What kind of computer do you use?

[jasinjildo]

I was just wondering what brand of computer or what kind of computer you guys use to get on the forum.....



I use my (crappy but good) CoreDuo Gateway Laptop to get on the forum...


I hope no one here uses Dells... Dells are the crappiest computers in the world!

[Vasto Lorde]

Wow you really hurt my feelings :(
lol i have an dell xps, i also use my macbook which i use for surfing the internet, i use that for editing and crap and i use my dell for games. quit the oppisite. but good for what every style you use. work/play

[jasinjildo]

Hahahaha...

well atleast you have a mac

:)

[raira1227]

I use some sort of Gateway laptop. Not sure, because I got annoyed with the sticker on it. It's so slow on getting anything started up even though it's barely full of anything.

[Death_God]

im useing a rlly old Hp Pavilion

[hanshi]

i have a realy crapy dell that doesnt have enough RAM to play any good games so i am trying to find a reletively inexpensive comp that has vista

[Rukia727]

well my Moniter is dell but idk what my hardware box is but i know it isn't dell
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i have a realy crapy dell that doesnt have enough RAM to play any good games so i am trying to find a reletively inexpensive comp that has vista
ha i feel srry for u..i have a flat wide screen moniter and good ram and we have vista hehe:p

[Ambivalence]

I use a custom-built computer without a brand, although my friend (who helped me make it) decided on calling the Xanathos or X4br3-xCalibur. (It has Xcalibur on the front.) (I don't really remember, lol.)

[Vasto Lorde]

i have a realy crapy dell that doesnt have enough RAM to play any good games so i am trying to find a reletively inexpensive comp that has vista

Dont get vista its crap. I know there are knew cheap systems with vista preinstalled but dont get it, vista sucks so bad a memory hog. it ask you for permission every time you do something.

Source: i have vista ultimate :)

[Archeo]

I use a custom-built computer without a brand, although my friend (who helped me make it) decided on calling the Xanathos or X4br3-xCalibur. (It has Xcalibur on the front.) (I don't really remember, lol.)
same here, what we have here is a Computer built from the Ground up... sort of... :p

though it doesn't have names and anything here, it's atleast fast to cope with the games I love to play soo... >_< it's all good still, I guess. :D

[Dumai]

I custom built mine, IS there any other way to buy a PC? lol, it was top of theange when I bought it in Feb, so it's still above average....I can play most games at the crazy resolution of 1920x1440x32 and stillhave everything to the max :D

But I'm thinking I need to upgrade my video card...the one I haveis a Geforce 7950 GT but it's only a series 7 so whereas it works awesomely, it isn't compatible with the newer (and as yet unreleased) Shader 3.0 and DirectX 10 APIs so I can't do any development with them : /

[Xabre]

Custom built by myself ^ ^
Named: xb3-Razor
AMD Athlon X2 3800+ HT
Asus MoBo
512mb 256bit ATI RadeonX1950SuperPRO Graphic Card
100/1000 NIC (Network Interface Card AKA Lan Card)
Using a 19" monitor. Its not bad. Anti lag.
18x/18x dvd-rw drive
250gb HDD

Thats mine ^ ^

[Kuchiki Raijin]

I have a Dell XPS Generation 4.

Specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz with Hyperthreading
Memory: 2 GB of DDR2 RAM
Graphics card: 256 MB Radeon X800XT
Disc Drive 1: 16x DVD-rom
Disc Drive 2: 16x DVD-RW
Displays: 17 inch flat panel display.
Secondary display: Sharp 32" HDTV 1080p.

[benhur99ph]

I use my Sony Vaio VGN-FS940 laptop, it has 1GB DDR2 ram and 100GB HDD, it also has a pretty decent video card, I think its 128mb or something, bu iIdont play games with it though, I play games on my console, ps2 and psp. :mayuri: :nemu:

[jasinjildo]

I feel sorry for you guys will Dell.... ;)

[benhur99ph]

are dell computers really that bad?

[jasinjildo]

YES... they're that bad....

they also "custom" build the computers for you and overprice them...

[benhur99ph]

oh, I see, it's a good thing that I didn't buy one.. haha... :mayuri: :nemu:

[Rukia727]

YES... they're that bad....

they also "custom" build the computers for you and overprice them...

well no duh that is why we had sumone special make them for us we only have a flatscreen dell moniter that is it;)..dell over prices way to much

[Kuchiki Raijin]

Don't feel sorry for me. My Dell runs pretty well, and I can do quite a bit with this machine. Overpricing is not related to a computer being bad or good.

Have you ever used a Dell PC? I have used more than one. My university had several. My friends have had Dimension 8500s and other models, if they had any problems, Dell was good at remedying it quickly.

I have a desktop PC and a laptop from Dell. Both are very reliable. Besides that, all Windows based PCs are prone to problems, whether they are Dell, custom built, Toshiba, Sony, etc. Anyone could probably share one horror story or another that stems from using Windows.

[benhur99ph]

well that's true, no matter how good your pc setup is, if your os sucks, then you'll be in trouble, hahaha, I am using windows too by the way.....

[Kuchiki Raijin]

True enough. I used to have a Macintosh Performa 6200CD. It worked well. But it was severely underpowered even for its age.

