Post Your Setup

[Syndicate]

I've been doing some work on my home network and I realized I probably have too many fucking computers. I was curious what all you other bastards have for a setup. Here's what I've got going on right now.

PC#1 - E-Machine W3644: Workstation
Processor = 2.1 Ghz AMD Sempron
OS = Windows XP Pro/Ubuntu 8
Memory = 4GB
Storage = 320GB SATA x 2, 320 GB IDE
Monitor = Dell 22" Widescreen Monitor

PC#2 - E-Machine W644: Domain Controller
Processor = 2.1 Ghz AMD Sempron
OS = Windows Server 2003
Memory = 2GB
Storage = 320GB SATA x 2, 320 GB IDE
Monitor = Dell 22" Widescreen Monitor

PC#3 - Dell Dimension 3100E: Workstation/Media PC
Processor = 2.80 Ghz Pentium 4
OS = Windows XP Pro
Memory = 2GB
Storage = 320GB SATA x 2, 320 GB External WD MyBook x 3
Monitor = RCA 46" Widescreen LCD Television

PC #4 - Dell Studio Hybrid 140G: Workstation
Processor = 2.0 Ghz Duo Core Intel
OS = Windows Vista Ultimate
Memory = 4GB
Storage = 320GB SATA, 320 GB External WD MyBook
Monitor #1 = Dell 22" Widescreen Monitor
Monitor #2 = Dell 19" Widescreen Monitor

Laptop #1 - Dell Inspiron 1720: Workstation
Processor = 2.2 Ghz Duo Core Intel
OS = Windows Vista Ultimate
Memory = 4GB
Storage = 160GB SATA
Laptop Screen = 17" Widescreen

Laptop #2 - Dell Inspiron 9200: Workstation
Processor = 1.6 Ghz Intel Centrino
OS = Windows XP Pro
Memory = 2GB
Storage = 80GB IDE
Laptop Screen = 17" Widscreen
Monitor = RCA 42" Widescreen LCD Television

Mac #1 - Mac Mini: Workstation/Media PC
Processor = 1.83 Ghz Duo Core Intel
OS = Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard)
Memory = 2GB
Storage = 500GB SATA, 80GB External WD MyBook
Monitor = RCA 46" Widescreen LCD Television (Same TV As The Dell Dimension)

Mac #2 - Mac Mini: Workstation
Processor = 1.83 Ghz Duo Core Intel
OS = Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard)
Memory = 4GB
Storage = 80GB SATA, 80GB External WD MyBook
Monitor = Dell 22" Widescreen Monitor

Mac #3 - Mac iMac G4: Workstation
Processor = 800 Mhz G4 Power PC
OS = Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger)
Memory = 1GB
Storage = 60GB IDE
Monitor = 17" Widescreen Built On

NETWORK
Modem = Arris GM450 Cable Modem
Router = LinkSys BEFSR41 10/100 Wireless A/B/G
VPN/Firewall = NetGear ProSafe VPN/Firewall FV5318 x 2 - 1 local and 1 at a remote loaction.
Apple Airport Express 802.11n = Streams Audio From Mac #1 to seconday reciever. Remote controlled by an 8gb iPod Touch.

I figured it out that compared to the ISP I work for my shit, minus the rack mounts they have is rival to their setup. I also have what basically amounts to a personal phone company setup between my house and a buddie's house... The guy on the other end of my VPN tunnel. He actually has a few rack mounts there, the sister to my Domain Controller, a TrixBox (Our Phone Company), 2-3 Macs, and 2-3 PC's, etc.

With just a nudge we could be a full blown ISP/Phone Company.

What you got?

[mongo]

What you got?

a boner.

[Jericho]

How in the fuck could you possibly need that much in your home?

[mongo]

it's the only way he can get laid. confuse them w/ technology.

[Syndicate]

How in the fuck could you possibly need that much in your home?

