VERY HIGH SPEC PC - Off-topic

Hi there I hope I have posted this in the correct area.
I'am custom building high end specification Desktop PC's.
There are two to choose from:
Pentium 4 Platform,
AMD Athlon 64 Platform.
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The build is as follows:
PENTIUM 4 PLATFORM
MotherBoard- ASUS P5GD1 (LGA -775 915 PCI-Ex16 800FSB 400DDR SATA)
CPU - Intel Pentium 4 (3.40GHz LGA 775 2mb Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory - 1GB DDR2 RAM PC5300 Branded 533mhz
Hard Drive(s) - 2 x SeaGate 300 GB IDE - S-ATA 150 7200rpm
Video Card - 512 Mb DDR ATI RADEON X1900 XTX TV-Out PCI-Express
Disk Drive - 2 x Pioneer A111 16x DVD-R 16xDVD+R 4.7GB (16x+/-DVD Write, 48x CD-R Write, 6xDVD Write Dual Layer)
Floppy Drive - 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive
Sound Card - PCI Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OEM
Monitor - 19" LCD TFT (1280 x 1024 Maximum resolution DVI) Response time 18ms. Built in speakers.
AMD ATHLON 64 PLATFORM
MotherBoard- Foxconn NF4UK8AA-8EKRS (Socket-939 1xPCI-E x16/2xPCI-E x1/4xPCI )
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Socket 939 512k
Memory - 1GB DDR2 RAM PC5300 Branded 533mhz
Hard Drive(s) - 2 x SeaGate 300 GB IDE - S-ATA 150 7200rpm
Video Card - 512 Mb DDR ATI RADEON X1900 XTX TV-Out PCI-Express
Disk Drive - 2 x Pioneer A111 16x DVD-R 16xDVD+R 4.7GB (16x+/-DVD Write, 48x CD-R Write, 6xDVD Write Dual Layer)
Floppy Drive - 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive
Sound Card - PCI Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OEM
Monitor - 19" LCD TFT (1280 x 1024 Maximum resolution DVI) Response time 18ms. Built in speakers.
***BOTH PLATFORMS COME IN X-BLADE SILVER CASE (400W PSU
Front USB, AUDIO)***
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OPTIONAL EXTRAS:
Illuminated Keyboard (PS/2 interface / Blue EL Back Light) **ADD £30 TO PRICE**
Optical PS2/USB Scroll Mouse **ADD £8 TO PRICE**
Illuminated glass acrylic mouse pad (USB) **ADD £20 TO PRICE**
Creative Color USB Internet Web Cam **ADD £33 TO PRICE**
Microsoft Windows XP Home OEM **ADD £69 TO PRICE**
Microsoft Windows XP Pro OEM ** ADD £104 TO PRICE**
SP 1500 Watt 5.1 Sub Woofer System **ADD £35 TO PRICE**
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PRICES:
Pentium 4 Platform - £1509.55 (Inc. VAT)
AMD Athlon 64 Platform - £1424.43 (Inc. VAT)
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ORDERING, PAYMENT AND SHIPPING:
1) Private message me with the Platform you want, any additional extras, and your address as well as how you want it sent (i.e. Pentium 4 Platform, No extras, Royal Mail Special Delivery to *Address*.)
2) I will then go to the post office and find out how much it will cost to send you the completed system.
3) I send you an itemised bill that consists of:
- PLatform and cost
- Extras cost
- Shipping cost
- Total amount payable
4) You send me a personal cheque
5) After cheque has cleared, I write you a recipt and mail it to you, and the PC will be built and sent as soon as humanly possible. (i.e. within 3 days of cheque clearing, it will be in the mail).
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
These are very high good computers especially if your into extreme gaming. All the components are brand new and I will also send their original packaging, etc if you so wish.
I make 5% on the system and nothing on extras, so no time wasters please. Also note thaat once a bill is sent it isn't legally binding and the PC WILL NOT be built till a personal cheque has cleared, then it will be a legally binding deal between me (the trader), and you (the consumer).
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and I look forward to your custom.
Ryan.

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Post your comp specs!

