The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread

IronWolf · 10th September 2007, 01:27

Amature Gaming Rig

Mainboard : Asus M2N-MX
Chipset : nVidia 6100V
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
Hard Disk : 160 GB Seagate 7800.9
DVD-Rom Drive : SONY DVD RW AW-G170A
DVD-Rom Drive : LG - HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B
Monitor : Dell Computer DELL E151FPb - 15" LCD
Sound Card: Creative SB live
Speakers : Creative Inspire 2500 2.1 / Logitech Headset
Mouse : Logitech MX310
PSU : Zebronics Delta OEM 500W Power Supply

All Stuffed into a Black Zebronics Bijli case cooled by Front 120mm fan / Back 120mm fan/ Top 120mm Coolermaster fan (bought from RiO and modded on recently) / Side - 2 : 80mm fans.

OS & wares: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 / NOD32 / Ad-aware 6.0 / RivaTuner / uTorrent / Fraps

120mm fan installed with help of BlueRaven316's Car accessories installer:
Zebronics Bijli, pretty simple mod:

reignofchaos · 10th September 2007, 01:38

So this was your bijli that rio was getting modded :P.

Anyway here's my current 3dmark 06. Still working on it... badly cpu limited

lancersfx · 10th September 2007, 06:46

Desktop config still in the gOlden era.....anywayz here it is....

An Assembled desktop:-
Mainboard : Mercury
Chipset : Intel..
Processor : Celeron 1.1Ghz
Memory : 128MBx2
Video Card: Integrated 32MB
Hard Disk : Hitachi 20MB and Seagate 80GB total (100GB)
DVD-Writer : Samsung DVD RW
CD-Writer : LG - HL-DT-ST RW
Monitor : Samsung
Sound Card: Mercury integrated
Speakers : Adcom 2.1 channel.
Mouse : Samsung optical.
Keyboard: Microsoft 101keys PS-T
OS:- Have tried everything from DOS to BeOS to Linux( Ubuntu, Mandrake, Fedora, RedHat, Knoppix,) Windows(98, ME,2000,XPpro/home/mediacenter), Server 2003. Currently running XP Professional.

Now For the laptop my turbo power

Compaq V3155AU
Processor: 2.0Ghz AMD Turion 64 MK-36
RAM: 1x512MB DDR2
HDD: 80GB 5400 rpm
OPtical drive: 8x Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) Double Layer support
Display size: 14.1" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen Display
Display resolution: 1280 x 800
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Weight: 2.4 kg (5.4 lbs)
Dimensions: 23.7 cm (W) x 33.4 cm (L) x 2.6 cm - 3.9 cm (H)
Operating System: Started with FreeDos(As this model is shipped without an OS) then installed Fedora now running XP Home and quite satisfied with it.

vabs78 · 10th September 2007, 10:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by khanak

Whats it like switching from Windows?

The experience is definitely good.
The design of the Laptop and the OS are both exceptional. The UI of MAC OS is very simple but elegant. And its FAST. It as completely different user experience.

I was using Windows VISTA for last 6 months and the performance was soo frustratingly slow that I was fed up.

Most of the softwares are available for MAC. There are some good OpenSource alternatives for those which are not available.

Best part is that you don't have to worry about Virus any more

There are no viruses on MAC.

RiO · 10th September 2007, 14:44

My next build is in progress, should be complete this week - the details:
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CORE COMPONENTS:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz/1066FSB/4MB
Board: Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce 680i
Memory: 2*1GB Cellshock DDR2-1000 PC8000 CL4
GPU: OCZ GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3
PSU: OCZ GameXStream 850W
Case: CoolerMaster Stacker STC-T01

AIR COOLING:
Northbridge: Thermalright HR-05 SLI
Southbridge: Evercool VC-RF
Mosfets: Thermalright HR-09U + HR-09S
Memory: Corsair Dominator Airflow
VGA Memory: Microcool MicroSinks + Swiftech MC21
Case: 2x Yate Loon D12SM-12 120mm fans

WATER COOLING:
CPU: D-Tek FuZion
GPU: D-Tek FuZion-GFX (modded)
Pump: Swiftech MCP655 x 2
Reservoir: Swiftech MCRES-MICRO (re-tapped) + Danger Den Brass FillPort
Radiator: Thermochill PA120.3 w/3x Yate Loon D12SM-12 120mm fans
Tubing: Tygon R-3603 1/2" ID
Clamps: Breeze Miniature hose clamps
Coolant: Pentosin G11 Additive
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PICS:

GTO · 10th September 2007, 15:44

How times change....I cant believe I called my puny centrino + 512 MB RAM as lightning fast three years ago!! It pales in comparison to my brothers spanking 2 GB RAM laptop running on dual cores.