Business.... I have GMF, plus the ISP I work for, plus I have other investments/ventures that you assholes don't know about. A lot of the crap around here is for testing. Like I setup a Visual Source Safe Server a few days ago just to learn how to do it for work.

[Jericho]

Business.... I have GMF, plus the ISP I work for, plus I have other investments/ventures that you assholes don't know about. A lot of the crap around here is for testing. Like I setup a Visual Source Safe Server a few days ago just to learn how to do it for work.
Are you taking over the world?

[Syndicate]

Are you taking over the world?

Perhaps.....

[Jericho]

Dibs Germany!

[Satan]

My setup:

Dell Inspiron E1505
Memory: 2GB
Storage: 100GB
OS: Linux

Dell Inspiron 1000
Memory: 1GB
Storage: 20 GB
OS: Windows

I also have two 1TB externals, one filled with porn, the other with music. I keeps it simple in terms of hardware, the fancy shit is all the programs and shit I have setup to run and test PHP, ASP, C, Java and a few other programming languages.

[Da Raider]

Perhaps.....

you don't have to be modest about it.

[Satan]

When Syn takes over the world, I want Asia.

[Skybase]

We did this before, but it appears the thread is gone. (not even in dead threads?) or perhaps it was part of an ongoing thread that I simply couldn't find it. Anyhow, my primary system is as follows:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad q6600 overclocked to 3.1Ghz/core

Mainboard: eVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 Nforce 780i SLI

Memory: 8GB OCZ Reaper HPC Edition DDR2 800 Dual-Channel

Video: 2x Gigabyte 8800GTS (G92) 512MB - SLI (running primary monitor)
eVGA 8600GTS 256MB (running 2nd and 3rd monitor)

Hard Drive: Total of 3.5TB space across 5 drives

Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champoin

Drives: LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray ROM & DVD Burner, Lite-On 20x DVD Burner

Case: Cooler Master CM Stacker 830

Also have the TrackIR, which is about awesomeness.

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64, dual boot Windows 7 currently


My Secondary computer is an HP Touchsmart tx2-1025dx (multi-touch convertible tablet PC) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9168189&st=tx2-1025dx&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218041998718

Other computers around the house, but these are what I use.

[mongo]

LapTop 1: Sony Vaio fw140
2.2 intel duo core
windows vista ultimate
4GB
500GB SATA

LapTop 2: Dell Inspiron 1150
windows xp pro
2GB
120GB SATA

Desktop: Gateway FX6710
2.66 Ghz core 2 quad
linux
4GB
500GB

my router is some piece of shit netgear. i need a new one.

[Jericho]

I have the same laptop as zaph....that's alls that I knows

[STDSkillz]

PC # 1

Case: Cooler Master 690
Processor: Q9450@2.66Ghz
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty DK P35-T2RS
HD 1: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB (10,000 RPM)
HD 2: Western Digital 250 GB SATA 3.0 GB/s
RAM: 8 GB of A-Data G Series, timing @ 4-4-4-12
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 1GB HD4870
Power Supply: Cooler Master Real Power Pro 650W
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2343BWX (23.5'')
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64

PC # 2

Processor: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz w/ HT
Motherboard: Some Gigabyte board
HD 1: Maxtor 100GB
HD 2: Seagate 20 GB (this little guy has been around since 1999 and is still going strong)
RAM: 1 GB of SD RAM @ 333 MHz
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 5200FX (1GB)
Power Supply: HIPRO 420W
Monitor: Samsung 19'' LCD
OS: Windows XP SP3

PC # 3

Processor: AMD Athlon 1800+
Motherboard: Another Gigabyte board
HD 1: Seagate 250 GB
RAM: 1.5 GB of SD RAM @ 333 MHz
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 6600
Power Supply: Cheap one that came with the case
Monitor: Whatever's available (usually some huge CRT one)
OS: Windows XP SP3

PC #4

Processor: AMD Atholon 3200+
Motherboard: Emachine
HD 1: Western Digital 80 GB (loudest piece of shit ever)
RAM: 1.0 GB of SD RAM
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 5200FX
Power Supply: Shitty one that came with the Emachine
Monitor: N/A
OS: Windows XP


Networking is done through a D-link router. Pretty basic, nothing too fancy.

