My Shit School PC

[Bhav]

12 hours ago, TheBestUserName said:

From the outside looking in, Linus seems like a pretty level-headed dude.  He will probably teach his kids to be grateful for what they have, and not look at the world with a sense of entitlement and an "I'm better than you" attitude. 

 

[TheBestUserName]

26 minutes ago, Bhav said:

 

Reexamine yourself, son. 

[LaundyGoggles]

We used to have some really old dells with Windows XP, but they upgraded them to Lenovo ones with 6500ks, 16gb of RAM, Windows 10, Nvidia k620s, and 1080p monitors.

[steezemageeze]

My school has a combination of shitty Core2 machines running Vista and nice i5 machines running W7. My Votech school has half-decent Core2 machines (in the programming room at least. We also just got some i5 machines, but they haven't set them up yet) some iMacs (digital media & digital art), and in the "general lab" downstairs, Pentium 4 machines (yikes)

[Coaxialgamer]

pentium e5300 at 2.6ghz

2gb ddr2

dell mobo

7200rpm hdd

 

Actually very usable

[2FA]

We just upgraded the school's PCs from Pentium 4's and Core 2 Duo's along with 1-2GB of RAM which honestly weren't bad to use but just slow from the combination of old hardware and mechanical drives. Put an SSD in one of them and it becomes pretty snappy. All of the new computers have SSDs, 8GB of RAM, and at least Skylake i5's with one lab having 6700's with GT730's in them. I made sure my PC at work (I worked at the school) was one of the i7 machines.  

[samcool55]

Can't remember but i do know they have an i7 and a gpu that is NOT USED.

 

The monitors are stupidly expensive dell monitors with a usb hub but they are connected with a DP connection to the motherboard, the dGPU doesn't have O_o

Also they are slow AF because they cheaped out on the hard drive, no idea what it is but it's SLOOOW.

[minibois]

my old school had PC's with and i7 4770 or a 3770, with an 650 Ti. These were the PC's I used though, the 3D model PC's has 6 core Xeons and low-mid range Quadro cards

[Jack Dvorak]

I feel you...

 

Pentium 4

Mobo: IDK

Ram 1 gb ddr (dont know what speed)

no gpu 200w psu

some random ultra small case

acer 1280*720 monitors

windows xp.

160 HDD not even sata...

 

one of my tech teachers was like don't brake them they're $500. And I am like nice try, but they are like $50

[Clanscorpia]

We have netbooks with Haswell Celerons or AMD E1-2500s with 4GB RAM

[handymanshandle]

Most of the desktops at my HS have i7 4790s and 16GB of RAM running Win 7 Pro.

 

There are some slim iMacs that probably have some sort of i5 in them. I also guess there are some PCs with i5 2400s in them.

[handymanshandle]

On 9/14/2016 at 1:05 AM, KuJoe said:

Wow, entitled much? What kind of classes are you taking where you need better specs than that? And why does the case, motherboard, PSU, or anything else matter while you're using it for school?

Agreed (sort of). I agree those not picky things don't matter. Though I'd say that for web browsing and multi-tasking a computer like that would be less than desirable.

On 9/14/2016 at 1:05 AM, KuJoe said:

Here's a good life lesson for you: If somebody lets you use something FOR FREE don't complain about it EVER unless you want to look like an entitled brat to the adults in the room.

Agreed

On 9/14/2016 at 1:05 AM, KuJoe said:

Seriously, take a minute and think about what you've been given and don't complain about something you didn't have to pay for.

Agreed

[awesomes8wc3]

Lol, all our computers at school are HP z240 towers, some skylake xeon, 16gig ram and some quadro. I feel sorry for you man but you don't need much more than that for word and shit, we have nice comps because we do a lot of CAD and media work that benefits from it. What I will complain about is our laptops, atom z2760 (32-bit!!), 2 gigs of ram and a 60 gig emmc drive, it gets a worse geekbench than an iphone5!! bleh, we're expected to do the same work we do on those beefy workstations on these when the labs are booked out. not fun.

 

Anyway, If you really want better comps find some kind of education deal with HP or Acer or something to get computers in bulk for cheap, and maybe propose that.

 

On a side note, e2160's are fun. Pretty great overclockers.

