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Haven't done one of these in a while...curious what kind of setups everyone plays on these days.

Main rig:
Asus P5Q Pro
Xeon Quad Core X3350 2.66@3.2-1.184v with a Zalman 9500(never tried to go any higher...just set it here when I installed it and left it.
EVGA 9800GT (I need to upgrade this)
2 x 2 GB Mushkin DDR2
LSI SAS raid card SAS3442-r
2 x 73 Fujitsu 15k rpm in Raid 0 (OS-Windows7 x64)
2 x 750 GB Samsungs Raid 1 (storage)
Corsair HX620 PSU
Sony SATA burner
Rocketfish Aluminum Full tower
HP LP2065 20" s-IPS panel LCD
My aging Klipsch 4.1 Promedia's

Network:
AT&T aDSL @ 6 mpbs (highest currently offered)
Westell modem
Router is a P3 933 / 512 mb / 2 x 3com 990's running IPcop 1.4.21 with URL filter(can't run copfilter on this one...too slow)
Dlink 16-port 10/100 switch (I have a trendnet gigabit switch but it was flaky and the dlink is nothing but a beast)

Soon to be router/server is a HP Proliant DL360 - 2 x 3 ghz Xeon / 3 gb / 2 x 36 gb 10k scsi - currently running WHS
I hope to run some version of ipcop/clearos/untangle/endian in a VM

Other PCs:

• 2 laptops
• 1 HTPC
• The boy's setup

Wow... hmm where to start

Gaming Rig:

Antec Case (modified inside and out in multiple ways)
WD Raptor 74gig
Asus Motherboard (can't remember which exactly)
Q9300 Intel CPU
8Gigs of Corsair Dominator Ram
PC power an cooling 510SLI PSU
LiteOn DVD everything drive
Water cooling tower and setup
BFG 9800GTX+
24" Dell Ultra Sharp Wide Screen
LogiTech THX Mastered Speaker System 7.1
Win7 64bit Pro


Secondary surfing/everything else Rig:

Dell Inspiron 530 (modified)
PC Power and Cooling 500watt PSU (special designed for dells)
XFX 8600GT
USB PCI card for extra slots
Added LiteOn DVD everything drive extra
LogiTech QuickCam Pro 9000 (Carl Zeiss lens)
Dell 19" Ultra Sharp
Dell 24" Ultra Sharp Wide Screen (dual monitor setup)
LogiTech Speakers 5.1
3 External HDD's total space 1T
Win7 64bit Pro

Backup Rig:
Dell (something) can't remember and too lazy to go look (modified)
BFG 8500GT
not sure of what else is in it
XP Pro SP3

Also got Motorola SB5120 Cable modem, Dlink 4300 Gamers Router, HP color Deskjet printer and another HP printer in a box not opened yet for backup.

Also got lots of misc parts and whatever laying around... hard to say really and didn't include Wifes computer which is in need of selling for her a new one.

Sweet rig Loopy.

My gaming rig is getting old,
Asus mobo
Core 2 Duo, 6700 I think
4 gigs RAM
Raptor hard drive for primary,
Sapphire XT1900 graphics
Antec Sonata case
Still running XPp
Acer 19" LCD
Cambridge Soundworks (by creative) 4.1 system

Jakes gaming rig
Asus mobo
Quad Core 2.5
4 gigs
Sapphire 5770 graphics
WD Black Edition hard drive, 750 gigs, 32 megs cache
Seasonic power supply
RaidMax Smilodon case
Win7 Ultimate
Asus 24wide LCD
Logitech 2.1 sound system

Jakes laptop
IBM Thinkpad x40 12" ultra portable
Pentium M 1.4
512 megs
Running Linux Mint 8

Wifes Rig
IBM ThinkCentre desktop PC
I think it's a 3.0 H/T
2 gigs of RAM
Acer 19" LCD

She has an HP Laserjet 3030 combo laserjet/fax/scanner, plus a Deskjet 3650 or something for color prints.

My laptop
Lenovo Thinkpad T60p 14"
Core 2 Duo
Win 7 Biz
4 gigs
ATI 256 meg FireGL graphics

My ESXi rig
Asus P4C800
Pentium 3.0 H/T
2 gigs
Various hard drives
Running on and off as lab

My office rig
Gigabyte ga 965 I think, DS3
4 gigs
Intel Duo Core
ATI FireGL 128 meg graphics
Acer Dual 19" wide LCD

I have an HP Proliant ML350 G3 which is going to a client for a new used server for him, and an IBM X-Server x330, dual Xeon 2.4, 1U rack mount server...not doing much anymore, pair of old 18 gig SCSI drives too small.

