Post the specs of your computer

Macbook Pro... Latest edition

 

Oh yeah my brother has a server that will blow that computer out of the water

two Intel Xeon W5590
24 GB (6 sticks of memory) OCZ DDR3
two AMD 6990's
three 30 inch displays
2x 1.5 TB Caviar Blacks
120 GB Pcie SSD
1250 Watt power supply

Its not like anyone can hack your computer by postin your specs

 

Oh yeah, well my dad can kick your dad's ass!

 

But can it blend?

 

What in his grave? lol

 

Hmm, if you think that hardware trumps the system I posted, you don't know shit about computers or hardware.

Whats the RAM speed?
What SSD, there are some HUGE differences in speeds and some SSD drives are actually slower at write speeds then conventional platter HD's

Same goes for the power supply, just because it's high wattage don't mean crap, who is it made by?
Same story with the displays, there are a lot of 30" monitors that look like crap.

The biggest idiocy of the system you list above is the choice of processor. Unless you are hosting a very busy website, such as Hip Forums, or are involved in some really intense number crunching using proprietary software, your brother wasted his money.
Considering there are almost NO programs or games out that make use of multiple CPU cores, let alone dual cpu's, unless it is specifically used as a server, it's overkill. Yes, software has to be written specifically to utilize multiple cores/cpu's.

Server CPU's are designed for SERVER'S, not game machines. I'm sure it rocks, but you could have gotten a better bang for your buck using a standard CPU.
You do realize when you are playing games on Steam that one of those cpu's is doing NOTHING and at least two of the cores in the other are also just idling.
Plus the added expense of the dual cpu motherboard, which you didn't even list, and that's just about the most important component in a computer.

What a waste of money to play games.
your bragging just exposed that you know very little about computers and that sarcasm apparently goes completely goes over your head.

(p.s. my first post isn't my system specs, more like my "If I win the lottery dream machine" considering the price tag would be pushing the $10,000 mark. I just was curious as to how you would respond.)


Bottom line folks after almost 20 years building/repairing computers this is my advice about when to upgrade your system.
When it no longer does what you need it to do.

 

Huhhuhuhhhuhhuhuhuhuhuhu Yeah. So it can't blend?

 

I dont know much about his computer as he keeps it locked up in his room and im barely allowed on it.

You said somthing about blowing your money sure hes a rich bastard and just wanted somthing over kill.
my intel core i7 2600K is just about as good as your 1000 dollar plus cpu when it comes to gaming now YOUR the one who wasted money on a ageing cpu socket 1366 when Intel is coming out with LGA 2011.
having a six core cpu has no benfit cuz most games only use 2 to 4 cores IMO

and what game needs more then 4 gigs of ram these days? sure i got 8 cuz i could afford it but 24 GB is an utter waste when Im sure you could of gotten away with 12.

My brother wasted his money but so did you.
me I have a very capabile machine that can run any thing 1080p Crysis 2, Far Cry, GTA 4, Call of duty.

 

I bet the chicks love you.

 

yes they do

 

Herman, you seem to be the only one who knows what they're talking about. Suggest to me what components to put together for a machine that I would use for 'some serious number crunching' as you say haha. I want to utilize MATLAB, Mathematica, etc. on it, but have no desire to play computer games on it. I just need a sufficient home computer that will help in mathematical modeling research. Of course, I will need to use the Internet on it as well. I have fios at my apartment, so at least I will have a good potential connection in that respect.

Keep me informed of what you think. Money shouldn't be an issue by the time I want to build it (like December this year, over my grad school winter break).

 

Wow, did you even read my post? I feel like I'm hearing my echo.

And I guess you completely missed this;
(p.s. my first post isn't my system specs, more like my "If I win the lottery dream machine" considering the price tag would be pushing the $10,000 mark. I just was curious as to how you would respond.)

The system I have now does everything I need it to do and then some. It's about 3 years old and cost about $700 total when I built it. I expect it to do everything I need it to do for at least another year.
(although when Skyrim is released it may be time to upgrade the video card just because, but my current config is well above Skyrim's minimum specs.)

I'm happy that I can have 6-12 images editing in Photoshop, a few more files open in Illustrator, as well as Fireworks, and upload to my website with Dreamweaver, download/upload about 140 torrents, burn a DVD and watch a movie all at the same time with no hiccups.
When my machine can no longer handle that, I'll consider spending more money.

I spent my money on hardware that can handle the jobs I need it to.
You apparently bought your system so you can brag about it.
So who really wasted their money???

My system can run all those games at that resolution also, and cost a lot less than I'm sure you spent, so whats your point?

Oh, just to set you straight, most games use only 1 core, not 2-4 cores.

Why waste money on a new chipset?
I would much rather wait until it's been around a couple of years and is on at least revision 1.something and all the bugs have been addressed.
NEVER buy a motherboard that is revision 1.
Nothing sucks worse then pluncking down your hard earned cash for that hardware that's fresh and new only to find out in six months it's a failed/flawed technology.

Anybody remember Rambus memory?

When it comes to computer hardware, patience is key in not ending up with crap. Just because it's the latest doesn't mean it's the greatest.
Remember the first gen SSD's? They were great and awesome, until people who bought them found out that they become so hopelessly fragmented over time as to render them useless, and if you tried to defrag them it became a paperweight.

The thinking that it's new so better again belies the fact that you don't know very much about computer hardware, or at the very least don't have very much experience.
I've been building/repairing PC's since you were 1 year old.
You tend to learn a thing or two in that span of time.

 

Just took a glance at the system requirements for both. Neither need anything outstanding, but Mathematica can utilize the GPU's (Graphic Processing Unit) computing capabilities, which I suspected. (Video cards are actually better at floating point number crunching than conventional cpu's. Gotta calculate all those triangles fast and accurate to make pretty pictures) So let me do a little research on some higher end video cards (not gaming cards) and we will come up with something that will get it done for ya.:2thumbsup:

 

I was drunk and stoned lol.
my computer still pwns all tho.

 

my processor speed will be about 20 feet per second out the front door the next time these damn hinges break

 

I don't know what annoys me more; people who actually want to talk about their computer specs, or that this thread should be in the "Computers and Internet" forum.

 

Computer says no.