Post your system specs!

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 23 Jul 2006, 02:41

it's 3GB/s? i thought it was 300 MB/s.... when did they get the boost?

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:11

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
1536 mb PC2700 DDR
ASUS 6600 LE 256 mb
HP 17" CRT (buying LCD to replace soon)
Lite-on CD/RW
NEC DVD/RW
Western Digital 120 GB
Seagate 160 GB
Rosewill 500W PSU
HP Case Painted by me

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:22

Cpt.Razkit wrote:HP Case Painted by me

if you don't mind, can you tell me what kind of paint you used and what material the case is made out of? i am in severy need to paint my case (the paint has chipped off in so many places), but i dont know what kind of paint would go with what i already have.

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:26

I used regular spray paint. The case is metal. The front is plastic. You can put a few coats of clear coat to make it better. try to stay away from metallic silver cause it takes a long time to dry.

bam_bam · Post by **bam_bam** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:29

If you use a very thin coat of varish it will prtect it . You have to make it very thin though , other wise it will look horrible. ..

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:38

my case is black and made of steel. that's why the nicks in the paint, especially around the edges when it was manhandled, seem so prominent. i'll give it a try if i can find the time. i've never used spray paint before, but im sure i can find a few people in my school who're willing to show/help me.

bam_bam · Post by **bam_bam** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:45

If its only mimamull you will be better off with touch up paint .

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 23 Jul 2006, 05:53

is there some sort of special kind to be used on metal surfaces?

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Post by **TheStig** » 26 Jul 2006, 03:55

My current setup:

Coolermaster Wavemaster case. with 4 blue LED fans and a blue LED's in the 450W power input (also coolermaster as are the fans)
ASUS A8N (if I am not mistaken)
AMD 64 3000+
ATI Radeon 9800XT
120 Gb HDD
LG DVD CDWriter
LG LCD monitor, sorry don't wich exactly.
Coolermaster keyboard (simply because it is simple and looks bulletproof and looks cool)
cheap basic logitec mouse with wire and ball. I got sick of the batterylife of my Microsoft wireless mouse. and had this lying around somewhere and it works!

At the end of the year I'm planning on upgrading the PC again.
alot will stay the same but it has to be faster that's all.

So will most likely get a other board but wich?? Most likely a ASUS again.
CPU: AMD 64 X2 4600 or maybe a 4800 but it all depens on what the prices are in a few months.
Videocard: ASUS EAX1900XT/2DHTV, 512 MB
maybe a 1024 RAM add. and I want a new wireless mouse but a much better one then the one I had, one with a rechargeble battery not just AA cells.
And a silver colored DVD player, a basic player without a writing function. used the writer like 2 times in 3 years and I won't burn/copy DVD's so don't need that eighter. and for me it is a waste of money.

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 31 Jul 2006, 11:14

My Great....Pc setup:

2.8 Ghz Ht technology processor.
2x 7800GTX (SLI 'ed)
1Gb ddr II ram
160 GB hard disk
and so ..on

The case well.......my trash-can is much prettier.

Bought myself a 120$ power supply(600W) to support SLI for future generations
n thinkin of upgrading my graphic cards setup to 2x 7900GTX soon.

Post by **Pabl0z** » 31 Jul 2006, 11:28

t3ice wrote:thinkin of upgrading my graphic cards setup to 2x 7900GTX soon.

And why the hell would you do that?
If you need to update so badly, update your cpu and ram, not your gfx.

bashderq · Post by **bashderq** » 31 Jul 2006, 14:35

I think t3ice assumed that because 7900 sounded bigger than 7800, it was better.

Me smells a bit'o'shiznit...
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My system; a few revisions after the last time:

CPU - AMD 64 3700 (2.2Ghz)
Mobo - GA K8N Pro-Sli
GFX - Nvidia 7600GT xXx
120GB h.d
LG DVD+RW
LG DVD
Logitech X-530 ( 5.1 Surround Sound)
Standard Microsoft Optical Mouse and Internet keyboard
BenQ FP91G (19")

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 01 Aug 2006, 14:07

Thnx guys , u saved me from spendin a lot of money..

But I thought only graphic cards really mattered when it comes to game performance.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 01 Aug 2006, 14:42

Obviously not.

If you put a spoiler on your 50bhp car, will you go faster around a track? NO.

That's because the car isn't able to make use of the spoiler. Same with your rig. You got super powerful graphic cards, but your processor and RAM lack. They'll slow down your overall performance because they don't make good use of the cards.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 02 Aug 2006, 15:54

t3ice wrote:Thnx guys , u saved me from spendin a lot of money..

But I thought only graphic cards really mattered when it comes to game performance.

OK well now I think his game system is pure BS... Lets have a 700MHz with 256MB RAM and 7900GTX x2. !

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 02 Aug 2006, 17:59

Fine...Fine ..I get it

Sheeesh!

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 02 Aug 2006, 19:39

Hopefully by Friday I'll have:

160GB WD Hard Drive
1.25GB DDR333 (PC2700) RAM
NVidia GeForce 6600GT 128MB AGP
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
ASRock ULi M1695

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 02 Aug 2006, 19:58

eeee! Western Digital!!!!! remember to make frequent backups!

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 02 Aug 2006, 20:37

I don't know why you don't like WD, I've had that hard drive for well over 2 years and have never had any problems with it.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 02 Aug 2006, 21:03

i've had 6 WD hard drives keel over and die, each and evey one a few days after the warranty expired. they were all on different systems built at different times, used by different people to do different things. yet they all suffered from a read/write head failure.

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 02 Aug 2006, 22:08

prince1142003 wrote:i've had 6 WD hard drives keel over and die, each and evey one a few days after the warranty expired. they were all on different systems built at different times, used by different people to do different things. yet they all suffered from a read/write head failure.

I have a WD in my PC for 2 years... no problems. i guess you just have bad luck...

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 03 Aug 2006, 00:48

i guess i did....

gotta love the new smileys

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 03 Aug 2006, 08:33

Ok I thought over it and thoughtthis ts what i will soon have...

AMD dual core 4000+ Athlon 64 processor
2x 7800GTX (SLI 'ed)
1Gb ddr II ram ( maybe another 1gb later)
Etc..

I was just wondering what MotherBoard to buy.....if necessary .

Also i was thinkin of a nice case...er.a bit flashy like the one PSZeTa has.
If theres anything stupid that im doing here please tell me.

Post by **Pabl0z** » 03 Aug 2006, 13:43

You should get an even more powerful CPU if you can.
And the 2nd gig of ram wouldn't hurt.

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 03 Aug 2006, 14:47

Thanx PablOz, i'll try gettin the 4200+ or mybe even the 4400+....if I can afford it.
I'll probly buy ram later.