As the topic says. i7 920 stock Asus P6T-SE X58 Nvidia Geforce GTX275 stock Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600mhz (2x3GB) XFi ExtremeGamer Fatality Pro 64MB 2x 1TB WD Black Dell 3008 WFP UltraSharp 30'' 2560x1600 HAF 922 Sony Blu-Ray drive/burner Windows 7 Ultimate X64
AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE OCed @ 3.3GHz Gigabyte 790X AM2+ mobo 4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill Pi DDR2-800 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 250GB WD Caviar Black HDD 1TB WD Caviar Green HDD Auzentech Forte X-Fi Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.4ghz 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 Intel Bad Axe 2 1GB GTX 460 OC 1.5TB Seagate HDD Corsair TX650 V2 Antec P180 Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 8GB Mushkin DDR2-800 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Nvidia GTX285oc 500GB WD HDD Windows 7x64 Ultimate
Intel i7 950 ASUS Sabertooth X58 6GB Geil Black Dragon DDR3 1333 Triple Channel AMD Radeon HD 5850 PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 1TB Samsung 1TB WD Caviar Black Samsung Blu-Ray Generic DVD Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Al2423W 24'' LCD Windows 7 Home Premium x64 H2O Loop: Laing DDC-1, Apogee GT, MCW60, Black Ice Pro II Rad Fans: 5x 120mm Scythe with Sony S-Flex fluid bearings
2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel "Nehalem" Xeon 14 GB 1066 Mhz DDR3 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB 640 GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm 2 x LaCie 500 GB external LaCie 1 TB external 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Apple Cinema Display 21" 1680 x 1050 Mac OS X Version 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
Can I just ask whats up with the external HDD's? I only ask because I know a couple of people with Mac Pro's who are exactly the same... they have like 3 external HDD's and work primarily off of them. I tell them how easy it is to install a new internal HDD on Mac Pro's because of the hot swap bays, you just slide a drive in! It's literally easier than installing an external drive! They didn't realise it was that easy but still claim that external drives are better because they can just grab them and go if they need to transfer their data or in case of an emergency. I agree with this, but haven't they heard of a backup? In the case of the people I know they both don't like to open up computers because they know nothing about them, and don't realise that external drives over USB2/firewire are slower than internal drives. They have a point with the emergency situation, but there are easy solitions for that and it still doesn't justify the first two points in my opinion. Sorry if this seems like a rant and I'm not meaning to attack you in any way. I just know of 3 people now who do this and find it strange given how easy installing internal drives on Mac Pro's is. For two of those people I really think it's simply because they don't feel comfortable opening up their Mac/don't want to and don't realise external drives are slower. Is it just something about the mentality of Mac owners? That they think opening up the computer/tweaking/upgrading yourself is a PC thing? I know some I know don't even seem to realise that anyone with a bit of knowledge can upgrade a Mac, not just the guys at the Mac store. Is there some other reason for you? I'd genuinely like to know if there is.
Oh yes and, Core 2 Quad Q9950 Gigabyte X48 4GB 800MHz Cas 4 Team Elite DDR2 ASUS Radeon 5870 1GB OCZ Vertex LE 200GB WD Green 1TB Corsair HX1000w BenQ V2400w Windows 7 x64 Professional Everythings coming up to 3 years old now except the 5870 which I bought a year ago and the SSD which I bought on special a few months ago. I'll probably upgrade mid this year including a better monitor.
For me, I just like to literally split up the storage space for different purposes. The internal HDD is mainly for applications and current projects, plus a few specific things like music and photos. The externals are mainly for legacy storage and also backup. For example, I use the 1 TB LaCie for Time Machine backup of the internal HDD. I think part of buying external vs. internal is habit, and part of it is thinking the protection for legacy work is a bit better with an external. It has it's own protective case if you aren't actively using it and file it in a closet or cabinet.
Fair enough, I definitely see the point in that. At least you actually use the internal drive for current projects though. The two people I was talking about use externals for everything... except programs obviously.
At this point my system looks like this: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 4GB Corsair XMS RAM Asrock SATA2 mobo with both AGP and PCIe Sapphire HD5770 1GB Vaporx Creative XFi Xtremegamer Fatality 1x 120GB Corsair F120 SSD (Had a Vertex2 120GB, but it broke down and exchange resulted in a slower version and ended up swapping that one for the Corsair) 320GB HDD (not sure which because I pulled it out of the server) Dell 2209WA (because I wanted a better and bigger monitor for Photo editting) I also run a server next to it with ATOM / ION combo and 3TB Maxtor GP drives. I access that one through a 1Gbit network which is pretty awesome because I can load images (DVD's / CD's) faster then the CD-rom drive.
Well, I can finally post in here without being embarrassed. It's still a laptop, but it's a true gaming laptop. An Asus 73. - Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM (Sandy Bridge) quad core - 8GB DDR3 memory - 17.3" widescreen display (1600x900) - 750GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm) - Nvidia GTX 460M - 1GB
I just ordered a basic laptop for general use and internet browsing. Core i3-2310M 2.1Ghz (sandy bridge) 4GB RAM 500GB HDD 15.6'' 1366 x 768 screen As it was for very basic use I didn't see the point in paying the extra for the i5 and the sandy bridge i3 was only £15 more than the older 380M. The 380M has a higher clock speed but having a quick look around I found the 380M scored around 500 points less in CPU Passmark and I would have felt like I was buying something too old if I went with the older i3-380M. To be honest I doubt I will use it that much at all, mostly for the wife to use. I also got 3 yr parts and labour for £89 which is a bargain.
No. It's low res. No blue-ray either. I kinda wanted them both, but I was trying to keep that cost down. And the ultra fast chip sets were a must.