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KennyT772 · Feb 17, 2006

so last night i went over to a friends house. we were messing around with his nitro rc car and what not. then we got on his computer. i started looking at specs and my jaw dropped. he had one of the first dual core intels out. the comp was built summer last year and is running a 2.8ghz dual pentium D. its a sony viao prebuilt completly stock. other specs:1 gig 3/4/4/10 ram, ati x300 128mb, media center. this thing was so fast it was crazy... now we are going to get him either a x1600xt or somthing to replace the x300. i was quite suprised though that on css i could run 1024/768 max visuals inclueding hdr at around 50fps average. this thing blew my mind. we opened it up and he said the sales person said it was water cooled so i was quite curious. turns out there is a quad heatpip from the cpu to a radiator at the back of the case. jeez the thing is nice. oh and he got it for around $1400 @best buy.

Deleted member 3 · Feb 18, 2006

$1400 to end up with an x300 doesn't sound that great.

giorgos th. · Feb 18, 2006

i`m afraid i have to agree....hehehe.

15th Warlock · Feb 18, 2006

A year ago, for $1,400 your friend would have built a gaming rig at least twice as fast (or 4x faster considering that POS video card), instead of buying a prebuilt system, but hey, whatever floats your boat

... I guess :wtf:

Jimmy 2004 · Feb 18, 2006

$1400 and a card almost as bad as a stock 9550? Not great...

trog100 · Feb 18, 2006

the interesting thing is that kenny says "this thing was so fast it was crazy".. i wonder why..???

bedazzled by the fancy cooler perhaps.. ??

trog

KennyT772 · Feb 20, 2006

um actually all he has to do is put in a decent video card and hes great. he went for that system cuz it was aimed as a workstation not its 2000 dollar more gaming counterpart. he just didnt know how to upgrade the video card for cheaper then what best buy was offering.

trog100 · Feb 20, 2006

out of curiosity kenny what did he intend to do on it.. ??

trog

KennyT772 · Feb 20, 2006

well his ma wanted a comp so of course he wanted her to get a fast one. mainly looking for longevity in the pc world and that+sony brand = a hefty price. but its a very good setup as with the cooler on it it never went past 40c. he was planning on gaming with it but doesnt currently have to money for the purchase of said games. the other things with it were a sony brand media center remote a 21" lcd and logitech z-5450 speakers. its got a dvd 16x and a dvd 12x burner. and btw when i say fast i mean windows performance not gaming performance idiots. oh and somthing weird, when i was playing around with source i was running it at 1024x768 (due to video card) but when i turned on 16af and 6aa i noticed somthing odd. average framrates went up in the source video test deal. i ran it several times and its consistant. any idea how to explain?

15th Warlock · Feb 20, 2006

KennyT772 said:
well his ma wanted a comp so of course he wanted her to get a fast one. mainly looking for longevity in the pc world and that+sony brand = a hefty price. but its a very good setup as with the cooler on it it never went past 40c. he was planning on gaming with it but doesnt currently have to money for the purchase of said games. the other things with it were a sony brand media center remote a 21" lcd and logitech z-5450 speakers. its got a dvd 16x and a dvd 12x burner. and btw when i say fast i mean windows performance not gaming performance idiots. oh and somthing weird, when i was playing around with source i was running it at 1024x768 (due to video card) but when i turned on 16af and 6aa i noticed somthing odd. average framrates went up in the source video test deal. i ran it several times and its consistant. any idea how to explain?

Dude, no need to call anyone an idiot, as I meant to say with "whatever floats your boat", if your friend thinks he has made a good investment, and you are impressed by how fast word or excel loads, then good for you both, just don't expect us to dance in circles of joy by hearing the specs of that POS and how much he paid for it :rolleyes:

KennyT772 · Feb 20, 2006

haha i wasnt calling anyone here an idiot seriously jeez.. what i was talking about with speed is encoding music and transcoding music. just because you have the money or a job that funds your computer hobby doesnt mean the rest of us 16 year olds can get our hands on newer hardware unless its free or from our parents. i dont expect anyone to dance about this rig i was just posting it cuz i knew it was better then the run of the mill prebuilt. i wasnt expecting everyone to bow down and worship the damn thing. but i do know that save the video card that rig is faster then yours while also being more quiet. as i said before it was meant to be a htpc not a gaming rig.

15th Warlock · Feb 20, 2006

Well then, good for the two of you

System Name	Raptor
Processor	Intel E8400 Wolfdale @3600
Motherboard	Asus P5Q-Pro LGA775
Cooling	Zalman CNPS9700
Memory	1024mbx2 Crucial Ballistix DDR800
Video Card(s)	XFX 9600GT
Storage	Seagate 7200.11 500GB
Display(s)	Acer AL2216Wbd and Acer AL1717
Case	Gigabyte 3DAurora Black
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer Faitality
Power Supply	OCZ GameXStream 500w

Processor	C2D E7600
Motherboard	GA EG41M ES2L
Memory	2GB ADATA 800MHZ
Video Card(s)	ASUS HD4350
Storage	OCZ VERTEX TURBO 32GB + 2 MORE..
Display(s)	SM226BW
Audio Device(s)	7.1 HD / X-540
Software	7X86 ULT

Processor	Intel Core i9 13900KF
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero EVA Edition
Cooling	Asus Ryujin II 360 EVA Edition
Memory	4x16GBs DDR5 6800MHz G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo Series
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo
Storage	2TB Samsung 980 Pro OS - 4TB Nextorage G Series Games - 8TBs WD Black Storage
Display(s)	LG C2 OLED 42" 4K 120Hz HDR G-Sync enabled TV
Case	Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S910W - 7.1 Klipsch Dolby ATMOS Speaker Setup - Audeze Maxwell
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 1300W
Mouse	Asus ROG Keris EVA Edition - Asus ROG Scabbard II EVA Edition
Keyboard	Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey VR
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64bit

System Name	Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor	S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard	ASUS K8N
Cooling	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s)	Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s)	Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply	Corsair HX520W
Software	Windows XP Home

System Name	money pit..
Processor	Intel 9900K 4.8 at 1.152 core voltage minus 0.120 offset
Motherboard	Asus rog Strix Z370-F Gaming
Cooling	Dark Rock TF air cooler.. Stock vga air coolers with case side fans to help cooling..
Memory	32 gb corsair vengeance 3200
Video Card(s)	Palit Gaming Pro OC 2080TI
Storage	150 nvme boot drive partition.. 1T Sandisk sata.. 1T Transend sata.. 1T 970 evo nvme m 2..
Display(s)	27" Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 165Hrz Nvidia G-Sync, IPS.. 2560x1440..
Case	Gigabyte mid-tower.. cheap and nothing special..
Audio Device(s)	onboard sounds with stereo amp..
Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt..
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech K270
Software	Win 10 pro..
Benchmark Scores	Firestike 29500.. timepsy 14000..

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