WARNING DIAL-UPPERS and SMALL MONITOR USERS! VERY LARGE PICS HERE!!! 1920x1200 PLUS!!

[SpeedBump]

OK, I was just thinkin....we all enjoy 2, 3 and yes, 4 wheeled rides and what other item?

What other thing does EVERYONE here have in common?

We all have or use Computers....We use em for work, or for gaming, or for just surfing the web and posting on the forums.

I don't know if there has been a post for this or not, but I can't remember anything current so here goes....

Post up pics and specs of your PCs...(yeah, you Mac geeks can tell us all about your SUPERIOR machines as well! )

Here is my main Rig. (have 3 others networked as well )

Windows XP Pro SP2
Black Thermaltake Soprano Tower with mirrored interior
Asus A8N SLI Premium MoBo
OCZ Modstream520 PSU
Thermaltake 250W Power Express GPU PSU
Zalman 9500 cooled Athlon X2 3800 @ 2.70
2x512 Crucial Ballistix @ DDR540
Dual 7900GTXs @ 685/1750 in SLI (ordered the Zalman Fatal1ty series coolers today)
Creative Audigy SE 5.1--Logitech X530 5.1
Maxtor DiamondMax10 200gig HD
Hitachi Deskstar 80gig HD
NEC 3540A D/L DVD Burner
Plextor 482448U External CDRW
Logitech MX518 Mouse--Logitech Internet Keyboard
FuncIndustries 1030 Achetype Mousing Surface

Yep, it is as fast as it looks!!

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[Dammit!]

I think it needs more fans. :lol:

Nothing special here by todays standards. Average looking case with a P4 2.4ghz cpu, 1GB of DDR RAM, 128MB GeForce 6600 dual head/dual DVI video card running dual Flat panels.

http://members.cox.net/dnotter2/oof.jpg

[ATC crazy]

Alright...I'll play:

Dell XPS600
3.4GHz Pentium Dual Core Processor
2GB Ram
250GB Harddrive
512MB video card
5.1 Surround sound
19" LCD screen







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[SpeedBump]

Cool Dell..what type vid card? nVidia or ATI?

Doug, how do you like the dual monitors? My son needed a new screen, so he got my 6 month old Dell 19" LCD. I couldn't decide between a pair of 20s or the big ole 24" WideScreen. Nearly the same money....As you can see, I chose the bigger single. I'm happy.

[Yamahondaman]

DANG .... my Poor "ole" Rag don't look like them THING'S !!!! BUT............
the (6) CNC Lathes at work do !!! :naughty:

[SpeedBump]

Ronnie....you should have noticed something, the polished aluminum intake fan....You love the ARUM-IN-uum! Sad thing is...for the amount of $$$$ in my Rag, opps..Rig...I could have me another really sweet Ride!

[Dammit!]

Doug, how do you like the dual monitors? My son needed a new screen, so he got my 6 month old Dell 19" LCD. I couldn't decide between a pair of 20s or the big ole 24" WideScreen. Nearly the same money....As you can see, I chose the bigger single. I'm happy.

I don't know how I ever got along without dual monitors. Especially with how much I use photoshop. Next up I want dual 24's. :eek:

[SYKO]

heres mine, HP pavilion DV8000 AMD Turion 64 mobile processor, 1024mb memory, 100gb hard drive, CD/DVD everything rewritable, ATI radeon xpress graphics, and soon to be Vista upgraded, I use this for my work (insurance adjuster) and have emensly large files, and this works great! also it is fully mobile and can surf almost any where on the plannet:w00t:

[Yamahondaman]

DANK "SKY" !! ... :lol: ... i had to do it !!! that THING is COOL !!
Hey Speedbump .... any of you guy's want some in-line water coolers ...let me know .. FREE !!!! i made A BUNCH for the Banshee top 3/8" hose and nobody cares about them ... i'll give them AWAY !!! there like the BIG ones but small ..
HOLLARRRRRRRRRRRR

[SYKO]

hey ronnie I want one for my R!!!

[firehart]

All I got is a five year old walmart special.

[Yamahondaman]

Hey SYKO..... i got some ... there yours on the 29th. !!! :naughty:

[ATC crazy]

Cool Dell..what type vid card? nVidia or ATI?



