Whats your pc got under its hood?

[Rix]

As the title says whats inside your pc?:p


Heres mine

System RIX-PC
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition (Build 7100)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 EM64T
CPUID : 6.F.B / Extended : 6.F
CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 32 / 4 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 4096 KB
Core : Kentsfield (65 nm) / Stepping : G0
Freq : 1600.03 MHz (266.67 * 6)
MB Brand : Gigabyte
MB Model : G31MX-S2
NB : Intel P35/G33/G31 rev A2
SB : Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev A1
GPU Type : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
GPU Clocks : Core 459 MHz / RAM 400 MHz
DirectX Version : 10.0
RAM : 4096 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 400 MHz (2:3) @ 5-5-5-18
Slot 1 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Corsair
Slot 2 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Corsair

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Rix-Laptop
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60
Windows XP Professional SP3 (Build 2600)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 2 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
CPU EXT : MMX(+) 3DNow!(+) SSE SSE2 SSE3 x86-64
CPUID : F.8.2 / Extended : F.68
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 64 / 2 x 64 KB - L2 : 2 x 512 KB
Core : Tyler (65 nm) / Stepping : ???
Freq : 800.16 MHz (200.04 * 4)
MB Brand : Quanta
MB Model : 30CF
NB : NVIDIA nForce 560 rev A2
SB : NVIDIA nForce 560 rev A2
GPU Type : NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M
GPU Clocks : Core 425 MHz / RAM 0 MHz
DirectX Version : 9.0c
RAM : 4096 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 160 MHz (Unknown) @ 5-5-5-15
Slot 1 : 2048MB (5300)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Kingston
Slot 2 : 2048MB (5300)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Kingston
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[Ice88]

Desktop:
CPU: E8500 (510*8) = 4080mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte UD3P (P45 Chipset)
Graphics Card: HD 4870 + HD 4890
RAM: 4GB Gskillz 5-5-3-5 @ 1100
PSU: Corsair HX 520
DVD: Pioneer 120 (Flashed)
OS: Snow Leopard + Vista

Laptop:
Mac Book 2.4ghz
4gb Memory
Leopard

[Rix]

What version of Snow Leopard are u running? and how did u patch it to run on pc?

[chicaboo]

CPU: Intel E8400 @ 9*400 = 3600mhz
Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 PRO
Mobo: Asus P5E (latest BIOS)
RAM: Team Dark Elite CL 5-5-5-15 @ 1066mhz
GFX: 2 X ATi Radeon HD4850
DVD: Pioneer + LG Blu Ray (read only)
Monitor: Samsung 2232BW (22" 16/10)
K+M: Microsoft Reclusa + Habu
Case: Antec 900 + side blue LED fan
PSU: Antec TruPower Trio 650W
OS: Vista 32bit Home Premium
3DMark06: 19017 (aiming to break 20k soon!)
Vantage: P10892

Got another one but it might be going on Friday...
Gav.

[chicaboo]

Desktop:
CPU: E8500 (510*8) = 4080mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte UD3P (P45 Chipset)
Graphics Card: HD 4870 + HD 4890
RAM: 4GB Gskillz 5-5-3-5 @ 1100
PSU: Corsair HX 520
DVD: Pioneer 120 (Flashed)
OS: Snow Leopard + Vista

Laptop:
Mac Book 2.4ghz
4gb Memory
Leopard
Chris, your PSU will be hitting the revlimiter soon with those 2 video cards and that overclock! :eek: Do you have to up your FSB voltage to run the bus that wide? I want to go to 500 or 533mhz bus, but I can never get a stable overclock with only adjusting the Vcore (I dunno how to tune the other voltage options). :(

Gav.

[Ice88]

Chris, your PSU will be hitting the revlimiter soon with those 2 video cards and that overclock! :eek: Do you have to up your FSB voltage to run the bus that wide? I want to go to 500 or 533mhz bus, but I can never get a stable overclock with only adjusting the Vcore (I dunno how to tune the other voltage options). :(

Gav.

What days do you work Gav?

When i get my tax back ill pop down and have a looksie for you if you want :)

As for voltage, cpu is at 1.35 and NB voltage is pumped up about 0.075 volts. From memory you have G31 chipset so you might need a little more voltage :)

@ Rix im running 10a421 :)

Just need to use a modified dsmos.kext, i use the netkas package. At the time of install there was no other method. Still isnt AFAIK for this release version.

Ill be promptly buying snow leopard when it comes out in september :) Two copies one for each machine.

[scott b]

im pretty sure my laptop beats you all, running an amazing 256mb of RAM :o

[chicaboo]

What days do you work Gav?

When i get my tax back ill pop down and have a looksie for you if you want :)

As for voltage, cpu is at 1.35 and NB voltage is pumped up about 0.075 volts. From memory you have G31 chipset so you might need a little more voltage :)

@ Rix im running 10a421 :)

Just need to use a modified dsmos.kext, i use the netkas package. At the time of install there was no other method. Still isnt AFAIK for this release version.

Ill be promptly buying snow leopard when it comes out in september :) Two copies one for each machine.
I didn't work last week, and I'm only working 3 days this week. I'm supposed to be going onto a new contract soon and will be doing 5 days/week with 1 RDO every month... :rolleyes:

Nah, my chipset is X38, so it would be similar to adjusting an X48 chipset. But I think NB or PLL voltage is where it's falling down on wider FSB?

Gav.

[Ice88]

I didn't work last week, and I'm only working 3 days this week. I'm supposed to be going onto a new contract soon and will be doing 5 days/week with 1 RDO every month... :rolleyes:

Nah, my chipset is X38, so it would be similar to adjusting an X48 chipset. But I think NB or PLL voltage is where it's falling down on wider FSB?

Gav.

Similiar yah.

I actually used a X38-DQ6 board up and till recently. Goes great under phase :p

In regards to your question, simply increasing the NB voltage should net you 4ghz so long as your chip doesnt cut out before that. However pretty much every chip ive seen gets 4ghz without too much worry.

As its a X38 chipset and thus uses a different manufacturing voltage you will need more voltage. Simply due to the manufacturing process. i think i used to use .1 or .125 voltages on my Q6700 :)

EDIT: You shouldnt have to touch the PLL voltage at all to get 4ghz :)

[Rix]

Ice where did u get snow leopard for pc?

[marcs_sp20]

dunno what the specs are on both my laptop nor pc, they are both old ebay bargains :p

Btw I dont play games, its only used for word processing/internet/photo's... My car is my game :D

[Ice88]

Ice where did u get snow leopard for pc?

WhatCD :)

[Rix]

does it work on amd cpus?

[DavoAust]

i used to build pcs, now i have other hobbies.

rix you're running an 8500GT? i think i see a bottle neck :p

[Rix]

lol why is it a bottle neck?

lol yeah i have a quad core with 4gb and crappy gfx card so? i don't game anymore lol I simply use that machine for photoshop and msn
and playing loud music

before i got my car all my money went into it lol
As u can see i got a little carried away

http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/Rixlive/pc/15042009153.jpg

[dosh]

dosh-PC
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 EM64T
CPUID : 6.7.7 / Extended : 6.17
CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 32 / 4 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 2048 KB
Core : Yorkfield (45 nm) / Stepping : M1

Freq : 1995.3 MHz (332.55 * 6)
MB Brand : To be filled by O.E.M.
MB Model : To be filled by O.E.M.
NB : Intel P35/G33/G31 rev A2
SB : Intel 82801IB (ICH9) rev 02

GPU Type : NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU Clocks : Core 600 MHz / RAM 900 MHz
DirectX Version : 10.0

RAM : 4096 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 399.1 MHz (5:6) @ 6-6-6-18
Slot 1 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Kingston
Slot 2 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Kingston

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[Batty]

My age old PC.

