The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread

vasudeva · 11th January 2010, 09:36

Because of aaggoswami's sound advice, I spent some money on a core i7 920+MSI X58M MB +3 gb ddr3 ram in June 2009. Have upgraded it somewhat with more HDD (2.5 tb internal+ 1 tb external).

Next steps include upgrading the ram to 4-6 gb when I load windows 7 64 bit in mid-2010.

I have also finally learnt how to clean install windows, which isa very good thing to know. What I would also like to learn is to how to install new HDD in the PC (have a coolermaster).

I have a laptop that has core 2 duo+1.5 gb ddr2 ram.

The difference is that video rendering/converting and burning in core i7 920 takes perhaps 20% of the time it takes in the laptop.

abishek2222 · 12th January 2010, 14:16

My Lappie

Sony VAIO VGN-Z13GN/B

• Windows Vista® Business

• High Durability & Light Weight: Carbon Body

• Real Wide 13.1 (33.3 cm) Clear Tough LCD [Rich Colour]

• DDR3 SDRAM Memory

• Dynamic Dual Hybrid Graphic System

Architecture
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P9500 (2.53 GHz)
Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset
Processor System Bus 1066 MHz
Memory Bus 1066 MHz
Cache Memory 6 MB
Main Memory
Pre-installed 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM (Max)
SO-DIMM slots 2 SO-DIMM slots
Hard Disk Drive
Hard Disk Drive 320 GB (Serial ATA, 5400 rpm)

Graphics
Geforce 9300M GS (SPEED MODE) / Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (STAMINA MODE)
Dedicated Video Memory 256 MB

Display
Type 13.1 (33.3 cm) wide (WXGA++: 1600 x 900) TFT colour display (Clear Tough LCD [Rich Colour])

Battery Life
Bundled Battery VGP-BPS12 Lithium-ion battery: up to 5.5 hours of use
Weight
1.48 kg (including the supplied battery)

jkdas · 31st March 2010, 19:51

Quote:

My current configuration is as follows

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
ASUS M2NMX
2GB ram
500GB HDD
Viewsonic 17" wide

My mobo and CPU went kaput last week. I have to get a new cpu and mobo. Was quotd 5.5k for X2 240 + Asus M2N68. Is this good enough or should I be looking at Intel ones?

devarshi84 · 31st March 2010, 22:13

Desktop

Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
Intel Xeon 2.8 2 cpus
2gb Ram
240gb 7200 HDD
Creative Audigy 2
Nvidia 8500 GT

a blu-ray drive coming soon.

AMAN_SACHDEV · 31st March 2010, 22:21

These are my Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop configurations,

1.Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9900 (3.06 GHZ / 1066FSB/6MB Cache)
2.6GB (1x4GB+1x2GB) 1066Mhz DDR3 SDRAM
3.Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
4.16' 1080p WUXGA (1920x1080) WLED Full HD Display
5.500GB Hard Disk
6.Blu-Ray Combo Drive
7.512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 Video Card

vaisakhr · 31st March 2010, 22:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkdas

My mobo and CPU went kaput last week. I have to get a new cpu and mobo. Was quotd 5.5k for X2 240 + Asus M2N68. Is this good enough or should I be looking at Intel ones?

JK, i think its a little overpriced. My friend bought the same on <5k from EKM.

But i would suggest you to go for a Phenom X4 or a Core 2 Quad.

iamback · 31st March 2010, 22:59

My Sony Laptop
Sony VAIO VGN-CR35G/R

Configuration

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz)
DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM Drive
Hard Disk Drive 200 GB
Windows Vista® Home Premium
14.1" WXGA Display Clear Bright LCD Lite
RAM Memory 2 GB

Additional Features

AV Buttons
Box Speaker
Instant Mode
Camera Capture Button with 1.3MP camera
Front Side LED ILLUMINATION
ATI RADEON GRAPHICS CARD
dlna Certified
Fax/Telephone Connection Port
S-Video Out Port
3 USB Ports
S400 Port
VGA out Port
About 2hours Backup 3-Cell Battery
SD , Pro Duo & Magicgate Ports
Blazing Clear Coat Red Colour

jkdas · 1st April 2010, 12:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaisakhr

JK, i think its a little overpriced. My friend bought the same on <5k from EKM.