Additionally, I have another PC just chilling in the basement. It's a backup to all backups.

[Trident]

Main:
Apple Powerbook 15" G4 1.67Mhz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD
+ wireless keyboard, mouse and Apple 23" monitor when I want to use a bigger screen.

Music server:
Apple Powerbook G4 12" 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, 120GB HDD, connected via Airtunes to my stereo.

Random machine:
Apple iMac G3 Graphite, 400Mhz, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD - spare in case everything else fucks up.

Toshiba laptop which I nicked from work:
No idea about its specs, except for the that fact I've just installed UBuntu to try and learn Linux.

Everything connected to an Airport Basestation to which I have linked a 1TB external drive for Time Machine and general storage, and my printer.

[Sarxos]

PC 1:
Case: Antec P182SE
Processor: Core 6600 2.4 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P5K-E
HD 1: Western Digital Raptor 150 GB (10,000 RPM)
HD 2: Seagate 500 GB SATA
HD 3: Seagate 500 GB SATA
RAM: 8 GB DDR2
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950
Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster T220
OS: Windows XP Professional SP3

Laptop 1:
Sony Vaio VGN-N21S

Netbook 1:
Asus Eee 4G

[Gary_Busey]

Desktop 1
Case: NZXT Blackline
CPU: Intel E6600 2.4 GHz dual-core
RAM: 4GB DDR2-800 Crucial Ballistix
MoBo: Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Storage: 320GB SATA, 500GB SATA, 250GB External Passport
Monitors: 22" Envision widescreen LCD, 17" Gateway FPD1730 LCD
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate and OpenSUSE 11.1 dual-boot.

Desktop 2
Case: Modified Gateway case
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 120GB IDE
Monitor: 17" Gateway FPD1730 LCD
OS: None, going to try an OSx86 install soon.

Laptop 1
Model: IBM T40
CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
RAM: 1GB
Storage: 80GB EIDE
OS: OpenSUSE 11

Laptop 2
Model: Dell Latitude D400
CPU: Pentium M 1.4GHz
RAM: 1.5GB
Storage: 40GB EIDE
OS: Windows XP

I built the main desktop about a year and a half ago. Incredibly fun, I'll probably never buy a pre-built desktop again. Desktop 2 was an old Gateway, I replaced all the internals about 3 years ago. The T40 was free, nabbed it from work. The D400 I picked up for $200 about 2 years ago. They're old and cheap, but they do what I need them to. I also have a couple VMs I run, one is Server 2003 with SMS installed. I use this for testing, we're implementing a new deployment system at work. The other is the Windows 7 beta.

[Le Goat]

Laptop-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147918


Desktop-

AMDx2 4200+
3gigs RAM
300gig Seagate
19'' Samsung Widescreen LCD Monitor

It's a home-build comp. that gets my surfing done. My laptop is my entertainment hub now.

[Will-Kill]

Manufacturer:
NVIDIA
Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory:
2048MB RAM
Hard Drive:
320 GB Total
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor:
LG 22in Flatron Wide LCD Monitor
Sound Card:
Realtek AC97 Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Plantronics Audio 770 Gamecom Head Set / Creative Speakers
Keyboard:
Saitek (Blue Version) Eclipse
Mouse:
Logitech HID-compliant G5 Laser Mouse
Operating System:
Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3
Motherboard:
ACPI
Computer Case:
Armor Black

[Swurgen]

I just ordered the following parts and had them shipped to a friend for assembly since I have no experience at all in that. Factory audio card for now. Not sure if that's the right move or not. Already had a 22" Samsung monitor. I'll be getting a new keyboard/mouse shortly.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-SKN2-GP Black / Silver Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM 500W ATX12V 2.2 /EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

2 x LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS120-08

2 x Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model KHX8500AD2/2GR

2 x Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 Rpm 3.5IN 3GB/S Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD6401AALS

[Syndicate]

Getting ready to trade out one of the Mac Mini's for a 64-Bit Quad Core PC. Who wants to do me?

