Post Your System

[BraedenNaylor]

I have been wondering for a long time what people have used to run there *buntu on. So post it to satisfy my curiosity. Specs and pics please.

Yes I really am this bored with that much time on my hands to post about this.

Here's Mine:

Processor: Core i7 920
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified
NIC: EVGA Killer Xeno Pro
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285
Memory: 3x 2gb OCZ 1600mHZ triple-channel
Power Source: 1000W
HD's: 4x 1TB WD RAID
OS: Ubuntu 9.10

Pics:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3903/dscn0371jd.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4589/dscn0375t.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8131/dscn0381.jpg

[tsger]

Dude (or Dude-ette)
That pic is extremely large. Can't tell what it is. I think there must be a better way to post pics, or at least re-size them.

EDIT: I see they are now links, not the actual photos. Cool.

BTW, the first pic is by far the best.

Oh, and you can see my system in my sig. No pic, though, sorry.

[fela]

1000W PSUs are overrated.

Spec.s in sig.

[JillSwift]

1000W PSUs are overrated.Does that mean they'll pop at 850w? :)

[mamamia88]

I have been wondering for a long time what people have used to run there *buntu on. So post it to satisfy my curiosity. Specs and pics please.

Yes I really am this bored with that much time on my hands to post about this.

Here's Mine:

Processor: Core i7 920
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified
NIC: EVGA Killer Xeno Pro
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285
Memory: 3x 2gb OCZ 1600mHZ triple-channel
Power Source: 1000W
HD's: 4x 1TB WD RAID
OS: Ubuntu 9.10

Pics:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3903/dscn0371jd.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4589/dscn0375t.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8131/dscn0381.jpg

all that only to run ubuntu and not game what exactly do you use it for?

[BraedenNaylor]

all that only to run ubuntu and not game what exactly do you use it for?

That is a very good question. Used to game... Kind of just stopped.. And deleted windows.

[Skripka]

Does that mean they'll pop at 850w? :)

Fortunately my rig only pulls 600W at peak, so even if my Corsair 850W PSU is overrated, I should have same room to spare :)

(rig in sig)

[JillSwift]

(rig in sig) Hehe! Sounds a bit like Dr. Seuss on Linux. :D

[mamamia88]

That is a very good question. Used to game... Kind of just stopped.. And deleted windows.

Cool don't blame you that's one powerful rig you got there

[clonne4crw]

What do you use all that power for if not gaming now? It doesn't take much to run Compiz.

[BraedenNaylor]

What do you use all that power for if not gaming now? It doesn't take much to run Compiz.

Uhm, x-plane sometimes. But other than that nothing really. Of course the not so occasional torrent and Folding@Home

[PurposeOfReason]

Fortunately my rig only pulls 600W at peak, so even if my Corsair 850W PSU is overrated, I should have same room to spare :)

(rig in sig)
That wouldn't even pull 600W. 450W at most.

I have a 2.5Ghz dual core
2GB RAM
onboard nvidia 7100
60GB SSD

&&

3.4Ghz dual core
4GB RAM
soon to be ati 5770 or 5850
lots of storage

The first is my computer, second is torrent server/personal file host/gaming. I use them together to compile and whatnot in some sort of a cluster.

[-grubby]

Currently:

AMD Phenom, 4 core, 2.5 GHz
5 GB, DDR2, RAM
500 GB, 7600 RPM, HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS, 512 MB VRAM
DVD-RW Drive
Power Supply is 600 watts irrc

[jperez]

Well, currently, I'm running Karmic on my laptop for testing the video card (Intel) and how Compiz behaves on it. Here are it's "minimal" specs nonetheless:

CPU: Pentium Dual Core (not Core 2 Duo) 1.6Ghz
RAM: 1GB
Graphics: Intel GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
OS: Ubuntu Karmic Koala v9.10-09/21/2009

Jesse~

[slakkie]

http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/23352.jpg

Canonical Hostname eniac
Listening IP 127.0.0.1
Kernel Version 2.6.31-11-generic (SMP) i686
Distro Name Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Uptime 1 hours 36 minutes
Current Users 2
Load Averages 0.07 0.11 0.21

Processors 2
Model Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
CPU Speed 800.00 Mhz
BUS Speed
Cache Size 2048 KB
System Bogomips 7981.38

PCI Devices

* Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H
* CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge
* Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
* Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
* FireWire
* Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub
* (2x) IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM
* ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM
* Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
* PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
* (3x) PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H
* SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H
* (7x) USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H
* VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller

IDE Devices

* none

SCSI Devices

* ATA ST980310AS (Direct-Access)
* HL-DT-ST CDRW/DVD GCCT10N (CD-ROM)

USB Devices

* (2x) Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
* (5x) Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
* Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 360 Bluetooth
* O2 Micro, Inc. OZ776 CCID Smartcard Reader
* O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub

[SuperSonic4]

CPU - Intel Dual Core (2.66GHz)
RAM - 4x1gb sticks
GPU - nvidia 8500gt
3x - DVD+RW drives
PSU - 500W
HDD - 500, 640, 500gb
18x USB ports
OS - Arch Linux x86_64

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/SuperSonic4/Screenshots/4959_215150565327_795695327_7360084.jpg

[NoaHall]

Why do you have your case upside down? Anyway, on my main system I have

CPU: AMD 2.6 ghz quad core (over clocked to 3.1)
RAM: 16GB
Graphics: 1 quadro nvidia, 1 9800 GT nvidia
Hard drive : 3.5 TB current internal total
PSU: 850 W

[Exodist]

My PC

Cooler Master - Centurion case
Cooler Master - 550w True Power PSU
Biostar - TF560 A2+ Mobo
AMD - AlthlonX2 AM2 6000+ Dual Core Windsor CPU, 64bit, 3GHz per core, 256k L1, 2MB L2 cache
PNY - Optima DDR2-800 Dual Channel RAM 4GB (4x 1GB)
ATI - RadeonHD 4850, PCI-16X, 512MB, 256bit video
Sound Blaster - Audigy2 sound card
2x Western Digital - Raptor(s) SATA 1.5, 10,000RPM, 74GB(each)
Lite On - CD/DVD-RW
Westing House - 20.1 LCD (1400x1050)
Saitek - Eclipse keyboard
Logitech - 2.1 speakers (forgot what they where.. )
Logitech - LS1 Mouse

All this to run my customized Ubuntu 9.04
(Linux 2.6.30.5 - SMP 64bit, ATI 9.9 Catylist Drivers)

PICs:
http://picasaweb.google.com/exodist2009/MyPCOct2009#


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@ Braeden, nice rig bro.

@ Supersonic, need wire ties? :-)

[fela]

Does that mean they'll pop at 850w? :)

Depends who you buy them from.

By overrated I meant that pretty much no desktop user needs a 1000W PSU. You shouldn't get a PSU rated too high as a PSU doesn't operate as efficiently if very little of its potential power is being used.

