Show off your gear

[Kalki]

This thread is a place where you can post images and specifications of your system you use.

When commenting on one or the other package please type which post you're referring to (that way we can keep one post with images and info and keep all the comments in the same post, moderators will move comments into the post).

Example:

Vaekor's post: I think your HDD is a bit small, you should also get water cooling...

So go ahead create a thread with images and info about your computers :)

EDIT: I'll have my vengeance on you some day, Kalki. ~ Vaekor

[Lebanese_Falcon]

I dont know why i should place images :p

well i am using a laptop, 512 ram, 64 graphic card, 1.7 Ghz speed, centrino.
thats all i know :p hehe

[WraithXBlade]

Here's a list of the specs, will get pictures once I can afford to buy a new camera...

Gaming Rig:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Socket 939 1MB L2 Cache w/ stock heatsink and fan
ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard
2GB(2x1GB) Dual-Channel Corsiar XMS Pro PC3200 RAM (clocked 3-3-3-8 I think out of the box)
Sapphire Radeon X800 PRO 256MB DDR3 Graphics Card
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
120GB Maxtor DiamondMax 7200RPM SATA150 HDD
NZXT Black Nemesis Elite w/ XCase Diskmake Demon 600W PSU
17" MAG LCD Monitor

Workstation:

Intel Pentium IV 2.5GHz Processor
35GB Wester Digital 7200RPM ATA133 HDD
512MB PC2100 RAM
ATI Rage Pro 128 Graphics Card

Backup Unit:

Intel Celeron 1.3GHz Processor
40GB Seagate 7200 RPM ATA100 HDD
512MB PC2100 RAM
PNY nVidia Geforce 4 MX440 64MB PCI Graphics Card


LAN Game Server:

Dual Intel Celeron 500MHz Processor
Abit Dual Proc. Motherboard (can't remember the model)
10GB Maxtor 5400RPM ATA66 HDD
768MB PC2100 RAM
ATI Rage Pro 128 Graphics Card

[Nemesis-]

I only got a webcam so i can't take any picture :p

But here's the specs (old puter i know)

Some VIA mobo
AMD Athlon 1900+
Nvidia Geforce MX 420 64MB
768MB DDR RAM
1 80GB Western Digital HDD and 1 120GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Some fans here and there, one got blue LED's ^_^

[Nepthys]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/Xer0a/Pictars%20and%20other%20stuffs/CIMG0277.jpg

^_^
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
ATI RADEON Xpress 200 series
1 Gb RAM
250 Gb HDD

EDIT
And heres what it normally looks like..

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6900/cimg03021jr.jpg

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James1471- posts: no chair do u sit on the floor
PhoenixForce replies: she's a hottie so she can either be an angel or devil and they can both float :p

[Ashen83642]

Main PC (I may post a pic later)
Black Raidmax clear sided case (with Green neon & Green LED fans)
Athlon 64 3500
Asus Av8 motherboard
2gig ram (4x512mb)
160 gig HDD
128mg ATI Raidion 95xx (can't remember exactly, it is temp card, after my geforce toasted itself)
Sony 17" LCD monitor
ATI TV card (hooked to a dish reciever)

Accessories
8-way external memory card reader
Webcam
20gig external HDD (USB)
6.2 megapixel digital camera
Digital Camcorder (can be hooked to PC through firewire)
and of course a couple of printers and scanners

[darthfierto]

all i can say is that it glows

[ColonelFearsome]

My specs...

P4 2.8Ghz Processor
80GB HD (+80GB external)
512MB RAM
DVD combo drive + DVD burner
HDTV card

= nothing special :(

[soho]

250gb hard drive
television

ALIENWARE !!!!!!!

[billy14andahalf]

nice. for now i just got shitty ole. dell. lol 2.4 gigahurts a lot, radeon 9700 pro.

[Ktalah]

I got a Compaq (-_-) with; AMD Athlon XP 2600+, Radeon 9700, 80 gig hdd, 512 mb RAM. It's a bit slow and old. I'm gonna be getting a new laptop soon though :)

[leibstandarte]

my laptop is an acer with intel p4 3.4GHz with 1 GB DDR SDRAM and 120 GB disk and an nVIDEA GeForce FX Go5700

[Vaekor]

Why does everyone keep using rig in the singular? Have you no computing pride? Limiting myself to computers in this house which are owned entirely by me, which are plugged in and operational, I narrowed it down to 4. (In case you can't see it in the picture, every machine I run, Mac or Windows, has an Apple logo in the upper left corner of the screen.) The list is as follows.

Jotunheim
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http://homepage.mac.com/vaekor/rigs/jotunheim.jpg

Custom Vaekor-Crafted Rig

3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor
1 GB DDR SDRAM
ATI RADEON All-In-Wonder X800 graphics card (256 MB memory, AGP)
19 inch flat panel monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 912N)
running at 1280 x 1024 screen resolution
running Win XP Pro with SP2
DVD+-RW, CD-RW combo drive
2 x 250 GB hard drive (ATA, not SATA, if you care)
Linksys 802.11g Wireless card


Aelfheim
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http://homepage.mac.com/vaekor/rigs/aelfheim.jpg

15-inch PowerBook G4

1.67 GHz PowerPC G4 Processor
1 GB DDR SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card (128MB memory, AGP)
running at 1280 x 854 screen resolution
running OS X "Tiger" (10.4.4)
SuperDrive (DVD+-RW, CD-RW combo)
100 GB hard drive (ATA, not SATA, if you care)
Airport Extreme card (802.11g wireless)


Niflheim
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http://homepage.mac.com/vaekor/rigs/niflheim.jpg

Sony VAIO RS-310

2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor
256 MB DDR SDRAM
onboard Intel 845GV integrated graphics chip with 64 MB shared memory
15 inch flat panel monitor (ViewSonic VA520)
running at 1024 x 768 screen resolution
running Win XP Pro with SP2
DVD+-RW, CD-RW combo drive
80 GB hard drive (ATA, not SATA, if you care)
Linksys 802.11g Wireless card


Midgard
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http://homepage.mac.com/vaekor/rigs/midgard.jpg

Graphite iMac DV SE (Summer 2k Edition)

500 MHz PowerPC G3 Processor
384 MB SDRAM
ATI RAGE Pro 128 chipset
running at 1024 x 768 screen resolution
running OS X "Jaguar" (10.2.4) / OS 9.2.2 (dual boot)
CD-ROM, DVD-ROM combo drive
30 GB hard drive (ATA, not SATA, if you care)
no longer connects to network at all



Nepthys: Very nice Vaekor. But what do you use them all for? =D
WraithXBlade: I have more, but I don't have enough space currently to run 'em all... I have 3 other computers ready to hook up on the drop of the dime. ;)

Vaekor: I use Jotunheim as my powerhouse, and for CW and IRIS. I use Niflheim for casual internet activity, or for when I need to access the internet while working in the study (typically repairing another computer). I use Aelfheim for any time I need to use a computer downstairs, or away from the house, or in bed -- but it is especially useful when at school. Midgard is the iMac that was damaged in a power surge, and isn't all there anymore... but it serves as a data backup for my music, makes a great jukebox, and is cute. There's more to the story, but I'd have to make a whole new thread, "The History Of Vaekor's Computers".

[Kalki]

Well here they are...

My workstation, also serves as development computer:
1.7 Pentium 4, 512 MB RDRAM, 300 GB HDDs
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer1.jpg

Laptop I use to connect to VPN at work:
Specs irrelevant
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer2.jpg

Web & Database server:
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer3.jpg

Test server:
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer4.jpg

Multimedia PC:
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 200 GB SATA HDD, remote control, hooked up to the projector
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer5.jpg

Anli's laptop:
Pentium M 1.7
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer6.jpg

My laptop:
AMD 2800+
http://dahood.minidns.net/computers/computer7.jpg

[Chrono]

Considering I dont have any digicams in my home atm, I drew my comp :p on advice of teh awesome binky :)

http://www.chronocorp.com/trash/mycomp.jpg

Acer Aspire E3 - MB72
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
200GB HDD
1GB DDR RAM
DVD RW Dual, Double Layer
ATI RADEON X3000SE HM 256MB
Microsoft Windows MCE2005
For more crap: read here (http://www.acer.nl/acereuro/page9.do?dau34.oid=11736&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=3&CountryISOCtxParam=NL&LanguageISOCtxParam=nl&crc=1448777856)

[xSunnYx]

Current :
Laptop :
Sony Vaio VGN-A115B
Pentium-M 1,5 Ghz
768MB DDR
ATi Mobility Radeon 9200 64MB
60GB 5400RPM Hitachi HDD

Soon (mid feb):
Desktop
Opteron 165, 1,8Ghz (probably with Zalman 9500 cooler on it)
ASUS A8R-MVP s939 mobo
2GB Corsair dual-channel 2-kit
1x 74GB Raptor
1x 300GB Seagate Barracuda
Asus ATi Radeon 1900XT 512MB
NEC 3550 DVD rewriter
Dell Ultra-Sharp 2405 WFP 24"

Case will be an Antec P180(with Antec NeoHE 500) or a Coolermaster Stacker 830 (With RealPower 550W).. yes wasting money here..

