overpowered, underpowered, or enough?

[sandyd]

Do you believe that your rig is overpowered underpowered, or just enough for your use?
although my laptop is a standard core2duo w/ wifi and bluetooth,

My tripple xenon quad core workstation/server is wayy overpowered.....

[Gallahhad]

For me Cars and Computers can never have enough horse power. I always want more than I can afford, and I always buy as much as I can.

I do need to max out my RAM and step up to 64bit one of these days, just being to cheap to do it right now. A bigger monitor would be nice to, I'm currently stuck on a 22" Vizio LCD TV as my monitor.

computer
description: Desktop Computer
product: NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
vendor: NVIDIA
version: 2
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 uuid=669A0C20-0008-46A7-DA11-FDAE807EDEC6
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
vendor: NVIDIA
physical id: 0
version: 2
serial: [REMOVED]
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 PG (08/18/2006)
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 6
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.11.2
slot: Socket M2
size: 2412MHz
capacity: 3GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 201MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: d
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: f
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cpu:1
description: CPU
vendor: AMD
physical id: 7
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.11.2
slot: Socket M2
size: 2412MHz
capacity: 3GHz
clock: 201MHz
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: e
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 10
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 20
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 0
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: A0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 1
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: A1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:2
description: DIMM [empty]
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 2
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: A2
width: 64 bits
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 3
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: A3
width: 64 bits
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 0
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 1
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:4 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 5
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:5 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 4
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:6 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:7 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 3
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.6
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:8 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 2
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.7
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:24 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:dc000000-deffffff ioport:c0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G71 [GeForce 7950 GT]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:dc000000-dcffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) memory:dd000000-ddffffff ioport:9c00(size=128) memory:de000000-de01ffff(prefetchable)
*-memory:9 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP55 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP55 LPC Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:fc00(size=128)
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP55 SMBus
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:255 ioport:f800(size=64) ioport:f400(size=64)
*-memory:10 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP55 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: MCP55 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 memory:dffff000-dfffffff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: MCP55 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:20 memory:dfffe000-dfffe0ff
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: MCP55 IDE
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:f000(size=16)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: MCP55 SATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 ioport:9f0(size=8) ioport:bf0(size=4) ioport:970(size=8) ioport:b70(size=4) ioport:dc00(size=16) memory:dfffd000-dfffdfff
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD2500KS-00M
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 02.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 232GiB (250GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0007d26c
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /windows
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 19GiB
capacity: 19GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-01-28 20:51:13 filesystem=ntfs mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,g roup_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize= 4096 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 18GiB
capacity: 18GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2010-02-02 11:09:56 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ￜￜ)ï¿œ5ￜￜïￜￜFï¿œ(ￜￜￜ^Fï¿œ\ï¿œ0ï¿ œlï¿œ0ï¿œlï¿œ5ￜￜïￜￜ^Fￜￜ^Fï¿œe^ï¿œ5ï¿œï ¿œpï¿œ%ￜￜￜ modified=2010-02-02 13:32:49 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-02-09 15:36:26 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
logical name: /home
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 195GiB
capacity: 195GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-04-26 14:37:24 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-02-09 15:36:28 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=wri teback mounted=2010-02-09 15:36:28 state=mounted
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD2500KS-00M
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 02.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 232GiB (250GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00048df7
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /Other
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 18GiB
