The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread

drivemyway · 29th December 2006, 07:56

dell latitude D610
Pentium m 2.13 GHz
60 GB Harddisk
2 GB DDR Ram

krazykul · 6th January 2007, 22:46

Mine is

Processor - Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHZ
Memory - 512 MB DDR RAM. Paging 32000MB
Hard Disk - 1) 80 GB Seagate Baraccuda
2) 250 GB Seagate Baraccuda
HDD Partitions - 8
DVD Writer - Pioneer DVR110D

theEnd · 12th January 2007, 22:54

Apple Macbook Pro 15.4"

2 Ghz Intel Core Duo
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
80 GB HDD (definitely not enough)
ATI Radeon X1600 Graphics Card with 128 MB VRAM
SuperDrive (burns and reads everything)

Running Mac OSX and Windows XP

esteem_lover · 12th January 2007, 23:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikhilb2008

My uncle bought a complete system fro, the US including a 19" LCD. He forgot to switch the power supple to 220v(there is a small switch on the PSU) and the PSU blw up.

He called the DELL technician and even though he hadnt bought the comp in India, the Dell guy was there the next day in Mysore and fixed the comp.

I was really impressed with this.

a similar experience for my brother. he had purchased a compaq in japan & he had a hard disk failure & simply tried calling on the compaq service here in madras & he was handed a new hdd, they did not even exchange it, he was given a new one. now he has 2 Hdds.

Tool · 16th January 2007, 06:44

Hello everyone.. umm here are my 2 computers...1 PC and 1 MAc Book Pro

PC:
Processor : Amd 5000 X2 (Dual core 64 bit)
Ram: 4 Gb Corsair Pro PC3500 Mhz (Cas Latency 2)
Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800 GTX in SLI (1.5 GB Video Ram)
Power Supply : Antec True Power II 550 Watt Psu
Motherboard : Asus A8N32SLI-Deluxe
Sound Cards : Motu 828 MKII & RME Hammerfall Multiface II ( Both running in Sync and capable of 36 channels @ 96Khz each)
Hard Drives : External
250 Gb Lacie Triple Interface D2 external HDD (Firewire800/400 & USB2.0)
250 GB Io-Mega External Hard Drive(Fire Wire 400 & USB2.0)
500 Gb x2 Wstern Digital My Book Pro External Hard Drives (Total 1 TB)
80 Gb Western Digital Pocket HDD ( USB Powered)
Hard Drives : Internal
36 Gb SCSI II LVD Seagate Cheeta 10,000 Rpm HDD ( Boot Drive)
80 Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm HDD ( Secondary Boot Drive)
200 GB IDE Western Digital Caviar 7,200 Rpm HDD
200 GB x2 Sata 1.0 Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm HDD's (400 GB Total)
320 GB x2 Sata 2.0 Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm Perpendicular Write HDD's (640 Gb total)
Optical Drives:
Lite-On DVD DL 16 DVD writer
Sony DVD DL 16 DVD writer
Monitor :
Sony 19" CRT Multiscan G400 (Dell 24 inch widescreen 2047WFP with HDCP for Blue-Ray On Order)
Speakers:
Genelec 1031A Near-Feild Monitors.
Mackie SRM450 Far-Feild Monitors.
-------
Mac Book Pro 17 inch with 2 GB Ram & Superdrive.
This runs pro-tools in sync via Word Clock Lock with Nuendo/Cubase on the Pc.

Thats About It.
and yes i love computers heheh im a total self confesed computer GEEK . LOL

Boom

Rehaan · 16th January 2007, 08:03

Ok Tool..... you win!!

Its just a shame that with all that good equipment you dont have a keyboard or mouse to do it justice

cya
R

ps - If Al Gore ever wants to back up the internet on someone's PC i know who he will go to!...lol

Tool · 16th January 2007, 08:08

heheheh yep i knew i was forgetting something.. LOL
yep got me a OLDDD logitech wireless keyboard and a logitech Trackman

dont like Mice.. lol

tsk1979 · 16th January 2007, 11:07

Hey Tool, what do you run on that system? Nuclear simulation or something!!?
Thats the most rocking config I have ever seen in this thread. Get a nice mouse and keyboard!

sammyboy · 16th January 2007, 11:30

@Tool , wow bro ,thats some configuration ..

ghostrider4385 · 16th January 2007, 11:38

My new comp got delivered today!

