I decided to start this topic just to find out specs and any crazy mods people have for their computers
Yeah, anyway, I'm sporting
-A3.2 P4 Prescott
-1 GB DDR-400
-ATI Radeon x800
-120 GB SATA HD
-Creative Audigy ZS
-Logitech elite KB
-MX510 mouse
-no mods (yet!)

So post!

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
512MB (not positive on whether it's DDR or anything, can't remember how to check!)
GeForce 6800 GT
80GB Maxtor HD
Avance AC'97 Audio (inbuilt, but good)

Can't remember the motherboard... I know it's a Gigabyte.

Probably gunna upgrade to 1GB RAM soon. With the 6800 GT though I can run the latest games at a very smooth FPS at max, or in some cases, near max settings. There are just some loading issues with objects now and then where the game lags quite a bit, which is probably the RAM.

Dell Dimension 4600C
Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
1024 MB DDR SDRAM PC2700
40GB HD 7200 RPM
ATI Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB AGP 8X
17"Flat Dell Panel Monitor
integrated audio
Altec Lansing speakers
Logitec MX510 mouse
Xtrac mouse pad
Comcast High Speed Cable
comfortable chair

Let the Intel vs. AMD and Dell vs. do-it-yourself wars begin.

Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
1024MB DDR RAM
2 x 180GB HDD
ATI Radeon Sapphire 9800 Pro 128MB
21'' Dell Flat Screen Monitor
Sound Blaster 5.1 Live!
Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard
Microsoft Default Mouse

EDIT RE: DELL: Bad for prebuilt PCs, GOOD for laptops and monitors.

Word on the Dell comment. They make a sweet laptop, but desktops can be a little nyah. But let me tell you from experience, they rock Gateways. My old 2002 Gateway only lasted 2 years and was the buggiest piece of [explitive] i've ever had the displeasure of using.

a 21" Flat screen, i think i'm going to need a new pair of pants!

Note to Dilvish, if you ever get the chance, build your own PC. It's a lot of fun and there's the incredible amounts of self satisfaction you get when you see the baby up and running!

Well, here's my computer

-Pentium 4 2,7 GHZ
-768 MB DDR-333
-Nvidia Geforce 6600GT GLH
-120 GB IDE HD
-Creative Audigy ZS
-Logitech wireless Keyboard
-MX510 mouse (red)
-Plexi side window, 3X 120 mm blue LED Fans,

Gonna upgrade it to
-AMD 64 4000+
-1 GB DDR 400

this summer!

heres my one:

ASUS AV8 deluxe wifig Motherboard
AMD Athlon-64 Fx-54
2048MB DDR PC 4200 RAM
2 x Maxtor Diamond max plus 10 S-ATA
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Creative Labs Inspire T7700 7.1
LG 17" TFT monitor
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Pro 2.0
ATI Radeon x800xt Platinum edition

Abit NF7-S revision 2.0
Athlon XP 2500+ Mobile @ 1850MHz (I think)
2x 256MB DDR400
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro


The shitty ram doesn't run at spec. I'm going to grab a couple 512s of Corsair or, if I can find some around here, Mushkin so that my computer won't crash when I set it to 200MHz bus. Then I can my raw processing speed above 2GHz

I was thinking of saving my money instead of upgrading, and getting a new desktop around the end of the year, but I plan on going to Japan and won't be bringing it with me, so instead I'll get a couple upgrades to get Oblivion running, and save for my trip instead.

Upgrades to come soon (I hope):
Radeon 9800 Pro
2x 512MB DDR400 Corsair (probably value select - I heard they're good for the price)/Mushkin
200GB HDD (I'll probably go with another Seagate on this one)
19" LCD (I'm using a 15 currently, and it's fine. I just want something bigger, that looks a little more stylish than my C5 )

ASUS SLI delux mobo
Anthon 2.2ghz 64bit HT
1gb ram - 2x 512mb
2x- Nvidia 6600 GT
sound card (i dont recall the name now...)
HDD1: 200gb
HDD2: 160gb
Gen. keybord
Gen. mouse

planned upgrades
-change out 6600's
-new mouse
-new keybord
-add a gb of ram

runs pretty good im running HL2, CS:S, CoD2, DoW:winter assault all at maxed gfx and over 100 fps
Olivion i can only run an the med-high range with good fps.

