What's Your Rig?
<div class="IPBDescription">How good is your PC?</div> I was just curious as to what everyone plays on. Also, I'm curious as to what everyone's upgrade plans are for the near future? (as in what you are upgradeing for HL2, as if any other game actually matters? <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo--> LOL! <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> j/k). But really, what are different people planning on getting next?
My computer, which is busted untill I get my lazy butt to take it to a shop to get it fixed has a 1.4 Gigahertz AMD athalon CPU, a 64 mb ati something-or-other, not sure but works great, a 15 inch screen, I sit so close it doesn't really matter, integrated sound, 5-button mouse, basic speakers, standard windows keyboard, and cable internet with which I somehow once got a 3.5 mb/sec d/l rate.
I plan to upgrade eventually, but no specific plans of what or when.
edit: I only paid like $300 for it all as my mom decided to upgrade too and I got some of her older but good parts like my 30 gig HD and the not-too-old processor
My computer, which is busted untill I get my lazy butt to take it to a shop to get it fixed has a 1.4 Gigahertz AMD athalon CPU, a 64 mb ati something-or-other, not sure but works great, a 15 inch screen, I sit so close it doesn't really matter, integrated sound, 5-button mouse, basic speakers, standard windows keyboard, and cable internet with which I somehow once got a 3.5 mb/sec d/l rate.
I plan to upgrade eventually, but no specific plans of what or when.
edit: I only paid like $300 for it all as my mom decided to upgrade too and I got some of her older but good parts like my 30 gig HD and the not-too-old processor
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It runs NS and thats all I need to know.
however, I just ordered this new system:
<img src='http://cimic.rutgers.edu/~pexter/system.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
anyone think I chose poorly? I'm no computer guru and went mainly on advice from forumites :>
512 DDR Ram
80 GD
60 Watt 6 Speaker surround sound/Plantronics Audio 90 Headsets/ on a Plantronics Switcher(switch from speakers to headsets with a button)
on a Enermax Pre-Modded case/w window and front panel lights.
Soon:
Radeon 9800 A-I-W Pro - Was going to get it for christmas but since HL2 is prolly gonna be delayed again ill wait and get a 500$ camera instead(Kodak ES DX-6490)
No sound card, Dont need one i never use my surround sound and my XM Radio plugs into my speakers directly so it sounds very good.
-1.5 processor (Athalon of course)
-Radeon 9700 pro (the newest part, hence way more powerful than the rest of my system. Got it because I actually believed HL2 was coming out in September)
-Extremely obscure sound card (SiS7018)
-384mb RAM
And it crashes a lot for some unknown reason (probably some BIOS tweaking required).
But it plays NS. And that is all that matters.
<img src='http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/wren/thorn-emi_wren_1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
Teh l337 pwn
omg, DUAL 5¼" floppy drives?!?! you must be the luckiest boy in the world!!
*jealous*
which im gonna use to build another good fast computer <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
first step, buy the liquid cooled case i want ...
right now i dunno.. my bro built the computer i use, never bothered to ask what the specs are <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
my computer was stripped apart and sold <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
ill get the specs on the computer <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> this one in the pic
also, I think I'm spamming this topic.
And DiscoZombie my personal prefernce would be to not go for 64 CPUs yet, but then again I'm adverse to paying through the nsoe for cutting edge and watching it half in price every month after I've bought it ;p
Think about it, you spent more on your motherboard RAM and CPU than most people do on a full system =\
My system =
2500+ Barton Athlon o/c to 2gig
512mb 2100 DDR
1x40gb Primary Drive
1x120gb Secondary Drive
9200 Radeon o/c to something else...I'm entirely unsure what
ASUS A7N8X-X mobo with onboard sound
Professional hall standard amp wired into 7 speakers (slightly OTT for a room 8 foot by 10)
And the oldest 15" monitor ever, that still somehow reaches a resolution of 2048x1024
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well the check i got mixed in with my entire bank account savings <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
might as well make a worthy computer since im work on it all the time...
without going to overboard... i dont need surround sound on my computer <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
nor do i need so much space that ill never even use half of it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
so yeah, when i get a good job, in graphics design, and web design
once i have the money to spend on a very cool elite computer.
then i will ^_^ (but a nice car will come first <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev 2.0 Mobo
2x256mb Kingston Hyper-X Ram at 6-3-3-2 timings
Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro soon as they get it sent to me <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
80 Gb 7200 RPM Seagate barracuda 8 mb cache
10 Gb 7200 RPM Western digital 2 mb cache
Lite on combo DVD- CDRW drive
Floppy (old sch00lz0rz!)
