I'm curious...what are your computer(s) specs?

[FlipsidE]

I'd have to say that my biggest hobby has to be Computers...really anything related to computer hardware and/or gaming. I post a good bit on a gaming message board, and we occasionally start threads like this. Since most of us here use computers to process our photos, I wanted to start one here, too...just for fun.

I'll start things off

Gaming Rig (home built):
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ overclocked to 2100MHz
1GB Corsair Extreme Memory Speed/Low Latency PC3200 (DDR400) RAM
128MB PNY Verto nVidia GeForce 6800 Video card overclocked to 395MHz core / 820MHz RAM
Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy MP3+ Sound Card
LITE-ON 52x32x52 CD-RW drive
120GB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda Hard Disk Drive

Notebook (Dell Inspiron 2650):
Pentium 4-M 1.8GHz
512MB PC2100 (DDR266) RAM
16MB GeForce 2 Go Video card
24x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
30GB 5400RPM Hitachi Hard Disk Drive
14.1" Display

Half-Life Dedicated Server (home built):
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
512MB PC2100 (DDR266) RAM
32MB GeForce 2 Video card
40GB 7200RPM Maxtor Hard Disk Drive

File/Web/Database Server (home built):
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512MB PC2100 (DDR266) RAM
64MB nVidia GeForce 4MX 420 Video card
120GB 7200RPM Western Digital Hard Disk Drive

FlipsidE

[tofuboy]

I'm in need of an upgrade...

p3 800, 512m ram, gforce2 pro, 100 gig hdd

The question arises... should I get a new computer or buy 70-200 f/2.8L first? I'm thinking the lens, as the price will stay the same on that.. while with computers, the price is always dropping as new technology comes out.

[Moppie]

My comps a complete bastard in the most pure meaning of the word.

AMD Athalon 2600XP
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2 (the early one with the Bios trouble, sometimes it shuts down, sometimes it dosnt).
2x 256mb PC2100 Dual channel ram
No name CD-R
No name 40gig IDE HDD (yes, its way to small).
64mb Nvidia graphics card, its an old one thats been abused, over clocked and cooked a few times. Its prone to locking up just for the hell of it.

All this is wraped inside a case designed for an older 800mhz machine, so its been modified a little.

2x Front USB ports via holes opened up with a hand drill and file.
Firewire port accessed by removing side of case.
80mm Front mount fan
Extra 80mm rear fan with rear screen in case cut out to reduce noise and improve air flow.
2x 40mm fan suspended over graphics card inside case.
New Bios chip fan after the orginal ran a bearing.
In my old flat it was enough to heat the room in the middle of winter.

Sound comes from an old Panasonic double tape deck stereo, cicra 1988.
MS office keybourd (the one with the extra scroll wheel!)
MS optical mouse
Big heavy 17inch glass thing which displays text and images.
Canon plastic thing that whirs and sometimes produces readable text on pieces of papaer.



Looking at your 3 comps FlipsidE I think mine would make an excellent game server!

Forunatly theres lots of room in it for improvements.
I can run 2x serial ATA hard drives, and have an on bourd RAID controller. (I want one times IDE Drive for storing photos etc, and 2x raid drives linked for speed to run games and OS off of.)
It will also take a lot more ram, and a much faster processor, 3200+ at least.

[Jesper]

My computer is a Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo 600. These are the specs:

AMD Athlon 1800+ processor (runs at 1533 MHz)
1 GB RAM (was originally 512 MB)
nVidia GeForce 2 video card
Sony DRU-700A dual layer DVD writer (was originally a Philips DVD writer, but that one could only write DVD+RW discs; the Sony writes everything, DVD+/-R(W)).
80 GB Seagate harddisk
80 GB Maxtor harddisk (added this one myself two weeks ago)
Sony Multiscan E400 19 inch CRT monitor

I removed the original 56k modem (I'm not using it) and added an USB 2.0 PCI card.
Peripherals:

160 GB external harddrive with USB 2.0 interface and built-in card reader for different kinds of memory cards
4 x 6 inch Wacom tablet
Epson Stylus Photo 950 printer
ADSL router

I have Windows XP Home and Linux (Mandrake 10.0) installed on my computer.

