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xplosiv
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|  Posted: 2009-07-06 09:47
I am about to purchase a new pc and was wondering what the general specs of other pc users was...
Specs of my current pc:
AMD Sempron 1.8ghz single core(super crap)
1GB RAM
Nvidia 6150LE 512mb graphics card(just why in a pc like this)
Windows XP (SP3)
Spec of pc I want to purchase:
Intel Q8200 @ 2.2ghz quad-core
4GB RAM (can have upto 16GB!)
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB(uber)
Windows Vista 32 bit (64 optional)
Cost 749 euro= 1,042 dollars
Please feel free to post your current pc specs and/or a pc you would like to purchase in the near future and your view on the pc i want to purchase
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Lacrosseian
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Joined: October 01, 2004
Posts: 1254
| Posted: 2009-07-06 12:19
Your computer will not be able to use all 4GB of the RAM with a 32-bit operating system. It will use about 3.5 GB. It would use the same amount of RAM even if you put in the 16 GB. With a 64-bit operating system, it could use all 16 GB if you had it.
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JBud
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Joined: February 26, 2008
Posts: 1900
From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2009-07-06 12:23
Dell Latitude D600 Laptop
1.6Ghz Processor
768MB RAM
ATI Radeon MOBILITY 9000 Graphics
20GB HDD
Windows XP SP3
Current Retail : $199.99 USD
believe it or not this computer is a trooper quite relyable for an excellent price
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Eledore Massis [R33]
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Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2694
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2009-07-06 13:04
Specs of my current Gaming pc:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.01ghz)
RAM: 6Gb (2x 2gb. 2x 1gb) (Both 5-5-5-15)
GPC: Sapphire ATI HD3650 512mb
OS: Windows 7 X64
Spec of Gaming pc I want to purchase:
Case: Antec Skeleton
Power: Thermaltake Toughpower CM (1000w)
Mobo: Asus M4A79T Deluxe
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Be
RAM: 8Gb (4x 2gb) (All 6-6-6-20)
GPC: Sapphire HD4870 X2
OS: windows 7 x64
Extra's
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
Tray: Enhance Backplane 4-HDD (SAS)
Controler: 3WARE 9690SA-8I kit
SAS: 3x Fujitsu 15K SFF Enterprise 73,5 GB
Blue: Sony BWU-300S
NIC: Intel® Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapter
Extra: about €60 to adjust table and €15 for a new table for printer..
Totals up Around €3270
Without the extra's and just using a already avalable HDD that is lying around ~€ 1268 (thats 1765 USD)
Think ill strim the edges of the extra's, see if i can get em from work.
E.G. that server adapter, thats a good 460 euro. and those SAS HDD's hmm...
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2009-07-06 14:42
I really, really wanted to, but I'd make you wimper and cry.
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Fattierob
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| Posted: 2009-07-06 14:52
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On 2009-07-06 14:42, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
I really, really wanted to, but I'd make you wimper and cry.
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FOUR GRAPHICS CARD GO WHERE
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YIIMM
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Posts: 851
From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
| Posted: 2009-07-06 17:42
My laptop comes with an HD-DVD drive.
Go me.
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Ham&Swiss
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Posts: 418
From: 10$ to whoever finds me
| Posted: 2009-07-06 21:32
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On 2009-07-06 14:42, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
I really, really wanted to, but I'd make you wimper and cry.
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PLease Jacky? I wanna know what your running these days, last time i checked, you had lent you rig to NASA as a back-up, cause they're rig blew up!
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| Posted: 2009-07-07 17:58
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I really, really wanted to, but I'd make you wimper and cry.
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jedi42
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Joined: February 25, 2002
Posts: 478
From: jedi42
| Posted: 2009-07-07 19:02
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On 2009-07-06 13:04, Narrator wrote:
Spec of Gaming pc I want to purchase:
RAM: 8Gb (4x 2gb) (All 6-6-6-20)
GPC: Sapphire HD4870 X2
OS: windows 7 x64
Extra's
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
Blue: Sony BWU-300S
NIC: Intel® Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapter
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If you are just gaming, 4GB is fine.
SLI is pointless in your budget range. Plus nVidia sli is faster right now.
And 3 15K RPM drives makes no sense for gaming.
Why not get an SSD and, say, an ordinary 1TB RAID 1 volume?
Basically, your bang for buck in games is all screwy, because you have too much money in the I/O subsystem and not enough in proper gaming performance.
I could easily reconfigure that for less money, get more hard drive space, and superior performance.
[ This Message was edited by: dj42 {C?} on 2009-07-07 19:13 ]
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Azreal
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Joined: March 14, 2004
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From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2009-07-07 19:20
just purchased a refurbished compaq a couple months ago. Click my xfire link in my sig and you can see the sceps. No complaints AT ALL. I play this game and SWG with no video lag whatsoever, no pauses, and I have never had my crafters' datapad come up so fast as I do now (on SWG that is. I have HUNDREDS of recipes and my old PC took up to 1 minute of pause before it would open).
