The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread

vdiatech · 1st January 2010, 08:06

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Originally Posted by indianvirus

My CPU is 20 months old. It is...
Core2Duo 2.2 Ghz
945 Chipset
1 GB DDR2 ram
160 GB SATA HDD
LG DVD writer
I got it for 13,700/-
I am running XP SP2 and usually use MS office, AutoCAD and some CAM software.
Performance is satisfying till now.

Hi, is that just the base unit or monitor included too for that price ?
Last year I bought a couple of PC's for similar config ( only 80gb HDD) +UPS + 15" HCL flat panel monnitor for 17.5K !!

vaisakhr · 1st January 2010, 22:56

My current configuration is as follows

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
ASUS M2NMX
3GB ram
XFX 9800GT 512MB green
VIP 500W gold
500GB HDD
Viewsonic 19" wide

Quote:

Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

Mods please merge my earlier post with these pics....

Neat and nice cable management

That 5870 looks really great.

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Originally Posted by GTO

Mine:

Compaq X1000 Laptop

1. Pentium Centrino 1.4 Ghz Processor
2. 60G 5400 rpm Hard drive
3. 512 MB Ram
4. WSXGA+ 1680x1050 resolution 15.4 inch widescreen.
5. 64 MB Video Card.
6. 3000w Altec Lansing Speakers with Subwoofer (External).
7. DVD/CDRW with external Yamaha CRW-F1 burner (am damn particular about my music quality)

Its lightning fast, and I reinstall the OS myself every three months to have a clean system. Have the hard drive partitioned into 3 parts of 20G's each.

GTO

The lightning fast rig at 2004. Nowadays some mobile will be faster than this

.

No offense, just wondering how fast the technology is growing.

Amey · 3rd January 2010, 21:56

Just upgraded my Home PC,

Intel Corei7 920 'D0'
Gigabyte X58-UD3R
2GB x 3 AData DDR3 1600CL9
Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce 8800GT
Corsair VX450 PSU
LG Blu Ray Writer
Samsung DVD-RW
Cogage True Spirit cooler + 120mm NMB Fan
Asus Xonar DX Sound card
Altec Lansing MX5021
Wester Digital 1TB SATAII HDD x 3
Western Digital 500GB SATAII x 1

thats about it

NutsNBolts · 4th January 2010, 20:31

AMD Athlon X38650
Gigabyte GA780G DS2H MB
2x2GB Corsair
Corsair VX 450 PSU
Samsung DVD RW
NEC DVD RW
Thermaltake M9 cabinet with 3x120mm fans
Onboard Audio and Video
2X500GB Seagate SATA II
Samsung 2243LNX monitor
1TB External seagate
500Gb external pocket HDD Seagate
Running on Win7 Ultimate 64bit

I am a movie and data junkie

IronH4WK · 6th January 2010, 19:10

had a Dell Dimension 4300 in 2001, sold that after 5yrs of no problem use and built myself a Athlon X2 3800+ based PC with twin GeForce 7300GT in SLi. last year built another (specs below):

AMD Phenom X4 9850 @2.5Ghz PIB
ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe (790FX/SB600 with ATI CrossFireX)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5 (recently upgraded from HD3870 512MB)
OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066Mhz
Seagate 1x250GB, 1x500GB, 1x1TB
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
Logitech MX518/ Razer Lachesis/ Razer Goliathus
Antec TPQ1000
Antec 900
Sony 17" SDM-S75D/F/N
Case fans: 4x120mm and 1x200mm case fans and Corsair Dominator Airflow (3x40mm for the RAM)
Sony 1xDVD-ROM and 1xDVD/RW

running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

not as powerful as some of the others mentioned here, but gets the job done

sabret00the · 6th January 2010, 22:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

had a Dell Dimension 4300 in 2001, sold that after 5yrs of no problem use and built myself a Athlon X2 3800+ based PC with twin GeForce 7300GT in SLi. last year built another (specs below):

AMD Phenom X4 9850 @2.5Ghz PIB
ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe (790FX/SB600 with ATI CrossFireX)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5 (recently upgraded from HD3870 512MB)
OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066Mhz
Seagate 1x250GB, 1x500GB, 1x1TB
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
Logitech MX518/ Razer Lachesis/ Razer Goliathus
Antec TPQ1000
Antec 900
Sony 17" SDM-S75D/F/N
Case fans: 4x120mm and 1x200mm case fans and Corsair Dominator Airflow (3x40mm for the RAM)
Sony 1xDVD-ROM and 1xDVD/RW

running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

not as powerful as some of the others mentioned here, but gets the job done

Hey nice specs. But why the 17" may I ask? Since you bought it last year you could have gotten a Dell 24 incher IMO.
Which DDR2 1066 ram is that? Is that a OCZ Platinum 2 x 2GB kit? If yes, then how much did it cost you and are those still available? I have been using the 4GB Platinum kit for over 2 years now. Brilliant rams IMHO.
Is your MX518 shedding skin, mine has that problem.

