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Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Fri, 12 June 2009, 16:53:03
Built this for $450 *STABLE
(http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/watduzhkstand4/OC/CPU-Z.jpg)(http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/watduzhkstand4/OC/GPU-ZOC.jpg)

Then I got bored one day.
(http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/watduzhkstand4/OC/CPU-Z39GHZ.jpg)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: cchan on Fri, 12 June 2009, 17:32:41
IBM ThinkPad X60 1706-5DU.
Intel Core Duo 1.86 (iirc) GHz at stock.
2.5GB DDR2 SDRAM.
60GB hard drive.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950.

Hey, it gets done what I need it to get done.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Manyak on Fri, 12 June 2009, 17:37:28
My rig is just a bunch of spare parts I had put together. I didn't have a rig for a while, but when my girlfriend upgraded her motherboard so she left me with an M2N-SLI. So I dug through my parts closet for everything else, took the CPU out of my HTPC (AMD 4850e) and that's what I'm using.

By the end of the summer I'll have a new PC though - gonna put one together when I get back from my trip.


Here's a pic of it anyway:
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/damutation/free_temp_pc/000_00011.jpg)
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/damutation/free_temp_pc/000_00031.jpg)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: huha on Fri, 12 June 2009, 17:50:01
IBM Thinkpad Z60m 2529-FKG
Pentium-M 760, 2 GHz (no dual core, which is about the only drawback of this machine)
2 GiB RAM (okay, the other drawback)
500 GB HDD (+ 500 external fixed and 160 portable)
Radeon X600 mobility

Plus a dock to use it as a DTR. Thanks to the dedicated graphics, it's able to drive both connected monitors, which is quite pleasant.

-huha
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: FunkTrooper on Fri, 12 June 2009, 18:14:18
My desktop PC is as follows...

Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz)
4 GB DDR2 RAM
GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB
500 + 640 GB HDDs
Asus P5N-e SLI motherboard
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: wheel83 on Fri, 12 June 2009, 19:47:32
QX6600
two 8800 GT
4g Corsair Ram
150Gb WD Raptor
320Gb WD Raptor
Steampunk Case (partly showin in my avatar)

running windows 7 excellently
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: D-EJ915 on Fri, 12 June 2009, 21:29:59
my main desktop (http://project777.darktech.org:777/server_info.html)
I use this one in class (http://project777.darktech.org:777/daria.html)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bigpook on Fri, 12 June 2009, 21:33:52
Quote from: D-EJ915;95878
my main desktop (http://project777.darktech.org:777/server_info.html)
I use this one in class (http://project777.darktech.org:777/daria.html)


That sun ultra 20 is pretty sweet.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: D-EJ915 on Fri, 12 June 2009, 21:38:31
Quote from: bigpook;95880
That sun ultra 20 is pretty sweet.

yeah Sun definitely got it right with their latest case designs

http://photos.sun.com/page/214/products.jsp
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Fri, 12 June 2009, 21:39:15
@ manyak

Nice window mod for your 900 and I really like the tint of red
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Manyak on Fri, 12 June 2009, 21:54:12
Quote from: watduzhkstand4;95883
@ manyak

Nice window mod for your 900 and I really like the tint of red


Thanks :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Mr.6502 on Fri, 12 June 2009, 22:01:34
For programming/gaming (and for low temps and quiet running):
E8500 (Stock 3.16 GHz)
Radeon HD 4870 1gb
4gb OCZ
2 x 1TB drives in RAID 1
CoolerMaster case.
Vista SP1 64

For web browsing (and to give to my Mom soon)

Atom 230 mini-itx Intel board (D945GCLF)
Using onboard graphics, sound and LAN.
1GB Corsair
160GB HDD
Winsis mini itx case w/ 200W power supply.
XP Pro SP3

For programming XNA and running a few games and emulators on the road:

Dell Inspiron 6000
Pentium M 1.6 GHz
2GB RAM
160GB HDD
Ati Mobility Radeon x300

^ This thing started to fall apart way too soon :-(
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: zwmalone on Sat, 13 June 2009, 03:15:29
Intel Pentium 4 630 "Prescott" 3.0 @ 3.8 LGA775
1GB (2x 512MB) DDR400 2.5v  2-3-2-5, pulled from some IBM server...
MSI 915PL Neo-V -horrible motherboard but not planning on replacing it until I replace it all...
ATI Radeon x700 XT, PCIe x16, 128MB, overclocked via ATIflash
Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 PCI
200GB SeaGate 7200.10 SATA150
320GB Western Digital Caviar SE16D, SATA300
LiteOn 20x DVD+RW
ThermalTake Swing
500W Rosewill (Say what you want, it's just as heavy as the 400W PCP&C unit it replaced) w/ 34a on the main rail
Omnikey Evolution + Logitech Trackman Wheel
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: keyb_gr on Sat, 13 June 2009, 07:24:06
My main rig looks like this:

2x PIII-667@500E (w/ passive coolers for, I think, Socket 7 originally) on modded MSI 6905 Master v2.3
Asus P2B-D rev. 1.06 PCBA D03
1 GiB SDRAM (4x Infineon 256 MiB PC133 CL3/CL2)
Sapphire Radeon 9000 AGP (the real deal with a 128 bit memory bus, not a lame SE - as if that made any difference in 2D)
Promise Ultra100 TX2 with
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 (250 GB, main drive, suspended), Samsung SV0802N (80 GB, backup)
2x Terratec Aureon Sky (one reflashed to Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1)
Intel Pro/100 S Desktop NIC
Terratec Base1 ISA sound card just for the heck of it (it's not like there would be that many uses for ISA slots these days)
LG GSA-H42N@H44N (one of the last decent DVD burners they made, the new ones with different numbering seem to be noisy junk) on onboard IDE
All powered by a ginormous 110 watt (but honestly spec'd) Astec PSU - it came with the Siemens Xpert case the system resides in. I should brush out the dust again one of these days.
There's an Arctic Cooling 80 mm fan blowing out in front if the primary drive, which sits decoupled on the DVD.
Model M + Logitech M-BJ59.
Samsung Syncmaster 191T.

In 2003/2004 I went through a number of boards (from GA-586DX over P2L-DS - which I still have, as opposed to the 300A PPGA Celerons - to finally said P2B-D), but since the T7K250 4 years ago, the system has not seen many upgrades. I finally maxed out the memory last year, which made working with my then-newly-acquired (used) nice A3 scanner a more relaxed affair.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: huha on Sat, 13 June 2009, 09:36:49
What OS are you using? Seems like a good computer for running NT5.

-huha
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: keyb_gr on Sat, 13 June 2009, 13:09:40
Add .2, and you're there. My other comps are running on 2000 though. (Nothing above 1 GHz.) Only my parents have a notebook that came with Vista 32-bit (has been pretty much trouble-free, save for Explorer crashing when you try drag'n'dropping things into some folder in My Documents - I have to try that again, maybe they fixed it in SP2).

Should get a few XP licenses at some point. Whoever split up the control panel applets into a thousand pieces in Vista (poor old display properties) should be fired instantly, and in 7 they even did away with the classic start menu. (http://www.hifi-forum.de/images/smilies/messer.gif) Keeps you wondering what the UI folks are smoking.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sat, 13 June 2009, 13:38:25
Why are so many people running Quads? I thought Winbloze and winapps didn't exploit even two processors very well.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bigpook on Sat, 13 June 2009, 13:40:33
I got an AMD quad because it was cheap. And I am running linux on it.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone on Sat, 13 June 2009, 13:59:03
Quote from: ironcoder;96026
Why are so many people running Quads? I thought Winbloze and winapps didn't exploit even two processors very well.