I wanted to start this thread cause i'm interested in knowing what all the XDA'ers hardware is! I will start! Just post your specs here, and i'll try to keep track of the top 10 computers.
Try to keep this format if possible:
Laptop or desktop:
Processor, and speed:
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM):
Graphics, memory, and speed:
Hard Drive space amount:
I'll start!
Laptop or desktop: Laptop
Processor, and speed: AMD Turion Ultra x64 at 2.2Ghz
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM): 4GB, at 667Mhz, DDR2.
Graphics, memory, and speed: ATi Radeon 3200 HD, 1918MB shared, 667Mhz.
Hard Drive space amount: 250GB HD (SATA)
Laptop or desktop: Desktop
Processor, and speed: AMD Phenom x4 x64 at 3.0 Ghz (AM3 socket processor)
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM): 6GB, 1Ghz, DDR3.
Graphics, memory, and speed: Dual nVidia 9800GTX, 2GB (1GB each), 1Ghz GDDR3.
Hard Drive space amount: 2TB HDD, and 250 GB eSATA (External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)
1. OpenGL32's workstation.
2. So far, mine!
3. NotATreoFan's desktop and laptop.
4. Liamhere's computers.
5. Stylez's computers.
6. Lasterato's Desktop I suppose?
7. Kraize's Desktop.
8. orb3000's laptop.
9. Derekwilkinson's Laptop.
10.
Remember, this might not be correct, its just from my point of view.
Laptop or desktop: Laptop
Processor, and speed: Core 2 Duo 1.83ghz
Memory amount, speed, and type (RAM): 2GB, at 667Mhz, DDR2.
Graphics, memory, and speed: Intel GMA 950,
Hard Drive space amount: 150GB HD
Pretty nice for a laptop. Its not half bad. I suppose its a mac?
Desktop
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz
2.19GHz, 1.99 GB RAM
On-board Intel graphics
HDD Space:
1) 150gb - XP3, Red Hat, BackTrack
2) 500gb - Storage
Thats pretty nice. I do recommend you get a graphics card, those accelerated graphics suck. Lol.
True, but right now for my needs it's fine I'll probably get one when it's cheap and when I need it. Mostly use Linux these days.
Mines getting on the well old side of things, waiting for 32nm processors then i7 here i come!
I'm running Vista Ultimate x64
P4 650 3.4GHz With HT
4GB DDR2 533
nVidia 8600 GTS 512mb
Dual ASUS DL DVD-RW Lightscribe Drives
oh...and we can't forget the good ole' FDD
D-Link Wireless N PCI
MS Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000
Antec Super Lanboy Case
4 HDD's (1x250, 2x320, 1x500) with a formatted total of 1761GB
The nicest thing is probably my 850 Watt Antec Modular PSU (the black and yellow thing) >.<
...oh and my Monitor 24" Dell Monitor running at 1980x1200.
lasterato said:
Mines getting on the well old side of things, waiting for 32nm processors then i7 here i come!
I'm running Vista Ultimate x64
P4 650 3.4GHz With HT
4GB DDR2 533
nVidia 8600 GTS 512mb
Dual ASUS DL DVD-RW Lightscribe Drives
oh...and we can't forget the good ole' FDD
D-Link Wireless N PCI
MS Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000
Antec Super Lanboy Case
4 HDD's (1x250, 2x320, 1x500) with a formatted total of 1761GB
The nicest thing is probably my 850 Watt Antec Modular PSU (the black and yellow thing) >.<
...oh and my Monitor 24" Dell Monitor running at 1980x1200.
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i think you just ate all our computers out.
altough you couldve gone better with windows xp...
Desktop:
Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz, 6MB Cache - OC'd to 3.49GHz
8GB, 1066MHz, DDR2
nVidia GTX285, 1024MB GDDR3
3TB Disk Space, 2x 1.5TB Seagate 7200rpm drives in RAID0
24" Dell 2405FPT LCD (1920x1200 | 16:10)
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Laptop: aka My Kitchen
Intel Core2Duo T9300 2.5GHz
4GB, 800MHz, DDR2
nVidia 9500m GS, 512 GDDR3
320GB Disk Space
18.4" Full HD 1080p LCD
Blu-Ray ROM
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Laptop: Toshiba Tecra
Intel Core2Duo T5200 2.1GHz
4GB, 600MHz, DDR2
nVidia 128
160GB Disk Space
15.1" Full TFT LCD
Blu-Ray ROM
Windows 7
kidnamedAlbert said:
i think you just ate all our computers out.
altough you couldve gone better with windows xp...
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I would agree with you. But I don't think it ate mine. Sure his processor is faster, but I acquire more RAM than he, so I personally think mines faster. His P4 might be 3.4Ghz, but mines quad-core at 3.0 Ghz, and theres 2 of them, and my RAM is DDR3 at 1000Mhz, while he's stuck at 533. [: And look at my graphics cardS, while he has a graphics card.
