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What Desktop Do you Use?

post #1 of 74
3/12/05 at 2:37pm
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What Desktop Do you Use? What Make? How Old?
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post #2 of 74
3/12/05 at 2:42pm
I use the one I built. My last major upgrade was about 2 years ago. P4, 2.0Ghz, 512Mb RAM, ATI 7500 64Mb, Sound Blaster Live!. I'm still using the original keyboard and case that my computer came with when I bought it in 1998. I go by the old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
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post #3 of 74
3/12/05 at 2:43pm
The one I built... See Sig...

Last upgrade was my Koolance EXOS AL water cooling kit, my next upgrade will be the GPU water block.

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post #4 of 74
3/12/05 at 2:57pm
lol...my last desktop was a pentium 120 mhz, 32 mb ram, 2 gig hdd, 16x cd-rom...i built it in 1995 or something like that...it was so old, it was a real desktop, not a tower...lasted me through college, even though it made me want to hurt myself, it was so slow...

edit: i think those stats are correct...i know for sure it was 120mhz, anyway...
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post #5 of 74
3/12/05 at 3:07pm
Old Gateway 450. Upgraded last year:

1.8 Ghz Centrino 2 (one time upgrade on a slot T Pentium 3, and the clock-locked FSB is choking this upgrade, I'm getting 1.4 Ghz out of it! Damn Gateway!)
512 Ram
120 Gig hard drive, slaved.
Had to get a 10/100 ethernet card for it, and an Ultra ATA/133 controller 'cuz the old one couldn't see the new hard drive.
Added FireWire and USB 2.0 ports
Sony CD R/RW
Added a Bluetooth keyboard
Added an Nvidia GeForce 64 MB graphics card about a year before last.

Looking back at my upgrade list, looks like I shoulda bought a new damn computer! But I loved fiddlin' with it, and making it viable for the short term. I do a ton of work on this desktop. I still feel more comfortable making Photoshop and Illustrator projects on it, and I love playing Call of Duty multiplayer here. It'll end up as an internet server in my basement someday soon, but for now, it makes a great internet and storage facility sitting next to my XPS!
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post #6 of 74
3/12/05 at 3:09pm
Mine was/is one I built - 1.5ghz P4, 512mb ram (rambus!), 64mb GForce 4, 60gb 7200 hdd, CD-RW, and misc extras like firewire, usb2, an extra DVD rom, etc. Then when I moved back to the States in 2003, I got my 8890 and haven't even booted it up since. I really need to sell it...
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post #7 of 74
3/12/05 at 3:28pm
Built It

Lian Li case with r0xorz window
Asus A7N266E
Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4 GHz)
Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack ! Ultra/650XP Golden Sample (you know you want some of that)
1GB of physical ram, but its 2 GB "virtual" ram
x2 Western Digital 80GB 7200rpm 8MB cache
Sony DRU-500A DVD burner (GAWD that thing cost a pretty penny when it came out, but now their a dime a dozen)
Yamaha CRW-F1E
Dell 20.1 LCD
Logitech MX700
Some Altech Lancing 2.1 speakers
....did I miss anything?
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post #8 of 74
3/14/05 at 8:33pm
Silver Chieftec Case
EPox MB Socket 734
AMD 64 3000+ o/c to 3200 speeds
1.5gbs DDR PC3200
EVGA Geforce 6800 GT 256mb
x3 250gbs WD& Max 8mb SE x1 300gb Seagate 8mb
Sony 16x DVDROM
Liteon 16x DL
Mircrosoft Wireless Optical Desktop
Logitech® Z-2200
Benq 19in 16ms LCD w/DVI
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post #9 of 74
3/14/05 at 8:39pm
200mmx
64mb ram upgraded from original 32
4gb original hd added in 8gb 3 years ago
don't even remember the vid ram
56k modem upgraded from original 33.3

bought in '97 still puttin' along
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post #10 of 74
3/14/05 at 8:50pm
Ugh, I need a new computer...
Compaq Presario
nVidia Ge-Force 5600 graphics card, 128 MB
730 mhz
Intel Pentium III processer
256 MB of RAM
Windows XP Home Edition
service pack 2 installed ^^^
fast internet service... comcast cable
...By far the WORST COMPUTER ON EARTH!


