#194603 - 11/15/09 01:22 AM
New Computer = New Desktop (56k)
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My laptop decided to fry on me last night, so today i went out and bought a new Laptop. I like it so far. Here's a screen shot. Go ahead and post your desktops, lets see what everyoen is rockin lately...
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#194604 - 11/15/09 01:55 AM
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I say we post up system specs:D
Q6600 Core 2 Quad @ 3.2ghz (blessed with G0 Stepping) (daily use) (400mhz bus x 8 multiplier) I have hit 3.7 ghz orthos stable 12 hours on air cooling. EVGA GTX 275 876mb Vid Card (Oc'ed a bit) Asus Mobo w/ a few mods coming soon like new southbridge, northbridge chipset coolers and better mosfet cooling solutions. 2x4gb Patriot Viper Ram DDR2 800mhz Ram (@ 1066mhz) Raptor 10k RPM 150gb Harddrive Thermaltake Armor Jr Case Plethra of fans and cooling devices. 27" LG Flatron 2ms Monitor 1080p and 1000:1 contrast ratio and all those goodies.
I'm running windows 7 Pro 64 bit on it and overall very fun PC to be on and great for gaming and every day use. Haven't had a problem and it has been overclocked stable @ 3.2ghz for over a year and a half now. Hoping to hit 3.8-4.0ghz w/ chipset cooler solutions. I've also looked into phase change and liquid cooling as well which may be my only option for any higher then 3.7ghz.
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#194605 - 11/15/09 01:57 AM
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Dammit.
Also this is Windows 7 64bit as well. Just using a Mac OS Mod.
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#194606 - 11/15/09 02:51 AM
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Win7 Pro 64-bit 3.0GHz AMD Dual Core 8GB of OCZ Extreme DDR2 memory 800GHz 1 600GB WD SATA drive (don't know specs but it's only slightly slower than raptor) 2 250GB WD IDE hard drives
I don't remember what my graphics card is...it's ATI 512mb something or rather...it's not up to snuff yet. I've also got a Hauppauge PV150 TV tuner, Linksys N wireless, and a bunch of other periphrial crap.
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#194607 - 11/15/09 03:22 AM
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Does anyone here own a solid state harddrive?
I've been looking into getting 150-200gb Solid State drive to run Windows 7 off of and see how well that performed w/ everything else I have. As of now the bottleneck's in all system's are harddrives.
The solid state drives really have me interested and it is amazing how much quicker they are then regular hard disks.
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#194608 - 11/15/09 03:36 AM
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Watercooled I7 SLI system all that needs to be said.
Anyways Microsoft is being way to cocky with windows 7. Way too many cracks when it first came out. Beta's were better IMO
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#194609 - 11/15/09 11:46 AM
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This is my laptop. I'll post my desktop after all these scans are done. Specs: Dell Latitude D610 2.13 GHz Pentium 787 MHz of 1GB RAM WIN XP PRO 2002 SP3 1x75 GB hard drive
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#194610 - 11/15/09 12:01 PM
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Originally posted by GrandPrixGTAlpine: Does anyone here own a solid state harddrive?
I've been looking into getting 150-200gb Solid State drive to run Windows 7 off of and see how well that performed w/ everything else I have. As of now the bottleneck's in all system's are harddrives.
The solid state drives really have me interested and it is amazing how much quicker they are then regular hard disks. I thought about it but couldn't justify the cost, especially for my desktop. From what I was reading solid state drives would not be ideal for the OS because they only have a limited number of read/writes before they burn out. Your OS does so many read/writes for page files that it would burn out quickly. I assume you can turn off paging files in Win7 some how...but I'd still be leary of putting my OS on a SS drive since I don't know what other files the OS may read/write.
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#194611 - 11/15/09 01:11 PM
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Processor Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor1 P8400 (2.26GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache) Operating System Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit) with SP12 Memory 4096MB 1066MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory (2-2048MB modules) Hard Drive 320GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive6 Chassis Chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GTS Graphics with 1GB of GDDR3 Discrete Video Memory and Intel® PM45 Chipset Dimensions (System) 1.3"-1.70" (H) x 15.75" (W) x 11.75" (D) or 33-43mm (H) x 400mm (W) x 298mm (D) Display 17" High-Definition Widescreen WXGA+ Display (1440 x 900) Expansion Slots ExpressCard™ Type 54 External Ports (3) USB 2.0, VGA Connector, IEEE 1394b, eSATA Port, V1.2 HDMI Connector Keyboard and Mouse Full-Size Keyboard, Synaptics Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Media Card Reader 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (Memory Stick™, Memory Stick™ Pro, Multi Media Card™, Secure Digital™, xD-Picture Card™) Memory Capacity Maximum 4GB Modem 56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem (RJ-11 port) Multimedia Buttons Illuminated Metal Precision-Touch Multimedia Buttons Network 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port) Optical Drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW and DVD-RAM featuring Labelflash™ Technology8 Sound High-Definition Audio- 2 Channel, Built-In speakers, microphone, headphone/SPDIF Audio Out Web Camera 1.3 Megapixel Integrated Webcam Weight 9.05 lbs. (4.11 kg) system unit only / 12.64 lbs. (5.73 kg.) box Wireless Network Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN 802.11a/g/Draft-N Wireless LAN
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#194612 - 11/15/09 01:39 PM
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I would wait on buying an SSD in that size. As was said they do have limited life. Even with their new wear leveling and write combining they still die out with the current firmware. You also have to take into consideration with SLC and MLC etc. I would just wait off because the price is still upto $3 more per gig.
