Your System Setup [HARDWARE]

Xeon3D

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Hi.
I got the idea from the Your System Setup thread made by Cornellius. Also, I've always been more of a hardware type of guy...

If you got more than two systems please include them in the same post.
You can throw a pic as well (not a screenshot, an actual photo) if you'd feel like doing it.

Format: (you can copy this so you don't have to bold anything)

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[B]Case:[/B]
[B]Power Supply:[/B]
[B]Motherboard:[/B]
[B]CPU:[/B]
[B]Cooling:[/B]
[B]RAM:[/B]
[B]Hard Disk:[/B]
[B]Optical:[/B]
[B]Graphic Card \ Chip:[/B]
[B]Sound Card \ Chip:[/B]
[B]Screen:[/B]
[B]Keyboard & Mouse:[/B]
[B]Speakers:[/B]
[B]Operating System(s):[/B]
[B]Extras:[/B]

Mine:
Desktop:

Case: Thermaltake Daimler V3000 (IIRC)
Power Supply: Crap 650w one (only 1 sata and no 6pin VGA go figure!)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31-DS2L
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Rev. G0 @ Defaults
Cooling:Stock Cooler from an E7200 + 3 Fans on the Case.
RAM: 2 x 1GB Transcend 1GB DDR2 800 @ Defaults
Hard Disk: 2xWD Green WD5000AAVS (500gb) + 1xSeagate ST3500830AS (500gb) + 1xWD External 80gb 2.5" + 1 Maxtor 6L300S0
Optical:LG DVD-RW 20x Sata (GH20NS10)
Graphic Card \ Chip:eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
Sound Card \ Chip: Onboard Realtek HD Audio ALC662
Screen: LG Flatron L204WS 20" LCD
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Wireless Pack
Speakers: Logitech X-210
Operating System(s): Windows XP Pro SP3 + Sabayon 3.5 + Leopard 10.5.2 by Kalyway
Extras:Bluetooth USB Adapter, RT2500-based Wireless PCI Card, Conceptronic Router and Thomson Cable Modem.

Netbook:

Brand: Acer Aspire One
CPU: Intel Atom N270 (1.6 Ghz)
Cooling: Stock Fan?
RAM: 512MB Soldered + 1GB Transcend DDR2 667
Hard Disk: 8GB Solid-State Drive (which SUCKS!)
Optical: None
Graphic Card \ Chip: Intel GMA950
Sound Card \ Chip: Realtek ALC 268
Screen: 10" LCD
Keyboard & Mouse: Stock + Microsoft Laptop Mouse (similar to basic microsoft models but smaller)
Operating System(s): WinXP Pro.
Extras: Stock "Fake Leather" Bag that came with it.

What about you?
 
not much to brag about...

Case:stock emachines
Power Supply: crap 480 watt with 2 sata connectors
Motherboard:Biostar K8M800-M7A IIRC
CPU:Amd Athlon 64 3700+
Cooling:Cooler master... something (not stock but close enough)
RAM:2 GB PC-3200, with memory errors at about the 1.5 GB mark.
Hard Disk:2x 320 GB Maxtor Diamondmax PATA-133 drives on a RAID 1 configuration
Optical:2x Pioneer DVD +/- RW 16 write speed... exact specs unknown to me
Graphic Card \ Chip:Stock S3 unichrome pro 64 MB
Sound Card \ Chip:Onboard Realtek AC'97
Screen:21" offbrand monitor resolution at 1600x1200
Keyboard & Mouse:Compaq USB keyboard... im picky about how spaced apart the keys are, this one is perfect. Microsoft usb optical wheel mouse.
Speakers:4.1 650 watt Speaker surround sound
Operating System(s):Windows XP pro sp2, OpenSolaris for testing
Extras:Linksys usb wireless dongle, 3 port firewire expansion, bluetooth dongle, 6 port usb hub, Microsoft lifecam webcam, Lezmark Z600 printer, Canon canoscan scanner, 2 x saitek P880 usb gamepads, ralink chipset wifi dongle (used for wifime on DS)
 
Yeah, my lappy is showing it's age...

