What computers do the average users have for Guildwars?

amd64 3500+
gigabyte nforce4 sli mobo
x850xt pci-e
2gb pc3200 ram
2 x 120gb sata hdd w/8mb cache (raid0)
1 x 200gb sata hdd w/8mb cache (only for video capture)
audigy 2
dual monitors
creative 7.1 surround system
thermaltake shark case
wintv pvr-usb2
cd-rw/dvd rom drive
dvd-rw

non sli mobo was not in stock when I built this, but the sli board was only 10.00 more so I bought it anyway

Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939
AMD64 3000+ s939 Winchester (1.8 GHz @ 2.2GHz)
4 x 256 Kingston DDR 3200
Chaintech 6600GT AGP
Maxtor 120GB SATA
Maxor 80GB PATA
WD 8GB PATA
Creative Audigy 2
Jetway 17" LCD AVIDAV Monitor @1280 x 1024 75Mhz refresh

Don't you worry Serafita, I'lll be catching up shortly. Just waiting for school to end so I can get some cash together and then I too will be sporting the DD Waterblocks.

AMD Athlon 64 2.4ghz
Asus NFORCE4 SLI BOARD
NVDIA 6600gt (SLI-PCIe)
NVDIA 6600gt (SLI-PCIe)
1 GiG RAM
2x180 SATA HDD
Cisco 352 WLAN NIC
IntelPro 10/100/1000
NVIDIA SOUND (on board)
CSW 5.1 sound (although using headphones mainly for GW)

Put it all in some ANTEC Tower Case I had lying around but added 600watt power as DOOM3 and the SLI were a big drain LOL.

Man this PC is fun!

I have an older P4 (2.4 I think)
with Radeon9800 256 CARD
Truth is my "old" system runs GW just fine as well.

AMD Athlon 2400+
1024MB DDR RAM
Radeon 9700pro

pretty ancient now, haven't bothered to upgrade recently since everything runs fine.

Man, my Computer is crap now to compared to the rest of you, lol, here's mine:

Windows XP
AMD Athlon XP 2400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0Ghz
768MB RAM (had 256, then put in a 512)
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9250 128MB Ultra Fast 128bit DDR AGPx8 Graphics Card

Now, I got a small amount of Gigabytes for my PC, but I only use like 12GB of Space, and I got...40GB :$

SMP support is enabled by the terminal command: r_smp 1

Supposedly they didn't spend a huge amount of time optimizing this feature, so you will probably only see a 15-20% performance increase.

Windows XP Home
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2.17ghz)
512mb
6600GT

Mouse: a generic Microsoft optical mouse.. been going strong for 3 years now
Mousepad: what mousepad? :P (haven't used one in years..)

A good mouse pad can make a difference with optical mice - not necessarily for tracking accuracy (although it can help), but for the smooth surface. I use this stuff on a home-made mousepad with teflon tape on the mouse feet:

http://www.cshyde.com/Excess%20Inv%20Sale.htm

It really does make a difference for FPS games. There is a long thread in the Hot Deals section of the Anandtech forums extolling the virtues of this stuff.

Duron 1.8 @2.1
768 megs of ddr
cheap soundcard
win xp
radeon 9600 non pro overclocked also to 340/260

Case/PSU:
-ThermalTake VM3000 Skull Screwless Case (Black) w/ Fan Controller
-Aspire 550w PSU, Clear with Blue LED's
-Total 9 Fans in Case
**4: 35CFM 80mm Fans
**2: PSU Fans (Blue Led)
**1: VGA Fan
**1: Vantec Tornado CPU Cooler
**1: 35CFM Exhaust Blower

Essentials:
-AMD Athlon64 3400+ (1MB clawhammer)
**With Alpha Heatsink
**With Vantec Tornado 80mm Fan
**With Arctic Silver 5
-ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
-1GB Corsair XMS TwinX PC4400 DDR RAM
**With Platinum Heatspreaders

