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Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back in 1998, quite comical now when I see it, and funny to think I thought my p-2 266 was the ultimate :p Anyway just wondering what peoples current system specs are, how they perform in the games they play, and also, future upgrade plans? Pretty much just interested in the main parts of the PC, no one cares much what mouse / kb / floppies you got I think... Anyway my current: Mobo: ASUS AV8 Deluxe RAM: 1gb Crucial pc2700 (2x512mb) HDD: WD 80gb VGA: gainward 7800GS Display: 21inch CRT Sound: Onboard This was an upgrade from xp2100, gf5900, a7v8x, seems to run pretty much anything I throw at it very well, and although its still an AGP system (possibly shot myself in the foot there but there were reasons), it still has about 2 years left in it I think. I don't plan to upgrade very soon, in fact, I may not bother as no new games are really grabbing me, even WoW which seems to have gripped the world is kind of dull, maybe it just lacks substance after playing everquest for three years plus. But if I was planning an upgrade it would likely be a core / quad cpu, pci-e, 2gb ram, 2x80gb high speed raid0 HDD and a single large HDD, I'll replace this monitor when it dies... Oh yes, I am bored :p ~Liefrrr > Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back in > 1998, quite comical now when I see it, and funny to think I thought my p-2 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Pretty much just interested in the main parts of the PC, no one cares much > what mouse / kb / floppies you got I think... Though your CPU might be useful... ;-) > Anyway my current: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Display: 21inch CRT > Sound: Onboard Currently using: Arock Conroe945G (cheap but decent board) Core 2 Duo E6600 2GB of DDR2 mem 320GB Sata2 HD 7900GT 22" widescreen Samsung 226BW Audigy2 XP Pro (added cos it'd be interesting to see if anyone has moved to Vista) Runs everything great and won't be upgraded until I really, really, really find a DX10 game that I must have. Then I'll look at DX10 cards and Vista > Though your CPU might be useful... ;-) LOL! Was looking at it thinking...something is missing... AMD3800+ :P Lief: about how much would it cost to buy the components of your system (to assemble them myself)? and about how much would your dream upgrade cost? Thanks. Scott in Austin MN >> Though your CPU might be useful... ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > AMD3800+ :P > Lief: about how much would it cost to buy the components of your system > (to assemble them myself)? OK here goes for my current system. I'll use pretty much one site only, so price may vary. CPU: AMD3800+ £40 Mobo: ASUS AV8 Deluxe £30 RAM: 1gb Crucial pc2700 (2x512mb) £100 HDD: WD 80gb £40 VGA: gainward 7800GS £180 Display: 21inch CRT £300 Of course, you could get better memory for the same price, a large HDD for not much more, the VGA card is the best AGP card out, so it's probably better to go for a pcie mobo. And dont buy a CRT :P and about how much would your dream upgrade > cost? Dream upgrade? Well that would be in the thousands. Depends on how sensible the dream was I guess. >> Lief: about how much would it cost to buy the components of your system >> (to assemble them myself)? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > not much more, the VGA card is the best AGP card out, so it's probably > better to go for a pcie mobo. And dont buy a CRT :P 21" CRT £300? Get a refurbed Dell. Paid £85 for mine (should be much cheaper now) and it I had it for two trouble-free years then I gave it my daughter. No sign of it quitting yet... Agreed though - todays LCD's are great. A 21" Dell CRT is only more useful if you have no other heating in the house. > 21" CRT £300? Get a refurbed Dell. Paid £85 for mine (should be much > cheaper now) and it I had it for two trouble-free years then I gave it > my daughter. No sign of it quitting yet... Wasn't much choice on the site, personally dont think its worth buying a CRT now anyway. Got my dell 21inch crt for nowt after my 17inch died....would of gone for 19inch LCD if I didnt have this. > Agreed though - todays LCD's are great. A 21" Dell CRT is only more > useful if you have no other heating in the house. My computer room can get cold :p >Anyway just wondering what peoples current system specs are, how they >perform in the games they play, and also, future upgrade plans? Would like to upgrade, but can't afford to. May wait 6 months to a year for Vista and its drivers to