Post your pc specs

[d1ddy]

Alright , heres a thread to show off your pc specs

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz
2 x 500GB maxtor HDD
2 x OCZ 2GB DDR2 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX
22" widescreen dell LCD flatpanel

I know I know , I'm that krazy

[Cheezeball99]

P4 2.93ghz, no HT
1x200GB, 1x250GB internal, 1x250 external, 1x300GB network HDs
2x256mb Hyundai RAM
2x512mb Infinion RAM
128mb Intel Extreme Graphics 910GL
19"CRT
SUCK IT, Y'ALL'Z!

(Sorry if this post is offensive, I made it whilst drunk)8)

[d1ddy]

(Sorry if this post is offensive, I made it whilst drunk)8)
Same with me friend xD

[MenaceInc]

my own personal comp?...

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @2.2GHz
2x 512MB RAM
160GB HD
ATI Radeon x1600 Pro
2x 17" CRT monitors. :P


also,have a HP Pavillion ze2000 laptop :)

[Darkchild]

my comp...

Let's see..

Intel Dual Core 3.4Ghz
2x 1024MB RAM (Kingston)
160GB HD + 250GB External
Nvidia 8400 GS
19" LCD Philips monitor and 15" NEC monitor

I know...sux...

[Acerthief]

Intel P4 2.4GHz
512Mb + 1Gb Kingston DDR400 RAM
Seagate 160Gb HDD
GeForce2 MX 400 (gfx card 7 YEARS ago XD)
19" ViewSonic VG1921wm Monitor.

Wait til I get my new one in July. Muhahahahaha

[NIGathan]

GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 6000+ 64bit dual core 3.0GHz
2x WINTEC 1GB DDR2 (need 2 more 2 gig sticks...)
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS
1x Internal 500GB Maxtor HD
1x External 120GB Western Digital HD
1x 22" Samsung SyncMaster 2232BW
1x 19" Samsung SyncMaster 940BW

ya i think its pretty badass but its gonna be better.

[daveycockit]

I feel very out of date.

AMD x64 3200+
1gb ram
ata 200gb 7200
Nvid 128 geforce 6600gt .... AGP.

[x3sphere]

AMD X2 5000+
2GB RAM
2x250GB Seagate 7200RPM Hard Drives
GeForce 8600 GT
22" Samsung Widescreen LCD

[FrozenIpaq]

Intel Quad Core 2.4ghz
3GB Ram
500gb 7200rpm HDD
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT 512mb
Blu-ray Reader/DVD Writer
Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (19")

[FearEvil19]

Intel pentium 4 2.8 GHz
512 mbs ram DDR
Nvidia FX5200 XT 128 MBs
DVD Writer
Realtek AC 97 Audio
108 GBs HD
HP Pavilion f1523 15" LCD Monitor

@daveycockit: Do you still feel out-of-date?

[Clint]

Here's my computer, also out of date compared to most of you!

Pentium 4 [Prescott] 3.06GHz w/ HT
1 GB RAM
1x 200GB SATA HDD
1x 80gb IDE HDD
Integrated ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Graphics
Windows XP MCE 2005 Rollup 2
17" Samsung SyncMaster 730B, 8ms refresh, 1280x1024, VGA/DVI


Clint

[nevster]

128k zx spectrum....

read it n weep boys lol

[Darkchild]

I'm beat >.>

[Cheezeball99]

128k zx spectrum....

read it n weep boys lol

I have no doubts, only 5 words:

How does I port Firefox? :confused1:

XD

[nevster]

insert floppy n wait for the multi coloured lines to roll down the sides of the screen... does anyone remember the horrible loading noise you used to get? lol

[MenaceInc]

insert floppy n wait for the multi coloured lines to roll down the sides of the screen... does anyone remember the horrible loading noise you used to get? lol

hehe,old skool 90's dailup :P
THAT was annoying...

[Cheezeball99]

hehe,old skool 90's dailup :P
THAT was annoying...

HEY! I had that until January of '07! I actually had it set to that would play through my actual PC speakers, I'd blare the sweet, sweet, dial-up noises!:laugh:

[NIGathan]

haha ya me too cheeze i just recently got DSL which is still pretty slow

[roe-ur-boat]

* roe-ur-boat puts his head in hands and crys

[NIGathan]

haha roe your tha only one who still has dial up

[nevster]

spectrum in action lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYryKa3CQTE&feature=related

[MenaceInc]

haha roe your tha only one who still has dial up

could be worse....i have no internet connection what so ever at my house.

i spend a lot of time at my gf's.lol.