Must be a lot of 3d artists :P

I opted for a beef two core (3.2ghz) and 4gb of ram, while my graphics card is gobbling up 896mb of that addressable memory, I can only use 3.1gb of that - I refuse to switch to 64 bit platform until they get their usability issues worked out. (I have a 64 bit machine with 20gb of ram LOL and yeah...compatibility issues out the ass. I hate it).

Waiting for the price to drop on SSD's...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo on Sat, 13 June 2009, 14:21:04
I honestly got "bored" with the E6750/P35 setup I used to use.  I got an E7200 (free prize in contest), and after overclocking it to 4.0 long enough to take a screenshot of CPU-Z, what do you do then?

The local shop was offering "one-day-only, Phenom 9950s for $130" or something, so I figured that made it worth it to jump ship.  Actually, funny story, but it all went wrong (they didn't actually have any 9950s except a returned one that had been spackled with nine gallons of Arctic Silver) so I ended up buying a more expensive one with a cheap motherboard online, and then replacing the motherboard because I hated it, and the CPU when the same local shop had a "one-day-only, 940s for $180" special (which they had)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: huha on Sat, 13 June 2009, 14:41:14
Quote from: ironcoder;96026
Why are so many people running Quads? I thought Winbloze and winapps didn't exploit even two processors very well.


That's a myth. Maybe created by some overzealous Linux or Apple fanboy, but given a halfway decent operating system (read: Linux, OS X, Windows, BSD flavours), SMP performance gain relies entirely on the user. If you're doing single-threaded stuff all day long, you won't profit from a quad over a dualcore (you won't even profit much from a dualcore). If, however, you like to use dozens of programs more or less simultaneously, more CPU power (and, almost more importantly, more CPUs, be they virtual (HTT) or physical) can't hurt. It's only in special situations when performance will only be used for a single program (i.e. rendering, processing data etc.) where program architecture and requirement should be taken into consideration. For rendering, which can be broken into parts quite easily, more CPUs with less clock speed are typically better than less CPUs with higher clock speed. For data processing applications, which often can't multi-thread due to algorithms used, you're best adviced to get the fastest CPU you can find, cores don't matter.

For everyday work, I'd buy a quad. More often than not, it's not sheer performance that counts, but rather smoothness. Take Intel's Atom, for example. The Atom is painfully slow (low clock speed, and the in-order architecture doesn't exactly contribute to high performance), but feels quite nice nonetheless, even better than a non-SMT/SMP CPU of slightly higher clock frequency. Why? One word: HTT.
Performance, however, is still worse than our imaginary reference CPU, but it will feel better for everyday work and not painfully slow at all.

-huha
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone on Sat, 13 June 2009, 14:54:18
Windows does take advantage, but a lot of applications are still written for single and dual core threading. I prefer that if I do one thing, it'll be as fast as possible (gaming). If I was big into multitasking (real multitasking, like rendering video, compiling code, idling torrents all while editing RAW uncompressed photos) I would definitely switch to a quad core (hell, why not a dual quad core)


edit: err...what huha said
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: huha on Sat, 13 June 2009, 14:56:47
You're most likely multitasking even when just surfing the web. Windows runs dozens of services and other programs can also profit. Some programs completely occupy the CPU when loading data, so you'll experience a short "hang" on non-SMP/SMT machines.

-huha
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sat, 13 June 2009, 16:20:51
None of what you guys said convinces me Winbloze really does any better with quads. Obviously there is some benefit from having x times the number of cycles available from one core, but unless you do a direct comparison on a per GHz level you can't know what's happening unless you happen to be a Windows kernel developer. huha and o2dazone are saying pretty much what I read which is Winbloze apps are just not designed to exploit multiple cores.

Right now I am running Slackware 32 bit on a Dual Core box and Slamd64, FreeBSD AMD64, Solaris 10 x64, and once in a while OpenBSD AMD64 on Core 2 Duo boxes. I cannot say for sure that I am getting any better performance or responsiveness on my Core 2 Duos than I would get if I could get a 6 GHZ single core for example. I had a few single core boxes and they were just as reponsive under load as my dualies. I'm not saying they were as fast, but they were just as responsive.

I think Solaris is about the only x86 OS commonly available that really exploits multiple cores. It does not behave all that well on my Core 2 Duos. I will try a Sparc next or a Quad and see if it does any better.

In my job we have had multi engine machines for a long time (I think maybe 30 years) and there's dramatic improvement in performance in multithreaded apps. But the threading model was always part of the OS and we very, very infrequently create a new address space to do anything.  I think it's exactly the opposite in  UNIX  because historically they always forked rather than thread so it may be a long time until multiple cores are exploited as fully as they could be on NIX. Windows I don't really care about, I don't use it. I was just assuming that most of the guys who posted they're using Quads are also running Win.

Thanks for all the comments guys.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Mr.6502 on Sat, 13 June 2009, 20:51:32
Windows apps can be designed to exploit multiple cores.  The general attitude of those that say multiple cores don't help Windows seems to come from using Windows apps that are not designed for multiple cores.  

For instance, doing complex tasks in Photoshop CS3 doesn't really benefit from having more than 1 core.  That's because Adobe didn't program it to take advantage of multiple cores on Vista (not sure what the performance is like on Mac since I don't have one).  However if Photoshop is doing something CPU intensive, the more cores you have, the more access your other processes have to CPU time.  

But then rendering in 3dsmax on Vista, if you go from 2 core to 4 core you get just a little less than double the performance because its pretty well optimized for dual core.

This depends on the version of Window you are using as well.  Programs I've written that do intensive data access through ADO, for instance, get a bigger performance boost on Vista than on XP when quad core is compared to dual core.  

So far Windows 7 seems about the same as Vista.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo on Sat, 13 June 2009, 22:26:17
To me, the big benefit is going 1 core to 2, because it reduces 'blocking'-- if you have a process hang and seize all available CPU time on one core, the other carries on.  It also tends to improve responsive feel (if one task is loading the CPU heavily, there's good odds the other will be on a second core and be snappy still).

I had a socket 939 3200+ I was fairly satisfied with until I started working in an office which had (the original round of, soon nearly destroyed) HP Turion X2 laptops.  They just didn't bind the same way, so I had to quickly waddle off and get one of the last reasonably-priced S939 duals out there.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Manyak on Sun, 14 June 2009, 00:12:20
Quote from: keyb_gr;96020
Add .2, and you're there. My other comps are running on 2000 though. (Nothing above 1 GHz.) Only my parents have a notebook that came with Vista 32-bit (has been pretty much trouble-free, save for Explorer crashing when you try drag'n'dropping things into some folder in My Documents - I have to try that again, maybe they fixed it in SP2).

Should get a few XP licenses at some point. Whoever split up the control panel applets into a thousand pieces in Vista (poor old display properties) should be fired instantly, and in 7 they even did away with the classic start menu.
Show Image
(http://www.hifi-forum.de/images/smilies/messer.gif)
Keeps you wondering what the UI folks are smoking.


You can actually put the Display Properties and Network Connections icons back into the control panel through a registry hack. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-missing-items-in-windows-vista-control-panel/
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 14 June 2009, 05:33:16
Quote from: ripster;96150
No doubt the bang for buck is single to dual.  Right now we're arguing Dual vs Quad.  Probably soon we'll be arguing Quad vs Octal.  By then SW will take advantage of dual core.