capacity: 18GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-06-16 11:08:22 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-02-09 15:36:27 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=wri teback mounted=2010-02-09 15:36:27 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
logical name: /Storage
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 212GiB
capacity: 212GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-09-08 05:11:41 filesystem=ext3 label=Drive2 modified=2010-02-09 15:36:31 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=wri teback mounted=2010-02-09 15:36:31 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sdb3
version: 1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 1953MiB
capacity: 1953MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-ide:2
description: IDE interface
product: MCP55 SATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:22 ioport:9e0(size=8) ioport:be0(size=4) ioport:960(size=8) ioport:b60(size=4) ioport:c800(size=16) memory:dfffc000-dfffcfff
*-ide:3
description: IDE interface
product: MCP55 SATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:21 ioport:c400(size=8) ioport:c000(size=4) ioport:bc00(size=8) ioport:b800(size=4) ioport:b400(size=16) memory:dfffb000-dfffbfff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP55 PCI bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: e
bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:8000(size=4096) memory:dfd00000-dfdfffff memory:dfe00000-dfefffff(prefetchable)
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP55 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: e.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:20 memory:dfff0000-dfff3fff
*-bridge:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP55 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 100000000
capacity: 1000000000
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bridge pm msix msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=[REMOVED] latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:28 memory:dfffa000-dfffafff ioport:b000(size=8) memory:dfff9000-dfff90ff memory:dfff8000-dfff800f
*-bridge:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP55 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
logical name: eth1
version: a2
serial: [REMOVED]
capacity: 1000000000
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bridge pm msix msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII
resources: irq:29 memory:dfff7000-dfff7fff ioport:ac00(size=8) memory:dfff6000-dfff60ff memory:dfff5000-dfff500f
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP55 PCI Express bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:25 ioport:7000(size=4096) memory:dfc00000-dfcfffff ioport:dfb00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP55 PCI Express bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:26 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:dfa00000-dfafffff ioport:df900000(size=1048576)
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP55 PCI Express bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 17
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:27 ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:d9000000-dbffffff ioport:b0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G71 [GeForce 7950 GT]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:d9000000-d9ffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff(prefetchable) memory:da000000-daffffff ioport:5c00(size=128) memory:db000000-db01ffff(prefetchable)
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:8
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp
resources: irq:0
*-scsi:0
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:6
logical name: scsi8
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: My Book 1110
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1030
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 930GiB (999GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=4 signature=0002ae3f
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
logical name: /Backups
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 484GiB
capacity: 484GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-12-24 17:14:52 filesystem=ext3 label=My Book modified=2010-02-09 15:36:28 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=wri teback mounted=2010-02-09 15:36:28 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdc2
logical name: /Shared
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 446GiB
capacity: 446GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-12-29 15:59:01 filesystem=ntfs label=NTFS mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,g roup_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize= 4096 state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: SCSI CD-ROM
product: Virtual CD 1110
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /media/cdrom0
version: 1030
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: removable audio
configuration: ansiversion=4 mount.fstype=udf mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,utf8 state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /media/cdrom0
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:mac
configuration: mount.fstype=udf mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,utf8 state=mounted
*-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Apple partition map
physical id: 1
capacity: 31KiB
*-volume:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Apple HFS
physical id: 2
version: 4
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 219MiB
capacity: 219MiB
capabilities: hfsplus initialized
configuration: checked=2009-10-14 14:49:41 created=2009-10-14 14:49:41 filesystem=hfsplus lastmountedby=cerd modified=2009-10-14 14:49:41 state=clean
*-enclosure UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI Enclosure
product: SES Device
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.2
version: 1030
serial: [REMOVED]
configuration: ansiversion=4
*-scsi:1
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@1:1
logical name: scsi9
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@9:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd1
logical name: /dev/sr1
capabilities: audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: status=nodisc

