We've had recommendations for a new machine, and I see some people still have the breathtaking speed of some early P2's :), but what specification is your machine?

Mine is as follows:
1 Ghz Athlon (put to shame by new 2Ghz P4's - Intel will be making some money out of me very shortly I believe ;) )
512Mb RAM (PC100)
1 x 30 Gb HDD, 7200 IDE
1 x 15 Gb HDD, 7200 IDE
1 x 17.4Gb HDD, 5400 IDE
SCSI CDRW (yamaha 4x4x16)
12 x Creative DVD
52 x LG CDROM
32Mb Geforce 2
Creative 128 Sblaster (ouch)
NEC 19" flatscreen monitor
MS Natural Kb / Logitech IR mouse


So what's your system?

Matt

Recently there was a thread on WHT like this...
My only comment is: read some reviews of the P4 and you will not change your mainboard/processor :)

Lesee
Dual 1ghz PIIIs@1.2ghz
18gig Ultra160 Seagtae HD
1gig PC166 Sdram
Bout 200gigs thru IDE HDs raid and network
And all running on a Abit
VP6
Soundblaster Live 5.1 Plat
Adaptec 39160
Plextor UltrplexWide,PLEX 12/10/32
Addtronics W8500 WATX case
21inch Cornerstone monitor
Plus I have the 6 other sytems in the house ranging from Dual Xeon 700Mhz to a lowly dual Mac running at 2x225mhz

Ya and well one of these days Im gonna learn how to spell!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dell Dimension 8100
Windows 2000 Professional SP1
40 GB 7200 RPM HD
256 MB PC600 RDRAM
19" Flat Trinitron CRT monitor
Logitech wireless keyboard + mouse
32 MB GeForce2 MX
Samsung DVD-ROM
Altec Lancising surround sound speaker system with subwoofer

I'm looking to add a new machine to my "collection", I have a general right now, one that is too slow imo for much (P3 550Mhz, lol), plus my gaming / workstation (combined as one). I'd like another machine which I can use solely for a workstation (Win2K, it'll be on pretty much 24/7), and this means I can dedicated my current machine just for gaming.

For my new workstation, I was debating having a dual Athlon 1.2ghz, or a single P4 2ghz - I have never used a dual processor AMD based system, or a P4 for that matter, so am a little unsure of which route to take - which would you advise me to use, bearing in mind it will be on for the majority of the time?

TIA
Matt

These are my system specs:

AMD 1.4Ghz w/266Mhz FSB
512MB DDR RAM
Asus GeForce3 Pure 64MB
Asus A7M-266 Motherboard
SoundBlaster Live X-Gamer 5.1
Cambridge SoundWorks FPS2000 Digital Speakers
Antec 840 400W Full-Tower
Logitech Internet Keyboard
Microsoft Intellimouse Optical
Thrustmaster Pro Digital 2
Linksys 4-Port Cable/DSL Router

Originally posted by reflexhost.com
For my new workstation, I was debating having a dual Athlon 1.2ghz, or a single P4 2ghz - I have never used a dual processor AMD based system, or a P4 for that matter, so am a little unsure of which route to take - which would you advise me to use, bearing in mind it will be on for the majority of the time?

Well...

2 1.4GHz Athlons are $250 (total), and 1 2GHz P4 is $500 (1.8GHz is $249). Seeing how the 1.4 Athlon is faster than the 2.0 P4, at one-half the price, I think you should get the Athlons.

Unless you want to make the Internet go faster and send more emails per second, just like the P4 commercials tell you, I would get the Athlon.

My current machine is:
P3 500 MHz
512MB SDRAM
19" and 17" monitors
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR and Voodoo3 2000
2x25GB 7200RPM IDE HDs
Win2k

My laptop is:
P3 650MHz
196MB SDRAM
14.1" TFT LCD
10GB HD
Debian Linux

My router+server is:
Duron 650MHz
256MB SDRAM
30GB 7200RPM HD
OpenBSD 2.8

My development server is:
Athlon 600MHz
128MB SDRAM
15GB HD
FreeBSD 4.2

My "uptime" server is:
66MHz 486
32MB RAM

As you can see I don't really need powerful processors. I mainly just ssh to my servers and do stuff there. I don't quite need a new desktop computer yet, because I still get a respectable 40-50FPS in CS and 60-70FPS in Q3A.

Thanks, I think I'll go for the Athlons then.. my initial preference was for them, and I can spend the remaing money on gadgets... hehe

Yeesh, does my computer seem old now...

Built it originally oh, 1998 I think...

P2 350
256MB PC133
ABIT BX6
Adaptec 2940UW PCI
IBM 4GB SCSI
SCSI 24x CDROM
SCSI 4x8 CDR
Diamond Viper 550 nVidia TNT 16MB
SoundBlaster AWE 64
10/100 Ethernet
Age of Empires II (oh, wait, that doesn't count, does it?)


Laptop:
Gateway 9150
P2 400
6GB HD
96MB RAM
ATI Onboard Video Capture/DVD
DVDROM
LS-120
WinModem(gag)


vger(online gateway):
AMD K6 350(i think)
128MB RAM
Iwill SCSI PCI
1GB SCSI HD
SCSI 4x CDROM (paid $12 on ebay)
10/100 Ethernet
USRobotics Sportser 56K (Real Modem :))
DirecPC USB

Originally posted by qslack
Unless you want to make the Internet go faster and send more emails per second, just like the P4 commercials tell you, I would get the Athlon.

Are you saying they dont make the internet faster? :bawling:
Intel lied to us all




































HAHAHA :D

Originally posted by York1
Lesee
Dual 1ghz PIIIs@1.2ghz
18gig Ultra160 Seagtae HD
1gig PC166 Sdram
Bout 200gigs thru IDE HDs raid and network
And all running on a Abit
VP6
Soundblaster Live 5.1 Plat
Adaptec 39160
Plextor UltrplexWide,PLEX 12/10/32
Addtronics W8500 WATX case
21inch Cornerstone monitor
Plus I have the 6 other sytems in the house ranging from Dual Xeon 700Mhz to a lowly dual Mac running at 2x225mhz

Ya and well one of these days Im gonna learn how to spell!!!!!!!!!!!!


PC166?? :eek:

here's my machine!

PII 333 mHz
64 MB RAM
4 GB Hard Drive :D
17" Monitor


if you feel sorry for me, and would like to donate your old computer or some useful hard ware, please do so

Custom Machine
PIII 500Mhz
512MB SDRAM
80GB Hard Drive (Yup :D)
52x CD-ROM
19" and 21" Monitors (NEC MultiSync)

...and about 5 laptops that i don't remember the specs. :D

Marc, Us sacraficed ur speed for ur hard drive!:D

I commend Marc on his choice of monitors! - MultiSyncs rule ;-)