Computer Setups!

mm3 · Oct 31, 2008

Sure, there was a thread like this before. Sadly, it became locked from inactivity. So, new thread! Post away!

Me first, duh

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goodnites2002 · Nov 1, 2008

how about some specs.

I have a:
1.2 ghz iBook 12" w/768mb of ram

A built by me pc:
Intel q6600 2.4ghz quad-core
4gig ram
Running vista64 :-/

And 1 iPhone

Sawaa · Nov 1, 2008

Why's there an Apple sticker on that Dell, but not OSX86? :3

mm3 · Nov 1, 2008

because I game xP. My Mac carries out all the sexy stuff.

andysetra · Nov 1, 2008

mm3 is that a MS 1000 series wireless keyboard? I used to have that exact one but the wireless pissed me off, so I bought the wired version. I love the keyboard

My pics to come shortly..once I've cleaned up, it's quite messy here right now :/

Specs are:

Main rig:
- WinXP Pro Corp.
- AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ (Dual core)
- Asus A8N-E Motherboard
- 2GB DDR400 ram (2x1GB Samsung, dual channel)
- 500GB + 320GB + 320GB + 200GB = 1340GB, All Seagate SATA/SATA2
- 2 Pioneer DVR-111D DL 16x DVD Burners
- eVGA 7600GS 256MB (PCIe)
- External SB Augidy2
- Klipsch Promedia 2.0 Speakers
- Viewsonic 19" VA902b LCD
- Viewsonic 20.1" VX2025 LCD
- Microsoft Basic Media KB / Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 Mouse

Mac Desktop:
- MacOS 10.4 (Tiger)
- PowerPC G4 Tower (400MHz)
- 1GB PC133 ram (4x256mb)
- 20GB Quantum Fireball (wooo!

)
- GeForce2 MX 32MB (AGP)
- Toshiba/Samsung 16x DVD-ROM
- Compaq 15" FP5315 LCD w/built in speakers
- Uses Synergy to share KB & Mouse from main rig

Mac Laptop:
- MacOS 10.5 (Leopard)
- Powerbook 12"
- 1.5GHz G4 Processor
- 1.25GB DDR333 ram (1GB + 256MB)
- 80GB HD
- GeForce FX5200 64MB
- 4x Superdrive (DVD Burner)

Acer Laptop (aka craptop):
- WinXP Pro Corp
- Acer Travelmate 230
- 1.7GHz Intel Celeron
- 768MB DDR333 ram (256MB + 512MB)
- 40GB HD
- Intel 944 64MB (dedicated)
- DVD-ROM/CD Burner

Media Center (in living room):
- WinXP Media Center 2005
- Intel P4 2.4GHz w/HT
- 1GB DDR400 ram (2x512MB)
- 300GB Seagate SATA HD
- ATi Radeon 9250 128MB (AGP)
- Toshiba/Samsung 16x DVD-ROM
- 42" Toshiba 1080p LCD TV (using DVI, running at 1366x720)
- Onkyo 5.1 Receiver w/Klipsch Quintet Satellites and NEC 300w 12" subwoofer

mm3 · Nov 1, 2008

mm3 is that a MS 1000 series wireless keyboard? I used to have that exact one but the wireless pissed me off, so I bought the wired version. I love the keyboard

. Yes, it's the Wireless Multimedia Keyboard from Microsoft. God, do I hate this fricking keyboard! every night I'm recharging batteries, it's a nightmare. I love the feel and the perfect balance of comfort and clack though, so I'm still using it (until I can cough up some dough of a regular USB version).

It came with a wireless mouse too, but I've given up on that as well, considering the amount of charging I have to do, because of my surplus of gaming hours.

andysetra · Nov 1, 2008

mm3 said:
. Yes, it's the Wireless Multimedia Keyboard from Microsoft. God, do I hate this fricking keyboard! every night I'm recharging batteries, it's a nightmare. I love the feel and the perfect balance of comfort and clack though, so I'm still using it (until I can cough up some dough of a regular USB version).

It came with a wireless mouse too, but I've given up on that as well, considering the amount of charging I have to do, because of my surplus of gaming hours.

Really? I just used regular alkaline batteries in mine (both keyboard and mouse) and they lasted about 6 months. My problem was the keyboard had terrible wireless and I would lose keystrokes (especially holding down CTRL and another key :/). The mouse never gave me a problem, and when I sold the set, I bought the same keyboard, only wired, and got another wireless MS mouse. They both work great for me, and the mouse has had the same batteries for around 8 months now!

Something to remember, the battery usage tends to depend heavily on how close the wireless transceiver is to the devices, so keep it as close as possible (without putting it too close and distorting the signal)

mm3 · Nov 1, 2008

Mmmm, synergy. Now that is a piece of software that's a God-send!

Craig · Nov 3, 2008

The MS Wireless Desktop 6000 Set owns you all

Craig.

