Author Topic: Computer Setup Pictures (Read 183490 times)

NaRu · « **Reply #360 on:** October 17, 2008, 04:13:28 PM »

Im been changing my setup for a long time. I can never keep the samething more then a year..I have problems lol

Here are the pics in order in which i had them
This pic is very old. This is when I had my 19" Sony LCD and my 17" Proview. The laptop was my old HP P4 2.8GHz HT which the onboard video card died

Here is a better pic of my 2 monitors

When I saw a 22" Samsung on sale on black friday for $150 a had to get one. The HP still lives here

about 6 months into owning the 22" My laptop died and I wanted to have dual screen again. So I bought a second 22"

Now I normally don't downgrade but Nikki needed a monitor for her PC. I gave her the 17" Proview monitor which no longer turns on for her. I gave Nikki my second 22" monitor...my desk looks so empty

Now have only a 22" monitor things looked too small. Newegg had a sale on a 26" monitor....I decided to get one

This is my current setup

Now for my desktop
Before

After

shadowmaniac · « **Reply #361 on:** October 17, 2008, 04:33:32 PM »

*drools*
*points*
*hates*

Still using an old 1.7GHz centrino laptop. Oh well, at least I still get to watch and dl my animes

NaRu · « **Reply #362 on:** October 17, 2008, 04:52:50 PM »

Here is my desktop specs

CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (stock 3Ghz. OC 3.6Ghz)
Ram: G Skill 8gigs (4x2gigs) DDR800
Mobo: Asus P5Q-Pro
HDD: Total Space 2.1TB

houkouonchi · « **Reply #363 on:** October 17, 2008, 07:41:08 PM »

Naru, is that G.Skill ram? I noticed it looks like you have almost the same ram/heatsink as me. I finally got my new raid controller and all my new drives hooked up and my data moved over to the new raid array:

The controller I am using right now is an ARC-1280ML. I was going to upgrade to the ARC-1680ix-24 but I heard from people on forums and from areca that the 1680ix-24 has issues with seagate AS series 1 TB drives so I ordered a ARC-1280ML which caused some delays.

Here are some pics of my setup

Newer Pics: After I upgraded to the new raid controller

Yeah I know the cable job is not pretty/sucks but I didn't want to spend th money *just* to buy a modular power supply to save myself some cables which are in the way.

And for those curious the temps on my drives went up only slightly (1-3 C) from my old CM stacker case and my CPU temp dropped about 13C! My CPU/mobo now runs at around 37C which is very good IMHO for a 2.4 Ghz core 2 duo OC'd to 3.5.

I also found out my PSU didn't like a 0.4 second staggered power up and requires a 1.5 second one so it takes a good 30-40 seconds from pushing the power button before my OS starts loading =(

Loving the space though =)

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root@sabayonx86-64: 01:38 PM :~# df -Hl
Filesystem             Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc2               35G    32G   3.8G  90% /
udev                   4.2G   263k   4.2G   1% /dev
none                   1.1M   324k   725k  31% /lib/rcscripts/init.d
/dev/sdc1              100M    59M    42M  59% /boot
/dev/sdc3               18T   6.9T    11T  39% /data
/dev/sdd1              751G   559G   192G  75% /750
/dev/sdb1               21G   6.7G    15G  32% /mac
/dev/sda1               84G    53G    32G  63% /winxp
tmpfs                  4.2G      0   4.2G   0% /dev/shm

NaRu · « **Reply #364 on:** October 18, 2008, 01:20:34 AM »

Quote from: houkouonchi on October 17, 2008, 07:41:08 PM

Naru, is that G.Skill ram? I noticed it looks like you have almost the same ram/heatsink as me. I finally got my new raid controller and all my new drives hooked up and my data moved over to the new raid array:

The controller I am using right now is an ARC-1280ML. I was going to upgrade to the ARC-1680ix-24 but I heard from people on forums and from areca that the 1680ix-24 has issues with seagate AS series 1 TB drives so I ordered a ARC-1280ML which caused some delays.

Yeah I know the cable job is not pretty/sucks but I didn't want to spend th money *just* to buy a modular power supply to save myself some cables which are in the way.

And for those curious the temps on my drives went up only slightly (1-3 C) from my old CM stacker case and my CPU temp dropped about 13C! My CPU/mobo now runs at around 37C which is very good IMHO for a 2.4 Ghz core 2 duo OC'd to 3.5.

