Best PC?

[Red Treachery]

You guys must be arguing about laptops haha.

Windows XP, 2.66ghz, 512mb RAM, 120gb hard drive, GeForce 4...
DVD+RW/CD-RW

 

[joshg]

I actually don't have a machine at the moment, but will be buying one soon. I built my brother this machine a month ago though (true creation)..

Shuttle SN85G4V2 XPC
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
ATI Radeon 9600 128MB
70GB WD Raptor 10k RPM SATA (This thing SCREAMS!)
512MB Corsair XMS DDR4000 (1x)

He doesn't do much gaming, but he's all into Flash production. The A64 and the cas 2 memory would be nothing without the 10k Raptor.. man it makes such a difference.

 

[godslilgurl11911]

HP r crappy! i am in love with the DELL lol

 

[jiminpa]

Well, that's tough to beat... but if I show you pictures of my Xerox 820-II system (which will be working as soon as I replace two ICs) can we call it a draw?

I have a working, stock Apple IIGS, at least it worked the last time I had room to set it up. And I could prolly put together a C64 with the parts I have laying around. Sorry, never liked the Vic20, so I passed on one. My other systems aren't near as cool, just a P1, and a couple Celerons--ick. P1 is so much more stable than the Celerons too. I have to resart them at least once a day, and I can leave the 120MHz run for weeks, It's just slow.

 

[PSUKiddie]

PC:
3 GHz P4, 1 GB Corsair RAM, 9800 Pro, Audigy 2


Mac:
PowerBook G4 1.5 Ghz, 512 RAM, 128 MB 9700 Mobility, 15" LCD

 

[Silent Enigma]

Funny thing is, I never really saw much of a performance difference between 2 and 4 processors (at least with gaming), so I've always stuck with 2.

Question: How would the program even know to make use of the 2nd or 3rd processor? (In idiot terms, please.)

 

[GlowInTheDark]

How would the program even know to make use of the 2nd or 3rd processor?

When system detect multiple processors on your PC, system giving a signal to app that support multi thread to share its resources with 2nd or 3rd processor.

 

[rwl]

My home system is not much. p4 2.53 gig proc, 768 ddr 2700, 80 gig's or storage, nVidia geforce FX 5600 512 ddr.

::geek talk::
The ones at work however, IBM Regatta class UNIX systems and IBM windows servers with over a terabyte of space, and 8 Xenon proc's hyperthreaded ( so the cpu treats them as 16). They're prety nice.

 

[doofus125]

Try this: Dual 2.8ghz Xeon P4's, 4 gig's 1600mhz RdRam, ATI Radeon x800 XT, 1.5 Terrabytes (that's 1,500 gigs) of 15k Fibre Channel (fiber optic) hard drive space, and a 21" viesonic flatscreen... of course, its all homebuilt with a phat modded case and water cooled

I think I'm going to finally bump going dual xeon's once the p5 hits (well, I know its not technically qualified as p5) and go with dual video cards. I've had dual xeons for sooo long. Funny thing is, I never really saw much of a performance difference between 2 and 4 processors (at least with gaming), so I've always stuck with 2.

Doofus begins drueling

I have many computers, but currently only have 3 up and running......

.....a PII 450mhz, 382mb pc100 ram, 10 & 30gig hard drive, dvd rom, 10x4x32 cd-rw, onboard ati video.....(5 1/2 yrs old)

.....a Celeron 2.2ghz, 768mb pc2100 ddr ram, 64mb ati All in Wonder radeon ve video card, 30 & 60 & 80gig hard drives, zip 100, two 48x24x48 cd-rw drive...(1 yr old)

.....a Celeron 2.6ghz, 768mb pc2800 (I think) ddr ram, onboard video, 80gig hard drive, dvd rom, 48x24x48 cd-rw.....(6 months old)

and soon I will be replaceing the PII 450mhz with a 3.2ghz P4, 2gig pc3200 ddr ram, 250gig hard drive, dvd-rw, and lots of other extras....my PII 450 will then be upgraded a bit and set up as a server.....