Well...it's not a 512 like I thought it was. I misplaced my spec sheet and was trying to remember...

Anyways, the vid card is a 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800

[84honda200s]

sweet man great pc you got. it should do anything you want. do you overclock?

i want a fx57 or fx60 but no cash so im stuck with my 32 bit amd athlon 2800+ with a barton core. stock it goes 1.8 but during winter i get it up to 2.680 and its cooled by artic silver5, 2 torando fans, heat tunnel, and a 100% copper tower 112 heat sink.

i have a crap v card. its a mx 440 but it overclocks pretty good.

i also have a asus mobo. mine is a asus a7v8x with 1 gig onboard ethernet. it has on of the first kt400 chip sets. witch i love their great for their age.

my harddrive is a wd 120 gig

my ram is "budget" ram. it is ddr 400 512mb stick of ballistix. cost me 40.00 off newegg.


this whole computer cost me 100.00 to build. it has served me well. it is now out of the case and mounted to a board to keep it cool.

[troy]

sweet man great pc you got. it should do anything you want. do you overclock?

i want a fx57 or fx60 but no cash so im stuck with my 32 bit amd athlon 2800+ with a barton core. stock it goes 1.8 but during winter i get it up to 2.680 and its cooled by artic silver5, 2 torando fans, heat tunnel, and a 100% copper tower 112 heat sink.

i have a crap v card. its a mx 440 but it overclocks pretty good.

i also have a asus mobo. mine is a asus a7v8x with 1 gig onboard ethernet. it has on of the first kt400 chip sets. witch i love their great for their age.

my harddrive is a wd 120 gig

my ram is "budget" ram. it is ddr 400 512mb stick of ballistix. cost me 40.00 off newegg.


this whole computer cost me 100.00 to build. it has served me well. it is now out of the case and mounted to a board to keep it cool.


LOL...know i don't feel like i'm the only one with old technology. I to have a AMD Sempron 2800+....Can you say sloooooow. 128meg ATI 9550 SE video card. Two sound cards. Ones a sound Max and the other is a Crative Labs 5.1 , 1 gig of ram , and two harddrives, ones a maxtor 40 gig and the second is a western Digital 80 gig. Oh and two monitors, one has this forum on it right now and the second has MSN messenger...LOL

[84honda200s]

lol nice. heres what mine looks like till i build a better plat form.

yea i looks like crap but i dont care it stays cool

[troy]

lol nice. heres what mine looks like till i build a better plat form.

yea i looks like crap but i dont care it stays cool

Long as it works thats all that matters.

Heres pics of my junk from a couple of weeks ago. Again some changes have happend after these picutes where taken. like my second monitor being hooked up again:) i was going to hook up the rest of my sound gear but i ran out of AC plugs and i don't think i can add any more wattage to the one breaker

[84honda200s]

yea man sweet im also running threw a home system. soon im putting in my comp subs and amps from the jeep. they are audiobhaun flame series. all of it is. i put 2 350w power supplies to power it. should thump

[troy]

yea man sweet im also running threw a home system. soon im putting in my comp subs and amps from the jeep. they are audiobhaun flame series. all of it is. i put 2 350w power supplies to power it. should thump


LOL...that half of my deejaying/remixing gear sitting there. the only reason why that much is there is because i do some remixing at home. most of the time i do it live.

thats why i have two sound cards in my computer, every singal channal is used for stereo outputs for my djing/remix software

[84honda200s]

sweet man man juss think your dj skills with my comp system. hmmmmmmm

[troy]

sweet man man juss think your dj skills with my comp system. hmmmmmmm


LOL....my computer barely meets the need to my software. i can sit here and watch my cpu temp go up and up i think the max i'v hit is about 75 degrees celsius.

Also my computer runs my lighting system through a DMX controller which also ties into my deejaying software. I can program the lights to come on to certin songs, flash to the beat. set a timer ect ect. Pretty neat.

I'm thinking of converting over to a lap top, carrying this desk top around is becoming a big pain.

[84honda200s]

yea bap tops are nice but they do break easier than a pc.

