What kind of computer do u have?

[Daishi3500]

I know we all spend our non-sleeping life on the computer, so I have to wonder what kind of beast do yall have, that is if it is at all. I have a gateway 02/03 500 w/256 ram and 128 geforce graphics card. I got 80 gig, 40 int/40 ext. Its not the best, but it handles high caliber games well on and offline with my cable connection. BTW, i really need your advice, is one 512 ram module better than 2 256's?

edit: o ya duh, i got a p4 2 gigahertz

Edited November 12, 2003 by Daishi3500

[Graham]

Well, my first computer was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum and I liked to play Manic Miner and Ant Attack. The Spectrum had some fantastic games.

My computer now is very old and slow and is powered by a very fat hamster which runs on a treadwheel thus providing power. All calculations and memory functions are handled by a senile chimpanze who through an unfortunate accident only has three fingers remaining, so can't add up very quickly.

But seriously my computer is nothing special, just a Pentium III 700MHz(?) CPU with 10G hard drive and 256RAM. I have no idea if I even have a graphics card or not! I have no interest in online gaming or computer games and just use my computer for email and websurfing, so it's fine for me. I do have a broadband connection.

Graham

[JB0]

I've got a Homebrew Computing Mark V.

Features include:

An AMD Athlon XP 2500+ CPU.

256 megabytes of 133MHZ DDR RAM.

A GeForce2MX video card, with 64 megabytes of video RAM.

A SoundBlaster Audigy.

A 4/8/32x CDRW drive.

A LS120 SuperFloppy drive. Lacking media and not using floppies much, the primary advantage is my BIOS ID's it as an ARMD(which stands for ATAPI Removable Media Device, but who really cares what it's SUPPOSED to be?).

A Wingman Action gamepad, for, well, gaming(at least, games suited to gamepads).

No fewer than 3 pointing devices(1 serial mouse, one PS/2 trackball, one USB trackball).

2 hard drives, a 20 gig and a 14 gig, both 5200 RPM.

The Windows 2000 operating system.

Yes, some parts need a little upgrading.

Edited November 12, 2003 by JB0

[JB0]

I have no idea if I even have a graphics card or not!

Quick test: Is your monitor connected to something, or just black?

That's one thing that just about every PC has, is a graphics adapter.

[estacado06479]

1:

pentium 4 1.5

384 M sdram pc 133

20 G hd + 60 G hd

16 m nvidia vanta card

17 IBM monitor from first rig.

dvd rw

windows xp home

2:

pentium 4 2.4

256 M ddr pc2100

80 G hd

onboard video (ugh)

17 viewsonic

cdrw drive

windows xp home

[yellowlightman]

Mines pretty outdated, but it's still as fast as I need it to be.

733mhz G4 Macintosh running Mac OS 10.2.8

768MB of RAM (gotta replace and upgrade to 1.5gigs this winter)

GeForce2 video card (I think)

60GB hard drive

CDRW/DVDR Superdrive

Iomega Zip drive (Zip discs suck)

Red Octane Arcade Stick w/ USB adaptor for MAME

Only games I play are emulated, otherwise I just use it for internet stuff and video editing.

[Mechamaniac]

Completely built by me since I don't buy premade crap.

Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum KT400 Mobo with 333FSB.

AMD Athlon 2600+ (2.08 GHZ 333FSB) Processor

512 KB PC2700 (333FSB) RAM

Nvidia GeForce 4 Video Card 64MB

I run the sound card that came with the Soyo board because it rocks, and it suits me fine.

DVD Rom

52x CD RW

2x WDC 40GB HDD, one for Op sys, and programs, one for straight up storage.

Oh, and my case is completely modded, by me. What can I say, got sick of the old beige beater.

Here's a pic or two.

