What's your dev rig?

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#1

What do you do your coding on? I mostly use a beat up old Dell Studio 15 laptop with a 2GHz Pentium dual core and a Radeon 3450M, although it is painful and only supports GLSL 1.5.

My other machine is a linux box with a 1.8Ghz Pentium dual core and a much better GeForce 430. I would code on that more but then I would be unsociable and ignore my family. If I could put my version control ‘in the cloud’ somewhere I could switch between the two machines more easily…

It would be nice to have more powerful machines, but if my games run on my computers, they can probably run anywhere!

#2

Lenovo Thinkpad T500, 2.53 GHz Intel Duo Core, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
4 gigs ram, 2.99 usable
Windows 7 32-bit

And then this 10 year old desktop…
dell dimension 4400
1.6 ghz pentium 4

#3

I use this computer that I just got recently. Works like a charm.

ZT Core i7-2600 Desktop
2GB GeForce GT430 Graphics
16 GB RAM
along with a 25" ASUS HDMI monitor. I spend a lot of time on here coding.

Not pricey at all…

I set aside quite a bit of time to spend with my family because they need the support.

#4

I have a beast of a machine:
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K overclocked to 4.5GHz. Highest possible overclock: 5.0GHz. ;D
RAM: 16GB: 4x4GB 1600MHz Patriot Memory
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 with 1.5GB VRAM
Storage: 60GB OCZ SSD + 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200RPM 6Gb/s HDD
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68
Cooler: Stock GPU cooler + Cooler Master Hyper 212+ on CPU
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 Advanced II
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series 750TX

Proof:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/398969_10150773200063622_2128652285_n.jpg

#5

Did you build that yourself?

#6

Yup! :slight_smile:

#7

Ha ha. I may not have the fastest rig, but I think I’ve got the cheapest: HP DC7700 box - free. New HDD - 60 euros. GT430 - 60 euros. USB wifi - 14 euros.

#8

I was going to build my own but then it just ended up being too expensive :stuck_out_tongue:

#9


http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/334/bild0168.jpg

I have never bought a PC off the shelf, always build it myself.

QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 955, 3215 MHz
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 v2
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
AND a NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, 3 screen after all…
4GB RAM
~ 1,6 TB HDD, not nearly enough

And a whiteboard =D

Note that the actual PC is not the ugly one beneath but the one to the right, with the PS2 and Dreamcast on top

#10

I try to use crappy machines with low end hardware:
AMD Sempron 2600+
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA 7600 GT

I sometimes replace the last one by my old ATI Radeon 9250 Pro. I still have a Celeron 700 Mhz 256 MB RAM for my tests.

#11

My current rig:

#12

Core 2 duo 2.4 e4600
Ram 2Gb
NVIDIA 9600 GT
^^
Windows XP XD

#13

Damn, that looks faster than this crappy laptop I’m using XD

#14

@Cero
That dreamcast on you PC is awesome and my setup and specs or very similar.

Core 2 quad 2.6ghz
4 gig ram
BFG GeForce GTS 250 (overclocked) 1gig vram
500gig HDD and 1 TB external.

#15

OH MY GOD A DREAMCAST! I have 2 of them and I used to play on them all the time! :smiley:

#16

This is the first time I have ever seen a dreamcast. I presume it is the white box?

#17

Somehow I knew the Dreamcast would be the most exciting part.

Thats because it should!

Dreamcasts are not really rare, and yeah its the white one.

I also have the box:

#18

Yup! And I have over 100 games for it! 8)

#19

Saw one of these once.
Couldn’t find any AC plug or battery case, so I couldn’t get it to work and gave up…

#20

I use a laptop. I hate laptops, but I’ve been homeless/traveling for about 13 months. I wanted to lug around my desktop and 30" monitor, but it wasn’t feasible, so I got an Alienware M18x. It is basically a (sort of) mobile desktop, it plus the power supply weighs about the same. I have a special backpack to carry it around. Screen is 18.4", 1920x1080. CPU is an Intel i7-2920XM, 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.5ghz boosts to 3.5ghz. It has 16GB RAM (8GB was free because the first laptop they sent was DOA). There are two Radeon HD 6990M cards, but I only have one enabled since using both seems to cause various artifacts. Even one runs BF3 well and Tribes Ascend on max. It has some built in Intel graphics for running on battery power while on a train/plane. Even then it only gets maybe 3 hours of battery life. It has Kilpsch stereo speakers plus a mini subwoofer built in. I got it with a 750GB HDD and I added a 256GB SSD for the OS and apps (was way cheaper than buy an SSD from Dell). I got the optional 60ghz Wireless HD so I can stream HD to a TV, but I haven’t used it yet. The plan is to use the laptop as the source for a TV or projector someday.