[xd 200x]

sweet but stop being a slave to Bill Gates ditch the windows. Your comp will love you if you switch to linux.

[russell56443]

Well mine isnt all that fancy but it is a newer system,(spent most this year putting it together,being on disability sucks for $$)!!
Anyway,It's an Intel D945PVS with a 3.2 Pentium4,1600 FSB,2 Gb DDR2 Ram,GeForce 7600GT video card,DVD rom & DVD burner with light scribe,600 watt PS,250 GB sata HD,80 GB IDE HD,Intel audio that is pretty good and Altec Lansing surround sound.
Im sure theres more I cant think of right now,I need more lights and fans though lol!!!!
It's very fast and does all i need it to do!
I also have a Dell 2.6 system(my better halfs)and my old AMD 1.3 set up thats still set up pretty nice.[IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/russell56443/Picture356.jpg
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[Maine_Triker]

mmmmkk.....

P4 3.0 w/HT
160 GB WD Serial ATA @ 7200rpm
old 40 GB somesuch
256mb GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache x16 PCI
1 GB DDR SDRAM
Lightscribe DVD drive with all the good stuff
Sony DL DVD+/-RW
Card reader
17" CRT :lol:
Normal speakers :cry:
Logitech MX3200 keyboard, MX600 mouse


Go ahead, laugh. lol. When I bought it people were drooling over it :lol: . Planning to upgrade soon anyways.

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[TrikeKid]

So much computer, but you can't resize pics speed bump?

[traxxasx]

Its better to not resize so you can get the full view and see everything. Plus makes you feel like you actually there lol.

[TrikeKid]

Its better to not resize so you can get the full view and see everything. Plus makes you feel like you actually there lol.
Not when I have to scroll all over the place.

[traxxasx]

Not when I have to scroll all over the place.


Everyone does not just you. Boo hoo. Lol ahaha

[84honda200s]

sweet but stop being a slave to Bill Gates ditch the windows. Your comp will love you if you switch to linux.



bit there tryd it hate it. i dont like windows either but ooo well most progams like windows more.

[russell56443]

I have another puter Im putting together and am going to try Linux,sounds interesting!!!!

[traxxasx]

Alright heres mine not the best but it gets things done, and i can play counter strike source on all maps on high with out laggin.

specs. All stock. Dont need to upgrade it but i will get some ram.

Windows xp
Service pack 2

Compaq Presario
AMD Athlon 64 processor
3500+

1.79GHz, 448mb ram, (will go to 2 gigs soon)

(1) 103 GB hard drive
(1) 8.18 GB Drive.

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

DVD_RW DRIVE. ect....






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[Howdy]

Alright heres mine not the best but it gets things done, and i can play counter strike source on all maps on high with out laggin.

specs. All stock. Dont need to upgrade it but i will get some ram.

Windows xp
Service pack 2

Compaq Presario
AMD Athlon 64 processor
3500+

1.79GHz, 448mb ram, (will go to 2 gigs soon)

(1) 103 GB hard drive
(1) 8.18 GB Drive.

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

DVD_RW DRIVE. ect....









http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/7304/2003599322050207321_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003599322050207321)






HOOKED UP TO A 460WATT RECIVER GOING THREW 2 12'' KENWOOD SUBS.






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LMAO, keeping the lube handy with that background? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Howdy

[ATC crazy]

Not when I have to scroll all over the place.


Aparently you didnt read the thread title... :lol:

[3 weelin geezer]

Could you guys make the pictures bigger? I can't see them on my 60" monitor. they look like an avatar.

[xd 200x]

I have another puter Im putting together and am going to try Linux,sounds interesting!!!!

Run the new Mandriva 2007 that just came out. Easy install the distro I have came with open office and a ton of other open source stuff. I said 3d desk tops were pointless, but Ill tell you what its kind of freaking cool and runs faster then windows ever has or will.

The switch to linux is the best choice to make. especially you guys with your uber high dollar stuff.

[xd 200x]

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[502SS]

Run the new Mandriva 2007 that just came out. Easy install the distro I have came with open office and a ton of other open source stuff. I said 3d desk tops were pointless, but Ill tell you what its kind of freaking cool and runs faster then windows ever has or will.

