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gabriel420

I haven't updated my rig in almost a year, and that was just throwing in a replacement for my old video card after it got toasted (I had a 6800 vanilla), so it isn't the rig it once was... in fact it's probably "weak" by todays standards.

Asus A8N5X
AMD 3500+ (clawhammer core... do they even make it anymore :P )
Biostar 7600GT
Thermaltake Xaser III 560w
1GB (2x 512MB) Corsair XMS
Maxtor 250GB w/ 16MB cache
52x CD burner
16x DVd burner
dvd/cd ROM drive
Raidmax Saggita case
cooled by a gigabyte 3d hs/f, 1x 120mm fan, 2x 80mm fans. The gigabyte 3d dates back to my overclocking days... I had my 3500 running at 2.8, my RAM timings tightened up to like 3-3-3-5 I think, and my 6800 vanilla was unlocked and OC'd (obviously). But then... something happened (still not sure what), and everything just crashed around my ears. The 6800 was totally toasted, my 3500 runs OK now at stock speeds but runs a few degrees hotter. My RAM was fine but I loosened it up to stock timings and voltage, and now I've got my 7600GT running stock (no point in OCing that). Unfortunetly i came out of that encounter with a corrupted windows. Still haven't reinstalled...

At least it looks nice, and it still runs everything i need it to (CS:S, oblivion, eetc.). I do need a revamping, i'm looking at 2x 1GB sticks of XMS (i've had too good of an experience with it to change), maybe a 4 series dual core, and possibly a better video card. I realllly need another harddrive though... mine has 40GBs left, I can't download anything anymore I had to delete a lottt of stuff too.

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fight4theright

Mac Mini PPC--1.33GHz stable overclock to 1.50GHz
1TB External FW Drive (boot)
40 GB internal (empty)
1 GB Apple RAM
External double layer burner
OS X and Linux Ubuntu

Pretty basic setup, but does everything I need it to

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JmaG

my gaming machine

22' widescreen monitor

1.5 gigs of ram
geforce 8500gt
3.5ghz
200gb hd

all that nice burner crap that isnt important

i just use it for CSS, BF2 and LOTRO

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fight4theright

It really depends on what the machine is for. For some, having a nice burner is great for movies, etc. It certainly is useful for me, so clearly it has some importance.

If all you do is play games, and don't care about being able to burn, then yes, a cheap, slow CD-ROM drive will suffice. This however, is certainly not the only use for computers these days....

TiKiTiKi

Since I use my computer for basic functions and games when I am in chico.. I have a:

p4 3.0 intel
asus motherboard
1 gb ram corsair
geforce 5900 ultra ( am I really that outdated already!! )
200 gb + 40 gb hard drives
15 inch lcd


I dont use burners much anymore since I went ipod!

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gabriel420

How do you like the 8500GT? These days I use my PC mainly for media... I've become a total movie addict. especially stoner movies, I think I have most of the ones out there :P

IGemini

I made some upgrades since the last one of these.

ASUS P5W DH chipset
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 GHz (OCed at 3.0 GHz)
- Scythe Infinity
ThermalTake PurePower RX 600W PSU
2 GB G.Skill DDR2-800 2-GBNS SDRAM
HIS ATI Radeon X1900XT 512 MB
SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
20" Acer widescreen LCD

I have a couple 120mm NMB fans circulating the air...keeps things surprisingly cool, and equally quiet.

watto86

Nice to see theres a couple of people on here who know about overclocking.

Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 @ 2.4ghz
2GB Mushkin DDR2-800 @ 344mhz
Palit Radeon X1950pro 512MB
Tagan EasyCon 600w
Asus P5B Deluxe

JmaG

i think nvidia > ati so im loving the 8500gt, i went from a 6600 to this card and it blows it out the water.

plus with my new monitor at 1650x1280 or some crazy resolution like that. games look amazing. to bad movies dont really fit lol.

gabriel420

Yeah, I've got my res at 800x600 :'(
but thats because of my shitty monitor, not my card (obviously)