Author Topic: your big rig specs** (Read 74004 times)

Ski11z · « **Reply #200 on:** Sun, 14 March 2010, 07:00:42 »

In the works:

microsoft windows · « **Reply #201 on:** Sun, 14 March 2010, 09:24:57 »

Quote from: ch_123;163867

Wrong again.

Guess you didn't understand the joke.

kishy · « **Reply #202 on:** Sun, 14 March 2010, 16:02:01 »

Quote from: ch_123;163867

Wrong again.

Quote from: microsoft windows;163894

Guess you didn't understand the joke.

There's an epic fail here.

I don't presently have any dumpster computers (nor computers which appear to be dumpsters), but I second the notion that interesting stuff can be had from what others are disposing of.

A couple PS/2s among other things.

ch_123 · « **Reply #203 on:** Sun, 14 March 2010, 16:11:57 »

Oh definitely. But I don't bother with older stuff. I see plenty of G3 iMacs and P2/P3s being tossed out on a regular basis... useless as far as Im concerned.

kishy · « **Reply #204 on:** Sun, 14 March 2010, 19:47:47 »

Quote from: ch_123;163990

Oh definitely. But I don't bother with older stuff. I see plenty of G3 iMacs and P2/P3s being tossed out on a regular basis... useless as far as Im concerned.

Consider, however, that a P3 system will almost invariably be more usable than an early P4 and has good use as a first/learner computer for the elderly or low income families, etc.

Another approach: internet browser terminal in a retail store to view store's website.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #205 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 00:46:35 »

Quote from: kishy

Consider, however, that a P3 system will almost invariably be more usable than an early P4 and has good use as a first/learner computer for the elderly or low income families, etc.

Maybe if it's a Tualatin, but a good early P4 system was a little faster than the fastest Coppermines.

The only reason I could see a Williamette being worse than a Coppermine is that RDRAM is horrendously expensive, so it's cheaper to fill the Cumine with RAM... but the Cumine will also (most likely) have less RAM capacity.

datamonger128 · « **Reply #206 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 00:57:55 »

You mention Willamette P4s using RDRAM. Some of them actually use PC-133. The Dell Dimension 4300 I am working on at the moment is one of them.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #207 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 01:02:22 »

Ah, forgot that the 845 dated back that far.

Still, unless it's something with a VIA chipset or something, the very earliest P4 systems were using RDRAM. And, the 845 was a budget chipset, and the budget offering before the 845 came out was the Tualatin attached to an 810 or 815, IIRC.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #208 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 01:29:54 »

Quote from: InSanCen;161731

I loved the A7N8X deluxe. Had some very high clocks out of it. I think most NF2 based boards were good (Abit's NF7-S, DFI's NF2 Ultra B).). Via's KT 600 chipset sucked balls in comparison though. They were cheap, the chips were cheap (and unlocked), and times were good.

My NF7-S has done sterling service, and after me was in a production photoshop box, and now lives at my Mother-in-Law's living out it's days in a websurfing machine.

I have an A7N8X Deluxe with a Barton 2600+ 1917MHz and 768MB of RAM in the other room. Once I get a decent ATX 1.x power supply I'm going to turn it into a fileserver.

Main rig... Well.

Q9550 @ 3.7GHz
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 motherboard
4GB OCZ DDR2 1066
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Corsair TX750W
WD Caviar Black 500GB
Windows Vista x64

Can you tell I'm from Overclock.net?

technicallyrite · « **Reply #209 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 17:35:05 »

MacBook 3,1 Santa Rosa
2.2 Merom Core 2 duo
4gb OWC 667 memory
128gb G.Skill Falcon flashed to an OCZ Vertex

microsoft windows · « **Reply #210 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 18:31:24 »

Quote from: Phaedrus2129;164122

I have an A7N8X Deluxe with a Barton 2600+ 1917MHz and 768MB of RAM in the other room. Once I get a decent ATX 1.x power supply I'm going to turn it into a fileserver.

Main rig... Well.

Q9550 @ 3.7GHz
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 motherboard
4GB OCZ DDR2 1066
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Corsair TX750W
WD Caviar Black 500GB
Windows Vista x64

Can you tell I'm from Overclock.net?

Very nice computer; very bad OS. I would recommend Windows XP or Windows 7. They run plenty faster than Vista.

kishy · « **Reply #211 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 18:53:42 »

Vista is a plenty fine OS...certainly superior to 95 or ME with regards to stability.

I jest, I jest.

ch_123 · « **Reply #212 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 18:55:20 »

DOS was quite stable. After all, there was nothing to crash.

kishy · « **Reply #213 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 19:02:18 »

Quote from: ch_123;164283

DOS was quite stable. After all, there was nothing to crash.

