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Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:39 pm**

I'll leave the old thread up for a couple of weeks as a sticky so you all can copy/paste items over.

Happy New Year everyone!

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:03 pm**

My system. Hasn't changed much the picture doesn't show the new video card 6600 because our digital camera bit the dust.

Asus A7V333
MGE Vigor 450 blue PSU
Athlon XP 2400+ @2.1 GHz
Micron 512 PC2700
Nvidia Geforce 6600 256meg
Maxtor 40 gig
2 Wd 80 gig 8 meg raid 0
Memorex 40X24X48 CD-RW
Win XP Pro
Linksys LNE 100TX Network Adapter
Linksys BEFSR41
Comcast Cable 384/4.0

Still Working on fixing it up and adding to the lighting as money allows.

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:30 am**

(copied from the 2005 thread..)

Four machines:

Main:
*click*, front, detail, detail, specs

LAN box:
*click*, inside view
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 2.80C, 2x 512MB PC3200C2, 80GB SATA, BFG 6800U

Server:
*click*, inside view
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 2.80C, 2x 512MB PC3200C2, 80GB SATA, Gainward FX 5950

No. 4:
front, back
ASUS P4P800 SE, P4 2.40C, 2x 256MB PC3200C2, 40GB PATA, GF4 Ti4600

Have to take new main pics tho, added an X-Fi and changed the front air exhaust.

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:14 am**

updated

Antec PLUSVIEW 1000 AMG SOHO File Server Case
Antec TruePower True 430 PSU
Intel Pentium 4 2.53MHz 533Bus CPU
Intel D845PEBT2 Motherboard
1024MB PC2700 DDR333Mhz SDRAM
GeForce 6600 w/256MB
SB Audigy 2 Platinum W/1394
LiteOn 16X DVD ROM
LiteOn 52X/24X/52X CD±R/±RW
SONY DRU500AX DVD ±R/±RW
Promise ATA 100 Controller card
80G WD ATA100 HD SE w/8MB cache
120G WD ATA100 HD SE w/8MB cache
LaCie by F.A. Porsche 160GB FireWire 400
Keytronics Lifetime LT Classic II-Black Series Keyboard
Logitech MX500 Optical Mouse
Viewsonic A90 19\"
Klipsch Pro Media 4.1 Speakers ( Originally a v2-400)
Upgraded via Pro Media CP-1 Pre-Amp
CH Products USB 568 Combatstick
CH Products USB Pro Throttle
CH Products USB Pro Pedals
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Wheel
Microsoft Strategic Commander
Wacom Graphire Tablet
MidiMan Oxygen8

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:54 am**

Case: Generic brand modded to a Descent theme.
PSU: Antec SmartPower 500W
MoBo: ASRock K7VT4A PRO
CPU: Athlon XP 2600+
MEM: Kingston HYPER KHX3200A/512Mb
VID: PNY Geforce 6200 8X 128Mb
SND: Mad Dog Predator 5.1 DSP (Cmedia)
DVD: TDK 880N
Drives: Maxtor 8G/Maxtor 12G/Western Digital 80G
KB: eluminX Backlit (Blue) keyboard
Pointer: Crique Touchpad.
Speakers: Logitech X-530
Monitor: Viewsonic A90f+
TVTuner: Hauppauge WinTV-GO-PLUS
Scanner: HP ScanJet 5P
Printer: HP DeskJet 722C
MemCardReader: Genesys
JoyStick: CH Products Fighterstick
Pedals: CH Products Pro Pedals

Posted: **Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:57 am**

that a fusion cannon there?

i updated my HP case.

Asus P4P800-VM 865G Motherboard
Rosewill 500 Watt PSU
P-4 HT 3.2 @ 3.6 GHz 800 FSB
4GB A-DATA DDR400 Dual Channel
Plextor DVD-RW All Formats Dual Layer

ill get picutres of this soon.

AS PROMISED!