 

[joshg]

Just ordered this... should get it all on the 15th (except for the vid card, which is backordered by a couple days, it should be in the mail on the 12th from CDW)

• AMD Athlon 64 3200+
• ASUS SK8V SE
• 1GB (2x512MB) DDR Kingston HyperX DDR4000
• ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition 256MB GDDR3
• Antec Super Lanboy Case
• Antec 550watt True Control PSU
• 60GB Western Digital HD 7200RPM (WOOHOO! I know... this HD RULES! lol, jk, i'll get one later, spent all my money on the above parts)
• Samsung 52x24x52/16x CD-RW/DVD combo drive
  

I can't wait to get it

 

[MattMMMan17]

• Dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5
• 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB
• 2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
• 2 Apple Cinema HD Displays (30" flat panel)
• 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Mac OS Panther - U.S. English

Yeah, you WISH you had this. So do I !

 

[MashadaR]

I actually don't have a machine at the moment, but will be buying one soon. I built my brother this machine a month ago though (true creation)..

Shuttle SN85G4V2 XPC
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
ATI Radeon 9600 128MB
70GB WD Raptor 10k RPM SATA (This thing SCREAMS!)
512MB Corsair XMS DDR4000 (1x)

He doesn't do much gaming, but he's all into Flash production. The A64 and the cas 2 memory would be nothing without the 10k Raptor.. man it makes such a difference.

Digital:

I think those shuttle minis are so cool and small, fitting nicely on your desk in a VERY small area. Any cooling issues with those? What has kinda stopped me from buying one is that they only have a spot for one hard drive isn't that correct?

 

[SirKenin]

Currently we have 3 PC's running in the house, and one sitting on the floor not doing anything.

PC 1

Chenming aluminum case
Antec 420W P/S
Intel P4-2.8 Prescott
Asus P4C 800-E Deluxe
1 GB OCZ EB PC3500 DDR
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
SB Audigy 2
Western Digital Raptor 10000 RPM 73 GB HDD
2- Maxtor D740X 7200 RPM 40 GB HDD
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG DVDRW multifunction (royal pain in the tush)
some floppy drive
Dell Trinitron 21" monitor
Logitech Cordless MX Duo
Logitech Z680 speakers
3com Home Connect webcam
Intel webcam
Linksys BEFW1154 wireless access point router
HP LaserJet 5L
HP Office Jet K60
HP Scanjet 6350C
2-Microsoft Freestyle Pro gamepads
Logitech Wingman Extreme Joystick
Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP

PC2
Antec Case
P4-2.4 Northwood
Asus P4PE mainboard
1GB Crucial PC3200 DDR
Maxtor D740x 7200RPM 40GB HDD
SB-Live 5.1
ATi Radeon 7200 :o
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse Blue
Altec Lansing ACS54 speakers
Creative webcam
Dell Trinitron 21" monitor
some cheap keyboard
Pioneer 16x DVD
Lexmark Z32 Printer
1-Microsoft Freestyle Pro gamepads

PC3
IBM Aptiva
P4 1.5GHz
128MB RAM
CD Burner
IBM 15" flat panel monitor
some fancy IBM keyboard
Infinity speakers
Microsoft optical Intellimouse

PC 4
A P2 with a few things in it and a 15" monitor.
It runs, but I just don't need it at the moment. I might strip the parts out of it and put them in the IBM.

 

[Sharky]

Got 5 pcs at my house. Coming in soon will be 6 PDA's with wireless and a server. Plus 3 laptops.

 

[joshg]

Digital:

I think those shuttle minis are so cool and small, fitting nicely on your desk in a VERY small area. Any cooling issues with those? What has kinda stopped me from buying one is that they only have a spot for one hard drive isn't that correct?

Aye, shuttle XPC's are excellent machines and I love them to death. There are absolutely no cooling issues with the modern models (and there weren't any with the older either). The heatpipe design and setup is a very ingenious cooling solution that shuttle has come up with and it's exclusive to them. It keeps the case and cpu temps very low. My shuttle temps actually avg'd lower than most the desktops i'd built. And they do have room for two hard drives, but you need to make a small sacrifice..

on the models that feature space for a floppy, you can put an hd in the spot instead of the floppy, and on the models that feature the card readers, you can remove the card reader and place a hd there. and the power supply can handle the thing fully loaded just fine.

 

[Truly Blessed]

Got 5 pcs at my house. Coming in soon will be 6 PDA's with wireless and a server. Plus 3 laptops.

But you have only two flins.
O.K. seriously what do you use all that stuff for?

 

[doofus125]

But you have only two flins.
O.K. seriously what do you use all that stuff for?

One for each finger and toe?

 

[Truly Blessed]

One for each finger and toe?

I meant to say two fins as in your AV.