Wifes Laptop
Dell Vostro 1320
Win 7 Home Premium

Wifes older laptop
Dell some Inspiron model, just sitting there now, probably clean up for the daughter to play her online games with. Pentium 4 H/T vintage.

I have a stack of 6 or so various older laptops...various Thinkpad T20 and T40 series, X40, and a couple of other oddball ones.

My current router is another IBM Thinkpad x40, running PFSense.

I have a Linksys/Cisco wrt150n running DD-WRT as my access point.
A Linksys/Cisco RV082 router..just running as a switch.

My old no longer used access point is a wrt54gl that was running DD, just sitting in my "drawer of stuff" now, along with a couple of Netgear wireless routers, an old SMC, a couple of Cisco PIX501, a Microsoft wireless router, and a plethora of old hardware guts.

I'm wanting to snag a quad core, WD Black Edition, and a Sapphire 5770 myself. Probably rebuild this spring. Current gaming rig actually still can hold its own and running like a top.

My main rig:

Cooler Master CM Stacker case
Corsair 650W PSU
ASUS M4A78T-E motherboard
AMD Quad Core Phenom II X4 Black Edition 955 3.2 cpu
ASUS ATI Radeon 4800 1GB PCIe video card
WD Raptor 150GB hd
Seagate 160GB hd (data)
WD 150GB hd (backup for clients when needed)
Plextor DVDRW PX-880SA
8GB Crucial DDR3 RAM
HP w2207 monitor
Logitech webcam
Logitech speakers
Logitech KB & Mouse
Windows 7 X64 Ultimate

Laptop:
ASUS X83v
4GB RAM
WD 500GB 7200 rpm hd 32mb cache (added by me)
8GB micro flash card for Readyboost
Intel Core 2 Duo cpu
Windows 7 X64 Ultimate

Sava - I had no idea you watercooled....I've always been to scared to try it.

Cat - interesting choice using a laptop for the router - how do you like pfsense? Ipcop has quietly released a new version...it only appears on the download page and not on the main site. It's referred to as a 'beta' version...i haven't taken the plunge yet.

Steele - very nice quad AMD setup...what are you playing on that sucker?

loop2kil wrote:
Cat - interesting choice using a laptop for the router - how do you like pfsense? Ipcop has quietly released a new version...it only appears on the download page and not on the main site. It's referred to as a 'beta' version...i haven't taken the plunge yet.

I've been using laptops for my *nix router distros for years now...starting with some of those T20 series. I just slap in a PCMCIA NIC for the 2nd NIC. The Thinkpads use business grade hardware on the motherboard that's widely supported by linux, Intel chipsets, usually Intel Pro NICs, etc.

What I like about them as a router?
*Small footbprint, instead of some PC taking up space
*Built in keyboard and mouse, so you get right to local console
*Low power consumption compared to a desktop PC, low noise
*Built in battery backup!

I haven't run PFSense in quite a few years now, I started out with it, it just seemed to stay "dated" to me. I love the QoS/Traffic shaping of PFSense. Works well for my online gaming when others are in the house doing stuff.

I recently put PFSense back into running at my house, for the past couple of months I was playing with ClearOS as my router, which was running in ESXi. ClearOS is VERY cool, has built in server features, sort of like an open source version of Microsoft Small Business Server Premium. It's a spin-off of Clark Connect.

loop2kil wrote:Sava - I had no idea you watercooled....I've always been to scared to try it.

yep.. its safe. I got a tower setup to cool the CPU only..didn't run other hoses to the video card. The bios on the system board is set for a high temp shut down so if the tower fails it will shut off.

Main rig:
Soprano case
AMD AM3 Phenom II x4 965 Black edition
Asus M478T-E,
4gb DDR3 1600 ram
Velociraptor 300 gig--Sweet drive
Green WD 500gig deep storage,
Sata Cd & DVD drives
Windows 7
Klipsh 4.1 Media speakers
I will admit--using the on board video(dont game at all)
22' Samsund Sync master 220wm



HomeServer/Webserver:
Antec Case
AMD 4600x2,
Soltek 939 mb
2 gig Ram,
74 Gig Raptor...(Trying to setup raid 1 with win 7)
200 gig Seagate storage
Visontek 512 meg radeon video
Windows 7
Share the Samsung Syncmaster 220m with main rig

Daughters:
Dell GX270 SFF
P2 2.7ghz
2 gig ram
On board everthing else.(Working well for her)
80 Gig Seagate 7200 hdd
19" Flatpanel
Vista

Laptop: Use mostly for tuning my car/ and some work when traveling.
Gateway M6750
Intel dual core T5450 1.67ghz
250 gig hdd
3 gig ram
Vista

Network:
Comcast with upgraded speed. Run about 12mbit.
Belkin wireless N router.
-Looking to get a gigabyte wireless n router. Like the N1 Vison but the reviews say its very unreliable.

