Describe your main PC rig

hamster

I'm kinda curious to know what kind of setup you guys are using these days. I could be due for an upgrade! :eek:

But I hope to hold out for another year with the current setup if that's possible. Tsk Gaming (& Everything else) you know!

What have ye got currently?

Well here's mine to start off....

OS: Dual boot Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 1) with Redhat 8
CPU: Intel Pentium III 850
Motherboard: Micro-Star (MS-6337)
Chipset: Intel 815 (Solano)
FSB: 100Mhz
Memory: 512Mb (2x128Mb DIMMs and 1x256Mb DIMM)

Hard Disks:
1) 19.1Gb Seagate (ST320423A) (5000 rpm)
(split into c:\ 7.81Gb and \ 5.4Gb and 5Gb for RedHat 8)
2) 74.5 Gb Maxtor (4D080H4) (5000 rpm)
(split into G:\ 38Gb and H:\ 36.5Gb)

CDROM Drives:
1) Ricoh 24x CDROM\ 6x CDR Writer\ 4x DVD
2) Generic 50x CDROM\10x DVD

Video: Nvidia GeForce2 GTS (32Mb)
Monitor: 22" Iiyama A201HT VisionMaster Pro 510
Sound: Basic Soundblaster Live

Internet: ISDN via a USB TA (Draytek minivigor)
Account: UTVip (30 Euro / month for 150 Hours off peak)
Speed: 64K ISDN
Actual Result: 7.5K/s on average (26.5Mb/hour)

Mouse: PS2 Infra-red Microsoft Home mouse

BArra

here's my rig..

OS: Windows XP Professional
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.53ghz
Motherboard: P4T533-C Mainboard
Chipset: I850E
BUS: 533mhz
Memory: 512Mb (2x128Mb Samsung RDRAM)

Hard Disks:
1) Western Digital Caviar 120GB IDE 7200RPM
Special Edition 8MB
2) Split into 2 partitions, 10gig for windows, rest for software

DVD/CD Drives:
1) Pioneer DVD drive IDE 16x/40x Slot-in
2) Plextor CD recorder IDE 48x/24x/48x Plexwriter

Video: Crucial Radeon 9700PRO 128mb
Monitor: Dell p790
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum!

Case: Coolermaster ATC-201

Internet: ISDN via a eicon diva 2.01
Account: ;D
Speed: 64K ISDN
Actual Result: 7.5K/s on average (26.5Mb/hour)

Mouse: USB Microsoft Explorer 3.0

Headset: Plantronics DSP500

heh


baz

Lorax

pentium 4 2.2ghz
456mb rdram
7200rpm 40gb hd
gainward gf4 ti4600
intellimouse 3.0
soundblaster live 5.1
21" philips monitor (1600.1200 @ 100HZ)

yellum

Moving to correct forum.

Dr. Dre

Main System Spec.

Enlight Midi Tower Case 350W PSU
MSI KT266A Pro2-RU
AMD 1800XP+ @1610Mhz (FSB 280Mhz)
2 x Quantum Fireball 60Gb ATA100 @7200rpm
MSI Geforce 2 Ti @ 260/430
Creative Audigy Platinum
Creative DTT3500 5.1 Speakers
Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical
CTX 19" 100Hz Monitor
3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI
LG CD-ROM
Dual boot Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3/ Win XP Pro SP1
Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad Pro
Logitech Wingman Digital Extreme
Thrustmaster Formula T1 Wheel/Pedals
Dakota ScoutKVM


Other System Spec. (Internet Gateway)

Gateway PIII 500Mhz
Voodoo 3 3000
Quantum Fireball 13.6 Gb
Quantum Fireball lct 20Gb
Matshisua DVD-ROM
Sony CRX100E CDRW
Creative Audio Soundblaster
3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI
Technistar B2C2 Broadband Receiver
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
Netsystem Satellite Internet (1M Dish)
HP deskjet 845c
HP Scanjet 2100c
Dakota ScoutKVM

koneko

Main Rig:

CPU: Athlon XP 2730MHz (phase change cooling) - FSB 195
Mobo: Abit KD400
Mem: 256 x DDR (Samsung) - upgrading this soon hopefully
IBM 80GB HD @7200rpm
GeForce 4 Ti4200 - FX in there soon
SB Audigy
WinXP Pro
12x Toshiba DVD
Logitech mouse and cordless keyboard (spare cordless mouse)
21" monitor + projector

amp

Main PC:

P3 1 ghz, on a crappy jetway 694as m/b, with o/b sound
768 mb ram
1 x 7200 rpm IBM 13gb Deskstar hdd and some crappy 15gb drive
Geforce 2 mx
10x BTC DVD drive
4x Philips CDRW
Cambridge Soundworks Speakers
W2k pro SP3

Media Server:
AMD K7 Slot A 550mhz
512 mb ram
80, 40 + 20 gb hdd's
3dfx Voodoo 3500 tv
SB Live! Value
Remote Control Receiver
6x Pioneer DVD drive
Connects to Sony Surround Sound Hifi for speakers
W2k Server SP2

Dingatron

Main Rig
W2K (SP1)
Athlon 1.3 ghz
MSI KT266A Pro2-RU
512 MB DDR
Voodoo 3 (Soon to be changed)
60 GB Diamond Maxtor @7200rpm
6.5 GB Western Digital in HD caddy
LG 16X DVD
LG 48x/24x/48x CDRW
Logitech Optical Mouse
Internal Zip100 drive
Compaq 17 inch P70 monitor
Intel Pro 100 nic
TI Firewire PCI
US Robotics 56 K External Modem
Epson Photo 895 with flash card reader
Awaiting new case (Sky Hawk Jupiter)


Web server
Mandrake 9.0
P2 400
Chaintec 440BX
768 MB PC133 Ram
Adaptec scsi card
6 GB Maxtor HD
10 GB SCSI HD
HP DAT Drive scsi
Voodoo2
3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI

Lorax

I started a thread like this a few month ago coz it was locked MAnnnn i thought i had a wicked pc until i saw konekos what u need specs like that 4 dude?

BioHazRd

God, I love it when this thread keeps returning

Main Rig
Abit SR78X mobo
P4 2.4 running at 2.9 (FSB - 162)
Innovatek Watercooling
GeForce 4 Ti4600
512 Mb PC2700 DDR Ram
Maxtor 80 + 40 Gig HD's
LG 16X DVD
LG 48X/24X/48X CDRW
Matrix Orbital LCD display
Belinea 21" Monitor
SBLive 5.1 with Cambridge Soundworks speakers
Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 optical
func surface 1030 mousemat
WinXP Pro
Coolermaster ATC201

Bio

longword

Tyan Tiger MPX (S2366-4M) motherboard
Two Athlon MP 1900+ CPUs
1GB ECC Registered PC2100 RAM
Creative GeForce 4 Ti4400
Adaptec 29160 64-bit SCSI card
Intel 64-bit dual port GigE card
Five Fujitsu 10kRPM 18GB disks
16x10x40 Yamaha SCSI CDRW
12x Hitachi GD-7500 DVDROM drive
SoundBlaster Live!
Enermax 430W PSU
Coolermaster ATC201C

And best of all, an overclocked 5mm 200mcd blue power LED!

strat

Main PC
OS: Windows XP Pro (no service pack)
CPU: AMD XP2100+
Motherboard: Abit KG7-Raid
Chipset: AMD761/VIA 686B
FSB: 137Mhz
Memory: 512Mb (2x256Mb DIMM PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
PSU: Qtec 550watt
Case: Modded Jupiter Full tower case

Hard Disks:
1) Deskstar 120GXP 120gb (7200 rpm)
2) Maxtor 120GB (5400 rpm)
3) Maxtor 120GB (5400 rpm)
4) Quantum 60GB (7200 rpm)

CDROM Drives:
1) Liteon 40/12/48
2) Hitachi 8x dvd-rom

Video: Nvidia GeForce3 ti 500
Monitor: 17" LG
Sound: Creative Labs Soundblaster Live 5.1

Internet: ISDN via a Asus pci TA
Account: Esat Netsmart
Speed: 64K ISDN

Mouse: Modded MS optical mouse

Second Pc - divx box
OS: Windows XP Pro (no service pack)
CPU: P 3 500
FSB: 100Mhz
Memory: 192Mb