Vaekor: Christ, xSunnYx, is there no middle ground with you? ::laughs::

[jaketo]

Vaekor and Kalki: Respect for some very nice setups :D

Vaekor: I tend to use the word 'rig' more in a network sense, e.g. lots of bits of kit all talking and working together as one.

xSunnyx: Let us know what you get?



Here's my rig. My flat is very small (Central London is extremely expensive) so it's designed more for functionality than anything. Sorry the photos are a bit dark, I prefer my flat that way and the photos looked poor if I used the flash.

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/1.jpg

PC #1

The PC on the right with all the neon stuff going on and the twin VDUs is my main PC -

Intel P4 3.6MHz
ASUS P5AD2 Premium mobo
2Gb Crucial DDR2-667 SDRAM
Sapphire PCIe 256Mb Radeon X800XT
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
1 x ATA133 80Gb HDD (Boot drive)
2 x SATA 240Gb HDDs in RAID 1 (Storage drive)
1 x ATA133 20Gb HDD (FAT16 - swap file)
X-Connect™ 400W ATX Modular PSU (just so cool!)
Creative GigaWorks S750 7.1 Speakers

Plus lots of modding kit, and connected to the usual peripherals, and lots of other peripherals and gadgets, too many to list here (unless someone really wants to know.)

The wooden gantry in the foreground is to correctly place all the 7.1 speakers. The left side speaker is retractable ;)

PC #2

The PC on the left is my ADC, test server, office VPN client, my daughter's PC when she's with me etc -

AMD Athlon XP 2400
ASUS A7V8X Deluxe mobo
1Gb Crucial DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Soundblaster Live! Platinum
1 x ATA133 70Gb HDD (Boot drive)
2 x SATA 160Gb HDDs in RAID 1 (Storage drive)
1 x ATA133 20Gb HDD (FAT16 - swap file)

Another picture from a closer angle, gantry retracted -

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/2.jpg

And a final close-up of PC #1 -

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/3.jpg

I also have two old Dell laptops that I drag around for site work but they're not worth mentioning.

It's all hooked together on a 1Gbit network backbone and connected to the outside world with an 8Mbit pipe. Nice.

For reference, the wax lamp is not networked (yet) and the chair is extremely comfortable ;)

[WindsHellFire]

OMG that is totally sweet.
Ugot like the best of the best and even the best configuration, its sick i can just dream o this.
Why did u buy ati radion in sted of nvidia GPu?

[jaketo]

OMG that is totally sweet.
Ugot like the best of the best and even the best configuration, its sick i can just dream o this.
Why did u buy ati radion in sted of nvidia GPu?

Thanks :)

I get an annual bonus from work and I tend to build myself a new PC with it every year and always try to go for what's top of the range at that time if I can, and rotate them i.e. new PC becomes PC #1, current PC #1 becomes PC #2 and PC #2 gets sold off.

A bit extravagant perhaps but I like to be up-to-date and it's not like I actually have a real life or anything ;)

I used to prefer Nvidia GPU based cards (although I never really forgave them for what they did to 3Dfx...) but two years ago the reviews about the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro GPU were extremely good so I switched to ATI and have been very happy with them.

And guess what, I got my bonus for last year yesterday so it's time to go shopping again :D

[WindsHellFire]

lol the you should get 2 nvidia 6800's in SLI YEAH!

[AlbedoX]

for now i have a gateway,
768 mb ram
some Nvidia Geforce idk 6400 or something...
80 gb of hard drive.
pentium 4
1 year old,
nice flat lcd screen. i think 17"
1280x1024 res

im trying to make a custom one

im configuring and testing price ranges and www.cyberpowerpc.com

im trying to get a good review on mother baords and grapgic cards,

I need a good gaming station, under around 1000 dollars, and im looking for a good motherboard and graphics card. Im thinkan Asus MB not sure for what style of Graphic Card though:)

Hope some1 can help me out with those
thanks
Albedox

[Remo4]

OH MY GOD Jaketo that 'rig' pwns!!! What do you work as? that setup musta cost u over 3k!!

My PC is average 2.6ghz, 120gb hard drive, 512mb RAM, pentium 4, Geforce 4 series card (i know :P) Im desperate for a new PC.

[KG_69]

Athlon64 3500+ CPU
Asus Mainboard A8N with SLI
Samsung 930BF 19" LCD Monitor
2 x 512Mb DDR400 Corsair CAS2 XMS-3200 RAM sticks
2 x 164GB Hitachi SATA HDDs
1 x 400GB Western Digital HDD
1 x 250GB Seagate HDD
Logitech LX 700, Cordless Keyboard and Rechargable Mouse
2 x nVidia Geforce 6600GT 256MB
ICute 0311SL-BB case with 1 extra neon blue fan and 4 neon strips
4 x Sony Dual Layer DVD burners
Logitech z-5500 5.1 speakers

:D will get pics soon

[jinx187]

Not a bad setup :)

SLi 6600gt's :D shame about the shit mouse though ;)

[KG_69]

Lol, it was the best one at the time but I'm planning on upgrading to the G15 Gaming keyboard and G7 Mouse :D and possibly SLi 6800GTs but I'm rather content with my set up atm except the mouse is bad for gaming >_< the keyboard isn't that bad though but the G15 has an LCD! :O hell ownage for games.

[xSunnYx]

xSunnyx: Let us know what you get?
On Order :
Coolermaster Stacker 830
Coolermaster RealPower 550W
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
AMD Opteron 170 2.0 GHz, 1000 MHz, Boxed (With Zalman CNPS9500 and Arctic Silver 5)
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT 2048 MB, PC4000, 500 MHz, 2,5, Kit Of 2
Western Digital Raptor 74 GB, 10.000 Rpm, 8 MB, Serial ATA/150
Seagate HDD Barracuda 7200.9 300 GB, 7200 Rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA II/300
Sapphire VGA Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB
NEC ND-3550 Zwart
Logitech Keyboard G15 Gaming USB, Zwart / Zilver, Qwerty
Logitech Mouse G7 Laser Cordless USB, Blauw / Zilver
Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide-Screen LCD-Monitor

Blue = Component in
Green = Component in 2 days
Orange = Component within 1 week
Red = Component within 2 weeks

Kinda sux, all in red will be sent all together, but since Opteron 170 is hard to get, might take a while before i get the stuff in my case >.<

Edit : Dell monitor is the only thing coming in late now o.0

EDIT : All components will be in this weekend ^_^

[Bitter-Peace]

On Order :
Coolermaster Stacker 830
Coolermaster RealPower 550
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
AMD Opteron 170 2.0 GHz, 1000 MHz, Boxed (With Zalman CNPS9500 and Arctic Silver 5)
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT 2048 MB, PC4000, 500 MHz, 2,5, Kit Of 2
Western Digital Raptor 74 GB, 10.000 Rpm, 8 MB, Serial ATA/150
Seagate HDD Barracuda 7200.9 300 GB, 7200 Rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA II/300
Sapphire VGA Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB
NEC ND-3550 Zwart
Logitech Keyboard G15 Gaming USB, Zwart / Zilver, Qwerty
Logitech Mouse G7 Laser Cordless USB, Blauw / Zilver
Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide-Screen LCD-Monitor

Blue = Component in
Green = Component in 2 days
Orange = Component within 1 week
Red = Component within 2 weeks

Kinda sux, all in red will be sent all together, but since Opteron 170 is hard to get, might take a while before i get the stuff in my case >.<

Edit : Dell monitor is the only thing coming in late now o.0


...am i allowed to hate you for that?

[soho]

On Order :
Coolermaster Stacker 830
Coolermaster RealPower 550
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
AMD Opteron 170 2.0 GHz, 1000 MHz, Boxed (With Zalman CNPS9500 and Arctic Silver 5)
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT 2048 MB, PC4000, 500 MHz, 2,5, Kit Of 2
Western Digital Raptor 74 GB, 10.000 Rpm, 8 MB, Serial ATA/150
Seagate HDD Barracuda 7200.9 300 GB, 7200 Rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA II/300
Sapphire VGA Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB
NEC ND-3550 Zwart
Logitech Keyboard G15 Gaming USB, Zwart / Zilver, Qwerty
Logitech Mouse G7 Laser Cordless USB, Blauw / Zilver
Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide-Screen LCD-Monitor

Blue = Component in
Green = Component in 2 days
Orange = Component within 1 week
Red = Component within 2 weeks

Kinda sux, all in red will be sent all together, but since Opteron 170 is hard to get, might take a while before i get the stuff in my case >.<

Edit : Dell monitor is the only thing coming in late now o.0

are you rich or what :o
the video card costs 533euro normal price :o

[PODfreak]

http://xb0.xanga.com/d788544ac963013006139/t9387594.jpg


Toshiba Satellite M45-355
pent M - 1.86 GHz
1024 MB DDR SDRAM
100Gig hardrive
15.4 screen

i love the fact that i can play movie's w/o booting up the OP system

[jaketo]

On Order :
Coolermaster Stacker 830
Coolermaster RealPower 550
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
[COLOR="Orange"]AMD Opteron 170 2.0 GHz, 1000 MHz, Boxed (With Zalman CNPS9500 and Arctic Silver 5)
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT 2048 MB, PC4000, 500 MHz, 2,5, Kit Of 2
etc etc etc

Mate, that is going to be a very nice system! :D

Post some pics when it's built!

