Computers Anyone?

[Metasteel]

My hobbies include chemistry, biology, phyiscs, and basically all forms of science, but since lab equippment is so hard to get a hold I also have a hobby of computers and technology and love building computer and programming :dance: (I'm not a very good programmer). Anyway here's a few pictures of my computer I recently built.

[Metasteel]

Also, here's a coupple pictures of my desktop. It varies greatly depending on my mood. If you can't tell I am running the Linux OS, if anyone has ever heard of it. It's a good chance that the server on which Cannabis.com is running on is currently tunning linux.

[Metasteel]

Here's my Desktop:

[Lucifuge]

Looks like mine with all the messy wires everywhere. What are your specs?

[Metasteel]

Looks like mine with all the messy wires everywhere. What are your specs?

AMD Athlon64 3200+ (Going to OC to 2.4GHz when i get better cooling.)
Patriot Memory 1GB (2 x 512)
Asus A8N-SLI socket 939
XFX Geforce4 6600GT
Western Digital 250GB Hardrive
Enermax Noisetaker 600W PSU
Sony DVD-RW CD drive

And I've got a nice MX518 mouse and glass mouse pad for gaming.
And I don't mind the messy wires as long as it works. :D

[Th3 sand m4n]

nice metasteel we happen to have the same mother board :)

[Metasteel]

Nothing like putting togethor your own PC. Makes a good stash hiding spot too.

[spiked666killer]

Untill it gets hot and the bag goes up in flames.
I was in to hot swamping and soft modding xboxs with pc Ide cables. And just have a burnt copy of Krazys mod. Ahh the good old days.

[IanCurtisWishlist]

Here's my Desktop:

I became a Linux convert when I was like 14. I only run Red Hat Linux on my computer now. It never ever crashes, ever. Linux and UNIX OS are as stable as a rock. Yeah so what, I like to read up on my Linux hacking (Eric S. Raymond and Richard Stallman are idols of mine)...

Your desk top is much nicer than mine. I usually don't care to make it fancy and to customize it.

[Metasteel]

A fellow Linux Junkie :) . The distro I am running right now is Fedora Core 5, which is based off Red Hat Enterprise of course. I have tried just about everything: SUSE, Gentoo, Mandriva, and Debian. Fedora just fits my needs nicely. And I love to have some eye candy on my desktop so I can tell all my friends "See, look how much nicer Linux is". Linux really is rock stable though. Going to start a server on it soon and start my own forums.

[babystarbud]

hey cool, im into computers too, did my first upgrade a few months back because i got the game "oblivion" and it just wouldnt run very well....so i thought id do a bit of DIY on the case aswell

AMD 64 3400
2 x 1 gig corsair RAM, up from 512mb
overclocked AGP nvidia 7800 GS, up from a 570o lol
Jeantech arctic psu, 600w
some random fans and neon light.

[babystarbud]

anyone know if an FM modulator ( like whats used to link ipods to hi-fi)can be adapted to stream audio to my hi-fi in the room next door?

i dont want to run cables, and dont want the expence/hastle of a wireless network...and i really wanna use my pc as a jukebox, cos ive built up a ridiculously huge archive of mp3's...ive got quite a good hi-fi set up, and it seems kinda wasted by not hooking it up to the computer.

[Metasteel]

anyone know if an FM modulator ( like whats used to link ipods to hi-fi)can be adapted to stream audio to my hi-fi in the room next door?

i dont want to run cables, and dont want the expence/hastle of a wireless network...and i really wanna use my pc as a jukebox, cos ive built up a ridiculously huge archive of mp3's...ive got quite a good hi-fi set up, and it seems kinda wasted by not hooking it up to the computer.
Hmm, I am not entire sure. It would probably require some sort of mod but I am sure it could be done with some thought.

Here check out this forum:
http://yoshi.us/forums/

Very good Tech oriented forum if you want to learn a lot about computers.

[babystarbud]

cheers for that, ill check it out.

ive seen modulators that are used in cars with no cd player to link a cd multi changer up to the stereo, im sure i could hook one of those up to a modified line-out cable from the sound card.....

hmmmmm.... ( strokes chin repeatedly ) lol

[Big Calhoun]

Handsome 'computer geek' here, LOL! Everyone calls me a computer geek but I'm far from it. I just happen to be knowledgable. Anywayyyyy..............

Currently, I'm all laptops. I travel alot for work and have always lived in apartments so laptops make sense:

Ascentia M series, IBM ThinkPad 760XL, Vaio PCG-XV500, Vaio NVR-190, Vaio v505, Toshiba Libretto L5W (reloaded with linux), and a Fujitsu P7010D (dual boot, Windows XP/Fedora Core 4).

Here's a sample of what I carry around everyday for work:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y149/CBuchanon/img002.jpg

The Fujitsu and Toshiba are always with me. I think they weigh a total of 5 lbs, combined!

