What are the specs on your PC?

Curiously the two temps (socket and case) had each dropped by a degree (to 43 and 28 respectively) by 8AM.
 
Perhaps the lower fan speed was more effective at getting the air out of the case. Or your room temp is lower at that time of day. Or Folding is less CPU intensive than Divx encoding. Or perhaps the thermal paste has now been "burned in".

Prime95 is the "industry" recognised CPU stressing util. It supposedly gets CPUs hotter than anything else.
 
Main PC:

P4 2.4 GHZ

ASUS P4T-E

768 RDRAM PC800

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 128MB 8X AGP

Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Series (WDM)

Sea Gate 120GB HD

Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-106 16X 40X

CD-R Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A

Creative Labs 52X CD-ROM

Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet 10/100MBPS

US Robotics 56K External FAXModem

EIZO 17" FlexScan F55S

Server PC:

P2 400MHZ

576MB SDRAM RAM

NVIDIA TNT1 16MB

3DFX Voodoo II 12MB accelerator

Sound Blaster 64 ISA

Western Digital 20GB HD

Quantum Fireball 6.4GB HD

ASUS 16X DVD-ROM

Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet 10/100MBPS

SONY 15"
 
PC #1 (emails, web, downloads, burning - near silent)

Athlon XP2500+ overclocked to 2.2GHz (like 3200), running at 40C (104F)

Zalman's Cu7000A cooler (~2lbs of pure copper)

ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo (two nics, fw, usb2 - usual stuff)

2x512MB generic Infineon DDR400 SDRAM (3-3-3-8, nothing stellar)

80GB Seagate SATA HDD 7200RPM, 8MB buffer

Panasonic 2x DVD-RW/-RAM writer

ASUS 8200Ti2 (Geforce 3 Ti200 w/ 64MB RAM)

Xaser 1000V case with Thermaltake silent 420W powersupply

3.5" floppy drive (still!)

PC #2 (PC gaming, near silent)

Athlon XP2400+

ASUS A7V600

1x512MB KingMax DDR333 SDRAM (3-2-3-6)

80GB UDMA/100 IDE HDD 7200RPM, 2MB buffer

ATI Radeon AIW 9800 Pro 128 MB

Lite-On DVD/CD-RW combo drive

Enermax 350W silent powersupply

cheap 4-port firewire PCI card (NEC chipset)

Li-Lian anodized aluminum case

PC #3 - HP Kayak 5/400 (stays in the closed, awaits for my thirst for DOS gamins)

PII-400MHz

2x128 registered ECC PC100 SD-RAM)

9.1GB U2W SCSI HDD

HP 32x CD-ROM

SB Pro clone ISA card with tight mobo integration (Aztech Waverider chipset)

Matrox G200 8MB video

2 x Voodoo 2 12MB

PC #4 - IBM RS/6000 F150 running AIX 5.1L

PowerPC 375MHz

2x512MB registered ECC PC100 SDRAM

2x18GB U2W SCSI HDDs in RAID0

GTX2000 32MB PCI - OpenGL accelerator

generic 32x CD-ROM

IBM PCI 10/100 NIC

PC #5 Sun Ultra 5 running OpenBSD 3.4

270 MHz L2 512KB UltraSparcIIe CPU

2x128 SUN EDO SDRAM

10GB UDMA33 HDD

generic 32x CD-ROM

onboard audio, video (ATI Rage DVD+) and nic

PC #6 (under construction - will run FreeBSD 5 once it hits STABLE)

Intel dual Pentium Pro motherboard codename "providence"

2xPPro 200MHz 1MB L2 cache

onboard Adaptec 7800 U2W SCSI controller

4x256 EDO SDRAM

3dfx Voodoo 2 PCI 16MB SGRAM

built-in Intel 10/100 NIC, sound (cirrus logic codec), no video

need case w/PSU, hdd and cd-rom

PC #7 running customized PS2Linux 1.0 (lots of patches and recompiled kernel)

PS2 model 35001 (GT3 bundle) with PS2 Linux kit (40GB IDE HDD 5400RPM, Sony USB keyboard and mouse, Sony PS2 VGA adapter sync-on-green, Sony PS2 NIC)

