What do you do with your PC?

Takaharu · Feb 4, 2012, 02:40 PM

I haven't seen it posed as a question for all of the forum so I thought that I'd start the topic.

What do you use your PC for?
Also, can you justify your specs?

I use my PC for a large variety of things; my PC is my primary source of information and entertainment and it is my profession. Such activities include:

Gaming - I like to be able to play games at high detail.
Virtual machines - I often use four virtual machines for testing purposes, hence the RAM. It's good to have a minimum of 4GB to work with with servers and one of mine requires 8GB.
Video editing - My fiancée does video editing so I have the software too for her to practice. I've done a couple of minor videos too
Watching videos - YouTube, films, series, Blu-Rays, etc. I'm considering Netflix too.
Programming - I program in VB.NET and I use SQL.
Picture editing - This is very minor, though. It's really just for resizing videos
Music - All of my music is on my PC and I listen to it either on my PC speakers or through the stereo speakers on my amp.
Internet banking - I keep a record of my finances to ascertain my budget each month.
Internet browsing - Funnily enough, I use my PC to browse the Internet
Shopping - Any substantial buy will be online, including groceries past a certain weight limit. I also sell stuff online.
Anything else that crops up.

As you can guess, my entire day is spent on my PC, near enough. Out and about, I now have my iPad/iPhone.

Judas · Feb 4, 2012, 03:18 PM

my PC is my world ... it's the only thing of value at my home, it's my gaming machine, my work machine, my hobby machine, my entertainment machine, Blu-ray player, Netflix player, utorrent machine, video recorded and editor.... my contact to the outside world for everything.

I pretty much live on a computer.

**MIG-31** · Feb 4, 2012, 03:20 PM

This is for myself... And the first two comes first.

A) Internet Use,

* HH News gives me the perfect use of my Internet in my own free time.
* Internet Banking both for myself & my Parents
* Facebook Games like Cityville to pass on sometime
* I use BBC Iplayer very heavily to catch up on stuff i missed during the week

B) Minor Photo Editiing (But mostly for HH News) and Ebay photos

C) Major Gaming periods but mainly at the weekends.

D) The occasional Blu-Ray movie on a sat or Sunday night.

blibbax · Feb 4, 2012, 03:49 PM

As with Judas, my Computer occupies a very substansial chunk of my waking hours, and is my portal for everything. I don't own a console, TV or portable device other than a Nokia brick.

So I use my PC for:
-Games in uni holidays (nothing more demanding than Skyrim maxed @2048*1152)
-Document creation (mostly MS Office 2010 atm)
-HD movies & DVDs
-Internet (forums, Youtube, Facebook, email, shopping, journal articles for uni)
-Pidgin (multi-protocol IM client) & Vent/TS3
-Music (Winamp) - not listed in my specs are the Razer Mako 2.1 speakers I won here a few years back. Still awesome.
-Occasional light picture/video editing
-Testing acquired hardware before selling it

So how do I justify my specs? Well mostly my hardware is stumbled upon rather than bought. I upgraded my PC a few years ago to better handle WoW, which I played a lot at a time. That was an E2220 and a 9600GT. Since then I've won and stumbled accross hardware rather than buying anything new - other than a used 2048*1152 monitor, which is a massive productivity boost in my studies.

I feel no reason to purchase further upgrades, because I've yet to want to play a game that I can't max out on this sytem, and that's the only demanding thing that this PC does.

That said, I'd like it to be (even) quieter, so I might be looking at a new case at some point. I'm also about to get a load more free second-hand hardware off a mate (in return for selecting and assembling a PC for him), most of which I will Ebay, but some of which constitute some small upgrades for me

Jac · Feb 4, 2012, 06:24 PM

My world would shut down if my PC broke. I use it for pretty much everything.

Communications

Web scripting, design, photo-editing

Music - all my music is on my PC

Movies - Blurays, MKVs, YouTube etc etc

Converting files to upload to my smartphone.

Learning & training - languages and professional development

Gaming - Fairly high end stuff, I like to game at 1080p with everything turned up.

I'm getting to the point where the PC isn't quite up to maxxing my games. I'm definitely interested in the upcoming GTX660 to replace my 460. I am also wondering whether it's time to upgrade the CPU infrastructure. I don't think my CPU is presently maxxed in any game I play but would the bus/memory speed etc make a noticeable difference to game performance?

comments welcomed here Benefits of Upgrading a System Architecture

blibbax · Feb 4, 2012, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jac

I'm getting to the point where the PC isn't quite up to maxxing my games. I'm definitely interested in the upcoming GTX660 to replace my 460. I am also wondering whether it's time to upgrade the CPU infrastructure. I don't think my CPU is presently maxxed in any game I play but would the bus/memory speed etc make a noticeable difference to game performance?

I'm a bit worried about derailing the thread if I respond to that here :P

I'd love to answer the same question in the Randomness Ressurected thread though

**kris23** · Feb 4, 2012, 06:48 PM

my computer is where i really live....