True.

I keep noticing POS systems in stores running DOS or some equivalent and a text mode "faux-GUI" type checkout software...no idea why I notice these things.

Increasingly they're being eliminated by newer solutions, like those dumbass touchscreen debit machines that never work properly.

ricercar · « **Reply #214 on:** Mon, 15 March 2010, 19:49:14 »

Quote from: ch_123;164283

DOS was quite stable. After all, there was nothing to crash.

You forget DOS 4. Crash Crash Lockup Crash.

datamonger128 · « **Reply #215 on:** Thu, 25 March 2010, 02:40:39 »

So I guess that's why we never hear about DOS 4. Every time I see something that relates to DOS, it's either DOS 3, 5, or 6. Most common would be DOS 5. With Windows 3.1 on the same computer, of course.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #216 on:** Thu, 25 March 2010, 13:56:43 »

I used DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.1. Never had any issues with it.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #217 on:** Thu, 25 March 2010, 16:54:27 »

Quote from: kishy;164282

Vista is a plenty fine OS...certainly superior to 95 or ME with regards to stability.

I jest, I jest.

Windows 95 never crashed on me in the many years I used it. As a matter of fact, I'm posting this right now on my Windows 95 machine.

ch_123 · « **Reply #218 on:** Thu, 25 March 2010, 16:58:03 »

kode · « **Reply #219 on:** Fri, 26 March 2010, 05:12:42 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;166864

Windows 95 never crashed on me in the many years I used it. As a matter of fact, I'm posting this right now on my Windows 95 machine.

An anecdote does not a sound counterargument make, really.

InSanCen · « **Reply #220 on:** Fri, 26 March 2010, 16:54:15 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;166864

Windows 95 never crashed on me in the many years I used it. As a matter of fact, I'm posting this right now on my Windows 95 machine.

You aint using it hard enough. It had more crashes than my myopic uncle who saw no problem with downing 6 pints and driving home.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #221 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 08:37:39 »

Keep in mind, hardware was lower quality back then.

I've had good quality hardware that ran Windows 95 extremely stably. Not quite as stable as modern OSes, but good enough.

kishy · « **Reply #222 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 09:21:44 »

Quote from: bhtooefr;167601

Keep in mind, hardware was lower quality back then.

Sorry to do this but...

Yeah.

Hardware was at what I'd describe as a peak of quality in the 80s...because nobody knew they COULD do it badly and get away with it. The 90s is a gray area, and as far as OEM equipment goes, I think we're presently in the lowest quality period of all...but that's my opinion, derived from what I've witnessed myself.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #223 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 09:58:17 »

I'd go with saying some hardware was lower quality back then.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #224 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 10:09:10 »

OK, the lowest-end hardware was lower quality.

You could get away with selling outright bad RAM back in the 90s, and not state that it's bad.

Or even motherboards with counterfeit chipsets and fake cache RAM.

Can't get away with that today.

kishy · « **Reply #225 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 10:15:28 »

Quote from: bhtooefr;167614

OK, the lowest-end hardware was lower quality.

You could get away with selling outright bad RAM back in the 90s, and not state that it's bad.

Or even motherboards with counterfeit chipsets and fake cache RAM.

Can't get away with that today.

OK, valid points. I've seen examples of both (PCChips board with a counterfeit chipset is in the closet of doom, actually, though it does have real cache chips...but only half the solder pads for them are populated).

kishy · « **Reply #226 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 10:18:46 »

I hope they aren't suggesting the nano rip-off can play video...

I wanted a counterfeit iPhone just to say I have a counterfeit iPhone. I don't buy and won't buy an Apple product, but I'm happy to sponsor the people who counterfeit their products.

Unfortunately the counterfeit ones don't seem to work on North American cell networks.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #227 on:** Sun, 28 March 2010, 11:51:30 »

Yeah, but most of those can't be sold in the US. And, for PC hardware, much harder to find that stuff in the US.

If you want to use something on North American cell networks that's sold in China, GSM will be better. The GSM hardware you want will support GSM850 and 1900. For 3G, there are 1900, 1700, and 850 bands. The Chinese hardware will usually support four GSM bands (850, 900, 1800, 1900,) so voice and slow data will work, and most likely some combination of 900, 1800, and 2100 for 3G, so fast data won't work.

