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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Van Cruncheon on October 09, 2007, 01:41:58 AM

Title: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 09, 2007, 01:41:58 AM: i own a lot of hardware. if you are not a disgusting poor, you probably do too. share your kit so we may compare penises! tvc will win this, but i do not care.

main pc:
athlon x2 4800+
4 gb ddr-400 ram
geforce 8800gtx 768 mb
2x seagate cheetah 10K rpm 73 gb drives, raid 0
1x seagate barracuda 7200 sata 400 gb drive
sound blaster x-fi platinum
20" acer 1680x1050 lcd
lian li black cage aluminum case
logitech mx revolution mouse
a cheap-ass microsoft slim keyboard
lite-on dvd+/-rw, fuck if i know or care how fast
windows vista ultimate

main laptop:
hp dv9500 17", imprint finish
core 2 duo (santa rosa centrino) t7500 (2.2 ghz, 4mb cache)
2 gb ddr2-667 ram
geforce 8600m gt 256 mb
2x seagate 7200 120 gb drives
logitech nano nx mouse, this thing fuckin' rocks
dvd+/-rw w/ some lightscribe shit
intel 4965 802.1a/g/n wireless
1440x900 resolution
9 cell li-on battery
windows vista ultimate

the "kiosk":
apple 17" imac
core duo @ 2.16 ghz
ati radeon x1600 256 mb
2 gb ddr-400 ram
1x 160mb 7200 rpm drive
dvd+/-rw, webcam
1440x900 resolution
overpriced glossy white "clit" speakers, jbl creatures or somesuch
it's a fucking mac, mac os x.something

the wife machine:
sony 12.1" vaio
core solo @ 1.06 ghz, measured in lols
integrated video, intel gxa950 i think also OUCH
1.5 gb ddr-533 ram
dvd+/-rw, webcam
windows vista ultimate
1300x700 something-ish resolution
it weighs like 3 pounds, it is for chicks

SHOW ME YOUR GOODS, NERDLINGERS.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Synbios459 on October 09, 2007, 01:43:09 AM: Mobo: ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD

Proccessor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX

Graphics Card: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI

Memory: CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PT
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2007, 01:45:22 AM: I dont remember specifics:

Main Rig (POWAR)
Living Room Rig (iTunes on my TV and teh omg web browsing. Will run WoW and other games but meh)
Work Laptop (locally owned) (not for games :( )
Fun Laptop (Good mid-range book with small form factor and decent power)
Random Computer in my Closet (Wtf its under like 5 boxes)
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 09, 2007, 01:51:46 AM: oh jesus christ

Main/bedroom PC/laptop

Dell Latitude D600
Intel Pentium M processor 1.6GHz
512 MB RAM
32 MB RAM Radeon 9000 Mobility Pro
40 GB HD
80 GB Maxtor 2.5" external HD (thanks Drinky)
120 GB Western Digital massive external HD
DVD/CD-RW 32x drive
Windows XP Professional

Family PC

[insert lolz here]
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 01:58:43 AM: Awesome thread!

My Labtop is 2yrs old so I'll post it later.

I'm pretty sure my PC is king of the Desktops here though.

24 inch LG monitor

custom watercooling system from Danger Den in a Coolmaster Wave Master case
EVGA 680I SLI
Core 2 Duo 6600 overclocked to 3.6ghz
4gb Corsair PC2-8500 XMS DDR2
EVGA 8800 GTX (overclocked by 20%) which makes it faster than a stock 8800 GTX Ultra
X-FI Soundblaster Soundcard
1x 150gb WD Raptor 10,000 RPM (biggest waste of money ever)
1x 300gb 72000 RPM Seagate
External Samsung 18x? DVD-Burner
Logitech G7 wireless Mice (best gaming mice ever)
Generic Logitech wired keyboard
Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bits
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2007, 01:59:15 AM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on October 09, 2007, 01:51:46 AM
oh jesus christ

Main/bedroom PC/laptop

Dell Latitude D600
Intel Pentium M processor 1.6GHz
512 MB RAM
32 MB RAM Radeon 9000 Mobility Pro
40 GB HD
80 GB Maxtor 2.5" external HD (thanks Drinky)
120 GB Western Digital massive external HD
DVD/CD-RW 32x drive
Windows XP Professional

Family PC

[insert lolz here]

