Post your computer specifications
 

Well I guess its time to show off as i just built a new one :D

CPU - AMD Athlon 2000+ XP
Fan - Coolermaster 5
Memory - DDR 512MB DDR333
Mother Board - MSI KT3Ulta 2
Video Card - Asus Geforce 4 8440 TI4400 128MB
CDRW - Teac 40x12x48
HD - 120 gig:D

running on windows XP professional. damn this thing is a beast!:D :D

Later,
Nick

Ok, don't poke fun, but my dad has a lot of crap on this computer and he insists on keeping it, so I have to wait a few more months until I go to college to get my own computer, so for now:

(purchased in March 1995 and still kickin' hard!)

Dell Dimension XPS
Originally 133 mHz, Pentium I, 16 MB ram
Upgraded to a 400 mHz, Pentium II, 96 MB ram

Original hard drive was 1.5 gig, we added a second hard drive that's 6.5 gig....

Still runnin' Windows 98 up in here too.....

Oh yeah, I have a CDRW too......:p

the one i use all the time...
gateway-pentium III 750 mhz
512 megs RAM
20 gig hard drive
HP CD-RW drive
HP DVD
zip drive (ghey)
floppy
network card
56k modem (LOL)
ADSL modem
HP scanner
HP printer
Boston Acoustics sound
21" monitor
intel webcam
logitech trackball
Geforce 128MB
Win XP pro

the other computer:
(skyler made it for me)
Athalon 750 mhz
128 megs ram
20 gig hard drive
network card (use main computers ADSL connection)
56k modem (LOL)
dvd player
floppy
lexmark printer
unknown sound system
Win XP pro

XT w/ tandy monitor....hell ya baby...:D

Re: Post your computer specifications
 

Hey thanks, u bought me a very nice comp, so when are u going to give it to me?:D

I have 2 computers right now. One PC one Mac.

PC: HP 500MHZ/192mbRam/15gigHD/32xCDRW Drive
Mac: iBook 300MHZ G3,256mbRam

Thats it now :D

hrmm...i guess i lied huh? oops....lol...i'm living in the 80s...

AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz
512mb RAM
Dual 20GB WD Hardrive
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS
Sound Blaster 16
Yamaha 16x/10x/40x CD-RW
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse (It's ballless!"
Logitech Quickcam
Windows XP PE
HP Deskjet 842C
NEC 19" Flatscreen Monitor

not to mention my 300W Pioneer receiver hooked up to 4 3-way 12" technics, 1 audiobahn sub, philips center channel, and two rca surrounds all hooked into my "line out" for access to 3600 mp3s :D....and i wonder why the people below me sicked threir RA up after me.....lol

CPU - AMD 2000+
HSF - Coolermaster HHC-001
Memory - 768mb DDR 2100
HD - WD 120gb
Video card - ATI Radeon 8500, 128mb
OS - XP Pro

I like it, handles everything I put on it.

AMD's
 

Looks like alot of AMD's? Are they really OK? I'm more of an Intel guy myself.

Rev

Re: AMD's
 

Intel was better until processor speeds broke beyond the gigahertz mark...now AMD is just as good, excelling faster, and cheaper :)

Re: AMD's
 

the computer i am on now:

P2 350Mhz
motherboard: spacewalk something. too lazy to crack it open!
256Mb PC100 RAM
Generic floppy
Generic CD-ROM
16 Bit Voodoo Banshee video card
Sound Blaster Live
8 GB 5400 Samsung HD
10/100 generic
Windows XP Newsroom Edition

my other one that is my main one, but needs a processor:

AMD Athlon 800Mhz Slot A
ABit KA7 Motherboard
256Mb PC133 RAM
Generic Floppy
Toshiba DVD ROM
HP CD R/W
ATI Radeon 32Mb DDR Video card(i would recommend GForce!!)
Sound Blaster Live Platinum
10/100 Netgear
40GB 7200 IBM HD IDE
80GB 7200 IBM HD IDE
400 Watt Power supply
Win98 SE

Umm lemme see...suck, suck, and yes more suck. heh Actually it's not too bad. An older Dell. Can't really call it a Dell anymore though. It's a mutt.

