Figured this forum could do with a whos got the best PC thread so here we go. Friendly competition is always good

My Main PC:

Antec P182 Advanced Midi-Tower Case
ASUS M2N32-SLi Deluxe Motherboard
AMD64 Athlon x2 5600+ 2.8GHz 2MB L2 Cache
4GB of OCZ Urban Elite DDR2-800 Super Low CAS Latencys
XFX Nvidia 7600GT 256MB
150GB Raptor X 10,000RPM Hard Drive
iRAM Board for Pagefile Useage (4 x 1GB DDR-400)

My Barebone/Server:

ASUS M2NC51PV Barebone
AMD64 Athlon 3500+ 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache
1GB of OCZ DDR2-667 RAM
250GB 7200.4 Hard Drive

Can anyone take me on? :rolf: :rolf: :rolf:

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000+ @ 2.4GHZ
2GB of DDR400 RAM
ATi Sapphire Radeon x1600
3 HDDs - 1x250gb, 1x80gb, 1x150gb SATA

I'm gonna upgrade all of this when I get some money, that's after my trip to america though. :-P

Congratulations on becoming a part of the Member group! 30th post hehe, still miles from me though. Anyone else wana post thier system specs? No DELL n00bs please

Built mine as primarily a gaming system but I do everything on it.

CoolerMaster CMStacker 830 Full Tower Case
AeroCool Xtreme Turbine 120mm fans x6
Zalman 9700-LED heatsink/fan (w/artic silver 5)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66ghz 4mb L2 cache 1066fsb
Foxconn N68S7AA nForce 680i SLI motherboard
EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb vid card x2 (in SLI mode)
Gateway 22" HD widescreen LCD monitor 16:10 (use it for tv too)
Hiper Power 730W power supply
2048mb Corsair Dominator 800mhz RAM
Maxtor HDD 300gb
SoundBlaster Xtreme Gamer X-FI soundcard 7.1
Phillips 20x DVD+RW drive

My only regret on this system is that I did not go with SATA connections and went with straight IDE. Infact both HDD and DVD are on the same cable. Upgrades for later I suppose.

Ouch IDE hard drives suck ass! Get yourself a Raptor X when you upgrade :)

Boys' thread ;)
I thought this thread will be a greater popularity, but was mistaken.

So did I... Oh well :(

Man, my machine fails pretty hard. 3-years old, limited funds, etc.

Dell Dimension 4600 Case (Hell yeah!)
NVidia GeForce 7800 GS (woot for no PCI-E slots)
Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.00 GHz (2 CPUs)
2GHz Nanya Technology 400MHz DDRAM (Corsair is expensive =\)
80GB Hard Drive + 320GB Seagate External
Sony 32" WXDA LCD Display Monitor

It sucks, but runs everything nice except Supreme Commander on max. And Supreme Commander on max settings rapes everyone. Don't need the l33t haxx0rs if you spend most of your time in notepad anyway :-P

I know what you mean, My new MacBook only had 64MB of Video memory and it's fine for me :P

I won't even bore y'all with the almost ancient paperweight that resides on my desk. I'll just dream of better and faster days...

la-te-da...
la-te-da...

Wana buy my PC? *creates an AnimePhilia eBay section :P*

lol, Advertising is against the rules but if it wasn't... damn i'd be asking in every thread

Here's mine. :)

http://animephilia.com/pics/screen.jpg

Tell me what you think?

That is a really cool desktop! What is that artwork from? I personally like to change mine regularly.

Quirky desktop. I like it =)

Mine isn't quite as interesting I guess. I like things simple :P

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/deesies/desktop-2.jpg

Here is a nice Picture of my Windows Desktop PC
http://www.vegetunks.net/uploads/PCDesktop.jpg

And here is my MacBooks Desktop
http://www.vegetunks.net/uploads/MacDesktop.jpg

Sorry for the massive size but hey, they're a thing of beauty

(Edit: Just for those that are curious my wallpaper is infact Black (macbook) but the JPEG compression has made it a white/black)

That is a really cool desktop! What is that artwork from?