PC #8 (under construction, will run Fedora Core 2, once it's available)

supersmall pizzabox type microATX case w/200W PSU

SOYO microATX motherboard (works with all Durons and Athlons, but can handle only up to 266FPS)

256MB PC133 SDRAM

3.5" floppy

still lacks HDD, CD-ROM and cheapest Athlon XP (probably XP2000+)

PC #9??? (mediacenter)

XBOX 1.1 with chameleon, 120GB Seagate HDD 7200RPM 2MB cache

M$ remote and dongle

M$ high-def pack (component)

running XBOX Media Center - kicks any PC ass as mediacenter

well, and my girlfriends nice PC (emails, chats):

black AOpen mini-tower ATX case with 300W PSU

black LiteOn 52x CD-RW

Athlon XP1800+

ASUS A7N8X-X (onboard audio and nic)

256MB generic Infineon chips DDR400 SDRAM

40 GB UDMA133 WD IDE HDD 7200RPM, 2MB cache

MSI GeForce 4 MX440 64MB with S-Video
 
Amd Athlon xp 2500+ 1.8 ghz OCed to 2.2

Radeon 9500Pro 128 meg

Sound blaster LIVE 5.1

1024 megs GEIL DDR pc-3200 RAM

Matashi DVDROM

Lite-ON CD-RW

Floppy

60 gig maxtor ata 133 hdd with 8 mb buffer

Asus a7v600 MOBO

ANTEC POS heatsink/fan combo

antec 400 watt power supply
 
Hmm, my specs are pretty lackluster.

Desktop #1

ECS K7S5A

Athlon XP 1700+

Antec dual fan heat sink

Only Crucial PC 100 Ram so it's at 1.1Ghz (256MB)

ATi Radeon 7200 64MB DDR vivo

Lite-On CD-RW (32X)

Pioneer 2X DVD (pretty old)

On board sound/Lan

(1) Maxtor 30GB HD (5400rpm)

(1) WD 20 GB HD (4500rpm laptop drive)

Win2K Sp4

AOpen Case w/ 300Watt power supply

Desktop #2 (Not built yet, only for Freevo/MythTV purposes)

Asus K7M + 800Mhz Athlon

Noname 256MB PC100 RAM

WD 20GB HD

5.1 Channel Sound Card (uses CM chipset, don't know the brand)

Mandrake 10 or SuSE 9.1 Pro (still deciding between the two)

Laptop #1 Compaq Evo N1015v

Athlon 1400+

768MB RAM

30GB HD

13.3" XGA

SuSE Linux 9.0 (KDE 3.1.4, Ximian Desktop 2)

The Other Laptops

IBM Thinkpad 600 (300Mhz), Thinkpad 365XD (133Mhz), Toshiba Satellite T1950C (486 DX 33)

All running various versions of Linux, or Windows, or both.
 
Athlon XP 1600+

384 MB PC2100 ram

Geforce FX5200 128MB

HD Maxtor 30GB ATA133

SB Live! 5.1

DVD-ROM Sony DDU1621

CDRW HP 9100

CDRW HP 8200e (usb)

DFI AD-70 Motheboard

Genius LAN+HUB PCI card

dhau, you can use a dos emulator (like dosbox) instead of having a PC just for that.
 
Originally posted by Gear@May 13, 2004 @ 04:38 PM

dhau, you can use a dos emulator (like dosbox) instead of having a PC just for that.

Except dosbox isn't perfect yet, especially for some later DOS games. Also, it requires a good amount of power for some protected-mode games. Remember, it emulates an entire x86 machine with SB sound and multiple old school video modes. They do have some good frontends for it though, that make it a heck of a lot easier to work with multiple games that may require different settings to run well. Helps some ancient games run at a playable (meaning not 1000x) speed.
 
AMD Athlon XP 'Barton' 2600+ (1.9 Ghz, 333Mhz FSB)

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe

Mushkin 512MB PC3200 DDR-RAM

ATI Radeon 9600 Pro

Samsung 160GB Hard Drive (7200RPM, 8MB Buffer)

Samsung 1.44MB Floppy

Lite-On CD-RW Drive (Write 52x/32x, Read 52x, 2MB Buffer)

Pioneer DVR-106D (DVD Write 4x/2x, DVD+ Write 4x/2.4x, CD Write 16x/10x, DVD Read 12x, CD Read 32x)

Plantronics .Audio 90 Stereo Headset

Logitech Internet Keyboard

Logitech Optical Mouse
 
Originally posted by Alexvrb+May 13, 2004 @ 07:47 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Alexvrb @ May 13, 2004 @ 07:47 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Gear@May 13, 2004 @ 04:38 PM

dhau, you can use a dos emulator (like dosbox) instead of having a PC just for that.

