okay then i admire your cpu

Quote from skolekaj :

okay then i admire your cpu

not much to admire tbh, it can be clocked more. just that i dont have the time or effort to up the voltage for it to be stable at higher than 4.04 :P

I updated my pc some days ago..

Intel C2Q Q6600 [email protected] + Scythe Ninja2 rev.B
4x1GB DDR2@800mhz
Gigabyte P965-S3
Gainward GTX260 216sp OC Golden Sample
HDD 200GB+1TB
Logitech G25, G500 & X-530 5.1
LG228WA@1680x1050

That's it. The only thing I updated was the cpu, from E6420 to Q6600+Ninja2

I was about to clean my PC today. So I took some pics showing how dusty it is. I will post some pics once I cleaned it.

Mine

AMD X2 6000+ 3.00ghz @ 3.3ghz stable
6GB DDR2 800mhz RAM 2x2gb and 2x1gb
Some random old HDD
750watt Corsair PSU
ATI Radeon HD 5850 GPU

Runs lfs pretty well, obviously with a major CPU bottleneck though.

- snip

Quote from Bose321 :

I was about to clean my PC today. So I took some pics showing how dusty it is. I will post some pics once I cleaned it.

LOL

I don't think you have ever seen a real dusty PC Look on the inside of a system which have been running for two/three years in any normal household. Yours is really normal amounts of dust. Cleaning the fans and heatsinks is a good idea, but be carefull with the fans...

Quote from Bluebird B B :

LOL

I don't think you have ever seen a real dusty PC Look on the inside of a system which have been running for two/three years in any normal household. Yours is really normal amounts of dust. Cleaning the fans and heatsinks is a good idea, but be carefull with the fans...

Cleaned, runs good now. Tell me more about the fans.

Quote from Bose321 :

Cleaned, runs good now. Tell me more about the fans.

To put it this way, more than once i experienced cleaning a dusty fan to discover it was not balanced anymore after removing the dust. The fan was was still noisy and had to be replaced.

Processor: Intel Core2Duo E8400 @ 3Ghz
Videocard: EVGA 8800GT 512Mb
Memory: OCZ DDR2 4GB PC2-6400 800Mhz Dual Channel 2x2GB
HDD: Hitachi (80GB) Samsung (320GB) Samsung External (120GB)
Monitor: Goodmans LD3266D 32" HDTV
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
Controllers: Logitech G25/Saitek Pro Flight Yoke/Logitech Attack 3/Madcatz Xbox 360 USB

Processor: DualCore Intel Pentium Duo 920, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
Videocard: Galaxy 250 gts DDR3 512mb
Memory: SuperTalent 866Mhz Dual Channel 2x1GB
HDD: Hitachi (320GB)
Monitor: LG FLATRON 21`
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Controllers: Logitech Driving Force GT
Sound system: Panasonic SA-AK45 - 400W / SilverCrest 5.1 200w

Quote from Gabkicks :

got OCZ Mod extreme 780 watt modular power supply, some IC Diamond 7 TIM, and an antec 1200 case for my new system.



...picspicspics...

Almost nice, but i noticed a typo there: ATI...i think it should be nVidia.

Quote from -NightFly- :

Almost nice, but i noticed a typo there: ATI...i think it should be nVidia.

Nope he is right, it should, and IS a ATi.

Quote from amp88 :

Just finished building my new rig.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 Pro
Motherboard: Asus P5K-E
Memory: 2x2GB G-Skill PC2-8500 (running at PC2-6400 just now)
Video Card: ATi Radeon HD3870X2
OS Drives: 2X74GB Western Digital Raptor (RAID0)
Storage Drive: Hitachi 7K1000
PSU: Corsair HX620W
DVD-RW Drive: LiteOn DH-20A1S 20X Black
Case: Antec P182
OS: Vista 32bit Home Premium
Keyboard: Labtec Ultraflat
Mouse: Razer Copperhead
Monitor: BenQ FP241W

My old graphics card started acting up, RMA'd it to eBuyer and got a £250 credit note. Bought an XFX 4890 as a replacement and still had enough left over for a 1.5TB WD and eSata enclosure.

Current spec:

CPU: Intel Q9450 @ 3.25GHz
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Motherboard: Asus P5K-E
Memory: 2x2GB G-Skill PC2-8500 (@ 1082MHz)
Video Card: XFX 4890 1GB
OS Drives: 2X74GB Western Digital Raptor (RAID0)
Storage Drive: Hitachi 7K1000
PSU: Corsair HX620W
DVD-RW Drive: LiteOn DH-20A1S 20X Black
Case: Antec P182
OS: Vista 32bit Home Premium
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical
Monitor 1: BenQ FP241W
Monitor 2: Medion 17" CRT

It's not an i7 setup but it does me nicely.

Attached image taken after about 10 minutes of Prime95 running.

im very jealous whe it comes to the case, ive got an older antec 900 and really want the 1200, i got the 900 cos every case i had before wasnt big enough for me but now the 900 seems too small agian so need a bigger one lol

Quote from amp88 :

My old graphics card started acting up, RMA'd it to eBuyer and got a £250 credit note. Bought an XFX 4890 as a replacement and still had enough left over for a 1.5TB WD and eSata enclosure.

