The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread

S350L-E240 · 25th May 2004, 23:14

lol PS mac and mercedes are two M's i market for!
sad thing is they wont gimmie commission!

Addix,
Cube's were kinda white/transparent base,
lol not really threw but yeah went to junk in my office,
And buy the P4 2.6 it's much better and dunno abt the price difference but check for the HT version which is suppose to be nice or else just the regular P4 is cool,
Dont fall for celeron,

And abt dual monitors any AGP card which supports dual monitors shud do,
Get something like 64 mb ati radeon 9200 or something or maybe 8*** series just see what fits well for ur needs cause computer is one place where people can blow uselessly on their hard earned money

lemme know if u need any more help lol IM GOD!

satish_appasani · 14th June 2004, 05:40

Desktop
P4 1.6 GHz
256 MB Ram
40 GB HDD
Creative Sound blaster live value pack sound card
Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speakers
15" monitorSony DVD
Samsung - CD-RW
Firewire card
Windows 2000 & Windows 98

Laptop
HP Compaq nx9010
P4 2.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
40 GB HDD
Firewire
DVD/ CD-RW combo
JBL speakers built in
Windows XP

PDA
Dell Axim x5 - 300 MHz
32 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM
128 MB CF card
Windows Mobile 2003

nitrous · 15th June 2004, 02:29

AMD athlon 2600+
256 MB 400 ddr hynix RAM
80 GB 7200 rpm HDD
creative 2.1 soundworks speakers
creative sound blaster live sound card
17" samsung monitor
52x samsung cd-rw with 8MB cache
16X LG DVD rom drive
64 mb Gforce4 mx 440 with TV out card ( i play a lot of games)
win98 and winxp.

Revvmaster · 15th June 2004, 03:06

Aadix, remember, the celeron doesnt have cache mem while the Pentium does.

Also a 2.2 AMD wud give a 2.6 Pentium a hard time. But AMDs heat faster therefore need bigger and even more cooling fans.

Revv

ravi_28_8 · 19th June 2004, 10:26

Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHZ
Motherboard - intel 845 original
Memory - 1024 MB DDR RAM
Hard Disk - 80 GB SATA HDD
Mouse - microsoft optical

Turbo_charged · 20th June 2004, 01:54

hi guys i dont have a desktop but a laptop
*LAPTOP:
*SONY VAIO
*PCG-K17
*P4 3.06GHZ
*80 GB HARD DISK
*512 MN DDR SDRAM
*DVD+-RW
*AND A CREATIVE BLASTER SPEAKER
AND A LOGITECH *MOUSE
15"TFT SCREEN
WINDOWS XP

vipulG · 22nd November 2004, 08:49

I have Oct 2004 edition iBook. Specs: 12", 1.2 Ghz, 512MB, 30 GB, Built in Airport Extreme. Got it for $850 + $40 for extra RAM.
I use Contour Design's MiniPro Travel Mouse(one of best Mouse I ever used in last 15 years of computing)$22.

While at home , I connect my old 15" monitor and also use Apple Pro USB keyboard ($49) with macmice 2 botton scroll wheel USB mouse( gr8 Apple design made even better. Looks,feels and works exactly the same as Apple one button USB Mouse) $40.

I use Tucano (Itali) Second Skin Sleeve($21) to store my iBook.

Just last week I added Airport Express wireless base station (with Airtunes)for $129 (Fantastic!).

And of course almost addicted to iPod (mini) $249

Next additions would be:

1> D Link Bt120 Blue Tooth Dongle ($40)
2> 2.5" External Firewire/USB2.0 Hard disk ($75)
4> iMic ($35)

(I have re-posted here based on suggestion received from 'Rehaan' )

Gordon · 22nd November 2004, 14:44

well too late in posting, but here is my config

Pentium P4 2.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
80GB HDD
17" monitor Samsung SyncMaster 793s.....give me screen size of 1280x1024
CD writer, used to die for it, but now I want a DVD-writer, any idea how much a good but not expensive DVD-writer would be?
Mercury 980W with built-in radio, amplifier, wooden subwoofer + two speakers, built-in surround effect.
optical microsoft mouse
microsoft keyboard
windows xp [which is a million times better than that crap windows 98!]

speedsatya · 23rd November 2004, 02:05

pIII 800mhz ,384mb sd ram (133mhz bus speed)
50X asus cd drive,
intel 815DEEA motherboard.,d-link internal modem(wud change to cable net from next month,9pm to 9am ,128kbps,360rs per month,so fast that a 7mb song takes 40sec to download.now that wat i have heard.)

satya

aalaap · 23rd November 2004, 14:30

My config is in my signature, so each and every post of mine has it. The reason its there is because I frequent tech forums a lot and the siggie was originally created for that. However it has always had car pics as a background so I figured its relevant here.

