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Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 10:36 AM

Hang with me, I've built this box back in 2k1 back when I was totally into having the fastest computer I could on lame low rank enlisted pay. My comps system is, in a nutshell:
-Some cubecase who's name I forgot, its like Yeong Yang or something
-EPoX 8KHA+ FSB@160ish (havent looked at it in decades)
-Athlon 1800XP+ oc'ed to 1800 (used to be higher, but as I started to game less I stopped caring)
-Misc pieced together watercooling, custom fabricated HS unit, 1/4 tubing, innovatech radiator
-Matrox Parhelia 512 (bought this when I stopped gaming and started doing graphics hardcore)
-CL Live 5.1
-Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI controller
-3 15krpm seagate cheetah 36.7gb scsi hdd's
-Digidoc monitor drive
-misc burner/dvd drive

Yea, my crap is messy, I've been deployed and on a long amount of leave recently.
Front pic
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Sideview

Radiator shot
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full shot

I used to have dual monitors, but my older 17'inch crapped out on me. I dont blame it though, I had that back when I had my first 4MB Monster 3DFX card.
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For kicks, heres my junky tv I play PS2 on. Its really hard to see anything on it, and I'm suprised I can drift like I can on GT3.
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Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 10:39 AM

ko's, here's mine

Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 10:41 AM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 20 2004, 10:39 AM)

ko's, here's mine

nice monitors, all 4 of them =P

Looks like we have the same maid. Damn shes lazy...

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 10:45 AM

Damn lazy b*tch, I should just phuck her and then pay her from now on.

Wait....... does that make me a John then?

Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 12:27 PM

Every once in a while she shows up to take out some garbage and steal my pocket-change, but try to get her to do laundry? Good lord, thats quite a task.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 12:41 PM

and don't even bother with cooking! thats a nightmare in itself

Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 12:43 PM

Ah yea, thats where the hotpocket garbage on my floor comes into play, freakin maid never cooks, and when she does, it tastes like trash.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 12:45 PM

I don't even bother asking her, instead I phuck her silly. Both parties are happy in the end me thinks ^__^

Posted by: FutureStarXL Oct 20 2004, 01:46 PM

Are those Roland V drums?

Edit

Or are those the Yamaha ones? Pintech?

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 01:48 PM

nopes, they are 'STFU you commie bastard' drums

Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 01:51 PM

QUOTE (FutureStarXL @ Oct 20 2004, 01:46 PM)

Are those Roland V drums?

Edit

Or are those the Yamaha ones? Pintech?

Its a yamaha DTX 6 piece kit. It used to be a 6 with double-bass, but my 2nd pedal is fuxx0red so I just subbed in a lower tom.

Posted by: But she looked 18 officer Oct 20 2004, 01:54 PM

I see some nice musicle equipment. Why not upload a tune or two?

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 01:57 PM

Who? Me or him? =p

Posted by: RakeRon Oct 20 2004, 05:36 PM

Well here's my specs right now, the cpu is cooked atm so I plan on upgrading to a 2400.

-Black old school alienware styled server tower (no glass side, hate those)
-MSI mobo (don't remember what model off the top of my head atm)
-SB Live 5.1
-AMD Anthlon XP 2100+
-1 gigabyte DDR RAM
-nVidia AGP Geforce4 Ti 4200 128mb
-nVidia PCI TNT2 m64 (yep, dual monitor beyatches

)
-2 Western Digital 7200rpm HDs (1 60gig, 1 40gig)
-450watt Powersupply
-12x CDburner (soon to be replaced by a DVD burner)
-Compaq laptop LS120 SuperDisk drive (swapable)
-Compaq laptop DVD drive (swapable)
-Green "Underbody" coldcathode light
-clear fans x2 located on the door & in front
-Green internal coldcathode light
-Flame side grill
-Green lightup fans in the rear near the CPU
-Custom Airbrushed side door (a dragon)

This is all I can rember off the top of my head but I plan to do a renovation of it soon. Btw, here's what my side door looked like right after I got the airbrushing done (note, if it doesn't show you may have to reload the page since netscape.com seems to be messing up linked images lately):

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Posted by: But she looked 18 officer Oct 20 2004, 06:40 PM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 20 2004, 03:57 PM)

Who? Me or him? =p

both

Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 06:45 PM

That dragon is the phatness.

Posted by: RakeRon Oct 20 2004, 08:38 PM

Danka, I thought so too which is why I'm glad I chose solid over a glass side door.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 08:40 PM

dragon=*thumbs up*

Posted by: Luken Oct 20 2004, 08:53 PM

nothing special. but in DESPRATE need of a new video card.

http://www.uploadyourimages.com/viewer.php?pix=544996picture_096.jpg

http://www.uploadyourimages.com/img/165761picture_093.jpg

http://www.uploadyourimages.com/img/014977picture_092.jpg

Posted by: flohtingPoint Oct 20 2004, 08:55 PM

QUOTE (RakeRon @ Oct 20 2004, 08:38 PM)

Danka, I thought so too which is why I'm glad I chose solid over a glass side door.

Yeah, its pretty nice, its been that decorating your computer with garbage like me.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 20 2004, 08:55 PM

yup, nothing special

Posted by: Möbius Oct 22 2004, 12:15 AM

I have to post pics as soon as I get a proper work station set up...

Posted by: SuperMazdaKart Oct 22 2004, 12:14 AM

http://img53.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img53&image=PC_01_OVERALL1.jpg
Overall

http://img53.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img53&image=PC_02_XBOX.jpg
Microsoft ball on top mouse, TV tuner remote, Tsunami 5.1 speaker system sub, Xbox with Sonic plushie holding an emerald

http://img53.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img53&image=PC_03_MONITOR.jpg
old Canon printer, Xbox games, video input selector box, & Hyundai 19" monitor

http://img53.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img53&image=PC_04_DREAMCAST.jpg
Dreamcast

http://img53.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img53&image=PC_05_TOWER.jpg
Open face tower, Canon scanner, Microsoft SideWinder controller

http://img53.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img53&image=PC_06_TOWER.jpg
Closed face tower

--

*PC specifications (self built)*

ATI Radeon 9200 128MB graphics card,
Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz CPU with HyperThreading,
MSI Px8 Neo-v LSR motherboard,
512 MB DDR RAM PC400Mhz,
Western Digital ATA100 7200rpm 80 GB HDD with 8 MB cache,
Lite-On 8x DVD+, 4x DVD-R, 2x DVD-RW, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW writer,
TDK VeloCD 12x CD writer,
Pinnacle Systems TV tuner card with real time MPEG2 encoding,
Creative SoundBlaster Live,
Hyundai 19" ImageQuest Q995 monitor,
Logitech keyboard.

I recently moved house so still got some organising to do. But yeh, thas my rig.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 22 2004, 02:22 PM

Nice stuff

Posted by: DrEVOIII Oct 24 2004, 08:58 PM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 20 2004, 11:39 AM)

ko's, here's mine

Dang, thats some sweet stuff Jays.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 24 2004, 09:16 PM

bah, nothing special

Posted by: Möbius Oct 24 2004, 09:19 PM

QUOTE (flohtingPoint @ Oct 20 2004, 02:41 PM)

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 20 2004, 10:39 AM)

ko's, here's mine

nice monitors, all 4 of them =P

Looks like we have the same maid. Damn shes lazy...

I see only 2 , plus a TV?

BUt nice set-up , anyway...

Posted by: Jayson Oct 24 2004, 09:24 PM

LOL I didn't even see what he said =p

Posted by: Zephyr Oct 27 2004, 12:18 PM

choice set up! nice.

anyway, i HAVE to take a pic of what im working with now, it's really pathetic!
in the process of moving so all junk is gone including comp furniture. junky ancient monitor with terribly aging old vaio pc model, all on the floor. i just built a pc for a friend, and for only $400 his pc is like 20 bloody levels above mine. being broke sucks, amn. damn.

so yeah, what keyboard is it you have in that p;ic. and what software do ya use for music production and whatnot

Posted by: Jayson Oct 27 2004, 01:07 PM

QUOTE (Zephyr @ Oct 27 2004, 02:18 PM)

so yeah, what keyboard is it you have in that p;ic. and what software do ya use for music production and whatnot

YEAH! Do tell!

Posted by: Neurogirl Oct 27 2004, 02:23 PM

nothing special.... but i bet you dont have a gumball machine... now do you?

Posted by: Jayson Oct 27 2004, 02:31 PM

What the phuck? No that is yours, unless you cleaned real fast before you took the pic (read: threw everything on the floor)

And yes, I do have a gumball machine

Posted by: Jason_H. Oct 27 2004, 03:18 PM

I......Mac......POS....

I'll take a pic this Xmas when I get my new 4k G5 package.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 27 2004, 04:02 PM

You lie!

Posted by: Neurogirl Oct 27 2004, 07:59 PM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 27 2004, 05:31 PM)

What the phuck? No that is yours, unless you cleaned real fast before you took the pic (read: threw everything on the floor)

And yes, I do have a gumball machine

yey you can be in my club now..... and i did clean up my room

Posted by: Jayson Oct 27 2004, 08:16 PM

QUOTE (Neurogirl @ Oct 27 2004, 09:59 PM)

and i did clean up my room

I'm so proud of you! *huggels*

Posted by: Neurogirl Oct 27 2004, 08:17 PM

so am I!. I need someone to come decorate it now.

Posted by: Jayson Oct 27 2004, 08:24 PM

I took some intertior decorating classes in HS (only guy who did actualy =/)

Posted by: David Oct 27 2004, 08:47 PM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 20 2004, 11:39 AM)

ko's, here's mine

where's your turntables? You compose now?

Posted by: Jayson Oct 27 2004, 09:07 PM

It asked for me PC stuff, not me turn tables Stugots

Posted by: Neurogirl Oct 28 2004, 03:00 AM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 27 2004, 11:24 PM)

I took some intertior decorating classes in HS (only guy who did actualy =/)

nothing to be ashamed of.

Posted by: Jason_H. Oct 28 2004, 05:44 AM

Does anyone find the clear-white one button mice sexy?