Intel E6600 core 2 duo
Nvidea 8800 GTS 320Mb graphics
2 Gb DDR2 800 MHZ Ram
A suitable mobo (can't remember)
Pioneer dual layer DVD burner
3.5 inch floppy - dunno why
Thermaltake VX Bach case with 2 built in 5" drawers
Built in sound.
Unused wifi card - now connected via cable to the router.
Coolermaster 650 watt power supply
wd 250 Gb HDD
wd 320 Gb HDD
wd 1Tb HDD
external 1Tb HDD usb and Esata.
XP home OS
22inch LG lcd monitor
Rotel R04 stereo amp and Dick Smiths bookshelf speakers - I know not really part of the PC.

Looking for an upgrade somewhere, maybe an E8500 cpu would be a good start - what do you recon?

[Ice88]

My age old PC.

Intel E6600 core 2 duo
Nvidea 8800 GTS 320Mb graphics
2 Gb DDR2 800 MHZ Ram
A suitable mobo (can't remember)
Pioneer dual layer DVD burner
3.5 inch floppy - dunno why
Thermaltake VX Bach case with 2 built in 5" drawers
Built in sound.
Unused wifi card - now connected via cable to the router.
Coolermaster 650 watt power supply
wd 250 Gb HDD
wd 320 Gb HDD
wd 1Tb HDD
external 1Tb HDD usb and Esata.
XP home OS
22inch LG led monitor
Rotel R04 stereo amp and Dick Smiths bookshelf speakers - I know not really part of the PC.

Looking for an upgrade somewhere, maybe an E8500 cpu would be a good start - what do you recon?

Depends on the motherboard. If it doesnt support it then no point ;)

[Batty]

At home now just checked mobo it's MSI P965 neo, 2 ms 7231 ver 2.1
I'll have to check the support page at MSI then.


yup takes a 65nm E8500

[Ky_88]

No Rix I think you're just classed as a "hardcore gamer nerd" and I mean that in the nicest way possible :)

You're the opposite to my boyfriend. He did up his old box looking shi**y computer so that if he ever gets robbed they won't bother stealing it lol. It runs just like a new computer.

It's pretty much a Holden. S**t to look at but can go hard if it wants!

*Sorry if I offend any secret Holden lovers* Funny thing is, Paul owns a Holden ;):)

[Rix]

No Rix I think you're just classed as a "hardcore gamer nerd" and I mean that in the nicest way possible :)

You're the opposite to my boyfriend. He did up his old box looking shi**y computer so that if he ever gets robbed they won't bother stealing it lol. It runs just like a new computer.

It's pretty much a Holden. S**t to look at but can go hard if it wants!

*Sorry if I offend any secret Holden lovers* Funny thing is, Paul owns a Holden ;):)


Ky u do realise we are taking about computers and not your boyfriends genitals:P

lol i'm never play pc games though so how can i be a gamer nerd? i can't even run half the new games as my graphics can't run them

[marcs_sp20]

Looking at the photo you put up, its obvious why Ky_88 said that :rolleyes:

[Ice88]

At home now just checked mobo it's MSI P965 neo, 2 ms 7231 ver 2.1
I'll have to check the support page at MSI then.


yup takes a 65nm E8500

Thatd be fine if the e8500s where 65nm ;)

Will need a BIOS update to support it i thinks too :)

[Batty]

I was looking at 65 in the watts column thought it was the nm column but there wasn't a nm column DOH, yup bios upgrade needed too. Gotta love the internet hey.

[Ice88]

Indeed :)

Oh and in regards to your question Rix, yes it can be installed on a AMD machine. or leoard can, i havnt seen any patched kernels around for snow leopard for AMD yet.

Just google leopard + AMD, should return some results/guides :)

People release entire DVDs that dont need any modifying that are as easy as installing windows now a days :)

[Cosmo Dude]

My work Lappie is a 3+ year old 'LG-E' S1 Express dual and the only problem I've had is with the connection to the screen which began failing about a month ago :( Oh and it doesn't have a serial port.
Finding a replacement is gonna be a bitch, most of the HPs that have been tried have gone FUBAR after 18 months and cheap ASUS etc... don't have the body streangth. Oh and LG-E don't do lappies any more and LG-N (who would have spares) are a long way away.

[michael0008]

this is my pc spec

CPU: Intel E8400
Cooler: asus silent night 2
Mobo: Asus P5E deluxe x48(latest BIOS)
RAM: kingston 2gb 800mhz
GFX:ATi Radeon HD4850 1gb
DVD: asus dvd
Case: cooler master 690 black
PSU: gigabyte 720w

[zappy65]

Im looking at building 1 atm, yep still...bought the case though...

Case: Thermaltake Armour+ VH6000+ Black ATX
Cooling: Ha have you seen the case....its a bloody WMD...
CPU: Intel i7 Quad Core 920
MB: Intel X58 ATX
PSU: Thermaltake 850W
GPU: Nvidia 275GTX x 2 (SLi) (Looking at 9800GTX in SLi as well)
RAM: Corsair 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3 (2 x 2GB)
HD: 1 x 120GB 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB (WD)
DD: 1 x LG DVD 1 x LG DVD Burner

Also lookin at an ACER 23" LCD Screen....should have the rest up by the end of the month...

[phildough]

My PC
Case: Thermaltake Armor JR Aluminium
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 6400 Black Edition 3.2 GHz
Cooling: Asus Artic Square
Mobo: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe
RAM: 4x1gb 800mhz @4-4-4-10
GPU: Asus GTX 260 896mb
Audio: Asus Xonar D2-PM
PSU: AC Bel 800w
HDD: 2x320 GB + 3x500GB
ODD: 2xAsus
Monitor: 22" Asus LCD

Media Center
Case: Antec Fusion HTPC with display
CPU: AMD Phenom 9500
Cooling: AMD Fan + 3 X 120mm Fans
Ram: 2X 1 gb 800MHz@3-3-3-10
Mobo: Asus M3N78-VM
GPU: Integrated 8200 512Mb HDMI
Audio: Asus Xonar D2-PM
PSU: Zalman Silent 450W
HDD: 500 GB
ODD: BLU RAY
Monitor: 32" HD LCD TV

Server:
Case Thermaltake Armour Full Tower ATX
HDD: 9 Hard Drives = 4+ TB
CPU: Intel P4 3.2 GHz
Mobo: Asus P5LD2 Deluxe
RAM: 2 gb DDR2
PSU: Coolermaster 650W
Cooling: 3 X 120 Fans
Monitor: 17" CRT- Does it matter?? I remote into it.

Oh and a EEEPC 901 and a few other PC's here and there..
My PC is getting to be a few yrs old but it still plays all games on max settings so im not upgrading yet.
My media centre is built to be silent as who wants noisy fans.
Server because I couldn't fit any thing more in my case.

[Batty]

Got some spare moolah, so looking at buying the E8500, asus P5Q3 mobo, 4Gb DDR3 1333, and a Nvidea GTX275 from MSY, thoughts please.....

[chicaboo]

If you want to run DDR3, compare the price of an AMD Phenom II quad & AM3 board for the cost of the E8500 and the P5Q3. Otherwise DDR2 is fine for the E8500, unless you want to run a rediculously wide FSB speed overclocked. :eek:

Gav.

[Batty]

would a q9400 be better

[chicaboo]

would a q9400 be better
Depends what you want to do with the computer. Bang for buck, the E8400-8600 with DDR2 RAM are very good for most things, including gaming. Also, the Phenom II quads are very well priced, and would cost much the same as a balanced E8600 system. Intel quads are great for CPU intensive software, but tend to be not as good for gaming unless you get something with a higher core speed, like the new i7 core chips. That's why I suggested to look at Phenom II quads as they are roughly the same price range as what you've mentioned (even with the higher bus speed). AM3 boards are really cheap too. :D

Gav.

