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nextstorm · 2011-08-09 17:59:05

what are your computer specs?
i has 2.16 ghz and 2.16 ghz and 2 gb of ram
also directx v9
80gb hard drive (hmm...)

5.8 mbps download speed,
0.7 upload speed (ew)

I would post moar specs, but i be too lazy.
it's a IBM T60 laptop

Last edited by nextstorm (2011-08-09 21:37:11)

Harakou · 2011-08-09 18:57:28

Ooh, a spec topic! It should be interesting to see what everyone else here is running.

Mah specs:
Phenom II x4 945 @3.0 GHz
4GB DDR3 (soon to be 12GB) @1333 MHz 9-9-9-24 timing
Radeon HD 3300 IGP, 790GX chipset (HIS Radeon HD 6870 1GB discrete GPU once the parts I ordered come in)
WD Caviar Green 750GB HDD
ASUS M4A78T-E Mobo
Thermaltake TR2 430W PSU (Will be an Antec HCG-750 750W. Again, parts on the way from Newegg.)

Simplified, for the non-techies:
Quad core processor @3 GHz
4GB RAM (soon to be 12GB)
Radeon HD 3300 integrated grahpics (Radeon HD 6870 once the parts I ordered come in)
750GB hard drive

Internet speed, based on speedtest.net:
22.32 mbps down
3.69 mbps up

nextstorm · 2011-08-09 19:12:15

Harakou wrote:
[Stuff]

Lucky you D:

Harakou · 2011-08-09 19:18:47

nextstorm wrote:
Harakou wrote:
[Stuff]
Lucky you D:

Hey, I worked hard for that. Every cent that went into building it came out of my own pocket. ^^

nextstorm · 2011-08-09 19:44:58

Harakou wrote:
nextstorm wrote:
Harakou wrote:
[Stuff]
Lucky you D:
Hey, I worked hard for that. Every cent that went into building it came out of my own pocket. ^^

WUT

Harakou · 2011-08-09 19:56:06

nextstorm wrote:
Harakou wrote:
nextstorm wrote:

Lucky you D:
Hey, I worked hard for that. Every cent that went into building it came out of my own pocket. ^^
WUT

Yeah. I bought all the parts from Newegg and put it together myself. You get exactly what you want and don't have to worry about cheap, fail-prone parts that way, not to mention there's no bloatware to be concerned with and you can actually save money if you know what you're doing.

nextstorm · 2011-08-09 20:02:26

Harakou wrote:
nextstorm wrote:
Harakou wrote:

Hey, I worked hard for that. Every cent that went into building it came out of my own pocket. ^^
WUT
Yeah. I bought all the parts from Newegg and put it together myself. You get exactly what you want and don't have to worry about cheap, fail-prone parts that way, not to mention there's no bloatware to be concerned with and you can actually save money if you know what you're doing.

:D

blazerv82 · 2011-08-09 20:05:30

@Harakou How do you get 12GB of RAM? I thought 8 was the max?

Eh, my computer is starting to get outdated, even though it's only 1 year old. Crazy, isn't it? Speaking of specs:
Win7 Pro x64 (5.9 base score, 6.54 avg)
2.8 GHz AMD Athelon Dual Core processor
Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H Motherboard
2GB of SpeedMax RAM, 4GB of something else (6GB total)
Radeon Sapphire HD 5570 1GB video card
500GB Western Digital HDD (Blue)
[company name here] 750W PSU (power supply unit)
LiteOn External CD Drive, 40X, Lightscribe, all that fun stuff
Antec case with a fan on top and side. Cooler-Max or something like that
Logitech Webcam Pro 9000
19" Samsung SyncMaster 940BW @ 1440x900 pixels

Not the best ever, but it does what I want it to.

Harakou · 2011-08-09 20:11:16

blazerv82 wrote:
@Harakou How do you get 12GB of RAM? I thought 8 was the max?

The max in what sense? hmm My motherboard has four DIMM slots, two of which are currently holding 2GB modules for a total of 4GB. I'm going to add a 4GB module to each of the remaining slots to bring the total up to 12GB.

Also, that PSU of yours is really overkill, isn't it? tongue

Targethero · 2011-08-09 20:19:40

My Desktop PC is an HP Pavilion Elite e9107c, I've upgraded a few things so far.
specs:

Pegatron IPIEL-LA3 (Eureka3) Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @2.3GHz 1333 MHz bus speed
Nvidia Geforce GTX 465 PNY XLR8 Performace Edition GPU w/ 1024MB GDDR5 on-board frame buffer and DirectX 11 support(Bought new off ebay)
DiabloTek PHD Series 550W PSU(Bought new off Amazon)
750GB HDD
8GB DDR3 RAM
SuperMulti DVD Burner w/ LightScribe
That setup will run NFS Shift in 1920x1080 with everything maxed out at 50-60fps easy.