[soho]

nvidia geforce 256mb
3ghz , pentium 4
120gb hard drive
alienware case :p
uv-lights
1024mb memory

alll you need for call of duty 2 ^^

[xSunnYx]

http://xb0.xanga.com/d788544ac963013006139/t9387594.jpg


Toshiba Satellite M45-355
pent M - 1.86 GHz
1024 MB DDR SDRAM
100Gig hardrive
15.4 screen

i love the fact that i can play movie's w/o booting up the OP system

lol pete, still proud on ya laptop eh? I would be too, nice 1 mate :) (Specially cuz it was a good deal)

Mate, that is going to be a very nice system! :D

Post some pics when it's built!

Will do :) It isn't anything spectacular like ur rig tho :p mine ill be just a few blue lights glowing through the black mesh of the case :x

nvidia geforce 256mb
3ghz , pentium 4
120gb hard drive
alienware case :p
uv-lights
1024mb memory

alll you need for call of duty 2 ^^

Nice 1, got pics? ^_^

[jaketo]

a few blue lights glowing through the black mesh of the case

Mmm, blue lights, black mesh! :)

Yummy :D

Looking forward to the pics!

[xSunnYx]

PC:
Coolermaster Stacker 830
Coolermaster RealPower 550W
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
AMD Opteron 170 2.0 GHz, 1000 MHz, Boxed (With Zalman CNPS9500 and Arctic Silver 5)
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT 2048 MB, PC4000, 500 MHz, 2,5, Kit Of 2
Western Digital Raptor 74 GB, 10.000 Rpm, 8 MB, Serial ATA/150
Seagate HDD Barracuda 7200.9 300 GB, 7200 Rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA II/300
Sapphire VGA Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB
NEC ND-3550 Zwart
Logitech Keyboard G15 Gaming USB, Zwart / Zilver, Qwerty
Logitech Mouse G7 Laser Cordless USB, Blauw / Zilver
Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide-Screen LCD-Monitor (1920x1200)

Laptop:
Sony Vaio VGN-A115B
15" X-Black glossy screen (1024x768)
Pentium-M (Banias Core) 1,5Ghz
768MB 400Mhz DDR
60GB 4200 RPM Hitachi HDD
ATi Mobility Radeon 9200
Razer Diamondback

Well here are the pics..

No CPU :
http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/1.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/2.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/3.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/4.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/5.jpg
Monitor & Opteron 170 came in here ^_^
http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/6.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/7.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/8.jpg

It's still not done yet tho, got a Thermaltake 520W PST PSU on order, and Asetek WaterChill watercooling will be coming in 2-3 weeks or so. (I Just can't hit 2,8Ghz prime stable on aircooling)

[Bitter-Peace]

sunny you need some serious upgrades there..


have you seen that computer chair :p

but yeah, i hate you for that rig ;)

[RaVeNsRaGe]

Card name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_019D1028&REV_02
Display Memory: 96.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: DELL E153FPT
Monitor Max Res: 1024,768
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.3889 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/20/2004 12:11:36, 37951 bytes
Name: Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter with SpeedBooster
Name: Ethernet Controller
Name: Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Name: Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB LPC Interface Controller - 24D0
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB SMBus Controller - 24D3
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
Name: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
ame: Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 24DB
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
Name: Intel(R) 82865G/PE/P/GV/82848P Processor to I/O Controller - 2570
Name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

not sure if this is what you're looking for but this is from my DXDiag. i'm not gonna bother taking pctures cause it is covered in dust and empty beer cans :D

[KG_69]

Card name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_019D1028&REV_02
Display Memory: 96.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: DELL E153FPT
Monitor Max Res: 1024,768
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.3889 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/20/2004 12:11:36, 37951 bytes
Name: Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter with SpeedBooster
Name: Ethernet Controller
Name: Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Name: Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB LPC Interface Controller - 24D0
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB SMBus Controller - 24D3
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
Name: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
ame: Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 24DB
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD
Name: Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
Name: Intel(R) 82865G/PE/P/GV/82848P Processor to I/O Controller - 2570
Name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

not sure if this is what you're looking for but this is from my DXDiag. i'm not gonna bother taking pctures cause it is covered in dust and empty beer cans :D

What's all that gibberish? o_O

[RaVeNsRaGe]

lets help you out a little to figure it out. go to Start>Run>(type in) DxDiag>Enter>let it finish it's scan> then save it and you'll see yer computer inside and out.. might be gibberish to you but i can read it clear as any book that's placed in front of me :p

[KG_69]

Isn't that just your CPU?

[Lor20_RJ]

nah thats just the graphics card
i currently still run my old computer :)
p4 3 ghz, 1.5 gb ram, a couple harddrives (together about 600 GB or so)
geforce 5900 xt
2 screens (1 19" crt , 1 19" LCD)
a few dozen accessories ;)
since i dont play any fps games it still does the job for me :)

Lor20

[jaketo]

xSunnYx

Sweet setup man, love the whole workspace too! :D

But Bitter-Peace is right, you really should get a new chair, the amount of time you're going to be spending there, your back's going to be crippled ;)


RaVeNsRaGe,

If you use msinfo32 instead of DXDiag and export the summary page, might get something a little more meaningful ;) DXDiag's just for multmedia stuff controlled by DirectX.

[xSunnYx]

Yeah i know, really need a good chair.. But comfort is a luxioury, PC specs are a priority :x I'll get a good chair after my ADSL and Watercooling kick in :)

(Scared the watercooling set ill leak tho o.0 )

[DragonKing]

Ok, I dont have a picture, cuz my computer's in the shop :mad:
Here are some general specs
AMD 64 3400+ (fried :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: under warrenty)
MSI V(something) motherboard (fried :mad: also under warranty)
Ati All-In-Wonder 128 (fried :mad:)
1Gb Ram
220 Gb HD

so pretty much I have a fried system right now that is getting all new parts under warranty. but the graphics card isnt. I know you can say that sux too. :mad:
But hey It only cost me 400 for the system, so that might be why it doesnt work :denny:
Oh and the computer I'm using now is a piece of crap that's not worth mentioning


|,.:!I am free!:.,|

[RobertVH]

I just grabbed some stuff from everest. Its a standard desktop, but i could get it cheap... :p

CPU: AMD Sempron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
1 GB memory (2x 512 mb)
VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro 64Mb (lousy, but i don't need to play graphic-card-eating games. :) )
Windows XP home ed. SP2
C: (HDD) local NTFS size: 22763 MB used: 12743 MB free:10020 MB %free: 44 %
D: (DATA) local NTFS size: 45551 MB used: 7910 MB free: 37641 MB %free 83 %
well its one disk actualy :p
Monitor: 17'' Packard Bell TFT
Creative SBS260 Speakers
Trust MI-4100 wireless optical mouse
and 4 flashcard readers in the front.(god knows what i should do with it :p)

[KFC_CT]

Laptop:
AMD Tureon64 1.8ghz
1 gig ram
Radeon Xpress 200M
80 gig drive
XP Pro/Gentoo x64
Lightscribe DVD Burner
Desktop:
AMD Athlon 64 2.2ghz (OCed to 2.4)
1 gig ram
200 gig Seagate 7400 RPM SATA drive
Saphire Radeon x800GT 256 DDR, PCI express x16
ASUS A8N-E
Dual 17 inch CRTs
PIXELview PlayTV video capture
SB Live! Sound card (Logitech 5.1 surround sound)
DVD Burner
XP Pro/Gentoo x64 (stage 1)/OpenSolaris x64
Hosting Server:
Compaq Proliant
2x 15kRPM Seagate Cheatah 74 gig wide ultra scsi (hotswap)
2x1ghz PIII Xeon
1.5 gig ram
Embedded Compaq SVGA
Dual 500 watt (hotswap)
FreeBSD-5.4 Release
2:04PM up 165 days, 19:06, 1 user, load averages: 0.01, 0.06, 0.07
10 megabit dedicated unmetered XO Communications Uplink

Didn't bother with pictures because jealousy would kill you guys :P actually the server is in a datacenter and pictures aren't permitted there... My desktop's locked up in my desk back at school. Desktop's just in a plain black case with a silver front.

[xEvanx]

sunny that keyboard you have is awsome i have the same

[vengefuldeath87]

xsunnyx, i like the fact your pc has no cpu in it :p

[xSunnYx]

xsunnyx, i like the fact your pc has no cpu in it :p

Read the text underneath pc5.jpg (Blue power led) >.>

[xSunnYx]

lil update :)

Since watercooling is coming in soon (if all goes well and they ain't screwing me over) it wouldn't fit in my Coolermaster Stacker 830. So replace it with a Lian Li V2100.

Don't mind the chaotic cable management, once i figure out how everything hsa to be routed with my watercooling i'll set them right :D
http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/10.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/11.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/12.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/13.jpg

[SilverSorrow]

Laptop :

2gb sdram (dual)
160GB harddrive (dual)
3ghz pro

my bedroom no longer needs a radiator

[dopeking]

Got 2 Pc's and 1 laptop on the network.

We got 2 pc's with the same specs, as follows:

CPU:3GHZ
Ram: 1GB
Card: Ati Radeon X800 Pro
HD:200GB total (once pc has a 120GB Portable HD)
All other specs aren't really relevant to mention.

Laptop:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Ram:512
Card: Ati Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 series
HD:60GB

The laptop can be better, the 2 pc's are pretty decent to game with.

