Your setup (geeky comp talk)

[Chad Rains offline]

So what's your setup like? Be as descriptive as possible.

Main PC:
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Name: SQMASTER
Motherboard: MSI P4MAM-V
CPU: 2.07GHZ Celeron (Northwood)
Memory: 512MB (256MBx2) Kingston PC3200
Hard Drive: 60GB IBM Deskstar
CD/DVD: Generic DVD/CD-RW combo
Video Card: 128MB Radeon 9200 Pro
Sound Card: onboard 6 channel VIA VT1617
NIC: onboard VIA Rhine II
Monitor #1: 17" Gateway CRT
Monitor #2: (dead in the water due to f*cked up cabling courtesy of Dell) 15" Dell
Speakers: Creative Inspire 4.1 4400 (Kick-Ass!)
OS: XP Pro SP2

Bedroom PC/Server:
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Name: SQSERV
Motherboard: Random IBM Motherboard
CPU: 730MHZ P3
Memory: 512MB (256MBx2) PC133
Hard Drive: 20GB Quantum Fireball
CD/DVD: Plain Jane 52x LG CD-ROM
Video Card: 64MB Radeon 7000 VE
Sound Card: onboard ESS Allegro
NIC: IBM 10/100 Fast Etherjet
Monitor #1: 15" gateway EV500
Monitor #2: My bro's little 13" tv at the moment since my 19" is dead. (display is set in cloned mode with theater mode applied so my videos always go full screen on the tv without any hassles)
Speakers: Junky little Cambridge soundworks speakers (my good headphones are usually hooked up most of the time)
OS: XP Pro SP2

Net:
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3000/512 ADSL
Zyxel 645M modem in bridge mode
Dlink DI-524 wireless G router.
SSID: sqhomebase
Workgroup: SQ_HOMEBASE


btw, if I missed any important specs, let me know.

[Jazzy Josh offline]

Main PC
Name: none
Motherboard: Biostar
Processor: 1.2Ghz (i believe) AMD Athlon XP
Memory: 512 MB
Hard driive: #1: 22.1GB #2: 37.2GB for a total of 59.3GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForceFX 5500 -XTreme-G by TRU
(I might be able to fill in the rest late)
OS: XP Pro SP2

[comex offline]

You have _two_ computers with _two_ monitors each? Wowch.

[Chad Rains offline]

Well, technically the main pc has just 1 at this point till I can get the second one rewired (for whatever whacked up reason, dell decided to completely change the pinout of the vga plug on the monitor as well as make the cable detatchable from the monitor so not only did I lose the original cable at one point, but when I bought a new vga cable, it didnt work. )

the bedroom pc mainly uses the tv for video's (hence the theater mode mentioned above).


I actually had the same 13" tv hooked up to the main pc downstairs back when I was a flight sim finatic. I would have the tv set up as a second screen and move the game's gps over on to the tv and maximize it. worked great and kept my windscreen nice and clean.

[Jazzy Josh offline]

I have 2 computers, however I won't start that one again until my dad gets my wireless PCI card set up, which will require him buying more memory for it, then I'm going to get the hard drive from the old computer that I don't use anymore (it's a UHG......95) transfer the files to the main computer, wipe and reformat the my computer, install XP Professional, update it, transfer the files back over to my computer (thank you for setting up the wireles router Dad!!)

[Lyokofreak offline]

No need to be ashamed... I worked on computers that runned on win95 and ms-dos. LOL

Name:E-Tower 400i
Os: Windows 2000 (sp4)
Ram: 256 MB of SDRam
Display: Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model 64/64 Pro 32 MB DDR
HD: 7 GB EIDE (Im ordering a 20 GB)
ISP: Verizon Online DSL - 768Kbps
Processor: Intel Celeron 400 MHZ :cry:
Mobo: e-Tower 400i AT/ATI Compatible
Monitor: Visual Sensations On VS4E (upgrading to flat panel)

Yes, my computer is a piece of **** but im getting a new display card (Nvidia GeForce 4400 i believe and its PCI Express)
Im definetly going to up my ram to 512, there are only 2 slots
i HAVE LIKE 200000000000 128 MB Sticks but my comps slots are filled up
My processor is a little piece of crap too, but its something i plan to take care of last.
Im moving to NJ so we're quitting verizon like the pitiful trash they are with their unreliable connection.
Im getting Windows XP Professional Soon.
My new comp will be...

