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What's your computer's specs?

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by The Fat Egg, Jul 9, 2001.

  1. The Fat Egg Gems: 15/31
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    i have two PCs of the same kind and one laptop ang here they are:

    2 Identical PCs (Custom Built)-

    Pentium 4 1.8 GHZ
    768 MB SDRAM
    Nvidia GeForce2 32MB
    Monster Fusion Tweaked 32MB
    VooDoo5 5500 Tweaked 64MB
    Dual 50GB Ultra ATA Harddrives
    3.5" Floppy Drive
    5.25" Floppy Drive
    44X C-D ROM Drive
    10X Max CD-Writer
    400k DSL
    21" SuperSonic UXGA+ Monitor
    SBPRO Surround Soundcard
    Dual SBPRO 800 Series Surround Sound Speakers
    Sidewinder Gamepad
    Sidewinder Joystick
    2000 Series Aptiva Standard Keyboard
    Intellieye Mouse

    Laptop-

    Pentium III 1GHZ
    15" UXGA Display
    128MB SDRAM
    22GB Ultra ATA Harddrive
    10X Max DVD/CD-ROM Drive
    8X CD-Writer
    64MB VooDoo5 5500 Tweaked
    56K Internal FaxModem
    Built in SBPRO Sound Card and Speakers
     
  2. Bateluer Gems: 11/31
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    Nice system, Fat Egg. Question: Why are you using SDRAM in a P4, and what mobo are you running? I did not know that the SDRAM version of the i845 chipset was available in mobos yet.

    A single PC here :(

    1Ghz Thunderbird Athlon
    512 PC-133 Crucial RAM
    Creative Labs GF1DDR
    Abit KT7-RAID mobo
    Two IBM Deskstars in RAID 0, 60gigs
    12x DVD-ROM
    52x CDROM
    4x2x42x CDRW
    19" Viewsonic A90
    SB Live: X-gamer
    Intelli-Eye Mouse
    Klipsch Promedia Speakers
    Cable modem
    PC Concepts Egronomic Keyboard, metal springs :)
    Win2k Pro
     
  3. Kitiara Gems: 14/31
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    ok here we go:

    a lowly PII 450mhz
    96mb Ram
    Cable Modem
    matrox milleniium video card
    yamaha DS-XG sound card
    NIC Card
    Logitec optical web mouse
    8x4x32 rewriter
    cable modem

    But it plays all my games.. and downloads fast so i am happy. I will be acquiring another computer from work almost identical except it is a Celeron. At least then i might convince the hubby to play BG with me. :D

    [This message has been edited by Kitiara (edited July 09, 2001).]
     
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    OK, I'm not overly technical and I have no idea what a mobos is, but i'll do my best:

    - one beige box with a couple of slidey out trays in the front
    - a TV type thing
    - a mouse with wheel
    - a keyboard
    - some speakers

    Does that help?
     
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    [​IMG] Hey slappy! You have an exactly like mine.
    Cool. I also have a beer holder in the top of the beige box.
     
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    [​IMG] Just put together this system:

    Athlon-C 1.33 GHz
    Asus A7A Mobo
    256 Mb pc2100 DDR ram
    ATI Radeon 64 Mb DDR
    Sound Blaster Live! Value
    Cambridge Soundworks FPS 1800 speakers
    4x4x10 HP cd writer
    48x cd (in the shop getting fixed)
    ADSL modem

    Works good, had some heat problems at first
    but some case alterations fixed the prob. (drilled some holes in the bottom and installed a couple more fans)
     
  7. Mollusken Gems: 24/31
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    Fine computers here, but not so fine CD-writers :)

    My current computer:

    Running on: Windows 2000 Professional
    AMD K6-2 400MHz
    128 MB SDRAM
    IBM IDE ATA-100 7200rpm 45GB HD
    Plextor 16x/10x/40x
    32x CD thing
    3,5" floppy
    A nice ergonomic keyboard
    Voodoo 2 12MB display card :)
    RealTek AEF 360TX 100mbit network card
    The rest really sucks just like some of the above things

    My computer to be:

    AMD Athlon/T-Bird 1,33 GHz
    256MB DDR-RAM
    The same HD to start with
    The same CD-writer
    The same keyboard
    Plextor 40x SCSI CD-ROM
    GeForce 3 DDR?
    Optical mouse (probably Logitech as my keyboard)
    ++++
     
  8. stargazer Gems: 5/31
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    Pentium III 733 Mhz
    192MB RAM
    GeForce 2 32MB
    52X CD-ROM drive
    17" monitor
    Floppy drive, mouse, keyboard ...

    Well that's all I know of. And a little question now. I use my PC only for games and maybe sometimes a graphics program (Photoshop etc.). Would it offer me anything if I upgraded to a Pentium IV? Thanks.
     
  9. The Fat Egg Gems: 15/31
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    a mobo is a motherboard right? and im not entirely sure what mine is id have to open up the tower and see
     
  10. Seric Exz Guest

    My, oh my, there are sure a lot of monster-PCs out in the world today. My own computer and I, however, am here to lower the average monster-rating on these boards.

