Originally Posted by hallucinosis
Forgot to mention, the first machine is a
Dual PIII 450 Retail

Originally Posted by hallucinosis
Not up to date processor wise, but still good, my systems (my work machine is good, but I left out because it really belongs to the company, not me. I probably left out some of my machines):

Main computer:

Running Win2K now (sometimes I regret that and want NT4 back, but I\'ll get over it)
Pentium III 450 (Retail)
256MB PC100 (2 sticks)
Supermicro P6DBU motherboard with onboard Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI (forget about overclocking with this board =( )
18GB IBM UltraStar 18ZX (10k RPM, 6ms seek, Ultra2Wide SCSI)
9GB Quantum Viking II (7.2k RPM, UltraWide, 7.5ms seek...)
4GB IBM (? 5.4k RPM? seek?)
4GB I\'m not sure... I think it\'s a full height 3.5\" Seagate.
Plextor Ultraplex 40x
Plextor Plexwriter 8/20
Leadtek Winfast GeForce 256 DDR 32MB
Matrox Millenium II 4MB (for the second monitor)
Sound Blaster Live MP3+
Cambridge Soundworks FPS2500, 5 speakers + sub.
Hitachi Superscan CM813U 21\" monitor (.22 Dot Pitch, 1856 x 1392 at 80Hz).
Viewsonic GT775 17\" monitor (shared with other computers on a 4 port OmniView, used as secondary monitor on main computer).
3COM 3c905B
3COM 3c590 (PCI, for IDSL 144, bleh).
InWin Q500 Tower

In other words, that computer is slow... I mean, it\'s a 450MHz, that\'s slow these days, right? >=)
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The other computer, which is strictly a game/trial/\"Hey, try this c00l OS out!!!!\" machine:
Abit BF6 motherboard,
Celeron 433 @ 488Mhz, bleh - I need a better PS for the Peliter, the 300 watt one I have is probably low quality.
128MB PC100 (one stick).
Quantum 18KA 7.2k RPM,
Phillips 6x DVD
generic mid tower
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra (TNT2 Ultra), this card r0xorz my GeeForce (actually, it does have better 2D image quality)
Sound Blaster PCI 128
3COM 3C905C-TXM
Hauppauge Win TV dbx (capture/radio/TV card)

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My Firewall boxen, running Slackware 7.0 with kernel patches:
Asus Motherboard (ATX, large... don\'t know the number off the top of my head).
Pentium Pro 200 @ 233MHz with 512k cache
192 MB 60ns EDO Memory
Adaptec 2940UW PCI SCSI card
4GB Fijitsu SCSI (really, really loud and annoying)
Toshiba 32x SCSI CD Reader.
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 NIC
3COM 3C905b-tx NIC
Mid tower.
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My computer acting as Print server, Compact Flash card reader, ICQ-running machine, various other tasks.
Pentium 150MHz
64MB 60ns EDO Memory
Adaptec 2940 SCSI card (50 pin old kind)
1.2GB SCSI hard disk (err... dunno what kind)
6x Teac SCSI CD Reader
Uhh... floppy drive.
Compact Flash card reader
Err... it has a NIC card, generic 10/100... I think DLink.

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Another similar machine to the above, but with IDE components... not in use currently, waiting to be used.
It\'s a P133 OC 150. 52x IDE CD reader.... =)

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Small form factor machine I bought from work for $25
Pentium 100 with 64mb ram, 540mb SCSI hard disk
4x CD SCSI (Toshiba) reader
Used to be a NEC PrivateNet Firewall.

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My old BBS computer, I took the BBS down less than one month ago... yes, I am crazy.... mwhahaha...
AMD 486 100MHz
32MB RAM - 60ns too!
A hard drive... probably a 1gig or 540... it still works too
3 modems! 2xSporster 33.6, v.90 Courier v.everything
a ISA 3c509 NIC!
No floppy drive!
no CD reader!
HUGE DUST BALLS!
AT form factor r0xorz

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HP(S)UX Apollo 700 Series Unix Workstation
With fixed-sync 20\" Monitor!
33MHz, 32MB RAM
oooh jea!
It\'s actually in my back yard under the patio with no protection, but I think it might work.... it has 10, count them, 10 LEDS!!!!!