Pic's: When I got time, and aren't so lazy :P

[Maul]

water cooling sucks my pipe burst and fucked up my hard drive <_<

[Squall_Leonhart86]

CPU: 700 Mhz
Ram: 128 Sdram
Card: N-vidia G-force 2 64MB TV out
HD:40GB

Yea it's a killer :D

[Psycho]

System Information report written at: 09/04/06 12:49:21
System Name: CRAIG-5BF46FB19
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CRAIG-5BF46FB19
System Manufacturer DIXONSXP
System Model MS-7091
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3391 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3391 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 26/07/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name CRAIG-5BF46FB19\Craig
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.31 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.85 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[Computer Stats] :: [Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2 (5.1 - 2600)] :: [Uptime: 3hrs 3mins 03:03:14] :: [CPU: 2-Intel Pentium 4, 3391MHz, 0KB (0% Load)] :: [MEM: Usage: 662/2048MB (32.32%)] :: [Drives: (C: 225587.17Mb Free) (D: 0Mb Free)] ::

[12:57:35] <~Psycho> CPU info Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.40GHz, Manufacturer: INTEL, Megahertz: 3391MHz, Cache: 0KB, Load: 13%
[12:57:38] <~Psycho> OS info Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2, Version: 5.1, Build number: 2600, Installed for: 10wks 6d 21h 55m 10s, Uptime: 3hrs 20mins 22secs
[12:57:47] <~Psycho> HDD info [Drive] [Size] [Used] [Free] [% Free]
[12:57:47] <~Psycho> HD C: 331GB || 110GB || 220GB || 66.5%
[12:57:47] <~Psycho> CD H: 497MB || 497MB || 0B || 0%
[12:57:47] <~Psycho> TO Total: 331GB || 111GB || 220GB || 66.4%
[12:57:57] <~Psycho> gfx info gfx card: RADEON X600 Series Secondary, resolution: 1280x1024, refresh rate: 60Hz, depth: 32bit
[12:58:00] <~Psycho> connection info Connection: Supanet via Zoom USB ADSL WAN Adapter, Speed: 576Kb/s, Downloaded: 3h 16m 26s, Uploaded: 3.70MB, Active for: 58.04MB, IP: 213.40.136.174

iono what half this stuff means :p

[theodennis1]

Hey Guys

thinking of getting a custom build. What do you reckon to this set-up?



Processor (CPU)
INTEL® PENTIUM® D 945 (2 X 3.4GHz) 800MHz FSB/2 x 2MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® P5LD2 SE/C: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA, x16 VGA, 3 PCI/3 PCI-E

Operating System
NONE

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM

2nd CD/DVD Drive
52X 32X 52X CD WRITER

Graphics Card
512MB RADEON X1900XT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 108Mbps NETWORK CARD (£12)

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 23 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD FORMAT)

Case
Stylish Silver/Black Sigma case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Super Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm fan & CPU Cooler (£39)

Firewire & Video Editing
3 PORT FIREWIRE (IEEE1394) PCI CARD (£9)

TV Card
DIGITAL & ANALOG TV CARD (Watch Freeview / Terrestrial on PC) £29


It's from a site call pcspecialist.co.uk. What could i do to make it better but not increase the price too much?

Thanks

[dark_sin]

thse are pretty sweet machines!!!!!!!

[Squally]

dark_sin dont lie u dont know what those are lol.(i kinda do they are sweet)

[nfernal1]

hmm
Dell
17"crt
Sound Blaster! Card 24 bit
Geforce MX 4000 (omg i didn't know how bad it was when i bought it)
2.1 audio
laser mouse
media keyboard
512 ram
80 gig hd
and a lot of crap elsewhere...i wanna buy a new one. I found a great one on ebay for a really low price so i thnk that'll be the one

[Kalki]

My first portable computer:
http://www.oldcomputers.freeserve.co.uk/bondwell18.jpg

Weights about 13 kg... and yes, I'm serious, I used this one... :)

[jaketo]

Kalki, what in Hades name is that thing? :)

Hehehe, twin 5.25 floppies, way cool! :praise:


Anyhow seeing as we're getting all retro, here's my first ever proper computer, television not included -

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/avs/bbc.jpg

Still have it somewhere, doesn't get much use anymore though :p

[Kalki]

My second computer :)
http://www.weller.to/wcc/apple/wcapiie1.jpg

[Psycho]

damn.. I'v got a zx spectrum somewhere in the attic :p you know the things that ran on cassettes xD

[Kalki]

retro stuff are cool, maybe not so useful nowadays, but it sure makes you appreciate today's hardware more :)

[APPOCALYPTICA]

daaaamn....
u guys are sooo old :p
looks like my grandpa's old stuff :p

[ma7amad9999]

it looks like an ultrasonography .....r u sure this can connect to the internet ?? and if so ....what kind of fuel it use...natural gas or kerosine ?!

[jaketo]

There's way too much spam in this thread, time for some real hardware :)

My setup is basically the same as it was here (http://www.phoenixrising.at/forums/showpost.php?p=310272&postcount=17) earlier in this thread, but with one subtle addition. A cookie goes to the first person that spots it ;)

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/4.jpg

The larger of the two monitors is a Dell 3007WFP 30" widescreen monitor, running in native mode at 2560 x 1600 x 32, running off the right hand computer.

And to do justice to such a ridiculously obscene monitor, I also got one of these (http://www.sapphiretech.com/uk/products/products_overview.php?gpid=161&grp=3) to power it.

For reference, the other monitor is a regular Dell 17" monitor, running off the left hand computer.

I no longer have any reason to ever leave my flat again :D

(I also have a second wax lamp now but I still haven't networked them..)

[FlamingKnights]

your missing a monitor

[Kalki]

jaketo, can I make babies with your new monitor?! ;)

[DaNzO]

seriously... you dont wanna know...

crap graphics card.
20 gb hard drive
bout 512 mb ram

lmao and im running windows media center.
I've just baught two 512 ram sticks and im saving £100 to get a portable 120GB Hard drive
and then gotta get a new graphics card...

[jaketo]

your missing a monitor

Lmao! Your pedantry gets the cookie FK! :)

jaketo, can I make babies with your new monitor?! ;)

You may but only if you clean up afterwards and take the babies away with you ;)

[FlamingKnights]

thanks for the cookie hopefully you dindnt put a lax in it :banana:

[ElvishTormentor]

I've got a laptop.....from Dell

1.6 Ghz Pentium M
2 gigs of RAM
120 gigs internal storage + 500gigs external
128mb ATI mobility radeon x300
its good enough for college and someone(like me) who is into older strategy/RPG games like KOTOR, or Age of Mythology

and here's a pic.....with my uber awesome speakers

[chirievalord]

* chirievalord drowls all over jake's hardware...

[f-b-i]

i love aom.. i still like it.. but i like cs(counter strike) more.. :)

[Kinsmir]

i have only 1 pc at this moment (the other one of my is broken, the CPU have set himself on fire)

And soon i get a new one with;
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Asus P2W DH Deluxe
Asus GeForce EN8800GTX
Seagate 7200.10 250GB, 2x
2048MB Twin2x DDR2 C5 6400

[jaketo]

i have only 1 pc at this moment (the other one of my is broken, the CPU have set himself on fire)

* jaketo is very curious ;)

[Lord_Scarab]

Scarab moans in the corner and wishes college didn't cost so much


thanks jaketo.... lol

[jaketo]

Scarab moans in the corner and wishes college didn't cost so much

I'm going to assume that this post is on-topic and that your intended meaning is that the expense of going to college is preventing you from buying a computer worth posting about.

It is however the most off-topic on-topic post in this thread so far and disturbingly close to being spam.

Beware all :)

[Shuruzei]

All those's cool pc's in here make me drool as hell, wish I had the money to afford even a bit of them. xD


Let's say I almost got a standard compaq computer , together with :
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
2048 DDR Mem
ATI radeon 9600+ pro
I want to buy a new pc, but it's gonna cost me alot if I want to play games like starcraft 2 later in November.. hmm, life is hard.

[OblivionXII]

My PC (Laptop) is absolutely the shiz. How can anyone beat:

AMD Athlon XP-M 2200+ 1.66GHZ
496mb of RAM
A 32MB Radeon IGP 320M

Ya'll lose. :king:

[emike55]

Just bought a laptop off newegg that I have been wanting for a bit, well obviously I /wanted/ much more but for price reasons had to lower expectations. Heh, the government is paying for most of it, if not all of it though. God, I love college grants etc...=). Free ride in school, books, and laptop and I may only have to pay a couple hundred dollars out of my pocket...quick specs.

Asus Laptop (Really liked their motherboards so I decided to check out their laptops, I hope I'm not disappointed)

CPU:
2.0 GHz Intel core 2 duo (though I really would've liked to go with amd but at the moment they are getting pwned severely.)
4 mb L2 cache

FSB:
800 MHz

RAM:
1 gig + 1 gig free combo
Upgradeable up to 4 gig
DDR2 667

Video:
Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS with 256 mb

Networking:
Gigabyte lan
a/b/g wireless (wanted n but that's one of the many things I had to give up on)

Hard drive:
5400rpm 160 gb sata hd

Screen:
15.4" WXGA
1280 x 800

Optical drive:
8x supermulti

Extras:
8 in 1 card reader
optical mouse
1.3M web cam

Weight:
6.5 lbs

OS:
vista home premium though I imagine soon it will also have fedora core 7

Probably forgot some stuff but that's all I can recall for now.