[SuperSonic4]

Yes, I really should

[Exodist]

/Bump...

I am a sucker for PC photos.. Post your shots everyone! :guitar:

[gnuvistawouldbecool]

Ah, now this is going to be funny in comparison to all of those:

Current computer (Not actually mine):
AMD Athlon 64 3000, 2GHz
DDR400, 512MB
ATI Radeon 9200SE
120GB IDE HD
PSU... Not a clue.
OS: Ubuntu 9.04/XP



Laptop
AMD Turion 64, 1.8GHz
DDR400, 1.35GB
ATI x200M graphics, 128MB shared RAM
100GB IDE HD
OS: Kubuntu 9.10 Beta(AMD64)/XP

Cheap Recycled Comp (£40 total cost)
Pentium 4, 3GHz
DDR400, 512MB
Nvidia (hooray, can actually game in Linux) 5500FX
40GB IDE HD, 250GB SATA (with SATA PCI card to use it)
OS: Crunchbang 9.04.1

Needless to say, first order of business on getting a graduate job is getting a better computer.... shouldn't be hard to get one.

[The Real Dave]

Sorry about the blurry pics =]

Main Rig: Acer Aspire T650


2.93Ghz PIV, 800Mhz FSB (Thanks to pwmconfig, this never goes above 35C)
1.4Gb PC-4200 DDRII RAM
Ubuntu 9.04 x86, Windows XP Home (Ethernet disabled due to lack of updates)
ATi Radeon XPress 200 Series Chip, 300Mhz Clock, 128Mb system memory. (This can be overclocked up to 550Mhz in Windows, but need to find out how in Linux)
320Gb Samsung Spinpoint F1 (7200rpm, SATAII), 80Gb Hitachi Deskstar (7200rpm, SATA) [Mobo is SATA]
4^80mm fans, 1^120mm Arctic Cooling Fan, Stock CPU cooler (w 80mm fan)


This PC is from 06, so not a bad machine. Boots Ubuntu in 21 secs, and Compiz runs great :) Stays nice and cold too :)


Just for the fun of it, heres a pic of my testing server. Note the alternative fan placement ;) CPU is now being cooled by that 80mm. The little fan beneath it is for the GPU.

Specs

451 PIII (Katami)
128Mb of PC-100 SDRAM
6Gb Seagate HDD
200W PSU
Running a custom Damn Small Linux server edition

[eragon100]

I don't have pics, but these are my specs. It runs great:

CPU: Intel core 2 duo e6300 @1.86 Ghz
GPU: Evga Nvidia GeForce 8 8600 GT 512 MB ddr2
RAM: 3 GB DDR2 533 Mhz (1 * 1 GB 533 + self-added 1 * 2 GB 667 = 3 GB @ 533)
HDD: 320 GB 7200 RPM, don't know cache
external HDD: 640 GB 7200 RPM 16 MB cache (for anime and other stuff)
sound card: soundblaster audigy pro (8 years old, but cheap and gives great sound with surround speakers :))

Nice system :popcorn:

[the8thstar]

Here is my desktop config :

http://the8thstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/screenshot-system-monitor.png

My laptop config is in my sig.

[JillSwift]

My slowly aging HP Media Center m7250n

Intel Pentium D, 2.8GHz dual core
2GB memory
230GB internal HD
150GB external
40GB external
nVidia 9400GT 512MB
840b and 740b HP CD/DVD burners
Slowly being covered in stickers.

[Skripka]

That wouldn't even pull 600W. 450W at most.


I left out the 4 HDDs, cathode tubes, card reader, aftermarket CPU-HSF, 4 case fans, etc. Although it actually is my franken-CPU that does it. Powering the extra core and overclocking it ~30% (800mHz) for some reason pulls that much more juice on load :)

[mmix]

AMD Athlon x2 4800+
TF7025-M2
Corsair 1 GB
4 HDDs(500GB, 120GB, 60GB, 60GB)
2 USBs(2GB, 8GB)
Windows XP/Fedora 11/Windows 7 64bit,32bit/Slitaz 2.0 ,CLFS 1.x
Plan 9/Haiku os

[RandomJoe]

The latest machine is a 15" Macbook Pro. Running OS X, no less. (Sacrilege, I know! :P ) I do have Ubuntu in a VM, still things I like it better for. 2.6 GHz C2D, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, nVidia 9400M + 9600M GT.

The previous machine (still very much in use) is a home-built tower that has only known Linux. It has a C2D 2.4GHz processor, 2GB RAM, and two dual-head nVidia cards. I do actually have four screens on the thing! A page I put together shortly after building it (been a few minor upgrades since then) has some pictures:
http://okcforum.org/~martine/new-comp.html

I'd have stuck with that system for a lot longer, absolutely nothing wrong with it, except I got tired of being tied to the desk.

There are a few others around as well. Atom-based fanless system that runs on my solar system battery bank, Atom-based Eee PC, P4 2.4GHz server w/ 1TB RAID, P4 3GHz Myth backend.

[j.bell730]

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Motherboard: ASUS A8N SLI 939
RAM: 3GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer

I'll take pics later, I'm on my laptop right now :P.

[PurposeOfReason]

I left out the 4 HDDs, cathode tubes, card reader, aftermarket CPU-HSF, 4 case fans, etc. Although it actually is my franken-CPU that does it. Powering the extra core and overclocking it ~30% (800mHz) for some reason pulls that much more juice on load :)
Still not 650W. Maybe up to 520 now. Maybe, I doubt that too.

EDIT - I went down and did the math, you could get away witha 520W PSU and still have head room.

[ElSlunko]

CPU : Intel i7 920
RAM : 6x2gb DDR3 1600
GPU : GTX 260
Case : Lancool K7
PSU : Uhhh I think 750, lol.
HDDs : 2x 1.5TB

I'd upload pics, but my computer probably looks a lot like my case :P

http://www.madtech.pl/pliki/lancool/k7_black/1.jpg

[amitabhishek]

Mine is an Acer 4520. Another is PS3.



Here is my desktop config :

http://the8thstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/screenshot-system-monitor.png

My laptop config is in my sig.

What font you using?

Edit: I got the answer. Anti-aliasing worked :).

[MoebusNet]

Laptop: Early production Dell Latitude D800 1.4Ghz, 2Gb DDR RAM, 1 Mb cache, 120 GB HDD, GeForce4 4200 Go 64 Mb Video Card.

Looks like I've got the lowest specs here, so far.

[Skripka]

Still not 650W. Maybe up to 520 now. Maybe, I doubt that too.

EDIT - I went down and did the math, you could get away witha 520W PSU and still have head room.

Yes, but I want my PSU to last me more than 6 months. Afte rall peak output rating only exists for a couple months as the PSU wears in, and wears out. You're lucky to get 80% efficient on a PSU when you buy it new-and even then you have to shop around for your quarry.