Name: e-tower 400i (PimPeD)
Os: Windows XP Professional
Ram: 512 MB Of SDRam
Display: Nvidia GeForece 4400 MX (64 OR 128 DDR MEM)
ISP: Optimum Online
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
Mobo: e tower 400i
Monitor: Flat Panel

The Ultimate Gaming Machine (for me)

It will dig a deep hole in my pocket, ill be broke until i get my next payment
( 4 Weeks?!?!?!?!? )

Something i noticed about Operating Systems is that windows MilleniumEdition isint that popular. Even 2000 wiped it out. Maybe 2% of the world today has Windows Me, or has even tried it. If you have ME posts ME!

[comex offline]

I don't know all the fancy stuff, but I'll say what I know

Name: cory (something else on Windows, but I'd rather not say )
OS: Debian / XP Home
CPU: 2.26 ghz pentium 4
RAM: 768 MB
HD: 80GB (hda), 160GB (hdb)
CD/DVD: One DVD reader drive, one CD-RW drive (no DVD)
Video: Some crappy default that can't render drop shadows fast enough
Sound: SB Live (emu10k1)
Monitor: 15" Dell (yes, that's all I have on my main computer, even my brother's computer has a bigger screen)
Speakers: Some old Altec ones which I rarely use
Headphones: Some generic type that rules

Name: unnamed as of yet (iBook G4)
OS: OS X
CPU: 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4
RAM: 768 MB
HD: 55.77 GB
CD/DVD: "MATSHITADVD-R" (not sure what that means exactly)
Video: Radeon 9550 (32 MB VRAM)
Sound: Default internal speakers
Monitor: 14"

Name: nserver
OS: Debian
CPU: unknown
RAM: 128 MB
HD: 12G
CD/DVD: One DVD reader drive, one Zip drive (I think)
Video: unknown
Sound: unknown
Monitor: none

[Exploder offline]

I actually had the same 13" tv hooked up to the main pc downstairs back when I was a flight sim finatic. I would have the tv set up as a second screen and move the game's gps over on to the tv and maximize it. worked great and kept my windscreen nice and clean.

You played fligth sim? I love flight sim! Too bad my current P.O.SH computer can't run it.

Type: Dell Inspiron 8200 (yes its a laptop)
Name: Bob
CPU: 2.00 Gz
OS: Windows XP with service pack 2
Memory: 512 SDRAM
Hard Drive: 40GB
Screen: Dell Ultrasharp 15"1600x1200 UXGA
Heaphones: Microsoft GameVoice headset (bought it for the sole purpose of voice-activation in Flight Sim)
Speakers: Harmon-Kardon 3-piece system with subwoofer
Media Drive: CD+RW/DVD combo drive (i can't remember the speed)
Internet: MSN 56k dial up. And it doesn't even reach 56k.

By today's standards its a piece of junk. Dell doesn't even make it anymore. Soon, I will upgrade RAM to 1024 MB. I'm gonna wipe the drive and reinstall windows. And I FINALLY got my screen fixed, lol.

[MalikDrako offline]

Motherboard: ASUS P4-TE
CPU: 1.7 GHz P4
Memory: 768MB (256MBx2 + 128x2)
Hard Drive: 40GB + 120GB
CD: 48x and 24x/10x/40x
Video Card: 256MB ATI Radeon 9550
Monitor: 17" Kogi flat panel
OS: XP Pro SP2

I could really use a new CPU

[Overcaffeinated Sloth offline]

Eh, the only thing I know is the name, Mineshaft.
It's my dad's computer, not mine.

[Alex offline]

Name: ALAN_MEDIA
Model: HP Media Center PC m1270n
CPU: 3000 MHz Pentium 4 (HT)
RAM: 1024 MB
Optical:

• Bay 1: 16x DVD+/-RW DL with LightScribe
• Bay 2: 48x CD-ROM

OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Service Pack 2 (Update Rollout 2)
Cards:

• TV tuner (Cable)
• ATI RADEON X300 PCI-Express graphics (128 MB)
• Linksys wireless internet adapter

USB infrared receiver (for Media Center remote)
HDD: 250 GB (-4 GB for recov partition)
Mouse: Logitech MX Laser
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 712N

[Chad Rains offline]

I actually had the same 13" tv hooked up to the main pc downstairs back when I was a flight sim finatic. I would have the tv set up as a second screen and move the game's gps over on to the tv and maximize it. worked great and kept my windscreen nice and clean.

