My old timer :

CPU - AMD 2800+ @ 2.1 GHz (2.0 stock)
HS/F -ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu
Motherboard - MSi KT4AV (MS-6712)
Graphics Card - MSI 6800 Ultra @ ~400/550/1100
GPU Cooler -Zalman V700-CU
RAM - 1536 Mb Infineon PC-3200 @ ~200 mhz, 3-3-3-8
HDD1 - WD1200JB 120GB, IDE, 8MB Cache
HDD2 - Maxtor 6L300SO 300 GB, SATA-II, 16MB Cache
Op. Drive - Samsung TSSTcorp CDW-DVD
PSU - Antec True power 450 W
Monitor - Mitsubishi Diamond plus 93SB (19" crt Monitor)
Case - Antec 1080 AMG
Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster live 5.1
Speakers - Creative SBS580 + Sony MHC 790
Mouse - Microsoft basic optical mouse 1.0 - keyboard
Wheel(s),Shifter - Logitech DFP + Microsoft Sidewinder Precision wheel + Act-labs shifter (old model)

I know it begins to get old, but still runs fine... yet

Quote from Monkeymike :

I'd go Vista 64 with that rig. Even on 4GB it's more stable and has better drivers than 32.

According to what i've heard, Vista 64 is infamous for bad driver support.

Well, lets wait and see what happens, if I have a nice experience with Vista 32, I'll probably end up formatting and installing 64.

Really? the only trouble i've heard of is with poor driver suppost is with oooooooooold hardware.

Actually its the opposite, Windows Hardware Quality Labs have to test any new release drivers before they are allowed to be installed on any specific Operating System (in this case, Vista). This prevents any mixups with drivers to create problems with hardware. Windows XP doesn't have this problem because WHQL support is disabled at default.

Driver Signing is only FORCED in Vista x64 - and even then you can still disable it on Boot-Up via F8.

As I said, I'm going off of what ive heard.

If you would've closer read my post, you would realise that I haven't tried Vista yet. That is why im contemplating 32 instead of 64.

Quote from Monkeymike :

Processor: E8500 @ 3.8GHZ
Videocard: BFG GTX280 OC
Memory: Corsair 8GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX
HDD: VelociRaptor 300GB, 2x WD 250GB 7200
Motherboard: Asus P5Q
PSU: Corsair 1000HX
Soundcard: X-Fi Fatal1ty
Speakers: Harman Kardon Soundsticks
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Wheel: Logitech G25
Mouse: Logitech G5
Monitor: Dell E2407WFP 24" Widescreen
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Case: Thermaltake Tai-Chi

Now, if I get some free time, I'd get around to racing on LFS...

All those nice specs and ruined by a thermaltake case

Quote from IlGuercio :

And the video card?

i still have my 8800GTS 320MB Extreme Edition
not gonna swap it cause it can run everything atm

Quote from Mc21 :

All those nice specs and ruined by a thermaltake case

Doesn't seem to be affecting the performance in any way.

Upgraded few parts (PSU, videocard, added zalman 120 mm fan).

Processor:Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2 GHz (Overclocked first time today, succesful!)
RAM:2x1GB Kingston PC-6400 800MHz DDR2
Videocard:Gigabyte HD4870 512MB @ 790/1100
Motherboard:ASUS P5N32-E SLI 680i SLI
Power Supply:Chieftec 550W PSU
Case:Chieftec CH-01 with zalman 120mm fan
Speakers:Creative 2.1 Speakers
Monitor:Samsung 17" 710N
Harddrive:Western Digital 320GB
Wheel:Logitech Driving Force Pro
Mouse: Logitech MX1000

I'm putting everything together tonight


Processor: E8400 @ stock 3,0GHz
Videocard: BFG 8800GT OC 512mb
Memory: Kingston HyperX 2x1GB PC-6400 DDR2 800 MHz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS3L
PSU: Antec Neo HE 550W
Case: Antec Sonata I
Speakers: Altec Lansing ACS54
Keyboard: Microsoft 6000
Mouse: Microsoft 6000
Headset: Microsoft LX3000
Monitor: Samsung 2253LW 22''
Wheel: Logitech G25
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

Quote from CobraDrifter :

I'm putting everything together tonight


Processor: E8400 @ stock 3,0GHz
Videocard: BFG 8800GT OC 512mb
Memory: Kingston HyperX 2x1GB PC-6400 DDR2 800 MHz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS3L
PSU: Antec Neo HE 550W
Case: Antec Sonata I
Speakers: Altec Lansing ACS54
Keyboard: Microsoft 6000
Mouse: Microsoft 6000
Headset: Microsoft LX3000
Monitor: Samsung 2253LW 22''
Wheel: Logitech G25
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

Nice, congrats and hope the install goes smoothly!

Quote from Eleanor SpeedGT :

Upgraded few parts (PSU, videocard, added zalman 120 mm fan).