[daveycockit]

reading all the posts above i realized how out of date i am. so i decided to upgrade.

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131232R

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKA1-GP Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119142

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115018

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118003

ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135156

XFX PVT94PYDF4 GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150277

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231122


:-)

[Acerthief]

reading all the posts above i realized how out of date i am. so i decided to upgrade.

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131232R

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKA1-GP Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119142

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115018

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118003

ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135156

XFX PVT94PYDF4 GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150277

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231122


:-)

Not bad. I'm havin a upgrade myself in May/June hopefully.

[FearEvil19]

reading all the posts above i realized how out of date i am. so i decided to upgrade.

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131232R

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKA1-GP Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119142

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115018

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118003

ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135156

XFX PVT94PYDF4 GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150277

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231122


:-)


Pleaseeeee, buy me that video card, pleaseeee (j/k)

Crap, I'm so god damn por. :'(

[d1ddy]

reading all the posts above i realized how out of date i am. so i decided to upgrade.

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131232R

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKA1-GP Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119142

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115018

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118003

ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135156

XFX PVT94PYDF4 GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150277

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231122


:-)

That's going to be a nice computer :w00t:

[XsavioR]

Main rig:

AMD 6800+ core 2 duo
4 GB 800 mghz ultra fast mem
terabit sata 10,000 rpm drive
Sony multi burner cd\dvd
Audigy 4 Soundblaster with spdif in and out
gigabit lan
top of the line video card , honestly i forget the model. 500 mb ddr3 memory


File server
AMD 4800
2 gig pc3200 mem
4 sata 250 gig drives
2 300 gig drives
gigabit lan

Backup machine
intel 2.4 ghz
2 gig ddr3200
300 gig ide
raydeon 9800

[Death_Pigeon]

Wahhhh Wahhhh
I am way to embarrassed to post my specs now. How much money have you guys invested?

[d1ddy]

How much money have you guys invested?

enough to give up my one year bang bros. account :blushing:

[MenaceInc]

mine cost me about £75 in total :)
hehe

[x3sphere]

Wahhhh Wahhhh
I am way to embarrassed to post my specs now. How much money have you guys invested?

I only spent around $700.

[FrozenIpaq]

1000$ - Bluray, 3gb Ram, 2.4 Quad Core Q6600, Nvidia 8800GT 512mb, 500gb HDD :p

[FearEvil19]

1300 €
I bought mine on 2004, that's why it was so expensive :p

[Acerthief]

Okay I'm planning to get a computer soon
These are specs I know I'm having.

Intel Core2 Quad
500GB HDD
4GB DDR2 RAM
DVD+-RW *2
ViewSonic 19" *2 (Yes I'm going for Dual Monitor)

Still looking for a nice Gfx card, something that can play bioshock, crysis, etc, smoothly. I have had enough with the onboard one. Any ideas people? oh Yes and it has to be dual monitor compatible.

[MenaceInc]

Okay I'm planning to get a computer soon
These are specs I know I'm having.

Intel Core2 Quad
500GB HDD
4GB DDR2 RAM
DVD+-RW *2
ViewSonic 19" *2 (Yes I'm going for Dual Monitor)

Still looking for a nice Gfx card, something that can play bioshock, crysis, etc, smoothly. I have had enough with the onboard one. Any ideas people? oh Yes and it has to be dual monitor compatible.


i wouldn't worry about the card having dual outputs since pretty much all cards now come with that.


if you're looking for something to handle crysis and moneys no problem then a 8800 ultra would be a good bet from what i can remember. i think there was a new 9 series released recently by nvidia but i haven't seen any benchmarks or reviews for any of them yet.

EDIT: just took a wee look on tomshardware.com and tbh,the higher end nvidia 9800 GX2 or GTX isn't worth the money it seems.ah well

[x3sphere]

The 9600GT will handle all those games at high and retails for around $169.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/21/nvidia_geforce_9600_gt/page12.html

The 8800GT is a bit better (10FPS difference usually) but will cost around $200.

[daveycockit]

instead of getting a dual screen you should just invest in getting a bigger monitor. I had dual for awhile and it wasn't anything great. Which is why i just got a 22" wide screen ( wish i had gotten a 24 in widescreen ) .

