Author Topic: What computer are you guys running? (Read 12777 times)

timw4mail · « **Reply #90 on:** Tue, 30 June 2009, 11:33:49 »

Quote from: ripster;100185

Nah, I fry my CPUs. Never had one die yet. Who cares - by the time you do they'll be cheap or more likely obsolete.

How much voltage do you use?

Hak Foo · « **Reply #91 on:** Wed, 01 July 2009, 00:18:46 »

Yes, it's a 5.25" drive. Yes, it works last I checked.

Phenom II 940 at stock
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4
Xigmatek HDT-S1283
8Gb DDR2-800 (half of it is labelled 1066, but requires huge voltage)
Radeon HD3650, 512M, with ridiculously overkill Arctic Cooling fanless heatsink
1T Samsung F1 hard disc
Two Samsung 203-series DVD burners (one 203N, one 203B)
One LS-120 drive (a cute way to end run the one-floppy limit of most modern boards. The one drawback is finding a bezel; most LS120s you find are external, and have no front panel you can put on a case.)
One 5.25" floppy
One cheap-ass 802.11n card
One Hauppauge HVR-1250

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Nah, I fry my CPUs. Never had one die yet. Who cares - by the time you do they'll be cheap or more likely obsolete.

I once had a used laptop which had been upgraded to a 486-100. The 486-100 is a 3.3v part. The board was a 5v board designed for a DX-33 or maybe a DX2-66. It actually worked, for a few minutes at a time. I have the machine sitting on a bookshelf, with a 200M drive containing an OS/2 3.0 install, and a 5x86-133 upgrade circuit in it.

o2dazone · « **Reply #92 on:** Wed, 01 July 2009, 08:44:18 »

What case is that? I love the chutes that allow you to run cords behind.
here's a shot of mine two years ago, zero wire management...it bugs me just to look at it

I've since replaced everything in there except for the HDD's and the sound card. I need a new case, that one is about 8 years old

Hak Foo · « **Reply #93 on:** Wed, 01 July 2009, 10:09:30 »

Quote from: ripster;100455

It looks to me like he did a little cutting to get the chutes. I spend a lot of time on wire management. Ironic since my desk is a MESS!

A lot of cutting.

And the side panel barely fits with the wires stuffed behind the mainboard tray (which shows signs of being bent by the wires).

The case is the 'Rocketfish' tower Lian-Li sold for a while via Best Buy- I got one for $48, which is the only reason I bought it.

o2dazone · « **Reply #94 on:** Wed, 01 July 2009, 11:11:22 »

nice price for a fulltower

timw4mail · « **Reply #95 on:** Wed, 01 July 2009, 11:27:15 »

Quote from: Hak Foo;100385

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Yes, it's a 5.25" drive. Yes, it works last I checked.

Fun... I like using old tech just because I can :)

Binge · « **Reply #96 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 09:08:23 »

Ah, hi geekhack

This is my rig. Don't rag on me too much for being messy.

and my daily settings~

Temps are usually around 32-35C idle and 68C after hours under load in a 30C ambient room.

Today I ordered an ABS M1 as my first mechanical switch keyboard. My friend purchased the Das III, and even though the keys sound really REALLY nice... I want to try something different and less expensive.

Other specs is 6GB of really nice DDR3 clocked to 2GHz cas8, a GTX295, a dual platter 640GB WD Cavalier Black 7200RPM HDD, ye ol' regular DVD burner, an Enermax Revolution PSU, Banchetto 101 Modular techstation, and custom watercooling mostly from Watercool.de

Thanks for peeking!

lam47 · « **Reply #97 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 09:23:24 »

That seems rather warm for the size of the rad!
For 1.2v anyways.
Is that a truck rad?

Binge · « **Reply #98 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 11:57:02 »

Quote from: lam47;100684

That seems rather warm for the size of the rad!
For 1.2v anyways.
Is that a truck rad?

