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  1. #1
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    What is your PC like?

    I have only just recently bought a new PC case, just thought I would show it off

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    It's a pain my camera does not capture how really cool looking my new case is, this is the first case that I've completely liked without having to mod all to much I ended up stripping my last case putting new panels on it with a few rivets then drilling holes where I thought appropriate haha it looked good until I realized I forgot the CD Drive hole which I did a dodgy job and the look was ruined. On this case however I've only mod’ed the electrical’s under the front panel which you open to use the CD drive was a switch to turn the blue lights on the front off and on, I added the extra fans to this switch so at the flick of a switch my PC lights turn off and the noise produced is allot less... which is handy because the PC is close to my bed and I hate light/noise when trying to sleep.

    I'm still behind with technology using...

    768MB DDR400 Ram.
    1.6Ghz AMD Sempron (Overclocked to 2.0Ghz).
    Average CD Burner.
    Asus Motherboard.
    80GB IDE HDD.

    & only just bought a 17" LCD screen a month ago.

    So what is your PC like?

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    Typical Xaser III case with the HD racks converted to removable racks.

    Havent done what I've been wanting to do, but my next case will be a plain black one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MGCJerry
    Typical Xaser III case with the HD racks converted to removable racks.

    Havent done what I've been wanting to do, but my next case will be a plain black one.
    Just looked for a picture of a Xaser III case, must say they look very nice

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    square and white?

    makes a noise similiar to a fan..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slidey
    square and white?

    makes a noise similiar to a fan..
    Ah really? thats amazing...

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    My home pc which my father insists is still up to date..

    800mhz AMD Duron
    256mb ram
    20GB hard drive
    Gefore MX graphics

    Yesterday he came out with the comment "Isn't it the same as a pentium 4?"....
    I could of gone on forever explaining how that comment couldn't be further from the truth, but I doubt he would understand a single word I would say..

    That said, I have nice a laptop
    amd turion 64 1.8ghz (1.6ghz fsb)
    1gig ram
    ati xpress 200m pci xpress graphics with dedicated 128mb vram
    100gig hard drive
    15.4" widescreen
    dvd/rw
    loads of ports & inbuilt wireless
    remote control

    However I am really amazed at how prices are decreasing and new things being brought out.. I only bought this laptop last month, and now for the same price I can buy the newer version with double everything (even dual core processor)..
    But anyway, it's enough for me till next year!


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    Quote Originally Posted by stealthdevil
    My home pc which my father insists is still up to date..

    800mhz AMD Duron
    256mb ram
    20GB hard drive
    Gefore MX graphics

    Yesterday he came out with the comment "Isn't it the same as a pentium 4?"....
    I could of gone on forever explaining how that comment couldn't be further from the truth, but I doubt he would understand a single word I would say..

    That said, I have nice a laptop
    amd turion 64 1.8ghz (1.6ghz fsb)
    1gig ram
    ati xpress 200m pci xpress graphics with dedicated 128mb vram
    100gig hard drive
    15.4" widescreen
    dvd/rw
    loads of ports & inbuilt wireless
    remote control

    However I am really amazed at how prices are decreasing and new things being brought out.. I only bought this laptop last month, and now for the same price I can buy the newer version with double everything (even dual core processor)..
    But anyway, it's enough for me till next year!

    I know what you mean I don’t know if its just laptops but I also have a laptop that I bought off eBay for $400, its 1Ghz & 256MB ram etc.. But now for $400 on eBay you can buy a laptop with more than double the specs.

    I was thinking of going just to a laptop, sell my PC and Laptop and just buy a really good new laptop, only thing that concerns me is it would be easier to break & lose.

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    27" LCD monitor
    3.0ghz amd 64
    1gb ram
    6600 256mb ram
    120gb hdd

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    I bought my current home/office PC 2 years ago without using cutting edge technology.

    AMD Athlon XP 2600
    512mb RAM Kingston
    128mb ATI VGA
    19" Philips CRT
    WD 40G PATA (added a second WD SATA 80G 2 months ago)
    1 dvd / 1 cd-writer / 1 dvd-writer (TEAC & NEC)

    I'm planning to add more RAM in near future.
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    First time I've ever built a cutting edge PC. usually I go at least 1 release back. Cost was $4900.00 with Monitor

    AMD 2 Dual core 4600+
    4GB Corsair (sequential) RAM (only 3.25 usable)
    1.5 Terabytes of storage space (3 500GB WD SATA) No RAID
    500GB System Drive
    7950 Nvidia Graphics card (SLI but I'm only using one card) 500MB RAM
    Litescribe HP Burner
    Soundblaster Xfi sound card
    Logitech 7.1 surrround with wireless rear speakers
    Logitech mx 5000 mouse/keyboard combo (bluetooth)
    30 inch Dell LCD.
    Thermaltake Eureka Full tower case (liquid cooled routing but I'm not using it)

    http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...133-012-01.JPG
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    My primary machines...