The switch to linux is the best choice to make. especially you guys with your uber high dollar stuff.
Best choice for who? "faster then windows ever has or will"? And you judged that how? And you can look into the future since when?

[troy]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g272/xd1978/normal_full_go_camping.jpg


LOL...LOVE IT!, problem is i'v try linux and even with the wine app installed not one of my deejaying/remix software will run. nor will alot of my hardware i use for deejaying. I would make the switch in a heart beat but it's no good to me

[84honda200s]

if you run linux you may just as well buy a mac.

[SpeedBump]

So much computer, but you can't resize pics speed bump?
I WANTED them to be large, thus the WARNING. Bigger pics...more DETAIL. I can do anything I want with the pics....You seem to be the one who is NOT up on skills.....go back and re-read the thread title. If you have to scroll around...then you must be one of the "small monitor users" I was talking about.

The extra large pics nearly fill up my BIG OLE 24" Widesreen!!!:w00t:

Quit wasting bandwith by posting up stupid comments about a thread you should have just stayed away from...

BTW, here is a pic resized for you to be able to see it..hope it is small enough for you.
http://users.adelphia.net/~cinnamonlou/pics/micropc.jpg

Billy, Howdy...sorry about the little poke there....I think it was justified. You can delete if ya want, no feelings hurt here. ;)

[Billy Golightly]

Heres mine, the only thing thats changed since the pictures is I had to downgrade video cards from an Asus 9800XT that died on me to nVidia 6600GT. I've had this thing since like the beginning of 03 and its served me really well other then the normal problems. I guess thats why I have such crappy wiring, I'm always tearing into it :lol:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6082/p1010029vz0.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8324/p1010185hv6.jpg

Anyways, full system specs:

AMD FX-51 Socket 940 Sledgehammer single core 2.2GHZ processor
4x512mb PC3200 Corsair XMS series ECC Registered dual channel ram. I think the timings are 2-3-2-6? Can't remember.
Asus SK8V motherboard
2x Western digital 36.6GB 10,000 rpm SATA Raptors running in a RAID0 array.
2x Seagate 120GB 7200RPM drives
1x some other drive I can't remember the brand or size of, its like a 320gb SATA drive though? Total hard disk storage is around 590GB
regular ole nVidia 6600GT AGP 128mb video card
Thermaltake Xaser 3 case
420w Thermaltake pure power power supply
misc fans and DVD burner/backup CD drive. I need to get a new dvd burner bad, this thing is only capable of single layer discs and its slower then a mofo when burning a full length movie.

[Yamahondaman]

COOL !!! we make the "MOLD" for that thing !!! a Company called Compulink

[MyMistress86R]

Nothing serious for me either...

Dell Inspiron 8600 Laptop
Intel Centrino 1.7 Ghz
1GB RAM
60GB 7200 RPM HD
CD/DVD-RW
15.4" screen
128MB ATI Radeon Mobile Video Card
10/100 hardline ethernet
54Mb Intel wireless ethernet

[xd 200x]

Best choice for who? "faster then windows ever has or will"? And you judged that how? And you can look into the future since when?

Judgeing by what vista looks like And the fact that it runs like crap and this is the best windows has right now. I would venture to say that That will be the basis of the windows platform for 5-10 years. If you like windows great, but there are much better options. No I can not see the future but bill pitching in the towel how much better could it get.
Most servers run on lunix now. As for the ever will be welp ill put it this way you can either have 500 developers or what ever microcrap has now or the 10's of thousands of people who work on lunix apps. I mean it only makes sense right

[502SS]

Judgeing by what vista looks like And the fact that it runs like crap and this is the best windows has right now. I would venture to say that That will be the basis of the windows platform for 5-10 years. If you like windows great, but there are much better options. No I can not see the future but bill pitching in the towel how much better could it get.
Most servers run on lunix now. As for the ever will be welp ill put it this way you can either have 500 developers or what ever microcrap has now or the 10's of thousands of people who work on lunix apps. I mean it only makes sense right

The beta versions of Vista seemed a bit clunky, but everybody I know running a release version of Vista loves it so far. I'm not sure where you get your info that most servers run Linux, but out of the hundreds of places I've been over the years, it's been about 95% MS, 4.5% Novell, and about .5% Linux. I know of 2 places that tried to move to a Linux server environment because of all the hype, and both switched back to MS for various reasons. If Linux is such a better option, why isn't it more compatible with the millions of software packages out there? I mean, there are thousands of Linux programmers compared to the small MS camp, right? Don't get me wrong, it seems that Linux has come a long way, but there's still quite a bit of refinement to be done for them to be the "best option".

