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[Jonathan J]

I have the following computer:

E5200 Dual Core
Overclocked to 3.0Ghz of CPU speed (Could bump this up to 3.2, though would need a better fan/cooling system)
4GB of 1200Mhz of RAM (Recently upgraded this)
9600GT 512MB DDR3
I can't remember what casing I have, but it has an LCD monitor on the front of it, which monitors the tempreture of my computer/cpu. Works like a charm and didn't cost a lot.

Total cost: ?200

(I built it myself and put the parts together, though the expensive things like the graphics card I had before on my old computer)

So how about you guys?

... Don't be embarrassed if you have an old Pentium 4, as I had one 2 months ago, which cost me around ?50 to build and put together.

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[coldspag]

i have:

pentium 4, 2.26Ghz
640MB RAM (it used to be 512 )
128MB GeForce FX5200
80GB HDD (and i have another 120GB in my external)

i actually paid none for this crappy PC because i got this when i worked for a website before...i was supposed to return this but he never bothered to get it, and he never bothered to give me my salary for my last month...

[Kiro R]

All I know is that I paid 800 dollars for my laptop.

It has a Core dual processor 3gb RAM and like 2.1GhZ or something like that.

Can't remember that good

- Aaron A.

[Noobeedoo]

-AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.61 Ghz
-2 Gb Ram
-80 Gb Sata HD


about $370

[Eli L]

$1350 = Macbook 5,1 13"

Then my desktop was free. It was given to me as a gift.

[Jonathan J]

Nice.

The last laptop I had cost my friends (They bought it for me) ?1000 and that was 3 years ago and that was a Pentium M with an 18" screen. I couldn't sell that laptop for ?300 if I tried now. Shows you how technology has progressed. Thus why I have stuck to building my own computers with a set price in mind for parts.

[MasterPimp]

Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
8800 GT
2 G Ram
2 bootable drives, 250 & 200 gig satas / XP Pro + MCE 2005
Asus P5N-SLI motherboard
Soundblaster USB external card
2 ton beige 22' in moniter from like the 80s :cool:

Processor was free and 2 ton monitor was free. The rest cost about $800 altogether. I get parts at cost being an IT guy, but that's not much of discount.

[vista07]

MasterPimp said:

Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
8800 GT
2 G Ram
2 bootable drives, 250 & 200 gig satas / XP Pro + MCE 2005
Asus P5N-SLI motherboard
Soundblaster USB external card
2 ton beige 22' in moniter from like the 80s :cool:

Processor was free and 2 ton monitor was free. The rest cost about $800 altogether. I get parts at cost being an IT guy, but that's not much of discount.

HP dv4-1225ee
$1066

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[Ellie Insanity]

I have an Acer Laptop with Windows Vista, I did not pay for it, I got it as a birthday present.

[Matty B]

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Operating System - Windows 7 RC1                    
Processor - Intel® Core™2 Quad  CPU   Q9300  @ 2.50GHz                    
Memory - 4.00 GB                    
Hard Drive - 698.65 GB, ST3750330AS ATA Device                    
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS                      
Monitor -  LGW2242T                    
USB Audio Device - Speakers/Headset                    

It cost me $3000

[amw_drizz]

Alright here is the last machine I built

System Specs
EVGA nForce 750i SLi FTW Board
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Stock 3.0ghz oc'ed to 4.05 on air and stable
2x nVidia 9800 GTX+ OC'ed
650 GB WD Sata Drive
8GB Kingston HyperX Gaming Ram @ 1066 DDR2
2x SATA DVD-RW
1 Case
1000w Corsair PSU
1 320 WD Sata Laptop HD + External Drive Case


There is something I am missing,  I am running Win7RC1 Ultimate.  Price $1,475 shipped US, last dec (it was my early xmas gift)

[Matty B]

amw_drizz said:

Alright here is the last machine I built

System Specs
EVGA nForce 750i SLi FTW Board
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Stock 3.0ghz oc'ed to 4.05 on air and stable
2x nVidia 9800 GTX+ OC'ed
650 GB WD Sata Drive
8GB Kingston HyperX Gaming Ram @ 1066 DDR2
2x SATA DVD-RW
1 Case
1000w Corsair PSU
1 320 WD Sata Laptop HD + External Drive Case


There is something I am missing,  I am running Win7RC1 Ultimate.  Price $1,475 shipped US, last dec (it was my early xmas gift)

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So I take it you bought for games?

[Jan J]

I have an 17" MacBookPro2,1 from late 2006

Intel T7600 (2.33Ghz EM64 4MB L2 Core2Duo)
2 GB DDR2 @ 667 Mhz
X1600 256 MB PCIe 1650*1050 on the 17"
160 GB @ 5400 rpm
Firewire 800 and all those things
about 2300 ? at that time.

and recently I built a homeserver for myself:

Intel Atom 230 (1,6Ghz single core)
2 GB DDR2
ITX Mainboard (built in graphics)
1,5 TB Harddisk
at 250 ?

(another 1,5 TB drive for the homeserver is going to be ordered next month).

[eRott]

Matty B said:

Operating System - Windows 7 RC1
Processor - Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz
Memory - 4.00 GB
Hard Drive - 698.65 GB, ST3750330AS ATA Device
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Monitor - LGW2242T
USB Audio Device - Speakers/Headset

It cost me $3000

Ouch. That's really expensive. Why did it cost so much? Unless your talking Australian dollars or something. This machine I built cost me ~$1300 canadian.

Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.0 GHz @ 1333 MHz (OC'd)
Gigabyte EP45C-UD3R
Zalman CNPS9700
OCZ ModXStream Pro (OCZ700MXSP) 700W  PSU
4GB mushkin DDR2 1066 MHz RAM
EVGA nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB DDR3
(2) LG GH22LS30 22x DVDRW w/ Lightscribe
LG Flatron L222WT 21.6" Widescreen LCD
Seagate Barracuda (410AS) 7200.10 250GB HDD (OS Only)
Seagate Barracuda (410AS) 7200.12 500GB HDD (Programs)
Seagate Barracuda (410AS) 7200.12 500GB HDD (Storage)

[DivineIcez]

When I bought my computer:

Windows Vista Home Basic (No Sp1)
Intel Celeron D
Memory - 512 MB of RAM
2.53 GHz
Intel 82865G Graphics Contoller
12"-13" Monitor (im not that sure) at 1024x768 res
116 GB of space
32 Bit Operating System
1.0 rating on Windows Experience Index
^At $599.99

After I upgraded my computer:
Memory - 2046 MB of RAM:)