Posted by: ExiL3 Oct 28 2004, 07:54 AM

thias is mine, nothing special, 256 ddr ram, radeon 9600 gambuster 128mb(just bought this of my friend for 50$)

its a mess, i dont have time to clean, in simple words im 2 lazy

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Posted by: Jayson Oct 28 2004, 05:20 PM

QUOTE (Jason_H. @ Oct 28 2004, 07:44 AM)

Does anyone find the clear-white one button mice sexy?

What the phuck?

Posted by: David Oct 28 2004, 06:55 PM

QUOTE (Jayson @ Oct 27 2004, 10:07 PM)

It asked for me PC stuff, not me turn tables Stugots

But you took pictures of your keyboard(piano) also!

Posted by: Jayson Oct 28 2004, 07:00 PM

Thats because it is part o' me pc rig you dolt =p

Posted by: Möbius Feb 12 2005, 11:34 PM

Here's my set-up:

Overall view
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Mid tower

Electroluminescent keyboard
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Posted by: Cyrus430 Feb 13 2005, 12:49 AM

^^^^ fancy ass comp u got there... how much was it? im mostly interested in the keyboard, actually.

Posted by: pusher1 Feb 13 2005, 01:00 AM

whoa you have an arcade machine? do you have IDAS in your room? lol youve got a pretty clean area there. nice

Posted by: Möbius Mar 13 2005, 03:39 PM

I forgot about this thread...

@T.Cyrus : I overpayed for my keyboard, you can get on at frozencpu.com for cheap .

http://www.frozencpu.com/kbd-32.html

@ pusher1 : Nope no IDAS. Too costly...

EDIT: Forgot the main reason I looked this thread up. To post my new PC!

DFI LanParty SLI-DR
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
1GB ( 2 x 512MB ) OCZ PC3500 DDR Platinum
Western Digital 10K 74 GB Raptor x 2 ( in RAID 0 )
Maxtor 300GB 16MB x 3 ( in RAID 5 )
eVga 6800 Ultra
Ultra 600w PSU ( only temporary, PCP&P 520w coming in mail )
Pioneer dual layer DVD+-R ( I forgot )
Benq CDRW
Mitsumi flopy and 6 in 1 card reader
21" Trinitron monitors ( x2 )
Logitech marble mouse ( for games )
MX1000 laser mouse ( for everything else )
Electroluminescent keyboard
LabTec Pulse 475 speaker set
Lian Li V2100 case

pics to follow!

Posted by: BOZZ Mar 13 2005, 10:14 PM

Damn... Looking at those specs makes me want to sell my current setup for one hehehe...

Posted by: Möbius Mar 13 2005, 10:26 PM

Some pics I took:
External view of case
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Pic of the inside
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Pic of the HD section
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Pic of the mmobo section
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Posted by: Takahashi Ryosuke Mar 14 2005, 04:26 AM

Man Apex u got sooo much money tied up into your PC... Heck you spent more building that PC then I did on 3 of my cars combined

But man that is seriously nice setup I really want to build a better machine too, I already have a big enough Hard Drive just saving for a Processor and Mobo. Thank god tax returns are coming soon

Posted by: Möbius Mar 14 2005, 09:15 AM

I had a socket 754 AMD64 before, I went almost low end on that set-up... When I found a buyer for that PC ( for a good price ), I took the opportunity.

Putting this PC together, there's not much to upgrade now.

I went cheap on the HSF on purpose though...

Posted by: APX Mar 14 2005, 09:54 AM

ok let me get into this.... the most crappy comp on here so far

(sorry if the pics are crappy... they were taken from my webcam)
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..yep, thats my crappy somp allright

The great APX

Posted by: mil6es Mar 14 2005, 12:17 PM

here my rig if u can call it that, and sorry for the crappy quality, used my cam phone to take pics lol

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Posted by: awddrifter Mar 14 2005, 06:41 PM

the only thing ive got going for my computer is its 6 hard drives (and a new PSU to power them)

now i just need a digicam...

EDIT: wow Apex... settle there...

way to go with a Lian Li case too, ive got one as well

Posted by: Akira Mar 15 2005, 03:57 PM

FusE I want your wallpaper! NOW!

...No for serious, post it immediately!

Posted by: Möbius Mar 16 2005, 08:34 AM

QUOTE (awddrifter @ Mar 14 2005, 10:41 PM)

the only thing ive got going for my computer is its 6 hard drives (and a new PSU to power them)

now i just need a digicam...

EDIT: wow Apex... settle there...

way to go with a Lian Li case too, ive got one as well

Whic one do you have , PC75?

I love Lian Li cases, too bad they're so expensive though....

Posted by: WRX DEMON Type R Mar 16 2005, 09:17 AM

my god apex, your rig is godly.

I've got a shitty rig from back in the late 90's. The only reason it operates half decently in this day and age is because it was ahead of it's time back then.

I sooo need a new rig. Here are problems i have with my rig if anyone would care to read my sorrows.

1. Wide assortment of spyware problems
2. a retarded early pentium 3 processor (cant remember the speed)
3. 64mb ram? That's ridiculous, right?
4. my harddrive is max 13 gigs - i've deleted so many files in order to keep it so that i maintain half of that in free space.
5. INITIAL D videos cause my computer to crash.
6. my CD and CDR drives make loud noises when they are reading.
7. my fan makes an even loader noise.
8. even my tv card is starting to give me choppy images.
9. Im so cheap, in order to watch DVD's on my computer, i place the DVD into my PS2 and hook it up to my TV card.

10. I dont have any computer games cuz im afraid my comp will get messed up

11. My sound card or speakers must be messing up because when i set the volume control dial to the neutral R-L position, only one speaker works.

I probably have the worst computer out of everyone here on the forum.

my monitor is crap too it's got colour distoritions on the left down corner. my keyboard has seen better days... though it still works fine.

The only thing decent on my computer is my mouse.

Posted by: Möbius Mar 16 2005, 09:39 AM

QUOTE (2.5RS DEMON @ Mar 16 2005, 01:17 PM)

10. I dont have any computer games cuz im afraid my comp will get messed up

my monitor is crap too it's got colour distoritions on the left down corner. my keyboard has seen better days... though it still works fine.

The only thing decent on my computer is my mouse.

Spyware problems :

Download Lavasoft's AdAware ( it's free

) and run it.
Then download Spybot S&D ( also free ), and run that.
Finally , download AVG ( antivirus, and you guessed it, also free ) and run that...

Should fix all of your spyware problems.

Monitor problems :

Take a small magnet, like a fridge magnet, and starting at the center of the screen, make a really long outwards spiral, this should get rid of the discolouration ( unless you have access to a degaussing coil

). Maybe the screen has a degauss button? If it has one, just press it... Some older monitors don't degauss automatically. Also, make sure you don't have anything that creates amagnetic field near the monitor ( like speakers

)

Note : Do not try the above technique unless you're sure of what you're doing... It can make the problem worse...

Links :

Adaware SE : http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot S&D : http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
AVG Free : http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

Posted by: darthchilli Mar 21 2005, 09:14 PM

my ibook rules
take that
i hardly use my pc nowadays
i dont game on it
hahaha

Posted by: Luken Mar 21 2005, 09:35 PM

i need more ram but i refuse to buy a stick from my local store till they lower it to $50 a stick.

Posted by: zerocool_designs Mar 21 2005, 09:54 PM

Well, I like to take my set-up with me

15" Apple G4 Powerbook
-1.33ghz G4 processor
-512mb ram
-56GB Hard Drive
-Minimal gameplay capabilities

Posted by: Möbius Mar 21 2005, 10:51 PM

QUOTE (zerocool_designs @ Mar 22 2005, 01:54 AM)

Well, I like to take my set-up with me

15" Apple G4 Powerbook
-1.33ghz G4 processor
-512mb ram
-56GB Hard Drive
-Minimal gameplay capabilities

Ehehehe, flame bait wall paper?

Posted by: KeisukeR Mar 22 2005, 12:50 AM

How did you get the HKS sticker?

Posted by: netbizkit Mar 23 2005, 03:59 PM

QUOTE (zerocool_designs @ Mar 21 2005, 09:54 PM)

-Minimal gameplay capabilities

what do you expect? its a mac

Posted by: Möbius Mar 24 2005, 12:12 AM

QUOTE (Luken @ Mar 22 2005, 01:35 AM)

i need more ram but i refuse to buy a stick from my local store till they lower it to $50 a stick.

That's for 256MB, right?

Posted by: Flyer Mar 24 2005, 12:21 AM

Mobile power

Posted by: Möbius Mar 24 2005, 12:27 AM

Toshiba, not bad....

Posted by: Möbius Sep 14 2005, 09:02 PM

Revive the thread!

Before :

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After :

Posted by: Perry Sep 14 2005, 11:43 PM

My Fujitsu laptop
CPU: Pentium 4 (M) 2.4Ghz
RAM: 256MB
Harddisk: 30GB
15.1" XVGA LCD monitor

Posted by: Ayako Watanabe Sep 15 2005, 05:42 PM

Heres mine( Sorry if the pic is too big, I cant figure out how to resize it):

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HP Pavilion a1123c
630 Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology
1.0 GB PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM memory
250GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive
DVD-ROM 16x max speed
Monitor is 19" inches

I also now have a:
HP PSC 1510xi All-In-One Printer.Scanner.Copier

Posted by: spinnee Sep 18 2005, 04:24 PM

Alrite.. here's my comps..

i left out another notebook (Fujitsu S6230) 'cuz the table is not enough for that...

so what u're seeing is:

1) HP pavilion 704d
2) Fujitsu Lifebook P5020
3) iBook G4

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Posted by: Möbius Sep 18 2005, 04:38 PM

What's the ultra skinny cell?

Posted by: spinnee Sep 18 2005, 04:42 PM

that is just... my digital camera stand charger / USB stand to trf pic..

Posted by: Möbius Sep 18 2005, 04:45 PM

I mean in the bottom left corner...

Posted by: spinnee Sep 18 2005, 04:47 PM

OHHH u meant Cellphone..

it's a nokia 6100. going to switch my phone in 1 wks time and off this cell to my collection section.

Posted by: Perry Oct 1 2005, 05:37 PM

Come on, post pictures of your computers. Don't be lazy.

Posted by: Möbius Oct 1 2005, 06:45 PM

I should be posting something in here tomorrow , if everything goes according to plan...

Posted by: logan510 Oct 1 2005, 09:23 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Today at 6:45 PM)

I should be posting something in here tomorrow , if everything goes according to plan...