[FrozenIpaq]

instead of getting a dual screen you should just invest in getting a bigger monitor. I had dual for awhile and it wasn't anything great. Which is why i just got a 22" wide screen ( wish i had gotten a 24 in widescreen ) .

I think dual monitors on the way to go personally, you can always use the second monitor for something else (gaming consoles). Also dual monitors probably serves his purposes better

[MenaceInc]

i would go duel monitor too.
more flexible than just one large monitor and cheaper too.
and using it as an alternate screen is good too since you could have it hooked up to a 360/whatever (i know that was mentioned before).

[Darkchild]

I'm using dual monitor at home, usefull as heck! :D

my pc? meh...around... dunno 700€?

[Acerthief]

Yup, I get what you mean daveycockit.
I WAS going to get a 24" widescreen myself, but now i'm currently using a ViewSonic 19" that's only a few months old.

Basically what I'm aiming for is coding wholescreen on one monitor while i can do other stuff on the other window.

[daveycockit]

having a dual monitor is definitely useful when you are coding and testing at the same time. I myself never really used the 2nd monitor all that much.. but then again at the time they were 2 different sizes so it was annoying.

Scratch that... get a projector!

[Darkchild]

LOL projectors are expensive, especially when the bulb dies >_>

[Acerthief]

My dad's getting a projector (I think) cause our TV is getting outta date.

Maybe i could hook it up onto my computer. XD

[Darkchild]

yeah, projectors have S/Video, RCA/Scart, VGA, Maybe DVI (not sure)

all of those can be used from a computer nowadays so.. :D

Still...the bulb thing is a problem =/

[Acerthief]

yeah, projectors have S/Video, RCA/Scart, VGA, Maybe DVI (not sure)

all of those can be used from a computer nowadays so.. :D

Still...the bulb thing is a problem =/

Yeah, I was in class the other day and the bulb exploded (Yes, EXPLODED). The replacement was about 140 USD. Crazy, and the bulb pieces actually flew out. :-o

[daveycockit]

140$ for a bulb is pretty cheap. HD bulbs go anywhere from $300-$700. Which to me isn't worth it.

[Acerthief]

140$ for a bulb is pretty cheap. HD bulbs go anywhere from $300-$700. Which to me isn't worth it.

I get your point, (The school is paying for the bulb anyways XD)
Imma still have dual monitor. :D

[Darkchild]

yeah, dual monitor is cheaper xD

[BlacK_AleX]

Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 3.2 Ghz
2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD's
2 x OCZ 2GB DDR2 1033mhz RAM
BFG GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB OCX edition
24" Samsung flatpanel LCD
Vista Ultimate x64 Sp1

[Darkchild]

Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 3.2 Ghz
2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD's
2 x OCZ 2GB DDR2 1033mhz RAM
BFG GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB OCX edition
24" Samsung flatpanel LCD
Vista Ultimate x64 Sp1

You're sick you know that? xD

Looks like KrazyKing has some competition o.o

[Acerthief]

Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 3.2 Ghz
2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD's
2 x OCZ 2GB DDR2 1033mhz RAM
BFG GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB OCX edition
24" Samsung flatpanel LCD
Vista Ultimate x64 Sp1

*Drooling all over the keyboard*

[d1ddy]

Whatever , whenever I mooch money from my parents for my apartment ill just upgrade my pc :p

[Darkchild]

can I have your old parts? =P

[MenaceInc]

haha,i'm just waiting to i get my internet sorted then my wages will be going to a new setup :D

should have the phone debt paid off this friday though then after that,just have to apply for a new phone line :)


wouldn't go for a 9xxx series card though,apparently theres not that much a difference in them and the 8xxx series.

although definately not going ATI again though after all the HD cards...

[stevo111]

2.93GHz single core w/ hyperthreading
1gb DDR2 ram (soon to be 2 1/2gb if thats possible)
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB (NEW)
80gb Hard Drive (dont need that much for what i do D:)

[B2K24]

Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
CPU Alias Conroe
CPU Stepping B2
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6420 @ 2.13GHz
CPUID Revision 000006F6h
Core Voltage 1.350 V

CPU Speed
CPU Clock 3200.0 MHz (original: 2133 MHz, overclock: 50%)
CPU Multiplier 8.0x
CPU FSB 400.0 MHz (original: 266 MHz, overclock: 50%)
Memory Bus 400.0 MHz
DRAM:FSB Ratio 1:1

CPU Cache
L1 Code Cache 32 KB per core
L1 Data Cache 32 KB per core
L2 Cache 4 MB (On-Die, ASC, Full-Speed)