Uhh... an old Amiga?
I had an SGI Indigo 33MHz, 24MB RAM... Looked cool, but I gave it away for some odd reason... I think I was frightened when it tried to talk to me.
well... I think that\'s almost everything. =)

Yeah, what Damage said :)

And what on Gods green earth do you need 300GB of hard disk space for anyway?

Jer Davis "Azonic"
jdavis@tech-report.com

What is this mysterious Chapter 13 of which you speak? I have to get me some of that.

Just finished my latest batch of upgrades. Now running (previous hardware)

dual P3/600E as P3/800EB
(Athlon700@1Ghz)
1.5Gb PC133@166 CAS2 (eat that, cost me ~2G$)
(512Mb PC100 CAS2)
Tyan Tiger 133A
(FIC SD-11)
4x75Gb RAID0 ATA/100 for 300Gb of scream
(2x20Gb RAID0 ATA/66)
Voodoo5 5500@200Mhz / GeForce2 PCI@240/400
(GeForce1 overclocked to 160/380)
Cheapass 100bT NIC x2
(Cheapass 100bT NIC x2)
ripped to chunks Inwin S500
(ripped to chunks Inwin S500)
42" speaker stacks off my studio stereo
(little 12" *things*. They sucked.)
SBlive
(SBlive)

Think that's it. That's what Chapter 13 really means. You give all your stock to a *VERY* good friend, officially kill your business, then split your stuff with your bud after the proceedings wrap. I'm independant again, if anyone works with a big PC maker and wants me. :)

-Forge

Originally Posted by Dr Rosenpenis
Ok, here goes

system 1
P3 850 running at 901, Abit BF6 512 MB Ram, Geforce DDR, 27 GB IBM and 22 GB IBM, 8X Sony CDRW, 8X Toshiba DVD, 3Com 905C, SBlive

System 2
Dual 500 Celerons Abit BP6, 384 MB Ram, Geforce, 18 GB IBM and 15GB IBM, 4X Sony CDRW, 8X Toshiba DVD, SBlive

System 3
Piece-O-Shite P 166 with my DSL modem set up as a gateway to the Internet and an FTP server with 30 GB of storage.

Life is good :-)

Originally Posted by SuperRob
My rig

HYPERDRIVE

Abit BP6 running dual Celeron 366 @ 550.
256 MB PC100 CL2 (2x128MB)
13GB WD ATA66
15GB Maxtor ATA66
Creative Annihlator 2 GTS
SoundBlaster Live!
3Com 3C905 100TX
Adaptec SCSI (can\'t remember the model)
Creative 5x DVD
Memorex 1622 2x CDRW
1GB Jaz Internal
Windows 2000

I won\'t bother going into all of the external crap like the monitor, kybd, scanner, etc. But I do need to mention that the reason I don\'t have a modem is because of the T1 line to my apartment. >:)

Originally Posted by Thorin
I own a:
Pentium III 600EB@ 697 at 155mhz fsb (Dual Fan Cooler)
Soyo Sy-6VBA 133
128mb PC133 Ram in a single stick (running at 115mhz)
Diamond Monster Fusion 16mb (Voodoo Banshee) \"i must change this one urgently\"
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value
Cirrus Logic 56k PCI Modem
Samsung 8gb HD
Pioneer DVD114 (10X 40X)
Creative CDRW 4224

Full Tower case with a 235W power supply, 3 8cm fans, 1 10cm fan & an extra power supply for the fans ontop of the case.

Hmm,
System 1: 500K6-2, 128MB ram, TNT2 vidcard, STB TVPCI TV tuner card, DVD encore kit (2x, bought it when that was state of the art), SB AWE64, DEC tulip based netcard, hardware ISA v.90 modem, HP7475A plotter, Epson stylus color 400 printer, Umax astra 1220P scanner, focus FK-9000 keyboard (if you've ever owned one you know why I'm mentioning it), Viewsonic PS-790 monitor
System 2: 486DX2/66, 16MB ram, 270MB HD, netcard, modem, used as a router
System 3: 66MHz R4400, 16MB ram, 200MB SCSI HD, netcard, modem, will replace system 2 as soon as OpenBSD or NetBSD gets installed on it (currently has NT4)

Here's my system...

