Build Advice How many machines do you have &what do you use them for

I usually run one of these threads every so often

Its great to see what everyone has- SPECS ARE A MUST!!

I think its fine to see how everyone has either upgraded, using the same kit or even both

Thank for looking guys

 

I've just gone down from 3 to just my laptop, but the next one is well on it's way to being built/modded. Not so long ago the was 8 in my house. Not all mine..lol

 

I have 2 machines that I use every day.

First one is a pure gaming machine. Specs are in signature.

Second one is a media PC. It stores and plays all my TV/Film/music. Has a C2D cpu, 2GB ram, media PC ATI GPU.

Also have a third folding PC with a Q6600 and 460 GTX.

 

Two rigs myself. Gaming rig in my sig.

The second one I put together with old bits and pieces. E6750, gigabyte ga-g31m-es2l, 2GB ddr2 RAM, Asus TOP 8800gt. I'm still struggling to find a use for it really. Might stick a DVB tuner card in it and use it as a glorified sky box.

 

I have two rigs running at the moment one i7 and one old 775 socket with a quad cpu.

One for gaming and the other for photoshop and work but also as a standby

 

My gaming/media/photo editing/3d modeling/internet do everything machine:
Q6600
Gigabyte DS3l
6Gb DDR2 RAM (mixed Corsair and Kingston)
HX750 watt
Sapphire 2600xt
2xF3EG 2TB
2xF4EG 2TB
2xWD Black 1TB
2xWD Black 750GB
1xSeagate 320GB
Dell U2410
Logitech Z4
Win7 Pro and XP Pro duel boot

My laptop: Sony Vaio
i5-430
4Gb RAM
ATI 540v
320GB HDD
Window 7 Home premium

File/media/torrent/print server: Dell
P4 3Ghz
1Gb RAM
150GB HDD
XP Media Center

Family computer I built/maintain:
E6550
Gigabyte ES2L
2Gb RAM
250Gb HDD
8600 GTS
XP Home

Free laptop I let my mom use: Thinkpad
Celeron 1.2Ghz
3Gb ram (upgraded from 1GB)
80GB HDD
Linux Ubuntu 10.04

 

1, in sig, it does everything.

(not counting the 200MHz Pentium laptop that was gifted to me that I've not used in years)

 

4 I use regularly

Main Rig (XFXScorpio911)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 4.0Ghz
XFX GTX 280 1GB Now Single
4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066
Asus Crosshair II Formula
Corsair HX850W
Corsair Hydro H50
Corsair 60Gb Sandforce SSD
Samsung 1TB F3
Samsung 1TB F1
LG Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Drive
NZXT M59 Classic Black Case
HP ZR24W IPS 24" Display
Windows 7 Home Premium 64*

Main Folding Machine
Intel E1400 @ 2.7GHz
Asus P5N32E-SLI
BFG 9800GX2 1GB
Asus 8800GTS 512
PNY 8800GT 512
XFX Black Edition 750W
120Gb 2.5" 5400 SATA
Coolermaster Stacker

Second Folding Machine
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.4GHz
Asus A8N-SLI Mobo
XFX 8800GTS XXX 320MB
Palit 8800GS 384MB
Hyperpower 430W PSU
80GB 2.5" 5400 SATA
Lian Li PC-60

Laptop (Mini 311)
Atom 270 @ 2.3Ghz
3GB DDR3 1333
Nvidia ION OC
11.6" 1366x768
320GB 7200 2.5"
XP + 7 Dual Boot

 

Laptop - work and study, media pc and gaming rig!

 

Main rig (see sig) - Photo editing, Video editing, Gaming at 2560x1600, Movies... pretty much everything.

Wife's rig (AMD Phenom 550 x2BE, 4GB DDR3, GTS250 (cooled by a Sythe Musashi), housed in a classic Lian Li PC65) - Photoshop, Illustrator, Light gaming at 1920x1200, general use.

Server (See sig) - File server and back up.

NAS (see sig) - Mirroring the server and media server to my wife's rig.

Crappy HP laptop... Running astronomy software and webcam capture.

 

now the show off's come out and play lol

 

4

2 laptops, 1 I use regularly and one thats a POS.

2 desktops, 1 a gaming rig, 1 a media PC that I dont use much anymore.

Specs;

1st laptop, Toshiba i3-m380 2.53ghz, 4gb ram 500gb hd 14" led screen. I really like this laptop, at current I use it more than my gaming rig.