[Th3 sand m4n]

this thread proves not all stoners are stupid! :smokin:

[Metasteel]

this thread proves not all stoners are stupid! :smokin:

Haha. I am by no means stupid. Most of my friends think I am a friggin genius. I tell them weed makes you smarter; unfortunately they also think I am insane and will be the one to destroy the world one day. Oh well. :smokin:

[S.P.Q.R.]

I'm a total PC geek, here's my specs to my newest custom build;

AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Antec 550W PSU
eVGA Geforce 7800GT
1GB Corsair Valueselect RAM
250GB WD HDD
ASUS A8N-SLI mobo

It's also in a really nice Aspire case, i'll take pics when I get my camera back (a friend has it). I use Windows XP on this one... I used to use Kubuntu Linux, but I didn't like it much.


Haha. I am by no means stupid. Most of my friends think I am a friggin genius. I tell them weed makes you smarter; unfortunately they also think I am insane and will be the one to destroy the world one day. Oh well. :smokin:

Haha my friends say the same shit "Man, you're a miniacal genious! Stoner/metalheads shouldn't be that smart!". :cool:

[Metasteel]

I'm a total PC geek, here's my specs to my newest custom build;

AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Antec 550W PSU
eVGA Geforce 7800GT
1GB Corsair Valueselect RAM
250GB WD HDD
ASUS A8N-SLI mobo

It's also in a really nice Aspire case, i'll take pics when I get my camera back (a friend has it). I use Windows XP on this one... I used to use Kubuntu Linux, but I didn't like it much.



Haha my friends say the same shit "Man, you're a miniacal genious! Stoner/metalheads shouldn't be that smart!". :cool:

I wanted a 7800GT. :mad: Put two of them bitches in SLI. It's rediculous things they have now like the 7900GTX EXtreme which you can buy four of to make Quad-SLI. Who does that shit? People with too much money.

[Harry Pot Head]

anyone know if an FM modulator ( like whats used to link ipods to hi-fi)can be adapted to stream audio to my hi-fi in the room next door?

i dont want to run cables, and dont want the expence/hastle of a wireless network...and i really wanna use my pc as a jukebox, cos ive built up a ridiculously huge archive of mp3's...ive got quite a good hi-fi set up, and it seems kinda wasted by not hooking it up to the computer.

Yes it can but your better off with this

http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=FM25B

Works great i built one and love it.:cool: :cool: :stoned: :stoned: :stoned:

[babystarbud]

SLI or crossfire for that matter is just a white elephant.
its just the different graphix companies showing what they can do with limited tech.

no one is dumb enough to buy that stuff unless they got lots of money and dont know what they are talking about.

sats show that the mother board and CPU gets bottle necks of info, and thats what slows the system down (with a high-end graphics card).

its silly buying 2 x SLI 7900's when theres directx 10 just around the corner.

all the above stuff hasnt got any progs to take advantage of the tech anyway.

[HazmatTHC]

Hello hello.

Unfortunatly, my enermax Liberty is a POS PSU and fizzled my BFG 7800 GTX OC 256 PCI-e :( so im left with an awesome rig, and no vid card lol.

Specs:

AMD FX-60 skt 939
Asus A8N32-SLI DX
4 Gig of OCZ Platinum EL ram
3 Raptor 10K RPM 74.4 Gig HDD's + 1 more Raptor leftover * need a RAID card *
1 250 Gig HDD * my media disc *
7.1 Surround Sound creative Audigy 2zs platinum * not platinum pro *
ATI tv tuner card
Soon to be an XFX Nvidia Geforce 7900GTX 512MB PCI-E Video Card, and then eventually SLI of the card.

Now for the "cool"parts.
Vapochill A/C phase change CPU cooling "-50 celcious"
Thermaltake Armour Full Tower case black w/ acrylic door.
5 Fans on the inside of the case.
Thermaltake 680watt PSU * my old good PSU *
dvd-rw burner
cd-rw burner
cd-rom drive
Aerocool CoolWatch fan controller / LCD Display / 20-in-1 Card Reader - Black

OC'ing:
VId Card: As far as it will go... simple enough
CPU: somewhere in the 3ghz range. will have to make some time to OC it.

I dont think ive missed anything :confused:

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[walterpklondike]

cool boxs, i just got my a+ hardware cert.! yehaww not bad for an 34 year old ex stoner jock! Im not even in the comp buisness im a mason. just wanted to know how they were put together. Im a mac head and the people i took the class w, got tired of my mac talk! redneck reggea botonist out!

[Smoove]

Nice... stoner DIY'ers!!!