In 2nd thoughts ditch the Dell 24". With this kinda rig go Crossfire plug it up a 42" Full HD and enjoy FULL HD Goodness!!!

IronH4WK · 7th January 2010, 11:41

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Originally Posted by sabret00the

Hey nice specs. But why the 17" may I ask? Since you bought it last year you could have gotten a Dell 24 incher IMO.
Which DDR2 1066 ram is that? Is that a OCZ Platinum 2 x 2GB kit? If yes, then how much did it cost you and are those still available? I have been using the 4GB Platinum kit for over 2 years now. Brilliant rams IMHO.
Is your MX518 shedding skin, mine has that problem.

In 2nd thoughts ditch the Dell 24". With this kinda rig go Crossfire plug it up a 42" Full HD and enjoy FULL HD Goodness!!!

i had the 17" before i built the system (had got it to replace the Dell's 17" CRT). couldn't get a new monitor coz i went over budget just for the rig

will be getting a 42" LCD soon, so i'm gonna wait.

was looking for the Fatal1ty, but it was not available at that time and i had to go for the next best - the special edition NVIDIA SLi-ready series (OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel). cost me 9k at that time.

btw, i don't have the shedding problem with the MX518. lost the feet, so had put new ones (Everglide). now it's super smooth

IronH4WK · 7th January 2010, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaisakhr

The lightning fast rig at 2004. Nowadays some mobile will be faster than this

.

No offense, just wondering how fast the technology is growing.

Sonyericsson is going to come out with the Xperia X10 Google Android based phone, which has a 1Ghz processor.

IronH4WK · 7th January 2010, 14:21

side view of my rig (note the racing stripes on the TPQ1000)

IronH4WK · 8th January 2010, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

AMD Phenom X4 9850 @2.5Ghz PIB
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blah blah
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Sony 1xDVD-ROM and 1xDVD/RW

add to that a Logitech Attack 3 joystick and AverMedia 116 TV tuner card with remote (for those moments when wifey has TV the remote

)

harishnair · 8th January 2010, 17:41

These are my computer configs.

Toshiba A500 laptop
Intel C2D P8700 (3M L2 Cache, 2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
4GB DDR2 800MHz
500GB SATA-II HDD 5400rpm
ATI HD4650 1GB DDR3
16" WXGA
built in HARMON/KARDON speakers.

Windows 7 x64 (Pro)

Home PC 1 (1.5 years old)
Intel C2D E8400 (6M L2 Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
2GB DDR2 800MHz
320GB SATA
nVidia 8600GT 512mb DDR2
LG DVD/RW
Acer 17 inch LCD.
Windows XP SP3 (Pro)

Home PC 2 (4.5 years old)
Intel P4 HT (3.4GHz,2mb L2 Cache,800MHz FSB)
GIGABYTE GA-8I915PL
2GB DDR2 667MHz
2x 160GB SATA
nVidia 7300GS 256mb
LG DVD/RW
Acer 17in LCD.
Windows XP SP3 (Pro)

shankarbn · 9th January 2010, 00:15

My main desktop (2 years old... i think)

Viewsonic VA1912W 19" widescreen monitor
Some cheap tech com tower ATX cabinet with an awesome smps
LG lightscribe Dvd DL RW
1TB Seagate SATA 7200RPM
250 GB Seagate SATA 7200RPM secondary hard disk
Core 2 duo E4600 2.4Ghz
PI945GCM mercury motherboard (I was on a tight budget!)
2GB DDR2 RAM (Forgot the brand!)
BPL CW111 cassette player cum recorder for the amplifier & speakers (Hey, dont blame me, I had no space to keep it so used it as an amp, linked thru a stereo EP to 2 RC cable, cassette player, radio with record!)- sounds better than a creative 2.1 set because of the EQability