WTF I have an original Sapphire Radeon 4870 512 MB, and it has better fillrates than the newer, "more powerful", 4890???

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

WTF I have an original Sapphire Radeon 4870 512 MB, and it has better fillrates than the newer, "more powerful", 4890???

Thanks for pointing that out. Turns out the card was actually underclocked when I took the screenshot earlier. I'd unlocked it in the overdrive page and it must have stuck at the GPU clock it was at when I unlocked it (sitting down a bit because I wasn't doing anything GPU intensive). You can see in the original SS I took it's showing 600MHz on the GPU clock of GPU-Z. Kicked it back up to 850MHz and now GPU-Z is showing slightly healthier numbers. I don't know how long it would have taken me to realise the problem if you hadn't pointed it out.

Quote from amp88 :

CPU: Intel Q9450 @ 3.25GHz
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek HDT-S1283

You can get more out of that little rat, 3.8 is about as high as it'll go on air, 4.1 is the max I had it on so far but that required some serious GTL ref voltage tweaking and at least 1.44v vcore, can't recommend it
Had mine running at 3.6 (450x8) over a year now with vcore at 1.352v (bit much, don't care), all energy saving features still enabled, perfectly stable.

CPU: Intel Q6600 @ 2.4GHZ
CPU Cooler: Artic Cooler Freezer Pro7
Motherboard: DFI LANParty UT CFX3200-DR
Memory: 2x1GB Corsair Dominator @ 1066mhz
Video Card: 260GTX
Storage Drive: Maxtor 500GB
PSU: 800W
DVD-RW Drive: Some shit £20 one
Case: Some Shit cheap one
OS: Windows XP 32bit professional
Keyboard: Some shit keyboard
Mouse: Razer copperhead @ 2000DPI
Monitor 1: 17" shit one

Thought i'd put some pics of mine up since I did the spec before. It's not as pretty as most peoples.

It's looking a bit delapedated.

I need to replace that crappy red sata cable too as every time I put the side on it gets nocked out as it has no clip on it.

It's missing the front panel, side panel and side rails that run along the top of the case as some plastic bit broke last time I got it out the car and it nearly became a casualty on the street.

It works fairly well though, that's the main thing. Just clear the fans and heat sink now and again.

recent addition is a 500gb hard drive to replace the 150gb that was stading up in the case.

Switched back to ubuntu as my main os on the pc, laptop runs the windows 7.

Quote from Migz :

All of your computers are crap compared to mine (Epic Sarcasm)

200W PSU
nVidia MX440-SE
Intel Pentium 2.80Ghz
512MB Ram
37" HDTV Screen (1920x1080)
114GB IDE HDD
Trust 5.1 Surround Soundcard
Logitech Z-5500's

This computer is 6 years old :/ im surprised it still runs.

That is about how old mine is. I think the original spec was 512mb ram, geforce 7200(i think), 160gb hard disk, standard dvd burner.

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping 2.66Ghz Nehalem
CPU Cooler: Akasa Freedom Tower
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58
Memory: Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz Tri-Channel
Video Card: GeForce 9400GT (changing soon)
Storage Drive: Seagate 500GB
PSU: 500W (soon to be 750W)
DVD-RW Drive: Samsung
Case: Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
OS: Windows 7 32bit Ultimate candidate release (upgrading when time runs out)
Keyboard: Microsoft
Mouse: Microsoft
Monitor: 19" Viewsonic
Wheel: G25, H-Shifter, Clutch
Speakers: Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System

Quote from james12s :

im very jealous whe it comes to the case, ive got an older antec 900 and really want the 1200, i got the 900 cos every case i had before wasnt big enough for me but now the 900 seems too small agian so need a bigger one lol

Hehe, i was actually really close to buying the anted 300 illusion, then the 902, then last minute I found a Antec 1200 for a good price so I snatched it up. $132 shipped to my house

CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 O/C @ 3.77ghz
OS: Windows 7 32bit
Vid: ATI HD5850
Monitor: Three ASUS 24inch VW246H in ATI Eyefinity mode (5760x1080). Mounted to custom made frame. Frame is retrofitted to desktop and desk is mounted to the frame of my house through a series of brackets, screw and lumber.
Mem: 2 GIG DDR2
Wheel: Logitech DFGT
Pedals: CST GT Style Pedals
Shifter: Sim-Gear Lighting SST
Seat: Jegs basic racing seat, mounted on a 2ftx2ft frame made of 2x8 jousts and a plywood top.

- Jay Oodom

Quote from jbirdaspec :

CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 O/C @ 3.77ghz
OS: Windows 7 32bit
Vid: ATI HD5850
Monitor: Three ASUS 24inch VW246H in ATI Eyefinity mode (5760x1080). Mounted to custom made frame. Frame is retrofitted to desktop and desk is mounted to the frame of my house through a series of brackets, screw and lumber.
Mem: 2 GIG DDR2
Wheel: Logitech DFGT
Pedals: CST GT Style Pedals
Shifter: Sim-Gear Lighting SST
Seat: Jegs basic racing seat, mounted on a 2ftx2ft frame made of 2x8 jousts and a plywood top.

- Jay Oodom

Now that IS AWESOME!

you need a g27, or g25, or atleast a fanatec