[natey_g]

we have got i5 4690 and some radeon card... not sure which one

[masterkickass7]

On 9/14/2016 at 0:47 AM, cahya003 said:

My PC school is a shit because it has the worst stuffs on the entire planet. Note: It has around 20 PC in 1 room

 

It has:

 

Intel Pentium E2160

A shit ASUS motherboard ( I don't know whats the name )

1GB RAM

320gb HDD

NO GPU

Shit Unbranded Power Supply ( 200-300w? )

No Name Case

Fake Windows 7 

1024 x 768 Monitor

Genius Keyboard & Mouse ( I don't know what series )

Fast internet for google but shit internet for download.

 

I want to complain to my principal school about this

Do you guys have any idea for the PC specs for school?

deal with it if u want a laptop get this https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-8460p-XU057UT-Notebook/dp/B004RCUIQI cheap and good enough that pc is enough for browsing the web

[jonnylaw13]

On 9/14/2016 at 1:44 PM, Pomfinator said:

Our CS labs all have i5 NUCs or iMacs.

 

The servers I worked with were also pretty good.  Dual Xeons, they still bogged down like hell during crunch time tho.

my school also ran entirely on iMacs, but this was circa year 2000, well enough, wed all gather in the lab after school and LAN Starcraft!

[Zodiark1593]

Honestly, anything Core 2 Duo and newer, the school just needs to budget for some SSD. However, there are very few companies that will put budget aside for PC parts (no matter how easy the install is) vs just outright replacement, let alone a school trying to convince the superintendent. 

 

Even if the use case easily falls within the capabilities of a Core 2 Duo, most corporate environments would sooner replace the entire PC (most of the time, on a model with an HDD) than spend a fraction of the cost on just an SSD. 

 

Not my money, though it doesn't keep me from cringing at times. 

[VerticalDiscussions]

Does anyones schools/universities have good computers lmao?

[kaiju_wars]

26 minutes ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

Does anyones schools/universities have good computers lmao?

We have a mixture of AIOs all over campus.  Got a bunch of iMacs in the library.  Mixture of 21" and 24" iMacs in classrooms.  Lenovo and HP AIOs with like Core i5s and 8GB of RAM.

 

I haven't been to that part of the school.  But I heard the part of the school were film majors go, they got some fancy pants Mac Pros.  Whatever freaking classroom or building they use.

[VerticalDiscussions]

Just now, kaiju_wars said:

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O-O. My university uses Pentium Dual Core computers at best .-.! For networking o-o...

 

I think the 10+ year old switches and routers from Cisco in there are as powerful

[kaiju_wars]

Just now, VerticalDiscussions said:

O-O. My university uses Pentium Dual Core computers at best .-.! For networking o-o...

 

I think the 10+ year old switches and routers from Cisco in there are as powerful

Oh, we still have a bunch of Core 2 Quad machines lying around.  But they are phasing them out for the AIOs.  

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 minute ago, kaiju_wars said:

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Im guessing that those Caltech and MIT universities pack some Nvidia Teslas and Intel Xeon rigs for specific student classes?

[kaiju_wars]

3 minutes ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

Im guessing that those Caltech and MIT universities pack some Nvidia Teslas and Intel Xeon rigs for specific student classes?

I have no idea, though you would think so.  I got to Minot State University, we have Xeons and FirePros in our workstations.  (Those Mac Pros I mentioned)

[cragger89]

On 14/09/2016 at 6:47 AM, cahya003 said:

My PC school is a shit because it has the worst stuffs on the entire planet. Note: It has around 20 PC in 1 room

 

It has:

 

Intel Pentium E2160

A shit ASUS motherboard ( I don't know whats the name )

1GB RAM

320gb HDD

NO GPU

Shit Unbranded Power Supply ( 200-300w? )

No Name Case

Fake Windows 7 

1024 x 768 Monitor

Genius Keyboard & Mouse ( I don't know what series )

Fast internet for google but shit internet for download.

 

I want to complain to my principal school about this

Do you guys have any idea for the PC specs for school?

What spec do you think you need to launch Word and IE?

 

Moron.

[divided_throwaway]

On 14/09/2016 at 7:07 AM, Canada EH said:

How do you get a fake Windows 7?

 

You should wait until you get to college or univ and you are forced to buy their laptop.

Usually false alarms for copyright infringement. IT services should really have bought Win 7 (or the school gets prosecuted), but these things can happen even if they have done so.

 

As for the OP, unless their classes involve a lot of computationally heavy work, they shouldn't really be using it for gaming except under the discretion of staff or something, and if it does involve a lot of resource-intensive work, the department should arrange to get better computers to improve student productivity. The school network can use the stuff you go on to ruin your reputation or something (e.g. viewing porn, which should be blocked on school networks in the first place unless somehow someone manages to get around that).