stabilise before going multicore, DX10 and Widescreen LCD. My 360 and Wii gets used a lot more for gaming than my PC these days, and there aren't any games on the PC that are compelling enough for my tastes to warrant an upgrade. My current gaming PC is struggling these days on high end games: Mobo: Asus A78N Deluxe CPU: AMD XP2800+ RAM: 2GB Crucial PC3200 GPU: NVidia 6800GS 256MB Sound: Onboard Soundstorm  SignatureAndrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. <snip> > Anyway just wondering what peoples current system specs are, how they > perform in the games they play, and also, future upgrade plans? I've not upgraded in a while. I was astonished to find I didn't require an upgrade for Stalker. I want Spore, it's the only game on my radar at the minute although I'd like to take a look at Conan. If Spore requires an upgrade then I'll make it so. Other than that my PC is a Pro Evo computer with Stalker in mind too. > Pretty much just interested in the main parts of the PC, no one cares much > what mouse / kb / floppies you got I think... Don't bve dissin the floppy mofo! > Anyway my current: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Display: 21inch CRT > Sound: Onboard CPU: Amd XP 2700 (2.2gb) RAM: DDR 2700 (333FSB) 1.5gb HDD: 35gb + 60gb VGA: Geforce 6200 Display: 19" CRT Sound: Onboard <snip> > I don't plan to upgrade very soon, in fact, I may not bother as no new games > are really grabbing me, even WoW which seems to have gripped the world is > kind of dull, maybe it just lacks substance after playing everquest for > three years plus. I think WoW is a good MMO and I've tried it a few times but I keep hitting the stumble block of grinding. I just can stand grinding. The best quote was my flatmate "You just don't like to do the work, do you?" "Dude!?! - it's a game!" <snip> > Oh yes, I am bored :p Me too, but you could have started a more interesting thread than this :) > I think WoW is a good MMO and I've tried it a few times but I keep > hitting the stumble block of grinding. I just can stand grinding. The > best quote was my flatmate > > "You just don't like to do the work, do you?" > "Dude!?! - it's a game!" Prolly gonna try lotr online when its released, looks ok. > > I think WoW is a good MMO and I've tried it a few times but I keep > > hitting the stumble block of grinding. I just can stand grinding. The [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Prolly gonna try lotr online when its released, looks ok. Yeah, I may take a peek at that too. > Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back in > 1998, quite comical now when I see it, and funny to think I thought my p-2 [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Display: 21inch CRT > Sound: Onboard Current specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 ASRock 775DUAL-VSTA 1gb Kingston pc3200 (2*512mb) 40gb + 120gb pata Geforce 4mx 4000 (cry) Samsung 19" TFT Soundblaster live My 6600gt packed up last week, so i am looking to upgrade soonish. New g/c i'm looking at is this http://tinyurl.com/yt4om4 dx10 ready and around my kinda budget. I'm also going to get a new psu, as my current 450w struggles these days, this 580w should be ample: http://tinyurl.com/2arrzx Oh and also another gig of ram could come in handy. :) Mine just about holds water for games and does the desktop stuff very nicely :) AMD Athlon64 3500+ on Abit AN8, nForce 4 2GB decent RAM Samsung Syncmaster 17" TFT on ATI X800 120GB Windows Disk, 120GB Fedora Core 6 disk, 320GB shared FAT disk Videologic ZXR-500s on a TurtleBeach Santa Cruz soundcard Faithful old-skool MS clunky keyboard and MX700 mouse (on the contrary Lief, peripherals are the most important bit, you use them the most!) Big-old Chieftec Case, made in Texas no less :) I'd love to pop a dual core processor in there but sadly AMD changed the socket format on me :( Need more FAT space too... Civilian_Target > Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back in > 1998, quite comical now when I see it, and funny to think I thought my p-2 [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > ~Liefrrr > Faithful old-skool MS clunky keyboard and MX700 mouse (on the contrary > Lief, peripherals are the most important bit, you use them the most!) > Big-old Chieftec Case, made in Texas no less :) You use them no more or less than the rest of the PC :P Think about it.... Logitech k/b, G5 laser mouse, no wireless for me, just dont trust it in any way shape or form :p >Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back in >1998, quite comical now when I see it, and funny to