Processor:Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2 GHz (Overclocked first time today, succesful!)
RAM:2x1GB Kingston PC-6400 800MHz DDR2
Videocard:Gigabyte HD4870 512MB @ 790/1100
Motherboard:ASUS P5N32-E SLI 680i SLI
Power Supply:Chieftec 550W PSU
Case:Chieftec CH-01 with zalman 120mm fan
Speakers:Creative 2.1 Speakers
Monitor:Samsung 17" 710N
Harddrive:Western Digital 320GB
Wheel:Logitech Driving Force Pro
Mouse: Logitech MX1000

Monitor: Samsung 223BW 22"

Mine:

Processor: AMD Sempron 2800+ (running at 2Ghz)
RAM: Kingston 512MB DDR400
Videocard: Sparkle Geforce FX 5200 128MB
HDD: Samsung 160GB (still IDE)
Motherboard: Asrock K7VT4A Pro
Power Supply: Deer 200W PSU (that's right, 200)
Soundcard: Onboard
Case: Some cheaper white labelling. Know nothing about it
Speakers: Check "Case"
Headphones: <10€ phones. Also check "Case"
Monitor: LG 17" Studioworks 771B
Keyboard: Logitech Something
Mouse: Trust MI-2950R

Some pics of the "beast"

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0007m_af3e4f1.jpg
http://img37.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0008m_16b4d3a.jpg
http://img32.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0009m_0c1b39a.jpg

And why posting pics of such a crappy computer? Because i was saving the best for last.

COOLING SYSTEM!: SANKYO 15 YEAR OLD FAN!!!

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0010m_ea147db.jpg
http://img37.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0011m_397afc4.jpg

Quote from jonny__27 :

COOLING SYSTEM!: SANKYO 15 YEAR OLD FAN!!!

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0010m_ea147db.jpg
http://img37.picoodle.com/img/ ... /f_Fotos0011m_397afc4.jpg

Meh you fail.

Processor: Amd 64bit dual core 4200+
RAM: Corsair xms 1gig
Videocard: Nvidia 7800gtx
HDD: Raptor 150gig Sata +80 gig ide
Motherboard: Asus a8n-sli premium
Power Supply: greenpower 500w
Soundcard: Onboard
Case: Antec Sonata 2
Speakers: Logitech 5.1
Headphones: nil
Monitor: 40" sony bravia 1080p
Keyboard: microsoft special
Mouse: microsoft special





And the mascot

Quote from rc10racer :

Meh you fail.

What do you mean with that? I fail because i'm poor?

Quote from jonny__27 :

What do you mean with that? I fail because i'm poor?

No you fail because your attempt at cooling with a large fan.

Quote from rc10racer :

No you fail because your attempt at cooling with a large fan.

And what makes you think it doesn't work?

edit: and btw it's not what is larger, is what i only have.

Now that I actually have something worth posting:

Processor: Intel Q9450 @ 2.66
RAM: 4gb @ 800mhz (Samsung I believe)
Videocard: nVidia 8800gt
HDD: 640 gb sata + 3 externals totaling 1tb
Motherboard: nvidia NVK84CRB
Power Supply: 750w
Soundcard: integrated 7.1 i think
Case: dell xps 630
Speakers: basic dells
Headphones: $5 Jensen earbuds. sound fine, uncomfortable after an hour.
Monitor: dell 27" flatpanel 2709
Keyboard: you guessed it: dell

Everything is still at stock speeds for now. Maybe when I have more time to learn in detail about overclocking I'll give it a go. For now I really have no reason... 60fps solid @ SO6, back of the grid behind 19ai. 1280X1024, everything else maxed. rFactor gives me 250fps in some places, same with iRacing.

A little off topic, but when I search for this thread, even searching the title verbatim, it doesn't come up anywhere. Weird.

Quote from titanLS :

Now that I actually have something worth posting:

Processor: Intel Q9450 @ 2.66
RAM: 4gb @ 800mhz (Samsung I believe)
Videocard: nVidia 8800gt
HDD: 640 gb sata + 3 externals totaling 1tb
Motherboard: nvidia NVK84CRB
Power Supply: 750w
Soundcard: integrated 7.1 i think
Case: dell xps 630
Speakers: basic dells
Headphones: $5 Jensen earbuds. sound fine, uncomfortable after an hour.
Monitor: dell 27" flatpanel 2709
Keyboard: you guessed it: dell

Everything is still at stock speeds for now. Maybe when I have more time to learn in detail about overclocking I'll give it a go. For now I really have no reason... 60fps solid @ SO6, back of the grid behind 19ai. 1280X1024, everything else maxed. rFactor gives me 250fps in some places, same with iRacing.

A little off topic, but when I search for this thread, even searching the title verbatim, it doesn't come up anywhere. Weird.

Ridiculously overpowered for LFS!!!

Quote from Rustic-Imposter :

Ridiculously overpowered for LFS!!!

I'll be using it for work primarily, so lots of Photoshop and image processing, sometimes with images in excess of 2-300mb each.

Quote from Rustic-Imposter :

Ridiculously overpowered for LFS!!!

Even a 5 years old PC could be overpowered for LFS....

My shit system - new one coming soon:

Processor: Pentium 4 2.8 GHz
RAM: 1GB (shit I thought I had 2 )
Videocard: None woot
HDD: 80GB
Motherboard: No idea
Power Supply: National Grid
Soundcard: Ditto
Case: dell one
Speakers: basic dells
Headphones: PSP ones.
Monitor: dell 15" (ish)
Keyboard: dell
Mouse: Dell one

LFS: Average 25

New one (probably - laptop)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 / 2 GHz
RAM: 4GB
Videocard: nVidia 9500M GS
HDD: 250 GB - Serial ATA-150
Motherboard: ?????
Power Supply: National Grid
Soundcard: ????????
Case: Its a laptop
Speakers: The ones in the laptop
Headphones: New gaming headset, or my PSP ones
Monitor: 16" widescreen
Keyboard: The one in the laptop
Mouse: Wireless Logitech one

Quote from J@tko :

Power Supply: ????

The plug socket?