You have a new setup man? I'm anxious to see now

Me and the wife have assembled our own "think tank" ( 2nd bedroom ) in the apartment. Works out pretty well...I've been lazy and haven't taken pictures yet..but you've inspired me to finally do it..so expect mine up here in the next couple days too

Casey

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 07:24 AM

Not a new setup, just a couple of minor mods...

Posted by: Evolution Oct 2 2005, 09:11 AM

We should have a messy desk competition.

http://imageshack.us

I would win

Posted by: logan510 Oct 2 2005, 09:52 AM

^^ Agreed

Seriously tho...it could be worse...it could be like my mom's.

Casey

Posted by: Nd4SpdSe Oct 2 2005, 10:21 AM

Here's my CarPC trunk cover mod i almost finished about 2 weeks ago, I got the most part of if done, I need to finish up some of the underside and some minor details, but I'd figure i'll post some completed pics. I should have taken more but I was going to wait until the next day, but I didn't have time to unfortunately.

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Posted by: logan510 Oct 2 2005, 10:30 AM

Ok..that looks really friggin cool. I'm curious tho...aren't you afraid of it getting jostled back there? And....I might be a total noob...but I can't figure out why you have a PC in your trunk

Casey

Posted by: Nd4SpdSe Oct 2 2005, 10:45 AM

Cause I use a PC in my car...

until about a month ago, it used to be in a suitcase that i custom built, it was in the suitcase for about 2 and a half years (it'll be 3 years in November they I'll of had a CarPC, in one shape or another, in my car). It survives my driving fine

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 12:34 PM

I don't think the placement of the screen would be well liked by cops...

Posted by: Nd4SpdSe Oct 2 2005, 02:20 PM

depends, I've has mixed opinions, the lady that game me my loud exaust ticket has no issues with it at all, but the screen isn't blocking anything, it just looks like it since I took the picture farely low, but i made it so it doesn't sit any higher than the dash when it's adjusted for passengers, for the driver, it's lower and tilted.

Besides, it's almost like the cops have their laptops anywho.

Posted by: am3pkcet Oct 2 2005, 02:30 PM

i never understood why people needed a pc in their car.... ?

Posted by: Kerxn Oct 2 2005, 05:22 PM

pass time while driving.

timer

mph and stuff like that... car stuff

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 05:44 PM

GPS/map apps...

Posted by: am3pkcet Oct 2 2005, 06:37 PM

but that can be accomplished with like 500$ and a cig lighter.

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 06:52 PM

QUOTE (am3pkcet @ Today at 10:37 PM)

but that can be accomplished with like 500$ and a cig lighter.

Not with a 15"+ screen though...

Posted by: am3pkcet Oct 2 2005, 07:06 PM

lol.

anyway, heres my setup. forgive the mess:

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Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 07:30 PM

Evolution has some competition...

Posted by: Dat Chau Oct 2 2005, 07:54 PM

How many Serial ATA's do you have in that thing APEX? And how many RPMs each?

Also here's my computer:

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I cut the side panel out all by myself. Also because it was for the liquid cooling unit I was going to install.

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 08:12 PM

2x 76GB WD Raptor's (10,000 rpm)
3x 300GB Maxtor's ( 7200rpm )

( Your pic doesn't show up )

Posted by: Dat Chau Oct 2 2005, 08:17 PM

I thought you would of had the Raptors inside that Full Case. Those things are madness.

Posted by: BananaSplit Oct 2 2005, 08:20 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Today at 9:12 PM)

2x 76GB WD Raptor's (10,000 rpm)
3x 300GB Maxtor's ( 7200rpm )

( Your pic doesn't show up )

haha seriously apex.. your computer is badass. <3 it

.

your trunk computer looks pretty sweet too nd4spd

its just so beautiful!!

edit: mmm just saw your computer Dat Chau. i like it too

those cuts look really nice considering you did em yourself. looks awesome. so bright! my eyes!

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 08:26 PM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Today at 12:17 AM)

I thought you would of had the Raptors inside that Full Case. Those things are madness.

Full Case? I don't get it...

( Pic shows up now ) Nice window work, and props for going red instead of blue like everyone else...

Posted by: Dat Chau Oct 2 2005, 08:30 PM

Posted by: Möbius Oct 2 2005, 08:36 PM

I do have them in there...

Posted by: Nd4SpdSe Oct 3 2005, 04:50 AM

Full sized case. (Not a normal mid-sized ATX case) And yeah, it seems everyone is always leaning towards the blue lights. The cutting and painting was a pain. Had to find good dremel cutting disks and enamel flat black paint.

I went blue for the CarPC cause that's the theme for the car, but the desktopis green for my AMD theme.

I swear by fiberglass cutting wheels, even the "heavy-duty" ones break too easilly.
As for paint, one word....Tremclad

QUOTE (am3pkcet @ Yesterday at 6:30 PM)

i never understood why people needed a pc in their car.... ?

Well, back when i started the CarPC project over 3 years ago, we didn't have no cheap one device solutions. The DVD playing decks were like $2000+, and I don't believe they did GPS either.

This is the ideal solution to be able to to everything any device can, plus it's more powerfun and upgradable using regular off-the-shelf computer components, depending if your the driver, or the passenger. Ideally you don't wanna do stuff like watch movies while your driving, that's just stupid, but the passenger can, or I can when I'm parked. Have you ever sat around and waited for someone? I did just this Saturday, I arrived at a tim horton's parking lot not only 30min early, but she was ended up runing about 30min late...too bad my monitor has been out for repair since i brought my car in for paint, 3-4 days, more like 3 f**king months.

This is the current list of functions
-GPS (Streets & Trips '05, Mappoint '04 with 3rd party Voice Nav and IGuigance 2.1)
-MP3 (I have ALL my Mp3's I own, plus I never have to burn CD's again, no skipping anymore either)
-TV Tuner
-Downloaded Movies
-DVD Player
-Pass-through for PS2, or any console system, or any analog video system, VCR

-Emulators (NES, SNES, SEGA, PS1, MAME, etc)
-Burn CD's (You have no idea how many time I've copied CD's in my parking lot, I keep blank CD's in the car just in case for this reason)
-Rip music CD (Hey, I like that CD/song, can I borrow your CD for a few minutes

)
-Download pics from my Digital Camera
-Burn those pics to CD for friends.
-Wireless card for WI-FI hot spots (unsecure routers, or truck stops, partipitating McDonalds, etc)

In the hopefulyl near future, I hope to have a stand-alone management system for the car, and have it interface though the computer.

The benefits to a CarPC (well, mine in particular)
-Easy repair and upgrades using off-the-shelf components
-Easy to read a 15" screen than a smaller 7", maps are more clearer and it requires less off-the-road attention
-Not proprietary
-I can use any piece of software I wish, configure it any way possible.
-Multiple interfaces, Serial, Parallel, USB, Firewire, Bluetooth, basically anything possible, except Cardbus
-No limitations on choise of performance (160GB of storage

)

Other possibilities
-HDTV (if i wanted to, but i don't watch TV that often)
-Network gaming (between other CarPC players)
-Wireless between car communications (bah, screw FRS

)
-Voice commands (Kinda setup)
-Recording conversations with cops (Kinda setup, but never have done it, you know, in case you get the ass cops)

Posted by: Möbius Oct 3 2005, 06:56 AM

Nice stuff!

Always wanted to do something like this...

Weird question, how do the hard drives hold up? >_<

Posted by: Nd4SpdSe Oct 3 2005, 07:54 AM

It's great fun to have one, I honnestly almost can't live without it, it drives me nuts not having a GPS (i've gotten off route so many times, most no thanks to the construction on the 401) and using, *gasp*, CD's. after I did one, my friend, who always wanted, we did one in his *mint* '86 prelude early last year, and we just finished putting one in his work Civic this week.

Honenstly enough, absolutely no problem. My first hard drive was a Maxtor 40GB, bought it brand new and was used it for a year in the carppc, it went though a winter as well. After i upgraded to an 80gb and moved it to my sisters computer, in which it died just under the 3 year warranty. Weither is was due to being in the carpc, or just regular hard drive failure, it's hard to day, but it was out of the carpc for almost 2 years before it decided to die. The 80GB is still running strong in my main machine as a 3rd drive, that went though a winter as well (The last winter m Mx-3 will ever see, it was stored away for the first time last winter), That drive was used since I replaced the 40gb until I upgraded to a 160gb back in spring cause it was easier than try to backup all that information cause i wanted to format.

One thing i make sure to do is have the drive mounted on the side, just as a precaution, so if i hit a hard bump, the head wont slam against the platters...the only time the hard drive didn't like it is when i forgot to bungee the suitcase (standing up) to the back of the trunk and hit the brakes fairly hard and it slam down against the trunk floor, than the computer your freeze up, but those are isolated incidences, driving itself has not caused any problems.

Posted by: APX Oct 25 2005, 07:48 PM

Heres another pic of my crappy computer...
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You like?

Posted by: Dat Chau Oct 26 2005, 06:06 PM

I hate CRT.

Posted by: APX Oct 26 2005, 06:07 PM

CRT?? o_O?

Care to explain?

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 26 2005, 06:11 PM

It's the type of monitor you have APX

Posted by: APX Oct 26 2005, 06:18 PM

Whats wrong with it?

Posted by: Möbius Oct 26 2005, 06:31 PM

QUOTE (APX @ Today at 10:18 PM)

Whats wrong with it?

Nothing...

Some people prefer LCD's

I myself have a dual 21" CRT setup...

Posted by: Legend of Speed Oct 26 2005, 06:35 PM

LCDs are suppose to be easy on the eyes and it's good for people wit sensitive eyes. CRTs are the best for gaming, plus it has higher refresh rates then LCDs and LCDs are not good when installing reforce refresh.

Posted by: Dat Chau Oct 26 2005, 06:38 PM

That's what the 19" Viewsonic with a Refresh Rate of 0.08/0.09 milliseconds.

Posted by: crazyman Oct 26 2005, 06:39 PM

QUOTE (Legend of Speed @ Today at 7:35 PM)

the highest refresh rate for my laptop is only 100 i thought that was bullshiet but ... im ok with it now its not THAT bad

Posted by: APX Oct 26 2005, 06:42 PM

I still love my monitor

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 26 2005, 07:19 PM

I love my 2 CRTs as well... Only problem is that one's shows some colours darker than the other...