But i would suggest you to go for a Phenom X4 or a Core 2 Quad.

Wont it overshoot my budget a lot?

C2D E7500 + 412rq @ 8.5k :(
X2 250 + m2n68-am plus 2 5.8k

I think its better to stick to AMD (price wise too) but which MoBo ? M2N68 aint that great.

Thinking if I should get a netbook again!

Thad E Ginathom · 1st April 2010, 14:25

Coming Up...

My new machine will be...

Gigabyte MA785GMT-US2H
Phenom II x2 3.2Ghz
DDR3 2Gb * 2
Antec Sonata case

All subject to pricing and availabilty and the money being available. The car has to be re-sprayed first.

anku94 · 1st April 2010, 22:47

@Thad Are you gonna OC it ? And IMHO, a rig without a video card is worthless...an additional 3k or so would make a HUGE difference in graphic intensive apps...something like the 9600GT or a mid-range Radeon 5xxx won't go amiss, the Radeon 4xxx is all but wiped from the market...

Thad E Ginathom · 2nd April 2010, 00:21

No, I doubt very much that I will ever over-clock it --- but never say never!

I may, indeed, go for a slower processor, to cut down the power consumption, heat and consequent fan noise. I have specifically chosen a board with on-board video: again, graphics-intensive is probably not required, but is always an option to add later.

There are all kinds of small headaches with my present setup (it is the first PC I have had for ages that even BSODs occasionally. Worst of all is the very high level of DPC latency, which is absolutely ruinous to audio processing. Consequently, the basic config has chosen with some help and input from the guys over at HiFiVision

anku94 · 2nd April 2010, 03:29

Well, then as they say, a simple rig is the best...I'm always shuffling b/w my two sound cards, 3-4 PCI cards, 3 optical drives and what not...

jkdas · 2nd April 2010, 08:49

Where are the guys when you need help with config and sort :(

NOw its X2 250 vs E4500 ( I guess). X2 is better right?

kunaldhami · 2nd April 2010, 11:51

My Current Laptop

Asus A52JR-X1

Intel Core i5 430M / 4GB DDR3 / 500GB HDD / ATI Radeon HD 5470 1GB DDR3 /

Got it from USA for around 41K INR a month back.

aaggoswami · 2nd April 2010, 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkdas

Where are the guys when you need help with config and sort :(

NOw its X2 250 vs E4500 ( I guess). X2 is better right?

Go for X2. E4500 is not the best deal. My Athlon X2 5000+ was better performing than E4500. This is II X2 250.
Athlon II X2 and Phenom II X2 are basically same with minor difference, mainly in cache.