Sigh.

LOL yeah it could be like that. I really think the chip makers got ahead of themselves with 64 bit chips. That is also not being exploited very much. But try to buy a high performance multicore x86 (32 bit) desktop chip today and you don't have many choices.

Usually software pushes the hardware. But for some reason in this case the hardware is pushing the software and marketing is king. My 32 bit Slackware box runs like a scalded cat.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 14 June 2009, 05:34:06
Quote from: ripster;96121

What I take out of all this is:
1) Why not get a quad if it costs only a few bucks more.  
2) You're not gonna get much faster dual cores anyway in the next 3 years.
3) Never believe the marketing departments or product specs.  

Of course you know the last one already.


1) Heat dissipation. The Quads are a lot more power hungry than the Duals. This could make a difference in certain circumstances and you need more cooling and more power supply. Ok, that gives you an excuse for a nice new pump and plumbing, etc. So even if the chip itself isn't much more (and it is usually significantly more) then the other stuff you need also jacks up the price of a new box. Now if you want the cool factor then knock yourself out! I never criticize anybody who believes more and bigger is never enough ;) That alone is valid in my book!

2) I honestly don't know but I think there's room. Especially since most of the apps aren't design to exploit tasking and since tasking is still a newish form of multiprocessing for x86 based computing I think more HP per core and more RAM is a better value than more cores now and probably will continue like that for the next 3-5 years or more.

3) Yeah buddy!
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Manyak on Sun, 14 June 2009, 07:08:16
Quote from: ironcoder;96184
1) Heat dissipation. The Quads are a lot more power hungry than the Duals. This could make a difference in certain circumstances and you need more cooling and more power supply. Ok, that gives you an excuse for a nice new pump and plumbing, etc. So even if the chip itself isn't much more (and it is usually significantly more) then the other stuff you need also jacks up the price of a new box. Now if you want the cool factor then knock yourself out! I never criticize anybody who believes more and bigger is never enough ;) That alone is valid in my book!

You do realize that absolutely any case made today is just fine for housing a quad? Going from a dual core to quad core isn't the same as going from a 500MHz PIII to a 3GHz Prescott. Up until the P4 all PC cases had very little ventilation, really because there was no need for it - so when you got a P4, if you stuck with the same case you got screwed. But this is entirely not the case with going from a dual to a quad. Seriously, show me a single ATX case on newegg.com right now that won't allow a quad to stay cool.

As for the power supply - if you need to upgrade your PSU because 2 extra cores overloads it, then you needed to upgrade your PSU anyway because it would have died soon. The thing is that you should make sure that your components' power draw is between 25% and 75% of your PSU's max at all times (both idle and full load). Too low or too high makes the PSU run inefficiently, decreasing it's lifespan.

Now, lets say that you're running a standard desktop PC with no GPU and one or two HDDs, and lets say an E5200 as a CPU. Your total power consumption will be somewhere around 60W idle, 100W full load. This means you should use a PSU that is at least 240W to make sure that the idle consumption is at least 25% of the PSU's power (who the hell's gonna have a PSU less than 240W anyway). Now, 75% of 240W is 180W (what your max should be) - which leaves you a whole 80W that you aren't using. Are two more cores suddenly going to double your entire PC's power consumption? I think not. And it's even easier when you already have a bigger PSU and a power hungry system because it's still a much smaller percentage increase overall.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ricercar on Sun, 14 June 2009, 19:11:56
What computer do I have running? Let me count the ways.

The list is limited to the machines I can boot this minute without installing RAM or HD+OS. I.E: machines usable for meaningful work (Blue means daily use)
Displays
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: keyb_gr on Sun, 14 June 2009, 19:18:20
Quote from: Manyak;96154
You can actually put the Display Properties and Network Connections icons back into the control panel through a registry hack. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-missing-items-in-windows-vista-control-panel/

Hey thanks, I'll check that out. :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ricercar on Sun, 14 June 2009, 19:57:18
Between working for NVIDIA and VMware, and being the one to whom my friends donate their retired hardware, I collect quite the menagerie. There was a time when I had 14 daily driver operational machines (a server farm of 4 at the office and 4 at home were for work purposes). Fortunately the family learned early on to shut the machines down when not in use. A $200 electric bill was not permitted as a monthly expense.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: jkkhop on Mon, 15 June 2009, 02:29:19
AMD Athlon 2600+ @ 2.3GHz
nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
1GB of DDR
MIE 3.0 w/ Hyperglides on Icemat 2nd edition

...and soon

Filco Tenkeyless w/ Cherry Browns !

Don't really need a better PC for desktop use and some Quake + CS.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 17 June 2009, 11:25:07
Main Box

Case: Thermaltake Mozart Tx  / 2x InLine (2x 5.25" -> 3x 3,5") adapters

Fans: 5x Noctua NFP12 fans @ 900RPM / 2x Noctua NF-R8-1800 fans @ 800RPM

PSU: Corsair TX650W

CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600

RAM: 2x 2048MB / DDR800

Mobo: Asus P5K + SATA II RAID PCIe card

HDD01: 500GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD02: 500GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD03: 500GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD04: 300GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD05: 300GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD06: 300GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD07: 200GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD08: 200GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD09: 500GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD10: 500GB Seagate Barracuda

HDD11: 1000GB Seagate Barracuda

Video: Sapphire Radeon HD4870 VAPOR-X 2GB

Display: EIZO HD2442W / 24" / 1920x1200

DVB: TechniSat AirStar 2

Audio: Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe

Amp: Onkyo TX-SR 506

Speakers: 4x JBL Control One / Magnat BetaSub 25 A

Cans: Sony MDR 7506

DVD/Blu-Ray: LG GGCH20L

Mouse: Logitech G9 / IceMat

Keyboard: Filco Majestouch [Customized: Blue Cherry MX switches, N-Key rollover, blue LEDs]

Keypad: Cherry G84-4700 [Customized: Pictograms and keycaps]

Gamepad: Logitech RumblePad 2

Remote Control: QSonic 6in1

NAS: Fantec MR-35DRN

UPS: APC BR 800I RS

Printer: Canon Pixma iP5300

NET: 6MBit DSL / 100MBit LAN

OS: WinXP Pro [Heavily customized] / SP3 / DirectX 9.0c
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 17 June 2009, 13:52:10
Quote from: ripster;97102

Wait a second, just caught that one.  That's wicked.

Why? For the price its actually kinda decent...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone on Wed, 17 June 2009, 14:01:40
Quote from: TheSoulhunter;97148
Why? For the price its actually kinda decent...


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wicked
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone on Wed, 17 June 2009, 14:02:10
ripster is a faster poster than I am
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: D-EJ915 on Wed, 17 June 2009, 14:16:03
If you say wicked followed by something it sounds wicked retarded.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone on Wed, 17 June 2009, 14:21:34
I try not to say things that would sound better with a British accent like wicked and mate
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 17 June 2009, 16:46:48
Quote from: ripster;97153
I'm just saying it's an awfully nice amp for a PC setup...