** SCREW CABLE MANAGEMENT!! **

the cables on that Rosewill 500W PSU are LOOOOOOOOONG!! so i had to tape them up and store them along the edges of my case

Posted: **Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:38 pm**

AceCombat wrote:that a fusion cannon there?

Yup. I used the famous "Whoopass Cannery" picture as a guide to create a stencil for the hole. I backlit it with a UV cold cathod light and a UV tripple LED flood light.

One thing you dont see in this picture is that that big blue light in front is a "blue thunder" lamp which has a lightning effect. (Cant get a high enough shutter speed in the dark to show it) The effect is to represent the blue orb sitting behind a grid.

Posted: **Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:18 am**

19' Samsung SyncMaster 930b
Lian Li Case Housing:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
2GB Corsair Memory
MSI Nforce4 (K8N Neo4)
eVga Geforce 6800 256MB PCI-e
Fortron Blue Storm 400Watt Power Supply
Maxtor 250GB SATA DiamondMax Drive
Shuttle Silver 16x DVD+/-RW Drive

Posted: **Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:52 pm**

click me

Only change here is that the Logitech Wingman Strike Force 3D is now a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro and that mouse got replaced with the MX1000. That, and its alot cleaner.

Koss KS3161 1000W 6.1 Surround Sound system

System 1 - Main rig (on the left side of my desk)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Asus A8N5X
Corsair Value 1024MB PC3200 DDR (2x 512 in dual channel mode)
eVGA Geforce 6800GS 256MB PCI Express using Dual Head to power a Compaq FP 7317 LCD monitor and a CTX X70 17\" CRT
Fortron Source 450W v2.0 (w PCI-E conn.)
Maxtor 160GB EIDE hard drive
IBM 75GXP 45GB EIDE hard drive (refirb, but still kicking)
Lite-On LDW-411S DVD dual format burner
Pacific Digital 40x12x48 CD-RW

System 2 - Server rig (inherited from my grandfather after his passing)
Compaq Presario 56200CL
AMD XP2800+
Mobo unknown
Leadtek Geforce3 Ti200 64MB AGP 4x
Micron 512MB PC2700 DDR (single)
Seagate 120GB EIDE hard drive
Unknown DVD-ROM
Unknown CD-RW

edit: Updated to reflect system platform upgrade for main rig.

Main Rig internals:

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:25 am**

MD-2389 wrote:click me

Did you inherit that rack of screws/nuts/bolts from your grandfather too? Not tryin to be a smartass, cause I have one exactly like it that I got from my granddad

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:20 am**

Thats where I raided parts to mount those socket 7 heatsinks.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:40 am**

my system:

2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-E 2.XX
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
160.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
112.62 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU [Display adapter]
ViewSonic VA712b [Monitor] (17.1\"vis, s/n PPJ053201522, August 2005)

my messy station:

frontal:

side:

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:53 pm**

The sticker on the front says \"Designed for Windows Me\"

Specs:
Case: Cooler Master Wave Master, aluminum
Power supply: 550w Sparkle/Fortron EPS12v
Motherboard: Asus PC-DL, using the onboard sound
Processor: 2- 1.6ghz low voltage Xeons (1.3v) currently running at 2.64ghz (1.6v)
RAM: 1gb Corsair XMS PC3200C2
Video card: Radeon 9800 Pro w/Zalman cooler
Hard drives: 2- WD 160gb drives in RAID 1; 1- 120gb Maxtor 7200 rpm
Other: 52x/24x/52x Liteon burner, 8x NEC dual-layer DVD burner, floppy

The CPU heatsinks are bigass passive cooling towers, and theres a 120mm speed-controlled fan blowing through a cooling shroud over them, the VRM heatsink, and the RAM. Reasonably quiet, and temps under full load dont go above 45C.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:22 pm**

