Post your PC thread.... yes i a nerd/geek

[DavidAnthony]

You will definitely have to take the whole mobo out, if it is the type of plug you can de-solder and put a new one on you might want to buy one of those kits from Jaycar or Dicksmith to practice first if you haven’t done much soldering before.

Be really careful not to overheat anything, I usually try to leave any heat sinks on if they are nearby.

No CCNA here, networking aside though I do play with some nice supercomputing clusters at work. We've got a small one with about 40 cores, and a big one (that we don't manage) with untold terabytes of storage and something like 200+ cores with just as much RAM. Some optic links between buildings and even a microwave link between different sites (again nothing I manage).

That sounds epic, I've never had a chance to work with or even see any of those supercomputing clusters.

[cyssero]

I'm a bit jealous of them truth be told, they get better air conditioning than us humans!

Then again, I guess I can't perform finite element analysis..

[scraverX]

Lets see..

PC; rather long in the tooth and hardly turned on.

AMD XP (1.7Ghz single @ 1.89)
1GB Generic DDR400
GeForce FX5200
1x 80GB IDE
1x 250GB SATA
Thermaltake Xaser II case
430W Antec PSU - it was the biggest I could get at the time

Mac; used for just about everything, only play Spore and Sims3 occasionally

Unibody Macbook 13" (late 2008 - before they were rebadged as Pro's)
Intel core2 Duo 2.4GHz
2GB DDR3 1066MHz
Nvidia GeForce 9400M running 1280x800 on it's screen AND 1680x1050 on a Samsung SyncMaster 2243bwx 22"

Other stuff:

500GB Time capsule
Logitech Z-5500 THX Surround
Samsung Scanner/Laser printer - shared

Various parts of wide ranging age.

[PlatinumSarah]

I has a new laptop that plays bluray movies and telly and looks real pretty on its big screen. It remembers lots and psychicly talks to my PS3 so I can play movies on Bravia TV in the loungeroom without tripping over HDMI cables. It connects to the intertubes by magic too, even in the garden. It can play games real good says my BF. Alls I know is the case is pretty and shiny and the screen is ace like the TV and it does stuff quick. And the man at the shop says it does everything. K. Bye

[Blakey]

That sounds epic, I've never had a chance to work with or even see any of those supercomputing clusters.

you should go to one of the few crisis centers of my work. 3 ATM one at the depo at powerlink. one at a federal government electrical regulator place.
and another at a place im not allowed to mention. we have huge rooms full of servers, and several supercomputers that control and backup queens lands entire electrical network. plus the most powerful fiberoptic setup. in Qld

was was very loud in the server room tho. and freezing cold. pretty much a huge fridge with noisy server boxes and massive UPS systems.

[StrkEagle]

main pc,
Core 2 Quad q9550 2.83Ghtz no O/C
Zalman s9500led cpu cooler
MSI GTX275 Twin Frozr 1Gb vid
usb hdtv dongle
8gb Kingston HyperX 1066 ram (4x2)
G.Skill Falcon 128Gb Solid state (boot)
2x500Gb (media and storage)
1x500Gb Lacie NAS
1x300Gb Lacie external
1x250Gb Lacie external
32" LG tv as main monitor (1920x1080)
24"Dell as mirrored monitor when tv is on
Logitech z680 sound system
Dualboot Win7x64 / Linux Mint 8


Mac G5
1Ghtz cpu
2Gb ram
512Mb vid
1x80Gb (boot)
1x250Gb (storage)
Adobe CS4 Master suite
OSX Leopard

laptop,
Dell Inspiron 9100
Pentium4 3Ghtz
128Mb Radeon
15.4(1920x1200)
1Gb ram
100Gb HD
Dualboot WinXP / Linux Mint 7

garage/backup/tv
Intel E2200cpu
Palit 512Mb HD3650
hdtv card
1Gb ram
19"crt monitor
Dualboot Vista x64 / Linux Mint 7

several older redundant pcs
and another quad core and a full spec Macpro at work

Pete

[86MIM]

MY LAPTOP

Processor, operating system and memory
Processor type
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600
2.40 GHz , 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB
Intel® WiFi Link 5100

