The Name Says It All....
Currently im running
AMD X2 3800+ OC From 2.0 to 2.7
1 Gig Corsair XMS DDR2 800
Enermax Liberty 400W
ABIT KN9 ULTRA
(2) 40 Gig Maxtors
(HS) Thermal Take TMG A1 (Without Fan)
One ThermalTake SmartFan (Thermal Probe On HeatSink)
P180 (Of Course)
8800GTS (On Its Way)
What's Your Main Rig?
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NeilBlanchard
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Hello,
Okay, here's my main rig:
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ undervolted slightly, stock speed
Scythe Ninja - original version, fanless
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLi, stock passive NB
4X 512MB Mushkin PC3200 - 2GB total
120GB Seagate SATA 7200.7, suspended
80GB Samsung SATA P80, suspended
2X XFX 7600GS 256MB (I run three monitors)
SeaSonic S12 430
Evercase 4252 (naturally
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Scythe DF 120mm exhaust, controlled by CPU fan header, runs ~1/2 the time
Scythe DF 92mm intake @ 5v (to cool the Seagate)
pictures...
Okay, here's my main rig:
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ undervolted slightly, stock speed
Scythe Ninja - original version, fanless
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLi, stock passive NB
4X 512MB Mushkin PC3200 - 2GB total
120GB Seagate SATA 7200.7, suspended
80GB Samsung SATA P80, suspended
2X XFX 7600GS 256MB (I run three monitors)
SeaSonic S12 430
Evercase 4252 (naturally
)Scythe DF 120mm exhaust, controlled by CPU fan header, runs ~1/2 the time
Scythe DF 92mm intake @ 5v (to cool the Seagate)
pictures...
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frostedflakes
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3800+ X2 (65w)
Ninja (rev. B) with Yate Loon, 5 volt
MSI K9A Platinum
Sapphire X1900GT
HR-03, fanless
512 (2) of inexpensive DDR2-800 RAM (going to add two GB of some good stuff
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Seasonic S12-550 HT
Seagate 160gb (7900.10)
Intake fan- 140mm Yate Loon
Custom prototype wood case
Soon (meaning with in 3 months) a new case made out of plastic...
loudest component of the computer is the monitors... other that, it's awesome
Pictures in the sig.
Ninja (rev. B) with Yate Loon, 5 volt
MSI K9A Platinum
Sapphire X1900GT
HR-03, fanless
512 (2) of inexpensive DDR2-800 RAM (going to add two GB of some good stuff
)Seasonic S12-550 HT
Seagate 160gb (7900.10)
Intake fan- 140mm Yate Loon
Custom prototype wood case
Soon (meaning with in 3 months) a new case made out of plastic...
loudest component of the computer is the monitors... other that, it's awesome
Pictures in the sig.
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JazzJackRabbit
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Everything in my sig. Both 24/7 and main rig got slight update (24/7 got new case, new pico PSU, Scythe Quiet Drive upgrades, and main rig got just scythe drive, but overall ideas are still the same).
Going to update main rig with budget C2D this week though. Motherboard will be very cheap one, but it still should be faster than my current system and have 2 cores. That should be able to carry me through the end of the year when intel releases 45nm CPUs.
Going to update main rig with budget C2D this week though. Motherboard will be very cheap one, but it still should be faster than my current system and have 2 cores. That should be able to carry me through the end of the year when intel releases 45nm CPUs.
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Nick Geraedts
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- Location: Vancouver, BC
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Ralf Hutter
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JazzJackRabbit
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You'd be surprised how much faster C2D is over old P4. I did some RAR tests before deciding to jump over. Even the lowest end C2D on a via motherboard outperformed my 3.4GHz P4C + i865.Ralf Hutter wrote:Specs in sig.
It may be 3 years old but it's still more than enough computing power for anything I've ever run across. It's basically dead quiet too, so I have absolutely no interest in upgrading.
I used rar "best" method to compress 4GB file, if my memory serves me right
3.4GHz P4C took 75 minutes to compress
6300 C2D took 62 minutes to compress
6600 C2D took 40 minutes to compress
So even the lowest C2D possible was still faster than my old trustworthy P4. And 4300 which should be about just as fast as 6300 has two cores instead of one, so it should be twice as responsive when multitasking compared to P4 (I miss the days when I had SMP machine). Couple it with the fact that it's a decent overclocker, it's a no-brainer. Of course it all depends on how you use your computer, my P4 isn't terribly slow either, but I would definitely appreciate speed bump.
EDIT: got my numbers wrong, but overall result is still the same
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angelkiller
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See my sig. As a note, I only have one Seagate in there right not. (RAID is noisy!!) Pentium D runs at stock speeds, and X1950 Pro, is OC'ed to 640/1460. (can't get any higher! 
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Because I work from home and travel a lot, my "main rig" is currently a laptop. It's a Pentium-M 2.0 GHz with 2GB of ram, running XP Pro. Since I exclusively develop software with this computer, it works pretty well. It has integrated graphics, so gaming is out of the question, but the 2 gigs of RAM makes VS.NET a pleasure.
I have a secondary box running an Athlon64 3000+, 1 GB RAM, S12-330, SLK3000B, and a passive nVidia 7600GS. That box is currently running Vista, although I have second and third drives with XP and Ubuntu installs.
I have a secondary box running an Athlon64 3000+, 1 GB RAM, S12-330, SLK3000B, and a passive nVidia 7600GS. That box is currently running Vista, although I have second and third drives with XP and Ubuntu installs.
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Ralf Hutter
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See the .sig
The HTPC is running MCE2005.
The Desktop (main rig) is running Vista Ultimate.
-Derek
The Desktop (main rig) is running Vista Ultimate.
-Derek
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