I don't know a name of this artist, unfortunately :(

Quirky desktop. I like it =)
Mine isn't quite as interesting I guess. I like things simple :P

Good choise :thubs_up:

Something everyone has an opinion on
An age old question, which is better Apple or windows, Jobs or Gates? There have been many pros and cons for both apple and windows. I'm simple here to say i choose windows! Playing games, being able to retrieve any deleted file, and can restart! You may of seen the apple and PC add devoted to simply pay out windows, well think if apple are so good why would they devote an add to destroy there competitor?

Here we go watch this to clarify everything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEAGmBRC1dc

Well enough of me going on, what do you think?

Being a gamer, PCs are the natural choice for me. Even when not considering games, there's much more support for PC in the way of programs and stuff =)

Picture on this theme :rolf:

http://animephilia.com/pics/brk.jpg

My desktop :)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3302/1182978294821jb8.jpg

On closer inspection, I have noticed that Vegetrunks has an Apple wall, with the Vista toolbar underneath it.

WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!

HAHA, I love the way that Picture says "Microsoft, Stop making fun of us" when PC's have nothing to do with Microsoft, hasn't anyone every heard of Linux?

Well, I chose OS X (Mac) over Windows for a number of reasons.
1) It just works, Macs have NO viruses, NO spyware, NO Problems.
2) Installing an Application only involves dragging the disk into my applications folder
3) Uninstalling an Application only involves dragging it into the trash
4) Photoshop runs perfectly on OS X
5) My Mac takes less then 20 seconds to turn on from a cold boot

These are just a few of the reasons I love Mac but I have many many more.

On closer inspection, I have noticed that Vegetrunks has an Apple wall, with the Vista toolbar underneath it.

WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!
I'm a Mac fan but I need my games, so i've got winblows for that.

For Vege :peace:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1006/applewb3.jpg

Haha, thank you Lola :)

Lola, I love that video.

Personally, I hate operating systems. I run everything in DOS. My games all play in binary, to hell with HUDs/images.

Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

You dont run everything in DOS, because DOS is a 8-bit Operating System capable of running 8MB of RAM with a 2GB Hard Drive. It dosnt even support any more then 16 colors (not 16 billion, just 16)

So you might use the Command Prompt/PowerShell/Terminal to open your applications but they're all running on a 32-bit Windows Based Kernel.
Your games dont "play in binary" Binary is raw machine code.
And as for that video, I can think of more games for OS X then I can for Windows.
http://www.apple.com/games/

Please dont think from this that i'm having a go at you but you DO use Windows/Linux not DOS, Your Games run in a programming language like C++ and not machine code and PCs arnt PCs unless they have GUIs so...

Personally, I run Windows. I run Windows because I have always ran Windows. Macs are great for video editing and graphical programs like Bryce 3D (or so I'm told, I don't know) but Windows work better for most other things and has more software available and much more support (or, once again, so I am told). But honestly why would I change to a Mac if most of my previous software won't work on it? What reason would I have to ignore everything I've ever bought for my PC?

Yes, Macs target commercials slinging mud at PCs. But has anyone stopped to consider why no one calls a Mac a PC? Is it not still a Personal Computer? Or are Macs so inherently different that they are not even computers? Obviously they have to be personal, you don't rent Macs. Tirade aside, Macs have to attack Windows as they are their primary competitor. If they didn't, how would they convince people to switch to a Mac?

It's called a Mac and not a PC because it's just a screen, no tower. It's also, More Stable (macs dont crash), It's Faster (the OS was designed for speed, not compatibility) and most macs run on select premium hardware. So overall you have a much better experiance

Dude... I was kidding.

Ok here's my current one, and the second picture is what it used to be (House w/ flowers), I took that picture in Greece =D Had it for awhile but decided to switch it up, gotta change again sometime eventually.

So by select premium hardware, you're saying that it's mostly meant for people who can afford to buy expensive stuff because it's higher quality? Sounds like Macs are for elitists. Don't get me wrong, for a professional company it's a better choice, but for the private individual it seems less cost effective.