Philips SHP 2500 headphones plugged into the CW111
Zebronics Mic
C media 4 channel 8738 soundcard
Zoom 505II processor always connected through line in
3 fans excluding the CPU fan

Nokia 5700 xpressmusic modded into a webcam (Check my youtube videos before complaining!)
Logitech Media keyboard PS2
Logitech Optical mouse PS2
HP Deskjet F340 PSC
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

Secondary desktop (atleast 5-6 years old)

Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz with HT
1 GB DDR 1 Ram (Hynix)
915 chipset motherboard
Asus DVD RW DL IDE
Tech com cabinet with awesome smps
40gb seagate hdd IDE
old floppy drive from a 486!
LG 17" CRT monitor
Zebronics Black MM keyboard PS2
Dell USB optical mouse
Mercury white 330 watts speakers
Intex headphones with mic
HP Deskjet 810C
Windows XP Pro SP2 - 32 bit

My Laptop (2 years old)

HCL Silverstar

Core duo 1.66 ghz processor (this came before dual core and core 2 duo)
1gb DDR 2 ram
15.4 inch enhanced widescreen LCD
bluetooth
card reader
standard 802.11 wifi
80gb HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit

driving_smartly · 9th January 2010, 14:26

Dell inspiron 1525 Laptop (1 year old)

T6600 processor
3 GB Ram (customized)
320 GB Hard disk
DVD Writter
9 Cell Battery (customized)
15.6" Wide screen
Esspresso brown Colour Back
2 mega pixel web cam
1 Multimedia Remote
1 Awesome Creative headphone got it free, as some offer was going on

GTO · 9th January 2010, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaisakhr

The lightning fast rig at 2004. Nowadays some mobile will be faster than this

.

No offense, just wondering how fast the technology is growing.

Tell me about it. The pace of technology with increasing affordability makes a 4 GB box + dual core seem like run of the mill today. That's the thing with power....it is indeed never enough

navan49 · 10th January 2010, 23:57

One is latitude the other one is Inspiron both from Dell. Desktop is Dell optiplex GX280. Now the lap tops are in use.

Core 2duo T6600 processor
3 GB Ram
320 GB Hard disk
DVD Writer
6 Cell Battery
15.6" Wide screen
Backpack
2 mega pixel web cam
1 Multimedia Remote
Windows 7
office 2007 Student version.
No freebie Price 36800