Hard Disks:
1) Quantum 30 gig 7200 rpm

CDROM Drives:
1) Yamaha 8/8/24

Video: Nvidia GeForce2 mx 400 with tv out
Monitor: 14" pos / 24" telly
Sound: Soundblaster 128/telly

RicardoSmith

P4-1.8a@2.4/768-DDR/7200-80GB/Ti4200/W2K (main)
P4-1.6a/256-SRAM/5400-20GB/Mandrake9 (test)
AMD terminator/Athlon1Ghz/8GB/256-SRAM/W2K (server)

GoneShootin

Belarc Report

Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)

.....is actually a Logitech Marble Mouse

memory type is Rambus

STaN

Main PC:
AMD XP 2000 (1.66ghz)
Asus A7N8X motherboard w/ nForce2 chipset
256MB 333mhz ddr ram
128MB Geforce 4 Ti4600
40GB 7200rpm hd
30GB 5400rpm hd
Integrated dual lan on motherboard
6 USB ports
2 firewire ports
serial ata-150
integrated dolby digital 6.1 sound card
black case with 8 case fans
40x cdr

Planned Upgrades
AMD XP 3400
2 * 512MB 400mhz ddr ram
(this enables the dual ddr ram feature on the board... so its like 1gig of ram at 800mhz)
120GB HD (serial ata)
dvd drive
dolby 6.1 sound system

File server
AMD 1.3ghz Duron
128MB 100Mhz ram
6GB HD (gonna put the 30 in here when i upgrade the 1st 1)
Raid array (can have up to 8 hard drives)
Cmedia 3d sound card PCI
Geforce 4 MX 440 64mb

Laptop
P4m 2Ghz
384MB 266mhz ddr ram
Radeon 9000 64mb agp
30GB 5400 HD
DVD/CD-RW drive
15" screen

thats it :>

Matt Simis

Originally posted by Gone Shootin
Belarc Report



.....is actually a Logitech Marble Mouse

memory type is Rambus

LOL, you lazy person.

Dont you worry however, about the fact that report has just listed all your SW license keys, even your WinME key??



matt


EDIT: I see it also listed your Dell Tag number!

Typedef

Home primary box
Gentoo Linux (2.4.19) Reiserfs, Slackware 8.1 (Linux 2.4.19) Reiserfs, GNU Hurd ext2, FreeBSD 4.7 UFS with softupdates, Red Hat 7.3 (Linux-2.4.18) ext3 with software raid level 1, Windows 2000 sp2 NTFS.

Athlon T-Bird 1400mhz.
Abit KT7A FSB 266mhz.
768 SDRAM pc133 (various brands)
1x 80gb uata 133 (drone x).
1x 15gb uata 66.
Circa 1996 8x DVD drive RPC 1 (so no region locking).
Philips DVD-RW.
Linksys NIC.
17" Sony Trinitron Monitor.
Cordless Optical Mouse.
Ensoniq Es1371.
Voodoo 4 32mb Ram.
300 watt PSU.

</note I might install Solaris x86 soon>

Laptop

Gentoo Linux optimised for the K6.
Running ext3 and Xfs. Linux 2.4.19 & 2.4.20.

Compaq Presario 1235.
AMD K6 233.
168 mb pc 100 ram.
5gb hdd, uata 66.
Ne2000 PCMCIA ethernet adapter (built in dongle) sweet.
Lucent Mars Chipset Linmodem.
Soundblaster compliant onboard.

Primary work box

Crux Linux 2.4.19 Reiserfs, Windows 2000 sp3 NTFS.

Dell Optiplex GX240
Intel p4.
256mb ram.
UATA 100 40gb hdd.
17" Dell monitor.
3com integrated 3c920 100mb nic.
SoundMax integrated Digital Audio.
Optical mouse.
Drone CDROM.

Then three Linux servers, Four doze servers, and fifteen client machines running doze, One Linux router in construction and roughly four 'other' machines in my room in various states of use/repair

Home Lan Server

Debian Linux 2.2.20

Intel 386 15mhz or (40mhz with the turbo button pushed).
16mb ram (30 pin simms)
80mb EIDE hard disk
Ext2
DHCP server
NAT server
Firewall

<note this box does exactly what I need it to do. I don't need a hugely powerful box to complete this task. A 386 accomplishes all I ask of it and does it well>

I forgot to mention. Sometimes my Laptop also doubles as a motion sensor, which is handy for when I go out and get paranoid about my motorcycle being stolen.

