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by **RichZ** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:32 pm

Just wondering really what the average spec is at the moment, I think mine is a bit old (and hence am upgrading soon) but just out of interest what is everyones spec?

I'll start:

ASUS A7V333
Athlon XP 1700+ SocA @1.47GHz
512MB Crucial RAM
Geforce4 MX420 (64MB)
Maxtor 40GB @7200rpm
Maxtor 80GB @7200rpm
LG 17" CRT

(Will hopefully be getting [soonish]:
A8N-SLI Deuluxe - nForce4 PCI-E
Athlon 64 3200+ Soc939
BFG Geforce 6600GT 128MB PCI-E 2xDVI-I VO
1GB Crucial PC3200 DDRRAM ECC Unbuffered CL3 (whatever that means...)
not sure if to exchange with current parts or to make new - prob to make new PC, so will prob add some DVD writer & big HDD. Not sure on PSU thoguh - any suggestions on make and power rating?)

by **Tryptophan** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:56 pm

All depends on which boxen :-

spinner ->

(PDC) 1.0Ghz Celeron Tualatin 130nano chip, 512Mb RAM, Silicon Image udma6 adapter. 3 * Maxtor Diamondmax 160G 9+ w/8Mb cache(Raid5), a 8Mb 9+ 120Gig drive and a 80gig drive and yes, hacking up fan brackets over the summer for the 35° temps was fun, Ultra2 scsi card with dds-2 tape streamer. FC2/2.6.10 OS.

delphinus ->

generic compaq deskpro 400Mhz pII with 256Meg pc100 RAM runs 2kserver. 6gig disk

Dusky ->

(Internal router) small form-factor compaq deskpro. pII350 with 512Meg pc100 RAM. redhat 8 routing and inet services, 3 nics. 6gig disk, need to update this to FC2 like the rest of my linux boxens.

stenella ->

(media workbench). win2k pro. Palamino 1.4 with 512Meg pc133ddr RAM, IBM 60G GXP-120, dvd-drive, cd-rw, sb live platinum and a 3dlabs wildcat vp760, s3 pci vga card for 2nd monitor, Hauppauge pci-pvr tv card

Bottlenose ->

(border gateway) pII 266, 64Mb ram runs FC2 w/Kernel 2.6.6. Inet gateway through Prism2 (intersil) wireless LAN linux driver and hw external modem (56k, yummy).

lagenorynchus ->

Hmm..not thought of a new use for this one yet. same spec as delphinus. pII400/256/6gig

Orca ->

(workstation) 512k cache enabled Thorton ( barton-"thoroughbred-b") xp athlon @ 225*10. 1024meg pc225ddr ;-). 2*18G 10,000rpm ultra160 scsi hdd's on an adaptec 19160 card, Ultra wide scsi card feeding a 10gig ultra3 scsi drive for scratch/swap/scanning etc, 3 port Firewire-400 card, Abit nf-7 Nforce2 mainboard with Radeon 9800se -> 9800XT. old udma33 52X cd, sony g200 17" fd trinitron and a Hornet travan-4.

Also responsible for

Whiskey ->

(Parents workstation) duron 1100, 224M pc100 Ram, win2kpro, oooold ati rage pro 64, 3gig disk, nic, etc, ect.

Rich, any reason why you need ECC ram? ECC is server error checking ram, so unless you need yearlong uptime, or have memory issues, I would have thought non-ecc would have been cheaper.

by **themanwiththehair** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:31 am

3200 Barton Xp- stock speeds
1 gig unlabelled RAM
Nforce 2 motherboard (cant remember the name of top of my head right now-computer room:P)
1x40 gig primary
1x60 gig slave (both disks 7200rpm)
256mb 6800 ultra extreme
17 inch Relysis monitor
Peripherals (mouse keyboard etc:P)

by **niall** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:13 am

from what i can remember (i'm uni *grumbles*)

3.4GHz P4
512Mb RAM
180Gb SATA HDD (came with the comp)
300Gb Maxtor SATA HDD
Raedon X600SE (i really suck at this numbers remembering thing!)
dual 15" TFT

plus usual stuff: 2 port firewire card, modem (came with the comp), DVD-RW (dont even ask the speeds

