# Brag about your computer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536 "2002-04-03T03:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/1 "2002-04-03T03:10:58Z")
If you’re a geek like me and you love your home built computer this is the place to brag about your specs. **CPU:** AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4 GHz **Mobo:** MSI K7 Master **Memory:** Crucial 512MB PC-2100 **GPU:** ASUS V8200 Deluxe 64MB GeForce3 VIVO+VR **Storage:** IBM DeskStar 40GB 7200 RPM **Storage:** Maxtor DiamondMax 80GB 7200 RPM **Audio:** Turtle Beach Santa Cruz **Optical:** Plextor 16X CD-RW **Optical:** Pioneer 16X Slot-In DVD-ROM **Comm:** Linksys USB Wireless Network Adapter **Monitor:** NEC FE950+BK 19” Flat CRT (black) **Case:** Antec 1040b Tower (black) **Power:** Antec 412x 400w **Cooling:** 3 Enlight 80mm High Output Fan **Cooling:** Taisol CGK760 HSF w/ Artic Silver II ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/2 "2002-04-03T04:01:59Z")
Behold, my aging laptop. The screen doesn’t work; I have an external monitor. The mouse pad doesn’t work; I have an extra mouse. For my next magical trick, the keyboard will stop working, and I’ll have an external keyboard as well. I’m bragging 'cause my computer outlasted my entire marriage. And how many computers have outlasted an entire marriage, outside of Hollywood? ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/3 "2002-04-03T04:07:21Z")
My mom thinks I’m cool. ---
**Author:** ![typo\_mna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@typo\_mna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typo_mna)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/4 "2002-04-03T05:27:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*My mom thinks I’m cool. \*\* Not really. I gave her $20 to tell you that so you wouldn’t cry, Mr. Pussywillow Can’t-Drink-10-Guinnesses-In-An-Hour man. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/5 "2002-04-03T05:50:44Z")
My computer is so ancient, it doesn’t even warrant bragging about! (except maybe that I got it for free from a friend… its age probably helped) ---
**Author:** ![Marley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Marley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/6 "2002-04-03T05:57:17Z")
My computer hasn’t died ye ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/7 "2002-04-03T06:34:38Z")
It’s old by computer standards, but here goes: **CPU:** AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.2GHz **Mobo:** ASUS A7A266 **Memory:** Crucial 512MB PC-2100 **GPU:** Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 Ultra **Storage:** IBM DeskStar 40GB 7200 RPM **Storage:** Maxtor Something-or-other 12GB 5400 RPM **Audio:** Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! Value **Optical:** Plextor 16x10x40x CD-RW **Optical:** Creative Labs PC-DVD 6x **Comm:** Generic $20 job **Monitor:** Optiquest V95 19" **Case:** Frozen CPU Blizzard 360 **Power:** Enermax 350W **Cooling:** 3 Unknown Brand 120mm Fan **Cooling:** Thermosonic ThermoEngine w/ 8000 RPM Delta fan ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/8 "2002-04-03T07:18:29Z")
I would brag about my husband’s computer, but inevitably he or I starts crying thinking about how much money we laid out for memory on prior machines. Hundreds of dollars for just a few more megs… _sob_ Oh how things have changed. My husband’s computer fairly screams because he has to render animations on it. Nice monitor, too. But the machine he paid thousands for to get it to be this way… your average high school punk can get for half the price today. ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/9 "2002-04-03T07:33:43Z")
