hey guys i thought this would be a pretty interesting thread seeing as we have a few gamers on the boards. (And I just bought a new pc ). For the past..well since I've needed a computer I've had to use my family's 4 year old piece of crap 1.4 P4 with a 40G HD and like a 32MB vid card. Errors every few seconds or so, very sad, I could barely do anything but surf grasscity. I know it would have been cheaper to build one myself but..I just wanted a computer I could finally play games on again and just not worry about any of the information I put on it.Anyways I payed 750$ CAD for the following from bestbuy haha. was marked down from 1050$ HP A1730 19" Flatscreen LCD 320GB Hard drive 2.4ghz AMD Athlon X2 4600+ 2GB DDR2 SDRAM GeForce 6150LE 256MB gfx card. PCI-E slots DVD burner Lots of slots at the front for random cards/HP pocket dealie. Forget what the soundcard is, I have 6 slots instead of 3 so I think its better than my last one haha. I'm probably going to buy a GeForce 8500, Radeon 1300X or like, something in the price range of 150-200$. I don't have 400 dollars for a radeon 10million.
Imac g5 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512 160GB Serial ATA drive SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Keyboard & Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English ATI Radeon X1600 128MB SDRAM 17-inch widescreen LCD AirPort Extreme Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Wouldn't get a PC if you payed me!
HP Pavilion a1540n AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 4200+ 2GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM 250GB SATA Hard Drive 400GB IDE Hard Drive I scavanged from my old computer. 16X Dual Layer DVD+/- Lightscribe DVD burner ATi All In Wonder X1900 PCI Express videocard Antec 480W Neo Power power supply Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Viewsonic VA902b 19" LCD monitor Envision EN9410e 19" LCD monitor Basically an earlier version of yours except I put a new power supply and videocard in mine.
Windows: \tWindows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2 Memory (RAM): \t1023 MB CPU: \tIntel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz CPU Speed: \t2197.5 MHz Sound card: \tSRS Labs Audio Sandbox Display Adapters: \tNVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 Screen Resolution: \t1280 X 960 - 32 bit : CD / DVD Drives: \tD: OPTORITECD-RW CW4802 | E: IDE DVD-ROM 16X Mouse: \t5 Button Wheel Mouse Present Hard Disks: \tC: 27.9GB Hard Disks - Free: \tC: 1021.3MB
Built mine sophmore year of high school, sophmore in college now. Everything was top of the line lol. AMD 3500 64 bit. GeForce 6600GT 1GB Patriot(very expensive ) RAM 80GB Western Digital HDD Nforce4 ultra mobo Soundblaster Audigy sound card some very good PSU that i forgot the name of.
A black case with wires i can see thru the side window. few buttons up front. a dvd burner, an lcd monitor, a mouse and a keyboard. runs on Windows XPired.
I built mine about a year ago, there are some pics listed as well: AMD 3500+, ASUS A8N-SLI Mobo, 1GB Corsair RAM, eVGA 7800GT OC, 160GB WD SATA, Windows XP SP2, Sony DRU-540 DVD-/+RW Burner, Creative Soundblaster Audigy HD Sound Card, AC Silencer 64 Ultra cooler, 500W Active PSU. All in all it cost around $950 to build.
hmmm i wish i was still a huge geek, computers used to rule my life, but my latest and greatest (this thing plays any game you could think to throw at it) is home built, parts from everywere, everything new..... AMD Athalon 64 3000+ asus a8n vm mobo(socket 939, came with a GeForce 6150 integrated graphics and integrated sound) 430w thermaltake power supply Nvidia GeForce 7600 gtx overclocked 512mb... 250 GB total In SataII Raid config. DVD and Lightscribe drive oh and a gig of corsair 880 mhz mem
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core 6000+ (3.0GHz) Processor 3GB installed memory 500GB Hard drive 22 inch flat panel
PowerBook G4. All the good PCs that I've used were home made, but I know little about computer building and prefer Macs, they just come nice, no building needed. Just wondering, is it possible to make a home made Mac? I know all the parts would be from the same place, but could a geek construct a super apple using apple parts?