Here's my rig:

Case - Aspire Q XPACK (Blue)
Motherboard - Biostar T-Force 6100 939
CPU - AMD Opteron 148 @ 2.8ghz 28c idle 45c load
Heatsink - Zalman 7700cu
Ram - (2) 1 GB sticks of PC4000 Corsair Platinums 166 divider 2.5-3-3-6 timings
Videocard - Sapphire X800GTO2 (BIOS Flashed to enable 16 pipes)
Heatsink - Zalman VF700cu
Harddrives - (2) Western Digital 120gb 8mb cache 7200 rpm
Optical - (2) Lite-on DVD Burners (Black Bezel)
Powersupply - Antec Smartpower 2.0 500 watt madular
Soundcard - Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Smoove910/Picture952.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Smoove910/Picture940.jpg

[somethingfunny]

I used to be way into it, a couple months ago and bought some really nice stuff- here it goes

opteron 144 [email protected]
dfi nf4 ultra-d
gskill zx 2x1gb 244mhz 2.5-3-2-6
x1900xt 700/800mhz
antec p160 case
enermax whisper ii 535w
watercooled (thinking i might sell it for some extra cash though)

I had a 165 at one point that ran [email protected]. I deleted all my screenies though in an effort to free up some space :( Only saved like 50MB, pffft.. they are probably buried somewhere in a thread on xtremesystems though, if you can find them, great..

[Professor Dan K.]

i hide my dank and my pipe in the extra drive slots too lol, nice spot because its not in view of anyone standing at my door, and its in a little box so nobody will ever know

[somethingfunny]

rofl, that is a good idea.. I've been using my guitar amp and it is way too damn dusty in there

[MagicGrow]

No pics but specs:
Pc1 Built 11 months ago was alot of money back then.
Antec Sonata 2 case
Enermax 535w sli psu
AMD 64 X2 4200+
2 gb ocz performance el ram
2 X Asus N7800 GTX-E 256 PCI-E
74 GB Raptor 16 mb cache
160 GB seagate SATA
Sound Blaster X-FI Sound Card
Monior used with this Samsung 955 DF

Pc 2
Custom case went crazy with the hole saw and modded like mad 9 case fans
2 60 mm on top 2 80 mm left pannel 2 80 mm on right 2 back 1 front
+cpufan+videocardfan and psu fan thats 12 fans in total.
Inner part of case painted blue
AMD Athlon 2800+ oc'd to 3200+ can do alot higher unlocked cpu
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe ' - adding new heatsink to cpu for better oc
Thermaltake Purepower 480W
1 GB OCZ - adding on more ram another gb
Ati Radeon 9250 128mb - buying a X700-X850 for it this week
120 Gb seageate sata hdd
onboard sound

[jamstigator]

I used to build my own, but got lazy the last few years.

We have two computers. The first, and oldest, is a Dell XPS Gen4, 3.6 ghz single core P4, with 650 gigs of internal HDs, and 900 gigs of external HDs, an ATI 850XT video card, decent Creative sound card (whatever preceded the XFis), TV tuner, 2 gigs of memory, DVD-ROM and a DVR writer, two sets of keyboards and mice (wired and wireless), with a 19" monitor, and also connected to a 32" LCD TV, with the sound run through a 5.1 700-watt Pioneer stereo. Also connected to a Roland RS-70 synthesizer. This is the machine I usually use.

The other is a Gateway dual-core (not Core 2 Duo though), 3.4 ghz, 2 gigs of ram, an ATI X1900 video card, a 20" widescreen monitor, TV card, SoundBlaster XFi, wired mouse and keyboard, 500 gigs of internal HD, 300 gigs external. (For a total of 2350 gigs, or 2.35 terabytes, spread across both machines.) This is the machine the woman usually uses.

[Totalpain]

Nice desktop somethingfunny, I really like it.

I just recently bought a dual-core Gateway aswell. 1Gig ram....Radeon X1900 pci express, I was aiming for a cheap nice pc to upgrade from my shitty outdated dell so I could play World Of warcraft and download stuff with better capabilities. :)

Cheers

Total

[shilling]

to ask a random question please,
what is a good way of controlling a PC from a Mac within the same LAN?

[shilling]

s'orite, found a microsoft applet called remote desktop connection that will allow mac to control/view PC.

[SpiritLevel]

I too build computers now and again. First was a 486 DX4-100, who remembers them? Then a 1100 Duron (red hat), then a 1300 Duron (SuSE), one or two for other peeps, then a P4 3.2Ghz (dual boot winshit and SuSE) (probly the best machine I've had but sold to an old dealer to finish off his shyt studio); lastly a 2400 Sempron (winshyt) which is shyt compared to the P4.

Currently using a cheap ass system;
2400+ Sempron (1.65Ghz or something)
256MB RAM
Asus cheap motherboard
GeForce 5200 128MB graphics
2 * Pioneer DVR-110
120GB, 80GB and 20GB HDDs
HDD & Bay coolers

Gee, such a crappy cheap machine.. I want my P4 back!!!!!