If I'm misunderstanding please correct me. I'm not trying to argue which is better, I'm saying that it depends on the purpose of the machine. I can't imagine ILM would ever use Windows because their Macs are specialized for their use. But at the same time I can't see a common Joe like me using it for all the different things I use mine for.

I use Microsoft, why? Because I can't gather the effort to switch, I've only ever had Windows... I don't dislike Macs or anything.. just... don't use em. Windows Vista sucks.. wish I was still runnin XP but I've already "customized" Vista to me, so now it'd be a pain int he ass to start my comp up on my 2nd hd which has XP as its OS.. then I'd have to redo all my shortcuts and customizing etc., partly cuz it's a dif't HD, and partly cuz it's a dif't OS.. And by that I mean my shortcuts go to drive C.. for example.. when I start my comp w/ XP the 2nd drive is then called C (can probably change that? Dunno never tried...) and my Vista HD is called F so all my shortcuts r fucked up.. then a dif't Firefox opens w/ old bookmarks.. cuz on the XP it's installed on that drive... on Vista it's installed on this drive, I've got so much crap on my 2 drives it's so sad.. and now my comp which is only a couple months old makes loud noises when I start it up and when it's running, not a good thing.. Stupid fans.. I hope.. Oh and I'm a total comp noob and my room looks like a fucking bomb went off in it... and I'm too scared to loose all my porn (haha.. I do have some other stuff... little bit anyway) even though I already have so many viruses from going to porn sites (haha... nope nothing to say here) etc... So.. ya.. life eh? Who needs it! Or should I say comps.. I don't know.. long story short, I voted Windows.. just cuz I've never used anything else.

My current background is "Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat. I chose it because it came with Vista and I am a bit of an art fan (though I did have to do an internet search to remember the name of the artwork). This artwork is commonly known by the current generation because it appeared in the film, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" when Cameron stares intently at one girl in the picture.

Otherwise I used to have D&D related pictures or half-naked girls.

By Premium I mean, yes it is a little more expensive. But lets take this into account for a second.
Say like you were really interested in playing EA's new Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. If you bought yourself a Ultra PC, like mine and a simple 20" iMac then the iMac would win hands down on the gaming. Even though the hardware on a iMac is much much slower, Mac OS X "just works" and can manage RAM perfectly. Ok, i'll stop with the nerding now.

Basicaly, because of OS X, Macs are faster and better then PCs. I cant think of a single application that I cant run on my Mac, hell, look at the screenshot below, If for example I was trying to get onto a website that didnt work with Safari, Firefox or Opera. I could always just load up windows in a virtual machine and run Internet Explorer as if it was a native OS X application. I can even run Windows games on a Mac if I so want.

In this screenshot I have Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Windows Solitaire open. I could run games like Half-Life 2 but that'd be a bad example.

So Basicaly, the best reason as to why Macs are better then PCs is.... *drum roll*
You can run every single OS X, Windows and Linux application without restarting into a different operating system.

I'd love to put the SheAniMale wallpapers on my desktops but because i've got widescreen thats easier said then done.

I demand 1440x900 wallpapers!

Dude... I was kidding.

Kidding?

Oh hell.

Does that mean I can't challenge you to a game of Pong or Astroids?

OS X all the way

OS X all the way
Power to the Mac users! Rep added

my rep still says 0

Probably a bug in the database, after a few more people give you rep it'll suddenly catch up :)

cool I made it 50/50 I have a pc but would much rather have a mac its more reliable I would rather have a Linux based OS over both of those but its not software friendly at all but linux (when you remember all the comands and such) is cool as shit

Yeah, Sudo and all that crap, i'm a big linux fan but the initial setup is a real whore...

my friend made his own distro of linux using the beryl kernel... it is pretty cool


guys give me rep so i can catch up and stuff

Rep really isnt important dude, most people dont even look at it, it was just something the vBulletin developers added for a little fun.

i like fun

I voted Windows... Not because it is better but because i use it for everything at my house... At work we have both Apples and PC's and i have no problem using either its just i have always used PC's and that is why my preference is PC. Plus my PC to date has never crashed...(knock on wood) I run a mix of XP home, Media, Corp, along with some other stuff my friends put on here that i can't remeber at the moment...

