[nysulli]

new company bought laptop
dell vostro 1500
T7500 2.2ghz 4meg cache core duo
2x1gig 667mhz ddr
256meg nvidia 8600m gt
15.4" SXGA+
120gig HD 5400 rpm
8x dvd-r

i think its time to upgrade the home PC now

dfi lanparty ultra-d
3700+ clocked 2.97ghz (11x270)
2x1gig mushkin extreme pc4000 at 270mhz
evga superclocked 7800gt 256meg
modded x-fi
150gig 10k rpm raptor
320gig seagate perpendicular recording
465watt enermax, Lian-Li pc60
homebrew watercooling setup max cpu temp 29c

 

[Ethelred]

Mine:

CPU: C2D E6600 2.4GHZ @3.24GHZ (Lapped) w/Thermalright Ultra-90 (Lapped) w/Sharkoon Eagle 1500)
GPU: EVGA 7600GS 512MB <-Was just to tie me over till the 8800GT
MOBO: GA P35-DS3R F5
MEM: 2GB (2 x 1GB) G.Skill DDR2 800 (PC 6400) - 4 4 4 12
PSU: 550W
CASE: CM Centurion 5 (with 5 120mm Yate Loons)
HDD: 320GB Seagate (Perp. Recording)
CD/DVD: Liteon combo drive (SATA)
22" Chimei LCD

Sitting at about 3c above ambient.

I'm going to get a 8800gt probably in a couple weeks, I would strongly suggest anyone thinking about getting a new GPU consider it. Right now it's at about 250usd at newegg and performing right under the GTX.

 

[jaykay]

main laptop (vostro 1500)
1.66ghz c2d
2gb ram
8400m gs
120gb hd
15.4" screen
tbaam

desktop (in process of being sold)
athlon 3200+ venice
1gb ram
6600gt
160gb hd
x-fi xtrememusic
ocz powerstream 520w psu
thermaltake tsunami case
2 x 17" lcd monitors

 

[Gaara]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
MB:Intel 965
MEMORY: 2gb Corsair XMS
CASE: Lian Li
HD:320GB Western Digital Corsair + 500GB WD External
GPU: BFG 8800 640MB GTS
AUDIO: DIY Paradise USB Monica -> Promitheus Audio Ref 1 TVC -> Monarchy Audio SM-70 -> Rothschilde A2s
MONITOR: Sony GDM-W900 (24in CRT)
FANS: Nexus w/ Fan Controller and PSU Muffler

 

[2deadeyes]

CPU: AMD Opteron 185
MB: Asus (a socket 939; forgot name)
Memory: 2 GB of Corsair
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5
PSU: Antec TP-II 550W
HD: Mix of WD, Seagate & Maxtor
GPU: XFX 8800GTX
Monitor: Dual Dell 20in.

 

[krmathis]

Primary computer:
15" Apple MacBook Pro
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
160GB 7200rpm HDD
Mac OS 10.5

Secondary computer:
15" Apple PowerBook G4
1.5GHz Freescale PPC7447A
1GB RAM
100GB 7200rpm HDD
Mac OS 10.4.10

 

[Abbadon]

CPU: E6420
Memory: 2GB of OCZ Platinum @800 mhz
MB: P5k Deluxe
GPU: Asus 8800 GTS
Case: Antec Sonata 3
Montior: Samsung 206BW
DVD Drive: Pioneer DVR-111D

I regret spending so much on my computer...I wish I'd put the money towards my headphone rig instead.

 

[Eagle_Driver]

Okay, so my updated rig is now:

CPU: E6750
Memory: 2GB (2 x 1GB) OCZ "Vista Upgrade" PC2-6400 @ DDR2-800
MB: P5K
GPU: 7800GT (for now)
Case: Antec Super Lanboy
Monitor: Acer 19" widescreen
DVD Drives: LG GSA-H62L SATA; Lite-On 160P6S IDE
Operating System: XP Pro w/SP2 and all critical updates to date

I may get an 8800GT or an HD2900 series GPU in the somewhat near future.