PC.1

FIREFOX

Dual AMD K8 Opteron DP SledgeHammer 244 S940 @ 2x 1800Mhz, 1MB L2, 800Mhz FSB ::)
MSI MS-9130 K8T Master2-FAR, VIA K8T800 chipset
1x Corsair TWINX 2x 512MB PC-3200LLPT ECC Reg
ATi Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition AGP 256MB GDDR3 1.6ns
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB 6ns Rev.A1 2900
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum 6.1
1x Maxtor Diamond Max9+ 40GB 7200rpm 2MB cache
1x Maxtor Diamond Max9+ 120GB 7200rpm 2MB cache
3-Com 3C905B 1Gbit onboard Ethernet adapter
Lite-On 16/48 DVD-Rom drive.
Samsung 1,44\" FDD
Philips Brilliance 109SP 19\" Philips Lab Monitor
Max Reso + Refresh: 1600 x 1200 x 32 @ 72 Herz
Logitech Cordless iToutch Keyboard & Cordless Mouse Man Wheel
Chieftech DA-01-BLD Ex-ATX Server Tower Blue Metalic
4x Enermax 80mm 3500 rpm fans
1x 92mm Enermax 2500 rpm fan
Antec True Power 550P EPS12V PSU

Dual OpteronDP 244 CG stepping CPU's

PC.2

YODA

Dell Inspiron 9100 X-treme'
Intel Pentium4 HT 3400Mhz Prescott LGA478 1MB L2 800Mhz FSB

Intel i864PE Dual Channel DDR 400 mobo + 7.1 onboard AC97's sound card, Giga Lan Bios 1.0
2x 512MB PC-3200 DDR 400 Infineon in Dual DDR mode
ATi M18 Mobillity Radeon 9800 256MB 256Bit DDRII 2.5ns
15,4\" WUXGA TFT
Max Reso & Refresh: 1920 x 1200 x 32 @ 60Herz
Maxtor 2,5\" 100GB ATA100 4200 rpm HDD 2Mb Cache
Logitech Cordless MouseMan Optical
Color's : Dell Black/Venice Blue and Chrome
Dell 150W External PSU

PC.3

SVETA

AMD K7 AthlonXP 2700+ Thoroughbred-B @ 2167Mhz 333Mhz FSB, 256KB L2, S462
EPoX EP-8K5A2 Ver.1.1 VIA Apollo KT333
1x Kingston Value Ram 512MB PC-3200 @ PC-2700
3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB 6ns Rev.A 3700

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Surround 1024 4.1
1x Maxtor Diamond Max 10+ 160GB 7200rpm 2MB cache
Intel Pro 100 Server Desktop Adapter 10/100Mbit Fast Ethernet card + WOL capabillity
LG Tronnics 16/48 DVD-Rom drive.
Plextor PlexWriter 48/24/48A CD-Writer
Sony 1,44\" FDD
EIZO T662-T 21\" CRT for MAC & PC
Max Reso + Refresh: 1920 x 1080 x 32 @ 60 Herz
Logitech iToutch Keyboard & Cordless Wheel Mouse
Chieftech DA-01-BLD Ex-ATX Server Tower Blue Metalic
4x Enermax 80mm 3500 rpm fans
1x 92mm Enermax 2500 rpm fan
Enermax EG 365VM 350W PSU

the PyroGX is hand painted by me

hehe The Descent2 box came in handy, I did that back in mid 1998

PC.4

GRADINKO

AMD AthlonXP 2600+ Barton 512KB L2 333Mhz FSB
ASUS A7V333-R Rev 1.04 VIA Apollo KT333
1x Samsung Original 512MB PC-2700
Hercules ATi Radeon 9700 Pro AGP 128MB DDR 2.8ns Limited Red Edition
E-Tech 5.1 Surround Sound Card
Sweex ATX Case
TEAC 540E 40x CD-Rom drive
Seagate Barracuda III 30,7GB 7200rpm HDD
CTX-VL500 15\" CRT Monitor
Max reso+refresh rate: 1280 x 1024 x 32 @ 60 Herz, 1024 x 768 x 32 @ 85 Herz.
Sunshine Merchandise Promotion 101 keyed US Keyboard
Azona Aqua Mouse with Blue Liquid and Dolphin inside ::)
FKI FK 300 watt PSU.