2nd laptop, Compaq P4... Dont recall much about specs now

1st desktop (media), AMD 3800+ 1-1.5 tbs worth of space, 1gb ram hooked up to my 52" HDTV, optical output to Onkyo 5.1 surround sound.

2nd desktop (gaming), Custom build Q6600 OC'd to 3 ghz, 6gb ddr2 ram (1100mhz) 500gb in RAID 0, 1.5 gb external hard drive, Tri monitor 22"s on single tri support stand all on a ATI 5850 (running stock), zboard keyboard logitech G5 mouse, logitech 5.1 sound system (not configured in the proper 5.1 configuration).

Thats it, now wheres my reward?

 

See my sig for the rig I'm sitting next to right now.

For future reference:

CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ Stock
CPU Cooler: Freezer 7 Pro
RAM: 4x1GB OCZ Gold @ 666MHz
Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe
GPU: EVGA GTX460 1GB SC Super
Sound: Presonus Audiobox USB
SSD: 64GB Kingston V-Series
HDDs: 1TB Samsung F3 + 250GB Wester Digital Caviar
PSU: 700W Silverstone Strider
Case: NZXT M59
Monitor: LG Flatron W2042S
Mouse: Razer Lachesis
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror

And in the next room, there is a dedicated recording rig. Specs!

CPU: Core i7 950 @ stock
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 push/pull
RAM: 3x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth X58
GPU: Sapphire HD5750 Vapor-X
Sound: Asus Xonar DX2 + Presonus Firestudio Project
SSD: Corsair F30
HDDs: 2x1TB Samsung F3 in RAID 1
PSU: Seasonic X-650
Case: Fractal Design R3
Monitors: 2x LG 23" 1080p (I forget the model. Nothing special.)
Mouse: Wireless Microsoft
Keyboard: Cheapy Genius

There's also a Pentium III 800MHz Thinkpad over my shoulder, and a Pentium Dual Core T4400 lappy downstairs.

 

Main Rig: (Mac Pro)
Intel Xeon W3540 2.93Ghz
8GB DDR3 1066
2TB, 1TB, 640GB & 320GB HDs
Ati Radeon HD 5870 1GB
27" Apple Cinema Display
Razer Mamba

Gaming PC: (Custom)
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.33Ghz
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
4GB DDR3 XMS 1600Mhz
500GB HD, 60GB SSD
EVGA GTX 560Ti 1GB
Thermaltake Frio
Fractal Designs R3 Arctic White
23" Apple Cinema HD Display
Razer Abyssus

Other Half: (27" iMac)
Intel Core i5 2400 3.1Ghz
4GB DDR3 1600Mhz
1TB HD
ATi Radeon 6970M 2GB

Laptop: (13" MacBook Air)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13Ghz
nVIDIA 320M
4GB DDR2
256GB SSD

Basically we're a Mac household, except for the gaming rig which is my tinkering toy. New iMac last week for the other half, which is rather nice and fast.

 

2, one on my sig for me, gaming photo etc.

Second pc is the family pc.
AMD X2 4600
2GB ram
5450 ati gpu

 

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Signature is my main machine, used for games photoshop, web etc etc.

Athlon 64 3700+, 3GB RAM - Missus - Keeps her off mine!

2.8GHz P4, 2GB RAM - HTPC

P3 something I think - In Loft - Used to time the laps on the Scalextrics

 

Not worth burgling any more

Down to 8 now.... No wonder I'm so broke! I feel ashamed....

Gaming/productivity rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro, 2600K, 8gb Vengence @ 4.7Ghz + 2x M225 128Gb ssd in raid0
2x 480 GTX all under water

File Server/Media/Folding Rig
Asus RIIE, i7 970 @4.3Ghz, 12Gb Corsair XMS 3, 300GB WD Raptor O/S + 5x1Tb Hitatchi Deskstars in Raid 5
1 x 295 GTX all under water

Wife's rig
Shuttle SG31, E8600 @ stock, 300Gb Hitatchi O/S drive 9600 GS

Test/Benching rig:
Asus P6T, 950 ES, 6GB XMS 3 + GTX 285

Media player Rig
Rock Extreme CTX Pro T7400 @2.16Ghz
Zotac ITX, Q6600, 2 GB 8800 GTX (build "in progress")

Toys....
Commodore Amiga A1200 + 40 MB HD + 68030 FPU
Commodore Amiga A600 + 20mb HD

 

The one in my sig, used for pretty much everything
Gaming, internet, Photoshop, Sketchup, Expression, VMs (hence the 6GB of RAM), Windows development, Android development, theming and ROM creation. Phew

And my shiny new F3 1TB makes things just that wee bit faster

 

Hi, new to this forum... first post!!

