Rate the PC of the person above you and suggest next upgrade! - Page 9

foxmulder881 · 20th April 2007, 2:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mika

It'll be gone as soon as my 500gb arrives, at the moment i need it :/

Cool.

Cannula · 20th April 2007, 2:52 PM

My system is all pretty even and I don't plan to buy any DX10 games for a while.
AMD 3200+ (Venice) @ 2.5GHz
Abit KN8 SLI
2 x 512MB TCCD, 2 x 512MB BH5 running happy together at 2.8V @ 2,2,2,5
Silverstone 650W SLI power suppy
Black Thermaltake Soprano case
2 x black LG DL-DVD-R/W
Seagate 250GB SATA II HDD
Gainward 512MB 7900GS, Core @ 600MHz, Mem @ 725MHz
Have a Lian-Li case behind me waiting to get modded in preporation for a new system later in the year when I go DX10.

flosty · 20th April 2007, 2:56 PM

Maybe you could upgrade to a 3800+? It's the last of the 939 line unfortunately. Other than that maybe a new monitor or speakers as you didn't list what you've got.

The most likely thing to happen will be me getting a Dell 2407 so perhaps you could suggest what I should get after that

Internal:
CPU: Pentium 4 521 2.8GHz
Zalman 7700AlCu
ASUS P5ND2-SLI
Coolermaster Real Power 550W
2 x 512mb Corsair XMS 675MHz
1 x Albatron 7600GT 256MB
1 x 320GB WD sata2
1 x 300GB Maxtor sata
1 x 250GB Seagate sata
Soundblaster Audigy Platinum
Pioneer DVR-111D 16x DVD Burner

External:
1 x Samsung/Samtron 75E 17" CRT
2 x LG Flatron L1510M 15" LCD
Microsoft Intellimouse (5 button optical)
Apple Mac G3 keyboard (smallest keyboard I have - 17" CRT takes up too much desk space)
Logitech Z-2300

Un_OC · 20th April 2007, 6:49 PM

A C2D CPU.. a e6420 if you overclock... then a new LCD, and at the same time get a new GPU, unless your CRT isn't bothering you.. in which cased, get the GPU first..

P.S. It's a nice keyboard isn't it.. i use one at school on the shcool macs... macs are to expensive me to have one. hehe.. but having a mac keyboard,.. nice..

my rig.. (i was told before.. more ram and it wouljd be a file server.. hehe.. my beautiful beast... my only child/... i mean, computer...

1.5ghz celeron
nVidia GeForce 420 16mb
256mb of ram (1 stick)
15" LCD
20GB really slow HDD
CD/DVD reader (though it'll only read some cd's and dvd's... and it's random..)
Onboard sound
Touchpad for a mouse
Laptop keyboard

yeah.. old school gaming beast..... ok.. maybe not beast... or gaming... but it is old...

firthy · 20th April 2007, 6:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Un_OC

A C2D CPU.. a e6420 if you overclock... then a new LCD, and at the same time get a new GPU, unless your CRT isn't bothering you.. in which cased, get the GPU first..

P.S. It's a nice keyboard isn't it.. i use one at school on the shcool macs... macs are to expensive me to have one. hehe.. but having a mac keyboard,.. nice..

my rig.. (i was told before.. more ram and it wouljd be a file server.. hehe.. my beautiful beast... my only child/... i mean, computer...

1.5ghz celeron
nVidia GeForce 420 16mb
256mb of ram (1 stick)
15" LCD
20GB really slow HDD
CD/DVD reader (though it'll only read some cd's and dvd's... and it's random..)
Onboard sound
Touchpad for a mouse
Laptop keyboard

yeah.. old school gaming beast..... ok.. maybe not beast... or gaming... but it is old...

Umm hard one hehe, would make a nice server/firewall, or boat anchor

But if you really had the urge to upgrade, I guess some more ram wouldnt hurt, say another 256mb and look around on the forums for a second hand agp card, maybe a 6200 or something to give the graphics a bit of a boost. They are cheap as chips now...

