Your Computer Specs?

What are you guys currently using? Here is mine:

CPU: Pentium M 750 1.86Ghz (downclocked to 800mhz because it's fast enough)
OS: MS-DOS 8.0 (no Windows!) and Slacko Puppy Linux (with DosBox portable) on dual boot
RAM: 1GB
Screen: 12.1" 1024x768
Browser: Firefox 17.0.11 ESR

I think my setup should be good for another 10 years.

CPU: 4670k @ 4.4-4.5ghz
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Ram: 8gb DDR3 2200 10-11-9-25
Screen: 27inch 2560x1440 IPS glossy display from Yamakasi
GPU: 7970 GHZ Edition 3gb @ 1200/1600 overclock
Moherboard: Msi z87 G45
1tb Samsung HDD
320gb Hitachi HDD
256gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD as boot drive
Krk Rokit G6 x2 as speakers
Sennheiser HD800 as critical listening headphones
Objective Amp and Dac
CM Storm Trigger Brown switches for keyboard
Razer Abyssus for mouse
Logitech c920 for webcam
Blue Yeti for microphone

The browser I use is Chrome primarily with adblock and Awesome Starting Tab. IE11 for backup.

I use a handful of assorted second-hand lap tops and my work computer. No idea of the specs... All run Win7 though... Sure miss having that old tower standing round humming...

Speaking of random laptops, I have a cruddy netbook, too. 1gb of ram, 1.6ghz single core, HT enabled Atom processor, but its IPC is very, very low. It's about 35 times slower than my desktop in brute CPU power. So it's kind of a joke and getting work done in that is painful.

Quad CPU Q8300, @2.5 GHz 2Gb RAM, 500 GM harddrive, WinXP

CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5Ghz
OS: Windows 7
RAM: 3GB
Screen: 19" 1440x900
Browser: IE 11

Will probably replace this one when it hits 10 years of faithful service

JDMGD0 wrote:CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5Ghz
OS: Windows 7
RAM: 3GB
Screen: 19" 1440x900
Browser: IE 11

Will probably replace this one when it hits 10 years of faithful service

Before I upgraded my monitor, I used a TV with that exact resolution. Is your monitor a TV too?

Nope. Just Chuck Tes... eh Asus VW193D

JDMGD0 wrote:Nope. Just Chuck Tes... eh Asus VW193D

Ahh I see.
You should get a summer job and upgrade those specs.   My monitor is only $300 when I got it, maybe $350 now. For that price, what you're getting is pretty insane. Not only is the screen much larger (I think anything past 27 is a bit too large), the resolution is bumped but most importantly, the glossy IPS panel makes the color much better. You know how like phone screens are much better looking than an average monitor? 

Gud d34l man. Talk about savings.

Hi Seth!

I'm not even familiar with the Pentium/Celeron/Atom lineup. I think for a performance orientated value buy, you have to go straight to $220 and get the i5 part for that price point, and stay there. The atom chip in my netbook is one of the first gen Atom parts as single core HT, and it is so freakin' slow. Clock per clock it's about half as fast as a typical Celeron (from what I've read). And clock per clock the Atom is about 3-4 times slower than my 4670k (after you divide the performance marks of the 4670k because it has four cores). It's better now but dear god, they are so slow I'd hardly call it an upgrade at all.

But then also mobile parts are not identical performance wise to desktop parts, so that's another hit.

But if you only play Wolf3d then you obviously don't need that much... Me, I do a whole lot apart from Wolf3d gaming. I use my CPU much more than the average gamer, actually. I actually degraded my chip for a good 100-200mhz from the overclock and the heavy workload.

I think I can hang on with this setup for a while - a graphics card upgrade would be required but my priority right now is to max the RAM on the board (8 GB). I think a 750Ti can deliver playable framerates (25 FPS) on my resolution on Low settings on the most graphically intensive games - that's just what I need for the time being (integrated GPU sucks @$$)

I own a sony lap top ultrabook with touch screen was the most top of line at 2013 summer: similar to this one http://store.sony.com/vaio-pro-13-touch-ultrabook-zid27-SVP13213CX//cat-27-catid-All-Ultrabook-Pro

i also own a mac book air!