Maybe later I will give you the specs on my other 6 or so computers =P, most of them are donated and I have them stripped down into parts in boxes for extra pieces etc. Got donated computers from a bunch of people and just ripped the guts out and got rid of the cases. I run 2 desktops both p4's, which actually neither of which I am positive on the specs on =P. I am somewhat sure my server has 512 mb ram and my desktop has 1 gig. Desktop has a sata hard drive (not sure on the size, since I don't use it all and is partitioned in two sections. One for windows, one for linux). Server is a pata and not sure on it's size either. I'll take a tally when I clean them out again. I also have an old laptop, about 8 years old which is a p3 or p2...128mb in ram I believe...had to replace the hard drive in it once (30 gb IBM travel mate).

All I have to say is I will never buy a desktop computer again and haven't in 5 years. There are way too many no-name crap parts in them for my liking, so much better and cheaper when you build your own.

[emike55]

Well I got my laptop yesterday (am making this post from it now). It is definitely a step up from my 8 year old pentium II laptop, with the keyboard matrix going on it. That thing was turning into more of a desktop since I had to actually plug a keyboard into it to be able to use it reliably. This is my first encounter with vista (vista premium). After building one of the many computers for my school club I played with vista for maybe an half an hour, so this is my first real experience. I do have to say vista isn't too bad, though I had to set the control panel and the start menu back to the old school ones. I can't handle too many changes ;). Vista for me seems rather unstable, but so are most windows products when they are first released. Also coming from the guy who has been using mostly linux for the past 2 years anything seems unreliable after that experience. Though Vista has proven itself well enough for me to at least keep it on here and not downgrade it or completely get rid of it for linux. I am even debating whether or not I want to go through the hassle of putting linux on here, but eventually I think I will have to break down for it. I am a sucker for linux. This is also my first step into the duel core world. I am not extremely impressed but judging a duel core on a vista instead of XP which I am used to with my P4's I can't make any final conclusions. Though I do have to say I have to work at maxing the processor out so it is definitely worth it I think. The install of the extra 1 gig of ram went very easy surprisingly, since my first laptop they have made it very easy to get inside the cases of these things. A few screws and just pop it right in. Vista definitely needs at least 2 gig's and I'm surprised they can sell computers with only 1. Well time to get back to playing around. I'll stop back later with more fun updates =).

[pilferer]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/pshurmer/DSCN0034.jpg


19inch lcd running an extended desktop so i can farm and run scripts with ease... 2 times siamese fighters (betas) for relaxation

512 ram, 1.8 processor 15.4 wide inch laptop to run the above..

nothing to special but does the job

[motpie]

Mine's OK but i dont really need anything faster

VGN-FZ11M

Platform Intel® Centrino® Duo processor technology

Microprocessor Full Name Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7100, Supports Enhanced

Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Microprocessor Speed (GHz) 1.8

Memory Size (MB) 2048

Hard Drive Capacity (GB) 120

Graphic Card Full Name NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT

[Ad4nc3d]

man, you got machines there... you make feel bad with my computer there... *cryin

RAM:
512MB

hard disk 120 gigabyte

1,6 GigaHertz uhm prozessor, i dunno the english word...

waah, i gonna buy a new!!


...am i allowed to hate you for that?


yea^^ i fell same

[Vieri]

My old PC at home:
P4 1.8GHz
512MB RDRAM 800Mhz
Intel D850EMV2 motherboard
ATI Radeon 7000
Western Digital 60GB ATA100 HDD
NEC 15" LCD
Ubuntu 6.10 desktop

I don't have windows at home so I don't click. If I have to click, I VPN to office. Since I'm in charge of the server virtualization project, I put a virtual WinXP Pro on the VM host and boy, I click fast lol

Here are the server specs:
Dell PowerEdge 2950
Dual quad core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz (2x4MB cache) 1333MHz FSB (8 cores in total)
16GB RAM 667MHz (8x2GB) dual ranked DIMM
3x 146GB 15K RPM SAS SCSI HDD running RAID 5

VM host:
Ubuntu 6.04LTS server. If the VP happy with the virtualization result, we might buy VMWare Infrastructre3 in the near future but it still has a long way to go.

VM guests:
#1 WinXP Pro w/SP2, setup using 2 CPUs, 2GB RAM. It's a test vm for all of my Windows applications (of course it includes my CW and DDL ;))
#2 Win2k3, 2 CPUs, 3GB RAM as anti-virus server. This is to replace our old anti-virus server.
#3 Win2k3, 2 CPUs, 4GB RAM as print server. This is to replace our 3 print servers.
#4 Win2k3, 2 CPUs, 2GB RAM for other server applications testing.
#5 Ubuntu 6.04LTS server, 2 CPUs, 1GB RAM as network monitoring server running nagios 2.9
#6 Ubuntu 6.04LTS server, 2 CPUs, 1GB RAM as apache Web server
#7 Ubuntu 6.04LTS server, 2 CPUs, 1GB RAM as MySQL server

The office LAN backbone is 1Gb and the Internet speed is 20Gb up and down through Fiber. When I use VPN, I don't feel any lag at all. After all that, I don't see why I need to upgrade my PC at home :D

[Ad4nc3d]

lol yea, theres no reason^^

[jaketo]

When I use VPN, I don't feel any lag at all. After all that, I don't see why I need to upgrade my PC at home :D

Because one day your Security Administrator might find out and be displeased :p

[pilferer]

he sounds like he might be that as well lol

[Vieri]

Hehe, if I ever get caught, I can always say I have the right to VPN and check/maintain the server ;) And actually and unfortunately, it's part of my job :sweatdrop

[Ad4nc3d]

man, what r u talkin about?^^

[jaketo]

Ok guys, this thread is for showing off with your hardware, as it were.

If we're going to compare IT-related jobs, better start a new thread for that :p

[shifty]

my new Pc is costing just under £2K it is built for top gaming, anyways my specs for this Pc i'm using is:

Sony Vaio here's the specs i can be bothered 2 find:

OS: Windows Xp Sp2 "home ed."
Pentium 4
CPU 3.40Ghz
3.39Ghz, 1.00GB of RAM

ATI RADEON 9600 Series,

Internal HD - 235GB

External HD - 300GB

not much else i can be asked 2 find lol.

#PC 2,

Dads Pc, erm AMD 64 Athlon,

bout 400gb INTERNAL

it has 3 OS lol

# Xp Home
# Xp Pro
# Vista Ultimate - LICENSED "he paid £30 for license as he works for MOD".

it has a better load of specs than the Pc i use.

Laptop 1#

Acer Ferrari 4000 series... "it is a AMD 64 aswell" - it beat all the desktop comps at the last LAN party i went to, people had alienwear and i still beat them via perfomance...

Laptop 2#

Currently my mum has this and she lives in Germany, this is the 1st FERRARI ACER laptop they made - not literally.. but 1st model.

========

ANYWAYS here's an image of all specs that the CUSTOM Pc my dad bought has.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7426/pcspecsdimensionxps710gl8.th.png (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pcspecsdimensionxps710gl8.png)
http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pcspecsdimensionxps710gl8.png

and a more user friendly VIEW:

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/4065/dimensionxps710nicekq2.th.png (http://img409.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dimensionxps710nicekq2.png)
http://img409.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dimensionxps710nicekq2.png

[shifty]

P.S. hopefully will get some pics up for you lot ASAP, just to prove i wasn't lying lol

[jaketo]

Nice spec Shifty! Post some pics when you have it set up :)

Also, please resist the urge to double post. Feel free to discover the joys of the 'Edit' button

Ta

J

[ingan]

intel core2 6400 (2,13GHz)
3D CLUB Geforce 7950 GT
Western digital 250 GB 7200 rpm
Western digital 74 GB 10000 rpm (main-disk:)
ABIT AWD9-MAX
19" LCD SAMSUNG 920N
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
1 GB ram

[flipfcukk]

my laptop has 2 gb ram
180 gb memory

[Banished Angel]

Intel Pentium 4 1.70 GHz
256 MB RAM
Windows XP SP2
55.89 GB memory
56k dial-up

put all that together, and you get one crappy computer.. It freezes all the time.

[jaketo]

Alright, enough of the msinfo32 printouts, it's about time we had some photos!

Get posting! :)

[Perrin_Aybara]

Hey Jaketo... good news! I started a project for university to do with a usb interface board the other day. Perhaps in a few weeks you will be able to turn your wax lamp on and off with a button on your desktop

[jaketo]

Hey Jaketo... good news! I started a project for university to do with a usb interface board the other day. Perhaps in a few weeks you will be able to turn your wax lamp on and off with a button on your desktop

That is perhaps the strangest thing I've read in a very strange day, but actually quite comforting :)

[ExcalibuR]

Laptop Dell Inspiron 6400:

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2,0 GHz, 4 MB L2-cache, 667 MHz FSB)
1024 MB 533 MHz DDR SDRAM
17" Wide Screen


Desktop:

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor 6600 (2,4 GHz)
3072 MB DRR2 OCZ SDRAM
Abit IN9-32x MAX Motherboard
GigaByte GV-RX16P256DE-RH Graphics
GigaByte Aurora 3D Chassis



Pictures:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7171/spa0135yb7.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7797/spa0155ab6.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9993/spa0157uy9.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9743/spa0166dq7.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2203/spa0167ja1.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6181/spa0168hf5.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9335/spa0170vf2.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8094/spa0171bn2.jpg



:king:

[Psycho]

w00t nice pics! and great setup! Is that Command and Conquer Generals I spot there ? ;)

[ExcalibuR]

Ya ... I think thats my friends collecter edition though. Wanted to try Zero Hour :x

[reaper_of_darkness]

my comp is like 5-6 years old crap
its more of a typewriter so no use of telling its specs suz it a box of crap
but i like you people's comps, damn cool

[jaketo]

I'm liking your rig Excal, sweet :)

* jaketo reminds himself to get some new photos down since he's moved house.

