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JohnnyCasil

#1 April 06, 2008, 06:57:22 pm

Comrade!
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What belongs in this topic?

Desktop Images
Computer Specs
Computer / Desk Pictures
Pretty much anything you want to share about your computer

Of course there are rules

This isn't about showing off, it is about sharing, commenting and helping each other. So check your ego at the door!
Please use the hide tag to hide images. For those that do not know how to use the hide tag there is an example at the end of this post.
Please do not flood this topic with updates everytime you change something on your computer. If it is something cool, please share it! However, refrain from updating us that you cleaned up your desktop icons.

How to use the hide tag

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[hide=Title or Description][img]Image URL[/img][/hide]

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Bondo

#2 April 08, 2008, 04:26:14 am

Mosth Fearshomist Pirate Eversh.
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Bondo's Computer of DOOM! (Click to reveal)

Specs:
Gigabyte S-Series motherboard with Socket AM2 and SLI capabilities.
AMD Athlon 64x2 3800
PNY NVidia GeForce 8600 GTS 256meg
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Gamer
3gb DDR2 RAM
Hauppauge analog PCI TV tuner
Plextor DVD/CD Burner with dual layer burning capability
80GB Raptor 10000rpm HD SATA
300GB Western Digital HD ATA
650watt power supply
3.5" floppy drive
Samsung SyncMaster 932bw 19" widescreen monitor
Saitek Eclipse II illuminated keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse
Wacom Intuos 3 graphics tablet

The mat on the desk beneath the computer is a laminated map of Tamriel, of Elder Scrolls fame.
The desktop wallpaper features the members of the band Kamelot.
The teddy bear puzzle on the wall, as well as the complete Friends collection belongs to my wife, naturally.

Last Edit: April 11, 2008, 09:39:49 pm by Bondo

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lassekongo83

#3 April 13, 2008, 11:51:32 am

Ta en sup eller 2 :)
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Kongo's computers

Main computer specs

MB: MSI P35 NEO-FI Socket-775
PSU: Corsair 620W 8xSATA, 2xPCI-E, 20/24pin
HD: Seagate Barracuda 16MB 7200RPM 320GB SATA2
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz
Memory: Corsair TWIN2X PC5400 DDR2 2048MB
GPU: XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
Soundcard: Creative SB Audigy SE
DVD: NEC AD-7170S
Case: Antec 900 miditower

OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2

Desktop Screenshot (Click to reveal)

Secondary computer specs

MB: Elitegroup KV2
PSU: Unknown
HD: Seagate Barracuda 8MB 7200RPM 120GB PATA
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200 @ 1,99GHz
Memory: 2x 512MB PC3200
GPU: Gainward GeForce 7600GT 256MB AGP
Soundcard: Creative SB Audigy SE
DVD: NEC ND (I think)
Case: Aspire 2 Dreamer (something)

OS: Ubuntu 7.10

Desktop Screenshot (Click to reveal)

Pictures of my computers (Click to reveal)

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Last Edit: April 19, 2008, 05:04:16 pm by lassekongo83

My Art

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goat

#4 April 14, 2008, 08:16:30 am

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Main System

Athlon 64 6000+ X2 3.2GHz
2x Gigabyte 8800 GT 256MB
4x1GB Mushkin DDR2 6400 5-5-5-12
2x80GB Western Digital IDE, 160GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB SATA
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
7mbps-down / 512 Kbps-up cable connection
Viewsonic G90fB

Spare system

Athlon 64 3000+
Ati Radeon 9700 64MB
2x512MB Patriot DDR 800
40GB Western Digital IDE
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
Viewsonic G810

Last Edit: May 01, 2008, 08:33:15 am by goat

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losc

#5 April 30, 2008, 05:35:54 am

Also known as Pinecone
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Specs:
Mobo: Intel DP965lt (Basic intel mobo)
Ram: Two Kingston 1GB 667mhz sticks (dual channel)
GPU: 320mb 8800 gts fata1ity edition (factory overclocked, GPU:650mhz Memory:2ghz)
CPU: 3.4ghz Intel Pentium D
Keyboard: Logitech G15 (Second version with the orange backlighting)
Mouse: Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse

My setup, showing off the awesome dual monitor feature in supreme commander: (My speakers are on the wall if anyone is wondering)

My desktop, I'm not showing both monitors as I havent found anything interesting to put on the second one:

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Ember

#6 May 12, 2008, 05:21:16 am

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The computer I built last August:

CPU: Intel Q6600
RAM: 4 x 1GB DDR2 800
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35
Video Card: ATI X1950XT
Hard Drives: Western Digital 250GB & two Seagate 320GBs
PSU: Corsair 520W
Case: Lian Li v1000
Monitor: Dell 24" LCD
Keyboard: Logitech G11
Mouse: Logitech MX Revolution
Wacom Intuos 6x11 tablet
Some really old temporary speakers that I hope to soon replace

Also have an IBM Thinkpad x61 tablet laptop.
CPU: Core 2 Duo 1.6 low voltage
RAM: 1GB
Hard Drive 80GB/5400RPM
At some point I plan on swapping in 2GB of RAM and maybe even the 80GB/7200RPM hard drive from my old dead laptop, but I haven't gotten around to it yet and in the meantime the computer is quick enough for the things I do with it.

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local_dunce

#7 May 13, 2008, 04:39:35 pm

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Hey, I was looking for the POSTER YOUR DESKTOP thread. I'm glad I looked here before trying to make a new one. Anyway I know you said the topics not about showing off but to be honest I don't know or care about specs at all and the reason I enjoyed looking at the other topic was to look at peoples awesome wallpapers/themes/skins/docks/icons etc and to get tips on how to improve my own desktop which always seems to be a step behind. Anyway I am going to post my desktop image and ASK A FEW Q's because there are some things I don't like about it very much.