I bought it in 1994, its specs:
CPU: 66 MHz PowerPC
Memory: 32 MB (upgraded from 16 MB)
Hard Drive: 1 GB
Disc Drive: 4x CD ROM
Floppy disc.

It was a reliable machine until you tried to install certain applications; mainly games and certain utilities.

I wish I had kept it as a keepsake. Shoot, I've even used a computer with a dot matrix screen, and it required you to switch through multiple floppy discs to use one program.

[benhur99ph]

hahaha! I've used a machine of the same kind, the dot matrix screen and multiple floppy disks! the huge kind of floppy, the 5.25 inch type! so nostalgic.... :mayuri: :nemu:

[Vasto Lorde]

True enough. I used to have a Macintosh Performa 6200CD. It worked well. But it was severely underpowered even for its age.

I bought it in 1994, its specs:
CPU: 66 MHz PowerPC
Memory: 32 MB (upgraded from 16 MB)
Hard Drive: 1 GB
Disc Drive: 4x CD ROM
Floppy disc.

It was a reliable machine until you tried to install certain applications; mainly games and certain utilities.

I wish I had kept it as a keepsake. Shoot, I've even used a computer with a dot matrix screen, and it required you to switch through multiple floppy discs to use one program.

For some reason mac has always been making underpowered computers for awhile, untill about 2001 so their kind of behind in the computer market.

YES... they're that bad....

they also "custom" build the computers for you and overprice them...

The price has nothing to do with it unless your cheap, you cant expect to get something good for 500 dollars.

[jasinjildo]

Actually.... You Can get a really good computer for 500 dollars.
(That's if you have it custom made with the right parts...Not Dell Parts!)

and plus you need Dell parts to put in Dell.....

[Kuchiki Raijin]

Not exactly, I opened my Dell case to upgrade the memory. The graphics card is a genuine ATi Radeon X800 XT. I also managed to put in Kingtson Dual DDR2 1 GB RAM sticks. No one at Dell is going to tell you, that you have to use Dell parts to upgrade your PC. If that were the case, it would cease being your PC.

Dell may use OEM very often, but then again, so do other computer companies. All of them do that to save money on building the PC. Why do they use OEM? Simply put, so they can increase their profits.

The advantage of a user custom building their PC, is that you have the ultimate control of what you put into your system. You can go to different vendors and buy the components you desire. I chose not to go that route b/c frankly, at the time I was not that computer savvy. Now that I have some more experience, I feel comfortable in building my own PC.

[jasinjildo]

Oh yeah... my opinions are biased because I had a really bad experience with a dell computer... and so did many people I know...


and by the way... sony viaos can't be trusted either :D

My brother's laptop's hardrive crashed while doing research in Europe...

[Kuchiki Raijin]

I understand, there are horror stories with all types of different brands of computers. As consumers, a few bad apples can't ruin the perception of the brand. Consider this, how many times have you heard that Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar and other car companies suffer from electrical and mechanical problems (this may be reserved to the US market)?

The other example is Apple's iPod. The first few generations were marred by either hard drive or battery failures. But in time, Apple improved on their product and such failures don't occur as often.

The other example is Microsoft's Xbox 360. The three lights of red error is horrible. Microsoft has to face the music that the first few generations of their console have faulty parts, and they're trying to remedy the situation by extending the warranty coverage, and fixing the problems for free.

[benhur99ph]

what we're trying to say here is that there really is no perfect pc. dell has a probelm, vaio has a problem, even acer, toshiba, fujitsu, and even the mac,
even custom built computers are troubled by errors at some point.

that's when the warranty kicks in!

:mayuri: :nemu:

[jasinjildo]

.... You make a point........


Audi A4 have a problem of having the powersteering fail at random times...


But I still think Dells suck !

[bong91]

yeah there's no machine that is perfect they are just machines.

but the intel core 2 duo was awesome!!

[Vasto Lorde]

.... You make a point........


Audi A4 have a problem of having the powersteering fail at random times...


But I still think Dells suck !

But no matter what you think Dell is one "if not the most" popular computers in the world. :D From Schools to Businesses everyone uses dell.

P.s I have never had a problem with dell, but i have had problems with hp, compaq and acer"crappy cheap pc" thats why i bought a dell and still am happy till today.

I would never ever make a custom pc in my life, i really need reliability of a warranty.

[bibio096]

vaio laptop ^^
attempting to have my parents purchase me an alienware or voodoo >=]!
XDD

[benhur99ph]

WOW! Alienware!!!! the laptop of my dreams......... i just can't afford it, anyways I'm happy with what I have now, so I can't be complaining......

[Vasto Lorde]

vaio laptop ^^
attempting to have my parents purchase me an alienware or voodoo >=]!
XDD

omg i love voodoo but to get one of ther laptops to the way i want it. it's going to cost about 10,000 dollars XD and i just dont want to fork over that much money. Now a decked out mac book pro for 5,000 is better, almost has the same stats as the voodoo.

[leeroyski]

wow, all I have is a dell laptop and desktop that were state of the art like 5 years ago, but I have to say that I have never had a problem with either of them...:)

[dzlifefighter]

omg i ahve the worst compute rin history! i have a damn 1998 hewlett packard >.<!!!!