Posted by: APX Oct 26 2005, 07:22 PM

Mess with the settings?

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 26 2005, 08:32 PM

Not sure if that's quite it... And sometimes in OpenSuse (or was it XP) I will sometimes get a horizontal scrolling down one screen and upwards on the other...

Posted by: Möbius Oct 26 2005, 08:40 PM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Yesterday at 11:19 PM)

I love my 2 CRTs as well... Only problem is that one's shows some colours darker than the other...

You run dual as well?

Posted by: logan510 Oct 26 2005, 08:47 PM

My wife runs dual monitors. One 17 inch CRT and one 17 inch LCD.

APX- Don't let anyone get down on your CRT..they are inherently better than LCD's for several reasons. The only things I can think of off hand in favor of LCD's is they're a bit easier on your eyes and they're much lighter and space saving. That said...I'm glad I bought an LCD..now that I've gotten used to it I really dig it

Casey

Posted by: Möbius Oct 26 2005, 09:05 PM

The only reason I run CRT is because they're cheaper...

I could really go for dual 19" LCD's ( at least 19's

)

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 27 2005, 03:58 AM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Yesterday at 11:40 PM)

You run dual as well?

Yup... I have yet to get it work right under Linux though... ><

Posted by: APX Oct 27 2005, 12:16 PM

I wanna run dual CRTs too... but i don't know how

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 27 2005, 01:53 PM

You just need a video card that supports two monitors... Usually they have a DVI and VGA monitor inputs....

Posted by: Möbius Oct 27 2005, 08:10 PM

And if it doesn't, you can always get a cheapo PCI vid card...

It's not like you're going to game on the second screen...

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 28 2005, 06:51 AM

Oh... You can't? But I've seen this one setup for a flight sim using at least 5 CRTs...

Posted by: APX Oct 28 2005, 06:52 AM

Ah yes, I remember that picutre

Posted by: Möbius Oct 28 2005, 06:57 AM

That wasn't 5 CRT's.... that was more like 15...

EDIT : Here's the pic, it's 13 actually...

Posted by: logan510 Oct 28 2005, 11:38 AM

^^ That guy is in serious need of a KVM switch

Casey

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 28 2005, 12:14 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Today at 9:57 AM)

That wasn't 5 CRT's.... that was more like 15...

EDIT : Here's the pic, it's 13 actually...

How the heck does that all work!?

Posted by: APX Oct 29 2005, 11:07 PM

I dunno, but theres alot of computers/keyboards >_<

Posted by: PhantomaZero Oct 30 2005, 10:07 AM

Thats a program that snycs together all monitors for flight simulator. Its treated as one giant monitor.

Posted by: crazyman Oct 30 2005, 10:37 PM

phat farm f**k yea!

im referring to the shoe company

Posted by: BOZZ Oct 30 2005, 10:45 PM

What kind of HP laptop is that?

Posted by: crazyman Oct 30 2005, 10:48 PM

ze5700 series

Posted by: APX Oct 31 2005, 02:00 PM

Now that desktop is clean...really clean.

Posted by: crazyman Oct 31 2005, 02:31 PM

QUOTE (APX @ Today at 1:57 PM)

Now that desktop is clean...really clean.

only cuz i still got parents on my back

Posted by: APX Nov 2 2005, 11:15 AM

So do I, but they don't tell me anything

Posted by: ragingSPAM Nov 29 2005, 12:36 AM

ill have some pix of my setup soon but for now here are my stats

btw watanabe i have the same HP at work haha

1.8ghz p4
200gb hdd space (80 internal 120 external)
Geforce 4 ti4200 128mb ddr sd ram card
1gb ram (2x GeIL pc3200 512 mb DDR400 SDram)
ATi TV wonder card
one 20" monitor
one 17" monitor
ps2
onkyo receiver
2x BOSE "Legendary" 901 speakers
iPod with video 60gb Black
iPod Mini

(comming soon :logitech wireless keyboard/mouse set)

i spent the rest on my cars heh

Posted by: BOZZ Nov 29 2005, 10:21 AM

Reminds me... I never did post pics of my rig yet... Expect some this weekend... Although it might be taken with my crappy webcam cause my bro took his digital camera while on vacation... ><

Posted by: crazyman Nov 29 2005, 03:41 PM

bare with me people...i found my old sony vaio speakers from back in the day

Posted by: darthchilli Dec 4 2005, 09:55 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Oct 2 2005, 08:09 PM)

2x 76GB WD Raptor's (10,000 rpm)
3x 300GB Maxtor's ( 7200rpm )

( Your pic doesn't show up )

how much of that is porn?
hahahaha if so...share please

regardless..here is mine

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yes that is the 24in dell monitor..muahaha

Posted by: Legend of Speed Dec 4 2005, 09:56 PM

The pictures are too small.

Posted by: darthchilli Dec 4 2005, 10:45 PM

try again?

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 5 2005, 12:53 AM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Nov 29 2005, 01:15 PM)

Reminds me... I never did post pics of my rig yet... Expect some this weekend... Although it might be taken with my crappy webcam cause my bro took his digital camera while on vacation... ><

Ergh... My webcam died on me over the weekend... So I guess I got to wait til my bro gets back and lets me use his digital camera... ><

Posted by: Eloricth Dec 5 2005, 06:47 PM

Here's the new computer I'm building:

First off, the case...

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Xion II, two 120mm case fans (one w/blue LEDs), one 80mm case fan (blue LEDs), hidden drive bays, 2 front-mount USB ports, front-mount sound (output and mic), & front-mount firewire.

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Hidden drive bays shown above, along with my HSF manual controller...

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Speaking of the HSF... Thermaltake Venus 12 ~2200-~5500RPM 80mm fan with a massive 120 fin copper heatsink mounted on an AMD 64 3500+ venice core processor...

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Rosewill RE501 500W PSU (ATX 2.0 ready)... 80mm & 120mm (blue LEDs) fans... manual fan controller... Sleeved cables, 4x SATA connectors, 8x molex connectors, & 2x floppy connectors...

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And the MoBo... An Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe... 4x DDR400 RAM slots, 2x PCIExpress 16 slots, 2x PCIExpress 1x slots, 2 IDE PATA slots, 4 SATA 3 GB/s, 4 SATA 3 GB/s for RAID +0,+1,+5,JBOD, 4 PCI...

That's it for now... Next up on the shopping list:

Corsair XMS series 2 Gig Dual-channel set of RAM
2 Western Digital 3 GB/s SATA HDD's (320 gigs)
2 (haven't decided brand yet) GeForce 6600GT's in SLI mode.

-TJ

Posted by: zerocool_designs Dec 5 2005, 08:26 PM

QUOTE (darthchilli @ Today at 12:49 AM)

yes that is the 24in dell monitor..muahaha

That display is quite the sex on ice.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 6 2005, 06:23 AM

Two quick photos of my desktop rig... ><

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 6 2005, 06:37 AM

Nice Viewsonic monitor, today I should be getting a ThermalTake Xaser II or III. I like the 2nd revision because you can use the cheap CRV battery to replace the LED Display for the fan/temperature control. I should be getting pictures of my new set up later on tonight.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 6 2005, 07:01 AM

Thanks Dat Chau... The monitor is a temporary one until we get an LCD screen during Boxing Day... It's served me well since Grade 11 (6-7 year old monitor

)

Posted by: Eloricth Dec 6 2005, 07:14 AM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Today at 6:55 AM)

Thanks Dat Chau... The monitor is a temporary one until we get an LCD screen during Boxing Day... It's served me well since Grade 11 (6-7 year old monitor

)

I'm using the same ViewSonic monitor at work... XD

Except I'm using 2... LOL

-TJ

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 6 2005, 08:28 AM

Nice... I have another monitor (a Sony) somewhere but I find it puts too much weight onto the table I am using... otherwise I too would have a dual CRT setup... ><

Posted by: darthchilli Dec 6 2005, 01:03 PM

for those lookin for LCDs..like my 24in..hehe
DELL is doing thier 12 days of deals again starting from dec.6(TOMORROW!) so make sure u check it out
i got my monitor thru those dell deals. picked it up for 989CAD with free shipping! the regular price of this 2in is 1300CAD anyways
regardless, definatly check it out if u want a BIG LCD
the reason i have this LCD is becuz i do alot of videoediting and the bigger screen is definatly a big plus to this job! And becuz this is HDTV ready, my xbox360 looks amazing on it!

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 6 2005, 04:06 PM

Definetly going to have to look into it and maybe mention that to my old man (so he can lend me some cash to get it)... ><

Btw how is the response time and maximum resolution on your 24" Dell LCD monitor?

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 6 2005, 04:42 PM

Okay, I found out the case I'm getting tomorrow, it's the ThermalTake Armor VA8000 series case.

http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/armor/va8000bws/va8000bws.htm

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 6 2005, 05:11 PM

That's one sick looking case... Also nice that it has BTX upgradablity...

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 6 2005, 06:28 PM

I think the ARMOR is going to be way too big for my shelf... Oh well, at least it will power over most other Mid-sized ATX cases.

Posted by: Bishop Dec 6 2005, 07:27 PM

Here are some pics I just took of one of my pc's
(Hey,who's computer is that on the screen???)
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/IDFpic/Bishops%20PC%20RIG/DSC00239.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/IDFpic/Bishops%20PC%20RIG/DSC00235.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/IDFpic/Bishops%20PC%20RIG/DSC00234.jpg
(A look of the messy inside)
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/IDFpic/Bishops%20PC%20RIG/DSC00236.jpg

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 6 2005, 07:36 PM

LOL... I'm feeling special all of a sudden... ><

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 8 2005, 06:26 PM

My Computer Layout.

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The case I recently got.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 8 2005, 07:23 PM

Damn... That is really a nice case...

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 8 2005, 08:27 PM

Yeah, got a 560W PSU to go with it too.

Posted by: kel Dec 8 2005, 08:37 PM

Jeez man looks good

Posted by: Möbius Dec 8 2005, 09:05 PM

Is that a stock HSF I see?

Looks good, I almost went for the same case back when I was building my rig, but decided to go one higher...