3rd January 2010, 21:56	#1218
Amey BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 679 Thanked: 248 Times View My Garage	Just upgraded my Home PC, Intel Corei7 920 'D0' Gigabyte X58-UD3R 2GB x 3 AData DDR3 1600CL9 Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce 8800GT Corsair VX450 PSU LG Blu Ray Writer Samsung DVD-RW Cogage True Spirit cooler + 120mm NMB Fan Asus Xonar DX Sound card Altec Lansing MX5021 Wester Digital 1TB SATAII HDD x 3 Western Digital 500GB SATAII x 1 thats about it
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4th January 2010, 20:31	#1219
NutsNBolts BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jammu Posts: 817 Thanked: 41 Times View My Garage	AMD Athlon X38650 Gigabyte GA780G DS2H MB 2x2GB Corsair Corsair VX 450 PSU Samsung DVD RW NEC DVD RW Thermaltake M9 cabinet with 3x120mm fans Onboard Audio and Video 2X500GB Seagate SATA II Samsung 2243LNX monitor 1TB External seagate 500Gb external pocket HDD Seagate Running on Win7 Ultimate 64bit I am a movie and data junkie Last edited by NutsNBolts : 4th January 2010 at 20:32.
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6th January 2010, 19:10	#1220
IronH4WK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,468 Thanked: 4,148 Times	had a Dell Dimension 4300 in 2001, sold that after 5yrs of no problem use and built myself a Athlon X2 3800+ based PC with twin GeForce 7300GT in SLi. last year built another (specs below): AMD Phenom X4 9850 @2.5Ghz PIB ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe (790FX/SB600 with ATI CrossFireX) ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5 (recently upgraded from HD3870 512MB) OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066Mhz Seagate 1x250GB, 1x500GB, 1x1TB Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Logitech MX518/ Razer Lachesis/ Razer Goliathus Antec TPQ1000 Antec 900 Sony 17" SDM-S75D/F/N Case fans: 4x120mm and 1x200mm case fans and Corsair Dominator Airflow (3x40mm for the RAM) Sony 1xDVD-ROM and 1xDVD/RW running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 not as powerful as some of the others mentioned here, but gets the job done
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7th January 2010, 14:21	#1224
IronH4WK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,468 Thanked: 4,148 Times	side view of my rig (note the racing stripes on the TPQ1000) Attached Thumbnails
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8th January 2010, 17:41	#1226
harishnair BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Quilon/ Sharjah Posts: 511 Thanked: 5 Times	These are my computer configs. Toshiba A500 laptop Intel C2D P8700 (3M L2 Cache, 2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) 4GB DDR2 800MHz 500GB SATA-II HDD 5400rpm ATI HD4650 1GB DDR3 16" WXGA built in HARMON/KARDON speakers. Windows 7 x64 (Pro) Home PC 1 (1.5 years old) Intel C2D E8400 (6M L2 Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L 2GB DDR2 800MHz 320GB SATA nVidia 8600GT 512mb DDR2 LG DVD/RW Acer 17 inch LCD. Windows XP SP3 (Pro) Home PC 2 (4.5 years old) Intel P4 HT (3.4GHz,2mb L2 Cache,800MHz FSB) GIGABYTE GA-8I915PL 2GB DDR2 667MHz 2x 160GB SATA nVidia 7300GS 256mb LG DVD/RW Acer 17in LCD. Windows XP SP3 (Pro) Last edited by harishnair : 8th January 2010 at 17:47.
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9th January 2010, 00:15	#1227
shankarbn BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 148 Thanked: 208 Times	My home network My main desktop (2 years old... i think) Viewsonic VA1912W 19" widescreen monitor Some cheap tech com tower ATX cabinet with an awesome smps LG lightscribe Dvd DL RW 1TB Seagate SATA 7200RPM 250 GB Seagate SATA 7200RPM secondary hard disk Core 2 duo E4600 2.4Ghz PI945GCM mercury motherboard (I was on a tight budget!) 2GB DDR2 RAM (Forgot the brand!) BPL CW111 cassette player cum recorder for the amplifier & speakers (Hey, dont blame me, I had no space to keep it so used it as an amp, linked thru a stereo EP to 2 RC cable, cassette player, radio with record!)- sounds better than a creative 2.1 set because of the EQability Philips SHP 2500 headphones plugged into the CW111 Zebronics Mic C media 4 channel 8738 soundcard Zoom 505II processor always connected through line in 3 fans excluding the CPU fan Nokia 5700 xpressmusic modded into a webcam (Check my youtube videos before complaining!) Logitech Media keyboard PS2 Logitech Optical mouse PS2 HP Deskjet F340 PSC Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit Secondary desktop (atleast 5-6 years old) Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz with HT 1 GB DDR 1 Ram (Hynix) 915 chipset motherboard Asus DVD RW DL IDE Tech com cabinet with awesome smps 40gb seagate hdd IDE old floppy drive from a 486! LG 17" CRT monitor Zebronics Black MM keyboard PS2 Dell USB optical mouse Mercury white 330 watts speakers Intex headphones with mic HP Deskjet 810C Windows XP Pro SP2 - 32 bit My Laptop (2 years old) HCL Silverstar Core duo 1.66 ghz processor (this came before dual core and core 2 duo) 1gb DDR 2 ram 15.4 inch enhanced widescreen LCD bluetooth card reader standard 802.11 wifi 80gb HDD Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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9th January 2010, 14:26	#1228
driving_smartly BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: MH43 & MH14 Posts: 518 Thanked: 305 Times View My Garage	Dell inspiron 1525 Laptop (1 year old) T6600 processor 3 GB Ram (customized) 320 GB Hard disk DVD Writter 9 Cell Battery (customized) 15.6" Wide screen Esspresso brown Colour Back 2 mega pixel web cam 1 Multimedia Remote 1 Awesome Creative headphone got it free, as some offer was going on Last edited by driving_smartly : 9th January 2010 at 14:27.
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10th January 2010, 23:57	#1230
navan49 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CHENNAI Posts: 1,000 Thanked: 73 Times View My Garage	One is latitude the other one is Inspiron both from Dell. Desktop is Dell optiplex GX280. Now the lap tops are in use. Core 2duo T6600 processor 3 GB Ram 320 GB Hard disk DVD Writer 6 Cell Battery 15.6" Wide screen Backpack 2 mega pixel web cam 1 Multimedia Remote Windows 7 office 2007 Student version. No freebie Price 36800 Last edited by navan49 : 10th January 2010 at 23:59.
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