I just attach a webcam to the USB port on my laptop and have it detect and take pictures of anything it defines as motion, running the Video for Linux utility called 'motion'.

And a partridge in a pear tree.

Mr. Fancypants

Originally posted by Gone Shootin
Belarc Report



.....is actually a Logitech Marble Mouse

memory type is Rambus

I'd take down that Belarc report if i where you Gone Shootin'. It shows all your licence keys.

Matt Simis

Originally posted by mbroaders
I'd take down that Belarc report if i where you Gone Shootin'. It shows all your licence keys.

:mad:
Im I the only one this happens too? Ive said that exactly two posts above!!? Invisible text or what ?

Originally posted by matt simis
LOL, you lazy person.

Dont you worry however, about the fact that report has just listed all your SW license keys, even your WinME key??

matt

EDIT: I see it also listed your Dell Tag number!

Mr. Fancypants

Originally posted by Matt Simis
:mad:
Im I the only one this happens too? Ive said that exactly two posts above!!? Invisible text or what ?

Uhmmmmm, okie...Sorry? Dont mean to take your credit for spotting it first or whatever, just dont want the man leaving his licence keys up for all to view.

Dingatron

I forgot to mention. Sometimes my Laptop also doubles as a motion sensor, which is handy for when I go out and get paranoid about my motorcycle being stolen.

What happens if they steal your laptop? Have you a motion sensor on the motorbike? :-)

Gerry

I couldn't be arsed typing in all that stuff, theres plenty of threads like this already. I will say though, that the original poster may be a bit misguided. You seem to be saying that you should judge whether to upgrade based on the machines everyone else has? Might want to rethink that, as its a little stupid. Or hopefully you were just joking. I'll upgrade when I think that my current machine is too slow, I think thats a reasonable attitude. I suppose if you are lucky enough to have money to burn though, you can buy all the gear you want, whether it will be utilized properly or not.

GoneShootin

suggestions noted, tho i didnt really mind them being up.

and the service tag, well thats just handy for me

JohnBoy

OS: Windows XP Professional
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.0ghz
Motherboard: MSI 845E-Max2 Mainboard
Chipset: I845E
BUS: 400mhz
Memory: 512Mb (2x256Mb Crucial DDR)

Hard Disks:
1) Western Digital Caviar 80GB IDE 7200RPM
Special Edition 8MB
2) 1 partition

DVD/CD Drives:
1) Lite-On DVD IDE 16x/40x
2) Lite-On CDRW IDE 40x/16x/40x Plexwriter

Video: Leadtek Ti4600 128mb
Monitor: Gateway VX900
Sound: Turtle Beach Santa cruz (videologic gametheater pc 5.1 speakers)

Case: Digital DecPC server XL 466 (about 8 years old) (soon to be an old gateway 133 case)

Internet: none

Mouse: Logitech Dual Optical
Wheel: Logitech Wingman Formula
Joystick: Logitech wingman something or other (noticing a trend here)
Keyb: Dell mechanical keyboard.


other machines:
fujitsu siemens celeron 466/ 256mb/ 3gb/ voodoo2 (folks)
Dual 166/ 64mb / 9gb (eventually a server)
p1 200mmx @ 250 32mb ram 1 gb (would be router if i had a connection)

John
(oh and a caseless gateway 133 in the garage)

Ruu_Old

my trusty ole Ruupaq looks petty to all ur fancy systems but as Gerry said i only upgrade when i think i need to, and so far its doing its job for me for the last 4 years, i have got a new mobo that im gonna stick into it later on tho