InSanCen · « **Reply #228 on:** Sun, 18 April 2010, 19:11:05 »

InSanCen just scored some nice hardware. A 1.2KW Akasa PSU, and an OCZ GameeXtreme 1KW. Both are drastic overkill, but hell, I just couldn't say no. Just need to decide which to use, and which to ebay.

zXWF · « **Reply #229 on:** Tue, 20 April 2010, 11:01:14 »

I have a Lemote Yeeloong netbook with the following specs:

Longsoon 2F 900Mhz
1Gb DDR2 RAM
160Gb SATA
PMON BIOS

In a week I will also be the owner of a Leomte Fuloong. I also have the following equipment:

Sennheiser HD-650
Logitech Ultra-flat keyboard (I am actually here to find a replacement for this crappy thing)
Microsoft Arc keyboard (For my HTPC)
Logitech M550
Logitech MX Revolution

ch_123 · « **Reply #230 on:** Tue, 20 April 2010, 11:17:10 »

Longsoon... Those are the Chinese MIPS copies right? Which OS do they run?

zXWF · « **Reply #231 on:** Tue, 20 April 2010, 12:59:59 »

Quote from: ch_123;173758

Longsoon... Those are the Chinese MIPS copies right? Which OS do they run?

I wouldn't say MIPS copies. They are using a RISC ISA and are MIPS-compatible. Produced by the Chinese Institute of Computing I think.

Alot of GNU/Linux operating systems have been ported to the Loongson platform and there is an own development group called linux-loongson to improve Linux support for the Loongson processor.

I am using the completely free GNU/Linux operating system gNewSense. There is also ports of Gentoo, Debian and a port of Parabola (a fork of Arch Linux) is under process.

Lemote have created their own GNU/Linux distrobution called Loonux that is default with the computers.

kode · « **Reply #232 on:** Wed, 21 April 2010, 00:01:16 »

They started out as MIPS copies, now they're basically licensed MIPSen. I've considered a loongson to replace my current netbook, but gnewsense will have to be debian based instead of ubuntu based first.

zXWF · « **Reply #233 on:** Wed, 21 April 2010, 01:21:59 »

Quote from: kode;173985

They started out as MIPS copies, now they're basically licensed MIPSen. I've considered a loongson to replace my current netbook, but gnewsense will have to be debian based instead of ubuntu based first.

Actually, the gNewSense 3.0 metad (the one running on MIPS architecture) is based on Debian Squeeze. It's only gNewSense 2.3 Deltah that is based on Ubuntu

kode · « **Reply #234 on:** Wed, 21 April 2010, 12:57:28 »

Quote from: bleakgadfly;173995

Actually, the gNewSense 3.0 metad (the one running on MIPS architecture) is based on Debian Squeeze. It's only gNewSense 2.3 Deltah that is based on Ubuntu

Yes, I know. And last I heard it wasn't released yet.

zXWF · « **Reply #235 on:** Wed, 21 April 2010, 14:50:52 »

Quote from: kode;174162

Yes, I know. And last I heard it wasn't released yet.

Not in a stable, because squeeze still have issues. I have used the 3.0 metad for a couple of months now and I have noticed anything on my YeeLoong.

outofideas · « **Reply #236 on:** Thu, 22 April 2010, 13:44:50 »

Quote from: InSanCen;163526

Well, that bloody jinxed it!

One NF7-S sitting here, dead as a dodo. Currently looking to replace it, and scouring the Classifieds on the many forums I frequent, as they are too cheapskate to spring for a new mobo and ram, despite me offering to donate a nice shiny fast Dualcore.

The chip (Barton 2500 which has been ran at 3200 speeds from day 1), is fine.

I had an NF7-S which died when it was roughly 4 years old, the failure was due to a single largish dead capacitor near the AGP slot. I replaced it, with a pair of caps with a total capacitance in the right ballpark and it started working again.

As I recall the failed capacitor's manufacturer was different from every other cap on the board.

InSanCen · « **Reply #237 on:** Thu, 22 April 2010, 14:01:17 »

Quote from: outofideas;174608

I had an NF7-S which died when it was roughly 4 years old, the failure was due to a single largish dead capacitor near the AGP slot. I replaced it, with a pair of caps with a total capacitance in the right ballpark and it started working again.

As I recall the failed capacitor's manufacturer was different from every other cap on the board.

The entire board had been re-capped with low ESR Rubycon's after a POST to make sure it worked. It was clocked to the limit from the word go.

InSanCen · « **Reply #238 on:** Mon, 26 April 2010, 15:20:25 »

Got my shiny new PSU's... The Akasa is huge! Good thing I have a CM Stacker to house it in.

A Picture for comparison.

Top:- Akasa 1200W
Middle:- OCZ 1000W
Bottom:- Cheap and Nasty 400W system wrecker

microsoft windows · « **Reply #239 on:** Tue, 27 April 2010, 19:46:50 »

That 1200-watter's the equivalent of powering 10 of my windows 95 computers.

