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Thought i would start a Computer thread for the computer nerds on here lol.

I'll post a pic of mine up later. Will get some specs up too. :D
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I'm not a nerd by any means, I know the basics and I can tell you my machine's specs:

Model: HP Packard Pavilion
Hard Drive capacity : 37GB
RAM: 248MB
CPU: 2.6GHz
Graphics card: 8MB
Processor: Intel Celeron

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Cool idea for a thread Dan!

I built this one a while back. I've changed the internals a bit since its original inception but today its:

Intel Quadcore Q8400 @2.66Ghz
6GB Corsair DDR3 RAM
Asus P5K Deluxe motherboard
ATI Radeon HD 2600 gfx card
M-Audio Delta 44 Soundcard and breakout box
Roland UM3G Midi interface
1500GB total hard disk(s) capacity (all super fast disk drives)
LG Lightscribe DVDRW

Windows 7 64 Bit O/S
24" Samsung SyncMaster monitor
OCZ Stealth Xtreme 600W Power Unit

Housed in humungous CoolerMaster Cosmos brushed aluminum case,
soundproofed,
7 super quiet internal fans,
dedicated air channel guide "thermal technology"(!),
6 detachable HDD carriers,
5 detachable disk drive/CDROM style carriers,
integrated eSATA, firewire, usb, etc etc etc.

Basically it's really big but quiet.

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powered by 2 small hamsters :)

my bad boy :)

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iMac
OS 10.5.8
2.66 ghz intel core 2 duo
4 gb 1067 mhz DDR

Back up to two 1tb hardrives.
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Rarely use the pc these days, mainly use the tab. Workstation PC gets caned by wife and sprog, Athlon xp3000, built 8 years ago and long overdue replacement. Also have a dual core pentium server in the loft dishing out media to a selection of sff desktops around the house.
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Running something I cobbled together.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz)
2gig of Corsair 1066 Ram
Gigabyte P35-S3G Motherboard
Several Terrabytes of storage
NVidia Geforce 128meg 6600 GT (Soon to be an 768meg 8800GTX)
Running off a 580w Hyper Modular PSU

Mounted in an old Antec tower.

Pics may come :)
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Cavalier342 wrote:I'm not a nerd by any means, I know the basics and I can tell you my machine's specs:

Model: HP Packard Pavilion
Hard Drive capacity : 37GB
RAM: 248MB
CPU: 2.6GHz
Graphics card: 8MB
Processor: Intel Celeron

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DDR1 or 2?
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Intel® Core™ i3-540 Overclocked @ 4.40GHz*
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55 (Socket 1156)
DDR3 PCI-Express Micro-ATX Motherboard,
4GB Mushkin Silverline #996768 (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz 9-9-9-24,
Corsair Cooling Air Series A50 Performance CPU Cooler.
XFX 4870x2 accelero xtreme

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Envoy CDX wrote:
Cavalier342 wrote:I'm not a nerd by any means, I know the basics and I can tell you my machine's specs:

Model: HP Packard Pavilion
Hard Drive capacity : 37GB
RAM: 248MB
CPU: 2.6GHz
Graphics card: 8MB
Processor: Intel Celeron

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DDR1 or 2?
Pretty sure it's 1, although I don't know what the difference in the two is.
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NICE NAIL VARNISH GAZ! :p :lol: :lol: :lol:
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not my hands smartarse, its the pictures of when my mate was selling it as i dont have a tattoo that says ella on it either

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Gaz wrote:not my hands smartarse, its the pictures of when my mate was selling it as i dont have a tattoo that says ella on it either
They are my hands im a crossdressing Viking ginger.

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Cavalier342 wrote:
Envoy CDX wrote:
Cavalier342 wrote:I'm not a nerd by any means, I know the basics and I can tell you my machine's specs:

Model: HP Packard Pavilion
Hard Drive capacity : 37GB
RAM: 248MB
CPU: 2.6GHz
Graphics card: 8MB
Processor: Intel Celeron

Andrei.
DDR1 or 2?
Pretty sure it's 1, although I don't know what the difference in the two is.
Install something like PC Wizardf from CPUID. That'll tell you, think I'm sitting on 3 or 4 256's that I no longer require.. :lol:
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thats a pretty hefty looking bit of kit

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I get a fair chunk of stuff off a mate of mine who spends thousands on pcs, his castoffs are better than most peoples best, most of the time i never need to lift a finger he takes great joy in playing with pc's and will happily spend hours tinkering with mine just because he can

he has 100meg broadband and I use it to hunt for the best clubs in manchesters canal street so I can dance in my tutu.
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May have to give that HWInfo a blast.

