What's your system?

[top game 22]

my rig
msi K8n neo2 plat
AMD 64 3500+@2.5 10x250 htt 1.5vc
2x512 ocz vx @ ddr 500 2/3/3/8 3.4v
2x80 wd hds raid o
ocz 520 ps
Exos liquid cooling
Lite on 12x dvd burner lite on dvd rom drive
Audigy 2 nx sound card
evga 6800 gt stock

[AceGoober]

If you dont mind me asking though, why did you pick the P4 EE over the FX-55 in your main system? The FX-55 is soo much better than the P4.

The FX-55 was not available 6 months ago when I bought the P4EE. As you can see from my listing, I run a mixture of AMD and Intel CPUs. Each has their strengths and their weaknesses. Intel is a little faster on multimedia; AMD is a little faster on games. I am getting ready to purchase another FX-55 (another late Chrismas Present )for my main rig and will probably use the P4EE for a DVD authoring or sell it off and get a LGA775 or nForce4 for some dual-PCIe SLI action.

[AceGoober]

Maybe cause he's not running games as his main app .

I do run a lot of games but I also do quite a bit of CAD and photo work. At the time, the P4EE was a good balance for both gaming and for graphics work.

[Snafu]

- thought as much. Now if you're off loading maybe I'll still be using an 875 board and could take the EE off your hands

[Alkali]

My current rig is really quite average (for this board )

XP3000+ Barton -Was a very nice boost over a 2200+
MSI KT3 Ultra 2 mobo -Has lasted literally years with no problems
1GB generic ram -Just some junk (DDR333) ram that apparently manages to run at CL2.5
Gigabyte 9800Pro -Nice card, but very dated in modern games
WD 80GB (8MB)
WD 180GB (8MB)


My new rig will be the following (and I'm expecting to pay a lot of cash for it)
{subject to changes before purchase}

A64 3500+ -No need for FX55 because I'm getting a dual-core when released
Gigabyte SLi mobo -The one with 8 SATA ports!
2GB Corsair XMS3200C2 -2 sticks of 1GB ram - so I can upgrade to 4GB ram later
GeForce 6800Ultra -One to start with, then another later
4x73GB WD Raptors -Will be running in RAID 0+1 for around 144GB of useable space
2x320GB WD Drives -Two of these new drives in RAID1 so no need for any external backups

[insaneman37]

My rig is as follows:

Shuttle SN85G4V2 barebones
A64 3400+ 1MB
1GB Corsair PC3200LL Pro
Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
250GB WD SATA
Lite-On 411S
SoundBlaster Live Value - Yes, I do think it's better than oboard. It is the single piece of computer hardware I have owned the longest. I bought it over 5 years ago used from a friend for $15.
Logitech Z-560's
Philips 107E monitor, but will be replaced by a Samsung 710N as soon as I have the money to.

[Dr.2K]

Mobo: Abit Max3
CPU: P4 3.4C Northwood with Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu Heatsink
Ram: 4x256 OCZ Gold PC3700 @2-3-3-6-Enhanced/Auto/Auto/F1 with vdimm @3.0v
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition AGP 8X 256MB DDR3
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ES Platinum Ed.
Hard Drives: 2x36GB WD Raptors in raid 0 (ICHR); 2x36 GB WD Raptors in raid 0 (SI); 2x300GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Sata 1 & 2; 2x300GB Maxtor DiamondMax10 Linksys Network Storage Link USB; 2x120GB Western Digital WD1200JB IDE; 1x200GB Maxtor External IEEE
Case: Lian Li PC-75 Custom
Cooling: Intial: Danger Den custom water cooling system,but time and maintenance required me to sell it. Current: 3x1200mm Top Blow Holes; 2x80mm Front Intake; 2x80mm Side Intake; 4x80mm Rear Exhaust; Coolermaster Aerogate 2
Monitor: Viewsonic PF - 21" flatscreen CRT; 7in LCD Case Display; Crystalfontz 634 4x20 LCD UBS Interface Display
Speakers: Logitech Z680 5.1
PSU: PC Power and Cooling 510 Deluxe
Optical Drives: NEC Dual Layer 16x DVD Rewriter; Plextor 16x DVD Drive

[faruquehabib]

Mobo: Abit KV8-Max3
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer
Ram: Corsair TWINX1024-3200LLPRO
Video Card: Apollo GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Sound Card: Onboard
Hard Drives: Maxtor 40gb, Maxtor 30gb, WD 40gb, Seagate 80gb
Case: Green Scorpion
Cooling: All stock
Speakers: Logitech X-230 2.1
PSU: PCZ ModStream 450w
Optical Drives: NEC Dual Layer 16x DVD Rewriter, Plextor 12x DVD Rewriter
NIC: Blitzz Super-G Wireless card

[BB_One]

Current rigs not worth talking about, but ordered this yesterday, can't wait to have it in my hands:

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D - 1
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm - 1
OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Gold VX - OCZ4001024ELDCGEVX-K - 1
ATI X800 XL Pci-e Video card - 1
74 GB Western Digital Raptor SATA @ 10,000rpm - 2
OCZ POWERSTREAM 520 WATT LOW NOISE POWER SUPPLY - OCZ520ADJ - 520W - 1
Artic Silver 5 Thermal compound 3.5 grams - 2
CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS - 1

On hand already
xp-120 - 1
120mm fans - 2 (CPU and exhaust)
80 mm fans - 2 (1 intake - 1 memory)
92mm fan - 1 ( intake )
cd rom - 1
dvd player - 1
ls 120 floppy - 1
146 Gig Seagate SCSI U320 @10000 RPM - 3
Sound will be Home Theater Accoustic from JBL model ECS 333, with sub woofer and 6 channels, crap bought this 3 years ago never installed, my TVs have sound galore built in - So, Boston Accoustic sub woofer and speakers/controller moving to back up pc.

Might buy SCSI PCI-e x4 controller for U320 or sell all SCSI dunno yet. If I do, I'll get 2 x 120 Gig Seagate Sata II when they come out.

[harleybro]

Mobo: MSI Neo2 Platinum Bios 1.4
CPU: AMD64 3500+ Winchester @ 2750 mhz. @ 1.62V (11x250)
Ram: OCZ PC4000 Dual channel Gold Rev.2 2.5,3,3,7 2x512
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800Pro 256MB tweakmonster Ramsinks
Hard Drives: 2x120 Gig SATA One WD other Seagate
Case: Aerocool jetmaster jr.
Cooling: DD TDX & Maze4 on GPU (Artic cooling silencer and XP-120 before)
Speakers: whatever was stock with my previous Sony Vaio
PSU: Epower Tagan 480W
Optical Drives: 1 Sony DVD R/RW, 1 CD R/RW don't rem brand

[Gbud]

Well, current systems are in the sig below. But I am ready to go back to AMD on the next build.

Countdown to new build ... t minus 4 months.

[Freddy]

Hello all,

at first I was not proud enough to show you all my systems, but now I am...

System 1: (my main system)
Motherboard: ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Rev. 2.0 BIOS 1016
CPU: iNTEL Pentium 4 3.4 GHz EE ES @ 3.7 GHz (285x13) 1.6 V
cooled with: Thermalright XP-90 retail and ArcticSilver 5
Memory: 2 x 512 MB OCZ EL PC-3500 Dual Channel Platinum Ltd. Ed. (BH-5) @ 228 MHz 2-2-3-5 2.85 V
cooled with: Super Talent Memory Module Cooler
Videocard: Sapphire ATi All-In-Wonder 9800Pro @ 378/351 MHz
Soundcard: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
Multi-I/O: 2 x HighSpeed Serial UART 16950 + ECP Parallel
Harddisks: 2 x WD Raptor 74 GB in RAID-0 on ICH5R
cooled with: 2 x Zalman ZM-2HC2
Harddisk: Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 160 GB
DVD-R/W: Lite-On LDW-811S
DVD-ROM: Lite-On LTD-166S
Diskdrive: Sony
Power supply: Zalman ZM400B-APS
Case: AOpen H500A
Fans: 2 x Papst 2600 rpm
Safety: IOSS RD1 Bios Savior
OS: Windows XP Professional SP1 and Windows 98SE

System 2: (the good old days)
Motherboard: ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4 Rev. 2.1 BIOS 0403 (self made )
CPU: AMD Am486DX5-160 (X5-133ADZ @ 160 MHz)
L2 Cache: Winbond 1024 kB 15 ns @ 40 MHz zero WaitStates
Memory: 2 x 32 MB Kingston 60 ns FastPage @ 40 MHz minimum WaitStates
Videocard: Diamond Stealth64 Video 3400MVP (VLB, 4 MB VRAM, MVP-2200 MPEG accelerator)
Soundcard: SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold (ISA)
NIC: 3Com 3C515-TX (ISA 100 Mbit)
Multi-I/O: Iwill SIDEjr Pro (VLB EIDE PIO Mode 5 controller, 2 x Serial UART 16550 + ECP DMA Parallel)
Multi-I/O: 2 x HighSpeed Serial UART 16650 + Parallel
Harddisk: IBM Deskstar 120GXP 8.43 GB
Harddisk: IBM Deskstar 60GXP 8.43 GB
CD-ROM: Creative Labs 24x
Zip-drive: Iomega 250 MB
Diskdrive: Sony
Power supply: 250 W
OS: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 + Win32s and Windows 98SE