Oh, I see... ^^
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: cchan on Thu, 18 June 2009, 12:19:26
What in living heck do you need eleven hard drives for? My ears pity yours.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 18 June 2009, 12:21:53
Redundancy... I'm guessing at least a few of those are in a RAID setup...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: cchan on Thu, 18 June 2009, 12:23:01
Redundancy is all well and good, but /eleven/?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 18 June 2009, 12:29:20
Quote from: cchan;97407
Redundancy is all well and good, but /eleven/?


I agree eleven is alot, but not absurd... The PC I'm using now has 1x 200GB, 1x 120GB, 2x 320GB, 2x 40GB and 1x 3GB HDs...  They aren't all connected because I don't have enough SATA/IDE ports...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: cchan on Thu, 18 June 2009, 12:41:13
Wow, what's on the three-gigger?

The most any operational PC in my house has atm is one. Two if you count the Sun box I'm too lazy to bring back up. But I do have this dual Xeon box with three and seven in an external casing, but it's not working.
Title: Alot of computers, quite funny
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 18 June 2009, 14:33:30
I am running a large assortment of computers, see list:


1.  Compaq Presario:
     180mhz Pentium MMX CPU
     1mb graphics
     80mb SDRAM PC100
     3.6 gig HD
     56x CD drive - really loud!!!
     Runs Windows NT 4.0

2.  Gateway Solo 5300 laptop:
     900mhz PIII CPU
     8mb graphics
     256mb SDRAM PC100
     10 gig HD
     DVD-CD-RW drive/CD drive/3.5 in. Floppy - one at a time
     Runs Windows 2000 pro

3.  Micron Clientpro CN:
     933mhz PIII CPU
     128mb graphics
     512mb SDRAM PC133
     20 gig HD
     CD-RW drive
     Broken CD drive - i use it as a patch
     3.5 in. Floppy
     Runs Windows 2000 pro

4. Dell Dimension 4100:
    933mhz PIII CPU
    128mb graphics
    384mb SDRAM PC133
    0 gig HD - one of my hardisks gave up the ghost
    DVD drive
    CD-RW drive
    3.5 in. Floppy
    No OS


5. Micron Transport GX+ laptop:
    1000MHZ PIII CPU
    16mb S3 Graphics
    256mb PC133 SDRAM
    20gig HDD
    CD/DVD combo
    3 1/2 floppy
    Runs Windows 2000 pro great
   
6. HP Pavillion DV6105us laptop:
    2.0 ghz AMD CPU
    256mb graphics
    2.0 gig DDRAM
    80 gig HD
    DVD-CD-RW drive
    Ran Windows XP Pro SP2 - Laptop is currently not functioning, there seems to be an issue with the motherboard, it has done the same thing before but i was able to get it working again, but then it bit the dust again.

7. Dell Dimension 4600:
    2.8 ghz P4 CPU
    128mb graphics
    1.75gig DDRAM
    20 gig HD
    DVD-CD-RW drive
    Runs Windows XP Home SP3
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 18 June 2009, 21:24:20
Quote from: cchan;97404
What in living heck do you need eleven hard drives for?
I do a lot video editing/processing, and temporal storage of uncompressed (or lossless compressed...) video for further processing eats a lot space (especially when its HD or even higher resolution). I also have a good collection of movies, music, p***, anime and other TV series. Two of the HDDs are external/portable ones that don't run most the time, another two are in a NAS for "external" access, the rest is for storage/temp/work, and as zwmalone guessed, for redundancy!

Quote from: ripster;97409
NOW I see why he needs a Onkyo amp connected to the PC.
Nah, actually this setup is less loud than most of my friends PCs with 1-3 HDDs (silent low RPM fans instead of "ZOMG blue LEDs + 1 million RPM" ones, plus a huge heavy case that eats a lot vibration). Also, you get used to the sound after some days, just like you get used to ticking of clocks, traffic sound, cricket chirring, or even a snoring partner... Actually, not too long ago, when the PC wasn't running for some days days (usually it runs 24/7), because my PSU went kaboom, me and my fiancee had problems to sleep because of unfamiliar disturbing silence! :D
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 18 June 2009, 21:36:32
Quote from: cchan;97416
Wow, what's on the three-gigger?

Windows 95, for when I'm feeling Nostalgic :rofl:  Before that it was DOS 6.2 with OpenGEM!

and incase you were wondering, the 40s each have an OS on them...  one has Red Hat on it, and the other has Haiku (BeOS) on it...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo on Thu, 18 June 2009, 22:30:23
I keep around a 386 for that reason.  It has a 40M disc containing DOS 4.01 and GeoWorks 1.2.  I should virtualize it just because the drive is probably on its last legs.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Fri, 19 June 2009, 03:15:41
I have a question since we're still on topic here. I need some fans for my boxes, the crappy ones they came with aren't making it.

How do I know what size fan will bolt up to the existing case holes? Are the fans measured CTC on mounting holes, or what?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo on Fri, 19 June 2009, 08:58:53
They usually measure the "box" of the fan.  There are a few standard sizes of note: 40x40mm, 50x50mm, 60x60mm, 80x80mm, 92x92mm, 120x120mm.  Measure and compare.

If none of those match, research the model number-- some cases now have 200-230-250mm fans which are poorly standardized.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 19 June 2009, 10:33:23
Quote from: ripster;97604
All case fans shipped with the case are crap, even the Lian Li ones.

This is exactly right.  Back in the days when I was more of a geek, when I would buy a new case, I would buy replacement fans for the stock ones (or reuse some from the previous case).  The only case that came with great fans was a Thermaltake one I had about 5-6 years ago.  That was my favorite case of all time.  Weighed a ton, though.
 
I have always liked the look and quality of Lian-Li cases, but I could never justify the price.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 19 June 2009, 10:53:49
I didn't say I wasn't a geek; just much less of one, now.  I still wear the badge proudly, I just don't revel in geekdom anymore.  These days, my home theater sucks up all my geek time.  I don't really chase computing much anymore.  I have to be on one all day at work, so I don't spend a lot of free time messing with it at home.  Playing outside is much more fun.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: zwmalone on Fri, 19 June 2009, 11:31:49
Pfft... You fancy guys with your money...  I use a scratch-and-dent Thermaltake case with 3 80mm fans that I scavenged from PCs nearly as old as me...  Do you realize how loud 13 year old DC Brushless fans are?:mmph:
Being poor FTL...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: zwmalone on Fri, 19 June 2009, 12:13:11
Quote from: ripster;97625
The Yate Loons I posted are $3.60.  Cable ties are virtually free - steal them out of the Telephone company truck next time they drive by.


I've got cable ties...  The inside of my rig is as clean and tidy as any.  The problem is money.  I have $5.67 to my name right now...  Even $3.60x3 + shipping is too much
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: iMav on Fri, 19 June 2009, 20:11:12
I've got an HP mini that I use on the go (with Ubuntu).  My main personal computer is an aluminum MacBook.  I've got a current gen Mac mini hooked up to the TV in my office.  A couple of dual-core AMD systems in the office as well with xubuntu that I use for testing (and the kids use to ocassionally play WoW).  I've got a Dell laptop (C2D with 4GB ram) that runs XP that is my work system.  A couple of Core2Quad systems that I use as VMWare servers for my lab environments.  Kids have a G5 iMac, a G4 Mac mini, and an Aspire One.  Wife has a 15.4" MacBook Pro.  

That's about all that comes to mind right now.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ricercar on Fri, 19 June 2009, 22:42:42
Quote from: Hak Foo;97547
I keep around a 386 for that reason.  It has a 40M disc containing DOS 4.01 and GeoWorks 1.2.  I should virtualize it just because the drive is probably on its last legs.