[thomascanty]

My home system:
Dell (I can't remember the exact model and I'm not home to check now)
2.4 Ghz P4
1 Gb RAM
240 Gb HD space (160 of that external and shared with my laptop)
52x CD-R
4x DVD+/-RW
Wacom 4x6 tablet
A crappy Dell printer that came with the computer
Viewsonic P75+ 19" monitor set to 1600x1200

My laptop:
Compaq Presario 2182US
2.3 Ghz Celeron
512 Mb RAM
200 Gb HD space (including that 160 external)
48x CD-R
15" 1024x768 video display

I bought both systems last December at about the same time.

[KirkM]

PowerMac G5
Dual 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â *Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
Dual Independent 1 GHz front-side buses;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
512MB 400 MHz Dual Channel (128-bit) DDR;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
8 DIMMs, 8GB maximum memory;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â *Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
160GB Serial ATA hard drive;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â *Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
RADEON 9600 Pro-64MB DDR;Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit 133 MHz, two 64-bit 100 MHz); andÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
4x SuperDrive
Lacie 160gb Firewire HD 7200rpm
Canon LiDE80 Flatbed Color ScannerÂ*Â*
Cinema Display - 20-inch
1680 x 1050 optimal resolution
16.7 million colors
DVI Display Connector
2 port USB 2.0 Hub
2 FireWire 400 ports
VESA mount compatible


Laptops:
12" iBook G3 600
IBM Thinkpad (for GPS and automotive tuning)

[BrandonSi]

I built mine a while ago, it still sucks.

MSI K7Turbo2 MoBo
Athlon 966
1.256GB Ram (PC133)
120GB HD
20GB HD
Radeon 9550SE 128mb
DVD Burner
Firewire card

19" Viewsonic Flatscreen
Epson 3170 Perfection Scanner (with fancy medium format negative scanner for my 120 holga negatives)

[SSonnentag]

Dual Intel Xeon 3.2
4GB DDR 400
500GB RAID 0
nVidia Quadro FX 3000
Dual 24-inch 1920x1200 LCD monitors


AMD Athlon FX-53
2GB DDR 400
500GB Raid 0
500GB external backup drive
ATI Radeon X800 XT
Dual 22-inch monitors (1600x1200)

[sGu]

Apple Powerbook G4
1.5Ghz
1GB RAM
80GB HD
128MB Video Card
Superdrive
Airport buildin

After I had my Powerbook, desktop got deserted.

Athlon XP 2100
1GB RAM
550GB HD
DVD Burner
CD Burner
DVD Reader
128MB Video Card
etc...

[EoSD30fReAk]

i build mine 2 months ago

MSI motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
512mb DDR
nvidia Gforce 5700 256mb ddr with vivo
2x maxtor S-ATA 200GB HD
9-1 Apacer card reader
NEC 16x dual layer dvd RW
Philips DVD Rom
Sitecom wireless network card
soundblaster 5.1 sound card
3x usb 2.0
2x firewire

logitech wireless mouse and keyboord

19" XEROX Flat panel lcd monitor with DVI

Philips 5.1 surround sound system

it's a mod case so i got a lot of lights in it also :lol:

[DeeplyDigital]

17" Powerbook

no more frustration

-

[Jon]

Intel 865PERL/P4 2.8GHz 800 MHz FSB/ 1 GB (for now), 2x160 GB Seagate SATA, ATi 9800.
Toshiba Portege M205 1.5 GHz PM, 512 MB. 60 GB
Toshiba Satellite 1405 1.8GHz Celeron, 60 GB
Bunch of others, mostly laptops, all slower.
Plus several work computers.

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

Desktop
Intel 865 per1, 800mhz Motherboard
Intel P4 3.2/800mhz Hyperthread
1gig dual 400mhz ram
Dual video ATI Radeon 955 w/ 256m AGP
160gig drive, 3 partitions
Creative labs SBS 560 5.1 sound card with PERL 5.1 on-board
16X DVDR/RW
16X DVD
XP Pro

Laptop 1
Dell inspiron 8100
15" LCD display
2.2 gig, 400 Mhz
60 gig drive
CDRW
DVD
XP Home

Laptop 2
Compaq n610c
14" lcd
80gig, 3 partitions
98/2000/XP Pro OS's
CDRW
DVD

[boxer82003]

thermal take X case
asus p4c800 delux mobo
p4 3.0 ghz cpu
2 ddr 512 mb sticks pc3200 ram runnig dual chammel
120gig serial ata hard drive
radeon 9600 pro 128mb
audigy platinum ex sound card
external plexter dvd-RW
internal dvd-rom

the wife has a amd xp2100

my call of duty server is a xp2500

[Andy_T]

