Computer Setups? Hardware. Post Shots :)

[ChrisRay]

Really curious about seeing other people's rig setups. Expecially Demigod. Fivefeet, Lord Kane. And Shadow Lady's. But All of your rigs would be welcome.

Not sure if this has been done before, But here's a few shots of my rig setup.

Forgive the picture quality. My Digital Camera isn't that good but it works I suppose.


http://www.flamevault.com/~chrisray/computersetup.jpg


I kept this one because in this shot you can actually see my back to the future. trilogy ontop of my PC =p

http://www.flamevault.com/~chrisray/computerbacktofuture.jpg

And here are the boxes that I save for some reason. I guess I'm a pak rat? Every box for every piece of hardware I have owned :D


http://www.flamevault.com/~chrisray/computerboxes.jpg

[Kane]

I'd love to post a pic of my setup... by my digital camera is crap at best.

[Betamax]

Posted here:

http://www.psxfanatics.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=17821&highlight=#17821

[Demigod]

I don't have a digital camera of web camera to take a picture. My sister has one (I bought it for her) but I'm too lazy to drag it over and set it up and stuff:p. I have my computer in a computer desk but I'd rather just have it on a plain old desk. I don't really like the setup I have now, it's too restrictive for my tastes. If I can get a shot of it I'll post it.

[zukeft]

>I kept this one because in this shot you can actually see my back to the future. trilogy ontop of my PC =p

LOL. I thought that using a fan was used in Lain, not in real life. Anyway, by Feb. I'll have some pics.

[Shiori]

I'm reluctant to post shots because the people always cooment on my room looking like a dungeon. :D

Naah, j/k, Ill post a shot or two this weekend after I clean my room and recharge the batteries.

[Gamer1]

I'll post a pic of my machine once i get a cathode and get a good camera :D

[vivrantpig]

Originally posted by Betamax
Posted here:

http://www.psxfanatics.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=17821&highlight=#17821
u have a nice place beta :) it looks so nice and cozy

[Shiori]

Here's me pictures. I was bored.

Lousy Samsung camera, so they look like they're yellowing already. :eyes:

[Shiori]

The innards. Look ma, no fans!

[Shiori]

A look at the top shows a standard Taisol HSF and a run-of-the-mill PSU, 300W. And a rinky-dink Data Switch. :D

[Shiori]

Oh yeah, and my Shiori Wallscroll is up again on my wall, for those of you who remember my "rant" of long ago. :p

[Kellicros]

Originally posted by Shiori
Oh yeah, and my Shiori Wallscroll is up again on my wall, for those of you who remember my "rant" of long ago. :p AAAAAARRRRGGHHH~~~! The walls in MGS!! :eek: :p

[Shiori]

Hey, I cleaned it already. :p It does need a new coat of paint though...

[Betamax]

I see someone likes his stickies :p.

>u have a nice place beta it looks so nice and cozy

Thanks, although it a bit messy ATM. I have my dad's boss'es pc here in pieces ATM whilst I try to fix it.

[SkyeHack]

let me ask my dad to borrow his digital camera. my hardware right now is OEM cause my brother took my other computer! grr.

[Omen]

Well heres my dirty desk, theres suppose to be a linksys router back there somewheres.

[Badaro]

Since now we do have a Digital Camera at home, I thought I'd post some pics of my rig too.

1 - The entire surroundings. Notice the mess. :p

[]s Badaro

[Badaro]

2 - A closer look to my desk.

[]s Badaro

[Zeke_D]

my camera is also pretty crappy. Everyone knows That I am all for power computing on a budget, and am extremely poor, but here is a tour of my vertical empire...

Lets see, on top we have a Minuteman MBK 520 UPS, I purchased it in 2000 for the sum of $40. It was overstock and not inventoried when I took over the RadioShack in Wickenburg, AZ. The d a mn thing beeps all the time as the battery has exceeded its lifespan. Unfortunately a new battery is like $80, and I just cannot part with four double-eagles.

Next on our tour is a Canon BJC-4400. Where the heck did I get this from? I do believe it was a special at MallWart back in 99 or 2000. I think i purchased it for $65. I am currently on my 3rd black ink cartridge.

Next is an Aiwa CA-DW610 when my wife and I first started living together she had this ugly thing.

An Envision i710e monitor is what I see with. I got it at Staples back in ought-one during a day-after thanksgiving sale after rebate it was $39.

Under the monitor to the left is an LG-5320 phone from sprint. while not a necessity for computing, it is helpful when my phone line is tied up using the 'net. I got it for free at the carnegie radioshack in Carnegie PA. I drove from Dormont PA to get this paticular phone to take advantage of the $100 discount this refurbished phone offered.

Next is my piece of hardware that has the most sorted history. It started out as a Compaq 5BW112 purchased during my tenure as assistant manager of a radioshack in prescott, AZ. Due to a freakish donut fryer incident, the entire case needed to be replaced. The machine cost $400 and a new case was free after I paid for shipping. Next while in wickenburg I purchased a damaged compaq 5130 for $100 dollars. took the best of both and created a machine better than either. While working at staples in prescott, AZ I purchased a compaq 5108 and a compaq 4090US. I paid about $100 for both. I have of course added a dvd/cd-rw combo along with maxxing out the memory at 768MB of the compaq 5007 motherboard I got for $20. I am currently the assistant manager of a radioshack in crafton, PA. I tried to aquire a devalued compaq computer for $97 from another store in West Virginia, but alas the store manager wants it for herself. despite the huge hit she will take in her monthly bonus because purchasing that machine out of her store will cause a gross margin decrease of 300+ percent. Hey its her bonus she is flushing, I just wanted the case, and it costs $125 from compaq.

moving on... some cheap kensiko speakers from staples $6 on the clearance shelf.

A compaq CP-2E router, $29. I had to import it from a radioshack in Uniontown, PA. The store manager there had imported like 10 from a store in like iowa or something. he was kind enough to send me 2 of them.

A dexdrive i paid $4 some internet place i can't remember where. The sole reason I got it was to go with the then newly-released ePSXe 1.2.

A Sandisk CF reader an old one got it from Sears on June 13, 2000. A very important day....sigh. $7 after rebate.

An HP P-100 4x6 photo printer. Awsome printer. Thats saying alot, as I despise HP in every way shape and form. $104 price matched at Staples.

Compaq keyboard that came with the 5BW112. I like it WAY better than any other smart-button keyboard I have tried.

Microsoft Optical intellimouse. $23 in 2001. What can I say I will never buy anything else. I love this thing.

Further south we have a Canon BJC-240 That thing was purchased in 1996 a few days after I got out of the navy. I paid retail for that one - $79.

This concludes the biography of my computer system... OH nope I paid like $50 for the bread rack that everything is on at K-Mart nonetheless.

[Omen]

My dad's 1 year old camera doesn't seem that bad, considering its only ever been used once or twice before this.

[Zeke_D]

Well I purchased it the day my son was born: 13JUN2000 so your dad's '1 year old camera' is almost 2 years newer than mine.

[Ali]

Well this is the snap that I have for now

[RF]

Nice case ali :) I would post some shots of mine, but im too lazy to install the camera software etc. Also mine isnt anything special, its all white.

[Kane]

Borrowed My Freind's digital camera for a sec.
My desk:

[Kane]

My Server (right) and my rig:

[Kane]

Just to give you some idea of the mess behind my machines.

[Betamax]

:heh: my wirings not much better.:p

[Omen]

Hehe Kane uses a mousepad with a laser mouse.

[Kane]

>Hehe Kane uses a mousepad with a laser mouse.

Why not? It's more comfortable, and as the suface isn't changing colour, it's more accurate.
You can use an optical mouse on any surface, but I found that they work best on a mat.

[Ali]

Hehe Kane uses a mousepad with a laser mouse.
Me too.. my reason is that when I move the mouse on the wood surface it roughens the lower motion smoothing plastics (aaaammmm!...yep:p), which then makes the mouse motion very annoying.

[Omen]

Brr, the only reason I don't use one is becuase they are too small. Is it possible to buy really big mouse pads?

[Ali]

The mouse pad that I am using is made of rubber with fabric glued on to it, it is 9'x6', i guess thats pretty big for a normal pad.

[aimonz]

That's my place :)

[aimonz]

and this is another stots of the room

[aimonz]

and that's another
sorry for the images but my hp camera is pretty old

[Badaro]

I had to open my case today, to do some maintenance, remembered this thread and took a picture. Here it is.

[]s Badaro

[ShadowDancer]

I thought I was the only one bombarded with wires. How do some of you guys combat this problem? Do you just shove them behind your desk or do you tie them up or something?

[GSDragoon]

I have them rolled in a circle and tied with a twisty. It works well so it isn't such a mess.

[ChrisRay]

Woah Kane. Your TV looks just like mine. Except umm yours is obviously Pal :eyes:

[Kane]

>Woah Kane. Your TV looks just like mine. Except umm yours is obviously Pal

It can do NTSC, PAL, Secam and PAL 60, so it's a pretty wicked TV. It ain't mine tho. It's on loan ndefinately from a good friend.

