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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:07 pm    Post subject: Your Computer(s) Reply with quote

ok so post here what you're running, what you're getting and if you wanna brag about what benchmarks u pullin, then do that too.

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at home i have a p4 northwood 2.4 HT with 512meg ddr in dual channel.. intel 865 chipset based mb in an Aopen H600A (beige)case. got a 120gig sata drive as main and 36 gig 10k western dig sata as backup.. she runs alrite.. tho the geforce 2 Ti vid card could do with an upgrade!

soon tho, i'l probably be getting this:

Tecra A7, Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2Mb L2 cache), 512MB DDR2 533 (1 slot used, 1 slot free), 15.4"
Widescreen SXGA+ TFT Active Matrix (1680x1050), 100GB (5400 rpm) 2.5" SATA HDD, ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 with 128MB
dedicated VRAM (PCI Express 16x), DVD SuperMulti Double/Dual Layer, Integrated Intel® 3945 ABG PRO Wireless 802.11a/b/g card,
Integrated Toshiba Bluetooth™ V2.0 + EDR, (Optional USB FDD), RGB external VGA display, TV-out (S-Video), Realtek ALC861 Software
Sound, Intel High Definition Audio, Stereo Speakers, V.92 data + fax modem and Intel® LAN 10/100/1000 TX Ethernet, 85 key (US) keyboard
and integrated Dual point TouchPad™ and Accupoint™ pointing devices, Microsoft® Windows® Professional SP2 (OEM), 360mm(w) x
267mm(d) x 29.8/36.8(h) (front/back), From 2.72kg
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tecra hey ... my advice - stay the "F" away from toshiba's.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

why u say that? we got s**t of tecras here at work n they all run beautiful.. yet ive seen dells get m/b replacements left right n centre..

which model u had problems with?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

funny isn't it, we've had toshiba's here at work for ten years and f**k hate them. We are moving to the Thinkpads - well about two thirds of the way through the fleet and think they are the duck nuts.

So only about 7 months to go and we will get rid of our last one!!!!

I would love $10 for each tecra and TE series toshy I've sent back for repairs.

If you've had good stories with them then you will obviously have a very different standpoint! Me.. if I was given one I'd straight away sell it!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeh im the one who configures our lappys..

only thing i know of with toshies is they known for hard drives dieing all the time.. but out of 20-25(ok small number) lappies bought in last 5 years we've had three hdds die.. and 1 lappy had problem where it would have image corruption when you ran external crt at same time as lcd.. thats it tho.

whos your supplier?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tho i am only buying the toshy coz of features/performance/3dchipset..

i was originally gonna go for a hp nw8240
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol, thread already happening elsewhere.

But anywho, I have 2 computers a laptop and a PC.

One is a DELL inspiron 6000, Umm just the usual, 1.73Ghz Intel Centrino 512 mb RAM etc etc

The PC is an ACER... Just the really base model when i got it 2 years ago, think its ready for an update... Once i get a damn car.... BUT its a 2.8Ghz Celeron, 512 Mb RAM 80Gig HDD just got a graphics card, nothing flash...

Upgrades for that to come would only be to get a new intel CPU and maybe a DVD burner/player. Got an LCD monitor with speakers which works wonders with space!!!! (but players are really rare lol)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just got a dell inspirion 9300
1.86GHz Centrino, 1 Gig RAM, 80G HDD - but the main reason I bought it for was the 17" monitor, awesome for watching movies on the go. I work away)

My home computer is an Athlon 2.4GHz. Nothing special, does the job when I cant be fukt getting the lappy out.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

P4 2.6GHz HT @ 3.00GHz (Northwood)
1024MB Dual DDR
Abit IS7-E mb
2x 120GB WDC SATA HDD
1x 80GB Seagate ATA HDD
XFX 6800GS AGP 8x
LG Dual Layer DVD Burner
Zalman 400wat PSU
31" Acer 720p LCD HD screen
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

-clampy- wrote:
yeh im the one who configures our lappys..