Quote from: ripster;100688

No way would I rag on you - I keep a voltmeter within reach at all times too! But those bowls next to it better not have any CHEETOs! :madgrin:

@lam- You're close and by close I mean really not far off! Most automotive rads are aluminum and this is definitely all copper, and I'm sure it could cool a 6-cylendar. Trust me my ambient room temps give me very little room to play. Under regular loads like video encoding the processor will not even touch 55C, but Prime95/Coredamage/Linpack will heat it up to near 69C even with my setup.

@ripster- As for the bowls it's left over breakfasts... I do not appreciate crumbs around my keyboards.

itlnstln · « **Reply #99 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 13:04:23 »

Quote from: Binge;100752

@ripster- As for the bowls it's left over breakfasts... I do not appreciate crumbs around my keyboards.

So you must not have had toast/bagles/etc. for breakfast then.

lam47 · « **Reply #100 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 16:05:10 »

I used to run a few different loops for water cooling. The performance is great but maintainence is just no fun so I opted for air. However now I have a 4870x2 which is hitting 100c and I am worried.

Binge · « **Reply #101 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 18:49:35 »

The 4870x2's fan is also LOUD past 40%. I would definitely water cool my GPU if it weren't that the cost of the block is about 1/3 the price of the card I want to buy in the future.

Though if you ever do get back into things I recommend Watercool waterblocks above all else. They have a low cost 4870x2 block that kills the competition

lam47 · « **Reply #102 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 19:01:43 »

Watercool a make? I have not heard of them. I used XSPC full cover for my 8800 Ultra.
If I ever do go back I will have a look for them

Binge · « **Reply #103 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 19:36:42 »

Quality german engineering. They are famous for their laminar flow channel count. Here's the inside of my CPU block.

Their GPU blocks have similar build quality and take advantage of laminar flow and multiple deep, razor thin, channels.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #104 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 20:35:40 »

I don't have just one computer running but I have a whole table filled with crappy old computers running!

My good computer (I built it for free by rummaging through the computer garbage at work):
Windows 2000 SP4, 10gb hard disk (that's more than enough for me), 512 Mb RAM, 1.4 Ghz CPU, and an IBM M5-2 Trackball Keyboard! I also put in a strange CD drive that eats the CDs like some Macs do that I fished out of an old Compaq. I also put in a wireless card but I never found the antenna for it so that computer gets in the WiFi with an old pair of rabbit ears.

My crummy computer (This one I made out of trashed parts too)
Windows 3.1 running on MS-DOS 6, 128 Mb of RAM, 515 Mb hard disk, floppy drive (that's the only disk drive), 4450 Mhz CPU. I also installed Office 3.0 on it for laughs.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that 15-year-old Canon Bubble Jet BJ-200ex printer I use every day.

Binge · « **Reply #105 on:** Thu, 02 July 2009, 21:03:31 »

Hehehe. You know a great resource for finding free computers? Recycling centers. It's cheaper for them to forget they took in a computer than actually recycle it. A number of schools/businesses looking for a green tax write-off will use these places to dump "dated" technology.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #106 on:** Fri, 03 July 2009, 09:44:56 »

Quote from: Binge;100868

Hehehe. You know a great resource for finding free computers? Recycling centers. It's cheaper for them to forget they took in a computer than actually recycle it. A number of schools/businesses looking for a green tax write-off will use these places to dump "dated" technology.

I do something very similar to that except I get the trash at work before it goes to the recycling centre. I just call it making sure they only throw away trash.

watduzhkstand4 · « **Reply #107 on:** Fri, 03 July 2009, 09:53:38 »

Quote from: ripster;100185

Nah, I fry my CPUs. Never had one die yet. Who cares - by the time you do they'll be cheap or more likely obsolete.

Yep at least mine didn't take a sh*t on me yet =P I run 3.6 @ 1.48 vCore because I have a really gay VID of 1.325v. I also live on the 3rd floor so the ambient temp is like 30c and load is like 70. LET IT FRY BABY!

lam47 · « **Reply #108 on:** Fri, 03 July 2009, 10:56:12 »

That is some stunning machining there! Very delicate.
I will keep them in mind if I end up WCing my card.