[PurposeOfReason]

Yes, but I want my PSU to last me more than 6 months. Afte rall peak output rating only exists for a couple months as the PSU wears in, and wears out. You're lucky to get 80% efficient on a PSU when you buy it new-and even then you have to shop around for your quarry.
So get a good PSU? Corsair and OCZ both make high quality supplies that don't degrade like that. I've ran a 9600gt, 4gb of ram, 2 hdds, and an oced core2duo(2.5 to 3.4) all off of a 300W supply for over a year.

[oblivion]

MB: Asus m4a78-em
CPU: Phenom II x3 710 2.6GHz
RAM: 2x1GB + 2x2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
GPU: XFX GTX 260
HDD: 1TB Samsung F3 + 320GB Seagate
PSU: Corsair 550w
Case: antec p180 mini

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6466/dsc00336m.jpg

[gletob]

MB: Asus m4a78-em
CPU: Phenom II x3 710 2.6GHz
RAM: 2x1GB + 2x2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
GPU: XFX GTX 260
HDD: 1TB Samsung F3 + 320GB Seagate
PSU: Corsair 550w
Case: antec p180 mini

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6466/dsc00336m.jpg

You sir win.

I'm just running my little lappy right now. :(

[PurposeOfReason]

Decided I would put pics up of one of the systems/desk. This one is a:
mini itx zotac mobo
nvidia 7100 integrated gpu
core2duo at 2.5Ghz
Asus Xonar STX
60GB SSD
500GB storage

consumes less than 100W full load.

[tom66]

Specs in signature for two of my PCs.

Also have 2x Compaq Deskpros: 1 GHz Pentium III, 256 MB RAM. Amazingly, on latest Ubuntu, it can 'sort' of run Compiz (though it's VERY broken... can't blame it, it's got built-in graphics)

And an incomplete 1.6 GHz AMD machine which was given away because the power button requires two presses to switch it on (and that's it - some kind of motherboard fault, but otherwise functional)

Spare parts:
160 GB IDE HDD
80 GB IDE HDD
40 GB IDE HDD
20 GB IDE HDD
128 MB RAM
Motherboard with exploded caps
AMD K5 (300 MHz) processor
4x floppy drives
2x DVD drives
200W power supply
250W power supply
2 dead graphics cards
1 dual-GPU graphics card (quite old, PCI, unsure what it does)

[drawkcab]

eeepc 900a running crunchbang

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/8-2-08-eee-pc-900a.jpg

also have a custom msi 1561 whitebook with ubuntu

http://www.powernotebooks.com/specs/images/p15-3/p15-3H.jpg

[hoppipolla]

My system is lame you would all laugh at me lol :)

But it does everything I need it to, and I don't play games on it really as we have a 360 and Wii downstairs :)

Ubuntu is wicked on most hardware anyway ^_^

[JillSwift]

oops

[JillSwift]

mM O A R m P I C S m P L Z! :D

[Private_Ops]

1 dual-GPU graphics card (quite old, PCI, unsure what it does)

That may very well be a Voodoo card! Can you post a pic?

[Exodist]

mM O A R m P I C S m P L Z! :D
Indeed.. FEED ME SEMORE! FEED ME!

[Exodist]

/lousy bump:lolflag:

[Witmore]

Main Desktop
XG Ninja 2 Case
Corsair 400w
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5p
AMD Phenom II X3 AM3 710 @2.6
2x DDR3 16000 @1333
Foxconn 8800GTS (G80) 640 DDR3
Creative SB Audigy 2 Platnum
Running Ubuntu 9.10, XP SP3, Windows 7 Enterprise,

MythTV Server FE/BE
Antec 1040B
Antec 400watt PS
AMD64 3200+ 754
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
3x1GB DDR400
GF4 Ti4200 128mb
HDHomeRun 2 tuners
2x Hauppauge PVR150 MCE
Running MythDora

MythTV HD Frontend
Generic HTPC Case
Bundled case PS 450W
AMD 64 3200+ 754
ECS RS482-M754
1x1GB DDR400
GF6800XT 256MB
Running MythDora 10

MythTV SD Frontend
AppleTV 40GB
Running AppleTV OS, MythBuntu

Linux NAT/Router
Dell GX110 SFF
PIII 1ghz (coppermine)
512mb PC133
Running IPCOP

Main Laptop
Dell e1505
Intel Duel Core 1.66ghz
4GB PC2 6400
nVidia 7300M
Running Windows XP SP3, Fedora Core 9

Netbook
Dell Mini 10v
Intel ATOM N270
1GB RAM
Webcam
120gb 5400RPM HDD

Running Mac OS 10.5.8

[dmglouis]

My laptop:

Intel P8400 @ 2.26 Ghz CPU
4GB DDR2 RAM
320GB HD, 5400RPM
ATI HD 3470 256MB Video Card

I dual boot Karmic and Vista. I have 7 too, but its the RC and it hasn't been working well for me lately. My lappy is just good enough to play COD4 on Vista, but I haven't quite gotten it working on Ubuntu.

[PurposeOfReason]

Work in progress.

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5349/image039s.jpg (http://img697.imageshack.us/i/image039s.jpg/)

[oldsoundguy]

http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=soundgod

Plus a PVR running Mythbuntu that is under construction.

[JillSwift]

Work in progress.Lovely. The acrylic work is beautiful.

[Zoot7]

Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 590
MB: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
Memory: 4GB Crucial DDR3-1333
GFX: Sapphire HD4870 1GB
AUDIO: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
HDs: Samsung Spinpoint 500GB & 2 X 1TB, WD Carviar 750GB
CPU Cooler: Akasa Evo 98
PSU: Corsair TX620W
OS(s): Ubuntu 9.10, openSUSE 11.2, Windows XP & Windows 7

[NoaHall]

Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 590
MB: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
Memory: 4GB Crucial DDR3-1333
GFX: Sapphire HD4870 1GB
AUDIO: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
HDs: Samsung Spinpoint 500GB & 2 X 1TB, WD Carviar 750GB
CPU Cooler: Akasa Evo 98
PSU: Corsair TX620W
OS(s): Ubuntu 9.10, openSUSE 11.2, Windows XP & Windows 7

You might want to turn your heatsink fan around, if that is a output fan on the case there. Then turn down the power of both fans, because if it's too strong, it'll create turbulence.

[Zoot7]

You might want to turn your heatsink fan around, if that is a output fan on the case there. Then turn down the power of both fans, because if it's too strong, it'll create turbulence.
Those 2 fans are exhaust fans yes and the heatsink fan pulls air in from the front.
Temperatures and noise levels are pretty okay, so truth be told turbulence is the least of my concerns. :)

[GregBrannon]

Gateway GT5678
Intel 64-bit Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz)
4GB DDR2
750GB SATA II
ATI Radeon HD 2400XT
18X DVD±R/RW SuperMulti Drive

Primary OS: Jaunty w/ Gnome and KDE (prefer KDE)
Haven't used in months: Windows Vista Home Premium

[NoaHall]

Those 2 fans are exhaust fans yes and the heatsink fan pulls air in from the front.
Temperatures and noise levels are pretty okay, so truth be told turbulence is the least of my concerns. :)

Oh, I see :) I have used the same one as you have (but I think a newer version) and they blow out instead of take in. I always have to be careful when putting them on, I tend to put them on the wrong way and get very angry with myself.