)

meh, i shall try editing it when i get home

by **David** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:33 am

amd 3200+ processor
512mb pci3200 ram
nvidia 6600GT

by **Tryptophan** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:47 pm

[s]dunqn wrote on 17:39, 31st Mar 2005:
If he's comes across money and changes from his a64 to an FX-55 based machine then he'll need ECC memory.
[/i]

Hope he gets paired sticks then. BTW Rich, try running them at CAS-2 if you get them, or try and get 2's to start with. RAM on mine is generic pc-2700 2.5,3,3,7 running at 2,3,3,11 (pc-3600 equiv, *2 for dual chan)

also - I think the thread question was just for your gaming/main machine - no-one really needs to know about a pentium2 linux box that sees barely any usage.

Evidence for this hypothesis please.

by **flarewearer** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:23 pm

My only piece of decent computing equipment is a 17" Philips TFT... ...sigh...

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by **RichZ** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:19 pm

On the note of getting EEC RAM - I didnt realise what that meant but thanks for letting me know - it's really annoying trying to buy new components as they all have loads of numbers and letters on them which dont make too much sense and isn't always too easy to find out what it all means! There's also too much choice!

I might instead get two sticks of Kingston 512MB 184pin DIMM PC3200 DDR RAM Non-parity CL3 (http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/compone ... klinx=2NDG). There was the option of 2x that (http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/compone ... klinx=2NDJ) but was cheaper to get 2 seperatelly - anyone sure what the difference is, and which is best? Also while I'm asking, any thoughts on best DVD +-R/RW make? Again - there's too much choice!

Ta

by **Tryptophan** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:48 pm

Those "matched pair" sets are not really that important. Supposedly it means that the all the RAM chips came from the same wafer or batch and so their characteristics are better synch'd when on dual-channel memory controllers (nforce 420 etc)than random sticks. Two ordinary sticks are just as good as matched pairs.

The CL (CAS Latency) determines the time taken for the memeory controller to switch from reading one column (CAS = Column Address Strobe) in the memory cell to the next, CL3 = 3 (iirc microsecond) delay between switching from one column to the next, CL2 = 2 microseconds. What it means is that your RAM can feed data to your CPU quicker, and every little helps in this arena.

by **RichZ** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:26 pm

Cool, cheers. It is annoying how components have complicated names but it's hard to find out what it all means!

On another note, (sorry to go on and on...) but should it be straight forward to install new motherboard, CPU & graphics card, to the hard drives i have now? Because I was thinknig XP might throw a wobbley as I'd be changing the three main components of my PC and it'd think it was being moved to new PC, which I think it doesn't like!? Would I have to reinstall from my XP "CD"?

by **niall** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:32 pm

by **macgamer** on Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:01 pm

Mac iBook G4

1.2 GHz G4 Processor 512KB L2 Cache 133MHz Bus
512Mb DDRRAM PC2100
30Gb HD ATA 100 4200RPM
DVD/CDRW
12.1" TFT XGA
ATi Mobile Radeon 9200 DDRRAM 32Mb AGP x4
x1 Firewire Port 400Mbps
x2 USB 2.0 Ports 480Mbps each
x1 V.92 Internal Modem
x1 10/100BASE-T Internal Ethernet
X1 Airport Extreme Internal Wireless Network Card 54Mbps
50Watt/Hour Battery

by g on Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:15 pm

[s]dunqn wrote on 18:20, 7th Apr 2005:
*cries tears of sadness*

I dare you to name a better laptop than those made by Apple!

You'd be surprised at just how good the PowerBooks are for gaming, I can play UT2004 just fine on mine and Doom3 is coming out soon...

by **fluKe** on Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:47 pm

My current specs:

AMD Athlon64 3400+ (Clawhammer - 1Mb level 2 cache)
1Gb DDR400 (2x512Mb)
Asus K8V-SE Deluxe
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro (with breakout box)
BFG 6800GT OC
200Gb SATA 150 HDD (WD Caviar)
Thermaltake Xaser III v1000A case w/ side window + Antec 450w TruePower PSU.
7.1 Sorround Sound.
19" Monitor.
+random goodies.

