The "Rate My Computer" Thread

[HL2-4-Life]

Completed both rigs with the arrival of my new cards -
HTPC/2nd Rig :
AM2 X2 4200+ @2.4ghz/MSI K9N4 Ultra/2x 1GB Kingston VR DDR2 667/XFX 7950 GX2 520M/2x 120GB + 2x 250GB Seagate SATA HDDs/X-Fi ExtremeMusic/OCZ PS520W/SilverStone TJ03 - 32bit VISTA HP

Main rig :
C2D E6600 @2.84ghz/Asus P5W DH Deluxe/4x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800/2x PowerColor HD 2900XT CF mode/1x 74GB + 2x 150GB WD Raptor/X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS/SilverStone OP1000 PSU/Thermaltake Mozart TX case - 64bit VISTA HP

[skylinefreek]

Originally Posted by HL2-4-Life

Completed both rigs with the arrival of my new cards -
HTPC/2nd Rig :
AM2 X2 4200+ @2.4ghz/MSI K9N4 Ultra/2x 1GB Kingston VR DDR2 667/XFX 7950 GX2 520M/2x 120GB + 2x 250GB Seagate SATA HDDs/X-Fi ExtremeMusic/OCZ PS520W/SilverStone TJ03 - 32bit VISTA HP

Main rig :
C2D E6600 @2.84ghz/Asus P5W DH Deluxe/4x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800/2x PowerColor HD 2900XT CF mode/1x 74GB + 2x 150GB WD Raptor/X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS/SilverStone OP1000 PSU/Thermaltake Mozart TX case - 64bit VISTA HP

id say a 9.5/10 to the core 2 rig only cause the cpu could get higher

heres mine
E6600 cooled with scythe ninja rev.b with a silenx 72cfm fan
gigabyte ga-965p-ds3 rev 3.3
2x1gb corsair xms2 dual channel ddr2 800
x-fi sound card
Sapphire hd 2900xt
250gb WD sata hd
sunbeam transformer case
pcp&c silencer 610W 49A +12v single rail
windows vista ultimate 64-bit

[skylinefreek]

Originally Posted by Technex

6/10 Weak CPU, not bad gfx card though. Need PSU .

Edit your post and go to delete...

*nospecs worth mentioning (laptop) as of yet (maincomputer upgrade)*

his cpu's not weak, an amd athlon 3000+ is weak not the E6320

[Forward Area]

AMD Athlon FX60 skt 939
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB of OCZ RAM
320GB WD Caviar
BFG 7900GT
Thermaltake Armor
Nikao 520W PSU
zBoard MERC keyboard
Razer Diamonback mouse

My setup before, now I changed the video card for a BFG 8800GTS 320MB!

[Dustenza]

My PC is a year old...

AMD 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz socket 939 2x1MB L2 cache
MSI K8 Neo PCI-E mobo
2GB DDR400 XMS RAM
XFX Nvidia 7900GTX 512MB GDDR3 OC (upgrading to 8800GTX soon)
X-Fi Xtreme Music
600 watt Silverstone Modular PSU
250GB SATA2 HD
250GB SATA2 HD
500GB SATA2 HD
160GB External HD
LiteOn 16X DVD Dual-Layer Burner
NEC 16X DVD Dual-Layer Burner
Floppy (teehee)
Gigabyte 3D Aurora ATX Case (black)
Dell 2405 24" Widescreen LCD
Logitech Z680 5.1 500watt Speakers
Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse
Windows Vista Ultimate w/1GB Sandisk super-fetch drive
Windows XP Pro SP2 (dual-boot)

You suppose this PC will run Crysis maxed @ 1920x1200 no AA, 8X AF if I upgrade to a 8800GTX or Ultra?

[Dustenza]

Originally Posted by HL2-4-Life

Completed both rigs with the arrival of my new cards -
HTPC/2nd Rig :
AM2 X2 4200+ @2.4ghz/MSI K9N4 Ultra/2x 1GB Kingston VR DDR2 667/XFX 7950 GX2 520M/2x 120GB + 2x 250GB Seagate SATA HDDs/X-Fi ExtremeMusic/OCZ PS520W/SilverStone TJ03 - 32bit VISTA HP

Main rig :
C2D E6600 @2.84ghz/Asus P5W DH Deluxe/4x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800/2x PowerColor HD 2900XT CF mode/1x 74GB + 2x 150GB WD Raptor/X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS/SilverStone OP1000 PSU/Thermaltake Mozart TX case - 64bit VISTA HP

9/10 only 'cause a Q6600 would have been a 9.5/10 (10.0 is an Intel C2Q Q6700... or is the highest a Q6800 for quads?).

[µR¼]

Originally Posted by Forward Area

AMD Athlon FX60 skt 939
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB of OCZ RAM
320GB WD Caviar
BFG 7900GT
Thermaltake Armor
Nikao 520W PSU
zBoard MERC keyboard
Razer Diamonback mouse

have you OC'ed that CPU? how far have you gotten and what mulitiplier?

[Forward Area]

Originally Posted by µR¼

have you OC'ed that CPU? how far have you gotten and what mulitiplier?

2.9 because I didn't bother going farther. I left the multiplier as it was and I just boosted the FSB.

To be honest, I didn't had much time. One weekend soon i'm going to sit down and carefully overclock my cpu.

