Computer system curious question

[Artman]

graphic7 is that list all home PCs?! I thought I had a lot with 4 working PCs! That main workstation sounds sweet. Are you a computer tech?

 

[graphic7]

They all are my home computers. I've actually bought most of them off Ebay.

Prices:

Sparcstations: < $100
SGI: $600 (came with a 21" SGI monitor)
Workstations: ~ $1500 (for both)
Powerbook: $2500
Dell Laptop: $2500

As you can see, the most I've paid is for the laptops.

I was a Unix Admin up until last year (need a job while I'm in college). Till that point, I was going to be major in Computer Science. Took up math, now I'm a full-time physics major. :D

 

[vladimir69]

Asus P4P800-E-Deluxe
intel p4 3.0ghz prescott
1gb PC3200 DDR400 RAM
ati radeon 9800xt with 256mb memory
74 GB Western Digital 10000RPM 8mb cache / buffer

 

[7590]

this is what I have for now!

So far I this is my current setup, only 2 computers for now.

Computer #1

Amd XP 2600+ 333MHz
Asus A7N8X MB 400MHz
512 MB 333MHz
Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 256MB
Western Digital 200G IDE
Maxtor 120G SATA
Western Digital 200G SATA
LG DVDRAM GSA-4082B
Pioneer DVD-ROM 16X
nForce Sound Card
MSI USB2 TV Capture Card
ATX 400W Power Supply
USB Track Ball
PS2 Keyboard
Digital 17" Monitor
Samtron 17" 76V Monitor


Power usage for ATX Tower when idle 120 watts (No power saving mode), Digital Monitor 110 Watts, Samtron Monitor 60 Watts


Computer #2

Amd XP 2100+ 333MHZ
Asus A7V333 MB
512 MB 333MHz
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB
Western Digital 80G IDE
Western Digital 200G IDE
LG DVD (16X) / CDRW (32x/10x/40x) IDE
CMI8738/C3SX PCI Sound card Intergrated
ATI TV Capture Card PCI Value
ATX 300W Power Supply
PS2 Mouse
PS2 Keykoard
Samsung 17" Monitor

Also power usage for ATX Tower idle 130 watts (No power saving mode), Samsung Monitor 50 Watts

 

[lala_alak]

Well its not a big deal of work to assemble a comp once you have the components.Yes I did build it myself.

 

[Artman]

Well its not a big deal of work to assemble a comp once you have the components.Yes I did build it myself.

You're right. I just assembled my first complete system about 2 months ago. I was pretty pleased how easy it was.

vladimir69, very nice system.

7590, nice pair of AMDs. I don't see network cards, are they networked?

 

[lala_alak]

You're right. I just assembled my first complete system about 2 months ago. I was pretty pleased how easy it was.

vladimir69, very nice system.

7590, nice pair of AMDs. I don't see network cards, are they networked?

Just wanted to ask,which is the best video accel chipset availaible at your place and the ruf price of it,wud be gr8ful.

 

[Artman]

Just wanted to ask,which is the best video accel chipset availaible at your place and the ruf price of it,wud be gr8ful.

I'm not a big gamer, however, I do 2d computer art sometimes. When I picked out my components, I picked a combo deal that included an 8x AGP card with the nVidia GeForce MX440 chipset. It is old technology, but is more than adequate for my graphics needs. There are a lot better ones out there, for a lot more money. One like mine goes for about $30-$70. Top of the line stuff is about $250 - $400.

The one that vladimir69 has, ati radeon 9800xt with 256mb memory, or 7590's, Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 256MB both look pretty current.

Some others here may have a better handle on the current state of the art in video. This would be a good topic for a new thread.

 

[Maxwell]

AMD Athlon 1800 (Roughly 1.5 ghz)
1 GB of RAM
2 80 gb HD's
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128mb graphics card

I play a lot of games. I could use a faster speed of RAM (currently PC2100).

Update - I bought a 200gb Seagate external HD. Works great.

 

[Artman]

Wow, 200 gb! I remember when a big HD was 10 mb.

I have an update as well, I added 512 mb of Kingston 333 DDR RAM and a Maddog Combo 52-24-52 16DVD player CDRW. Got a great deal on the RAM and the burner. The RAM was marked $169.00 it was on sale for $69.00 with a $20.00 rebate! I couldn't leave it there for that. the burner was $59.00 and also had a $20.00 rebate. I put them in later that afternoon and they are both working great!

 

[almohandes]

I have 3:
- one i built my self:
amd athlon xp 2000
40gb 7200rpm
k7 motherboard, 256 mb ram: pc3200
radeon 9800 64mb DDR
15" monitor
cdrw drive and cdrom drive

and one compaq:
celeron 2.6GHz
40gb 5200rpm
intel xtreme graphics
512 mb ramR 400
17" monitor

and one hp laptop:
P4 2.8ghz
radeon 7000 IGP
40 GB
512 mb ram
15"

and planning to build a new one :
*xaser 3 with 64bit CPU, *intel motherboard, *9800 Graphics and 80 GB HDD +creative modem.

- the ones with this (*) infront I've got.

 

[Artman]

I have 3:
- one i built my self:
amd athlon xp 2000
40gb 7200rpm
k7 motherboard, 256 mb ram: pc3200
radeon 9800 64mb DDR
15" monitor
cdrw drive and cdrom drive

Very nice. Are you planning on networking them?