Built it myself some time ago... but it's still sufficient

Asus A7N266
Athlon XP 2500? (actually I don't know, but it's running at regular speed :lol: )
Matrox Parhelia 128 (thanks John_T :wink: )
768 MB ram
some 120 GB Maxtor drives
Enermax 465 power supply
Lian Li PC 60 case
some Pabst 80 mm fans

... still sounds a bit like a jet close to take-off :?

Best regards,
Andy

[Sketcher]

FlipsidE,

That's some nice gear and software you're running. Sigh... to have a HLDS running again... I dumped mine due to bandwidth inconsistancy from my ISP (Cable).

This is the gear I've just moved out of my home office to finish my basement. It took a whole day to empty out the SOHO; don't know if I'm going to put it all back in. It did warm the basement quite nicely in the winter time though ;).

DESKTOP
01. 3.4Ghz | 2GB RAM | 500GB SATA-150 | ATI 9600 AIW | XP Pro (HP DC7100) | Some old 21" monitor
02. 2.4Ghz | 1GB RAM | 250GB UATA-133 | ATI 9700 PRO | XP Pro (HP D530 | Viewsonic 19" PF790
03. 1.2Ghz | 1GB RAM | 120GB UATA-100 | 3D Prophet GTS II | XP Pro (MSI K7Master / Lian Li PC60 / Mushkin) | 17" HP Monitor
04. A couple a vanilla 800Mhz Desktops for general use/surfing/gaming etc.

SERVER
05. HP G3 | Dual 1.4 Ghz P | 2GB RAM | 70GB SCSI RAID 5 (MS 2003 Server)
06. CPQ ML370 | Dual 866Mhz | 1GB RAM | 70GB SCSI RAID 5 (Netware 6.5)

LAPTOP
08. HP NW8000 | 1.7Ghz PM | 1GB RAM | 60GB HD | XP PRO

PDA
09. Treo 300
10. IPAQ 5455
11. Treo 600
12. Blackberry 7280

Network Hardware
13. Watchguard Firebox II
14. Bunch of Cisco & Linksys Wireless Gear
15. Coupla photo inkjets & laserjet printers

CURRENTLY BUILDING
3.6Ghz P4
ASUS P5AD2 Premium http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P5AD2%20Premium&langs=09
4GB RAM - Corsair
1 Terabyte HD (Four 250GB 16MB Buffer SATA-150 Maxtor Diamondmax 10 HD's) Intel Matrix Mirror/Raid setup.
Lian Li PC v1000 http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2040
Haven't decided on a GPU yet. Matrox hasn't put out a PCIx version of their Parhelia and I'm spoiled with my Parhelia pushing 3 19" Viewsonic VP191b's at work.

That's about it.

[FlipsidE]

FlipsidE,

That's some nice gear and software you're running. Sigh... to have a HLDS running again... I dumped mine due to bandwidth inconsistancy from my ISP (Cable).

- I actually powered off my HLDS server for the first time in a LONG time tonight. It just isn't being used as I wanted it to be used (for my LAN group to play on non-LAN nights). I have hlstats running, and have about 1000 new people playing on my server each month, so it is popular...just not for what I built it for.

I'm going to leave it down for a couple of weeks. If I get no complaints, I'm thinking of stripping it for parts to use in building an image processing machine.

FlipsidE

[neo_xeno]

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1gb Mushkin Black Ram PC3200
Radeon 9800xt
Audigy 2
36gb SATA 10k rpm
150gb SATA 7200rpm
Sony DVD burner
Lian Li fish aquarium case

you play counter-strike source yet flipside?

[FlipsidE]

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1gb Mushkin Black Ram PC3200
Radeon 9800xt
Audigy 2
36gb SATA 10k rpm
150gb SATA 7200rpm
Sony DVD burner
Lian Li fish aquarium case

you play counter-strike source yet flipside?

- Absolutely! I bought CS:CZ two to three months ago and instantly got in on the CS:S beta at that time. WOW!! The engine is great and the game is just a blast. IMO, definitely an improvement over the original CS.

FlipsidE