[mushwars]

Have 2 3.0 ghz processors in my server, it does the job nicely not too much not too little. (doesnt even need a gui)

I have a 1.5 ghz laptop and it is all I need.

[blur xc]

Mine's ok-

Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz e8400 Wolfdale (?)
4 gig ram, gskill ddr2 1066 (won't work in dual channel though :( )
Nvidia 9600 gt w/512mb vid ram
Wifi- no blue tooth
500 gig internal drive, 1tb external esata.

It works good but a quad core would work better... I could use more ram too... I'm often upwards 75% of my ram used up... I get nervous when I hit 90%. And i'm only running 32bit for now, so just going 64bit would be an increase in ram...

BM

[JDShu]

I only have a laptop, which tends to overheat if my heating mat isn't on. Makes intensive gaming on it near impossible.

[markp1989]

my server :
Core 2 Duo e8400 Wolfdale @ 4ghz
pico psu 150xt (draws 130w at load so cannot do many upgrades)
4 gig ram ddr2 1066
Nvidia 8400
2 * 1.5tb sata drives
cpu is water colled with an over sized radiator so its silent :)

its used as a torrent slave/nfs server/htpc/run 1 virtual machine , i do some video encoding on it ocaisionaly, so its enough for what i need.

my Desktop:
E5200 at stock speeds
4gb ddr2 800 ram
Nvidia 7300 gs
30gb SSD

this one is running a fanless mini ninja heat sink, for noise reason again
(im very sensitive to noise)

it used for internet browsing, iming, ebanking shoping etc, i spose its abit more powerfull then i need but the cpu/mb were cheap. i mite replace it with an atom/ion build (and keep my ssd) when i can afford it


laptop:
EEEPC 900 : just used for pidgin and firefox, its enough for what i need but i wouldnt want to do anything taxing else on it

[hessiess]

All modern computers are overpowered for what most people use them for.

[markp1989]

All modern computers are overpowered for what most people use them for.

+1 , 90% of people just use fb and and word processing a p3 could do that. i

it is still nice to have to power available when needed thou :)

[Kenny_Strawn]

AMD Phenom X4 9750 CPU, 2 GB RAM, a 500 GB WD hard drive, and ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics are certainly enough for me.

[mushwars]

All modern computers are overpowered for what most people use them for.
+2

The average user browses the web, watches movies, reads emails, and uses microsoft word.

Only youth play games, and require a powerful rig.

The only exception is webmasters and the like. If you compare my server to anyone elses server I would be laughed at. I lied I dont have 2 3.0 ghz in my server, rather it is a dell with a single 2.8 :'( I am just so embarrassed of it. I am currently residing in Japan and the job I am doing pays nothing. I cant afford the nice servers that it seems Everyone in ubuntu forums has!

[mamamia88]

good enough for me i don't play pc games

[markp1989]

+2

The average user browses the web, watches movies, reads emails, and uses microsoft word.

Only youth play games, and require a powerful rig.

The only exception is webmasters and the like. If you compare my server to anyone elses server I would be laughed at. I lied I dont have 2 3.0 ghz in my server, rather it is a dell with a single 2.8 :'( I am just so embarrassed of it. I am currently residing in Japan and the job I am doing pays nothing. I cant afford the nice servers that it seems Everyone in ubuntu forums has!

well depending on usage , servers dont really need alot of power, my first server was a 500mhz cpu, 190ish mb of ram which i brought for £20 on ebay then added a 1tb hdd (pci sata card) to it , did the job fine for what i needed at the time :)

[clhsharky]

HI carlee


I think any IGP is underpowered, and will be a struggle to keep up with newer bigger hardware,& video bandwidths. Some day IGP will be all we need, except for special computers.

Any 2.4 -2.8 duel core processor is capable of doing most every thing now days. Of course faster and more cores is nice with some apps. And slower cores for energy saving.

Hard drives is the slowest component in our computer. SSDs will soon be the norm and bring us more speed.

Internet bandwidth well sucks in US, compared to many country's.

Overpowered, underpowered, is your using of hardware out of its intended use. There is no perfect computer or operating system,
so there are many. All tools for our modern life.

I have 8 computers most are overpowered a little bit.

Sharky

[sandyd]

HI carlee


I think any IGP is underpowered, and will be a struggle to keep up with newer bigger hardware,& video bandwidths. Some day IGP will be all we need, except for special computers.

Any 2.4 -2.8 duel core processor is capable of doing most every thing now days. Of course faster and more cores is nice with some apps. And slower cores for energy saving.