[Private_Ops]

1 dual-GPU graphics card (quite old, PCI, unsure what it does)
[/list]

Post a picture of that, it may be an old Voodoo 5 card, that can fetch a nice little sum of money on ebay if it still works.

[Marrok857]

Iam a new guy to the forums. Heres my pc specs-

Case- Blue/black Cheiftec dragon, custom painted by me
Mobo- Asus A7n8x-Deluxe
Cpu- AMD Athlon Xp 2500+ Barton @1.84 GHz
Ram- 1.5 Ghz (3x @ 512mb)
Gfx card- ATI Radeon 9800 pro
HD's- 1 @ 80Gig and 1 @ 40Gig
OS- Ubuntu 9.10

No sound card, which Iam going to be getting one soon hopefully.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7048/1000787c.jpg

[Grifulkin]

Look at the Sig

[ad_267]

Here's my new computer.

Case: Cooler Master Centurion 590
PSU: 460 W Cooler Master that came with the case
Motherboard: Gigabyte P55A-UD4
CPU: Intel Core i5 750
RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz
Video Card: Nvidia 9600 GT
HDD: 500GB Western Digital

[alexfish]

got this one back in the post

Re: Volume control
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6500
(2MB L2 cache, 2.10GHz, 800MHz FSB)
or
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600
(3MB L2 Cache, 2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
or
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400



Chipset Mobile Intel® PM45 Express



Memory 4GB (2GB installed in each of two memory slots) DDR2 667 SDRAM



Storage Up to 320GB* hard disk drive

Integrated variable-speed Super-Multi drive:
-Read - 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 6X DVD-ROM DL (double-layer), 6X DVD-R DL (double-layer), 6X DVD+R DL (double-layer), 6X DVD-RW, 6X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM
-Write - 24X CD-R, 16X CD-RW, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R DL (double-layer), 4X DVD+R DL (double-layer), 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM

6-in-1 card reader supports optional MultiMediaCard™, MMCplus™, Secure Digital card, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™ or xD-Picture Card™

Optional external USB 1.44MB* diskette drive

*When referring to storage capacity, GB stands for one billion bytes and MB stands for one million bytes. Some utilities may indicate varying storage capacities. Total user-accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environments.



Video Acer® CineCrystal HD+ 18.4" WXGA+ (1680 x 945) TFT LCD

16:9 aspect ratio, 8ms high-definition response time

Discrete NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT (512MB dedicated GDDR3 VRAM memory, up to 1791MB shared system memory)
or
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

Windows® Media Video 9 (VC-1 standard) and H.264 support

MPEG-2 DVD decoding

Acer® Video Conference with integrated high-definition Acer® Crystal Eye webcam supporting Acer® PrimaLite technology, which consists of a premium sensor, firmware and lenses to provide superior video performance under low-light conditions

VGA, HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface™) with HDCP (high-bandwidth digital-content protection) support ports

Up to 16.7 million colors

Support for simultaneous display on notebook LCD and external monitor



Audio Dolby®-optimized surround-sound system with two integrated stereo speakers and one subwoofer supporting low-frequency effects

Integrated microphone

Optimized second-generation Dolby® Home Theater audio enhancement

True 5.1-channel surround-sound output

Headphones/speaker/line-out with SPDIF support, microphone-in and line-in ports

Microsoft® DirectSound® compatibility

Acer® MediaTouch volume meter

Interface Ports DC-in
RJ-11 modem
RJ-45 LAN
VGA
Headphones/speaker/line-out with SPDIF support
Microphone
Line-in
HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface™) with HDCP (high-bandwidth digital-content protection) support
CIR (consumer infrared)
Four USB 2.0



Card Slots ExpressCard™/54 slot

6-in-1 card reader supports optional MultiMediaCard™, MMCplus™, Secure Digital card, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™ or xD-Picture Card™



Communications Intel® Wireless WiFi Link network connection supporting 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless LAN, Acer® SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency, WI-FI CERTIFIED™

Bluetooth® 2.0 + EDR (enhanced data rate) wireless PAN (select models only)

Gigabit LAN, Wake-on-LAN ready

V.92 56Kbps* data/fax modem, PTT (postal, telegraph, telephone) certified in select countries, Wake-on-Ring ready


At least with my system, I am running Ubunti 9.04 (64 bit), clean install. Dual boot with Windows xp64.
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[alexfish]

ready for mine

please click next

[fromthehill]

laptop 18.4" 2GHz core2duo T6400
4GB Ram
1GB nvidea 9600GT

imac g4 1,25GHz
1,25 GB RAM
some crappy 64MB graphicscard
osx10.4/ubuntu 9.10 (no graphic drivers :()

server: celeron 220 1,2GHz (900MHz)
2GB RAM (memory was extremely cheap so why not :D)
os: ubuntu server 8.10

crappy pc 1: pentium 3
765MB RAM (waaaay too much when my parents bought it)
some 8MB pci cirrus graphics card

crappy pc 2: 50 MHz computer (75MHz with turbo button:-P)
16 MB RAM
graphics?

crappy mac workstation server
32 MB RAM
4 MB graphics
os: system 7

intel core i7 940 2.93GHz (4GHz)
6GB ddr3 RAM
2GB ati 4870x2 graphics card
os: vista/ubuntu 8.10

laptop parents 1,8 core2duo T-something
2GB ram
128MB Graphics
windows vista

pc parents 3,2GHz pentium 4HT
3GB ram
128MB ati radeon 9800 pro
windows xp

[emigrant]

CPU: core2duo E8400 @ 3.00 GHz
Mainboard: biostar G31
Ram: 2GB
VGA: ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit
HDD: 160GB SATA

:popcorn:

[ConstintineVamp]

System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 11/24/2009 1:58:02 AM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo

SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the 5.0 release.
GNOME: 2.26.1 (Ubuntu 2009-05-06)
Kernel version: 2.6.28-16-generic (#55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 20 19:48:32 UTC 2009)
GCC: 4.3.3 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
Xorg: unknown (09 April 2009 02:11:54AM)
Hostname: Big-Bad
Uptime: 1 days 0 h 19 min

CPU INFORMATION
AuthenticAMD, AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 710 Processor
Number of CPUs: 3
CPU clock currently at 2600.036 MHz with 512 KB cache
Numbering: family(16) model(4) stepping(2)
Bogomips: 5200.06
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good pni monitor cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt

MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 5899 MB
Total swap: 0 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: HL-DT-ST
Model: DVDRRW GSA-H30L
SCSI device - scsi1
Vendor: ATA
Model: SAMSUNG SP2004C
SCSI device - scsi2
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST3500320AS
SCSI device - scsi3
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST3500320AS

