Outstanding Specs!?

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Hello... Every member that has the specs written every time they post (signature), It HAS to be specs like Intel Core i7 5.0 GHz... nVidia GTX 760 and more!

I only have...
Main PC:
CPU: Intel Pentium D 3.24GHz.
RAM:4GB DDR2 (5GB virtual)
HDD1: 250GB HDD
HDD2: 500GB HDD
GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 220 DDR3 512MB RAM
OS:Windows 7 Ultimate SP2 64bit
Number of fans: 3 (Main, CPU, GPU)
Total Cost: About 1000 Euros

PC 2(Backup PC):
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.25GHz
RAM:512MB DDR (1GB virtual)
HDD1:70GB HDD
GPU: Intel 82845G Intergrated Graphics 8KB RAM
OS: Windows Vista Home Basic SP2 32bit
Number of fans:2 (Main, CPU)
Total cost:Around 250 Euros
 
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spirit

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LinuxTester said:
OS:Windows 7 Ultimate SP2 64bit
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP2? There isn't an SP2 for 7 - only SP1! Unless you have Vista Ultimate SP2...

And 1000 Euros for a Pentium D system? Really? :eek: Is that the price when it was new? It's difficult to say how much the i5 2500K system in my signature would cost because I bought the parts at different times and they're all from different hardware generations but it would be less than £1,000 - almost guaranteed!

The specs for my main three systems are in my signature. I can't be bothered to write them out again.
 
C4C

C4C

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Sure we have outstanding specs, but we have a use for them: gaming and rendering.

My little brothers PC (he uses my laptop instead) has a Pentium D and 2 GB of RAM. No GPU.
 
tylerjrb

tylerjrb

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About £3k lol when everything gets finished in about a week or so. New cable set, h110i gt, new fans and LED's, might even get a 850 pro 256gb as the write speeds on my current SSD are pretty bad and the 120gb is limiting. Sold my old system and made around £500 so far from parts i didn't need anymore so its not too bad (considering i got pretty much what i paid). Starting to look darn good though.
 
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Spirit said:
Windows 7 Ultimate SP2? There isn't an SP2 for 7 - only SP1! Unless you have Vista Ultimate SP2...

And 1000 Euros for a Pentium D system? Really? Is that the price when it was new?
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1. Sorry I meant SP1
2. The computer is homemade(in pieces), the case only costed about 15-20 euros. The mobo, CPU, GPU, Fans and stuff made up the total of 1000 euros. Please note that this PC is 2,5 years old!

C4C said:
Sure we have outstanding specs, but we have a use for them: gaming and rendering.

My little brothers PC (he uses my laptop instead) has a Pentium D and 2 GB of RAM. No GPU.
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I'm a HUGE fan of Minecraft, thus I want to record and upload... I'm currently using Bandicam, with LOADS of lag... I visited my uncle yesterday and he told me not to record full screen, because of lack of rendering power...

Also, I use Sony Vegas 12 to edit videos, exporting an 5-10 minute video at 480p and takes 1 hour!

So yeah, I use my computer to the max everyday for me to render videos and stuff.. Sometimes, when I need to render in high qualities I send the movie file and the video files to my friend and he does the rendering for me... I'm jealous of him... He has 2 GPUs (nVidia GTX 870)

LinuxTester said:
PC 2(Backup PC):
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.25GHz
RAM:512MB DDR (1GB virtual)
HDD1:70GB HDD
GPU: Intel 82845G Intergrated Graphics 8KB RAM
OS: Windows Vista Home Basic SP2 32bit
Number of fans:2 (Main, CPU)
Total cost:Around 250 Euros
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Also, for the above PC, I bought it full operational for only 24,90 euros! (35 with sending costs) It costs 250 euros when its new, I bought it used, warranty was still active.. XD

tylerjrb said:
About £3k lol when everything gets finished in about a week or so. New cable set, h110i gt, new fans and LED's, might even get a 850 pro 256gb as the write speeds on my current SSD are pretty bad and the 120gb is limiting. Sold my old system and made around £500 so far from parts i didn't need anymore so its not too bad (considering i got pretty much what i paid). Starting to look darn good though.
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Wow nice monitor and GPU dude!
 
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Darren

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The reason most of us have nice computer is because they're our passion and people tend to spend money on things they care about. I use my computer 5+ hours a day easily, probably way more than that. My system wasn't even all that expensive compared to a lot of people's machines around here. You don't have to have high specs to be "in" the forum. Just those of us that are around here are a lot are typically more in to what we're doing then most people are about computers and thus we will have pretty high end machines.
 
spirit

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LinuxTester said:
The mobo, CPU, GPU, Fans and stuff made up the total of 1000 euros. Please note that this PC is 2,5 years old!
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1000 Euros for a Socket 775 board with an old Pentium D, a low-end GT 220 and two hard drives? Even two years ago all of this stuff was really old.

You got ripped off!
 
spirit

spirit

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It says a lot when the most expensive component of that system, even when the parts were new, was the OS! Assuming that's a legal copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, of course. ;)
 
Darren

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Good god I didn't even notice that. 1K euros for that? Yeesh, you could get something better than what I have for that and my machine would run absolute circles around a Pentium D.
 
Geoff

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The Pentium D was produced from 2005-2008. If you bought that 2.5 years ago, you were already using a poor performing processor that was at LEAST 4 years old. My rig is about 2 years old as well. For the price of your system, even 2.5 years ago, I'd say it's probably a $500 setup at most.
 
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aldan

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not all specs are that awsome.heres mine.
amd phenom 8650 triple core cpu oc to 2.8 ghz
foxconn m61pmv motherboard
4gb ddr2 800mhz ram
hd4870 gpu
until i try something faster this will do.once you try something faster your screwed dude.
 
beers

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LinuxTester said:
Hello... Every member that has the specs written every time they post (signature), It HAS to be specs like Intel Core i7 5.0 GHz... nVidia GTX 760 and more!
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Kind of along the lines of previous comments, there's an 'enthusiast' portion of any hobby. With computers it's pretty common as they're relatively inexpensive .

You'll see a lot of people that have a passion for technology or computers tend to both absorb more knowledge as well as invest more into their platform/hobby.

You're free to post whatever specs you want. I rotate mine between systems on occasion, it really doesn't mean anything but can sometimes also help in troubleshooting threads if all of your specs are right there. It's not necessarily a 'bragging' situation but more of a 'yay computers check out mine!'. ;)
 
tylerjrb

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I thought there was only a 32 bead and a 64 bead. Maybe you should upgrade to 64 bead so your rig can support the extra wood :).
 
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