Don't get me wrong, his computer is a beast, but he has a little bit more before he gets me.
LilGBlood said:
I would agree with you. But I don't think it ate mine. Sure his processor is faster, but I acquire more RAM than he, so I personally think mines faster. His P4 might be 3.4Ghz, but mines quad-core at 3.0 Ghz, and theres 2 of them, and my RAM is DDR3 at 1000Mhz, while he's stuck at 533. [: And look at my graphics cardS, while he has a graphics card.
Don't get me wrong, his computer is a beast, but he has a little bit more before he gets me.
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Wait. Did I forget to mention, take my computer and multiply it by 4 to get the one working computer? It's 4 computers hooked up to one monitor and each of them are combined with each other to work faster to achieve more. I call it. My custom home server!
Kraize said:
Wait. Did I forget to mention, take my computer and multiply it by 4 to get the one working computer? It's 4 computers hooked up to one monitor and each of them are combined with each other to work faster to achieve more. I call it. My custom home server!
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Roflmfao. Your joking right?
I do have a home server though. My uncle lives here with us, and he's a masters in Computer Engineering. We have some HP media server. He has a Blackbird 002 comp. Its sickk.
LilGBlood said:
Roflmfao. Your joking right?
I do have a home server though. My uncle lives here with us, and he's a masters in Computer Engineering. We have some HP media server. He has a Blackbird 002 comp. Its sickk.
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No. I'm serious I would have a Blackbird but I'm a poor 16 year old and if I save money I can't buy the new WinMo devices that come out xD lol. I'll probably be running a couple blackbirds in college @[email protected]
Desktop
AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor 2.30GHz
4GB, 800MHz, DDR3
GeForce 9500 GT (1.01, 1GB, 1.40GHz)
1.5TB OF SATA DRIVES + 670gb USB Drive
21" XERON lcd screen
Windows Vista home premium x64
Desktop:
AMD x2 3800+ 2.2GHz
M2N-E Sli
2 x 6600gt 256MB
2GB DDR2 800 ocz
160GB IDE
500GB SATA
250GB SATA
750GB USB Buffalo
Habu Razer Mouse
Saitek Gaming Keyboard
19" acer TFT
XP Pro sp3
Laptop:
Eeepc 701
Intel Celeron M 353 OC 901MHz
4GB SSD
2GB SD
2GB DDR2
XP Pro sp3
stylez said:
Desktop:
AMD x2 3800+ 2.2GHz
M2N-E Sli
2 x 6600gt 256MB
2GB DDR2 800 ocz
160GB IDE
500GB SATA
250GB SATA
750GB USB Buffalo
Habu Razer Mouse
Saitek Gaming Keyboard
19" acer TFT
XP Pro sp3
Laptop:
Eeepc 701
Intel Celeron M 353 OC 901MHz
4GB SSD
2GB SD
2GB DDR2
XP Pro sp3
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Not half bad.
Workstation: Self-Build | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.00 GHz | Gigabyte X48-DS4 | 2 x 4096 MB DDR2-1000 | 2 x ATi HD4870 CrossFire @ 850 MHz / 1100 MHz | 4 x OCZ SSD 2.0 128 GB RAID0 | Hauppauge WinTV Nova HD-S2 | LG DVD-RW SATA | Watercooled Complete | Acer P243 Crystalbride 24' TN-TFT | Logitech MX5500 | Logitech MX Revolution | Logitech Cordless Rumble Pad| Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Notebook: IBM Thinkpad T500 | Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 | 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1333 | ATi HD3650 / Intel HD4500 Switchable | 128GB OCZ SSD | Intel WiFi-Link 5300 | Intel Gigabit Network | Sony-Ericsson UMTS-HSDPA Modul | Bluetooth 2.1 EDR | 15,4 WSXGA+ TFT Transreflective | LG DVD-RW SATA | 6-Cell-Battery | 9-Cell-Battery | T-Mobile UMTS-Flatrate
Notebook 2: FSC Amilo Si1520 | Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 | 2 x 1024 MB DDR2-667 | Intel GMA950 | 320 GB HDD | Intel WiFi-Link 3945 | Intel 10 / 100 Network | Bluetooth 2.0 | 12,1 WXGA TFT Glare | LG DVD-RW E-IDE | 6 Cell-Battery
Yes, i'm a Hardware-Junkie
While your processor is faster, on your workstation than mine, and you have a slight more amount of ram than me, my RAM is ddr3, and I have dual nVidia 9800's, GDDR3. I think mine is still better. But I will but yours in first place. Congratulations.
=) i wait one year and my "ultra high super duper mega sys" is older than jopie heesters