InSanCen · « **Reply #240 on:** Wed, 28 April 2010, 05:07:13 »

It is actually vast overkill at the moment, but I have plans to get a little something with 48 cores, a Silly array of graphics cards, and that PSU will go from "WTF, that's insane!" to "I hope it can power this with stable rails".

And if that falls through, it's good for pissing mates off with, much like the OCZ 1KW that's currently powering a Single core AXP/SDRAM setup just for ****s and giggles.

waperboy · « **Reply #241 on:** Wed, 28 April 2010, 10:16:29 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;176740

That 1200-watter's the equivalent of powering 10 of my windows 95 computers.

I take it then that you have more than 10 windows 95 computers?

bhtooefr · « **Reply #242 on:** Wed, 28 April 2010, 11:59:37 »

http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ShowProduct.aspx?pid=7933

Using that?

(Four sockets = 48 cores, and up to four graphics cards, although you'll have pretty wimpy cards to fit four in.)

ch_123 · « **Reply #243 on:** Wed, 28 April 2010, 13:16:47 »

Quote from: InSanCen;176786

a Single core AXP/SDRAM setup

Did anyone else think InSanCen was talking about a DEC Alpha there... or is it just me? =P

InSanCen · « **Reply #244 on:** Wed, 28 April 2010, 16:34:20 »

Quote from: bhtooefr;176889

http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/ShowProduct.aspx?pid=7933

Using that?

(Four sockets = 48 cores, and up to four graphics cards, although you'll have pretty wimpy cards to fit four in.)

That board, yes. In a 2U? No, this will be in a 4U. CArds will likely be Nvidia G92 based (CUDA)

Quote from: ch_123;176913

Did anyone else think InSanCen was talking about a DEC Alpha there... or is it just me? =P

LOL... I didn't even see that until you said...

audioave10 · « **Reply #245 on:** Sat, 15 May 2010, 15:19:07 »

Corsair HX 620 PSU
Hiper Anubis case
Gigabyte MA 790X UD4P mobo
AMD Phenom II 945 (95watt) OC @ 3.4Ghz
2 x 2 Geil Black Dragon 1066 RAM
WD 640GB "Black" hard drive
Nvidia GTX 470 video card
DECK Legend "Toxic"
MS optical mouse

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #246 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 06:13:41 »

Quote from: waperboy;176844

I take it then that you have more than 10 windows 95 computers?

Oh yeah, he has lots of old computer junk! You'd probably trip on DOS computers entering into his house.

And for christmas, this is what his tree looks like:

datamonger128 · « **Reply #247 on:** Thu, 20 May 2010, 02:10:09 »

That's AWESOME! I want floppy disks on my tree this year. They'll go good with my two Star Trek ornaments.

phillip · « **Reply #248 on:** Thu, 20 May 2010, 13:43:10 »

amd phenom ii x4 920 w/ kingwin xt-1264. basically a xigmatek hdt-s1283 knockoff.
gigabyte ga-ma790xt-ud4p
8gb g.skill pi black ddr2
msi 8800gt
corsair hx620
antec 1200
5x1tb, 1x640gb, 5x500gb, 1x320gb. 2x1tb is in a d-link dns-323, 1 is in a thermaltake dock. the rest are all crammed in my case

samsung sh-s223l
nec nd-3520a
dell e248wfp
samsung 204t
filco majestouch linear force
logitech g500
x-trac hammer

J888www · « **Reply #249 on:** Fri, 21 May 2010, 14:08:30 »

Lian Li PC-A05B + T-LM14B-2 Top Cover + Chilled PC Aluminium Case Feet.

ASROCK P55 Deluxe Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard.

Intel Core i5 750 Socket LGA1156 8MB L3 Cache @ OC 3.99GHz.

OCZ 120GB 2.5" SATAII Solid Series Solid State Drive.

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800.

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB Dual Link DVI GDDR5 DirectX 11

Prolimatech Megahalems RevB Processor Cooler + NoiseBlocker BlackSilentFan XL1 - 120mm Fan.

Be Quiet 650W Dark Power Pro Modular PSU.

LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW.

Arctic Cooling MX-3 TIM.

Fans:-
Top Outlet - Noiseblocker BlackSilentPRO PK-2 140mm Fan.
Front Outlet - NoiseBlocker BlackSilentFan XL2 - 120mm Fan.
Back Inlet - NoiseBlocker BlackSilentFan XL2 - 120mm Fan.

Viewsonic VX2260WM Full HD 22" TFT Monitor 1920x1080.
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Tested other components but finally settled on this Build.
At present running stable with OC @ 3.99GHz with Inlet and Outlet fans set at approximately 65%-70% RPM.
Do not intend to set OC to higher level as my preference is towards ambient noise level.

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