[Batty]

My PC is used maily for games and internet, so, Im going to add some RAM today, stick with my mobo and think some more. If I stick with intel I can get away with just a bios upgrade for the E or Q series cpus.

[Batty]

Added 2 Gb more RAM and found that the RAM clock was set to 667 not 800MHz, seems a bit quicker, but that could be my imagination.

[chicaboo]

Added 2 Gb more RAM and found that the RAM clock was set to 667 not 800MHz, seems a bit quicker, but that could be my imagination.
The thing you will notice most with more RAM is the HDD won't thrash as much. :) You won't see any difference with clock speed on RAM unless you are overclocking, etc...

Gav.

[Batty]

Picking up an E8500 on the way home, will have to flash my bios though

Ended up with a Q9550 and getting new mobo today, sticking with DDR2 tho' so choice is limited P43 or P45 based card i think should be around $150 mark.

[DVS]

Case: Antec nine hundred
Mobo: Gigabyte ex58 extreme
CPU: Intel I7 920
Ram: Corsair DDR3 6GB 1600mhz
GPU: Ati raedon 4890
PSU: Corsair 850w
Monitor: Samsung 22"
Extras: e-sata, leadtek dig. tv card
HDD: 1TB seagate, 500GB samsung, 80GB western digital, 320GB seagate(ide)
DVD: LG something

soon to be overclocked

[michael0008]

:) Intel E8400 is nice for gaming and can overclock easy lol 3.6ghz, did not have to touch voltages and ran at 44 max and 39 idle. When not overclocked it rans at 39max and idle 35 lol love it

I might try and overclock it to 4ghz later.

[RustyKaos]

Suppose I better put mine up

Case: Thermaltake Armor Black Aluminium
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4600 2.4 GHz
Cooling: Lots of green case fans
Mobo: Asus Crosshair
RAM: 2x 1GB 800Mhz
GPU: Leadtek Nvidia 7950GX2 (SLi on the one board)
Audio: Onboard high definition
PSU: OCZ 750W
HDD: 500GB, 400GB, 300GB
ODD: 1x Pioneer Black DVD Burner, 1x Liteon DVD Burner
Monitor: 20" BenQ
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition (Build 7100)

Just be aware that I have 2 of those graphics running quad normally but have taken one out due to windows 7 not liking it very well (or possibly a faulty card) and that other than the 500GB hard drive this computer is now 3 years old with no major upgrades.

[Cosmo Dude]

I fear my motherboard is starting to give up the ghost so before it goes pop for good I'm about to replace it. Tonight...
Back with the stats later.

[spenaroo]

i use a stock acer aspire5315 laptop.
1 gb ram
Intel celeron 560 CPU, a whole 2.13ghz
complete with built in Intel graphics card with 128 megabytes
but at least it gets the schoolwork done

[Batty]

upgrade done, from E6600 to Q9550, from 2Gb ddr2 800 to 4Gb, from el cheapo mouse to logitech MX400 laser, from MSI 965 neo 2 mobo to Gigabyte EP45-UD3L. from XP to win 7 64 ultimate.

Is nice

[Batty]

Ok so I lied, Upgrade wasn't finished, I found a few spare $$$ under my mattress and swapped the video card, now have a GTX 275 fitted.

[someguyfish]

I'm running a Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, with 4gb of DDr2 RAM with a NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS. only a 320gig hard drive but i bought all this including a 22" monitor for 2 grand well over a year ago.

[chicaboo]

Ok so I lied, Upgrade wasn't finished, I found a few spare $$$ under my mattress and swapped the video card, now have a GTX 275 fitted.
Your system should be hooking along now Batty!

Gav.

[Batty]

yeah, it runs 'very high' level in Crysis now, but that is just too much going on so I wound it back to high.

[chicaboo]

yeah, it runs 'very high' level in Crysis now, but that is just too much going on so I wound it back to high.
Yeah, I built a PC for CAD work, and ended up selling it to someone who wanted to use it for CAD/BIM. Anyhow, turned out it was stellar for playing Crysis on very high too. :p

[Batty]

My son wants to swap for his lappy now - fat chance

[zappy65]

Got my PC runnin...the stats are as follows..

Thermaltake Armor+ VH 6000 Case
Hytec 800w PSU
Intel i7 920 CPU
Nvidia 295 GTX
OCZ DDR3 4GB (1800MHz)
LG DVD/ Bruner Combo
500GB HD, 250GB HD, 120GB HD

And a whole lot of LED fans...inc with the case...lol...Ill take pics soon...

[scott b]

time for a new laptop :( mines not running AutoCAD, kinda need it too

[zappy65]

Does anyone have experience with the i7 CPU's?...I got one and it sits on about 46 - 50 degrees....just curious about temps...?

[Ice88]

fans in case?

Cooler? Stock thermal paste? Hyper threading enabled or disabled?

[michael0008]

and which i7 CPU?

[zappy65]

i7 920 with 120mm standard fan...Stock thermal paste...all the AM thermal crap is a waste of $$$....hyper threading disabled....NO O/C whatsoever

Side: 1 x 200mm
Front: 2 x 140mm
Exhaust (Rear): 140mm

[zappy65]

OK so finished my Desktop....Roughly $2200 worth of gear...

Monitor:
LG 22" LCD Flat Screen Monitor

Speakers:
Logitech 5.1 Ch Speaker Setup

Computer:
ThermalTake VH6000 Armor +
Intel i7 920 CPU
OCZ DDR3 1800MHz (4GB)
True Nvidia Geforce 295 GTX GPU
Intel 1366 MB
1 x 200mm Side Fan
2 x 140mm Front Fans
1 x 140mm Exhaust (Rear) Fan
Stock Intel CPU Cooler
Hytec 850w PSU
1x 640GB HDD
1x 250GB HDD
1x 120GB HDD

O.S.
Windows XP Pro

Pics: (Crappy Camera Phone Pics)
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Built by me!!!

Did my best with the whole clean wiring job....took a while to sort out the various 12V DC connections from the PSU...the i7 runs a bit hotter then I expected (as per above) but she flies now...still getting used to the huge monitor (big step from a 16")...lol

[SineWave]

Currently got a Dell Optiplex GX280 small form factor PC with:
- P4 3.2GHz CPU
- 2x1GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
- Radeon X1300 Pro 128MB half-height GPU
- 160GB SATA + 500GB SATA external HDDs (nearly full :( )
- slimline DVDRW+/-
- Benq E2200HD 22" widescreen 16x9 LCD

It's fine for what I do, playing Urban Terror (a free game based on the Quake3 engine), CAD/CAM and it still has serial and printer ports for programming microcontrollers.

My next box wishlist (from MSY):
- C2D E6300 CPU $99
- GB G41M-ES2L Motherboard $71
- 2x2GB GSkill-NT DDR2 800MHz RAM $73
- GB Radeon HD4670 512MB GPU $88
- Pioneer DVR-218 SATA DVDRW+/- $65
- WD SATA 808GB HDD $88
- CoolerMaster Elite RC330 Case w/PSU $75

Maybe I'll treat myself around chrissy. :p

[michael0008]

:) nice pc zappy65 what a powerful computerDid my best with the whole clean wiring
yours pc is tidy as lol my wires are a mess:eek:

[chicaboo]

What are your 3dMark scores Zappy Kong?

Gav.

[michael0008]

im prity sure you can't do a 3dMark on xp

[chicaboo]

Not with Vantage, but you can with 03 and 06. :)

[zappy65]

How? and what is it?

