The Geek Forum

Main Forums => Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap => Topic started by: Anonymous on July 16, 2002, 02:52:32 AM

Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 16, 2002, 02:52:32 AM
Just what the title says. Post the specs of your system for the rest of us to go "ooooo.... aaahhhhh" or maybe even "hahaha! what a piece of crap!"

Here goes mine:

Dual PIIIs 500mhz(each)
Expox kp6-bs 440bx chipset
512 megabytes pc133
Geforce2 mx 32megs
Realtek 1839 fast ethernet
WD 30gig 5400rpm (next thing on the list, faster and larger drives)
IDE controler card
el cheapo Yahmaha sound card (quite cheap, quite good too)
Sony 16x CD burner
AOpen DVD rom

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/mods/mod2/psu5.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 16, 2002, 08:34:53 AM
I have an old peice of shit at home, a PII300 that I don't even use anymore. It will make a good CS server when I put linux on.... mmmmmm... Counter-Strike.

However, my employee is generous enough to provide me with the following laptop:

IBM A21p

PIII 850
256 Ram
ATI Mobility AGP 16 MB Video
DVD
30 Gb Drive
Crystal sound fusion (not familiar with this card, but it works pretty good)
10/100 Network Card
Modem, usb, etc.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on July 16, 2002, 10:53:59 AM
PIII 866mhz
192 meg o' ram
ATI Radeon 32 MB
Intel Integrated Sound Card (or whatever - goddamned package deals...)
CDR-W
40 GB Drive
Modem o' cabley fun
Etherjunk
USB Hub (ASound Solution)

Next time, I build my own. Enough of my family's love of warranties.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 16, 2002, 08:29:03 PM
God, you guys are way up on me.

Processor: Pentium III 450MHz processor
Memory: 384MB SDRAM (100mhz bus)
Storage: Total of 40gb (30gig C-drive, 10gig D-drive for storage only)
Operating System: Windows 98SE with some "modifications" ;)
Printer: Lexmark z23 inkjet
Graphics: ATI Radeon 7000
Connection: Ethernet NIC to Cable modem with sweet-ass throughput, always on
Mouse-thingy: Microsoft 5-button Intellimouse Optical (USB)
Soundcard:  El-cheapo basic Soundblaster pile of crap
Keyboard: Boundless Technologies PCXAC-GA custom-order job with NO FUCKING WINDOWS KEYS (because I like it that way).  Normally $70 but I got mine for $53 because of an employee discount at my last job.

Here's a pic of my keyboard (it's sweet):

(http://www.circuitdeal.com/pic/275095-im600825-td770914.jpg)

Note that there are no stupid Windows keys present, and note that the backslash key ("\") is located in the correct position, directly above the enter key.

The way I see it, since my keyboard is my main interface between me and my computer, I want it arranged in a way that is the most comfortable and conducive to speed and accuracy.

Plus, the thing's built like a brick-shithouse.  No cheapo keyboards for me.  Those are for amateurs.  :)


Back to my list:

No fucking DVD.
No fucking CD burner.


That about covers it.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: LFD on July 16, 2002, 10:15:03 PM
My computer sucks and is extremely outdated

Processor:KMD Athlon 7 499(500) mhz processor
Memory:384 mb SD Ram
Storage:15 gb hard drive space (only 5 used)

OS: Windows 98
Sound: Factory Default Sound Blaster
Video: Voodoo 5 5500 (old but if I had a driver that supports open GL.....)

Keyboard:SystemMax Factory Defualt
Mouse: Laser Mouse AKA: battery eating demon of hell

Connection: Kingston Ethernet- something something "DSL"

Just wait till I get some cash.....I will show you all ;) I am truly a testement to barely making it.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hob goblin on July 16, 2002, 11:02:19 PM
p3 933mhz
256mb pc 133
voodoo2/tnt2 combo
sound blaster live! x-gamer
40 gig 7200rpm
4 gig 5400rpm

looks like i got most of you beat.. and hell, im even buying a new motherboard, with an athlon xp 2200

also, im getting my geforce 2 64mb back soon too (the next couple days)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: drDigital on July 17, 2002, 09:29:53 PM
drDigital
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Revka on July 21, 2002, 02:57:56 AM
Processor: Pentium III 667MHz processor
Memory: 640 MB SDRAM (133 mhz bus)
Storage: Total of 80gb (30 gig C-drive, 20 gig D-drive, 30 gig E-drive)
Operating System: Windows 98SE
Printer: Canon BJC-4000 (old, but free)
Graphics Card 1: ATI 128 Graphics Accelerator Card (not sure of specific specs)
Graphics Card 2: Cheapo card that came off my old computer
Monitor 1: ADI ProVista E55/E55+ - 17"
Monitor 2: Trademark High Resolution Color Monitor - 15"
Sound Card: Really good soundcard
Speakers: PCWorks Speaker System (Sub-woofer + 2 tweeters) and I spliced some speakers from my old computer onto it, too.
Connection: 10BaseT 32-bit Ethernet Card
Mouse: Microsoft with IntelliEye
Keyboard: Microsoft type keyboard
IDE Controller Card
CD-RW: 4x10x24 speed
DVD Drive

All in all my system is pretty cool.  I think the next thing on my list to upgrade is the Power Supply (it's only a 250 watt) and a faster processor.  That's about it.

I almost forgot... I could use a bigger tower for all this stuff.  It's pretty cramped right now.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 22, 2002, 12:37:20 PM
Quote from: Revka
I almost forgot... I could use a bigger tower for all this stuff.  It's pretty cramped right now.
Bah!  Who needs a tower?  Just screw everything down to a big piece of plywood, throw a sheet of plastic over it, and have a fan blowing air underneath to remove heat, and you'll be fine.  It wouldn't be pretty, but who cares?  :lol:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2002, 12:48:54 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Quote from: Revka
I almost forgot... I could use a bigger tower for all this stuff.  It's pretty cramped right now.
Bah!  Who needs a tower?  Just screw everything down to a big piece of plywood, throw a sheet of plastic over it, and have a fan blowing air underneath to remove heat, and you'll be fine.  It wouldn't be pretty, but who cares?  :lol:


I actually did that once when I first got a computer a while back. I didn't have enough money for a case. My brother and I got two eye hooks, put them into the wall and hung the motherboard from it, and the other componets on my desk.

It works pretty well, I never had a problem with it.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 22, 2002, 01:54:21 PM
You'd probably want something to keep the dust off of some components when it's not running (hence the plastic in my suggestion to Revka).  But otherwise I don't see any reason why something like that shouldn't work quite well.  If anything, you should probably get slightly better airflow...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: blitzrieg bop on July 24, 2002, 08:22:51 PM
Where or how on my computer can I locate all the specs? I dont think mine could compare to any of yours but still, I want to know what I have.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 24, 2002, 08:27:05 PM
If you don't know what you have (without having to check), you probably don't have much to contribute to this conversation, friend.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: blitzrieg bop on July 24, 2002, 09:02:10 PM
not to contribute, just to know, for my sake.....I am not going to post it.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 24, 2002, 10:05:35 PM
Lol.

Well, when your computer boots up, it should say what kind of processor it's running, one of the first pieces of text it puts up on the screen.

As far as RAM goes, if you right-click on your "My Computer" icon on your desktop and select "properties", it should tell you how much RAM you have (and sometimes what kind of processor too, but sometimes that's strangely absent for some computers).

And as for your OS, if you don't know that, you shouldn't be touching that thing.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: blitzrieg bop on July 24, 2002, 11:12:14 PM
haha  thanks alot demo :D
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2002, 12:08:19 AM
Try opening up your computer. You'll notice that most of the time the plugs will only fit into one socket. However, there are more than one of some sockets.

But really, it's a lot harder to mess up your computer than you think by taking a closer look at it.

Just, if you mess it up, I'm not responsible for what happened to it.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2002, 07:32:07 AM
I remember when I first started to open up computers years ago. My first experience was... memorable! Here's the story:

I had an old 386 at the time. I wanted to get a sound card so I went to this store and bought the cheapest card they had. $40 for the card, and it only played midi sounds, not even .wav files!! So the guy wanted to charge me an extra $40 to put it in and I though this was unresonable so I told him I didn't feel like bending over and that I would put the card in myslef.

I get home, open up the case for the very first time.  look around and see that there are a bunch of slots on a big electronic board. I see that there are some cards in those slots and figure out what they are, then I see some spares. I think to myslef "that fucker from the store was really ripping me off if it's just a matter of sliding a card in!!! That bastard!"

So I put the sound card on a free slot, read the instructions for conecting wires from my internal speaker to the card, and the card to the motherboard. Then I decide to turn it on...

Poooofffff!!!! Black smoke!!! I pull the plug right away... hummmm... what the hell??? I head towards the smell of burned rubber and notice that my speaker wires are half melted... Must have iverted them I tought. So I switch them around and leave'em in, even though they are half melted and the metal conductor is exposed a few places. I turn the PC back on...

sniff sniff... sniff sniff... Nothing's burning! That's good! I get to windows 3.1, install drivers, test the card... It works!!!!

Then... A little flash, a little noise, then Nothing! The PC shuts off for no apparent reason. What the hell is going on now????

After opening up the case again, I look around, see some burn marks on the mother board. An exposed half burned speaker cable was lying next to it. Fuck! I fried the damn board!

Then I tough "Oh well, I wanted to upgrade anyway. Let's get a new motherboard!!! I'm sure I can put it in myslef now that I know what NOT to do!!!"

-------------

And I did. Never had any explosions since. After years of experience playing around the PC, I opened up a home business. I was selling computers. I would order all the parts and built custom PCs for my clients. Then I realised "Fuck! There's no real money to be made in this business. And I have to deal with stupid users all the time!!!" So I stopped.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Jon on July 25, 2002, 03:48:28 PM
Processor: Dual Pentium Celeron 850 per

Memory: 480 megabytes of RAM
Storage: Split hard drive (One partition only viewed by Windows 2000 server) Total: 80 GB -- Windows 98 partition: 20 GB -- 2000 Server partition: 60 GB

Operating System: Windows 98SE & Windows 2000 Family Server

Printer: HP DeskJet 610CL

Graphics Card: GeForce 3

Monitor: HP Ergo 1280 19 inches

Sound Card: SiS 7018 Sound Card

Speakers: Logitech SoundMan X2 (total Power output: 40 watts RMS -- Frequency Response: 30 Hz 20 kHz -- Input impendance: 10000 ohms)

Connection: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

Mouse: Logitech USB Optical Mouse

Keyboard: Turbo-Xwing

CD-ROM: 80X

CD-RW: (External) 20x

Misc Specs (optional things):

External Hard Drive: Iomega JAZ drive
                               Total capacity: 1GB

Router: Linksys Etherfast Cable / DSL Router (Model BEFSR41)

Scanner 1: Scanport Color (Model SQ 2030)

Scanner 2: HP ScanJet (Model 4C)

*Pictures will be posted when I get them up*
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 25, 2002, 03:49:19 PM
Weird Tingly Feeling happened to that old 386 that caused speaker wires to melt just from putting in a sound card??????

You must have had a short somewhere... I've never heard of such a thing.

Though a buddy of mine tried plugging an Intellimouse into a really old machine, and that completely fried his motherboard and almost set the mouse on fire.... Kind of like that?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 25, 2002, 03:50:00 PM
That's a nice setup, jon.  My compliments to your father!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Jon on July 25, 2002, 09:26:01 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
That's a nice setup, jon.  My compliments to your father!

Thanks, but I have to upgrade my video card. How much does a GeForce 4 go for?

Also, my father did not build this himself. I helped.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Revka on July 26, 2002, 06:26:46 AM
Hey Demo, I think I can get a CD-RW for you from my parents.  It has to be cleaned and everything, but if it still works I'll let you know.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2002, 07:09:11 AM
Demo, I'm talking about the small speaker cables that go inside the case, from the card to the motherboard. Apparently the card was so damn cheap that you could not invert the wires. It's like if you have a + and a - on the card and the same on the mainboard. I connected the + from the card to the - from the board and the - from the crad to the + of the board. So it fried and my room smelled like some skank from hell for a day or two. Or maybe that stinky cloud was actually caused by my ex girlfriend... Actually, it's the same. She was a skank from hell  :?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 26, 2002, 12:02:44 PM
Quote from: TheJudge
Demo, I'm talking about the small speaker cables that go inside the case, from the card to the motherboard. Apparently the card was so damn cheap that you could not invert the wires. It's like if you have a + and a - on the card and the same on the mainboard. I connected the + from the card to the - from the board and the - from the crad to the + of the board. So it fried and my room smelled like some skank from hell for a day or two. Or maybe that stinky cloud was actually caused by my ex girlfriend... Actually, it's the same. She was a skank from hell  :?
Ah, gotcha... I thought you had been referring to the wires going from the back of the card to your external speakers... now THAT would be fucked up!

Revka:  Really?  They don't want anything for it?

<MARVIN>

Sweeeeeeeeeet.

</MARVIN>

(http://victor.site0.com/projects/TVcaptures/SP-StarvinMarvin.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Revka on July 27, 2002, 11:01:15 PM
Don't think so.  They're getting both of their computers replaced anyway.  If any of the stuff works and doesn't smell like soot then I guess it's fair game.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 29, 2002, 12:47:53 PM
Hell, even if it DOES smell like soot, but still works, who am I to complain about a free CD burner?  Even *I* am not that big of an asshole.... ;)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2002, 12:19:04 PM
Some compressed air and some Fantastic (for external purposes only) might be able to fix some of those stink problems. The compressed air would be good for the inside. I suppose you could always open it up and clean it some more if you're really concerned about soot and whatnot.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hob goblin on July 31, 2002, 06:15:33 PM
or just put up a little taxi-cab air freshner sidways infront of one of the fans and quit bitching :)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 31, 2002, 07:06:05 PM
Quote from: hob goblin
or just put up a little taxi-cab air freshner sidways infront of one of the fans and quit bitching :)
[/i]Hey... I just so happen to have an unopened car air freshener that might do the trick... Revka was even with me when I bought them.