Posted by: 50Sen Dec 8 2005, 11:16 PM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Dec 6 2005, 04:00 PM)

Is it a 24 inch widescreen Dell LCD?..because that's the one I got this past summer. I love it.

Native resolution on it is 1920x1200 and response time is 12 ms, I think.

Posted by: psychoazn Dec 9 2005, 05:50 AM

my work computer is faster than my home computer

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 9 2005, 07:40 AM

QUOTE (50Sen @ Today at 2:10 AM)

Is it a 24 inch widescreen Dell LCD?..because that's the one I got this past summer. I love it.

Native resolution on it is 1920x1200 and response time is 12 ms, I think.

Whoa that's actually not that bad... I was thinking the response time would be higher since the other Dell LCDs that I've seen on sale on their site had response times greater than 16 ms...

Posted by: Möbius Dec 9 2005, 07:50 AM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Today at 10:34 AM)

Whoa that's actually not that bad... I was thinking the response time would be higher since the other Dell LCDs that I've seen on sale on their site had response times greater than 16 ms...

One thing to keep in mind is the native resolution of the LCD itself, if you game on your PC , then the response time is not as important as the ability of you vid card to push that resolution at a decent framerate..

Posted by: psychoazn Dec 9 2005, 09:20 AM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Today at 7:44 AM)

completely agree.

since I no longer play FPS, my 16ms (60hz) refresh is perfectly fine.

On the other hand, if it were a CRT monitor, 60ms refresh would kill me... i need at least 85...

Posted by: psychoazn Dec 9 2005, 09:34 AM

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 9 2005, 09:38 AM

Well the only gaming I would be doing is most likely playing my PS2 on the PC using my TV Tuner...

Posted by: kel Dec 9 2005, 08:33 PM

new pic of the ghetto setup in the basement
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offtopicedit:APEX if you can remove my warning please do its been over 30 days

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 9 2005, 09:52 PM

QUOTE (psychoazn @ Yesterday at 12:28 PM)

I don't like how that 6-pin power connector is hanging near over the CPU fan. Perhaps you should fasten it together with the other connectors?

Posted by: Metamorphic Dec 10 2005, 06:20 AM

I got an old 1.3GHz processor

I got a dual montior setup my main monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster LCD 17" my secondary monitor which I use primarily to watch anime etc is a standard Dell 17" CRT foe playing movies etc

For speakers I got a two satellite Woofer System by Creative

Ram: 512Mb

Diskspace: 20 Gig primary, 80 Gig Secondary

Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster Live Platinum

Video Card: NVIDIA nView

Optical Drives

Samsung DVD burner and Sony CD Burner

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entertainment monitor (I got a three seater sofa adjacent to that monitor)

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Posted by: BOZZ Dec 10 2005, 07:59 AM

Meta you got a very clean setup there... Very nice... ><

Posted by: Möbius Dec 10 2005, 08:32 AM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Today at 10:53 AM)

Meta you got a very clean setup there... Very nice... ><

It looks like an argonomic nightmare to me... >_<

None of the monitors are in an esasy to view location...

@ Dat : I agree, that connector is actually touching the vid card, not a good thing...

@Psychoazn : Now I don't feel like the odd man out with 4+ HDD's

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 10 2005, 08:48 AM

LOL... I didn't even notice there was a 2nd monitor... I just like the setup he has on his desk...

Posted by: Möbius Dec 10 2005, 08:52 AM

But both monitors are in awkward spots, the keyboard is straight, then the monitor is in the corner... >_<

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 10 2005, 10:02 AM

Well he might just like that way...

I used to have my screen in a similar setup with my last PC...

Posted by: psychoazn Dec 10 2005, 10:44 AM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Yesterday at 9:46 PM)

I don't like how that 6-pin power connector is hanging near over the CPU fan. Perhaps you should fasten it together with the other connectors?

meh

I would but believe me, I have nowhere to tuck/tie it; my ENTIRE tower is full..

plus I left it there for future video card expansion... that way I dont have to tear my whole box apart to find that one connector...

Posted by: Metamorphic Dec 10 2005, 05:40 PM

lol my second monitor is only used as an entertainment module for playing anime and movies Its actually right in front of a sofa so when im playing something I can relax with a cold drink and some snacks (theres a mini bar fridge stashed next to the sofa.

Actually I got used to having the monitor in the corner so its okay with me

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 11:51 AM

Since this is a thread about PC rigs, I've decided to post my future rig (I'm planning to build a computer). This is what I got so far:

-NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM

-COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

-SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM

-Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200M0 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

-connect3D 3038 Radeon X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

-ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLACK ATX 520W Power Supply - Retail

-Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model PSD1G400KH - Retail

-AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail

Subtotal-$692.36

All I'm missing is a mobo. Anyone have any recomendations for a mobo $108 and under? Oh and all this stuff is from Newegg.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 11 2005, 02:14 PM

Not sure how much it is but the Asus A8N-E is a pretty decent motherboard, only lacks wireless I believe...

Posted by: Möbius Dec 11 2005, 02:35 PM

All prices from newegg ( although I don't use them ) :

DFI SLI-DR ( refurbished ) : $107 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136157R

DFI Ultra-D ( Retail ) : $135 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152
( I know it's more than your 108 limit, but it's a really nice board, essentially an SLI-DR w/o SLI )

The one BOZZY posted is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530

ASUS A8N-E - $109.99

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 03:09 PM

How's this mobo? This is a back up one just incase my parents say the DFI is too much.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131541

Posted by: aftermath Dec 11 2005, 03:16 PM

No 16x AGPs? Would the Radeon work with 8x AGPs?

-=edit=- nevermind you got pci express 16x.

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 03:45 PM

QUOTE (aftermath @ Today at 3:10 PM)

No 16x AGPs? Would the Radeon work with 8x AGPs?

-=edit=- nevermind you got pci express 16x.

Yup! Yup!

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 11 2005, 04:01 PM

The LAN Party mobos don't seem that great to me. If I were you, I'd stick with ye olde ASUS.

Posted by: Möbius Dec 11 2005, 04:33 PM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Today at 6:55 PM)

The LAN Party mobos don't seem that great to me. If I were you, I'd stick with ye olde ASUS.

They're the best O/C mobos on the market right now...

( DFI SLI-DR )

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 07:32 PM

Any more recommendations[sp]?

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 11 2005, 08:12 PM

Yes, do not get the NEC 3550A, the firmware is horrible for it no matter what updates they do with it. We had a bunch of computers conflicting when burning data. It locks up a lot and locks up the burning program. I'd just stick with the Pioneer 1100.

Posted by: logan510 Dec 11 2005, 08:28 PM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Today at 8:06 PM)

I assume you're talking about the official NEC firmware and not the modified firmwares? Because the modified firmware is by Liggy...which is known to be very good. I personally would'nt buy any optical drive other than the NEC, for price and performance they can't be beat.

Casey

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 11 2005, 08:35 PM

QUOTE (logan510 @ Today at 11:22 PM)

Actually, we did try the modified Firmwares, still has problems compared to the legitimate 1.05 NA/JP/GER updates.

Also, I know NEC is very good, but so is Plextor (If you got money to spend) and Pioneer. It always seems to me that NEC and Pioneer tend to leap frog each other in competition.

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 08:36 PM

QUOTE (logan510 @ Today at 8:22 PM)

Is the NEC I chose bad??

Posted by: logan510 Dec 11 2005, 08:40 PM

QUOTE (Deebo @ Today at 8:30 PM)

Is the NEC I chose bad??

IMO no. I have an NEC myself and have bought them for friends as Birthday presents etc. Whenever someone asks me what kind of DVD burner they should get for their PC I always recommend NEC. Here's a link to a firmware page that has tons of firmwares for various NEC drives including the one you're buying:

http://www.micheldeboer.nl/firmware/

Casey

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 08:44 PM

I don't understand anything about that stuff. All I know is the parts to build a computer. I don't know jack about that bios and firmware stuff and etc. Anyone know a site for "how to build a computer" type thing?

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 11 2005, 09:31 PM

Okay. When you buy a NEC-3550A, you will likely have the firmware version 1.03, especially if you buy it around this time. Through my experience working at the computer store, I've seen the 3550A lock up during burning with various software such as Nero, Alcohol 120%, and CloneDVD. I am not sure if Casey has actually used it before, but recently at the store I work at, it seems to have problems burning about 60-75% of the way through.

When you're upgrading firmware, all you have to do is make sure you do it in safe mode so there's no actual background programs running, and make sure that is the only drive connected to the high-density IDE cable. Also make sure that the drive is set to master (obviously). After doing the firmware update, restart your computer back into normal mode and the firmware should be up to date.

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 11 2005, 09:36 PM

So is there any other DVD Burners out there that will work good? Under fifty dollars though.

Posted by: logan510 Dec 11 2005, 09:41 PM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Today at 9:25 PM)

Hmmm....That's not how I do firmware flashes, but I guess that's why Baskin Robins makes 31 flavors

As far as the 3550, no...I have not used that particular model. It received 5 star reviews at Newegg.com and countless other reviews I've read have called it another triumph for NEC. The only people I've read about having problems with it so far are you and Mac users.

Casey

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 11 2005, 10:05 PM

QUOTE (logan510 @ Today at 12:35 AM)

Hmmm....That's not how I do firmware flashes, but I guess that's why Baskin Robins makes 31 flavors

Well I've read the reviews, and yes there are some negative cons on the second page. We've been having the majority of those comments put there. And no we haven't been using Apples to put these in. Apples don't deserve NEC's. They can stick with their Samsung, and LG in the corner.

Posted by: logan510 Dec 11 2005, 10:17 PM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Today at 9:59 PM)

I would say that 19 out of 20 reviews being stellar for this drive would be enough to sell me on it. I don't know why you guys are having problems with the ones you have. I suppose you could've gotten a bum batch or something.

Casey

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 11 2005, 10:30 PM

Probably, but I do have to say, I have an NEC 3540-A and it runs like a beauty. I still think that the DVR-110 are pretty good as well. I just don't like the unbearing stupidity of updating firmware for something the Japanese should of found out about before letting it out on the market. They know better than this

Posted by: Möbius Dec 11 2005, 10:45 PM

Ah crap, just go for Plextor and finish with it...