MY System:
X2 4200+ @ 2.65ghz
1 GB PC3200 Kingston
XFX 7600GT XXX edition (factory overclocked 650/1600mhz) pci-e
Audigy Platinum Soundcard
2 X 80gb ATA100 hard drives (I dont need more space atm)
Leadtek dtv1000 (digital tv card)
Asrock Dual Sata II motherboard
21" NEC E1100+ crt monitor
Logitech X530 5.1 speakers
Logitech MX700 cordless mouse and Logitech cordless keyboard
MS sidewinder gamepad and logitech freedom 2.4 joystick

System is used for general PC and gaming, also for TV watching in the family room. I think more ram is needed but give us ya thoughts...

scotteee · 23rd April 2007, 5:45 PM

Hi im a noob on these forums

* waves * as for the last dude i'd upgrade the gfx but it really depends wat res you gaming at

My New System specs
e6600 @ 3.6ghz
4gb team xtreme 4-4-4 1066mhz ddr2
2 x EVGA 8800gtx KO ACS3's in sli ( 626/2000 ) standard on both
1 x Creative X-FI extremegamer soundcard
2 x 74gb WD raptor 10000rpm
1 x Silvertone 1kw powersupply
1 x Asus Striker Extreme MOBO
1 x Gigabyte Liquid Galaxy 2 watercooling system
1 x Logitech G5 gaming mouse
1 x BenQ fp241w 24" lcd

Renza · 23rd April 2007, 7:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotteee

My New System specs
e6600 @ 3.6ghz
4gb team xtreme 4-4-4 1066mhz ddr2
2 x EVGA 8800gtx KO ACS3's in sli ( 626/2000 ) standard on both
1 x Creative X-FI extremegamer soundcard
2 x 74gb WD raptor 10000rpm
1 x Silvertone 1kw powersupply
1 x Asus Striker Extreme MOBO
1 x Gigabyte Liquid Galaxy 2 watercooling system
1 x Logitech G5 gaming mouse
1 x BenQ fp241w 24" lcd

wow thats some system you have there! i think you just need more had drive space, and maybe a vapochill to top it off

here are my specs:

DFI Lanparty nF4 Ultra D s939
Opteron 170 (2.0ghz stock) @ 2.9/1.47 with BigTyphoon
2x1gg OCZ Platinum EB DDR500 (3-3-2-6 1T)
Asus 8800GTX with HR-03 Plus
Dell 24" 2407WFP Rev. A04
2x Pioneer 111L
2x Seagate 200gb 7200.7 in RAID0
2x Seagate 320GB 7200.10
1x 80GB Seagate 7200.7 (pata)
Antec P160 with window
Antec TP Trio 430w
2xUV/2xBlue CCFL
Logitech G5 + Logitech DiNovo Media Laser

Crash Dummy · 24th April 2007, 1:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crash Dummy

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.

I'm just reposting as my last response was ignored.

sonyx · 24th April 2007, 3:41 AM

hah, this will be a good laugh

Intel pentium 3 tualatin @ 1.8ghz
asus TUSL2-C mobo
512mb ECC SDR
1x 120GB hdd
2x 320GB hdd
1x 40GB hdd
Asus nvidia Ti4800se
Sb audigy 2 ZS running hacked KX audio drivers w/ replaced output gear
sony 52x CDRW
intel dual 100mbit NIC
3com 3c905C-TX
1x sony trinitron CRT
1x chimei 22" ws lcd
4 port USB2 card

i do web page design, graphics, watch movies, listen to mp3s, watch tv eps and play lots of classic FPS(qwtf,ghost recon,q3a etc)

Would like to be able to play C&C 3 with a decent framerate(i completed gdi side with this computer tho!), also bf2, and the new total anhiliation game. Plus would also like to do more with vmware

holodeck3 · 24th April 2007, 10:02 AM

Sonyx: I'd first consider upgrading cpu/mobo/ram, then the video card.

Get a cpu with VT (core2duo) for the vmware stuff. It'll also be invaluable in games and multitasking. Run your VM's from your fastest hard disk to improve their speed.

