Rate the PC of the person above you and suggest next upgrade! - Page 6

SLi_dog · 15th April 2007, 2:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beavy

I'd put in a better processor or overclock your existing one for a bit more grunt!

X2 3600+
2GB DDR2 667
7600GT SLI
2*250GB WD SATA 2 RAID0
320GB SG SATA2
Antec 450W in Sonata II
19" Wide Polyview

I'd get an E4400 and an P5N-E SLI after the 22nd for a performance boost

E6600
P5NE-SLI
2GB GeIL PC6400 Ultra Cas4
BFG 8800GTX OC
Tuniq Tower 120
Tt 750W ToughPower
WD Raptor 74GB
17" Optima LCD (

)

somebloke · 15th April 2007, 5:03 PM

more cores!!

CPU: X2 3800+ @ 2.75GHz (275 * 10)
RAM: 1Gb (2x 512Mb) Generic PC3200, 229MHz @ 2.5-3-3-8
MOBO: DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D
Vid: Gigabyte (passive cooled) 6600GT 256MB (Core 550MHz, RAM 1.07GHz)
HDD: 2x WD1600JS (RAID0)
Sound: Onboard w/ z-5500D

Monitor: BenQ 17something... (the one with speakers, not that i use 'em)

Mainly used for folding (team 24), light gaming and watching all those linux ISO's

pugsley · 15th April 2007, 11:35 PM

Possibly a graphics upgrade or ram depending o the amount (You didnt specify)

Mobo: Asus A8n32 SLI Deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4200+ X2 sitting at 2.47 atm
RAM: 2X 1gig OCZ PC4000 Gold GX XTC
Graphics: XFX 7800GTX 256mb 490MHz
Audio: Creative XFI Platinum
Storage: Western Digital 320gb 7200RPM
PSU: TT 520W Power Station
Monitor: Benq 20" Widescreen 8ms|

mr_mordred2095 · 16th April 2007, 1:05 AM

OMG what have I created lol.

AssM@N · 16th April 2007, 2:02 AM

you need more storage space, prob go for raid1?

Mobo: some Asus crap, i forgt
CPU: AMD Athlon thunderbird 1ghz
RAM: 2x256mb DDR
Graphics: gf2mx
Audio: onboard
Storage: 20gig seagate
PSU: yumcha crap
Monitor: 17'' samsung

Damn_Good · 16th April 2007, 10:10 AM

If you need to run anything more than Word 6.0 on Win 98 id say a new system altogether.

My Rig=
x2 4200+
Asus A8N-Sli Premium
2gb Geil ddr400
LW 7800Gt Extreme
2x 74gb raptors, 4 x WD 400gb
Audigy 2, Pioneer DV-112
v1100+ w/ Antec TP550w
Gives about 4k in 3dmark06, but i play CoH, BF2, AOE3 on max settings

fredhoon · 16th April 2007, 10:29 AM

Unless you wanted to play newer games on max, there is nothing much that can be done to your system. Short term grab an 8800GTS to squeeze a few extra frames, Long term is an overhaul to C2D. Nice system, the X2's still kick along fine for me.

My System:

x2 3800+ @ 2.5GHz 1:1 (crap mem controller)
2G DDR 500MHz BHZ
DFI etc... SLI-DR Expert
8800GTS 320MB
2x 36G Raptor, 1x 120G Seagate (i have a server for storage)
Antec TC 550W, Pioneer DVR-111D
WC - 120.2 & Apodgee

It kicks along, can't run NWN2 at full prettiness though (dynamic lights 4+ sources, crazy shadows, lots of AA/AF) which shits me, may be CPU limited?

R3xx · 16th April 2007, 11:36 AM

Fred: Definitely CPU limited. Recommend CPU, board and RAM upgrade if you wanna play games with full eye candy. The GFX card is nice but is being bottlenecked by the CPU.

Sig is out of date...

- Xeon 3060 at 3GHz
- Scythe Infinity
- Asus P5W64-WS Pro
- 2GB G.Skill PC6400 HZ
- XFX 7950GT at 650/1600
- 74GB Raptor (16MB cache)
- WD4000AAKS
- X-Fi Extreme Music
- Antec Neo HE 500W
- Antec Solo Case
- Chimei CMV-221DB
- Saitek Eclipse Keyboard and Logitech G7 mouse

Would like to run some games better at 1680x1050, definitely need a new GFX card I reckon. Runs everything else just fine.

toe2toe · 16th April 2007, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R3xx

Fred: Definitely CPU limited. Recommend CPU, board and RAM upgrade if you wanna play games with full eye candy. The GFX card is nice but is being bottlenecked by the CPU.

Sig is out of date...

- Xeon 3060 at 3GHz
- Scythe Infinity
- Asus P5W64-WS Pro
- 2GB G.Skill PC6400 HZ
- XFX 7950GT at 650/1600
- 74GB Raptor (16MB cache)
- WD4000AAKS
- X-Fi Extreme Music
- Antec Neo HE 500W
- Antec Solo Case
- Chimei CMV-221DB
- Saitek Eclipse Keyboard and Logitech G7 mouse

Would like to run some games better at 1680x1050, definitely need a new GFX card I reckon. Runs everything else just fine.