Hard drives is the slowest component in our computer. SSDs will soon be the norm and bring us more speed.

Internet bandwidth well sucks in US, compared to many country's.

Overpowered, underpowered, is your using of hardware out of its intended use. There is no perfect computer or operating system,
so there are many. All tools for our modern life.

I have 8 computers most are overpowered a little bit.

Sharky

Korea! :)

[RichardLinx]

Underpowered. 10 of these might satisfy me though: http://www.nvidia.com/object/personal_supercomputing.html

[ubunterooster]

I'm using a DSi, it loads pages much slower than dial-up did; my desktop croaks on music files

[Gallahhad]

All modern computers are overpowered for what most people use them for.
Heresy!
How can we break Moore's Law (http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2244238/moore-law-break-2014) with that sort of unorthodox thinking!:P

Okay, joking aside, yeah, your right; the vast majority of users have entirely too much horsepower, and nothing to use it on. Web, Word Processing, Email, Photo's, Movies. Sure there are gamers, but all the OEM's build rigs for them, others do not need to be bothered with multiple gpu's, multiple multi core cpu's, or 8+GB of ram.

[aaaantoine]

Heresy!
How can we break Moore's Law (http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2244238/moore-law-break-2014) with that sort of unorthodox thinking!:P

Okay, joking aside, yeah, your right; the vast majority of users have entirely too much horsepower, and nothing to use it on. Web, Word Processing, Email, Photo's, Movies. Sure there are gamers, but all the OEM's build rigs for them, others do not need to be bothered with multiple gpu's, multiple multi core cpu's, or 8+GB of ram.

Oh, so 8+GB of RAM is the new "too much" now? ;)

Computers are still getting faster, but they are also getting smaller. Remember when we hit the Internet/Email sweet spot some time ten years ago, somewhere between Pentium III and Pentium 4? Intel's Atom is basically a tiny Pentium 3.5.

As for me... My computer is sufficiently powered for most tasks, but underpowered when it comes to 3D acceleration.

[fishtoprecords]

Do you believe that your rig is overpowered underpowered, or just enough for your use? My tripple xenon quad core workstation/server is wayy overpowered.....

You have one PC with three QUAD-core CPUs? Wow.

I write software for a living. I need "more power" always. My laptop is a dual Core 2 system, running 9.10. Its too slow for serious work.

I do main work on a quad Core 2 with 8GB of ram. Its fast. But I'm not worries, as code complexity will make that seem slow soon.

For a suitable definition of "soon"

[sandyd]

You have one PC with three QUAD-core CPUs? Wow.

I write software for a living. I need "more power" always. My laptop is a dual Core 2 system, running 9.10. Its too slow for serious work.

I do main work on a quad Core 2 with 8GB of ram. Its fast. But I'm not worries, as code complexity will make that seem slow soon.

For a suitable definition of "soon"

One/Two of them doesn't count. shhhhhh!!!
one of the cpus is dedicated to a xen virtual machine which, in turn runs the server side of my computer.
the other is also taken by the xen virtual machine when the first cpu reaches 80% load.

the third cpu and 10 GB ram is MINE! (the server also has 10 GB, burstable to 12GB)

[sandyd]

Oh, so 8+GB of RAM is the new "too much" now? ;)

Computers are still getting faster, but they are also getting smaller. Remember when we hit the Internet/Email sweet spot some time ten years ago, somewhere between Pentium III and Pentium 4? Intel's Atom is basically a tiny Pentium 3.5.

As for me... My computer is sufficiently powered for most tasks, but underpowered when it comes to 3D acceleration.

I still have two of those huge 8086 clunkers in my basement :)
see? ->http://twitpic.com/dq4ll
and ancient two ancient mac pcs too. ->http://twitpic.com/dqpgs

those 4 clunkers were soo friggin heavy. It was like hauling a block of lead when loaded them onto the trailer to take them to L.A.
I doulbt their going to accomplish anything here.
but then, again, those are antiques. I still get to show my future sons/daughters what we had in the begining of the computer age ;)
I might be tempted to run DSL or Puppy on them though.