My internet speeds are embarrassingly slow, lol.
download: 1.38mbps
upload: 0.72mbps

Last edited by Targethero (2011-08-09 21:28:29)

fire219 · 2011-08-09 20:20:41

My computer is a mid-2008 HP Pavilion dv7 laptop with:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.4Ghz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT
RAM: 4GB DDR3
HDD: Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 2.5" 320 GB @ 5400RPM
OMD*: Optiarc DVD-RW AD-7560S
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Display: Built-in 1440x900 LCD

Simplified Version: (Yea, I'm copying Harakou, so what? tongue )
Dual-Core Processor @ 2.4Ghz
4GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT

Other crud my computer has (aka Accessories tongue ):
Logitech M505 Wireless Laser Mouse
Sony Triiq headphones (which recently died, now using JVC Gumy earbuds until I can get something better tongue )

Internet Stuffz:

My family actually has two ISPs (2 of us one, the other 2 uses the other). I will provide specs for both.

ISP #1 (Wildblue Satellite Internet)

Ping: 1064ms
Download: 0.84Mbps
Upload: 0.04Mbps (Pretty sure that isn't true, it is supposed to be 768kbps)

ISP #2 (Millenicom/Verizon 3G Broadband stick)

Ping: 173ms
Download: 1.36Mbps
Upload: 0.41Mbps

My internet is as slow as Targethero's. tongue

*Optical Media Drive

Last edited by fire219 (2011-08-09 20:23:21)

nextstorm · 2011-08-09 20:30:41

Targethero wrote:
My Desktop PC is an HP Pavilion Elite e9107c, I've upgraded a few things so far.
specs:

Pegatron IPIEL-LA3 (Eureka3) Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @2.3GHz 1333 MHz bus speed
Nvidia Geforce GTX 465 PNY XLR8 Performace Edition GPU w/ 1024MB GDDR5 on-board frame buffer and DirectX 11 support(Bought new off ebay)
DiabloTek PHD Series 550W PSU(Bought new off Amazon)
750GBHDD
8GB DDR3 RAM
SuperMulti DVD Drive w/ LightScribe Burner

That setup will run NFS Shift in 1920x1080 with everything maxed out at 50-60fps easy.

My internet speeds are embarrassingly slow, lol.
download: 1.38mbps
upload: 0.72mbps

WHUUUUUUUUUUT

Targethero · 2011-08-09 20:41:02

nextstorm wrote:
Targethero wrote:
My Desktop PC is an HP Pavilion Elite e9107c, I've upgraded a few things so far.
specs:

Pegatron IPIEL-LA3 (Eureka3) Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @2.3GHz 1333 MHz bus speed
Nvidia Geforce GTX 465 PNY XLR8 Performace Edition GPU w/ 1024MB GDDR5 on-board frame buffer and DirectX 11 support(Bought new off ebay)
DiabloTek PHD Series 550W PSU(Bought new off Amazon)
750GBHDD
8GB DDR3 RAM
SuperMulti DVD Drive w/ LightScribe Burner

That setup will run NFS Shift in 1920x1080 with everything maxed out at 50-60fps easy.

My internet speeds are embarrassingly slow, lol.
download: 1.38mbps
upload: 0.72mbps
WHUUUUUUUUUUT

Lol, a 750GB Hard drive is pretty tipical for a $500-$700 Desktop PC, for $750 and up you can even get up into the Terabytes.

Last edited by Targethero (2011-08-09 20:41:36)

blazerv82 · 2011-08-09 20:53:49

Harakou wrote:
blazerv82 wrote:
@Harakou How do you get 12GB of RAM? I thought 8 was the max?
The max in what sense? :/ My motherboard has four DIMM slots, two of which are currently holding 2GB modules for a total of 4GB. I'm going to add a 4GB module to each of the remaining slots to bring the total up to 12GB.

Also, that PSU of yours is really overkill, isn't it? :P

I would guess so, but at least I don't have to worry about running outta power for anything.

And as for the RAM, let me spin your question around. Isn't 12GB of RAM overkill? I mean, 6 seems plenty to me, although I would like 8.

IHeartGaming · 2011-08-09 20:56:46

Harakou wrote:
~22 megs down

Darn, that's a LOT of speed. 3mb's sec down advertised, but more like 1mb/sec (if i'm lucky)

@Harakou: What ISP do you use?