I also found out my PSU didn't like a 0.4 second staggered power up and requires a 1.5 second one so it takes a good 30-40 seconds from pushing the power button before my OS starts loading =(

Loving the space though =)

Code: [Select]
root@sabayonx86-64: 01:38 PM :~# df -Hl
Filesystem             Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc2               35G    32G   3.8G  90% /
udev                   4.2G   263k   4.2G   1% /dev
none                   1.1M   324k   725k  31% /lib/rcscripts/init.d
/dev/sdc1              100M    59M    42M  59% /boot
/dev/sdc3               18T   6.9T    11T  39% /data
/dev/sdd1              751G   559G   192G  75% /750
/dev/sdb1               21G   6.7G    15G  32% /mac
/dev/sda1               84G    53G    32G  63% /winxp
tmpfs                  4.2G      0   4.2G   0% /dev/shm

Yes its G SKill

BakaBT · « **Reply #365 on:** October 18, 2008, 10:10:18 AM »

Originally posted by Malus:

Damn you two >_> ... damn you

psyren · « **Reply #366 on:** October 18, 2008, 10:26:08 AM »

* psyren dies of heart failure looking at those pics

Chiyachan · « **Reply #367 on:** October 18, 2008, 06:10:12 PM »

This page should come with a warning for 56k modem users. =D

houkouonchi · « **Reply #368 on:** October 18, 2008, 06:15:36 PM »

Quote from: Chiyachan on October 18, 2008, 06:10:12 PM

This page should come with a warning for 56k modem users. =D

Who on boxtorrents is on dialup? LOL

NaRu · « **Reply #369 on:** October 18, 2008, 10:46:15 PM »

Quote from: houkouonchi on October 18, 2008, 06:15:36 PM

Quote from: Chiyachan on October 18, 2008, 06:10:12 PM
This page should come with a warning for 56k modem users. =D

Who on boxtorrents is on dialup? LOL

Also if you are on dialup this should a sign to get broadband

DragonGuard · « **Reply #370 on:** October 18, 2008, 11:30:30 PM »

I'm guessing if you're on dial-up you don't have any other option....

btw, once I get some daylight i'm probably gonna post a pic or two of my comp, but my cellphone camera doesn't handle lack of light very well..

NaRu · « **Reply #371 on:** October 20, 2008, 11:25:22 PM »

Im thinking about making a new desk for myself..maybe having a desk lower. idk yet but when I get some ideas I will post them

gundamgeek · « **Reply #372 on:** October 21, 2008, 12:58:19 AM »

that room has a nice view and nice dual moniters!

aghstnashell · « **Reply #373 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:32:22 PM »

I built my own PC for my 18th birthday so I might as well post some pics of it.

(I have plans to upgrade when I go to college with more HDD's, another DVD burner,possibly a Blu-ray burner, and 2 new graphics cards)

NaRu · « **Reply #374 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:36:10 PM »

what is inside that computer now?

aghstnashell · « **Reply #375 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:44:00 PM »

Quote from: NaRu on December 22, 2008, 06:36:10 PM

what is inside that computer now?

1 DVD Burner.
1 EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - Superclocked Edition, 512MB
EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW Motherboard
1 750GB Western Digital SATA HHD
750 Watt Ultra power supply
This RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166 (Which is now half the price I bought it at

)
This CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036
And its Running Vista Ultimate.

NaRu · « **Reply #376 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:53:18 PM »

thats not bad at all. Since you got the higer end DDR2 ram you should over clock your CPU. You should be able to get it up to 3.6Ghz on stock fan and up to 4Ghz with a better air cooled fan

aghstnashell · « **Reply #377 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:55:17 PM »

Quote from: NaRu on December 22, 2008, 06:53:18 PM

thats not bad at all. Since you got the higer end DDR2 ram you should over clock your CPU. You should be able to get it up to 3.6Ghz on stock fan and up to 4Ghz with a better air cooled fan

I havent overclocked before so I'm somewhat wherry of it. And right now I think I have either my FSB matching the speed of the ram or the other way around.

geoffreak · « **Reply #378 on:** December 22, 2008, 07:01:51 PM »

*Drools*
Sadly I cannot afford to build a monster atm. Hopefully a few years down the road when I get a job and when Windows starts to suck less I'll build something amazing

aghstnashell · « **Reply #379 on:** December 22, 2008, 07:06:21 PM »

My parents paid for mine, they basically said "Heres $1000 and a credit card, go build a computer". Though I spent more than $1000 (about $400 more) my dad decided that he would cover that shipping and so I only paid about $300-ish out of my own pocket.