My rig:
Intel Pentium D 925 @ 3.2Ghz
2Gb Generic DDRII 533 ram (2 x 1gb)
ASROCK Dual VSTA motherboard
PCIE 7900GS
2 x 160Gb hdd's (PATA)
1 x 60GB portable hdd
550W Coolermaster Extremepower PSU
19" CRT
18X DVDRW
External combo floppy and CF/SD card reader
Regular and mac keyboard (its a hackintosh as well)
PCI capture card (bt8x8)
4xusb 2.0 port card

Things I do: I VMware a lot, mess around with alternative OS's (i.e. stuff that isnt windows), play flight sim 2004 and X, along with many card games (NFS series etc) and other "simulation" type games. I'm also into photography and video editing.

Most likely guess at my next upgrade will be a big SATA hdd, or controls for the flight sims. Playing on the keyboard is kinda hard.

OhFoRkMe · 24th April 2007, 10:14 AM

My Comp:
i5-2500K @ 4.6Ghz
Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z
8GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence
Sapphire HD6950
OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPs 120GB
Corsair F120 120GB
2x WD Black 500GB 2.5" in Raid 0
Silverstone TJ08-E
Logitech MX518
Func 1030
Klipsch ProMedia GMX 2.1's
24" BenQ E2400HD
HP Voodoo
Corsair HX620
Antec Kuhler 620

Mainly play CS1.6, CS:S. BF:BC2 and soon BF3

noboundaries-au · 24th April 2007, 11:05 AM

OhForkMe: Very nice system not much in the way of upgrading left... faster CPU maybe, 8800 and/or SLI.

Me:
Athlon64 3000+ Skt939
Gigabyte K8NF-9
1GB Generic DDR400
XpertVision 6600DDR2 512MB
1x 320GB SATA2
Sony DRU-720 16x DVD+/-RW DL
Onboard everything else

I run linux, and i do a small amount of gaming but not much, in all honesty any upgrade would just be to satisfy my nerdly urges, and also to play newer games even better

mr_mordred2095 · 24th April 2007, 11:12 AM

Crash Dummy: "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."

For a small upgrade I'd nab an A64 754/939 combo for a cheap upgrade. You could keep the better part of your stuff, and still have a nice speed boost to last you some decent time into the future.

noboundaries-au · 24th April 2007, 11:20 AM

Hey, hes not the guy above you

mr_mordred2095 · 24th April 2007, 11:23 AM

Poor fella's been ignored twice now, let just keep the thread moving

Your PC i'd look at getting a new video card for, and clock that CPU up!

20th April 2007, 2:52 PM	#122
Cannula Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lisarow 2250 Posts: 474	My system is all pretty even and I don't plan to buy any DX10 games for a while. AMD 3200+ (Venice) @ 2.5GHz Abit KN8 SLI 2 x 512MB TCCD, 2 x 512MB BH5 running happy together at 2.8V @ 2,2,2,5 Silverstone 650W SLI power suppy Black Thermaltake Soprano case 2 x black LG DL-DVD-R/W Seagate 250GB SATA II HDD Gainward 512MB 7900GS, Core @ 600MHz, Mem @ 725MHz Have a Lian-Li case behind me waiting to get modded in preporation for a new system later in the year when I go DX10. __________________ "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity." \| OCAU Aquarium Club Member #133 \| OCAU Night Owl #233 \| OCAU GuitarPlayers Club #133 \| OCAU METAL CLUBMEMBER #33 \| TUALATIN IN A VIA 133A CLUB \| \|Successfully Traded With: 34 in total, last 20 were; tez, Fluffy_duck, tan50, jOb, Kyl3, MeoW, half-cut, Ozdood, x0nt, unixyk, _slacker_, bombastic, mototo, ]-[ellfire, Omarko, kona_boy, Flash, vazzy, Cyb3r, tez\|