Apple MacBook (white)
2.00Ghz Core 2 Duo processor
2 gb DDR2 ram (originally comes with 1gb ram <2 512mb>)
120gb SATA hdd (originally comes with a 80gb hdd)
13.3" diagonal glossy screen
Intel 953 64bit video card (sucky, but can't help it)
Dual OS's: Mac OS X Tiger and Windows XP (both can run at the same time in different windows thanks to parallels)
Slot superdrive dvd dual-layer writer (not too fast, not too slow either)
Wireless mighty mouse
Built in Airport extreme card
Airport Extreme Base station
Built in sucky VGA iSight cam
Creative 5.1 speakers

Technocrat · 16th January 2007, 11:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsk1979

Thats the most rocking config I have ever seen in this thread. Get a nice mouse and keyboard!

Hehe you forgot my (Old and)Humble config

Quote:

Originally Posted by Technocrat

Ok guys, here's my machine's humble configuration

Quad Processor Xeon Box, with 4 GB RAM
40 GB x 4 SCSI Hot swappable Harddrives (15000 RPM Each) running RAID 10.
With nVidia Graphics Accelarator Card.

17" Samsung Monitor
52 x CD-Rom
QWERTY keyboard & a mouse

Sorry No speakers :(

J/k

Sadly this machine is no more with me :|

Great Config Tool what are you using it for ?

esteem_lover · 16th January 2007, 11:38

I always knew the name Tool would have some sort of connection. now i see it. are you the planet's database guy or something ???? 2,936 GB ? almost 3 TB. what the heck ??? i cant keep track of 80 GB of stuff. (Just kidding) your cabinet must be 2 storeys tall to accomodate that many drives.

rajismine · 16th January 2007, 12:48

Here it is :

Desktop -
Make: IBM
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHZ 800 MHZ 512 L2 Cache
Motherboard - Intel Motherboard
Memory - 1024 MB DDR RAM
Hard Disk - 80 GB HDD @ 5400 RPM
Cabinet - IBM
DVD Rom Drive - IBM
CDRW - Samsung
Monitor - 17' IBM
Mouse - IBM

Laptop -

Dell Latitude D600
Processor - Intel Pentium M 1.6 GHZ
Memory - 768 MB DDR RAM
Hard Disk - 40 GB @ 7200 RPM
Graphic Card - 9000 ATi Mobility Radeon with Open GL
CD/DVD Rom Drive - Combo
Screen - 14'
Mouse - Dell
WiFi Ready (802.11b)
Bluetooth

low_bass_makker · 16th January 2007, 16:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tool

Hard Drives : Internal
36 Gb SCSI II LVD Seagate Cheeta 10,000 Rpm HDD ( Boot Drive)
80 Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm HDD ( Secondary Boot Drive)
200 GB IDE Western Digital Caviar 7,200 Rpm HDD
200 GB x2 Sata 1.0 Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm HDD's (400 GB Total)
320 GB x2 Sata 2.0 Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm Perpendicular Write HDD's (640 Gb total)
Optical Drives:
Lite-On DVD DL 16 DVD writer
Sony DVD DL 16 DVD writer

Speakers:
Genelec 1031A Near-Feild Monitors.
Mackie SRM450 Far-Feild Monitors.

7 HDD and @ 2 opticals in one case......

which cabinet are you using.........any pics.....

and the speakers also if you dont mind.........

iraghava · 16th January 2007, 16:53

Damn Tool that's one hell of a config, I think LBM's right some pics are in order!

And do you by any chance work for the FBI or Homeland Security?