Older Dell? How old? I bet I have ya beat.....7 1/2 years baby.....:p :p :p Mine is also a mutt....:rolleyes:

Let's see if I can remember everything

My two computer's i've built
Dorm comp
CPU - XP1600+ running at 1.53Ghz
Motherboard - msi k7n420 pro
memory - 512MB crucial pc2100 @ cas2
heatsink - alpha pal8045 w/ ystech fan(30cfm)
video - geforce2 mx400
hard drives - ibm 60gxp 60GB, western digital wd800jb 80GB
Drives - Pioneer 16x dvd drive, lg 40x/10x/40x cd-rw
firewire card
pc power and cooling turbo cool 300 watt power supply
winxp professional
logitech mouse and intel wireless mouse
lexmark z12 printer(free w/ 3 months internet)
dell 17" monitor(free, old part from a comp at work)
klipsch proaudio 2.1 speakers
campus network

Comp sitting at home
CPU - XP1600+ running at 1.6Ghz(1800+ equivalent)
Motherboard - Abit KG7
Memory - 512MB crucial pc2100 @ cas2
heatsink - alpha pal8045 w/ ystech fan(30cfm)
video - ati radeon 64mb
soundcard - sound blaster live
hard drives - ibm 60gxp 40GB, maxtor 80GB
Drives - HP 12x dvd drive, sony 12x/8x/24x cd-rw
firewire card
winxp professional
generic mouse and intel wireless mouse
lexmark printer
generic 16" monitor
altec lansing 4.1 speaker
cable modem



It's getting to the point where intel processors and amd processors excel in different areas. So to know which one is better you have to look at what you use your comp for the most and then see which processor does better. You have to think now, you can't just pick the one with the higer mhz number. If you hate noise you're probably better off with intel, amd processors tend to run hot and require a better heatsink(faster, and thus, louder fan) than pentiums.

Wow lot of athlon chips... Im surprized as AMD has steadily been losing market share.

I don't really prefer one brand over the other, but in the 2.5ghz spectrum INTEL is cheaper, more stable and faster.

In the 1.5-1.8ghz area, the amd chips are dirty cheap.


I have a Athlon XP1500 Laptop
256MB DDR266
CDRW/DVD Combo
14.1" Screen
802.11 Wireless Card

I really only use it for surfing the web though.

Skyler

2.5ghz...i knew tehy went that high, but i was basing my opinion on the 1.5-1.8 area like you mentioned...i stopped keeping track of them after everything starting getting too high to care...you dont notice a difference between a 1ghz and a 2ghz IMO, its all about the RAM now....

How come it took so long to get from like 133 mHz to 1 gHz, but it took no time to get clear up to 2.5 gHz after that? Is technology just accelerating that quickly?

Ok...this is coming in late, but I have the P4 1.8 GHZ w/ 1/2gig rambus RD ram--all bought a 1 1/2 years ago...talk about pricy, but it's still kickin @ss.

As for the advance in technology, the military has 30+ ghz comps...I've seen a few at my school--they are monsters. The towers are about 12' tall...and they have their own AC units (ok, that exagerating...but they're huge). These things run so many simultaneous programs it's not even funny. The technology is out there, but the demand has (and probably never will) catch up. Besides, who needs a 30 GHZ computer???

There is a Law that was made up by a guy in the late 70's. I can't remember the name of it now, but what it states, is that every 18 months silicon microprocessor techology doubles itself, so we are going at an exponetial rate of growth in speed and technology.

Skyler

Ahh I was a bit off, the law was made in the 60's, heres a lot more info on it, is quite interesting if you take the time to glace it over. Gives you an idea where we are going to be going here in the near future.


http://www.intel.com/research/silicon/mooreslaw.htm


Another very interesting, but longer article on what the future holds as far as CPU's and what computers are gonig to do for us is this...

http://www.intel.com/labs/eml/patinterview.htm

Skyler