Lil Snap · Nov 3, 2008

How I roll (FWIW)

Main Box:

AMD Phenom Quad Core 9100
4 Gig RAM
640 Gig HD
22" Widescreen Monitor
Ati Radeon 3200
Logitech Wireless KB/ Mouse LX 710 (I know there is better, this was what they had at Sams Club)

Network Storage:

P3 1.0 Ghz
1/2 Gig RAM
300 Gig on 2 drives
KVM switch KB, Vid, Mouse

Laptop : toshiba so so old (gotta hand crank it !)

P4 3.2 (PRE - centrino)
15.4" x-brite screen
1 Gig RAM
60 Gig HD

Living Room :

46" Sony Bravia 1080p
Sony str-de 920 Home theatre audio with 5.1 Sony speakers w/ 12" sub (BOOM)
Sony upconvert DVD player
PS3 networked to Media Center from Main box
Directv HD DVR (ROCKS)

paddedhawk · Nov 4, 2008

Desktop:

AMD Phenom Quad Core 2.4Ghz
4GB Ram
750GB HDD
20 GB HDD (has the OS)
nvidia Geforce 6200
20'' Acer Widescreen
Linuxmint 5 KDE

Laptop

Intel dual core 1.6Ghz
1GB Ram
120 GB HDD
15.4 in widescreen
Linuxmint 5 KDE

PupKommodore · Nov 4, 2008

I've posted pics of this before, but here's some new one's about 5 minutes old!

They're a little dark, but it's a dark room :tongue:

Lil Snap · Nov 4, 2008

Nice 1

You have music I can listen too?

element · Nov 8, 2008

Well, figured I should contribute.

Main screen's a Lenovo L220x at 1920x1200 hooked up to the MacBook Pro, and the second screen is hooked up to my Linux box (not pictured). The small laptop is an Acer Aspire One. The MacBook's a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM and a 320GB 7200RPM HD, and the Linux box is a E6400 Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM. Not pictured is my file server, which has an AthlonX2 4000+, 4GB RAM,5 320GB drives and a 500GB drive, running Server 2003.

mm3 · Nov 8, 2008

w00t! Nice setup

. Do yourself a favor and look up Synergy.

element · Nov 8, 2008

mm3 said:
w00t! Nice setup . Do yourself a favor and look up Synergy.

Heh, yeah, I have Synergy. Don't know what I'd do without it.

Embraer · Nov 8, 2008

Curious- Whats Synergy?

As for my setup:

Dell XPS M1710
2.2Ghz
4G RAM
nVidia 7900GTX
80GB HD 7200RPM
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Soon to have mega gaming desktop, mainly for FSX:

Antec 900
4GB Corsiar Dominator Ram DDR3!
Undecided MOBO
nVidia 9800GTX
Hanns G 22'' Monitor
650Watt PSU
Intel Q6600 OC'ed to 3.4Ghz
1TB HD

I just sold my PS3 today for 420 bucks, so that helps, and my birthday is next week, so hopefully by next week I will have this baby. Oh, and all under 1k from Newegg! Yay!

kapi · Nov 9, 2008

Desktop:

Intel Q9450 (2,67GHz)
2*2gb DDR2-800 Cl4 Ram.
Gigabyte board with P43 Chipset
ATi HD4850 graphics
2*500gb Seagate 7200.11 and 1*160gb 7200.10 HDD
Enermax 84+ power supply (525W)
LG DVD+/-RW (DL) drive
DVB-C tv tuner
24" Eizo monitor
System: Archlinux / XP Prof.

Laptop:

12.1" Thinkpad X31:
1,4GHz Celeron
512 mb ram
40gb HDD
Radeon M6
System: Archlinux

Samaki · Nov 9, 2008

Connor92 said:
Curious- Whats Synergy?

As for my setup:

Dell XPS M1710
2.2Ghz
4G RAM
nVidia 7900GTX
80GB HD 7200RPM
____________________________________________________

Soon to have mega gaming desktop, mainly for FSX:

Antec 900
4GB Corsiar Dominator Ram DDR3!
Undecided MOBO
nVidia 9800GTX
Hanns G 22'' Monitor
650Watt PSU
Intel Q6600 OC'ed to 3.4Ghz
1TB HD

I just sold my PS3 today for 420 bucks, so that helps, and my birthday is next week, so hopefully by next week I will have this baby. Oh, and all under 1k from Newegg! Yay!

I'm not exactly sure how it works, but it connects all of your computers to one keyboard. I think it uses your network to do it.

andysetra · Nov 9, 2008

Samaki said:
I'm not exactly sure how it works, but it connects all of your computers to one keyboard. I think it uses your network to do it.

Yeah it uses your network. You setup a server for the keyboard and mouse and connect one or multiple clients to it. It runs as a service on windows and comes with a handy installer for OS X (never used it for linux but there is a linux version too).

Basically you setup where the monitors are positioned with each other (similar to when you setup dual or multiple monitors) and it treats all the computers as one system with multiple monitors (ie: the mouse spans all of them). The clipboard is even shared if you set it up right

Windows: Synergy
OS X: SourceForge.net: SynergyKM