Good suggestion.  ;)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Revka on August 01, 2002, 05:13:38 AM
Wow... I can't imagine a computer that would smell better (or worse now that I think about it).
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on August 01, 2002, 11:16:17 AM
The one in my car has toned down quite a bit, though I do have to say... it was pretty damned overpowering for a couple of days or so.  Now it smells just fine, however.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Revka on August 02, 2002, 04:57:28 AM
Yeah, but the inside of a computer tower is a lot smaller than a car... so therefore the scent would be more concentrated.
Title: Laughter for all
Post by: Gumbo on August 08, 2002, 09:23:46 PM
OK, get ready to laugh. I've got an old packard bell, pentium (that's right, none of those fancy roman numerals on this baby  :) ) 120 mhz, 16 mb ram, 1.2 gig hardrive, No idea what kind of video card, windows 95, 15 inch monitor, factory mouse (still) and the most expensive thing on it is a crappy microsoft internet keyboard that I purchased resently after destroying my old one in a fit of rage  :twisted: . Yes it sucks beyond comprehension, but it's like a part of the family.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Jon on August 08, 2002, 09:24:57 PM
*snicker*
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2002, 09:25:53 PM
It can actually view these web pages in a timly manner?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Gumbo on August 08, 2002, 09:37:25 PM
Indeed it does. She's got more in her than meets the eye.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2002, 09:41:36 PM
That's suprising. I had an old pentium 133 lying around and I put Windows 95 on it and it really could not handle viewing any web page.

Then again, it did only have 32 megs of ram. Or maybe it was 64. I don't quite remember, but I do know that it simply could not handle viewing web pages.
Title: Oddly Strange
Post by: Gumbo on August 08, 2002, 10:15:44 PM
Quote
That's suprising. I had an old pentium 133 lying around and I put Windows 95 on it and it really could not handle viewing any web page.

Then again, it did only have 32 megs of ram. Or maybe it was 64. I don't quite remember, but I do know that it simply could not handle viewing web pages.


Weird, mine can run flash, java, and occaisonly things like shockwave. ONLY 32 megs of ram and it couldn't handle web pages? Very very odd. Hell, I've still got dial-up and a real shitty modem, and it loads just fine.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: SeK612 on August 09, 2002, 10:04:37 AM
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Dark Shade on August 09, 2002, 09:43:01 PM
If I had my comp right in front of me (using office comp that sucks ass), and if that computer of mine was HALF DECENT, I'd post a setup.

*Sigh*

Feel free to complain about my repeated sighing. I leave one every second post. Count them, unless you're busy with life.

Just my luck...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on August 12, 2002, 09:01:52 PM
This thread makes me think that perhaps this site should be called The Dorkery (http://www.gotthegeek.com).... ;)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Jon on August 12, 2002, 09:57:56 PM
lol, the geekery is fine. It's suits us best.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: snyperx on August 15, 2002, 10:08:10 PM
The only cool thing about my comp is.. 4 speakers.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: blitzrieg bop on August 16, 2002, 12:57:05 PM
my computer is nothing to boast about, but kinda like snyperx, I have a pretty good audio setup going. It suits my purpose good.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: snyperx on August 16, 2002, 03:31:28 PM
Quote from: blitzrieg bop
my computer is nothing to boast about, but kinda like snyperx, I have a pretty good audio setup going. It suits my purpose good.


Nah, I got a crappy setup, generic card.  4 speakers is the only good part lol, bad speakers too.  I can get 6, but too many wires.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: DiZ on August 20, 2002, 06:17:32 AM
ok i think i win with crapness......

as i might have said i have:

celeron 400
(best part in comp) 512mg ddr ram  :D  :D  :D
shit motherbaord with 1pci/other slot
inbuilt soundcard that dont work
inbiult video card that only has 16 colours and a res of 640x480
1 COM port
a printer port
the large 5 pin keybaord with no windows key
no mouse
no cover to go on the box... its just the frame.....
a moniter that flickers every time i bump it... and if you look inside you can see a spark jump about half a foot inside it...
14.4k modem (my fav)  :D
and the only game it can run is jazz jack rabit 2!...

i love that game!  8)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: DiZ on August 20, 2002, 06:28:22 AM
oooh oooh oooh.. i forgot. ive got 2 hhd's... one that 410mg and the other that is 1.3gig..... ive just about filled the 410 with porn.  :D
oh the lables of the hdds are pussy and boob.  :D
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: x222943 on August 21, 2002, 03:07:32 PM
system #1 [gaming]

p3 600mhz
aopen ax34 board
384 megs ram
xtasy geforce 3 ti200 vid
fotissmo 2 sound
netgear fa311 network card
12 x 8 x 32 imation cdrw
10gig maxtor drive for os, etc.
40gig western digital for server backup and games
aopen dvd rom
logitech optical mouse
ms office keyboard
cheap altec lansing speakers with a big sub


system #2 [linux server]

dual athlon mp 1600's
tyan thunder k7
256mb ecc registered crucail ddr
onboard 3com 3c982 dual port server cyclone network lover
dual onboard adaptec 7899P scsi controllers
onboard rage ati xl vid (whopping 8 megs)
80gig maxtor drive
10 fans total, two 60mm @ 32cfm on the heatsinks, 5x 80mm @ 36cfm, 3x 120mm @ 107cfm

thats about it i think...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Netrack on August 22, 2002, 02:04:23 PM
Quote from: DiZ
ok i think i win with crapness......

as i might have said i have:

celeron 400
(best part in comp) 512mg ddr ram  :D  :D  :D
shit motherbaord with 1pci/other slot
inbuilt soundcard that dont work
inbiult video card that only has 16 colours and a res of 640x480
1 COM port
a printer port
the large 5 pin keybaord with no windows key
no mouse
no cover to go on the box... its just the frame.....
a moniter that flickers every time i bump it... and if you look inside you can see a spark jump about half a foot inside it...
14.4k modem (my fav)  :D
and the only game it can run is jazz jack rabit 2!...

i love that game!  8)



why did u blow ur money on DDR i highly doubt ur motherboard has a faster FS bus speed of prolly 75 mhz, and that ur OS supports more than 128 mb ram
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hob goblin on August 22, 2002, 03:20:13 PM
Quote from: Netrack

why did u blow ur money on DDR i highly doubt ur motherboard has a faster FS bus speed of prolly 75 mhz, and that ur OS supports more than 128 mb ram


it was a joke, stop trying to sound smart
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Netrack on August 22, 2002, 03:45:38 PM
umm my bad,  i dont pick up well on jokes online
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: x222943 on August 22, 2002, 04:09:40 PM
i dont think you have picked up much of anything since preschool.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Netrack on August 22, 2002, 06:40:31 PM
most likely nuthing really besides a 3.97 gpa but thats not really worth it
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: portghost on August 25, 2002, 11:35:30 PM
currently im runnin on my Hp pavilion laptop, 384 ram, celluron processor- 10gig hard drive, 20 gig external drive, external burner, and a 56k modem. ME OS- which isn't the greatest, neither is the system, but it works for me
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: DiZ on August 27, 2002, 11:16:50 PM
Quote from: hob goblin
Quote from: Netrack

why did u blow ur money on DDR i highly doubt ur motherboard has a faster FS bus speed of prolly 75 mhz, and that ur OS supports more than 128 mb ram


it was a joke, stop trying to sound smart


well i wasn't joking!  :twisted: nah i was... i only actually have 208mg... a stick of 128 1 64 and a 16....
i also have another comp....

athlon 450
64mg ram
56k modem
standard everything else
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hob goblin on August 27, 2002, 11:37:52 PM
Quote from: Netrack
most likely nuthing really besides a 3.97 gpa but thats not really worth it


I'm blatantly smarter than alot of people with 4.0 gpa's... And i only have like a 3.5 give or take a couple 10ths.. Well, if you want to be technical I have a ~4.5 with the honors classes crap
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2002, 07:40:50 AM
boys, words of advice if I may: Grades don't mean shit in the real world, regardless of what you are told. There are two kinds of "smarts" in life. Street smarts and book smarts. The most succesful people are the ones who have balanced both types of smarts.

I remember when I was in University (for a total of 7 years of hell), some students had a 4.0 average. Among those, most where geeks with absolutly no social skills because they spent most of their lives in a library. Think they will be good employees? Good with working in teams? Good at grasping office politics concepts? Good at creating and maintaining work relationships with fellow employees? Good at influencing people and obtaining informal leadership powers? Well.. Not generally, because all of these qualities are aquired through street smarts. Take the book out of their faces and they become confused and fragile.

Among the 4.0 average group, there was also the dumbest people I have ever met in my whole life, often reffered to as the jocks (Of course, not ALL jocks are like this). They spent all their time cheating on exams, getting other people to do assignements for them, ect. They are the opposite of the above group. They had ONLY street smarts and that when they start working in a real job, their stupidity will be revealed. It's unavoidable. I remember a guy who graduated from a university degree, and never once used a computer because he didn't want to learn how to type. He got other people to do the work for him. I feel sorry for people like that. And when you end up working in a team with someone like that, well... you do his work because if you don't, you know it won't get done and you will suffer the consequences as well in the end.

Of course, I'm not saying the lower the grades, the better your future will be. I'm just saying it's pointless to brag about grades because they are not an adequate measure of your capacities. I HATE IT when people use grades to mesure themselves or others. All it really does is prove how ignorant they really are. (nothing personal, just had to get it out of my system).

I'll say this and my intentions are not to brag: I'm 25. My GF is 25. I invested 7 years in my education. She did 8 years. We own a new house, an expensive vehicle and our family income is quadruple the average national familly income. We are not the 4.0 GPA kind of people. So give me a fucking break.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Netrack on August 28, 2002, 02:21:57 PM
GPA;s actully do mean things when it comes to college
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Banshee on August 28, 2002, 07:49:52 PM
Well said, Judge.

Gah, schools think they educate?

Actual photo of typical high school graduates:
(http://jovan.ru/pics/watch.jpg)

What i hate is when these "jocks" get fired...more than once...and end up becoming a drain on our economy.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hob goblin on August 28, 2002, 07:53:51 PM
Actually, colleges care more about your worth ethics and extra activities such as sports, music, etc...

If a kid made straight A's but did no activities, he would get it handed to him by the kid who made B's and C's but was a varsity football player and a proffesional thespian.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Banshee on August 28, 2002, 08:03:10 PM
Wait, i got caught up in TheJudge's ripping exposition on the merits (or lack of) of 4.0 students and forgot to list my rig:

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
DirectX Version 8.1
 
CPU Intel Pentium 4 2019 MHz
FSB 100 MHz
Memory 512 MB DDR
 
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Video Memory 128 MB DDR
AGP Rates (Current/Available) 4x / 1x 2x 4x  
 
Program Version 3DMark2001 SE
Resolution 1024x768 32bit
FSAA Disabled
Z-Buffer Depth 24bit
Frame Buffer Double
Rendering Pipeline D3D Pure Hardware T&L

And I recently benchmarked it using  3D Mark 2001 SE  (http://gamershq.madonion.com/download/?3dmark2001.shtml):
3DMark Score 9135 3D marks [/url]
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on August 31, 2002, 02:59:39 AM
sorry, didn`t mean to throw you off topic, I just had to it that up. I tried to hold it in without success. 8)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: PhoenixBlue on September 17, 2002, 02:00:24 PM
Oooooo - hardware :D

Intel 1.3MHz
512 MB RAM
60 GB Hard Drive
16x CDR
DVD
SoundBlaster 64 (hooked up to a Sony amp and full spec stereo speakers on output, a Beringher 8 channel mixing board on input)
Zip Drive
10/100 NIC
90 v modem and USB DSL modem
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Cyber_Sniper on September 24, 2002, 08:43:49 AM
Hmmm I have a pair of lovely machines here at work.  Basically two custom built Dell 2.3ghz, with 1056ram bog standard video and sound cards'.  MS Keyboards and optical mice.  Oh yeah I have a P3 piece of crap which is used for testing and putting my feet on.

Back at the ranch Im using a Sony Vaio laptop, 1Ghz 256ram, 8mb video card.  It does what I need it for.
Title: re: asdf
Post by: KoRNexpressor on September 24, 2002, 09:50:09 AM
1999 Gateway Astro PC (worth 800 then, now 70)
400 MHz Pentium Celeron
64 megs RAM (sodered, only one ram slot and negligable expandability)
3.5 MB video card
4X CDrom drive, floopy drive
4 gig HD, 2 used for windows 98 second edition.
100Mhz internal thingy
Crashes Often
Unreliable
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pbsaurus on September 30, 2002, 04:08:09 PM
I have a hamster powered abacus
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Banshee on September 30, 2002, 11:11:33 PM
At least you can't run this (http://209.225.8.65/shifty/tal-dania/batch/hotmail3.bat) on that beast.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pbsaurus on October 01, 2002, 01:52:03 PM
Nope, but that damn West Nile, has taken out several of my power sources lately :P
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: 12AX7 on November 26, 2002, 05:27:51 AM
..more power to ya...

Raw Power (http://europium.csc.mrc.ac.uk/usr/WWW/WebPages/picsofhamsters.dir/pics.htm)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: 12AX7 on November 26, 2002, 06:13:21 AM
Numbah 1
400W PSU
Soyo K7VTA (Via KT133)
AMD 1.33 GHz T-bird
256M SDRAM (2 sticks/128)
[3 slots will accept 3 sticks of 512ea...]
4X AGP
Nvidia GEForce MX2 (64M)
Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200
Iomega CDRW 12x4x32
Layla 20-bit ADC/DAC multi-channel audio
(the Layla audio goes to/from a 48/24/8 Behringer analog mixing console)
Compaq netcard
USB ports 2 front, 2 rear
Keyboard/video/mouse go to
KVM switch w/my other machine
keyboard - HP Extendedkeyboard
mouse- Logitech Optical wheelmouse
video- 21" Accusync120 (NEC)
*******************
Numero 2
400W PSU
Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra (Platinum)
AMD 1.33 GHz T-bird
256M PC2700 DDR (1 stick)
[3 slots will accept 3 sticks of 512ea...]
Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200
4X AGP
ATI All-n-Wonder Radeon 8500 (128M)
Creative 24X CD-ROM
onboard audio (AC-97)
onboard LAN (Realtek drivers)
USB2.0 ports 2 front,USB ports 2 rear
BayOne smartcard reader
KVM switch to above...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Kryzec on December 07, 2002, 01:51:00 PM
I guess I have to do this too...

