Poll: Your computer's weakest link...

[The Lost Big Boss]

Not to sound like a snob, but my PC is pretty balanced.

I have my OS on my SSD, with all my apps that I need. My i-5 is clocked at 3.8. I have over 2TB of space for music and games. My GPU is the 6970. I think im set for a long time before I need anything.


Note: Some one kill the captcha ads, they are bad enough without listening to some woman talk about fiber.

 

[fix-the-spade]

The fact that my PC is seven years old, based on a single core processor and still uses AGP graphics, DDR400 RAM and IDE cables.

However, it may be an old machine, but damn if it isn't great. I've yet to encounter a (DX9) game it can't play. BF3 may persuade me to invest in a new machine, but until then the old dog soldiers on.

 

[dfphetteplace]

My processor is getting a little out of date and needs to be upgraded. Also the fan is starting to go on my GPU as it is starting to get really loud.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Yeah I bought my PC in 2005 so it showing it age since last month it was making the clicking sound (which mean it's on it death bed) however it stop doing that at the moment (although I had bad up the datas).
I'm pretty much planning to get a new one once either Guild Wars 2 or Diablo 3 spec had been reveal.

 

[berettastorm88]

if we are talking like a chain,
my computer is a chain of rubber bands dried up in the sun.

its just that bad (or at least i feel that way about it)
i guess its not that bad but soon i will have a awesome gaming computer. >

 

[imnot]

RAM. I'm rocking a whole 2 gigs of DDR2. I bet none of you can match that. My computer is a beast.

the processor is highly mediocre

Highly mediocre describes my CPU as well. Still better than my RAM.

I have just under 2 gb
I win at good Pc's.

 

[Brandon237]

OS, I have Windows XP, and it can't play Just Cause 2. I actually cried, and screamed and whatnot when I heard that JC2 wouldn't play on XP. I want that game. So.Frekking.Badly.

As for the rest, I am good by South Africa standards.
3GB RAM.
1,149TB storage.
512MB Nvidia GeForce something something graphics card.
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz processor.

Not great, but decent except for XP.

 

[loc978]

My system is four years old, and its bottleneck depends on the game I'm playing. In Supreme Commander, it's my processor. Two cores at 2.41Ghz are fairly insufficient for that game. For newer sandbox titles (such as the Fallouts), it's my RAM. 2GB at 800MHz makes for slow loading at times.

 

[AWAR]

My CPU obviously. I would upgrade but seeing my country getting bankrupt in some time I better save the money for you know, something edible

 

[ABowlOfFrosties]

My weakest link is my PSU because I ran out of money for my build. My other weak link is my HDD, it isn't bad but I could really do with an SSD to make my e-penis larger.

 

[MrCherry]

My PCs wonderful history starts at a corrupt computer shop i worked in. Boss was telling people they neededto replace perfectly working computers if they had even the slightest thing wrong (Like a virus).

I stole the working parts from the bin he was putting them in, so..

1GB ram and i still run every game smoothly.

But i'm still dreaming of an upgrade...

 

[jakeblues1295]

No, y'all don't get to complain about RAM I only have 900mb of RAM so shutup about two gigs of it!

 

[Zanderinfal]

Hmmm....
Lets see, 1 gig graphics, 3 gigs ram...

2.5 gigs proccesor.... is that good? Because I can run Crysis at the lowest settings with 8 FPS average.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

My PC, on paper, is probably as good as it needs to be:

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 3.3Ghz
16GB DDR3 10600 RAM
ASUS M4N98TD EVO Motherboard
VFX HD6970 w/2GB
3x24inch screens
2x500GB HDD
DVD Burner
Silverstone Raven RV01 case
Silverstone Zeus 750watt PSU
Logitech G15 (Mk 1)
Logitech G500
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

However its biggest weak point, is me. I'm not as clued in as I once was in the IT world so I occasionally have a few problems (like when I run the the three screens in Eyefinity I get some kind of vertical tearing or vsync problem)

In this case, User Error causes all my problems.

 

[Yopaz]

Right now, my weak link is my computer's video card. I've finally given up on gaming on laptops because it's insanely expensive, so I'm building a new desktop and it already blows this computer out of the water. It's not finished, but it's getting there. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can turn it into my gaming rig and this laptop can retire to music and web surfing.

Congratulations and welcome to the world of desktops. I noticed myself that my laptop with better specs (twice the RAM and dual core CPU) couldn't handle anything near what my desktop could.

OT: the weakest link on my computer is the hard drive. That's however not important since it doesn't affect game performance at all. Also the hard drive would still pull me down if I had a ssd disc.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

Right now, my weak link is my computer's video card. I've finally given up on gaming on laptops because it's insanely expensive, so I'm building a new desktop and it already blows this computer out of the water. It's not finished, but it's getting there. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can turn it into my gaming rig and this laptop can retire to music and web surfing.

Congratulations and welcome to the world of desktops.

Hehe, thanks. It took three laptops to realize this. I'm a slow learner I suppose. I use to use desktops, then swapped for mobility, but I'll haul my desktop around to a friend's house if it means I can build a rig 3x better for 1/3 of the cost.

 

[Nomad Warrior]

A 6-core at 3.6Ghz each, well that ain't the problem. but seriously, it's the two recycled DVD multi-burners, they are as noisy as a car with the exhaust pipes and extractors taken off. They work when they like to and couldn't read off a perfect mirror shine media.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Processor, without a doubt. I don't buy new games without demo's because I'm not usually sure if my processor can handle it.

but the processor is highly mediocre and struggles to support The Witcher 2.

Exactly how good is your processor? Because I've been eyeing this game for a while, but am sceptical as to whether I can run it well enough.

 

[eggy32]

The fan. It refuses to cool my laptop down.
I recently got an Acer Aspire 5735 and it over heats a lot. And when it over ehats it shuts itself down without any warning.
It's so annoying.

But apart from the fan I'd have to say the video card is the weakest part.