I even have a old antique printer (those with ribbons!) :D

[HappyFeet]

I do need to max out my RAM and step up to 64bit one of these days, just being to cheap to do it right now.

Huh? You have enough horsepower to run 64bit ubuntu. You have a nice video card, and 2gb ram. What's wrong with that?

[HappyFeet]

Quad core AMD @2.9

6gb ram

Nvidia 9500GT 1gb

Meh, it does OK ;)

[HappyFeet]

I might be tempted to run DSL or Puppy on them though.



Try Tiny Core Linux. The world's smallest distro at 10mb.

[chessnerd]

My laptop does what it needs. The CPU isn't that tough, but it has plenty of RAM and the N wireless card is nice.

The desktop leaves a bit to be desired, but it lives now mainly to browse the web, and for a bit of legacy gaming on the Windows 2000 partition, so it has enough power for what I need it to do.

[juancarlospaco]

All modern computers are overpowered for what most people use them for.

if dont use Windows Vista.

[cascade9]

I've got enough power, just. AMD 4800+ dualcore, 2GB, 1TB. I'm planning on upgrading to a X4 965 (underclocking it to 900e specs), 4-6GB and an exra 1-1.5TB drive soon.


+2

The average user browses the web, watches movies, reads emails, and uses microsoft word.

Only youth play games, and require a powerful rig.


LMAO. Tell that the the 50 year old I know who is currently running i7 920, 2 x nVidia GT9800 and when hes not playing with that, hes also got ever current console (wii, PS3, Xbox 360...I think he still has a PS2 and an Xbox somewhere). I know a _lot_ games aged late 30s/40s as well....


I still have two of those huge 8086 clunkers in my basement :)
see? ->http://twitpic.com/dq4ll
and ancient two ancient mac pcs too. ->http://twitpic.com/dqpgs


I want to mod your macs :biggrin: Chuck a nice, modern system in there, take it to a lan and watch jaws drop.

If I'm lucky the people who saw me do this last time wont be there. An athlon 900 in one of the really old 8086 cases with the buttons on the side you push in before hinging the lid up...that was a laugh and a half.

[Rhubarb]

My server: underpowered
laptop Crusoe 800MHz, 256MB RAM, 30GB HDD and a broken screen

My desktop: enough (for now - 12GB RAM would be nice)
Intel Core i7 3.33GHz quad-core (with SMP), 6GB RAM, 1.5TB HDD and 120GB SSD, geforce 275, 30" monitor

My router: overpowered
500MHz AMD Geode, 256MB RAM, 8GB CF

My desktop is mainly used for web surfing and a few games, but some of the time it's crunching some very big jobs. So most of the time it's overpowered, but occasionally it's underpowered.
And now I've recently got a newer router with the same specs, but has a video out and keyboard / mouse - I just have to get the thing working ...

[cartman640]

Desktop rig, I'm going to go with enough, but more power at times would be great, currently:
Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz
8GB RAM
8800GTS
5.something TB of HDD space (I forget exactly, but it's not enough lol)

Most of the time it's great, I hate waiting on things so the quad core keeps things snappy, the RAM is a bit overkill now (I used to run 8+ VM's at a time, pushed that off to the server now). It spends a lot of time playing the massive amounts of media on my drives, although when I'm encoding 1080P I really could do with four or five times the power lol. Used to use it for gaming, but then I bought an Xbox 360.

Server is pretty good just now, could do with some more cores though:
Athlon X2 6000+ (2.7Ghz I think)
4GB RAM
250GB HDD (once I hit ten drives in my desktop rig I'll cycle the smaller drives into the server)

Spends most of its time running multiple VM's that do general server tasks (DNS, Web, VPN, etc), I had it up to 8 VM's, including Windows Server 2008 (*shivers* never again...) which really bogged down the CPU.