Dyre Straits · Feb 6, 2012, 05:12 AM

When I'm at home, I'm on the PC 99 44/100% of the time. I rarely turn on any of the TV programs anymore.

The PC is my communications device, entertainment, business, and pretty much anything you can think of is what I do with my PC.

When I'm away from the house, at my job, and running errands, I depend on my smartphone to keep me in touch with what's going on.

AND, I read a physical newspaper every single day. (Well, at least I BUY one every day but sometimes things get so busy I may not be able to read it until later. I've been known to sit and read 3 days' worth of newspapers at one sitting.

)

ET3D · Feb 6, 2012, 09:03 AM

I do web browsing and a little gaming on my PC, mainly. I used to do more, but now I do my programming on the work's PC (or rather, Mac), and don't have that much time at home.

StuBee · Feb 6, 2012, 12:27 PM

Same as most people here, use diffrent machines depending on what i'm doing

Work: a mighty pentium 4

(all its used for is running terminal sessions and email tbh)

Home: gaming PC (in the system specs) used solely for Battlefield 3! Macbook is used for everything else, surfing, email, photo editing.

On the move: iPad or iPhone for email an surfing, and the occaional random game.

bloodyjj · Feb 8, 2012, 07:57 PM

Gaming~
Working~
Movie~
Video Streaming~
Online Communication~
Shopping~
News~

i guess about 50% of my life~
others are my gf, exercise, and school!

Judas · Feb 8, 2012, 11:20 PM

doesn't GF also mean exercise? I didn't think they had to be seperated....

blibbax · Feb 8, 2012, 11:25 PM

GF can mean excercise, but it doesn't always. Similarly, excercise needn't always mean GF. So it's worth noting both.

Judas · Feb 9, 2012, 12:17 AM

well i wasn't only referring to physical... you know.. mental exercise as well.... and i was told that it never stops...

blibbax · Feb 9, 2012, 12:39 AM

Right.

Quote:

Originally Posted by blibbax

Similarly, excercise needn't always mean GF. So it's worth noting both.

adamosmaki · Feb 15, 2012, 03:26 PM

Pc is my entertainment world. Gaming, movies, music
Internet browsing of course
A bit of programming, video and image editing
Shopping and paying bills

niceguyrichy · Feb 15, 2012, 07:35 PM

Gaming
Internet
Shopping
Pic editing
Music a little, but not very much these days
It's also the one that I tend to access remotely when I need to (rig 2 is set up left handed, which makes browsing it on an iPad.. interesting

)
Is nobody gonna man up and say pr0n then?

**MIG-31** · Feb 15, 2012, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

Is nobody gonna man up and say pr0n then?

Now Now... There is nothing wrong with Pr0n now and then...

blibbax · Feb 15, 2012, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

Is nobody gonna man up and say pr0n then?

To be honest, I totally forgot :P

Dude111 · Feb 15, 2012, 08:17 PM

I use mine to go on the net,listen to onine streams (Radio stations),play flash games,etc.......

Takaharu · Feb 15, 2012, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

Is nobody gonna man up and say pr0n then?

Hentai

I find porn boring; hentai has a plot.

Feb 4, 2012, 02:40 PM	#1
Takaharu I can fart in 7 languages Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,850 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	What do you do with your PC? I haven't seen it posed as a question for all of the forum so I thought that I'd start the topic. What do you use your PC for? Also, can you justify your specs? I use my PC for a large variety of things; my PC is my primary source of information and entertainment and it is my profession. Such activities include: Gaming - I like to be able to play games at high detail. Virtual machines - I often use four virtual machines for testing purposes, hence the RAM. It's good to have a minimum of 4GB to work with with servers and one of mine requires 8GB. Video editing - My fiancée does video editing so I have the software too for her to practice. I've done a couple of minor videos too Watching videos - YouTube, films, series, Blu-Rays, etc. I'm considering Netflix too. Programming - I program in VB.NET and I use SQL. Picture editing - This is very minor, though. It's really just for resizing videos Music - All of my music is on my PC and I listen to it either on my PC speakers or through the stereo speakers on my amp. Internet banking - I keep a record of my finances to ascertain my budget each month. Internet browsing - Funnily enough, I use my PC to browse the Internet Shopping - Any substantial buy will be online, including groceries past a certain weight limit. I also sell stuff online. Anything else that crops up. As you can guess, my entire day is spent on my PC, near enough. Out and about, I now have my iPad/iPhone. __________________ I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer. Mods Rig, Box Mods Rig, Folding details Last edited by Takaharu; Feb 4, 2012 at 06:21 PM.

