What spec PC do you own?
- Thread starter Zen2
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- Jul 26, 2007
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1.31GHZ Processor
512 Mb of ram
Onboard graphics
Some old hd i pulled out of garage has a few dints in but 10gb of storage
And more viruses than you can shake a stick at
Thats my mir pc. :P
Thats quite bad really. I thought by now everyone would have atleast an 80Gb hdd 1GB of ram and yeh not an onboard Gfx card! lol
No wonder you suck at pvp.
/Zen2
haha u wish, i still beat people with high spec pcs, it isnt just about whos the fastest.
My laptop is far better stats than pc 2gb ram dual core intel 250gb hd, the kitchen and other pcs are far better stats its just thats a pc i put together after i chucked my old one at andy and it broke.
2x 450MHz sparcII
2GB ECC ram
2x 36GB 10k SCSI
ultra 60
running Solaris 6, 8 and 10
Now thats leet
2GB ECC ram
2x 36GB 10k SCSI
ultra 60
running Solaris 6, 8 and 10
Now thats leet
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600
Akasa Evo Blue Cooler running at full speed
MSI K9N SLi Platinum Mother Board
2GB GeiL 800Mhz Low Latency Ram
2x 256MB MSI Geforce 8600GT Overclocked Editions running in SLi
Creative XFi Extreme Audio Soundcard
1X 160GB SATA2 Hard Drive
2X 160GB ATA Hard Drives
Coolermaster Dominator Case with 7 120mm Fans Attached
500Watt MheL PSU
Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse (will never replace this till it dies)
Saitek Ultimate Gamers Keyboard
System is running on Windows Vista Ultimate x64 edition
Need to do a bit of upgrading thats for sure!! Quad Core, Quad SLi, 16GB of Ram and a 300GB WD Velociraptor SATA2 Hard Drive.... IM MY DREAMS LOL!!! If only i had the money.
Akasa Evo Blue Cooler running at full speed
MSI K9N SLi Platinum Mother Board
2GB GeiL 800Mhz Low Latency Ram
2x 256MB MSI Geforce 8600GT Overclocked Editions running in SLi
Creative XFi Extreme Audio Soundcard
1X 160GB SATA2 Hard Drive
2X 160GB ATA Hard Drives
Coolermaster Dominator Case with 7 120mm Fans Attached
500Watt MheL PSU
Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse (will never replace this till it dies)
Saitek Ultimate Gamers Keyboard
System is running on Windows Vista Ultimate x64 edition
Need to do a bit of upgrading thats for sure!! Quad Core, Quad SLi, 16GB of Ram and a 300GB WD Velociraptor SATA2 Hard Drive.... IM MY DREAMS LOL!!! If only i had the money.
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One of my pcs
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4 x 3.2GHZ total 12.8 GHZ Overclocked
BFG 8800 GTS G92
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX
Corsair HX620 620 Watt
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
19" TFT
not sure on rest top of my head, had it 10 months cost me on build around £600
my other pc is neally the same parts cost me around £500
lif
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4 x 3.2GHZ total 12.8 GHZ Overclocked
BFG 8800 GTS G92
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX
Corsair HX620 620 Watt
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
19" TFT
not sure on rest top of my head, had it 10 months cost me on build around £600
my other pc is neally the same parts cost me around £500
lif
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Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.20GHz
Memory: 1280MB RAM - upgrading to 2gb soon
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 - upgrading soon!
hard: 80gb
Memory: 1280MB RAM - upgrading to 2gb soon
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 - upgrading soon!
hard: 80gb
reason most of it cost so much is cos its a graphics pc not a gaming pc
wud rather have 2 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Name the mobo and OS ur using, as I smell a bit of *******T there, which by the way google won't help.
Mine:
AMD64 3500+ over clocked from 2.4GHZ to 3.0GHZ
MOBO: MICROSTAR AMR2
GRAP: 7300GT 512MB - AGP
RAM: 2GB coshair
HDD: 4TB - 8x 500GB internal & 4TB - x8 500GB external
OS: XP PRO CORP - Fully intergrated
Would post the server details that I have as well, but currently doing a full over haul on that one.