Case: Laptop
Power Supply: A battery that doesn't work. X-D
Motherboard: I don't recall, but I believe it uses Phoenix BIOS.
CPU: Intel Celeron 2.8 GHZ (one core)
Cooling: Fan that sounds like a small jet whizzing by
RAM: 640 MB
Hard Disk: one generic 60 GB drive, and an external 'MyBook' drive totalling 150 GB, semi-permanently attatched
Optical: DVD-ROM/CD Writer drive (I *think* it's based on a LiteOn drive, from what I've been able to figure out), external DVD-+R/RW/DL writer...can't remember exact specs)
Graphic Card \ Chip: ATI Radeon 9000 IGP (it was OK for it's time)
Sound Card \ Chip: SoundMax Integrated Audio (it seems...adequate)
Screen: 1280x800 LCD with a hinge that is pretty much just not working anymore.
Keyboard & Mouse: built-in
Speakers: Also built in, probably not the hottest
Operating System(s): Windows XP SP3
Extras: in-built Wireless (as well as a PCMCIA card using the Ralink chipset), low-end Linksys router with DD-WRT v24 SP1 installed, cable internets, bluetooth dongle I mostly use to connect Wiimotes to the computer, an HP Printer/Scanner I got for next to nothing, Memory card reader, USB adapters for Playstation controller, as well as an Adaptoid for N64 controllers...can't think of much else worth mentioning
 
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Ugh, I like my PCs but I'm more of a software girl, so this won't be too detailed.

Shizuku

Case: Foxconn TLM002
Power Supply: Hell if I know
Motherboard: Something by AOpen, can't be bothered finding the details
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750
Cooling: Unknown
RAM: 2GB
Hard Disk: 2 x 1TB
Optical: Some sort of DVD rewriter that I haven't tested
Graphic Card \ Chip: GeForce 8800 GT
Sound Card \ Chip: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Screen: Hanns.G HG216D
Keyboard & Mouse: Generic PC-LINE & Logitech MX-1000
Speakers: Logitech Z4
Operating System(s): Kubuntu 8.04
Extras: The wireless router, an Edimax AR-7084Ga

Chihiro

Case: Foxconn TLM397
Power Supply: Really don't know
Motherboard: Something by Foxconn, it's a pile of shit
CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+
Cooling: Also don't know
RAM: 512MB
Hard Disk: 80GB
Optical: Another DVD rewriter, that I know to work
Graphic Card \ Chip: A 'GeForce 6-class' chip that uses 64MB of system RAM
Sound Card \ Chip: A RealTek ALC861VD that has only just started to cooperate
Screen: Samsung SyncMaster 793s
Keyboard & Mouse: Generic Tiny & Generic something
Speakers: Logitech R10
Operating System(s): Ubuntu 8.04
Extras: Wireless networking card, Edimax EW-7128G
 
Case: A tower given me by a friend years ago
Power Supply: umm... not sure? Might be a Thermaltake 450W
Motherboard: Something cheap, probably an ECS
CPU: Athlon 64 3700+
Cooling: Stock, or CoolerMaster fan, don't remember which
RAM: 2GB DDR2 6400
Hard Disk: Two UATA 133 Seagate drives; one 400GB and one 750GB
Optical: One Philips CD-RW x50 drive, one NEC DVD+-RW x16 drive
Graphic Card \ Chip: nVidia GeForce 8800GT
Sound Card \ Chip: Creative X-Fi Platinum
Screen: Giant Sony CRT art monitor running at 1280x1024, usually bumped to 1600x1200 for games
Keyboard & Mouse: Cherry rubber-dome keyboard, Reaper 5-button optical mouse
Speakers: Creative 5.1
Operating System(s): Windows XP
Extras: Nostromo n52 Speedpad (great for World of Warcraft and Allegiance), PS2 controller adapter, Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick, scanner, printer, etc. etc.

I have discovered that I really don't need to upgrade my processor. Next to nothing actually uses multiple cores, and I don't usually run more than one heavy-hitting app on my PC at a time. I may lose a bit of overhead due to the scheduling of processor slices, but I have yet to run a game that runs poorly on it. When I get the chance, I'll have to see how Crysis performs.

Quad-core processors are nothing but hype. Servers can use them, but what else? Even if you do four things at a time, are all four activities really going to hammer the CPU hard enough to need its own core?

I also have a laptop and a work PC, as well as an ancient Linux server (with a Via 800MHz processor), and a media box that sits near the TV - but this computer is the only one that really -needs- high specs.
 