IronWolf · 10th September 2007, 23:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

So this was your bijli that rio was getting modded :P.

Anyway here's my current 3dmark 06. Still working on it... badly cpu limited

Thats right ROC.. we were both were supposed to meet you sat morning. however you overslept eh?

reignofchaos · 11th September 2007, 02:26

Haha yea I was setting up my 8800 ultra SLI and well was working on that till 6:30 in the morn. After that waking up at 10 am was insane

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Nikhilb2008 · 11th September 2007, 11:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiO

My next build is in progress, should be complete this week - the details:
_________________________________________________
CORE COMPONENTS:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz/1066FSB/4MB
Board: Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce 680i
Memory: 2*1GB Cellshock DDR2-1000 PC8000 CL4
GPU: OCZ GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3
PSU: OCZ GameXStream 850W
Case: CoolerMaster Stacker STC-T01

AIR COOLING:
Northbridge: Thermalright HR-05 SLI
Southbridge: Evercool VC-RF
Mosfets: Thermalright HR-09U + HR-09S
Memory: Corsair Dominator Airflow
VGA Memory: Microcool MicroSinks + Swiftech MC21
Case: 2x Yate Loon D12SM-12 120mm fans

WATER COOLING:
CPU: D-Tek FuZion
GPU: D-Tek FuZion-GFX (modded)
Pump: Swiftech MCP655 x 2
Reservoir: Swiftech MCRES-MICRO (re-tapped) + Danger Den Brass FillPort
Radiator: Thermochill PA120.3 w/3x Yate Loon D12SM-12 120mm fans
Tubing: Tygon R-3603 1/2" ID
Clamps: Breeze Miniature hose clamps
Coolant: Pentosin G11 Additive

Good to see you here too !!

Amey · 11th September 2007, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

So this was your bijli that rio was getting modded :P.

Anyway here's my current 3dmark 06. Still working on it... badly cpu limited

Chaos, Thats SLI or single card ?

reignofchaos · 11th September 2007, 15:34

^^Thats from SLI... stock clocks on cards. As I said... massively CPU limited. Would get around 2-2.5k more if I had a quad core. Getting 12.6k on a single card.

RiO · 11th September 2007, 18:36

Chaos, wait for Amey to sell his Q6600 in lieu of

Barcelona

devarshi84 · 11th September 2007, 21:24

performance benchamarks topping is never ending game. I was lured into it once. Not again. overclocking is a more intresting one for me.

Amey · 12th September 2007, 10:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

^^Thats from SLI... stock clocks on cards. As I said... massively CPU limited. Would get around 2-2.5k more if I had a quad core. Getting 12.6k on a single card.

15k for 2 cards ? you sure man ? Looks too low. Compared to this, my so called 'Pathetic' card isn't that bad

reignofchaos · 12th September 2007, 10:15

^^Yup I'm sure... 3dmark06 is massively CPU limited. Checked a few other 8800 ultra SLI scores on futuremark ORB and they are all in the 15k range with dual core and 17k range with quadcore. Its immaterial though cos performance in game and in most of my apps is nearly double compared to a single card.

Funnily enough, the score remains the same even if I force 4x antialiasing on 3dmark.