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:34 am**

I see some serious Descent addiction here!

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:49 pm**

yeah I love that game so much hehe, That painting [only the PyroGX it's self] took me about 2 days.

the other side are ships from Descent: FreeSpace2

from top to bottom:

Shivan Carrier \"The Shavanah\"
Versudan Carrier \"The Pegasus\"
Terrans Fighter/Intercepter \"Hercules MKIII\"

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:23 pm**

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote:

hahaha!! nice FS screenie, nothing beats the default taxi traffic holding you up ehh ?

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:14 pm**

well yeah it did take like 20 mins hahaha after that it cleared up

My plane is the Lufthansa B747-412 in the rear

I was on my way to china back then from Schiphol Amsterdam to Guanzhou - China a realtime flight of 10 hours and 5 mins.

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:26 am**

oo, why not

Case: AeroCool AeroEngine Jr. C-class
PSU: ePower Puma II (450W. 530W Peak)
MoBo: EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
CPU: Opteron 165 (stock 1800mhz per core) OCed to 2502mhz per core(stable)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Blue Orb II
MEM: PNY Optima PC3200 1GB(2x512) (yeah i know, cheap crap ram)
VID: eVGA e-Geforce 7800GT CO SE 256MB (460/1100)
SND: Sound Blaster X-fi Xtreme Music
SND2: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1+(used for its game port)
DVD: Generic 12X
DVDR/RW: HP 16X with Lightscribe
Drive1: Hitachi 160GB SATA150
Drive2: Seagate 200GB 7200.7
Drive3: Western Digital 120GB Caviar7200
KB: Logitech G15 (the king of all keyboards)
Mouse: Microsoft Intellieye tackball
Speakers: Creative Inspire 5300 (5.1 analog)
Monitor1: LG 1720P (Digital)
Monitor2: KDS 717n
Joystick1: Microsoft Force Feedback Pro
JoyStick2: Saitek X52 Flight System

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... MAG023.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... MAG024.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... AG0021.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... AG0017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... C-242F.jpg

PC2
Case: Enlight
PSU: Generic 400W
MoBo: ASUStek K7N8X-X
CPU: Athlon XP 3200+ (stock 2200mhz) OCed to 2380mhz (yeah, doesnt OC well)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Jet7+
MEM: Centon 1GB(2x512) PC3200
VID: PNY Geforce FX5900 AGP-8X 128Mb
SND: onboard nForce nStorm audio
CDR/RW1: Compaq somethin or nother 24x/16x/4x
CDR/RW2: TDK 48x/24x/8x
Drive1: Western Digital 60GB Caviar7200
Drive2: Seagate 40GB 7200
KB: Logitech Elite
Mouse: Logitech Trackball
Speakers: HarmanKardons from Dell (2.0)
Monitor1: LG 1720P (analog)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... C-240F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... C-238F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... C-248F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ ... C-250F.jpg

The insides a mess

Edited by Krom: When it causes a horizontal scroll bar on my screens at 2560x960, I change the images to links.

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:37 am**

If you really want to waste your bandwidth, click here for more images, system specs and more.

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:38 am**

yeah, I still love that thing

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:45 pm**

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote:well yeah it did take like 20 mins hahaha after that it cleared up

My plane is the Lufthansa B747-412 in the rear I was on my way to china back then from Schiphol Amsterdam to Guanzhou - China a realtime flight of 10 hours and 5 mins.

i know which one is you, from that "7ft" in purple-ish colors hovering above that 47's hump

Posted: **Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:56 pm**

well here we go

...

Specs:

-Windows XP Pro

-Pentium 4 2.6 GHz, Overclocked to 2.8 GHz

-1 gig of RAM dual channel

Video: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (bought myself

)

Drives: Two 40 gig Harddrives SATA

-ATAPI CDROM
-SONY CD-RW

Monitor: Regular 17 inch CRT

Audio: Soundblaster

Sorry Specs are kinda described bad.

