Poll: Your computer

[stompy]

The computer I'm typing on was a store-bought HP... yeh, I wasted money on it. It's got a P4 2.8GHz, 7600GT (upgraded from FX5200), 1.5GB DDR400 RAM (upgraded from 512MB), 120GB IDE hard drive and some ASUS Oxford motherboard. It's alright for older games (since I'm restricted to 1600x1200 with my old, 15" CRT), but I tried running World in Conflict... it was alright, but tended to lag.

Now I know a little about computers, I got a custom-build from a smaller shop... I'd of built it myself, but my dad's not too keen on letting me mess around with $AU1700. Anyways, this one's got a E8400, ASUS P5Q-SE/R, 4GB DDR2 800 RAM, Asus 9800GTX+ 512MB VRAM, 500GB SATA hard drive, along with a case and 500W power supply, a 21.5" monitor, a Microsoft keyboard/mouse (what, I like them) and headset with mic, so I can finally talk during TF2.

 

[-Seraph-]

I build my own, this is just copy and pasted from my xfire profile:

Manufacturer:
NVIDIA
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory:
4GB RAM
Hard Drive:
500 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Monitor:
SyncMaster 753DF(T)/ 783DF(T), MagicSyncMaster AQ17DF
Sound Card:
Realtek HD Audio output
Speakers/Headphones:
Logitech Speakers
Keyboard:
Logitech EasyCall Desktop Wireless keyboard
Mouse:
Centrios X7 Optical Gaming Mouse
Power supply:
650W
Motherboard:
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 SLI 780i DDR2
Computer Case:
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case


I still have a CRT monitor...oh well it still works fine but a flat screen would be nice and would take up less space.

 

[Good morning blues]

Macbook pro. Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 1.5GB of ram, and a 128MB Radeon X1600. It's functional. I'm not really interested in most of the games coming out these days, anyway.

 

[Novajam]

I didn't build this computer, my brother did. I'll post what I know (and even that's sketchy)

Mainboard: ECS KT600-A
CPU: AMD Athlon XP - 1.91 ghz
HDD: Samsung - 400GB
RAM: 2GB - don't know manufacturer
Graphics card: ATI RAEDON 9600
Sound card: Creative AudioPCI
Power: EZ Cool Super Silent 400w
Network card: Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernat Adapter

There we go. A bit all over the place. The quirkiness of it all is further emphasised by the fact that I have to press reset 3 times to get the computer to turn on, and it makes a weird ticking noise if run for too long. The DVD Drive isn't too fond of opening, and those last three pieces only got put in after a storm (buy surge protectors.)

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

My PC exists to visit the internets and type homework assignments. The best game it can handle is battlefield 2142, and not very well at that.

 

[EzraPound]

Acer, 1 GB DDR2 Memory, 160 GB SATA hard disc, 2.7 GHz Athlon Processor, no added graphics card

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Built myself.
-abit IP35-e
-intel Q6600(overclocked to 3ghz)
-4gb corsair ram(specific model illudes me at this point)
-bfg Geforce 8800 gtx 756mb

I think those are the important specs. Would recommend those parts as they are quite reasonably priced now, wouldn't get the same motherboard again though.

 

[Duke Machine]

Built my computer...
Motherboard: Asus PK5C
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - 2.66GHz
RAM: 2 GB OCZ
HDD: 2 250GB SATA Seagate
Video Card: ATI Radeon 3870(512MB)
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
Power Supply: 550W Antec
Monitor: 22" Acer AL2216W

Hasn't let me down yet

 

[Jaythulhu]

Targa. You either bought one, or you didn't. Pretty simple back then.

 

[Ranooth]

Got mine from Novatech and iv upgraded it a bit

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs)
RAM: 6GB DDR2
HD: 350GB Internal + 500GB External
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT
Monitor 1: 19" Samsung Widescreen
Monitor 2: 26" Wharfedale HD Widescreen


Building a new computer next may though, cant wait!

 

[fix-the-spade]

It's a build up by Mesh. Circa March 2004.

They provided the case and power supply, I sent a large box of bits, it came back three weeks later with a screen and keyboard.