Depends on which screen name I'm signed on with. Primary name has the N.Y. Yankees. I'd do Dale EARNHARDT, \Sr., but can't find him. My other screen names have the planet photogra[hed from space and the Power Puff Girls.

How about both? I have an old iMac that is perfect for writing letters and keeping lists. It's also great for general online communications because there's almost no chance of getting hit by a virus while running a Mac. I use the Windows PC for some gaming and it's compatability with most systems running. If I had the money, I'd get one of the new Macs w/the converter program that lets you run Windows.

So post screenshots for all of them? Why so many user accounts anyway?

You mean VMWare fusion?
Thats always one of the things I pull up when i'm doing a Mac Presentation
"Macs are the only Computers in the world that can "legally" run every major operating system

what about linux... and my friend is trying to run Mac OSX in his PC

Legaly, you cannot run Mac OS X on a PC but you can actually do it, however it's very crippled, slow and unreliable. I wont assist in this as that'd void my Apple Developers Licence.

As for Linux, Good point, maybe I should make a new thread with Linux..

uBuntu is the best distro in my opinion, but surely this is best left for a technology forum like Neowin

there is nothing illegal about it if you buy the OS yourself

I am running Windows but prefer Apple... the majority of the Viruses out there are all designed to attack Windows systems ... the OS of Mac's have the next to the lowest crash and attack rates.
When Ya get your Computers for free ya take what ya get ... ...

My page switch out every day with the 4 pictures below... I like Ladies and Bikes... and love Body Art... :love::bravo:

here ya go "Sucker"

I PM'ed ya with the Links.. hope ya enjoy... we miss him...

there is nothing illegal about it if you buy the OS yourself
Not true, Third line of the Licence Agreement:

Mac OS X should not be run on non Apple Computer Macintosh Hardware.

It violates the licence agreement

thats bullshit

apple is just simply better in all aspects... windows is random and just thrown together, compared to apple

It also runs off an unstable kernal

Windows? Hardly, The WinBlows kernel is pretty stable, the only reason you're likely to get a BlueScreen or other Kernel problem is if you use Anti-Viral software that edits the kernel like Norton or McAfee. Either that or a dodgy driver.

Thats another thing i love about Macs, NO DRIVERS! True plug and play :P

or if you over-clock your processes wrong

LMAO, People still overclock? Whats the point? If you've got a Core2Duo or an Athlon64 chances are an overclock will slow the PC more than anything

of course you are gunna over clock the cpu

Well, as you know my Main PC is a Mac, so the EFI Firmware dosnt support overclocking.

as for my gaming rig, I just overclocked it now from 2.8GHz to 2.92GHz, increased the RAM speed from 800MHz (with a low CAS) to 920MHz (with a high CAS), upped the FSB and everything else relevant, booted back into Winblows, ran a benchmark and my system was running 4% slower and 25% hotter :P

Overclocking = Bad :)

is your pc made to be over-clocked... the new Hp blackbird is made to be over-clocked... also on a tangent to this... my friend just got crysis

Athlon64 6400+ <-- Fastest AMD CPU to date
8GB DDR2-800RAM <-- Most RAM on a M2N Mobo to date
M2N32-SLi <-- Most Advanced AMD Based ASUS Motherboard to date
2 x EVGA 8800GTX <-- Most advanced GPUs to date
2 x Raptor X <-- fastest hard drives in the world, RAID0.

I'd say that goes well beyond the specs for overclockable :P

the new intel core 2 duo run more effectifly than the 6400

Bah to Core2Duo LMAO. I will get an iMac soon enough with a core2duo or maybe a core2quad

new iMac= WINZOR!