Desktop
Celeron 400 Mhz fastened with paper
384 MB RAM
53 GB Hard drive space (2 physical disks)
Really old 24X CD-ROM that works when it wants
Soundblaster AWE 32 ISA (large as a surfing board) sound card
5 dollar speakers
Logitech mouse, infra red thingie
Samsung Keyboard
Hansol 17" monitor
No burner, no DVD

Laptop
Really old Toshiba Satellite 330CD or something
266 Mzh MMX Pentium 1
32 MB RAM
A 10Mbit ethernet card (actual max speed is 3Mbit)

Other
Win2k
Slackware 8.1
Win98

10 Mbit connection to the Internet (Only thing I'm even remotely proud of)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: SmackDaddy on December 07, 2002, 11:59:25 PM
Shuttle AK35GTR Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU
512MB of 2100DDR
40GB 7200rpm/133 Maxtor Hard Drive
45GB 7200rpm/100 IBM Hard Drive
32x Lite-On CDRW
16x Samsung DVD (dead)
64MB PNY GeForce3 ti200 video card
SoundBlaster Audigy sound card
3Com 10/100 Network Card
Klipsch ProMedia 4.1 speakers (400Watt)
Microsoft Natural Elite keyboard
Logitech MX700 mouse
17" ViewSonic PerfectFlat A72f .25dpi monitor
Windows XP Pro
Sony Headphones
3DCool Tornado 1000 case w/side window, (2) 120mm fans and LED lighting system w/Baybus controller
431Watt Enermax Dual-Fan power supply

(http://www.pctoolbin.com/images/smackdaddy/DCP_0335.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Banshee on December 08, 2002, 03:18:30 AM
Sweet case, but my system still PwNz j00!  8)  :wink:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: SmackDaddy on December 09, 2002, 06:45:37 AM
Quote from: Banshee
Sweet case, but my system still PwNz j00!  8)  :wink:


Haha....yeah....it does!  Unless we were playing Counter-Strike, then that Intel chip would melt from the spanking it received from the AMD processor!

AMD--> (http://www.pctoolbin.com/images/emoticons/spankr.gif)  <-- Intel

:shock:  :lol:

But here in the next few months, it's going to be time to upgrade the system....... motherboard, CPU, memory and video card.  My wish is to buy the new NVidia FX card........no what's cooler than a video card needing it's own power feed from the power supply as well as taking up two slots in your case?!?!?  Oh yeah!!!   :wink:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Banshee on December 09, 2002, 09:17:26 AM
The last word: Radeon 9700 Pro MX
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2002, 11:16:33 AM
Quote from: Banshee
The last word: Radeon 9700 Pro MX

mmmmmmmmm Radion 9700! Can anyone lend me $500?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: SmackDaddy on December 10, 2002, 12:38:43 AM
Quote from: Banshee
The last word: Radeon 9700 Pro MX


ATI always has and always WILL suck in their driver support.  

"NO MORE ATI FOR YOU!!!!!"
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Banshee on December 10, 2002, 09:36:37 AM
(http://www.eonline.com/News/Photos/s/seinfeld.soupnazi.1111.jpg)
"Aw, come on!"
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: SmackDaddy on December 10, 2002, 05:29:27 PM
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

HAHAHAHA
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on January 07, 2003, 10:05:29 AM
Well, I finally updgarded my piece of shit PC. I had a PII 300 iwth 64MB of ram and an 8MB video card. I got tired of playing DoD on my laptop. And then, the opportunity came...

My friend decide to upgrad his PC (from 6 months ago) so he sold me his mother board, processor (AMD Athlon 1800) and included 256 MB DDR Ram. All for the low low price of $200 CAD, installed!!! Then I bought an ATI Radeon 9000 with 64MB ($150 CAD). Oh My Fucking God!!!! DoD is an entirely new game now! The graphics are incredible. And that's a 5 year old engine!!!! I can't wait to buy newer, state of the art games! Mmmmmmmmmmmm.... new games....
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on January 07, 2003, 11:07:55 AM
Well, I just bought one of these (http://www.techdepot.com/product.asp?productid=1180304&affid=673)... a Toshiba Satellite 1905.

(http://64.95.118.51/images/newworld/2055/678619-elec_lg.jpg)

Specs:
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2GHz
Memory: 256MB SDRAM, expandable to 1024MB
Hard Drive: 40GB
Modem: Integrated V.90/56K
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive: Multi-function drive
Display: 15" XGA TFT active matrix display
Graphics: ATI M6-P graphics controller
Video Memory: 16MB
Ethernet: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
USB Ports: 2
Battery Type: 12-cell, rechargeable, removable Lithium-Ion
Pointing Device: Keyboard, Touchpad pointing device, Scroll function
Audio: 16-bit stereo, Windows Sound System v.2.0, built-in stereo speakers
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition


I had them bump up the RAM to 512MB before I brought it home (the extra 256 cost me $99), and I also purchased a full-install copy of Windows 2000 Professional... I won't have that XP shit in my house.  No fucking way.

So as soon as I got it home, I started it up to make sure everything worked, and then I formatted C: and installed Windows 2000 Pro over the top of it.

The only problem with that was DRIVERS, goddammit!   :evil:

The stupid driver CDs that came with the computer were all intended for Windows XP, and wouldn't install on Win2K at ALL!  Man, but that pissed me off!

I finally found most of the drivers I needed after digging around Toshiba's website for a while (the Win2K versions of them), but I still think it's stupid that I had to do that... when it all boils down to it, what works on XP should work on 2K, since they're basically the same kernel, just with the Fisher Price garbage added to dumb down the XP interface, right?

Aside from the anti-user.... Oops, I mean anti-piracy junk programmed in.

Anyway, it's a pretty slick machine.  I also got it for 24 months no interest, and I also have a $300 mail-in rebate coming to me, so it's actually cheaper than the one I linked to.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 07, 2003, 12:06:23 PM
Uh, I got a new stick of RAM...
 :oops:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on January 07, 2003, 12:18:16 PM
Quote from: Lacerda
Uh, I got a new stick of RAM...
 :oops:
How much memory is on it?

What type of RAM is it?  SDRAM?  What's the bus speed?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pbsaurus on January 07, 2003, 01:04:09 PM
My wife got a free hand me down from work, I think it's a P2 266MHz or something.  I think we'll instal linux on it so I can learn to geekify myself.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on January 07, 2003, 01:08:24 PM
Quote from: pbsaurus
My wife got a free hand me down from work, I think it's a P2 266MHz or something.  I think we'll instal linux on it so I can learn to geekify myself.


Those boxes are great with linux on them. They make decent game servers.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on January 07, 2003, 02:48:13 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Well, I just bought one of I had them bump up the RAM to 512MB before I brought it home (the extra 256 cost me $99), and I also purchased a full-install copy of Windows 2000 Professional... I won't have that XP shit in my house.  No fucking way.


Actually, Windows XP isn't half as bad as you think it is. The startup interface is crap. Really, it is. But you can take a few minutes to get rid of that stuff and have it look and feel exactly like Windows 2000. It's a rather good operating system once you get past the gay part of installing it.

I have a "copy" of it if you want to try it out. :roll:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on January 07, 2003, 03:22:16 PM
When I disable, uninstall, strip away, and de-bloat and de-gayify everything I hate and despise about XP, what I'm left with is basicaly Windows 2000, except for a few things that I can't get rid of, which pisses me off.

So why bother with XP to begin with?  I'll stick with Win2K, thanks.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 07, 2003, 05:55:02 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Quote from: Lacerda
Uh, I got a new stick of RAM...
 :oops:
How much memory is on it?

What type of RAM is it?  SDRAM?  What's the bus speed?


It was green?  :?

Nah, it was just a regular old stick o' 128 mb SDRAM. Bus speed? Probably about 55 km/h on the way home.  :lol:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 06, 2003, 04:28:34 PM
New FTP server:

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/hn/server1.jpg)
(http://www.gotthegeek.com/hn/server2.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on February 07, 2003, 12:38:41 AM
Hey, yeah. Lookit all them wires and stuff.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: spike on February 27, 2003, 11:00:05 PM
Just switched yesterday from:

P4 1.8 GHZ
1.5 GIG SDRAM
80 GIGs STORAGE
nVidia gForce4 MX 420

to

DUAL ATHLON 1800 MP
1.5 GIGS of DDR
nVidia Gforce4 MX 420 (wasn't gonna buy a video card)
Storage same.

Confiscated parts I had laying around for about 6 months to build a server. Put it in my box!! and it screams....
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TerrorDronze on April 01, 2003, 11:58:00 AM
i've got an etch-a-sketch that i put on my home network, does that count?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Dark Shade on April 01, 2003, 05:23:08 PM
Quote from: TerrorDronze
i've got an etch-a-sketch that i put on my home network, does that count?


No Terror...I don't think it does. Put it back in it's box, and let's never speak of this again.  :wink:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TerrorDronze on April 02, 2003, 09:50:10 AM
Quote from: Dark Shade
No Terror...I don't think it does. Put it back in it's box, and let's never speak of this again.  :wink:


but i managed to put it on my network, i can even ping it!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pseudonymph on April 13, 2003, 10:51:10 AM
This is an old thread, but I like to show off my stuff anyway :D

Windows XP Home Edition
2400 megahertz Intel Pentium 4
30 Gigabytes Hard Drive
8 Gigabytes Hard Drive
YAMAHA CRW2200E
768 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: dcrog on April 13, 2003, 06:53:18 PM
How do you like the Yamaha 2200E Pseudo?  I've had one a couple of years and no complaints.  In fact my brother in law and a few of his friends are into Karaoke.  The CD's they can't back up they bring here and swear the yammie is the only reason I can back them up and they can't.  Little do they realize I've also used the memorex DVD burner and the newer Lite-on 52246s.  CloneCD can be your lifelong friend.  :wink:

Allright so I'll post what I got.

AMD Athlon 1.333
960 MB SDRAM
64 MB shared video ram
40 GB Maxtor 7200
80 GB Western Digital 7200
Memorex DVD +R/RW 2.4x8AA
Lite-on 52246s CDRW
SIS Fast ethner net adaptor onboard nic card
D-Link ether net adaptor pci nic card for DSL
19" Mag innovision monitor
HP deskjet printer
HP Photo printer
Windows Me (okay I know this sucks but I'm still considering going to dual boot with Win 2000 Pro)

DC

Oh and the yamaha is back on the old HP 6330 Pavilion 300 MHZ in the other room.

One more thing.

Chris:
You better get a new fan for that server.  That thing ain't turnin.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on April 14, 2003, 08:10:40 PM
Quote from: dcrog
Chris:
You better get a new fan for that server.  That thing ain't turnin.


The fan is moving, and was moving during that picture. It only looks like it stopped because when the picture was taken "time was stopped".

Oh, I've put together this page (http://www.gotthegeek.com/newspro/static/view.php?file=comptour.txt) with a few more pictures of crap around my LAN.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Dark Shade on April 15, 2003, 12:29:06 AM
I remember seeing that up earlier...or is it new?

Either way, you have some sw33t shit going for ya there, Chris. Anything newly added to your 'shelf of fun'?  :P
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on April 15, 2003, 07:24:49 AM
Quote from: Chris
It only looks like it stopped because when the picture was taken "time was stopped".


Ohhh! That is almost sig quote material.... almost!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Dark Shade on April 15, 2003, 05:59:17 PM
Quote from: TheJudge
Quote from: Chris
It only looks like it stopped because when the picture was taken "time was stopped".


Ohhh! That is almost sig quote material.... almost!


I agree...if only I had room left.... :P
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: dcrog on April 15, 2003, 08:49:56 PM
Well I'm just glad time was stopped when it was taken.  Otherwise that chip would have fried...   :lol:

DC
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on April 16, 2003, 02:32:52 AM
I managed to stop time once: I went around switching people's hats with smaller hats of the same style and make so that when time started again, they'd think their heads had grown or their hats had shrunk. Man, that was fun.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pseudonymph on April 16, 2003, 08:23:58 AM
Quote from: dcrog
How do you like the Yamaha 2200E Pseudo?  


It's pretty cool actually. I had bought my boyfriend the TDK veloCD 24/10/40 CD-R/RW Drive, and mine out performs it at 20/10/40. ::shrug::
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: dcrog on April 16, 2003, 01:26:01 PM
Indeed.  Mine has always done well by me.  The brother in law (who isn't very computer literate) went and bought him a TDK.  He was so pissed when he still couldn't backup the discs that I can.  Heheh

The only reason that I bought the Liteon (rebadged buslink with Smart-burn on the box) 52/24/52 was it was on sale for 35 bucks.

DC
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: revmoo on May 29, 2003, 07:53:38 PM
My boxen are pretty sad I need to do some upgrades but anyway here goes:

rooted.revmoo.org - Bandwidth usage graphs (http://rooted.revmoo.org)
100mhz 40megs of ram, 1 gig hard drive.
Slackware Linux 8.1
This machine hosts various stuff, mostly I just throw mp3s and such over to it when I want to share something. I give away shells on it to friends, mainly used for IRC bots and such.

moo.revmoo.org
900mhz 400megs of ram, 40 gig hard drive, 120gig hard drive, Geforce2 MX 200
Gentoo Linux - Linux 2.4.20
Windows XP Professional
This is my main workstation, I use it for pretty much everything, games music etc etc. It's getting kind of old and it is about time to upgrade. Just gotta get a couple more paychecks :)

Davinci.revmoo.org
133mhz 128megs of ram, 1.2 gig hard drive.
Slackware Linux 8.1
This is my laptop, its incredibly old, but I've got a Wireless card in it, so I can get on IRC, browse the web, check email, admin various boxen, etc from the living room so it is pretty nice to have.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: halofyre on August 05, 2003, 05:10:30 PM
Built this system after months of arguing and deliberating with my classmates - it's hard when you go to an arts college with row upon row of leased macs to convice people that even though it's not aqua flavoured, that you can do it cheaper and just as good.

I'm just going to paste directly from the sales invoice for a couple of things.

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton 512k
Asus A7V8X ATX KT400
2 sticks of 512Mb DDR ram, pc 2700
an 80G Western Digital HD, 7200RPM w/ 8Mb
a 14.4 G scratch disk, 7200 RPM (I ripped this out of the old P.O.S)
GeForce4 MX 440
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Pioneer A05 DVD RW and CD RW Drive
no name 24x10x40 CD-RW Drive
2 19" Flat Viewsonic SVGA 1920 (.24DP)
Cordless Duo mouse and keyboard
and the most important things, my wacom, my Canon 10d digital cam, and the Epson 2200.

as for operating systems, I run XP Pro, despite a few people's efforts to get me to switch to Linux. Opera is my favourite browser in the whole world.

A few classmates shit themselves when I told them I did it for the cost of a low end G4 - but I got monitors with mine.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2003, 05:48:11 PM
The A7V8X is a good motherboard, I used to use that board for my domain controller, onboard RAID as well as on board gigabit NIC, good stuff.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: halofyre on August 05, 2003, 05:52:16 PM
I must confess that I know next to nothing about it, and went on the advice of a friend after he had a look at my VidCard and processer choices. I know very little about motherboards in general.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: ckeenan14 on August 18, 2003, 09:26:56 PM
I got:
P4 3.0 processor
512 mb ram
160 gb hard drive
Nvidea graphics card(not sure what type)
Sound Blaster soundcard(not sure which type)


--------------------------------
Hey im a teenager that is getting into programming and i dont currently have enough money to buy development software if you would like to donate feel free if not thats cool to.