Windows ME
AMD K6 533mhz
512mb SDRAM
Seagate 8gb (Master)
Seagate 20gb (Slave)
Zip 100 USB
Logitech Quickcam
PB Tv Tuner card
Compaq DVD-ROM 16x
Philips CDRW 4x4x24
Labtec Wireless mouse
Microsoft Keyboard

everything works grand no major* problems in years hehe


*does not include formatting

BigEejit

I would have thought that comparing 'puters was a kind of a pointless task there is always some faster kit JUST after coming to the market, but having said that I think that there are some big things around the corner (and already here) with graphics, processors and storage ...
examples:
GeforceFX will come out and all older graphics cards will become significantly cheaper ... rumours have it that ATI will also be doing some fecking around with their graphics core (changing a 96bit wide internal bus to 128bit etc etc) and this will cause the 9700 pro to become a bit cheaper ... and I am not sure but I thought I read about serial AGP (or something like that anyway, basically its all about lunatic bandwidth) which may come out later this year?? .. if it does then the 8 X agp boards will become cheap(er)

Intels newest 3.something GHz processor has hyper threading as will all later P4's (good bit of a perfomance boost)... wait until Intel has released a few faster models and they may be cheap enough to afford...

Serial ATA is the canines gonads ... more and more products coming on stream (so: products becoming cheaper and cheaper), wait a while and there should be some affordable Motherboards that support all of the above

[edit]
er .. I suppose I better do some comparing
Supermicro P6DGE
Dual PIII 1GHz slot 1
1 GB pc100 ram
Adaptec 29160
1 X U160 10000 rpm 16MB cache 73GB
1 X U160 36GB
Soundblaster Live
Geforce 3 Ti200 64MB
Memorex DVD
Memorex CD-RW (both memorex are rebadged lite-ons)
An iffy external 56K modem ... I must get that sorted
Win 2k Prof ... but I hear that XP Prof can be better at multi-processing, anyone upgrade a dual proc machine from 2k to XP and noticed a performance increase?
[/edit]

Xithus

1900xp
Abit arghh cant remember the model.. kd7-r maybe.
1gb 3200 DDR
60gb Maxtor 7200
56x Cdrom, 52x CDR, 16x DVD
Creative Ti4600
Audigy2 Platinum
Logitech Cordless Mouseman & Keyboard
Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 Megaworks 510D
19" Trinitron

And a big ol blue chieftec case with some star trek stickers on it !

My only planned upgrades for the min would be the MX700 logitech mouse, a 2600 or 2700 XP, and some sort of cooling system...

Oh and XP PRO.

CivilServant

Dell P3 800 Dimension 4100
Intel 815E
384 PC133
20Gb Maxtor
80Gb Seagate
Geforce2 GTS
AOpen 40x12x40
Soundblaster Digital 5.1
Creative 5100 spks
Logitech MX700 (only piece of cutting edge hardware!:D)
15" LG Flatron LCD
Conceptronic External Modem
Win2000/WinXP Pro

2-3 Years old ~4000 3dmarx

Other Machine
P3 650
.....etc.....


I've only seem one other computer in here that's lower spec than this. I want to upgrade cos I will get a big performance gain if I do, but atm it really isn't necessary. This machine will run most games fine. Only problems it has had is with doom3
and people include your 3dmark score if you can.

_sheep

AMD XP1800 (144mhz fsb)
256mb ddr
Hdd (1)IBM 80gig, 7200rpm (2) Toshiba 10gig, 7200rpm
MSI KT3 Ultra
ATI Radeon 8500, 128mb ddr (oc'd)
Creative DvD 10x
HP CD-r 20x / 12x / 4x (slow but always does the job, perfectly)
Standard Suirtech Case (blue) (moded, 120mm intake fan on side )
Generic keyboard / Microsoft blue optical mouse
Soundblaster through hi-fi / Trust headphones
Cnet 10/100 nic / Diamond modem ( 56k )
XP pro / Win98 (old games etc)
1yr old, 9500 3d marks (10,000+ if i go for newer, unstable(ish) drivers)

Ruu_Old

looks like i have the lowest rig pc on the boards so far anyone gonna join me?

rabbitinlights

Dell XPS T450
P3 450 (!) Gonna get a powerleap asap!!!

512 Crucial Ram

Creaive GF3 Ti200 64Mb

80Gb IBM Deskstar
8Gb Seagate

Tri-boot:
XP Pro
Win 98se
Suse 8.0

17" hercules LCD

Generic CD-Rom
LG dvd/cd-burner

Still runs sweet!!!!