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 12 2005, 08:03 AM

Ehhhh...? Does this apply to NEC 3540A as well? It's the burner I got based on the recommendations of Logan here...

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 12 2005, 04:40 PM

3540A=Good

I'm not so sure about the 3550-A, I guess you could work out the knacks for it.

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 12 2005, 04:42 PM

Well, the mobo I looked at was fine until I noticed there was no PCIexpress. So does anyone know any other reccomendations for a mobo. And it changed from $108 and under to $85 and under.

Edit: Anyone know how much watts I will need?

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 12 2005, 05:19 PM

You could always look at an online instruction manual for the boards you are looking at for the recommended voltage rail.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 12 2005, 06:44 PM

QUOTE (Deebo @ Today at 7:36 PM)

Well, the mobo I looked at was fine until I noticed there was no PCIexpress. So does anyone know any other reccomendations for a mobo. And it changed from $108 and under to $85 and under.

Edit: Anyone know how much watts I will need?

Damn... 85$ is not much... The one I suggested, the Asus A8N-E, offers PCI-Express on it...

Posted by: Dat Chau Dec 12 2005, 07:41 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Today at 1:39 AM)

Ah crap, just go for Plextor and finish with it...

You see? With a budget that low you can't go anywhere near a Plextor.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 12 2005, 08:05 PM

Found two motherboards that are in your price range that seem okay...

Asus A8N-VM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131571

Includes video onboard, which is a decent option if you don't have enough money for a video card ATM...

Asus A8S-X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131525

Only problem with this that I can see is that it doesn't support SATA II... It also includes S/PDIF Out port and Gigabit LAN... which the other board does not support...

Posted by: Möbius Dec 12 2005, 08:53 PM

$89 and under? >_< That's going really low for a 939 + PCIe mobo...

For that price range, try to find this board:

Chaintech VNF4 Ultra
Should be going for about 89 at most retailers, but it's kind of rare as it's really popular...
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241589

These guys have it at a higher price... $97.02
http://www.us.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13861&vpn=VNF4%20ULTRA&manufacture=CHAINTECH%20COMPUTER

Shop around on the net, if you can find it for $89, grab it for sure...

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 12 2005, 08:56 PM

That Chaintech one actually looks pretty decent... Nothing too special about it, just a reasonable, normal motherboard... aside from it being rare (due to its popularity) according to the Carver..

Posted by: logan510 Dec 12 2005, 08:56 PM

QUOTE (Dat Chau @ Today at 7:35 PM)

You see? With a budget that low you can't go anywhere near a Plextor.

I was gonna say the same thing

Plus...I've read in several places that Plextor seems to be a bit on the overrated side these days and not quite as good as they used to be. I have no personal experience with Plextor's to be fair...but I have read that they're not living up to their "name" lately.

Casey

Posted by: psychoazn Dec 12 2005, 09:18 PM

I use a NEC 3500 and I've never had any problems whatsoever...

Posted by: Möbius Dec 12 2005, 09:27 PM

It's one of the best low cost boards out there...

The thing I don't like about it is the passive chipset cooling ( knowing that it's NF4 chipset, mine runs at 45-50 with a HSF >_< )

Review on the board :

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/chaintech-nforce4.html

EDIT : above is about the Chaintech VNF4 Ultra mobo...

EDIT2:

QUOTE (logan510 @ Yesterday at 11:50 PM)

I was gonna say the same thing

I have a pioneer myself... That's one of the few cost cuts I did when I built the rig...

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 12 2005, 11:23 PM

My friend has that board and he said that it was good. I didn't really recognize the brand (I'm a noob at these things, remember) so I didn't put it on my list. I'll take a look at it though.

Posted by: BOZZ Dec 12 2005, 11:27 PM

Your friend is giving you his board?

Posted by: DeeBo Dec 12 2005, 11:36 PM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Today at 11:21 PM)

Your friend is giving you his board?

No, he jsut built one and helped me at configuring my setup. I am getting a X800 XL form my other friend though (he's going to buy another card).

Posted by: kel Jan 7 2006, 04:50 PM

new speakorz
http://img459.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf00028av.jpg

Posted by: Möbius Jan 8 2006, 09:30 PM

Where's the sub?

Posted by: kel Jan 9 2006, 05:40 PM

underneath the top of the table by my feet

Posted by: ryousuke Jan 17 2006, 09:32 AM

I will post the pics of my computer (interior) later because I'm going to have new parts..
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image79yn.jpg

Posted by: PhantomaZero Jan 17 2006, 10:52 PM

Posted by: e\/o Feb 5 2006, 10:09 PM

AMD athlon64 3500 2.2GHz
1GB og OCZ 2-3-2-6
EVGA geforce 6800GS 256mb
Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic
ASUS A8N-E

http://img54.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0023ek.jpg

and my new Samsung SnycMaster 913V 19" 12ms 600:1 LCD monitor

got this all a few days ago. Battlefield 2 at Full settings and Ultra high sound <3

Posted by: Legend of Speed Feb 5 2006, 10:10 PM

Awesome man.

Posted by: lllAE86lll Feb 16 2006, 02:21 PM

Wow flohtingPoint you must be lazy l0lz ... Your room is a chaos >.<

Posted by: admiralhonshu Feb 16 2006, 03:11 PM

One question, what if you have 6 Computers?

Posted by: ryousuke Feb 17 2006, 02:25 AM

Then post the pics of all of them ! Do you really need 6 computers ? I only have 3 computers but 1 is a server 1 is a laptop and 1 is a desktop.

Posted by: MAFD Feb 25 2006, 01:49 AM

Heres my rig, built it myself about 6 months ago, but have added bits and pieces to it, full specs below:

AMD64 3200+ socket 754 OC'd @ 2.4ghz
Gigabyte K8NS pro Nforce3 motherboard
Prolink Geforce 6800GT 256mb
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
Coolermaster Dual Storm CPU fan
Thermaltake PIPE101 heatsink
2x Coolermaster 80mm LED fans
2x intake fan at the front (came with case)
Coolermaster Wavemaster case
Samsung 52x 24x 52x CD RW/DVD R combo drive
Seagate 120gig IDE hard drive
Seagate 80gig SATA hard drive
Seagate 200gig SATA hard drive
2x Thermaltake UV reactive round IDE cables
Thermaltake UV light kit.
Nvidia print perspex side panel

Posted by: Möbius Feb 28 2006, 07:59 PM

6 months ago, and socket 754? >_<

Posted by: BOZZ Feb 28 2006, 08:09 PM

Well my old computer, which would be a year old now... was also built using a socket 754 motherboad... They're not too bad, just lack PCI Express support...

Posted by: logan510 Mar 1 2006, 04:54 PM

They also lack the ability to have dual channel memory. My wife has a socket 754....I was a noob back then, if I wasn't..I never would've let the bud who helped spec her PC out get her a socket 754. Plus AMD has abandoned socket 754 ( along with the beloved socket 939

) so there's no upgrade path.

Casey

Posted by: BOZZ Mar 1 2006, 05:02 PM

QUOTE (logan510 @ Today at 7:54 PM)

) so there's no upgrade path.

Casey

Doesn't Sempron use Socket 754?

Posted by: Dem Mar 1 2006, 05:32 PM

QUOTE (BOZZY @ Today at 5:02 PM)

Doesn't Sempron use Socket 754?

Pfft, who cares about Sempron

There were Athlon 64s built on Socket 754 mobos, which also had AGP. However, there weren't that many produced if i remember correctly...

Socket A FTW!

Posted by: MAFD Mar 3 2006, 01:19 AM

Actually it was longer than that, I got it just before Socket 939 came out, which I was quite angry about, I tend to always buy stuff just before a better version of it comes out, but anyway it plays all the current games well, I might do a mass upgrade when I have money.

Posted by: crazyman Mar 3 2006, 02:56 PM

QUOTE (Dem @ Mar 1 2006, 05:32 PM)

Pfft, who cares about Sempron

There were Athlon 64s built on Socket 754 mobos, which also had AGP. However, there weren't that many produced if i remember correctly...

Socket A FTW!

my laptop cares.....

Posted by: BOZZ Mar 3 2006, 04:39 PM

QUOTE (Dem @ Mar 1 2006, 08:32 PM)

Pfft, who cares about Sempron

There were Athlon 64s built on Socket 754 mobos, which also had AGP. However, there weren't that many produced if i remember correctly...

Socket A FTW!

Hmm... Just wondering... is the Sempron 32-bit or 64-bit?

Posted by: Kerxn Mar 3 2006, 06:16 PM

If I remember correctly, Semprons are 32-bit.

Posted by: APX Mar 3 2006, 06:19 PM

Hmmm, when I can take my camera to school sometime, I'll show you the computer that my group is building right now... it looks pretty nice.

Posted by: zomg Mar 6 2006, 12:37 PM

http://students.osao.fi/~b3haja01/main.JPG
My main box:
Windows XP Professional
Gigabyte K8 Triton (nforce 4)
Athlon 64 3200+
512 MB DDR400
Geforce 6600 GT 256MB PCI-E
HP A4331D 20" CRT Monitor
SB Audigy 2
Sennheiser HD-555 Headphones
Razer Copperhead Mouse

http://students.osao.fi/~b3haja01/serveri.JPG
My server box:
333mhz Celeron w/ 64mb RAM, Debian Linux

Posted by: BOZZ Mar 6 2006, 01:11 PM

Nice setup on your main desktop zomg... How did you learn to setup a pc as a server if I might ask?

Posted by: zomg Mar 6 2006, 02:21 PM

I didn't.

Just took my old old computer and installed linux and apache+mysql and some other random things

Ah yes. I do have a third computer too... although I don't have an extra AT psu for it.

...and it was in pieces in a box.

...and I had no idea if it works or not

http://students.osao.fi/~b3haja01/486.JPG

There it is. In all the glory. Keyboard and PSU stolen from the server box. The setup looks quite hazardous.. and it probably is..

Also borrowed the power button from the server box's case

Specs??:
Intel 486dx2 processor (something like 60 mhz?)
2 memory modules (no idea how much or what kind)
A Cirrus Logic VGA card
An ISA card, which seems to have a serial port and a parallel port and IDE connectors. An IDE card?

Did it run? http://students.osao.fi/~b3haja01/itworks.JPG

How many of you do still own old pieces of crap like this?