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
PCI bridge(s)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
USB controller(s)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 20)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10)
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 20)
ISA bridge
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] LPC Bridge (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2
IDE interface
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2

GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
nVidia Corporation GeForce 9500 GT (rev a1)
Subsystem: Device 196e:0641

SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 10)
Subsystem: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1

NETWORK
Network controller
Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Linksys Device 0042
Ethernet controller
nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2

NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
Model name: GeForce 9500 GT
Card Type: PCI-E 16x
Video RAM: 512 MB
GPU Frequency: 550 MHz
Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 185.18.14 Wed May 27 01:23:47 PDT 2009

Me Loves my Beast and no i don't game im a Man its in my dna to want excessive power Sorry i can't help it... I used to have another 500gb segate but it went bad as well as a 2gig ram card, makes me sad now i can only run 8 vm's at a time instad of 13... Oh well :)
:D Both of the segates are 500gb each and the samsung is 200gb Forgot to mention that i also have a kworld plustv pci 150 Works GREAT! and affordable as well :D

[Khakilang]

Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz processor
512MB DDR 1 RAM
20GB Hard disk
DVD Combo drive
Standard USB port, network port
Standard keyboard and touchpad
4" LCD screen
Running on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic koala

Not much but it work great. Got the usual stuff I need like Open office, Firefox, Gimp and Media player.

[SR_ELPIRATA]

Specs in sig :D

[gnomeuser]

This is my main machine:

Acer Revo R3610:
Intel ATOM DualCore N330 1.6GHz, with Nvidia Ion, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HDD, Nvidia Geforce 9400 up to 1024 MB, HDMI, 54MBIT WLAN, USB Keyboard & Mouse, VESA Mount Kit

I am very happy with it, it performs like a dream, I just wish I didn't have to support nvidia but I settled.

[donniezazen]

Hi All,

I am planning to buy a desktop. What do you suggest me? What do you have? Processor-Dual-core, core duo, Quad-core, i5, i7, E5200, E5300, etc. Ram 2-4-6-8 DDR2 or DDR3. What brand do you suggest? Good place to buy one? OS free model are big saving or not as i already have OS CD?

Regards,
SK

[dmglouis]

My Laptop:
Toshiba A305-S6864
4GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM
320GB 5400RPM HD
Intel P8400 2.26Ghz Dual-Core
ATI HD 3470 256MB Discrete Graphics Card
15.4" Screen
Also has Vista and 7 on it, but Karmic's my main OS now, since everything works that didn't in Jaunty (wireless card drivers)

Pic Attached

[Defiant Rat]

Desktop (my first build :D):

Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz

Motherboard: MSI 770-C45 AMD 770 AM3

Graphics Card: ASUS HD 4670 512MB

PSU: 460W

Optical Drive: Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL SATA

Ram: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz

Hard Drive: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3

And my laptop (Toshiba Satelite L300D-13S, running Karmic perfectly :)):

Display: 15.4 "

AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-70

Ram: 2763 MiB

ATI Radeon™ 3100 Graphics

Hard Drive: 160 GB 5,400 rpm

DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive

Sorry, no pics atm :(

[alexfish]

Work in progress.

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5349/image039s.jpg (http://img697.imageshack.us/i/image039s.jpg/)

can you get piped music with this thing

ps where do you plug the headphones

[koleoptero]

I have been wondering for a long time what people have used to run there *buntu on. So post it to satisfy my curiosity. Specs and pics please.

Yes I really am this bored with that much time on my hands to post about this.

Here's Mine:

Processor: Core i7 920
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified
NIC: EVGA Killer Xeno Pro
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285
Memory: 3x 2gb OCZ 1600mHZ triple-channel
Power Source: 1000W
HD's: 4x 1TB WD RAID
OS: Ubuntu 9.10

Pics:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3903/dscn0371jd.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4589/dscn0375t.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8131/dscn0381.jpg

I want your PC :D without all those lights though, they must attract a lot of mosquitoes.

[LinuxFanBoi]

What do you use all that power for if not gaming now? It doesn't take much to run Compiz.

It makes his signature is bigger than yours.

[PurposeOfReason]

can you get piped music with this thing

ps where do you plug the headphones
Of course. Soundcard (Asus xonar stx) has a headphone output in the back as well as a few other features.

[fancypiper]

Personally, I prefer to build my own desktop computer and I buy hardware based upon it's support in Linux.

My favorite computer shops:
NewEgg (http://newegg.com/)
Computer Geeks (http://www.geeks.com/)
Price search engine:
Price Watch (http://www.pricewatch.com/)

My system
MOBO Winfast NF4K8AC
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
GeForce 7800 GT video card
2 GB ram
1 TB SATA drive
160 GB SATA drive
SB Live sound card
DVD A DH20A1P DVDRom
Brother printer

[Uncle Spellbinder]

.

[KeLa]

My desktop is this:

Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO Pi 2666-32P
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 775 (2.4 GHz, FSB 1066 MHz, 8 MB)
RAM 4 GB with 2 x 2048 MB modules (DDR2 667)
HD 500 GB SATA2 / 7200 rpm
NVIDIA® 8800GT with 512 MB dedicated video RAM
BD Dual Combo drive. (Blu-ray read, CD/DVD read+write)
Audio buidin 7.1 high-definition
(added Creative X-Fi Elite Pro)
LAN 10/100/1000 MBit (GbE)
20-in-1 card reader

[RiceMonster]

2.4 GHz AMD Phenom II x4 CPU
4 GB DDR2 RAM
nVidia 9800 GT Video Card (512 MG video Ram)
500 GB SATA Drive (I'm adding a 1TB drive soon, though)

[koleoptero]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1282054

[-grubby]

Let's see...

2.5 Ghz AMD Phenom 9850 x4
4GB DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB
7200 RPM, 500 GB drive.

[cascade9]

Hi All,

I am planning to buy a desktop. What do you suggest me? What do you have? Processor-Dual-core, core duo, Quad-core, i5, i7, E5200, E5300, etc. Ram 2-4-6-8 DDR2 or DDR3. What brand do you suggest? Good place to buy one? OS free model are big saving or not as i already have OS CD?

Regards,
SK

Depends on what you want to do. If you are just using your PC for internet duties, then pretty much any CPU you will buy is fine. Your not going to need more than 2-3GB for internet use as well.

I'd buy a computer without an OS, or get one with linux pre-installed. No need to pay microsoft any more money if your not going to use thier OS.

+1 on what fancypiper said, I build my own PCs (also for friends) so I can choose exactly what goes into the box. Even if your not comfortable with building a PC, its normally possible to get a computer built from parts for a small fee.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1282054

+1

Let this thread die and use the one started in October and is up to 8 pages.