You played fligth sim? I love flight sim! Too bad my current P.O.SH computer can't run it.

Yeah. At the time I was constantly flying on a favorite FShost server which consisted of over a few thousand hops (keep in mind that many of these hops take a few real world hours to complete even with a jumbo jet. add time to land, taxi, take off, etc.) and had a fairly friendly group of pilots. lots of fun.

also, I wouldnt worry too much about system specs. At one point I had it working fine on my old machine which consisted of the current 2GHZ celeron ive got now, 256MB RAM, and onboard intel graphics that shared 64MB of system ram. had to turn down the graphics quite a bit to get a fairly smooth framerate, but it worked.

[Exploder offline]

I never really got into online flights mainly because it took forever to load. And my comp actually has fairy good stats. The prolem is those things like Norton (which does nothing for me anyway) takes up a whole boatload of RAM. Plus I had a spyware invasion a few months ago. Most of that is cleaned out now, but I might have to wipe the hard drive. Oh well. I'll have to see about upgrading my memory, maybe to 512. But it may not have an extra slot. Bob is doing ok for now.

[Jazzy Josh offline]

Something i noticed about Operating Systems is that windows MilleniumEdition isint that popular. Even 2000 wiped it out. Maybe 2% of the world today has Windows Me, or has even tried it. If you have ME posts ME!

Why does no one have ME? Cause ME SUCKS!!!!!!!!

On a lower note, my dad had to REFORMAT his HD today.....one thing I learned though.....EQ2 takes up 7GB

[Exploder offline]

Well, I took Bob apart. It turns out I actually have 512 RAM, instead of 256. And there's room for another 512 RAM stick. I'm going to buy one and pop it in there. I'll try turning the framerate down some and see if that helps FS2004 run.

[Chad Rains offline]

Just wanted to update a few things on my setup.

The one desktop above named SQMASTER is now called SuperComp and now has a 100GB 7200rpm Segate Barracuda drive to replace the old and dying deskstar.

my bedroom pc is simply named "bedroom" since i didnt have any idea on what to call it in homage to CL in any way. it hasnt changed any in specs.

router SSID and workgroup is called "IleSeguin".

The laptop i posted specs of in another thread:

Just got my new laptop today. Heres the specs and junk:



Make/Model: Dell Inspiron 1200
CPU: 1.4ghz Celeron M (1MB L2 Cache)
Memory: (768MB DDR. 256 stock, added 512 for good measure)
Hard Drive: 40GB 5200rpm
Optical Drive: 24x CD-RW/DVD
Wireless: Dell 1370 b/g minipci card (built in with nothing sticking out the side like a pcmcia card)
Screen: 14.1" UXGA screen (1024x768 native res)

Its simply called "mobile" (again, didnt know what to call it in homage of CL).

Oh, and heres a few extra specs on it:

128MB Intel Media Accelerator 9xx onboard graphics (suprisingly outperforms "SuperComp" easily in terms of gaming. can run fs2004 without breaking a sweat.)
Ni-MH battery - 9.6V/4500mAh/43WH (lasts an average of 2 hours on a full charge. currently has about 18% wear. been meaning to get a Li-Ion replacement to up the battery life a bit)

[levicampbell offline]

Name: Source
Brand: Compaq Persario X1000 CTO
OS: Gentoo GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15
RAM: 512MB, soon to be 1GB
Processor: 1.70 GHz Pentium M
Video card: not used
sound card: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
Network: eth0: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
eth1: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Optical: DVD/CD-ROM/CD-RW 8x

[Osiris offline]

Type: ACER sa60 desktop
Name: none
CPU: 2.80 Gz
OS: Windows XP with service pack 2
Memory: 512 DDRRAM
Hard Drive: 80GB
Screen: neoveo 17" flatscreen TFT
Heaphones: Sony headphones
Speakers: ACER stero speakers
Media Drive: DVD and CD rewriter drive 52X
Internet: AOL broaudband.

[Exploder offline]

We bought a new family computer today. I don't know all the specs, but i know it has a 300GB hard drive, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, Windows XP Media Center, a TV Tuner, and a whole bunch of stuff. You wouldn't expect this from HP, but then again, they are better than they used to be...