To Donate Visit:
www.geocities.com/ckeenan14
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: HeavyJay on August 18, 2003, 09:39:40 PM
Hey, hey, hey!

Look over at that n00b forum, huh?  It wants your first post.  Go give it the best you can, second post.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: snyperx on August 18, 2003, 11:32:04 PM
My Dell:

P4 2.66
512 ram
40 gig drive
Radeon 9800
Some other random crap
Some more random crap

As a sidenote, though, I like ck's sig.   :roll:  :roll:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Ad Noctum on September 18, 2003, 11:14:26 PM
AMD Athlon XP Processor 3200+
1GB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
120GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TerrorDronze on November 26, 2003, 12:18:43 AM
haven't picked my new- old rig's specs apart yet, but it runs quake alright, and even has a relatively old ATI Radeon card that sometimes hickups and gives me an interesting problem.... a 1048 by 720 display in 640 by 480 resolution.... i love my toy.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Dark Shade on November 26, 2003, 04:17:37 PM
Finally got a setup for everyone. Here I go:

Pentium III Processor 935MHz
Windows ME
373 MB of RAM
38 GB Drive
'Multisync 75' Monitor :P
Intel Graphics Controller Card
Crystal WDM Audio
Hewlett Packard CD-Writer...get this...PLUS! OMFG!  :D

...that's all I can think of. I really do need a better computer. You can all laugh at my expense.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on November 26, 2003, 04:44:08 PM
P4 1.7GHz processor
WinXP
512MB DDR PC 2700 RAM
Radeon 9600 Pro (128MB)
30GB HDD (Boot), 80GB (Data)
HP CD-Writer
52x Liteon CD-ROM
Logitech Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
crappy monitor
crappy on-board audio

Which is connected by KVM switch to...

A POS machine that was Frankensteined together with old parts. It's usually a Diablo II server, but is currently empty and waiting for 1) a working optical drive, and 2) me to install (dual boot) Win2k/Slackware 7.

:)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Law on November 30, 2003, 01:29:51 PM
P3 1.00 GHz
256 MB
ESS Maestro PCI Audio
30GB HDD
Samsung CDRW/DVD SN-308B
Dell 8100 monitor.

Not much on g33k specs, but it suits me well.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Dangermonk on November 30, 2003, 02:15:37 PM
My computer:
2.8 GHz P4
512 MB PC2100 DDR
2 hard drives = 1 is 80GB the other is 40 GB
CD-RW
DVD-RW
17" Samsung Flatscreen


The ol' ladys:
1.7 GHz P4
384 MB RDRAM
2 hard drives = 1 is 80GB the other is 40 GB
CD-RW
DVD-Rom
15" Samsung Flatscreen


Both machines are running Win2K.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: biggyfred on November 30, 2003, 11:42:06 PM
Thoroughbred 2400+
640 MB PC2100
30 gig master, 40 + 120 GB slaves
24x TDK burner
G3 Ti200 vid
NEC super awesome 17" flat panel

The old lady has a dual 2 Ghz G5 Mac.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheBigBadBruno on December 25, 2003, 11:47:12 PM
Teh Computadore:

P4 2.6
1024 MB RAM
120 Gig Seagate, 8 meg cache
Plextor CD-Rom Drive
Plextor DVD-RW
17" Sylvania Flatscreen
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: SatannicA on December 31, 2003, 10:34:28 PM
Bah, I don't need your fancy nosehair clippers with all your bells and whistles! Me an' my trusty ol' 356 make it fine in this world. It can't read your fancy "Compact Disks" or play your "Counter-Strike", but it runs Wolfenstein like a charm! Plus, I don't have that silly pointing device you folks use. C:\run wolf3d, w00t!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: got redneck? on January 18, 2004, 01:26:37 PM
currently building this system all parts are paid for and ordered just waiting for my monitor and the xp os to get here should be fired up within the next week or so ill get some pics sometime today maybe

case-antec 1000amg
psu-antec 600 watt
mobo-P4 INTEL 875P D875PBZLK
cpu-3.0 ghz
video-ATI 9800xt 256mb
ram-2gb ddr400 pc3200
hdd-4 seagate cheetah 18.2gb scsi 10k rpm
scsi card-dpt pm1564u3 dual channel raid
sound-basic creative sound blaster live
speakers-creative fps2000 digital
monitor-compaq 19" flat screen (plan on another one real soon)
dvd-maxtor 4x dvd rw
router-d-link i604
os-xp pro and linux fedora project
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pseudonymph on January 18, 2004, 03:47:45 PM
I bought I Dell Inspiron 1100 before I lieft and these are the specs per Belarc Advisor.

Processor:
2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Drives         
29.96 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
16.77 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
MATSHITA CDRW/DVD UJDA740 [CD-ROM drive]
TOSHIBA MK3021GAS [Hard drive] (30.00 GB) -- drive 0

Memory:
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Display:
Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
Digital Flat Panel (1024x768) [Monitor]
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Telsan on February 09, 2004, 09:36:00 AM
On my laptop which has issues of its own.

PIII 1Ghz
16 MB GeForce 2 Go GFX card.
18 Gig drive (despite saying its 20 Gig)
1 gig of RAM
wimpy little 15 inch TFT display screen
DVD 8x i think.
am using a Hp infrared mouse as the glidepad sucks
Wingman attack 2 joystick (good to thrash)

Machine I will be getting thanks to work is far far better.
Gig GA 81, G1K pro P4 - 3gig FSb800
120 Gig Seagate 7200 rpm
Geforce 5,
plus a nice fat arse monitor (hopefully flatscreen)
DVD Rom drive and a burner.
And will be using an Audigy fed through a Boston 5.1 surround sound system. Sweeeet.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 10, 2004, 09:29:50 PM
alright you studs, this is the system I'm going to build. Is everything correct? I'm a little iffy about the motherboard and processor. I dont know much about those things. Please help me out babes....

http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=525401

CASE - Linkworld Black/Silver ATX Mid-Tower w/ 400W power supply
DRIVES - Sony DVD-ROM, CD-R/RW burner, floppy
HARD DRIVE - Western Digital 250GB
MEMORY - Kingston ValueRAM Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2)
VIDEO CARD - ATI AIW RADEON 9800PRO
MOTHER - MSI K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU, Model "K8T Neo-FIS2R"
....... onboard audio (6-Channel)
PROCESSOR - AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1 MB L2 Cache, the Only 64-bit Windows Compatible Processor - OEM
....... what do we think of 64-bit. I have fans for this, but does my Mother come with a heatsink? What the hell IS a heatsink?

Did i do good?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 11, 2004, 08:37:22 AM
Video: I beleive the ATI Radeon 9800 XT is slighty better.

Board: That's a great motherboard. Good brand. However, I didn't notice if it has firewire. You can always add that later on using a PCI slot, but since you're buying new, try to get it built in.

The CPU... 64 bits makes me drool. Just because it's 64 bits. But then I come back down to earth and realize that it won't do much of a difference since there's no 64 bit O/S out yet. I'd wait for MS longhorn to come out and for more 64 bit applications and games to hit the shelves before paying the extra money for a CPU that won't get used to it's full potential.

Sound: On board sound is alright, but if you are into gaming or want to watch DVD's on the PC, get a creative labs 5.1 or 7.1 sound card and speakers to go with it. You'll get an orgasim when you hear the sound that comes out of that box.

CD/DVD: Any need for a DVD burner?

Hard Drive: Consider getting two drives. Obviously you don't need the extra space with a 250 Gig drive, but when that baby crashes, you'll be really pissed. (Unless you had a second drive to back up critical shit...)

Modem: If you can afford a PC like that, you can afford high speed internet. No need for a modem.

A heat sink is a cooling unit that sits directly on your CPU. You absolutly want to get the best heatsink you can get. It's one of the most critical componements. CPUs don't like heat. A good heatsink and case fans will ensure that your CPU will not be damaged by heat.

Anyway, it's really up to you and your budget. This sucker is going to be expensive, but worth it regradless.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on February 11, 2004, 09:15:10 AM
Hey, Judgie...she's 17. She gets high speed internet if her parents buy it.

However, CherryBomber, if you go to university, you will undoubtedly have a high speed connection. Make sure you have a NIC/Ethernet card.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 11, 2004, 10:30:03 AM
Yeah, Microsoft Shoehorn will be great to have on your PC.


If you want DRM infesting every fricken file on your computer.


No thankyou.


There are already Linux and BSD kernels that have support built in for 64-bit architecture.  And they won't tell you what files you can and can't have access to on your own goddamn computer.

SuSE, Mandrake, Red Hat and Slackware all have 64-bit versions that are ready, up and available now.  Granted, there aren't many desktop applications (for any OS) that take advantage of 64-bit processors yet, but they're coming down the pipe pretty fast.

Longhorn won't likely be available (and patched up like every other half-assed MS project) until 2006 at the very earliest.

And I've read that they're wanting to push it back as far as 2008.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 11, 2004, 04:13:21 PM
Quote from: catwritr
Hey, Judgie...she's 17. She gets high speed internet if her parents buy it.


Haha! Damn straight. But I live out in the boonies; I dont think high speed is even an option here.

It has 2xIEEE1394 (that's firewire right??), 8110S Gigabit Ethernet, and Realtek ALC655 6-Channel Audio Codec. I guess the sound doesnt really have to be jizz-worthy, but it's going to be of decent quality right? I also have the Sony DVD +-RW/+-R external blah blah burner. As for an extra hard drive, I'm going to back that up with the computer I'm using right now and a 30GB mp3 player I have.

heatsink : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-150-027&catalog=62&depa=0
Excuse me for bing a dipshit, but i put this right over the processor?

Thanks!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 11, 2004, 04:18:12 PM
Make sure it's seated properly on the processor.  Pretty much perfect contact is necessary in order for heat transfer to take place at the rate that's needed to keep the chip from burning itself out the first time you use it.

There's a kind of heat sink goo you'll want to smear on the contacting surface of the processor before putting the heat sink in place as well.  It's a thermally conductive compound that makes it easier to ensure you have a good contact between the two surfaces.

You should be able to get some of that at newegg too, I would think.

EDIT

Here you go, I just found exactly the stuff you'll need for that:  Thermal paste (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=35-126-002&depa=0)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on February 11, 2004, 04:18:37 PM
Sounds like you're all set.

Yes, the heatsink goes right over the processor. You may want one of your tech-savvy friends to help you put it all together, just to be safe.

EDIT: Mmm....I love thermal paste. Just don't get it on your hands, clothes, carpeting, or anything else except the top of the CPU/bottom of the heatsink. That shit sticks to everything.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 11, 2004, 05:09:19 PM
score- the paste is included.

I love you guys!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 11, 2004, 05:41:21 PM
Quote from: CherryBomber
I love you guys!

I'd say I love you too celeste, but you're just 17.

OMFGLOL!!11
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 11, 2004, 06:16:31 PM
hah - whateva'
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 24, 2004, 07:11:52 PM
say.... is there anything I can used to instead of heatsink paste?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 24, 2004, 07:18:06 PM
Why not use the paste?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 24, 2004, 07:48:22 PM
it's messy! i guess it doesnt really matter, i just want to know what else it out there - if anything.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on February 24, 2004, 08:03:24 PM
I wouldn't recommend it.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: DiscipleOfChaos on February 24, 2004, 09:16:02 PM
I've heard that chewing gum or denture adhesive work really well*

























*if you like the smell of burning computer chips.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on February 25, 2004, 09:15:36 PM
I'll get right on it
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2004, 08:53:44 AM
Quote from: DiscipleOfChaos
I've heard that chewing gum or denture adhesive work really well*

*if you like the smell of burning computer chips.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: DiscipleOfChaos on February 26, 2004, 04:46:33 PM
Quote from: TheJudge
Quote from: DiscipleOfChaos
I've heard that chewing gum or denture adhesive work really well*

*if you like the smell of burning computer chips.


No fair!

 :evil:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Scuzzy on February 26, 2004, 05:14:32 PM
ahh well here we go

AMD athelon XP 2000+
512 MB of OCZ RAM
1, 16GB HD
1, 60GB HD
ATI Readon 9200 pro
nVidia nForce 2 sound card (bah that built in sh*t)
Samsung 52*32*16 DVD/CD-RW drive
and...Dell 18" CRT monitor

w00tness for compy can this summah!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on February 26, 2004, 05:34:21 PM
Amiga 500
No internal hard drive
Internal Floppy! W00t!
Color monitor
TWO button mouse. (Classy, eh?)
Workbench 1.2
Extra 512k RAM.
Motorola MC 68000 running at 7.14mhz
9600 baud modem.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 26, 2004, 05:39:36 PM
Heh.

IBM PS1 Executive
Processor: 386
RAM:  4mb
HDD:  500mb
5.25" B-Drive
3.5" A-Drive
14.4k US Robotics internal modem
MS-DOS 3
Windows 3.11


:)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: pseudonymph on February 26, 2004, 09:15:46 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Heh.

IBM PS1 Executive
Processor: 386
RAM:  4mb
HDD:  500mb
5.25" B-Drive
3.5" A-Drive
14.4k US Robotics internal modem
MS-DOS 3
Windows 3.11


:)



 :lol:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 27, 2004, 09:29:12 AM
Hey that's no joke... I actually have one of those, and it still works!  :)

I mean, it's not my main machine or anything, but I still think it's kinda cool that it's functional.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on February 27, 2004, 09:35:33 AM
I'd like a 386 to play all those old games that XP fuxx0rs up.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 27, 2004, 09:44:41 AM
If I could find a way to get a CDROM drive installed in this thing without blowing the power supply, I'd be stylin'.

But as it sits, the only way I can get games on it is to use games that don't require a CD in order to run them.

And even then I have to zip them across a bunch of froppy disks to get them on the thing.  It doesn't even have a network card in it, and no open slots (ISA or otherwise) in which I could install one....

Otherwise I'm pretty sure I could run games off of a shared CD drive on my file server over my network.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The Humanist on February 28, 2004, 11:14:43 AM
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pc77f3528da15797411e14f9b68f91d32/f97e4116.jpg)

iMac G4 1GHz/1GB RAM/80GB Hard Drive/GeForce 4MX/Airport/Bluetooth
Canon S900 Photo Printer
Epson 1660 Scanner
LaCie 80GB External Hard Drive
10GB 2nd Generation iPod

(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pc77f3528da15797411e14f9b68f91d32/f97e4116.jpg)

iBook G4 800MHz/384MB RAM/60GB Hard Drive/Airport/Bluetooth

Other things
Canon ZR65 MC Video Camera
Canon PowerShot S50 5MP

And a dog.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The Humanist on February 28, 2004, 11:15:40 AM
Why does my image host not work?!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 28, 2004, 11:16:52 AM
They probably don't allow off site linkage.