[Sode_no_Shirayuki]

I use a dell but my dad bought it.

[Yachiru11232]

I use a DELL it's good but I'm waiting to get a laptop because I hate sharing a computer it's just so annoying!

[d_razor]

My computer is a custom built though most of the parts are rainbow.The monitor isn't i'm not really sure what it is

I agree with people that vista sucks most software don't work and windows have really come up with ideas to find out if you have cracked programs on it plus lots of games,software and hardware don't work because they aren't made for vista.

[ichigo3oo4]

i have a dell desktop a hp laptop(hp laptop is for my brother) and a apple laptop

[joe4ever86]

i used to use my hp pavillion 514x computer but im now using my new compaq presario laptop. Its good, but i don't like that it has vista. i wish it had xp.

[ReaperJ21]

I use my windows Xp,its pretty good, i like it =)

[hisagilove]

I have a HP desktop. It's new but I dun like it much, its got vista which is really rather irratating.
I have three laptops, an ibook, a dell, and the newest laptop, my beautiful and wonderful Acer laptop.
I am building my own computer, but I'm sort of techincally challenged... my friend Matt is doing all the techy stuff, I buy the parts. XD
I'm not a big gamer, I mainly just surf the web so right now our four computers are okay. I'm looking forward to my new one though, equipped with a 24 inch screen... *drifts off* Okay sorry... um yeah, I'm going now...
~Mika-chan

[DeathGodKisuke]

I have a new Toshiba Satelite laptop... plays pretty much any game i put in it... havent tried anything after supreme commander though... and i also have a old dell desktop that plays everything i want it to... my girlfriend uses the dell until i get a alienware or voodoopc laptop.

[DarkDemon]

I use a 2yr old Hp 1gb gaming computer with a 256mb Ati graphic's card :) its my baby but i have my dads newer one which is like double my stuff. Ill be running duel comps soon for college and stuff so :D

[byyakuya20]

i use my compaq computer and my sidekick 3

[UniSol_Jeroen]

I built my own pc so its kind of a lot of brands all together.

For university i need a laptop though this year and i took a HP one.

Dell laptops are good, so dont say things like that :p

[Max_Sparta]

Well its hard to say what mine is actually.

It started life out as a Compaq but the only original thing i stilkl have in there is the tiiiiiiiiinny 10 gig hdd i have which does nothing but hold windows... XD

[Gonzo]

wow i use a Dell XPS 710 h2c computer..love it..so quite, fast, games are great on it..as well as using 3d software like; Zbrush 3, Unreal 3 engine, 3d studio max9 and so much more.. (i love the nivida 8800 GTS graphics Card)

i mean..i guess the person who says Dell sucks well had a really bad comp or just doesn't perfer dell..

love em..gonna get another one.. this time from www.ibuypower.com

[ShInObU]

i'm using a laptop.

[Acheron]

Customized Dell XPS 720 Desktop, I like the computer but I don't like Vista so I run XP on it still.

[BaknaiDude]

Mine is custom made and it's really old (5 years or so) but still works fine...:)

Anyway, you better buy custom made too because brand-name computers a wothless. Too expensive and low performance...

[soofina]

I use a big and slow computer from Dell. I don't like it but i will wish a new one to my birthday

[Takashi Kusinagi]

My school laptop's a Dell, My own laptop's a Gateway

[SenseiNguyen]

i use a sony vaio computer and have a toshiba laptop with windows vista premium!!!!

[aswin]

I've build all my pc with my own, and I'm a little bit hardware mania, I've already upgrade my pc at least 3 month, but if I'm broke it take 6 month.
I use Vaio and Toshiba for my mobile

[Pinay_Ellie]

I use a HP computer windows XP :)
But sometimes I use my dad the laptop :D

[anxon]

I'm using a custom built desktop !

[Petaro]

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
6300 @ 1.86GHz
1.86 GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension
232.6 GB of hard-drive space

[Otacon645]

Custom Built
E6850 at 3.8GHz
8800GTX
2GB PC6400 RAM
320GB HDD
All in my sweet Antec 900 Case, I'm a pretty heavy computer gamer and I built this for 1500$ where as if I built the same computer on dell it'd be 3400$ (what a rip-off)

[angeleyes]

I mainly use my Sony Vaio desktop and Toshiba laptop anymore.

However, I also have a custom built desktop and a Dell desktop. :p

~Also, I'm getting 2 Macs in the spring! Woot!~ :D

[Max_Sparta]

Well Ive just ordered a custom Built pc from Cyberpower and its Uber!

Its got a Quad Core 3.00gig processor, A pair of Gforce 8800 XFX Extreame Edition 768 Meg GFX Cards, 3 gig of Corsair RAM and Liquid cooling.

Darn Expensive though. ><

[Nforcer]

I have the: Area-51 ALX from Alienware I'm usually found playing FFXI on Sylph server.

