What kind of Computer do you Use?

[prerunnerwannabe]

Intel i7 2600 with 12gb of ram and a 2tb hard drive with a double boot, so if something isn't compatible with Windows 7, I have a Windows 64bit XP OS. It's pretty quick

 

[Will]

I think we need a WW2 thread and not fill up this computer one...just saying. I do love to read what people have to say about WW2 and good facts about it and whatnot.

Well, I might agree if it were an RBV tech forum. As it is, it's a screw around forum so I don't see staying on topic being vital. The exponential increase of computing power was the point of the WW2 topic, the war itself being the catalyst for the construction of the first computing machines (see also ENIGMA)--the cost being too great for the civilian sector and its aims--so I see it as being relevant. It might have sped up the advent of the home computer by 50 years. Without WW2 we could be bragging about the number of rows on our abacuses.

 

[red_rider]

Desktop: 1156 i3 Gigabyte P55 board with 8 gb ram and a gtx260.

Laptop: Asus eeePC 10.1", atom 1.67 ghz and 2 gb ram. 3 lb and 8 hours of battery life.

Both machines run XP (64 and 32), Mac OS Snow Leopard, and Slackware 13.37 and surprisingly the eeePC keeps up pretty well, XP doesn't require much hardware to run quickly if you don't install/run extra crap on startup, etc.

 

[4.0B2]

Can someone refer me to a good barebones kit.. or a good tower.

my plan is to use it for video/music/surfing web and school work when at home.. and then get a netbook for carrying around.

i'm not good on all this computer jazz, i'm good at working with them for what i need to do.

i'm not wanting a $1000 set up either.. be realistic for what i'll use it for. i'm not doing hard core gaming or anything.

will probably use my 42" tv as the monitor w/ a wireless mouse and keyboard.

 

[DanishMills]

I am using a Toshiba laptop since two years and I’ve had great time with the brand so far.

 

[kemo]

I have an old system. Asus M3A79T Deluxe. AMD 1090T Phenom II processor. 4GB DDR2 at 800MHZ. GTX275OC for graphics. RS650 Cooler Master PSU. It's old, but we'll see how far I'll have to go for when the game GTR3 comes out. I'm a HUGE racing simulator fan... www.gtr3.com The link is currently a teaser, as the game has been recently announced. What you are about to hear (if you click it) is all in game audio.

 

[Mark_88]

Can someone refer me to a good barebones kit.. or a good tower.

my plan is to use it for video/music/surfing web and school work when at home.. and then get a netbook for carrying around.

i'm not good on all this computer jazz, i'm good at working with them for what i need to do.

Do you want to build your own or just buy one? You can buy old systems pretty cheap these days and most would have enough computing power for what you want to do...I've seen complete towers for less than $100...all you need is the keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

I find quite a few in the junk people throw away...been picking them up and stripping them for parts...but if you just want to buy one you can get them at just about any computer store...not the big name places, but the small shops. They usually take them in to fix and get stuck with them or the customer buys a new system if the repair is costly.

 

[Funnyman141]

The desktop (Info holder)
496.4 MiB of RAM
1.3 GHZ AMD Athlon XP-M
Geforce MX4000 graphics card
244.6 GiB Harddrive
yea a real powerhouse, built around 1997ish, has been kicked, thrown, burned, broken, sat on, punched, dropped, and beaten, running Linux 11.10 slowly.

The laptop
2GiB of RAM
2.1 GHZ Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo
Mobile Intel 4 Series graphics card
160 GiB harddrive (original 220 GiB HD died, swapped in free H.D.)
Running windows 7 ultimate 64bit, its been lightly abused, its my web DD'er.

 

[cody93]

bring one my old pc's out of mothball to put back into action
HP Vectra 4/66
486 @ 66mhz
64mb ram
20gig primary, 100gig secondary
windows 98

gona be used as a jukebox with 80 gigs of music.

 

[6.2]

Main computer hooked up to tv

Mac mini
8GB Ram
2.4 ghz processor
320GB HD
1TB external drive.
This thing is a beast in a small package.

Laptop
HP DV6500
1GB ram
2.4ghz processor.
500GB HD
This thing is dead. Buying new MacBook when released.

 

[Mark_88]

Right now using a Dell GX5200...

512 Mb RAM (soon to be upgraded)
Dual 3.4 Ghz processors

Pretty fast but the RAM deficiency slows things down...

This was in the garbage...someone tossed it because the monitor wasn't working...I love shopping~

 

[dvsj67]

This was in the garbage...someone tossed it because the monitor wasn't working...I love shopping~

THIS GUY ^ might be my hero

Mine is an HP G61 Laptop

I believe it has 2 gigs of ram and 100gig hard drive
windows 7

And that's pretty much all i can tell you about it... I should have borrowed the guy from futureshop to help me tell you about it!

 

[cody93]

i envy you mark, here i am trying to patch together a 486... i wish people threw good stuff like that away here..

 

[Felmac]

I built this last year
case:antec 900
power supply:COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSA00-80GAD3-US 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready Crossfire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
processor:Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601960 O.Ced to 4.0GHz
processor fan:COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible
hard drive:Western Digital Caviar Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive 4x raid 0
memory:G.SKILL Rip jaws Series 24GB (6 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T2-24GBRL
memory fan:OCZ-RC1000 TI Aluminum / ABS / Steel Fans
mother board:ASUS P6X58-E WS LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
video cards:EVGA Super Clocked 01G-P3-1563-AR Ge Force GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card x2 sli
keyboard:RAZER Lycosa Black USB Wired Gaming Keyboard
mouse:RAZER Lachesis Black 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser 5600 dpi Mouse
mouse pad: aluminum Rocket fish gaming
external hard drives:Fantom Drives 2TB USB 2.0 / eSATA Green Drive G-Force External Hard Drive GD2000EU32 x3
speakers:Logitech Z623 200 w 2.1 Speaker System, THX-Certified
headphones:Logitech G35 USB 2.0 Connector Surround Sound Headset
and some other ins and outs this was built for gaming mainly but i use it for every thing
operating system:Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - OEM

 

[Mark_88]

i envy you mark, here i am trying to patch together a 486... i wish people threw good stuff like that away here..

They probably do...but you have to look in the right places...I was driving by and saw the monitor sticking out of a box...thought I could salvage parts from...like the stand...then I saw the tower and thought I could use the RAM...I actually just tossed it into the back of my truck and it got snow all over it...gave it a try...bingo! I was shocked...lol...not by the wet electronics though...

Looks good...