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed 2GB (two SO-DIMMs) of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB 800MHz frontside bus One FireWire 400 port at up to 400 Mbps One FireWire 800 port at up to 800 Mbps brand new intel based macbook pro
I built this one a few months ago though some stuff like the monitors and tablet i've had for quite a while now. works pretty well for now. Two 21" widescreen flatpanel monitors 500w Altec powersupply Asus P5N-E SLI mainboard Core Duo 3.0GHz 2GBs o RAM Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS 1TB Harddrive Wacom 9"x12 Tablet
Pic is older, I've organized the wires much much neater, removed the cardboard duct on the PSU and reconfigured the fans. Added TONS of new stickers. Also, added crative x-fi and usb controller Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 2.66gHz processor (@3.606gHz) ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe motherboard CORSAIR CM2X1024-6400 1gb DDR2 RAM XFX GeForce 7600GT 256mb (PSIX16) Samsung 250gb 7200RPM PATA (media) Hitachi 80gb 7200RPm SATA (Linux) Western Digital 80gb 7200RPM PATA (OS) SilverStone 600-watt PSU Creative X-fi Fata1ity Xtreme Gaming Sound card (PCI) Zonet 5x USB controller (PCI) CoolerMaster HyperCool8 CPU Cooler w/Vantec Tornado 5000RPM 86CFM 50dB Secondary Vantec Tornado as rear exhaust PCI Blower under Video Card HDD Cooler on 250gb drive Ram Heatsink and fan Vantec 5.25" fan controller (4ch) Overclocked CPU to 3.76GHz 188 mhzx 20.0 RAM overclocked to 721MHz 5-5-5-12 notebook: <table class="specification" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="name">Operating System</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Windows Vista Home Premium'));</script> Windows Vista Home Premium </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">CPU Type</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2G'));</script> Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2G </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Screen</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('17.1" WXGA+'));</script> 17.1" WXGA+ </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Memory Size</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('2GB DDR2'));</script> 2GB DDR2 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Hard Disk</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('160GB'));</script> 160GB </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Optical Drive</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('DVD Super Multi'));</script> DVD Super Multi </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Graphics Card</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT'));</script> NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Video Memory</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('256MB GDDR3 VRAM'));</script> 256MB GDDR3 VRAM </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Communication</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN'));</script> Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Card slot</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1 x Express Card'));</script> 1 x Express Card </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Battery Life</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('2 hours'));</script> 2 hours </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Dimensions</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('16" x 12" x 1.83"'));</script> 16" x 12" x 1.83" </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Weight</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('9.6 lbs.'));</script> 9.6 lbs. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Other Features</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Gaming Mouse'));</script> Gaming Mouse </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">CPU</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">CPU Type</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Intel Core 2 Duo'));</script> Intel Core 2 Duo </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">CPU Speed</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('T7500(2.20GHz)'));</script> T7500(2.20GHz) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">CPU FSB</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('800MHz'));</script> 800MHz </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">CPU L2 Cache</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('4MB'));</script> 4MB </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Chipset</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Chipset</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Intel PM965'));</script> Intel PM965 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Display</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Screen Size</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('17.1"'));</script> 17.1" </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Wide Screen Support</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Yes'));</script> Yes </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Display Type</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Wide XGA+'));</script> Wide XGA+ </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Resolution</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1440 x 900'));</script> 1440 x 900 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Operating Systems</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Operating System</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Windows Vista Home Premium'));</script> Windows Vista Home Premium </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Graphics</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">GPU/VPU</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT'));</script> NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Video Memory</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('256MB GDDR3 VRAM'));</script> 256MB GDDR3 VRAM </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Graphic Type</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Dedicated Card'));</script> Dedicated Card </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Hard Drive</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">HD Capacity</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('160GB'));</script> 160GB </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">HD RPM</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('5400rpm'));</script> 5400rpm </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">HD Interface</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('SATA'));</script> SATA </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Memory</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Memory Slots</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('2 x DIMM'));</script> 2 x DIMM </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Memory Speed</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('DDR2 667'));</script> DDR2 