[ByakuyaRulez]

i got a experion and a xps

[aswin]

Sorry guys, for computers like HP, Dell etc they all like CBU cars. It'll be excitment stuff when they got an upgrade from its company but if from another vendor that's old stories sometimes just would bring crashing for your PC or desktop

I'm here in my internet cafe still use; when we built it with our self that would be more satisfied
P4 2.4A (Presscott)
Gigabyte i848 P(G)
512Mb x 2 PC3200 Kingston(CL-2)
80Gb SATA II WD
256 R9800
450W Enlight
Plextor Premium(B) CDRw 52x
17' Samsung 700NF

Some peoples said it oldest, crappy but for me it's amazing. Which OC through 3GHz it could be 3.6GHz but I don't needed so far.
So basically what we want maybe not what we need, built PC/ Desktop more cheaper, faster and better I guess. And we could more familiar with our own like soul mate, when there's any troubles I'll bet we more know than the others

In my home I've built the up to date PC/ Laptop, that I couldn't tell here. Because for me it's a need but how for the others ? for example the budget I've used it's normal, but for peoples in the third countries it could feed them for more than a month

Sorry if I'm too far from topics

For recommended I've use hardware which the chips from Taiwan, Japan, Korea
If not from that place you better prepare your budget, for a knowledge even NASA use the chips from Taiwan for a long time periode :-)

[joycee09]

I use a Dell Laptop

ciao

[pedro punduko]

im using a laptop:ichigo:

[bitterrose1025]

I use a Macintosh iBook G4. I absolutely love it. I had a PC desktop and the rest of my family has PCs. So I've used both systems. Macs are much better. They are more user friendly and rarely get viruses. From now on I'm only buying Macs.:D

[Vicious]

My media/internet pc is a self built 2.8ghz, 1gig ram P4
I also have a MacBook Pro with Boot Camped XP on it.

[storm1221]

i got windows vista is alright

[Forsakenzoul]

Costume made:

Pentium D 805 @ 3.5Ghz
ASUS P5WD2-Premium
2GB OCZ DDR667
2x36GB WD Raptors RAID 0
2x250GB (1WD, 1Seagate) storage
X1800XTX 512MB
Audigy ZS2 Plat.

Pretty old by now but still running strong for the most part. Only prob I've had was trying to run Crysis beta lol textures wouldn't load at the right time and even at everything low/off i would lag miserably (was running it at 1920x1200 res). Will be upgrading soon though, after i get an HDTV :)

[Gonzo]

A Dell XPS 710
Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX6800 (8MB L2 Cache,3.20GHz
768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
ABS Tagan ITZ 1100 Power Supply
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
GIGABYTE ATX Ultra Durable 2 Ultra Cooling Intel Motherboard
2x 750GB - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW
Silent UFO CPU Cooler
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card
AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator

[YoruichiToRukia]

Main graphics workstation Dual 2Ghz G5 Mac tower (4GB RAM, 1 TB internal HD and 3 TB external) with 2x 20" Studio displays, wacom 9x12 tablet.

No name Windows whitebox core duo (nothing special does the windows XP Pro thing nicely though) with 2Gb RAM, 160GB HD.

1x 1GHz 2GBRAM TiBook PowerBook (legacy system these days just used for network diagnostics)

1x 1.3 GHZ G4 AlBook PowerBook, my main laptop (to be replaced with a MacBook Pro 17" early next year).

1x Toshiba Tablet with XP Pro... errr honestly can't even remember what model or specs it is it gets used so rarely, mostly gets loaned out and occasionally used for D&D sessions - runs some character/NPC management software and the tablet's good for drawing mud maps to show players :D

So I've got a few machines laying around here...
But then I'm a techie so I do tend to accumulate a few machines between cleaning binges

[XRattlesnake]

Currently, I have a desktop and a labtop. For the desktop, I have a Sony Vaio, which seems like it last forever~piece of old machine. I have a Dell Inspiron 1505 Labtop-2 things about it...It's one piece of crashing machine that's worth for its cheap price. I am planning to build a super gaming desktop machine, just gotta have the money....

[nightwish]

Custom:
Q6600 @ 3.0GHz (G0)
eVGA 680i A1
SLI 7900GTX 1GB (BFG)
2x1GB Mushkin DDR2-1066 @ DDR2-830 4-3-3-8
2x 150GB Raptor RAID 0
320GB Seagate
PC&C Turbo-Cool 1KW
Zalman 9700 Cu (might switch for the new ZeroTherm Nirvana however.)

Xp Pro, Win98, DSL, RedHat

varius other pcs, laptops.

[spaxxor]

I have an hp pavilion laptop dv6000

stats:

intel core 2 duo, @ 1.50 ghz
4 gig ddr2 ram (it's under the touchpad.... currently burning my hands off)
an nvidia 8400M GS w 1gig of on board (ie. not shared with the other 4 currently burning my hand off)
200 gig hdd

and all the other crap that comes with a lappy



I juss can't wait for the warrenty to run out on it so I can ditch windows vista, and re-load windows xp on it (I actually bought a legit copy *gasp*) if it weren't for the fact that I had windows vista ultimate (x86-64 version) on it, I'd be the most powerful comp on my floor (sad isn't it?)