10th September 2007, 01:27	#616
IronWolf Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Benga-loo-ru Posts: 1,569 Thanked: 45 Times View My Garage	Amature Gaming Rig Mainboard : Asus M2N-MX Chipset : nVidia 6100V Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ) Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Hard Disk : 160 GB Seagate 7800.9 DVD-Rom Drive : SONY DVD RW AW-G170A DVD-Rom Drive : LG - HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B Monitor : Dell Computer DELL E151FPb - 15" LCD Sound Card: Creative SB live Speakers : Creative Inspire 2500 2.1 / Logitech Headset Mouse : Logitech MX310 PSU : Zebronics Delta OEM 500W Power Supply All Stuffed into a Black Zebronics Bijli case cooled by Front 120mm fan / Back 120mm fan/ Top 120mm Coolermaster fan (bought from RiO and modded on recently) / Side - 2 : 80mm fans. OS & wares: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 / NOD32 / Ad-aware 6.0 / RivaTuner / uTorrent / Fraps 120mm fan installed with help of BlueRaven316's Car accessories installer: Zebronics Bijli, pretty simple mod: Last edited by IronWolf : 10th September 2007 at 01:29.
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10th September 2007, 01:38	#617
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,542 Thanked: 2,450 Times View My Garage	So this was your bijli that rio was getting modded :P. Anyway here's my current 3dmark 06. Still working on it... badly cpu limited
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10th September 2007, 06:46	#618
lancersfx BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 225 Thanked: 44 Times View My Garage	Desktop config still in the gOlden era.....anywayz here it is.... An Assembled desktop:- Mainboard : Mercury Chipset : Intel.. Processor : Celeron 1.1Ghz Memory : 128MBx2 Video Card: Integrated 32MB Hard Disk : Hitachi 20MB and Seagate 80GB total (100GB) DVD-Writer : Samsung DVD RW CD-Writer : LG - HL-DT-ST RW Monitor : Samsung Sound Card: Mercury integrated Speakers : Adcom 2.1 channel. Mouse : Samsung optical. Keyboard: Microsoft 101keys PS-T OS:- Have tried everything from DOS to BeOS to Linux( Ubuntu, Mandrake, Fedora, RedHat, Knoppix,) Windows(98, ME,2000,XPpro/home/mediacenter), Server 2003. Currently running XP Professional. Now For the laptop my turbo power Compaq V3155AU Processor: 2.0Ghz AMD Turion 64 MK-36 RAM: 1x512MB DDR2 HDD: 80GB 5400 rpm OPtical drive: 8x Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) Double Layer support Display size: 14.1" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen Display Display resolution: 1280 x 800 Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Weight: 2.4 kg (5.4 lbs) Dimensions: 23.7 cm (W) x 33.4 cm (L) x 2.6 cm - 3.9 cm (H) Operating System: Started with FreeDos(As this model is shipped without an OS) then installed Fedora now running XP Home and quite satisfied with it.
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10th September 2007, 14:44	#620
RiO Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4 Thanked: 0 Times	WIP: Monstrosity II My next build is in progress, should be complete this week - the details: _________________________________________________ CORE COMPONENTS: CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz/1066FSB/4MB Board: Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce 680i Memory: 21GB Cellshock DDR2-1000 PC8000 CL4 GPU:* OCZ GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PSU: OCZ GameXStream 850W Case: CoolerMaster Stacker STC-T01 AIR COOLING: Northbridge: Thermalright HR-05 SLI Southbridge: Evercool VC-RF Mosfets: Thermalright HR-09U + HR-09S Memory: Corsair Dominator Airflow VGA Memory: Microcool MicroSinks + Swiftech MC21 Case: 2x Yate Loon D12SM-12 120mm fans WATER COOLING: CPU: D-Tek FuZion GPU: D-Tek FuZion-GFX (modded) Pump: Swiftech MCP655 x 2 Reservoir: Swiftech MCRES-MICRO (re-tapped) + Danger Den Brass FillPort Radiator: Thermochill PA120.3 w/3x Yate Loon D12SM-12 120mm fans Tubing: Tygon R-3603 1/2" ID Clamps: Breeze Miniature hose clamps Coolant: Pentosin G11 Additive _________________________________________________ PICS:
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10th September 2007, 15:44	#621
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,534 Thanked: 300,737 Times View My Garage	How times change....I cant believe I called my puny centrino + 512 MB RAM as lightning fast three years ago!! It pales in comparison to my brothers spanking 2 GB RAM laptop running on dual cores.
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11th September 2007, 02:26	#623
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,542 Thanked: 2,450 Times View My Garage	Haha yea I was setting up my 8800 ultra SLI and well was working on that till 6:30 in the morn. After that waking up at 10 am was insane .
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11th September 2007, 15:34	#626
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,542 Thanked: 2,450 Times View My Garage	^^Thats from SLI... stock clocks on cards. As I said... massively CPU limited. Would get around 2-2.5k more if I had a quad core. Getting 12.6k on a single card. Last edited by reignofchaos : 11th September 2007 at 15:37.
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11th September 2007, 21:24	#628
devarshi84 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ahmedabad - Tor Posts: 4,024 Thanked: 211 Times View My Garage	performance benchamarks topping is never ending game. I was lured into it once. Not again. overclocking is a more intresting one for me.
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12th September 2007, 10:15	#630
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,542 Thanked: 2,450 Times View My Garage	^^Yup I'm sure... 3dmark06 is massively CPU limited. Checked a few other 8800 ultra SLI scores on futuremark ORB and they are all in the 15k range with dual core and 17k range with quadcore. Its immaterial though cos performance in game and in most of my apps is nearly double compared to a single card. Funnily enough, the score remains the same even if I force 4x antialiasing on 3dmark.
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