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Case: $15 aluminum beige case.
Power Supply: 430W Thermaltake
Motherboard: Gigabyte 945GZM-S2.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4300 (Overclocked from 1.8GHz to 2.4GHz)
Cooling: Stock Intel CPU heatsink/fan, two very quiet 80mm exhaust fans and a silent 120mm intake fan.
RAM: 2GB Dual Channel DDR533MHz
Hard Disk: 250GB/320GB/400GB SATAII (Internal) 400GB SATA in USB2 enclosure.
Optical: Sony DVD-/+RW (PATA).
Graphic Card \ Chip:GeForce 8600GTS OC2 (Factory overclocked: Self-hacked video BIOS for massive 2D mode underclock/undervolt).
Sound Card \ Chip:Onboard Azalia Codec.
Screen:19" Gateway widescreen LCD.
Keyboard & Mouse: Black Gateway keyboard/USB optical mouse.
Speakers:Shitty black Gateway USB powered 4".
Operating System(s):Ubuntu 8.04.1 (Custom build), Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.
Extras:Two PS2 controllers with USB adapters
 
Sakana:

Case: NZXT Nemisis
Power Supply: Corsair 550wx
Motherboard: EVGA 780i ftw sli
CPU: Xeon dual core 3.0ghz (eff yeah server core)
Cooling: Zalman heat pipe thingy.
RAM: 4gb of OCZ reaper ram. (which has handles)
Hard Disk: 2x1tb samsung drives
Optical: 1x SATA samsung drive
Graphic Card \ Chip: 1x8800GT overclocked model
Sound Card \ Chip: X-fi card, forgot which model
Screen: 22' gateway widescreen.
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech G15/ Razer copperhead (which is sweet)
Speakers: Logitech X240s
Operating System(s): Vista, XP, Fedora core, freeDOS, and i was testing reactos
Extras: nothing that i can think of

Blaze:

Case: Laptop.
Power Supply: shitty battery
Motherboard: Leguna something. things a hunk of crap
CPU: AMD athlon 64m 1.6ghz
Cooling: laptop?
RAM: 1gb
Hard Disk: 40gb samsung
Optical: NEC DVD/CDr-rw drive.
Graphic Card \ Chip: SIS 560 or something
Sound Card \ Chip: AC97
Screen: 15.0 matte i think by hitachi
Keyboard & Mouse: stock
Speakers: shitty.
Operating System(s): Slackware/backtrack, WinXP
Extras: this really big antenna for my wifi card. guess what this one's used for. external 320gb hard drive, backpack, and a set of external speakers. cause these SUCK.

Helios:
Case:bare motherboard on riser pegs.
Power Supply: an old 550w psu
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty
CPU: Athlon 64 2.6ghz
Cooling: open air, and thermaltake big typhoon
RAM: 2gb
Hard Disk: 1x 500gb maxtor drive, chillin out.
Optical: NEC drive
Graphic Card \ Chip: GF7900GT chillin out also.
Sound Card \ Chip: onboard AC97
Screen: none/VNC
Keyboard & Mouse: none/VNC
Speakers: none
Operating System(s): debian sid
Extras: nothing but a couple of pencils to hold up some parts.
 
preying on my need to talk about myself, eh?

brainiac
Case: laptop (Acer Travelmate 2480)
CPU: Intel Celeron M CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz
RAM: 2 GB (upgraded from stock 512 MB)
Hard Disk: stock 120 GB
Optical: CD burner/single layer DVD reader
Graphic Card \ Chip: Intel 945
Sound Card \ Chip: Audigy2 pcmcia card
Screen: 1280x800 LCD
Keyboard & Mouse: integrated touchpad & kbd
Speakers: Cambridge Soundworks desktop thingies
Operating System: Ubuntu 8.04.1

hactar
Case: something generic
Power Supply: don't remember, 250W
Motherboard: Asus... something
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz, slightly underclocked
Cooling: some addon heatsink/fan, nothing fancy
RAM: 768 MB scavenged from others
Hard Disk: 80 GB Maxtor
Optical: Lite-On DVD burner
Graphic Card \ Chip: GeForce 7300 GT (512 MB AGP, from BFG Tech)
Sound Card \ Chip: Audigy LS
Screen: Samsung SyncMaster 793MB
Keyboard & Mouse: IBM Model M keyboard, Microsoft optical mouse
Speakers: hooked up to tv
Operating System: Xubuntu 8.04.1
Extras: tv connected as 2nd monitor

max
Case: Iomega StorCenter Pro 150d
Motherboard: Asus... something
CPU: dunno, ARM?
Hard Disk: 4x 750 GB, RAID 5 (1 parity volume)
Operating System: Linux 2.6.?