[Forsakenzoul]

Damn thats quite a system you got there though im not too happy with that CPU, it just seems to be so underpowering compared to the rest. Still nice lappy though :)

[spaxxor]

Damn thats quite a system you got there though im not too happy with that CPU, it just seems to be so underpowering compared to the rest. Still nice lappy though :)

processors nowadays are moving toward how much info you can move with one clock... the core 2 duo is a prime example of that.... the fact is that all computers I had so far before this one had processor cores that clocked faster than the both the core 2 duo's cores combined... yet the core 2 duo is better at moving info. I also get smashingly better framerates in unreal 2k4 on my lappy than on my "custom gaming desktop" which I built leik 3 years ago. (note: I killed off vista through vmware... it's a zen kinda thing, it's an xp virtual machine without the vista base, so it is and isn't a virtual machine at the same time.)


confused yet?? :D

[nightwish]

Damn thats quite a system you got there though im not too happy with that CPU, it just seems to be so underpowering compared to the rest. Still nice lappy though :)
Actualy its te 64-bit bus on the 8400M GS thats realy killing him. it cant even use its dedicated 1GB of memory since the tiny bus cant access it all.

[jasinjildo]

Aww.... The gateway laptop that I have....it's pretty good in performance wise.... but the thing that connects the screen broke and now it's only connected by a wire...... the quality of the performance is great!, but the quality of the material of the computer sucks!

[Gundamgrl]

I use a toshiba laptop, it's pretty good performance wise.Ilike it I got it for christmas :)

[nightwish]

Well, I just built a new media pc about a week ago, I use it to record scrubs, stargate, planet earth and a dozen other shows im to lazy to watch when on.
Simple and cheap:
Motherboard: Biostar 945P-A7A (8.0) (possibly my favorite on-a-budget MB.
CPU: E4500 OC'ed to ~3600mhz (330FSB, 11x)
Ram: 2x 1GB Wintec Amp DDR2-667 (cheap and stable, just the way I like my budget Double Data Rate DIMMs)
GPU: X800GTO (good quality, got it cheap and plays games fairly well for its age.)
Tuner: Hauppauge 150 MCE 1042
HD: [RAID 0 WD250GB=500GB]+WD500GB in RAID 1 on a Rosewill 4SATA RAID 0/1/0+1/5 card.
PSU: PCP&C Silencer 470W
Case: Centurion 5 (not window), also my favorite case for budget builds.
Optical: 2x random sata dvd/cd burner drives

---------------------

So far I have ~300GB's of Scrubs, UFC, Stargate, Planet Earth, Simpsons, Futurama, Dirty Jobs, Samurai Jack, and a few other shows. woot!

Any one know were I can pick up OEM or Retail 500GB drives, cheaply? (<$100) pm me.

[Serene Melody]

The computer I am currently using is a Dell Dimension 2400. It is one of the company’s older models, but I am definitely not going to complain. As long as it functions properly and allows the privilege of signing online that is all I need for now. Well, until I can purchase another computer.

[russiandobby]

i bought an hp pavillion but since then i replaced everthing except screen and processor, but at least i got two geforce 8800 and now i am sli which is awsome.

[Zheden]

Right now I'm using my travel laptop ~
Bought it direct from Dell ~
It is a Dell XPS, Centrino Dual Core II with plenty of stuff in it...but I hate laptops.

So onto the better one I use!
A homemade (recently begun/completed project) desktop ~
Has an Intel Quad Core processor, NVidia 8800 GT, 4gig DDR2 ram, 500gig hdd, an external 650gig, and what all else is needed to run it all at optimum performance...with plenty of nice blue LED fans...unfortunately, its all running on Vista...only because eventually thats where all the gaming is going to move to and I just wanted to be prepared for it.

I've also got my other desktop that I constructed two years ago ~ it isn't as well-powered as my newest toy, but it was really nice for its time and it runs most everything thats out right now ~ and it runs with XP, so it isn't a terrible toy :)

[russiandobby]

guys here is news, people released new direct x10 for xp so all the games that require vista can be played on a xp, ofcourse you need to have a nice rig but still dont need vista anymore

[Zheden]

Yeah but eventually I figure that there'll be more things I need that won't be XP compliant ~ so I figured why not just go with Vista? Besides ~ I still have my XP desktop and laptop for whatever I need, too. Unfortunately manufacturers are going to stop making things backwards compatible and move on to the next thing only or they'll have to make things Vista compliant along with whatever the next OS is...so its not a big loss...just frustrating at times with Vista :p

[danieldosia]

Directx 10 on XP doesn't work yet, it is still in develoment. There are 3 things that might happen with the curent directx 10 for XP crashes when activating dx 10 features, not happening nothing, it means that it's dx 9 and only that and working but with not more than 8 fps in games than on vista on same settings u get 40 fps. Thank god i have vista and i didn't used that stupid hack on xp ( i have it too just as a backup:p ) but a friend of mine tried it, and after trying Gears of War he tried to install Win XP again :D

My PC:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Cooler: Zalman CNPS-9700-NT
Motherboard: Gigabyte X38-DQ6
RAM: 4 GB DDR2 Geil 800 Mhz
GPU: 8800GT Gainward
HDD: 3X400 GB Western Digital
Tuner: Winfast TV 200 XP Expert
Optical: 2X LG DVD-WR and after next month an LG BD WR :D
PSU: Akasa Power Green 80 500 Watt
Case: Raidmax Sagitta with 3X13 db 120mm fans and one 10 db 80 mm fan
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium+ Widows XP Pro

Tried to make a multimedia PC tough, on the gaming part, with all that power that it has, some lower cpus get an advantage of about 8 frames in some games :( sucks that most of the software designers still don't optimize the software too good for multicore processors especially quad core ones :(. I'd say it's pretty good but it goes a lil too slow because of the HDD :( i tried 10k rpm and 15k rpm HDDs and there is almost no difference so i sticked to 7200 rpm, can't wait for the flash HDDs to be launched and with more than 64 gb that are beeing made now, the speed will rise substantially but the price will raise substantially too :p but with the performance and speed of 10X, or more, of an WD Raptor HDD, it will worth the extra money:)

[Moeder]

A local Q-motion pc with core2duo and all that stuff. good for gaming every once in a while and doing homework ;)

[Woot_etc]

I was just wondering what brand of computer or what kind of computer you guys use to get on the forum.....