[ExcalibuR]

I'm liking your rig Excal, sweet :)

* jaketo reminds himself to get some new photos down since he's moved house.
I like it too. Funny thing is that it wasnt all that expensive and I made it to win some prices at LanParties, which I havent attended ever since I got that PC :sweatdrop

[cellad]

cool man :) added to my wishlist =p

[Lor20_RJ]

my setup is nothing for the eye - still got my 2 19" screens and my 7 year old server case :) with all my hardware in it as my main comp :P
I like it cuz i soundproofed it and i can only hear a quiet buzz from it, its not the most portable thing being that is is super midi server tower weighing about 50lbs with the hardware in it.
atm that consists of a
core2duo 6300
2 gigs ram
geforce 7600GT
about a tbyte of harddrive space spread over 3 physical drives
asus p5b Mainboard

other than that one i got a sempron with 1.5 gigs as media-pc connected to my 42" flatscreen TV, a p4 3 ghz with 1.5 gig ram (wife), an athlon 2400 with 512 mb ram (daughter) and a centrino laptop :P. (I'm not sure why we have 5 computers for 3 ppl but we do :-P).

[jaketo]

my setup is nothing for the eye - still got my 2 19" screens and my 7 year old server case :) with all my hardware in it as my main comp :P
I like it cuz i soundproofed it and i can only hear a quiet buzz from it, its not the most portable thing being that is is super midi server tower weighing about 50lbs with the hardware in it.
atm that consists of a
core2duo 6300
2 gigs ram
geforce 7600GT
about a tbyte of harddrive space spread over 3 physical drives
asus p5b Mainboard

other than that one i got a sempron with 1.5 gigs as media-pc connected to my 42" flatscreen TV, a p4 3 ghz with 1.5 gig ram (wife), an athlon 2400 with 512 mb ram (daughter) and a centrino laptop :P. (I'm not sure why we have 5 computers for 3 ppl but we do :-P).

Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder :)

Photos!

[ExcalibuR]

Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder :)

Photos!
Totally agree.

We need photos ... fuck specs =)

[vengefuldeath87]

Spec:

Desktop
Core2Duo 1.86 E6300 Conroe
Abit AB9 Pro Motherboard
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Heatsink
Corsair 620w PSU
Geil 4x1GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM
BFG 8800 GTS 320MB OC2 Graphics Card - Overclocked to 580MHz
Creative XF-i Fatal1ty Sound card
AOpen DVD writer
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB SATAII 16MB Cache HDD
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 16MB Cache HDD
Western Digital 500GB External HDD
Crappy case and floppy from maplin :p
Logitech G11 Keyboard
Logitech G5 2007 Edition Mouse
Logitech Quickcam Chat Webcam
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Dolby Digital Speakers
Sharp 17in Monitor
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller and Reciever
HP Photosmart C5180 Networked Printer
Vista Ultimate x86

http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_1.jpg
http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_2.jpg
http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_3.jpg
http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_4.jpg
http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_5.jpg
http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_6.jpg

Server

P4 1.5GHz
768mb RDRAM
2x Western Digital 160Gb HDDs
Western Digital 250GB HDD
Samsung 10GB HDD
ATI All In Wonder Radeon Graphics Card

Laptop

Acer Aspire 5680
2GHz Core2Duo E7200
2GB DDR2
160GB HDD
15.4in Widescreen
Nvidia 7600 GO Graphics Card
Wifi/Bluetooth/Webcam
Logitech Media Play Mouse

[jaketo]

Spec:

Desktop
Core2Duo 1.86 E6300 Conroe etc.

Suitably impressed Venge, especially that you seem to have your KVM next to your bed :)

[vengefuldeath87]

i like having a laptop, but my laptop sucks, so my pc is in its place :p

[Psycho]

Nice setup vengey =p

[Skalamite]

the only thing important:

Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb DDR3
Amd athlon x2 5200
2 gig of ram
22" wide screen
Keybord G15
250gig of HDD

[jaketo]

Photos.......!:(

[Nara]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/Nara-Cymric/Picture2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/Nara-Cymric/Picture4.jpg

Intel(R) Core(TM)2DuoCPU E6750 @2.66GHz 2.67 GHz
Memory 2046 MB
32-bit Operating system

Windows Vista tm Home Premium :(

pic taken with cam, so has camera shake :(

[Nemesis-]

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DQ6
Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
2GB RAM
500GB HDD

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/Nemesis-/IMG_0244.jpg

[Banished Angel]

Finally got around to getting a new computer ^_^



Windows Vista Home Premium
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
896 MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE nForce 430
320 GB HDD

[jaketo]

For the last time, listing specifications is dull!

Want photos!

In future I'll start editing in photos into posts without photos, and I can't promise they'll be flattering! :p

[FirePenguins]

Not exactly a full setup or anything, but I just purchased some nice speakers for $3. Better than any > $100 dock for the iPod :)

If I had a digital camera I'd post some pictures. If I can get a hold of one I'll edit this post with pictures of the speakers and of my computer and.

[ChaosKuRi]

Windows Vista Home Premium
Some random e-machines thing
160 GB RAM? HD? w/e the bigger one is called.
2 GB Mem? Ram? HD? w/e the smaller one is called.
Some random NVIDA card

=]

I know I'm a computer geneas, I mean genious.

=]

[vengefuldeath87]

My new case, which is a mess cos i have too many hdds :p

http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc1.jpg

[ChaosKuRi]

Too Many Wires!!!

[emike55]

Well there goes the air flow =P

[ChaosKuRi]

LOL

Sorry, Wires are just not my thing.

Just make the box shiny and I'm happy. =]

[jaketo]

Ignore them Venge, they just don't understand ;)

To keep them happy though, here's mine in its current incarnation..

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/5.jpg http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/6.jpg

The spec's in an earlier post (http://www.phoenixrising.at/forums/showpost.php?p=310272&postcount=17), although the CPU, the graphics card, all the monitors and indeed the house have all been upgraded since then :)

This build won't be around for much longer, it's time for a major upgrade at the end of this month, £1,600 budget allocated towards CPU, mobo, RAM and graphics, should be fun :D

I'll post an update when it's finished.

[emike55]

Ignore them? =P My post was constructive or an actual concern, lots of wire mess means a great loss in air flow ;).

[FirePenguins]

Looking good Jaketo. I'll take that one off your hands once you buy new stuff ;)

On the wires issue - It is a very real problem. I have a lot of wires which have to pass close to a heating duct so keeping them out of the heating duct requires many strings and twisty ties! If I ever get around to pictures I'll take some of the wires too just for fun.

[jaketo]

Ignore them? =P My post was constructive or an actual concern, lots of wire mess means a great loss in air flow ;).

Lol, but Venge's PC is obviously in the pre-build stage, isn't it Venge?

You are going to tidy all those wires up aren't you Venge?

Venge?

;)

Looking good Jaketo. I'll take that one off your hands once you buy new stuff ;)

On the wires issue - It is a very real problem. I have a lot of wires which have to pass close to a heating duct so keeping them out of the heating duct requires many strings and twisty ties! If I ever get around to pictures I'll take some of the wires too just for fun.

Thanks FP! :) I'll be keeping the drives, case, cooling etc, just replacing the CPU, mobo, RAM and graphics card, and I already have a home for the outgoing components :)

[vengefuldeath87]

im gonna tidy them the only way i know how, bin the 3 ide drives and replace them with a 750gb sata :p

There isnt actually space to do much with the wires atm, and although you cant see it, the wires are routed arround the front intake fan so that as much airflow gets to the gfx card as possible. It may look messy, but there isnt much more i can do with whats in there atm.

[ChaosKuRi]

Jaketos computers so.................SHINY!!!!

*ChaosKuRi drools

My bad

[emike55]

Thanks FP! :) I'll be keeping the drives, case, cooling etc, just replacing the CPU, mobo, RAM and graphics card, and I already have a home for the outgoing components :)

Heh and by just you mean basically replacing the entire computer? ;)

[ChaosKuRi]

NO, he never said that.

Hes keeping the shiny wires....

[jaketo]

Lol! :D

I'm still very happy with this PC, the case and PSU are really good (albeit in need of a good dusting inside) and the airflow setup I have in there is working really well (5 x 80mm variable speed case fans with a 4-way front panel controller and the (shiny, UV reactive) cabling is routed nicely so rather than allocate any budget on replacing any of those, I'm just spending on the core components.