Benq Joybook S31V
Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz
Mobile Intel 945GM Express Graphics Card
120 GB HDD
2 GB RAM
Windows Vista Enterprise
Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz
Mobile Intel 945GM Express Graphics Card
120 GB HDD
2 GB RAM
Windows Vista Enterprise
Lol the fact is he will say he's using XP.. and he's just a tit....
its not a pricey setup these days either so nothing to drool over would cost about 700/800 to build that..
I only played 300 for my setup.. and it does the trick no bother, and has done for a solid year now overclocked without 1 problem.Its only going to cost me max of £500 for basically a whole new setup that will match a lot of the 800/900 systems with just a little overclocking... best way to go about it, why pay £300 for a CPU that has quad core 3.0GHZ say ( for instance ) when you can buy one for 100 and @ 2.3 and OC to 3.0 with top components... the only difference you will see is in transferring speeds / zipping speed due to a little less on the cache. When it comes to GFX if im going to also play Mir on my new setup when i get it. Im a bit worried about getting a 4780 X2 atm as my g/f's brother just got one today and has had a lot of problems, they may be due to his new PSU being faulty tho as he had to upgrade for the power hungry beast of a card. By im not sure if the newer generation of stream processes works with older games, ive read of people getting this card and in older games just getting a white screen.. but i will be testing it when he's up and running and if any of you arent sure also i will post back to let you know the outcome..
CPU -
For any of you who are building these days and are either overclockers or not.. in my opinion there is no need for Quad for atm.. dual core will give you much better performance / value compared to quad core as it is @ least £200+ for a decent quad core spec from intel and i wouldnt touch the AMD quads atm as they havent released anythin impressive yet.. where as if you got for dual you can get a very nice spec CPU for around £120/130 with Intel and an amazing £80 for the AMD x2 6000+ 3.0 Dual core.
MOTHERBOARD -
When it comes to motherboards i would always suggest either Asus or DFI.. in my experience they have always giving great quality parts both in lower and top range products.. i would always advise to get a top spec motherboard.. this is they main component afterall and if they isnt running to a fine tune.. all the rest of the components wont get a full crack at it..
RAM -
Ram is a dodgy one these days with more manufacturers bringing out very nice spec'd/quality ram i personally always stick with the faithful Corsair brand.. always have great quality and great performance RAM, im looking forward to trying the Dominator ram and the price is great these days.. http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=632575 .. but dont forget * going back to the first part * if you are using 4GB of ram, you need to run Vista as XP only reads up to 3.5 GB.
GFX -
GFX the best part of your comp.. we all know these days the 4870 X2 is.. no doubt the best card in the world.. and in Xfire its just crazy.. if you have the £350 for one i would strongly recommend it, but.. if your looking for value / performance.. you cant look past the 4850.. for around £100 / £120 it has great performance.. and when you compare the Nvidia price range alt, the 8800GS or 9800 the performance is pretty close but thats really a personal choice on what you prefer if you ask me. Alough i would suggest if you are going for a 9800 look at the GTX+.
PSU -
To run these top end card you do need a nice bit of power.. but what they dont tell you is you also need a good quality PSU, i found this out with my X1950XT when i got it, my 550W PSU just couldnt run it for any length of time and i couldnt find out why till i found a forum that clearly stated a letter from ATI saying you need at least 28amps going through the 12V rail to run this card.. so i had a look and found my current PSU, Corsair VX 550W, it has a decent 41 AMP going through the 12V good for mid range cards these days, if your going top end i would suggest the TX range.. a lot more power from them, and the quality is stunning on them.
Case -
But dont forget about your cooling, if your going budget i would tell you to get a Antec 900 or i can say myself is a great case Xclio Propeller, Massive fan is pretty quite, and i also have 2 12cm fans and there isnt much noise, great cooling, and it looks mint with the 36cm fan on the left side of the case.
http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=584953.