Computer Hardware

So most of here are geeks in the good scene of the word. We all have our mobile devices that we love and hack and tweak and mod. 98% of the time, to do what we need to do to our mobile devices, we rely on our PC. I'd be willing to bet that allot of you also have a strong attachment to your PC hardware as much as your mobile. Weather its for development, gaming, testing, surfing, working, pr0n? Use this thread to post specs and/or pics and show off all the hardware that sits between you and your modded mobile device.
Main PC (no image cause my desk is a wreak) but enjoy my desktop =]
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz CPU
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 Mobo
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
eVGA Nvidia GTX 260 896MB
3x 250GB SATA 3.0
1x 1TB SATA 3.0
LG DVD +/-RW DL
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
40" 1080P (1920x1080) HDTV (use for tv and as display)
I use this for everything. Dev, Gaming, School, Work. You'll find visual studio and Borland Delphi 7 along with the likes of MW3 and BF3. I also burn many a DVD and do most of my phone tasks here.
Mobile PCs
See attachment
Top Left, Clockwise -=> Dell Precision M6300, Dell Precision M90, Toshiba A215, HP TouchPad, Acer 5670
All configured similarly, less the Touchpad. Minor variance in CPU from 1.86GHz Core Duo to 2.4GHz C2D. All 4GB DDR2, All Win7 Ultimate (M6300 64Bit). I actually use the Acer the most as its Power/Weight ratio is awesome. It will do post modern 3d gaming with its 256MB Ati x1600 dedicated GPU. But I mostly work in Visual Studio on this. It is nice to be able to take a break and pwn some no0bs in the face and have great framerates . I love my Toshiba as a communications laptop. Its integrated web cam is top notch. And my Dell Precision's, well they are just 17" powerhouses. Mostly used for Mobile Gaming or movie viewing on their awesome large 17 inch displays (1440x900 native).
I did a search and didn't find any like posts. If I just missed it, feel free to merge this with it. If not, I look forward to see what everyone else uses when their not on their phone!
I got an Asus K53SV-SX838V notebook which has some nice specifications. In fact I use my notebook more then my phone.
I do use my notebook for playing COD MW3 and movies and tv series and sometime I like to try other operating systems like Linux, but will do that most time in vmware or live usb.
It's specifications are:
CPU: Intel Core I7 - 2679QM, 2.2Ghz with turbo boost till 3.1Ghz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 540 + Intel HD 3000
RAM: 8GB
SSD: 128GB Crucial M4
Further it has an 1366x768 resolution and its 15.6 inch. Also it has one USB 3.0 port and an multitouch touchpad and HDMI and a VGA port and an standard webcam.
I'm very happy with it and it was an good deal, I bought it for € 587 excluding the SSD ofcourse at end of january , it came with an 640GB harddrive which is now my external harddrive.
I have a stock Toshiba Satellite for a laptop but my gaming rig is as follows
AMD Phenom II 1090T 6 Core
16GB Corsair Dominator GT
Crossfired 6970's
1.5 TB SATA HDD
128 GB Crucial M4 SSD
7.1 Audio
Nothing real special but it works for me.
Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl Edition
8GB ram