The plan is to get a mobo with the same form factor and layout, and then just replace like for like the mobo, CPU, RAM and graphics card with no need to do much with the cabling other than plug it all back in. The HDDs are very fast SATA in a RAID 0/1 configuration with a dedicated IDE drive for boot and a dedicated IDE drive for the swap file so they're all good, and since the Creative SB Vista drivers farce I'll be sticking to onboard sound (for now, although the Asus Xonar D2 is tempting).

I did strongly consider building from scratch and trying out a liquid cooling, but frankly I can't be arsed, I'd rather spend the money on the core components and for me as well the only real advantage of liquid cooling over air cooling is the potential reduction in noise but for me that's not an issue.

[ChaosKuRi]

How bout you just give me the shiny wires and I'll give you a 1000gb comp. instead? =]

[vengefuldeath87]

get the xfi, the only product creative bothered to make work :p

my setup barely cools an 8800gts with the fans on low, its running at 55c atm, which is not too bad, but way hotter than my cpu. i have 4x120mm fans and 1x200mm fan :p

[april]

OK OK all of you show off's,just because my pc is so old it says you want me to do what?

[Nemesis-]

My new case, which is a mess cos i have too many hdds :p

http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc1.jpg
You mean you have to much pr0n.

[ChaosKuRi]

You mean you have to much pr0n.

Ssshhhh, no one needs to know that about him.

[jaketo]

Let's keep it at least vaguely on-topic please guys and gals :)

[ChaosKuRi]

Theres been only guys on here! Gals aren't that into technical stuff!!!

EDIT - Getting periously close to Spam! Desist! /J

Edit - Jacketo rocks! ~emike55

[Master_Platinum]

@Jaketo, nice setup men, i like it! I have buid myselft my computer and i feel cheap compare on your tower but i like my tower.

My setup

AMD Athlon 64 2X 2,1Ghz
3GB of ram
Nvidia 8600 GT 256Mo (Gigabyte) (No fan, it as a cooling tube on it) See Image (http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-125-058-03.jpg)
Windows XP Pro

Originaly, i have Vista but i downgrade to Xp. I hate it! My computer feel free since i deinstall it. My boot is very fast. I reboot my computer on 20 seconds. I have overclock nothing!!! Anyways, i don't realy like overclock a computer... I see some videos on YouTube than the overclock fail and the Processor burn wah!!! I prefer to lost 5 seconds to have nothing at all lol...

[ChaosKuRi]

Why did you degrade? I know it slows down but Vista is pretty cool!

[jaketo]

Before we go too far down the Vista path, we're discussing Vista in a separate thread here (http://www.phoenixrising.at/forums/showthread.php?t=39451)

J

[Nemesis-]

The inside:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/Nemesis-/IMG_0404.jpg

[ChaosKuRi]

Nice! You have a lot of fans though! xD

[emike55]

The inside:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/Nemesis-/IMG_0404.jpg

Interesting case design, where is/are the hard drive(s)?

[Nemesis-]

The HDD's are located in the lower chamber to the right.

I'm very satisfied with this Antec P182 case. Here's a review of it http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/cases/antec-p182/

[vengefuldeath87]

i have more fans than nemesis :p i should be getting an asus maximus formula motherboard next week, and another 500gb hdd, which will neaten up my case some. i have enough money spare for a q6600, so i mite buy one just cos :p

if i do that, all i need is some cheap ddr2, and ive rebuilt my pc from last year :p

[jaketo]

Asus mobos are the absolute dog's bollocks, I've used them for many years and I can't praise them enough. I shall be buying another one this time, probably the Maximus Extreme. I'm also going to forego food and beer for a while and shell out on an QX9650, because I am an obsessive twat :D

I have my baskets ready with a number of online suppliers. As soon as my annual bonus hits my bank account at the end of the month I'll be proceeding to checkout, as it were, so to speak.

If I do not get my bonus for some reason, there will be bloodshed....

[vengefuldeath87]

ive got 4gb of perfectly useable ddr2, so not gonna get the extreme :p im owed about £550 from my housemates and my last houses deposit, so its all going on my pc, tempted to get a q6600, and some more ddr2, then i can rebuild my old pc too :p

[Midnight-Blood]

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1774/mycomputeros5.jpg

Theres my gear. It works pretty well, although it does have some minor problems...
For example the cardboard box serving as a cover for the CPU has burned up quiet a few times and needed replacement, and the computer crashes often (especially if I tap the box or move the desk a bit by accident).

Oh and also not to mention the power cord does not supply enough electricity because my dog has been gnawing on it recently, but I'm thinking of buying a treadmill as an alternative power supply.

Other than that, it's in pretty tip-top condition. http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5212/thumbsupwu9.png

[Nemesis-]

I love your setup, Midnight-Blood!

[april]

Thats a better pc that what i have got Midnight-Blood.

* april cries :'(

[jaketo]

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1774/mycomputeros5.jpg

Theres my gear. It works pretty well, although it does have some minor problems...
For example the cardboard box serving as a cover for the CPU has burned up quiet a few times and needed replacement, and the computer crashes often (especially if I tap the box or move the desk a bit by accident).

Oh and also not to mention the power cord does not supply enough electricity because my dog has been gnawing on it recently, but I'm thinking of buying a treadmill as an alternative power supply.

Other than that, it's in pretty tip-top condition.

Hmm, a little voice in my head is telling me that just maybe that's not a working computer, but what the hell, excellent picture :D

[emike55]

Jaketo I am so going to make a PC like that right now ;)...I mean I got enough old parts to make 5 computers so just to thwart you I am going to make one like that for you heh.

[beegee]

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64, 3000+
Memory: 1 gig
Hard Drive: 80 gig
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Monitor: LE TERRIBLES
Sound Card: SB Audigy 4
Speakers/Headphones: Zalman 5.1 Theatre 6
Keyboard: LE TERRIBLES
Mouse: Logitech USB MX518
Mouse Surface: Everglide Titan
Operating System: Windows XP Pro

[jaketo]

For the last time, listing specifications is dull!

Want photos!

In future I'll start editing in photos into posts without photos, and I can't promise they'll be flattering! :p


No, really, that is very much the last warning!!

[Bagmanee]

Finally Bags can show off his computer

Will be posting it in a day or two...with PHOTOS, still waiting for it to come...sigh :(...

[vengefuldeath87]

best pc ever!

http://www.persiancultures.com/Science/Computer/The%20old%20computer.jpg

[Midnight-Blood]

best pc ever!

http://www.persiancultures.com/Science/Computer/The%20old%20computer.jpg

All in one PC and Grill.

Nice.

[jaketo]

I have my baskets ready with a number of online suppliers. As soon as my annual bonus hits my bank account at the end of the month I'll be proceeding to checkout, as it were, so to speak.

I have proceeded to checkout and placed orders :D

My nipples are hard with the expectation of what the delivery man will be bringing me over the next few days..!

[vengefuldeath87]

i decided to not get a new mbo, as i really cant be assed to reinstall vista. Sooo, ive ordered a 22in hdtv/monitor as a second screen! comes 2moz!!!!

[svax]

my little beast can be found here :)

http://specs.tweak.to/15628

[vengefuldeath87]

my current setup

http://www.phoenixrising.at/venge/pc_7.jpg

[Stormrage]

Nothing great but this is what i have

Mother Board: Gigabyte i-DNA GEforce series
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2 GHz)
Graphics: nVidia GEforce 8600 GT (256 MB memory)
RAM: 2 GB DDR2 PC5200 Corsair
Hard Disk: 160 GB (dont remember which brand...lol)
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy

EDIT - Nice, but where's the photos...???

[jaketo]

I have proceeded to checkout and placed orders :D

My nipples are hard with the expectation of what the delivery man will be bringing me over the next few days..!


Uber-grrrrrrrrr! The new case didn't arrive today, it's been postponed until tomorrow.... Can't start the build without it :(

[vengefuldeath87]

desk build!!!!!!!!!!!

[jaketo]

desk build!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol, been sleeving cables all night :)

[jaketo]

Ok, so the thing's half built but I'm going away this evening for a week so I guess I won't be finishing it until I get back...

In the meantime here's a photo of most of the components that will be going into it :)


http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/old/big_pile_of_sexy_pc_components.jpg

[Psycho]

oh I hate you :p let me know how the 3870 x2 plays :)

[vengefuldeath87]

8800 > ati :p

[Serym]

wow an x2,turn yr heating down u wont need it :p

[jaketo]

8800 > ati :p

Nah, ATI beats ten billion tons of dried penguin crap from Nvidia ;)

wow an x2,turn yr heating down u wont need it :p

All part of the plan my friend :)

The system's now at draft physical build, just about to boot it for the first time. Apologies in advance if there's a blackout across a large part of West London in the near future ;)

[Banished Angel]

The system's now at draft physical build, just about to boot it for the first time. Apologies in advance if there's a blackout across a large part of West London in the near future ;)

You wish your system was that powerful :p

[jaketo]

You wish your system was that powerful :p

Hehe, no need to wish ;)

[jaketo]

Hehehe, finished the Vista installation last night, just with drivers and updates, no tweaking at all yet.

My WEI is a clean 5.9, and 3DMark06 scored about 16,500 :D

Hopefully in Vista SP1 they'll extend the maximum WEI scores beyond 5.9 to make it a little more meaningful for higher end systems.