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 64-1221-000001-00101111-110107-Intel-BW$A0483035_BIOS DATE: 11/01/07 18:29:15 VER: 08.00.12
Motherboard Name Asus P5B Deluxe (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset Intel Broadwater P965
Memory Timings 4-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Command Rate (CR) 2T
DIMM1: Crucial Tech. 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)
DIMM2: G Skill F2-6400PHU1-1GBHZ 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM3: Crucial Tech. 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)
DIMM4: G Skill F2-6400PHU1-1GBHZ 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)

BIOS Properties
System BIOS Date 11/01/07
Video BIOS Date 10/05/06
DMI BIOS Version 1221

Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter EVGA e-GeForce 7950 GT
GPU Code Name G71GT (PCI Express 1.0 x16 10DE / 0295, Rev A1)
GPU Clock (Geometric Domain) 570 MHz (original: 620 MHz)
GPU Clock (Shader Domain) 549 MHz (original: 600 MHz)
GPU Clock (ROP Domain) 549 MHz (original: 600 MHz)
Memory Clock 702 MHz (original: 725 MHz)

[Kuro]

I'm ashamed of my machine ;_________;

Works though, so whatever :P

(Single Core processor T_T)
Intel P4 2.4Ghz
768MB RAM DDR(1)
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB
19" LCD Screen
140GB Internal HD, 500GB External HD

xD

[bwalker]

How bout this

Q6600 @ 3.2 Ghz
4gb ddr2 1000mhz
2x HD4870 CF
DFI Lanparty Dark X48
2x80gb 7200rpm sata drives in raid 0
500gb storage drive
22" sceptre monitor
tuniq 120 cooler
creative xtreme music sound card

[Acerthief]

I'm pretty sure I'm having this in July (hopefully XDXD):

Intel Core2 Quad Extreme @3.2Ghz (can it get this high?)
8gb DDR2 (cheap as dirt here)
640GB SATA drive at *maybe* 12000rpm (or 10000 I totally can't remember)
Some crazy mobo I guess
nVidia 9800GTX muHAHAHAHAHAH
19" ViewSonic Widescreen*2 (Dual-Monitor BABY)
Some xtreme sound card. Dunno where to start. Any advice?
Logitech Extreme Gamer Keyboard Set (+Mouse)
Liquid cool I suppose.

I have... around 60000NTD (1USD:32NTD, you do the math) to build it. Pretty much enough for everything. LOL.
Anyways.....


Haven't seen you in a while bwalker!

[bwalker]

I'm pretty sure I'm having this in July (hopefully XDXD):

Intel Core2 Quad Extreme @3.2Ghz (can it get this high?)
8gb DDR2 (cheap as dirt here)
640GB SATA drive at *maybe* 12000rpm (or 10000 I totally can't remember)
Some crazy mobo I guess
nVidia 9800GTX muHAHAHAHAHAH
19" ViewSonic Widescreen*2 (Dual-Monitor BABY)
Some xtreme sound card. Dunno where to start. Any advice?
Logitech Extreme Gamer Keyboard Set (+Mouse)
Liquid cool I suppose.

I have... around 60000NTD (1USD:32NTD, you do the math) to build it. Pretty much enough for everything. LOL.
Anyways.....


Haven't seen you in a while bwalker!

Hey unless you plan on doing some crazy overclocking dont get the qx series cpu's waste of money. You could hit almost 4.? with it if you wanted but if you dont plan on pushing it its a waste a q6600 or 6700 will get you to 3.2 easy and probably further i can get mine to 3.6 on air. Also do not get the 9800gtx thats only a mid ranged card right now. I would reccomend either a hd 4870crossfire or a gtx280(although not worth the price in my opinion). Also the 4870x2 comes out soon which may very well be faster then the gtx280 and cheaper. And get dual 22" the resolution increase will make you very happy :)

[BlacK_AleX]

Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 @ 3.6 Ghz(overclocked)
2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD's
2 x Corsair 2GB DDR2 1066mhz RAM
ATI HIS HD4870 512mb
24" Samsung flatpanel LCD
Vista Ultimate x64 Sp1
Thernaltake Armpr + VA8000

[Acerthief]