(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb165/mrangryface_bucket/avatar.png)
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 09, 2007, 02:05:34 AM: omg that 6.4" vaio is fucking adorable
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 02:08:37 AM: Quote from: Groo on October 09, 2007, 01:59:40 AM
mother (main pc):
p3 1.5ghz
1gb ram
2x 250gb hdd @ 7200rpm
ATI All-In-Wonder 8500
soundblaster on the mobo fools
some random 100mb lan card
19" nice monitor
pioneer dvd+/-rw
canon scanner
canon pixus i90 printer
small footprint keyboard
ms optical mobile mouse
windows xp pro

jeuno (music/torrents):
mac mini
core duo 2ghz
512mb ram
160gb hdd
dvd-rom
mac os 10.3

satellite (holiday laptop):
vaio u3 (lol (http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/PCG-U3/))
crusoe 933mhz
512mb ram
20gb hdd
6.4" xga

That Vaio is sweet. Except for the ram, your Jeuno should be much faster than your mother. You better backup the data on that mother since it's so old. Didn't they stop making P3s 6 years ago?
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2007, 02:17:57 AM: The tiny Vaio I saw at best buy was too expensive and lacked the graphix power to play C&C generals lol :(
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 02:32:15 AM: Where is the respect for my power rig? Do I have to get a Quad-Core and go SLI with another 8800 GTX to get some props?
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 09, 2007, 02:42:50 AM: yes!
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2007, 02:44:12 AM: I dont get all those fancy numbers!
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 02:45:12 AM: Too bad I don't have the money anymore. :( Blame the nogamestoplaystation 3. And the Wiistake. I wish I have that $1000 back.

Quote from: Cocky Funny on October 09, 2007, 02:44:12 AM
I dont get all those fancy numbers!

Then it has to be fuk awesome 'cause the numbers are blowing your mind!
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: bork on October 09, 2007, 03:01:02 AM: Just one: An Alienware Area-51m Laptop P4 3.2ghz Extreme Edition w/Hyper Threading (I have no fucking clue what that means, if anything). The graphics card inside is an ATI Radeon 9600. Bought in 2004, it's like a fucking tank...the machine can take a licking and keep on ticking; it's been perfect for the moving around I've done in the last few years. Has a problem with overheating that has been solved with a cooling pad and monthly cleaning. 15 inches and pretty heavy for a laptop. It needs to be hauled around in a backpack and has shit battery life (like 45 minutes, and performance takes a huge hit), but I got it as a desktop replacement, so that doesn't matter to me.

My wife has this older Vaio laptop from 2002 or so that runs like SHIT. I think it must be loaded up with crap.

I still don't know what my next computer is going to be. Probably another laptop, and likely I'm going back to Apple. I really want one of those tiny laptops like what Groo has for no reason whatsoever, even though the PSP n' DS offer internets for me as it is.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 09, 2007, 01:33:03 PM: A P3-700 or something with 256MB RAM running Linux. I got it for $20, and use it with a 19-inch CRT which also cost me $20. I also own an SGI Octane which I bought for $2 (not a typo) at a garage sale.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 09, 2007, 01:35:28 PM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on October 09, 2007, 01:33:03 PM
A P3-700 or something with 256MB RAM running Linux. I got it for $20, and use it with a 19-inch CRT which also cost me $20. I also own an SGI Octane which I bought for $2 (not a typo) at a garage sale, along with a couple of $2 SGI Indigo-2's which I use to support a makeshift bookshelf.

haha my computer isn't good enough to edit posts properly
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Mupepe on October 09, 2007, 02:02:20 PM: i only use one pc now.

core2duo 2.8ghz
2gb ddr2 ram
800 gb hdd
8800 640mb
onboard audio :(
17inch lcd monitor :(
Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard
crappy speakers on the monitor
dvd dual layer writer
Some HP scanner/printer
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Oblivion on October 09, 2007, 02:12:59 PM: Bow to my awesome E-machines terminal

1.8 Ghz Celeron CPU
512 MB RAM
Onboard Video
40 GB HD
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 02:13:12 PM: That's a pretty good setup, Mupepe. Weren't you asking about getting a new monitor? I recommend a 20" widescreen which should work well with your 8800 640mb. I prefer 20 inchers over 22 inchers because the resolution isn't increased on a 22". Go for a 22" though if size is more important than sharpness for you. This site is great for monitor reviews: http://www.behardware.com/html/cat/22/

I personally recommend a Viewsonic or Dell for best value. Dell is especially good if you plan to plug in a console sometimes.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: TVC15 on October 09, 2007, 02:20:45 PM: Desktop:

2 x 2 core Xeon "Clovertown" at 3.0Ghz per core
2 gigs of RAM
8800GTS with 618 megs or whatever

Laptop:

C2D 7500 @ 2.2Ghz
2 gigs of RAM
8400GS 128 megs of RAM

Those are my main ones. Also my MBP.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: bluemax on October 09, 2007, 02:22:14 PM: My home machine is a piece of shit that I will upgrade post college:

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3000+
RAM: 2GB (I want to say PC 3300 but I'm not sure)
Video: nVidia GeForce 7800 GS 128
Storage: IBM 100GB, WD 120GB and an external WD 500GB
Mobo: Asus A7NX8 I believe

With a cheap ass 17" Viewsonic Flatpanel and some JBL speakers I ganked from work.

