What Specification is your Machine?

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The idea of this thread is for it to develop into a reference tool, if you would be so kind as to post your machine specifications, or if you just bought it from the man at the shop because that's what he said you needed, then post the make and model, and if your really nice give us some idea what you use it for, and if you think it does the job for you.

 

If you use the forum on a regular basis you can also link to this thread to save having to post what specification your machine is.

 

Hopefully this thread could also help people looking for a new machine, on there choice of components, or what machine their considering buying.

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Processor ...........AMD AM2 Athlon 64 5000+ Brisbane Core, Dual Core 2.5GHz

MotherBoard...... Abit AN52

Ram ..................2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800)

Graphics Card ....256MB Gigabyte 8400GS

Hard Drive .........160 Gb Hitachi 0Y30006 Deskstar T7K160

DVD R/W ...........Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-111D ATA

Case .................Asus TA-861 Black Midi Tower Case w/o PSU

Power Supply ....550W EZcool Silent pPFC Power Supply

Asus X70 4pipe CPU Cooler

Operating system Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Bit

 

This PC came together for a little under £270, and is mainly used for Internet Access and a little gaming, the main problems I've had with it are a conflict between the graphics card and Vista, which results in loosing screen settings after a re-boot, however after reinstalling for some reason the GPU thinks it has two monitors connected which seems

to have sorted this out, the other slight niggle I have is that it gets rather warm when converting video files, but as I only do this once every full moon, I've never worked out if its the system or the CPU that triggers the alarm, and thus as yet haven't bothered to sort this problem out. But for what I paid and what I use it for I think that this is a good system.

Edited March 31, 2009 by Match

[Dalo Harkin]

Mines in my sig :)

[DirtyPolo]

Mines in my sig :)

 

 

As is mine :P

 

But just for the sake of it I'll stick the whole thing here too.

CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping, Stock 2.4Ghz running at 3.3Ghz

CPU Cooler : Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler

MotherBoard : ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP iP35 Socket 775 (Black Pearl)

RAM : OCZ 2GB KIt (2x1GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Reaper Memory HPC Edition Dual Channel Kit CL5

GPU : 512MB GDDR3 Palit ATI Raedon 4850

HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 7200RPM SATAII 3Gb 32MB Cache

Optical Drive : Sony DRU-V200S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA

Case : [Just For Dalo] Coolermaster HAF 932 Full Tower Case - High Air Flow Design

PSU : Hiper HPU-4M530 Type M 530W 20dBA PSU

Monitor : Samsung SM2053BW 20" TFT Monitor 1680x1050 8000:1 300cd/m2 2ms VGA/DVI-D

OS : Microsoft Windows Home Premium 32-Bit

 

 

Hope that's enough for you :D

[Dalo Harkin]

Case : [Just For Dalo] Coolermaster HAF 932 Full Tower Case - High Air Flow Design :D

 

Yeah he didnt take my advice and opt for the ANTEC case - saying that I have a Lian Li, but if I didnt I wouldnt choose a second rate case as Matt did :D

[DirtyPolo]

Let's not start this again :P

 

LOL, I wonder what CM would say if I emailed them with your comments and views LOL, annonymous ofcourse ;)

[Goku]

Goku's System Specifications

 

Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.5512

Memory (RAM): 127 MB

CPU Info: x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3

CPU Speed: 545.5 MHz

Sound card: Avance Sound

Display Adapters: Intel® 82810 Graphics Controller | RDPDD Chained DD

Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768 - 24 bit

Network Adapters: Motorola SURFboard SB5100 USB Cable Modem | WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

CD / DVD Drives: E: HL-DT-STCD-RW GCE-8526B

COM Ports: COM1 | COM2

LPT Ports: LPT1

Hard Disks: C: 18.6GB | D: 18.6GB

Hard Disks - Free: C: 15.6GB | D: 143.2MB

USB Controllers: 4 host controllers.

Firewire (1394): Not Detected

Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.

BIOS Info: AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 03/31/00 | AWARD - 42302e31

Time Zone: India Standard Time

Motherboard: i810-W83627HF

 

As you see, my machine is not a performance monitor or even close to it. It is quite old, about 8 years, and I have been on it for 5 years. During the course of my learning, I have infected and screwed it many times but I think I have now learned enough to keep it running smoothly.

 

I often do a reformat, about thrice a year, but I think I will reduce that number to 1 this year. I plan to buy a new machine soon but the "soon" depends on how quick I can save the money to do so. This machine, for now, fulfills all my basic needs that are basically helping around the Forum, listening to music and researching Malware. I can also play a few old games if I am being bored! :D

 

I guess if I can save it for a few more years, a museum will pay me a tempting amount for this dinosaur! :rolleyes:

 

-- Goku

[DirtyPolo]

It may be old Goku, but I think the saying "If It Aint Broke, Don't Fix It" applies here :)

As long as it runs well enough for what you want then there's nothing wrong with it :D

Edited February 6, 2009 by DirtyPolo

[Goku]

Yep, I am actually quite satisfied with this machine and I think it has lived quite upto the bargain. However, the boot and shutdown times can get annoying especially during an urgency so I definitely need a newer machine.

 

I will live with this one, right now.

 

-- Goku

[Kaje]

CPU: Intel Q6600 Core2 Quad 2.6 ghz o/c to 3ghz + Thermaltake 120mm fan

Mobo: Abit IP35

GFX: ATI Radeon X1950 Pro

HDD: 2 X Seagate 500GB

FCU: Akasa Fan Control Jnr

Case: Antec Piano Black inc 2 120 mm fans + 500 Earthwatts PSU

DVD: Pioneer DVD RW

Monitor: 2 X LG W2242S

Audio 1: 1 M-Audio Delta1010

Audio 2: Creative Audigy Platinum (use for soundfonts only)

O/S: MS Vista Ultimate 32bit

K/Board: MS Natural Ergo 4000

Mouse: Logitech MS1000

 

This machine is primarily a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) so there is a ton of other stuff that is routed through it via audio & midi. The only issue I have had is sorting out a compatable driver (included editing and changing a few lines of code) on the audigy game port driver.

[starams5]

ASUS P5N-D

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500@4.01ghz (Water)

Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 ATX12V

Thermaltake ArmorPlus(Armor+) VH6000BWS

CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D DDR2 1066

2x EVGA 512-P3-N800-TR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (Water)

Fans: x1 Tt 240mm, x1 Tt 140mm, x7 Tt 120mm (Rads incl)

ASUS Xonar D2X

Creative GigaWorks S750 7.1 Speakers

3x Western Digital 320GB SATA RAID0

 

Water Cooling:

Tt P500 Pump 500 L/H

1x Tt 120mm Radiator

2x Swiftech MCR220-QP Dual 120mm Radiators

Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Rev2 Reservoir

Swiftech RadBox MCB-120 Revision 2

Coolant Flow Meter INS-FM16

Edited April 29, 2009 by starams5