Computer Specs

[HoboFawkes† 0]

Chances are that if you're reading this, you've got a computer.

So, what kind of computer do you use? Mac, PC, iphone... Tell us about it! Here's your chance to brag about what you have, or whine about what you wish your computer could do.

 

Updated: 02/01/2010

So, to start:

I use a couple of different computers, but I mainly alternate between my desktop and a laptop. On the desktop side, I've built a whirring monolith that is as follows:

Antec P182 Case (monolith)

Asus P5NE-SLI Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6Ghz, Overclocked to 3.16Ghz (whirring)

6Gigs of Ram, which it sees all of.

An NVidia 8800 GT drives my 1080P monitor and one 1280x1024, and an NVidia 9400 drives the other 1280x1024 and a 1024x768. Yes, I use all of them.

 

On the laptop side, I switch between my luggable Lenovo Y410, for the power work, and my Asus eeePC 1000h, for note-taking and casual surfing. The eee's specs are pretty standard:

1.6Ghz Intel Atom Processor

2Gb of RAM

80 GB Hard drive (Which I need to upgrade)

The battery, however, lasts a good 5 hours in use. Very nice for long classes.

The Lenovo:

Core 2 Duo Centrino @1.6Ghz

2 Gigs of Ram

320GB Hard drive

Integrated video.

 

Well, that's it. Now, show everyone what you use!

[Flechmen 0]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.1 GHz

RAM: 4GB DDR2 (3GB usable by OS)

HDD: 80GB (SATA?)

Video: nVidia Quadro NVS 140M (512MB, 128MB dedicated)

Monitor: 14.4" 16:10 LCD

Audio: SoundMax HD Audio (I don't like it)

Removable Media: DVD Multi-Recorder

Form Factor: Laptop

Manufacture: Lenovo

 

That's my main computer. I like it... except for the darn sound card...

Model: T61

[%Syruss 0]

I have two... with one huge difference in power...

First:

Amiga 500... I can never remember all the spec on that.

 

Gaming/internet/etc. rig:

 

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (Socket M2) @ 2210MHz (200MHz FSB)

(Motherboard) Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-DS3, version x.x

2GB Corsair DDR2 RAM

(Drive 1) 160GB HDD Divided into two partitions

(Drive 2) 500GB HDD

(Drive 3) Multi Flash Reader USB Device, USB interface

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (Processor: GeForce 9500 GT), 512MB, 1440x900x32, 60Hz

(Sound card 1) Realtek High Definition Audio

(Sound card 2) Creative Labs SB Audigy,

[Cryos† 0]

hehe, Well I have one computer and an ipod touch 2G (ill probably be on that late at night if you catch me on IM XD)

 

Computer specs:

 

DELL Inspiron 530

 

3 gigs of RAM

Dual core 2.6 GHz

Windows Vista Home Premium (hacked it to use Dreamscene )

Nvidea 8450 graphics card

and a realtek high defenition sound card

[Brallion 0]

Gateway MT3421 laptop

 

Ubuntu Linux 9.04

AMD Turion 2.2 GHz 64-bit CPU

2GB RAM

Hard drive removed; using a 16GB SD card as the main drive

8X DVD-RW

SD Card slot

14.1" 1280x800 Display

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100

3.5 hour battery life

5lbs

 

I've owned many laptops. This one is my favorite, thus far. Quite inexpensive, too. I removed the hard drive because I don't trust hard drives; I've had too many crash. I get better battery life without it. I run Ubuntu Linux on an SD card.

[Direlda† 0]

So I could tell you about the specs on my desktop, but such information would not tell you anything of true value.

 

What you need to know is this:

My desktop still works, though it has had amnesia multiple times.

My desktop hates me.

 

Now my laptop...

It's 12" by 9" clear plastic and not that heavy. The hard drive can hold a surprising amount of data, though I do have to transfer to my external hard drive every once in a while. Rainy days are particularly obnoxious for my data, though the case is water repellent. The processor is an old but time-tested model. The write speed is variable. Doesn't really connect to the internet, but does LAN fairly well. Battery life also varies, though it has gone for 18 hours or more at times. The OS is fairly reliable, though the data filing system is atrocious. Able to handle a wide variety of programs and some games, though primarily used for word processing.

 

I am such an English major...

 

(If you haven't figured it out, my laptop is a clipboard)

[yrfoxtaur† 0]

you silly

 

depending on who's keeping count, I have 3-8 systems.