Audio/Video Cards:
-Sapphire X850XT Platinum Edition
**2-Slot Design
-Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Limited Gamer Edition

Optical Drives:
-16x Sony DVD-ROM
-52x/24x/52x Lite-On CD-RW
-16x NEC DVD +/- RW

Floppy Drives:
-Samsung 3.5" Floppy Drive

Hard Drives:
-120GB Seagate Barrecuda 7200.7 RPM SATA-150
-250GB Western Digital Caviar 7200 RPM SATA-150
-80GB Western Digital Extrernal USB 2.0 w/ 80GB 7200RPM Caviar Drive

Case: Logisys Phantom ATX Black w/ Blue LEDs
PSU: Akasa Paxpower2 460w (dual 12v) w/ Silent 120mm Fan & Blue LED
Cooling: 3x 80mm Fans (1x intake, 2x exhaust) w/ Blue LEDs
Motherboard: Asus K8V-SE Deluxe K8T800 Socket 754
Processor: AMD Athlon64 Newcastle 3400+ @ 2.4GHz
Memory: 1Gb (2x 512mB) Corsair Value DDR333 RAM*
Hard Disk 1: Seagate Barracuda 120Gb IDE**
Hard Disk 2: Seagate Barracuda 40Gb IDE (temp backup)**
Optical: LG 32x/10x/40x CD-RW Drive***
Graphics: Chaintech Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 128mB DDR3

*Soon to be 2Gb (2x 1024mB) OCZ DDR400.
**Soon to be 2x Seagate Barracuda 300Gb SATA.
***Soon to be LG 16x Dual Layer DVD-RW.

principa...you know its dangerous pushing the CPU past 220HTT on that board right?? we could fry our vid cards and PCI cards since there is no AGP/PCI lock

the bus on those two get increased and might start messing up stuff...also hard drive corruption occurs..for that fact, im going to get me a DFI Lanparty NF3 250GB board..

AMD XP 1700 (1.5v stepping) @1470 Mhz - OC'd prime stable @ 2500 Mhz @ 1.675v
Radeon 9700 OC'd to pro speeds
Epox 8RDA+
Gig o' Geil PC3200
Nvidia Soundstorm
Sparkle 400 watt PSU

Bought everything for a bit more than $650.00 around two years ago and it still is running everything just fine and dandy.

AMD Barton XP 2800+
1GB PC3500 DDRRAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
Creative SB Audigy
80GB HD
MSI KT4Ultra Mobo

P4-3ghz
1GB RAM - no clue what kind/type, that's hubby's department, I forget as soon as it's bought
GeForce 6200 w/128 video ram - yes I'd like 256 but, well, I'm lazy/hate shopping, and this still works fine
30GB HD - small, but I have a networked 2nd computer for huge HD 'storage' purposes, I like things seperate
On-board Real-Tek sound - yes, I know, how evil - but again, works fine, don't care
enough to buy a seperate card at the moment
Toshiba DVD/CD
Some big blue/black case with so many fans cardboard will 'stick' to the grille.
17" generic monitor
generic keyboard
a basic MS wheelmouse - it's one of the few that's still very small, for my small hands

...and a partridge in a pear tree. It rests on top of the monitor....

AMD AthlonXP 3200+
512 MB Ram Corsair (bling bling)
Sapphire Radeon x800 [email protected] PE and more tuned
2* 160 GB HDD Samsung SpinPoint (Raid0)
Creative Soundblaster Audigy LS
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
NEC 3520-A DVD-RW
Fujitsu-Siemens C17-3 TFT
Logitech Cordless Elite Desktop MX (for Bluetooth) -> keyboard used, MX900 not in use
Logitech MX1000

Damn...wet my pants.

Chipset cooling has held me back from 3 GHz.

I'm getting ready to remedy that.

Cool, let me know if you find a way to monitor chipset temps that would work on my Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. I'm curious what those temps should be and what they are actually running, particularly northbridge.

I got a thermocouple. That's not a normal end-user solution.