[zappy65]

How? and what is 3D Mark score?...I have an Intel system tester but It just did heaps of things and I got impatient so I switched it off and played dawn of war...lol

Alot of people have been saying that its over kill and a waste of $$$ but since I got 100% of the parts at cost price...Its alot cheaper then if I were to buy the same system from Harvey Norman...who want almost $5k for a system just below mine...

[phildough]

im prity sure you can't do a 3dMark on xp

You can do 3D Mark 06 in XP its Vantage that wont run in XP.
You can download the free trials from http://www.futuremark.com/

Zappy : I would install Windows 7 on your PC if it were mine. XP just doesn't know what to do with all the cores.
You should still be able to get your hands on a copy of the RC & key from Microsoft, if not I have downloaded the image.

[chicaboo]

Awww Phil, you're ruining my fun. :p

Zapster: Get yourself W7 64bit for ultimate good times! Until then, I'd say even Shanemo's puta would benchmark higher than yours at the moment. :)

Long time, Gav.

[zappy65]

But there aint any apps for 64bit yet...?...think ill wait until the full version of W7 is out and bug free...Everybody has the opinion on the whole Beta W7 and all that...Seems XP is still more stable for most unless your a crazy O/C'er and need the 64bit....otherwise I would have gotten XP 64bit...once again though, there's just not enough apps to facilitate the change...when is the 1st full version out?...Shane was goin on about he has the full version but Ive been told by reliable sources that the "FULL" version hasnt even seen the internet yet....

Does anybody have any idea what the 920 i7 temp is meant to be?...I cant find the recommended temp?...

[chicaboo]

Yeah, give it a few more years and they might have some 64bit app's out... :rolleyes: :p

[zappy65]

Well smarty pants how many multi threaded games can you name that utilises all the cores and 64bit?...

[chicaboo]

How many can you name that aren't going to work?...

In general 64bit is 15% faster for everything..., including non multi-threaded games...

Installing XP on your new puta is the PC equivalent of..., putting 175/75/13H tyres on your 180...

Gav...

.............................

[zappy65]

My computer dude told me to wait until the full version had come out...not to bother with BETA versions...i dont really wanna be anyone's test pilot on my new computer....

I dunno about W7 64bit but there are heaps of apps that refuse to work on Vista 64bit...especially the entire HP range....

BUT....

If I were to stop arguing...which Im not...lol...where would I be able to download W7...Shane just told me he had it and p!$$ed off...Where could I find the so-called "almost complete" version?...

[chicaboo]

The full version is available.... to buy now... http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/windows-vista/category/102

Sucks to own a HP then hey... :p And you're living in the past mang... :(

.................................

[zappy65]

OK OK..so I might get W7 soon...Performed a benchmark test using the PassMark BurnInTest...and passed...

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb217/zappy65/Benchmark.jpg

Can you get W7 at the stores yet?...EDIT...Oct 22nd..Id rather have a hard copy then a downloaded copy

[70NYD]

from what i heard windows 7 has a full background emulation of the core of xp32, so most apps should work fine, doesnt take memory, or much there of as its kinda built in and part of normal process..

btw john, me likey the panda :D

[phildough]

Windows 7 isn't officially released to the public untill 22 Oct but the final version is out its called RTM, im using it and its great.
To be honest the first version of 7 they released (the beta) was a better OS than XP or vista.
I have been running 7 since last year and i never want to go back.
I have even got it installed on my EEE pc.
Oh and i'm the manager of a PC store so I really can't wait as no one wants a PC ATM.
And I wouldn't have a problem with a copy of 7 downloaded off the Microsoft website. Thats what im using.

[Batty]

I'm running RC7100 on one drive and XP on another so I can swap between the 2. 7 is good, stable too, faster than Vista.

[chicaboo]

There you go Batty, Zappy could run multiple OS from HDD BIOS boot option [F8 for Asus] since he has several HDDs. This way he can compare W7 64bit to XP 32bit directly.

Gav.

[SineWave]

zappy65, where did you get that desktop pic? I like it. :cool:
- Adam

[Batty]

There you go Batty, Zappy could run multiple OS from HDD BIOS boot option [F8 for Asus] since he has several HDDs. This way he can compare W7 64bit to XP 32bit directly.

Gav.

F12 for my gigabyte

[zappy65]

zappy65, where did you get that desktop pic? I like it. :cool:
- Adam

Man I got so many pics of the Panda's I forget...try jdmstyletuning.com

Good bunch of guys over there...heaps of pics too...

Im gonna get W7 asap...see what the fuss is about...no need to O/C though, this PC is wicked fast....handled Prime5 no probs...

Apparently the INtel chips are meant to run a tad on the hot side...no uncommon to see 60 degree temps...mines running at a solid 47 degrees when I play Quake 4 and the sought so no probs...some people are reporting temps as high as 90 degrees on an O/C system..

[chicaboo]

Apparently the INtel chips are meant to run a tad on the hot side...no uncommon to see 60 degree temps...mines running at a solid 47 degrees when I play Quake 4 and the sought so no probs...some people are reporting temps as high as 90 degrees on an O/C system..
I was told that about my ex C2Q that Shanemo has now. But alas, I put a Coolermaster top-down cooler on it, and it's now amongst the coolest chips out there. We're talking about a ridiculously huge drop in temp...!

Gav.

[zappy65]

Yeah was looking at the V1 from Thermaltake...waste of $$$ atm for what we are doing with the system..maybe later for wow goodness...wanna save atm

[chicaboo]

Wait until you're in the full swing of summer, and it's another 10-15C hotter. :p

[zappy65]

Wait until you're in the full swing of summer, and it's another 10-15C hotter. :p

Funny, thats what all the other crazy O/C nerds said....:P

Then people told me my case was overkill...you see my **** in a mid case and see how much air flow you get...the 295GTX aint small...

[phildough]

I work in a PC store and have seen the difference heat makes on a pc.
A few years ago every day I would see a motherboard with burst caps on them, the hotter the case temps the faster they died, now its hp laptops with dead video cards I get a dead one in everyday.
There is an asus press release talking about heat affecting product life.
http://event.asus.com/mb/5000hrs_VRM/

These are my pcs
http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu15/phildough_photos/100_5177.jpghttp://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu15/phildough_photos/100_5179.jpg

[zappy65]

Yeha, Ive heard that alot of HP and ASUS GPU's run at 80 degrees...and heat the rest of the computer....

[chicaboo]

Asus overclock their GPUs like mad. So that's prolly the source of your heat.

[gtarone]

Just got an Antec 900 for my asus hdmi mobo, running twin 9800 gtx.

Steve.

[chicaboo]

I'm liking my Antec 900, but one of the lights has gone out on the lower front fan. :(

[zappy65]

Just got an Antec 900 for my asus hdmi mobo, running twin 9800 gtx.

Steve.

Mate bought 1 the other day...doesn't fit his Noctua CPU cooler...hes 9800GTX in SLi as well...

[chicaboo]

Thappy: The Antec 900's weak point is that it is short dimensionally front to back inside the case. The Antec 1200 fixes this, or tight arses can buy the NZXT Tempest alternatively...

[zappy65]

Thappy: The Antec 900's weak point is that it is short dimensionally front to back inside the case. The Antec 1200 fixes this, or tight arses can buy the NZXT Tempest alternatively...

Obviously...if his cooler dont fit....isnt there a 920 or something as well...never was a fan of Antec personally....

Have a look at there fan specs compared to alot of other big named brands out there...

[phildough]

Dont buy a Thermaltake V9, I have seen a lot of the top fans fail. The blades flex downwards and clip the case making a lot of noise or breaking fins off the fan.