Hey unless you plan on doing some crazy overclocking dont get the qx series cpu's waste of money. You could hit almost 4.? with it if you wanted but if you dont plan on pushing it its a waste a q6600 or 6700 will get you to 3.2 easy and probably further i can get mine to 3.6 on air. Also do not get the 9800gtx thats only a mid ranged card right now. I would reccomend either a hd 4870crossfire or a gtx280(although not worth the price in my opinion). Also the 4870x2 comes out soon which may very well be faster then the gtx280 and cheaper. And get dual 22" the resolution increase will make you very happy :)


My dad has to edit his films and works on my computer, so I'll need to overclock it maybe near 4.0Ghz. Cooling system is not a problem, cause I got the $$ lol (Which means no trip to Canada WTF).
And I'm curious whether Ati gfx cards works with intel cpus better or AMD. (Intel fan here).
I guess I'll check out gtx280 when I get the time to do so lol.

EXAMS OVER MUAAHAHAHAHAA

[bwalker]

My dad has to edit his films and works on my computer, so I'll need to overclock it maybe near 4.0Ghz. Cooling system is not a problem, cause I got the $$ lol (Which means no trip to Canada WTF).
And I'm curious whether Ati gfx cards works with intel cpus better or AMD. (Intel fan here).
I guess I'll check out gtx280 when I get the time to do so lol.

EXAMS OVER MUAAHAHAHAHAA

A q6600 at stock would be plenty of power to edit films and graphics. As far as video cards and card works with any company and if you want to stay intel and go multi gpu ati is your only choice. However at is the best bang for you buck witht he 4850 and 4870. Get the q9450 hit 3.2-4ghz with it (depends on chip) save a shit load of money. It really is unnecesary. The 2.4 q6600 would outperform any dual core regardless of speed with video editiing since the good programs are multi threaded and will use all for cores.

i dont know if the is against terms and if it is delete it.

Try going here and asking for help picking your parts. There are a lot of people on there that do that video editing stuff for a living and they know more about ocmputers than i could ever hope. Everything i learned i learned from there (well a alot). Its called overclock.net

[Acerthief]

A q6600 at stock would be plenty of power to edit films and graphics. As far as video cards and card works with any company and if you want to stay intel and go multi gpu ati is your only choice. However at is the best bang for you buck witht he 4850 and 4870. Get the q9450 hit 3.2-4ghz with it (depends on chip) save a shit load of money. It really is unnecesary. The 2.4 q6600 would outperform any dual core regardless of speed with video editiing since the good programs are multi threaded and will use all for cores.

i dont know if the is against terms and if it is delete it.

Try going here and asking for help picking your parts. There are a lot of people on there that do that video editing stuff for a living and they know more about ocmputers than i could ever hope. Everything i learned i learned from there (well a alot). Its called overclock.net

Okay man thanks for helping.
So I guess you suggest q6600 or q9450? (Sorry my bad, english getting worse and had a tired day looool)

[B2K24]

If you have a high performance overclockers MOBO then get the q6600.
You can easily be sailing at 3.2 Ghz with practically no effort at all.

[bwalker]

get the q9450 it has bigger cache and it runs cooler and on less volts. It is also a tad faster clock for clock. It will hit 3.2 easy with a good air cooler.

[B2K24]

get the q9450 it has bigger cache and it runs cooler and on less volts. It is also a tad faster clock for clock. It will hit 3.2 easy with a good air cooler.

It's also $130 more expensive over the q6600 according to the egg and most wouldn't know the difference.

[Acerthief]

LOL two people with two different choices XD
well i'll leave you two to fight.
I think I have some extra hard cold cash for a q9450 though.

Another thing is the motherboard. Now I have 0% knowledge on that (been on the overclock.net flipping through threads for an entire afternoon, no hope XD)
What should I pay attention on when I'm choosing the motherboard?

EDIT:
Okay final decision:
Intel Core2 Quad q9450 overclock it up to 3.2Ghz~4.0Ghz hopefully
nVidia GTX 280
Kingston DDR2 RAM 4GB
Seagate SATA 2*640GB HDD
Gastby EXtreme sticky hairgel LOL
ViewSonic 19" Dual monitor

That's about it.

[B2K24]

overclock.net is a good site but I prefer http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/index.php

As far as mobo it seems by your selection in hardware, you have alot of money to throw at this build, so I suggest the
ASUS MAXIMUS EXTREME LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
But for this board you will need DDR3 RAM
If you wanna stick with DDR2 then I suggest
ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard

Anyway for good info check out extremesystems.org

have fun with the build thats the most important part.

