How old is your rig?

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:04 am

Athlon 64 3500+ 939
1gb DDR400
Asus A8V Deluxe Mobo
Geforce 6200
Audigy Gamer 5.1
1 x Iomega DVD-Burner
1 x Liteon 16x DVD-Rom
1 x Samsung 160gb C:
1 x WD Raptor 74gb H:
1 x Maxtor 200gb F:

1 x Samsung 930b 19" LCD

currently running XP Pro SP2 on it.

RolltheStampede · Post by **RolltheStampede** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:40 pm

OmniStrata wrote: RAM: 2 Gigs Corsair XMS Platinum to be replaced with 4 gigs of OCZ Titanium

And for the record, DUAL-CORE CPUS OWN FOR EDITING!!!

WHat reason would you want/need more ram. save you money and buy something else. 1 gig is more than enough to run what ever you need, I mean unless you are making major motion pictures on your home pc.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:06 pm

RolltheStampede wrote:
OmniStrata wrote: RAM: 2 Gigs Corsair XMS Platinum to be replaced with 4 gigs of OCZ Titanium

And for the record, DUAL-CORE CPUS OWN FOR EDITING!!!
WHat reason would you want/need more ram. save you money and buy something else. 1 gig is more than enough to run what ever you need, I mean unless you are making major motion pictures on your home pc.

Well, if you have premiere, aftereffects and photoshop open, and are working with large files like HD footage then that can eat up your computer pretty quickly. Sometimes it's nice to be able to switch from one app to another.
Top that off with 'to ram' previews.

Plus he gets to brag that he has 4 gig, that's worth even more.

delirium_sj · Post by **delirium_sj** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:11 pm

I got mine about...1 or 2 years ago? Went to Costco and got a Gateway after my Vaio up and died on me after about 3-4 years. I mean c'mon! I have one of those cheapo ones that still runs after 6 years. Would have liked to build my own but too many choices and me just don't go well together

...I can never decide.

Anyway...just copying from the sticker still on my computer.

Intel Pentium D Processor 820
each core running at 2.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2x1 MB L2 cache
1024 MB DDR 2
250 GB SATA HD, 7200 RPMw/ 8mb cache
Intel Graphics Accelerator 950
Intel 945G Chipset
a DVD and a DVD+/-RW drive

and 2 external HDs, 153GB and 186GB

There's my humble machine...

I don't have too many problems with it...a little slow for me sometimes still, but ALOT better than my old one. I can actually edit files in the GB sizes! OMG!

use Premiere Elements mainly (got it last Thanksgiving Day sale) or Ulead Video Studio 8 if I want some decent FXs (but it doesn't run as well)...don't know how all these people can afford to go Pro...*sigh* wish I could...

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:43 pm

delirium_sj wrote:..don't know how all these people can afford to go Pro...*sigh* wish I could...

student versions.

Adobe Production Studio Premium
student version: $589
retail version: $1699
Includes After Effects 7.0 Professional, Premiere Pro 2.0, Photoshop CS2, Audition 2.0, Adobe Encore DVD 2.0, and Adobe Illustrator CS2.

premiere pro:
student: 289.00
Retail: 840.95

I'm surprised at some of the systems on this thread though. I wonder if it's just because most people with average setups don't post, or if it's because the average computer has gotten much better?

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:56 pm

madbunny wrote:I'm surprised at some of the systems on this thread though. I wonder if it's just because most people with average setups don't post, or if it's because the average computer has gotten much better?

Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 1G ram.
But before March:
P3-800, 256M ram.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:20 am

dokidoki wrote:
madbunny wrote:I'm surprised at some of the systems on this thread though. I wonder if it's just because most people with average setups don't post, or if it's because the average computer has gotten much better?
Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 1G ram.
But before March:
P3-800, 256M ram.

I was using a P3-800 for awhile; small step up from the 600 MHz PII-Celeron that I started with.

Now, it's a 3 GHz P4 in a low-end Shuttle with 1GB of RAM and an Asus FX5200 video card driving a 20" Dell. Throw in a 120 GB WD and a stack of external hard drives. Except for the new Pioneer DVDRW, everything is over two years old.

Reigna · Post by **Reigna** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:05 am

Pentium III
931 MHz
512 mb RAM
210 gigs HD space

Yeah...you guys get the picture