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Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:50 pm
by TheTao
A topic for all the tech-heads on this forum. :D Post the specs of any current-use machine you have, or ask for/give advice on how to improve your own machine. Posting order as follows:

MOTHERBOARD:
PROCESSOR:
RAM:
VIDEO CARD:

and if you feel like it...

HARD DRIVE:
DISC DRIVE:
CASE:

And without further adeu, here's the spec list for the computer I built:

ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATX AMD(Socket 939)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2000MHz HT(Socket 939)
1GB Corsair 184-pin DRR
256mb ATI Radeon X1600(PCI-e)

And for the heck of it, my case.

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:31 am
by MasterSkywalker
Current computer:
Gigabyte K8NS (Socket 754)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (Socket 754)
1024MB DDR-RAM (2x512MB but not Dual Channel)
Club3D Radeon 9600XT 256MB

The specs of the computer I ordered:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (Socket 775)
Asus P5B (Socket 775)
1024MB DDR-RAM2 (2x512MB, Dual Channel)
Asus Geforce 7900GT 256MB

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:04 am
by Leviathan
Off-topic : Since this thread may allow the inserting of message supplying either Comments or Suggestions regarding most of the Technical Specifications having been shared so far through it, I would like to remind all GameToast members having a look at it that ASUSTeK Computer® is way far from being the most reliable and profitable Manufacturer of Components and Devices primarily intended towards High-End Platforms, and that's why I would so highlight the valuable Aspect of the Products being engineered by Micro-Star International, which is especially applicable towards Internal Components built for Personal Computers, although the Final Cost of these same Designs are rather high compared to ASUS® Equivalent ones...

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:11 pm
by MasterSkywalker
Euh this might sound stupid but when searching for ASUSTeK you automaticly get the normal Asus site, so actually their both the same, so it doesn't make sense saying that they are more expensive because Asus and ASUSTeK are actually the same company.

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:45 pm
by TheTao
ASUS works fine for me, although that's probably because I'm a sucker for PCI-e and SLI support.

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:43 am
by Leviathan
Off-topic : I do not call into question the fact a significant part of the Internal Components designed and manufactured by ASUSTeK Computer® has chances to work properly once the concerned Products would begin to be exploited by their multiple Purchasers, but I have never ceased noticing that both the Lifespan and Completion of these same Designs were way inferior to those inherent to Equivalent ones engineered by Micro-Star International, and that's why I cannot help preferring this last Brand instead of ASUS®, although this last Company has been mostly appreciated by the persons ordering all sorts of available Cards or Devices to it...

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:57 am
by Leviathan
Off-topic : That's once again way far from being Wrong, but you mustn't forget that if ASUSTeK Computer® is able to propose its latest Components and Devices at comparable Prices, then it is somewhat related towards the fact the Completion of these same Products is usually less appreciable and resistant than the one inherent to Designs engineered by other similar Companies, which has nevertheless not prevented ASUS® from conceiving and releasing Motherboards offering a Great Potential and Performances inappreciable on the ones generated by ABIT®, Gigabyte®, DFI®, etc...

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:11 am
by swbf_lase
25 betabyte hard drive
56' Inch display
MSI Motherboard
RAM: 500 Tearbytes of ram
AMD processer

LOL jk

ITs more like
MSI motherboard (Dont know what type)
AMD athlon 2400 processer
1024 ram
Nvidia Geforce 6200

This is likely to change since both my cousins are looking in to what parts they just have laying around.

(And thats alot of parts young padwan...)

RE: Post your specs/Spec advice

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:12 am
by Leviathan
Off-topic : You see, even though you had not clearly precised that the first List referring to Technical Specifications being more or less accessible towards Home or even Professional Consumers was based on "Fictitious" and Devised Elements, then I would not have been that surprised to learn about the existence of Components and Devices comparable to the implicated ones. Indeed, although the Measurement Units you have referred to so far might be somewhat misspelled, I would like to inform you that Hard-Drives taking advantage out of the Holographic / Perpendicular Data Storage are being currently developped and made as much wide-spread as possible, which should sooner or later favour the producing of ones whose Available Size might exceed several TeraBytes or even PetaBytes...