[Banished Angel]

Are you planning on much overclocking in that quaint little setup of yours? lol

[jaketo]

Are you planning on much overclocking in that quaint little setup of yours? lol

Frankly, I'm not convinced that I'm going to need to o/c it too much :p

[Banished Angel]

True, but people say that they've pushed the QX9650 to 4.2ghz on air and 4.7 with water.. I was wondering if you were going to attempt the same.

[Psycho]

Hopefully in Vista SP1 they'll extend the maximum WEI scores beyond 5.9 to make it a little more meaningful for higher end systems.

Nope its still 5.9 unfortunetly

[Kalki]

Jake, what stuff are you running on that beast?

[jaketo]

I'll be fitting the final bits this weekend (Asus Xonar soundcard and some nice bright LEDs) and I'll post soon about the whole damn project :)

* jaketo falls towards his bed now, 'cos he is drunk ;)

[Linuz]

No pix as of now. I am currently overseas, my PC's are back in the US. Here are the stats:

Gaming Rig(s)
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor
ABIT AX78 AM2+/AM2 ATX Motherboard
Zalman CNPS9500 AM2 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
CORSAIR Dominator 4GB(4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fans
XFX PVT88PYDD4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
(2x)Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s *Master / Raid 0
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10,000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s *Slave / game drive
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM/52X CD-R/32X CD-RW/52X CD-ROM SATA Combo
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Mid ATX Case
OCZ ModXStream ATX12V / EPS12V 900W Power Supply
SABRENT 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0 Port supports
Hanns·G Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor

I got two of these... i got a bit of a deal on most of the parts... a friend of mine had an uncle closing down his PC parts store, so i bought out alot of his stuff at a nice discount. I have yet to use either of the systems though. 3 days after i built them, i had to leave the country :(

[jaketo]

I'll move this into 'Show Off Your Gear' in a while, but for now it can have its own thread :)

So here it is, just about finished, the new PC I've been building for the last month or so.

Computers are my hobby (and my career!) and I scratch-build myself a new one once every two years (with plenty of interim upgrades) and with this one the design brief was simple - put together the best PC possible without cutting any corners, money no object.

The result is frankly insane and I'm bloody happy with it. It is extremely fast, very stable, very quiet and surprisingly cool (CPU idle temperature is about 22-24°C, under load it gets to about 32-36°C), and I'm very pleased with it. It's barely broken a sweat on anything I've thrown at it and I haven't even started OCing it yet, not really sure I'm even going to bother ;)

Some photos

http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/pc1.jpg http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/pc2.jpg

Inside the box


http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/pc3.jpg http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/pc4.jpg

Outside the box


http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/pc5.jpg http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/pc6.jpg

The whole setup, also showing PC2 in the background


http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/yeah.jpg http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/wei2.jpg

Very nice 3DMark06 score, but WEI doesn't go beyond 5.9... :-/


The Components

Case
Thermaltake - Armor VA8003BWS Full Tower ( http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/armor/va8003bws.asp )

PSU
Coolermaster - RealPower M1000 ( http://www.coolermaster.com/products/product.php?language=en&act=detail&tbcate=22&id=2532 )

Motherboard
Asus - Maximus Extreme Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 ( http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=117&l3=0&l4=0&model=1862&modelmenu=1 )

CPU
Intel - QX9650 Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core 3.0GHz 1333MHz ( http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showchart.aspx?mmID=33423&familyID=1&culture=en-US )

CPU Cooler
Zalman - CNPS9700 NT ( http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?Idx=165 )

Memory
Corsair - Dominator TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF DDR3 1800MHz - (2 x 1Gb) ( http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF.pdf ) x 2

Video
Sapphire - ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 - 1024MB GDDR3 ( http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=209 )

Audio
Asus - Xonar D2 PCI-e Audio Card ( http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=25&l2=144&l3=0&l4=0&model=1769&modelmenu=1 )

HDDs
Seagate - 500Gb ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11, SATA II ( http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c89ef141e7f43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&locale=en-US ) x 4 - configured as a 1Tb RAID 10 (0/1) array

Fan Controller
Zalman - ZM-MFC1 Plus (Black) ( http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?Idx=208 )


The Primary Peripherals

Monitor
Dell - 3007WFP 20" Wide Screen ( http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=222-7175 )

Keyboard
Saitek - Eclipse (Blue backlit) ( http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/eclipse.htm )

Trackball
Logitech - TrackMan Wheel ( http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/devices/166&cl=gb,en )

Speakers
Creative Labs - GigaWorks S750 7.1 Surround Sound System ( http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=789&product=9306 )

WebCam
Creative Labs - Live! Cam Notebook Pro ( http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=218&subcategory=219&product=14809 )

Biometrics
Microsoft - Fingerprint Reader ( http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/Fingerprint/default.mspx )


So there you have it. Suggestions of what I could do with it in terms of high-end games are very welcome..!

* jaketo is very satisfied but thinks he should probably catch up on some sleep now as he is very tired...!

[Linuz]

Very nice. I went with the Corsair Dominator memory myself. Corsair has proven hold a formidable share in competition when it comes to memory chips. Very nice setup you have there. Looks like we have the same CPU heatsink as well. My gaming rig isnt as cosmetically intense as yours though :(

Very sexy rig though, nice work on the benchmark score!

[Banished Angel]

Now that is an awesome computer! ^_^

As for some uses of it's awesomeness, try playing Crysis on Very High settings and AA. I'd say the only thing that might hold you back is only one 3870 X2 lol.

[PODfreak]

* PODfreak finds a towel to clean himself up

so hot

make me one after i get my own place !

[Kaze]

GOOD stuff! How much was the budget for such an awesome computer?

[Psycho]

I hate you :p

[Master_Platinum]

Nice one men! I think this sould cost a lot of money!

[Linuz]

jaketo, im really curious, how much did it cost you to build a rig like that? :D

[jaketo]

Now that is an awesome computer! ^_^

As for some uses of it's awesomeness, try playing Crysis on Very High settings and AA. I'd say the only thing that might hold you back is only one 3870 X2 lol.

LMAO, I don't have Crysis so I got hold of the demo and tried running it in 2560 x 1600 with every graphics option set to Very High and 8x AA, and it managed about 2fps :D When I dropped the AA to 2x though it was playable and looked amazing.

Regarding cost, the total price for the computer itself was about £2,200. I already had all the peripherals so I didn't need any budget for those luckily.

It's a lot of money, but it's what I love to do so I don't have a problem with that :)

[Psycho]

How much did those parts cost you in total Jake ? :)

[zer0_c00l]

I don't know why I can't run clickers efficiently on my pc without having to pause for a few seconds for the windows to go back up..

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
es750 @ 2.66ghz (dont know what that means, let me know if you do =))
2.13 ghz, 2 gigs of ram
intel 82945G express chipset
sound blaster x-fi xtreme audio
and two 300 gig drives

[emike55]

Internet speed most likely. Even under vista that should be sufficient to run smoothly.

[zer0_c00l]

well im running under XP Pro, and my internet downloads at about 3887 kb/s and uploads at about 307 kb/s and pings for only 59 ms to local networks
and download at 2102 kb/s and upload at 359 to the KoC server..not too sure whats wrong, but I'm using Comcast cable

[jaketo]

On topic please gentlemen :)

[vengefuldeath87]

Before:

http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc1.jpg

After:

http://phoenixrising.at/venge/pc2.jpg

Replaced 2x160gb and 1x250gb with a samsung F1 1tb drive, and pulled out the xfi front pannel, cos its uselss.

Still not amazingly neat, but a lot better than before.

[Banished Angel]

4gb DDR2 800 OCZ RAM
AMD 4400+ dual core processor 2.3ghz
Integrated NVIDIA 6150SE graphics
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
20" hp widescreen LCD moniter
320gb Hard Drive

Finally, pictures! lol



http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa42/Banished-Angel/020.jpg



http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa42/Banished-Angel/019.jpg

[TheKeeperOfsoulz]

Hmm i wonder if Mr Moderator of this section could update his rig.

[jaketo]

Cetainly could! :)

ANy suggestions?

[vengefuldeath87]

core i7!

ive upgraded mine some more, not much extra to look at, but i made it l33ter.

mite post some specs up later.

[TheKeeperOfsoulz]

Ive slowly been adding new parts to my pc but this thread requires pictures so il have to get soem once its finished.

[SundayForever]

I got a Compaq (-_-) with; AMD Athlon XP 2600+, Radeon 9700, 80 gig hdd, 512 mb RAM. It's a bit slow and old. I'm gonna be getting a new laptop soon though

[Kalki]

Nice SundayForever, reviving an old thread :)
Jake's rig might not be super impressive anymore (although it's a lot better than what I use)

[jaketo]

Nice SundayForever, reviving an old thread :)
Jake's rig might not be super impressive anymore (although it's a lot better than what I use)

Mine's still fairly impressive :)

[Banished Angel]

Since this thread actually got revived and this forum still gets some traffic I feel this is the time to brag about my new alienware laptop with:
2630 quad core processor @2ghz with 8 logical cores and turbo boost
8gb DDR3 1333 RAM
2gb Radeon 6970M
1920 x 1080 screen
blu-ray player
2x 320gb 7200rpm HDD's in Raid 0


http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m609/mmacke/256186_10150220147247245_532452244_7779444_5556255_o.jpg