[Violineb]

eh? how does it do all that? I only have one hardware pic right now, and it's an inside pic so it's not interesting.

[Kane]

>eh? how does it do all that?

By virtue of being a monitor, not a TV. It has no tuner, No RF connector, only composite and SCART connections

[Violineb]

ok and Kane why do you go on the forums as an offline person? why? I just don't see the reasoning

[RF]

Originally posted by Violineb
ok and Kane why do you go on the forums as an offline person? why? I just don't see the reasoning

OT: but yea, same :confused:

[Kane]

>ok and Kane why do you go on the forums as an offline person? why? I just don't see the reasoning

Because I was wearing out the lights on the Online symbol ;)

[Esturk]

Originally posted by Violineb
ok and Kane why do you go on the forums as an offline person? why? I just don't see the reasoning
Does it matter? Maybe he doesn't want people to know when he's on or offline? What do you think?

[SkyeHack]

If you want to see more see my new thread in General Pictures.

[RF]

God damn thats a huge fan. Thats a fan right?

[Esturk]

Originally posted by Reichfuher
God damn thats a huge fan. Thats a fan right?
Looks like a fan router that Hewlett Packard uses in their computers. My neighbour next to my grandmothers had a HP computer with the same fan thingy.

[Kurbster]

Since I have my computer ripped apart to pieces at the moment. It does sound fun to show what I got for 300 bucks :D I'll have to get my dad's cam from him. So If I do take a pic, i'll be posted by Monday ;)

[SkyeHack]

Yeah it is a fan router. it connects to my P4 heatsink and fan to some other fan that blows air.

[Napro]

i just got a ditigal camera...i might post picks l8er

[fivefeet8]

Hmm.. Finally got my hands on a digital camera so here are my Comp Setups.. Shot of my computer area.. My 15" monitor is above my 19".. That's my 36" TV.. My 58" theater TV is in the Living room and I can hook up my Svideo to it..

[N1ghtw0lf]

This is my desk...its normally not this clean...i just cleaned...

http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/pcdesk.JPG

This is my computer....you guys all have big computers that you can actually see into...mine...you have to take out the fan anbd a vent looking thing to do it...

http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/rig.JPG

These are the tiny little guys i ahve on top of my monitor...:)

http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/myuselesscrap.JPG

[fivefeet8]

A close up of my computer.. Specs are in Sig.. Aluminum ATX case.. NIce blue light too.. I'm gonna get some of those cool computer lights inside my case.. ;) I just got this ATX case last week.. My old blue panel ATX case is just sitting around.. I'll probably give it to friends or family..

[fivefeet8]

Finally for the hardware freaks.. The inside.. Notice the 7200 rpm Athlon fan on my Geforce 4 ti 4600.. :eyespin:

[Kane]

/me wishes he had the cash that Fivefeet8 obviously has.

[RF]

im gonna be so glad when Im living on my own, making 55-65k my first year, im gonna ride the bus, sleep on the floor, go naked but im gonna have th3 313373$7 computah!

[zerocopy]

just got a new digital camera and i remembered this thread so i might as well post a pic of my rig

my moni"

[zerocopy]

the exterior

[zerocopy]

the interior

[zerocopy]

sideview,:)

[zerocopy]

some extra mobo's i have for the socket A

[zerocopy]

and another one, this supports athlon xp cpu's problem is it carshes when running sisandra software for that reason alon i dont use it anymore,

[zerocopy]

you guys wonna see my room??? my fingers been taking pic's like crazy.

[Zeke_D]

I had a similar problem with sandra pro, so i just stopped using it.

[Ali]

Well mysetup has changed, I got my new table last month IIRC.

[Ali]

Front. Bass Unit Sound awesome in Wood Cabin!

[Ali]

my CYBORG.

[Dark Watcher]

ok..finally got a camera so we want in on the fun..

the DW room setup.. (an ongoing project)

[Dark Watcher]

back of the rig

[Dark Watcher]

The guts...no AGP :cry:

[Kurbster]

Originally posted by Dark Watcher
The guts...no AGP :cry: the nerves of them to leave one out. I thought 2 PCIs was bad to live with.

btw Ali: I like the flower bed spread :p

[Kane]

Will be getting a new monitor this week. I'll post another couple of shots then.