think I thought my p-2 [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >~Liefrrr Current spec: CPU: Athlon 64 3400+ Mobo: Elitegroup 755-a2 HDD: 200gigIDE (Had a 200gig SATA and 160gig SATA die within a week last month, grrrr) Memory: 2x512 meg Samsung sticks GFX: Nvidia 6600GT Display: 19" CRT Sound: can't remember, probably either a SB Audigy or a Live, I somehow seem to have ended up with about 5 different sound cards... OS: XP Home Upgrades: Happy with my CPU, mobo, memory & display. I would like more HDD space but there are more important concerns. GFX: so far very little of what I play stresses it despite being 2 years old, I would like to upgrade but since my system is AGP based the move to PCIe will be a rather prohibitive one - I may well buy an off the shelf system if and when. I am playing 90% of games on my 360 now, so I have no intention to upgrade unless I have a hardware failure, after all this system is just a little over-specced for web browsing! <G> > Anyway just wondering what peoples current system specs are, how they > perform in the games they play, and also, future upgrade plans? Current specs in this house (three PC's) MSI K8N-NEO4-FI, nForce4, S939 MSI RX1950XT-VT2D256E, PCI-E, 256MB AMD Athlon64 4000+ SeaSonic S12 PSU, 500Watt Seagate 7200.10 250GB, 16MB, SATAII (+various disks) Kingston DDR400, 1024 MB, CAS 3 (dual) (17" CRT's) Stalker runs very well, Dark Messiah crashes to the desktop > Oh yes, I am bored :p On vacation this week - and I am not bored :) Btw Sapphire has made an X1950Pro card for AGP if interested ... - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! > Btw Sapphire has made an X1950Pro card for AGP if interested ... Is it much of a jump of a 7800GS? Just spent almost £200 on this card, so unless its a dramatic boost it probably isn't worth buying it and staying stuck with AGP. I have the dosh to build a big pc, but really I should spend it on better things...oh to be more exact, my missus wants to spend it on better things, apparently we dont have enough cushions...(I can still get in the front room...) > Is it much of a jump of a 7800GS? ~ 12% http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx=33&model1=584&model2=607&chart=210 > Just spent almost £200 on this card, so unless its a dramatic > boost it probably isn't worth buying it and staying stuck > with AGP. Probably not :) > I have the dosh to build a big pc, but really I should spend it on > better things...oh to be more exact, my missus wants to spend it on > better things, apparently we dont have enough cushions...(I can still > get in the front room...) Hmm I have been ordered to get a new chair for my wifes working place, so - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! > Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back > in [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > ~Liefrrr My current, and it's over a year old now: AMD A64 X2 4800+ Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI mobo 2x1gig PC3200 in dual channel 2x eVGA 7800GTX 256meg in SLI 2x Samsung Syncmaster 204B 20.1" LCD monitors in DualView 3 ATA 133 160g hd's (1 wd and 2 seagate) onboard 8 channel sound XP Pro x64 and x32 dual boot The only games I have that really need the performance boost of SLI are FEAR and Far Cry. HL2 runs great in 64 bit mode, single display acceleration, 1600x1200 all the goodies on and high. If you get a new rig, skip the 2 gigs ram and get 4 gigs if possible. If you get an Extreme6700 Quad core, *DO* get a 64 bit OS to run on it so you can use the full 4 gigs and have an even smoother gameplay with those that run 64 bit mode. McG. > onboard 8 channel sound People seem to be abandoning the concept of "sound cards" now en masse. I'm quite aware that (RAM aside) I have one of the lowest specs mentioned here, but only one other has said they have a real sound card. No on board sound I've used (including nForce 4 sound on this board) has really come close to my soundcard, the connectors are usually crap to start with. Granted, at the moment I'm probably not plugged into good enough speakers to notice any real difference in sound quality from the two cards, but I find it amazing that people are willing to shed in excess of €400 on graphics without investing in decent sound! Civilian_Target >> onboard 8 channel sound > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Civilian_Target Personally I not sure I would be able to tell the difference as my preferred sound option for in game sound in a pair of headphones. I've yet to be convinced that the outlay on a separate sound card is