    The specs on my preferred box;

    AMD-K6 233
    96MB SDRAM
    FIC pt2007 AT motherboard (oh, yes - there are still a few of us who hesitate to buy ATX-boxes ;))
    Creative Voodoo Blaster 3D (8MB)
    ATI Mach 64 (8MB)
    2 Harddisks (a total of 26,5 GB)
    CD-ROM (32x)
    Sound Blaster AWE 64
    TV tuner
    3COM network adapter
    mouse, keyboard, joystick
    Win98 OS

    My laptop & workstation are a lot more powerful than this little sucker, but I didn't configure/build them, so I don't really appreciate their presence.

    EDIT: I forgot to mention that I also have a kickass floppy drive ;)


    [This message has been edited by Seric Exz (edited July 10, 2001).]
     
  11. Bowie Gems: 8/31
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    Micron 800 Mhz P3
    30 GB HD
    128 MB RAM
    Nvidia 256 DDR
    DVD-ROM
    CD-RW
    Intellieye mouse
    basic sound card and speakers
    and one kicka$$ floppy... :D

    it does ok for now...
     
  12. Bateluer Gems: 11/31
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    Yeah, Egg, a mobo is shorthand for Motherboard.

    Chances are if you do not know what motherboard you have, Fat Egg, you prolly are running with some type of RDRAM. To my knowledge, the SDRAM enabled i845 chipset from Intel does not have any available motherboards yet. You have the i850 chipset, currently the only P4 chipset available.
     
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    Awsome Fat Egg your computer rocks.
     
  14. Mollusken Gems: 24/31
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    Bet Egg's laptop was the cheapest he could find.
     
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    Since when is there a mobile version of the Voodoo 5 5500? I did not know there even was a lap top variant, its .25 micron manufactoring processs generates too much heat and sucks too much power. Not to mention the size factor, a 64 meg card cannot yet fit in a laptop. I think you are spoofing us, Fat Egg. There are too many errors in your systems. Since when can a computer have two AGP slots? Unless you have the PCI version of the V5. You have three video cards, a GF2, a Voodoo Banshee, and a V5. I can see a GF2 along side a V5, but the Banshee based Monster Fusion . . . why would you want it? You get Glide support from the V5. And I don't think there was ever a 32meg version of the Fusion.

    I think are trying to fool us, Fat Egg.
     
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    hi, I dont understand a lot about PC, but will give it a try:
    AMD Athlon 650
    soundcard Elza Erazor X2
    Sound Blaster Live Value
    about speakers - the PC is connected to my Maranz with Tannoy speakers (give a nice kick to the games!)
    DVD ASUS 8x,
    floppy
    memory 236 or something such
    HD 30G + 15G
    intelli optical mouse
    TV card, Tornado gate for ISDN , other modem as well, ...stuff

    The thing that I want U to help me is this: Since I'm intending to buy a new PC, is it possible that we describe the "dream" PC, what any of U will kill for?

    Or, and something else - which WebCam will U recommend me? Right now I have an AGFA CL18, but I'm greatly disappointed by it..Previous was Creative, and before that - Philips, so ...TNX
     
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    Fat Egg, Huh...your system kicks some serious butt! For reference here's mine to see how we do it in the east:

    PII Cel 400MHz
    128 MB 133 MHz SDRAM
    SB 128 Sound
    Creative 3D Blaster Bansee 16 MB SGRAM Video
    5.00 GB HDD - Pfhuh...
    50 x CD ROM


    No modem or cable...

    That's all I think.
     
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    Mollusken! Hahah, wow I never thought I'd see another person with the k-6 400 overdriver... I'm also amazed at the number of 1.xGHZ machines here.

    Anyway, haha, again, bringing the average DOWN:

    A refurbed AST 166mhz, converted to a K-6 400 (actually comes in at a startling 399mhz...??) with an ANCIENT "Real 3D Starfighter" video card (paltry 8 megs of vram), and the machine has 96 megs of ram.
    Some generic ethernet card for the DSL.

    I think I'm finally going to have to go out and get an up-to-date system soon.

    Runs BG2 ok though.
     
  19. Nutrimat Gems: 12/31
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    Until 2 months ago...
    366mhz emachine with 160mb of RAM
    72x cdROM
    4MB Rage Turbo Pro graphics card
    56k Modem
    4GB hard drive
    Don't remember the brand, but I got the Speakers in a drugstore for $15
    15" monitor (13.5" viewable screen)

    laugh at my puny machine if you will, but I ran Diablo II and Baldur's Gate II just fine thank you. Still, the problem with e-machines is you can't upgrade them, and when a 3 year old game like Half-Life looks bad on your system, it's time for a new one. So I paid a visit to Dell's web site, and soon had the following:

    1.5ghz Pentium 4 with 128mb RAM
    40X/12X cd r (there was another number and another slash, but I can't remember what it was and I'm too lazy to check.
    32mb GeForce II "Ultra" or "pro" or something like that
    Altec Lansing Speakers
    60GB hard drive - plenty of room for Diablo II AND Baldur's Gate II, plus about 900 mp3's (yes I ripped them all from my own cds), and a ton of other stuff
    DSL modem (woo-hoo!)
    19" monitor

    [This message has been edited by Nutrimat (edited July 14, 2001).]

    [This message has been edited by Nutrimat (edited July 14, 2001).]
     
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    and as this computer talk in English is???
     
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