Looking at this stuff, it makes me laugh whenever some retard buys their stuff at a box store.

I put together almost all of my PC 4 years ago, and it still kills the shit out of most stuff. I have friends that bought computers for double what I paid, and it was struggling playing games on medium when it still had the new store smell on it.

Always build your own stuff, always.

 

For some really stupid reason, I bought a new computer.

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-750TX
Processor: Intel Core i7-950
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
RAM: Corsair XMS3 - 12GB

EDIT:

Video: EVGA Geforce GTX-460
Hard drives (4 x 500GB) and DVD burner (LG whatever) are going to be ripped from my old PC.

 

Sweet. Very similar to my computer, only better.

Graphics card?

 

Made a minor upgrade to my ~3 year old system.

Case: Antec 900
CPU: Q6600 @ 3.2ghz
Video Card: ATI 6870 HD [formerly 8800GT]
MB: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
RAM: 4GB generic DDR2-800
PSU: Antec TP3 650W [Retarded cable management done by me]

It's going to be quite costly upgrading to Sandy Bridge when the time comes for me.

 

Current:

Processor: Intel core 2 Duo, 2.13GHz
RAM: 2x1024Mb
OS: 32-bit Windows 7
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X1300/1550 Series (256Mb)
Sound Card: SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio

Hoping to upgrade to:

Processor: Intel i7 870, 2.93GHz
RAM: 4x2Gb
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 (1Gb)

in about 6 months (providing nothing changes too much in terms of what eprformance is offered by manufacturers)

I have a question, however: For graphics-heavy CAD/CAM (atm, using Solid Edge ST2. Will likely be using the latest AutoCAD next year) and gaming (using Mass Effect 2 as a marker) what would the optimum Processor-RAM-Graphics combination be?

Bear in mind that I only have a limited knowledge of putting computers together, and mostly rely on paternal knowledge (and he's been having a fair few issues with overclocking recently).

 

Seeing how far behind I am makes me :cry:.

CPU: Intel T9600 overclocked to 3.2ghz
Ram: Four GB DDR2
HDD: Internal 300 GB for game installation files, external 10 TB esata array hooked up to my network.
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 260m-stock clocks
Screen: 15.6 inch integrated, 32 inch LCDTV external.
OS: Windows 7 ultimate edition/Ubuntu dualboot

This is all on a laptop mind you. I actually just finished doing some repair work on it. Some how one of those windows 7 stickers got stuck in one of the vents, I couldn't figure out why the hell my GPU was at 107c. Opened everything up to find a half melted sticker.

 

It's okay.
I'm much worse:
CPU-Intel Core 2 Duo-2 GHZ, but its supposed to be equivalent to 2.8.
RAM-3 GB
HDD-250 GB, 5400 RPM, plus an external one that's another 250 GB.
GPU-Mine came with a Nvidia one, but I'm not sure which one. It sucked, though.
Screen-1200*800
OS-Newest edition of Ubuntu

Basically I got this computer, but for only 999 instead of 1500 (the model of it I chose was that price), because I got a student discount. I was a massive newb (even more than I am now) at computers so cut me some slack for getting Vaio. It wasn't that bad of a deal at the time, as this was 2 years and 10 months ago.

 

STOP COPYING THE FACT THAT I'VE POSTED HERE, YOU BUNCH OF FAGS.

Taure: Haven't decided yet. It'll probably be an ATI card with Eyefinity, so I can use my PC with my omgsuparl33t Apple LED Display. By the way, did I mention I was getting a new Mac too? Another i7. Fuck all of you.

 

I jizzed in my pants.

 

Ha, pretty big wasted investment when I first hooked it up. No one was really uploading HD at the time, so I pretty much filled 2 TB with TV shows and never used the rest.

These days with TV series coming out with 30 GB+ per season file sizes, it's pretty useful though.

It was a pain in the ass to setup though.

 

Hurray Christmas Upgrades!

i5 760 @ 2.8GHz
8gb DDR3
640gb HDD
EVGA 470, Superclocked (thing is a space heater)
23" Samsung with 2ms response time

Once you make you first one, everything from then on out is easy sailing. Runs a lot better than the one I built two years ago.

 

Uh.

I also got a new MacBook Pro. 15" Core i7 @ 2.66GHz. 8 GB of RAM, and a high-resolution, anti-glare screen.

My knob is enormous.

 

Jeez. My lappy sucks. But I'll post it anyways.

i7 core 740 @1.73GHz
6GB RAM
640 GB HD
Ati mobility radeon 5870

 

i7 + 6GB RAM =/= suck.

Unless it was made by Apple. Then they're just wasted components.

 

Yeah, sucks.

The one laptop I have is a Dell Inspiron circa 2002. 128mb RAM, 10gb HDD, no idea on the processor speed but I'm sure it's awful. Still holding out hope that I get one of the CR-48's.

 

The hell? That'd be a good desktop, let alone laptop. I'm rocking a 2 GHz dual core with 2 gigs of ram and a 120 GB hard drive+integrated graphics. And it's only 2 years old. Your laptop sucks, sure.

 

I'm sure I speak for many here when I say, fuck off. Bitching about your i7 laptop :fire.

 

MY i7 was made by Intel. And my RAM by Crucial. So not wasted. At all.

Also, we need a trollface smilie. :|

 

It's been a couple years since I've upgraded, but this thing was a fucking monster back in the day (it still runs damn near everything at 1080p with a conservative use of AA). I don't remember all the stats, thus CPU-Z is all I have to check them.

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6850 socket 755LGA (2x 3GHz cores)
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Ram: 4Gb DDR2 (4x 1 Gb sticks running Symmetric Dual Channel)
Videocard(s): Nvidia Geforce 9800 GX2 (Essentially 2x Geforce 9800s running in SLI)
Sound: SB Audigy (I have decent speakers, but I don't have any stats on that)
Harddrive 1: OCZ Vertex 2 240Gb SSD (Added this about a month back and have windows and a few games installed on it.)
Harddrive 2: WD 2Tb Green drive (for media storage of things like... movies? Not pr0n! Really!)
Monitor(s): Asus VK278 Monitor (2x 27" LED back-lit monitors FTW. BTW, my brother is awesome. Best Christmas gift, ever.)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

I'll leave out all the boring stuff like DVD-RWs and stuff, but I must note that my Microsoft SideWinder X8 mouse pwns, and I like my Xbox 360 controller. Also, my case is glowy and shit (blue), which is a feature I will NOT be duplicating in my next computer.

I know, I know, I need an upgrade. I've been waiting for the new Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs, so I suppose now is the right time, eh? The question is though, what video card? Hmmm...

*Runs off to do research*

Edit: I should also note that a I have an external 2Tb drive for other shit, and a 8Tb RAID 5 setup in my basement as a media share (5x 2Tb Raid 5 = 8Tb).

 

Seeking advice... I'm changing my casing soon coz I found major difficulty when I clean my CPU recently.. The casings I'm looking at are

Coolermaster:
HAF X
HAF 912 Plus
NZXT:
Phantom

Suggestion and recommendations?

And I'm upgrading my cards soon. I'm eyeing GeForce 470 or should I go straight to 580?