others lying around, but these are the active ones at the moment
 
Case: HP Pavilion XT953 Stock Case
Power Supply: I have no idea.
Motherboard: Asus CUW-AM
CPU: Intel Pentium III @ 1Ghz
Cooling: Fans, maybe a heatsink in there somewhere. >.>
RAM: 256MB PC100 SDRAM
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar WD400AB @ 40GB
Optical:
1. HP CD-Writer+ 8100
2. E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU (Generic CD-Rom Drive)
Graphic Card \ Chip: Intel 810 Integrated Chipset
Sound Card \ Chip: Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4299 Integrated Chipset
Screen: emachines eView17 Flatscreen CRT Monitor
Keyboard & Mouse:
1. Micro Innovations KB530 Internet Keyboard
2. Micro Innovations MO42KOB Optical Scroll Mouse
Speakers:
1. Polk Audio D7272A (P/N: 5065-5408), made to mount onto the HP Monitor that came with the comp. The monitor died soon after but the speakers still remained.
2. Koss UR21C High-Fidelity Headphones
Operating System(s):Windows XP Pro SP3
Extras:
1. Intel USB Video Camera III (VGA Webcam)
2. SMC EZ Card 10/100 (Ethernet Card for DSL)
3. HP Scanjet 4400c (Photo Scanner)
4. Lexmark 730 series printer
5. LinkSys WRT54G Wireless Router (So my Wii can get DSL too)

*Reads everyone elses specs*
Dear lord, this thing IS old!
 
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Alrighty. A friend of mine gave me some upgrades. Here's what's updated...

384GB PC100 SDRAM (128MB+256MB)
120GB Total Storage (40GB + 80GB)

Really wish I had a decent graphics card, though. It'd really help my gaming a good deal.
 
I have a PIV, 1.7 Ghz, 250 HD, 768 MRam and a 128 Meg graphic card. I don't play PC games, so it's enough for my needs. As long as I can run RSLogix, Orcad, Automation Studio, burn CDs/DVDs and and watch videos now and then, I'm happy.
 
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Not only he's spamming, but he's also doing it in a language that few of us can read.
 
Case: Lian Li PC-P60B
Power Supply: Antec TPQ 850
Motherboard: ASUS Striker II Formula
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz @ 3.5Ghz
Cooling: ASUS Triton 79 AMAzing
RAM: 4GB (2 x 2GB) Corsair Dominator PC-8500 1066Mhz 5-5-5-18 @ 771Mhz 5-4-4-11
Hard Disk: WD Caviar 500GB SATA II / 120GB WD Caviar External
Optical: 2X Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burners
Graphic Card: 2X EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Supperclocked 626/2106 SLI Enabled @ 675/2304
Sound Card: Supreme FXII 7.1ch PCI-e
Screen: 32in Westinghouse 1080i HDTV
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech G15 / Logitech G5 Battlefield 2142 Limited Edition
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1ch
Operating System(s): Windows XP Pro
Extras: 3DMark06 Score: 20,833 Verified, Max Processor overclock to date, 3626mhz Stable Verified
 
Heh. Here's mine.

Case:Nice black one with lots of room. (given to me)
Power Supply: 450W. That's all I know.
Motherboard: Old Compaq.
CPU:Celeron 700 mhz. (Okay, stop giggling)
Cooling:Yes. Oh, I mean fans and stuff. Two extras added.
RAM:512 mg
Hard Disk:(2) 80 Gig Maxxtors.
Optical:1-NEC DVD, 1- HP 7500 CD-RW
Graphic Card \ Chip:Onboard Intel 810 32megs.
Sound Card \ Chip:Onboard AC chipset.
Screen:19" Dell Monitor. (found it in trash)
Keyboard & Mouse:Standard Keyboard, USB Micro$haft mouse
Speakers: Arlen Electronics, 100W.
Operating System(s):C Drive Windows Ex-Pee D Drive Windoze 98
Extras:Micro$haft Sidewinder 2, and the usual usb shizzle. Camera, mp3 player and cat toy apparently. One of my cats chewed off the end of the cord that goes to the mp3 player.
 
My PC has 256 MB of regular-ass SDRAM, a 20 GB hard drive for my OS, a 40 GB drive for my stuff, and a cd-rw drive. i think the processor is around 2 GHz. no video card, running bootleg XP

read 'em and weep, suckers~!
 
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