Ah, GeoWorks. Loved that OS. Written entirely in assembler. Faster on my 386SX than Windows 3.1 by a long shot that even a non-techie would notice.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 21 June 2009, 12:15:19
Quote from: Hak Foo;97594
They usually measure the "box" of the fan.  There are a few standard sizes of note: 40x40mm, 50x50mm, 60x60mm, 80x80mm, 92x92mm, 120x120mm.  Measure and compare.

If none of those match, research the model number-- some cases now have 200-230-250mm fans which are poorly standardized.


Thanks Hak Foo and everybody who commented on this.

These boxes came with ****ty case fans at the time I knew even less about building PCs than I do now. I wish I had room for a 200mm fan but I think the mounting holes are not going to let me put anything bigger than an 80mm in there.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 21 June 2009, 15:12:10
Thanks, ripster. These cases are bottom-o-the-line cases and the actual perforations in the back are within the mounting holes. If I buy a bigger fan I'll just wind up slamming air against the case, there's no way for it to get out.  The case is so small there's no room to do anything. The fan port is just below the PSU and it's bounded on the other sides by a connector panel and expansion slots.

"It's a ****ty deal, son, but it's the only deal you got"
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows on Mon, 22 June 2009, 18:40:28
Want to see the computer I use every day? Well, here it is!
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows on Mon, 22 June 2009, 18:43:02
Want to see the computer I use every day? Well, here it is...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Tue, 23 June 2009, 06:27:59
Ok nice box but we would like you even more if you didn't run Winbloze LOL
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Thu, 25 June 2009, 09:30:04
My Main Rig

Processor : AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
Ram : 2x2GB (4GB) DDR2 1000
Video cards:
- Asus Dark Knight ATi Radeon HD 4870 1GB
- EVGA Superclocked Nvidia 8800 GTS 320MB (G80)
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty DK 790FX-M2RS
Case : NZXT Tempest w/ white cold cathodes, and lots of fans
Keyboard: 1987 Model M
Mouse: Logitech MX 400
Monitors : Sceptre X22, Acer B223W (Both 1680x1050 )
OS : Windows 7 x64 RC

I've also a got a P4 system, Socket 7 (Pentium, K6 II/II, Cyrix MII, etc.), White Macbook, and an Eee PC 1000HE

I should put Linux on more than just my Eee PC...one of these days.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bitflipper on Sun, 28 June 2009, 22:40:18
Core i7 nehalem, 4gb DDR3 ram, Asus P6T mobo
Case: Coolermaster Wave Master
KBs: SteelSeries 7g, Filco Zero Tenkeyless FKBN87Z/EB
Mouse: Microsoft Trackball Explorer, Razer Copperhead (use lefty for the occasional game)
Monitors: Acer AL2051W (1680x1050), Xerox XL-370 (1280x1024)
OS: Windows 7 beta Build 7000
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Sun, 28 June 2009, 22:46:38
Quote from: bitflipper;99844
Core i7 nehalem, 4gb DDR3 ram, Asus P6T mobo
Case: Coolermaster Wave Master
KBs: SteelSeries 7g, Filco Zero Tenkeyless FKBN87Z/EB
Mouse: Microsoft Trackball Explorer, Razer Copperhead (use lefty for the occasional game)
Monitors: Acer AL2051W (1680x1050), Xerox XL-370 (1280x1024)
OS: Windows 7 beta Build 7000


what GPU are you running?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bitflipper on Sun, 28 June 2009, 22:56:29
Quote from: watduzhkstand4;99845
what GPU are you running?


pny geforce gtx 260 - the weak link. The 295 is on my grocery list.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Sun, 28 June 2009, 22:57:00
Quote from: bitflipper;99847
pny geforce gtx 260 - the weak link. The 295 is on my grocery list.


you sure you don't want to wait for their new releases coming this year?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bitflipper on Sun, 28 June 2009, 23:14:59
Quote from: watduzhkstand4;99848
you sure you don't want to wait for their new releases coming this year?


What do they have coming? They'll inevitably have a new series out before I'm ready to upgrade. I've got a few home improvement projects I need to finish before I spend any $$$ on the rig. I'm really only a casual gamer, anyway - a little BF2 here and there.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bitflipper on Sun, 28 June 2009, 23:41:54
Quote from: timw4mail;99114
My Main Rig
I should put Linux on more than just my Eee PC...one of these days.


Linux? What flavor? I like using my main rig in a multi-boot configuration using e-sata. I have 3 identical external enclosures that can be swapped out in a few seconds when I get the urge to boot a different OS - usually Fedora 10.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Sun, 28 June 2009, 23:50:40
Quote from: bitflipper;99849
What do they have coming? They'll inevitably have a new series out before I'm ready to upgrade. I've got a few home improvement projects I need to finish before I spend any $$$ on the rig. I'm really only a casual gamer, anyway - a little BF2 here and there.


that's cool. ATI and nVidia are both releasing something intense this year so just giving you a heads up. As for the nVidia card, it will be twice as fast as the 285.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 29 June 2009, 00:48:10
Quote from: bitflipper;99844
Core i7 nehalem, 4gb DDR3 ram, Asus P6T mobo
Case: Coolermaster Wave Master
KBs: SteelSeries 7g, Filco Zero Tenkeyless FKBN87Z/EB
Mouse: Microsoft Trackball Explorer, Razer Copperhead (use lefty for the occasional game)
Monitors: Acer AL2051W (1680x1050), Xerox XL-370 (1280x1024)
OS: Windows 7 beta Build 7000


Why 4Gb of memory-- instead of three or six in triple channel?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 29 June 2009, 05:54:07
Quote from: bitflipper;99849
What do they have coming? They'll inevitably have a new series out before I'm ready to upgrade. I've got a few home improvement projects I need to finish before I spend any $$$ on the rig. I'm really only a casual gamer, anyway - a little BF2 here and there.

Then it seems quite the waste to have an i7, no offense.

Quote from: bitflipper;99851
Linux? What flavor? I like using my main rig in a multi-boot configuration using e-sata. I have 3 identical external enclosures that can be swapped out in a few seconds when I get the urge to boot a different OS - usually Fedora 10.

What Distro? Depends on what I feel like at the time. Probably Gentoo.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 29 June 2009, 09:53:58
(http://www.kotikone.fi/~z632572/turha/random/gentoo.jpg)

Sorry, couldnt resist xD
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 29 June 2009, 10:19:53
Quote from: ch_123;99896
Show Image
(http://www.kotikone.fi/~z632572/turha/random/gentoo.jpg)


Sorry, couldnt resist xD


Sorry, but sometimes Gentoo is easier than Ubuntu. :hand:
I like absolute customization. Trying to set up Gentoo without a guide though...
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bitflipper on Mon, 29 June 2009, 11:11:27
Quote from: timw4mail;99877
Then it seems quite the waste to have an i7, no offense.

What Distro? Depends on what I feel like at the time. Probably Gentoo.


None taken. I do a lot of server development on it and run multiple other OSes on it, so while maybe overpowered, it gets a workout. Hey, my fallback machine is an Acer VL460 with Intel graphics! Quite a step down, but a nice stable, capable machine for everyday tasks.

Always liked Gentoo, very fast when it's up and running. Linux, like with keyboards, present us with almost endless choices.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 29 June 2009, 11:50:28
Quote from: timw4mail;99907
Sorry, but sometimes Gentoo is easier than Ubuntu. :hand:
I like absolute customization. Trying to set up Gentoo without a guide though...