Omgz Innit! 'tis Teh Ultima Roflcopter

ROLF rolling on the laughing floor

Y'all is 2 hi tech fer me...
mine cones on when i push the O button and off when i tell it to go off...
other than that it just works...

lol, I dont think i've shutdown my Mac in over two months, not much point

true story

I have to shut mine off when I am not home to keep the devil out... he creeps in every chance he gets and the 'puter is no different than the Phone and the TV...

Clarify, the Devil?

don't you know...
"The Devil made me do !!!..."
and all the "that he leaves in your head..."
the one thats "Don't shoot" while the other 99 "major loss just squeeze a little tighter".
..LOL

I have had this one for years now. It just relaxes me esp after some intense gaming. I also think it has some sort of sexual inuendo that sits at a lower part of my concious.

This appears to have been created with Bryce... Sorry my room-mate uses that and think he's "Good" at it.

On a seperate note, here is my most recent wallpaper :)

It's very high res so you'll have to click a link to view the file directly. C L I C K (http://www.asphyxia8489.net/uploads/leopard-server-wallpaper.jpg)

I built mine but I kinda got owned while buying it seem it wasn't so great for the price *price : 1700* Aprox

Intel(R) Core (TM)2 Cpu 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs)
2048MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
SoundMAX HD Audio
HardDrive 74.5 GB

Those are the essential part so enjoy XD

Those are really nice picture

lol, i just reformatted my C drive, so i just have the basic windows vista background. i dont mind it, but then again, it isnt that great

i say windows, i dont need all of the finesse that macs have, and the first computer i used was a MacIntosh, one of the original ones, and then i used a windows machine and it was so much smoother and easier to use that i have just stuck with them since. thought i think that vista blows chunks

I prefer Windows for PCs and Apple for Mp3/mp4-players.

so is apple mac operating system

too many glitches and freezing

Haha best video ever. Well not really, but I enjoyed it. I'm a PC advocate myself. I'm an audio engineer and the big hype seems to be mac with protools and logic etc., but I've had more problems with macs in that area than I ever have with my PC so I think that's a no brainer.

How do you get a picture of your desktop?

Microsoft will die out sooner.And what about IBM?

PC all the way for me

always apple.

Not sure why, I just prefer windows over apple.

macs are more complicated to build, expand, or repair, and the lack of open competition makes lass stuff available, but both machines now use all of the same internal parts. Macs have an image based interface and windows are still text and list based, but even that can be changed in your prefs. Macs just have a more stable OS at the moment.

windows! its less hastle

lol what a funny video man. Made my day

I own both a mac and a pc. They are both fun for different reasons.
Mac is a superior pron platform - lol.

Yeah, OS X leopard is simply the best platform for Porn. It's awesome to be able to use CoverFlow and shit to browse your galleries :D

I use Windows, more Games available ;)

I think Mac's are difficult to work with expecially after using windows for the longest time. so I say I support windows over mac.

my computer desktop is boring

Here is mine:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k258/Xtreme-Plaga-Rapier-Brandon/Desktop-Pucca.jpg

heres mine...i hope this worked....its pretty sweet...my friend found it and lawl'd at it..sent it to me..and i have had it up since..

From my trip to Atlanta.

if memory serves it a Braves v. Mets game

From my trip to Atlanta.

if memory serves it a Braves v. Mets game

Most interesting the short cuts you have especially the second row down, 3rd one over... :hallo:

microsoft as a lot of programms don't work on a MAC

There should've been neither/both option in that poll. I use both daily in one of the more computing-demanding uses - video and graphics - and both have their pros & cons, but the myth that Macs don't crash, well, not in my book. THe most stable machine I ever used was a Windows NT, and three times now I've had a Mac system utterly self-immolate with no chance of recovery.

"Do you want to do it fast, or use a computer?"

Work with both, but only Mac at home. Would never own a PC. Half of our deadline problems at work are due to our PCs being completely unreliable, but our Mac work never gets behind (design, etc.)

does anyone know ho to remove the trash bin from your desktop? without that ill finally have a clean screen

Kaiju... all the time... revolving pictures of kaiju...