667 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Memory Size</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('2GB'));</script> 2GB </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Max Memory Supported</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('4GB'));</script> 4GB </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Memory Spec</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1GB x 2'));</script> 1GB x 2 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Optical Drive</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Optical Drive Type</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('DVD Super Multi'));</script> DVD Super Multi </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Optical Drive Interface</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Integrated'));</script> Integrated </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Optical Drive Spec</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('8x Super-Multi DVDRW Dual layer with Light Scribe'));</script> 8x Super-Multi DVDRW Dual layer with Light Scribe </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Communications</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Modem</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('56K'));</script> 56K </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">LAN</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('10/100/1000Mbps'));</script> 10/100/1000Mbps </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">WLAN</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('802.11a/g/n Wireless LAN'));</script> 802.11a/g/n Wireless LAN </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Bluetooth</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Yes'));</script> Yes </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Ports</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Card Slot</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1 x Express Card'));</script> 1 x Express Card </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">USB</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('5'));</script> 5 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">IEEE 1394</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1'));</script> 1 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Video Port</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1 x VGA, 1 x S-Video TV-out, 1 x HDMI'));</script> 1 x VGA, 1 x S-Video TV-out, 1 x HDMI </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Other port</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1 x eSATA combo with one USB port'));</script> 1 x eSATA combo with one USB port </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Audio Ports</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF) 1 x Line-in jack'));</script> 1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF) 1 x Line-in jack </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Audio</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Audio</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Built-in Intel High Definition Audio ( Azalia ) compliant audio chip Built-in microphone'));</script> Built-in Intel High Definition Audio ( Azalia ) compliant audio chip Built-in microphone </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Speaker</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Internal Speakers'));</script> Internal Speakers </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Input Device</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Touchpad</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Yes'));</script> Yes </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Keyboard</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Standard'));</script> Standard </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Supplemental Drive</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Card Reader</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('5-in-1 (MMC, SD, MS/MS-Pro, XD)'));</script> 5-in-1 (MMC, SD, MS/MS-Pro, XD) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Mouse</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('Gaming Mouse'));</script> Gaming Mouse </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Webcam</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('1.3M Pixels Webcam'));</script> 1.3M Pixels Webcam </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Power</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">AC Adapter</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('90-watt AC adapter'));</script> 90-watt AC adapter </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Battery</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('8-cell lithium ion'));</script> 8-cell lithium ion </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Battery Life</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('2 hours'));</script> 2 hours </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="title">Physical spec</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Dimensions</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('16" x 12" x 1.83"'));</script> 16" x 12" x 1.83" </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="name">Weight</td> <td class="desc"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(neg_specification_newline('9.6 lbs.'));</script> 9.6 lbs.</td></tr></tbody></table>
No. This is why I hate macs. If you want to buy a power supply for your computer, you have literally 50-100 brands to choose from at all price ranges in all wattages. But for macs, only apple manufactures the computers. Theres no competition in the mac market. Macs are made for graphics designers and idiots.
Dell XPS 1710 Dual-core processer - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7600G (4MBCache/2.33GHz/667MHz FSB) - easily over-clocked to 3.2GHz 200GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX (512MB) RAM - 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz 2 Dimm OS - Windows XP Pro w/ Media Direct And of couse the fancy light show! - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2154157303205274798&q=dell+xps+lights&total=26&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
If there is a Dell laptop that comes with a motherboard that allows overclocking, I will take back EVERYTHING I have said my entire life about how Dells are pieces of shit (which they are, unless you fork out $$$ for their high end, which is still sub-par with other laptops in its price range)
Yes, i believe the Dell XPS is the first dell that actually allows overclocking, all i have to do is go to the setup at startup
Phew! The cheapest XPS 1710 is $2300? A high end ASUS or ACER is faster @ 1800ish. Dell has this crazy monopoly with my college. Massachusetts is in bed with Dell. I hate them with a passion.
I like dell, i also still have a dell desktop that i got for my 13th birthday, over 5 years later and it still hasnt failed me. I had a REALLY bad experience with a sony VIAO though...