Well, I shouldn't really have to explain much here. Brag about your brand-new custom built machines, or humiliate yourself by showing off your decade-old low-end junk systems.
I've created a template for you to use:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Graphics card:
RAM:
HDD:
Sound card:
ODD:
FDD:
PSU:
OS:Feel free to supply any additional information about your builds.
I've also compiled a small list of tools and utilities which you can use to determine your computers components:
DxdiagThe DirectX diagnostics tool, as you could probably tell by the name. Included in Windows 98 and newer. Simply type 'dxdiag' at the 'run' prompt in Windows 98 to XP, or in the search bar in Windows Vista/7.
CPU-ZA utility created by the company CPUID. Supplies more thorough and extensive information than dxdiag.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.htmlAIDA 64A very accurate and informative utility created by Lavalys. Besides hardware and software information, it also has benchmark functions. Not only that, it has decent legacy OS support: you can supposedly run this utility on Windows NT4! Unfortuneately, the luxury comes at a price, but there is a trial shareware version on their website.
http://www.aida64.com/Feel free to suggest additional programs.
Anyway, now that we've gotten the information part out of the way, it's time for me to share my system specs.
System 1CPU: Intel Core2Duo E7400 @ 3.0 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL/1600 (Intel G31)
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTS250 1GB PCI-E 16x
RAM: 4GB DDR2-800
HDD: 500GB SATA
Sound card: Integrated 7.1 channel sound
ODD: 22x CD/DVD reader/burner combo
FDD: none
PSU: unknown
OS: Windows 7 ProfessionalThe first computer I bought with my own money back in 2009.
System 2CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.2 GHz
Motherboard: Intel D865PERL (Intel 865)
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 6200A 256MB AGP 8x
RAM: 2GB (4x512MB) DDR-400
HDD: 160GB IDE
Sound card: Integrated
ODD: 16x CD/DVD reader/burner combo
FDD: 1.44MB 3.5"
PSU: 400W
OS: Windows XP Home EditionThis system has it's roots in a computer my parents bought way back in 2003. The only parts that are left is the processor, two of the memory sticks, the hard drive, the optical drive and the power supply. It originally came with an ASRock mobo, a Radeon 9200SE and a simple DVD reader. Both the mobo and the ODD broke within a year and got replaced via the warrantly. The new motherboard was a Jetway PM9MS, based upon a VIA chipset. It lasted for about four more years until the capacitors broke, and my parents bought a new PC. One year later, the caps got replaced and I got the pleasure to use it for about one year before it broke down again. During that time I wasted about $100 on the GeForce card and an extra fan.
About 18 months passed until I got the Intel motherboard. It came with a 3GHz processor, which I replaced with my 200MHz faster part. After replacing the dead CMOS battery it worked like a charm, and is used as my Blockland server.
System 3CPU: Intel Celeron III 1.2 GHz
Motherboard: Shuttle AV18 (VIA Apollo Pro133A)
Graphics card: ATi Radeon 9200SE 128MB AGP 8x (running at 2x since the motherboard chipset can't supply sufficient power)
RAM: 768MB (3x256MB) PC133 SDRAM
HDD: 80GB IDE
Sound card: Integrated
ODD: 56x CD reader
FDD: 1.44MB 3.5"
PSU: 400W
OS: Windows XP Home EditionJust a junk computer I picked up a while ago. Nothing special hardware wise, and isn't used for anything special either.
System 4CPU: Intel Pentium II 400MHz
Motherboard: Acer V66XA (Intel 440BX)
Graphics card: ATi Rage Pro Turbo 4MB AGP 2x (integrated)(yuck!)
RAM: 256MB (2x128) PC100 SDRAM
HDD: 6GB IDE
Sound card: ESS AudioDrive 1868F ISA
ODD: 32x CD-ROM reader
FDD: 1.44MB 3.5"
PSU: 110W
OS: Windows 98SE, with misc. tweaksYet another junk computer, used for playing late DOS-games and older Windows games.
Since I've now shared my setups, let me see yours!