20th April 2007, 2:56 PM	#123
flosty Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ipswich/Salisbury, QLD Posts: 19	Maybe you could upgrade to a 3800+? It's the last of the 939 line unfortunately. Other than that maybe a new monitor or speakers as you didn't list what you've got. The most likely thing to happen will be me getting a Dell 2407 so perhaps you could suggest what I should get after that Internal: CPU: Pentium 4 521 2.8GHz Zalman 7700AlCu ASUS P5ND2-SLI Coolermaster Real Power 550W 2 x 512mb Corsair XMS 675MHz 1 x Albatron 7600GT 256MB 1 x 320GB WD sata2 1 x 300GB Maxtor sata 1 x 250GB Seagate sata Soundblaster Audigy Platinum Pioneer DVR-111D 16x DVD Burner External: 1 x Samsung/Samtron 75E 17" CRT 2 x LG Flatron L1510M 15" LCD Microsoft Intellimouse (5 button optical) Apple Mac G3 keyboard (smallest keyboard I have - 17" CRT takes up too much desk space) Logitech Z-2300 __________________ $2500+ in trades [Intel E8400 \| Gigabyte P35C-DS3R \| 4GB DDR2 1066MHz \| Inno3D 8800GT \| Antec P180 \| 1 x Dell 2408WFP + 2 x Samsung SyncMaster 205BW] [Logitech Z-2300 \| Steel Series Steel Sound 3H \| Logitech G5 + G7 \| Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64] Last edited by flosty; 25th April 2007 at 1:09 AM. Reason: Forgot something

20th April 2007, 6:49 PM	#124
Un_OC Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,499	A C2D CPU.. a e6420 if you overclock... then a new LCD, and at the same time get a new GPU, unless your CRT isn't bothering you.. in which cased, get the GPU first.. P.S. It's a nice keyboard isn't it.. i use one at school on the shcool macs... macs are to expensive me to have one. hehe.. but having a mac keyboard,.. nice.. my rig.. (i was told before.. more ram and it wouljd be a file server.. hehe.. my beautiful beast... my only child/... i mean, computer... 1.5ghz celeron nVidia GeForce 420 16mb 256mb of ram (1 stick) 15" LCD 20GB really slow HDD CD/DVD reader (though it'll only read some cd's and dvd's... and it's random..) Onboard sound Touchpad for a mouse Laptop keyboard yeah.. old school gaming beast..... ok.. maybe not beast... or gaming... but it is old... __________________ System Desktop - 965P-DS3 \| e6320 \| 2GB PC6400 A-DATA \| Asus 7900GS \| Seagate 7200.10 320gb \| ASUS DVD burner lightscribe \| CM Extreme 430w \| 22" Chimei Widescreen LCD \| Logitech MX Revolution \| G11 \| Logitech X-230 2.1 speakers \| Vista Home Premium

24th April 2007, 3:41 AM	#129
sonyx Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,240	hah, this will be a good laugh Intel pentium 3 tualatin @ 1.8ghz asus TUSL2-C mobo 512mb ECC SDR 1x 120GB hdd 2x 320GB hdd 1x 40GB hdd Asus nvidia Ti4800se Sb audigy 2 ZS running hacked KX audio drivers w/ replaced output gear sony 52x CDRW intel dual 100mbit NIC 3com 3c905C-TX 1x sony trinitron CRT 1x chimei 22" ws lcd 4 port USB2 card i do web page design, graphics, watch movies, listen to mp3s, watch tv eps and play lots of classic FPS(qwtf,ghost recon,q3a etc) Would like to be able to play C&C 3 with a decent framerate(i completed gdi side with this computer tho!), also bf2, and the new total anhiliation game. Plus would also like to do more with vmware __________________ ETERNITY Where will you spend it? Obviously not in HELL, the place doesent exist, but your body will degrade into raw elements, infact due to the large amount of preservatives you will actually be responsible for the death of quite a few plants.. but thats beside the point because hell doesent exist Last edited by sonyx; 24th April 2007 at 3:46 AM.