Anyway, on with my config:

PC1 the main steed:
Intel Pentium IV 2.66 GHz
Asus P4S533-MX (SIS 651) mobo
1GB PC2100 DDR266 RAM
Samsung Samtron 75E 17" Monitor
Samsung SP0802N 80GB 7200 RPM HDD
Pioneer DVR-107D DVD+/-RW
Lite-On (JLMS) XJ-HD165H DVD-ROM
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
Artis 4.1 Speakers
ExtendSys ESI-9680 IrDA Adapter
CSR Bluetooth Adapter USB
Canon S200SPx USB Printer
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
ATi Radeon 8500 - Now kaput

PC2 - the test bed:
Intel Pentium III 550 Mhz
Procomp i810 mobo
192 mb ram
Seagate 10gb hdd
Onboard video / sound
Samtron 40bn 14" monitor
Regular keyboard
Microsoft mouse

Both are usually connected with a Bluetooth Personal Network, unless the test OS is non-Windows, in which case I have to stick to regular wired LAN.

This test pc gets formatted almost every few weeks with a new OS just for experimenting. The last OS i put on it was FreeBSD but I never even booted into it. Yawn.

I am completely put off with PC gaming owing mainly to the fact that you need to upgrade all your PC components every six to ten months if you want to play the latest game on your machine. In the money spent on ONE such upgrade, I figured it was better to get a PlayStation 2 and so I did. From now on, no more money shall be spent on any putrid graphics card that will disintegrate in ten months.

PS2:
Satin Silver SCPH-50004 v9/v10
8mb Mem Card
Silver controller x 1
Black controller x 1
Network Adapter
10gb hard disk drive (from PC2 - i keep interchanging)

Fun!

- Aalaap

BikerSG · 23rd November 2004, 15:30

Dell Laptop
Latitude C610
P3 1.6 (if i remember right)
256 MB RAM
DVD-ROM
Win XP Pro
Wireless LAN
Wireless Mouse
30GB HDD (dont remember exactly)

I dont remember the exact details as this laptop is 2.5 years old. Not had a single crash from oe software. had a few crashes from 3rd party software though. otherwise no problems at all.

going to buy new laptop after this one turns 3 years old.

Most likely will go for another dell!

aadix · 23rd November 2004, 16:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Revvmaster @ June 15 2004,01:36)]Aadix, remember, the celeron doesnt have cache mem while the Pentium does.

why did my name come up here???
didnt post in this thread at all!

EDIT:oops! didnt see the previous pages ,sorry!

rishishah · 24th November 2004, 03:24

mine is
2800 athlon
512 ram
80 gb
9600 pro 256
Nforce 2 mobo
2.1 speakers
lg 19 inch tft monitor

how much does a 9800 128 pro card cost in india?
has the 6800 video cards been released there yet?

GrimReaper · 24th November 2004, 20:42

LAPTOP
Apple PowerBook G4 17"
1.5 GHz G4 Processor
1.5 GB RAM
128 mb ATI Radeon 8700 Vid Card
4X SuperDrive
JBL Invader 4.1 Speakers
80 GB 4200 rpm HDD
External USB 2.0 120 GB 7200 rpm Seagate HDD
Apple iSight
Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Mouse
Apple iPod 40 GB (3rd Gen)

Looking to upgrade next year with a 15" PowerBook G5

GrimReaper · 24th November 2004, 20:43

Only problem I used to face earlier on the Mac was gaming but figured out a solution that all the games are already available on PS2, XBox. The older games not released on consoles can generally be run on my VirtualPC