EDIT: When I try to hit the URL directly, I get a "forbiden" message. That's prolly why.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The Humanist on February 28, 2004, 11:28:43 AM
Quote from: TheJudge
They probably don't allow off site linkage.

EDIT: When I try to hit the URL directly, I get a "forbiden" message. That's prolly why.


Well, it works over at MacAddict forums, hmm. Look like I have to find a new host AGAIN!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on February 28, 2004, 11:54:38 AM
Now I can see it. Perhaps their site was under maintenance.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on March 27, 2004, 09:34:16 PM
hey you studs!
okay - i've run into a bit of a problem. remember my video card? it's the All-in-Wonder 9800 pro. i have a mother board with a VIA K8T800 chipset base. i know i have to download AGP drivers, but where do i get them? it says to DL them at www.viaarena.com - but i still dont know which to DL. I am running XPro. what's a kid to do?

also - - - - if you like The Living End, i took pictures of them on wednesday. check my site!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TerrorDronze on March 28, 2004, 02:07:05 AM
find out from someone who knows? (obviously not me)

can't help ya, don't have the money to afford a fancy video card,  maybe someone else would know...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on March 28, 2004, 11:28:29 AM
Quote from: CherryBomber
hey you studs!
okay - i've run into a bit of a problem. remember my video card? it's the All-in-Wonder 9800 pro. i have a mother board with a VIA K8T800 chipset base. i know i have to download AGP drivers, but where do i get them? it says to DL them at www.viaarena.com - but i still dont know which to DL. I am running XPro. what's a kid to do?

also - - - - if you like The Living End, i took pictures of them on wednesday. check my site!


What's the brand of your motherboard?

EDIT: I believe you want the drivers found on this page (http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300). The Hyperion 4-in-1 drivers are suitable for your system.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on March 28, 2004, 01:47:26 PM
ati
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on March 28, 2004, 01:51:07 PM
Motherboard, not video card.

See my edited answer in my previous post. I provided a link to the drivers you want.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: CherryBomber on March 28, 2004, 04:01:05 PM
love you!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Scuzzy on April 27, 2004, 04:24:50 PM
Ahh and my old shizzorz compy a timex something or other 1016 OOOHHH YEAHHH WITH 16k memory expansion and jacks for a TV and best of all a TAPE PLAYER beat THAT  :o
Title: my craptastic pc
Post by: smileybwoy on May 08, 2004, 07:37:47 PM
err lemmie see, i think mine is

asus A7V8X-X motherboard
AMD Athlon 2600+ processor (never runs at 2600, wish i had a pentium)
Nvidia fx 5200 graphics card (AGP)
1 512MB DDR Ram card (think its made by PNY)

devices

1 dvd
1 cdrw
1 floppy

pci`s

creative sb! live 5.1 surrond sound card
pinncale pctv analoge tv/video in
netgear network card 10/100 x 2

and this is my gamers/make-shift router unit, its the best i can do :(
lol, i cant take a shot coz my cams decided to malfunction :@, but my case looks well sexy
Title: whoopy
Post by: smileybwoy on May 08, 2004, 07:39:59 PM
oh pffft, i thought it was setup as in the inside of pc, i think ill read the posts from now on (fellin pretty silly), sorry dudes
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: herbert talabis on June 07, 2004, 12:33:18 AM
my rig.

Athlon xp 1600+
Thermaltake Volcano 7+ hsf
512MB pc2100
Geforce 4 mx440 64sdr
40 x 2 Seagate Harddrive (5400rom)
32/12/48 Cyber brand CD-RW drive
no floppy drive
$25 worth ATX case w/ 300w psu
$5 worth AVR
cheapest 17 inch monitor available
cheapest 56k modem available
cheapest 2.1 speakers available on the market
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Law on June 07, 2004, 08:04:17 AM
Quote from: herbert talabis
my rig.

And you are?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The_FOO on July 04, 2004, 01:06:01 PM
So the GF's new system is an Albatron KM18G Pro board (http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/mb/specification.asp?pro_id=49) with just about everything on board. With Duron 1300 CPU and 512MB of DDR 333 RAM. 64MB of which is dedicated to the onboard GeForce4 MX video card.

Not the fastest thing on the block but a definate step up from her Duron 600 and nearly 10 year old ATI All in Wonder with 4MB onboard.
Title: Blue Monster
Post by: Number2 on July 14, 2004, 05:08:13 PM
It's not a powerhouse... just got the nickname from a friend for my pc, cause of the blue lights.
P4 2.8Gig intel
512MB Kingston Ram
P4P 800 E-Deluxe Motherboard
80Gig HD
Liteon dvd rom
BenQ DVD 8X writer
9600 Pro vid card
nexis ( I think that's right) fan controller
3 blue led 80 mil fans
2 blu cathod lights

And man do I wanna upgrade but won't bother until I can get the new technology coming out..... I mean no pint in building another one when AGP is slowly being phased out.
 

Sorry guys/gals....  you were right I hit new thread not reply.
Back to top
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The_FOO on July 14, 2004, 05:10:37 PM
Yeah. I've been holding off upgrading till the socket 939 stuff stabilizes. Probably go for an Nforce 4 board when they come out at the end of the year.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Sponge on July 29, 2004, 05:26:54 AM
Athlon 64 3200+
 1GB RAM
Asus Radeon 9600XT
1 x 80gb <Random Make> 7200rpm
2 x 120gb WD 7200rpm
1 x 200gb Maxtor 7200rpm
8x NEC 2500A DVD Burner
52x MSI CD Burner
18" LG TFT Flat Panel



Also have a tank: (Noisey as HECK!)

Dell SmartPC 250N
P4 2.2GHz
512mb RAM
32mb ATi Mbility M6
80gb HDD
Mandrake 10 on it at the mo..
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2004, 06:44:12 AM
HAH GUYZ! MAH CUMPOTARZ ROX()RZ!!!



Say... you wouldn't be related to Bob by any chance?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The_FOO on July 29, 2004, 09:28:32 AM
Quote from: Sponge
Athlon 64 3200+
 1 x 80gb <Random Make> 7200rpm
2 x 120gb WD 7200rpm
1 x 200gb Maxtor 7200rpm
8x NEC 2500A DVD Burner


*laughs* I read that and thought Weird Tingly Feeling does he have 8 DVD burners for?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on July 29, 2004, 09:34:23 AM
520GB of HD space? Jesus...

It took me a second to realize he didn't actually have 8 DVD burners. Thanks a lot, FOO. Power of suggestion...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The_FOO on July 29, 2004, 10:20:42 AM
Quote from: catwritr
520GB of HD space? Jesus...

It took me a second to realize he didn't actually have 8 DVD burners. Thanks a lot, FOO. Power of suggestion...


You're welcome. :-)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hellkat on July 29, 2004, 09:37:51 PM
amd athlon xp 2200+
1024 mb ram
ati radeon 9000 pro 128

===
1 60 gb windows xp hdd                
1 80 gig free bsd server
1 80 gig redhat counter strike server
===
duel boot
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The_FOO on July 30, 2004, 06:04:59 AM
Quote from: hellkat

===
1 60 gb windows xp hdd                
1 80 gig free bsd server
1 80 gig redhat counter strike server
===
duel boot


Wouldn't that be tri-boot? Or are they seperate machines?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on July 30, 2004, 08:17:10 AM
Lol.

Duel Boot:  A condition on a computer where the operating systems insult each others' honor and then get into a fight over which one gets to boot the machine when the user starts it up.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: The_FOO on July 30, 2004, 12:11:53 PM
Quote from: Demosthenes
Lol.

Duel Boot


Doh! I noticed that was spelt wrong too and then forgot about it.
Title: Not too bad
Post by: Crystalmonkey on August 25, 2004, 01:52:51 PM
This is my system, not too bad:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 64-Bit
ABIT AMD: NF7-S nForce2
Western Digital IDE: 80GB 7200rpm SE (800JB)
ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 128MB AGP
Kingston Technologies DDR PC3200 512MB DIMM
Kingston Technologies DDR PC3200 512MB DIMM


Note: I don't list the power supply, or my floppy, because they escape my memory, and as for the memory, it is DDR 400 but for some reason running 333, I think it may be the mobo but I was pretty sure it could handle it, oh well.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: ColComOcelaridHighLan on September 01, 2004, 08:00:26 AM
I have two systems lucky me
Windows Box
Soyo KT333 Ultra Dragon Motherboard
AMD Athlon Xp 2100+
2X Corsair XMS 512MB DDR PC-3200
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB
Linksys Wireless PCI Card
Western Digital "Special Edition" 60GB
Western Digital "Special Edition" 120GB
Lite-on DVD ROM ( Can't remember what speed)
Lite-on CD-R Burner ( Can't remeber what speed also)
Vantex CCK-180 ( I think?)
Logitech Wireless MX Keyboard and Mouse Bundle
NEC19' Monitor
A Sucky HP PSC 1350V all in printer
250 Zip Drive

Power Mac G4
I'll find out the specs later, I can't seem to remember them. Plus I don't have the time to really search the apple website.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Lurch on September 06, 2004, 12:22:04 AM
Ok, here I go,

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
2.4 C
1 Gig Corsair Low Latency 3200 in dual channel
XFX 6600GT
Maxtor 120 gig ATA133
TDK 4x DVD burner
LG DVD player
Lian-Li V-1000-B
Antec Neo-480
Win 2000 pro
Dual monitors (19" Flat CRT, 21" Flat Sony)
----------------

----------------
My other junk: (fileserver)
ASUS 845PE, Slot 1, atx, 160SCSI, 133Mhz fsb, nic, usb
Win 2000 Pro
20 gig Maxtor ATA133
256 meg cheap ass PNY pc100
P-II Klamath core 266Mhz, 512K L2
Upgraded to PNY5200U
Samsung CDburner ripped out of a hammered E-Machine I got for free then gave away
Black window case with billions of useless leds
Dell 17" CRT
----------------

----------------
Notebook:
Dell Latilude LS400
Win 2000 Pro
P-III 400Mhz
12 gig 4200RPM turd
128 meg 144 pin SO-DIMM (trying desperately to find a 256 that works in it)
12.1 TFT display
External floppy, CD-ROM
-----------------
Upgrades for this thing? just a 256 stick so I can keep 2000 or XP on it. I f-ing hate 98.

(http://www.foxxtek.com/hostedimages/desk001.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Nate on September 18, 2004, 04:11:24 PM
MotherBoard - MSI 655 Max-FISR
Processor - P4 2.7GHz (Northwood)
Memory - 512mb Kingston PC2100 (would like 3200)
Video Card - Nvidia GeForce FX5200 (want to upgrade)
Hard Drive - 40Gb Western Digital 54000rpm
DVD-RW - Liteon something or other
OS - Win XP, also had a dual boot with Mandrake Linux but I removed it to save HD space.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TeKnowledge on September 24, 2004, 12:13:37 PM
Home: (soon to be updated)
P4 2.53 on Intel 850i Chipset
1GB RDRAM (1033Mhz)
GeForceFX 5800 Ultra 256MB Nvidia
Dual 80GB IDE133 (sad) drives
17" ViewSonic LCD
Wireless-B Network card
Sound card, etc.
CD-Burner (52X)
DVD-ROM

Work:
P4 3.02
2GB DDR 400
GeForceFX 5600
17" CRT
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: NannoPhobe on January 24, 2005, 07:21:11 AM
AMD 2500+ (1.8Ghz, 333FSB)
Ga700VTL Motherless Board (400FSB)
512mb Ram (DDR400)
ATI 9200 (128mb 400DAC)
40Gig Maxtor (7200rpm ATA133)
16x BTC DVD Rom
15" WEN Monitor (1024x768@85Hertz)

Not much but plays my games just fine... For now...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on January 28, 2005, 01:34:34 AM
Desktop:

AMD Barton 2500 @ 1.87ghz
SOLTEK 75FRN2-L NFORCE2 SOCKETA DUAL DDR AGP8X 5PCI ATA133 SOUND LAN MOTHERBOARD
1024mb DDR400 RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 All-In-Wonder Pro
40gb Maxtor (7200rpm ATA133)
160gb Western Digital (7200rpm ATA133)
LG Super Multi DVD RW
Generic CDRW
17" Samsung LCD
19" KDS CRT

Running XP Home SP2

Laptop:

12.1" iBook
1.2GHz PowerPC G4
768mb PC2100 (266MHz) RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM
30gb ATA/100 4200rpm
Combo Drive

HEY LOOK SOME SYSTEM SPECS THAT NO ONE WILL READ WOW E-PENIS
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: scars on January 28, 2005, 06:24:24 AM
Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe with on-board sound, gigabit LAN, etc.
CPU: Amd Athlon 2800+ (1.9ghz, overclocking at 2.0ghz  8) )
RAM: 1.25GB DDR
HDD: 280GB total (7200rpm)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 5900XT (128MB)
DVD+/-RW drive, burns all DVD & CD formats xD
Some crappy generic CD-RW drive
Crappy 17" CRT monitor
And of course, we can't forget the floppy rubber keyboard! :D
(http://www.cjb.cc/members/thoughts/images/04082900.JPG)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Nate on January 28, 2005, 10:17:42 AM
Is that a tub of vaseline by the "Floppy rubber keyboard?"
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: scars on January 31, 2005, 09:33:22 AM
Lol, no, it's sour cream & onion pringles dip  8)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Nate on February 01, 2005, 11:21:22 PM
Boner kill... I mean...
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: soupbandit23 on February 03, 2005, 03:26:45 PM
My convertable is coming in the mail (i gonna mod it once it arrives and take aol off!)

Operating System:  Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition with Microsoft OneNote

 Application Software:  Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2003 (SBE + Access) ........

 Memory:  512MB DDR SDRAM (1-512MB modules) ........

 Hard Drive:  60GB 5400rpm Ultra ATA hard drive ........

 Extended Service Plan Including Limited Warranty:  Notebook Value Service Plan -- 1 year parts/labor/no on-site/1 year technical support  
 Carrying Case:  Targus Deluxe Sport BackPack (6606859) ........