Last edited by IHeartGaming (2011-08-09 20:58:08)

Harakou · 2011-08-09 21:10:01

blazerv82 wrote:
Harakou wrote:
blazerv82 wrote:
@Harakou How do you get 12GB of RAM? I thought 8 was the max?
The max in what sense? My motherboard has four DIMM slots, two of which are currently holding 2GB modules for a total of 4GB. I'm going to add a 4GB module to each of the remaining slots to bring the total up to 12GB.

Also, that PSU of yours is really overkill, isn't it?
I would guess so, but at least I don't have to worry about running outta power for anything.

And as for the RAM, let me spin your question around. Isn't 12GB of RAM overkill? I mean, 6 seems plenty to me, although I would like 8.

Yeah, that's true about the PSU. Mine's a bit overkill too, (albeit not as much as yours) but if I ever want to crossfire I'm all set.

12GB is probably way more than I need, but I wanted to upgrade anyway, and since this will fill up all my RAM slots, I want to make sure I don't have to worry about upgrades for quite a while. Besides, RAM is cheap. I could have bought maybe 4GB, but 8GB was only like $20 more.

4GB doesn't quite cut it when just running Windows 7 x64 with a few programs open eats up 2GB. If you're running a game with DX9 or lower your video card's RAM has to be duplicated to your system RAM, with basically limits you to 1GB left over for the actual game. Some games definitely take more than that.

In short: Yeah, 12GB is overkill, but I like to make sure I have enough.

Harakou · 2011-08-09 21:14:00

IHeartGaming wrote:
Harakou wrote:
~22 megs down
Darn, that's a LOT of speed. 3mb's sec down advertised, but more like 1mb/sec (if i'm lucky)

What ISP do you use?

Comcast. The speed really varies depending on the day, but when it's fast, it's blazing. (Note that mbps is not the same as mb/s. Mbps stands for "megabits per second." A megabit is about one eighth the size of a megabyte. In actuality I'll get 1-2 mb/s, depending on the host of the download.)

blazerv82 wrote:
Harakou wrote:
The max in what sense? My motherboard has four DIMM slots, two of which are currently holding 2GB modules for a total of 4GB. I'm going to add a 4GB module to each of the remaining slots to bring the total up to 12GB.

Also, that PSU of yours is really overkill, isn't it?
I would guess so, but at least I don't have to worry about running outta power for anything.

And as for the RAM, let me spin your question around. Isn't 12GB of RAM overkill? I mean, 6 seems plenty to me, although I would like 8.

Yeah, that's true about the PSU. Mine's a bit overkill too, (albeit not as much as yours) but if I ever want to crossfire I'm all set.

12GB is probably way more than I need, but I wanted to upgrade anyway, and since this will fill up all my RAM slots, I want to make sure I don't have to worry about upgrades for quite a while. Besides, RAM is cheap. I could have bought maybe 4GB, but 8GB was only like $20 more.

4GB doesn't quite cut it when just running Windows 7 x64 with a few programs open eats up 2GB. If you're running a game with DX9 or lower your video card's RAM has to be duplicated to your system RAM, with basically limits you to 1GB left over for the actual game. Some games definitely take more than that.

In short: Yeah, 12GB is overkill, but I like to make sure I have enough.

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Targethero · 2011-08-09 21:21:48

Harakou wrote:
Ooh, a spec topic! It should be interesting to see what everyone else here is running.

Mah specs:
Phenom II x4 945 @3.0 GHz
4GB DDR3 (soon to be 12GB) @1333 MHz 9-9-9-24 timing
Radeon HD 3300 IGP, 790GX chipset (HIS Radeon HD 6870 1GB discrete GPU once the parts I ordered come in)
WD Caviar Green 750GB HDD
ASUS M4A78T-E Mobo
Thermaltake TR2 430W PSU (Will be an Antec HCG-750 750W. Again, parts on the way from Newegg.)

Simplified, for the non-techies:
Quad core processor @3 GHz
4GB RAM (soon to be 12GB)
Radeon HD 3300 integrated grahpics (Radeon HD 6870 once the parts I ordered come in)
750GB hard drive

Internet speed, based on speedtest.net:
22.32 mbps down
3.69 mbps up

Very nice PSU, I'm thinking about buying a 750W and that seems like a good one, what are its dementions?

demosthenes · 2011-08-09 21:24:12

The amount of benefit your can get from large amounts of RAM is limited by processor speed. With a quad core you should not have too much trouble getting the most out of your RAM, but lots of code is still optimized for single core processors which may have a limiting effect on your speed.