Work Machine:
HP DC7700
C2D E4400 @ 2ghz
2GB RAM, forgot the clockspeed, I think 5300?
nVidia GeForce 6600 GT 128 :(

Laptop:
MBP 15.4"
CD 2ghz
1.5GB Ram
Radeon Mobility blah blah
80GB HDD (need a bigger HDD)
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: demi on October 09, 2007, 02:26:08 PM: Quote from: Oblivion on October 09, 2007, 02:12:59 PM
Bow to my awesome E-machines terminal

1.8 Ghz Celeron CPU
512 MB RAM
Onboard Video
40 GB HD

That's close to mine

Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
512MB RAM
Athlon XP 2600+ 1.91GHz
80GB Western Digital
Shuttle AN35N nForce something or other board

My first PC I built in high school, almost 3-4 years ago :-[
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 02:26:14 PM: Quote from: TVC 15 on October 09, 2007, 02:20:45 PM
Desktop:

2 x 2 core Xeon "Clovertown" at 3.0Ghz per core
2 gigs of RAM
8800GTS with 618 megs or whatever

Laptop:

C2D 7500 @ 2.2Ghz
2 gigs of RAM
8400GS 128 megs of RAM

Those are my main ones. Also my MBP.

Is that laptop your new one? What's the size of the labtop LCD and how well does 8400 work?
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: jiji on October 19, 2007, 06:53:18 PM: Macbook Pro 15"
2.1GHz Core Duo
2GB RAM
120GB HDD
shitty X1600 Mobile
Dell 20" 2007WFP monitor
coupla external HDDs

Looks like I'm done here!
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: hyp on October 19, 2007, 07:09:36 PM: let's see:

desktop PC:

Intel P4 2.8Gghz
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
60GB Seagate Raptor HDD
250GB Western Digital HDD

video editing/production:

Power Mac G5
Dual 2.5GHz
4GB RAM
2x 250GB SATA HDDs
ATI Radeon 9800XT with 256MB DDR

laptop (main):

HP Pavilion dv6000t CTO NB
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo T7200 (2.0GHz/4MB L2Cache)
15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)
256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
2048MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support

laptop (coffee table/beater):

Fujitsu Lifebook S6210
Pentium M 1.7GHz
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
13.3 inch LCD
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: demi on October 19, 2007, 07:10:57 PM: I should probably get a laptop, since I don't really game on PC. I can take it with me places (on those rare occasions I do go somewhere). But the whole "can't upgrade without pretty much buying a new machine" is a bit of a stickler.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: TVC15 on October 19, 2007, 07:23:56 PM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on October 09, 2007, 02:26:14 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on October 09, 2007, 02:20:45 PM
Desktop:

2 x 2 core Xeon "Clovertown" at 3.0Ghz per core
2 gigs of RAM
8800GTS with 618 megs or whatever

Laptop:

C2D 7500 @ 2.2Ghz
2 gigs of RAM
8400GS 128 megs of RAM

Those are my main ones. Also my MBP.

Is that laptop your new one? What's the size of the labtop LCD and how well does 8400 work?

It's 1280 x 800. It's a 13.3 inch display, so that's plenty. Due to the lower resolution, the 8400 works out pretty darned well. Load times are a bit longer than I am used to since it's not packed with RAM (only 128 megs, compared to the 600whatever on my laptop). Performance is fine. I can keep things maxed out for the most part, although I naturally have stayed away from the high end perf stuff like Quake Wars and shit. It runs all of Orange Box better than the 360 version, though. That's what I used for benching. I can max out everything. And AA and AF. I get good, stable framerates, but I did end up turning some TF2 stuff down to get the stable uber-high framerates necessary for a speedy multiplayer game.