Edited November 12, 2003 by Mechamaniac

[TwinkiePlatter]

I have 1 1/2 PCs

1: NAvi

Thunderbird 1.33Ghz CPU

Gigabute ga-7axp Motherboard

512mb PC2700 Ram

GF4-MX480 (8x)

2: Minimoose (about 1/7th the size of a normal PC)

VIA C3 1Ghz Cpu

Via Epia-M 10000 Motherboad

256mb PC2100 Ram

[UN Spacy]

Compaq Presario 6000

AMD Athlon XP 1800+

1.53 GHz

640MB RAM

64MB Nvidia GeForce 4 (Graphics Card)

[Akilae]

Pentium 4 1.6 oc'd to a 2.x (maybe even 3.x, but that doesn't sound right)

Asus P4T533

512 MB RDRAM (say what you want, I got these for a steal, and the perfomance is wonderful)

Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti-4800

Soudblaster Live! (the very first generation, very proud of it )

45 gig HD

Pioneer slot DVD drive

Teac 32/2/4 CD-RW

Fujitsu i-MO 640

PS2 pad on a USB adapter for emulators, console->PC ports, etc..

[cwbrown]

You guys are going to laugh.

Two comps:

1. Toshiba Laptop, 500 MHz P Celeron, 6GB HD, 192MB Ram

2. The "good" one. Packard Bell, 166 MHz Pentium MMX, 3 GB hard drive, and I think 32 MB memory. Still on Win95.

My games come on consoles.

[Lindem Herz]

1: Aerith System (so what? I like to call my stuff names ), Homebuilt PC

-Pentium 4 1.7 ghz

-512 mb SDRAM (planning to get a 1gb bank sometime next month)

-94.(something) gb hard disk (not 100 as the ad people at Western Digital tried to make me believe)

+8gb hard disk (a trusty Maxtor, 4 years 20/7 use and still running)

+20gb hard disk (an also trusty Samsung, 3 years 20/7 and going)

-ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 64mb (kick ass card!)

-8x DVD-R SD-616F Samsung (don't care for DVD playback, and that one was bought only to play my Animeigo SDF Macross DVDs)

- Built-In Sound Card (didn't have the money for an appropiate card, the speakers to make it justice or the neighbours to tolerate it)

- 17' AOC Spectrum Vrl7+ Monitor (good oldie, have it since I was a child, and still amazes me sometimes)

- WinXP Pro / Win98 SE

2: (fake)Hitomi, Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77P Notebook (a MPC if you ask me, wanna get rid of it while still getting enough money to buy a new portable)

-Pentium III 800 Mhz (or so they say, my Homeworld 2 copy only detects 794 or even 496 sometimes <_< )

-128 mb of RAM

-18.4 gb HD (not the 20 they said)

-Intel 82815 Graphic Adapter (I guess it's 8mb)

-Yamaha AC-XG WDM Audio

-Portable PCMCIA Sony PCGA-CD51/A 16x CD-ROM (well, at least it works)

-Nice 12.5' LCD display (only thing I REALLY like about it)

-WinXP Pro / SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional (when it works, too much for this one I guess)

-A lot of Craputer Bundle Software I can't get rid of no matter what

edit: That's one nifty system you got there Mechamaniac!!

Edited November 12, 2003 by Lindem Herz

[roberttan]

Notebook:

NEC Versa M320

Pentium 4 2.4

512MB RAM

40 GB Hard Disk

ATi Graphics card

Home PC

Home assembled

Pentium 4 2.4C

1GB RAM

124MB Hard Disk (80GB + 40 GB + 4.3GB)

Geforce 3 Ti400

Sound Blaster Audigy

19" IBM Trinitron monitor.

[Max Jenius]

Let's see... I think I will call my computer...

WISE DUCK!!!

CPU - Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton)

Mobo- Asus nForce2 DDR400

RAM - 512MB DDR400(not used, its at 333)

Video - ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

DVD - Pioneer 16x

CD-RW - Lite-On 52x24x52

HDDs - WD80GB ata133 7200rpm, WD120GB ata133 7200rpm w/ 8MB cache.

Sound - SB Audigy(it was free... and has firewire... so hey! )

Speakers - Klipsch ProMedia 4.0

Monitors - A 19' Samsung and a 17' Sony... dual monitors...

