Official Rate Your PC Topic

[lesfleanut 4]

Alright, post specs here and we'll tell you the deal. This should stop the influx of PC rating topics. Perhaps a nice mod could merge the others into this and pin it?

[Kayuni 0]

I have a C64 and a copy of Pirates!, and I'd like a rating for said awesome gaming PC.

[s-paco 472]

==System==

 

Operating System: Windows XP Professional

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.7Ghz

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Page File: 494 Used, 2985MB Free

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c

 

==Display==

 

Name: Radeon 9200 SERIES

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

Chip Type: RADEON 9250/9200 Series AGP

Approx. Total Memory: 265.0 MB

 

Main Driver: ati2dvad.dll

Version: 6.14.0010.6614

 

==Sound==

 

Name: Creative Sound Blaster PCI

 

 

 

;( My PC sucks..

[matthew1g 7]

3.5. It's rock bottom by todays standards. At least you can run Vice city without Graphical bugs Like I have on my setup

[stretch. 0]

 

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
2x 2.4ghz
Memory (RAM)
1 GB DDR2-SDRAM
667 MHz
Graphics
nVidia GeForce 7600 GT
Storage
320 GB SATA II
80 GB IDE
DVD
NEC DVD RW
Operating Systems
XP Home SP2
Server 2008 (Longhorn Beta)
Audio
Realtek HD Audio
7.1 (Onboard)
Monitor
Acer 17"

There we go, it rates at just over 5 in vista, so it's not too bad. Especially for around £450 (not incl. monitor)

[matthew1g 7]

7

 

Here's my two Pcs

 

Gaming PC:

Intel core 2 duo E6420 2x 3.6GHZ ( overclocked it)

2 gigs DDR2 667MHz

Point of view Geforce 8800GTS OC 320MB ( 575/1800 stock overclocked to 875/2100)

Maxtor 320GB SATA 16MB buffer

600W PSU

Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA

 

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General purpose PC (usually used to host a COD2 or UT server)

 

Intel pentium 4 S478 3.0GHz with HT oc'ed to 4.1GHz

1Gig DDR 400

XFX 6800XT 450/1000 overclocked to 600/1150

WD 160GB IDE 8mb buffer, Hitachi 80GB IDE 8mb buffer

550W PSU

ASrock P4V88+ mobo

 

[SteakPhish 3]

 

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
2x 2.4ghz
Memory (RAM)
1 GB DDR2-SDRAM
667 MHz
Graphics
nVidia GeForce 7600 GT
Storage
320 GB SATA II
80 GB IDE
DVD
NEC DVD RW
Operating Systems
XP Home SP2
Server 2008 (Longhorn Beta)
Audio
Realtek HD Audio
7.1 (Onboard)
Monitor
Acer 17"

There we go, it rates at just over 5 in vista, so it's not too bad. Especially for around £450 (not incl. monitor)

On a scale of 1 - 10 I'd give it a 7.

 

Decent power, but about a generation behind :-/ .

 

....and no matter what onboard audio you have, it's still onboard audio.

 

 

MINE

 

Mobo - Abit KN8-SLI

 

CPU - Athlon 64 3700+

 

1GB OCZ Gold memory, DDR, 2-2-2-5

 

Evga 7800GTX

 

Creative XFI Xtrememusic

 

WD 80GB caviar, IDE

 

Maxtor 160GB, Sata

 

I used to upgrade all the time but kind of simmered out of it since I hardly game anymore. I am waiting for the next geforce iteration before even considering an upgrade.

[james_root 5]

i worked very hard to make my pc. every year at september i upgrade it with the money that i saved in a year.

last year i managed to bought a 256mb geforce 6200 and 256mb ram to my pc.

so here's my specs. it's pretty bad for today's pcs.i managed to save 200$ this year and i'll use it for my pc

 

Processor

Pentium 4 1.6 ghz

 

Memory (RAM)

512 mb ram

 

Graphics

nVidia GeForce 6200 256 mb

 

80 gb hard disc

 

DVD multi player

 

 

Realtek HD Audio 7.1

 

Monitor

Philips 107 S6

 

Windows XP

 