[xd 200x]

Every one I talked o hates vista maybe its just the circles I run in. Most people that I know run linux on there servers alot more now since genuine advantage crap. again just the circles I run in. Most apps are compatible with linux or you can make then work or find someone who will make them work, or write your own more than enough books to learn how to do it . Its all a matter of what you like. Guess im not ganna convert anyone here.
I guess this again juts comes down to me.
But then again I guess im just difffrent.

This my explain some things

my favorite laptop is my m233st its a freaking sweet old laptop that was long surpassed by technology. Bought it for $5.00. loaded xp pro on it and it worked but it took like 5 min to boot. So I got sick of that and made the plunge to linux. That is my favorite comp. runs everything and boots fast. I run all open apps on it.

[traxxasx]

LMAO, keeping the lube handy with that background? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Howdy


Expereicne talking here? Aye ol howdy? To me its just lotion for the hands, not for you well well just say your hands arent the only thing getting some turns. Lol

[502SS]

Every one I talked o hates vista maybe its just the circles I run in. Most people that I know run linux on there servers alot more now since genuine advantage crap. again just the circles I run in. Most apps are compatible with linux or you can make then work or find someone who will make them work, or write your own more than enough books to learn how to do it . Its all a matter of what you like. Guess im not ganna convert anyone here.
I guess this again juts comes down to me.
But then again I guess im just difffrent.

This my explain some things

my favorite laptop is my m233st its a freaking sweet old laptop that was long surpassed by technology. Bought it for $5.00. loaded xp pro on it and it worked but it took like 5 min to boot. So I got sick of that and made the plunge to linux. That is my favorite comp. runs everything and boots fast. I run all open apps on it.

Hopefully you can understand that most of the "Linux" people I run into are just trying to run it because they think it's the "smart cool" thing to be different, not because it's a better OS for them, or that they are serious about learning/using. The easy way around the MS Genuine "crap" is to be legit :-) Yes that will cost money, but I can honestly say that in the end, to convert to a full blown Linux environment is FAR from cost free. I just haven't seen a real push to Linux a Linux server environment yet (nor have I heard any talk from anyone regaring interest), and like I mentioned, this isn't just a circle of friends, this is from hundreds of businesses. It would take quite a bit for me to sway from the MS community, but you never know......... I know a number of hardcore MS people that get a little tired of the MS push to total crackdown on pirated software ;)

[SpeedBump]

I got a full Vista version runnin on this machine now. I actually have 3 OS on 3 separate partitions. XP Pro, XP Pro 64Bit, and Vista Enterprise. Vista looks great and seems to run fine on my Rig. The problem I have...no drivers for alot of my peripherals, not to mention ordinary programs. Now, I know somebody that UPGRADED to Vista and I guess that helps with the compatibilty issues a great deal, but I wanted a fresh install. Linux, guess it is fine for some...too much work for me. I use my PC for recreation, not work.

[SYKO]

ok one question guys how do you get the two monitors to run? I woul dliek to do that, and in fact that would make my job alot easier, of course it would be my laptop and a monitor.

[troy]

ok one question guys how do you get the two monitors to run? I woul dliek to do that, and in fact that would make my job alot easier, of course it would be my laptop and a monitor.


You have to have a dual output card, example mine

S-VIDEO output
DVI output
VGA output

vga goes to the first monitor
and the dvi (with a dvi to vga adapter) goes to my second monitor
And S-Video goes to my t.v input

i forgot to say you might very well be able to do this with yours. In your case it would be like this.

Laptop screen - Main monitor
VGA output on your laptop - Second monitor.
If your running xp you half way there, you just have to find out if your video card execpts dual monitor support