few terabytes of hardrives
2X 8600 GTi in SLi
C2D 2.6 (I think)
Some dust in the case
On a 23" Acer
Runs Skyrim without the slightest lag on all highest settings
Also MAcbook for everyday work, also connected to the 23" and it's closed all the time with an external KB and mouse. lol.
got556 said:
I have a stock Toshiba Satellite for a laptop but my gaming rig is as follows
AMD Phenom II 1090T 6 Core
16GB Corsair Dominator GT
Crossfired 6970's
1.5 TB SATA HDD
128 GB Crucial M4 SSD
7.1 Audio
Nothing real special but it works for me.
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How is the buldozer? not just for gaming but other any other cpu intensive work? Im looking at getting the AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz on newegg right now for 149.99 (it really is in my shopping cart lol), I'll hold off a few though as ive never actually been able to chat at someone who owns one. This quad i think is at an awesome price/performance ratio though.
My big main PC is the first one that I put together myself:
Intel i5-2500k (stock)
16GB G.Skill DDR3
2 overclocked XFX AMD 6970s
125GB Corsair SSD boot drive
1TB Samsung data/application drive
3.1 Sony soundbar home theater system
47" LG LCD TV.
I've still got my HP school laptop as a backup, but I haven't touched it in a looong time.
My computer sucks :-/ here I go:
AMD Sempron 140 @ 3.65GHz
AMD ECS 890GXM-A 1.0
SuperTalent 2GB (1 x 1 GB) DDR3 1600MHz
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3
1x 300GB SATA
Windows 8
My PC is getting kinda dated but still does everything I need so no point fully upgrading yet
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Mobo
AMD X2 6000+
4 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400
EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB 1GB GDDR5
around 9TB of HDD space 1.5 installed rest hot swapped
22" Samsung 2253BW and 23" Acer X233H
I gave up on desktop, I replaced it with a Lenovo Y470p laptop. Its the first laptop I've purchased even though I built plenty of desktop in past. Never wanted get a one until they are small enough with a decent gpu and price.
This one isn't high end either, but with the AMD HD7690 which is 10% slower than a desktop HD5750/6750, its good enough to handle Skyrim in high settings. And since I only play mostly HalfLife2 mods, that's good enough for me. The laptop screen is abysmal, but I wasn't going to shell out an extra $500 to get an HP Envy 15 with the same hardware spec and any screen larger than 14".
Although I'm using it stationary as a desktop replacement connected to my 32" LCD. The main problem I'm having in term of gaming is the HDMI output signal lags by 30-40ms compared to the main screen. Add that to the 80ms in game lag (due to crappy ATT DSL) and the input lag of LCD itself, and the result is getting owned by wallhackers.
I will never get used to the keyboard and touchpad on the laptop so I'm still using my Logitech G5. I'm down on my last G5 since the other one goes choppy, I think I need to stock up more from ebay, I can't get used to any of Logitech new mice since they seem lower quality. I certainly won't be using any wireless mice or ones with glowing LED lights.
The only mod I did is to turn off the turbo boost for the Core i7 so the temperature doesn't shoot up to 90*C.

