard Drives
1TB
500GB
320GB
250GB
23" Apple Cinema Display
Matias Tactile Pro 2.0 Keyboard
HP LaserJet 1022 Printer
CanoScan 8600F Scanner
Logitech Cordless Trackman Pro Trackball
JBL Creature Speakers
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Now I have:
i7 920
6GB RAM
Geforce GTX260
Bluray Drive
Back in 2001 I would have had, as my fastest computer:
Intel Pentium III 600MHz,
128MB PC100 SDRAM,
40GB HDD & 200GB HDD,
Nvidia TNT2 32MB AGP Graphics Card,
Aureal Vortex 3D PCI Sound Card (later upgraded to a PCI SoundBlaster Live 5.1),
PCI 56K WinModem,
RealTek RTL8139 10/100MBps PCI Ethernet Card,
1x CD-ReWriter & 1x DVD-Rom drive
OS: Windows 2000 / XP (at end of year)
Nowadays, my fastest is:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600,
2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM,
2x 500GB HDD, 1x 1TB HDD, 1x 400GB HDD & 1x 160GB HDD,
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 512MB PCI-E Graphics Card,
Onboard RealTek ALC888 5.1 Sound,
Onboard RealTek RTL8168B Gigabit Ethernet,
1x CD/DVD Re-Writer
OS: Windows 7
A Asrock N68-GS motherboard
2GB of DDR ram
AMD Athlon II dual core 3.00Ghz CPU.
Geforce 90880GT video card
and a 250Gb Hitachi drive.
A old Acer 17 inch 4:3 monitor.
All being updated next year,
Get a nice Samsung 22inch monitor.
a Asrock 890FX Deluxe3 motherboard, I love Asrock boards, they are so stable and good value for the price
4GB of DDR3 ram,
not sure on CPU, either a quad core Phenom or a six core.
I want to go for a Cooler master case maybe the coolermaster HAF 912.
Video card I have no idea, I don't need anything too fancy.
I want the system for video editing, so ram and hard drive space is the main thing.
I may get a small SSD for the OS and some software and then a large 1TB drive for storage and use my 250Gb drive for other software
Depends on how the money tree grows I suppose.
- Pentium 4 (2.8ghz)
- 2 GB RAM
- 80Gb+250GB HDD
- Nvidia FX5500 graphics card
...and surprisingly is still pretty quick for most of today's applications (MS Office, older games 2008 (and before), Windows 7, etc) despite the Pentium 4 CPU dating back to 2002!
Obviously the latest games cannot be played on it and full HD (1080p) is very choppy.
Am seriously looking at Intel Sandy Bridge in 2011 (unless AMD "Bulldozer" can pull off a performance coup from Intel).
Intel Pentium III 600MHz,
128MB PC100 SDRAM,
40GB HDD
Nvidia GeForce 2 32MB AGP Graphics Card,
CD-ReWriter
OS: Windows 3.1
Now I have;
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
4GB DDRII Corsair XMS2 800MHz RAM
XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
1x Western Digital 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM & 1x Western Digital 1TB 7,200RPM
SoundBlaster Xtreme PCI-E x1
Onboard Gb LAN
DVD-Rewriter
Windows 7 Professional
However, early next year, I plan on building a new, powerful gaming system.
To build or to buy, what is cheaper?
Desktop has:-
Core i5-680 3.6GHz (dual-core w/ HT)
8GB RAM
1TB HD
ATI 5670 w/ 512MB
OS : Mac OS X 10.6
Laptop has:-
Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (dual-core)
4GB RAM
200GB HD
Nvidia 8600M GT w/ 256MB (yeah I know, ouch!!)
OS : Mac OS X 10.6
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
500GB HD (need to upgrade
ATI HD5770 w/ 1GB
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Extras:
22" Full HD monitor (1920x1080)
Logitech X-540 speaker system
Definitely building. If we're talking about off the shelves in computer stores. You'd likely pay in the region of £2,000 for something that would cost you £1,000 to build. You'd have to pay for the labour and all sorts. In that case, building's ALWAYS cheaper.
Intel 980x
24gb
gtx480 tri sli
2tbx6
cooler master HAFX
3x monitor setup 2560p each monitor.
This was worst thing ever built the amount ram was pointless 3xgtx480 was worse than two in sli. The electricity bill was a bitch. And I need car and insurance.
So I sold some of bits off now have:
intel 980x
6gb
1x gtx480
2tbx6
cooler master HAFX
My oldish samsung syncmaster 24''
2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
320GB hard drive
4GB RAM
Mac OS X 10.6.4
Wifi (N standard - very fast
M$ Office 2008
That's all for now...
4 Gb RAM (may upgrade to 6 Gb shortly)
ATI Radeon 4770 512 Mb RAM
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit
6GB DDR3 Tri Channel Ram
GeForce GT220 (Crap graphics card)
128GB SSD
600GB HDD
DVD Re-Writer
7.1 Surround Sound
23' Full HD WLED Monitor
Wireless Microsoft Keyboard and Laser Mouse
Bamboo Pen (Graphics) Tablet
I think thats it....either way its my baby and will last me for a while I think or at least until its paid off
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB Memory
250GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 320M Graphics.
I don't know any more tech-y detail beyond that. All I know is that its a pretty fast (and quiet) laptop.
I have one of them, its brilliant.
OCZ StealthXTreme 600W PSU
AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Dual Core @ 3.0GHz
4gb DDR2 SDRAM PC5300 667MHz in Dual Channel mode
nVidia GTX285 1024mb PCI-E
500GB SATA Primary Drive (partioned 20gb for Win installation)
650GB SATA Secondary Drive
120GB Portable USBHDD for backups
32" HD TV as a monitor (DVI to HDMI connection @ 1360x768)
Logitech G11 Keyboard (love my Macro keys for Photoshop and video editing)
Logitech MX518 Mouse
Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX
4Gig Corsair XMS3 1066MHz
1Gig Sapphire Radeon HD4850
Creative X-Fi
1 x 320Gig HDD
2 x 500Gig HDDs
2 x 1500Gig HDDs
21" Acer Flat Panel
MS Keyboard and Mouse
my pc back then was a p2 233 slot1 with a bx mb
64mb ram
14" screen
currently using HP xw6400
Xeon E5345
6gb ram
dual 19" screens
System Memory 3328 MB DDR II (800)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series (512 MB)
500GB HD
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 12 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB VRAM
Hard Drives
- 1TB
- 500GB
- 320GB
- 250GB
23" Apple Cinema DisplayMatias Tactile Pro 2.0 Keyboard
HP LaserJet 1022 Printer
CanoScan 8600F Scanner
Logitech Cordless Trackman Pro Trackball
JBL Creature Speakers