[chicaboo]

Obviously...if his cooler dont fit....isnt there a 920 or something as well...never was a fan of Antec personally....

Have a look at there fan specs compared to alot of other big named brands out there...
It's a big cooler that doesn't fit in the Antec 900!!! They aren't that tiny, I have 2xHD4850 video cards in mine...

There is a 900-II, which fixes some issues that are in my 900. :p Antec are OK, and somewhat innovative.

[zappy65]

Dont buy a Thermaltake V9, I have seen a lot of the top fans fail. The blades flex downwards and clip the case making a lot of noise or breaking fins off the fan.

Yeah heard about that, why I got the ThermalTake Armor+

[chicaboo]

I'd rate Coolermaster cases above Thermaltake, for style at least... Both brands cost mroe than I care to pay for a case anyhow.

[Batty]

I have a Thermaltake Bach VX case. I like it.

[zappy65]

I'd rate Coolermaster cases above Thermaltake, for style at least... Both brands cost mroe than I care to pay for a case anyhow.

Yeah in terms of operation, me too...but looks, Coolermaster are ugly...

[chrisw]

This was my "new" budget PC. I think I might have to upgrade some components though to give it a boost as I'm about to get into some video editing. Or I might build a second PC.
iCute box
intel core 2 duo E7400 @ 2.8ghz
cheapo asus p5kpl-cm motherboard
only one memory :( 2gig DDR2 - Though im running XP... so meh.
NVIDIA geforce 9500 GT 1gig. so far sufficient for the NOTHING that I do.
oh and just a basic 500G HD




http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/706978.png (http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=706978)

[andrewck]

Intel C2D E6600 @ 3 ghz

Asus P5B-E Plus

2 gb Gskill 800 mhz .

1x WD 74 gb Raptor

1 x WD 250 gb sata 2

1 x Seagate FreeAgent Ext 1 Tb

Inno3D GTX275 graphics power

Antec Atlas case modified to fit the GTX275

Antec T/P 550w psu

HP w2408h 24" lcd

Next year will be either a i5 or i7 core upgrade with a SLI graphic solution

[hitokiwi]

My rig is:

2 x 500Gb (1 x Seagate and 1 x Western Digital) in Raid 1
4 x 1TB (2 x Seagate, 2 x Western Digital) in Raid 10
4 x Vantec EZ SWAP 4's (one per 1TB drive for hot swappability)
3 x 22inch Widescreen LCD monitors
1 x Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
1 x Intel core 2 duo E7500
2 x 2Gb RAM (can't remember much else about it)
1 x Seasonic M12 700w PSU
1 x GTX 295
1 x Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital edition
1 x Terratec EWX 24/96 sound card

and of course:
1 x G25 steering wheel :)

future:
i want to eventually change the motherboard to one which supports SLI and buy a second GTX 295 and run them both together.

I also want to get the heat down in the case. Perhaps water cooling i dunno.

[mk3miniturbo]

Hi Guys,

Skimming through your forum as ours is down and caught this thread. I will post some pictures of my budget banger. Runs great and cool but the CPU is holding the card back a lot even clocked @ 3.8.

E8400 @ 3.8-4GHZ

4gb of Crucial Ballistix

XFX 260GT O/C

X-Fi X-treme music

Windows 7 Ultimate 64


http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff344/mk3miniturbo/DSC01948.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff344/mk3miniturbo/DSC01950.jpg

[Ice88]

Once i get my new card ill post pics up of my new rig and its clocks :D

Dunno if its gonna fit in my small case though :( Silly P182. Might have to get a lian li :P

[SwarleyAUS]

My system recently got and upgrade to an Intel Core Quad Q9650 @ 3.0GHz (12MB of L2 cache =O), 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 RAM, and an old ATI HD4850 512MB running on an ASUS P5Q. im using W7 Pro 64, but having problems with driver compatability so anyone who uses old programs i would recommend staying with the 32 bit edition for the time being.

for peripherals i use a 2005 model G15 which i love =D and an awesome Microsoft Sidewinder X8 mouse, shame about my now tiny 17" LCD, but until i finish uni and get a better job im pov; so can only either save money for cars, or spend money on my PC... i hate saving =(

while i7's are all the rage now, this thing runs everything except GTAIV on full graphics (including Crysis... until Crysis 2 comes out =/) and i love it!!

[outbakoz]

Intel C2D E6600 @ 3.2 ghz

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P

8Gb Kingston Hyper X 1066Mhz

2 x Seagate 500Gb single patter in RAID 0

4 x WD 750Gb

XFX 1Gb 4980

Thermaltake Tough Power 750W PSU

Coolermaster CM Stacker 830

Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

Logitech G15 Keyboard

Logitech MX518 mouse

Razer Exactmat mouse pad

1x 24" Acer LCD

1 x 22" Acer LCD

Monitors stacked on an Adtec vertical desk stand

Logitech z5500 speakers

Couple of years old but does the job, waiting to see what comes after i7 before upgrading again. Its got enough slots for tri sli, but not needed as the 4890 does everything i need.

Would be nice to have a quad core but i don't do enough encoding work to justify the extra cores

[MazdaGTI]

Tower: Xaser III

PSU:Forton Blue Storm II 500W

CPU: Opteron 144 Venus 12@ 9x331,1MHz 1,39V

MB: DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR HT x2,5, LTD Bus 1,3V, Chipset 1,6V

RAM: 2x1GB Corsair XMS@458,4MHz 3-3-3-8 2,74V

HDD: 2xSeagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320G

GPU: Club 3D GF7900GS 256MB G71 Rev2 535,5GPU/760MEM

Optical drive: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S162A + Sunbeam 20-in-1 Superior Panel - 5.25" Silver memorycard reader

Sound: Creative SB Live 5.1 (SB0220) + Logitech X530 5.1 speakers

Monitor: LG Flatron F700P

Keyboard+mouse: Logitech S510

Op.Syst.: Win 7 Ultimate 7600

Cooling: Swiftech MCP650 pump, Watercool - HeatKiller CPU, Thermaltake CL-W0038 - Copper VGA Waterblock, Thermaltake W3 NB Waterblock, Aquarius2 Reservuar, Thermaltake Big Water 12cm Radiator 120x120x25 with Thermaltake TT-1225T fan, Thermaltake Big Water 24cm Radiator 240x120x25 with Nexus D125L-12 fan and Colorful CF-1212025LB Thermal cortrol fan.


Mobilephone:
Qtek 8310

CPU: TI OMAP850 195MHz
RAM/ROM: 64/64MB
LCD: 240x320 TFT 65k colors
Op.: WM6 Platinum


PDA:
SPV M5000

CPU: Intel XScale 520 MHz
RAM/ROM: 64/128MB
LCD: 640x480 TFT touchscreen 65K colors
Op: WM6.1 Pro

[Ice88]

Tower: Xaser III

PSU:Forton Blue Storm II 500W

CPU: Opteron 144 Venus 12@ 9x331,1MHz 1,39V

MB: DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR HT x2,5, LTD Bus 1,3V, Chipset 1,6V

RAM: 2x1GB Corsair XMS@458,4MHz 3-3-3-8 2,74V

HDD: 2xSeagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320G

GPU: Club 3D GF7900GS 256MB G71 Rev2 535,5GPU/760MEM

Optical drive: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S162A + Sunbeam 20-in-1 Superior Panel - 5.25" Silver memorycard reader

Sound: Creative SB Live 5.1 (SB0220) + Logitech X530 5.1 speakers

Monitor: LG Flatron F700P

Keyboard+mouse: Logitech S510

Op.Syst.: Win 7 Ultimate 7600

Cooling: Swiftech MCP650 pump, Watercool - HeatKiller CPU, Thermaltake CL-W0038 - Copper VGA Waterblock, Thermaltake W3 NB Waterblock, Aquarius2 Reservuar, Thermaltake Big Water 12cm Radiator 120x120x25 with Thermaltake TT-1225T fan, Thermaltake Big Water 24cm Radiator 240x120x25 with Nexus D125L-12 fan and Colorful CF-1212025LB Thermal cortrol fan.