I use my (crappy but good) CoreDuo Gateway Laptop to get on the forum...


I hope no one here uses Dells... Dells are the crappiest computers in the world!

no, thats emachines. they may look great and all, but they run like crap. dells arent too bad.

Anyways, i use my custom built (by me :D) Ecs Elitegroup P4M900T-M motherboard, Intel Pentium D 3 Ghz dual core, 1.5 Gb ram, 64 mb onboard trashy video card, 300 watt powersupply that makes my system unstable due to insufficient power, and a 10Gig hard drive to top it off :) it runs as bad as when :hanataro: tries to fight.

[XRattlesnake]

My updated wishlist.

-Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

-GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

-EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

-Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU ATX 12V 2.0 500W Power

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6600

-CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model

-SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM

-WOLF KING Warrior DK2388UBL Blue&Black USB Ergonomics

-Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard -

-SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD

-Logitech QuickCam Messenger USB Interface WebCam - OEM

-Logitech G5 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser Mouse

-SENNHEISER PC166 USB 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural Headset

-ASUS 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black PATA

-HP Photosmart C6180 Q8181A up to 32 ppm Up to 4800 x 1200

-ZALMAN VF900 – CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler

-ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

-Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker

[Moptophaha]

Well...at the moment, I'm using a slightly (extremely) out-of-date pc..
I didn't keep a record of what's in it...I just remember that there's a Radeon X700 series of some type, and 1 gig of ram...

I'm about $300 off my new PC, which is going to be sw33t...
(Too lazy to write up all of its components...)

[nightwish]

Well...at the moment, I'm using a slightly (extremely) out-of-date pc..
I didn't keep a record of what's in it...I just remember that there's a Radeon X700 series of some type, and 1 gig of ram...

I'm about $300 off my new PC, which is going to be sw33t...
(Too lazy to write up all of its components...)

X700 when it came out, was a decent card. The Pro was so hard to find though :( good card for good price.

Intel or AMD for your new PC?

[eye1]

I'm using a Appel Powerbook G4:D

[kenta-sama]

ive got a newer one..pavilion pc or somthing...runnin vista home premium i think...dont know what else it can do XD

[Demon Cobra]

I just use my high and mighty not-so-super-dual core :D

AMD Athlon X2 64 Dual Core 6000+ (3,01Ghz x2)
2048MB DDR2 800mhz Ram
NVidia 8600 GT

Self build.

[Woot_etc]

I just use my high and mighty not-so-super-dual core :D

AMD Athlon X2 64 Dual Core 6000+ (3,01Ghz x2)
2048MB DDR2 800mhz Ram
NVidia 8600 GT

Self build.

i'd love to have something like that. pentium d sucks :(

[faeril]

I'm a total MacAddict and use an iBook (1.42 gHz, 1 gig ram -- and that's about all I know). I am death to any Windows pc I touch -- it's like instant blue screen of death -- since I have used only Apple/Mac computers since the very first Mac Classic came out years and years ago, and those darn Windows machines know it. The sad thing is that I am only just now beginning to utilize the most of my computer's capabilities -- oh, well . . . better late than never.

[SaMmM12345]

CASE: Antec Nine Hundred

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 OC to 3.5ghz

CPU cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme (Mounted with A.C ryan 12cm Fan)

MotherBoard: Gigabyte P35-DS3R

Ram: Geil DDR2 6400UDC CL 4 Ultra (2GB Kit)

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB

Graphics card: Asus 8800GT

Sound card: Creative X-fi XtremeGamer

PSU: Enhance ENS-0555 550W

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder

Keyboard: Some unknown Logitech Keyboard...

Headphones: Logitech Precision Gaming Headset

Monitor: ViewSonic 22" LCD

I can play all the games that are currently available in the market. :)

Max out Crysis at 1650x1050 without AA. Stable 20-30+ FPS.

[XshroomyX]

I'm using my acer aspire 5570 laptop.Windows Vista!!

This laptop is pretty handy for gaming too!
lol,and i'm only 15.

[Venom]

Sony Vaio AR21S

[jcbyakuya]

I was just wondering what brand of computer or what kind of computer you guys use to get on the forum.....



I use my (crappy but good) CoreDuo Gateway Laptop to get on the forum...


I hope no one here uses Dells... Dells are the crappiest computers in the world!