[Acerthief]

Aite went to the computer store and checked it out my spec.
Too fcking expensive.
Did another round of research and came out with this one:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Transcand DDR2 1066 RAM 4GB
Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 Mobo
Ati 4870 512mb


hopefully I'll cut down a lotta money. But I dunno. I'm over with the overclocking thing. (Well acutally my dad forbid me to do so, so yeh).

[Darkchild]

@acerthief: don't buy that ATI, my dad bought it and it made the PC Restart with every 3D game!

anyways, got me an Asus EN9600GT now :)

current specs:
Intel Dual Core 3.4 (Oc'd to 3.6)
Asus EN9600GT (Oc'd from 600 to 787 and memory to 1032Mhz)
71557156
Asrock Motherboard MiniATX (Don't remember which)
2x1GB RAM Kingston Dual Channeled
120GB Sata2 HD @ 7500RPM

I can now play games like cod4 and MOHA all details at max (1280x1024 @ 60+Fps)

:D

[bwalker]

While the 9600gt is a solid card i would not reccomend it. It handles those resolutions quite nicely but it wont handle 1680x1050 to well. So pretty much you need to pick a card based on what you will be playing and at what resolution. Up to 1680x1050 i would reccomend a 4850 as it kills what nvidia has in that price range now. For higher resolutions or even 1680x1050 the 4870 is the best bang for the buck. The nvidia cards are still in an akward price point. They are still more expensive then ati but dont offer enough of a performance gain for the money. The 4850 is hands down the best value right now by far.

I am not saying ati is better just that their cards a priced better for the performance. Unless your looking for the absolute best or currently have a sli motherboard i could not in good faith reccomend paying more when it is unneeded.

Also @Darkchild one bad card does not mean the whole series is bad. The cards especially the 4870 is a monster for its price. I have 2 of them (why i dont know my cpu bottlenecks them at 3.6Ghz) and not one problem.

[Darkchild]

@bwalker: So far I've had problems with all cards.

Radeon 9600 Pro: VPU Recover all the time
the 4870 restart thing with my dad...

I dunno... xD I don't trust ati now xD

Nvidia never gave me any problems, not even on linux :P

[x3sphere]

don't buy that ATI, my dad bought it and it made the PC Restart with every 3D game!
That actually sounds like a power issue. The 4870 is power hungry and the PSU your dad has maybe wasn't up to par. By comparison the 9600GT uses MUCH less power, but it is also weaker -- as bwalker said, it's not a card for 1680x1050 gaming. For 1280x1024 it's perfect though.

I know someone that designs GPUs at ATI and he says they've been really happy with how the 4xxx series turned out. So I'm planning on getting the 4850 soon. Would go for the 4870 but it will definitely bottleneck my CPU.

[bwalker]

That actually sounds like a power issue. The 4870 is power hungry and the PSU your dad has maybe wasn't up to par. By comparison the 9600GT uses MUCH less power, but it is also weaker -- as bwalker said, it's not a card for 1680x1050 gaming. For 1280x1024 it's perfect though.

I know someone that designs GPUs at ATI and he says they've been really happy with how the 4xxx series turned out. So I'm planning on getting the 4850 soon. Would go for the 4870 but it will definitely bottleneck my CPU.

I'm going to assume you mean your cpu will bottleneck the card lol. You will love the 4850 just make sure you do the fan speed fix otherwise the temps get really high becuase auto fanspeed doesnt work. I can tell you how to do it when/if you get the card.

[x3sphere]

I'm going to assume you mean your cpu will bottleneck the card lol. You will love the 4850 just make sure you do the fan speed fix otherwise the temps get really high becuase auto fanspeed doesnt work. I can tell you how to do it when/if you get the card.

Yeah, that's what I meant :P Only have an X2 5000+ here.

[bwalker]

still plenty for todays games that coupled witha 4850 you would be able to play any game fine most on max at1680x1050 except of course crysis which no card can max yet.

[BlacK_AleX]

@bwalker: So far I've had problems with all cards.

Radeon 9600 Pro: VPU Recover all the time
the 4870 restart thing with my dad...

I dunno... xD I don't trust ati now xD

Nvidia never gave me any problems, not even on linux :P

i've had my 4870 for 2 months now and i've never had any problems but yeh you'll need to apply the fan fix otherwise ure temps really go through the roof( i had mine idling on 75)

[Darkchild]

idling at 75?!?!

No thank you!

My dearest 9600 GT from asus idles at 30!