29th December 2006, 07:56	#361
drivemyway Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mysore Posts: 7 Thanked: 0 Times	dell latitude D610 Pentium m 2.13 GHz 60 GB Harddisk 2 GB DDR Ram
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6th January 2007, 22:46	#362
krazykul Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 18 Thanked: 0 Times	Mine is Processor - Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHZ Memory - 512 MB DDR RAM. Paging 32000MB Hard Disk - 1) 80 GB Seagate Baraccuda 2) 250 GB Seagate Baraccuda HDD Partitions - 8 DVD Writer - Pioneer DVR110D
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12th January 2007, 22:54	#363
theEnd BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 534 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	Apple Macbook Pro 15.4" 2 Ghz Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 80 GB HDD (definitely not enough) ATI Radeon X1600 Graphics Card with 128 MB VRAM SuperDrive (burns and reads everything) Running Mac OSX and Windows XP
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16th January 2007, 06:44	#365
Tool BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 351 Thanked: 4 Times View My Garage	Hello everyone.. umm here are my 2 computers...1 PC and 1 MAc Book Pro PC: Processor : Amd 5000 X2 (Dual core 64 bit) Ram: 4 Gb Corsair Pro PC3500 Mhz (Cas Latency 2) Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800 GTX in SLI (1.5 GB Video Ram) Power Supply : Antec True Power II 550 Watt Psu Motherboard : Asus A8N32SLI-Deluxe Sound Cards : Motu 828 MKII & RME Hammerfall Multiface II ( Both running in Sync and capable of 36 channels @ 96Khz each) Hard Drives : External 250 Gb Lacie Triple Interface D2 external HDD (Firewire800/400 & USB2.0) 250 GB Io-Mega External Hard Drive(Fire Wire 400 & USB2.0) 500 Gb x2 Wstern Digital My Book Pro External Hard Drives (Total 1 TB) 80 Gb Western Digital Pocket HDD ( USB Powered) Hard Drives : Internal 36 Gb SCSI II LVD Seagate Cheeta 10,000 Rpm HDD ( Boot Drive) 80 Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm HDD ( Secondary Boot Drive) 200 GB IDE Western Digital Caviar 7,200 Rpm HDD 200 GB x2 Sata 1.0 Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm HDD's (400 GB Total) 320 GB x2 Sata 2.0 Seagate Barracuda 7.200 Rpm Perpendicular Write HDD's (640 Gb total) Optical Drives: Lite-On DVD DL 16 DVD writer Sony DVD DL 16 DVD writer Monitor : Sony 19" CRT Multiscan G400 (Dell 24 inch widescreen 2047WFP with HDCP for Blue-Ray On Order) Speakers: Genelec 1031A Near-Feild Monitors. Mackie SRM450 Far-Feild Monitors. ------- Mac Book Pro 17 inch with 2 GB Ram & Superdrive. This runs pro-tools in sync via Word Clock Lock with Nuendo/Cubase on the Pc. Thats About It. and yes i love computers heheh im a total self confesed computer GEEK . LOL Boom Last edited by Tool : 16th January 2007 at 06:46.
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16th January 2007, 08:03	#366
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,277 Thanked: 35,142 Times	Ok Tool..... you win!! Its just a shame that with all that good equipment you dont have a keyboard or mouse to do it justice cya R ps - If Al Gore ever wants to back up the internet on someone's PC i know who he will go to!...lol
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16th January 2007, 08:08	#367
Tool BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 351 Thanked: 4 Times View My Garage	heheheh yep i knew i was forgetting something.. LOL yep got me a OLDDD logitech wireless keyboard and a logitech Trackman dont like Mice.. lol
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16th January 2007, 11:07	#368
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,724 Thanked: 22,967 Times View My Garage	Hey Tool, what do you run on that system? Nuclear simulation or something!!? Thats the most rocking config I have ever seen in this thread. Get a nice mouse and keyboard!
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16th January 2007, 11:30	#369
sammyboy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ggn/Dehradun Posts: 1,842 Thanked: 523 Times View My Garage	@Tool , wow bro ,thats some configuration ..
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16th January 2007, 11:38	#370
ghostrider4385 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 389 Thanked: 12 Times	My new comp got delivered today! Apple MacBook (white) 2.00Ghz Core 2 Duo processor 2 gb DDR2 ram (originally comes with 1gb ram <2 512mb>) 120gb SATA hdd (originally comes with a 80gb hdd) 13.3" diagonal glossy screen Intel 953 64bit video card (sucky, but can't help it) Dual OS's: Mac OS X Tiger and Windows XP (both can run at the same time in different windows thanks to parallels) Slot superdrive dvd dual-layer writer (not too fast, not too slow either) Wireless mighty mouse Built in Airport extreme card Airport Extreme Base station Built in sucky VGA iSight cam Creative 5.1 speakers Last edited by ghostrider4385 : 16th January 2007 at 11:39.
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16th January 2007, 11:38	#372
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 506 Times View My Garage	I always knew the name Tool would have some sort of connection. now i see it. are you the planet's database guy or something ???? 2,936 GB ? almost 3 TB. what the heck ??? i cant keep track of 80 GB of stuff. (Just kidding) your cabinet must be 2 storeys tall to accomodate that many drives.
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16th January 2007, 12:48	#373
rajismine BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 539 Thanked: 281 Times View My Garage	Here it is : Desktop - Make: IBM Processor - Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHZ 800 MHZ 512 L2 Cache Motherboard - Intel Motherboard Memory - 1024 MB DDR RAM Hard Disk - 80 GB HDD @ 5400 RPM Cabinet - IBM DVD Rom Drive - IBM CDRW - Samsung Monitor - 17' IBM Mouse - IBM Laptop - Dell Latitude D600 Processor - Intel Pentium M 1.6 GHZ Memory - 768 MB DDR RAM Hard Disk - 40 GB @ 7200 RPM Graphic Card - 9000 ATi Mobility Radeon with Open GL CD/DVD Rom Drive - Combo Screen - 14' Mouse - Dell WiFi Ready (802.11b) Bluetooth
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16th January 2007, 16:53	#375
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 272 Times View My Garage	Damn Tool that's one hell of a config, I think LBM's right some pics are in order! And do you by any chance work for the FBI or Homeland Security?
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