Also have a 21.5" iMac (3.06GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD) which is great for web development, web browsing, etc. Also great for it's sub 1 second wake from sleep if I want a computer quickly.

All in all I'm pretty happy with what I've got now, so on average I'd say I have enough.

[baddog144]

Current laptop is ok:


2GHz Core 2 Duo T7200
120GB HDD
2GB RAM
15.4" Screen
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400


However, upcoming laptop and desktop are probably slightly overpowered:


LAPTOP:
Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor (2.26GHz, 4 Threads, turbo boost up to 2.53GHz, 3M cache)
15.6" Full HD screens
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon 4570

DESKTOP:
CPU: i5 750
Mobo: G-B P55-UD3
RAM: 4G Kit DDR3 1333 G.Skill-Ripjaws
HDD: Hitachi 1TB
GPU: 1GB 4670
Case: Lian-Li K60
PSU: Corsair VX550
ODD: Sony-NEC Optiarc AD-7240S
Monitor: 24” 2ms Acer H243HX-Cam
Mouse: MX518


Building the desktop myself ;)

[jzacsh]

I cant afford the nice servers that it seems Everyone in ubuntu forums has!

I beg to differ, my new laptop (the one I'm considering (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1403073), check it out!) will be my first machine with over 2 GB of RAM, which is kind of embarrassing considering it seems a ton of people have 6 GB of RAM on this thread. I recently sold my MacBook, so I could get a regular laptop to run Linux on (Ubuntu on Mac is kind of a pain).

I temporarily work on my lovah, a 500 MB RAM/40 GB HDD Dell tower, I found in my dad's old PC stash in our basement. It was thanks to this box that I:

ventured to learn about other Desktop Environments
found Fluxbox
explored a world without X, all together.

However, I don't even go past a terminal anymore. I use the machine entirely through a command line interface over SSH.

I would sit at the machine in person and use one of its TTY's, but configuring a more efficient resolution for the TTY hasn't proved too easy (its hooked up to a new 22" monitor that only fits, idk, 60 character text width in vi?).

Its funny carlee has a "how to compile a kernel" tutorial, because a friend has been telling me, "compile the kernel yourself, and I'm sure that tower will be amazing to you"

[murderslastcrow]

When you run e17, pretty much everything is overpowered.

I guess it all depends on what you plan to do with your computer, but my Dell Mini 10v I recently sold covered all the bases, and I did 3d modelling and development with it, without any slowdowns or pushing the system beyond its limits. Even with a VirtualBox for Maple Story.

So yeah, unless you have a poorly supported video card, I'd say any Linux application will run just fine (well, maybe not Hulu's Linux client, since it has a 2 GB of RAM requirement, which is just INSANE).

[NoaHall]

Mine isn't over powered for what I use it for. 16GB of ram, phenom x2 940 overclocked to 4.2GHz(I can overclock it a bit more, but then I need extreme cooling), 2 x GTX 295 + 1 quadro FX5800, 5TB of storage and three monitors.

[matthew.ball]

I basically just do some programming and writing the occasional paper.

Simple laptop - Dual 2.16GHz CPU, not even 2gbs of RAM, 220gb hard-drive.

Works fine though, it boots fast and that's pretty much all I care about.

[Zoot7]

My desktop is probably a little overpowered for my usage, I seldom use the hardware contained within to its full potential.

My laptop on the other hand is okay I think, but it feels a little underpowered when I load up a game on it.

[madnessjack]

Old P4, Karmic Studio, audio and DAW recording is doable, but only just!

[Eisenwinter]

I have an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4ghz 1MB cache CPU, 1GB RAM, an ATI Radeon 9200 128MB graphics card, and an EMU 1212m sound card.

90% of the time, this rig is enough, sometimes more than enough.