Get yourself an 8900 or one of the new ATI cards when they come out, should give you decent frames.

I've already posted in the thread before but I've overclocked my pc (in sig) a bit more since then. Lets see if the answer changes.

ShaneHm2 · 16th April 2007, 1:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toe2toe

Get yourself an 8900 or one of the new ATI cards when they come out, should give you decent frames.

I've already posted in the thread before but I've overclocked my pc (in sig) a bit more since then. Lets see if the answer changes.

not sure if this is ur current rig in ur sig:
My beast (needs an upgrade I know!) - CPU: AXP 2100+@2013MHz (11x183) Mobo: Abit NF7-S v2.0
RAM: 1GB Corsair DDR400 Graphics: Leadtek GF4 Ti4200 Storage: WD 120GB Screen: Dell 2007WFP
Case: Antec Sonata II PSU: Antec SP 450W Optical: Lite-On DVD-RW, Pioneer slot-loading DVD-ROM

then upgrade ur graphics card

my rig:
CPU: Amd Athlon 3500+ AM2
Motherboard: Gigabyte M55PLUS-S3G
RAM: 2 x 512MB DDR-2 PC4300
GFX: 512MB 7600GS gigabyte cooled by a Zalman vf700-alcu
HD's: 320GB Seagate SATA and 120GB wd sata in a external case via usb 2.0
optical: lg dual layer dvd burner
monitor: 19" LCD samsung 940N
other: shit mouse and keyboard and dialup modem for backup net
case and psu: coolermaster rc-532 and 380w coolermaster psu from it

xosfear · 16th April 2007, 1:14 PM

^ i'd put more ram in. best thing i ever did was upgrade to 2gb.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AssM@N

you need more storage space, prob go for raid1?

Mobo: some Asus crap, i forgt
CPU: AMD Athlon thunderbird 1ghz
RAM: 2x256mb DDR
Graphics: gf2mx
Audio: onboard
Storage: 20gig seagate
PSU: yumcha crap
Monitor: 17'' samsung

wait, thats your main rig, when you have all those pc's in your sig ?

my pc:
Pentium D 3Ghz
2gb Generic 533mhz DDR2
320gb Seagate 7200
Asus EN7900GT 256mb
Yum Cha 600w PSU

ggya · 16th April 2007, 1:27 PM

@ ShaneHm2: A decent budget rig, but you'd definitely need a new video card if you want to experience the goodness of today's games

@ xosfear: For my needs, that rig would be good for me. Not sure what games you're playing, but either way that should last you a while

E6600 cooled by a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B
ASUS P5B
1GB 533mhz Corsair Valueselect
250GB Seagate
X1950 Pro 512MB cooled by a Thermalright HR-03
Antec TPII 480W
Samsung 940BW 19 inch LCD
G11 Keyboard and G5 Mouse
Coolermaster Mystique 632

ShaneHm2 · 16th April 2007, 1:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ggya

@ ShaneHm2: A decent budget rig, but you'd definitely need a new video card if you want to experience the goodness of today's games

@ xosfear: For my needs, that rig would be good for me. Not sure what games you're playing, but either way that should last you a while

E6600 cooled by a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B
ASUS P5B
1GB 533mhz Corsair Valueselect
250GB Seagate
X1950 Pro 512MB cooled by a Thermalright HR-03
Antec TPII 480W
Samsung 940BW 19 inch LCD
G11 Keyboard and G5 Mouse
Coolermaster Mystique 632

well pending finances probably and another gb of ram and a dual core cpu upgrade and a 320mb 8800gts ? what u reckon ?

Crash Dummy · 16th April 2007, 1:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ggya

@ ShaneHm2: A decent budget rig, but you'd definitely need a new video card if you want to experience the goodness of today's games

@ xosfear: For my needs, that rig would be good for me. Not sure what games you're playing, but either way that should last you a while

E6600 cooled by a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B
ASUS P5B
1GB 533mhz Corsair Valueselect
250GB Seagate
X1950 Pro 512MB cooled by a Thermalright HR-03
Antec TPII 480W
Samsung 940BW 19 inch LCD
G11 Keyboard and G5 Mouse
Coolermaster Mystique 632

On a budget I'd suggest grab another 1GB of RAM and maybe a hard drive if you need it. Apart from that I can't fault anything.

My system (here we go) LAUGH IT UP!