System 3: (the only 486 that can perfectly play DVDs)
Motherboard: EXP8449 (last BIOS patched)
CPU: AMD Am486DX5-160 (X5-133ADZ @ 160 MHz)
L2 Cache: Winbond 512 kB 15 ns @ 40 MHz zero WaitStates
Memory: 2 x 32 MB Kingston 50 ns EDO @ 40 MHz minimum WaitStates
Videocard: Matrox Millennium II (PCI, 8 MB WRAM, Rainbow Runner Studio MPEG accelerator)
Soundcard: SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold II (ISA, Dolby Digital decoder)
DVD decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 (PCI)
NIC: 3Com 3C515-TX (ISA 100 Mbit)
Multi-I/O: Iwill SIDE Pro-66 (PCI UDMA-66 controller)
Multi-I/O: 2 x Serial UART 16550 + ECP DMA Parallel
Harddisk: IBM Deskstar 120GXP 120 GB
Harddisk: Quantum Fireball lct10 5 GB
DVD-ROM/CD-R/W: Samsung 48x
Diskdrive: I forgot...
Power supply: 200 W
OS: Windows 98SE and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 + Win32s

And these three are connected to a 100 Mbit network and a 4 Mbit Internet Cable connection.
But now, back to the future!!!...

Freddy

[panther]

~`

[ASM1]

Ok my go:

Motherboard: ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Rev. 2.0 BIOS 1021b3
CPU: INTEL Pentium 4 3.4E GHz @ 3.7 GHz (265x14) 1.4 V
cooled with: Thermalright SP-94, NB-1C and ArcticSilver 5
Memory: 2 x 512 MB OCZ PC-4400 Dual Channel Performance Series @ 265 MHz 3-4-4-8 @ 2.9 V w/ OCZ DDR Booster
Cooled with: YSTech 92mm fan on a Zalman bracket arm (to be fitted)
Videocard: Connect 3D Radeon X800XT PE VIVO (AGP) (what a mouthful ) and Arctic cooling rev 4... stock, for now
Soundcard: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
Harddisk: Maxtor 160 GB SATA 8MB cache
DVD-R/W: NEC 2500 A
DVD-ROM: LG GDR8163B
Diskdrive: Sony 3.5" FDD
Power supply: OCZ Powerstream 470 (need more powerrrrr )
Case: Chieftec Matrix MA-01WD
Fans: LOTS mostly vantec stealth/thermoflow - although I have a tornado on the SP94
OS: Windows XP Professional SP2


Now for the "leftovers" ....


Motherboard: ASUS P4P800-VM BIOS 1014 beta (been a while since I checked)
CPU: INTEL Pentium 4 2.8E GHz w/ stock cooling
Memory: 3 x 512 MB various cheap crud - was originally in main PC before psu went
Videocard: 9800 Pro 128MB w/XT BIOS and Zalman ZM80D dual heatpipe (or at least it will be untill I sell it - normally onboard gfx)
Soundcard: Onboard
Harddisk: Maxtor 80 GB SATA 8MB cache
DVD-R/W: None (yet!)
CD-ROM: Philips PCCD052 52X CDROM
Diskdrive: 3.5" from old P2
Power supply: none as yet (probably the OCZ 470 when I get a more powerful PSU for main rig)
Case: Antec P146 mini tower
Fans: none -yet (this machine is in bits)
OS: Windows 2003 server and some flavour of linux (havent decided yet)

and there's more

Motherboard: Intel D845GRG
CPU: INTEL Pentium 4 1.8A GHz w/ stock cooling
Memory: 2 x 256 MB Samsung DDR 2100
Videocard: intel onboard gfx
Soundcard: Onboard
Harddisk: Maxtor 20 GB IDE
CD-R/RW: Sony 195E1 (flashed with liteon firmware to up the write speed)
CD-ROM: Samsung 52XCDROM
Diskdrive: 3.5"
Power supply: some generic VIGLEN 250w thing
Case: Viglen Genie P4 desktop
Fans: God knows - never had the case off
OS: Windows XP SP1

and finally "the baby"

I-mac G3 600 "snow" special edition
768MB PC 133 SDRAM
Samsung slot loading CDROM
40GB HD
running OS 10.3.x (whatever the latest update is)

monitor wise I have a TATUNG 17" (Viglen badged)
and a DELL D1626HT 22" monster which I am currently using as a foot rest (MUST see if I can get it fixed).

Origo 7214 Wireless ADSL modem/router

Plus some misc stuff:

Assorted SCSI cards
10/100/1000 PCI network card and a fair stretch of CAT-6 for connecting the two PC's(mac is connected wirelessly)
Canon S900 printer
HP Scanjet 6100C w/ADF - works fine, just have to put a SCSI card in main rig
IOMEGA ZIP 250 SCSI
Older bits

P2 PC (or whats left )
8.4GB WD Caviar HD
Samsung 32X Cdrom
P2 266 CPU
P2 400 CPU (to replace above 266, but never got round to it)
intel 440 BX P2 mobo
128MB PC 66 RAM

I think thats about it...

[fvbounty]

My new system is in my sig......