Thanks

VCheeZ · « **Reply #109 on:** Mon, 03 August 2009, 18:18:58 »

Until recently I was running a QX9650 @ 3.6 on an x38 with 4gb DDR3 1333 and a GTX260 on two H2o loops. Now I am finishing up an AMD build consisting of :
Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition @3.7 on air
Asus M4A79T Deluxe
4gb OCZ 1600 DDR3
ATI 4870 1gb
OCZ 1010w psu
LG Blu-Ray HD/DVD
X-fi haqt Audigy
Logitech Z-5500
KDS 26" @ 1920x1200

Crossfire is the next addition

timw4mail · « **Reply #110 on:** Mon, 03 August 2009, 18:37:11 »

Quote from: VCheeZ;106693

Until recently I was running a QX9650 @ 3.6 on an x38 with 4gb DDR3 1333 and a GTX260 on two H2o loops. Now I am finishing up an AMD build consisting of :
Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition @3.7 on air
Asus M4A79T Deluxe
4gb OCZ 1600 DDR3
ATI 4870 1gb
OCZ 1010w psu
LG Blu-Ray HD/DVD
X-fi haqt Audigy
Logitech Z-5500
KDS 26" @ 1920x1200

Crossfire is the next addition

I have a fairly similar setup.

itlnstln · « **Reply #111 on:** Tue, 04 August 2009, 07:42:01 »

I run some old piece of sh*t.

Shuki · « **Reply #112 on:** Tue, 04 August 2009, 21:37:02 »

Hardware:

Processor:    Intel E6850
MotherBoard:    Asus P5N32-E
HD:    Samsung Spinpoint 500GB
Monitor:    Iiyama Pro Vision 451 + Asus VW222U
Keyboard:    Deck 105 Key Legend
Mouse:    Razer Diamondback
Mousepad:    Puretrak Talent
Sound:    Creative X-Fi Sound Blaster
Graphics:    XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition 512MB
Memory:    4GB DDR2 Ocz 800Mhz Platinum
O/S:    TinyXP Revision 09
Headset:    Audio Technica ATH-AD700

o2dazone · « **Reply #113 on:** Tue, 04 August 2009, 22:38:09 »

damn you look like a resourceful gamer - crt, keyboard way off to the side (i'm assuming you play like that right?) and a deck!

Shuki · « **Reply #114 on:** Tue, 04 August 2009, 23:12:43 »

Pretty much. Also it allows me to browse forums on my TFT and put my feet up on my bed

However having my keyboard so far to the left does sometimes lead to typos when. I've sometimes type an entire keystroke to the left. Often I'll move my keyboard more central if I am typing anything of substance.

Manyak · « **Reply #115 on:** Wed, 05 August 2009, 00:48:19 »

I'm gonna have a new PC in just a few days!

I'll post up some pics when I start building it

Shuki · « **Reply #116 on:** Wed, 05 August 2009, 14:26:47 »

Got any parts in mind?

Do you have to run two graphics cards to have enough outputs for those 3 CRTs you run?

DrunkenDonut · « **Reply #117 on:** Fri, 07 August 2009, 15:17:16 »

I see the 900 cases are quite common. I have a couple at the office and one at home. My home file server is a dual opteron 1.4GHz space heater in a 900 case. My main desktop is actually not - a Macbook Pro 2.4GHz refurb from a couple of years ago. It travels from home to work, and back again. I can dual boot to Vista Business, and I have Tales of Monkey Island (the new series) in WinXP in a VM. Fun stuff.

watduzhkstand4 · « **Reply #118 on:** Fri, 07 August 2009, 15:24:42 »

I love my 900 because I got it for $60 =D

Shuki · « **Reply #119 on:** Fri, 07 August 2009, 17:52:15 »

The Antec 900 you mean?

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