p.s. : soon to get a fast dell :P
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post #11 of 74
3/14/05 at 8:56pm
eMachines C2782. Bought it January of 2004, so had it over a year.

eMachines C2782
ASUS A7V8X-LA Mainboard
AMD Athon XP 2700+ CPU
300 Watt Power Supply
786 MB DDR PC2700 SDRAM
Windows XP Home w/ SP2
ATI Radeon 9500 PRO AGP 128MB Video Card
80 GB Hard Drive
DL DVD+/-RW Drive
CD-RW Drive
Pinnacle PCTV Rave TV Tuner (to be replaced soon)
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post #12 of 74
3/14/05 at 10:20pm
I use a DIY AMD Thunderbird w/mx400 64mb card, My other DIY an AMD 3000 with 128mb card, and the Rig in my Sig. + a few different notebooks.
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post #13 of 74
3/14/05 at 10:40pm
Its all in the sig. Basically an AthlonXP 1800+ with 512MB RAM and 80+120GB of hard drive space. It was first booted on 1-21-2002 (3 yrs old).
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post #14 of 74
3/15/05 at 1:14am
see sig.... shuttle and processor bought from New Egg on 5-30-03. I thought she was older than that, just checked my records. O well. Used old hard drives and whatnots from older computer, slowly added more and more to it.
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post #15 of 74
3/15/05 at 4:49am
built this one and just upgrade it when i get around to it... the computer is silent - no audible noise comes from it.

amd64 3400+ with zalman cnsp7000B Cu heatsink. s754 newcastle (wish i would have waited for winchester)

DFI Lanparty nforce3 motherboard (wish i had waited for nforce4)

ati radeon 9700 with zalman zm80d heatsink

1 gig OCZ pc3200

samsung spinpoint sp-1213c - second most silent hard drive aside from the barracuda IV (models with the nidec motor are anyways, i've heard the spinpoints with JVC motors have a slight high pitched noise that's audible up to 6 feet)... cuda IV's performance is subpar and 3rd generation now though, so i deal with the spinpoint and sandwiched/suspended it... no audible noise.

modified Seasonic psu

case is a modified version of a lian li pc-60.. just a couple tweaks to it so the hard drive isn't touching any metal and to improve airflow since all the fans are undervolted.
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post #16 of 74
3/15/05 at 8:54am
Bought my girlfriend a pretty nice Voodoo last year, but my own desktop is a super cheapo eMachines rig - the cheapest one I could find last October. I don't even remember the specs, and only use it when I'm feeling exceptionally dumb (I really don't know why I bought it!) This post is being typed on a 12" PowerBook.
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post #17 of 74
3/15/05 at 10:55am
Pentium 4-b 2.0 oc'ed 2.2 w/Tt Fanless 103
420 PSU, Fanless
WindowsXP PRO
512MB PC2100 ECC
NVIDIA BFG4600 modded with heatpipe and huge heatsink/fan
Sony DVD+/-R/RW CD-R/Rw
ASUS DVD+/-R/RW DVD9(DL)-/+R CD-R/RW
120GB Hitachi HDD
80GB Hitachi HDD

my Media/Video Editing center!
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post #18 of 74
3/15/05 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by trama
Ugh, I need a new computer...
Compaq Presario
nVidia Ge-Force 5600 graphics card, 128 MB
730 mhz
Intel Pentium III processer
256 MB of RAM
Windows XP Home Edition
service pack 2 installed ^^^
fast internet service... comcast cable
...By far the WORST COMPUTER ON EARTH!


p.s. : soon to get a fast dell :P
I agree... on your thoughts about Compaq

Compaq Presario 6010us
AMD Athlon 1600+
784MB RAM
Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm
WD 80GB SE 7200rpm
Nvidia GeForce2 32MB embedded
DVD
CDRW
XP Home SP1
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post #19 of 74
3/15/05 at 9:35pm
I use the AW in my sig. I've had it since last September and only had 1 main problem. My power supply died Thanksgiving day, and I had to make due for a few weeks without it. Other than that, it's been perfect.
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post #20 of 74
3/15/05 at 9:58pm
See sig. Kicks mucho behind.
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