Three here at my dwelling

two at my parents house

three (two at my grandpa's, one at my parents) that aren't technically mine, but which are never used by anyone but me.

 

the first three:

 

Apple eMac. G4/1GHz, 1 GB RAM[maxed out], 80 GB HD. OS 10.5 "Leopard"

Apple PowerBook "Pismo". G3/500MHz, 720 MB RAM, 120 GB HD (Stock was 40 GB). OS 10.4 "Tiger"/Debian

Apple iBook (Tangerine). G3/300 MHz, 320 MB RAM, 100 GB HD (Stock was 6 GB). OS 10.3 "Panther"/Debian

 

The second two:

 

Apple PowerBook (Titanium). 700(?) MHz, 512(?) MB RAM, 40(?) GB HD. OS 10.4 "Tiger"

Generic Pentium II PC. 400 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 4 + 1 GB HDs. Windows 2000

 

The third three:

 

(Qty. 1) Apple PowerMac 7500/100. 100(?) MHz, 32(?) MB RAM, 1(?)GB HD. System 7

(Qty. 2) IBM PS/2. 20(??) MHz, 1 MB RAM (more with the correct hardware level driver for expansion card), 20 MB HD (DOA). DOS (3.4 - 6.1, also FreeDOS. will run OpenGEM GUI, and, with certain upgrades, Windows 3.1 - 95)

[Xyie Fourseasons† 0]

On one, unidentified brand computer i got from a garage sale at a moving business.

OS: Linux Mint 7

Hard drive: 10 GB

OS: Windows XP

Hard drive: 30 GB

 

RAM: 512

CPU: 800 MHz

Graphics Card: GeForce4 MX 420

 

I've got another computer i fixed up

 

IBM Aptiva M71

about 1 GB Hard drive

32 MB Ram

i forgot what the CPU was. 133 MHz probably.

It runs Puppy Linux a little sluggishly, and also FreeDOS

 

Oh, and i have a second computer from the garage sale much like the above, minus the linux hard drive i added.

 

And my laptop has nearly bit the dust...an IBM Thinkpad R52 with 512 MB RAM

[Ann Vole† 0]

I have a single core Pentium 4 at about 2.3g speed but I am really hoping to get my cel phone or a "tablet pc" (touch-sensitive screen designed to be portable) working for all my computer needs. They usually use those new Atom processors due to improved battery life. I am also looking at the possibility of using a server computer processor to do image manipulation and animation and just control that program with the cel phone or tablet PC. In that case, I might be able to boast a very powerful computer but not for the one in my hands taking my keyboard commands and image drawing tools.

[Miss Fennec† 0]

i have 4 PCs so...

old to new i guess ^^

 

A commodore A4000t

 

25 Mhz Moto 68k

100 meg Hdd

2megs fastram 6 slow

3.5 floppy

old cd drive

crappy usb data card

AmigaOS3.1

 

 

A PowerMac G3 BondiBlu

 

350mhz PPC

10 and 15 gig HDDs

320 megs pc133 ram

Zip drive as extra ram

DVD drive

generic wificard

ATI RAGE 3d card 16megs

Ubuntu 5.1 lts

 

 

a black Macbook

 

2400mhz core 2 duo

320 gb no name sata hdd

4gb samsung ram *clocked to 800mhz*

stupid dvd drive that sounds like it crunches disks

3.5 usb floppy taped to the lid

OS10.6.1 and windows 7 RC7100

*this is what i game on as its the best i have*

 

 

and a acer Aspire one 8.9 inch

 

1600mhz

160gig hdd

1.5 gb of ram

second floppy disk drive taped to lid

Swedish WinXP pro, Ubuntu 9.04 (kernel got more inefficient again....)

i use this as my note taker mobility thing...

 

 

 

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Now playing: Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger

via FoxyTunes

[NoftisHawk† 0]

YAY! tech forums ftw

 

Not sure how long it is going to stay like this (its a few years old, time for an upgrade, once i get some $$)

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4800+ AM2 socket

Mobo: DFI Infinity NF ultraII-M2

RAMs: 2gb (for now...) DDR2 @ 667Mhz

GPU: Primary: OCed Galaxy GTX 260

Secondary: (for my third moniter ) ATI Radeon x1650 pro

PSU: Ultra 650Watt

Case: XION midtower with green lighting and blue accent intake fan

HDD: Western Digital 500gb (ugh, only 55gb left...)

OS: Win7, probably put linux on in the near future

Other: Oxygen 49 Midi keyboard

creative 65watt 2.1 sounds system

Just picked up a 150watt 10" sub from a recycling place

 

Other PCs:

eee (1.6ghz cpu, 1gb ram, 259gb hdd)

 

Woot, im glad im not the only compy nerd on the forum!

[HoboFawkes† 0]

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Hush now, you knew I was here.

[NoftisHawk† 0]

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Hush now, you knew I was here.

 

o:) ho yah....

[Flechmen 0]

Now, I have what I call the "POS Dell".

Form Factor: Laptop

Make/.Modle: Dell Latitude

Processor: 1GHz Pentium III Mobile

RAM: 256 (?) MB, I think its PC100 or 133. Old and slow either way.

HDD: 20GB ATA

Video: ATI Mobility Radion (16MB)

Monitor: 14.1" TFT

OS: CentOS 5.4 (same as CF's server actually) with Gnome.

Other: The lid hinges are shot, so the monitor is held up with a piece of tape when in use.

http://img69.imageshack.us/g/pic0195is.jpg/

 

It was acquired in a bit of an exchange. A lady with no money had it and a little netbook, both broken. The deal was, I'd fix one and keep the other as payment. I fixed both, called her and asked which one she wanted.

[Guest Joneswilliamsc]

Well I ahve desptop as well as laptop both and for both of them I have different spec. For my desktop I am currenytly using 2GB HD, Logitech Keyboard and wireless Logitech Mouse as well as 17" LCD LG monitor.

For my laptop I have 4GB HD, 15" monitor and wireless mouse.

[HuskyDog† 0]

I have two computers that I use right now.

 

Laptop

Model: HP Pavilion tx2500z Notebook PC

CPU: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM- at 2.2 GHz (AMD "Griffin" platform)

Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated chipset

Hard drive: 160GB 3Gb/s SATA

RAM: 4 GB DDR2-SDRAM

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Business 64-bit

Inputs: Pen and touch (touch not installed)

Screen resolution: 1280x800 pixels

 

Desktop

Model: Dell XPS 410

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (Conroe-4M) at 2.1 GHz

Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 SDRAM

Hard drives: 1 TB SATA 3 Gb/s (primary), 320 GB SATA 3 Gb/s (secondary)

RAM: 4 GB DDR2-SDRAM

OSes: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (likely will go away soon), Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (primary OS)

Monitors: Dell 2007WFP (IPS panel), Dell SP2008WFP (TN panel)

Combined screen resolution: 3360x1050 pixels

 

That's the basic summary. I think that's all the relevant information you guys would prefer.

[Ryland† 0]

Desktop:

 

Model: Custom Built By me

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 9300 @ 2.5 GHz, 6MB L2 Cache

GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 w/ 896 MB of memory

RAM: 8 GB of corsair DDR2 800 MHz RAM

HDD: 300 GB raptor HDD @ 10000 RPM

Motherboard: Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 Motherboard.

Case: Some really ugly old white case

PSU: 900W ATX Antec Power Supply

 

Monitors: 2 Samsung 22' Monitors

 

Price: $600, I got all the parts(Except the monitors) during one of neweggs 50% off sales.

I found the monitors in our garage. XD

 

Laptop:

 

Model: Gateway 17' FX Something...

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache

GPU: Nvidia 9800 GT

RAM: 4 GB of the generic 400 MHz stuff they put in laptops these days...

HDD: 250 GB Generic Hard Drive

Motherboard: I dont even wanna know...

Case: Very nice looking case, has some neat artwork on it

PSU: You mean charger?

 

It got passed down to me from my dad, he got a Alienware

[Carson Coyote† 0]

Old Laptop:

 

Model: HP Pavilion dv6810us

CPU: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 @ 2.00 GHz, 512KB + 512KB L2 cache

Memory: 3 gigs of DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB (can't remember the exact specs)

GPU: Integrated NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M, with up to 1071MB of shared memory

HDD: 160GB Seagate SATA, 5400RPM

Display: 15.4" WXGA HD BrightView Widescreen, 1280x800 native resolution

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit (I dual-booted w/Ubuntu later in it's life)

 

It also had 802.11b/g wireless, Bluetooth, Firewire, S-video out, ExpressCard/54 slot, 5-in-1 card reader, 2 headphone outputs, as well as a nifty little remote and earbuds. It also had a unique-for-it's-time glossy case with a cool little pattern embedded within the plastic. It was cool in 2008, but everyone does it now.

 

The defective NVIDIA chip eventually fried the entire mobo. :-/

 

Price in July 2008: $725 USD

 

New Laptop:

 

Model: Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5050

CPU: AMD Athlon II Dual Core P320 @ 2.1 GHz, 1MB L2 cache

Memory: 3GB DDR3, expandable to 8GB (again unable to find exact specs)

GPU: Integrated ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250, with 256MB-1405MB of dynamically allocated shared memory

HDD: 320GB SATA, 5400RPM

Display: 15.6" widescreen HD TruBrite TFT LED, 1366x768 native resolution

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

 

Other features:

802.11b/g/n wireless, webcam, 4-in-1 card reader, eSATA/USB combo port, 10-key numeric keypad, and the ability to actually play HD video, even 1080p! (My old laptop sucked with HD.) Oh, and it has a special glossy case design of it's own.

 

I do miss the Bluetooth, XD-Card reader, remote, and the two headphone outputs. Otherwise, I love it!

 

Price in September 2010: $398 USD

[AzariahWolf† 0]

Old Laptop:

 

Dell Latitude D620

CPU: Dual core Celeron 1.8GHz

Memory: 3GB DDR2

GPU: Horrible Intel video card

HDD: 70GB

Display: 14" 1280x1024

OS: Windows 7 Professional

 

New Laptop:

 

Alienware Area-51 M17x

CPU: Core 2 Duo dual core 2.8GHz

Memory: 4GB DDR2 (looking to go to 8GB)

GPU: Dual nVidia GeForce 8700M GT (512MB each, running SLI)

HDD: 256GB

Display: 17.3" 1920x1200 native

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Other: Optical audio out to Dolby 7.1 surround, HDMI out port, MMC, SD, MS/PRO combo card reader, Blu-Ray disc drive (untested since the unholy discs are banned on campus), Firewire A&B ports, AlienFX customizable back-lit keyboard/media buttons, 2.0MP webcam w/stereo microphones.

[Ryland† 0]

My dads got one of those Alienware's, the thing is built like a brick. Its been smashed and dropped into everything imaginable, and it still runs like new.

[AzariahWolf† 0]

An Alienware can take what you dish out, but I wouldn't be so inclined to test it. It costs a nice price for the speed it gives you.

[James Carl 0]

hi please help me .Is there a site were i can download a program and it will show all the specs on my computer?I used to use one a while back but cant remeber the name.Also on my motherboard i dont have the papers on it,I would like to know the specs on it also and how much memory it can handle.

thanks,

[Luke Wolf† 0]

System Information for Windows is probably what you're looking for James

http://www.gtopala.com/

 

I've got 2 systems, a hacked together desktop, and a laptop

 

Desktop

ECS 945GCT Motherboard I think it was

Intel Core 2 duo E4500

120 GB + 80 GB PATA HDDs

Corsair 430CX PSU

1 GB of some Generic DDR2 RAM

Nvidia Geforce 210

Sony Optiarc

Realtek based Wlan

Soundblaster 24-Bit LIVE! I think it was

Beige Case

POS be FLAT LCD monitor

IBM Model M Keyboard (Yes the Clicky-Keyboard from the 80's still works perfectly, and they are the nicest keyboards I've ever used)

Logitech MarbleMouse

OS: Fedora 14/Win7

 

Laptop

Dell Vostro 3700

Intel Core i7 Q720 @ 1.6 Ghz

Geforce 330M

4GB RAM

500 GB HDD

Broadcom WLan

OS: openSUSE 11.3/Win7

(I wouldn't have chosen this laptop personally, but I'm not complaining considering VocRehab issued it to me)

[Falux† 0]

I got a nice Gateway desktop here I got in July for my birthday...

 

CPU: 2.6 GHZ AMD Phenom II X4 810

 

Memory 8GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM

 

Graphics 256MB (shared) ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics chip

 

Hard drive TB, 7,200 rpm

 

Optical drive dual-layer DVD burner

 

Networking 10/100 Ethernet LAN, 802.11a/b/g/n wireless

 

TV tuner Yes

 

Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

 

 

 

Could be better....but it's smoooooooooooooooooooth sailing for what I use it for.

[Luke Wolf† 0]

That system seems very unbalanced to me as a systembuilder.. I probably would have cut down on the amount of RAM but spent that money getting a board capable of DDR3 RAM at least 1600 Mhz level maybe 1866, and probably put a 5670 in there depending on if it was going to be used for rendering/gaming/etc. Do you know how much they paid for the system?