Not much to brag about… Athlon 1.33 ghz 768 MB memory 2, 40 gig WD hard drives 16 MB TNT video Firewire card 52x CD 4x CDR (scsi) Some cheap adaptec scsi card Sound blaster live (hooked up to a RCA amp and some JBL northridge speakers) 100 MB internal zip drive 10/100 ethernet My 2nd computer which is used for storage: 800 Duron 512 MB memory 2, 40 gig WD hard drives 1, 30 gig WD hard drive 4x CDR Sound blaster something (I forget) 10/100 ethernet Both computers share a 19 inch monitor, wireless mouse and some POS keyboard via a 4 port KVM switch. My recording computer is a 1 gig athlon with a darla PCI card (2x8). It uses two video cards which go to a 17 inch monitor and a 15 inch LCD. My MIDI computer is a 450Mhz pentium with a winman 2x1 and a couple of Sound blasters hooked up to a 19 inch monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/10 "2002-04-03T08:16:17Z")
Ok here is my beauty: CPU: 2GHz Memory: 512 MB RDRAM HD: 120 GB CD: 48x DVD/CD Burner Graphics: GeForce3 Ti500, 64 MB Sound card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Speakers: Altec Lansing ADA 885 THX-Sound (huge subwoofer and 4 speakers) Monitor: 15" Flat panel Colour: Black Internet connection: Cable modem ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/11 "2002-04-03T08:47:17Z")
Well, my computer is rather old (2 and something years), but it’s a decent gaming machine. CPU: PIII 500 (overclocked to 550) Memory: 768 MB SDRAM HD: 20.6 GB 7200 RPM Maxtor (primary) 20 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital (secondary)(_boo-hiss_ I know, but it was cheap) DVD: 10x CD Burner: 8x4x32 Creative Graphics: Geforce 2 GTS 64 MB DDR Sound card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum (WOOO!) Comes with Audigy drive, a kickass piece of digital music hardware. Speakers: Cambridge Soundworks Digital 4.1 DTS2100 (I think that’s the model) Monitor: 19" Flat Screen NEC FE950 Colour: Hot Beige Internet connection: Cable modem via LAN My friend has a much newer system than me, with about 3x everything I have (except my Audigy Platinum!) ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/12 "2002-04-03T08:55:11Z")
CPU: Pentium IV 1.8 GHz Mobo: Asus Memory: 512 MB DDR HD: 80 GB CD-ROM/CD-RW DVD writer Graphics: ATI Radeon AIW 7500 (TV tuner, video capture) Monitor: Sony 19" Color: Silver/grey Connection: Cable modem ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/13 "2002-04-03T09:29:01Z")
CPU: Celeron II 1.3 ghz OC’ed to 1.6 ghz Mobo: Abit vh6-t Memory: 256 megs pc150 mhz Hard Drive: 40 gb 16x DVD Rom 12x8x32 CD-RW ATI Radeon all in wonder 7500 monitor: 32" flat screen tv Soundblaster live sound card cambridge soundworks 4.1 speakers internet: dial-up lots of different case fans and such for cooling blue/beige front grey sides ---
**Author:** ![Neptune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/14 "2002-04-03T11:01:33Z")
CPU capable of simultaneous access to forty-seven million data channels and transluminal processing at a rate of five hundred seventy-five trillion calculations per nanosecond. Can operate in a temperature range of 10 through 1790 degrees Kelvin. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/15 "2002-04-03T16:10:15Z")
Here’s my new BEAST of a machine that I built: **CPU:** AthlonXP 1700+ @ 1800+ (1540MHz) **Motherboard:** Soyo K7V Dragon Plus (KT266A chipset) **RAM:** 512MB PC2100 Crucial DDR SDRAM **Video:** Visiontek GeForce3 ti200 @ 220MHz core / 500MHz mem **DVD:** Pioneer 106S Slot-load 16x DVD-ROM **CD-RW** Lite-On 40x/12x/48x **HD:** 3 HDDs for a total of 107GB…biggest is an 80GB Seagate Barracuda IV **Sound:** SoundBlaster Live Value **Monitor:** Viewsonic A90f 19" **Input:** MS Trackball Explorer and Intellimouse Explorer **Gamepad:** Gravis Eliminator Aftershock **Scanner:** Epson Perfection 636U **Printer:** HP Deskjet 940C **Case:** Antec SX1040b w/ 400W power supply **Extras:** 2 4-port USB hubs, and 2 front USB ports not in use. Built by me. 🙂 I love this machine: It’s extraordinarily fast, and it is the most stable computer I’ve ever owned. Jman ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/16 "2002-04-03T16:11:48Z")