Right im gonna shut up now this post must be massive and might actually be pointless.. but dont flame me im just giving you my opinon on what you can get for you money these days and what i think you should look for in a good value / performance or top end system.
/Sic
its not a pricey setup these days either so nothing to drool over would cost about 700/800 to build that..
I only played 300 for my setup.. and it does the trick no bother, and has done for a solid year now overclocked without 1 problem.Its only going to cost me max of £500 for basically a whole new setup that will match a lot of the 800/900 systems with just a little overclocking... best way to go about it, why pay £300 for a CPU that has quad core 3.0GHZ say ( for instance ) when you can buy one for 100 and @ 2.3 and OC to 3.0 with top components... the only difference you will see is in transferring speeds / zipping speed due to a little less on the cache. When it comes to GFX if im going to also play Mir on my new setup when i get it. Im a bit worried about getting a 4780 X2 atm as my g/f's brother just got one today and has had a lot of problems, they may be due to his new PSU being faulty tho as he had to upgrade for the power hungry beast of a card. By im not sure if the newer generation of stream processes works with older games, ive read of people getting this card and in older games just getting a white screen.. but i will be testing it when he's up and running and if any of you arent sure also i will post back to let you know the outcome..
CPU -
For any of you who are building these days and are either overclockers or not.. in my opinion there is no need for Quad for atm.. dual core will give you much better performance / value compared to quad core as it is @ least £200+ for a decent quad core spec from intel and i wouldnt touch the AMD quads atm as they havent released anythin impressive yet.. where as if you got for dual you can get a very nice spec CPU for around £120/130 with Intel and an amazing £80 for the AMD x2 6000+ 3.0 Dual core.
MOTHERBOARD -
When it comes to motherboards i would always suggest either Asus or DFI.. in my experience they have always giving great quality parts both in lower and top range products.. i would always advise to get a top spec motherboard.. this is they main component afterall and if they isnt running to a fine tune.. all the rest of the components wont get a full crack at it..
RAM -
Ram is a dodgy one these days with more manufacturers bringing out very nice spec'd/quality ram i personally always stick with the faithful Corsair brand.. always have great quality and great performance RAM, im looking forward to trying the Dominator ram and the price is great these days.. http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=632575 .. but dont forget * going back to the first part * if you are using 4GB of ram, you need to run Vista as XP only reads up to 3.5 GB.
GFX -
GFX the best part of your comp.. we all know these days the 4870 X2 is.. no doubt the best card in the world.. and in Xfire its just crazy.. if you have the £350 for one i would strongly recommend it, but.. if your looking for value / performance.. you cant look past the 4850.. for around £100 / £120 it has great performance.. and when you compare the Nvidia price range alt, the 8800GS or 9800 the performance is pretty close but thats really a personal choice on what you prefer if you ask me. Alough i would suggest if you are going for a 9800 look at the GTX+.
PSU -
To run these top end card you do need a nice bit of power.. but what they dont tell you is you also need a good quality PSU, i found this out with my X1950XT when i got it, my 550W PSU just couldnt run it for any length of time and i couldnt find out why till i found a forum that clearly stated a letter from ATI saying you need at least 28amps going through the 12V rail to run this card.. so i had a look and found my current PSU, Corsair VX 550W, it has a decent 41 AMP going through the 12V good for mid range cards these days, if your going top end i would suggest the TX range.. a lot more power from them, and the quality is stunning on them.
Case -
But dont forget about your cooling, if your going budget i would tell you to get a Antec 900 or i can say myself is a great case Xclio Propeller, Massive fan is pretty quite, and i also have 2 12cm fans and there isnt much noise, great cooling, and it looks mint with the 36cm fan on the left side of the case.
http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=584953.
Right im gonna shut up now this post must be massive and might actually be pointless.. but dont flame me im just giving you my opinon on what you can get for you money these days and what i think you should look for in a good value / performance or top end system.
/Sic
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