My specs:

-Intel D945GNT S775 Motherboard
-Intel p4 3.2ghz CPU
-1gb DDR2 533Mhz RAM
-250 GB hard drive SATA
-ASUS X700 256 GDDR3
-BENQ 16x +/- DVDR/RW OEM
-SoundMax Sound 3D Enviromental Effects


pretty nice computer, eh!

• Tyan Thunder K7
  • AMD 760MP chipset
  • 2x 3Com 3C920 ethernet
  • ATi RAGE XL 4MB video
• 2x 1.2GHz K7
• 2x 256MB Registered 72-bit DDR2100 memory
• 2x 80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA
• Mercury 550W EPS Power Supply
• Promise FastTrack S150 TX2plus
• Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1370
• ATi TV Wonder Pro
• VT100

Sorry, but no case mods, seeing as how there's no case.

My pooter:
Self built.

ASUS A8V Deluxe
AMD 64/3000+(Winchester)
1024MB GeIL DDR400 (2x512-Dual Channel)
nVidia 6600GT/128
Soundblaster Audigy 4, 2.1 channel audio
IDE channel 1:
DVD-ROM Drive (IDE)
CDRW Drive (IDE)
IDE Channel 2:
Maxtor 120GB IDE Main drive
Iomega ZIP100 IDE
On RAID
Maxtor 80GB IDE Second drive (on RAID set-up as IDE)

Here's my home built pc:

- Intel® Pentium® 2.80 Ghz processor
Intel® Pentium® 2.80 Ghz processor (yes dual core)
- Wireless NexxTech keyboard and mouse
- Altec Lansing 5.1 soround system or (when using TV) 8.1 high tech dont remember name.
- Dell Motherboard
- DVD-Writer - PX-716A by Plextor
- Sapphire Radeon x1600 pro 512 mb
- 1024 DDR Ram
- 60 or 80 GB HD (not sure)
- Windows XP Professional (cant remember version)
- Sometimes a crappy MultiSync E700 (old monitor) or (sometimes) my Panasonic 55' flat screen HD TV.
- Confy computer chair or (sometimes) big confy 3 people sofa.

Thats all I remember right now

Sorry for laughing, but I have this funny thought in my head. My brother-in-law uses his huuuuuge widescreen TV as well, and I find myself imagining him moving all his furniture outside so he's got enough room to move the mouse about

My computer, the Shadowkeeper:
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ @ 2.5GHz (nice even number)
2GB Corsair TwinX2048-3200C2
XFX 256MB GeForce 7800 GTX OC
Creative X-Fi XM (using Altec Lansing ADA995 5.1)
Plextor PX-716AL DVD R/RW (slot loading!)

74GB Raptor
160WB WD Caviar
320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (perpendicular recording)

ViewSonic G90f 19" CRT @ 1280x960x85Hz
Logitech Elite keyboard
Logitech G5 mouse

ASUS A8N SLI.SE

1GB DDR RAM

AMD Athlon 64 x2 2.01GHz Dual Core

Radeon X1800XT 256Mb

(I have an SLI motherboard, but only 1 GPU. So far..)

SAMSUNG HD160JJ (149GB)

Seagate 300GB (I don't technically have this yet, but it's in the post and winging it's way towards me right now.)

19" Yusmart LCD monitor.

And I have a really cool black case with a silver X on the front.



Total Cost £1155



WarKirby

Here is my toy:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 4800+
nForce SLi Motherboard with dual Channel DDR
2 GB DDR (PC2700) (2x1GB)
300GB SATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
2 x NVIDIA 7800GTX PCI-Express Graphics
20" Flat Screen Viewsonic VP201B
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Comfortable pair of surround sound headphones with mike
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G7 Mouse
Windows XP Home


.... and for all of the above it is used by someone who does not know how to pragram, etc.

OK, here's my setup, just for the sake of writing something down (since I've got nothing else better to do with my time).