PS. Selling some "old" stuff:
http://www.thesinner.net/messageboard-v ... read=15705

by **Guest** on Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:52 am

486.

da best.

by **Guest** on Thu May 12, 2005 10:12 am

How do you find out your computer specs? Where on the computer is the information stored?

by **amac** on Thu May 12, 2005 10:22 am

Quoting from 01:05, 12th May 2005
How do you find out your computer specs? Where on the computer is the information stored?

If you want very basic specs right-click on 'My Computer' and click on properties. There should be information about your processor and RAM at the bottom of the tab that it opens.

For more detail there's a program you can use, but i've totally forgotten the name of it right now...

by **Brother Munro** on Thu May 12, 2005 11:35 am

iMac G4 (getting a bit dated now)

1.25GHz G4
1 GB DDR SDRAM
80GB Hard Drive
Sony DVD RW drive
GeForce FX 5200 (64MB)
1440 x 900 17" built in LCD screen
4 (2 fully powered, 2 low powered) USB Ports
1 USB 2 Port
2 Firewire 400 Ports
Built in Ethernet
Apple Pro Speakers
Old Epson Colour Stylus 740

Can run everything well except Doom 3, for which I really need a G5. Mmmmmm.... G5......

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by **Brother Munro** on Thu May 12, 2005 11:35 am

iMac G4 (getting a bit dated now)

1.25GHz G4
1 GB DDR SDRAM
80GB Hard Drive
Sony DVD RW drive
GeForce FX 5200 (64MB)
1440 x 900 17\" built in LCD screen
4 (2 fully powered, 2 low powered) USB Ports
1 USB 2 Port
2 Firewire 400 Ports
Built in Ethernet
Apple Pro Speakers
Old Epson Colour Stylus 740

Can run everything well except Doom 3, for which I really need a G5. Mmmmmm.... G5......

[hr]

Hail Ilpalazzo!
Courage and Honour!
Great Flaming Eyebrows!
Who dares summon the allmighty Aku?!!
When asked to make a 'nice' comment about Pinnoccio Nelson replied 'It doesn't have tentacle porn'
http://www.coronarythrombosistrust.org.uk/ Save a Heart

[hr]

Hail Ilpalazzo!
Courage and Honour!
Great Flaming Eyebrows!
Who dares summon the allmighty Aku?!!
When asked to make a 'nice' comment about Pinnoccio Nelson replied 'It doesn't have tentacle porn'
http://www.coronarythrombosistrust.org.uk/ Save a Heart

by **Brother Munro** on Thu May 12, 2005 11:35 am

iMac G4 (getting a bit dated now)

1.25GHz G4
1 GB DDR SDRAM
80GB Hard Drive
Sony DVD RW drive
GeForce FX 5200 (64MB)
1440 x 900 17\\\" built in LCD screen
4 (2 fully powered, 2 low powered) USB Ports
1 USB 2 Port
2 Firewire 400 Ports
Built in Ethernet
Apple Pro Speakers
Old Epson Colour Stylus 740

Can run everything well except Doom 3, for which I really need a G5. Mmmmmm.... G5......

[hr]

Hail Ilpalazzo!
Courage and Honour!
Great Flaming Eyebrows!
Who dares summon the allmighty Aku?!!
When asked to make a \'nice\' comment about Pinnoccio Nelson replied \'It doesn\'t have tentacle porn\'
http://www.coronarythrombosistrust.org.uk/ Save a Heart

[hr]

Hail Ilpalazzo!
Courage and Honour!
Great Flaming Eyebrows!
Who dares summon the allmighty Aku?!!
When asked to make a 'nice' comment about Pinnoccio Nelson replied 'It doesn't have tentacle porn'
http://www.coronarythrombosistrust.org.uk/ Save a Heart

[hr]

Hail Ilpalazzo!
Courage and Honour!
Great Flaming Eyebrows!
Who dares summon the allmighty Aku?!!
When asked to make a 'nice' comment about Pinnoccio Nelson replied 'It doesn't have tentacle porn'
http://www.coronarythrombosistrust.org.uk/ Save a Heart

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