In-Win Full Tower Case w/ 300W power supply and 6 case fans...
Abit BP6
Dual 366s @ 550
384 MB RAM CAS2 PC100 in 3 DIMMs
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM Drive
Plextor 8x/4x/32x CD-RW
2 - 18GB 7200 RPM Western Digital ATA66 drives
Matrox G400 Max video card
SB Live! Value sound card
3Com 905B 10/100 network card for home network
Diamond 33.6 Modem <-- yeah I know this sucks... but I'm still trying to find a good local broadband solution that doesn't eat all my free cash
Mag Innovision 17" monitor
Speakers and stuff...

Back at the Gerbil... I hear ya. One thing I've learned though, is to make my computer make money for me. Plus, being here in Japan, they have lots of "used parts" stores, where I can hock my old stuffs and get "newer" used stuff...and they back it up with a "no sh*t" two week money back guarantee on all parts sold. Plus, they test each piece coming in, as I have seen them do with my stuff that I've "sold back". At least your system does what you want it to do!

yeah, I was just playing with you, I would have a system like yours if I had the money.

To the other gerbil... I set mine up and constantly upgrade to enhance performance while using Photoshop, 3D StudioMax, Shade 3D, and also to include fragging the northern half of Japan in Quake]|[ and UT. I had a system like yours once, but I was tired of having enough time to cook and eat dinner while waiting for a 3D filter to process in Photoshop. I use mine... but it sounds like you could be better off with a stereo and tape deck! hehehe... ;-) (not a flame, don't take it personal!)

-Abit BP-6 with additional cooling fan added to BX Chipset
-Dual Celeron 466's
-192 MB Kingston CAS 2
-3dfx Velocity 100 with cooling fan, 2nd TMU hack, and WickedGL
-Diamond Monster Sound MX-300
-Promise Ultra66 ATA Controller (Only used for Secondary Channel for OS compatibility)
-3COM 3C905B-TX NIC
-Maxtor 20GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
-Maxtor 6.8GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
-Toshiba 32x CD-ROM
-Teac Floppy
-AOpen HX-45 Case with 1 Sunon 80mm Quiet fan
-Sony 17" Trinitron SE-II
-IBM Personal Keyboard
-Logitech Gaming Mouse
-RatPad
-Cambridge SoundWorks PC-Works
-OS: Multi-Boot using Powerquest BootMagic - Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 98SE, BeOS 5 PE (sits on 98 SE Partition), FreeBSD r4, Linux Mandrake 7.1
-Quake3 under Windows 2000 using WickedGL with desktop set to 16-bit, rendering set to Normal with Dynamic Lights and High Quality sky on, Marks on Walls and Ejecting Brass off - 59-61 FPS in demo001.dm3

Pentium II 266MHz
No-name mobo
192 MB generic RAM, 3 64MB sticks
6.4 GB HD filled to the brim with Mp3s
Diamond TNT 1
Voodoo 1
soundblaster AWE 64 ISA
2 cheap ass(tm) ethernet cards
cable modem (woop)
memorex 40x cd-rom
generic mid-tower case

the guy below me can't even touch this system.
It's not the size of your system, it's how you use it.

AMD Athlon 700MHz w/ T-bird core, slot A
Abit KA7 motherboard
256MB Hyundai PC-100 CAS2
Promise Fasttrak66 in RAID0
2x Quantum Fireball 10.2GB HD's, 7200rpm, 2MB cache
1x Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 20.4GB, 7200rpm, 2MB cache
Creative GeForce256 Pro, 32MB DDR SGRAM
Soundblaster Live!
U.S. Robotics 56k Controller-Based Modem
Teac 40x CDROM
Ricoh 8x4x32x CD Burner
Zip100 Internal
Sealed in an Owltech TD400LII (Almost) Full Tower Case, featuring 4x5.25 bays, 2x3.5 exposed bays, 4x3.5 internal, 300W Seventeam PS, fully removeable mobo tray.

Sandra Benchmarks, CPUID screenshots and CPU photos posted at www.hardocp.com.