Except dosbox isn't perfect yet, especially for some later DOS games. Also, it requires a good amount of power for some protected-mode games. Remember, it emulates an entire x86 machine with SB sound and multiple old school video modes. They do have some good frontends for it though, that make it a heck of a lot easier to work with multiple games that may require different settings to run well. Helps some ancient games run at a playable (meaning not 1000x) speed. [/b][/quote]

Use a CVS version and the "dynamic" core will let you play protected-mode games fine (also use opengl or overlay for video). I think the program works well for games until '95.

I had an old laptop for dos games; but after I tried dosbox (and the video & midi enhancements you can get) I have forgotten that old machine.
 
PC #1 (Main Unit - WinXP Pro / Mandrake 10 AMD64)

AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.2GHz w/512 L2)

ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Mobo

1024MB Corsair XMS PC2700 Low Latency (2-3-2-5) (512 x 2)

LeadTek A280LE GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB 8xAGP

Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum

Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache ATA

Sony 16x DVD-ROM

Samsung 52x24x52x CD-R-RW

Enermax CS-001 Case w/ 420W Vantec Stealth PSU

Sony SDM-M51D (DVI) 15" LCD

PC #2 (Side Unit - Win98SE w/ SP1.5 and 98lite Chubby)

AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz (266FSB)

BioStar M7MIA Rev. 1 Mobo

512MB Samsung PC2100

ATI Radeon 8500 64MB

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum

Seagate 80GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB ATA

PC Comms-Link ISA Card

Samsung Combo 8x4x32x CD-R-RW 8x DVD-ROM

Generic Case w/ 300W PSU

Optiquest Q71 17" CRT

PC #3 (Laptop - WinXP Pro U/G from WinME)

Sony PCG-FX210 (14")

AMD Duron 800MHz

512MB Kingmax TinyBGA PC100 (256 x 2)

9GB HDD Stock

8x DVD-ROM Stock (starting to die)

APC 3200 mAH Battery (old Sony one discharged long ago)

Missing "E" key (rubber button still works)
 
update to mine:

Workstation - self-built:

P4 2.4Ghz

800Mhz Bus

1GB RAM

120GB Seagate Barracude 7200 RPM 8MB Cache

200GB Seagate Barracude 7200 RPM 8MB Cache

Samsung DVD-ROM

8X NEC Dual-Format DVD Burner

Matrox G400-TV

19" NEC/Mitsubishi CRT

Windows XP Pro

Laptop - IBM Thinkpad 600X

PIII 500Mhz

192 MB RAM

12GB Hard Drive

12" LCD

Windows XP Pro
 
Just upgraded :)

AMD 64 3500 939pin

1GB Geil Ram PC 3200

Evga Geforce 6800 GT

Abit AV8 Motherboard

LG Dual Layer DVD Burner
 
Win98 SE < only config which allow a full power.

80Go HD SATA

512Mo DDR PC3200

P4 3ghz

Barebone (+intel sound/video128Mo chip). :blush:

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Win98 SE

2*40Go HD ATA

640Mo PC100

P3 500Mhz

Couguar VE/Riva TNT 32Mo

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68K 8Mhz

8Ko HD (240ns acces!)

64Ko ram

Gfx 2D card 64Ko

+Gfx DirectDraw 2*24mhz card

+12mhz geometric card w/ cdrom drive 1X

:thumbs-up:
 
As of right now, my main computer specs are:

XP 1700+, overclocked to 2000+

ecsk7s5a, pro version motherboard

1gb pc133 ram

radeon 9700 pro video card w/128mb ddrram, triple output for vga, dvi, and tv (only 2 of those three can be used at one time)