Price?
$359.
Bought two, gave one to my mom. 
Total: $710 after taxxes for TWO PCs.
Like I said, click my link and you'll see the stats.
I have a better video card another pc I was thinking of swapping out with, but tbh I haven't felt the need at all, so I probably won't.
Try for a refurbished PC if you can. They are usually just PCs that had a small issue that were returned to the store. They can't resell them as a new PC again, and after repair, they knock the price WAY down and resell them. This one came with a 1 year warranty, I think.
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Sauur
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Joined: November 30, 2004
Posts: 475
| Posted: 2009-07-07 19:48
Playing this game on :
Netbook (weighs 1.5 kg)
10 inch screen (1024 x 600 res)
1.6GHz
1Gb Ram
XP
No mouse - just touchpad
Handles the game easy. Bought it as I travel alot - but it has has taken over from my Gaming PC and Media PC which I rarely turn on now.
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Eledore Massis [R33]
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Posts: 2694
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2009-07-07 20:53
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| On 2009-07-07 19:02, dj42 {C?} wrote:
If you are just gaming, 4GB is fine.
SLI is pointless in your budget range. Plus nVidia sli is faster right now.
And 3 15K RPM drives makes no sense for gaming.
Why not get an SSD and, say, an ordinary 1TB RAID 1 volume?
Basically, your bang for buck in games is all screwy, because you have too much money in the I/O subsystem and not enough in proper gaming performance.
I could easily reconfigure that for less money, get more hard drive space, and superior performance. |
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I'm not JUST gaming. i'm trying to get rid of most of these older workstations i got laying around.
4gb should be enough for just gaming agreed, but i want to integrate atleast three workstations into one that will have a decent gaming preformance..
SSD v/s SAS in raid 0 ?... o and yer suggesting Raid 1 ?? oo how lovely, better check yer raid manual again.. you need it.
and yes i'm spending a lot into the I/O subsystem because i'm sick and tired of keeping this DAS running, its old, creates a hell of a noize and sucks 400watt constant..
And if you have a suggestion to how to reconfigure for a better gaming go ahead.
My requirements are:
Antec Skeleton.
2 PCI-E 8x (Network cardl & SAS controler).
2 PCI 66mhz (soundcard & matrox card)
1 SATA connector on mobo (for dvd drive).
1 Gbit Nic onboard.
Main Graphics card is able to have two screens with 1024/1280
What i expect to be running on it:
Windows (i think either vista x64 or 7 x64)
VM-Ware workstation, with two VM's running guaranteed.
Couple of RDP, VNC and ssh connections.
Multiple browsers (i don't close tabs)
never ending fun of music and anime.
Rosetta@home if AFK for 5 minutes.
O and yes Games.
What i don't need
Hard Disk Space.
-Storage space is already provided by local NAS.
Loads of SATA connectors on the mobo.
-I am going to use either a dedicated SAS or Sata controler.
Nvidia products.
-I'm not a ATI fanboy, but i am a ANTI Nvidia activist. + Company is the same so no discounts on those products (and yes big discount)..
Make yer recommendations.. I dare ya.
And make me trow these four other workstations out of the window..
p.s. http://www.alternate-b2b.nl
one of the few places where i can put it on the company's tab..
uuuuuuh I MEAN discount!! ya discount!
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2009-07-08 05:20
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Not quite Ham, I may have made a joke about it, but I think NASA have much more floating point calculation speed than I do unfortunately =(.
Current rig:
CPU: Intel Core i7 940
Mobo: Asus P6T
RAM: 6Gb (3x 2gb)
GPC: Sapphire ATI HD4890 1024Mb x2
OS: XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, 7 32/64, Ubuntu 64
I got two Western Digital VelociRaptor VR150 's given to me as a present running in RAID. Considering they're 'pretty' cheap (£210 atm), they seem a steal.
Aiming to swap out the motherboard for two sets of i7's if the benchmark's show that it benefits (although 16 hypothetical cores is a bit extreme, nothing's even close to using the 8 at the moment).
The annoying thing is, the above rig won't run DarkSpace for some odd reason. Luckily I have an "old" system of mine running a file server so I can still play  .
And to play devils advocate against dj42 : CrossfireX is much more supported and faster than SLI at the moment =). Plus the X2's are two GPU chipsets on one card, hence it doesn't run with CrossfireX - just acts as a single card.
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Posts: 434
From: Eleventh galaxy on the right!
| Posted: 2009-07-08 06:32
Manufacturer: Custom build
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor 3.1GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM OCZ Reaper HPC
Hard Drive: Samsung F1 1TB
Video Card: Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1796MB
Monitor: 30" Dell 3007WFP-HC
Sound Card: Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Audio Card
Speakers/Headphones: Razer Carcharias Headset
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Mouse
Mouse Surface: Razer Mantis Speed
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair II
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8
Computer Case: Coolermaster Cosmos S RC1100
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