Loop-
I still love my Klipsch 4.1 promedia speakers. What else compares to them? I stepped on the plug that goes into the amp. I had it repaired but now get some static every now and then. Did a quick search...I dont see many others that have a sub that compares to the promedia 4.1. the 2.1 promedia has one speaker in the sub where as the 4.1 has 2 speakers in the subbox itself.

loop2kil wrote:Steele - very nice quad AMD setup...what are you playing on that sucker?

To be honest not a lot, the only game I really ever play is Unreal Tournament 3. I'm so busy most of the time I don't have time to get into gaming. I just want to be able to play something in full screen resolution 1680x1050 and have no lag.... if I want to.

My main rig is old but stick holds up

AMD 4400 X2 w/massive scythe cooler
2GB gkskill RAM
DFI.. wow forgot the model, but its the one sava had the worst luck with. lol
2xraptor 74gig drives
250gig WD media drive
7800 GTX
BFG 650watt PSU
XP/Windows 7/Ultimate Linux

Have a shuttle SFF 2.8ghz P4 with endian firewall OS on it, offline for now.

P4 2.6ghz at 3.1ghz
1GB RAM
80gig HD
gigabyte mobo
server 2000

And the family pc is an ancient 2.26 P4 w/256 megs of RAM, 40 gig HD running XP.

loop2kil wrote:Sava - I had no idea you watercooled....I've always been to scared to try it.

Sava700 wrote:yep.. its safe. I got a tower setup to cool the CPU only..didn't run other hoses to the video card. The bios on the system board is set for a high temp shut down so if the tower fails it will shut off.

Ya watercooling is safe as long as your careful, and even if your not, just test the system for a day running outside of the pc, make sure theres no leaks and minimum air in the system.

Bought a watercooling unit off of John from here, still runs good, and they can be great for cases that have bad airflow.

Haven't posted for quite some time but here is my rig.

HP DV8t laptop
Intel I7-820QM
Nvidia 230m GT 1GB DDR3
8GB 1333Mhz DDR3
2ea - 320Gb 7200RPM Drives
Windows 7 Professional

I travel alot due to work so i must have a laptop,but this laptop runs games great. Look forward to building a new desktop in the near future just waiting on Intel's new Sandy Bridge architecture to come out.

Laptop
Toshiba
17"
core 2 duo T5450 @ 1.66GHz
2 gig ddr2
250 HDD Sata 3
onboard vid
1.3 MP webcam
stereo mic
wireless n
gigabit ethernet
HD-DVD player (useless now)
Multi card reader
8 usb ports
fingerprint reader (i use it to log in)

win7

see signature, the drive conifiguration may change some what, but mostly SCSI for main drives, and assorted e-sata drives for backup, waiting for 6 core CPU and low cost SSD to upgrade.....

Mark wrote:see signature, the drive conifiguration may change some what, but mostly SCSI for main drives, and assorted e-sata drives for backup, waiting for 6 core CPU and low cost SSD to upgrade.....

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3731

According to this article at Anandtech, Q4 of this year should be a good time to get into SSD. Although the OCZ Vertex drives look mighty sweet to me already. If I take the plunge I'm gonna be looking to get rid of my SAS setup....Interested?? I know your love for SCSI and here's a recent bench of hdtach in raid 0.

loop2kil wrote:http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3731

According to this article at Anandtech, Q4 of this year should be a good time to get into SSD. Although the OCZ Vertex drives look mighty sweet to me already. If I take the plunge I'm gonna be looking to get rid of my SAS setup....Interested?? I know your love for SCSI and here's a recent bench of hdtach in raid 0.

of course i am interseted LOL

that is with a perc something card right ?

PCI-e card ?

i really want to dable in SSD drives, but see major reductions in price speed/price per GB in the future, starting to think SCSI/SAS is gonna be outadate for the desktop user

BOWTYE8 wrote:......

Loop-
I still love my Klipsch 4.1 promedia speakers. What else compares to them? I stepped on the plug that goes into the amp. I had it repaired but now get some static every now and then. Did a quick search...I dont see many others that have a sub that compares to the promedia 4.1. the 2.1 promedia has one speaker in the sub where as the 4.1 has 2 speakers in the subbox itself.

They have certainly been a pleasure to game on for the last 6-7 years. There is a small short in the control panel where I have to tinker with the volume switch to level out both channels but they can still rattle the windows in the computer room.

Mark wrote:of course i am interseted LOL

that is with a perc something card right ?

PCI-e card ?

i really want to dable in SSD drives, but see major reductions in price speed/price per GB in the future, starting to think SCSI/SAS is gonna be outadate for the desktop user

mine runs in my second pci-e slot @ 4x...here's the link to the card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

link to the drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product