Keyboard - MS Natural Media Keyboard(nice handy controls... mmm)

Mouse - MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0

Game Controllers - 2 MS Sidewinders(one USB, one Game Port), 1 thrustmaster FPS controller

MP3 Players - 1 20GB iPod w/ firewire dock(hence the importance of the previously mentioned audigy)

WebCam - Some cheap intel one. Looks like an eye.

Misc - 1 Gameboy Advance Linker kit

That's everything that's plugged into my computer... I think...

[Druna Skass]

Just a standard Toshiba A20 Satelite.

[drifand]

PowerMac G4 733MHz

1GB RAM,

2 x 60GB HDD

Pioneer DVR-103 SuperDrive

Still on Mac OS 9.2.2, but moving to OS X 10.3.1 as soon as I can spring for a LARGE back-up drive. This Mac is probably gonna be good for another 2~3 years since I don't play games or work on huge video files. Photoshop and Freehand are chugging along just fine, and Office 2001 still gets the job done. I can't wait to leave MSIE behind for Safari!

[JB0]

I can't wait to leave MSIE behind for Safari!

Or you could use Mozilla NOW.

[drifand]

I can't wait to leave MSIE behind for Safari!

Or you could use Mozilla NOW.

Not so sure about Mozilla, but I do keep Netscape 7.x around on OS 9 for certain CSS and Java-particular sites. Just don't like the sluggish performance or interface very much. :-)

[VF-17]

The box that I'm running right now is a run of the mill P3 800

I'm in the process of building a new box. Should be ready in a couple of weeks:

Shuttle SB75G2 case

P4 2.8

NEC DVD-RW

80 GB HDD

ATI 9700 Pro

512 MB PC 2700 DDR

[yellowlightman]

Still on Mac OS 9.2.2, but moving to OS X 10.3.1 as soon as I can spring for a LARGE back-up drive. This Mac is probably gonna be good for another 2~3 years since I don't play games or work on huge video files. Photoshop and Freehand are chugging along just fine, and Office 2001 still gets the job done. I can't wait to leave MSIE behind for Safari!

Be sure to check into what kind of harddrive you're getting, Panther has a nasty bug with firewire hardrives that have a common kind of Oxford semiconductor that causes them to be completely erased. That said good luck with X, took me a while to get used to it after being a die-hard 9 guy for a few years.

[areaseven]

I currently own a custom-built system that's been running for over two years.

- InWin mid-ATX case with 350W power supply

- MSI K7T Pro 2-A motherboard

- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.0 GHz

- ThermalTake Super Orb dual fan heatsink

- 512 MB PC-133 SDRAM

- 40GB 7,200 RPM Western Digital HD (x2)

- eVGA.com e-GeForce4 Ti 4200 64MB graphics card

- SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1 sound card

- CenDyne/Hitachi 12X DVD-ROM

- TDK VeloCD 24x12x24 CD-RW

- 3Com 10/100 ethernet card

- Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro

- Logitech Wingman Rumblepad

- Logitech Wingman Formula Force steering wheel

- Logitech MX700 cordless optical mouse

- Logitech Z-340 speaker system (front)

- Microsoft Digital Sound 80 speaker system (surround)

- Epson Stylus Color 777 printer

- Epson Perfection 636U scanner

- KDS Avitron 19" CRT monitor

[Britai 7018]

i got my comp from IBuyPower. BTW, if anyone wants to buy one of those "boutique" comps, don't go there, they're horrible. My computer actually came w/ less fans than the regular case comes with.

AMD Athlon 2500

512 Ram

120 gig HD

80 gig HD

Nvidia 5600 256 Meg Video Card

Soundblaster Somethingorother

19 inch viewsonic flatscreen

Wireless Network Adapter

Creative Labs 5.1 speakers

oh, and i think 1 single 512 RAM is supposed to be better than 2, especially cuz its easier to expand later on. Instead of having to buy 2 512 chips to get to 1024, you only have to buy 1 more.

[NERV]

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4X CD-RW!!!! W4TCH 0U7!!! I7 BURN5 A CD F4573R TH4N A GR33N SN4K3 CL1MB1N A 5UG4R C4N3 TR33!!!