    ==(Apple) MacMini==
    - (Refurbished) Early 2006 Version
    - 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor (2MB L2 Cache)
    - 2048MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
    - 80GB Serial ATA hard drive
    - Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    - Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
    - Running: MacOSX

    ==(Acer) Laptop==
    - Acer Aspire 3003LCi
    - 1.8 Ghz AMD Sempron Mobile processor
    - 1280 Mb RAM
    - Standard CD/DVD Reader
    - Running: Gentoo w/ Enlightenment 17 (CVS)

    They get the job done

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    Too many here, trip over the things

    No.1
    Windoze XP PRO
    AMD Dual Core 4200
    2GB Ram
    2 x 300GB (Seagate 16MB Cache)
    Radeon X1900XT 2DHTV (512MB)
    17 inch Benq LCD

    No.2
    Windoze XP Pro
    Conroe E6600
    2GB RAM
    2 x 320GB SATA
    nVidia GF 7600GS (512MB)
    17 inch Beq LCD

    N0.3
    Suse 10
    P4 3.0 HT
    1GB RAM
    2 x 120GB IDE
    GEforce 5500 (256MB)
    15 Inch Viewsonic

    No.4
    Toshiba Laptop
    Celeron 1.7
    512MB RAM
    Widescreen "clearview" screen

    The two XP machines are in Achilles towers and the Suse one is in a plain boring white box
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    p4 2.66 ghz
    1gb RAM
    160g + 60gb hard drive
    windows xp
    dvd player, cd-rw
    2 lcd monitors- 15" and 19" setup on an extended screen

    i also have a laptop -
    intel celeron 1.5ghz
    512mb RAM
    40gb Hard drive

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    AMD 2500
    1gb value ram
    80gb IDE
    6600GT
    21" Viewsonic CRT (more like 17.5")

    It does the job to keep me surfing the web and basic tasks.
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    I'm going to be upgrading to an SATA drive... anyone upgraded from IDE to SATA and notice any majour speed difference?

    I'm mainly upgrading because my Western Digital drive is 2 getting on 3 years old and its starting to show signs of old age... its also alot louder than what it used to be and I want my PC to be as quiet as possible.

    Also what do you think is the best brand of hard drive? I've always used Western Digital, but im thinking of going to Seagate because from what I've read there alot quieter and more reliable.

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    http://www.imgarchive.org/uploads/6eedb78f8c.jpg

    All this is in a temporary office until I get the new office sorted so it's not quite how I want it...


    Desktop
    Dell Dimension 9150
    Pentium D 950 (Dual Core 3.4)
    4GB RAM
    2x 250GB SATA RAID0
    Dual 19" TFT's (DVI)
    nVidia 7900GS

    Notebook
    HP NX9030
    Centrino 1.7
    1GB RAM
    60GB Disk
    15" TFT
    Intel Graphics

    All running XP Pro in our Windows Domain.

    Oh and I also have a Macbook, but I realised the VPN software we use doesn't run on Mac so I'm going to have to install Windows on it or it's going to be useless when I take it out of the office .

    Dan
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    just one computer

    Windows Xp Pro
    4 gb ram (2/4 gb corsair)
    amd 3200+
    ati 128 mb radeon 9550se video card
    74 gb raptor (10000 rpm)
    300 gb ide, 80 gb samsung ide, 80 gm western digital ide (all 7200 rpm)
    neat looking case

    17 inch defualt emachines monitor and a lexmark z270 printer
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    I would certainly use Seagate drives, we've had a lot less problems with them compared to the other brands out there. And they are not just reliable, they are pretty speedy too!

    You should notice the difference between SATA and IDE, especially if you have a motherboard that supports SATA2!

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    Quote Originally Posted by philw
    I would certainly use Seagate drives, we've had a lot less problems with them compared to the other brands out there. And they are not just reliable, they are pretty speedy too!

    You should notice the difference between SATA and IDE, especially if you have a motherboard that supports SATA2!
    I ended up buying a Western Digital drive once again, I'm most likely going to use raid so I will buy a Seagate for that and see how it goes.

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    i do use seagate 300 gb ide , i didnt have the sata drive wire so i didnt bother getting that one

    but seagate is really good
    Winning is not my obsession it is my habit

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    Talking Hope.. I'm using the Best PC

    Hope I've built My PC for My Home user...

    Pentium IV 3.06 GHz
    160 GB Seagate HD
    512 MB DDR2 Ram
    LG CD-Writer
    Samsung DVD-Writer
    Intex 5.1 Soundblaster Xfi sound card
    Logitech Mouse/Keyboard
    17 inch Monitor
    EPSON C415x Color Injet Printer
    512 Kbps ADSL Connection

    This configuration gives me good Net experience and happy with my home use...!!
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    all that and no UPS?

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    Quote Originally Posted by e-places
    all that and no UPS?
    I dont have an UPS either, dont really need one unless your running a server of sorts or writing really long articles etc.. I save after every 2 or 1 mins in most cases so my data is never lost but I want to setup raid for that very reason also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by e-places
    all that and no UPS?
    UPS is on the main network rack where the servers are kept, I don't feel the need for machines, the main circuit has inline surge protection anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RazorBlue - Dan
    UPS is on the main network rack where the servers are kept, I don't feel the need for machines, the main circuit has inline surge protection anyway.
    That makes sense if you've got inline protection.

    I'm building a new house in San Diego in 2 years and I'll have the entire house run off UPS. they're big units that are installed outside the home. But they do the same thing a UPS does for protection, except they've got built in generators so that they can run power for your entire house with no help from the city power grid. It's really a generator first and the UPS is secondary. It runs on LPG so there's no 'refuling' needed and it runs indefinitely
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