Anyway, my laptop for high school:

Intel Core i7-2620M Processor (2.70GHz, 4MB L3)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64
15.6" HD (1366 x 768) LED Backlit Anti-Glare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready
Intel HD Graphics 3000
4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)
720p Camera
128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA
DVD recordable multiburner
Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader
9 cell Li-Ion Battery - 55++
Country Pack North America with Line cord & 65W AC adapter
ThinkPad b/g/n
Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable

Harakou · 2011-08-09 21:28:19

Targethero wrote:
Harakou wrote:
Ooh, a spec topic! It should be interesting to see what everyone else here is running.

Mah specs:
Phenom II x4 945 @3.0 GHz
4GB DDR3 (soon to be 12GB) @1333 MHz 9-9-9-24 timing
Radeon HD 3300 IGP, 790GX chipset (HIS Radeon HD 6870 1GB discrete GPU once the parts I ordered come in)
WD Caviar Green 750GB HDD
ASUS M4A78T-E Mobo
Thermaltake TR2 430W PSU (Will be an Antec HCG-750 750W. Again, parts on the way from Newegg.)

Simplified, for the non-techies:
Quad core processor @3 GHz
4GB RAM (soon to be 12GB)
Radeon HD 3300 integrated grahpics (Radeon HD 6870 once the parts I ordered come in)
750GB hard drive

Internet speed, based on speedtest.net:
22.32 mbps down
3.69 mbps up
Very nice PSU, I'm thinking about buying a 750W and that seems like a good one, what are its dimensions?

It's a bit longer than most. (7.1" x 5.9" x 3.4") It's actually on sale for $90 ($40 off) on Newegg right now. According to Anandtech it's well built and performs well, with stable voltages and good efficiency.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6817371049
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4258/ante … ming-psu/1

Rexpup · 2011-08-09 21:32:15

Windows 7 home premium
Presario CQ56 Notebook P.C. (CompaQ)
AMD Athlon II P340 Dual core prosessor 2.20 Gigahertz
4 GB RAM
64-bit operating system
300 GB hard drive
Webcam, microphone, and mousepad.
Headphone jack, microphone jack, ethernet (RJ45), three USB drives, disc drive (DVD, CD, ROM drive). Nice computer, and runs most softwares (like LSW3) smoothly, even on low memory. Does not have a bad memory leak.

Rexpup · 2011-08-09 21:43:12

Harakou wrote:
In short: Yeah, 12GB is overkill, but I like to make sure I have enough.

Lol! But then again some people like a whole Terabyte to work with. But a Petabyte, that really is excessive.

1. a terabye is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, or 1,000 Gigabytes.
2. a petabyte is 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (1 Quadrillion) or 1,000 terabytes.
3. Don't even think about a Yottabyte, which is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (1 septillion) bytes, or 1 quadrillion gigabytes.

nextstorm · 2011-08-09 21:48:03

Rexpup wrote:
Harakou wrote:
In short: Yeah, 12GB is overkill, but I like to make sure I have enough.
Lol! But then again some people like a whole Terabyte to work with. But a Petabyte, that really is excessive.

1. a terabye is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, or 1,000 Gigabytes.
2. a petabyte is 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (1 Quadrillion) or 1,000 terabytes.
3. Don't even think about a Yottabyte, which is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (1 septillion) bytes, or 1 quadrillion gigabytes.

xD
I once went to a lab that contained a 4 petabytes of memory....

what-the · 2011-08-09 21:48:41

You'll probably lolz at my best computer.

Computer Build Date May 2009 (27 Months old)
Window Vista Basic (The best version, has never crashed or gotten a virus)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
2.00 GB RAM
4 GB Page File (Virtual RAM) this keeps the computer from running slow.
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 // Gaming graphics 799 MB Total available graphics memory (64mb dedicated built in to motherboard).
Primary hard disk 298GB
LAN adapter 1Gbps
WLAN adapter 54Mbps

nextstorm · 2011-08-09 21:50:24

what-the wrote:
You'll probably lolz at my best computer.

Computer Build Date May 2009 (27 Months old)
Window Vista Basic (The best version, has never crashed or gotten a virus)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
2.00 GB RAM
4 GB Page File (Virtual RAM) this keeps the computer from running slow.
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 // Gaming graphics 799 MB Total available graphics memory (64mb dedicated built in to motherboard).
Primary hard disk 298GB
LAN adapter 1Gbps
WLAN adapter 54Mbps

Thats pretty good big_smile

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