D15C0NN3C73D DVD DR1V3!!! T3H B4574RD5 AT B357 BUY G43V M3H A 5H177Y R3PL4C3M3N7 DR1V3 74HT L4G5 M4H PC S0 I L33V IT D15C0NN3C73D!!!!

1.2 GHZ 4MD 47HL0N!!!

512 MB SDRAM, upgraded from 128.

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400, purchased when the old 32 graphics stopped working.

5T0CK 50UND C4RD!!! I DUN 3V3N KN0 WU7 I7 I5!!!!

Z1P DR1V3 1 S703L3D 0FF T3H P4R3N7'5 D3LL!!!

80 GB HD 7H47 0LNY R3G1573RZ 70 GB!!!

PH34R M4H PC!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!11

[Batou]

BTW, i really need your advice, is one 512 ram module better than 2 256's?

This depends on your motherboard chipset. Some of the newer boards (notably the Nforce boards from nVidia) feature a memory controller that can access two memory banks in parallel to effectively double your memory bandwidth. You'll only see this feature in newer bleeding edge hardware (in the PC desktop world, anyway), so judging from the system you've described: No, you won't see any advantage using x1 512 MB DIMM as opposed to 2x 256 MB DIMMs. There won't be any noticeable difference in performance either way.

On to "what kind of computer I have":

Well, I have several I use daily (I'm a systems administrator, and have to babysit a datacenter full of Unix and Windows servers), but my main machine at home I use for most desktop-related stuff is as follows:

Windows 2000 Pro SP4

Athlon 2400XP

512 MB DDR @ 333 MHz

Radeon 9700Pro

Soundblaster Audigy 2

3 HDD devices (2 in RAID 0), totalling 60 GB space (file server has 300 GB of space, mostly filled with anime avi's )

21 in Sony Trinitron flastscreen CRT

I use two desktops at work, one running SuSE Linux and another running Win2K. My Win2K box gets most of my work, but I'll dance for joy the day we can finally toss Outlook (and with it MS Exchange) out the window for good.

I'm itching to try out those new Athlon 64's, but I'll wait for the price to come down (and for that 64 bit Windows to be released to retail).

[dna]

Wish I had pictures up too ;P

Navi: main rig

XP 2600+ (2.0GHZ 166FSB)

K7S7A MB

(2x) 512 MB Mushkin 2-2-2 DDR PC2100 @ PC2700 (to keep up with the system bus)

60GB Seagte Baracuda

Geforce TI4200 128MB

Hercules 7.1 sound card (not that I have 7.1 speakers, lol)

Cheap CD-ROM

HP CD-RW/DVD-ROM

Thermal Take 400 PSU (or was it 425? I can't remember which size it was...)

Cable/FM tuner (with my PS2 hooked up to the video input)

22" (21" viewable) Viewsonic

Digital Doc 5

Water cooled by:

Little River White Water CPU water jacket

Cheap pump

Bayres Resivoir

1960-something Ford Truck heater core

A few fans for system circulation

Onboard 10/100

I though it performed pretty decent till I got Halo

Neuman: Smoothwall Box

My old HP pavillion

Celeron 400

256 MB PC100

(3x) Linksys 10/100 NIC cards

Mother: file server

XP1800+

K7S5A

(1) 512 MB Crucial PC2100 2-3-3

80GB Seagate Baracuda

Some GeForce MX vid card

no sound - it's a server, geez

USing a 2 port KVM to use same input and monitor devices as Navi

Onboard 10/100

My wife uses Bob

XP2400+

K7S5A Pro

(1) 512 MB Crucial PC2100

Ebay vid card

Onboard sound

Onboard 10/100

I used to run a Q3 server on my pathetic broadband connection, but my old HDD wigged out, so that's not there any longer. Just a Cely 500 anyway.