Mobilephone:
Qtek 8310

CPU: TI OMAP850 195MHz
RAM/ROM: 64/64MB
LCD: 240x320 TFT 65k colors
Op.: WM6 Platinum


PDA:
SPV M5000

CPU: Intel XScale 520 MHz
RAM/ROM: 64/128MB
LCD: 640x480 TFT touchscreen 65K colors
Op: WM6.1 Pro

Opterons were brilliant little chips, loved them!

[MazdaGTI]

Now hunting the Opteron 185 what is the newest and the best Soc. 939 processor. But in Estonia moves this processor just some. And if somebody sells, then not free money to spent :(

And for watercoolin system I spent about 75 eur ;)

[SwarleyAUS]

Well if were including who has what PDAs and the like, I have an imate JASJAM as my current phone, have 2 iPod touches, a motorola Q9, an ipaq hx2490b and a broken imate KJAM!! =D

... And a toshiba satellite A200 laptop

[Clean_Cookie]

ive got a HP Presario C700 with 4gb ram running stock... got it broken from my girlfriend only prob now (fixed the other problem sort of!) is the touch pad doesnt work which id never use anyway! as of phone ive got my trusty HTC p3600i with 500mhz processor, 256mb ram running tomtom 7.16 and windows 6.1. tomorrow i will have a htc hd2. 1ghz, 700mb ram and 16gb storage, :D (and got it pracitally new for only $600 shipped insured :))

[chicaboo]

I updated my PC a couple months ago:

CPU: Intel Q9650 @ 9*333 = 3000mhz [stock]
Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 PRO
Mobo: Asus P5E [Maximus Formula BIOS]
RAM: 8GB Team Dark Elite CL 5-5-5-15 @ 1066mhz
GFX: ATi Radeon HD5770
DVD: Pioneer + LG Blu Ray (read only)
Monitor: BenQ HD2400 [24" 16/9]
K+M: Microsoft Reclusa + Habu
Case: Antec 900 + side blue LED fan
PSU: Antec TruPower Trio 650W
OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate

[SwarleyAUS]

i really want a HTC Touch Pro 2... @ eBay ~ $600 8D

[outbakoz]

i really want a HTC Touch Pro 2... @ eBay ~ $600 8D
Have to agree they are awesome, only because i have one

[MazdaGTI]

We have Touch Pro 2 in shop 659$ and new.

And my PDA and Smartphone is in use not been or broken. Now I thinking about Tatto to place of 8310, let the granny to oldnes wacation. For replace 9000 is best Shift but price is overpriced, sheeper is to buy somekind 8,9" netbook.

[Clean_Cookie]

why the touch 2 pro when you could have LEO :)

[outbakoz]

i've had the touch 2 pro since it was released, leo didn't exist then :D

[RustyKaos]

I also have a HP 13" laptop which is great for portability and fixing other peoples issues and I use an iPhone which is hacked of course.

[phildough]

I am in the process of building my self a new PC, the CPU is only a temporary one till I get a 6 core or wait till the new bulldozer arrives.
I will take a better pic one day.
It is a full clear acrylic case given to me by Asus with Asus logo on the front and a Asus logo on the side.

http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu15/phildough_photos/DSC_0415.jpg

Specs:
AMD Phenom II 550 Black Edition Dual Core 3.1 GHz running at 3.9GHz as a quad core
Asus M4A89 GTD PRO/USB3
4GB OCZ AMD Black Edition 1600 MHz @ 8-8-8-20
2xWD1002FAEX 64 Mb cache Sata 3 6 GB/sec drive (They are rated as the fastest commercially available non SSD hard drives and I have them in raid striping for extra performance):D
Asus GTX 260 896 MB
Asus DVD Burner
Asus Xonar D2 sound Card
AC Bel 800W power supply
Asus acrylic case
Asus 22" LCD
Samsung 19" LCD
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers

[Clean_Cookie]

and a g15 keyboard... :)

[phildough]

Lol and a G5 battlefield 2142 edition mouse!

[70NYD]

niice :)

i just got a new comp last week cus my old one shat itself (well the 8800GTX512 did but i need a new procesor anyway :)

Asus P6T SE and a 960 (not oc, not going to be :p) so at 3.2Ghz
triple channel matched 6Gb of ram 1600Mhz (board has room for 3 more :D)
GTX470 1280MB
powered by a corsair TX 850
all on a 7 64bit system :)
2233BW samsung screen (will be replacing it with RX, this one is almost 2 years old now and i want 3D)
and a whole heap of crappy hard drives haha (i tend to keep **** from over the years and rather than deleting i just get new hdd :()

my old comp was amd athlon 64 X2 (6000+ yeah right more like 5600lol) with 4Gb of ram and the GTX8800 with 512mb of ram and a 600W power supply (mind you i got this just before crysis came out, the original one in jan 2008 and it ran fine up untill sunday 2 weeks ago when it went belly up and kept blu screening from what i gathered was either a total cpu failure or a gpu overheating and failure)

[chicaboo]

Can I jag some parts off your old PC?

[phildough]

If anyone needs spare parts ask me, I have enough parts here to build about 4 decent pcs

[Ice88]

niice :)

i just got a new comp last week cus my old one shat itself (well the 8800GTX512 did but i need a new procesor anyway :)

Asus P6T SE and a 960 (not oc, not going to be :p) so at 3.2Ghz
triple channel matched 6Gb of ram 1600Mhz (board has room for 3 more :D)
GTX470 1280MB
powered by a corsair TX 850
all on a 7 64bit system :)
2233BW samsung screen (will be replacing it with RX, this one is almost 2 years old now and i want 3D)
and a whole heap of crappy hard drives haha (i tend to keep **** from over the years and rather than deleting i just get new hdd :()

my old comp was amd athlon 64 X2 (6000+ yeah right more like 5600lol) with 4Gb of ram and the GTX8800 with 512mb of ram and a 600W power supply (mind you i got this just before crysis came out, the original one in jan 2008 and it ran fine up untill sunday 2 weeks ago when it went belly up and kept blu screening from what i gathered was either a total cpu failure or a gpu overheating and failure)

Fixed.

[70NYD]

Fixed.

choice :)
fixed my post accordingly :)

[Ice88]

I know im a twit. Not usually anal about stuff... Except when someone butches the English language.

