Post your Computer set-up

[Cyza]

So most other forums I've ever been on had a similar thread to this, and since there is a section that's party dedicated to computers and we all use them on this site, thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to make a thread for them.

Simply post your Computer set up/s and tell us a little about them.

I'll kick it of


set up by J Cyza, on Flickr

Computer :
Graphics card: [ATi] HD4870 RAM:
Ram: 4GB Corsair, 2x2GB 800MHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3 Pro
Power Supply: CM Extreme 600W
It was a prettyt high end gaming computer about 3 1/2 - 4 years ago, but bought it of a friend in early 2011 for 500 bucks

Dual Monitors: 1 LG 2360V LCD 23" and 1 View sonic 19"
Mouse: Razer Copper Head
Mouse Pad: Razer Control Pad
KeyBoard: Microsoft Side Winder
Sound: Logitech x530 5.1 surround sound speakers and Audio Techinca ath-AD700 headphones
Xbox 360

[Adrian Fischer]

Thats ummm...very neat. Id be embarrassed to show you what Im sitting amongst at the moment. Crap everywhere.

[Mark L]

Nothing much happening here.

[Cyza]

Thats ummm...very neat. Id be embarrassed to show you what Im sitting amongst at the moment. Crap everywhere.

Believe me when I say it will not stay like that for longer than 2 days.

[JM Tran]

Can Mac users play? Since it states PC only

[Cyza]

go for it, probably should have posted "post your computer set up"

[MiniFighter]

Mines always a bit of a mess lol

I have a HDR images slideshow desktop...hope no one owns the one in the pic

Acer 5750G i7
16.5" HD LED - 8GB DDR3 - 1TB HD - Blu Ray - USB3.0 - Dolby - HDMI

10M HDMI cable running direct to my 48" TV

WB 3TB Ext HD

Acer 24" Widescreen LED Ext Monitor

Microsoft Ergo keyboard and mouse

Logitec 5.1 and SkullKandy's

[WhoDo]

go for it, probably should have posted "post your computer set up"

Fixed thread title.

[ricktas]

Mine

mine.jpg

26 inch Acer screen
Epson R2400 A3 printer
Epson RX630 printer/scanner
Wacom Tablet
Self built system
Intel 990x processor (Overclocked to 5ghz)
24GB Ram
Gigabyte Assassin MoBo
Watercooled
120 GB SSD
Gigabyte Radeon HD6970
2 TB drive
2 x Bluray burners
9 x USB 3 ports
Logitech G19 keyboard and Logitech mouse

2 external backup drives (2tb each) and Raid5 box with 12TB storage.

[William]

Was wondering how you guys deal with "DUST" , I notice your on Carpet Rick, We dont have Air-Con and have a floating floor , No more Carpet , But still heaps of dust , I'll post a pick of my work station shortly tomorrow

PS : After I clean it up

[ricktas]

Was wondering how you guys deal with "DUST" , I notice your on Carpet Rick, We dont have Air-Con and have a floating floor , No more Carpet , But still heaps of dust , I'll post a pick of my work station shortly tomorrow PS : After I clean it up

I just open mine up and use a small vacuum (its a pressure pack sized one) on it, every couple of months. All my fans are set to blow air OUT of the box as well, which helps stop dust. I have 4 fans, two on top, one on side, and one on front). A lot of commercial setups, the fans are set to suck air in..(supposedly to cool the unit), and in goes the dust. By setting them up to blow air out, they blow the hot air out of the box, and reduce dust build up as well. At 5GHz, mine runs CPU and RAM around 28-30 degrees (water cooling helps there).

Inside my box. the two blue fans are the RAM coolers, to the left of that is the watercooler over the CPU.
box.jpg

[Cyza]

quite a beast you have there Rick, what do you use such a powerful computer for? Rendering,Gaming, or what?
have always wanted to build my own computer from scratch but could never justify the amounts of money I'd throw at it considering I do so few tasks that would benefit from it :/

[fess67]

Mine looks lke this



Home built for gaming primarily but of course I get ot play with photographs now and again. The 30" screen is fantastic with in built SD and HD card readers which work well.

re the comment about dust, my case has filters on the front fans so I just have to clean them each month. The rear and top fans are set to blow out.

[ricktas]

quite a beast you have there Rick, what do you use such a powerful computer for?

Mostly photography, occasional gaming. I got fed up with my old PC taking ages to merge pano's. So decided to upgrade and my thoughts were, get the best and fastest I can now, and I won't have to upgrade again for years.

[woofie]

To many clean computer area's here.

[arthurking83]

Those ergo keyboards(minifighter) are truly brilliant .. to use, that is.

I got one about a year ago too. Took a while to get used to the goofy key placement but once you're used to it, going back to a standard K/B is a PITA!!

[ricktas]

Those ergo keyboards(minifighter) are truly brilliant .. to use, that is.

I got one about a year ago too. Took a while to get used to the goofy key placement but once you're used to it, going back to a standard K/B is a PITA!!

Agree, I had one at home for a while, but what I didn't consider was that my workplace one is not ergo. And swapping between the two styles daily, made my typing slower, more errors etc. If you can use an ergo one all (most) of the time, they are brilliant, but if you have to swap back and forth between standard and ergo with any regularity, it just becomes annoying..sadly!

[Ganzer]

here is my new set up,

Auria Xtreme (built by microtel)
windows i7 2600k-pro 3.4Ghz overclocked to 4.6Ghz quad core.
16gb ddr3 1600mhz
AMD 3 gig graphic card
60gb solid slate drive
2tb hard drive
Blu-ray burner

heaps of room for add ons

27" led hd LG screen

canon pro 9000 A3 printer

sorry picture taken with my phone.


Untitled by G.Ganzer, on Flickr


Untitled by G.Ganzer, on Flickr

[tassam380]

Some Quite impressive machines among the Photographers! Mine is as follows:

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40 Ghz
Ram - 3GB
GPU - NVidia 9300GE 256mb (Yes, Please dont laugh)
OS - Windows Vista 32 Bit
HDD - 500GB

So Yes, I really need to do some upgrading. Question is, Before, or after new lens/es?

[Ganzer]

well, just put lightroom 3 and photoshop cs5 on the computer.
The computer doesnt even bat an eyelid at running both programs. from the time i push the power button, it takes 35seconds to turn on and start running CS5 and lightroom.
every day i find something new about it or to test it.