[bandit29]

Lets see a crappy E machine with win 98. 533 MHz 13 gig hardrive, 64 MB and a region hacked Samsung DVD-ROM that works most of the time. lol

I'm not much of a computer guy. I'm a console gamer anyway

[Anubis]

I have a homebrew, the same case as Mechamaniac, black, but the only fancy lighting in there is two tri-color LED fans in the back.

As for Yggdrasil's hardware:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+/Abit KD7E motherboard

512MB Ram

100 GB HD and 60GB HD

HP DVD Writer300i (Piece of crap but it works for now)/Toshiba 16X DVD-ROM

Geforce 4 MX440 64 MB Video Card

SoundBlaster Live! Sound Card

Pinnacle Studio AV 7 Capture Board (still haven't actually used it)

NEC Multisync FE790SP 17" CRT Monitor

LinkSys Network Card/Router

Logitech Elite Keyboard/Wireless Trackman Mouse

[Agent ONE]

IBM laptop - T30... It is 4.5 Lbs which is nice to carry around.

Its a gigahurtz system with 1 gig of ram. Fast enough for games.

[mikeszekely]

I'm a console gamer too, and while that keeps me from building my own system, I don't use that as an excuse not to have a good computer.

My main system is:

Sony VAIO PCV-RZ32G

2.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 with Hyper Threading Technology

512 MB of RAM

80 GB hard drive

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1

nVidia GeForce MX 440 with AGP8X

1 cable (TV cable) input

2 S-Video inputs

1 i.LINK S400 input

8 USB 2.0 inputs

A floppy drive

A Memory Stick Drive (convenient, since I have a Sony Cyber-Shot digital camera)

A Sony DRU-510A DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW burner

An LG GCC-4480B CD-R/RW DVD-ROM

Giga Pocket

Sony 17" LCD monitor.

Being that I spend a lot of time on this machine, but my wife likes to play Solitaire, I wound up buying a second cheap machine just for her to play with. It's:

eMachines

2.5 GHz Intel Celeron

40GB hard drive

256MB RAM

a generic CD-RW drive

A floppy drive

6 USB ports

Some kind of bulky eMachinese monitor.

And that's really all I know about it, since I never use it.

If you want to know what printers, the eMachinese has the Lexmark that came with it, but I tossed the crappy HP printer that came with the VAIO and replaced it with an Epson Stylus CX3200 printer/scanner/copier.

[Capt Hungry]

Completely built by me since I don't buy premade crap.

Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum KT400 Mobo with 333FSB.

AMD Athlon 2600+ (2.08 GHZ 333FSB) Processor

512 KB PC2700 (333FSB) RAM

Nvidia GeForce 4 Video Card 64MB

I run the sound card that came with the Soyo board because it rocks, and it suits me fine.

DVD Rom

52x CD RW

2x WDC 40GB HDD, one for Op sys, and programs, one for straight up storage.

Oh, and my case is completely modded, by me.  What can I say, got sick of the old beige beater.

Here's a pic or two.

Nice rig Andy.

Your case looks very similiar to mine, cept' I don't have the fancy window.

1.

Antec 1080 SOHO case w/4 fans

Antec 430W PSU

P3 800EB

Asus P3V4X mobo

512 MB of Crucial PC133 SDRAM

40 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM ATA100 HDD (running at ATA66 since my mobo only supports ATA66)

PNY Geforce Ti 4400 w/128MB

Linksys LNE100TX Nic

ESS 1869 soundcard

56K generic modem

Creative 52X CD-ROM

2.

Generic case

250W Compusa PSU

333Mhz Celeron

Asus P3B-F mobo

512 MB of PC100 SDRAM

Diamond Viper V770 TNT2 Ultra w/32MB

10 GB Maxtor 5400 RPM HDD

3.2 GB Fujitsu HDD

Creative 52X CD-ROM

Linksys LNE100TX Nic

3.

Generic case

250W generic PSU

700Mhz Duron

MSI K7T Ultra2 mobo

512 MB of PC100 SDRAM

Gainward Geforce2 Ti 450 TV w/64MB

Generic 10GB HDD

D-Link DFE530TX Nic

Generic 52X CD-ROM

Comps 1 and 2 are connected to a Linksys 2 port KVM switch.........