[cooliscool]

I took some shots of all of my hardware dissasembled (mobo got some static shock when an empty can fell in it, but survived and works fine :p). They're getting developed and I'll prolly scan em tomorrow. I also took a pic of me and my Gamecube which I may post too. :p

BTW, Shiori has the exact same inno3d gf2mx I do. :p

Kirby: You have two PCI and no AGP? YIKES. I thought my two PCI slots and one 4X AGP slot was bad. ;)

[Neojag]

Why not ^^

[Neojag]

meh :D

[Kid A]

Gotta love fivefeet's computer case :evil:

[Kurbster]

Originally posted by cooliscool
Kirby: You have two PCI and no AGP? YIKES. I thought my two PCI slots and one 4X AGP slot was bad. ;) where did you get that idea? I got the same slot setup as you do

[ChrisRay]

I've added quite bit to my original system. Too bad I dont have a digital cam anymore. Ya'll are gonna have to make due with my webcam


Heres my old setup

(before I put together my little server machine ect)




http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/computersetup.jpg




Ok now for the new pics, I have a new monitor and of course and of course the older system (my server is there)

But you guys should get a good idea of how I am surrounded by Monitors and computers :|




http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup1.jpg


http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup3.jpg


http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup4.jpg


http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup5.jpg


http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup6.jpg


http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup7.jpg



http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup8.jpg


http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/pcsetup/setup9.jpg


And of course... the nerd behind the setup. Yup thats me ::eyes:

http://chrisray.blkhawk.net/stuff/miscchrisray.jpg

[Unicron]

well, now that I have my new case, I will eventually pull the window out of it and get my dad to engrave (with a lazer) an AMD symbol and cut out a fan hole right above the heatsink/fan for the extra cooling that will be needed in the summer. When that is done I will post some picks ;)

[Gamer1]

Well this is long overdue, i finally have a working digital cam, although it's rather old, it still works. I only need a freakin' cathode.

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00018.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00011.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00010.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00013.JPG
http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00014.JPG
http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00024.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00025.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00026.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00027.JPG

http://home.attbi.com/~c.arada/gamer1/Abode/computer/00_00012.JPG

well, that's all the shot i want to post right now.

it's hard to notice, but i just love the silver pcb that soyo have. it makes my mobo unique and matches my case.

so, who want's a pic of me (if you can't remember what i look like)?

[zerocopy]

Nice rig you got gamer, are you using crystal led fans? im currently using a cathode ray tube and it rocks especially since its voice activated, it blinks evrytime my woofer chugs

[Hadji]

<img src="http://members.cox.net/hadji19/case/smallcase.jpg">

Yes, there is someone sitting on my video card...

I plan on modding it some more. A nice LCD from http://www.matrixorbital.com/ will get slapped in some day. I also might do a mod similar to this one (http://tinyurl.com/9iwd) with my front bays, since my front is nearly the same. I've got some other ideas rolling around...

I've got some more shots of the case up on a site, showing the internal light work and whatnot. http://members.cox.net/hadji19/case/case.html

[dn]

(that page isn't normally there... I swear ;))

[dn]

Here's one of the main comp (Pioneer DVD drive, Liteon CDRW and a dual temperature sensor thing that needs replaced)

[dn]

here's 'the whorehopper' from inside. feer the leet red msi kt4 ultra and blue gf4 mx ;)

[Samor]

nice stuff :)

I like the paper. Keep it there
;)

[Ali]

Dixon! I was wondering how U managed to attach an extra Rear chasis Fan:p:D

[dn]

Oh the wonders of sticky tape ;) I removed that fan (and the other for that matter) shortly after taking that shot.. too much noise with very little change in termperature :(

[Betamax]

Sellotape :eek:. I'm more upmarket than that... I used Mechano :p

[Neojag]

mecano is l33t :D
Howbout Lego? :grin:

[Betamax]

Naw use'd all that up when building the desk ;)

[Hanamichi]

lol. Dixon roxors! :D

[Kurbster]

Originally posted by dixon
here's 'the whorehopper' from inside. feer the leet red msi kt4 ultra and blue gf4 mx ;) a case fan attached with tape :D They do have PCI slot fans you know ;)

[ShADoWFLaRe85]

Rather old shot, but here's the nifty little internal USB hub I use in my machine:

[ShADoWFLaRe85]

Here's an even older inside shot:

[ShADoWFLaRe85]

....and finally, a decent oustside view:

[N1ghtw0lf]

Personally I love this thread and i may be resserecting it but i have some updated pics of my new computer that i would like to put on here...but its too dark right now and i will ahve to do it tomorrow...i hope others participate...its only been dead like a month or 2 :)

[N1ghtw0lf]

1)http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/Cards.jpg
2)http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/HD.jpg
3)http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/case.jpg
4)http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/desk.jpg
5)http://fuzzyfeet.3demu.com/cornerdesk.jpg

Sorry for the fuzzy quality...

1-PCI Slots
2-Hard Drives
3-Outside Case
4-The whole desk
5-corner of my desk with my stereo...other speaker on desk