Whoever said I used Ubuntu? =P I use Arch. Most of the speed and customizeability (if that's such a word) without having to compile everything from source. That said, I'm pretty sure you can use Arch's package manager to compile from source, but it probably wouldnt be as advanced as emerge for that job.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 29 June 2009, 12:12:31
Quote from: ch_123;99930
Whoever said I used Ubuntu? =P I use Arch. Most of the speed and customizeability (if that's such a word) without having to compile everything from source. That said, I'm pretty sure you can use Arch's package manager to compile from source, but it probably wouldnt be as advanced as emerge for that job.


Arch is just wimping out at Gentoo :rolleyes:
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 29 June 2009, 16:04:56
Quote from: timw4mail;99935
Arch is just wimping out at Gentoo :rolleyes:


Well, I don't really look at it like that, just a case of which provides the best speed, stability, options etc vs ease of use and low effort to get set up and working. For me, Arch wins that one. Each to their own I guess.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: bitflipper on Mon, 29 June 2009, 16:39:05
Quote from: ch_123;100011
Well, I don't really look at it like that, just a case of which provides the best speed, stability, options etc vs ease of use and low effort to get set up and working. For me, Arch wins that one. Each to their own I guess.


Here's Linus' answer to the "which distro" question:

http://www.oneopensource.it/interview-linus-torvalds/


A curiosity: which is your favourite distribution, and which on e do you consider more secure?

I don’t really tend to care much, I’ve changed distributions over the years, and to me the most important thing tends to be that they are easy to install and upgrade, and allow me to do the only part I really care about - the kernel.
So the only major distribution I’ve never used has actually been Debian, exactly because that has traditionally been harder to install. Which sounds kind of strange, since Debian is also considered to be the “hard-core technical” distribution, but that’s literally exactly what I personally do not want in a distro. I’ll take the nice ones with simple installers etc, because to me, that’s the whole and only point of using a distribution in the first place.
So I’ve used SuSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, YDL (I ran my main setup on PowerPC-based machines for a while, and YDL - Yellow Dog Linux - ended up the easiest choice). Right now, most of my machines seem to have Fedora 7 on then, but that’s only a statement of fact, not meant to be that I think it’s necessarily “better” than the other distros.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: coollettuce on Mon, 29 June 2009, 20:11:38
Well, right now I'm dual-booting OS X 10.5.7 and Windows 7 64 bit on my self-built hackintosh.

E8400 @ 4.05GHz, EP45-UD3P, 6GB DDR2, ATI 4850 512

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2951&stc=1&d=1246324278)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 29 June 2009, 20:43:36
Well, since I belong to overclock.net...


I have to show my overclock. A 3GHz Stock Phenom II X4 @ 3.75GHz
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2953&stc=1&d=1246326131)

Of course I did have to make it look even more awesome with the partial wallpaper crop...:laugh:
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: coollettuce on Mon, 29 June 2009, 23:10:40
Quote from: timw4mail;100070
Well, since I belong to overclock.net...


I have to show my overclock. A 3GHz Stock Phenom II X4 @ 3.75GHz


Of course I did have to make it look even more awesome with the partial wallpaper crop...:laugh:


1.536v‽ Thanks for reminding me why I chose the E8400, lol.

I too frequent OCN quite often, it's a rather good overclocking forum.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Mon, 29 June 2009, 23:30:42
Quote from: coollettuce;100084
1.536v‽ Thanks for reminding me why I chose the E8400, lol.

I too frequent OCN quite often, it's a rather good overclocking forum.


did you check out my suicide run? I still can't get it to run 4ghz.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Tue, 30 June 2009, 05:38:43
Quote from: coollettuce;100084
1.536v‽ Thanks for reminding me why I chose the E8400, lol.

I too frequent OCN quite often, it's a rather good overclocking forum.


Well, my processor can actually take more voltage without disintegrating, though. :bounce:
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: lam47 on Tue, 30 June 2009, 06:07:43
1.53 is rather a lot!
I hope you are on water.

I just got a new card (well a used new one)
A Sapphire 4870 x2 and my god its hot!
I think I will need to re think quad crossfire with another one.
Think I will Tri fire it with a 4890!

OCN is too big for me. I get lost.
Still hang around the AMD forum though :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Tue, 30 June 2009, 06:10:45
Quote from: lam47;100115
1.53 is rather a lot!
I hope you are on water.

I just got a new card (well a used new one)
A Sapphire 4870 x2 and my god its hot!
I think I will need to re think quad crossfire with another one.
Think I will Tri fire it with a 4890!

OCN is too big for me. I get lost.
Still hang around the AMD forum though :)

Not water, just a Xigmatek H1283.

OCN is huge.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: coollettuce on Tue, 30 June 2009, 11:07:28
Quote from: timw4mail;100116
Not water, just a Xigmatek H1283.

OCN is huge.


Damn dude, I'm on a lapped TRUE (> 1283) with a high-speed fan and I would never take it that high.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Tue, 30 June 2009, 11:08:32
Quote from: coollettuce;100179
Damn dude, I'm on a lapped TRUE (> 1283) with a high-speed fan and I would never take it that high.


I've never made it to 80C with OCCT's Linpack, so I think I'm good. :thumb:
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: lam47 on Tue, 30 June 2009, 11:16:20
If you are getting anywhere over low 50s then you are going to shorten the chips life. I think 64 is the cut off point for the 940.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail 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?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo on Wed, 01 July 2009, 00:18:46
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2979&stc=1&d=1246424517)

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

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2980&stc=1&d=1246424517)
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

Quote

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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone 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

(http://www.o2dazone.com/upload/apartment/05102007_dogmachine/DSC07347.jpg)

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 :(
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Hak Foo 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone on Wed, 01 July 2009, 11:11:22
nice price for a fulltower
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Wed, 01 July 2009, 11:27:15
Quote from: Hak Foo;100385
Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2979&stc=1&d=1246424517)


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


Fun... I like using old tech just because I can :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Binge on Thu, 02 July 2009, 09:08:23
Ah, hi geekhack :D  This is my rig.  Don't rag on me too much for being messy.

(http://img.techpowerup.org/090702/DSCF0435.jpg)
(http://img.techpowerup.org/090702/DSCF0439.jpg)

and my daily settings~

(http://img.techpowerup.org/090702/daily.jpg)

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! :D
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: lam47 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?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Binge 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: itlnstln 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: lam47 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Binge 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 :D
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: lam47 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 :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Binge 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.