I am such a geek.

Edited November 12, 2003 by Capt Hungry

[Ladic]

Mine is Made by my and my friend:

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)

MoBo: ECS L7S7A2 SiS 746 Chipset ATX Motherboard

Ram: 512mb PC-2700 Kingston

Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live

Video Card: Gainward G-Force 3 ti200 64mb

HD 1: 40GB 7200rpm Maxtor

HD 2: 20GB 5400rpm Maxtor

Case: Antec Lanboy w/See thru window and 350watt PowerSupply

CD-RW: Hitachi 8X/4X/32X

DVD: Sony 8X

[Ladic]

I got a Question, I need to upgrade my Video Card this Xmas, and I have $200 to blow on it, should I get an ATI Radeon 9700 128mb(non-pro) or a G-Force FX 9700 Ultra 128mb ? they are both worth about $200. But still unsure which one to pick.

[Weaseldancer]

Currently, I have three computers I use.

1. Home built box with:

P4 2 gig processor

728 MB of DDR 2100 RAM

7200 RPM 80 Gig Hard Drive with an 8MB buffer

32/24/12 CD-RW

16x DVD drive

Raideon 9000 video card with 128 MB

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound card

4.1 Surround Speakers

100 MG Zip drive

Windows XP Pro

2. Wife's computer:

Dell P3 800 with 512 MB of Ram

Windows XP Pro

3. Soon to be web server:

Dell P3 800 with 512 MB of ram

Red Hat Linux 8.0

[ewilen]

I can't wait to leave MSIE behind for Safari!

Or you could use Mozilla NOW.

Not so sure about Mozilla, but I do keep Netscape 7.x around on OS 9 for certain CSS and Java-particular sites. Just don't like the sluggish performance or interface very much. :-)

In my experience, Netscape 7.02 is faster than IE or Netscape 4.x in OS 9. (Some aspects may be slower--like launching, but page rendering is much faster.) Netscape 7.02 also gives you tabbed browsing, something to look forward to with NS 7.1 or Safari.

Surprisingly, Netscape 7.1 is faster than Safari under OS X, again in my experience.

I haven't had very good luck with Mozilla; Chimera seems to work but for some reason I keep going back to Netscape.

As for systems. Home: SuperMac S900 upgraded with a G3/400, 368 megs of RAM, a couple of 2 gig hard drives, a Voodoo 2 card, and a USB card for use with cheap peripherals like my scanner, printer, and no-name mouse. Works fine under 9.1 for general computing and web browsing and older games. (Oni runs well on it, and it's great for Hornet, not sure about Falcon as I haven't really tried that piece of &$%@ since my last hardware upgrade). Framerate on big videos isn't so great but smaller mpegs/avi/shockwave are fine. I'm tempted to try to upgrade this one to "current" standards but I think it will be more economical to just run it into the ground and buy a new Mac at some point

Work: G4/733 with OS X 10.2.6. Took a deep breath and jumped into X shortly after I set it up on my desk. 10.1 wasn't quite worth the trouble, but after 10.2 I've never looked back.

[Capt Hungry]

I got a Question, I need to upgrade my Video Card this Xmas, and I have $200 to blow on it, should I get an ATI Radeon 9700 128mb(non-pro) or a G-Force FX 9700 Ultra 128mb ? they are both worth about $200. But still unsure which one to pick.

ATI is still pretty much on top at the moment, but Nvidia's offerings are nothing to sneeze at. According to Pricewatch.com, a Radeon 9800SE w/128 from Sapphire Technology can be had for $155 w/ free FedEx shipping at Newegg.com.

Sapphire makes good, stable, reliable cards. The 9800 is clocked slightly higher than the 9700 and uses slightly faster RAM. I don't know what you'll be able to find locally, so perhaps there is a place that might have a better deal. If I were to upgrade from my GF4 Ti4400, I'd more than likely get at least a 9800.

Sapphire's Product page

Edited November 12, 2003 by Capt Hungry