I had a manual of a mobo with a very similar layout as that... and I originally thought it was the manual for THAT mobo... but it wasn't. Now I'm completely out of info on what it is. I'm trying to install a HDD and the floppy disk drive from my main box to it for fun.

edit: it boots dos from a floppy. yay

edit 2: blah, I'm trying to figure out how to set up TCP/IP networking under DOS and install an IRC client...

edit 3: see, no need to doublepost...
My latest aqquisition: http://students.osao.fi/~b3haja01/laeppaeri.JPG (a rather old laptop w/ seemingly broken HDD and CDD and no battery...)
Cost: 0.00 $... I wouldn't have paid a dime anyway

Posted by: FacTioN Apr 12 2006, 10:29 AM

i was just wondering what comps people had ive got:
1 gig of RAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor
geforce 6600 graphics card
oh yeah and its an Acer Aspire

Posted by: PhantomaZero Apr 12 2006, 10:46 AM

Gaming Station:
Athlon 64 Venice 3200+
eVGA 6600GT 128MB
2GB DDR

Workstation:
Pentium IV 2.8GHz
Radeon X300 128MB
512MB DDR2

Work in Progress:
Pentium IV 2.4GHz
Radeon 9600XT
256MB DDR (To be increased substantially)

Retired:
Athlon XP 1150MHz OCed to 1700+
Geforce Ti4200 64MB
512MB SD

To be shipped to a cousin:
Pentium III 800MHz
ATI Rage XL 8MB
256MB SD

I'd also like to get one of those Intel Macbook Pros by the end of this year. OSX sounds great, and I'd love to be able to dual boot Windows if I need to do gaming or something.

Posted by: MAFD Apr 12 2006, 10:53 AM

Self built computer:

AMD Athlon64 3200+ OC'd at 2.4ghz
2 gigs Corsair RAM
Geforce 6800GT 256mb

Posted by: zerocool_designs Apr 12 2006, 10:54 AM

PowerBook G4
-1.33GHz IBM PowerPC G4
-1.25 GB DDR (for some reason only 1 GB of that is being recognized... I'd look into it, but 1 GB is plenty for now)
-15" widescreen display
-60 GB HDD <----

-64 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

I plan on picking up an Intel iMac in a year or so. But then again, I'd like to see the future PowerMac replacement.

Posted by: Ayako Watanabe Apr 12 2006, 11:24 AM

HP Pavilion a 1123c
- 630 Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT technology
- 1.0GB PC2 - 3200 DDR2 SDRAM Memory
- 250GB 7200RPM Serial ATA Hard drive
- DVD-ROM 16x max. spped

Posted by: Möbius Apr 12 2006, 11:26 AM

There is a "post pics of your rig" thread already, but I guess it got buried. I'll bump it up when l get home.

Edit : didn't notice before this is not even in the PC section. >_<

Posted by: APX Apr 12 2006, 12:37 PM

Then move it?

Posted by: hellbent Apr 12 2006, 01:03 PM

Apex You Nuck, y u not doing ur job

Posted by: am3pkcet Apr 12 2006, 01:05 PM

Desktop:
2.4ghz Pentium 4
1gb DDR PC2700 ram
100gb HD (internal)
300gb HD (internal)
80gb HD (external)
radeon 9200 vid card w/128 vid ram

not a monster, but it gets the job done.

Laptop:
2.4ghz Pentium 4
512mb ram
60gb HD
built in wifi 802.11g

Posted by: Möbius Apr 12 2006, 01:15 PM

I cannot move from other areas.

Only Gabriel, a global mod or an admin can.

Posted by: hellbent Apr 12 2006, 01:19 PM

ah I see. though I still wont take back the Nuck comment.

Posted by: crazyman Apr 12 2006, 01:58 PM

laptop #1
athlon 64 3200+
1gb ram
ati x600
100 gb hd

laptop #2
sempron 2800+
512 mb ram
xpress 200m 128mb(shared)
40gb hd

Posted by: Möbius Apr 12 2006, 02:05 PM

I would post my rigs' specs, but I don't think the Off-topic section can handle them.

Posted by: hellbent Apr 12 2006, 02:42 PM

to be more precise. some people here wouldnt be able to handle reading the specs of ur comp.

Posted by: Gabriel Apr 12 2006, 03:27 PM

Topic Moved.

Posted by: logan510 Apr 12 2006, 07:26 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Today at 2:00 PM)

I would post my rigs' specs, but I don't think the Off-topic section can handle them.

I'm interested, tell me please?

Thanks
Casey

Posted by: chubbbayaidan Apr 12 2006, 07:54 PM

rite now:
-300MHz Celeron
-10 GB HDD
-Integrated Graphics
-iono how much DDR Memory there is
yea my comps a relic

hoping to get
-AMD Athlon64 3700+ or maybe even if I'm lucky AMD Athlon FX-57

-2 gigs DDR
-ATI Radeon x800 XL

Posted by: BOZZ Apr 12 2006, 08:10 PM

Well same one as before, AMD64 X2 (Dual Core) 3800+, 1.0 GB Dual Channel RAM (Kingston or OCZ, can't remember), 250 GB Western Digital SATAII hard drive, NEC DVD+/-RW, floppy drive, Kensington Flash Memory Reader, Nvidia 6600GT 128 MB Video Card...

Posted by: Drift Motion Apr 12 2006, 08:20 PM

somethin i build myself

celeron 2.8ghz cpu
sharp 17in monitor
$70 dollar tower case including the motherboard, power supply
$30 dollar speakers with subs
total spend is around 700 bucks
rest i got from b4
so go figure that...

Posted by: xkhol Apr 12 2006, 09:05 PM

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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/12/2006, 21:56:03
Machine name: YOUR-D137MZMHOW
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: PC100A-ABA M1090N
BIOS: BIOS Date: 06/02/04 21:38:00 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 331MB used, 2131MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X600 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON X600 PRO (0x3E50)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
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Sound Devices
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Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [E480]

Posted by: Möbius Apr 13 2006, 12:14 AM

OK here goes :

Processor : AMD Athlon 64 FX55
Motherboard : DFI SLI-DR Lanparty
RAM : 1GB OCZ Platinum EL DDR4000
"System" HD : 138GB RAID 0 Array made up of 2 x 74 GB WD Raptors
"Storage" HD : 558GB RAID 5 Array made up of 3 x 300 GB 16 MB cache Maxtors
Video card : 2 x BFG 7800GTX OC in SLI ( volt modded )
Optical drives : Pioneer DVD writer ( forgot which one, does dual layer ) + generic CDRW.
PSU : PC Power and Cooling 510-SLI
Case : Lian Li V2100B
Keyboard : Logitech G15
Mouse : Logitech MX1000 + Logitech Marble Mouse
Speakers : Some Acoustics Authority stuff ( I'm not much of an audiophile

)
Screens : 2 x 21" trinitrons

That's all I can remember for now.

Posted by: tUrB0 Apr 13 2006, 04:21 AM

well, i cant really chant all the specs of my rig (i know nothing about it

) but i can tell you that it is a Compaq Presario 2500 with 448MB RAM

Posted by: awdrifter Apr 13 2006, 04:55 AM

Self build desktop
AMD Sempron 3100 (at 2.38ghz)
ECS nForce3-A mobo
Mushkin DDR400 Ram 2GB
HDDs 1.3TB (total)
PNY nVidia 5500 128mb (carry over from old setup)
Onboard 6.1 sound card
MadDog DVD-RW
BTC DL DVD-RW
17" Acer LCD monitor

Posted by: FacTioN Apr 13 2006, 06:38 AM

1gig of RAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
geforce 6600 g-card
im not sure about the motherboard cause i just got the comp and havent looked inside yet.

it was at a good price too i got it for about $400

wow i didnt know we were talkn about old piece a' junks we had. well i had a packard bell pc with like 16mb of RAM and some OS below windows 95 cause it could barely run those games that come with the computer under accesories.

Posted by: FacTioN Apr 13 2006, 06:52 AM

crazyman does a 2800+ processor work good with high end games cause i was thinking of getting a laptop but i wasnt going to settle for anything less than 3200+

Posted by: Möbius Apr 13 2006, 06:57 AM

*Topics merged*

Posted by: crazyman Apr 14 2006, 03:23 PM

QUOTE (FacTioN @ Yesterday at 6:47 AM)

crazyman does a 2800+ processor work good with high end games cause i was thinking of getting a laptop but i wasnt going to settle for anything less than 3200+

i think amd got a new mobilebased processor turion i think....and those i hear are good for high end games....this crappy 2800+ can run source at 50fps if u tune it right....but ull need a gfx card too

Posted by: DGoReck Aug 2 2006, 03:28 AM

/bump since I'm a newb at taking months to find this forum.

Here is my current setup. I would like to upgrade, but probabbly not till Warhammer Age or Reckoning or SupremeCommander comes out.

Game/Work Rig:
Shuttle XPC ...forget the model.
AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0GHz)
1Gb Crucial RAM
200GB Segate 7200.7
ASUS 7600XT 128MB AGP8X
2 X 19" Hyndai L90D+ monitors(they are samsung panels really) (1280 X 1024)
Klipsch Promedia 5.1 - where not installed when I took the picture

Laptop:
Dell Insiron 8100 from yr2000.
P4 1.4Ghz
384MB ram
40GB HD.
Nvida MX440 mobile 64MB @ 1600 X 1200

Server (not pictured):
Dual P3 500 - only one is working atm, to lazy to fix
786MB RAM
9.1GB IBM 15K SCSI. Boot.
2 X 160 WD 7200RPM HD's in RAID 1, Adaptec IDE RAID controller.

Media PC Rig (no picture):
IBM box with a P4 2.8GHZ
1GB RAM
40GB HD
Nivdia Quadro 1400
Westinghouse 27" Widescreen LCDTV runs 1280 X 720

All connected via Dell 24port 10/100 switch running on Verizon FIOS 15Mb/2Mb with a Linksys RV42 router.

user posted image

As a bonus I present to you my projects from work...
user posted image

Posted by: Möbius Aug 2 2006, 05:01 PM

Good choice on the L90D+'s

I have 2 of them as well, although they're not on my main rig... >_<

Nice screen cap...