[ZankerH]

Main workstation:

MB: ASUS commando
CPU: Intel C2D E6700 2.67GHz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX 512
Ram: 8GB
Storage: 2*1TB SATA

[Uncle Spellbinder]

BUMP

* to replace the copy thread *

[cascade9]

+1

Let this thread die and use the one started in October and is up to 8 pages.

I think that soham_1207 was more after a 'what hardware should I buy' thead, but somehow its turned into another 'post your system specification' thread. Probably from the name.

[NoaHall]

The CPU's you have listed, OP, are all intel ones. I suggest you get a AMD phenom 2 black edition(940 is good, or 965), and overclock it. Oh, and nvidia graphics.

[donniezazen]

+1

Let this thread die and use the one started in October and is up to 8 pages.

Thanks you guys. Ya lets follow the previous thread.

[jonnyg01]

what is overclocking, and can you do it to an intel core 2 duo?

[donniezazen]

Personally, I prefer to build my own desktop computer and I buy hardware based upon it's support in Linux.

My favorite computer shops:
NewEgg (http://newegg.com/)
Computer Geeks (http://www.geeks.com/)
Price search engine:
Price Watch (http://www.pricewatch.com/)

My system
MOBO Winfast NF4K8AC
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
GeForce 7800 GT video card
2 GB ram
1 TB SATA drive
160 GB SATA drive
SB Live sound card
DVD A DH20A1P DVDRom
Brother printer

Thanks for the reply. I do not have technical knowledge but i would really like to give it a try. I have some questions.

1. Did you follow some tutorial? Do you have to have a PhD in computer hardware to build your computer?
2. Is it significantly cheaper to build your own computer?
3. You would have to deal with different company policies for warranty and other issues, if something is faulty, is it worth?
4. Anything you want to add?

Thanks a lot.

[donniezazen]

what is overclocking, and can you do it to an intel core 2 duo?

Overclocking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking) is the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer, usually practiced by enthusiasts seeking an increase in the performance of their computers.

I have no idea how to do it.

[NoaHall]

johny: Overclocking is the process of running a CPU at a faster clock rate than set by default. This makes them faster.(And hotter).

soham: Building a computer is VERY easy. It's not that much cheaper, but it's much better. It's worth it, for sure.

[cascade9]

Thanks for the reply. I do not have technical knowledge but i would really like to give it a try. I have some questions.

1. Did you follow some tutorial? Do you have to have a PhD in computer hardware to build your computer?
2. Is it significantly cheaper to build your own computer?
3. You would have to deal with different company policies for warranty and other issues, if something is faulty, is it worth?
4. Anything you want to add?

Thanks a lot.

1. Its pretty easy. If you can follow the instructions in a lego kit, you can build a computer.
2. It can be. Depends on what your comparing to, how cheap your source is, and what requirements you have.
3. Yes. Its a pain, and optimally, you dotn want anything to go wrong, but its worth it. Worst case is that something dies after the 'DOA' period (doa= dead on arrival. Normally its 1 week from purchase)
4. Building computers give you much more knowledge and confidence to work on your own, and other peoples systems. Its not for everyone though.


johny: Overclocking is the process of running a CPU at a faster clock rate than set by default. This makes them faster.(And hotter).

That depends. I ran a (admittedly mild) overclock for years, and it had less heat output than standard. If you want to run any major overclocking it normally does end up hotter.

@ soham_1207- overclockign is normally done from the BIOS. You go into the BIOS, change a few settings, save, reboot (then hope it boots stable).

[cariboo]

Merged threads

[donniezazen]

Merged threads

Thanks.

[Dark Aspect]

what is overclocking, and can you do it to an intel core 2 duo?

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=515316

[donniezazen]

3. Yes. Its a pain, and optimally, you dotn want anything to go wrong, but its worth it. Worst case is that something dies after the 'DOA' period (doa= dead on arrival. Normally its 1 week from purchase)


What happens in DOA case? Don't you have warranty for your purchased electronics? How long is it?

[cascade9]

With DOAs, you can just walk into the store (with the hardware in its box and the receipt) and they hand you replacement hardware.

Once things are out of the DOA period, you have to do the same thing, but then you'll wait......and then wait a bit more.....then wait longer.....and you should get replacement hardware then. I've waited over 3 months for one hardware replacement under warranty (an asus a7v 266-e motherboard if anyone cares LOL)

BTW, warranty lengths vary. 1 year, 3 years and 5 years are the most common warranty lengths.

[donniezazen]

With DOAs, you can just walk into the store (with the hardware in its box and the receipt) and they hand you replacement hardware.

Once things are out of the DOA period, you have to do the same thing, but then you'll wait......and then wait a bit more.....then wait longer.....and you should get replacement hardware then. I've waited over 3 months for one hardware replacement under warranty (an asus a7v 266-e motherboard if anyone cares LOL)

BTW, warranty lengths vary. 1 year, 3 years and 5 years are the most common warranty lengths.

Horror. Any other DOA stories. Did you have to wait for 3 months for building your computer?

[cascade9]

That motherboard was out of DOA, or else I would have got a replacement straight away.

I actually knew how it would be at least 1 month, and I couldnt wait that long, so I bought a new motherboard to replace the one that was being fixed under warranty. Which sucked at the time, but when I got a new CPU and power supply later I was over halfway to building a new box.

Edit- @ NoaHall- theres an element of luck in DOAs as well. I've seen one batch of motherboards (abit, so they werent junk) that had over 95% return rate. I guess that someone dropped the shipping container, or somethign like that. But your right, it rarely happens. Apart from those abit boards, I've only had a few DOA parts over hundreds of builds.

[NoaHall]

Horror. Any other DOA stories. Did you have to wait for 3 months for building your computer?

It rarely happens if you buy from good companies. Never happened to me, and I've built hundreds of computers.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

COMPUTER:

* HP Pavilion Elite M9360F

Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300(2.50GHz)
Processor Main Features - 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor - 6MB L2 Cache
Memory - 8GB DDR2 800
Hard Drives - 2 x 500GB SATA 7200RPM
HP Personal Media Drive Bay
Optical Drive - Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology drive
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT with 512MB dedicated video memory (DirectX 10 ready).
Audio - Realtek Integrated High Definition Audio
Ethernet - Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps network interface
Wireless Card - Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n
NTSC TV tuner, over-the-air ATSC high-definition Digital TV tuner, and FM tuner
[Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800 (Model 78xxx, Combo ATSC/QAM)]
HP Media Center remote control with IR (infrared) receiver



EXTERNAL DRIVES:

* Maxtor 200 Gig External Hard Drive
* Western Digital 1 Terabyte External Hard Drive
* Seagate 1 Terabyte External Hard Drive




MONITOR:

* SAMSUNG 2043BWX Widescreen

Screen Size - 20"
Maximum Resolution - 1680 x 1050
Recommended Resolution - 1680 x 1050
Viewing Angle - 170°(H) / 160°(V)
Brightness - 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio - DC 8000:1(1000:1)
Response Time - 5ms
Panel - Active Matrix, TFT LCD
Display Type - WSXGA+
Input Video Compatibility - Analog RGB, Digital
Connectors - D-Sub, DVI-D
D-Sub - 1
DVI - 1
HDMI - No
USB 2.0 - 2

[Exodist]

Of course. Soundcard (Asus xonar stx) has a headphone output in the back as well as a few other features.
Where do you get the Plexiglas from? I am looking to build a Beowulf cabinet in the future and plan on making my own.