Hidden content (Click to reveal)

Basic Windows Vista theme because I can't get Aero to run with whatever shitty graphics card I've got installed. Rino Dock Icons and I kind of fucked up the Rino Miranda skin trying to edit it a little bit. It would be pretty cool if I could find some alternative to having REALLY BUTT UGLY Vista sidebar with default clock but at the moment that's all that's going. It's the most convenient place to keep the RSS feeds and I keep the clock because RSS feeds on its own is a little awkward looking.

Anyway the big Q that I wanted to ask is if it is possible for Miniplayer to instead of detailing album info by text, to display the album art instead. I've seen it happen a few times but I'm not sure if people are using WMP or some other player. I don't particularly want to switch out from WMP because it categorizes things pretty well.

A good example is lassekongo's second screenshot above but for WMP11.

Ultimately I am pretty dumb when it comes to computing. Thanks champs.

now is the winter of our discontent

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JohnnyCasil

#8 May 19, 2008, 01:04:51 pm

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Quote from: scubacoaster on May 13, 2008, 04:39:35 pm

Anyway I know you said the topics not about showing off but to be honest I don't know or care about specs at all and the reason I enjoyed looking at the other topic was to look at peoples awesome wallpapers/themes/skins/docks/icons etc and to get tips on how to improve my own desktop which always seems to be a step behind.

I don't care if you are showing off in the sense that I think you are talking about (If I am understanding you correctly?). I meant more of the "Hey, my computer is so much better than your computer, you guys are all idiots" kind of showing off. If that clears anything up. Anyways, I wish I could help you with your problem, but since I have the most aesthetically unpleasing desktop ever, I know little about customizing things.

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goldenratio

#9 May 26, 2008, 02:09:54 am

now das fresh
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take it from a pro: the more customized your desktop/os is, the more of a pain to reformat it is

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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Lifexplosion

#10 May 27, 2008, 11:34:45 am

Flying high now!!!!
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Quote from: scubacoaster on May 13, 2008, 04:39:35 pm

Anyway the big Q that I wanted to ask is if it is possible for Miniplayer to instead of detailing album info by text, to display the album art instead. I've seen it happen a few times but I'm not sure if people are using WMP or some other player. I don't particularly want to switch out from WMP because it categorizes things pretty well.

A good example is lassekongo's second screenshot above but for WMP11.

Ultimately I am pretty dumb when it comes to computing. Thanks champs.

Sorry bud if this is late or not what you're wanting but this is a pretty nice program which displays the album cover and other things as well as lyrics. It's pretty customisable and looks nice!
CD Art Display

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Happy HELLoween

#11 June 01, 2008, 08:09:31 pm

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huge (Click to reveal)

http://itch.io - sell your indie games

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goldenratio

#12 June 01, 2008, 08:26:49 pm

now das fresh
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dang where is that bg from

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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Bobberticus

#13 June 01, 2008, 09:24:25 pm

now that's what I'm talking about
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what is this madness you are working on, leafo?

fuck it all, dd is dead

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Happy HELLoween

#14 June 02, 2008, 10:07:10 pm

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here is bg, found it some forums a while ago: http://leafo.net/stuff/Pattern_001DB_1600_1200.jpg
madness is a template compiler in php

http://itch.io - sell your indie games

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Swordfish

#15 June 02, 2008, 10:46:46 pm

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My latest machine which was also the longest machine i have ever built becuase i tried my hand at water cooling, and it was such a pain to do

. But the results are worth it

it looks nice and is better then Air for keeping my system cool.

Specs:
Asus Crosshair Mobo (can't remember more then that)
Intel QX6850 (water cooled)
EVGA 8800 ultra Blackpearl edition (watercooled)
onboard HD audio
2Gb ddr ram (would have been 4, but 1 of 2 friggin ram sticks busted and now i don't know which one works, but it would be worse to put 3 in then 2 performance wise)
Asus Quite tack DVDR/W +/-, dual layer, lightscribe
150GB raptor X
400GB SATA 2 drive
500GB SATA 2 drive
(i think the two second drives might be WD in make

)
800Watt PSU
Panasonic 26 Inch TV screen (that way i can play console, watch tv and use PC in one place)
Saitek Eclipse I illuminated keyboard
Logitech wirless G7 mouse

Ill post Images of the system itself later (if i can bothered)

Desktop:

Hidden content (Click to reveal)

RIP DoktorMartini

My brute!

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hobomasterxxx

#16 June 03, 2008, 10:43:02 am

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DELL Latitude D600
1.40 GHZ Pentium M
512 mb RAM
MOBILITY Radeon 9000

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Nessiah

#17 June 03, 2008, 12:17:11 pm

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Asus A6R (Really old model)
Intel (R) Celeron (M)1.70 GHz, 896 Ram
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M Series

Last Edit: June 03, 2008, 10:36:45 pm by Nessiah

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Limexx

#18 June 03, 2008, 12:58:44 pm

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Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz OC'd to 2.66GHz
2GB GEIL DDR2 800
250GB Western Digital HDD
160GB Western Digital HDD
Elitegroup NF650iSLIT-A (V1.0)
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS
500Watt XClio PSU

the above system some how manages to run Crysis on medium setting very smoothly rarely dropping below 30 FPS running around 45FPS, i still have no clue how this happend

shotguns, rifles, bazookas oh my

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ailema

#19 July 01, 2008, 05:26:05 am

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is upgrading the pc specs good?

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goat

#20 July 01, 2008, 10:23:18 pm

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about as good as upgrading the pc

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