worth the money. >> onboard 8 channel sound > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > two cards, but I find it amazing that people are willing to shed in > excess of €400 on graphics without investing in decent sound! There's also the matter of limited space inside your case, or on the mainboard. Most people prefer to leave at least a PCI slot gap between their graphics card and the next card along (In my case, I have 2 slots gap, because one slot is taken up by the enormous fan on my ATI X1800, and the other just to give it some breathing space) ... that leaves me with 3 other usable slots.. one of which is PCI-E only.. essentially 2 usable PCI slots SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench >>> onboard 8 channel sound >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > other usable slots.. one of which is PCI-E only.. essentially 2 usable > PCI slots Something just dawned on me. The only cards I have in my computer are the pair of 7800GTX video cards. Everything else is onboard stuff :) McG. >People seem to be abandoning the concept of "sound cards" now en masse. >I'm quite aware that (RAM aside) I have one of the lowest specs [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >two cards, but I find it amazing that people are willing to shed in >excess of 400 on graphics without investing in decent sound! The Soundstorm on my NForce2 mobo's works great for my needs. In fact it is about the only part of my gaming system that doesn't need an upgrade, the sad part being that I will lose it when I do upgrade. SignatureAndrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. >> People seem to be abandoning the concept of "sound cards" now en masse. >> I'm quite aware that (RAM aside) I have one of the lowest specs [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > it is about the only part of my gaming system that doesn't need an > upgrade, the sad part being that I will lose it when I do upgrade. I did like the sound from my NF7-S (version 2) - I think that was the Soundstorm... >> onboard 8 channel sound > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > two cards, but I find it amazing that people are willing to shed in > excess of €400 on graphics without investing in decent sound! I listen to a lot of music, I watch a lot of films and I play a lot of games. On my mobo I have the ALC888 which is the 7.1ch Premium HD Audio (which sounds good if you say it fast). I used it for a month or so and then plugged the Audigy2 back in. I find the sound slightly better (I do have nice speakers) but most of all I like all the options that can be had through the software that was missing with the onboard. All a bit academic really - didn't they break the software for Creative cards in Vista? Or am I remembering wrong? If so it means that early next year my nice Audigy will be useless. > All a bit academic really - didn't they break the software for Creative > cards in Vista? Or am I remembering wrong? If so it means that early > next year my nice Audigy will be useless. Yeah, same the TBSC is ooold and not supported under Vista either. But XP's around for a few years yet I'd say! On the big system I have at home I can hear a clear difference between the output of the onboard nForce4 audio (7.1 something blah) and the TBSC, it's just a lot cleaner and clearer, and the EQ is rather nice too! Plus it supports A3D audio which is a nice bonus for Half-Life 1 mods :) Civilian_Target >> onboard 8 channel sound > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Civilian_Target Hearing my venerable old Altec-Lansing 45S speakers on this 8 channel sound chip is honestly better than with my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz or SB Live! Value cards. My hearing is not really that good after a lifetime of working in noisy places. I figure if it sounds good to me, it's *good* and that's that :-p Heh! McG. > I figure if it sounds good to me, it's *good* and that's > that :-p Heh! > McG. Absolutely, that's my philosophy too - lucky for you that sounding good is so affordable :p Civilian_Target >> I figure if it sounds good to me, it's *good* and that's that :-p >> Heh! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Civilian_Target Lucky? Mmmm... I can pick notes on my guitars I can't hear. The furthest key to the right on a piano I can't hear. Then at the low end, for some people I converse with, their voices 'cut out' so much I have to see them speak to know what they're saying. So I'm about 1/5 deaf. I hate getting old :-\ McG. > Lucky? Mmmm... I can pick notes on my guitars I can't hear. The > furthest key to the right on a piano I can't hear. Then at the low end, > for some people I converse with, their voices 'cut out' so much I have > to see them speak to know what they're saying. So I'm about 1/5 deaf. > I hate getting old :-\ > McG. That's wierd. Seen a Doc about it. Maybe it's fixable? >> Lucky? Mmmm... I can pick notes on my guitars I can't hear. The >> furthest key to the right on a piano I can't hear. Then at the low end, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > That's wierd. Seen a Doc about it. Maybe it's fixable? Eh? Whassat? ;) Yes I have, many times and no, it's not. It isn't quite a threshold shift, and there has been a tad of improvement since I've been off work 8 months now. Can't say the same about my knees, lumbar spine, feet and a few other odds n ends :) Like I said, I hate getting old... cause they can't make me young again :-\ McG. > Like I said, I hate getting old... cause they can't make me young again :-\ > > McG. Maybe you can get a connection that runs from the guitar to your head. So you can hear the vibrations in a beethoven sort of way. Sounds sbsurd but I'd be distraught if I couldn't hear myself playing, even as bad as it is :) >> Like I said, I hate getting old... cause they can't make me young again >> :-\ [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Sounds sbsurd but I'd be distraught if I couldn't hear myself playing, > even as bad as it is :) Oh I just stay off the high E at the body end of the fretboard :-D McG. > Oh I just stay off the high E at the body end of the fretboard :-D > McG. Peh! I went up to the 12th fret to play a Dylan song the other day. I got dizzy I was so out of my league :) >> Oh I just stay off the high E at the body end of the fretboard :-D >> McG. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I got dizzy I was so out of my league :) Nice to hear that you're not a budding whiddly-whiddly-whiddily-er. == Thad > Nice to hear that you're not a budding whiddly-whiddly-whiddily-er. Er? You might need to reword that. >> Nice to hear that you're not a budding whiddly-whiddly-whiddily-er. > > Er? > > You might need to reword that. You know, guys whose guitar playing sounds like angry bumblebees in a plastic bucket. Whiddly-whiddly-whiddly-weeeeeeeeee-waaaaaaaahhhhhh! \m/ Thad > You know, guys whose guitar playing sounds like angry bumblebees in a > plastic bucket. > Whiddly-whiddly-whiddly-weeeeeeeeee-waaaaaaaahhhhhh! Right, I think you mean like someone technically proficient with electric as opposed to a nice lovely rolling folk rhythm? Or am I miles away? >> You know, guys whose guitar playing sounds like angry bumblebees in a >> plastic bucket. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Or am I miles away? Electric? Heh! I prefer the acoustics for ease of use. Don't need electricity :) McG. > Electric? Heh! I prefer the acoustics for ease of use. Don't need > electricity :) > McG. Me too, I have a semi-acoustic so I can plug that motherfuc*er in when the need arises. >> Electric? Heh! I prefer the acoustics for ease of use. Don't need >> electricity :) >> McG. > > Me too, I have a semi-acoustic so I can plug that motherfuc*er in when the > need arises. I don't think my Yamaha would sound the same at all as an acoustic-electric :-\ DW7-12 McG. > I don't think my Yamaha would sound the same at all as an acoustic-electric > :-\ DW7-12 > McG. I Have a dreadnought too. Each to their own, the semi-acoustic sounds lovely too, it's just have quite the boom the dreadnought does when not amped. Lots of Cruzan dark rum and 3 packs of delicious Camel light 100s do the trick for me....... >>> Lucky? Mmmm... I can pick notes on my guitars I can't hear. The >>> furthest key to the right on a piano I can't hear. Then at the low end, [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >McG. > Lots of Cruzan dark rum and 3 packs of delicious Camel light 100s do > the trick for me....... Where you been hiding, ya cantankerous old goat? Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv stands, Patio sets, Dinning room furnitue etc... Just finished the garden and the flower beds.... Sure screwed up my retiremment plans... Had planned to hang it up and go fishing at 75 but with a 30 year mortgage I'll have to stick in there till I'm 100.... Should still give me 20 or 30 years of stalking the elusive trout.... :) >> Lots of Cruzan dark rum and 3 packs of delicious Camel light 100s do >> the trick for me....... > >Where you been hiding, ya cantankerous old goat? > Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house > with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mortgage I'll have to stick in there till I'm 100.... Should still > give me 20 or 30 years of stalking the elusive trout.... :) That sounds awesome, Jack. Congratulations! SignatureThad > Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house > with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mortgage I'll have to stick in there till I'm 100.... Should still > give me 20 or 30 years of stalking the elusive trout.... :) Sounds very nice indeed. I must try fishing one of these days, it's one of those things I just seemed to skip. The peacefulness of it appeals to me now when it wouldn't have a few years ago. Some lovely fishing spots in this part of the world too. > Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house > with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mortgage I'll have to stick in there till I'm 100.... Should still > give me 20 or 30 years of stalking the elusive trout.... :) Wait 'til they come near the surface and shoot the buggers - two hobbies for the price of one! > Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house > with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >>Where you been hiding, ya cantankerous old goat? Cool! Hey, wasn't that supposed to be part of the retirement package? McG. > Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house > with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv > stands, Patio sets, Dinning room furnitue etc... Just finished the > garden and the flower beds.... Sure screwed up my retiremment plans... > Had planned to hang it up and go fishing at 75 but with a 30 year > mortgage I'll have to stick in there till I'm 100.... Just wow. You moved out of the compound? Got a nice view? Where are you now, and what will you do without all the security? Ah, forget I asked.. just get bigger guns for each room :) Hope you and Lady Fodder are enjoying all the extra work... ___ Neil aka HighVis -- > Been busy Strider.... Lady Fodder and I just bought a 4 bedroom house > with a big pool and jacuzzi... Been assembling BBQ pits, Plasma Tv [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mortgage I'll have to stick in there till I'm 100.... Should still > give me 20 or 30 years of stalking the elusive trout.... :) 4 bedroom??? More kids or more wives on the way? Either way good luck. :-) SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Pinger Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com >> Lots of Cruzan dark rum and 3 packs of delicious Camel light 100s do >> the trick for me....... > > Where you been hiding, ya cantankerous old goat? Hopefully not in the ICU? :-\ McG. > Lots of Cruzan dark rum and 3 packs of delicious Camel light 100s do > the trick for me....... [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >>McG. Yaknow, I *LIKE* the Cruzan dark. The older the better! Thing is, me BP meds don't seem to care for alcohol at all. Sigh. I still have my Sport Menthol Light 100's... but about 1/3 as much as I used to. McG. > Was searching old posts and saw the system specs people were posting back > in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Anyway just wondering what peoples current system specs are, how they > perform in the games they play, and also, future upgrade plans? For play: CPU: Intel P4 3.2GHz HT 800MHz FSB Mobo: ASrock 774 dual VSTA (SATA+IDE & AGP+PCIe) RAM: 2gb Kingston pc5300 (2x1024mb) HDD: Gawd only knows 300GB I think, partitioned three ways VGA: ATI Radeon x1300pro Display: 21" + 15" CRTs Sound: Onboard I got the CPU by accident, and it was sitting on a shelf for a few months before I finally got around to doing something with it. I knew it needed a new mobo, so I got one that would support PCIe and SATA "futureproofing" Once I started building it, though, I thought it would be a shame to spoil an existing PC (I was going to cannibalise half its memory) and cause the new PC to be less than it's capable of, so I bought new memory for it. I figured I may as well go the whole hog and bought a PCIe card for it, too, rather than one of the three AGP cards I have in my spares drawer. I stopped short of SATA drives, though. The benefit over IDE isn't THAT huge, I understand IDE and I have several spare drives. I'll eventually go for SATA and a better graphics card, but the next purchase I'll be looking at realistically is a bigger, quieter PSU. I also need a new laptop for the missus - much better than the one I have now, but I may bung that in a separate thread... |
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