 

i'll give a 4 to my pc because i can even manage to run TEST DRIVE-Unlimited without a crash

[SteakPhish 3]

i worked very hard to make my pc. every year at september i upgrade it with the money that i saved in a year.

last year i managed to bought a 256mb geforce 6200 and 256mb ram to my pc.

so here's my specs. it's pretty bad for today's pcs.i managed to save 200$ this year and i'll use it for my pc

 

Processor

Pentium 4 1.6 ghz

 

Memory (RAM)

512 mb ram

 

Graphics

nVidia GeForce 6200 256 mb

 

80 gb hard disc

 

DVD multi player

 

 

Realtek HD Audio 7.1

 

Monitor

Philips 107 S6

 

Windows XP

 

 

i'll give a 4 to my pc because i can even manage to run TEST DRIVE-Unlimited without a crash

You're not getting anywhere really with $200 dude, save more!

 

I'm giving it a 2.

[stretch. 0]

@Steak: To be honest, there isn't anything I do that challenges my pc, the most intensive thing I throw at it is the virus scan.

 

Well, theres games and stuff, but ever tried even opening notepad when norton's out hunting? And besides, the tech gap between my pc and now isn't that much, and for price? unbeatable in my opinion.

 

@James: I'd rate it relatively low too, you're running a P4, and to be honest I'm surprised it hasn't set on fire, you might want to sell it and search out some previous gen stuff, for what it's worth, it'd be quicker.

[matthew1g 7]

it's more or less the same as s-pacos setup. You have better graphics then hin, but he has a better CPU than you. So I guess I give it about 2.5. How come you can run TDU???!?!?!?? that needs a 2.4 P4 AFAIK as minimum.

 

@ stretch don't use norton that takes more than 90MB alone from the ram. I use bitdefender on both my PCs. The C2D barely goes over 1-2% when scanning and barely over 15% on my P4

 

now how about rating my pc? pretty please ?

[stretch. 0]

@ Matthew:

Well, I have to say that your gaming pc is pretty damn fly,

 

how much that rig set you back?

 

And I keep norton pretty much under control, found some performance options that let me tweak it to stop it from strangling my usability so now it hovers at around 5-10% usage with passive scanning.

 

[andibomb 9]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3GHz

Asus Crosshair Motherboard

2GB Corsair DDR2 667MHz RAM

512MB Superclocked GeForce 7900GTO (The weak link methinks)

~ 1TB of HDD space (500, 2x 200, 300)

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum

Logitech Z5500 5.1 505W surround sound

2 x 19" Samsung LCD Monitors + 32" HD Display

550W Antec PSU

Logitech DiNovo Wireless Keyboard

Logitech Mx518 Gaming Mouse

 

Running Windows Vista Home Premium.

 

@matt, that gaming rig is pretty sweet. Would probably rate between 8 and 9. I'm looking to buy an 8 series graphics card soon, but I either need to wait for the prices to come down, or to get some overtime at work .

 

 

[james_root 5]

 

i worked very hard to make my pc. every year at september i upgrade it with the money that i saved in a year.

last year i managed to bought a 256mb geforce 6200 and 256mb ram to my pc.

so here's my specs. it's  pretty bad for today's pcs.i managed to save 200$ this year and i'll use it for my pc

 

Processor

Pentium 4 1.6 ghz

 

Memory (RAM)

512 mb ram

 

Graphics

nVidia GeForce 6200 256 mb

 

80 gb hard disc

 

DVD multi player

 

 

Realtek HD Audio 7.1

 

Monitor

Philips 107 S6

 

Windows XP

 

 

i'll give a 4 to my pc because i can even manage to run TEST DRIVE-Unlimited without a crash

You're not getting anywhere really with $200 dude, save more!