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:19 am
by OGEB1103
Current Computer: DELL Dimension 2400
MB: Don't know what but it has similiar specs for Intel 845GV chipset
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 processor (socket 478)
RAM: 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
GPU: PNY NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 128MB

Computer once i purchase new parts:
MB: ASUS P5LD2-VM SE Intel 945G Chipset, Socket T (LGA775)
CPU: 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT tech. (socket 775 ^ )
RAM: 1GB Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC4200
GPU: ASUS 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7300GS

And im gonna get this case: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI ... tID=410271

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:20 pm
by Commander_Keller
@ OGEB1103:
i am going to buy me some new components, too.
motherboard same as yours. with a chipset like 945 or 955 i suggest to buy an intel pentium d 805 which you can (only with these chipsets) overclock to 3,8 or 4,0 GHz and if you have water cooling even to 4,1 GHz and it runs stable. i personally think 3,8GHz are enough. ;-)
the price including cooler is only around 130 usd.

for those who know german here´s the link of the testing:
http://tomshardware.thgweb.de/2006/04/2 ... _120_euro/

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:36 pm
by Leviathan
Off-topic : I seriously doubt that advising around GameToast members to enhance the Functioning Frequencies of the INTEL® Processor you have mentioned previously was the most valuable choice to make opposite someone who would want to order brand-new Components intended to serve as longly as possible. Indeed, we both know that although recent and efficient Cooling Systems can successfully held a constant Temperature onto the aimed Central Processing Unit, the Internal Architecture, Structure and Transistors embedded into it are way far from being able to bear such Use Conditions during a prolonged Time Period...

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:17 pm
by TheTao
Hey all, I just bought an awesome video card on clearance at Maplin's. I can't find it on Newegg, but I'll keep looking. If anyone wants to do some digging, it's an nVidia GeForce 7300 GS with 512MB of memory and PCI-E support. It runs these games like a dream at full resolution and full detail, including AA:

Halo
Battlefront 1 & 2
Battlefield 2
Far Cry
Republic Commando
Empire at War
Matrix: Path of Neo
KOTOR

Since I'm sure most of the PC users here have most, at least some of these games, I think that this card is a good recommendation. If you can find it, that is.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:13 pm
by -_-
TheTao wrote:Hey all, I just bought an awesome video card on clearance at Maplin's. I can't find it on Newegg, but I'll keep looking. If anyone wants to do some digging, it's an nVidia GeForce 7300 GS with 512MB of memory and PCI-E support. It runs these games like a dream at full resolution and full detail, including AA:

Halo
Battlefront 1 & 2
Battlefield 2
Far Cry
Republic Commando
Empire at War
Matrix: Path of Neo
KOTOR

Since I'm sure most of the PC users here have most, at least some of these games, I think that this card is a good recommendation. If you can find it, that is.
hey Tao,you sure u setted everything up to highest for Battlefield 2? If you're sure, im getting that.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:20 pm
by TheTao
Yup! The card set me back around 100 bucks, I think. (I paid £60 for it, since I'm in England right now.)

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:49 pm
by -_-
Thanks for the tip! :D

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:53 pm
by TheTao
Oh, one thing I forgot to mention; Battlefield 2 only supports 2xAA on this card. It's still full-spec, since you can't choose anything higher, but I felt I should let you know. Everything runs on full settings.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:01 am
by Leviathan
Off-topic : I have to say I have been rather amazed to learn about the fact the Graphics Card you have previously ordered and installed could ship with such an Amount of Video Memory, and that's why I guess it must be embedded with the nVidia® Dynamic Technology called "TurboCache", and if that's indeed proven, then I would be ready to bet attempting to play Video Games way more recent than those you have mentioned previously could become somewhat unappreciable and even frustrating...

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:28 pm
by OGEB1103
Well, as you can see earlier, i'm buying the 256MB 7300GS for about £40.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:56 pm
by Leviathan
Off-topic : In your case, ordering and installing the nVidia® Graphics Card you have mentioned previously might be way more advantageous and appreciable than getting your hands down on the one having been promoted by TheTao, since I can remember the Amount and Classification of the Physical Memory you have picked up might not have sufficed in order to make sure the TurboCache© Technology embedded onto it would have behaved properly, and that's why this Performances Revamping Process may have been that depreciated since the first Days it has been introduced and commercialized...