[mkid]

well 2 days ago my 3 year old laptop acer aspire 5520 G motherboard decided to have a heart attack and as a result it died. as i was quoted 900 bucks to fix it. today i picked up another acer. its a aspire 5741 G.
which came with a xbox360 arcade, 3 year warrenty, and $300 surge protector
for the tidy price of $1400
so here the specs

old laptop
AMD Turion 64 x 2 TL-60 ( 2.0 ghz, 2 x 512 cache)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400m G 128mb dedicated graphics card
2GB ram
15.4 inch lcd screen with crystal eye webcam
160 GB HDD
ACER NPLIFY 802.11 wireless
windows vista Home Premium
blue tooth
DVD super multi DL drive

new laptop
Intel Core i5 processor430 twin core (2.26GHz, 3mb L3 x 2 cache
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M CUDA 1GB boostable to 2.747 GB with Turbocache decated graphics card
15.6 inch HD LED LCD with webcam
4 GB ram
HDMI out put
640 GB HDD
ACER NPLIFY 802.11 wireless
Windows 7 Home Premium

one downside is no bluetooth which is annoying
but is so much faster than the old one
bringing old laptop down to computer town down the road who will take the old HDD
out and put it in its old case with a USB cable so i can get all my old stuff off it
i have my BG workshop manual on there and im replacing bushes this weekend so makes it a little more difficult but oh well

[Ice88]

well 2 days ago my 3 year old laptop acer aspire 5520 G motherboard decided to have a heart attack and as a result it died. as i was quoted 900 bucks to fix it. today i picked up another acer. its a aspire 5741 G.
which came with a xbox360 arcade, 3 year warrenty, and $300 surge protector
for the tidy price of $1400
so here the specs

old laptop
AMD Turion 64 x 2 TL-60 ( 2.0 ghz, 2 x 512 cache)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400m G 128mb dedicated graphics card
2GB ram
15.4 inch lcd screen with crystal eye webcam
160 GB HDD
ACER NPLIFY 802.11 wireless
windows vista Home Premium
blue tooth
DVD super multi DL drive

new laptop
Intel Core i5 processor430 twin core (2.26GHz, 3mb L3 x 2 cache
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M CUDA 1GB boostable to 2.747 GB with Turbocache decated graphics card
15.6 inch HD LED LCD with webcam
4 GB ram
HDMI out put
640 GB HDD
ACER NPLIFY 802.11 wireless
Windows 7 Home Premium

one downside is no bluetooth which is annoying
but is so much faster than the old one
bringing old laptop down to computer town down the road who will take the old HDD
out and put it in its old case with a USB cable so i can get all my old stuff off it
i have my BG workshop manual on there and im replacing bushes this weekend so makes it a little more difficult but oh well

Sure its an i5 and not an i3?

[RustyKaos]

Haha. You got that from Harvey Norman with the free xbox 360. :D
That model is an i5 just the entry model which will still do its job. I have to say I am not impressed with the i7's at all and find the higher end i5 to be faster. :eek:

[mkid]

yeah it is a i5 its written all over it and says it in the computer settings
and it has a twin core
i3 single core
i5 twin core
i7 quad core
i use at home and uni a lot so its kind of my own home computer as well
therefore i didnt want a i3 as i have been told by my mate who is doing computer science that i3 slows down heaps when about 25% of the hdd is used up
so therefore its only good if everything is kept off it
and i7 isnt worth the extra cost as it is not fast enough for the price
as rusty sort of said above and i was fair disappointed as well at the specs a i7 pushes in a laptop
this is for laptops tho and in a desktop this could be a lot different
also i3 cannot be overclocked and i5 and i7 can
so after a few months i might turn it up a little bit dont want to damage it tho
but my mate told me to go i5 and im happy i did also these are the exact specs i wanted so im really happy with it

and your right rusty i did get it from harvey norman hahahaha
bloke was a bit of jerk however so i asked to speak to another salesman
next guy was real nice and helpfull he threw in 3 years warrenty and a surge protector
so that pretty cool and i got a free xbox360 with thanks to deals they have going on

[Ice88]

yeah it is a i5 its written all over it and says it in the computer settings
and it has a twin core
i3 single core
i5 twin core
i7 quad core
i use at home and uni a lot so its kind of my own home computer as well
therefore i didnt want a i3 as i have been told by my mate who is doing computer science that i3 slows down heaps when about 25% of the hdd is used up
so therefore its only good if everything is kept off it
and i7 isnt worth the extra cost as it is not fast enough for the price
as rusty sort of said above and i was fair disappointed as well at the specs a i7 pushes in a laptop
this is for laptops tho and in a desktop this could be a lot different
also i3 cannot be overclocked and i5 and i7 can
so after a few months i might turn it up a little bit dont want to damage it tho
but my mate told me to go i5 and im happy i did also these are the exact specs i wanted so im really happy with it

and your right rusty i did get it from harvey norman hahahaha
bloke was a bit of jerk however so i asked to speak to another salesman
next guy was real nice and helpfull he threw in 3 years warrenty and a surge protector
so that pretty cool and i got a free xbox360 with thanks to deals they have going on

Ahh your counting physical cores as opposed to thread processes.

Who ever told you an i3 cant be overclocked was seriously mistaken.

[mkid]

sorry i mislead you
i ment in laptops
i3 cant in laptops but it can in i5 and i7 laptops
well that is what ive been told by domaine, computer town, harvey norman, joycemain, lappy king, rebyte computers and at uni
im not sure about tower computers
but i could be way off
but how many cores deems if it is i3 i5 or i7

[Ice88]

Its kinda tricky thing as physically there's only two cores. But each core has two threads so logically there is four cores available to both the i5 and i7.(eight if HT is enabled for i7(i7s are still called a quad core though)) Now the issue arises in that how do you label cores?

In the past we called a dual core a dual core because it was two cores which could handle a single thread each, today we have 1 core handling multiple threads. By no way is it a standard but people have adopted counting threads as cores, whether this is because windows show 4 cores and thus is easily understood by the populace im not sure but it is generally how they are counted.

Any cpu can be overclocked in any application if you have the knowledge. Overclocking in a laptop is asking for trouble specially in Australia with standardised cooling for world over.

[70NYD]

Its kinda tricky thing as physically there's only two cores. But each core has two threads so logically there is four cores available to both the i5 and i7.(eight if HT is enabled for i7(i7s are still called a quad core though)) Now the issue arises in that how do you label cores?

In the past we called a dual core a dual core because it was two cores which could handle a single thread each, today we have 1 core handling multiple threads. By no way is it a standard but people have adopted counting threads as cores, whether this is because windows show 4 cores and thus is easily understood by the populace im not sure but it is generally how they are counted.

Any cpu can be overclocked in any application if you have the knowledge. Overclocking in a laptop is asking for trouble specially in Australia with standardised cooling for world over.

ok ok wait a minute now. i7 can be a dual core as well (2 physical cores) and that the i7 6 series. the i7 7 and 8 series i dont know much about but the 9 series are all 4 physical cores and with HT you have 8 logical paths (threads).. the i7 980X has 6 physical cores and has HT so u end up with 12 logical paths :) the 1600price tag is something i couldnt justify. this is all related to desktops and for laptops i have no idea

[Ice88]

ok ok wait a minute now. i7 can be a dual core as well (2 physical cores) and that the i7 6 series. the i7 7 and 8 series i dont know much about but the 9 series are all 4 physical cores and with HT you have 8 logical paths (threads).. the i7 980X has 6 physical cores and has HT so u end up with 12 logical paths :) the 1600price tag is something i couldnt justify. this is all related to desktops and for laptops i have no idea

I actually got my numbers wrong, anyways. I based my post off of mkids and linux reporting 4 cores. (still had 1 core disabled from the other day).

I do not know of any i7 6 series, i do know of an i5 6 series however. i7 8 series have the same number of threads as blomfield :)

[chicaboo]

You know you could save all this confusion by buying AMD... :rolleyes: :p

[Ice88]

Will do when bulldozer comes out most likely :)

[70NYD]

i was gonna get a phenom II x4 965 before i got the i7, but the HT part of i7 really pulled me towards it. i allways got AMD b4 and this is the 1st time i got a intel. so far im happy, but the 965 probably woulda been the better way to go cus a its cheaper b it has a higher frequency but i wanted to try something different haha. i dunno which one is better in reality cus i never tried a x4 965 but i would like to compare :)
and cris the i7 6 series is for laptops. i got that info from wiki haha thats where i did my research for cpus b4 i bough :o :p

[Ice88]

Ahh well i dont know **** about laptops cept mac stuff :p

[70NYD]

Ahh well i dont know **** about laptops cept mac stuff :p

and i dunno **** about mac haha

[mkid]

and i dunno **** about mac haha

same here
plus there too expensive
and it always seems like the trendy and metrosexuals have them

[Ice88]

There expensive but worth it.