only thing i know of with toshies is they known for hard drives dieing all the time.. but out of 20-25(ok small number) lappies bought in last 5 years we've had three hdds die.. and 1 lappy had problem where it would have image corruption when you ran external crt at same time as lcd.. thats it tho.

whos your supplier?


funiily enough we buy direct from Toshiba australia - yeah they save all the good ones for us!! Not!! icon_razz.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mines a piece of s**t - Soon to be upgraded to a mean gaming machine thanks to haggis
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

P4 3.2 EM64T
ATI RADEON GECUBE X700 GRAPHICS 256MB DDR PCI EXPRESS
1GB DDR DUAL CHANNEL
GIGABYTE 8191P DUO PRO DUAL LAN MOTHERBOARD TAKES DDR2 SONY DVD 8X BURNER
3 CRAPPY HARD DRIVES
5.1 SURROUND SOUND
BRAND NEW COOLER MASTER TOWER CASE NICE AND QUIET
NO NEED FOR UPGRADES FOR A WHILE MAYBE
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Athlon64 3700+ 2.2GHz @ 2.8Ghz (10.5x267mhz)
Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU Cooler (120mm Fan)
MSI K8 Neo4 Platinum Motherboard
2x512MB GeIL PC3500 RAM @ 220mhz (166mhz Divider)
2x200GB Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm Drives for Storage (SATA)
1x36GB Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm for OS Install (SATA)
Powercolor ATi X1800XL 256MB (PCI-16x)
Pioneer DVD Burner
Antec 480W PSU
Antec Plusview 1000AMG Case
21" Sony Trinitron Main Monitor, 19" Philips Secondary (Both 1600x1200)

Currently running Windows XP 64-bit icon_smile.gif

Have posted around 30,000 in 3DMark01, 9000 in 3DMark05, and just below 4000 in 3DMark05. Still stretching it's legs icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

P4 2.6 @ 2.74
ASUS P4P800 M/B
450W P/S
512 Kingston 3200 DDR RAM
40 GB Western Digital 8Mb Cache
60 GB Seagate
80 GB Seagate 2Mb Cache
120 GB Seagate
128 MB No name VGA
21" CRT
Pioneer 8x Rom
Pioneer 16x Dual Layer Rom in Black (extra $5 for black) icon_lol.gif
Soundblaster 5.1

Running Duel Boot XP and 98' Lite
Emulating Redhat 9, Ubuntu and FreeBSD 5
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not again!

A64 3200+ @ 2.7
MSI K8n Neo2 Plat
6600GT
512mb ram
300gb hdd

P200MMX!
160mb ram
2gb hd

Powered by Gentoo Linux! icon_lol.gif

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

P4 3.6 EM64T.
ASUS P5LD2 Motherboard.
Leadtek 7800GT 256mb vid card.
2 gig of Kingston ram in dual channel.
2x 120gig SATA Western Digital HDs.
Thermaltake Big Typhoon cooler.
Pioneer dual layer DVD burner.
8 channel on board hifi digital sound.
Logitech Z-5500 speakers (500 rms watts)
Sony G520 21" monitor.
Windows XP Pro.
Antec TX640B case with 400 watt power supply.

Only just got that computer.
I also have another one but its not as good.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sarp.

im running:

p4 2.6 @ 3.2
Cpu-z screen shot.
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512 dual channel
6600gt 128gm agp
abit i865 series mainboard
80gig hdd
dual 17' crt's
asus burner blah
lg burner blah
altec 4.1 blah

omg i ahve a Thermaltake Big Typhoon cooler too. lol.

bout it.

ohh win xp OS
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what type of cooling have you got on your 2.6 kizzer to get it to 3.2?.....I have only been able to go as far as 3.01GHz....

after reading a bit more I see you have the typhoon thing.......how close does it come to your PSU inside your case?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave, it won't fit inside your case. They are massive.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are quite big but it depends on your motherboard if it will fit or whether it will foul on a component. It will fit in any case.
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