Every now and then I fantasize about adding like another GB of RAM though.
Not critical, but it could be nice.

Conclusion, my rig is enough for me.

[audiomick]

Hi Carlee.
If I am honest with myself, I am overpowered with the desktop with a dual core @3.16 GHz and 4GB RAM, but I am a horsepower freak at heart, and have NO PATIENCE for waiting for things to load...;)

My laptop is justified. It is a Vista machine with a dual core @2.2GHz and 3GB RAM. It runs EASERA, my acoustic analyzer program, at about 50% CPU usage where the old one used about 97% with a 1.6GHz Centrino chipset and 2GB RAM.

[scouser73]

I wish my pc was as fancy as the other posters in this thread but it's not lol. Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB Internal HD, nVidia [GeForce 6200] Graphics Card, Sony DVD Writer -/+, USB 1 ports x six It works for me no problems so far (touch wood) \\:D/

[Mustache Villain]

Just OK, 3.0 Ghz Pentium 4 (hyperthreaded), 2GB RAM, SATA3, and nVidia 8600 GT 256 MB. Runs great with Kubuntu Karmic, I use VirtualBox often, do video editing with it too, and transcoding all the time.

[Arthur_D]

Mine is usually overpowered, but sometimes it's way underpowered. Powering a multitude of VSTi's in Cubase needs quite a lot of power. But I think it's my soundcard that's the showstopper now, and not the CPU as it was on my old machine.

[The Real Dave]

The details in my sig are for my main rig. Its low powered by today's standards, but powerful enough for me. I deal a lot with older computers, so I can live with lower power. My main rig will encode a standard DVD in about 4 hours. I just leave stuff run overnight. Its all the power I need, and I take care of it, keeping it clean and cold, almost to the point where I think I'm destroying the lifespan of its fans.

The lowest power machine I have in consistant use is my second server, a 451Mhz PIII with 128Mb of RAM, of which Ubuntu uses 30Mb. However, its days are coming to an end, as its going to be replaced by a donated PC (2.6Ghz Celeron, 256Mb DDR), put not for the comparitavely massive power, but for the ability to recognise a harddrive in excess of 21GB. If it wasn't for that, I'd keep it.

Specs and pics of all my computers can be found here (http://linuxexpresso.wordpress.com/hardware/).

[blur xc]

The details in my sig are for my main rig. Its low powered by today's standards, but powerful enough for me. I deal a lot with older computers, so I can live with lower power. My main rig will encode a standard DVD in about 4 hours. I just leave stuff run overnight. Its all the power I need, and I take care of it, keeping it clean and cold, almost to the point where I think I'm destroying the lifespan of its fans.

The lowest power machine I have in consistant use is my second server, a 451Mhz PIII with 128Mb of RAM, of which Ubuntu uses 30Mb. However, its days are coming to an end, as its going to be replaced by a donated PC (2.6Ghz Celeron, 256Mb DDR), put not for the comparitavely massive power, but for the ability to recognise a harddrive in excess of 21GB. If it wasn't for that, I'd keep it.

Specs and pics of all my computers can be found here (http://linuxexpresso.wordpress.com/hardware/).

Is encoding a DVD the same thing as ripping one in handbrake? I can do that, depending on what settings I'm using, in about 40mins... Both cores of the CPU run about 90% capacity for the whole time. And, the system is still usable while all that's going on. I just imagine it's making the process take a bit longer.

BM

[The Real Dave]

Is encoding a DVD the same thing as ripping one in handbrake? I can do that, depending on what settings I'm using, in about 40mins... Both cores of the CPU run about 90% capacity for the whole time. And, the system is still usable while all that's going on. I just imagine it's making the process take a bit longer.

BM

Yup, that's what I mean, but I'm doing that at high def on a ~3Ghz monocore Pentium IV :) All at 35C ;) It runs nice and cold :)

[SuperSonic4]

I prefer futureproof to overpowered :p

My rig should last me a long time

[Roasted]

While there are times I want newer and faster hardcore, it begs the obvious question - why?

