Poll: Is your computer better than Micheal Dell's?

[MangoTBG]

2.4C @ 3.0GHz (1GHz FSB)= +1 for me
512mb OCZ Gold DCDDR500=+1 for Michael
9800np=>Pro @ 415/390= +1 for me
600GB EIDE storage (200, 2x80, 2x120)= Tie. Size v. Speed
Audigy 2 = Tie.
z560s= +1 for Michael
Wireless Elite MX = +1 for me
Dual monitor (19" CRT + 17" LCD) = +1 for Michael
Windows/Office XP = Tie

Overall tie, I guess

 

[JohnPaul]

No, but I doubt his goes any faster than mine in the programs he and I actually use them for.

Athlon XP2600+@11X200=2200Mhz
W/Evercool 715CUD Copper Heatsink
Asus A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe
MSI Starforce GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB 8X
1Gig (2X512MB)Kingston HyperX PC3500@400Mhz Running In Sync
2 X 80Gig Maxtor 7200RPM ATA133 Hard Drives
10X40 Afreey DVD Drive
24X10X40 CDRW Drive
Teac Floppy Drive
Hauppauge WinTV2K 44801 TV Card
Diamond SupraMax 56K Modem
SoundStorm Onboard Sound
Antec Performance Plus 1800AMG SOHO File Server Case W/433 Watt Power Supply
7 Antec 80mm Fans
Logitec Z640 6Piece 5.1 Speakers
Logitech MX700 Wireless Mouse W/Everglide Mousepad
Logitech Wireless Keyboard
Epson Stylus CX3200 Printer/Scanner/Copier
Viewsonic A90F+ UltraBrite 19" Monitor
Windows XP Pro

It may not be quite as good as his, but I am very happy with it nonetheless.

 

[CraigRT]

not quite as good...

XP2500+
1gig RAM
200GB storage
9700 pro 128mb

meh, i like it

 

[bluemax]

No word of a lie, I'm slogging along on a POS P100 machine right now.

Of course, the plenty-fast and uber-cheap AMD/nForce2 system I just bought (and is arriving today) will happily beat my old Dell system, and maybe it'll run my Audigy2 sound card properly!

Funny thing is, I sold the Dell sys for MORE than the replacement parts, thus I come out faster and cheaper. Life is good for another day....

 

[hans007]

mine is close on some parts. and its 64bit! and doesnt say DELL on it anywhere. considering i was able to build it for under $1100 ... i'll say its better.

athlon 64 1600mhz 2600+ sample ($150 from some ass on hardforums/AT)
512mb pc3200 kingmax
160 gb maxtor
gf4 mx440 DVI
17" widescreen philips lcd DVI
4x liteon dvd+r/+rw
flash card reader (OH YES he doesnt have one of these!)
integrated realtek sound and ethernet
hk-695 speakers

el cheapo $15 logitech internet keyboard and logitech $10 optical mouse

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: MangoTBG
2.4C @ 3.0GHz (1GHz FSB)= +1 for me
512mb OCZ Gold DCDDR500=+1 for Michael
9800np=>Pro @ 415/390= +1 for me
600GB EIDE storage (200, 2x80, 2x120)= Tie. Size v. Speed
Audigy 2 = Tie.
z560s= +1 for Michael
Wireless Elite MX = +1 for me
Dual monitor (19" CRT + 17" LCD) = +1 for Michael
Windows/Office XP = Tie

Overall tie, I guess

how do u count a wireless elite mx on the same level as lcd, cpu, video, etc...???
and he get +1 for 1.5 GB more of ram and you get +1 for a slightly higher clocked video card??

 

[Peter D]

Psh, who cares. Obviously there are people here with better computers.. *Looks at Vonkhan, shady06, mroleg, Jojo1971, Shimmishim, THUGSROOK, etc*

 

[Salvador]

Guys.. Guys.. That was Michael Dell's system last week. He has upgraded already. Don't know what the specs are yet though.

Sal

 

[Regs]

He publicly shows he has a Intel set up, but no mention what hard drive he choused..hmm.

 

[xenos500]

weird, I know dell makes fancy-r dual xeon systems....Id sure as hell have one of those.


He's got a bit more ram than I....but past the 1 gig mark the gains are minimal (i have a gig)

My 2.6 overclocked will outpreform the 3.00(not .06 damnit)

I have a seagate 120gb, WD 60GB, two IBM 40GB and 3 IBM SCSI 9.1 GB.
totals 287GB...Got him beat.

5600ultra isnt close to that ATI

 

[Acanthus]

ive got him beat on everything but drives

 

[1ManArmY]

You can run the 3.06 CPU on a MOBO that supports 800 FSB but the cpu will just run at 533. Bunch of morons over there at Dell anyway.

 

[Pudgygiant]

Wow, I thought multibillionaires kept up with the tech trends... if he's gonna go with a 32-bit processor he should at least upgrade to a p4xe (extreme edition, aint that what the new one's called?) which is basically a 3ghz, 2mb xeon in a p4 package. And 128mb Radeon? Wow, he's a chump. I bet the CEO of emachines has a better computer than him.

*EDIT
Here's my 1337 specs

Athlon tbird 1ghz (I put an athlon fx 51 case badge on my case, so +1 for me)
256mb of RAM (mine's generic so it costs less, +1 for me)
geforce4 ti4600 (visiontek with tv-out, @335/750 fairly stable, +1 for me)
LG 52x24x52x8 combo drive (I don't need to write dvds, +1 for me)
Samtron (it's good for the environment, +1 for me)
Kinyo speakers (but I'll have a homebrew dual 15-inch sub soon, amp, crossover, 1 downfiring lower freqs, 1 forward firing upper sub freqs, so +1 for me)
Cheapo case (but it's white. infer what you will about that comment. +35 for me because it doesn't say Dell anywhere on it)

Oh darn michael, you got pwned, and I only spent $200 on it (sans the ti4600).

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY
You can run the 3.06 CPU on a MOBO that supports 800 FSB but the cpu will just run at 533. Bunch of morons over there at Dell anyway.

It's probably just a bad marketing department. Just like Apple's.

 

[Abhi]

Hell ... no!

 

[Swanny]

Nope, it's been a little while since I've upgraded.

 

[pm]

He's got me in some things, and I have him in others. I win on CPU speed by a little, he wins on memory, on the graphics card and the sound card, I win on HD's, and he wins on the DVD writer... although with DVD-writer prices falling, not for long. I have (in my opinion) a nicer case, and I personally like my 22" monitor better for gaming after seeing a Dell 1901FP LCD in action at a LAN party.

Objectively, I'd say his is better, but I honestly don't think that I would swap with him if I somehow had the option.

Intel 3.2GHz Pentium 4 w/ HT, 1GB DDR400 ECC SDRAM, Asus P4C800-E, GeForce 4 Ti4200, Hercules Game Theatre XP, 2x120GB HD (mirrored) HD, 2x9GB 10krpm SCSI HD (RAID0), DVD-ROM, PCTV TV Tuner card, 48x CD-RW, 22" Trinitron NEC FP1355 monitor all in a near-silent Lian-Li aluminum case.

 

[EeyoreX]

Of course it's better. It doesn't say DELL on the outside.

Amen. That and my rig is mine, which makes it better than everyone's

\Dan