The Official PC Discussion Thread

[Trag]

Hey, seeing as though we've got so many nerds here, we came to the conclusion in the Cbox that we should make a PC thread.

For starters, I'll post the setup I'm about to buy
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9071654

With a RAIDMAX Smilodon case, found here (blue LED one): http://raidmax.com/

Also, I could use picking a new monitor. LCD, preferably 200 or under.

[K1LLPOCALYPSE]

I'm pretty fancy, I use 2 year old laptop. 

[Megaman_90]

Yay!

Here is my PC, this is kind of an oldish picture but its all I got until I get my PSU back from RMA.

Specs:

AMD Phenom X3 720BE Overclocked @ 3.2ghz, (00.50v+, 0.1v+ NB, 10 hours OCCT stable)
Arctic Cooling FrEEzer 64(Tuniq TX-2 TIM)
4GB Mushkin DDR2 800(4-4-4-12)
Sapphire 4870HD with slight overclock, stock TIM replaced with Tuniq TX-2(my favorite).
GIGAByte GA-MA785G-UD3H Motherboard
750W Antec True Power/w Blue LED.
500GB Seagate Barracuda Internal HDD/Lacie 1TB external HDD
Creative Inspire surround speakers  
Coolermaster Centurion 5
ASUS 21.5" Monitor
US Robotics 56k v.92 Modem

All that running Windows Vista 64-bit Home premium.

As for LCDs Trag, you can't go wrong with an ASUS.

Sharp looks, Full HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051&cm_re=ASUS_monitor-_-24-236-051-_-Product

@K1LL: My Laptop is a early 2000s model with Pentium 3 clocked under 1Ghz. Got it for 100$.

[Cardshark]

Mine's a pretty basic Compaq (HP) Presario CQ60-211DX,
2Gig RAM, 160 Gig hard-drive, Basic as American cheese. But the 13'' screen is great.
Intel Celeron 585, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500m

Nothing different on it 'cept the software on it. And with Vista basic.
 

[KingTom]

I have a dell d610(or d620 i forget which) laptop 512 ram(lol) 60g hard drive
Also, a compaq Presario c500 2g ram, 100g hard drive(soon to be 500g)
& I have a custom desktop(it's my brothers but i made it, and will be building another soon)
AMD Athlon II X2 2.6 ghz(black series)
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro
8GB  DDR2 ram (i forget the brand)
no graphics card yet (but i do have HD out on my mobo)
ECS ELITEGROUP GF8200A Motherboard (black series + gamers choice)
Rosewill 550w power supply w/ blue glow
1TB internal western digital hard drive
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower

case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135085&Tpk=GF8200a

EDIT:oh and i use linux(ubuntu) and windows XP dual boot on all three(linux is better )

[Megaman_90]

@Tom:

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 and Dual-boot FTW!

I have Desktop PC sorta like that I built for my parents(from spare parts ). Yours is a bit better, it only has a AMD Athlon Brisbane 2.6ghz and 2GB DDR2 800 RAM. With that Cooler in place though you should be able to get at least 3.1ghz, with voltage bump. Throw a 4650 in and you got yourself a nice budget gaming PC man!

[KingTom]

yea it's a nice pc, low budget, but good for media/games
I'm going to build myself one before i go to college after senior year (I'm a junior now)
and ill probably add a better processor(and better parts as technology advances)
i think mine came out to around $500 with a DVD burner, internal card reader, & other miscellaneous additions

But i do have a thing for laptops(who doesn't like carrying around awesomeness-referring to a laptop)

oh and i also have a netbook, its an asus HE1000 i believe(again has Linux, on an SD card at the moment)

[k9turrent]

Specs:
-17" 16:9
-4Gb ram
-Dual Core 2.1GHz
-ATI Radeon 4650
-Blu-ray drive

[Trag]

Wow, that's a damn nice laptop!
Thanks, Mega, I'm going to ask for that monitor for christmas.

Also, I changed up my Motherboard, this one is pretty kickin', it's a lot cheaper and it's basically the same as the other.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136068R

[Duck_slayer]

So, I'm torn between Ati and Invidia.  I've been looking at the two 250 gts (512MB) and two 4870's (512Mb) Sli'd and Crossfire'd respectively. 

I need some input on the two please.

[Trag]

Given the choice, I'd choose a nice Nvidia card, personally.

[Megaman_90]

That is a EXPENSIVE(Although awesome) Laptop! Congratulations!

Wow, that's a damn nice laptop!
Thanks, Mega, I'm going to ask for that monitor for christmas.

Also, I changed up my Motherboard, this one is pretty kickin', it's a lot cheaper and it's basically the same as the other.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136068R

Cool! AM3 FTW! Just make sure you get the right RAM, DDR3 isnt backwards compatible with DDR2.

As for the whole Nvidia, ATI decision.....I'd go ATI. From what I have seen Nvidia will give you some more FPS, but the picture and color quality aren't near as good as ATI. I also somewhat dislike Nvidia's drivers and software suite, but that is just me.

[k9turrent]

Wow, that's a damn nice laptop!

That is a EXPENSIVE(Although awesome) Laptop! Congratulations!

Thank you... It's usually $1600 CAD but I got on sale for $1300 CAD. I needed it for college and it almost cost me my entire paycheck from the military.

[KingTom]

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 and Dual-boot FTW!

i swear with my heat sync (Arctic cooling Freezer 64) and 2 fans on medium speed (i can add 2 more if i want)
my computer is COLD like all the time, if i put a soda in there it would probably work as a mini fridge, lol  

[Megaman_90]

My Phenom II Idles @ 25C(77F) with a 3.2ghz Overclock.

For the price, those Freezer 64s can't be beat.