Post Your System!

College Life
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<p>I thought this would be a cool idea, and hopefully it works out. This is in the hopes of helping new computer buyers figure out how hardware is used, what sort of parts they should look at, and find people with systems they're interested in, so questions can be exchanged.</p>

<p>Here's to hoping this goes well!</p>

<p>The formatting I used for this:
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**Brand: [/ B]
**CPU: [/ B]
**RAM: [/ B]
**Graphics: [/ B]
**Harddrive: [/ B]
**Optical Drive: [/ B]
**Display: [/ B]
**Case/Body: [/ B]
**Weight: [/ B]
**Battery Life: [/ B]
**Performance: [/ B]
**Gaming: [/ B]
**Usage: [/ B]
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<p>I'll start off:</p>

<p>Laptop
**Brand: **Asus UL30A
**CPU: **Core 2 Duo SU7300 @ 1.3GHz
**RAM: **4GB DDR3-1066
**Graphics: **Intel Integrated 4500 GMA
**Harddrive: **32GB OCZ Vertex Solid State Drive (Custom add-on, originally 500GB HDD)
**Optical Drive: **N/A
**Display: **13.3" LED Display
**Case/Body: **Aluminium top, plastic body, plastic bezel
**Weight: **3.75 lbs, extremely light
**Operating System: **Windows 7 Professional x64 (64-bit)
**Battery Life: **10 hours
**Performance: **3/5
**Gaming: **2/5 (Sims 3 @ lowest settings is about the limit of gaming on here)
**Usage: **Note-taking via Microsoft OneNote, web surfing via Google Chrome, IMing, watching videos, check emails, homework via online portal and MS Office, light photoshopping, short-length assignments (<1.5 hours)</p>

<p>Desktop
*Brand: **Custom Built
**CPU: **Core 2 Duo Q9550 @ 3.0 GHz on XFX 9300 mATX Motherboard
**RAM: **2x2GB DDR2-800
**Graphics: **NVidia GTX 260 216SP
**Harddrive: **WD Caviar Black 1TB, Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
**Optical Drive: **Samsung DVD-RW
**Display: **Asus 24" VK246H LCD
**Case/Body: **Silverstone Sugo SG05
**Weight: * ~20 lbs
**Operating System: **Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (64-bit)
**Battery Life: **N/A
**Performance: **4/5
**Gaming: **5/5
**Usage: **Gaming, Photoshop, Long assignments (1.5hr+), Videos</p>

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<p>Laptop
**Brand: ** Lenovo Thinkpad T500
**CPU: ** Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.26GHz)
**RAM: ** 2GB PC3-8500
**Graphics: ** Intel HD4500 Integrated
**Harddrive: ** 100GB 7200rpm
**Optical Drive: ** Matsu****a 8x DVD±RW
**Display: ** 15.6" 1680x1050
**Case/Body: ** Magnesium Alloy Roll Cage, encased in rubber/plastic
**Weight: ** 6.1lb
**Operating System: ** Arch Linux x86_64, dual boot Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
**Battery Life: ** 6hr
**Performance: ** 3/5
**Gaming: ** 1/5
**Usage: ** Assignments and projects on-the-go</p>

<p>Netbook
**Brand: ** Asus EeePC 1001P
**CPU: ** Atom N450 1.6GHz
**RAM: ** 1GB DDR2
**Graphics: ** Intel GMA3150 Integrated
**Harddrive: ** 160GB 5400rpm
**Optical Drive: ** None
**Display: ** 10.1" 1024x600
**Case/Body: ** textured plastic
**Weight: ** 2.7lb
**Operating System: ** Arch Linux x86_64
**Battery Life: ** 11hr
**Performance: ** 2/5
**Gaming: ** 0/5
**Usage: ** Incidental internet access, notes</p>

