New Comp

So I was just browsing the internet on mom's computer the other day when she basically says out of the blue that she thinks I need a new computer. I give her a triple take or something to that effect and I realize that she's not joking around. Man that computer breaking might be the best thing to happen to me in a while. Now those videos that took 3-4 hours to render will only take 5 minutes. Sweet. The stats are below, it's nothing super special, but ran just over $700 at ibuypower -- and if you seen stats of my old one, you'd be excited too.

New Specs:

Not top of the line by any means, more like playing catch-up Case ( Nzxt Alpha Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )

Processor ( [Quad Core] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8300 (4x 2.5GHz/4MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) )

Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB EPU Technology )

Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Corsair)

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )

CD/DVD Drive (LG 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )

Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Audigy SE )

Speaker System ( iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )

Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )

Keyboard ( iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard with 18 Internet Hot /Multimedia Keys Black )

Mouse ( iBUYPOWER 1600 dpi High Sensitivity Internet Mouse Black )

Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )

Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )

Rush Service ( No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )

Old Specs:

This computer was pretty dope, circa 2004

So I was just browsing the internet on mom's computer the other day when she basically says out of the blue that she thinks I need a new computer. I give her a triple take or something to that effect and I realize that she's not joking around. Man that computer breaking might be the best thing to happen to me in a while. Now those videos that took 3-4 hours to render will only take 5 minutes. Sweet. The stats are below, it's nothing super special, but ran just over $700 at ibuypower -- and if you seen stats of my old one, you'd be excited too.

New Specs:

Not top of the line by any means, more like playing catch-up Case ( Nzxt Alpha Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )

Processor ( [Quad Core] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8300 (4x 2.5GHz/4MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) )

Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB EPU Technology )

Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Corsair)

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )

CD/DVD Drive (LG 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )

Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Audigy SE )

Speaker System ( iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )

Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )

Keyboard ( iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard with 18 Internet Hot /Multimedia Keys Black )

Mouse ( iBUYPOWER 1600 dpi High Sensitivity Internet Mouse Black )

Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )

Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )

Rush Service ( No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )

Old Specs:

This computer was pretty dope, circa 2004

Damn, son. Maybe now it won't take 3 days to render out a 5 minute video.

"Damn, son. Maybe now it won't take 3 days to render out a 5 minute video."

"Now those videos that took 3-4 hours to render will only take 5 minutes."

I don't think it'll improve nearly as much as you think it will.

Very nice setup, lordofultima. Add "bigweasel" to your Xfire friends list, and we'll game sometime.

It's not bad for $700, especially considering you didn't buy the parts yourself. You might want to upgrade the graphics though.

Pretty nice dude, congrats.

Yeah... my computer is getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm building my next one. You should be able to play some pretty good games on that... have fun and whatnot.

Upgrade the video card and you've got a pretty sweet rig, there

"Upgrade the video card and you've got a pretty sweet rig, there"

Well, considering the same 20 second video in after effects takes 45 minutes on my old machine to 3 in my moms, and considering that my computer that is shipping is better than hers, I'd say it's eons beyond. not 3 hours = 3 minutes, but you get the picture. It will also be able to run programs without chugging every time I reposition some object or text.

As for the graphics, I don't really play PC games anymore, sad but true. Just a editing rid nowadays. I'll be on steam though for sure, lordofultima is the name. Check it.