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#194613 - 11/15/09 07:03 PM
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As promised, here's the screen shot for my desktop. The pic was shot by a friend of mine and is used under permission. System: 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 1 GB RAM WIN XP PRO 2002 SP3 C: Drive: 40 GB D: Drive: 25.3 GB 2 DVD-RW Linksys Wireless-N equipped 3.5" floppy equipped 450 Watt pwr sply NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 video card integrated sound card, no speakers laser keyboard and mouse
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#194614 - 11/15/09 08:00 PM
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16Gz 4GB GSkill RAM XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V CPU Cooler ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX (I believe) ViewSonic 19" LCD monitor 64 bit MS Vista
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#194615 - 11/15/09 08:14 PM
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Nice Taz! My current one now as of last night lol
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#194616 - 11/15/09 08:35 PM
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heres mines.
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#194617 - 11/15/09 08:37 PM
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Karl, i thought you werent part of clubgp? I had that as my background when he first posted that pic yesterday, but then changed it because i figured someone else would have it lol.
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#194618 - 11/15/09 08:38 PM
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Originally posted by BoostenGTP02: Karl, i thought you werent part of clubgp? I had that as my background when he first posted that pic yesterday, but then changed it because i figured someone else would have it lol.
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#194619 - 11/15/09 08:40 PM
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I have an oldie 2.4gh processor and 1 gig of ram for video Nvidia GeForce 7300gs Oh and still running XP. Nothing fancy for the background. This is looking from where we spread my Father-In-Laws ashes.
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#194620 - 11/15/09 10:32 PM
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Originally posted by ChrisGT: Watercooled I7 SLI system all that needs to be said.
Anyways Microsoft is being way to cocky with windows 7. Way too many cracks when it first came out. Beta's were better IMO Not only a god among cars, but Pc's as well.
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#194621 - 11/15/09 10:39 PM
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Originally posted by GrandPrixGTAlpine: Originally posted by ChrisGT: [b] Watercooled I7 SLI system all that needs to be said.
Anyways Microsoft is being way to cocky with windows 7. Way too many cracks when it first came out. Beta's were better IMO Not only a god among cars, but Pc's as well. [/b]Gotta hustle lol. I get deals on everything and I spent less than what most spend on best buy over the counter comps. http://www.pricewatch.com I got a few deals there bought the GFX cards used cheap and i had the watercool system from my old setup that I sold last year. I buy parts build em for cheap and end up getting rid of them and making money on em lol. The only comp I have ever kept was the first one I build an old P4 h/t 4 gigs soon to be nitrogen cooled lol
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#194622 - 11/15/09 11:50 PM
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#194623 - 11/16/09 12:05 AM
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Your guys desktops are too cluttered xP
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#194624 - 11/16/09 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by Dthreap: Your guys desktops are too cluttered xP In response to your comment...and yes stock backgrounds FTW.
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#194625 - 11/16/09 04:39 PM
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i got the Ruger logo as my background right now, i got a mt6821 gateway laptop with windows 7 64 bit and i love it:) then my gpa has a dell, quad core Intel , 6gb of ram, liquid cooled( all for email and solitaire) lol then my gma has a gateway with a Quad core AMD, 6 gigs of ram, blue ray player/burner. and it just sits there turned off most the time. then we have an old old old computer by Compaq in the basement with windows 4.1 on it that's old!!!
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#194626 - 11/16/09 05:28 PM
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#194627 - 11/16/09 05:29 PM
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Here's mine. Nothing special really, I love the new Super Duty though. My laptop has a full HD screen so it's kind of tough to find backgrounds that are full HD as well. I've run through all the Mustang backgrounds I could find so now it's on to trucks. Computer is an HP HDX 16 Premium Laptop. Running 4GB of RAM on Vista Premium (Windows 7 upgrade is on the way) and an Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.13GHz. My favorite thing about it is the Blu-Ray player and the 1080p screen.
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#194628 - 11/16/09 06:03 PM
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my dog cole
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#194629 - 11/18/09 04:35 PM
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GrandPrixGTAlpine and ordonez win clean desktop of the year :p
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#194630 - 11/18/09 04:38 PM
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Originally posted by Dthreap: GrandPrixGTAlpine and ordonez win clean desktop of the year :p Did you even see my desktop? i dont have ANYTHING on it but a toolbar...
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#194631 - 11/19/09 02:25 AM
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Ordonez, how did you pin the trash can in your taskbar?
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#194632 - 11/19/09 11:03 AM
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Originally posted by UMfan: Ordonez, how did you pin the trash can in your taskbar? I used this link. http://www.techspot.com/guides/196-recycle-bin-on-windows-7-taskbar/ A lot of places have ones that aren't functional, but this one allows you to drag things directly to the icon on the taskbar.
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#194633 - 11/19/09 12:15 PM
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Nice tip! Thanks!
Screen shots of my desktop are boring. I have a black background with no icons, and then my desktop is a moving slideshow of black and white photos of the band Sublime.
When I get some more free time I'm going to trim some sublime songs into .wav files to create my own theme. I was hoping Windows media would let me convert .mp3 to .wav and trim them down (like the old one did), but I can't seem to figure out how to do it, so I guess I have to download a program.
anyway, my desktop is as clean as ordonez's now.
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#223025 - 10/02/21 02:50 AM
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