Are you satisfied with your main configuration?

Baud · 09-16-2008, 07:14 AM

Whatever your main configuration might be, how far are you satisfied with it following your expectations?

Drufuss · 09-16-2008, 07:28 AM

Would be optimal if

* my Dlink DWL-G520 card would install without crashing my Win Xp.

Everything else seems to be o.k. so far.
Played Half Life 2, Crysis, Grid, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (SoC and CS) with high settings yesterday without any problems.

Greetings

Dru

jaketerminate · 09-16-2008, 07:30 AM

I said good just because for some slight problems Ive had. For example my PSU compatability with my graphics card isnt the best, it just barely gets by, but thats only my fault. I think this problem is part of whats causing these runtime errors im getting with a few programs... Still havent figured that one out yet...

3 of 7 · 09-16-2008, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drufuss

Would be optimal if

* my Dlink DWL-G520 card would install without crashing my Win Xp.

Everything else seems to be o.k. so far.
Played Half Life 2, Crysis, Grid, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (SoC and CS) with high settings yesterday without any problems.

Greetings

Dru

Wow Dru, Looks like you got the horsepower bug ( you can never have enuff eh?)

Drufuss · 09-16-2008, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3 of 7

Wow Dru, Looks like you got the horsepower bug ( you can never have enuff eh?)

Well, the long time i spent with my overclocked P-III (1.6GHz), AGP-graphics and SD-Ram led to a massive "technology shock" when i upgrade to C2D+DDR last year. Thrilled by the graphic-quality i saw and driven by the desire to see even more i finally spent the money for a complete new system.
I feel better now, just like when i purchased my Cusl2-C many years ago so i'm pretty sure that i'll use this rig for a very long time too.

Greetings

Dru

darkstar_abx · 09-16-2008, 09:24 AM

Voted very good because of the age of my gaming rig. Age, it is two years old!

Gamer:

Coolermaster 670 w/ 700 watt OCZ
Asus Crosshair w/ AMD64x2 5200 cooled with a Zerotherm 92 (? )
4gig Mushkin 1066 ram
150gig Raptor
250gig Seagate
BFG 8800GTX
Vista 64bit Home
24in. Spectre 2ms Monitor
ECCI 6000 wheel
Belkin Nostromo 52 controller
Copperhead Razer

Internet Machine:

Coolermaster 670 w/ Coolermaster rReal power 650
Gigabyte Nforce 570
AMD 64x2 5200 stock fan
3gig OCZ 800 ram
Seagate 250gig 32mg cache
Seagate 500gig 16mg cache
2 - Asus 8500 GT's ( actually scores better than my 8800GTX in 3DMark )
XP

**Sandog** · 09-16-2008, 11:09 AM

Optimal...and very satisfied so far but of course it only a 2wk old system.

It's optimal for me because I tried to build a good gamer for a 24" monitor. I only use 1280x1024 for desktop/gaming and I wanted to keep power consumption/heat as low as possible. Case cooling is also excellent and it all handles 64bit.

As PC games progress and get more sophisticated visually I can always upgrade the video card as this has the most effect on game performance. The rest of the system is going to stay for a long time and will not get OC'd.

**k0NG0** · 09-16-2008, 12:42 PM

Hells yes, I built it to be optimal.

Joe Public · 09-22-2008, 08:44 AM

I'm still happy with my rig, it does fine. I don't have the rabid requirements for speed and graphics that I used to though.

CK8-04 · 09-22-2008, 10:08 AM

I'm almost fully satisfied with my PC. The only gripe I have with it is there's audible white noise coming from either the hard drive or airflow (haven't figured out which) when I'm one meter away from it, however, the white noise goes away when I put my ear next to the case. If I can somehow eliminate the white noise, my PC would be completely inaudible at one meter and I would be perfectly satisfied with it.

Drufuss · 09-22-2008, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drufuss

Would be optimal if

* my Dlink DWL-G520 card would install without crashing my Win Xp.

Everything else seems to be o.k. so far.
Played Half Life 2, Crysis, Grid, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (SoC and CS) with high settings yesterday without any problems.

Greetings

Dru

Switched the DWL-G520 (which seems to have problems with ACPI on this board, crash during driver load in XP and linux) with a DWL-G510 (which runs fine and has better driver support in linux).

Now the only thing i need for optimal is a waterblock for the HD4870X2 (which shoudl be available this week).

Greetings

Dru

figuresofstick · 09-23-2008, 09:58 PM

Mine's only medium because my computer is fairly old now. Time to upgrade I think. yawn

mtek · 09-30-2008, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k0NG0

Hells yes, I built it to be optimal.

can't remember how long ago I built rig in sig(5 yrs?) but, it still runs like a
charm. few UG's here and there, once all came together on orig build,
O C has been @ 3.8 24/7, well actually I did shut er down for a few days
during vacations, man, the electric co. loves me

XJ. · 09-30-2008, 05:54 PM

I had hoped to upgrade this fall (Asus P5Q-E, 3GH+ Core2, 8GiB DDR2 a Velociraptor and dual 9800GTX+s) - but getting laid off killed that idea

But, I have a good system now - so no big worries. I'll have to wait till I'm back working a while to have some fun again

Oh, I'd like to get a CoolerMaster HAF 932 as well - need better quiet cooling than my Gigabyte Aurora and a bit more room around the mobo area.

**k0NG0** · 09-30-2008, 06:25 PM

It still satisfies me daily and nightly and ever so rightly.