 

I'm giving it a 2.

every year i upgrade my pc but it only manages to run the games at graphics setting medium for a year,then i need another upgrade

i know $200 is less but i can save maximum $300

my target for this year is to add 512 ram it costs around 50 $ and with the 150 $ left i'm planning to get a 3.0 p4. dual core next year i guess it's damn expensive

[matthew1g 7]

 

@ Matthew:

Well, I have to say that your gaming pc is pretty damn fly,

 

I got it for $1208 with Case and 2x dvd RW included then an extra $72 for this. I figured I'd get a 320mb version as I won't be getting a new monitor for at least another 4-5 years. What I have now is a 17" true flat CRT. It's been running for at least 6 years now, but the colour is still crispier than the normal TFTs. So I guess 320MB was more suited

Edited July 9, 2007 by matthew1g

[Fozzy Fozborne 8]

Mine is still good for what I do with it (runs Tiberium wars at 1600x1200 with all options on ultra, and is willing to play company of heroes at the same settings as long as I don't change camera angles.) I'm thinking about upgrading to a dual-core K8L/K10 when they are released if they're not too expensive.

 

Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe

AMD 4200X2+ @2.2GHz

Passively Cooled XFX 7950GT 256MB

2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800

300GB Samsung hard drive

Silver NZXT Apollo Case

NZXT PRC 550 Watt powersupply

Sony DVD-ROM

Samsung DVD-RAM with Lightscribe

XP Home

Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers

Logitech Mediaplay Mouse

Dell M991 monitor (19 in CRT )

 

I'd say it's a 7 or 8, I really should get a faster processor or overclock this one. Also, I need a faster hard drive, this one isn't really cutting it.

[james_root 5]

i'll give andy 8 and 7 to fozzy

[recruit99 0]

My rig:

 

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz w/ HyperThreading

MOBO: Intel D865 PERL [socket 478]

PSU: 550W Ultra X-Connect

GPU: BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB [AGP]

RAM: 4x512MB (2GB) of DDR400 (PC3200)

SND: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 [16-bit] + Creative Inspire 4400 4.1 Speakers

HD: Western Digital 320GB SATA300 + Seagate 80GB IDE + Seagate 320GB USB External

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit + XP Professional 32-bit

Display: 19" LG L1952T

Misc: Logitech G7 Mouse, Logitech G15 Keyboard

 

Probably rebuild from scratch later this year...

Edited July 9, 2007 by recruit99

[Waddy 482]

Athlon 4200+ 64bit Processor

3gig of Ram.

2 x 300 Hard drives

2 x 7900GT's on SLi

Asus pro MB.

Soundblaster live.

 

 

[Sickness 2]

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB 4x1

Western Digital Caviar RE WD3200YS 320GB

EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 processor - Retail

ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775

APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL ATX12V

COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+

 

Soon thanks to Matt for helping.

[Primer43 1]

My PC.

 

Asus m2nsli deluxe mobo

5000+ @2.85

3 gigs Corsair Dominator

XFX 8800 GTX

2 74gb Raptors Raid 0

1 500gb Samsung

Plextor Dvd Burner -sata

LG Dvd Burner w/lightscribe -sata

Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum.

Swiftech Storm CPU waterblock.

AquaXtreme pump.

Logitech G15 keyboard

Logitech G7 Mouse

Benq 22' lcd w/ hdmi input

Thats it.

I upgraded my motherboard and cpu from an a8nsli deluxe with a 4400, because some guy was selling his m2nsli and 5000 proc (never used) for $70 at a fleamarket, I made out like abandit.

Edited July 9, 2007 by Primer43

[james_root 5]

 

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB 4x1

Western Digital Caviar RE WD3200YS 320GB

EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 processor - Retail

ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775

APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL ATX12V

COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+

 

Soon thanks to Matt for helping. 

omg! 768 mb geforce i can only see this in my dreams

[Skyline_Mad 65]

Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 Socket 939

Case: Ebuyer Achilles Case

PSU: 500W ATX12v

 

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ @2.4GHz

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7000B-CU Super Flower

 

Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty 256mb PCI (Ultra Silent, no Fan)

Monitor: AG NEOVO F-417 17" TFT

 

Memory: 4x Crucial 512MB DDR400 (2GB) (Dual Channel)

 

HDD: 160GB Maxtor, 200GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate (All ATAs)

 

DVD: Sony DVD R/RW, Pioneer DVD R/RW

 

Soundcard: Soundblaster Live 24bit External

Speakers: Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 Surround Sound

iPod + iTunes (20GB 4th Gen)

 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder

Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse II

GamePad: Logitech Rumblepad 2

 

2GB Broadband (through my dads PC to mine by Ethernet Cable)

 

4GB Kingston DataTraveler USB Flash Drive

 

I Think Thats Everything lol.