Guess thats it not much since im only 15 and dont have alot of money to put into it. Anyway heres some pics your probley gonna like the power supply

.
I built it all myself..

Thanks for taking time to look!

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:30 pm**

Grendel wrote:(copied from the 2005 thread..)

Four machines:

Main:
*click*, front, detail, detail, specs

LAN box:
*click*, inside view
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 2.80C, 2x 512MB PC3200C2, 80GB SATA, BFG 6800U

Server:
*click*, inside view
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 2.80C, 2x 512MB PC3200C2, 80GB SATA, Gainward FX 5950

No. 4:
front, back
ASUS P4P800 SE, P4 2.40C, 2x 256MB PC3200C2, 40GB PATA, GF4 Ti4600

Have to take new main pics tho, added an X-Fi and changed the front air exhaust.

Here you go:

Posted: **Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:55 am**

Damn i'm hot.

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:57 pm**

PowerMac G5
Processor: dual 2.7 Ghz PowerPC G5 (970FX v3.1)
L1 Cache: 64 KB Inst, 32 KB Data
L2 Cache: 512 KB
Bus speed: 1.35 Ghz
Memory: 2.5 GB RAM (PC3200)
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 9650 (256 MB VRAM)
Optical drive: Sony (DVD 16x DL every format, CD 24x every format)
Hard drives: Hitachi 400 GB SATA, Maxtor 100 GB SATA, not raided
Built-in sound cards: Texas Instruments TAS3004, Crystal Semiconductor CS84xx
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 2.1 sound system
Display: 22\" Mitsubishi/NEC Diamond Pro 2070sb (Flat screen CRT)

Desk area: http://idisk.mac.com/kendallp/Public/pi ... mputer.jpg(big)
Computer picts: http://homepage.mac.com/kendallp/G5.html

I like my computer ;p

Posted: **Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:16 pm**

Ive made lots of updates so here they are..

Specs:
-Windows XP Professional

-Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz OC: 2.80GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM

Video: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
256 Memory, AGP, DVI, VGA, S-Video

Drives: Maxtor 5T040H4 (40 GB), Maxtor 6L040J2 (40 GB)

-ATAPI CDROM
-SONY CD-RW CRX230E
-SONY DVD-RW

-Standard Floppy Drive

-SCSI and RAID Controler: VAX347S SCSI Controller

-USB 2.0, Firewire

-New 6.1 Sony Digital Ampilifier 6 Speaker System

Keyboard:Zboard Gaming Keyboard

Monitor: FujiPlus DVI 19\"

Sound Controllers: Realtek AC'97 Audio, Soundblaster

Click For a Larger View

Front Of The ULTRA Case

Opening Of The Case - CD Drives

Inside of Case

Another Picture Of Inside

The Side of The Case

My Gaming Area

My Zboard Gaming Keyboard

The Sub-Woofer

My New Logitech Headset

Thanks for taking time to look!

Posted: **Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:33 pm**

Badboy wrote: Keyboard:Zboard Gaming Keyboard

I'm curious, how do you type messages while playing with that keyboard? Other than that, I would love to have that keyboard. Or, if this ever comes out.

I don't have a very pretty computer. Mine is just an old black 486 case covered in random stickers. I do have a pretty cool mythtv computer case with a modded hard drive that I built myself that I'm quite proud of.

Then there is my desktop:

Posted: **Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:10 pm**

that Optimus is nice, the zboard is really nice it has changeable key sets and 2 usb ports on the front of it to plug in a mp3 player or a camera, there is a IE keyset (standard) and the gaming keyset that is in the picture, i do admit it can be challenging to type something like this on the gaming keyset.