View Poll Results: What's your degree of satisfaction for your main rig?
Optimal	16	20.51%
Very good	40	51.28%
Good	9	11.54%
Medium	9	11.54%
Bad	2	2.56%
Very bad	0	0%
Ugly	2	2.56%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

09-16-2008, 07:14 AM	#1
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09-16-2008, 07:28 AM	#2
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,763	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? Would be optimal if * my Dlink DWL-G520 card would install without crashing my Win Xp. Everything else seems to be o.k. so far. Played Half Life 2, Crysis, Grid, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (SoC and CS) with high settings yesterday without any problems. Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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09-16-2008, 07:30 AM	#3
jaketerminate Maximum Post Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CT Posts: 770	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? I said good just because for some slight problems Ive had. For example my PSU compatability with my graphics card isnt the best, it just barely gets by, but thats only my fault. I think this problem is part of whats causing these runtime errors im getting with a few programs... Still havent figured that one out yet... __________________ "Mozart" Rig #1 Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX Mobo: Asus P5N-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) G.Skill DDR2 Hard Drive: 320 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM Video Card: EVGA Nvidia 9800GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) Power Supply: 600W OCZ StealthXStream OS: Windows XP Homee Edition and Ubuntu Linux x64 Monitor: 22" Westinghouse LCD and 2 Dell CRTs HP Pavillion tx 2000z Tablet CRACKED SCREEN CPU: AMD Turion x2 2.0Ghz Memory: 3GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: ATI Radeon 3200 64mb OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and Ubuntu Linux x64
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09-16-2008, 09:24 AM	#6
darkstar_abx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Rockford IL Posts: 2,396	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? Voted very good because of the age of my gaming rig. Age, it is two years old! Gamer: Coolermaster 670 w/ 700 watt OCZ Asus Crosshair w/ AMD64x2 5200 cooled with a Zerotherm 92 (? ) 4gig Mushkin 1066 ram 150gig Raptor 250gig Seagate BFG 8800GTX Vista 64bit Home 24in. Spectre 2ms Monitor ECCI 6000 wheel Belkin Nostromo 52 controller Copperhead Razer Internet Machine: Coolermaster 670 w/ Coolermaster rReal power 650 Gigabyte Nforce 570 AMD 64x2 5200 stock fan 3gig OCZ 800 ram Seagate 250gig 32mg cache Seagate 500gig 16mg cache 2 - Asus 8500 GT's ( actually scores better than my 8800GTX in 3DMark ) XP __________________ "It is NOT harassment,and I will NOT recant!"
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09-16-2008, 11:09 AM	#7
Sandog DP45SG/Q9650 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 6,184	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? Optimal...and very satisfied so far but of course it only a 2wk old system. It's optimal for me because I tried to build a good gamer for a 24" monitor. I only use 1280x1024 for desktop/gaming and I wanted to keep power consumption/heat as low as possible. Case cooling is also excellent and it all handles 64bit. As PC games progress and get more sophisticated visually I can always upgrade the video card as this has the most effect on game performance. The rest of the system is going to stay for a long time and will not get OC'd.
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09-16-2008, 12:42 PM	#8
k0NG0 Remembering TQ Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,622	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? Hells yes, I built it to be optimal. __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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09-22-2008, 08:44 AM	#9
Joe Public Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,923	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? I'm still happy with my rig, it does fine. I don't have the rabid requirements for speed and graphics that I used to though. __________________ Asus P5B-E - Core 2 Duo E6600 - 2x1024MB Geil PC6400 RAM - MSI GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB - 1x500GB Samsung T166 HDD - Corsair HX620W PSU - 18x Samsung DVD/RW - SB Live - Winders XP SP2/Ubuntu 7.10
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09-22-2008, 10:08 AM	#10
CK8-04 nVidia nForce 4 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Malden, MA Posts: 951	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? I'm almost fully satisfied with my PC. The only gripe I have with it is there's audible white noise coming from either the hard drive or airflow (haven't figured out which) when I'm one meter away from it, however, the white noise goes away when I put my ear next to the case. If I can somehow eliminate the white noise, my PC would be completely inaudible at one meter and I would be perfectly satisfied with it. __________________ "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" - Steve Prefontaine Antec Solo Corsair 520HX Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 w/ TR SI-128 SE Intel D975XBX2 4GB Corsair DHX DDR2-800 eVGA e-Geforce 8800GT w/ TR T-Rad2 WD Raptor 74GB 16MB NEC Multisync LCD2090UXi Logitech Z-5300 MS Comfort Curve KB 2000 Logitech G3
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09-23-2008, 09:58 PM	#12
figuresofstick Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 12	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? Mine's only medium because my computer is fairly old now. Time to upgrade I think. yawn
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09-30-2008, 05:54 PM	#14
XJ. ... Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NH, USA Posts: 6,060	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? I had hoped to upgrade this fall (Asus P5Q-E, 3GH+ Core2, 8GiB DDR2 a Velociraptor and dual 9800GTX+s) - but getting laid off killed that idea But, I have a good system now - so no big worries. I'll have to wait till I'm back working a while to have some fun again Oh, I'd like to get a CoolerMaster HAF 932 as well - need better quiet cooling than my Gigabyte Aurora and a bit more room around the mobo area. __________________
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09-30-2008, 06:25 PM	#15
k0NG0 Remembering TQ Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,622	Re: Are you satisfied with your main configuration? It still satisfies me daily and nightly and ever so rightly. __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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