Why did you said that? I use Dell and it`s not crappy.
I use a Dell laptop and it is really good at stealing other users` wireless,and I never paid for the wireless I used,it`s all free.:p
See...Dell is really a good computer...:D

[Woot_etc]

Why did you said that? I use Dell and it`s not crappy.
I use a Dell laptop and it is really good at stealing other users` wireless,and I never paid for the wireless I used,it`s all free.:p
See...Dell is really a good computer...:D

:mad: you can go to jail for that XD and yes, dell is good
here is my piece of **** with new addons!
ecs p4m900t-m board, Nvidia GeForce 5500 (something like that) new GenMax 400 watt power supply (yey no more shorting out!) and another 10 gig hard drive (my other 10 gig died due to not enough power >.<) sound card: Creative sound blaster live! 5.1 (i took this out of a dell) and thats pretty much it. dells are good. i dug one out of the trash and all it needed was xp installed. some moron threw a perfectly good precision 340 in the trash because they didnt know what they were doing! lol 2 ghz pentium 4 XD

[robe_genious1]

i comletely desagree with you dells are not crappy, in my room only i have two computers, both dell pcs and will never get any other brand

if you dont know how to use a computer or even how to take care of it even the best computer of the world will break
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Why did you said that? I use Dell and it`s not crappy.
I use a Dell laptop and it is really good at stealing other users` wireless,and I never paid for the wireless I used,it`s all free.:p
See...Dell is really a good computer...:D

uuhh not good dont say that girl if you do something like that dont say it at the very least or dont do it at all:eek:

[hitsugayajc]

i use a pc tat's slow (DDR DIMM speed:200) with a small screan and is so black tat it can hide in the shadows^^
i'm going to change it soon,or mayb...

[kris23]

let me throw this out here after being off the forums forever.....

my system:

CoolerMaster Stacker 832 chassis (sexy, stlyin, but flimsy as hell)

XG Vortec 600w single Rail PSU (nice but old and not 80 Plus certified)

Intel Core 2 Duo e6550 2.33GHz CPU @ 3.5GHz 500x7 FSB (go with an Intel e8400 now, its way better than this.)

ASUS Maximus Formula (BIOS 907) all i can say is don't buy the board, go with gigabyte, this thing sucks balls......

4GB Transcend AxeRAM DDR2 1200 CAS 5-5-5-15 2T

HIS HD 3870 Radeon TurboX (if buying 2 cards, go with the 3870X2, if getting a single card, go with a Nvidia 8800GTS 512 i simply can't recomend this thing to all but the true AMD/ATi fanboys)

Creative Labs X-fi XtremeMusic (crappy sound, go with an Auzentech X-fi its better)

Dual 500GB Seagate 7200.11 drives in RAID 0 very fast and (1TB logical drive)

all running Vista Ultimate 32bit edition (want x64bit but im waiting for SP1 to be out) P.S. people please stop bashing vista if you don't even know how to use it and don't know what its strong points are....

this thing is better than XP in stability and security and excels in regular performance on higher end systems. the better the hardware, the faster it becomes (XP hits a max somewhere before it on similar hardware.)

and just so you know, you can disable all those command prompts simply by going into the account settings, the rest should be obvious....

[Kenshin Ryuzaki]

Lol, I guess I'm going to have to get a new computer, mine is looking quite obselete right now. I'm using an Intel Pentium III (1.05 GHz with 512 MB of RAM). It's about 8 years old, and I can't believe it hasn't spontaneously combusted due to the power any of the new programs demand :D.

[MissRebecca]

I have a sony Vaio.
( my laptop)
I also have a Gateway

[gruja]

I use a custom PC i made a year ago....its like this
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
2.00 GB of RAM
ATI Radeon 2600 XT 512 MB
HD Maxtor 320 GB
all that on an Asus mother board
and a Windows XP Profesional SP 2.... i tried vista but didn't like it so i am still on XP.

[jleepl]

I build my own PC and I'm upgrading it when i got some money..
Have a Pentum D 3.4Ghz, 2 Gb ram, Vista Ultimate, G7600GS 512Mb, Creative Audigy 4.

I beleive own-build PC is better than branded PC except Alienware PCs which are high end gaming PCs......

[nightwish]

What type of freezer do you keep that in?

[kris23]

its really kinda funny how many people bow to alienware.......... the pathetic hype of the computer industry that is overblown and overpriced severalfold.......

build your own system, there is no other platform thats more flexible or more OCable..... for the price of a top end alienware, you can build a gaming system out of f***ing Skulltrail! the most powerful gaming/multimedia platform in a class of its own.....

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=457

FYI Alienware is Dell.... Dell bought them a few years back

[nikeair]

I use a HP Pavilion laptop. It hasn't ever really had any problems. The sticker says it is Vista capable but I think I will stick to XP. I just wish they would put better video cards in laptops. Overall it serves me well.

[nightwish]

its really kinda funny how many people bow to alienware.......... the pathetic hype of the computer industry that is overblown and overpriced severalfold.......

build your own system, there is no other platform thats more flexible or more OCable..... for the price of a top end alienware, you can build a gaming system out of f***ing Skulltrail! the most powerful gaming/multimedia platform in a class of its own.....

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=457

FYI Alienware is Dell.... Dell bought them a few years back


Or you can newegg some parts, save a few grand, and still build a kickass system. And longer warranty.