Posted by: Alex Aug 2 2006, 06:57 PM

Originally my sister and I were looking at this...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1723227&Sku=A180-2034
Acer Aspire E360

but we were talked out of it and talked into... this

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (item # N82E16819103735)
OCZ Gold Series Dual-channel 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 800MHz RAM (item # N82E16820227046)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200RPM HDD (item # N82E16822148141)
Samsung 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD burner with LightScribe (item # N82E16827151118)
Antec Sonata II Piano Black case w/450w SmartPower PSU (item # N82E16811129155)
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe SLi-capable motherboard (item # N82E16813131013R)
BFG GeForce 7300 GS 256MB video card (item # N82E16814143050)
Samsung Floppy Drive (item # N82E16821103203)

The list of parts was given to us by a friend of my sister's. We may look for a different case, but the parts sound pretty good to me, and all part numbers are from Newegg.com if anyone wants to check them out in further detail.

Posted by: PhantomaZero Aug 2 2006, 11:15 PM

Room PC:

Pentium IV 2.4GHz HT
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
WDC 80GB IDE
Maxtor 160GB IDE
Lite-On DVD/CDRW
Sony CD

Family PC, Not Shown:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
2GB Corsair ValueRAM PC3200 DDR
eVGA Geforce 6600GT 128MB
WDC 80GB IDE
Samsung? DVD-RW

Office PC, Not Shown:
Pentium IV 2.8GHz HT
512MB DDR2
ATI Radeon X300SE 128MB
Hitachi 80GB SATA
Samsung DVD-RW
Sony DVD

Room PC, Retired:

user posted image

AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512MB PC100 SDRAM
PNY GeforceTi4200

Posted by: Shonen Aug 3 2006, 01:07 AM

I have a laptop and a nonworking pc I managed to salvage from my school. I have no idea on the desktop cause it can't even work (not enough parts, missing psu/ram/hid), but anyway, here's the specs on my laptop.

Base: http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/notebooks/product.cfm?ProductType=3880
CPU: 2.0GHz Pentium M (533FSB)
RAM: 2.0GB
HDD: 60GB 7200rpm(Hitachi)
Optical: DVD+-RWDL 8x (Toshiba)
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce Go 6600 (128MB) 1920x1200x32 (internal) + 1280x1024x32 (external Dell CRT)
HID: Logitech MX510 optical mouse, Saitek P880 gamepad
External HDD: 120GB 7200rpm Seagate, 300GB 7200rpm Seagate, 20GB 5400rpm Fujitsu
Extras: V-Stream capture card, 7-port USB2.0 hub

Posted by: DGoReck Aug 3 2006, 02:34 AM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Yesterday at 9:01 PM)

Good choice on the L90D+'s

I have 2 of them as well, although they're not on my main rig... >_<

I wouldn't mind picking up a third, but can't justify it. I love them so far. Price has drop another $100 down to like $215 last I checked.

QUOTE (Apex Carver)

Nice screen cap...

hehe. I so wish I could drop a nice video card into it just to test out some games on it. Stinks I can't, no AGP or PCI-e. Sorry it wasn't crisper, but thats the life of the IP-KVM I use.

Posted by: Woffle Aug 3 2006, 10:34 AM

my comp is pretty outdated.

Manufacturer:
VIA Technologies, Inc.
Processor:
AMD Athlon™ XP 1800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.5GHz
Memory:
768MB RAM
Hard Drive:
40 GB
Video Card:
RADEON 9550
Monitor:
Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card: some crappy soundblaster card, needed it for my 2.1 logitech speakers.
SB PCI
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech Z-340
Keyboard: Logitech Media Elite
USB Root Hub
Mouse: Logitech MX 310
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System:
Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp.050928-1517)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/DriftMania1320/DSC00503.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/DriftMania1320/DSC00505.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/DriftMania1320/DSC00506.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/DriftMania1320/DSC00507.jpg

Posted by: e\/o Aug 14 2006, 07:21 PM

50" Samsung DLP TV

amd athlon 64 3500
1gb ddr400 ram
EVGA 6800GS
Creative X-Fi Xtreme music

Icemat Siberia

http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=compzbf4.jpg

Posted by: Möbius Aug 14 2006, 07:24 PM

QUOTE (e\/o @ Today at 11:21 PM)

50" Samsung DLP TV

amd athlon 64 3500
1gb ddr400 ram
EVGA 6800GS
Creative X-Fi Xtreme music

Icemat Siberia

http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=compzbf4.jpg

Nice, what resolution are you running it at?

Posted by: e\/o Aug 14 2006, 07:52 PM

^

well my computer is set to 1280 x 720. I'm not sure what resolution the TV is at or even if there is a difference between the TV's resolution and the computers. heh, I dont know much about TVs

Posted by: Möbius Aug 14 2006, 08:11 PM

QUOTE (e\/o @ Yesterday at 11:52 PM)

^

well my computer is set to 1280 x 720. I'm not sure what resolution the TV is at or even if there is a difference between the TV's resolution and the computers. heh, I dont know much about TVs

What are you running it through?

Also, it might crispen up the image if you run the TV's native resolution...

( What kind of TV is that? LCD? )

Posted by: e\/o Aug 14 2006, 09:46 PM

i said in my previous post that it is DLP
I'm using a DVI to DVI connector

Posted by: vincentrichter Aug 14 2006, 10:03 PM

QUOTE (Apex Carver)

Also, it might crispen up the image if you run the TV's native resolution...

But that would defeat the whole purpose of focusing the camera before taking the picture.

Posted by: Legend of Speed Aug 14 2006, 10:59 PM

QUOTE (e\/o @ Today at 8:21 PM)

50" Samsung DLP TV

amd athlon 64 3500
1gb ddr400 ram
EVGA 6800GS
Creative X-Fi Xtreme music

Icemat Siberia

http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=compzbf4.jpg

Nice you got the Icemat Siberia headset. Great headset for gaming and listening to music I've heard.

My PC is a company stock

Dell E510
2.8 GHZ Intel Dual Core
1 GB RAM
160 GB HD
128 MB ATI x300

I'm planning to save up money for a custom built PC that I want to build.

Posted by: Möbius Aug 15 2006, 02:28 AM

QUOTE (e\/o @ Today at 1:46 AM)

i said in my previous post that it is DLP
I'm using a DVI to DVI connector

Oh, rear projection? It has a DVI connector? Nice... I would really look into what the native res. of the screen is ( it might be what you're running anyways

)

Posted by: DGoReck Aug 15 2006, 03:19 AM

XP is fairly good at detecting the max resolution of most 'tv screens' as long as it detects the monitor correctly within Windows. I had no problem with the Westinghouse LCD TV and the DVI connector. Picked up the resolution like a charm.

Posted by: Perry Aug 15 2006, 03:35 AM

Specs: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22202
More Pictures: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22202&st=50

Posted by: Woffle Aug 15 2006, 09:57 AM

QUOTE (Perry @ Today at 5:35 AM)

Specs: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22202
More Pictures: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22202&st=50

i have the same NEC monitor as yours except in black!

Posted by: Möbius Aug 26 2006, 05:43 PM

New build:

user posted image

Posted by: thewangandestroyeR34 Aug 26 2006, 06:56 PM

Nice cable management, and crossfire

Posted by: Möbius Aug 26 2006, 07:04 PM

I really like this case, and I didn't even know about it until a couple of days ago. I like the way the HD cage is oriented sideways...

Posted by: logan510 Aug 26 2006, 08:16 PM

Specs please?

BTW: Looks really sweet.

Thanks
Casey

Posted by: Möbius Aug 26 2006, 08:29 PM

Can't believe I forgot the specs :

Mobo : Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Vid card : Radeon XT1900 Crossfire Edition + XT1900XTX
RAM : 2 x 1GB Super Talent PC2-6400
HD : Maxtor 300GB 16MB cache
PSU : OCZ GameZStream 700W ( Quad 12v+ rails on this one ! )
Case : Antec P160W

That's about it.

Posted by: Perry Aug 26 2006, 08:37 PM

HOLY !! That's one SEXY case. And man, do I love how those fans are arranged. Did that temperature panel come with the case ? Is it the temperature of the motherboard, or is it totally configurable ? How much did you spend on that sexy beast ? :-D

Posted by: thewangandestroyeR34 Aug 26 2006, 08:44 PM

My guess is $2500+USD easily.
Damn Carver don't you also have a FX-60?

Posted by: Möbius Aug 26 2006, 08:45 PM

QUOTE (Perry @ Today at 12:37 AM)

The fans were possible to set up that way, because the HSF can orient in any on the 4 directions. I just pointed it to the rear to push the air out.

The temp panel is part of the case, a nice feature, it even tilts up and down. The probe itself is on a wire, it can be put anywhere.

Posted by: Dem Aug 27 2006, 12:20 AM

QUOTE (Apex Carver @ Yesterday at 8:04 PM)

I really like this case, and I didn't even know about it until a couple of days ago. I like the way the HD cage is oriented sideways...

For once I knew about something longer than Apex did! Everyone, the end of the world is nigh! Live the rest of your life in the fastlane, go get laid or something!

I wish I had as much money and as pro a rig as yours Apex. Mind if I ask how much you spent on the case? And did the side window come with it or did you buy it separately? Since at the site I look at cases at, they sell the side window separately for 25 bucks

Posted by: Perry Aug 27 2006, 03:42 AM

QUOTE (Dem @ Today at 1:20 AM)

Try this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129173

It's about $115 after tax and shipping. Not too bad.

Posted by: Möbius Aug 27 2006, 05:33 AM

QUOTE (Dem @ Today at 4:20 AM)

For once I knew about something longer than Apex did! Everyone, the end of the world is nigh! Live the rest of your life in the fastlane, go get laid or something!

That's what I get for looking at full towers, and mostly Lian Li's all the time... >_<

The case is stock, and it's the one Perry posted the link for...

Posted by: Dem Aug 27 2006, 01:34 PM

QUOTE (Perry @ Today at 4:42 AM)

Try this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129173

It's about $115 after tax and shipping. Not too bad.

Wow, nice, the place I go to charges $125, not including tax and shipping, and no window.

The reason why I go there though is because it's a local store (and most of their cases are cheaper than Fry's), so I can browse and order online and go there to pick it up, so no shipping, and we all know how shipping costs for cases are a pain in the butt