25th May 2004, 23:14	#31
S350L-E240 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: India Posts: 1,416 Thanked: 393 Times	lol PS mac and mercedes are two M's i market for! sad thing is they wont gimmie commission! Addix, Cube's were kinda white/transparent base, lol not really threw but yeah went to junk in my office, And buy the P4 2.6 it's much better and dunno abt the price difference but check for the HT version which is suppose to be nice or else just the regular P4 is cool, Dont fall for celeron, And abt dual monitors any AGP card which supports dual monitors shud do, Get something like 64 mb ati radeon 9200 or something or maybe 8*** series just see what fits well for ur needs cause computer is one place where people can blow uselessly on their hard earned money lemme know if u need any more help lol IM GOD!
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14th June 2004, 05:40	#32
satish_appasani Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,112 Thanked: 104 Times View My Garage	Desktop P4 1.6 GHz 256 MB Ram 40 GB HDD Creative Sound blaster live value pack sound card Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speakers 15" monitorSony DVD Samsung - CD-RW Firewire card Windows 2000 & Windows 98 Laptop HP Compaq nx9010 P4 2.4 GHz 512 MB RAM 40 GB HDD Firewire DVD/ CD-RW combo JBL speakers built in Windows XP PDA Dell Axim x5 - 300 MHz 32 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM 128 MB CF card Windows Mobile 2003
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15th June 2004, 02:29	#33
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	AMD athlon 2600+ 256 MB 400 ddr hynix RAM 80 GB 7200 rpm HDD creative 2.1 soundworks speakers creative sound blaster live sound card 17" samsung monitor 52x samsung cd-rw with 8MB cache 16X LG DVD rom drive 64 mb Gforce4 mx 440 with TV out card ( i play a lot of games) win98 and winxp.
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15th June 2004, 03:06	#34
Revvmaster Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,190 Thanked: 95 Times	Aadix, remember, the celeron doesnt have cache mem while the Pentium does. Also a 2.2 AMD wud give a 2.6 Pentium a hard time. But AMDs heat faster therefore need bigger and even more cooling fans. Revv
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19th June 2004, 10:26	#35
ravi_28_8 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 77 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHZ Motherboard - intel 845 original Memory - 1024 MB DDR RAM Hard Disk - 80 GB SATA HDD Mouse - microsoft optical
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20th June 2004, 01:54	#36
Turbo_charged Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: MUMBAI Posts: 17 Thanked: 0 Times	hi guys i dont have a desktop but a laptop LAPTOP: SONY VAIO PCG-K17 P4 3.06GHZ 80 GB HARD DISK 512 MN DDR SDRAM DVD+-RW AND A CREATIVE BLASTER SPEAKER AND A LOGITECH *MOUSE 15"TFT SCREEN WINDOWS XP
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22nd November 2004, 08:49	#37
vipulG BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Surat Posts: 32 Thanked: 0 Times	I have Oct 2004 edition iBook. Specs: 12", 1.2 Ghz, 512MB, 30 GB, Built in Airport Extreme. Got it for $850 + $40 for extra RAM. I use Contour Design's MiniPro Travel Mouse(one of best Mouse I ever used in last 15 years of computing)$22. While at home , I connect my old 15" monitor and also use Apple Pro USB keyboard ($49) with macmice 2 botton scroll wheel USB mouse( gr8 Apple design made even better. Looks,feels and works exactly the same as Apple one button USB Mouse) $40. I use Tucano (Itali) Second Skin Sleeve($21) to store my iBook. Just last week I added Airport Express wireless base station (with Airtunes)for $129 (Fantastic!). And of course almost addicted to iPod (mini) $249 Next additions would be: 1> D Link Bt120 Blue Tooth Dongle ($40) 2> 2.5" External Firewire/USB2.0 Hard disk ($75) 4> iMic ($35) (I have re-posted here based on suggestion received from 'Rehaan' )
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22nd November 2004, 14:44	#38
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	well too late in posting, but here is my config Pentium P4 2.4 GHz 512 MB RAM 80GB HDD 17" monitor Samsung SyncMaster 793s.....give me screen size of 1280x1024 CD writer, used to die for it, but now I want a DVD-writer, any idea how much a good but not expensive DVD-writer would be? Mercury 980W with built-in radio, amplifier, wooden subwoofer + two speakers, built-in surround effect. optical microsoft mouse microsoft keyboard windows xp [which is a million times better than that crap windows 98!]