[70NYD]

There expensive but worth it.

yeah iv heard only good things about them ay.. mainly regarding laptops. i dont like laptops at all but and if i could take my desktop everywhere i would lol.

[zoolanda]

i7 930 @ 3.6 Ghz
Coolermaster HAF Case
6 Coolermaster Fans
Asus P6X58D-E
2 x EVGA gtx 260 (216 Core) SLI
Zalman 750W
Kingston 6 gig
Benq 22" full HD Screen
Samsung 32" Full HD

and heaps of other stuff cbfed lol

AND

Logitech Z5500 ^_^ BOOOOOOOOM!

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t263/thezoolander/DSC02465.jpg

[Ice88]

I got a new screen and video card :D

U2711 from Dell and a GTX 470.

2560*1440 goodness :D

[zoolanda]

PWAAAAA!!!! thats insane dude

soo jealous...i might have to invest in a gtx 480

[Ice88]

There good, crappy drivers though. Given the choice again id grab a 5870 or 5970 over it.

Oblivion, Nwn2 and MoH all have glitches or crash. Will do a reformat with a proper win7 install as opposed to my custom to see if that fixes it sometime :)

[chicaboo]

At least Crytek [Crysis...] favour your evil Nvidia cards. :p

[zoolanda]

yer was lookin @ gettin a 480...reviews say they are good...i can get the EVGA for $600 from my friends comp outlet...cant wait...main thing for me is BC2 MW2 and some RTS

[Ice88]

BC2 and MW2 dont actually require that greater graphics cards, played them on full settings on a 1900*1200 monitor on a 4890 :)

MSY have 480 for like 580 btw.

[arin]

there are some pretty awesome pc's in here!

i jsut upgraded my system not long ago!

AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
Gigabyte 890FXA UD7 Mobo
Thermaltake Armor Case (****ing huge)
DiamondDigital 22" HD monitor
1000w thermaltake PSU
getting a better video card next.

i've also got a Presonus Firebox soundcard which is for Home Recording which is what i use the PC for.

pics soon...

[phildough]

I just got myself a nice new 27" Asus LCD monitor for my PC.
Gaming on it is awesome. Its so in your face!
Also got myself a new phone its a HTC Desire HD, and im loving it so far.

[phildough]

Oh and I have updated my cpu so my specs are now:

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz (3.6 GHz Turbo) running at 4.0 GHz
Asus M4A89 GTD PRO/USB3 Motherboard
4GB OCZ AMD Black Edition 1600 MHz @ 8-8-8-20
2x WD1002FAEX 64 Mb cache Sata 3 6 GB/sec drive
Asus GTX 260 896 MB
Asus DVD Burner
Asus Xonar D2 sound Card
AC Bel 800W power supply
Asus acrylic case
Asus 27" LCD
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G500 Gaming mouse

[RustyKaos]

Giving a whole new meaning to the title of this thread. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYJaxjw_qY

[marcs_sp20]

Giving a whole new meaning to the title of this thread. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYJaxjw_qY

Thats seriously cool! and was still able to be used as an RC car!!! :D

[djshotty]

Gigabyte GA-X58-UD7 board
Intel i7-920 clocking at 4.2GHz on Gigabyte 3D Mercury water system
6144MB Corsair Dominator GT DDR-3 2000
XFX Radeon HD5770 video card
Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer sound card
Windows Seven X64 Ultimate personal build on Corsair Extreme 64GB SSD
three 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 drives
Display: Benq HD2420 24" widescreen LCD

[ethand]

i has a mac. boom!

[chicaboo]

Due to a failing 3 year old motherboard and a dead video card, I got some new parts - a cheap ASRock P45XE motherboard and 2xHD6850 Powercolor video cards. With my Q9650 overclocked to 3.6Ghz at stock volts, I can run Metro 2033 at max settings at 1360x768. 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 gets jerky when maxed out... =[

I was hoping to get more performance, but I know this game is the new Crysis as far as killing your computer goes. Interestingly enough, Crysis runs like a dream on my HTPC [AMD X2 250 at 3.75Ghz with HD5770] at 1360x768 on my 32" LCD TV. Oh well, a P67 motherboard would've been nice, but it would've meant new everything...

Has anyone got a system that can play Metro 2033 maxed out?

[mikey_something]

Has anyone got a system that can play Metro 2033 maxed out?

How does it compare to crysis? i can run it maxed.

My Rig
--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC (Mobile)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
DirectX DirectX 11.0

Motherboard:
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core i7 2820QM, 3077 MHz (31 x 99)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Cougar Point HM65, Intel Sandy Bridge
System Memory 8103 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Insyde (07/29/05)

Display:
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 6750M (1024 MB)
On-Board Graphics Intel 3000HD
3D Accelerator AMD NI Whistler Pro/LP
Monitor 15" HD 1680 x 1050

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter ATI Radeon HDMI @ High Definition Audio Controller [1002-AA90] [NoDB]
Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic CS4206 @ Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller

Storage:
Disk Drive TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF ATA Device (698 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive MAT****A DVD-R UJ-8A8 ATA Device

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 466.4 GB (373.3 GB free)
E: (HFS) 231.9 GB (191.7 GB free)
Total Size 698.3 GB (565.0 GB free)

[chicaboo]

How does it compare to crysis? i can run it maxed.
If I drop the antialiaising from 4XAA to AAA, I can run it smoothly at 1680x1050.
I don't think Metro 2033 is more visually stunning than Crysis [Warhead], but it demands better hardware for some reason...

[chicaboo]

Well I installed FRAPS, and it says I am getting some decent frames at max settings at 1680x1080 [40-60fps]. So I'm wondering if it's just the mouse movement that is making it look jerky? Some games have a mouse smoothing option, but I don't see it in Metro 2033. I'll try lowering my mouse sensitivity in Windows and see what that does in the game...

[mikey_something]

Is AA on?
Is motion blurring on?
Without those two even 60 fps can look **** in some games.

[chicaboo]

Yeah, it's on MSAAx4 and 16xAF, which are the highest settings. I couldn't understand why it was jerky, as I was getting frame tearing - which means I'm exceeding the refresh rate of my monitor [60Hz]. FRAPS confirms that I'm running as high as 80-100fps at times. It could just be the dreaded micro-stuttering from crossfire, or the mouse's sensitivity being too high, affecting it's resolution?

[mikey_something]

Umm to fix your tearing turn on wait for Vsync or Vsync on or something.
In most games this limits your fps to 60. No more tearing :)
Let me know if you have success.

Tearing isnt a big problem in some games (Bioshoxk) so you can leave vsync off and just run the game at maximum fps. But most games do require a limited fps.

[chicaboo]

There's no vsync option in Metro 2033, and even with vsync enabled in AMD [Catalyst] Control Centre, it still won't sync to 60fps. I think crossfire buggers up the vsync, as I've noticed vsync not working in another game.

The good news is that my HTPC can play Metro 2033 reasonably well with DOF turned off at 1280x720. Since it's on the TV it doesn't need a big resolution to look good. But explosions rip the arse out of the framerate and make it slow down quite a bit. If I ease off on the settings I can make it run smoothly during explosions, but it will start to look a bit XBOXy if i do that...

[mikey_something]

For all the tech heads. Best mod I've ever done. SDD. Highly recommend getting one. Even just a smallish one to put your OS and a few key apps on.
Will post up benchmarks but I'm getting read/writes of over 500MB/s