[STDSkillz]

I know you hate Vista, but I loooove being on Vista Ultimate x64.

[Swurgen]

Just took delivery of the PC above and have been erect for 3 full hours now.

[Gary_Busey]

I'm pretty happy with dual-core. Most-apps don't even utilize 4 cores properly anyways.

[STDSkillz]

Just took delivery of the PC above and have been erect for 3 full hours now.

Are you going to be putting those Western Digitals in Raid 0?

[Skybase]

Just got my 22" samsung 2233rz monitor (120Hz) and NVidia 3D Vision glasses today. Ooh, I love them. Watched a demo, played some World of Warcraft (gorgeous in 3D) and Left 4 Dead so far. next up is Flight Simulator X. Now when I get my other 19" LCD going on here I'll be up to 4 monitors. two 22" and two 19".

Love the 3D overall.

[Swurgen]

Are you going to be putting those Western Digitals in Raid 0?

I have no idea. I had a geek buddy do it all for me. I know it's got 1 partition for the OS and then 2 others. 1 for baby pics and 1 for crap.

I'm thinking about adding another monitor but not sure if it's really worth it when I have a 22 now and have been using a dinky little laptop for months now so this thing seems like a drive in movie screen already.

[UNC]

I post from the library

[STDSkillz]

Just got my 22" samsung 2233rz monitor (120Hz) and NVidia 3D Vision glasses today. Ooh, I love them. Watched a demo, played some World of Warcraft (gorgeous in 3D) and Left 4 Dead so far. next up is Flight Simulator X. Now when I get my other 19" LCD going on here I'll be up to 4 monitors. two 22" and two 19".

Love the 3D overall.

How is the Flight Simulator X with those 3D glasses? I hear it's pretty sweet because when you turn your head, your point of reference doesn't change (i.e. you're "in" the cockpit).

[Skybase]

I just ordered the following parts and had them shipped to a friend for assembly since I have no experience at all in that. Factory audio card for now. Not sure if that's the right move or not. Already had a 22" Samsung monitor. I'll be getting a new keyboard/mouse shortly.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-SKN2-GP Black / Silver Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM 500W ATX12V 2.2 /EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

2 x LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS120-08

2 x Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model KHX8500AD2/2GR

2 x Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 Rpm 3.5IN 3GB/S Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD6401AALS

What did this all set you back, if you don't mind my asking? (or prices per each item?)

Everything looks pretty decent there overall. What OS will you be installing? Purchased, or other?

The only thing that catches my eye, as you'd mentioned in another thread a SLI setup, is your power supply. Are you planning on setting up SLI in the future with this card? Or would you possibly be upgrading your Vid card/etc as you see fit? If you do this you may find that you'll want to upgrade your power supply as well. As it stands i think yoiu'll be fine, and although there are more powerful components out there (there always are, right?) what you've got as a setup now should be very nice.

Depending on how much stuff you're gonna have running, I may recommend at least another 2GB of RAM. Only because I have 8GB installed, and with having all of my "useful" programs running in the background see an idle usage of appx 3.5GB at any one time. So in leaving yourself plenty of space. . .but again always something you can upgrade.

Your system itself will surely last you a good while, and I'm sure you'll be happy overall with your purchase!

[Skybase]

How is the Flight Simulator X with those 3D glasses? I hear it's pretty sweet because when you turn your head, your point of reference doesn't change (i.e. you're "in" the cockpit).

I wasn't home at all today and have yet to try it out. it's one of the games I"m most excited to try however I've not done it. why? Setting up my joystick on my overpopulated desk is a pain in the ass. I will do it most likely tomorrow or something tho.

I also have TrackIR set up on my system so this should make FSX VERY interesting.