<p>Desktop
**Brand: ** Custom built
**CPU: ** Intel Core i7 860, OC’ed to 3.5GHz
**RAM: ** 4GB PC3-10666
**Graphics: ** nVIDIA GeForce GT220
**Harddrive: ** Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA
**Optical Drive: ** LiteOn 24x DVD-RAM SATA
**Display: ** Acer 22" WSXGA+ 1680x1050, DVI-D
**Case/Body: ** hec CompuCase 7K09 Slim MicroATX Desktop, black
**Weight: ** 20lb?
**Operating System: ** Arch Linux x86_64
**Battery Life: ** 0
**Performance: ** 4/5
**Gaming: ** 3/5
**Usage: ** Virtualization, light gaming, software/website development, mathematical caluclations, simulations, and Folding@Home</p>

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<p>Sorry for the bad coding in the original post; I was using phpbb code from a different forum that apparently CollegeConfidential does not support. Please ignore it :)</p>

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<p>Laptop
Brand: Asus M50sv-A1
CPU: Intel T9300 - 2.5Ghz
RAM: 3 GB DDR2
Graphics: Nvidia 9500 GS
Harddrive: 250 GB
Optical Drive: DVD/CD combo
Display: 15.4 in 1440x900
Case/Body: Laptop?
Weight: ~5.5 lbs
Battery Life: 2 hours…
Performance: 4/5
**Gaming: 4/5 **
Usage: Internet, word processing, some games</p>

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<p>Desktop
**Brand: **None, built it myself
**CPU: **Q9650 + T.R.U.E. 120
**Mobo: ** Asus Rampage X48
**RAM: **4GB DDR3-1600
**Graphics: **two HD4870s in CF
**Harddrive: **WD 500GB
**Optical Drive: **generic DVD burner
**Display: **Acer 22" LCD
**Case/Body: **Antec P180
**Weight: **very heavy?
**Operating System: ** Vista home prem x64 + ubuntu 9.04
Battery Life: 0 hour
**Performance: **5/5
**Gaming: [/ b]5/5
**Usage: **all purpose, my only computer</p>

<p>Laptop
None, in the process of looking for one</p>

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<p>Laptop
Brand: Sony Vaio TZ-130
CPU: Core 2 Duo ULV 1.06 GHz
RAM: 2GB PC2-4200
Graphics: Intel 950 Integrated
Harddrive: 100GB 4200RPM
Optical Drive: 8x DVD±RW
Display: 11.1" 1366x768
Case/Body: Carbon Fiber
Weight: 2.6 pounds
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Battery Life: 5 hours
Performance: 1/5
Gaming: 1/5
Usage: Anything Mobile</p>

<p>Netbook
Brand: Dell Mini 9
CPU: Atom N270 1.6GHz
RAM: 1GB DDR2
Graphics: Intel 950 Integrated
Harddrive: 16GB SSD + 16GB SD Card
Optical Drive: None
Display: 9" 1024x600
Case/Body: plastic
Weight: 2.2 pounds
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Battery Life: 3 hours
Performance: 0/5
Gaming: 0/5
Usage: Web Browsing, Downloading large files</p>

<p>Desktop
Brand: Custom
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz using Corsair H50
MOBO: ASUS P6T Deluxe (With SCSI Support)
RAM: 6GB G.Skill PC3-10666
Graphics: XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition
Harddrive: 2x WD 640GB Black Drives in RAID 0, 1x 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda
Optical Drive: 2x Samsung 22x DVD±RW SATA
Display: ASUS 25.5" LCD 1920x1200
Case/Body: Cooler Master Storm Scout
Weight: A lot
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Performance: 5/5
Gaming: 5/5
Usage: Folding, Crunching Numbers, Encoding Video, Photoshop, Games</p>

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<p>I wanted to bump this thread up…</p>

