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what spec machine do you use?

  • 09-07-2010 4:56pm
    #1
    positivenote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭


    hi all,
    my machine recently died and now im in the market for a new desktop. I still have the decnt monitor, extrnal hard-drive, graphics tab etc etc... but was wondering what spec i should be looking at getting. My last was:
    Pentium 4 processor, think it was around 3ghz
    1gb ram
    XP OS

    ... and it worked pretty well for about 6 years. so what do people advise before i make the comitment and purchase.


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  • #2
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,891 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    mine is not too far off your old one - P4, 3GHz, 2GB RAM. one reason i haven't upgraded is my scanner is SCSI and won't work on Win7. plus, the computer is still working satisfactorily.


  • #3
    Kbeg3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Kbeg3


    27" iMac i7 with 8GBs of Ram. It's amazing!


  • #4
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    Kbeg3 wrote: »
    27" iMac i7 with 8GBs of Ram. It's amazing!

    *Drool* :p

    Got the 24" iMac 2.8Ghz with 4GB. I'd never buy one though.. got this yolk for free from Apple. What me wants is a octo Pro!!!!


  • #5
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Quad core Core 2 Quad (Q8300)
    4GB of DDR-II 800Mhz XMS memory
    Sapphire HD4870 graphics card
    2TB of storage
    Samsung T200 20" monitor

    It's served me well for a few years now. It's overkill for photography alone but it's used for gaming as well which explains the high (for the time) specs.


  • #6
    101001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭101001


    1.4ghz pentium m and 512 ram... it came with win 2000 installed i xp'd her up. She's a beast


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  • #7
    davmigil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭davmigil


    Amiga 500 and Deluxe Paint II. It's the business

    amiga_ad_tut.jpg


    Otherwise I use an Intel Q6600 with 4Gb Ram, 80GB + 500Gb Raid 1 Windows 7 64bit. Runs photo stuff great and FSX flight simulator nice too.


  • #8
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    CPU: Core i7 920 D0
    RAM: 6GB Cosair DDR3
    VGA: EVGA GTX275 896MB
    HDD: 2 x 500GB WD
    MOBO: P6T Deluxe V2
    PSU: Cosair 700W
    OS: Windows 7 x64

    22" Monitor and an nice 'n boring Antec 300 case.


  • #9
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    I didn't have a lot to spend so I ended up getting a packard bell with a quad core 2.5 Ghz processor, 4GB of memory and a 640 GB HDD. Cost me about €450.


  • #10
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Actually people should check out the budget gaming rig thread here:
    Skimp on the GPU and you can build yourself a decent machine for very little.


  • #11
    Vico1612
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Vico1612


    I got my self a Dell XPS435MT on Ebay

    i7 950 3Ghz Proc
    8GB RAM
    W7 Ultimate x64
    2TB RAID0 drive
    nVdia GTX260
    24'' LG Monitor

    Loving it :D


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