AMD xp3200+
Ati X1600pro 512mb.
Nvidia something sound card.
DVD drive.
Wireless/wired network cards.
3 1/2 floppy drive. (no really)
1024mb RAM.
320gb hdd.
Lots of USB ports.

Can't remember what the other parts are, it's been so reliable I've only had to open it up four or five time, mostly for cleaning purposes.

 

[Nugoo]

CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86 GHz
RAM: 2GB DDR-2 Corsair XMS2
HD: 500GB SATA drive
Video: NVidia GeForce 8800 GTS (320MB version)
Monitors: 17" Dell LCD, 19" CRT monstrosity

This was $800 (minus the monitors) two years ago, so it's woefully out-of-date, but it still plays Crysis, so I'm ok with it.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Mines a sexy beast.

 

[Mephisteus]

The original thing I had built by the company I bought it from and I myself added a number of things after that.

From xfire

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Hard Drive: 2.3 TB Total (3x 320GB + 1x 400GB + 1x 1TB)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Monitor: Dell 2408WFP(Digital) + Dell 2009W(Digital)
Sound Card: Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Speakers/Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro + Sennheiser PC-161
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech MX1000
Motherboard: Asus P5N32-E SLI
Computer Case: Antec Sonata II

 

[TMAN10112]

My pc is a standard hp, but Since I got it I have been upgrading it for gaming, the only thing I haven't upgraded yet is the processor(I'm waiting for the phenom 2 processor that comes out next month).

 

[Dommyboy]

Manufacturer:
Myself
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory:
Elixir 2048MB RAM
Hard Drive:
WD 500 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Monitor:
Plug and Play Monitor 17inch
Sound Card:
Realtek HD Audio output
Speakers/Headphones:
Logitech 2:1 Speakers
Keyboard:
Microsoft Media Pro
Mouse:
Logitech G5 LASER
Mouse Surface:
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition SP 3
Motherboard:
Asus P5K Pro
Computer Case:
ATRIX 9001 Black Crusade

My lovely and precious computer. Need a new monitor though, still using a CRT though they are more durable.

 

[The Eupho Guy_v1legacy]

I built my own PC. Its specs are:

CPU: Intel Q6600 @ 3.00 Ghz
RAM: Kingston HyperX 4.0 Gb
HDD: 2 x Seagate 320 Gb
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260
Monitors: BenQ FP202W + Generic 15" LCD
Sound Card: Creative SB X-Fi
Speakers: Logitech X-540
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech G7

 

[Bluntknife]

Built my own:

CPU: E8400 @ 4.0Ghz
RAM: OCZ Titanuim 1066 1g x4
HDD: Seagate 320
Graphics: Sparkle 8800GTX
Mother Board: Asus p5k se
Cooler: Asus Silent Knight Al

 

[Nifty]

Custom job:

CPU: E8400 3.0ghz @ 3.66ghz
MOBO: Abit IP35 Pro XE
RAM: 4gb OCZ Vista Gold Series 6400
HDD: Hitachi 500gb SATA2
GFX: Asus 9800gtx+ 512mb
Monitor: Viewsonix VX922

Sound card was out of my budget.

 

[geldonyetich]

Custom job.

CPU: Intel Q6600 (Quad core 2.4 Ghz) -- Cheap and effective, especially in the rare few multicore app. In practice, a faster base dual core would have been a better choice.
Mobo: ASRock P45TS LGA 775 -- Oddball brand, but performed usually extremely well on Tom's Hardware review
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) -- DDR3 is a waste of money, current boards get the same performance out of DDR2 right now.
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (1 Terabyte) -- Very decent hard drive, but apparently a lot of them shipped with bad firmware.
GFX: MSI NX8800GTS 512MB GDDR3 -- Ships overclocked at 678Mhz core - faster than your average 8800GTS.
Sound Card: An old Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS -- Hey, at least it's hardware driven

It was my jump to PCIe after limping along with a specialized ASRock AGP board for awhile. When building computers, I always perform the necessary research into benchmarks to make sure I'm getting maximum bang for the buck. This system could probably play games released half a decade from now and came in under $1000.