24th April 2007, 10:02 AM	#130
holodeck3 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Inner Western Sydney Posts: 455	Sonyx: I'd first consider upgrading cpu/mobo/ram, then the video card. Get a cpu with VT (core2duo) for the vmware stuff. It'll also be invaluable in games and multitasking. Run your VM's from your fastest hard disk to improve their speed. My rig: Intel Pentium D 925 @ 3.2Ghz 2Gb Generic DDRII 533 ram (2 x 1gb) ASROCK Dual VSTA motherboard PCIE 7900GS 2 x 160Gb hdd's (PATA) 1 x 60GB portable hdd 550W Coolermaster Extremepower PSU 19" CRT 18X DVDRW External combo floppy and CF/SD card reader Regular and mac keyboard (its a hackintosh as well) PCI capture card (bt8x8) 4xusb 2.0 port card Things I do: I VMware a lot, mess around with alternative OS's (i.e. stuff that isnt windows), play flight sim 2004 and X, along with many card games (NFS series etc) and other "simulation" type games. I'm also into photography and video editing. Most likely guess at my next upgrade will be a big SATA hdd, or controls for the flight sims. Playing on the keyboard is kinda hard. __________________ PRESS PLAY ON TAPE CQ CQ CQ this is Victor Kilo 2 Hotel Romeo Oscar Calling CQ and standing by...

23rd April 2007, 5:45 PM	#126
scotteee Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,212	Hi im a noob on these forums * waves * as for the last dude i'd upgrade the gfx but it really depends wat res you gaming at My New System specs e6600 @ 3.6ghz 4gb team xtreme 4-4-4 1066mhz ddr2 2 x EVGA 8800gtx KO ACS3's in sli ( 626/2000 ) standard on both 1 x Creative X-FI extremegamer soundcard 2 x 74gb WD raptor 10000rpm 1 x Silvertone 1kw powersupply 1 x Asus Striker Extreme MOBO 1 x Gigabyte Liquid Galaxy 2 watercooling system 1 x Logitech G5 gaming mouse 1 x BenQ fp241w 24" lcd

24th April 2007, 10:14 AM	#131
OhFoRkMe Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greenslopes 4120 Posts: 2,763	My Comp: i5-2500K @ 4.6Ghz Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z 8GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengence Sapphire HD6950 OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPs 120GB Corsair F120 120GB 2x WD Black 500GB 2.5" in Raid 0 Silverstone TJ08-E Logitech MX518 Func 1030 Klipsch ProMedia GMX 2.1's 24" BenQ E2400HD HP Voodoo Corsair HX620 Antec Kuhler 620 Mainly play CS1.6, CS:S. BF:BC2 and soon BF3 __________________ Main PC / Gaming PC 100+ Trades Buying and Selling Last edited by OhFoRkMe; 4th September 2011 at 2:15 PM.

24th April 2007, 11:05 AM	#132
noboundaries-au Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canberra, ACT Posts: 7,600	OhForkMe: Very nice system not much in the way of upgrading left... faster CPU maybe, 8800 and/or SLI. Me: Athlon64 3000+ Skt939 Gigabyte K8NF-9 1GB Generic DDR400 XpertVision 6600DDR2 512MB 1x 320GB SATA2 Sony DRU-720 16x DVD+/-RW DL Onboard everything else I run linux, and i do a small amount of gaming but not much, in all honesty any upgrade would just be to satisfy my nerdly urges, and also to play newer games even better __________________ Successful Trades: inspectr, reetzy, sammy_b0i, Mr_LeE

24th April 2007, 11:12 AM	#133
mr_mordred2095 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 3,592	Crash Dummy: "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." For a small upgrade I'd nab an A64 754/939 combo for a cheap upgrade. You could keep the better part of your stuff, and still have a nice speed boost to last you some decent time into the future.

24th April 2007, 11:20 AM	#134
noboundaries-au Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canberra, ACT Posts: 7,600	Hey, hes not the guy above you __________________ Successful Trades: inspectr, reetzy, sammy_b0i, Mr_LeE

24th April 2007, 11:23 AM	#135
mr_mordred2095 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 3,592	Poor fella's been ignored twice now, let just keep the thread moving Your PC i'd look at getting a new video card for, and clock that CPU up!