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Gaz wrote:I get a fair chunk of stuff off a mate of mine who spends thousands on pcs, his castoffs are better than most peoples best, most of the time i never need to lift a finger he takes great joy in playing with pc's and will happily spend hours tinkering with mine just because he can

he has 100meg broadband!!
one of the guys at work is like that. you mention in passing that you could really do with a faster processor or a new monitor or a laptop or something and then then next day you go into work its sitting on your desk, a gift on 'permanent loan'. bizarre, but very welcome!
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humbucker wrote:
Gaz wrote:I get a fair chunk of stuff off a mate of mine who spends thousands on pcs, his castoffs are better than most peoples best, most of the time i never need to lift a finger he takes great joy in playing with pc's and will happily spend hours tinkering with mine just because he can

he has 100meg broadband!!
one of the guys at work is like that. you mention in passing that you could really do with a faster processor or a new monitor or a laptop or something and then then next day you go into work its sitting on your desk, a gift on 'permanent loan'. bizarre, but very welcome!
I'm looking for a quad core ;)
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i have some ancient dell inspiron 640m laptop but 1gb or memory that i put in as it was only a 256 in there,other than that,no idea and it needs a new battery.
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Think I am running the oldest, slowest lap-top in the world :cool

Mine is an ex-works Dell Latitude LS notebook with a 12" screen.
Runs at a super fast Pentium III 495Mhz... yep mega-hertz not gigahertz - lol
Ram is a maximum capacity 256 Mb
and my Hard-drive is a huge 6 Gb.

It has one USB socket - non-high speed,
and I tie myself to my modem with a 10ft long ethernet cable.

Still fast enough to run the tinterweb, and my various spread-sheets car files and general junk, with no particular loss of download speed or anything.

I have had to buy a new motherboard (£19) and a base plastic with palm-rest (£26), after the dogs keep knocking it off the arm of my chair in the lounge.

I defy anyone to declare a more basic / slower set-up. :roll:

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I do have a Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P Tower system in my office / junk room.
It is a Pentium 4 driven unit operating at 3.4 Gigahertz... 1 Gig Ram and 250 Gb Hard-drive... total rubbish, that cost far too much. :wall

It is so crap.. dodgey video card and I/O control board.. that it is turned on about once per month at the most... mainly for printing photos..

I have to turn it on twice,
The first time, the screen signal drops off and I get a lovely blank screen...
on the second fire up the screen stays on, and I can see what I am doing.

sure the geeks amongst you will know the problem, but I cannot be arsed to waste my little brain content on it. I suspect only a new motherboard and video card are the only proper cure...

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Im using this

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Ok im not lol but it is mine, it doesnt work and i dont even know the model number of it as i was looking for a spec on it i think its an old pentium 486 or similar probably ran windows 3.1 back in the day.

I do have this acer power fh that is long overdue replacement



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Envoy CDX wrote:Running something I cobbled together.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz)
2gig of Corsair 1066 Ram
Gigabyte P35-S3G Motherboard
Several Terrabytes of storage
NVidia Geforce 128meg 6600 GT (Soon to be an 768meg 8800GTX)
Running off a 580w Hyper Modular PSU

Mounted in an old Antec tower.

Pics may come :)
And now sporting a nice old Creative Live! 24bit.. it's only been laid about on my desk for 2 years.... :lol:
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mines stuffed in the glovebox :P it's a pretty damn slow celeron 1ghz that over time and being bashed about now reports it runs at 736mhz :/ 512mb ram and a 80gb hdd (the dvd drive is gone) it runs a stripped xp that boots up as fast as i can get it too and loads straight into a touchscreen interface for playing music I got off've http://mp3car.com

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with the car having being off the road for so long i pulled it all out so it wouldn't get damp, hopefully i can cobble together something faster form old spares but there is a physical size and power restraint..

Talking to you know from a couple of year old HP laptop
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tbh, I've built a slower pc, just waiting to get a 7" touchscreen for the same purpose, but I'm running stipped linux as it boots quicker than XP, found something that does everything I need except satnav... so I'm packing maps!
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