I have two file servers here at home, one is just a play-around computer running 1gb of RAM and a 3.0ghz Pentium 4. The other is my main desktop, an Intel quad core 775 rig with 4gb of DDR2 800 RAM. The file server performance from my PC and the Pentium 4 is almost un-noticable, further proof that I really don't need a faster computer considering the Pentium 4 can do the job just fine. That tells me even if I get an 8gb DDR3 rig with a pair of Xeon quad cores, I probably won't have any better performance.

Gaming wise in Vista, it does all right, so I can't complain.

[khelben1979]

Underpowered, although I have adapted and constantly close down programs for maximum performance.

[handy]

What is the definition by which we measure this power?

Is it about who has the biggest, multi-headed dicks?

Or is it about who can get exactly what they need to get done, using the least amount of electricity?

Over, under, or enough, means nothing; unless it is clearly defined in relation to the age that we live in.

Which happens to be both the age of communication & the age of energy crisis.

[angry_johnnie]

fine, for now.

processor is pentium 4 ht @ 2.6
3 gigs of ram
graphics by nvidia GeForce FX 5200 / 256 mb

i really don't want to jump to 64 bit just now
if anything, i'd upgrade to a pentium 4 ht @ 3.4
3.5 gigs of ram (as much as mobo can take)
and i might upgrade to a 1 g graphics card

but then again, i don't really need that, for now.

good thing i'm not a gamer :p

[zakoo2]

MSI WIND U100 Plus... :D not quite enough for gaming, but planning to get an overpowered desktop pc... :P

[Roasted]

I'm running a 2.4ghz quad core with 4gb DDR2 ram. It does what I need it to. Moves Vista nicely when I'm gaming. Moves Ubuntu nicely no matter what I'm doing. Also have it set up as a backup file server. The biggest restriction I have is hard drive space (500gb for me, 250gb for file server backups). The 250gb backups were fine until recently. My two brothers/family PC each ran an 80gb drive. 3x80=240, so no matter what I had room for them to back up.

They've all upgraded, and have 160gb drives now... Which means they manage data on higher levels now, despite being relatively basic PC users. (just a lot of music and pictures).

I'm on the verge of buying a pair of 1 TB drives and being done with it. I missed a shell shocker the other day on NewEgg for a single 7200 RPM Hitachi 1 TB drive for 64 bones, free ship. Gawsh.

[Paqman]

I have an overpowered desktop and an underpowered netbook. I like 'em both.

[mcduck]

Considering that I do lots of video editing and 3D animation, I don't think there even is such thing as overpowered rig for my use... :D

Anyway, for all the other stuff I do I find both my desktop & laptop to have plenty of power, even though the specs make them seem as ridiculously outdated and underpowered compared to systems that people buy these days for basic web surfing.. Maybe I just have enough patience, and light enough OS & tools to run on the machines.. ;)

(The desktop machine has 2,4GHz Core 2 Duo and 1,5GB of RAM, and the laptop is 1,6Ghz Core Duo with 2GB of memory. Both have dedicated graphics cards, at least, so working with the 3D and video editing apps isn't that awful, it's just the rendering times...)

[_h_]

My laptop is just a stock setup, except for the OS.

It's okay for small time gaming and such (like WoW), but I wish I had a more powerful laptop. :(

[-grubby]

Every now and then I fantasize about adding like another GB of RAM though.
Not critical, but it could be nice.

There is a major difference between 1 GB of ram and 2 GB at this point, I'd say. After that you don't' really notice unless you're doing something pretty intense.

As for my computer, it's adequate, but more vram could be nice.

[swoll1980]

I think my rig is fine, but I'd like more power anyway. It's better to have it, and not need it, than to need it, and not have it.

AMD Phenom dual core 3.1GHz 4 GB 1200MHz RAM NVIDIA GTS 250