(But, if my girlfriend were out of town for any length of time, it would be revolving pictures of my favorite trannys like Areeya or Vaniity...or some hot futa...)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000
MSI K9N SLI
Sapphire Radeon X1950 GT EE
2048 GB RAM
Hard Drive's 600 GB
Samsung SyncMaster 205 BW

Lol the photo of Sadam Fort gave me a good laugh

Windows Rule

I hate windows and it's to expensive, but I can't live without...

http://fapomatic.com/thumbs/0836/scr2.jpg (http://fapomatic.com/show.php?loc=0836&f=scr2.jpg)

windows...!!!

Anyone know a good .rar opener for mac? I hate it that Mac only opens zip files :sad:

Man, my computer is really bad, it barely functions. My laptop on the other hand is really nice. I don't know the exact specifications, but it plays Vanguard just fine.

try MacHacha http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11052
it's great

thats what i use

Yeah...my room mates and I have a mac in the bottom of our dorm...I love using it, but eh...too many things you can't do on it

Use stuffit expander, its what I use it can open anything!!! (except apps with .exe obviously)

what i looks like? really poor^^

all i know there is a winrar for mac users

My PC is OLD but I love it too much to give it up. Is that even possible?

Specs:
CPU: Athlon XP 2900+
Video: EBAY brand Geforce FX 5500 128MB
Audio: Stereo Sound
HDD 120GB Western Digital Caviar 7200RPM
ATA133 BABY!!
MEM: 512MB PC3200

Windows for me... I don't care about my specs, the one in my room is a decent E-Machine, the one in the gaming room is an Alienware.

Then we have a Mac somewhere in the dorm...

stuffit expander should work and its free

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I use a basic windows laptop.... pretty slow for most things

i'm using Windows Vista SP1....
horrible.......

"win"rar for mac?^^

stuffit is the most popular one
a link for the lazy ones : http://www.download.com/StuffIt-Expander/3000-2250_4-10653042.html

very bare.

apple i book is the way 2 go

stuffit should b fine

stuffit is definitely the best. light and reliable.

use stuffit there is no better alternatvie

any way there is winrar for mac-osyou simply can download it

Dell 2400
Intel Celeron 2.60 Ghz
Memory 1.25 GB
32-bit Operation System
GeForce4 MX 440
40 GB Hard Drive/19 GB Hard Drive
windows xp professional/Windows 7 Beta

and good .rar reader for ubuntu?

MacBook Pro
OS X 10.5 Leapord
2.16 Ghz
2 Gb Ram
320 Gb HDD

The Unarchiver is the best program that I know of I've used stuffit and still prefer The Unarchiver. (http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html)

i tend to get most of my desktop artowrk/wallpaper from the 4chan site

windows 2000 :(
Mine old computers burnt out....many times lol:P

Windows 4Eva :D

I Like Landscapes at knight.

sdgbg jung thtyfgb

I call worst PC! Of course, I have a 360 which makes it a bit less sad.

amd phenom II x4 3ghz am3
4gb ddr3 1600
1tb hdd
1gb radeon 4870
64bit vista and 64 bit ubuntu
:)

Ouch IDE hard drives suck ass! Get yourself a Raptor X when you upgrade :)

or just get a ram drive hub and throw all your old useless ram sticks on it. way faster than raptors

Lol, I'm mainly a PC game but yea:
Intel Q9400,
750i ftw,
8800gtx,
2gigs.

CPU & RAM @ 1066Mhz

is the post above spam ??

Amd Phenom II x4 3.2Ghz
4gb ddr3 1666
500Gb hdd
XFX Radeon 4890
Windows 7 64bit
Gigabyte mobo

I have a very old computer and it looks like crap

Amd Phenom II x4 3.2Ghz
4gb ddr3 1666
500Gb hdd
XFX Radeon 4890
Windows 7 64bit
Gigabyte mobo

i just have a simple laptop. HP workstation 8510W. simple but it does do the trick.

I own a 1st gen Macbook laptop...