 Speakers:  External speakers not selected  

 Integrated Wireless Networking Adapter:  Integrated 802.11b/g wireless networking card  

 AntiVirus Software:  Norton AntiVirus 90 day introductory offer  

 Mobile Technology:  Features Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology
 
 Processor:  Intel® Pentium® M Processor 745 (1.8GHz)  

 Floppy Drive:  Integrated 4-in-1 Memory Card Reader  

 Optical Drive:  Integrated 24x/10x/24x CD-RW and 8x DVD combo  
 Additional Parts Warranty:  36-month limited hinge warranty (for warranty greater than 3 yr, hinge warranty equals system warranty length)  

 Expansion Slots:  (1) Type II PC card slot  

 External Ports:  (2) USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), VGA  

 Screen:  14.1" XGA TFT Active Matrix with Rotating Hinge for Tablet Functionality  

 Video:  Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2

 Keyboard and Mouse:  Full-Sized Keyboard and EZ Pad® Pointing Device  

 Digitizer Pens:  Digitizer Pen for M275
 
 Multimedia Package:  Integrated sound and stereo speakers, headphone/speaker jack, and mic jacks  

 Battery:  Lithium ion battery with AC pack and 1 yr. limited battery warranty  

 Modem:  Integrated V.92 56K modem  

 Network Adapter:  Integrated 10/100 Ethernet adapter  
 
Internet Service Provider:   :evil: Six months America Online® Internet access   :evil:

 Part Number:  1008359



 :D  :D  :D  :D
 :D  :D
Title: DRINK OE.
Post by: KERNEL-F3CKER on February 16, 2005, 06:19:28 AM
Old Asus motherboard
486-dx2 66mhz processer
16mb ram
2x cd rom drive
Vesa 2.0 compliant SVGA card
soundblaster 16
500 meg hard drive
3.5 inch floppy drive
5.25 inch floppy drive
nearly dead monitor which won't go above 640x480

Sound is rigged in to a 40 something year old Sony TC-200 reel to reel tape deck that I've rewired as a straightforeward stereo amp.

(the mechanics were  completely seized. Rather than fix them , I opted to build a stereo out of it)

It plays Rammstein really loudly while running wolf3d. What more could I want?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on February 21, 2005, 11:38:07 AM
I've finished building my new system. Here's the basic rundown:

Athlon 64 3000+
1GB DDR 400 Ram
36GB SATA WD Raptor boot drive
300GB SATA Maxtor storage drive
256mb GeForce 5500
SoundBlaster Live (oldie but a goodie)
16x Memorex DVD Rom
12x Sony Dual Layer DVD Burner
1.44  beloved floppy drive
Gigabyte system board with 8 USB 2.0 ports+3 Firewire

It's much faster than my old one.  :)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 21, 2005, 03:20:10 PM
Very nice!

(http://www.cgtalk.com/images/smilies/drool.gif)


I'll be building a new desktop system for myself probably in a year or so... what'd your setup run you and where did you get most of the components?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on February 21, 2005, 05:31:01 PM
I wound up paying about $1300 for the whole thing. I'm kind of an impatient man, so I bought almost all my parts at Fry's instead of wanting to wait for them to arrive via Internet purchases. I probaby could have shaved a few hundred off if I bargain shopped.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on February 21, 2005, 05:43:10 PM
Quote from: xolik
I wound up paying about $1300 for the whole thing. I'm kind of an impatient man, so I bought almost all my parts at Fry's instead of wanting to wait for them to arrive via Internet purchases. I probaby could have shaved a few hundred off if I bargain shopped.


That's still pretty encouraging.  I'm planning on bargain shopping for most components, though I'd like to find a nice tower-motherboard-power supply setup all in one shot if I can, just to save some trouble.

I'm definitely going with a 64-bit processor though.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on February 21, 2005, 05:50:30 PM
The modular power supplies are nice, but the cables are actually pretty tough to bend. They had a 500w modular supply on sale for $75 after rebate, which is screaming deal. I was just lucky that it was on sale the day I decided to go in. I didn't really plan this one too much. Kind of just threw it together on a lark.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on March 03, 2005, 02:17:21 PM
I just had this donated to me. So far, it works great!

PowerMac G4 dual 500mhz
1.25GB Ram
80GB Hard Drive
DVD-R/RW Burner
OS 12.3.8
16MB ATI Video
1000/100/10 Nic
56k Modem
Whatever sound card the Mac uses built-in.

The only thing I can think of that  needs upgrading is the Video Card. It works pretty well so far.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: KERNEL-F3CKER on March 28, 2005, 12:51:43 AM
UPGRADE STYLEZ!

The Gibson now has: 8gb Hard Drive, and FreeBSD 2.2.8, with X Window.

Unix reminds me of the OS on my old TraSh-80.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on April 11, 2005, 06:01:27 PM
My new monitor:

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=froogle&pfp=froogle&product_code=317988&cm_ven=froogle&cm_cat=&cm_pla=&cm_ite=feed

I bought it just for my WoW obsession. It's beautiful!  :D
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on April 12, 2005, 11:26:04 AM
Holy crap Xolly, that kicks ass!

 :shock:
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Anonymous on April 14, 2005, 09:23:01 AM
Christ! Xolik gave me a bonner!


I purchased a photo printer last week. HP Photosmart 8150.
(http://www.hp.se/includes/library/22678.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: BizB on April 14, 2005, 10:22:28 AM
Quote from: TheJudge
Christ! Xolik gave me a bonner!
LOL... you said that like it was a first.


Oh, and that printer looks like something out of the Jetsons.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: jmz635 on May 08, 2005, 06:04:17 AM
My laptop:

P4 M 1.7ghz
768mb ram
27gb hdd

And thats about it  :D
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: iGrant on June 12, 2005, 10:20:20 PM
Apple G4 Cube 450mhz, 120gig hdd, 768 ram, dvd-rom, 20 inch viewable viewsonic monitor

Apple G3 iBook 500mhz, 40 gig hdd, 576 ram, cd-rom, 12 inch screen

about to get a Mac Mini 1.25 ghz G4 with 40 gig hdd, 256 ram.

I also have a ton of other computers but those two above are the ones I use daily
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on June 13, 2005, 09:41:25 AM
So is that Cube maxed out for hardware?  Or can you do any upgrading at all on it?

I thought those were pretty cool as a concept; it surprised me that hardly anyone bought them.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: iGrant on June 13, 2005, 09:46:09 AM
Quote from: Demosthenes
So is that Cube maxed out for hardware?  Or can you do any upgrading at all on it?

I thought those were pretty cool as a concept; it surprised me that hardly anyone bought them.


Yeah i fogot to mention that, I did upgrade the ram and hdd already, it came with a 20 gig hdd, and if I get around to it I am going to add the Sonnet 1.2ghz cpu upgrade into it. The nice thing about the mac mini is that it will have a faster bus, comes with OS 10.4, and is small. I would keep the cube as my music machine because of the hard drive space and use the Mini for everything else. OR i might just get OS 10.4 for the Cube and add the Giga Design 1.8ghz cpu or like the Power Logix 1.4 cpu. It depends on what I want. The one thing I like about the cube is how you take it apart.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on June 13, 2005, 09:48:31 AM
That sounds like a good plan (using the Cube as a music machine).

One of the things about the upcoming Apple-Intel situation that intrigues me is the notion that future Intel-based Mac Minis might be bridging the gap between gaming consoles and personal computers.

I wouldn't mind one of those suckers in my living room, connected to my TV.    8)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: iGrant on June 13, 2005, 09:52:13 AM
Quote from: Demosthenes
That sounds like a good plan (using the Cube as a music machine).

One of the things about the upcoming Apple-Intel situation that intrigues me is the notion that future Intel-based Mac Minis might be bridging the gap between gaming consoles and personal computers.

I wouldn't mind one of those suckers in my living room, connected to my TV.    8)


HAHAH yeah that is why I think I will upgrade ethe cube and get my hands on a Intel Mac Mini that could possibely have a 2.6 - 3.0 ghz proccessor in it. That would just rule, so I think for now I am going to just upgrade the Cube's CPU.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: dunnie on June 14, 2005, 01:04:03 AM
Laptop is an AMD 64 3500
Gig of Ram
128 ATI Radeon Express
80 Gig Raptor drive
15.4 widescreen
DVDrw
XP Home (Just got it today... 64 bit windows soon)

Desktop is an AMD 2300
Half Gig Ram
128 Nvidia Something... tired and tweaked
dual 120 gig drives
21 inch Flat Scraan LCD
40 gig or 8000 songs
Media Center XP Pro
And still bored
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: doomtroll on June 22, 2005, 09:47:01 PM
System #1

AMD K6-2 400 Mhz
256 MB ram
10 Gig WD HD
20 Gig Samsung HD
Matrox Millenium II 8MB Video
Sound Blaster AWE 64 GOLD
Toshiba DVD/CD-Burner Combo
Generic CD-ROM
SuSe 9.1 Pro
Win2K

System #2

AMD K6-3 500 Mhz
384 MB ram
20 Gig Seagate HD
Diamond FireGL 8MB video
Sound Blaster Live Audio
LG 52x Cd Burner
Win2K
Vector Linux 5.1
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Crystalmonkey on June 22, 2005, 11:58:16 PM
College Rule Paper
#2 Pencil


How is that for a 1337 system? It has an OS that took a few years to make, but it comes with a word processor, paint program, and it never crashes (Unless placed too close to a heat/water source)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on June 23, 2005, 06:47:48 AM
That would make a kick ass gaming system!






...if you're into tic-tac-toe!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: G_O_T_R on August 10, 2005, 10:51:33 PM
This system is a work PC from 1998.

Windows 2000 5.00.2195.4

130,612 KB RAM
3.13 GB HD
[Oddly Enough, my PC runs on virtual memory, because 1MB just doesn't cut it]

Am hooked up to the internet via lan connection to 2wire SBC DSL
No modem. None.

CD Drive
3 1/2" Floppy Drive

No video card. No sound card. Proccesor speed is around 200KHZ

I suck. Simply put. Am trying to save up for AOTS's Ultimate Gaming Machine. http://www.attackoftheshow.com/
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on August 10, 2005, 11:11:57 PM
If you are legitimately considering spending $6,700 on a computer, it is my unfortunate duty to advise you that you have lost your fucking mind.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on August 11, 2005, 10:35:59 AM
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I finally got my CPU this morning! So tonight, I'll be assembling my new system which will be:

AMD 64 3000 venice core
1 Gig 400 Mhz RAM
My old 10GB HD + My less old 120GB HD
MSI K8N Neo4-F board
Connected3D Radeon X800XL PCIe 256MB GDDR3


Again, I say WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: GenStyx on August 11, 2005, 10:43:34 AM
Judge, if you haven't seen this video then you must. You immediately reminded me of it with your jubulous "wheeeeeeee."

http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/squirrel.htm
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on August 11, 2005, 10:54:39 AM
Yeah we have that on our mainpage somewhere.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: GenStyx on August 11, 2005, 11:45:37 AM
Quote from: TheJudge
Yeah we have that on our mainpage somewhere.

As should everyone. I haven't seen that in about 2 years but I still remember how hilarious it was.  Oh, the gonads! I need to leave work now so I can watch it with loud volume.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on August 11, 2005, 02:05:27 PM
Quote from: GenStyx
Quote from: TheJudge
Yeah we have that on our mainpage somewhere.

As should everyone. I haven't seen that in about 2 years but I still remember how hilarious it was.  Oh, the gonads! I need to leave work now so I can watch it with loud volume.


While you're at it, make sure you watch this one (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php) too.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on August 11, 2005, 02:13:21 PM
And let's not forget bananaphone (http://www.gotthegeek.com/the_judge/Files/badgerphone.swf)!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Seiferf on September 12, 2005, 05:23:52 PM
Pentium D 820 ( 2x2.8 ghz)
300 GB 7200 RPM ATA hard drive
1GB PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM memory
a crappy integrated intel gfx card, 244mb
19" LCD screen

Bought it 2 weeks ago, no complaints so far apart the graphic card bitchin.

HD is unfortunetly already full but even with all the shit installed and downloaded I haven't had a single crash yet.

HP media Center PC m7067c, I'd suggest it to anyone wanting a reliable comp.
Title: Sysspec
Post by: gouphex on September 14, 2005, 10:49:34 AM
A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD64 3200+ 2.01 GHz
1GB RAM
500GB HDD (2x250GB Seagate Barracuda)
Geforce 6600GT

Found yourself
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: navybofus on September 14, 2005, 11:23:58 AM
Processor: Pentium 4 2.8GHz processor
Memory: 256 MB DDR SDRAM
Storage: 80 GB
Operating System: Windows XP
Printer: HP Deskjet 693C (Stop Laughing!)
Graphics Card 1: Intel(R) GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Monitor 1: ViewSonic VX710 - 17 inches of Fury!
Sound Card: Realtek AC'97 Audio with Legacy Audio Drivers
Speakers: Creative SubWoofer with eMachines Depth Tweeters
Connection: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Card with Comcast Xtreme DSL
Mouse: Targus Optical Mouse
Keyboard: eMachines Multi-Function Keyboard
IDE Controller Card
CD-RW: LITE-ON LTR-48327S
4 USB Ports
Creative WebCam NX
Intel(R) Ultra ATA Storage Controller
Primary and Secondary IDE Channel
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: xpgeek on January 14, 2006, 06:19:54 AM
OS : Windows XP Professional SP2
Processor : Intel Celeron D 2.53ghz
RAM : 760mb pc2700 DDR
Video : 128mb GeforceFX 5500 (PCI)
Current video driver : Z-Tweaked ForceWare 82.12
Sound : Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Speakers : Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 system
First hard drive : WesternDigital 40gb
Second hard drive : WesternDigital 40gb
First optical drive : Memorex 52/24/52 CD-RW
Second optical drive : HP 4X DVD-RW +/- (Single layer)
No floppy
ISP : Cablevision Optimum Online 10mbit (soon to be 15, or 30mbit for ten bucks more)
Monitor : Sylvania 17'' CRT
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: papagiorgio01 on January 18, 2006, 05:31:38 PM
This is my first ever home built PC  :D

AMD 64 X2 4400+
ASUS A8N-SLI
ASUS extreme n7800 GTX (with plans on getting another one  :wink: )
2GB Corsair RAM
200GB Seagate HD
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum

It took me about a week (and five trips to Fry's) to get this running, but I fianally did and it was SO rewarding!

After I get the dual graphics cards running, I'm planning on getting a 30" Sony HDTV to run it on  :D  :D
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on January 18, 2006, 05:58:06 PM
Good for you... it's worth doing if you can handle the details, if nothing else because you learn a bunch and end up knowing a lot more about your own system that way, and it's usually cheaper that way as well.

