Post Your System Specs Thread

yes, the only time you use RAID 0 is when you also have RAID 1 to safeguard the data, i.e RAID 10. RomUlation uses RAID 10 on our fileserver. RAID 1 involves doubling the number of disks to keep 1:1 copies on the second set of disks.

Yeah, I read about RAID 1 and 10 on Wikipedia. But I don't think I'm gonna get four hard drives just for data redundancy. ::) My hard drives never failed me before, anyways.

first time for everything, I myself have suffered several hard disk failures.

I'm just going to knock it out now and grab a xfire board and a 3870. I want the AM2+ board anyways so I can upgrade to phenom here in a month or two.

I maaay... have overlooked something. Does DDR2 RAM work in a DDR3 motherboard?Pleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesayyes...

No.

in desperate need of an upgrade...so no laughs, lucky for me it has to be a fresh startmobo- abit kn8 sli (939)
cpu- amd fx-55 (2.6)
gpu- 2 xfx 6800gs' (sli)
hd- 160 hit. and 80 wd
spu- low end creative ?
memory- 2gig with some slow single channel speeds
psu- xfinity 60020" 1600x1200 display, 2.1 klipsch speaks, logi gaming mouse, and my must have adaptoid for a n64 controller(use a ps2 troller for other emulation needs)

Loonylion · #26No.

God damn it! What do you think about this one?http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000XBRVTY/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2JDMO6KD2GDJR&v=glanceEdit: Bought it, and my dad yelled at me for using Expedited Shipping for like $5 more. :-\

Looks ok, but maybe you should have used www.crucial.com. They allow you to chose your motherboard from a list and then they tell you what memory will work in it. If you do that, they refund your money if it doesn't work. Shipping is pretty fast too.

Born2killx · #28God damn it! What do you think about this one?http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000XBRVTY/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2JDMO6KD2GDJR&v=glanceEdit: Bought it, and my dad yelled at me for using Expedited Shipping for like $5 more. :-\

You live in the US and you're purchasing computer components from amazon? Please tell me that's not where you got all of your parts. :-\

99% from Newegg actually. I was considering Crucial, but their prices were a little high. Maybe I'll get some in the future.

my current PC
BIOSTAR PT890 - A7A.
Intel Core 2 Due E6420 2.13Ghz.
Inno3D 8800GTS OC'd - core bus now 648MHz, before 513MHz. Memory bus now 1100MHz, before 792MHz.
Maxtor 320GB SATA.
2 x 1 GB ram(can't remember what brand).
OS Windows Vista(i was supposed to get XP but they were out of XP).and the gear
Logitech G11.
Logitech G7.
Some LG 21" max res = 1680x1050.my PC at my moms house
MICRO-STAR MS 7204
Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz unOverClockable
Nvidia Ge-Force 6700 XL OC'd - core bus now 559MHz, before 500MHz. Memory bus now 1233MHz, before 1000MHz.
some 250GB HDD
2 x 512 MB ram Infineon
OS Windows XPand the gear
Logitech G11
Logitech G7
ViewSonic VG910b 19"

Haha, I beat you all with my crappy system!Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Asus P4PE (AGP 4x max)
512 MB DDR-333
GeForce 6200
Dell 19'
Hitachi 250GB 7200 RPMBeat that for a main system.Btw, I'd buy a system from the US if I was allowed to buy/import it. With the current dollar I could buy a really nice system for only a few euros.

same here ^^ ;P

damm where do you learn all this. how old are you. exist a web page where i can learn how build a computer something like "how to build a computer for dummies" because i get lost when you guys talk about prcessors and things like that.thanks

I learn it through trial and error with old machines my school threw out. I don't know of any websites about it, but theres loads of books such as this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-PC-Dummies-Mark-Chambers/dp/0471767727/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208421284&sr=8-1

Raidmax black Sagitta case w/blue neon
AMD Athlon 64X2 6000+
CoolerMaster Aqua Gate liquid cooling system
Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe mobo
4G (4x1G) 800 Mhz DDR2 OCZ Gold dual-channel RAM
2xGeForce 8800 GTS 640MB video cards in SLI mode
2x500GB HDD (some brand - I forget)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM HDD - 1.5 GB/sec.
1,000W Xion modular power supplyThis thing eats Crysis for breakfast and has Bioshock for a snack...I was absolutely floored when I got the 10,000 RPM HDD on how much of a difference it really made on games. I use that HDD only for the highest system-demand games (Crysis, Bioshock, COD4, Flight Simulator X, etc...) and the load times are literally cut in half, not to mention the improvements in the graphics handling. When I play online fps games, I am always the first one to show up in the lobby once the next map is loaded.Next upgrades:
New case - I am not impressed with the Sagitta case. It does well on the airflow, but overall seems very flimsy and the walls are thin. Nice lines, though.
MOBO - Gonna need a socket AM2+ for the new AMD quad-core processors.

if a 10k RPM floored you think what my 15k RPMs are like ;D

The computer I am building (finishing tomorrow because of classes/homework):Intel Core 2 E8400 - 3.0 ghz, 1333 mhz fsb, 6 mb cache
4 gb DDR3 1333 Patriot
GeForce 9800GTX
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
500 gb hard drive
20x DVD burnerThe computer being replaced:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 754)
1 gb DDR 400 Corsair
ATI Radeon X800Pro
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (It's getting stolen for the new rig)
120 gb hard drive
16x DVD Burner
52x CD BurnerLaptop:
Intel Core Duo - 1.83 ghz
1 gb DDR2 667
ATI Radeon X1400
250 gb hard drive
DVD burner
My parents insisted on getting me the laptop for college, but all it's done so far is distract me in class, thusly I haven't taken it to class in over a year. So now it's for my friends/roomates to play on whenever they come over and want to play Team Fortress 2 or something.

a word of warning if you're using vista on the new build: the audigy 2 is not vista compatible unless you use third party drivers.