Been on this thread before at the start of the year with an AMD setup which didnt get a very good score. Its now beefed up a little but money is always a problem, so here we go again...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @1.86 clocked to 2.45 (Stock cooling for now)
ASUS P5N-E SLI
1.5 gig DDR2 PC 6400 Elixir ram clocked slightly to 825 mhz
PNY Geforce 7600GT clocked to 600/1420
2 x Samsung spn2154n HDD
Pioneer dvr 111-d
650 watt modular psu
Antec Nine Hundred Case (nice and cool)

Comments are welcome thanks for looking

budget gaming machine, $700


I'm building a new gaming machine to replace my P4 2.4 Ghz. I already have a monitor and OS (WinXP), so just need a box. My primary use is for work and to play CS:S I'll going to try to overclock the CPU and that's about it.

See any problems with this rig?

What it current consists of:

Rosewell ATX Mid Tower 450W - $50
Gigabyte 965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX mobo - $82
Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 256 MB - $200
C2D Conroe 1.86 Ghz - $166
GSkill 2GB 240 pin DDR 800 - $82
Western Digital 80GB Sata - $42
Sony DVD/CD - $30
Thermaltake 120mm CPU cooler - $45

[Radeon117X]

Just built:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4Ghz Stock (Testing for stability before I OC)
Asus P5N32-e SLi Plus Motherboard
2X1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800Mhz RAM 4-4-4-12
E-VGA 8800GTS 640MB
Seagate Barracuda 320GB HDD 16MB Cache SATA2
OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU
Samsung 18X Dual Layer DVD Burner SATA
Thermaltake Soprano Black ATX Case with Window
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G5 Gaming Laser Mouse
Logitech X-230 2.1 Speaker system
Samsung 205BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Windows Vista x64 Home Premium

With the exception of not being able to run my RAM in dual channel (most likely due to some drivers) I love my new computer!

Originally Posted by mozzarella

budget gaming machine, $700


I'm building a new gaming machine to replace my P4 2.4 Ghz. I already have a monitor and OS (WinXP), so just need a box. My primary use is for work and to play CS:S I'll going to try to overclock the CPU and that's about it.

See any problems with this rig?

What it current consists of:

Rosewell ATX Mid Tower 450W - $50
Gigabyte 965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX mobo - $82
Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 256 MB - $200
C2D Conroe 1.86 Ghz - $166
GSkill 2GB 240 pin DDR 800 - $82
Western Digital 80GB Sata - $42
Sony DVD/CD - $30
Thermaltake 120mm CPU cooler - $45

Valve said they aren't interested in writing code that will utilize more than one core until multi cores are common. Are you building this rig for mainly Valve games?

I have an AMD 4000/Asus A8N SLI Premium and have no plans of changing anytime soon because of Valve's position on dual core code. They said gamers will see the benefit with multi (quad and up) cores, so they're sticking to single core for now. I think some games are coming out that use both cores. Most software is still written for single core--so unless you're downloading bit torrents and gaming, et cetera, at the same time; one core will sit there 99 percent unused with most programs. There are quite a few popular games writing code for dual core though--just not Valve. How long do you plan on having this rig? I'd spring some extra cash and get at least a 2.4 GHz C2D but that's JMO. Good luck with the rig

[Rincewind1]

• AMD Athlon 4000+ 2.4 Ghz
  
• ASUS A8N-SLI
  
• nVidia 7800 GT 256 MB
  
• 1 GB RAM
  
• SAMSUNG HD160JJ 160 GB
  
• Windows XP Pro SP2
  

[pandaeater123]

Originally Posted by Rincewind1

• AMD Athlon 4000+ 2.4 Ghz
  
• ASUS A8N-SLI
  
• nVidia 7800 GT 256 MB
  
• 1 GB RAM
  
• SAMSUNG HD160JJ 160 GB
  
• Windows XP Pro SP2

Well, its not that bad, better than half the computers I've dealt with in the past year or so. Its not gonna run crysis in a very pretty manner, but for you everyday gaming and general screwing around, it'll get the job done pretty well. Your hard drive could be bigger, and for newer games more ram may help, but otherwise you have a fine rig.

6/10

and just so you know, 5 means average, 1 means WTF STOP USING A PENTIUM 1, and 10 is like, OMFG, YOU DONT NEED A NEW GRAPHICS CARD EVERY 3 SECONDS! YOUR 8800 IS GOOD ENOUGH.

[pandaeater123]

Originally Posted by Dustenza

My PC is a year old...

AMD 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz socket 939 2x1MB L2 cache
MSI K8 Neo PCI-E mobo
2GB DDR400 XMS RAM
XFX Nvidia 7900GTX 512MB GDDR3 OC (upgrading to 8800GTX soon)
X-Fi Xtreme Music
600 watt Silverstone Modular PSU
250GB SATA2 HD
250GB SATA2 HD
500GB SATA2 HD
160GB External HD
LiteOn 16X DVD Dual-Layer Burner
NEC 16X DVD Dual-Layer Burner
Floppy (teehee)
Gigabyte 3D Aurora ATX Case (black)
Dell 2405 24" Widescreen LCD
Logitech Z680 5.1 500watt Speakers
Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse
Windows Vista Ultimate w/1GB Sandisk super-fetch drive
Windows XP Pro SP2 (dual-boot)

You suppose this PC will run Crysis maxed @ 1920x1200 no AA, 8X AF if I upgrade to a 8800GTX or Ultra?

1: NO COMPUTER CAN DO THAT! LOOK AT HOW OBLIVIONS DEMOLISHING COMPUTERS TODAY! AND ITS 2 YEARS OLD!
2:Well, to even get close to that goal you have to get a new processor. Its not weak by any means, but a 6000+ would do much better against crysis.
if you wanna run high, another gig o ram is also gonna have to fly into your comp.
3: The ultra is a piece of ????. get the GTX and oc.