400 Watt Foxconn power supply
Chieftec server case - silver
1x 80mm Sunon case fan
2x 80mm Chieftec case fan
9800pro 128
512-3500 (I think.... probably 3200) Dual-DDR
A7N8X Deluxe (Oh yes, nForce2 goodness)
120-7200 WD
80-7200 Seagate Barra. IV
20-7200 Seagate Barra. IV
An oooold fugitsu 6gig drive <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> )
(Soon to be either another 2*120, or 1*200)
Sound, network, everything else is onboard...
Oh, case, a Xaser III <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Pain in the ..arms, for lans, but its oh-so niiice <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> With a 400watt Leadman, ~7200rpm Vantec HSF, 7 stock ThermalTake Casefans.
AMD Athlon 2500+
2x 512mb PC3200 DDR Dual Channel
ASUS GeForce 4 Ti 4800
120Gb // 7200rpm // 8mb Cache
<b>EDIT</b> Next upgrade will be a new graphics card. ATi most probably
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Is that a 2400+? Or the clock speed is actually on 2.4GHz?
9800 Pro
512 DDR 2700
17" Monitor
Creative 2.1 speakers
Runs every game I own on max details, so I'm not buying a new computer for a while, I worked the whole summer for this.
edit: Hey! This is my 50th post! I'm not a drone anymore! I'm a BEAST!
PS: does anyone know how many posts to get to each level and what they are called?
AMD 1.1Gig (can live with this for another year or so)
256 non DDR RAM (I NEED MORE!!!, like a gig of DDR would be fun <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
Geforce4 Ti 4200 (curently best piece in my comp, it will ive for a while)
30 Gig HDD (MY GOD I NEED MORE SPACE!!! This is the top of my wish list for XMas, like a 150gig drive or something stupid like that <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
SBLive, meh what ever it works
Creative 4 point suround sound (I like it)
Plextor 12/10/32 (plextor = teh ownzor)
Liton DvD Drive (again good company)
Second computer:
<img src='http://www.us.shuttle.com/images/productimages/ss40g-2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
<a href='http://www.us.shuttle.com/specs_access.asp?pro_id=286' target='_blank'>http://www.us.shuttle.com/specs_access.asp?pro_id=286</a>
VERY Nice little toy.
Has an 80 Gig drive in there, Video out etc
Basicaly it is my media computer.
Store all my anime and what not on it, small so I can cary it around (generaly to my neighbor so I can use her TV. Yes I have no TV, just 2 computers and a cable modem <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
My Dream computer:
well, yah...
You can make an Alien Ware computer that costs $15K
I want $15K To drop on a computer.....
Any one wana donate some $$?
Think about it, you spent more on your motherboard RAM and CPU than most people do on a full system =\ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
feh, I guess you're right, it is, like, 3x the price of a non-64 cpu isn't it... you can see that, since I'm having them build my PC for me, I'm a little scared of tinkering myself, so I figured I'd go mostly state-of-the-art so that I wouldn't have to touch it for a good while hehe... I'm skimping on the video card -- getting the ATI 9600 pro instead of the 9800, so I'm saving $150+ there, though maybe I should have skimped on the processor instead of the video card...
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feh, I guess you're right, it is, like, 3x the price of a non-64 cpu isn't it... you can see that, since I'm having them build my PC for me, I'm a little scared of tinkering myself, so I figured I'd go mostly state-of-the-art so that I wouldn't have to touch it for a good while hehe... I'm skimping on the video card -- getting the ATI 9600 pro instead of the 9800, so I'm saving $150+ there, though maybe I should have skimped on the processor instead of the video card... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually you didn't do that bad. My system is costing about $800 to do.
