"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
09/14/2014 at 17:43 • Filed to: nibbybait, computers | 1 | 25 |
And this new one's a beast! I'm upgrading from a Thinkpad T400 to a W500. I can finally play newer games now! It's got a real graphics card instead of one of those generic chipsets that laptops usually have, with, get this, eight times the video memory of my old one. I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself!
New Specs (W500):
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
4GB RAM
ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
512mb video Ram
1920 x 1200
Old Specs (T400):
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.27GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
2GB RAM
Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset
64mb video RAM
1280 x 800
Sweet Trav
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 17:51 | 2 |
Welcome to 2007!
I say typing on an i5 3570k @ 5ghz with 32 gb of ram and two 4GB Nvidia 770GT's in SLI
V8 Rustler
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 17:51 | 0 |
15.4 inch 16:10, 1920x1200 .
That is pretty good. I'm a big fan of high resolution screens.
Manuél Ferrari
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 17:54 | 0 |
Needs MOAR RAM
Can it be upgraded to 8GB?
scoob
> Sweet Trav
09/14/2014 at 17:57 | 0 |
5 GHz, dayuuum.
Sweet Trav
> scoob
09/14/2014 at 17:58 | 0 |
on air! The Coolermaster EVO212 is one hell of a cooler.
Conan
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 18:08 | 0 |
I like my work Thinkpad. Not much in the way of specs but quite durable when compared to gaming machines.
Tohru
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 18:09 | 2 |
Heh, laptops. I have two netbooks, and the Beast.
Current PC Specs:
CPU: i5-655k overclocked to 4.0GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H70
MB: Asus P7H55D-M EVO
RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS3
GPU: HIS Radeon 6950 2GB unlocked to 6970
HDD: 3TB Toshiba + 1TB Seagate
SSD: 120GB Kingston SSDNow
PSU: Ultra LS600
Case: Corsair SPEC-03
OS: Win7 Pro 64bit
Monitors: 3x AOC 2236vw 1920x1080
KB: Fujitsu FKB4700 mechanical
Mouse: Razer Naga Hex Molten
Mousepads: Razer Goliathus alpha Control, Razer Goliathus Speed World of Tanks edition
Audio: Milwaukee Tools/Rockford Fosgate Jobsite Radio w/ aux. input
Tohru
> Sweet Trav
09/14/2014 at 18:10 | 0 |
Shit son, imagine what you can do with a watercooler. I run a Corsair H70 and on my old build got a multiplier-locked 2.6GHz Pentium G6950 up to 4.4GHz.
Sweet Trav
> Tohru
09/14/2014 at 18:11 | 0 |
It doesn't get hot 55c max. what it does i leak voltage and become unstable if i go any higher.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Manuél Ferrari
09/14/2014 at 18:11 | 0 |
Probably. I haven't cracked this one open yet but all Thinkpads I've ever worked on have had two internal bays.
Manuél Ferrari
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 18:13 | 1 |
I have 4GB in my 4 year old laptop. It's really starting to get annoying. I can upgrade to 8GB but I'm lazy. So I just get annoyed instead of fixing the problem.
Being lazy is annoying...
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 18:14 | 0 |
You should have bought the Y500. An Actual graphics card.
Tohru
> Sweet Trav
09/14/2014 at 18:16 | 0 |
With the H70 running an i5-655k at 4.0GHz I'm around 40-45c max. with the G6950 at 4.1GHz 24/7 I would max at 48c. At 4.4GHz it would only stay stable for about 30min at a time.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> V8 Rustler
09/14/2014 at 18:18 | 1 |
That's 1920 x 1200 from a laptop made in 2008 . Thinkpads have always been top-of-the-line, and also much more expensive because of it. The current model of the one I just bought starts at $1,330 . I bought this one refurbished for $300.
Sweet Trav
> Tohru
09/14/2014 at 18:22 | 0 |
Nice rig.
Here's my full rig.
CPU: i5-3570K overclocked to 5.0GHz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster EVO 212
MB: Asus P8Z77V-LK
RAM: 32 GB Crucial Ballistix
GPU: 2X EVGA nvidia 770 GTX 4GB
HDD: 1x 2TB Seagate Baracuda, 1x 1TB HGST Deskstar
SSD: 1 x 128 GB Intel SSD - Windows partition 1x 60GB SDD in hybrid drive with 1TB for applications and games.
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Case: Corsair Carbide 300R
OS: Win7 Pro 64bit
Monitors: 1x Visio 27 inch 1080P 120hz LCD
KB: Fujitsu Logictech ur-G15
Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core.
Mousepads: Staples clear deskpad.
Audio: Logitech X-230
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
09/14/2014 at 18:23 | 0 |
I don't have $1000 just laying around. A $300 refurbished machine is plenty enough for me.
Tohru
> Sweet Trav
09/14/2014 at 18:27 | 1 |
This is from June, before I got monitor #3 and the desk-mount monitor stand, and before the desk speakers died.
Axial
> Tohru
09/14/2014 at 18:38 | 0 |
Nice PC; reminds me I need to find a used 3960K because my CPU is gimping my own machine. Is this a "post your PC specs" thread? If it wasn't before, it is now:
CPU: i7-3820 @ 3.6 GHz
CPU Cooler: Intel (Asetek) Closed-loop Water Cooler
MB: ASRock Extreme6 X79
RAM: 16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz Low-Profile
GPU: 2x HIS Radeon HD 7970 3GB in Crossfire
HDD: 500 GB WD VelociRaptor 10k
SSD: 128 GB Crucial M4
PSU: HEC 1080 W
Case: Fractal Design XL, Black
OS: Windows 8.1 Professional, 64-bit
Monitor: Dell U2711, 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz
Keyboard: Logitech Slim Illuminated
Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei [RAW]
Mousepad: Who needs these when you've got a hardwood desk?
Audio: 1982 Technics SA-222 receiver mated to a pair of JBL-46 cabinets
ToyDeathbot
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 18:41 | 0 |
wow! And I thought my computer was slow and old. It's a Asus F3Se with a decent 1440x900 screen and a C2D T7300, but half of the drivers don't function properly as Asus isn't that great with updates.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Conan
09/14/2014 at 19:03 | 1 |
I don't buy anything else but Thinkpads. They're the toughest machines you can buy short of those military-grade tough-books.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> ToyDeathbot
09/14/2014 at 19:08 | 0 |
Yuck. I stepped in an ASUS once. It was gross.
thinslicedbread
> Manuél Ferrari
09/14/2014 at 19:26 | 1 |
Did somebody say MOAR RAM?
Conan
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/14/2014 at 20:16 | 1 |
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Conan
09/14/2014 at 20:39 | 1 |
My old computer could play Portal 2 with medium graphics settings, as well as Mass Effect 2 at no more than 10 FPS on low settings.
Manuél Ferrari
> thinslicedbread
09/14/2014 at 23:36 | 0 |
Holy shit!!!