Posted: **Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:37 am**

Almost forgot -- new main machine:

ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
Intel Pentium D 920
GeIL GX22GB6400UDC DDR2
BFG 7900 GTX OC
Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80G SATA2 x3 (RAID5)
OCZ PowerStream 520 SLI
Koolance PC4-1025SL
SONY DW-G120A
Deck Legend Fire
Razer Copperhead
M$ SW 3D Pro

Posted: **Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:50 pm**

Those are all amazing systems, I am impressed, and almost embarrased to tell about mine LOL but here goes:

•AMD Athlon™ 64 3800+
•250GB SATA hard drive
•Extra storage: 2 additional 120GB SATA hard drives
•1GB of DDR memory
•Dual DVD drives (one DVDRW, one reg. DVD/CDROM)
•9-in-1 memory card reader
•Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
•Video: VisionTek XTASY Radeon X1300 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Ready

This particular computer is not one I built (went against my better judgement and bought one from Circuit City). It's an Acer. I mainly bought it because of the motherboard and the PCI Express setup. The video card I put in was well worth it, but I really wanted the X1900XT (but much more expensive). I'm working on getting a better case with all the neat lights and stuff like you guys have. Also, my pet peave is cooling, so I'll be putting in some extra case fans when I make the change. I live in Louisiana, it gets pretty hot here. I did however go ahead and get rid of the crappy CPU fan that came with it. I went with the Zalman \"heat pipe\" setup. So far, it's keeping this processor much cooler than the stock setup did, even after a lot of hard work. Here's a picture of it:

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:36 am**

Grendel,

hmmmm ... water cooling ... nice. Water cooling is always nice.

Just got me a Razer Copperhead too, and what can I say but nice ... looks like there's no Linux drivers for it though.

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:15 am**

Grendel wrote:ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
Intel Pentium D 920
GeIL GX22GB6400UDC DDR2
BFG 7900 GTX OC
Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80G SATA2 x3 (RAID5)
OCZ PowerStream 520 SLI
Koolance PC4-1025SL
SONY DW-G120A
Deck Legend Fire
Razer Copperhead
M$ SW 3D Pro

Now an ASUS P5W DH Del w/ a Core 2 Duo E6600

Diedel wrote:Just got me a Razer Copperhead too, and what can I say but nice ... looks like there's no Linux drivers for it though.

Well, it's HID so it should work out of the box w/ Linux. You can use a windoze comp to set up the profiles w/in the mouse..

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:43 pm**

Now all you need is another 7900GTX.

Yeah, some very, very high-end stuff here more recently, although it does show how fast technology has been going (the January posts are relatively dated by my own box; the recent ones are not).

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice)
Kingston ValueRAM 1 GB dual-channel DDR400
Legend GeForce 6600GT, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
Asus A8N-SLI motherboard
Asus DRW-1608P2S DVD±R/RW
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 NCQ SATA 250GB HDD
Logitech Internet Chat Headset
Acer AL1917 8ms 19\" LCD screen
Microsoft Comfort Curve USB keyboard
Generic OEMed corded optical mouse (refuse to go cordless but I'm not quite at the Razer point yet)
Saitek Cyborg Evo

The case and PSU don't fall into the category of \"stuff I remember anything about\" - they do their job, that's all I need...

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:00 pm**

These are all some pretty, powerful systems. You people who showed your little gaming place, they're cool too.

My area is comparable, but my system is older, much older, but can still do lots. Specs first, then pictures. Dialup warning on pictures; high resolution! All images larger than 1024x768.

InWin case, pretty generic and cramped ATX mini tower
Gigabyte GA-7ZX rev. 1.01 motherboard; VIA KT133A chipset
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4 GHz
640 MB SDR RAM PC133 (3 sticks: 2 256 and 1 128)
nVidia GeForce FX 5200, 128 MB DDR VRAM; AGP (in a 4x slot)
Turtle Beach Catalina sound; 2.0 Creative speakers, card is capable of 7.1 and digital optical SPDIF out/in
Realtek 8139 10/100 NIC
Western Digital Caviar WD102BA 10 GB ATA66 hard drive
Western Digital Caviar WD800B 80 GB ATA100 hard drive
Alps Electric 3 1/2\" floppy drive
Toshiba XM-5602B CD-ROM drive
Dual Saitek Cyborg Evos for flight (no pic yet)

The only upgrades I've done to this machine since I bought it have been processor, video card, RAM, and sound; I've had other things die, like old hard drives and a CD drive, but I keep it going. Now, for the eye candy. The pictures are a bit old, so no seeing teh Catalina, new HDD, or any of that. It's not much to look at, but it's pretty damn clean:

Front; this is when I had two floppy drives; I don't now
Upper half of motherboard; I have a BLOCK of a heatsink on my good ole CPU, cramping the space in there. There's a 1/4 inch between the PSU and CPU fan.
Lower half of mobo; Nice and pretty and clean, but no special lights. The case is so generic there's no side window.