 

When i get a job i'll buy a new Case, Monitor, Soundcard and speaker system, Looking at getting the Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty with Logitech's Z-5500 5.1 System, Will probably cost between £300-£350, could also do with another iPod as the one i got is full and has been for quite some time now. Will possibly get a 22" Widescreen Monitor, and an expensive Gaming Case.

 

Maybe i could upgrade everything to the highest it can go without needing a new motheroard e.g.

CPU: 4000+ - 5000+

Ram: 2GB DDR400 - 4GB DDR2 PC2

Graphics: 1x 7600GT Fatal1ty - 2x 7600GT Fatal1ty SLI

Add a SATA HDD

 

lol i've only just upgraded (2 days ago) and i'm already thinking about what to get next.

 

If i were to get those Logitech speakers, i may need to re-arrange my room, as the Sub needs to be at least 60cm away from anything electrical (has no magnetic sheilding), and at the moment theres nowhere for it to go without messing something up.

 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2007 by Skyline_Mad

[matthew1g 7]

 

Soon thanks to Matt for helping.

See? told you that getting a second best CPU would result in better hardware overall

 

james_root, how much do they cost in turkey? I guess it's really expensive since it's a non-EU country . if you want a good PC try to find a part time job

[james_root 5]

 

james_root, how much do they cost in turkey? I guess it's really expensive since it's a non-EU country  . if you want a good PC try to find a part time job 

there are is not a very big difference between the prices(only ps3 is unbeliavable expensive) i can make a great pc for 1000$ as you guys did but the problems is my family won't give me 1000 bucks to upgrade a pc.

i don't think the reason is being a non-europe country. the problem is customs duty i guess

for exapmle 20 gb ps3 are 750$ in turkey 60 gb is 1100$

 

well i don't i have time to work so i will continue with my old buddy

Edited July 9, 2007 by james_root

[matthew1g 7]

So I see

 

 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder

Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse II

 

I'll still beat you with my Diamondback and logitech G11 though

[Primer43 1]

I'll beat you with this:

 

 

And This:

 

 

 

[Sickness 2]

I'll beat you with this:

 

 

And This:

 

Are you f*cking serious? Is that a Nintendo mouse?

[GTA3Freak-2001 22]

Just got back from getting a new PC built(well being built anyway), I couldn't be bothered actually building it myself so for a small fee I got the PC store to build it for me. I wasn't aiming for a top-end gaming machine but rather a capable system with some gaming in mind.

 

Asrock AM2V890 Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @2.4Ghz

GeForce 7600GT 256MB

Samsung 160GB SATA HDD

Patriot 1x2gb DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 Dual Channel

LG 18x DVD-RW

NZXT Trinity Case

430w Coolermaster PSU

Audigy SoundBlaster 2 Value

BenQ 17" 8ms LCD Monitor

Logitech X530 5.1 Speakers

Logitech G7 Wireless Laser Mouse

Logitech G15 Wireless Keyboard Last one died, currently got temporary Logitech Slimline Wireless Keyboard

 

Now remember right now I am running all of the above minus the main PC components with what's below:

 

ECS K75SA Pro Motherboard

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ @1.67Ghz

2x 512 MB PC2100 Ram

GeForce 6600GT 128MB AGP4x

80GB Seagate

20GB Samsung

Pioneer 8x DVD-RW

HP 32x CD-RW

sh*tty Beige case with no extra fans besides the PSU, CPU and GPU(350W PSU of Generic brand)

[Rayo Puño 2]

Stand back now..

 

Celeon D 2.9ghz

1gb DDR

Nvidia FX5200 128mb that turns my monitor purple so I have to jiggle it sometimes (I only have PCI slots, ftl)

on-board audio

CD-RW

DVD-ROM

8 in 1 media reader

ATI Theatre 550 Pro tv tuner

80(files)+40(OS)gb HDs

 

Hey, it runs BF2 (somehow), so I'm good. I got a 360 anyway.