My Main PC:
Intel 920 Core i7 CPU D0 Stepping @ 4.2Ghz
Water cooling kit using XSPC Res, pump and rad, comp fittings and 3/8" tubing
Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Motherboard
12Gig of Corair XMS3 1600Mhz triple channel DDR3 RAM
2 x Crucial Real SSD 300 128 GB running in RAID 0
2 x 500 GB Western Digital Caviar Blacks for storage
MSI Nvidia GTX 570 Twin Frozr II GFX Card
XFX 8800 GTX used for PhysX
Hiper 750 watt PSU
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case
Samsung Blu-ray drive
2 x 24" Samsung 2ms LCD monitors
1 x 27" Iiyama 2ms LCD monitor
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Media Server: (uTorrent, PS3 Media Server, File server, Print server etc)
Intel Dual Core E5300 2.6Ghz CPU
Stock Intel cooler
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L Motherboard
4Gig of Corsair dual channel DD2 RAM
2 x 1.5 TB Samsung Spinpoint HDD for storage
1 x 20 GB Seagate for OS
350w Generic PSU
Pioneer DL DVD Writer
Generic grey case with temp sensor
Windows XP x64

Firewall:
Intel 1.8Ghz Pentium 3 CPU
Stock Intel cooler
1 Gig of RAM
20 Gig HDD
350 watt PSU
Generic case
Nvidia TNT M64 GFX card
CheckPoint NGX-R65 With AI (SPLAT)

Virtualisation Server:
2 x Intel Xeon 3.2Ghz CPUs
2 x Dynatron G129 Copper Heatsink (passive system fans)
8 Gig of Kingston DDR2 ECC RAM
5 disk SCSI hotswap bay
3 x 35 Gig drives in RAID 5 + 2 72 gig drives in Raid 0
Intel SCSI RAID card - Can't remeber the model 128mb RAM onboard
Windows Server 2003 to enable the installation of VMWare Server
Intel server board s5000vsa
Intel Server chasis... (the cream one)
Virtual machines include:
Various Linux distros, Server 2008 R2 DC, Server 2003 SBS, Echange 2010, XP Gaming server, Cisco Call Manager (CUCM) & general test platform for multiple sever OS clustering.

Laptop:
Toshiba Equium
Core 2 Duo 1.67Ghz
2 Gig of RAM
250 Gig 7200 RPM HDD
DVD Writer
Windows 7 32bit

Media PC and Firewall stay on 24 hours a day, others as and when needed.

 

Currently 6 with the bits for a 7th on the way next week...

Gaming:
Antec 300
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4
i5 760 @ 4GHz
Corsair H50
8GB Corsair DDR3-1600
2 x GTX 460 768mb SLI
F3 500GB
Antec TruePower New 650w
Samsung 206BW
Windows 7

Main (web/email/photos/office):
Fractal R2
Asus P5Q Pro
E8600 @ stock
Gelid Tranquilo
4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800
XFX 5770
F3 1TB RAID 1 + F3 500GB
Antec TruePower New 650w
Windows 7

NAS:
Antec Sonata II
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
E1500 @ stock
Scythe Mini Ninja
1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800
4 x F3 1TB + 2 x F1 640GB
Antec 450w PSU
FreeNAS

Test rig:
Antec NSK4000
Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
E6300 @ stock (2.8GHz 45nm)
Stock Intel HSF
8GB OCZ DDR2-800
Sapphire HD4670 1GB or Sapphire HD4870 Vapor-X 1GB
(any HD needed at the time)
Tagan 420w PSU (awaiting RMA of Corsair HX520w)
(any O/S needed at the time)

Linux:
Shuttle SB51G
P4 2.53GHz S478 (Northwood)
1GB DDR
PNY Geforce 4200 Ti AGP
Spinpoint P120 IDE
Ubuntu

Laptop (work):
Dell Latitude D630
T7100 (1.8GHz)
2.5GB RAM
Windows XP (not my choice)