Now, for my desk. Since the picture, I've taken the joystick out of the box (Saitek Cyborg Evo), moved the printer on top of the white monitor, and cleared off the left half of the desk.

My gaming area

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:03 pm**

Lets see, got a new computer so might as well post a bit here:
(dialup warning, large images)
http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/NewPC/DCP_9187.jpg
http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/NewPC/DCP_9188.jpg
http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/NewPC/DCP_9189.jpg
http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/NewPC/DCP_9190.jpg
http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/NewPC/DCP_9191.jpg
http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/NewPC/DCP_9192.jpg

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz)
RAM: Corsair 2 GB PC6400 (DDR2 @ 800 MHz)
Video: XFX Geforce 7950 GT / 512 MB
Mainboard: Abit AW9D-MAX
PSU: 700w OCZ
Power: Two belkin 1500va network UPS units.
Custom watercooling: Innovatek xx-flow rev2 block, eheim pump, swiftech microres, danger den black ice III xtreme radiator w/3x 100 CFM fans.
Case fans: 5x Scythe 50 CFM fluid dynamic bearing 120MM fans
Boot/programs drive: 320 GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA
Mass storage drive: 800 GB RAID0 (hitachi drives)
Optical drives: Pioneer 16x DVDRW, Liteon 52x CDRW
Sound: 650 watt Yamaha Dolby Digital 5.1 / Prologic II home theater system
Mouse: Logitech MX510, Logitech MX1000, and Logitech G7 (corded, general use, gaming)
Keyboard: BTC 6200C USB keybard + generic PS/2
Monitor 1: NEC-Mitsubishi 930SB 19\", 1280x960 @ 100Hz
Monitor 2: Samsung Syncmaster 204B 20\" 1600x1200 @ 60Hz (DVI Digital)

Posted: **Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:07 pm**

I've gotten a new motherboard, memory, and case since last time. I'm so glad I got a roomier case; it's not near as cramped. I use windoze xp pro.

Here's the specs:

ASRock K7VM3 motherboard, microATX
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4 GHz
512 MB DDR266 RAM
PNY nVidia GeForce FX 5200
3 1/2\" Alps Electric floppy drive (won't give it up till they stop putting the controllers on the boards)
ATA133 IDE data bus
Seagate ST4321A 4 GB, ATA (has windoze on it)
Seagate ST32122A, ATA (for swap)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800BB 80 GB, ATA100 (has all my main data on it)
TEAC CD-540E 40x CD-ROM
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card; has SPDIF optical input/output; 7.1 surround capable
ATX mid/mini tower case w/ 2 case fans and a set of front bay fans
AGI 250W ATX PSU

As for my monitors, I have utter monsters:

IBM P260 21\" CRT, weighs nearly 100 pounds 1600x1200 75 Hz max res
Compaq P900 19\" CRT, weighs 50 pounds; 1920x1440, 32-bit, 70 Hz max res

I am running a Descent 3 dedi server now. Here are its specs:

Gigabyte GA-5AX super socket 7 mobo
AMD K6-2 500 MHz
384 MB (3.3V) PC100 RAM
Western Digital Caviar WD102BB 10 GB HDD
50x CD-ROM
Power Man 250W PSU

Not much to the server, but then all it has to do is host a D3 server. The OS on it is win xp.

Posted: **Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:51 pm**

Is this thread going to be updated for 2007? I have some pics I was gonna post.

Posted: **Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:23 pm**

If you care to do the honors and create the new thread JM.

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