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Jim Administrator 
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Figure I would kick this off, let's spill out the specs of our current system!
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bouttime Brain Salad Surgeon 
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- HP Pavilion Elite m9200z PC with TV/PVR - Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) - AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 5600+ dual-core - 2.8GHz - 2GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024) - 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400, DVI-I, VGA adapter,HDMI - No Modem - 750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive - LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive - 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, video, audio - ATSC-NTSC TV tuner with PVR, FM tuner, remote - Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports - HP keyboard and HP optical mouse i just got this a little over a month ago, still getting used to it. its the first AMD chip i've ever had. so far i can't tell any difference. i have two dells but decided to go with HP this time. IMO dell is not worth the extra $$ anymore. they're just another comp maker now.....and with very average componants and certainly as crappy customer service as anyone else. there simple is no premium in the premium price anymore. once upon a time they were the way to go, now a days you can get Much better value for your money.
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javal License Holder 
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OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium System Name INSPIRON System Manufacturer Dell Inc. System Model Inspiron 531 System Type X86-based PC Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+, 2611 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 1.0.3, 6/15/2007 SMBIOS Version 2.5 Total Physical Memory 2,045.88 MB Available Physical Memory 1.20 GB Total Virtual Memory 4.20 GB Available Virtual Memory 3.13 GB
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Mag License Holder 
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I bought this in January from a local shop that builds computers and opted for XP again rather than Vista, as some of the programs I use are not compatible with Vista. OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer System Manufacter System Model System Product Name System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 26/02/2007 SMBIOS Version 2.5 Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB Available Physical Memory 1.47 GB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 3.85 GB CD ROM Description CD-ROM Drive Name TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B No Modem Sound Device Realtek High Definition Audio Display Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes) 6 USB Ports I also have a floppy drive as I have old family photos on floppies. Last edited on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 06:36 pm by Mag |
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wingnutter Forever Learning 
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I get mine made by a friend who works for PC World and he makes up custom PC's to whatever spec you need. I only know the basics of mine; XP & SP2 AMD Sempron 3300 processor, 2.04 ghz 2GB RAM ATI 9250 with DV output Probably due an upgrade, I usually get it done about every three years.
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DPorter Old Dude 
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Well this is the fastest we have, I use it for graphics and video editing. I need to upgrade the video card to the new ATI HD 3800 Series OS: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2 Memory (RAM): 2046 MB CPU Info: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.06GHz Sound card: SigmaTel Audio Display Adapters: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD | Screen Resolution: 1680 X 1050 CD / DVD Drives: E: HP DVD Writer 1070d | F: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L | Last edited on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 07:58 pm by DPorter |
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§issie License Holder /Paul's blonde 
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we have 5 computers in our home.. i have no idea what is what... i just know that when i sit down in my home office my computer better be up to par and running like it should or Paul will not have a good day....  so he's good at keeping his wife happy...  and a 'happy wife' makes for a 'happy home life'  i sound big and bad but im not...  Last edited on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 10:33 pm by §issie |
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dieseltweaker Member
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Jim just informed me of this thread and well here ya go. I just did a new build and this thing just rocks pretty much built it for gaming. Coolermaster Stacker 830 case ASUS M2N- SLI Deluxe MB AMD64 6400 3.2 4gigs Corsair xm2 ram 2 250gig sata's in raid BFG nivida 9800GX2 Sony DVD drives 7 case fans 1 huge Asus Cooler for the chipset and a few other odds and ends. Zach
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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WOW, it looks like you know your stuff Zach.
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TheSnowHorse ci siamo persi.... 
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Well, it's big and black and says Dell on it. Optiplex 755 Dual core something 4 gig of Ram XP Pro Some gaming card with a fan A humongo flat panel monitor so I can see things better - though even with it big I see sheep a lot! LOL I just ask the techs at work what I need - go buy it - slam it in.  It's my newest of 4...It looks like Mission Control in my living room! What I really want is a hot rod MAC... 
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TVDinner Getting Fatter By The Minute 
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Commodore 64. Got it in January of 1982 and it is still running great! It does have duck tape holding it together in the back, but I can live with that. It has a wicked fast 64 kilobytes of user RAM, Max memory of 512K, 16 colors at a resolution of 320 x 200 pixels, 8 color sprites, and sound that could rival a dedicated sound synthesizer of its day.  I play advanced games on it in 1-D. It is awesome
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dieseltweaker Member
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Well I have to thank Jim he built a system for me and I had some tech support from him on the new build but hey I see the guy everyday so it's easy!
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Jim Administrator
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I think I simply inspired the inner geek that was already present  .
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KJ License Holder
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Commodore 64 that brings back really good memory's plus we used to have a Ampstrad 64k & 128K as well. they were a bit more advanced on the colore but the commodore had the best sound. Last edited on Tue Jun 17th, 2008 09:09 am by KJ |
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The_Altered1 Templating Madman 
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TVDinner wrote: Commodore 64. Got it in January of 1982 and it is still running great! You Rock......I remember going into Sears and playing on those forever, except it was a vic-20. Then I got ahold of my first trs-80 from Radio Shack....ahhh the glory days
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TVDinner Getting Fatter By The Minute
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lol - you remember the atari computers also. had one of them to. funny good memories.
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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That brings back memories.
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Aussie Member
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It is not so much the computer but how fast Windows is running. I have all the useless Microsoft processes switch off, use a process guard, keep all the disk clusters in order and build it all on drive imaging. My clients think I have a super fast computer but I don't. Rod Last edited on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 02:23 am by Aussie |
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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Sounds good Rod, welcome to the forum.
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Jim Administrator
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Aussie wrote: It is not so much the computer but how fast Windows is running. Absolutely. Actually you do have a fast computer that can handle more tasks because useless ones are not running. I use a similar bag of tricks when configuring Linux servers. Over 50% of the processes on a stock install will never be used in normal operation. A lot of the Apache modules are taking up space. If you notice the Data 1 servers are just a little quicker than most of the smaller companies and a lot of the large ones. Good stuff.
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