Computer Systems

[94CountryXJ]

Both pics are the same keyboard. Just one is a night shot.

The Hauppage(sp?) cards are nice pieces. When I get around to building my new media server/dvr box. I plan on using two of their cards for HD capture.

 

[ItZaJeePThiNG]

Dell XPS 700
Intel Core2 Duo X6800
2.93Ghz
4GB Ram
Dual Nvidia 7900GTX in SLi
2TB hdd + Sata Externals
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi currently running Dell 5.1 system
Bluetooth
Biometrics
HD Tuner Pinnacle Stick
LifeCam VX-6000
4 Sata DvD Burners
HP Photosmart 2575
Memory card reader built into rig
Dell 17" flat monitor

Windows XP Pro SP3

 

[RCP Phx]

Both pics are the same keyboard. Just one is a night shot.

The Hauppage(sp?) cards are nice pieces. When I get around to building my new media server/dvr box. I plan on using two of their cards for HD capture.

I was refering to the Adesso posted by Dave92 as the "other" one.Thanks for the VCC suggestion though!

 

[94CountryXJ]

Oh, sorry.

 

[TheAlmightySam]

His:
17" MacBook Pro
2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
320 GB HD
Hi-resolution display
All the other usual MacBook Pro stuff

Hers:
iBook G4
1.42 GHz PowerPC Processor
1 GB RAM
60 GB HD
All the other iBook nonsense

Home Theater Computer:
Mac Mini
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
1 GB RAM
120 GB HD
Connected to a bunch of home theater junk

Server:
AMD Athlon 800MHz
512 MB RAM
14 GB internal HD
100 GB internal HD
FW800 card
Gigabit ethernet
Data Robotics DROBO with 4 1TB HDs

There's also a 1TB Apple Time Capsule lazing around the house working as Time Machine backup storage and wi-fi for the laptops.

 

[Crusher16]

My laptop:
ASUS F3Jp
Intel T7200 | 2GHz
ATi Radeon Mobility X1700
3GB RAM
120GB HDD
Vista Ultimate 64bit

Plays Team Fortress 2 well, but I'm saving to upgrade to a newer ASUS.

 

[Mudderoy]

My laptop:
ASUS F3Jp
Intel T7200 | 2GHz
ATi Radeon Mobility X1700
3GB RAM
120GB HDD
Vista Ultimate 64bit

Plays Team Fortress 2 well, but I'm saving to upgrade to a newer ASUS.

Check out the Crysis demo from EA. Amazing.

 

[Crusher16]

Check out the Crysis demo from EA. Amazing.

Yeah. Ive seen it on some highend systems and it is amazing, but I'm sure it wouldn't run so well on my laptop. Its a little over a year and a half old. Tried the Bioshock demo and on the lowest settings, only managed an amazing 20FPS at most. Fine with me though, use it for school and it is my main gaming machine since I sold my desktop and I only play Spore and TF2 at the moment.

But I'm planning on upgrading my XJ before the newer laptop. I've put off doing that for too long.:rof:

 

[RichP]

My laptop is a vererable old T30 with a P4, 2gig ram, 32meg video. Mainly for serial ports to talk to cisco stuff.
Home machines, too numerous to list even if I remembered what was in them

 

[94CountryXJ]

Crysis is a cool game (beat it). But, I wouldn't build a system around the goal of being able to play it on high everything. That game is coded horribly.

 

[ItZaJeePThiNG]

i just played it on high everything. pretty sweet game. I wonder if it is made for PS3? i think im getting one for xmas.
took a long time to download that demo. but after playing the first ten minutes, it was worth it

 

[Bent]

Home built;

Motherboard: Abit IP35 Pro - 1333MHz FSB

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad - 2.8 Ghz

CPU Cooling: Big Typhoon

Ram: 4 GB; 800 MHz DDR2

Graphics: NVIDA 8600 GT, 256 MB DDR3

Internal Hard drives:

2 - Maxtor 500 GB SATA 2 , 16 MB cache
1 - Seagate 400 GB ATA100 16MB cache

Power Supply: OCZ Stealth X Stream,600 watts

Chassis/Case: Cooler Master CM 690,


External HD:

1 - Seagate 300 GB ATA100 8MB cache


Some build pics:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=945895

 

[ChiXJeff]

Hey thanks guys,I love that second one!Heres what I just finished building(have been on a PII-400 and dial-up for 10yrs).

Intel DP35DP motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2M Corsair TwinX PC6400 800mhz
250G Seagate SATA HD
2-Lite-on SATA Smartdrive DVD Burners
Diamond Radeon HD2400 PCI-E video card
Corsair 520HX "modular" power supply(love the clean interior,it even comes with a carrying case for all the cables)

Oh,and dont forget high speed internet!
"I should be able to go another 10yrs" !!

One thing I still need is a Video capture card,I want to transfer a bunch of wheeling vids from VHS to DVD.Any suggestions on this would be great!
PS:I got most of this from Tigerdirect,great people to work with.I had a couple problems but they took care of me!

I have 2 systems downstairs built on the same motherboard and quad core Q6600 CPUs.

Linux:
8gb RAM
3 250gb SATA-II drives
8 180gb Ultra-SCSI SCA drives in an external shelf
Adic 14 slot tape library with 3 DLT-7000 drives

XP:
4gb RAM
1 250gb SATA-II drive

Laptop (dual boots Linux & Vista Ultimate):
Dell Inspiron 1720
17" 1920x1200 (1080p) display
nVidia GeForce 8600M GT adapter
2.4ghz dual core CPU
4gb RAM
320gb SATA-II drive (empty second bay)

 

[CheapXJ]

17" HP "Laptop" (my lap is big enough for it, others laps are not) DV9548US
t5450 1.67GHz
2gb ram
120gb 5400 and 80gb 7200 sata drives
geforce 8600m w/ 256mb dedicated
vista/linux dual boot
about 3 terabytes worth of external drives.
when docked, it's triple display w/ a 22" 1680x1050 LCD (for image editing)and 55" mitsu TV running @ 1080i for media center. + 5.1 surround (klipsch reference + yamaha network receiver + ps3)

the other dock in the "studio" connects it to an 8-channel console + piggyback 8 ch downmixed into 2 for drums + 500w PA + 19" LCD & the 96" screen on the projector.

that + my windows mobile pda phone:
195mhz TI OMAP 850 (running @ 260mhz w/ extended life battery)
48mb main
48mb program
2gb flash
Windows Mobile 6

 

[ehall]

I have a few more around the house but that's my desktop work area

 

[DrMoab]

You guys are so far behind the times.

My newest and bestist.

 

[XJ98Jeep]

AMD FX264 5600+ (fastest one they made when that series came out)
2 GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR2800 RAM
two 400 GB HDDs in RAID 0, with my OS on a 40 GB HDD, all three are SATAII
8800GTS 640 MB
all being fed by an Hiper 900watt power supply which is whisper quiet and surprisingly cool.

Mine can play Crysis on all high without problems, the GPU runs at like 70 degrees celsius.

 

[Bent]

two 400 GB HDDs in RAID 0

Do you get any noticeable performance gain that way?

 

[ChiXJeff]

Do you get any noticeable performance gain that way?

If you're doing disk intensive stuff, you will. The risk is that if one drive fails, you lose the contents of both. Raid-0 in hardware will almost certainly be faster, software, maybe to probably.

 

[XJ98Jeep]

In day to day stuff not really, but when I really use my computer I notice a big difference. It took me like 30 mins to move 70 GB of music from one place to another on my computer. And when I first installed windows, the windows loading screen didn't even pop up because it loaded so fast.