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23rd November 2004, 02:05	#39
speedsatya Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: bangalore/manga Posts: 3,169 Thanked: 738 Times View My Garage	pIII 800mhz ,384mb sd ram (133mhz bus speed) 50X asus cd drive, intel 815DEEA motherboard.,d-link internal modem(wud change to cable net from next month,9pm to 9am ,128kbps,360rs per month,so fast that a 7mb song takes 40sec to download.now that wat i have heard.) satya
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23rd November 2004, 14:30	#40
aalaap BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 181 Thanked: 10 Times View My Garage	My config is in my signature, so each and every post of mine has it. The reason its there is because I frequent tech forums a lot and the siggie was originally created for that. However it has always had car pics as a background so I figured its relevant here. Anyway, on with my config: PC1 the main steed: Intel Pentium IV 2.66 GHz Asus P4S533-MX (SIS 651) mobo 1GB PC2100 DDR266 RAM Samsung Samtron 75E 17" Monitor Samsung SP0802N 80GB 7200 RPM HDD Pioneer DVR-107D DVD+/-RW Lite-On (JLMS) XJ-HD165H DVD-ROM Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value Artis 4.1 Speakers ExtendSys ESI-9680 IrDA Adapter CSR Bluetooth Adapter USB Canon S200SPx USB Printer Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 ATi Radeon 8500 - Now kaput PC2 - the test bed: Intel Pentium III 550 Mhz Procomp i810 mobo 192 mb ram Seagate 10gb hdd Onboard video / sound Samtron 40bn 14" monitor Regular keyboard Microsoft mouse Both are usually connected with a Bluetooth Personal Network, unless the test OS is non-Windows, in which case I have to stick to regular wired LAN. This test pc gets formatted almost every few weeks with a new OS just for experimenting. The last OS i put on it was FreeBSD but I never even booted into it. Yawn. I am completely put off with PC gaming owing mainly to the fact that you need to upgrade all your PC components every six to ten months if you want to play the latest game on your machine. In the money spent on ONE such upgrade, I figured it was better to get a PlayStation 2 and so I did. From now on, no more money shall be spent on any putrid graphics card that will disintegrate in ten months. PS2: Satin Silver SCPH-50004 v9/v10 8mb Mem Card Silver controller x 1 Black controller x 1 Network Adapter 10gb hard disk drive (from PC2 - i keep interchanging) Fun! - Aalaap
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23rd November 2004, 15:30	#41
BikerSG BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 378 Thanked: 15 Times	Dell Laptop Latitude C610 P3 1.6 (if i remember right) 256 MB RAM DVD-ROM Win XP Pro Wireless LAN Wireless Mouse 30GB HDD (dont remember exactly) I dont remember the exact details as this laptop is 2.5 years old. Not had a single crash from oe software. had a few crashes from 3rd party software though. otherwise no problems at all. going to buy new laptop after this one turns 3 years old. Most likely will go for another dell!
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24th November 2004, 03:24	#43
rishishah Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: london Posts: 1 Thanked: 0 Times	mine is 2800 athlon 512 ram 80 gb 9600 pro 256 Nforce 2 mobo 2.1 speakers lg 19 inch tft monitor how much does a 9800 128 pro card cost in india? has the 6800 video cards been released there yet?
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24th November 2004, 20:42	#44
GrimReaper BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 261 Thanked: 0 Times	LAPTOP Apple PowerBook G4 17" 1.5 GHz G4 Processor 1.5 GB RAM 128 mb ATI Radeon 8700 Vid Card 4X SuperDrive JBL Invader 4.1 Speakers 80 GB 4200 rpm HDD External USB 2.0 120 GB 7200 rpm Seagate HDD Apple iSight Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Mouse Apple iPod 40 GB (3rd Gen) Looking to upgrade next year with a 15" PowerBook G5
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24th November 2004, 20:43	#45
GrimReaper BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 261 Thanked: 0 Times	Only problem I used to face earlier on the Mac was gaming but figured out a solution that all the games are already available on PS2, XBox. The older games not released on consoles can generally be run on my VirtualPC
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