[Swurgen]

What did this all set you back, if you don't mind my asking? (or prices per each item?)

Everything looks pretty decent there overall. What OS will you be installing? Purchased, or other?

The only thing that catches my eye, as you'd mentioned in another thread a SLI setup, is your power supply. Are you planning on setting up SLI in the future with this card? Or would you possibly be upgrading your Vid card/etc as you see fit? If you do this you may find that you'll want to upgrade your power supply as well. As it stands i think yoiu'll be fine, and although there are more powerful components out there (there always are, right?) what you've got as a setup now should be very nice.

Depending on how much stuff you're gonna have running, I may recommend at least another 2GB of RAM. Only because I have 8GB installed, and with having all of my "useful" programs running in the background see an idle usage of appx 3.5GB at any one time. So in leaving yourself plenty of space. . .but again always something you can upgrade.

Your system itself will surely last you a good while, and I'm sure you'll be happy overall with your purchase!

SLI? Sorry but I'm a techtard. I know how to use it and that's it although I'd like to learn more about hardware at some point.

I wanted a fast box but not necessarily cutting edge never mind bleeding edge. It gets to the point where price increments go from $10 to the next step to a huge jump for the following step.

He had Windows XP for me which is what I wanted.

$1050 plus I threw a friend $50 to put it together.

I'm not a gamer so I wasn't planning on upgrading the vid card. This is really just for surfing and editing baby pics/vids. Probably overkill if anything.

I was going to upgrade ram but he said I don't need it now but there's room on the board in the future to get up to 8 GB if need be.

[Skybase]

You have Windows XP, is it the 32-bit version? if so, you'll not quite get use of all of your RAM. If you ever upgrade your memory you'll need a 64-bit OS. Depending on how much editing you're doing and how much you have going on you may end up wanting more RAM. .otherwise you should be good.

For what you're wanting, this system should definitely keep you happy.

You dont' need SLI for what you're doing anyhow. I'd thought you might be doing more gaming at some point.

[deadohiosky]

Honestly Microsoft's 64bit line of Operating Systems is so poor you'll prolly get better performance sticking with 32bit. Big mistake installing Server 2003 64bit for my Exchange server, things always been flakey

And Syndicate, you are a beast with that setup.


As for my setup, I just installed Gentoo about a month ago. Before that was Ubunutu, Vista, and even Windows 7. 2 gigs of ram and a core2duo doin me well here.

[STDSkillz]

Honestly Microsoft's 64bit line of Operating Systems is so poor you'll prolly get better performance sticking with 32bit.

No, no, no. 64 bit support for Vista is excellent.

In other news, I decided to build another rig (a backup to my big computer) because I'm a faggot. When I bought this last rig, I decided to get a Corsair 850TX to put in my main computer. It's sexy as hell. So now:

Main Computer
Case: Cooler Master 690
Processor: Q9450@2.66Ghz
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty DK P35-T2RS
HD 1: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB (10,000 RPM)
HD 2: Western Digital 250 GB SATA 3.0 GB/s
RAM: 8 GB of A-Data G Series, timing @ 4-4-4-12
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 1GB HD4870
Power Supply: Corsair 850TX
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2343BWX (23.5'')
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Backup Computer
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC
Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 (Triple-Core) @ 2.8 GHz
Motherboard:ASUS M3A78-CM
HD: Seagate 250 GB SATA 3.0 GB/s
RAM: 4GB of G-Skill 1066, @ 5-5-5-15
Video Card: MSI GeForce 512 MB 8800 GTS (G92)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Real Power Pro 650W
Monitor: Samsung 913v (19'' flatscreen)
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Who wants to see a shitty cell phone picture of a computer they don't care about? I know I do. This is the backup computer with the awesome sauce Corsair power supply sitting next to it. Thing is a beast:

http://img135.imagevenue.com/loc95/th_16175_fb6c1a62d43a_122_95lo.jpeg (http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=16175_fb6c1a62d43a_122_95lo.jpeg)