HP Pavillion a340n desktop PC with:
-Intel® Pentium® 4 2.60GHz CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel 865 chipset family), and yes, it's dual-core (well, virtual dual core)
-1.0GB of PC2700 DDR RAM (256MB DDR x 4)
-ATI Radeon® X1600 Pro 512MB DDR2 AGP GPU
-120GB Ultra DMA Hard Drive
-HP Pavillion mx703 17" CRT monitor (has about 7475h of ON time)
-SB X-Fi XtremeMusic PCI sound card
-JLMS XJ-HD1665 DVD-ROM
-Sony CD-RW CRX215E5 CD writer
-Pair of Cyber Acoustics speakers with a (get this) tiny 2.5" subwoofer (sounds pretty good tho )
-Windows XP® Home Edition (SP2)

That about sums it up. I'm quite content with this setup, albeit a few things I wish I had, but have not the funds to fianance my hunger .

[EDIT]
Oh yeah, this whole thing cost me upwards of about $2500 CDN (it'll be about 3 yrs. old next Feb.).

not my current computer, but what i will buy next:
-conroe e6300 dual core (hopefully can oc it to 3ghz)
-asus p5b sli mobo (i always trust asus)
-enermax liberty 500watt sli (had before, should had kept it, best psu in the market)
-crucial technology pc5300 3-3-3-12 (the one i heard can oc to 800mhz at 4-4-4-12)
-2 x wd sata2 160gb hd (for raid1 backup purpose)

all this and some accessories will cost up to one grand total. keeping my old 7900gt to use with the setup. hopefully will handle all the new gen games even without a dx10 card and vista.

truthfully i love nforce chipset and amd combo. so i really like to get the amd am2 cpus. but seeing the performance of the conroe, its inevitable if i want best performance for money.

That's quite the setup bud ! And for someone who (like myself) nows nuthin 'bout how a PC works. Well, I know a little about things work and that, but I don't know how to make my own apps (I'd say I'm a very, very, VERY casual programmer. Nuthin I could make a living off of tho. Just enough for me to get the most of my comp.

just upgraded mine, why not show it off

core 2 duo E6400 @ stock speed
4 x 512mb ddr2 667 5300
ecs nforce 570 sli motheboard
XFX 8600gt FATAL1TY
sata 1 250 g hdd, double partition
dvd rom/cd rw combo
XCLIO goodpower 500W
the cheapest surround sound money can buy! (45$)
logitech mx518 gaming mouse
20$ mousepad...has blue led in it w/ dimmer switch
nexus fan controller
red cold cathode light
water cooled!

i don't think i've put quite 1,000$ into it yet.

possibly replacing case with lian li 65B plusII case

course i put it together myself. shameful if you haven't

Nice setup. ^^ Though Raidmax Scorpio 420w? Are you sure that's enough wattage for your system? (I assume you're referring to your PSU there).

thats actually the name of the case. the 420 is also the wattage rating of the PSU. i believe this is just coincidence that the name is that because raidmax stocks alotta their cases with the same 420w power supply. i know cause my friends, which had a different case, had the same PSU in it. (the PSU came with the case)

surpringly it is enough to power it all. only problem with power i have is not havin enough rails. (really, almost no PSU comes with enough)

the power supply is only enough cause the x1600 doesn't need its own connector, and doesn't drain that much. 65nm drains less then a 90nm CPU as well, so that helps. only running 1 optical drive too, no floppy anymore. if i ever get a new video card though, i am gonna need to get a new PSU.


p.s. ordering SATA dvd burner, considering cold cathode tubes, and possibly removing the water cooling off the CPU and replacing it with a northbridge waterblock, cause i think the video card being in the same loop is actually raising the CPU temperature.