[nikeair]

I agree with nightwish. You can build very nice computers if you custom build them. I think the best place is to do this is newegg, as nightwish said. Most of the parts there are for serious gamers so they have good video cards. They also have lower quality for those who don't want to pay as much though. We have a computer that was built from parts off newegg and it is very nice for the price we paid.

[anime_gal]

I use a Dell... and its pretty reliable too :D (it should be, my dad paid a lot of money for it you know)

[jleepl]

What type of freezer do you keep that in?
Have basic cooling....

[kris23]

Or you can newegg some parts, save a few grand, and still build a kickass system. And longer warranty. now theres a company to bow to......ALL HAIL NEWEGG! THE BEST ONLINE ELECTRONICS STORE IN THE WORLD!!!!! lol

i built my rig from parts from newegg for about 1200 man... so awesome....

you can even buy power tools and kitchen appliances there too lol

[Makioto]

I use a MacBook now :p
I got it two days ago, but my old computer was a Fujitsu Lol :]
2.5Gb RAM wee~
funn :p

[nikeair]

I use a MacBook now :p
I got it two days ago, but my old computer was a Fujitsu Lol :]
2.5Gb RAM wee~
funn :p

Isn't a Mac kind of expensive? I have heard that some people like them a lot better than PCs though. I have an old Mac that I was twinking with. But I bought that from a second hand store for $20.

[TrineX]

I am currently using a Linux based desktop. Don't need much ram seeing that I do most of my video game playing on consoles. But Linux is a very good operating system.

[XRattlesnake]

So far, I'm still using the computers at work for most of the time. Kinda sad, but at least it helps me build my foundation.

[nikeair]

I am currently using a Linux based desktop. Don't need much ram seeing that I do most of my video game playing on consoles. But Linux is a very good operating system.

I once tried Linux for awhile. Couldn't catch on very good. Most of my favorite programs and games are for Windows. So I switched back to Windows. I know Linux is very nice though. What Linux do you have?

[The Vizard Legend]

Saddly for you i use a dell but gonna get a hp soon :)

:zaraki:

[Zanpak]

I use a Hp pavillion m8050 tr but I got 1gb ram and an additional graphic card but well it's real good now :D

[SONWABILE]

Im using a Sahara P.C and its not that bad but its slow when i go the forums and i also use my phone to get online

[Emotionless Assasin]

I am using a high-end gaming computer even though a lot of games seem to take forever to load. . .

Pentium 4, 3.4 GHz.
2 GB of RAM.
512MB ATi Graphics
320GB of hard drive space.

Thats all you need to know.

[bandit2189]

Dell Inspiron 1521.
It runs Vista, but I really haven't had problems with it.
It's pretty quick, and it has enough memory for my iTunes.
I'm pretty pleased with it overall.
Nice large screen, too.

[ulquiorra_117]

I have a Dell Precision M60
I love it and its got 2GB
so its pretty fast

[Joshua18]

Imac G5.. greatest computer ever. It never freezes or gets viruses.
*Anything running Windows sucks*

[kayatt0]

right now i don't have any computer or laptop..
but my sister had one..
so, i'm using her laptop instead..
and the brand is compaq

[leoblack9]

An Acer Aspire L310, a small compact desktop computer with laptop parts. Too bad it comes with Vista and an Integrated graphics card, both of which are irreplacable. I just upgraded to 4 gig memory to make it fast.

[bandit2189]

Imac G5.. greatest computer ever. It never freezes or gets viruses.
*Anything running Windows sucks*

Yeah, you don't need to come at the neck of everybody else's system just because you're a Mac user. Here's a helpful site about Macs, since you're interested: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

If you enjoy your computer, that's seriously great. It's not great if you wanna act like mine is trash when mine doesn't freeze either.

[archangel1756]

I use a VAIO laptop. Both for school work and personal use as well. I am using Windows XP. Personally I think Vista is just too complex plus its not that much different from XP anyway.

[zuchr1]

im used

atlon64 x2...4800
ram ddr 4gb kingston
vga 512mb 256p
hdd 250gb
mb asus.....

[reaper671]

i own a mac/xp and vista machines/ and a linux machine.
my 2 xp machines are a home made
my vista is a gateway laptop
the linux box is an hp that i took xp off of
and the mac is a macbook

macs get viruses and break too. there are just fewer viruses out there because the virus makers of the world want to hit as many people as possible which means you go after the system with the most users which are pc users, if macs gain the most users again, then guess who will be getting more viruses then. did you know that the first virus was made for macs? and that when mac made the commercial about how macs dont get sick, that 5 new viruses came out for the mac that day because they made the virus making jack@$$es mad.

[benhur99ph]

I use a VAIO laptop. Both for school work and personal use as well. I am using Windows XP. Personally I think Vista is just too complex plus its not that much different from XP anyway.

Woo hoo! I'm a VAIO user too! Works great for me... been using my laptop for two years now .... and I have had no problems!

[Metaforte]

Im using Windows XP Home Edition.

It;s a tad slow though, or it just might be my hardware.

[russiandobby]

i just build one from scratch and using it right now

[Evilteddybear97]

I'm currently using an IBM thinkpad courtesy of Northern Michigan University. It's not the best thing in the world but it comes as part of the tuition and it gets the job done.