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Whats your machine? (No chat or slagging)

  • 31-07-2006 1:05pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭


    What type of computer do you have at home. Tick poll and explain in thread...

    Whats ur Machine 50 votes

    Apple
    0%
    Dell
    26%
    SouperComputerdavmigilOrielrainbow kirbymonkeyfudgedubmickdrive3331K.O.KikiThe GnomeaFlabbyPandamajiktripplukemnuttz 13 votes
    Packard Bell
    62%
    Ruu_OlddbnavannetwhizkidJilmSaurontbamonkeyfudgedubmickKiithatheistdrive3331dermot_sheehanMatthewthebigWertzSparkyTobias Greeshmanroastiepadraig_fTomCoTerrorFirmer 31 votes
    Gateway
    8%
    SparkyThe WalshoBlowfishsock puppet 4 votes
    Icon
    0%
    Other
    4%
    bountyoRlyYaRly 2 votes


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Packard Bell
    Two Dells (333mhz desktop and 2.4ghz celeron laptop)+ custom built soon to be AMD 64 3800+ system.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Nehpets


    custom built


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    Gateway
    2 Dells (desktop and laptop), Packard Bell, and two others (HP and Compaq)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Packard Bell
    Current rig is a Dell but new rig below will be custom built whenever OCUK supply my chip


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭DamoKen


    did a custom built after being dicked around by one of the main high street stores. did me a favour in retrospect as up until then I wasn't that familiar with hardware :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Heinrich


    Custom built towers (3) + Acer Laptop


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Both custom/self built.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    1x custom + 1x Acer Laptop


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭bringitdown


    Custom built - new build in time for Crysis ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Custom built Athlon 64/939 rig. Will be moving to conroe soon, mmm.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Gateway
    Packard bell with a 2.93 ghz p4. I've added a 6600gt


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Custom Tower with a 1.4GHz Athlon running at 1.6, 384 Megs Of RAM and a grand total of 24GB hard disk space.

    and

    Old Dell with a Celeron 333MHz, 192 MB RAM and 28GB Hard disk space


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Diddy Kong


    custom build - has always been that way


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭hopeful


    1. huge custom watercooled AMD rig (see sig)...also for sale (also see sig) :::apologies for pimping:::

    2. AMD X2 3800, 2gb Gskill ram, 7800gs, Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 mb, 2xSeagate 250gb SATA, 1xWD 300gb IDE, Antec P180


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    All custom

    Rig 1:
    |Pentium D 805@ 3.9ghz(Watercooled-triple 120mm rad + laing ddc ultra pump)|Asus P5ND2-SLI|2 gig Patriot ddr2 PC5300 @800mhz|WD 36gig Raptor|160gig sata2|XFI Fatality|2x evga 7900gt's SLI (OC'D)|CM Stacker|Rig 2:|Asus NCCH-DL|Dual Xeon 3.2 (EMT64) x 2|1gig PC3200 ram|1.6tb sata(7hdds)|PC P+C 1KW PSU|Fx5200|TT A1964 coolers|CM Stacker|Rig 3:|Abit AN8 - Fatal1ty mobo|Opteron 146 CAB2E 0602 GPKW@ 2.85ghz|XP-120|1 gig Corsair Twinx Cmx3200c2|6600gt|200gig sata|Nec Dvdrw|Audigy 2zs|Enermax Liberty 500watt|




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    4 rigs custom built, one modded gateway (coz its SFF)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Custom. A64 x2. 6800GT. I like the flexibility that comes with it. I started with a Dell many moons ago. Couldn't top their price / performance with a self build at the time. Still hard to now, but I consider the flexibility worth money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,661 ✭✭✭savemejebus


    2 x custom - 1 with Opteron 146@ 2.8 and 7900gtx, raptor etc. for games etc. 1 with A64 3000 (will be x2 4200 by thurs) use at work as they had me using a pos ancient dell

    1 mac mini - for general web browsing, downloads etc,and 1 'icebook' ibook, g3 500mhz - fantastic little lappie.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    Custom (in my sig)
    Dell Optiplex GX520 Pentium D dual-core. (forgot to tick the Dell box :o)

    <pedant>It's Iqon</pedant>


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭kirving


    Forgot Hp/Compaq... Arent they the second largest PC manafacturer


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Dell
    a few apples and a few customs including HTPC's and server.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    Gateway
    Custom built one
    2 dell laptops, i9100 and i6000
    1 PB laptop in the kitchen (which just got its screen smashed recently)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,816 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Dell
    One Apple iBook (12", 1.33Ghz) & an old 1.8Ghz Athlon XP built by Compaq (with added Radeon 9600 pro)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭Drapper


    in da sig


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Packard Bell
    Two Dell towers, one my gaming machine (Dim8400), the other a HTPC (Dim4500) and an Inspiron 8600c lappy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,977 ✭✭✭mp3guy


    custom build


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,984 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Custom built PC, and a 5 year old HP laptop.
    I think most people who are visitors to this forum would have their own custom PC since they have a big interest in computers in general.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭dazberry


    [Custom]
    South: Slimline silver aluminium A64 3500+ 1gb 120gb XP - Main dev box
    Storm: Slimline silver aluminium Xp2400+ 1gb 40gb XP - Old dev box
    Glowstars: Midi-tower silver aluminium A64 x2 3800+ 2gb 250+200gb XP64 - Games & VMWare
    Siren: Midi-tower A64 x2 3800+ 512mb 120gb W2K- DotNet dev box
    [+]1 x Omni-cube 4 port :)

    [Advent]
    Redbird: Widescreen Laptop Sempron 2800+ 768mb 40gb XP

    D.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    Medion
    Chepo aldi yoke :p


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 669 ✭✭✭sarahn11


    1 custom pentium 4 build
    1 htpc build
    1 amd custom build

    soon will be going dual core amd....

    now that i think about it, my first pc back in 1996 was the only pc ive ever bought as a whole.....every one ive had since then has been a self build!


  • Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    custom build


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Custom

    AMD 4400 x2 64
    AMD 3700 San Diego (in progress)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    Custom built:

    P4 3.4 Northwood @ 3.6
    Thermalright XP-90
    2GB OCZ RAM
    260 WD HDD
    Thermaltake Xaser III
    Antec 430w PSU
    ATI Radeon X850XT PE


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Packard Bell
    -Custom Build Thermaltake Armour Silver Supertower (AMD64 3700,2x36GB Raptors,7900GTX,1x120GB,1x300GB,1Gig RAM.)
    -Dell Dimension 5000
    -Apple Mac Intel Mini
    -Dell Latitude D410
    -Dell Inspiron XPS M170


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Custom.........'s :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭oRlyYaRly


    Other
    It's an iQon but I changed the mobo, RAM, GFX and CPU.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 Slick de ville


    Two custom builds
    Toshiba laptop
    And I v'e got a custom built pc in the car


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    i built my first rig last year and would never go back to buying full pc,s.
    So much more fun and cost effective.

    3200+ AMD cpu
    1gb corsair value select
    gainward 7600gt
    200gb sata 2 samsung spinpoint hd
    on-board sound
    on board LAN
    akasa eclipse 62 case
    samsung 913n LCD


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Main rig: custom (see sig)

    Old rig was a Dell, but I couldn't upgrade it, so I built my own.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Packard Bell
    Upgraded Dell 8100 :o


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Packard Bell
    dell p4 desktop (3 years old) and soon to be custom built.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    An Alienware Area 51 about 3 years old replaced most of the parts though
    P4 3.2ghz
    3gigs o ram
    Gainward 6800 Golden Sample
    120GB Samsung Spinpoint
    300GB Samsung Spinpoint
    Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic
    On Board Lan
    Samsung 19" Syncmaster 960BF

    And A Poweredge 1425SC


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭Matthewthebig


    Packard Bell
    Year old Dell
    a month old self built


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭ambro25


    Minitowers:
    * HP Pavilion - AMD64 3000 on 754 mobo (...and that's about the only original parts left in it :D)
    * Gateway 1600CS - P4 1.4GHz on 423 mobo, 384 RDRAM PC800.
    * Unbranded - PIII 500 on some VIA board, 192 RAM PC133.

    Lappies:
    * Dell D600 - PM 1.6, 512 RAM
    * Fujitsu Pencentra 200 (tablet, embedded, currently FS on adverts.ie)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    • Home-built - PIII 933, 512MB RAM, GeForce 2 Ti 64MB
    • Compaq Deskpro EX - PIII-933, 512MB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64MB (only paid for the graphics card! :D)
    • Intel server - Pentium Pro 200MHz, 96MB RAM (it doesn't like 128MB!), ATI Rage II 2MB
    • Gateway 2000 Solo crappy old laptop - P200 MMX, 192MB RAM. Luckily it has a TFT screen (not the old crap) so it's actually half-usable - same can't be said for the 5-second battery though -_-

    I really wanna get a Conroe ASAP, but I also want to try and get a car *and* save money for college next year :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Both home built;

    Main PC - Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 2GB RAM, GF 7800GTX, 5xHDD, 2xDVDRW & NEC 20" widescreen display with a Lian Li PC-V1000 tower case.

    HTPC - Athlon 64 3200+, 2GB RAM, GF 6150, 2xHDD, 1xDVDRW & Samsung 26" widescreen HDTV with a Silverstone SG01 SFF case.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,247 ✭✭✭stevejazzx


    new rig

    fx-57
    bfg overclocked 7800 gtx
    1gig ocz gold extreme low latency ram, will be adding another gig shortly
    2x76gigwdraptor raid0
    300 gig sata2
    19' viewsonic lcd
    ocz pcf 620w psu
    sony dvd rom
    sony dvdrw


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Dell
    iBook G4, 1.2GHz, 512MB RAM. 14 months old and I'm about to replace it - getting a Macbook Pro this month, haven't decided whether to get the 2.0GHz one or the 2.16GHz one.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,432 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peteee


    1st Machine:
    Acer 5020 Laptop
    AMD Turion 1.6GHz
    1.25 GB RAM
    ATi Mobility Radeon X700 128mb
    100gb HD
    15.4 in screen

    Machine 2:
    Custom built desktop
    AMD 2800
    512MB RAM
    ATi 9200 128mb (Used to be Nvidia 6800)
    80GB HD
    Samsung 19 in CRT

    Machine 3:
    Gateway something 800 (Not currently in use)
    Intel pentium 3 800mhz
    128mb RAM
    Nvidia TNT2 32mb
    20GB HD
    17in CRT


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭VINNIEB


    1: Home build, 2.6ghz, 1gig Ram, 80gig HD,
    2: Home build, 2.0ghz 512 Ram, 2 x 10gig HD,
    1 X 20gig HD, (xp pro, win 98, Media Centre
    and Ubuntu).
    3: Acer laptop,
    All connected via wireless.


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