 

[megashawn]

My home pc is

AMD XP 1800 (1.53ghz)
Via Kt333 mb
512mb ram
ATI Radeon 9800 (Forget the details, I think 128mb)
Hercules XP Game theater (sound card, pretty sweet, takes load off main cpu for music and audio)
Linksys WMP54G wireless adapter, using a Dlink 802.11G wireless router
KDS 17" True Flat CRT (wal mart special)
80gb Maxtor
30gb maxtor
6 speaker w/sub surround sound

 

[Artman]

My home pc is

AMD XP 1800 (1.53ghz)
Via Kt333 mb
512mb ram
ATI Radeon 9800 (Forget the details, I think 128mb)
Hercules XP Game theater (sound card, pretty sweet, takes load off main cpu for music and audio)
Linksys WMP54G wireless adapter, using a Dlink 802.11G wireless router
KDS 17" True Flat CRT (wal mart special)
80gb Maxtor
30gb maxtor
6 speaker w/sub surround sound

This sounds pretty good Megashawn. I found that an add-on sound card increased my overall system performance on my old PC, like you said it took some load off the CPU. It really punched up the sound over the integrated card as well.

 

[alexkerhead]

What Are you running?

I am very interested in many thing, among them are computers, and physics..

I am just curious to see what kind of machines you are running.
I am currently running..

Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz @3.402GHz
1024MB PC2700 DDR333 Viking Memory
Asus P4G8X Motherboard
ATi Radeon 9600Pro 128MB
60GB Seagate ata-133 HDD 8MB
40GB Western Digital ata-100 HDD 2MB
40x24x48 CD-RW
16x40 DVD-ROM
Eagle All Aluminum case with electric sliding front door..
17" KDS flat screen monitor(CRT)
Cooler Master Jet4 Vertical Blower

That is my latest PC I have built out of all of my 9 PCs..

Please tell me and the others what you are running for a Computer..

 

[motai]

Slightly older system compared to the top-of-the-line computers:

AMD Thunderbird 1 GHz
640 Meg RAM
ATI Radeon 8500 LE 128 Meg
120 Gigabyte Maxtor 5700 RPM HD
Memorex 40x12x48 CD-Rewritable
Generic 52x CD-ROM drive
Mad Dog PCI Sound Card
Creative Modem Blaster v.90 PCI Modem
Basic Tower Case
17" MAG Innovision 770FS CRT Monitor

 

[alexkerhead]

nice classic system, I run one of those that a brought to my school, to put in my office there..
Mine only has 512MB ram tho..
Those TBs still kick some arse..

 

[hitssquad]

Computer system curious question, re-revisited

I am just curious to see what kind of machines you are running.

Then you may want to check out the Computer system curious question thread.

 

[Marijn]

Desktop:
P4 2Ghz
2048mb DDR400
1*40G maxtor 5600rpm
1*120G maxtor 7200rpm 8mb cach
1*external 400G maxtor.
ATI Raedon 9600 256Mb
19inch crt

new Mobo and CPU un their way.
when they arrive its the ultimate home GIS machine (and its really nice for games )

Laptop:
Promedion D470V
P4 3.2 Ghz
ATI MP10-P (9600pro) 128Mb
1024Mb memory
40Gb 7200rpm (dunno the brand atm, srry).

 

[alexkerhead]

So you(hittssquad) have

Dell 4100 laptop. 1.066 MHz PIII Tualatin Celeron (256 KB backside cache). 1 GB RAM at 133 MHz. 18.6 GB 4200-RPM 2.5" 2-platter hard drive. ATI display adapter (16 MB non-shared video RAM). 14" XGA (1024 x 768) screen. Synaptics trackpad

 

[hitssquad]

So you(hittssquad) have
Synaptics trackpad

Yeah. From the reviews, I'm afraid of the ALPS trackpads that are replacing the Synaptics trackpads on most of the newer laptops.

 

[dekoi]

I am currently using a 1.72 Ghz Pentium 4 with 1024mb DDR SDRAM 133mhz, sitting on a P4B533 Asus Motherboard, with an overclocked GeForce 4 Ti4400 (300MHZ Core, 600MHz Memory),

with JET4 Heatsink and 3 80mm fans (w/ fan control for both).

My case temperature is an average of about 24 degrees on full rpm load, and 29 degrees CPU Temperature.



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If you are looking for the optimum level PC for home and game use:

Athlon 64+ 3800 CPU (Socket 939)
w/ compatible Mobo (e.g. ASUS A8V Deluxe)
AGP VC: X800 PRO 256MB
etc. (sound card, monitor, keyboard, mouse, webcam, speakers)

Which would come out to be about 1500 dollars for the first three items. Good luck :)

 

[Artman]

I just placed an order for a system for a small business on a small budget. I got them a P4 2.4HT, 800FSB, ASUS P4P800-VM Mobo with built in Video, Audio, LAN, and SATA, Windows XP home ed. with CD and COA, ATX case, CD-RW 52-24-52, 256 MB DDR 400, 80 gig Samsung HD, 17 inch CRT monitor, keyboard, scroll mouse and speakers, Lifetime Tech Support, and assembly with 1 year warranty, all for $707.00 delivered. Not too bad huh!

This should work pretty good for creating PDF files, doing some e-filing and word processing, maybe some bookkeeping.