Operating system pre-installed - Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Although, I have recently installed Windows 7 Premium

Standard memory - 4096 MB DDR2 (2x 2048 MB)
Supports up to 8 GB DDR2 memory

Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive - SATA 320 BG @5400 rpm

Optical drive type - LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD¡ÀRW with Double Layer Support

System features
Memory card device 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader

Modem - High speed 56K modem

Network interface - Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN

Wireless technologies - Intel® WiFi Link 5100

Wireless capability - Bluetooth® wireless networking

External I/O ports - 3 USB 2.0 (3rd shared with eSATA port), 1 HDMI connector, 1 eSATA Combo, 1 VGA port, 1 RJ11 modem connector, 1 RJ45 ethernet connector, 2 Stereo Headphone jacks, 1 Microphone jack, Consumer IR, AC Adapter

Expansion slots - One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

Display size - 14.1" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)

Video adapter - NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Video RAM - 256 MB Dedicated graphics memory

Control panel - HP QuickPlay media player software and its dedicated menu controls, music and DVD buttons

Remote control - HP Mobile Remote Control

Speakers and microphone - Altec Lansing® speakers

Keyboard - 101 key compatible keyboard

Pointing device - Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad, 1 Quick Launch Button

Webcam - HP Pavilion Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone



I love google - there's no way I could have remembered all of the system features this early in the morning LOL

[hansmitchel]

main pc,
Motherboard - Asus Maximus Formulae SE
Core 2 Quad q9550 2.83Ghtz
Liquid cooling Big Water Thermaltake
ASUS EAH5850 ATI - 1 GB DDR5

OCZ RAM 2x2GB (PC2 8500)

Dual Boot - Win XP professional 32 bit & Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
2 HDD @ 10,000RPM each 150GB
1 HDD @ 7200RPM (150GB)
2 external HDD (500GB & 1TB)

2 Monitors @ 24inches (Asus Slim Monitor)
Zalman 5.1 Headphones

Casing Thermaltake Kandalf

Laptop.
HP Pavilion dv6
CPU - i7 Q720
OS - Win 7 Home premium 32 bit
4GB RAM DDR3
500GB HDD

[PYLee]

wow thats some gaming rig there , do you play wow ? lol

[hansmitchel]

wow thats some gaming rig there , do you play wow ? lol

I don't play WOW but my brother does. I do play other games when I am at home & sick, like yesterday and today (counter strike & Modern Warfare 2)

[Blakey]

id have to say strkEagle has the better gaming computer.

same cpu better ram better HDD and better Videocard. he wins lol

need a new thread on how much did you pay for your rig

[Aspired]

Microsoft Windows XP Desktop:
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Thermaltake Shark case
ASUS A8N-SLI mobo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+
2GB DDR400 RAM
GeForce 6600 GT Video Cards (2 x DVI)
250GB SATA2
Pioneer DVD Burner
Dvico FusionHDTV
2 x Sun 19" LCD monitors (Both are dual input)

Apple MAC OSX:
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An old iMac

Sun Ultra Thin Client:
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1 x SunRay 2FS
2 x Sun 19" LCD screens (same ones as above, using the second inputs)
I use this to connect back to my current desktop session at work

Sun Solaris 10:
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1 x Sun Ultra 60 (My crash and burn system)
2 x 450-MHz UltraSPARC CPU
2GB RAM
DVD Drive
1 x Quad ethernet card
2 x Sun Creator3D graphics cards

Sun Solaris 10:
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1 x Sun Fire T5120 (My Test LDOM/zone/zfs server)
1 x 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2 (8 cores, 8 threads = 64 CPUs)
128GB Memory (FBDIMM)
8 x 300GB 10k RPM 2.5" SAS drives
4 × 10/100/1000 Mbps network ports
DVD drive

[Dire]

Desktop (Vista Ultimate. Out of order as a hdd died AGAIN ages ago and I'm too lazy to fix it/reinstall everything AGAIN). Long past its prime but it runs crysis fine so meh:
Antec 900 case
Intel Q6600 (OC'd to 2.7ish GHz)
NVIDIA 8800GT graphics
4GB ddr2 ram
One 22" and one 23" monitor
1TB and 250GB hdd's
Logitech Z5500 speakers
Logitech G15 keyboard (the older, superior, blue backlight one)
Razer Lachesis mouse (have a razer mousepad too)
Razer Barricuda AC-1 soundcard