Now I am mostly playing strat shit on it, and graphics adventures and other such non-reflex oriented games. I have a nice mouse, but being a laptop, more often than not I am in a situation where it is easier to go for the trackpad than the mouse.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 20, 2007, 03:22:55 AM: Dell Dimension 9200
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHZ 4MB cache
2GB DDR2 RAM
250GB HD
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300 LE (WILL REPLACE)
22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel 1680x1050

Plus a crappy desktop and a crappy laptop
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: TVC15 on October 20, 2007, 03:26:25 AM: That's pretty good. The 7300 isn't THAT terrible. I imagine you'd be able to play most, if not all games on the market with respectable settings. A 7300 is basically a 6800 with some lower numbers. It should be fine if you aren't interested in super-high end shit.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 20, 2007, 04:02:58 AM: Quote from: TVC 15 on October 20, 2007, 03:26:25 AM
That's pretty good. The 7300 isn't THAT terrible. I imagine you'd be able to play most, if not all games on the market with respectable settings. A 7300 is basically a 6800 with some lower numbers. It should be fine if you aren't interested in super-high end shit.
It's more like a 6600 with DDR2.

The problem is that the power supply is 375 watts. The CPU is only 65 watts. However a 8800 GTS or GTX is out of the question. I hear that the 8800 GT will only consume 110 watts. Can I get away with a 375 PSU?
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 20, 2007, 04:14:57 AM: Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on October 20, 2007, 04:02:58 AM
Quote from: TVC 15 on October 20, 2007, 03:26:25 AM
That's pretty good. The 7300 isn't THAT terrible. I imagine you'd be able to play most, if not all games on the market with respectable settings. A 7300 is basically a 6800 with some lower numbers. It should be fine if you aren't interested in super-high end shit.
It's more like a 6600 with DDR2.

The problem is that the power supply is 375 watts. The CPU is only 65 watts. However a 8800 GTS or GTX is out of the question. I hear that the 8800 GT will only consume 110 watts. Can I get away with a 375 PSU?

You should if the power requirement is really 110 watts. The 8800 GT sounds really awesome. If the performance and power requirements are really that good, I seriously would just switch out my 8800 GTX for a pair of 8800GTs. SLI w/2 8800 GTX was out of the question because of the potential heat problems and a 750w power supply would be too much for the electric bill.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 20, 2007, 04:21:26 AM: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidia-Next-Generation-GPUs-Details-Revealed-68014.shtml (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidia-Next-Generation-GPUs-Details-Revealed-68014.shtml)

Quote
Coming as a slightly lower end product than the Ultra version, the GeForce 8800 GT, codenamedG92/D8P, will dissipate around 110 watts. Which is really good news as it will take only a single slot active cooling system in order to keep the GT operating at reasonable temperatures.

(http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2007/10/04/61671.jpg)

(http://www.tcmagazine.com/images/news/Hardware/Nvidia/Nvidia_GeForce_8800GT_02.jpg)
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Ellrick on October 20, 2007, 12:18:24 PM: Core 2 Duo E6600 OC to 3.5GHZ (my FSB > yours)
4 gigs of OCZ dominator pc6400 ram @ 924 MHZ
evga nforce 680i sli MB
crappy old Live! 24 bit soundcard, it does 5.1 just fine though
8800 GTXs in SLI
samsung 206 bw lcd monitor, cheap and fast (2 ms) 3000:1

distinguished mentally-challenged looking ram, but it overclocks like crazy.
(http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/20-227-231-08.jpg)

This is what it looked like at night before I snipped as many of those queer leds off as I could, looks like pussy repellent.
(http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3237/vegassu3.jpg)

I have a DVI to HDMI cable running to my hdtv, and a dvi cable running into the next room for my monitor, and the audio split between home theater and 5.1 headphones. Which makes it awesome for downloading and watching HDrips and playing games either on the comfort of my couch, or in my shitty chair when my kid is hogging the tv. Soon Ill be able to use my iphone as a remote for my computer, which will be some cool star trek level shit.
Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 20, 2007, 08:05:40 PM: ..

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Title: Re: the triumphalist nerd "what pc hardware do you own" catalogue thread
Post by: Shuri on October 21, 2007, 12:09:46 AM: I had a dramatic week filled with fun total hardware failure last week. My file server is dead along with the mb of my desktop pc. At least no data was lost. I went out and ordered a 8800 gts online, a purchase that I kind of regret since I barely play pc games (or games at all) anymore. I think I shoud had went for a mac mini or something. I used to be a big hardware freak, but now its been two weeks since having no main machine except for my laptop, and I realised It would be a waste of money to build a giant gaming pc again.

I think i'm just going to return that 8800 gts but it might end up being so much fucking trouble considering i bought it online from british columbia, for fucks sake.