 

[leoftw]

2 x 2218 (2.6 GHZ Dual Core Opterons )
4 x 1GB (DDR2 667)
1 x 7600GT
1 x Tyan Motherboard
3 x 300GB (SAS 10K RPM)
1 x 800W Power Supply
1 x Samsung DVD/RW

 

[Gautama]

Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 534
Mobo: DFI Infinity Ultra II M-2
Northbridge cooler: Thermalright HR-02
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.4ghz
CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 64 Pro
RAM: 2x1gb and 2x512mb OCZ Gold DDR2 800 @ 4-5-5-5
GPU: XFX 7600GT XXX @ 680mz/830mhz (Not even pencil modded!)
HDD: 160gb 7.2k rpm SE16 Western Digital HD
Sound: Hottrodded X-Fi with AD8599
PSU: 380w Seasonic S12
Mouse: Logitech G5 on Xtrac Ripper mousepad
Keyboard: Logitech G15

Outdated pic, but better than nothing. I lost the HD rails so its just on a piece of foam, which actually made it dead silent.

For Christmas I'll be doing a refresh with the x2 5000+ black edition which I can hopefully get to 3.2ghz and a 8800GT.



EDIT: I Apprently already posted this on the 2nd page

 

[Davesrose]

Quote:

Originally Posted by meat01 /img/forum/go_quote.gif agreed. Unless you are running SLI, 500 watts is enough and in most cases 430 or 450 is enough.

I'm amazed by how many watts consumer graphics cards are drawing now

My 4 year old server/3D workstation had a huge 550W supply for its Nvidia Quadro card, hard drives, and dual Xeon MB. I just built a rendering computer that has a now "average" 650W supply....which needs not one, but two 12V supplies for its graphics card alone

On a side note, I'm also finding that the latest and greatest in gaming cards are pretty awful for OpenGL 3D apps like Maya or XSI. I got a 8800GTS for my rendering computer thinking I could also use it as a workstation. Graphics performance for directx games might kick butt, but my now meager Nvidia Quadro FX 1500 laptop cards give me better performance in 3D apps. So soon, I'll be spending the big bucks for a dedicated workstation with dual quad core Xeons and at least a Nvidia Quadro FX 4600....for now, I've got a decent server/rendering computer with 1.5TB of space.

It's got a Intel Core 2 duo E8650 3GHZ, 1.3GHZ FSB (made sure to get the fastest RAM as well)......so rendering speeds are pretty good!

 

[CTY]

not the slightest bit of cutting-edge...

Athlon Xp 2400+
some Shuttle nforce2 mainboard
1,25GB of DDR RAM
Geforce 6600GT

What can I say, it's still good enough for me, even for the occasional gaming. I don't see the need to upgrade anything

 

[Ethelred]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davesrose /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's got a Intel Core 2 duo E8650 3GHZ, 1.3GHZ FSB (made sure to get the fastest RAM as well)......so rendering speeds are pretty good!

All in all you're ram is probably running at somewhere around 333mhz (unless you've overclocked), so the speed of the ram doesn't really matter much...that's even underclocked for DDR800 (PC 6400).

 

[Davesrose]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ethelred /img/forum/go_quote.gif All in all you're ram is probably running at somewhere around 333mhz (unless you've overclocked), so the speed of the ram doesn't really matter much...that's even underclocked for DDR800 (PC 6400).

My RAM is OCZ High speed DDR2: 1066MHZ that can be overclocked to 1.3GHZ. But I don't overclock for system stability. Wider bus does help with rendering.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product..._ready_edition

 

[Ethelred]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davesrose /img/forum/go_quote.gif My RAM is OCZ High speed DDR2: 1066MHZ that can be overclocked to 1.3GHZ. But I don't overclock for system stability. Wider bus does help with rendering.

It's ok RAM, however, by default the ratio between your CPU and RAM speeds are 1:1 (C2D like a ratio of 1:1). Currently you are running at 3.0GHz (9x333MHz) so you're ram is running at 333MHz (~DDR667). While at the same time you're timings are most likely really low or can be. Or at the very least if you modded them in the bios you could lower them to probably 4-4-4-12 or possibly quicker.

My Computer: