What is in your rig? (strut your stuff)

[warmwaffles]

What is rig #4 doing at the moment? Because I don't really see the use of an old Pentium other than a great coffee cup warmer

 

[t0mme]

What is rig #4 doing at the moment? Because I don't really see the use of an old Pentium other than a great coffee cup warmer

I still play DOS games. With the newest rig though I can play almost all of them with DosBox. But some don't or not in full graphic glory, so the trusty P166 is needed. It's 12 years old and both the rig and the monitor still work...

 

[GoodGame]

Apparently Patriot got a come-uppance because Tom's Hardware (a well-know review site) has used them a lot in test rigs. Patriot does have some high end ram now.

EDIT: OCing in general will generally cause system instability before it fries anything if you increase it very gradually, but in my experience it does shorten the lifetime of the electronics. I've yet to lose Ram/cards/peripherals from OC'ing the PC or MB though. Best to play with it on an older sysem you want to trash, or a newer components built for OC-ing.

Patriots that I have are (if I'm correct) a low-end product by them. They don't have much overclocking potential but they've served me well enough. Can't say anything about the life time as I've owned them a bit over month Also I'd remember that more expensive Patriots have had quite good reviews in various OC sites.

 

[Maniacal]

I'll stick with Corsair RAM, plus it has a better name, while Patriot reminds me of the Bush Gov't.

 

[Quintillus]

I'll stick with Corsair RAM, plus it has a better name, while Patriot reminds me of the Bush Gov't.

Have to agree then for the better name, but so long as they're actually unassociated I wouldn't boycott them.

Here's mine. Went with a laptop this time for ease of movement.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20Ghz, 4MB L2, 667Mhz FSB
Ram: 2GB DDR2 667Mhz, Qimonda
HDD: 160GB, 7200 RPM Hitachi SATA
Video: GeForce 8600M GT 256MB DDR2
OS: Windows XP Home

Already upgraded the OS from Vista to XP (whether Microsoft says it's an upgrade or not, performance-wise it certainly was for me). Other upgrades depends on what looks worthwhile in a couple years. What I have now is doing everything I need, though a few extra MHz could always help with Civ3.

 

[3 EMS]

What is rig #4 doing at the moment? Because I don't really see the use of an old Pentium other than a great coffee cup warmer

Is it handling avionics on B-2s? Doesn't Intel sell the old models to manufacturers who use them as embedded chips?

 

[Speedo]

Is it handling avionics on B-2s? Doesn't Intel sell the old models to manufacturers who use them as embedded chips?

Yes. They were even still producing the 80386 chip up until 6 months ago.

 

[Rheinmetall]

Case: Generic silver colored cheap case with LCD display
Motherboard: GA-965P-DS3
RAM: 2x Mushkin 512MB + 2x Corsair 512MB
CPU: E6300 @ ~2,2GHz
CPU Cooler: Water
Video: GeForce 7900 GS
Sound Card: Integrated
HDD:Seagate ST3250620AS (250GT) + Seagate ST3500320AS (500GT)
PSU: Antec Truepower Trio 550W
Display: Acer AL2017 20" + Acer AL1914 19"

 

[Souron]

Finally got around to putting this thing put together today:

CPU: Intel Core2 Duo e8400
Graphics Card: BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB
MotherBoard: MSI P35 Neo2-FR LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel
Hard disk: WD 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s
Optical drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 EPP - Dual Channel
PS: Ultra V-Series 500-Watt ATX Power Supply
Case: 7BAY MID TOWER ATX
Monitor: Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD

 

[Imrahil91]

CASE: antec nine hundred
MOTHERBOARD: asus p5k-e wifi edition
CPU: intel core 2 quad q6600
RAM: 4x1gb geil pc6400
GPU: asus geforce 8800gts 512mb
PSU: thermaltake 750w
HDD: 2x500gb samsung spinpoint (raid0)
SOUND CARD: creative xtreme gaming x-fi
MISC: dvd burner/player, thermalright cpu cooler, arctic silver thermal paste, memory card reader, 2x120mm fans extra
EXTERNAL: samsung syncmaster 226bw 22" lcd screen, saitek cyborg 5.1 headset, logitech g5 mouse, logitech 2.1 speakers, microsoft wireless desktop, 37" hd-ready lcd tv, 5.1 hi-fi system, waiting for logitech g15 v.2 to arrive in norwegian stores

 

[Fetus4188]

CASE: Antec P180B
MB: MSI P6N SLI Platinum
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
RAM: G.SKILL 2x2 GB 4.4.4.12
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb
PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 600W
HDD: Seagate 320 GB
Seagate 500 GB
Seagate 120 GB
MON: Dell 20.1-inch widescreen flat panel LCD
MISC: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150
LG 18X DVD±R Lightscribe DVD Burner
unidentified read-only DVD drive
Logitech G5 laser gaming mouse

 

[warpus]

HDD: 2x500gb samsung spinpoint (raid0)

Why Raid-0? Is the performance really that much better? (than a single drive)

I've got a Raid-1 setup going, just in case one of the drives fails.

 

[Speedo]

Why Raid-0? Is the performance really that much better? (than a single drive)

I've got a Raid-1 setup going, just in case one of the drives fails.

In many situations the difference is almost night & day. It's kind of silly having a 1TB striped array though, because you should never trust it with any real data storage.

 

[warmwaffles]

I like RAID 1 because I have two 500 GB HDDs and I like having the idea knowing that my data will always be backed up unless a simultaneous HDD failure happens

 

[Speedo]

I like RAID 1 because I have two 500 GB HDDs and I like having the idea knowing that my data will always be backed up unless a simultaneous HDD failure happens

Even a mirrored or parity array shouldn't be considered a "backup". While your data *should* be safe from HDD failure, it *isn't* safe from file corruption, unintentional modification/deletion, viruses, and the like.

 

[warpus]

I like RAID 1 because I have two 500 GB HDDs and I like having the idea knowing that my data will always be backed up unless a simultaneous HDD failure happens

Raid-1 protects you if one of your drives fail - you don't lose any data.

Raid-0 doesn't do this though. You lose 1 drive - and you're screwed.

 

[Enkidu Warrior]

Right now I'm on a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop with:
Pentium M 1.73GHz CPU
512MB RAM
ATI Mobility X300
30GB HDD
DVD +/-RW
Windows XP

When I get my first salary in my new job I'm going to blow 235000 yen on an XPS 420 with:
Core2DuoE6850 3GHz
4GB RAM
GeForce 8800GT 512MB
500GB HDD
DVD +/-RW
24" Widescreen monitor
Windows Vista Ultimate

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Well, this isnt much to strut:
Pentium 4 @ 2.4 gHz
2gb RAM
ATi X1650Pro 256mb
2x 80gb HD's, 1x 120GB
DVD+/-R
CD+/-RW
22" Widescreen monitor
Windows XP.

I do plan an upgrade for this, perhaps this summer, but most of my money is getting saved towards a new car.

 

[Maniacal]

Ordered a XFX GeForce 8800GT XT 512MB 640MHZ 1.9GHZ (and some blah blah). It was on sale with a rebate, comes with Company of Heroes and a DO NOT DISTURB sign for a door handle

 

[Genocidicbunny]

How much did it cost?