CoM_Solaufein Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Believe me I tried cleaning it, I really did Use a vacuum cleaner with an extension. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 static electricity alarm! Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) Josh has great taste in keyboards. I built my computer around the Model M. (1993 vintage) *edit* looked at the mouse. Is that an Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 as well? *edit #2* looked at your speakers. Is that a Cambridge Soundworks classic Soundworks in beige? This is freaky. We have the same PC peripheral setup. Edited January 4, 2009 by Leferd "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Josh has great taste in keyboards. I built my computer around the Model M. (1993 vintage) *edit* looked at the mouse. Is that an Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 as well? *edit #2* looked at your speakers. Is that a Cambridge Soundworks classic Soundworks in beige? This is freaky. We have the same PC peripheral setup. O.o Leferd = JE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setzer Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 It's not a totally kick ass machine like Bok's but it works just fine for running WoW. Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU 8gb of A-Data DDR2 800 EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640mb Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum WD Raptor 74gb(Primary) Seagate 320gb(Secondary) Samsung DVD/CD burner Acer 21" LCD monitor Corsair 520w power supply Antec Solo case Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magister Lajciak Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 My new specs: Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 NVIDIA 9800GTS with 512MB VRAM 4GB RAM (I run Windows XP 32 bit, however, so not fully utilized) 500GB 5400rpm HDD Blu-Ray player / DVD burner 17" 1920x1200 pixel screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 My computer eventually ended up being "complete" Antec Performance One P182 Antec TruePower Quatro 1000 PSU Asus P5E3 Premium WIFI - X48 chipset 2 * Corsair (2x2GB) PC-10600 (1333MHz) XMP DDR3 (8GB total) Intel QX9650 CORE 2 Extreme Quad Core (water cooled) Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling System Creative PCI EXPRESS X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series 1 * Samsung Spinpoint F1 1 TB 2 * Samsung 500GB 'HD502IJ' 2 * Seagate 640GB 'ST3400320AS' Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870X2 w. 2 Gb DDR5 ram (tore off the stock fan (and the warranty) and equipped it with a cooling block from EK Water Blocks, Slovenia) Samsung 30" SyncMaster 305T+ Running Vista Ultimate 64bit Various peripherals: Wacom tablet, Microsoft LiveCam, Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard, Microsoft 5 button mouse (very old), Saitek X52 Pro flight stick, various external HDD and USB sticks, old 5.1 Speaker/Amplifier set from Creative. The latter is probably the only part I intend to replace in the near future with some nice 7.1 surround set. Decided that my computer needed a bit more Oomph! on the sound side, so I ordered a "Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Channel Speaker System - THX Certified" set. Let the music begin “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 After a few years of space issues and laptops, we finally built a new PC. Well, The Boy built a new PC, I made tea and accompanied him on an epic journey to the nearest stockist when he realised at 430pm on Friday that the Noctua cooler he ordered was for the wrong socket... Arriving 6 minutes before closing after a rather tense journey on the motorway during rush hour = win. Here's what we ended up with: Coolermaster Cosmos S Black Aluminium Case Zalman ZM750-HP ATX SILENTPSU Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 Motherboard Intel Core i7 2.66GHz Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 6gb (3x2GB) OCZ DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 Gold XTC Triple Channel Memory 1GB BFG GeForce GTX285 OCX Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm HDD Samsung SM2433BW 24" LCD Black Widescreen Sony DVD Drive Logitech G15 Keyboard Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse Something old: Altec Lansing XA3021 speakers. Vista Home Premium x64 Unfortunately, the Noctua cooler with it's two fans meant that we had to remove the fan from the side of the case before it would close. D'oh. Not a huge deal though, the cooling seems to be more than adequate as it is. The G15 keyboard is getting on my nerves somewhat, as I'm not used to having extra keys down the lefthand side...hitting random buttons instead of the shift key is super fun! I do like the little LCD display though. I expected to hate the Sidewinder mouse, but am actually fairly happy with it. "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 ^Whew, dumped some coin there. Beautiful system! "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 ^Whew, dumped some coin there. Beautiful system! I know...a tad excessive, probably, but what the hell... My laptop was starting to depress me. "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magister Lajciak Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 ^Whew, dumped some coin there. Beautiful system! I know...a tad excessive, probably, but what the hell... My laptop was starting to depress me. I think it's great. If you can afford it - more power and kudos to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I want teh kotor 3 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 After a few years of space issues and laptops, we finally built a new PC. Well, The Boy built a new PC, I made tea and accompanied him on an epic journey to the nearest stockist when he realised at 430pm on Friday that the Noctua cooler he ordered was for the wrong socket... Arriving 6 minutes before closing after a rather tense journey on the motorway during rush hour = win. Here's what we ended up with: Coolermaster Cosmos S Black Aluminium Case Zalman ZM750-HP ATX SILENTPSU Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 Motherboard Intel Core i7 2.66GHz Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 6gb (3x2GB) OCZ DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 Gold XTC Triple Channel Memory 1GB BFG GeForce GTX285 OCX Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm HDD Samsung SM2433BW 24" LCD Black Widescreen Sony DVD Drive Logitech G15 Keyboard Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse Something old: Altec Lansing XA3021 speakers. Vista Home Premium x64 Unfortunately, the Noctua cooler with it's two fans meant that we had to remove the fan from the side of the case before it would close. D'oh. Not a huge deal though, the cooling seems to be more than adequate as it is. The G15 keyboard is getting on my nerves somewhat, as I'm not used to having extra keys down the lefthand side...hitting random buttons instead of the shift key is super fun! I do like the little LCD display though. I expected to hate the Sidewinder mouse, but am actually fairly happy with it. That's pretty similar to what I'm running, but I've got an Evga board, and their oc'd 285, and Dominator instead of OCZ. I'll be getting 6gb more RAM and two more graphics cards in a few months. Overkill is great, isn't it? Oh, and different cooler too. And my proc is pretty OC'd. In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum. R.I.P. KOTOR 2003-2008 KILLED BY THOSE GREEDY MONEY-HOARDING ************* AND THEIR *****-*** MMOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Newly added: Benq FP241W, 24" P-MVA TFT. Nothing new'n'fancy, but better picture and faster responsetime than my old MVA panel. There's also an Antec P182 standing around here, to be filled in the coming month(s) with new hardware, if I find the time... Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) New Laptop Specs: Intel Core2Duo T5270 (1.4GHz, 1.4Ghz) 2.00GB RAM (Soon to be 3.00GB or 4.00GB) 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 320GB Western Digital Scorpio Black (16MB Cache, 7200RPM) Edited May 7, 2009 by Deadly_Nightshade "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) Over the past few months, my new system has slowly been coming together, starting with the screen mentioned above and a WLAN router / stick. It now consists of: Antec P182 BeQuiet P7 550W Gigabyte ma790fxt ud5p Phenom II X4 955 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 8-8-8-24 2T @1.5V Samsung HE322HJ 320GB single platter WD 1TB Green ATi HD 4770 LG DVDBurner/HDDVD/Bluray player case - got it just in time before the P183 was released Was partly a pain to install, otoh it looks better than the 183. I'm surprised how well the HD de-coupling works. I don't hear anything from them PSU - currently too powerful, but who knows what the future holds. Until then it's ok because efficiency @low load isn't bad at all. mobo - I wanted the MSI GD70 but it was inexistent in Switzerland for months, so I got that one. No problems so far. CPU - got it real cheap and it works like a charm currently undervolting, 3.2GHz@1.25V (VID: 1.35) and 800MHz@0.925V have been running Prime for three hours, going to test further RAM - currently running @ 1333 7-7-7-20 1T @1.6V. Mobo doesn't want to supply less than 1.6V, so I overclocked the RAM... HD1 - for programs. Read horror stories about those failing, but can't read out SMART-values due to AHCI - great HD2 - for storage. GPU - yeah, out of proportion But: 1. another cheap buy. Seem to be one of the few persons who got hold of it? 2. it's just a replacement as something that uses little power when gaming and can handle a my games until Win7, DX11 comes out by the end of the year. For backup purposes, should the upcoming performance card die. Reacts nicely to lowering RAM speed when not gaming DVD/BD - having an HD screen and an HDCP gfx-card, why not invest something extra that would allow me to watch a BD if I wanted? As I currently don't have any time for games, I'm underclocking and undervolting graphics card and CPU, but both offer a lot of headroom into the other direction should power be needed Also, this was the first system that really started up at the very first try, even though I did some experiments (for my standards) by first creating a custom WinXP-CD with SP3 and Sata-drivers slipstreamed, flashing the bios from a bootable USB-stick before installing anything, then setting HDs to AHCI-mode... Everything fine so far. Edited June 27, 2009 by samm Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ASUS P5QL PRO Intel Core Duo 2 E7400 2 GB Kingston DDRII667 RAM Gaiward 9800GT Onboard Audio Samsung 80GB 7200RPM Samsung 320GB SATA2 Seagate 1Tb 7200 RPM S-ATA2 32Mb Samsung 19" 923NW Gamepad XFX XGear Dual Reflex Upgrade time! New motherboard, new CPU and new hard drive. HDD: 81,50 "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 ... this model is the exact same one that is used at work, and as such I had excellent first hand gaming experience with it. You sure your boss doesn't read forums? Nice machine. As much as I love Samsung monitors, I can't say that I've had much luck with their HDD's. Seagate may be "noisier", but at least they keep working “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 My experience with HDDs, as far as durability goes, is that it's really just the luck of the draw, more or less regardless of brand. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Seagate may be "noisier", but at least they keep working Mileage may vary In the end, they all fail - or not. I've had the infamous IBM DTLA, which survived at least until I changed my PC, three Samsungs and a WD, all of them working until I upgraded, which took 3 / 5 years respectively... Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) GFX card: GTX260 Core 216 Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45C-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX PSU: StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz LGA 775 95W RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR2 HD: Wester Digital Caviar 320GB 7200 RPM SATA Can't wait until it all arrives in the mail to actually build the computer... though there's always a risk I screwed up and picked a combination that doesn't work together. At least it only cost me 850$CA.>.> Edited July 7, 2009 by WILL THE ALMIGHTY "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rostere Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 So, anyone in this forum using a SSD/ planning to buy one? "Well, overkill is my middle name. And my last name. And all of my other names as well!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoM_Solaufein Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Just got my additional 2G of RAM that I ordered. Gotta love XP 3.25Gs of RAM. Come on Windows 7. I'm getting this computer set up for Windows 7. Now to order that nifty ATI 5870 card. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionavar Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Just got my additional 2G of RAM that I ordered. Gotta love XP 3.25Gs of RAM. Come on Windows 7. I'm getting this computer set up for Windows 7. Now to order that nifty ATI 5870 card. I so hear you about the RAM thing! I too hope Windows 7 is what I am hoping it will be The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoM_Solaufein Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I tried the RC of Windows 7 and I like it. Far better than Vista which I never bought but I tried it on my parents computer. My love of XP will come to an end next week. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoM_Solaufein Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Why does Windows 7 that I have 3.25 Gs of usuable RAM? War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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