[Feneeth of Borg offline]

NECROPOST!

Manufactuer: Dell
Model: Dimension 8300
CPU: P4 "Prescott" 3.4GHz/1MB/800MHz with HT
RAM: 2x 1GB Buffulo DDR
Video Card: VisionTek Radeon HD 2600 Pro, overclocked with Ati Tray Tools, running 9.3 AGP Hotfix drivers
Power Suppy: 250W, upgrading to 350W
Sound card: SoundMax Integrated Audio/ Creative Sound Blaster Live! (Value)

Tested my connection speed to be 14.9 Mb/s at www.speedtest.net (faster than 97% of gobal connections!)

[TheLQ offline]

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Since its already open...
Crappy Comp 1
Name: Moms
Type: Dell Deminsion something
CPU: Intel P4 2.80 GHz
RAM: 256 MG (yes, 256 MB)
OS: Windows XP Home SP3
Video card: Integrated
Monitor: Dell 15" E773c CRT
Sound Card: Integrated
Hard Drives: 20GB Quantum Fireball lct15 20; 40GB ST340014A
Speakers: Ancient
Internet: Insight 10.0 Cable Broadband

*cries

[TheAppleFreak]

Wow. This is a necropost.

o-o-o

My setup is as follows:
Computer #1
MacBook
Previous Gen
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Peryn Processor
232 GB HD (with formatting taken out; otherwise, a 250 GB HD)
13" Display
Integrated Video card
4 GB RAM at 800 MHz
At the moment, a Mini-DVI to DVI adaptor connected to a 19" LCD monitor from Staples.
OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard
Mad awesome.

On the other hand,
The PCs at my shcool
Dell Optiplex 745
Integrated Video Card
40 GB HD
Broadcom 5754 Networking Card
2 GB of RAM
13" Dell display
3.2 GHz Core Solo Processors
OS: Windoze XP
But, if I boot off of my flash drive, Mac OS X 10.5.2 iPC variant

[polinga offline]

-ALIENWARE Area-51 M17X
-Two 8800M GTX 512MB SLI
-8x DVD/RW With LightScribe
-Ram 4GB DDR2
-500GB HDD
-Intel core 2 extreme X9000 2.8GHz

Price tag around $5,000 +- $600 or so

[yumi_shinoda offline]

My Laptop
Model:Fujitsu Life Book L1010 (Pink)
Manufacturer:FUJITSU
Processor:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 3058MB RAM
Hard Drive: 232 GB Total
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Display: 14.1" WXGA LCD Display (1280 x 800 pixels)
Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Keyboard: Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
Mouse: HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Surface: Hard
Operating System: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Enterprise (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)

[TheAppleFreak]

I figured since I got a new computer recently I should necropost, while adding something new.

MAIN COMPUTER: Macbook
HD: 232.5 GB Hitachi hard drive (using the older standard of measuring HD space [1024 KB equals 1 MB], using the new standard [1000 KB equals 1 MB], it's a 250 GB HD)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.4. GHz
RAM: 4 GB of DDR2 SDRAM at 800 MHz
Monitor: 13" built-in
Wireless: Broadcom 43xx 802.11a/b/g/n wireless (not sure of the last two digits; this is what is reported in my system logs)
Video Card: Integrated Intel Media Accelerator with 128 MB of dedicated RAM; shares another 128 MB with main system memory
Secondary Monitor (sometimes): 19" Staples monitor connected to CPU via Mini-DVI to DVI cable
OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard, primary), Mac OS X 10.6.0 (Snow Leopard), Windows XP SP3 (bluescreened), Windows 7 (virtual machine), Mac OS X 10.5.2 (hacked, virtual machine), Ubuntu 9.04 (virtual machine), Solaris 10 (virtual machine)

SECONDARY COMPUTER: Dell Mini 10v
HD: 120 GB hard disk, presumably manufactured by Hitachi (can't be sure of exact measurements)
Processor: Intel Atom at 1.6 GHz
RAM: 1 GB of DDR2 SDRAM at 667 MHz
Monitor: 10.1" built-in
Video Card: Intel Media Accelerator 945
Secondary Monitor: See above; no success yet with OS X
Wireless: Dell Wireless Card 1397 (a/b/g)
OS: Vanilla installation of OS X 10.5.8 (using DellEFI method, Chameleon RC3 as the bootloader), Windows XP SP3