AthlonXP 2600+ @ 2300Mhz (200Mhz FSB)
Abit NF7-S rev 2.0
1GB total of Corsair XMS3200 as the slowest stick. The other stick is a XMS3500C2 (BH-5 BABY WOO!!!)
Geforce 6800GS 512MB (256bit) GDDR3 450Mhz core clock, 1Ghz memclk
2x Seagate Baracuda 7200.8 PATA 200GB drives, Seagate 200GB SATA, Samsung 400GB SATAII. 1TB total
Liteon 18x DVD writer. Sorry I can't remember the product code.
Old school Lite-on 16x DVD-ROM
460w Zalman silent power supply

System is still watercooled in a different case from what is in the PCDB but still uses the same cooling hardware.
One thing I'd really like to mention to all here now also is that this is by far the most stable, quiet and versatile system I've ever had. I've been using this for what must be bang on 3 years now and to be honest yes I know it's old but it is far from the old days of computing where a 3 year old system is fit for the bin.

AssM@N · 16th April 2007, 4:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damn_Good

If you need to run anything more than Word 6.0 on Win 98 id say a new system altogether.

geez thanks for the kind comment

i think its still good though, i still run cs and other games!! and im running win XP!!!

15th April 2007, 5:03 PM	#77
somebloke Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth Posts: 206	more cores!! CPU: X2 3800+ @ 2.75GHz (275 * 10) RAM: 1Gb (2x 512Mb) Generic PC3200, 229MHz @ 2.5-3-3-8 MOBO: DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D Vid: Gigabyte (passive cooled) 6600GT 256MB (Core 550MHz, RAM 1.07GHz) HDD: 2x WD1600JS (RAID0) Sound: Onboard w/ z-5500D Monitor: BenQ 17something... (the one with speakers, not that i use 'em) Mainly used for folding (team 24), light gaming and watching all those linux ISO's Last edited by somebloke; 15th April 2007 at 11:44 PM. Reason: Forgot some stuff.. ooooops

16th April 2007, 2:02 AM	#80
AssM@N Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NSW Posts: 2,443	you need more storage space, prob go for raid1? Mobo: some Asus crap, i forgt CPU: AMD Athlon thunderbird 1ghz RAM: 2x256mb DDR Graphics: gf2mx Audio: onboard Storage: 20gig seagate PSU: yumcha crap Monitor: 17'' samsung __________________ my GF is hot because I overclocked her total FAH points: 85 million

16th April 2007, 10:29 AM	#82
fredhoon Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1,594	Unless you wanted to play newer games on max, there is nothing much that can be done to your system. Short term grab an 8800GTS to squeeze a few extra frames, Long term is an overhaul to C2D. Nice system, the X2's still kick along fine for me. My System: x2 3800+ @ 2.5GHz 1:1 (crap mem controller) 2G DDR 500MHz BHZ DFI etc... SLI-DR Expert 8800GTS 320MB 2x 36G Raptor, 1x 120G Seagate (i have a server for storage) Antec TC 550W, Pioneer DVR-111D WC - 120.2 & Apodgee It kicks along, can't run NWN2 at full prettiness though (dynamic lights 4+ sources, crazy shadows, lots of AA/AF) which shits me, may be CPU limited? __________________ Go soothingly on the grease mud as there lurks a skid demon. oldPCDB

16th April 2007, 1:05 AM	#79
mr_mordred2095 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 3,592	OMG what have I created lol.

16th April 2007, 10:10 AM	#81
Damn_Good Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,638	If you need to run anything more than Word 6.0 on Win 98 id say a new system altogether. My Rig= x2 4200+ Asus A8N-Sli Premium 2gb Geil ddr400 LW 7800Gt Extreme 2x 74gb raptors, 4 x WD 400gb Audigy 2, Pioneer DV-112 v1100+ w/ Antec TP550w Gives about 4k in 3dmark06, but i play CoH, BF2, AOE3 on max settings

16th April 2007, 11:36 AM	#83
R3xx (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,453	Fred: Definitely CPU limited. Recommend CPU, board and RAM upgrade if you wanna play games with full eye candy. The GFX card is nice but is being bottlenecked by the CPU. Sig is out of date... - Xeon 3060 at 3GHz - Scythe Infinity - Asus P5W64-WS Pro - 2GB G.Skill PC6400 HZ - XFX 7950GT at 650/1600 - 74GB Raptor (16MB cache) - WD4000AAKS - X-Fi Extreme Music - Antec Neo HE 500W - Antec Solo Case - Chimei CMV-221DB - Saitek Eclipse Keyboard and Logitech G7 mouse Would like to run some games better at 1680x1050, definitely need a new GFX card I reckon. Runs everything else just fine.

16th April 2007, 1:27 PM	#87
ggya Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Brisbane Southside Posts: 394	@ ShaneHm2: A decent budget rig, but you'd definitely need a new video card if you want to experience the goodness of today's games @ xosfear: For my needs, that rig would be good for me. Not sure what games you're playing, but either way that should last you a while E6600 cooled by a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B ASUS P5B 1GB 533mhz Corsair Valueselect 250GB Seagate X1950 Pro 512MB cooled by a Thermalright HR-03 Antec TPII 480W Samsung 940BW 19 inch LCD G11 Keyboard and G5 Mouse Coolermaster Mystique 632