[PurposeOfReason]

Where do you get the Plexiglas from? I am looking to build a Beowulf cabinet in the future and plan on making my own.
That's actually a premade case called the Danger Den Torture Rack. If I had to get plexi, I would buy AC Ryan plexi from performance-pcs.com

[Exodist]

That's actually a premade case called the Danger Den Torture Rack. If I had to get plexi, I would buy AC Ryan plexi from performance-pcs.com
Kewl.. Thanks :-)

[Ylon]

Processor: Sempron 2000+
Motherboard: AsRock K7S41GX (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7S41GX)
Graphics Card: GeForce MX440 (http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html)
Memory: 512 MB DDR
Power Source: 350W
HD's: IDE ATA 133 (41.1 GB, 41110142976 byte)
And still rocks thanks to....

OS: Ubuntu 9.10

[PryGuy]

I have been wondering for a long time what people have used to run there *buntu on. So post it to satisfy my curiosity. Specs and pics please.

Yes I really am this bored with that much time on my hands to post about this.

Here's Mine:

Processor: Core i7 920
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified
NIC: EVGA Killer Xeno Pro
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285
Memory: 3x 2gb OCZ 1600mHZ triple-channel
Power Source: 1000W
HD's: 4x 1TB WD RAID
OS: Ubuntu 9.10

Pics:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3903/dscn0371jd.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4589/dscn0375t.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8131/dscn0381.jpg

Wow! A tough server config... How much it cost you, if that's not a secret of course...

[Zoot7]

More pictures please!!

I'm a sucker for pictures of home built setups! :tongue:

[The Real Dave]

Processor: Sempron 2000+
Motherboard: AsRock K7S41GX (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7S41GX)
Graphics Card: GeForce MX440 (http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html)
Memory: 512 MB DDR
Power Source: 350W
HD's: IDE ATA 133 (41.1 GB, 41110142976 byte)
And still rocks thanks to....

OS: Ubuntu 9.10

I just acquired one of those graphics cards today :) What do you think of it?

[dragos240]

Here's mine: (output of lspci on netbook)
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1e Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

[cascade9]

I just acquired one of those graphics cards today :) What do you think of it?

I've got a passive cooled geforce 4MX440 here, still. Somewhere. For all real purposes Its a Geforce 2. Not a bad card though.

[u.b.u.n.t.u]

Processor: AMD 6400+ (3.2Ghz dual core)
Motherboard: Gigabyte (nothing special)
Graphics Card: ATI 4850
Memory: 4GB
Monitor: Asus 22"
OS: Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10

A gaming rig and plays everything I throw at it really well.

[PurposeOfReason]

Here's mine: (output of lspci on netbook)
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1e Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
While you might think this is clever, it's missing quite a few things.

[PariahVayne]

Pentium IV 3Ghz
1Gb Ram.
Geforce FX 5700
2 x 40Gb HDD

[Jason DeRose]

Processor: Intel Xeon W3520 (2.66GHz quad-core Nehalem)
Memory: 12GBs Patriot ECC DDR3 1333 (Unbuffered)
Motherboard: Asus P6T WS Pro
Video: fanless HIS H467PS1GH Radeon HD 4670
Disk: 4 1TB Western Digital RE3 in a 2TB mdadm raid10 f2 array (LVM on that)
Case: Zalman Z-Machine GT1000
Power: Zalman ZM600-HP (600W)
Monitor: 30" Samsung 305T (2560x1600)
OS: 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10
Me: Happy :)



$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [raid10] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
md0 : active raid1 sdb1[2] sda1[0] sdc1[1] sdd1[3]
489856 blocks [4/4] [UUUU]

md1 : active raid10 sda2[0] sdb2[2] sdc2[1] sdd2[3]
1952539648 blocks 256K chunks 2 far-copies [4/4] [UUUU]

unused devices: <none>

[PurposeOfReason]

Final rendition for now.
i5 @ 4Ghz
4GB RAM
ATI 5850
64GB SSD
HHD's (500, 750, 1000GB)
Asus xonar stx

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2012/imag0052n.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/imag0052n.jpg/)

[starcannon]

Heres an lshw -sanitize attachment of mine.

[Zoot7]

Final rendition for now.
i5 @ 4Ghz
4GB RAM
ATI 5850
64GB SSD
HHD's (500, 750, 1000GB)
Asus xonar stx

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2012/imag0052n.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/imag0052n.jpg/)
Nice one.

Just curious, what sort of voltage have you needed on the i5 to get it to 4GHz?

[PurposeOfReason]

Nice one.

Just curious, what sort of voltage have you needed on the i5 to get it to 4GHz?
I think I'm sitting at 1.3875 right now. I set that a long time ago and keep meaning to step it down to see how low I can go because I am 100% sure it is overkill, but I've been lazy and the drop wouldn't be that much, maybe .0075 or so. :P

[JayKay3000]

This is my lightly modded packard bell with parts from my old system that blew up. (psu failure)

So far in about 5 or so years no failures with this one except the old screen and it runs pretty much 24/7. Luckilly eletric is included in the rent.

Screen - I-INC 19 inch screen

Storage - roughly 1.2TB (500gb, 160gb, 160gb (internal) & 1x 400GB (external))

CPU - P4 3.06ghz

PSU - 250watt

GPU - Nvidia Geforce 9500GT (512mb)

Ram - 2GB (4x 512mb)

Motherboard - packard bell sunshine

Burner - Plextor dvd/cd combo drive

OS - Ubuntu 9.10

A good document viewer.

The only bottleneck is really the CPU but i'll end up getting a new system sometime in the future, not worth putting in a new cpu as the mobo is getting a little outdated and would need a new psu. Current one just about handels that load.