Feb 4, 2012, 03:20 PM	#3
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? This is for myself... And the first two comes first. A) Internet Use, * HH News gives me the perfect use of my Internet in my own free time. * Internet Banking both for myself & my Parents * Facebook Games like Cityville to pass on sometime * I use BBC Iplayer very heavily to catch up on stuff i missed during the week B) Minor Photo Editiing (But mostly for HH News) and Ebay photos C) Major Gaming periods but mainly at the weekends. D) The occasional Blu-Ray movie on a sat or Sunday night. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here Last edited by MIG-31; Feb 4, 2012 at 07:43 PM.

Feb 4, 2012, 03:49 PM	#4
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,231 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? As with Judas, my Computer occupies a very substansial chunk of my waking hours, and is my portal for everything. I don't own a console, TV or portable device other than a Nokia brick. So I use my PC for: -Games in uni holidays (nothing more demanding than Skyrim maxed @20481152) -Document creation (mostly MS Office 2010 atm) -HD movies & DVDs -Internet (forums, Youtube, Facebook, email, shopping, journal articles for uni) -Pidgin (multi-protocol IM client) & Vent/TS3 -Music (Winamp) - not listed in my specs are the Razer Mako 2.1 speakers I won here a few years back. Still awesome. -Occasional light picture/video editing -Testing acquired hardware before selling it So how do I justify my specs? Well mostly my hardware is stumbled upon rather than bought. I upgraded my PC a few years ago to better handle WoW, which I played a lot at a time. That was an E2220 and a 9600GT. Since then I've won and stumbled accross hardware rather than buying anything new - other than a used 20481152 monitor, which is a massive productivity boost in my studies. I feel no reason to purchase further upgrades, because I've yet to want to play a game that I can't max out on this sytem, and that's the only demanding thing that this PC does. That said, I'd like it to be (even) quieter, so I might be looking at a new case at some point. I'm also about to get a load more free second-hand hardware off a mate (in return for selecting and assembling a PC for him), most of which I will Ebay, but some of which constitute some small upgrades for me __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH! Last edited by blibbax; Feb 4, 2012 at 03:59 PM.

Feb 4, 2012, 06:24 PM	#5
Jac HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Posts: 761 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? My world would shut down if my PC broke. I use it for pretty much everything. Communications Web scripting, design, photo-editing Music - all my music is on my PC Movies - Blurays, MKVs, YouTube etc etc Converting files to upload to my smartphone. Learning & training - languages and professional development Gaming - Fairly high end stuff, I like to game at 1080p with everything turned up. I'm getting to the point where the PC isn't quite up to maxxing my games. I'm definitely interested in the upcoming GTX660 to replace my 460. I am also wondering whether it's time to upgrade the CPU infrastructure. I don't think my CPU is presently maxxed in any game I play but would the bus/memory speed etc make a noticeable difference to game performance? comments welcomed here Benefits of Upgrading a System Architecture Last edited by Jac; Feb 4, 2012 at 06:36 PM.

Feb 4, 2012, 06:48 PM	#7
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? my computer is where i really live.... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Feb 6, 2012, 09:03 AM	#9
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? I do web browsing and a little gaming on my PC, mainly. I used to do more, but now I do my programming on the work's PC (or rather, Mac), and don't have that much time at home. __________________ ET's Place ET's Place competition list

Feb 6, 2012, 12:27 PM	#10
StuBee lurker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Under a small box in the corner Posts: 356 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? Same as most people here, use diffrent machines depending on what i'm doing Work: a mighty pentium 4 (all its used for is running terminal sessions and email tbh) Home: gaming PC (in the system specs) used solely for Battlefield 3! Macbook is used for everything else, surfing, email, photo editing. On the move: iPad or iPhone for email an surfing, and the occaional random game. __________________ <-- Gaming in system specs Consoles: Xbox 360 (old white stylee thing), PS3. Storage - Qnap TS-210 - Great wee thing Laptops:- 2.2Ghz, 4Gb Macbook & 2.0Ghz i7 (Sandy bridge), 4Gb, 256Mb gfx, Hi-res screen Macbook Pro

Feb 8, 2012, 07:57 PM	#11
bloodyjj HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 4	Re: What do you do with your PC? Gaming~ Working~ Movie~ Video Streaming~ Online Communication~ Shopping~ News~ i guess about 50% of my life~ others are my gf, exercise, and school!

Feb 8, 2012, 11:25 PM	#13
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,231 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? GF can mean excercise, but it doesn't always. Similarly, excercise needn't always mean GF. So it's worth noting both. __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Feb 15, 2012, 03:26 PM	#16
adamosmaki http://pcvideogaming.blog Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cyprus Posts: 61 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: What do you do with your PC? Pc is my entertainment world. Gaming, movies, music Internet browsing of course A bit of programming, video and image editing Shopping and paying bills __________________ http://pcvideogaming.blogspot.com/

Feb 15, 2012, 08:17 PM	#20
Dude111 An Awesome Dude Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 425 Rep Power: 61	I use mine to go on the net,listen to onine streams (Radio stations),play flash games,etc.......