Looks like you built a pretty good machine.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Squirt758 on January 28, 2006, 07:05:23 PM
I built both of these computers myself,  :D ,Demosthenes is right, building your own is better, cause you can customize it more and its cheaper.It helps to know what your doing though. Anyways here are my specs

Family PC
P4 3.0GHZ
ASUS P4S800-MX
512MB PC3200 Kingston, (Soon to be 1GB)
60GB Maxtor
Imation DVD burner
DVD Rom
Nvidia 6200GT 128MB AGP
Samsung 17Inch CRT,Hey it was on special
Canon S750
Canoscan Scanner
2.1 Speakers

Bedroom PC
P4 2.0GHZ
MSI Mobo
768MB PC2100
40GB Seagate
Radeon 9200SE 128MB
Two CD-Burners
Canon S800, Got it for free  :lol:
15 inch HP monitor, Got it for free too!  :lol:

These are both networked through my wireless network
Their not beasts but their not slow either
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Stratofortress on February 07, 2006, 11:22:58 PM
400 MHz Celeron
XP Pro
256 Mb RAM
8mb onboard video
30x CD-ROM
40 gig Western Digital HDD

Pentium III 900 MHz
XP Pro/2000 duel boot
512 Mb RAM
nVidia 32 mb AGP
60 gig Western Digital HDD
Creative DVD-ROM
Creative 32x CD-RW
Creative 5.1 audio on mobo
Compaq wireless keyboard and mouse (gift)

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 GHz)
XP Pro/Server 2003 Ent. duel boot
1.50 GB of PC3200 dual channel RAM
Gigabyte-nVidiA GeForce 6200  (128mb) 8x AGP (due to mobo limitation)
(2) 80 gig Western Digital SATA hard drives
1st drive is split for XP Pro and Server 2003 Enterprise.  
Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 mobo
Sony 40x DVD-RW
Samsung 48x CD-RW (50%+ of attempted burns are coasters now)
Sound and gigabit network card are onboard mobo
Microsoft Optical Intellimouse (it's become an heirloom of sorts)
Crappy $8 Belkin keboard
17" KDS CRT monitor
Creative 5.1 Surround sound speaker system\
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Stratofortress on February 07, 2006, 11:24:29 PM
/\
 |
And I built the AMD machine myself!
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on February 07, 2006, 11:39:48 PM
Oh yeah, this thread.

System 1:

Mac Mini (OS X 10.4.4)
1.25ghz PowerPC G4
1 gb RAM
32 mb ATI Radeon 9200 AGP 4X
80 gb HD
Logitech mx700
Apple keyboard
Altec Lansing speakers of some sort
17" Samsung LCD SyncMaster 712N

System 2:

AMD Barton 1.87ghz (XP Home)
1 gb RAM
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder something something 128 mb
1 x 40 gb HD
1 x 160 gb HD
1 x 250 gb external HD
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Wireless
Microsoft keyboard
Logitech 5.1 speakers
hooked up to a receiver which is in turn hooked up to a tv which is hooked up to my heart

System 3:

12" iBook 1.25ghz PowerPC G4 (OS X 10.3.9)
768 mb RAM
30 gb HD
40 gb external HD (this drive actually goes all over the place)

Also I have some monitors lying around.
 :?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: koobeeny on April 29, 2006, 03:25:33 AM
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1GB Kingston RAM
Radeon 9600 256mb (overclocked to 510mhz core, 450 mhz memory)
80GB 7200rpm HD
Raidmax Storm case (4 fans, not including processor, and 2 air vents)
19inch Acer LCD monitor


I can do about 75 FPSon average on CSS with settings on high (4x antialiasing and 4x anisoptric filtering). No artifacts. Same goes for Battlefield 2, but I only get around 45 fps with settings on medium/low for ES4:Oblivion. That's one hella demanding game.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: IanTheGeek on April 30, 2006, 12:16:00 PM
My setup:
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 4200+ @ 4615MHz
Dual WD 10k Raptor 36.6GB (Raid 0)
2GB XMS Corsair
BFG 7900 GTX
Ultra X2 550 Watt PSU
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Logitech THX 5.1 Surround Sound
Sony DVD-R/RW Burner
Sony CD-R/RW /DVD-ROM

Thermaltake Armor Case w/custom side window
Thermaltake Big Water SE Cooling System
Razer Copperhead Mouse (Tempest Blue)
Saitek Keyboard
HP 19" Flat Panel
3dmark06 score = 6168

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g305/ianthegeek/Untitled-4.jpg)

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g305/ianthegeek/Untitled-2.jpg)

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g305/ianthegeek/123.jpg)

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g305/ianthegeek/Untitled-3.jpg)

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g305/ianthegeek/mark2.jpg)
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on April 30, 2006, 12:46:29 PM
What's with the sudden influx coming in to brag about their modded cases?
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: koobeeny on April 30, 2006, 06:58:48 PM
My case isn't modded, but I think it looks pretty darn nice for $50.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811156166

That's the "new" version of it, I guess. Mine looks exactly the same, it's just that the front looks a little different and I have one more fan. And mine cost less.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Bethany on May 10, 2006, 03:39:39 PM
Processor: Pentium III 550MHz processor
Memory: 256K
Storage: 20GB hard drive and a card reader (I am not sure if I am supposed to be using camera memory cards as spare storage space)
Operating System: Ubuntu Linux (Go ahead and laugh)
Printer: HP C62
Graphics: ATI Rage Pro somethingorother (I found it in my junk box)
Connection: Netgear router on a cablemodem
Mouse:Logitech laser mouse (who cares?)
Se-440 BX2 motherboard with on board sound.

Go ahead and laugh, it runs Openoffice and OpenRPG and my art programs just fine, Firefox, GAIM, a *sniff* custom-designed telnet interface, Movies, Burns CD's and DVD's and plays them, Email, hexedit, Quake 2, Mindrover

Well, okay, I have been nursing this thing along with upgrades since '98. and I have a REAL computer back in the bedroom if I want to play games.

Truthfully, for a utility machine, who needs anything more? I built it, I maintain it, I fix it when it has a cold... it's my baby.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on May 10, 2006, 04:18:53 PM
Nothin' to be ashamed of.  I've had "Damnthing" as my utility computer since '99.  It's a PIII 450 with 389mb of RAM running Slackware 10.1.  It's still chuggin' along just fine on that.  I figure I'll keep running it and it will keep serving its purpose until the hard drive gives out or the power supply, whichever comes first.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: maxpayne126 on May 23, 2006, 06:17:46 PM
hey guys, this is my first time posting so im going to give it my best shot. anyway, i just recently put together my new comp. here are the specs:

RaidMax Scorpio 868 Black case(soon to be ThermalTake Kandalf black case)
Enermax Liberty 620W modular PSU
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
AMD 64-bit 3700+ 2.2Ghz
Kingston 1.5ig PC3200 RAM(soon to be OCZ 4Gig PC3200 Platinium Dual Channel)
E-VGA 7800GTX 256MB Vid(will have another soon)
Creative soundblaster 5.1 soundcard
Maxtor 300Gig Diamondmax10 7200rpm HDD x 1
Maxtor 120Gig Diamondmax10 7200rpm HDD x 2
Benq DW1655 DVD burner
Creative SBS 5.1 surround sound

using 3Dmark 03 benchmarking, current scoring is 15,928 which to me is quite high so far. any comments are apprenciated.
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Odd_Bloke on May 23, 2006, 10:16:49 PM
Processor: AMD Athlon64 3000+
Motherboard: ASUS K8X (something like that, I don't really remember)
RAM: 1GB non-descript
GeForce 2 MX400 (I'm most proud of this)
Creative 5.1 Live! w/ Creative 5200 (or so) speakers
WD 160GB and 140GB SATA drives
Some CD-writer (but not DVD drive, since the last one failed :()
550W PSU (it's blue!)

As for my case, it cost me £10 (new). :D I'm also pretty proud of that...

Dan
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: Scuzzy on May 25, 2006, 06:28:19 PM
AMD Athalon 64 3200+
1 Gig OCZ RAM
XfX Nvidia Geforce 6800 XT
Some low end 5.1 sound card that upped my oblivion framerates like by 2
Not nearly enough HDD space (a mere 140 gigs not nearly enough for my...erm...files)
Mobo is made by asus, WITH PCI-E, and I was dumb enough not to get one with an option for SLi ><
Title: Post Your Setup
Post by: koobeeny on May 27, 2006, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: Scuzzy
AMD Athalon 64 3200+
Mobo is made by asus, WITH PCI-E, and I was dumb enough not to get one with an option for SLi ><


SLI doesn't do THAT much, anyhow. With lower-end cards it does, I suppose, but the difference between 1 and 2 7900GTX's is trivial, at best. Now, 4 7900GTX's does show a noticeable improvement over 1, but it's still not really worth the money unless you're rolling in cash.

My opinion: Don't blow any major cash on a vid card between now and DirectX 10.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Mr_J_ on June 01, 2006, 10:17:10 AM
Asus A8N-E  (Nforce 4 Ultra)
AMD Athlon64 2.00GHz Venice (Thermalright XP-90C heatsink, Artic Silver paste, some 90mm fan)
512MB DDR400 Kingston
XFX Nvidia 6600GT 128MB DDR3 PCI-E
MSI PC54G2 (rt2500 chip)
LG DVD-Writter
Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200ES CRT VGA
Dell UltraSharp 1907FP LCD DVI
Logitech MX518
Keyboard with Blacklight
Medusa 5.1 Heaphones with Amplifier
External 20GB HDD
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: alexkerhead on June 19, 2006, 11:18:04 AM
Main:

P4 3.06GHz clocked at 3.45GHz
2048MB OCZ Performance RAM
ASUS P4G8X-Deluxe
Nvidia 6600GT 128MB
SB AUdigy 2 EAX
2x Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Cards
Venessa Heatpipe cooler
550watt Ultra Modular PSU
DVD-RW 16x4x16x32
CD-RW 52x24x52
160GB Hitachi SATA150 HDD
60GB Seagate ATA100 HDD
ThermalTake Tsunami DreamTower Black
17" KDS Xtreme Flat
Windblows XP home(lol)

Secondary/Movie:

AMD Athlon XP 2400XP clocked at 2.3GHz
1024MB OCZ Performance RAM
MSI Nforce board(forogt model)
ATI 9600Pro 128MB
SB 32-bit PCI
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
ThermalTake Volcano cooler
400watt green Chrome PSU
40x16x48 CD-RW
16x40 DVD-ROM
80GB WD ATA100 HDD
Xoxide Clear acrylic Case
36" Gateway Destination Monitor
Ubuntu Linux

Third:

Dual 1GHz P3s
512MB SDRAM
Dual socket 370 board
ATI 9000pro
Yamaha DS1
Intel 10/100 NIC
2x Spintron coolers
RaidMax 350watt PSU
16x40 DVD-ROM
80GB WD ATA100
40GB Seagate ATA100
2x 20GB Quantum ATA66 HDDs
Eagle sliding front door case
17" Dell flat CRT
Ubuntu Linux with modified kernel for multi proc support

Fourth:

P4 2.0GHz clocked at 2.4GHz
512MB OCZ Performance RAM
Generic Micro ATX board
Integrated SIS video 32MB
Yamaha Sound card
Integrated 10/100 NIC
Cooler Master cooler
320watt micro ATX PSU
External 24x16x32 CD-RW
40GB Segate HDD
1987 Premier 8086 case I cut and modded to hold new components
21" NEC Monitor
Ubuntu Linux

Lots of others, but I use these the most.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: cHtHuBing on June 20, 2006, 03:03:16 PM
Intel Pentium D 930 @ 3.0GHz > Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Heatsink > Intel D945PSN Motherboard > Antec Neo HE 500w PSU > xfx GeForce 7600 GT XXX 256MB >
4 x 512MB PNY Optima DDR2 533 / PC4200 > 74GB Western Digital Raptor > 250GB Western Digital SE16 > 2 x NEC ND-3550A Silver DVD±RW >
Cooler Master Wave Master w/Window >LCM-19W4 Dell 19" Widescreen LCD's @ 2880x900 > Creative X-Fi Extreme Music >
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 > Logitech G5 Laser Mouse > Blue LED Xide X3 Mouse Pad > Zippy EL-715 Keyboard.

And couple of toys..
Heres a pic.

(http://www.trekcubed.com/remote/trek_systemJune06.jpg)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: alexkerhead on June 21, 2006, 09:56:37 PM
cHtHuBing, that is one heck of a rig! :-)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: cHtHuBing on June 22, 2006, 04:21:17 AM
Thanks alexerhead, I like it too  :-)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Crossfader on June 23, 2006, 06:58:35 AM
Athlon XP 2400+ @2000Mhz
1GB RAM DDR 400
Epox 8RDA3+
80GB HDD Samsung
160GB HDD Maxtor
A4 Tech mouse&keyboard
Win XP Pro SP2 :)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: alexkerhead on June 23, 2006, 10:58:29 PM
Athlon XP 2400+ @2000Mhz
1GB RAM DDR 400
Epox 8RDA3+
80GB HDD Samsung
160GB HDD Maxtor
A4 Tech mouse&keyboard
Win XP Pro SP2 :)
Ya know, you could get 300 more MHz out of that CPU, making it much faster than a 3200XP
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Steelbelly on June 30, 2006, 01:39:31 PM
Don't hate me.

I built my last 3 rigs from scratch.  It's damned hard getting decent parts brought into the island, so I either bought it in during trips, or risked damage (a fairly regular occurrence) shipping the parts in.  The last one was a 2.8 gig P4 (I know, AMD's better), with a gig of ram, GeForce 6600GT vid card, and 300GB SATA drive.  It went pop (lightning storm), and I ended up buying a Dell Dimension 9150 in sheer frustration.  I popped in my wireless card and HDD, and bought a GeForce 7600GT to replace the crappy card it came with.  I also upgraded it to 2GB ram.  Next time, I'll probably build from scratch again- I just didn't want to wait 2-6 weeks for the parts!   :roll:
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: doomtroll on July 23, 2006, 11:36:15 PM
G3 CRT iMac w/266 mhz, 64mb Ram, 10gb HD,CDR & OS 9.2.2

Powermac 7100/120 w/256mb Ram, 18gb HD, CD & OS 8.1

Toshiba Satellite 4015CDT
w/266mhz P2
96mb Ram
10gb HD
Zenwalk Linux 2.8

AMD K6-2 500mhz (overclocked to 550)
512mb ram
SB Live Audio
Diamond FireGL 1000 pro 8mb
Memorex 16x DVD Burner
LG CD Burner
(2) Hitachi 20gb HD
Win2K

AMD K6-2 400mhz
526mb Ram
Matrox Millenium G200 8mb
SB AWE64 Gold
Toshiba DVD/CDR Combo
(2) IBM 20gb HD
Win2k & Xandros 3.0

P2 266mhz
256mb ram
Matrox Millenium G200
SB 16
Generic CD Burner
10gb HD
Zenwalk Linux 2.8
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: MISTER MASSACRE on July 24, 2006, 11:07:22 AM
cHtHuBing, that is one heck of a rig! :-)

cHtHuBing left when I asked him why his pictures were hosted on someone else's server and displayed as someone else's computer on Neowin's forums. He never responded even though I saw him online afterwards, so I assume he was ashamed of being caught out over something so incredibly lame as leeching computer pics and claiming them as his own.