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<p>Laptop
Brand: HP dv6768se
CPU: 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core
RAM: 2GB (DDR2?)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Harddrive: 250 GB (5400 rpm)
Optical Drive: HD DVD ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer
Display: 15.4" WXGA High-Definition* BrightView Widescreen
Case/Body: Plastic, nice design on top
Weight: 6.06 lbs
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 32-Bit
Battery Life: 1.5-2ish
Performance: 3/5
Gaming: 2/5 Played Bioshock with okay settings.
Usage: Any thing I want to use a computer for not at my desk.</p>

<p>Desktop
Brand: Custom Built
CPU: Intel Core i7 930 2.8 GHz (might overclock soon)
RAM: 3x2GB DDR3 1600
Graphics: NVidia GTX 260 216SP
Harddrive:Western Digital Caviar Black1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: Sony DVD-RW with lightscribe
Display: my old 19" Monitor, might get a new one.
Case/Body: XION XON-CBX01-RD CyborGX Gaming Black
Weight: ~25 lbs
Operating System:Duel boot, Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit), (both sharing a storage partition)
Battery Life: N/A
Performance: 5/5
Gaming: 5/5
Usage: Anything I want. Video/graphic editing, some gaming, media playing, running virtural machines, doing big assignments, keeping organized.</p>

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<p>Here’s the ugly truth, guys:
**Brand: ** Toshiba
**CPU: ** Pentium Dual-Core 1.73GHz, 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
**RAM: ** 2GB DDR2
**Graphics: ** Intel X3100
**Harddrive: ** 120GB, 5400RPM HDD
**Optical Drive: ** DVD-RW
**Display: ** 15.4-inch 1280x800 display
**Case/Body: ** Plastic, black bezel and keys, silver trackpad and palmrest, and purple exterior
**Weight: ** 6.05 pounds
**Battery Life: ** 2 hours
**Performance: ** Decent
**Gaming: ** I can run Portal on low, and Civilization II
**Usage: ** Web browsing, word processing, chat, some page design</p>

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<p>Wow, I need to give those integrated chips more credit. I honestly did not know that they were capable of playing Portal, even on low. Thanks for the post, I learned something new :)</p>

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<p>My friend plays Modern Warfare 2 on his MSI laptop with Intel HD graphics… it’s not great, but it’s certainly acceptable.</p>

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<p>You can’t beat this.</p>

<p>Desktop
Brand: Dell
CPU: Pentium IV 2.8GHz
RAM: 1 256MB DDR?, 1 1GB DDR2
Graphics: Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (I used to have a Geforce 6200 but it died when I attempted to make it run SC2)
Harddrive: 80GB primary drive + 500GB for data
Optical Drive: it has one
Display: Some random 15" Dell monitor 1024x768@60
Case/Body: Some random Dell thing
Weight: never weighed it
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04, virtual Windows XP Home Basic
Battery Life: N/A
Performance: 1/5
Gaming: 5/5 (it runs starcraft well)
Usage: everything</p>

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<p>I’ll beat it.</p>

<p>Laptop
Brand: HP
CPU: Pentium M 1.8 Ghz
RAM: 1GB DDR2
Graphics: Intel integrated
Harddrive: 80GB 5400rpm
Optical Drive: DVD-RW
Display: 15" 1280x800
Weight: around 8 lbs
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (I’m surprised it runs on this thing)
Battery Life: 45 minutes
Usage: almost everything</p>

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<p>Well you can’t directly compare laptops and desktops.</p>

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<p>True… laptops always have the disadvantage, haha :D</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure the Envy 17s have a huge advantage over the majority of PCs (which, according to many surveys I’ve found, generally are Pentium 4s with integrated graphics and 256MB DDR RAM). :p</p>

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<p>I’ll beat it too.</p>

<p>Laptop
Brand: Sony (ugh)
CPU: Pentium(R) M 1.3 Ghz
RAM: 512MB DDR?
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon (16MB memory, go figure)
Harddrive: 60GB Don’t remember speed
Optical Drive: DVD-RW
Display: 14" 1400x1050
Weight: Too bloody heavy to even bother carrying
Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Battery Life: 20 minutes
Usage: For driving up the user’s blood pressure</p>