DVI to SVGA Adapter

Dual Monitors - a 21" gateway, and a 17" no-named monitor

Logitech 2.1 70 watts speaker system

MS Optical PS/2 / USB Mouse

MS Natural/Ergonomic Keyboard

HP Scanner

Lexmark Laserjet Office Printer

Silver metallic chieftec server case w/ window mod, light mod, and clear case fans

upgraded 420 watt AMD and P4 certified PSU - enermax

2 80GB Hard Drives, 7200 rpm, IDE

1 19.2 quantum bigfoot 5 1/4" IDE hard drive connected to SATA card

Silicon Image SATA PCI Adapter

3.5" Floppy Drive

1 CD-R Drive

1 DVD Drive

1 dvd burner

Ati TV Wonder TV Tuner/Capture Card

Sound Blaster Live 4.1 sound card

Intel 56k modem 536ep (Best and cheapest 56k modem out there, for both windows and linux, even beats the ol' USR Courier Business modems in speed and performance - I know, because I have one of those too on my linux pc)

SIS 900 Ethernet Integrated

I just upgraded the video card from a radeon 9200 to a radeon 9700 pro, put an sata controller in it, along with a new dvd burner and a 19.2gb quantum bigfoot hard drive. Now, instead of overclocking the cpu to an 1800+, I am overclocking it to a 2000+. Last but not least, one of the 17" monitors have been replaced with a 21" monitor.
 
Been using the same system for a little while now...

MSI mobo with 4 rimm slots 1 AGP 4X and 5 PCI

P4 - OC at 2.4 ghz

1 gig Rambus RDRAM

GForce Ti4200 64mb

Crappy lil' capture card (maz 320X240)

Now use onboard sound... crap!

DVD-R+RW 8X burn

DVD-rom (junked from old PC, think its 12X)

1 20gig HD (only used for OS)

1 80gig HD

1 200gig HD (both west digi)

yeah pretty baic... does what I want! And it didnt cost all that much!
 
Originally posted by gameboy900@Thu, 2004-01-01 @ 11:07 AM

Could be. The first hard drives IBM offered WAY BACK WHEN had a capacity of 10MB. And if you really splurged ($500ish vs $300ish) you could get a whopping 15MB.

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...I had one of those...

Okay so here are my system specs (as they will be in a few days when my new 320 gb drive arrives):

MSI K7D Master-L motherboard

2x AMD Athlon MP 2800+ (Barton Core) CPUs

2x Crucial 1024 pc2700 DDR Ram

Maxtor 80GB Hard drive

Seagate 200GB Hard Drive

Western Digital 320GB Hard Drive

Sony 40x CD-RW CD Burner

NEC 16X DVD+-RW DL DVD Burner

Sapphire Radeon 9800pro 256MB edition Video Card

Hercules Fortissimo III Gamesurround 7.1 Sound Card

2x Viewsonic PerfectFlat A70f Monitors

TTGI 550watt Power Supply
 
Pentium 4 3.2ghz

Nvidia Geforce 6800 GT

2GIG PC3200 DDR

SB Audigy

1x SATA 120GB

1x IDE 300GB

DVD-+RW/RAM

DVD Drive

19 inch TFT monitor

Asus P4P800-E mobo

Floppy Drive

Haupaugge Tv-card

Firefly Remote Control

Saitek P880 Dual Analog game controller USB x 2

Win XP Pro / Gentoo Linux
 
So yeah, I got some new stuff for my system. Not much of an upgrade but a lot was free.

ASUS P4S800D-X (new)

1 gig Kingston PC3200 (2X 512) (new)

128MB Geforce Ti4200 (new, a minor upgrade from my last card, its the same card with just twice the RAM and 8X AGP)

P4 2.0Ghz... I now can get it upto 2.77 Ghz as apposed to 2.4 on the last mobo.

The rest is basically the same

Crappy lil' capture card (maz 320X240)

DVD-R+RW 8X burn

DVD-rom (junked from old PC, think its 12X)

1 20gig HD (only used for OS)

1 80gig HD

1 200gig HD (both west digi)

I still use onboard sound... but it is ok on this system.

I'm setting up another computer with some of the old parts.
 
I hate onboard sound especially that crap ac-97 crap

I liked it back in the day when onboard sound used to be creative soundblaster.These days since i've bought my audigy i've been so pleased with the sound i just carry it to every pc. I may update to the latest one some time soon but i don't want to because I have linux compatability to think about :D
 
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