3Com Gigabit LAN card
Integrated Sound
Pentium 4 2.4ghz type B
512 DDR Ram (Single Channel, 1 stick)
GeForce FX5200 64mb
AOC 17" CRT Monitor
Microsoft Elite Keyboard (Split down the homerow)
Logitech USB/PS2 Optical mouse
Disco, you realize you could have skimped on the processor and gotten that computer for about 1k instead of 1.4?
Pentium 4 2.0ghz
256MB SDRAM
GeForce FX 5600 256mb
Audigy 2
Other stuff
Yeah.
512MB RAM
Nvidia 64mb GeForce 4 MX 440
32 BiT PCI 3D Sound
80 gig hard drive
512 mb DDR ram
32 mb Radeon Mobility m6
30 gb hard drive
Feh, serves me fine.
1MB RAM
20MB hard drive
1.44MB floppy
256K Trident VGA card
WFWG 3 + DOS 5
Internal speaker
Oh wait, that was my first IBM PS/1 PC. You dahmed punk kids get off my lawn!
Did I misread that or is your Mom really building your computer <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->.
Anyway, mine sucks, its all buggy and my graphics card chugs along at about 20 FPS in Half-Life mods <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->.
Pentium 4 - 1.8 GHz Processor
512 MB PC2100 DDR Ram
80GB HDD
Radeon 9700 Pro Graphics Card
9800pro 128
512-3500 (I think.... probably 3200) Dual-DDR
A7N8X Deluxe (Oh yes, nForce2 goodness)
120-7200 WD
80-7200 Seagate Barra. IV
20-7200 Seagate Barra. IV
An oooold fugitsu 6gig drive <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> )
(Soon to be either another 2*120, or 1*200)
Sound, network, everything else is onboard...
Oh, case, a Xaser III <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Pain in the ..arms, for lans, but its oh-so niiice <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> With a 400watt Leadman, ~7200rpm Vantec HSF, 7 stock ThermalTake Casefans.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
hahaha Hey TROJAN we have the EXACT same computer.... well MOBO, proc, and video. I have 1 gig of ram and only a 80 gig maxtor.
So far it looks like we own the bestest computers on the board! OWNED!
TO DISCOZOMBIE-
The 64 bit mobo/processors are so damned expensive right now, if you can wait, they will be cheap around next spring probably.
And one other thing, you could also save money by building it yourself dude! It is so simple you would be amazed. The computer I am on now was the first I ever built, using nothing but the instructions that came with the MOBO. It's not difficult at all.
CPU: Intell Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 533MHz FSB
Ram: 768mb DDR PC 2100
GFX: Geforce 4 ti 4600
HDD: 180gb WD with a partition making 2 drives, C: drive 120gbs and D: drive 60 gbs.
SOUND: Sound Blaster Live, 5.1 with 8 inch sub, THX
MOTHER BOARD: Via X533
CASE: standard atx
COOLING: 4, 5.5 inch case fans, 1 at the front, 1 at the side, 1 at the back and 1 on the processor. 2, 3 inch fans, 1 on the ram and 1 on the GFX card. 6 fans in total!
POWER: 350 Watt total output!
MONITOR: 17 Inch Dell E337
MOUSE: Microsoft Intel Explorer, 5 button, Optical, Cordless!
1MB RAM
20MB hard drive
1.44MB floppy
256K Trident VGA card
WFWG 3 + DOS 5
Internal speaker
Oh wait, that was my first IBM PS/1 PC. You dahmed punk kids get off my lawn! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I had a similar system, only it was a 286XT (286 w/o math co processor if any of you nubs remember what those are, couldn't even run wolf3d)! Oh and only 640K ram :(
What I'm running now:
P4 2.4b
512MB PC2100 Dual Channel DDR (need to go up to 1gb soon)
Geforce 4 Ti4400 (going to upgrade when HL2 / DOOM 3 comes out)
140gig 7200rpm WD hdd w/ 8mb cache (<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/style_images/2/icon12.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'> 8MB cache)
SB Live! Value 5.1
Also let me go on the record of saying that this is the first Intel CPU I have owned since my Celeron 300 and I must say, it is the best CPU I've ever owned. I might not ever get an AMD again, because Intel just pwned them in the ease of installation, maintainence, and stability departments.
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>And now that I've opened Pandora's Box, watch the whole thread come down in flames...</span>