Post your system specs!

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 21 Nov 2008, 13:38

Carcrazy wrote:Lol, TRUE PWNS ALL.

TRUE = true fail

TRUE-C = true win

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/image.htm ... 85X2wuanBn

Only 2000 will be produced.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 21 Nov 2008, 22:04

Damn, nice, but two things wrong there...

Firstly, the TRUE is the #1 air cooler on the market (don't make me site my sources, they're all over Google for Christ's sake...)

Secondly, (well, this isn't really a problem,) but since the TRUE already has a copper core (need to lap to get to it, though,) I'm sure it can't make that much of a difference. I don't care that much anyway, it's dropped my temps 40-50c under a load!

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 21 Nov 2008, 23:21

Lawl, I know it's the #1 aircooler on the market. I'm just saying it's ''shiznit'' because there's a copper version made for real men, with slightly better performance.

But watercooling > aircooling anyways. $\:D/$

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 21 Nov 2008, 23:48

Lol. If you get your shiz right you can get just as far on air as you can on water, just not quite as easily (but cheaper.)

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 22 Nov 2008, 01:05

Hell no.

Carcrazy wrote:(don't make me site my sources, they're all over Google for Christ's sake...)

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 23 Nov 2008, 04:10

I need a new processor, but can't decide if I should get a Phenom or switch over to Intel.
My current mobo supports AM2 so I could buy the Phenom and just plug+play, whilst the Intel will require a new mobo.

So I want to know if it's worth upgrading to the Intel, because it's going to cost me a lot more.
Any advice?

Edit: here are my current specs if that helps at all

AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+
Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G/2.1
3GB A-DATA DDR2 800 RAM (512MB x2 + 1GB x2)
Powercolor HD4870 PCS+ 512MB
520GB HDD (Seagate SATAII 320GB x1 + 160GB x1, Maxtor IDE 40GB x1)
Asus Lightscribe DVD-RW
CoolerMaster eXtreme Power Duo 650W
Thermaltake Soprano case

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 23 Nov 2008, 10:13

The Core2 Quad line shimmyshimmyshaboobooBOINGs all over AMD, but like you said, it would probably cost you quite a bit more. Pull up some reviews on Google and try to decide off those.

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 07 Dec 2008, 05:30

Wait for the PhenomX4 II line. Deneb will have nice OC abilities. And should be in the $240-280 mark.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 07 Dec 2008, 18:15

Carcrazy wrote:shimmyshimmyshaboobooBOINGs

lol.

Anyway, I'd still say go ahead and get a C2Q, but it is up to you.

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 07 Dec 2008, 18:51

Comes down to budget. You'll get more performance from an Intel system, but it will also cost you more. However, make sure you mobo is AM2+ (not just AM2) for optimum Phenom compatibility.

KammyworldRacerGT4 · Post by **KammyworldRacerGT4** » 07 Dec 2008, 21:18

PSZeTa wrote:When you get in here, you should post your specs!

Now post your specs or I'll kick your bumbum.

How?

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 07 Dec 2008, 22:53

Ok thanks for your help guys. My board is only AM2 not AM2+, so perhaps I should go for the Intel. I will probably get dual-core rather than quad-core though.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Dec 2008, 00:20

KammyworldRacerGT4 wrote: How?

With my e-foot.

korge · Post by **korge** » 08 Dec 2008, 00:24

I can't believe you actually replied to that question.

KammyworldRacerGT4 · Post by **KammyworldRacerGT4** » 08 Dec 2008, 01:03

Okay, I think a better post for me would have been, "How do you find your specs? Is there someplace in the Control Panel to look for them?"

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Dec 2008, 01:16

epic lol. D:

Perhaps Everest Home Edition would work for you. No idea how detailed that program is.

korge · Post by **korge** » 08 Dec 2008, 01:22

Yeah, I l0led at that one.

baumaxx1 · Post by **baumaxx1** » 08 Dec 2008, 10:27

Current build:
- Intel Pentium Conroe E2180 (2x 2ghz)
- 2GB DDR 667 RAM

- Nvidia 9600GT 512mb (ASUS)
<- Want a fantastic midrange card for less that $150 AUD? I highly recommend it! It maxxes Undercover (1920x1080 @ 6x AA and the other screen is on too), yes, even with what is essentially a low end PC with a decent GFX card. Far Cry 2 is @ all very high, but shadows and shaders are med, @ 1080p no AA. over 30FPS. Oh, and it is running at like 40-45 deg C, the fan is barely audible... in fact the only fan I hear is some 5 year old add on one I got, lol, and it's got a great cooler and I'm sure it over clocks very well if you want to give it a shot. I'm not even running it on a PCI-E 2.0 board!
Now, look at my specs, hardly top end, and probably not even midrange... basically thrown together because my PC died and I had no cash for one, but I swapped out a cheap 8600 I got recently, games very well and at the moment it's not like anything more powerful is absolutely necessary, unless you want to crank Crysis to very high. I do demanding things here, and I have noticed the RAM speed can cause a slight stutter in open world games when loading more stuff, but barely anything to ruin your experience and not that noticeable or common. 4GB RAM is preferable for working in photoshop with very high resolution, unless that's the only process you have running, but I have music, msn, firefox, file browser. Oh, and I don't disable my second screen when gaming, it's a 17" LCD - 1280x1024, and my primary monitor is a Full HD BenQ E2200HD.

-3HDDS totalling 560GB
-Winfast DTV1000 TV tuner card
-Cheap @$$ Gigabyte mobo.
-500 Watt Power Supply (Apevia Java - Reasonably priced. seems fairly good.... better than a generic obviously)
-Generic Black and Silver case with very poor cooling... but it does the job surprisingly unlike with a much weaker Pentium 4 and FX5600... hmm.

Here are my screens:

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 09 Dec 2008, 06:24

Woohoo! I just installed a Q9450 2.66Ghz (planning to OC to 3.2) and a Gigabyte EP45-UD3R mobo. Runs great.

Quad cores FTMFW! It used to be part of my dad's ultracomputer at Cisco, but now it's mine since he's getting a new Intel 8-core processor for that... great thing is that Cisco paid for it.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 09 Dec 2008, 20:59

Welcome to the C2Q family baby...

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 09 Dec 2008, 22:47

Yep, and I've finally made the switch to Intel. My Athlon XP 4000+ was getting very old, and was being sold on newegg for $20 I believe? Time to do some crazy shiznit...

korge · Post by **korge** » 09 Dec 2008, 22:49

I still got a 3200. >.<

Im so outdated.

Congrats on your hardware pwnage

baumaxx1 · Post by **baumaxx1** » 10 Dec 2008, 09:12

Erm... is a 2ghz E2180 faster than a 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo (older model)? Because mine is faster in winrar...

Still... it's an absolute POS compared to everyone else's computer I know.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 10 Dec 2008, 23:31

Normally, the lower clocked C2D's will out-perform the slightly higher-clocked Pentiums...

I had a 3200+ Sempron 64, great CPU... for it's time, at least. (It was quite a large jump from a 2.0Ghz Single-core to a 2.8Ghz Quad-Core...

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 10 Dec 2008, 23:47

Pentium Dual Cores are very similar to Intel's Core. I believe the biggest difference is cache size, which has little influence in performance.

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