Good for older games like Battlefield 2 and fear @ 1280x1024

I've not got a pic up. It looks a bit mauled at the moment as i've been switching the drives a lot (converted the 400gb back to external recently as ran out of psu space :()

[hellion0]

Four currently active:

Main desktop:
AMD Athlon64 3200+ 2.0GHz
1.5 GB DDR
40GB IDE HDD
80GB SATA HDD
120GB SATA HDD
Running Xubuntu 9.10 x64

Secondary desktop:
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
1GB DDR
80GB IDE HDD
200GB IDE HDD
Dual-boots Xubuntu 8.04.3 and Windows XP SP3

Server:
PowerPC G4 450MHz
704MB PC100
160GB IDE HDD
2x120GB IDE HDD
Runs OSX 10.4.11

Laptop:
AMD Mobile AthlonXP 2200+ 1.8GHz
1GB DDR
80GB HDD
Dual-boots Kubuntu 9.10 and Windows XP SP2

[chuina]

Desktop:
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.50GHz
Mainboard : MSI P4M800 with VIA chipset
Graphics : ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
Memory : Twinmos DDR1 BUS 400 size: 768 MiB (512MB+256MB)
Screen : SAMSUNG 14" SyncMaster 551s
Media : ASUS 18X DVD Drive, ASUS 52x max CD DRIVE
Storage : SCSI device - scsi0 Vendor: ATA Model: ST380215A
Storage : SCSI device - scsi1 Vendor: ASUS Model: DVD-E818A
Network :Silicon Labs MobiData EDGE USB Modem Model:MBD-100EU
Network: Huawei ETS-2258 FWT
Network: Prolink PFE100TX
KeyBoard : IBM
Mouse : Vision 3D Optical Mouse
OS : Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) release + RHEL5 + CentOS5

[alexfish]

For Reasons no Mobile Broadband connection

[Zoot7]

I think I'm sitting at 1.3875 right now. I set that a long time ago and keep meaning to step it down to see how low I can go because I am 100% sure it is overkill, but I've been lazy and the drop wouldn't be that much, maybe .0075 or so. :P
Not bad, I gather those i5's can be undervolted even under 1V at stock. I think I needed 1.5V to get my old Q9450 to 4GHz.

I can understand the lazyness, I'm too lazy to even tweak the multiplier from stock despite having it unlocked. :p

[markp1989]

Desktop:

MB: DFI lanparty JR p45-t2rs
CPU: E8400 OC to 4.25ghz
RAM: 4gb ddr2-1000
Storage: 30gb SSD OCZ Vertex
GPU: nvidia 8400
Water cooled for silence :)
Display: 2*17" widescreen @ 1440*900 each

Power Consumption @ load 160W

Server/HTPC

CPU: E5200 @ stock
RAM: 4gb ddr2-800
Storage: 2*1.5tb Samsung F2s soft mounted so i cant hear them
GPU: Nvidia 7300
DISPLAY: 32" lcd 720p
PSU: PicoPSU 150xt

Power consumption at load: 75w

LAPTOP: eeepc 900 no mods.

(im in the same room as both my pcs at night and cant sleep so noise is a factor for me)

[Exodist]

As of today

My main system (Stardust);
- AMD64x2 Windsor 6000+ (3GHz, dual core)
- Biostar TF560 A2+ mobo
- ATI RadeonHD 4850 (512MB, PCI-16x)
- PNY Optima DDR2-800 (dual channel, 4GB (1GBx4))
- Western Digital Raptor HDDs, SATA1.5, 10,000RPM (2X 74GB WD Raptors, RAID0 Stripping)
- Western Digital Caviar 'Blue' HDD, SATA3.0, 7200RPM, 320GB (file storage)
- LiteOn DVD/CD Burner
- Cooler Master Centurion5 ATX Mid-Tower
- Cooler Master 'True Power' 450w Power Supply
- Saitek Eclipse (original) keyboard.
- Logitec LS1 Laser Mouse
- 20" and 19" LCD Monitors, Westing House - BenQ.
- Windows Vista64 / Ubuntu testing (Virtual Box)

My eMac my daughter uses;
- IBM PPC Processor 1Ghz
- ATI Radeon 7200
- 512MB PC133 DRAM
- DVD Player/CD Burner
- Assortment of apple mess.
- Ubuntu Jaunty

[donniezazen]

Hi,

Is it good idea to buy everything at once and build your PC over a weekend or as in my case i am in no hurry so just want to assemble in couple of months so that it doesn't hurt my pocket?

If i do it long way and if i receive a faulty part i will not be able to check it out.

What do you guys think?

Thanks,
SK.

[baddog144]

Current Laptop:
120GB HDD
Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz
15.4" screen
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Soon-to-be-desktop:

CPU: i5 750 -
Mobo: G-B P55-UD3
RAM: 4G Kit DDR3 1333 G.Skill-Ripjaws
HDD: Hitachi 1TB
GPU: 1GB 4670
Case: Lian-Li K60
PSU: Corsair VX550
ODD: Sony-NEC Optiarc AD-7240S
Monitor: 24” 2ms Acer H243HX-Cam
Mouse: MX518

Should be fun :D

[MichealH]

Laptop :

HDD: 120GB (Dual-booting Win7: 70GB Ubuntu: 50GB ROUGHLY)
RAM: 1.5GB (Swap 1GB)
OS: Windows 7 64bit, Ubuntu Karmic 64-bit
Graphics : Im so embarrassed to say: SiS 761 with 2D drivers installed.
CPU: Intel Celeron T1400 @1.75 GHz (At each Core)(DualCore)(Intel 64)
USB's: 4 with some USB 1 controllers (All SiS)

Computer: Packard Bell Easynote MX37-S-200

[ad_267]

Hi,

Is it good idea to buy everything at once and build your PC over a weekend or as in my case i am in no hurry so just want to assemble in couple of months so that it doesn't hurt my pocket?

If i do it long way and if i receive a faulty part i will not be able to check it out.

What do you guys think?

Thanks,
SK.

You could just save up over a couple of months and then buy everything in one weekend. Depending on how long it takes the warranties should be long enough so that you can still take the parts back though if you buy it slowly piece by piece.

[kuritsubaji]

EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW MoBo
Wolfdale E8400 C2Duo 3.0Ghz running @ 4.26Ghz
4Gb DDR2 1066Mhz @ 1080Mhz
2x BFG GTS 250 1Gb ~ SLI
BFG 800W PSU 4 rail (MB/CPU:GPU:GPU:AUX)
5x Samsung 500Gb SATA/3.0 ~ RAID
Audigy2 ZS Platinum
2x Acer AL2216W 22" monitors
Antec full tower server case

Wicked fast and air cooled. OCZ Vanquisher cooling tower keeps the CPU below 105F.:cool:

[donniezazen]

You could just save up over a couple of months and then buy everything in one weekend. Depending on how long it takes the warranties should be long enough so that you can still take the parts back though if you buy it slowly piece by piece.

Thats a good idea.

Thanks.

[SaintDanBert]

Why not use the sysinfo utility to report what *buntu itself thinks is "your system?" You can get the software from the repositories.

I use an Emperor Linux Raven Tablet (Thinkpad X61-tablet) primarily and a home-brew tower as mother ship. I've attached my sysinfo for the tablet.

[Kenny_Strawn]

I have a pretty powerful rig myself: AMD Phenom X4 9750 CPU, 2 GB Kingston DDR2 memory, ECS A770M-A motherboard, 500 GB Western Digital OEM hard drive, VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy SE sound, and Linksys WMP600N Wireless-N Dual-band Wi-Fi.

Everything works with Linux Mint 8, although I have to admit: The graphics card mentioned needs a proprietary driver (FGLRX) to work.

What are your system specs?