(http://img.techpowerup.org/090702/DSCF0441.jpg)
(http://img.techpowerup.org/090702/DSCF0443.jpg)

Their GPU blocks have similar build quality and take advantage of laminar flow and multiple deep, razor thin, channels.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Binge 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 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!
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: lam47 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 :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: VCheeZ 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 :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail 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. :)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 04 August 2009, 07:42:01
I run some old piece of sh*t.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Shuki 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

(http://files.getdropbox.com/u/212931/rig.jpg)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: o2dazone 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!
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Shuki 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 :D 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Manyak 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 :D
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Shuki 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?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: DrunkenDonut 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.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Fri, 07 August 2009, 15:24:42
I love my 900 because I got it for $60 =D
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Shuki on Fri, 07 August 2009, 17:52:15
The Antec 900 you mean?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: keyb_gr on Sun, 09 August 2009, 14:39:21
This post is brought to you by Intel Pentium power :D - I dug out my first geekbox:

Gigabyte GA-586HX rev. 1.53 (no split voltage) with 512K L2 and tag RAM, BIOS 2.9p4
iP133
2x 128 MiB FPM
Matrox Millennium II 4 MiB
Seagate ST52520A, ST51080A (newer version) on primary IDE
Seagate ST34572N (Barracuda 4XL) on Dawicontrol DC-2975U (Ultra narrow SCSI)
Toshiba XM-5602B 8X CD-ROM
3.5" and 5.25" floppies
SB16 Value PnP OEM
Big, heavy but fairly rattly and resonant tower case styled after PS/2 80
230 W Enhance AT PSU of about 1991 vintage (same as case) in what apparently was once known as a "desktop" size (larger than your average modern-day AT or ATX PSU), with a 92 mm Panaflo (industrial quality, baby) running at full throttle.
I did some testing of the Chicony KB-5312 on that one, now it's back on the G80-3000HAD (which feels more classy by a mile).

This system mainly runs NT 4 or NT 3.51, currently the former (a DOS/WfW system also exists, Win95 is currently dead I think). I last touched this comp last year, so it's a bit outdated with Seamonkey 1.1.11 and Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5. Fortunately NT4 already supports MouseKeys (not quite as fancy as in 2000 onwards, but AFAICT only the speed modifier option is missing), and even the Scancode Map reg key works, so I have my usual backspaced Caps Lock now.

After 11 months, the clock was ahead of its time by 12 minutes, about in line with previously obtained values. The board has one of these infamous Dallas/ODIN chips with integrated CMOS battery, designed for 10 years, now at 13 years.

As you may imagine, this system is incredibly noisy - some fan noise here, some harddrive whine there, and obviously you're going to hear every harddrive access on the Barracuda clearly. And that given a power draw of only about 50 watts (peaking at little over 60).

Interestingly enough, Geekhack actually is pretty usable with such an old beast. I guess having plenty of memory, a nice chipset and a fast graphics card helps. Seamonkey takes a medium eternity to start up, of course, bottlenecked not so much by the harddrive but processor/memory performance. There still is plenty of memory free, NT4 by itself takes less than 40 megs after all.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: InSanCen on Fri, 21 August 2009, 09:01:47
I use a lower power box than I would like, due to an overused and overstressed PSU taking out my board and chip.

So, now it's a Athlon64 6400BE on a Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 with 6GB or RAM (Photoshop layers kill memory,  and yes, it's Dual-Channel 2x2GB+2x1GB). 1TB + 250GB Hard Drives, oh, and a Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01 (Antec 900... ugh, spit).

I multi boot with Win7RC (Soley for photoshop), Ubuntu 9.04, and Gentoo.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Mon, 24 August 2009, 23:50:45
Update: (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=97085&postcount=40)

- Added a second gamepad (PS2 pad via adapter) to play Streetfighter 4 with my GF
- One of the 500GB HDDs died 2 weeks ago -> Replaced with a 1TB one
- Put blank caps on my Filco... \m\ ^_^ /m/
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: cmr on Thu, 27 August 2009, 23:36:48
At home I use:

Antec Sonata III
MSI MS-7519
Intel E7200, 2.53GHz dual-core CPU
4 GB some sort of RAM
2x Seagate ST3400620AS (400 GB SATA, in RAID 1)
2x Western Digital WDC WD800JD (80 GB ATA, one Linux root FS, one with Vista)
1x Seagate Free Agent Pro (1 TB USB)
(All disk drives encrypted except for /boot)
EVGA Geforce 9800 GT, 512 MB
Lite-On DVDRW LH-20A1S
Samsung 206BW 20" LCD, 1680x1050
Macally USB hub
Sony MDM-X4 four-track, pressed into service as a five-channel mixer
Logitech M-UAE96 mouse
Keyboard of the week

At work I use:

2x Dell Optiplex 755, straight out of the box
3x Dell 1908FP monitors
2x Dell-branded Logitech M-UAE96 mouse (really, seriously, this is my favorite mouse, for reals)
Keyboard of the week

All systems run Ubuntu 9.04.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Fri, 28 August 2009, 05:51:16
Ewww... prebuilt.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 28 August 2009, 07:53:52
Quote from: timw4mail;112502
Ewww... prebuilt.

Not that I would buy one myself since I can build for less money, but my Dell Precision T5400 at work is a beast.  I love it.  It's about a year old.  It has an Intel Xeon E5405 CPU and 4GB RAM.  It also has a Quadro NVS 290 (not the greatest, but it gets the job done for a Data Analyst).  I also have 2x 1908 FP monitors.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 29 August 2009, 08:22:18
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=4145&d=1251552065)I'm running a 2001 MicronPC ClientPro CN which was thrown away at work. It originally came with a 933Mhz Pentium III and 128Mb of RAM, but I souped it up to the most it can handle.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 29 August 2009, 08:46:07
Currently have -

Athlon X2 2.8GHz (likely to be replacing it with a Phenom II X4)
4GB DDR2.
Gigabyte motherboard with ATI 780G chipset.
nVidia 9600GT.
250GB and 1TB hard drives (Both Samsung)
620W Corsair PSU.
Lian-Li V350B case.
Arch Linux (main use) and Windows 7 (games)

Thinkpad T61 with -
2.2GHz C2D.
4GB RAM.
320GB hard drive.
nVidia Quadro 140M
14.1" screen
Same OS arrangement.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: cmr on Sat, 29 August 2009, 14:26:45
man the last thing i need at work is to worry about building boxes. the dell 755s are basically trouble-free.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Moparx on Sat, 29 August 2009, 22:34:55
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Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Sun, 30 August 2009, 14:46:06
Quote from: cmr;112942
man the last thing i need at work is to worry about building boxes. the dell 755s are basically trouble-free.

My biggest problem with pre-built boxes is that they are pre-crappified.

If it weren't like that, I wouldn't care as much.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Cake_Eater on Sun, 30 August 2009, 23:18:13
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.0 Ghz and 0.968-0.976 volts
Mobo: ASUS Rampage II Gene
RAM: 3 GB OCZ DDR3 RAM @ 8-8-8-21 ~1500 Mhz
HDD: 640 GB Western Digital Caviar Black
GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X 4890
PSU: PCP&P Silencer 750w
HS/F: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme w/ Noctua NF-P12
Case: NZXT Rogue (which I'm really starting to hate, I'm probably going to swap cases for a Silverstone TJ08)

All in all the build cost me around $1k and I'm more than satisfied with it.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Mon, 31 August 2009, 01:26:05
Quote from: Cake_Eater;113253
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.0 Ghz and 0.968-0.976 volts
Mobo: ASUS Rampage II Gene
RAM: 3 GB OCZ DDR3 RAM @ 8-8-8-21 ~1500 Mhz
HDD: 640 GB Western Digital Caviar Black
GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X 4890
PSU: PCP&P Silencer 750w
HS/F: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme w/ Noctua NF-P12
Case: NZXT Rogue (which I'm really starting to hate, I'm probably going to swap cases for a Silverstone TJ08)

All in all the build cost me around $1k and I'm more than satisfied with it.


nice build man! Just looking at the HS/F is already like $100 lol
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: Cake_Eater on Mon, 31 August 2009, 23:56:33
Quote from: watduzhkstand4;113267
nice build man! Just looking at the HS/F is already like $100 lol