New custom PC advice needed

Just looking for opinions
(prices from dabs.com for a rough gauge except where stated)
Spec:
Intel Core i5-3570K £179.98
Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE (since it has WiFi) £189.99
Corsair Carbide Series 400R £77.98
Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600MHz £19.99
Corsair 550W Enthusiast Series TX550 Modular Power Supply £66.99
Hitachi 500GB Deskstar 7K1000.C SATA-300 7200rpm 16mb £54.99 (data)
Corsair Memory 120GB Force Series 3 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (Read 550MB/s, Write 510MB/s) £86.98 (OS + Apps)
Sony 24x DVD-RW/RAM SATA Black LightScribe Drive £16.99
LG IPS235V-BN IPS 23 Inch LED Wide Screen Monitor £134.99 (price from amazon)
Using intel GPU
Total: £824.18
Any thoughts?
EDIT:
using it for day to day, going to run windows 7 (already have a licence), (not for gaming) - would like to have the option of easily being able to use it for gaming in the future (i.e. add in gpu)

What's your Hackintosh hardware specs?

I'll go ahead and say this so it's clear. I'm not using a pirated copy of OS X. I have a Mac Mini that crapped out on me, and I don't really feel like spending money to fix it or buy another one, so I found a way to not let my authentic OS X Lion and license that I paid for go to waste.
So like the title says, if you've built one of these amazing machines, what hardware did you use? There is a good bit of hardware that works perfectly, and there is a lot that doesn't. Luckily I've found a perfect combination to run OS X flawlessly.
There is no need to go into the method in which you installed the OS. I'm just interested in how creative you guys are for the hardware aspect of it.
These are my specs:
Build name - HOLLOW-X
Case - APEVIA X-Dreamer 4 case with 7x120mm fans and 1x200mm fan (blue LED)
PSU - Rosewill HERCULES-1600 (1600 watt)

MOBO - ASUS P5Q (With modified BIOS for OS X to boot with AHCI configuration)
CPU - 2.66GHz Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 (clocked at 3.1GHz)
 (Reads as XEON on OS X)
CPU Cooler - Thermaltake Silent TMG i1
Memory - 16GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Graphics card - SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon HD 5850 2GB GDDR5
Disk Drives:
Pioneer 16x Blu-Ray/DVD Writer
LG Blu-Ray ROM/16x DVD Writer
Hard Drives:
250GB 10,000RPM Western Digital Black Series VelociRaptor (Retail OS X 10.7.2 Lion)

1TB Western Digital Scorpio (Windows 7 Ultimate)
320GB Western Digital Caviar Blue from a WD My Book (Kali LINUX)
500GB 2.5" Western Digital Scorpio Series with ICY DOCK USB enclosure
 (Has a railed Caddy system to hot plug the entire enclosure, and other 3.5" SATA drives as well, into the computer case)
A lot of people that hear the specs say stuff like "That is a pretty awesome gaming rig"
What's funny is... I don't play a single game on any of my computers. Lol
Installer written using a MacBook Pro, no pirated distros (except for when I don't have access to a Mac, it's my old man's)
Well, really, it's supposed to be just a gaming rig, but everything accidentally matches up for Hackintosh except for networking
CPU: I7-4770k
Should've gone for the non-K variant, as I don't OC anyway and need VT-d support
GPU: EVGA GTX 780 SC
Very good Mavericks support, Yosemite needs webdrivers, which can be a bit laggy
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z87M-D3H
Again, should've gone for the bigger non-M variant, apparently got more free drives and SATA ports are filling up like crazy
Sound: Realtek ALC892
Used Toleda's SSDT injection and AppleHDA patch. Works perfectly (STAY AWAY FROM VOODOOHDA)
RAM: 4x2 Corsair Vengeance and 4x2 Kingston HyperX
Network: Belkin USB-N300
It uses Realtek RTL8192SU (Nope not a typo, SU not CU. Weird, eh? SU is NOT supposed to be a USB adapter, but it somehow is.) Downloaded drivers from Realtek's site, works perfectly. Needs additional Ethernet kext to enable appstore. Not a native AirPort card
Drives... [emoji57]
- A makes-Chameleon-slow WD Green 2TB AF
- Samsung 840 PRO SSD 512GB, cr4pping out, win8.1 and Gentoo
- Samsung 840 EVO SSD 256GB, no OSX ATM
- Seagate Barracuda 1TB

[Q] Recommended hardware for Android Studio?

Hi, I'm a new Android developer and I would like to know what is a recommended build for developing applications for android like 2D games and utility apps. Will Android Studio benefit from multiple cores like an 8 core processor? Will adding more RAM be better (8GB RAM)? I made this build and already own Monitor, mouse, keyboard, and network card.
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($165.93 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.45 @ OutletPC)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.30 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $445.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Your hardware seems sufficient enough as it is.
Good graphic card always help.
This hardware will run AS pretty smoothly. In fact, it runs well on Macbook Air 2013 - but builds sometimes take quite a bit of time(up to a minute vs 20 sec on my desktop which is a monster)
You're fine. I run Android Studio on a quad core AMD from 2011 and an NVIDIA GTS 250 with 4GB of RAM.
I want to share one more thing, on Mac OS, run Android Studio with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 for optimized font rendering. You can then configure your project to use Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or JDK 7.
All the best. :good:

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