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Posted: June 5, 2008 12:06 am  | |
      IRC Nickname: Mike|Sonix Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1483 Member No.: 13 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 103    | A little bored. Thought I'd post a thread to see how you guys have built your PCs. Post links/pics/etc. Case Video Card Processor DVD Drive Hard Drive RAM Motherboard Power Supply I bought this computer around January 10th this year, and I've been loving it. I got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate from my brother's friend. Vista definitely is a performance hog, but not by very much. I don't play many graphically demanding games, but I've had such huge improvements in games such as Counterstrike (1.6 and Source) WoW, and I also bought Crysis a few weeks later. Crysis would probably not even be able to install on my old computer, yet this computer can run it all on high settings. It was about time I upgraded, and I've enjoyed it ever since. My setup is an absolute mess. I have modem/router/speakers behind my computer, printer next to my computer, and a mousepad so big it doesn't fit on my desk (18 inches by 15 inches, approx) My headset is a Icemat Siberia (Black) and mouse is an MX518. Keyboard is Saitek Eclipse 2. I have just about the perfect setup for a gamer, if only I could keep it cleaner. --------------------   |
Posted: June 5, 2008 12:42 am | |
 IRC Nickname: [JC] Group: Emeritus Posts: 3320 Member No.: 23 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 147 | My rig is fairly standard, originally got it about a year ago now, however I have gradually stuck bits in it: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6420 (2.13 Ghz, 4mb cache). Low/mid end Core2, but it gives me a procesor score of 5.1 on vista so it's not too bad. In all honesty I doubt I strain it much, about the hardest thing I do with it is C&C 3. Ram: 4x 1gb sticks, 667 mhz. This is a bit of a bad mix at the moment, I really need to replace the stock ram cards (2x 1gb) as they aren't nearly as good as the corsair Xms2 I put in later. Ah well. HDD: Some sort of 7,200 RPM 500 GB drive, I've never really been worried about it's spec's because I havent needed high preformance storage yet. I plan to get another HDD soon, and begin running vista and my programs off that. I will probably go for either a 10,000 or 15,000 RPM drive. Most of my 500 GB is taken up by music and vid's so they hardly need a high speed drive. Graphics: XFX 8600 GT w/Zalman fan, 256 Gddr3 (lol.... whatever Gddr3 is.) This thing runs slightly faster than the average 8600 GT, from what I understand it is a similar speed to an 8600 GTS. Seems to run my screen fine so I can't complain. Sound: Crap, Intergrated. Currently having a 2x 200 watt RMS amp built for me, however that will be a few months away. Once that's done I have a pair of Bower's and Wilkins DM 110's to use, theyvre awesome speakers (100 watts RMS, yeah the amp's overpowered). Screen: 22" widescreen LCD. Always nice when playing RS as you can always do something and still have your RS window open. (5% of the time I have RS and a movie open  The rest is all stock dell, so the motherboard, dvd drive, case are all pretty booring/****. --------------------  Old awards wat Most Mature & Most Honourable Most Dedicated|IRC Freak|Best Emeritus Placeholder lolz |
Posted: June 5, 2008 04:00 am | |
 IRC Nickname: RobbieThe1st Group: Founder Posts: 770 Member No.: 2 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 49 | The Robbie Hackputer: Manufacturer: Selfbuilt Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz HT ---Cooler: Zalman heatpipe Memory: 2046MB RAM Hard Drive: 419 GB Total Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra Monitor: SyncMaster 731B(Digital) Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers/Headphones: JVC $20 headphones Keyboard: Compaq KB-0133 Mouse: Logitech G5(Battlefield 2142 edition!) Mouse Surface: Soft blue mousepad(branded) Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) SP1 Inside: http://robbiethe1st.ktserv.com/images/inside_after-1.png http://robbiethe1st.ktserv.com/images/inside_after-2.png Front: http://robbiethe1st.ktserv.com/images/IMG_2946.JPG Back of monitor: http://robbiethe1st.ktserv.com/images/IMG_2989.JPG Yup, I did a bit of hacking on this monitor - For one thing, it no longer has any brightness control what-so-ever. For another, the power to the backlight is provided by a 13.5V RadioShack power supply located approximately 6 feet from me, with the cable being old LED Christmas light wire. For another, instead of an internal power supply to turn the low voltage into 600+V, now that functionality is provided by the blueish boxes hot-glued to the back. My computer may be old and held together with electrical tape, but it is stable, reasonably fast, and reasonably quiet. It also never gets above 45C. -------------------- Old Avatar - Paypal donation link  I am left handed, and proud of it! Retired from RuneScape. Old forum posts: 2275(s4+s10+wg.com)+1759(z6 old account)+474(z6 new account) Total: 4508 Join date: 4/16/05 | Get Firefox 3.5 now: http://www.getfirefox.com | RobbieSwich for Firefox |
Posted: June 6, 2008 05:26 am | |
 IRC Nickname: Matt|Georgio9 Group: Emeritus Posts: 706 Member No.: 94 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 | My Dell laptop: Vostro 1500, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz FSB, 4M L2 Cache Windows Vista Business 32-bit 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 DIMM 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Vostro 1500 Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/o Roxio Creator 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCDTrueLife for Vostro 1500 Integrated 2.0 mega pixel webcam 1500 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive Dell Exclusive MediaDirect Instant Play Software Application (I deleted this waste of space) Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11a/g) Mini Card So ya, it runs bioshock, Call of Duty 4, CS Source....THat's all I've tried with it so far. I actually installed Windows XP so right now I'm dual booting with XP and Vista. I had Ubuntu 7.1 (Linux) but I really didn't use it at all so I replaced it with XP. Going to replace the stock hard drive with something more spacious and faster and add another 2GB of ram and see where that takes me. --------------------   |
Posted: June 6, 2008 09:35 pm | |
 IRC Nickname: Squelchyfish Group: Emeritus Posts: 625 Member No.: 38 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 71 | Intel core 2 Quad @ 2.4 per core 8 gig ram geforce8800 gpu some random asus gaming motherboard 350G harddrive Windows vista 64bit premium Made it myself  love it. Not finished though >_> Will be downgrading to 32 bit -incompatible piece of ****. Will probs get another HD and graphics card if it will fit. 8 gig ram lol the jokes on me when i found out all windows pcs only use 3.5 then use the rest on useless system tasks.out of monies now though :\ --------------------   "Take lobsters because I don't want us to die" -HisLordship on WG pvp PKing, 26 April 2010. |
Posted: June 7, 2008 11:06 am | |
 IRC Nickname: Abs Group: Emeritus Posts: 2071 Member No.: 4 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 97 | Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.4ghz 8800 GTX 768mb Graphics Card 2gb 800mhz RAM Sound X-Fi 500GB 7,200 RPM Harddrive Can't remember any other spec.. ~Abs --------------------  "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Wg Council & Secondary Leader - 21/10/07 to 24/12/08 Msn: [email protected] |
Posted: June 7, 2008 01:42 pm | |
 IRC Nickname: Groedius Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1556 Member No.: 99 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 256 | Intel Core 2 duo E6600 Nvidia 122-CFK-NF68 motherboard 2GB 800 Mhz Ram 400 GB 7200 RPM hard drive 8800 GTX OC2 from BFG tech --------------------   |
Whats in your Rig?, Post those pics!