Curse me for not previewing. Damnit. And that was post 700 (#2) Oh…and the 10/100 NIC is on-board, as is a Promise Ultra100/Raid controller for 8 IDE devices. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/17 "2002-04-03T16:20:59Z")
Darnit…it just doesn’t look right to have that stuff strung out like that, and I keep forgetting little things, so here’s the full listing. (mods, if you want to delete the original post, go ahead. 🙂 ) **CPU:** AthlonXP 1700+ @ 1800+ (1540MHz) **Motherboard:** Soyo K7V Dragon Plus (KT266A chipset) **RAM:** 512MB PC2100 Crucial DDR SDRAM **Video:** Visiontek GeForce3 ti200 @ 220MHz core / 500MHz mem **DVD:** Pioneer 106S Slot-load 16x DVD-ROM **CD-RW** Lite-On 40x/12x/48x **HD:** 3 HDDs for a total of 107GB…biggest is an 80GB Seagate Barracuda IV **Case:** Antec SX1040b w/ 400W power supply **Sound:** SoundBlaster Live Value **Monitor:** Viewsonic A90f 19" **Input:** MS Trackball Explorer and Intellimouse Explorer **Gamepad:** Gravis Eliminator Aftershock **Scanner:** Epson Perfection 636U **Printer:** HP Deskjet 940C **Cooling:** Stock CPU HSF, Tt Crystal Orb on GPU, 2 PPCnC Silencer 80mm fans, 2 other 80mm fans (2 intake, 2 exhaust). **NIC:** On-Board 10/100 ethernet **Controllers:** Promise Ultra100 / RAID controller (on-board) **Internet:** 3.5Mbps cable. **Extras:** 2 4-port USB hubs, and 2 front USB ports not in use. There we go…much better. Jman ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/18 "2002-04-03T16:56:00Z")
**Norrath Express:** CPU: AthlonXP 1600+ Motherboard: MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU (built in RAID) RAM: 512MB DDR 266 (wishing I’d gotten more when it was cheap!) Video: 64 MB GeForce2 TI 500 VIVO DVD: 16x DVD-ROM CD-RW: Lite-On 40x/12x/48x HD: 2 20gig 7200rpm RAID 0 configuration Sound: SoundBlaster 5.1 Monitor: 19" AOC Mouse: Logitech Wireless Scanner: HP 3200C (currently non-functional may be replaced soon) Printer: Epson Stylus 600 Case: Antec ATX SOHO 350W Comm: 10/100 ethernet -\> 16port 10/100 switch -\> 4 port linksys Router -\> DSL 768/128 Extras: [ul] [li]4-USB ports (2 on the front 2 out back)[/li][li]6 case fans[/li][li]neon red drive cables[/li][li]Red Heatsink/fan on the CPU [/li][/ul] Built by me for specifically to play Everquest, the other machines on the home network are: Pentuim 100 16meg (printserver) AMD Duron 450 128meg (Mrs Probes machine) PIII 500 512meg (Ambers EQ machine) PII 166 96meg (Harmonys Machine) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/19 "2002-04-03T17:18:00Z")
I probably have more operating systems on mine than the rest of you folks do. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536/20 "2002-04-03T17:23:23Z")
Hmm…as far as stats go, well, my mother loves me. HP 866mHz, so on, so forth. _But_, in the last month or so I’ve… [ul] [li]added 128 mb RAM (256 mb total)[/li][li]swapped out a CD-ROM for a DVD-ROM[/li][li]upgraded to a 19" monitor (barely fit in my car, and I had to reinforce my monitor shelf)[/li][li]added a 32 mb video card (PCI-mobo doesn’t have AGP)[/li][li]added DSL[/li][li]swapped a 56k modem for a Soundblaster Live (mobo only has 4 PCI slots)[/li][/ul] …so I feel pretty techno-geeky. My next project is to marry drives and cards to a new mobo, CPU (I’m thinking P IV 1.7), case, and power supply. Which should keep me fat and happy for a while… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-your-computer/101536.md?page=2)