11th January 2010, 09:36	#1231
vasudeva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 2,223 Thanked: 212 Times	Because of aaggoswami's sound advice, I spent some money on a core i7 920+MSI X58M MB +3 gb ddr3 ram in June 2009. Have upgraded it somewhat with more HDD (2.5 tb internal+ 1 tb external). Next steps include upgrading the ram to 4-6 gb when I load windows 7 64 bit in mid-2010. I have also finally learnt how to clean install windows, which isa very good thing to know. What I would also like to learn is to how to install new HDD in the PC (have a coolermaster). I have a laptop that has core 2 duo+1.5 gb ddr2 ram. The difference is that video rendering/converting and burning in core i7 920 takes perhaps 20% of the time it takes in the laptop.
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12th January 2010, 14:16	#1232
abishek2222 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 355 Thanked: 166 Times	My Lappie Sony VAIO VGN-Z13GN/B • Windows Vista® Business • High Durability & Light Weight: Carbon Body • Real Wide 13.1 (33.3 cm) Clear Tough LCD [Rich Colour] • DDR3 SDRAM Memory • Dynamic Dual Hybrid Graphic System Architecture Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P9500 (2.53 GHz) Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset Processor System Bus 1066 MHz Memory Bus 1066 MHz Cache Memory 6 MB Main Memory Pre-installed 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM (Max) SO-DIMM slots 2 SO-DIMM slots Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive 320 GB (Serial ATA, 5400 rpm) Graphics Geforce 9300M GS (SPEED MODE) / Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (STAMINA MODE) Dedicated Video Memory 256 MB Display Type 13.1 (33.3 cm) wide (WXGA++: 1600 x 900) TFT colour display (Clear Tough LCD [Rich Colour]) Battery Life Bundled Battery VGP-BPS12 Lithium-ion battery: up to 5.5 hours of use Weight 1.48 kg (including the supplied battery)
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31st March 2010, 22:13	#1234
devarshi84 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ahmedabad - Tor Posts: 4,024 Thanked: 213 Times View My Garage	Desktop Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit Intel Xeon 2.8 2 cpus 2gb Ram 240gb 7200 HDD Creative Audigy 2 Nvidia 8500 GT a blu-ray drive coming soon.
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31st March 2010, 22:21	#1235
AMAN_SACHDEV BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: N.C.R. Posts: 112 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	My Dell Studio XPS 16 These are my Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop configurations, 1.Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9900 (3.06 GHZ / 1066FSB/6MB Cache) 2.6GB (1x4GB+1x2GB) 1066Mhz DDR3 SDRAM 3.Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit 4.16' 1080p WUXGA (1920x1080) WLED Full HD Display 5.500GB Hard Disk 6.Blu-Ray Combo Drive 7.512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 Video Card Last edited by AMAN_SACHDEV : 31st March 2010 at 22:22.
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31st March 2010, 22:59	#1237
iamback BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Punekar Posts: 125 Thanked: 9 Times	My Sony Laptop Sony VAIO VGN-CR35G/R Configuration Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz) DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM Drive Hard Disk Drive 200 GB Windows Vista® Home Premium 14.1" WXGA Display Clear Bright LCD Lite RAM Memory 2 GB Additional Features AV Buttons Box Speaker Instant Mode Camera Capture Button with 1.3MP camera Front Side LED ILLUMINATION ATI RADEON GRAPHICS CARD dlna Certified Fax/Telephone Connection Port S-Video Out Port 3 USB Ports S400 Port VGA out Port About 2hours Backup 3-Cell Battery SD , Pro Duo & Magicgate Ports Blazing Clear Coat Red Colour
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1st April 2010, 14:25	#1239
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 11,355 Thanked: 29,431 Times	Coming Up... My new machine will be... Gigabyte MA785GMT-US2H Phenom II x2 3.2Ghz DDR3 2Gb * 2 Antec Sonata case All subject to pricing and availabilty and the money being available. The car has to be re-sprayed first.
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1st April 2010, 22:47	#1240
anku94 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 249 Thanked: 352 Times	@Thad Are you gonna OC it ? And IMHO, a rig without a video card is worthless...an additional 3k or so would make a HUGE difference in graphic intensive apps...something like the 9600GT or a mid-range Radeon 5xxx won't go amiss, the Radeon 4xxx is all but wiped from the market...
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2nd April 2010, 00:21	#1241
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 11,355 Thanked: 29,431 Times	No, I doubt very much that I will ever over-clock it --- but never say never! I may, indeed, go for a slower processor, to cut down the power consumption, heat and consequent fan noise. I have specifically chosen a board with on-board video: again, graphics-intensive is probably not required, but is always an option to add later. There are all kinds of small headaches with my present setup (it is the first PC I have had for ages that even BSODs occasionally. Worst of all is the very high level of DPC latency, which is absolutely ruinous to audio processing. Consequently, the basic config has chosen with some help and input from the guys over at HiFiVision
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2nd April 2010, 03:29	#1242
anku94 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 249 Thanked: 352 Times	Well, then as they say, a simple rig is the best...I'm always shuffling b/w my two sound cards, 3-4 PCI cards, 3 optical drives and what not...
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2nd April 2010, 08:49	#1243
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,495 Times View My Garage	Where are the guys when you need help with config and sort :( NOw its X2 250 vs E4500 ( I guess). X2 is better right?
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2nd April 2010, 11:51	#1244
kunaldhami BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Surat Posts: 152 Thanked: 82 Times	My Current Laptop Asus A52JR-X1 Intel Core i5 430M / 4GB DDR3 / 500GB HDD / ATI Radeon HD 5470 1GB DDR3 / Got it from USA for around 41K INR a month back.
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