Proccesor: Intel Celeron 3.2 GHz
RAM: 512 (Upgrading to 1GB soon)
Graphics: Nvidia Geforice 6200LE
Sound card: Not sure and therefore not important
HDD: 120GB

2 3.0Gz Intel Processors
No idea what motherboard
1Gb RAM
ATI Radeon x600
160Gb HDD
DVD-ROM drive
CD_RW drive
Floppy drive
various flash drives
17 inch DELL monitor
Windows XP Home SP2 and Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft (A distribution of linux)
Headphones (with mic)
Windows says my sound card is a Sigmatel Audio, Linux says HDA Intel

Right now I have to run Oblivion and stuff under Linux using WINE (a windows emulator), because I was stupid enough to accidentally delete Windows from my HD, and my recovery disc is unbootable

clever that lol

haven't you got the instalation CD's from when you bought the PC?

No, it was a DELL computer, so it didn't come with one. The idea was you could make one using special software on the computer. It worked fine, except it couldn't copy the .iso file that would make it bootable.

Of course, being Windows, it didn't bother to tell me that. It just wrote it to some tiny log file somewhere on the cd.

i specifically built my computer system to be a complete integrated entertainment system.


if you have to know the specs:
e6300 1.86ghz oc'ed to 2.6ghz
asus p5b deluxe wifi (non-sli, but i don't care for it, atleast i get 3 pci slots)
2 x raid 1 (4 hdd's)
8800gtx (i shouldnt have bought this, its overkill, if i bought the 8800gts i save $300, thats 50 bags of beef jerky.)
2x1gb patriot 6400 5-5-4-9
msi turbostream 600watt sli psu (one of the best deal i've got, $70, an enermax cost twice as much)
zalman fans controller = priceless, but doesnt have enough resistance to make the fans quieter, its still noisy. computer has 9 fans total, counting the mobo, gfx and psu.

I don't really like to complain or rant, but isnt that a kinda wrong placement? Shouldnt they be at the back, since you would get the full effect then if you play on your computer and laying on the couch (I assume there is a couch).

I have a custom built pc its specs are

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.6ghz(non oc'ed)
Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX (overkill but i love it and it will last)
320gig HDD
2x1gig DDR2 ram w/ heatspreaders
700W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU
My Case
27' lcd and 5.1 surround sound
and a bunch of other goodies but cannot think atm,..

CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)
CPU Alias Conroe
CPU #0 Intel® Core™2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2405 MHz
CPU #1 Intel® Core™2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2405 MHz
Motherboard Name Asus Striker Extreme
North Bridge: nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (C55XE)
South Bridge: nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (MCP55PXE)
Memory: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 1GB x 4
PCI Express x16: EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX
Monitor(s): Dell E228WFP [NoDB] x 2 (22inch)
Sound Card: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic/Platinum
Storage Devices:
Maxtor 6 L250S0 SCSI Disk Device @ 250GB (formated)
WDC WD5000KS-00MNB0 SCSI Disk Device @ 500GB (Formated)
SAMSUNG HD501LJ SCSI Disk Device @ 500GB (Formated)
SAMSUNG HD501LJ SCSI Disk Device @ 500GB (Formated)
WDC WD74 0ADFD-00NLR1 SCSI Disk Device @ 74GB (Formated)

PSU: PCPWR&COOL|SILENCER 750 QUAD BK
Mouse: Razer Copperhead
Keyboard: Logitec G15
Headset: Gamecom | Pro1
Speakers: 2.1 POS
OS Name: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit (i know, i know, i'm getting 64-Bit asap)

(The above was mostly generated with the help of EVEREST.)

Operating System=Windows XP Professional X64 Bit Version Service Pack 2

CPU=AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ (2.81 GHz)
RAM=4.00 GB DDR2
Power Supply=OCZ 700W Power Supply
Hard Drive=Maxtor 500GB IDE
CD-ROM Drive=LITE ON DVD R/RW and CD R/RW reader/writer
Video Card=NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX with 768DDR3 Video Ram and Dual LCD Monitor Plugs
Sound Card=Creative Labs X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Keyboard=(ZBoard) Merc Gaming Keybaord USB
Mouse=Microsoft 5-Button Optical USB
Speakers=Logitech 5.1 Surround Speakers
Monitor=(Primary Display)=22" Viewsonic Widescreen
Monitor=(Secondary Display)=19" Viewsonic Fullscreen
Game Controller=XBOX360 Controller for Windows

System is plugged into a APC Smart-UPS 1500VA W/ 8 Outlets