I got really lucky with the TRUE actually, got it on sale from Directron and I got the Noctua from Xoxide. For those two after shipping I think I paid around $85. In the end I think it was worth it though, with the undervolt, the i7 is capable of running without a fan on the heatsink (100% load put it at around 65C, TF2 had it at around 55C). If I can swap my build out to the Silverstone TJ08 then I think I could manage without a fan on the TRUE which would be pretty cool.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 29 October 2009, 20:21:29
Just upgraded from an Athlon X2 to a Phenom II X4 955. I'm basically getting it for free as the old one is being sold off to a relative who is also paying me to do some other work on their PC. Time to play with my unlocked multipliers :D
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: hacfed on Thu, 29 October 2009, 21:29:32
Neh, just another boring Q6600 G0 @ 3.8GHz stable on air. Antec 300 case (why would you need more?). Everything internal is pretty standard fare: Scythe Ninja II cooler, 3x120mm fans @ 800rpm or possibly less, 2x2GB DDRII 800MHz, one Seagate 1.5TB, some old IDE DVD-RW, two 8400GS cards (one 256MB, one 512MB) with passive cooling. Oh, Asus P5Q Pro motherboard.

The best thing about my rig is the tripleheadness, now it has a Model M, too, and if the CPU doesn't croak then this machine will last me for years to come. It's wayy more than I need, but then again it's nice to have an uptime measured in weeks and to just leave things running (presently, 4 VMs, Dynamips w/ 4 x 7200 routers, a zillion browser tabs and windows, IM/IRC, amarok, tilda, etc. I really do treat my machine like a desk-top: when an application is open, it tends to stay open... other things just get moved on top!

My system matters to me, but my monitors and peripherals and the data on my NAS matter more. Before I built this system (less than a year ago) I used, exclusively, a PIII 933MHz w/ 128MB RAM in the form of a Dell C600 laptop. I reckon fancy hardware is for gamers and pissing contests (and chavs, to an extent). :P
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Fri, 30 October 2009, 05:27:27
Quote from: timw4mail;113180
My biggest problem with pre-built boxes is that they are pre-crappified.

You mean they all come with Winbloze?

There is a middle ground which is what I use since I use my boxes for work and I can't afford any downtime...which is to find a shop that builds to order. Around here anyway it doesn't cost any more and usually costs a lot less than buying a machine with the same specs if you can even find one. Basically you go over what you want with a salesmen and pick a mobo, power supply, processor, cooling, video card etc. and in a couple of days your box is ready. They charge the same prices for building your box as they do for the parts as long as you have them build it up front.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: timw4mail on Fri, 30 October 2009, 07:01:56
Quote from: ironcoder;129328
You mean they all come with [Windows]?

No, I mean all the other crappy software in addition to the Microsoft operating system.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 30 October 2009, 07:03:48
Luckily I never have to deal with that. By the time a computer comes around to me, people have most likely uninstalled the excess software of re-installed Windows a few times.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: CX23882 on Fri, 30 October 2009, 17:52:57
Currently using this as my main work PC and HTPC:
Provided that it doesn't die, I think I'll be sticking with this machine for a while. It's not any good for recent games but it runs Vista and Win 7 well, it decodes all video formats that it needs to, it's stable and it does it all very quietly and uses only 55W at idle. For the past 5 years it seems as if I've been upgrading something every 6 months or so (better DVD quality, Blu-ray support, h.264 hardware decoding, good VM performance etc), but at this point, I can't see anything that will necessitate upgrading this machine for more performance.

My other PC for gaming is a bit quicker (2.8GHz Athlon X2, 3GB RAM, GeForce 8800GT) but I play so few games these days that's hardly ever booted. That machine is a dead-end in terms of CPU - no Phenom support. My HTPC above does support Phenoms and Phenom IIs, but I don't want to mess with a working configuration! I suspect at some point the gaming PC will replace one of my servers if/when they die and I'll build a new gaming rig. Or maybe not. It would be nice to play GTA IV at maximum settings some day though.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sat, 31 October 2009, 11:47:57
Quote from: timw4mail;129329
No, I mean all the other crappy software in addition to the Microsoft operating system.

I know what you mean. I have an old laptop that needed a reinstall. I booted the so-called recovery disk and it installed tons of crap including trials that expire in 30 days, etc. (six years ago that is.) Then I remembered it took me a couple of days to clean up the new factory installation when I first got it.

There ought to be a law against dumping crap you don't want on you when you buy a new PC. It's like they get free advertising and you have to waste time uninstalling dozens of apps. Nowadays you usually don't even get a Winbloze disk when you buy a box with bloze preinstalled. Either you get a mirror image of the installation with all the extra crap that takes space on your HD (the ultimate ripoff- *two* Winbloze installs!) or you get a CD with an image like that. What other OS do you pay for and not get media? They should give you a real installation disk.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 31 October 2009, 15:54:52
Was your laptop made by Hewlett-Packard? They've got quite a reputation for loading excess software on their computers.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 01 November 2009, 01:01:14
It's a Toshiba. I had several for work over the years and I finally bought one since they never gave me any problems. Great laptops, crappy OS and software.

This particular one was eventually converted to "Laptop from Hell" configuration with a 4-way multiboot of OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: iMav on Sun, 01 November 2009, 09:51:04
I'm looking to build a new i7 system as a primary workstation and VM sandbox.  Looks like ram is going to be over half the cost (I'll likely max out the ram on whatever mobo I choose...and looking at 24GB ones right now).
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:15:32
That's awesome, iMav. I'd love to have a huge ram setup. How do you do that with 2G sticks?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: iMav on Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:21:15
Quote from: ironcoder;129719
That's awesome, iMav. I'd love to have a huge ram setup. How do you do that with 2G sticks?
The mobo's I"m looking at take 6 x 4GB sticks max.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:37:35
I didn't realize they came in 4G sticks. Do they work on regular mobos or do you have to have something special? At least I could run 8 instead of the 4G I have now on a few of my boxes.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: TWX on Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:46:07
In response to OP, I'm currently using my Gateway MX7525 laptop, which is a re-branded E-Machines unit with a 2.6GHz Mobile AMD Athlon64 4000+ and a gig of memory.

My desktop here at home is a dual 3.06GHz Xeon machine overclocked to 3.45GHz with 4GB Ram.

My computer at work is a 1.3GHz AMD Duron on a Biostar M7VKQ motherboard with 512MB Ram.  It still has an ISA slot.  I use it because I'm not at my desk often and running the Access97 database for workorders doesn't require much.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: iMav on Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:48:52
Quote from: ironcoder;129722
I didn't realize they came in 4G sticks. Do they work on regular mobos or do you have to have something special? At least I could run 8 instead of the 4G I have now on a few of my boxes.
The mobo's would have to support the 4GB sticks.
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:50:52
I'll check mine, thanks. Show us a pic of your engine bay before meltdown ;)
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ironcoder on Sun, 01 November 2009, 11:15:13
Yeah but he said that about the 256K chip right?
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: D-EJ915 on Sun, 01 November 2009, 15:19:10
lol I remember when you would doublestack chips, good times
Title: What computer are you guys running?
Post by: ricercar on Sun, 01 November 2009, 19:22:49
That RAM board pic reminded me of the S-100 bus memory cards we had on our IMSAI 8080A. There were 64 chips called 2102s to make 8K of RAM. We could do frigging ANYTHING in 8K.