 :|
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on July 24, 2006, 11:50:46 AM
cHtHuBing left when I asked him why his pictures were hosted on someone else's server and displayed as someone else's computer on Neowin's forums. He never responded even though I saw him online afterwards, so I assume he was ashamed of being caught out over something so incredibly lame as leeching computer pics and claiming them as his own.

 :|


My e-peen is huge. HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on September 04, 2006, 08:08:12 PM
I changed out my monitor agian. I'm now using an Akai 42 inch plasma as my main display now. The old 26 incher has been moved to the table next to me and is primarily now used for the PS2.

WoW is a hell of a lot better now.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: jeee on September 30, 2006, 01:47:26 PM
(http://www.windowsnetworking.com/img/gif_wxp/wxpins05.gif)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: hackess on October 01, 2006, 12:21:30 PM
+1, jeee  :lol:
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: pbsaurus on November 17, 2006, 03:12:36 AM
I got an iMac for my birthday

Machine Name:   iMac
  Machine Model:   iMac5,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:   2.16 GHz
  Number Of Processors:   1
  Total Number Of Cores:   2
  L2 Cache (per processor):   4 MB
  Memory:   1 GB
  Bus Speed:   667 MHz
  Boot ROM Version:   IM51.0090.B00
  SMC Version:   1.9f4
 
ntel ICH7-M AHCI:

  Vendor:   Intel
  Product:   ICH7-M AHCI
  Speed:   1.5 Gigabit
  Description:   AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

WDC WD2500JS-40TGB0:

  Capacity:   232.89 GB
  Model:   WDC WD2500JS-40TGB0
  Revision:   20.06C04

Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: 12AX7 on April 07, 2007, 03:57:49 PM
Just got this (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=D-SA2200BB3-K4&cat=BBK&cpc=BBKbsc)...  well, just purchased. It hasn't got here yet. I've never heard of Biostar; the mobo, but hell, there's  $180 worth of hardware there; not counting the mobo and cpu. It'll be replacing the machine that just died - not sure yet if it's the mobo is fried, or my two AMDs are fried. (I tried two different procs in it). It was a Soyo KT333 with an AMD 1.3G T-bird. Pretty much the same setup. A little bit slower processor, I think, though I doubt I'll be able to tell.
 All-in-all; I think it was a good deal. I'll of course have the RAM and video card, etc from the fried one to pop into the new one. Hopefully everything'll go smoothly.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on April 08, 2007, 07:37:29 AM
I've used biostar mobos before. Actually, I think I'm running one right now. They are not the top end, but the best bang for the buck. Never had problems with them.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: 12AX7 on April 08, 2007, 08:15:41 AM
Cool. While I wasn't really worried, it's still nice to hear the words "never had a problem". :-D
  I don't need anything near high-end for this machine. It will be the one Im on the most; but all I ever have running at one time is Winamp, Photoshop, Notepad, Firefox, a windows explorer window, and SmartFTP. That's when I'm on a posting binge, lol.  Plus I'm real picky about what services and processes I allow to run in the background - even system processes, etc. Unneccessary crap gets shut down; partially neccessary crap gets changed to "manual", etc., etc., so there's very little resource loss overall. So this board/cpu combo should do the trick, I believe. If not; I can always purchase a better board/cpu package, and drop it in either this new machine, or in the "old" one that's being replaced.
  I'm certain it's a Cooked CPU or a melting mobo.  I had tried to barely touch the edge of the CPU fan to knock off this piece of lint that was mocking my blowing efforts. I've done this many, many times before, only this time I didn't realize the angle of my fingertip and the fan blades were wrong. In other words; instead of laying my finger on the blades with them spinning from fingerpad to fingertip and sliding right on off; I lay my finger to the blades backwards. So that the blades slammed right into my fingerTIP head-on :-: SNAP!!! Broke two blades off.
 "Ok, no problem...dumbass." I thought, since I have four other CPU coolers w/fans. "I'll just get that other big one and snapperright on there."  So I swapped them out, and when I powered back up; the BIOS POSTed, then I got one long beep, and it shut off.  I've swapped the CPU out with another of the same; and it, too, craps out. So I'm not sure now if BOTH my CPUs are fried; or it's just the mobo that died.   Regardless; it ain't booting up. So I've had to migrate to the little bitty comp I'm using now which originally was set up just to telecommute for work. It handles that fine (a VPN and two or three Remote Desktop connections); but for me to use as my "Main" recreational comp - it ain't cutting it. Can't wait for the new one. lol.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: 12AX7 on April 08, 2007, 08:38:06 AM
Hmm.
 Now that I've spent the $$ and bought a new machine, it has occurred to me to ask one more question. Does anyone know if - since there's hardware monitoring on this board - the AMD cpu looks for a minimum RPMs from the cpu fanslot; and if you happen to plug in one, say, the next "bracket" down (it lists below what the AMD looks for) - will it refuse to boot?
 :oops:


**edit - I'm not able to try this out for myself, as the other three coolers I have don't fit on this socket. My next step would be to swap the fan itself off the cooler, but this will require some engineering which I'd rather not do if it doesn't matter.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: 12AX7 on April 16, 2007, 01:03:57 PM
The new machine is up and running stable and fast. I'm happy. I can have a Flight Sim, a browser, Photoshop, and SmartFTP running. Not that I do normally; I just wanted to set it up beefy. The oddest thing was the wireless setup. It's a Linksys Wireless B/G Rtr, and I got a Linksys PCI wireless NIC ;antenna and all, and it wouldn't hook up using the (lol) "Secure Easy Setup"- their auto-setup thing, the card and router find each other and negotiate, etc. It worked fine with my laptop's built-in wireless. But not with a card of the same brand. I finally found how to turn that off; and set it up manually - works great now. :-D 
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Justinhere13 on April 28, 2007, 04:38:01 PM
Time to run the old DXDIAG....

OS: Windows XP Professional
Processor: AMD Sempron Processor 3400+
Memory: 1022MB DDR RAM
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE 256MB
Sound: SoundMAX Digital Audio
HD: 160 GB + 40GB Slave



Yeah i just made this recently with only so much money to spend.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: sociald1077 on March 18, 2008, 04:16:28 PM
This is the new system I am thinking about "adding to cart" from my newegg wish list:

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-EX38-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel X38
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (gonna get 4 gigs total)
Video card: EVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB
HD: Western Digital Caviar 400GB 7200 RPM
Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty
Power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX ATX12V / EPS12V 750W
Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Black Aluminum Bezel
Monitor: SAMSUNG 245BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD

Once I add on the various other details (disk drives, new keyboard, coolers, ect.) total cost is gonna be about $1800. Then after I recoup a bit I'm gonna get a second video card to SLI with and maybe a card reader and other extraneous stuffs.

I just have no idea what I am going to do with the tower I have. Thought about putting Linux on it, but I have no idea what I would do with it.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on March 20, 2008, 01:19:41 PM
Wow.  That's a sweet mobo.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: xolik on March 20, 2008, 05:25:59 PM
NO FLOPPY DRIVE?  :x
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: sociald1077 on March 20, 2008, 05:48:37 PM
NO FLOPPY DRIVE?  :x

I have 2 USB floppy drives if the need arises.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: LuciferSam on March 22, 2008, 02:32:27 AM
I forget if I mentioned this, but I'm running an Aristo Multilog Nr. 970 with Netscape and a good install of chessmaster 2000.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Chris on March 30, 2008, 12:01:42 AM
That reminds me, here are some updated pictures:

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/setup-03-28-08.jpg)

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/HPIM0262001.jpg)

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/HPIM0263002.jpg)

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/HPIM0264003.jpg)

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/HPIM0265004.jpg)

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/HPIM0266005.jpg)

(http://www.gotthegeek.com/chris/pa/03-28-08/HPIM0267006.jpg)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Chris on April 10, 2008, 06:19:18 PM
I made a little update to my workstation today:

 :-D
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: sociald1077 on April 10, 2008, 10:33:45 PM
nice
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Vampire on April 25, 2008, 07:44:38 PM
Aspire T180
Operating system : Vista
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600 2.0 Ghz
RAM: 2048mb (2x 1gb sticks) Adata
Graphics Card:  SAPPHIRE 100173L Radeon X1550 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16
Power supply: 250w
Mobo: don't actually know but it sucks in one way... only supports 2gbs of ram and 500gb hardrive
HD: 250gb (thinking about putting the 40gb from my dell in but Im scared... its a dell part...)
monitor: 19.1 flat LCD wide screen acer also

Hopefully by the end the year I will be able to put another post in here about the beastly pc and laptop I plan on buying!
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on April 28, 2008, 02:57:33 PM
Hopefully by the end the year I will be able to put another post in here about the beastly pc and laptop I plan on buying!

Somehow I doubt you'll be doing that.   :-D
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: dcrog on April 28, 2008, 03:17:51 PM
I was looking forward to his 1000 posts per hour.   :-D
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Fade^C on May 01, 2008, 11:31:22 AM
IBM Thinkpad T23

Intel Pentium 3 @ 1.13 GHz
512 MB Ram, 160 GB HDD
DVD-RW
DWL-520 Prism Wireless PCMCIA
2 Port USB 2.0 PCMCIA

Slackware Linux 11.0
(With Fluxbox)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on May 05, 2008, 05:31:38 PM
IBM Thinkpad T23

Intel Pentium 3 @ 1.13 GHz
512 MB Ram, 160 GB HDD
DVD-RW
DWL-520 Prism Wireless PCMCIA
2 Port USB 2.0 PCMCIA

Slackware Linux 11.0
(With Fluxbox)

What kernel you running in that?
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on May 06, 2008, 07:29:59 AM
Kernel Sanders?
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Phl4m3z on September 17, 2008, 02:01:18 PM
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.               
System Model: Dell XPS720                 
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Hard Drive: 314 gigabytes
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Audio: SB X-Fi Audio [CCE0]

I'll post a picture of it later
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: BizB on October 06, 2008, 10:00:47 AM
Just ordered 5 minutes ago...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254023 Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131330 ASUS M3A78-CM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780V Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148205 Crucial Ballistix 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model BL12864AA106A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO5000DOBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106226 LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DH-20A4P-08
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156074 RAIDMAX APEX ATX-802BP Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply

My laptop finally died after 7 years.  The Compaq Presario 2100 served me well, and it died of old age - and a power surge to the power supply system.  While I contemplated a new laptop, I decided that I really don't need a laptop because I don't really ever take it anywhere.  And, if I do want to use a laptop for whatever reason, I have this, my work laptop.

I'm pretty sure I'll notice a difference in speed from my AMD 1.8Ghz 1Gb laptop.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Chris on October 06, 2008, 10:41:15 AM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254023 Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor

I have two 19 inch flat screens from Hanns-G. One of them came with a dead pixel, which was kind of disappointing since you can't return it with just one dead pixel.

Overall, it looks to be a well-rounded system for business purposes (Web browsing, word processing, porn, etc.)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: BizB on October 06, 2008, 10:56:54 AM
Thanks for the feedback, Chris.  That's exactly what I'm going to be using it for.  I don't play games on the computer because, if I did, that's all I would do... ever.  Addiction.  Feh.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Chris on October 06, 2008, 11:35:48 AM
What OS are you going to be putting on this? XP? Vista? Some flavor of Linux?
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: BizB on October 06, 2008, 01:15:28 PM
XP and some flavor of linux - probably Slack.

Though, I have licenses for EVERY MS OS going back to 3.1, so I have my pick, there.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on October 08, 2008, 06:44:15 PM
XP and some flavor of linux - probably Slack.

Though, I have licenses for EVERY MS OS going back to 3.1, so I have my pick, there.

I'll let you borrow my MS-DOS 6.0 install floppy disks if you ask really nice.   :-D
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Joe Sixpack on October 09, 2008, 11:46:30 AM
What are the rules for this thing?  I have at least 4 desktops and 2 laptops in the house...
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: BizB on October 09, 2008, 01:46:25 PM
Rules?  We don't need no stinkin' rules!

Oh, and the parts arrived today.  I just finished putting it together.  It's quite nice.  One benefit that I think I'm going to take advantage often of is included with this motherboard.  It has a 5-second boot-to-internet built in OS so that you can quickly jump online and chat  (IM)/send email/browse the web etc.
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Demosthenes on October 09, 2008, 07:30:39 PM
Rules?  We don't need no stinkin' rules!

Oh, and the parts arrived today.  I just finished putting it together.  It's quite nice.  One benefit that I think I'm going to take advantage often of is included with this motherboard.  It has a 5-second boot-to-internet built in OS so that you can quickly jump online and chat  (IM)/send email/browse the web etc.

Ubuntu?
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: TheJudge on October 14, 2008, 01:51:59 PM
On it's way to me:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
EVGA E-GEFORCE 9800GT Akimbo 600MHZ 1GB 1.8GHZ 256BIT DDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card
SATA DVD Writer
2 X Western Digital SE16 500GB SATA2 Hard Drives
4GB Ram
ASUS P5N-D 750I SLI LGA775 ATX DDR2 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI 1394A GBLAN Motherboard
Silverstone FP34-B 3.5IN Internal Black Aluminum 26-IN-1 Card Reader W/ Front USB Firewire & Audio
ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channel PCI-E Sound Card


Come my pretties!
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Phl4m3z on October 14, 2008, 02:25:41 PM
Oh wow, 9800.
/drool
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: scribcake on March 20, 2009, 09:53:09 AM
CPU: Q9550 (Lapped) @ 3825MHz (2863MHz stock) 1.375V
Mobo: EVGA 780i FTW
GPU: 2x SLI - XFX 8800GT
Memory: 4x2GB OCZ Reaper @ 1066MHz 5-5-5-18 2.1V
Hard Drive: 320GB Seagate RAID 1: 1TB WD
Optical: Samsung 20X DVD+R
Power Supply: Corsair HX620
Display: Acer P244W (24" widescreen 1080p)
Case: CoolerMaster Stacker 810 (Modded)
Cooling: Custom watercooling. Single loop CPU only. 240 Black Ice Extreme radiator, Swiftech GTZ cpu block.

Benchies:
3dmark06: 18017 3DMarks
Super Pi: 1M - 12.422 seconds

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3334001217_05c80b461d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35770560@N06/3334001217/)

 8-)
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: WickedWizard on April 18, 2009, 01:24:44 PM
My stuff:

HP ProLiant DL380 G5

Macbook Pro 15"

Acer Aspire M5641
Title: Re: Post Your Setup
Post by: Clear_Runway on September 16, 2009, 12:42:49 PM
Toshiba Satellite E105
Windows Vista 64-bit
Intel core 2 duo 2.26 ghz
4 gigs ram
300 gig hard drive
video card built into motherboard