Laptop (Vista Ultimate):
Acer Aspire 6935
Quick specs:
Intel T9400 (dual core 2.53GHz)
NVIDIA 9600M graphics
4GB ddr3 ram
Blu-ray/dvd burner drive
300GB hdd

Good for games and movies, but the screen is a weird resolution and a bit small (1366x768) and it overheats on small things like web games, when it doesn't on real things like L4D for eg.

[milobob]

Hehehe.. I'm a poor student so I don't have the best computer But somehow it is still serving me very well

Antec Sonata III with the stock 500w PSU
Intel Core2Duo E4500 @ stock (mass effect 1/2 wasn't happy with overclocking)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Mobo
Kingston 4gb DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon 4850 (512mb) @ 10% OC I think
1x500gb Single platter SATA2 Seagate (32mb cache), 1x320gb SATA2 Seagate (16mb cache), old external 250gb SATA HDD
Logitech X-530 with one of the cones pushed in (thanks to my bro)
Logitech cordless wave mouse/keyboard combo
Dell 24" Full HD Monitor (forgot the model....)
SATA DVD combo drive..

[blade888]

Here's My PCs, I generally build a PC with -the best of the best- hardware every two-three years. I'm due for another this year, but seeing what's coming out next year and the fact both my main PC and laptop are due for Upgrade, I might pospone it.

PC1 (Originally built back in 2007 with minor add-ons since)
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6850 o/c'd to 3.2GHz with 1600MHZ FSB and lowered multiplier.
Zalman CNPS9700 Heatsink
Asus "Striker Extreme" Mainboard NVidia 680i Chipset
4GB DDR2 1GHz Corsair Dominator RAM
2x Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX 768MB DDR3 Video cards in SLI (Yes the full sized monster cards)
2x 250GB SATAII 7.2k WD HDDs
LG SATA BlueRay/HDDVD/DVD-RW Combo Optical Drive GGCH20L
LG SATA BlueRay-RW Optical Drive BH08LS20
Lian-Li Modified PC-60 Case (Extra 120mm Exhaust fans fitted with Window, Antec LED Green Fans)
Coolermaster Musketeer Systems Management and Front Panel Monitor
Seasonic 900WATT PSU with full braided lines.
LG Flatron W2753V. 27" Inch Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor (1920x1080, 16:9)
Logitech x520 5.1 Channel Speakers
Logitech G11 Keyboard
Logitech MX Revolution Laser Mouse


PC2 (Originally Built 2005 with addons since)
Athlon 64 x2 4200+ O/C'd to 4800+ Specs.
Thermal Take Polo 735 Heatsink Modified (Modded to work with K7 Quiet and Cool Throttling)
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Mainboard NVidia NForce4 Chipset.
2GB DDR400 Hynix OEM RAM with Thermaltake Heatspreaders, O/C'd to 440MHz
2x Nvidia Geforce 9600GT 1GB DDR3 in SLI (With Zalman Heat sinks)
2x 120GB SATA 7.2k WD HDDs
Pioneer ATA66 DVDROM RP0 True Region Free Optical Drive
Sony ATA66 DVD-RW Optical Drive
ASUS OEM Limited Edition System Builder Case
Antec TruPower 550W PSU
ASUS MW221u 17" Inch LCD Monitor
Logitech New Touch Keyboard 200
Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse


Laptop (Originally Purchased 2006, then modified 2 weeks after purchase)
Dell Inspiron 9400 Laptop E1705 Family
Intel Core2Duo T7400 2.16GHz
Intel i945 Chipset Mainboard
4GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
Nvidia Geforce 7950GTX 512MB Video Card
200GB SATAII 7.2K 2.5" High Speed Laptop HDD
17" Built in TruLife Screen Full HD 16:10. (1920x1200 16:10)
Logitech VX Revolution Laser Mouse

I do have 2 other machines as well but can't be bothered putting their specs up as one's just an Application Server, the other is an old games box (Pentium 1)