OK ... Let's see your Computer

[Bluedog]

Don't be bashful as I think most here have a camera by now. I'll start and these were taken with an Olympus 520 2MP camera before I even new what photoshop was ... :o

Custom built by me with the following specifications:

Antec Super Lanboy Case|Pentium 4 3.0C|Swiftech MCX478V CPU Cooler
CPU: Antec 480 Watt True Blue
OS: Win XP sp2
Mobo: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe rev2.0|Antec True Blue 480
RAM: Corsair XMS 1024MB 3200C2PT rev. 4
Video: eVGA 6800GT
Storage: Western Digital 120 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Audio: SB Audigy2 zs|Klipsch ProMedia THX 2.1

P4 3.0C @ 3.5 GHz (for over a year now) 1:1 235 FSB|Corsair XMS 1024-3200C2PT @ 2.5-3-3-6 |PAT enabled ... a gaming and photo processing machine ... :D

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/1350/p10100491pg.jpg

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/7696/untitled5rd.png

[TheObiJuan]

I just have a laptop. All of my moey goes to my gear. Sadly, I really mean all...

:p

[meillana]

that's a neat rig you have there bluedog.
would you still believe i own an amd k62-500 sloth at home? :eek:
on my way to get me a new one tho....

[aparmley]

Holy Cow - Just look at the cable management skills at work inside of the belly of Bluedogs box! WooooooWeeeee its pretty. Thats impressive blue.
Do I see a Dinosaur 3.5 inch floppy drive - has to be its ribbon cable is going to the smaller floppy IDE motherboard header, unless i've been out of the game for too long?? I can't post pictures of them right now, but I will list some specs for ya...
Sony Laptop
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Stock everything, Nothing special so I'll keep it simple
15.4 inch screen
P4 2.8Ghz
512MB RAM
60GB HD
WinXP SP2

Modified HP
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Antec Performance plus SOHO Server case 480 watt power supply + 5 80mm fans.
P4 2.8 Ghz
1 GB Ram
Nvidia FX5500 256MB + Tuner
250GB Seagate HD
Win XP MC 2005 (upgraded from 2004 - nightmare!)
MS wireless keyboard and mouse
Creative Audigy2 ZS Gamer with CREATIVE GigaWorks S700 560 Watts 5.1 Speakers

Custom Built PC - by myself as well
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Antec Solutions mini tower case + 2 120mm fans
Sony 17" LCD monitor
AMD Athlon64 3000+
GIGABYTE GA-K8NS PRO Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard
WD 80GB HDD
512MB Kingston Ram
Creative Audigy 2 + 2.1 creative I=trigue 43 watters (woooweeee LOL)
- Built this for my girlfriend so she'd stay off of mine... but I am liking this damn computer alot... AMD really impressed me with there Athlon 64 chips.

Future Plans -
Build a beast -


Antec Performance I P180 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

eVGA 256-P2-N528-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card x 2 in SLI formation

AMD Athlon 64 FX55 ClawHammer Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADAFX55ASBOX

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Activity LEDs Model TWINX2048-3200C2PRO x 2 for 4GB

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3120026A 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive x 2 for OS raid 1


Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS-RK 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - photo storage

Microsoft N86-00009 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - OEM
Model #: N86-00009

LG L1981Q Black-Silver 19" 8ms LCD Monitor x 2

Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 N48-00019 Silver 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - OEM
Model #: N48-00019

LG White IDE DVD Burner Model GSA-4163BI x 2

Update Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2

That'll set you back about $5,000... :D

[Bluedog]

Thanks guys ... aparmley thats a pretty good list there. I built another for my son similar to mine but running the P4 Prescott Core. I still use the Floppy on occasions to backup certain files and have a few testing applications like Prime95 on Floppy Disk. At one point I had done some video card flashing that required it use. I'm using a ViewSonic VP171b Pro Series LCD Monitor.

Gotta be some more with custom built rigs ... :o

[ekk]

this is a pic of my computer area. dual monitor (lcd's) setup. oh and the fan blowing into the pc, only because i have 4 HD in there and i dont want it to get too hot lol. the cpu itself runs nice and cool without it. :D

http://www.superhonda.com/photopost/data/519/59368IMG_1516.jpg

[Rex914]

I'll post a picture later. It's a decent laptop with a really great screen resolution (for editing photos). I'm still in the agonizing process of getting approval for my 20D, and I'm already offering not to replace my laptop until further notice (it's going on its fourth year which wouldn't be bad if it weren't for physical damage to the laptop and a HD failure earlier this year).

Compaq Presario 2800T (Year: 2001)
15" UXGA TFT (1600 x 1200)
Pentium 4-M 1.6 GHz
512 MB DDR SDRAM
40 GB HD (5400 rpm)
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 64 MB
CD/RW Combo Drive and the rest....

[aparmley]

I'm using a ViewSonic VP171b Pro Series LCD Monitor.

Very nice! I was looking at the 19"s until LG dropped those crisp sharp looking LCDs on the market... I saw those and forgot all about the Viewsonics... but should not have because those are great monitors....

Ya I agree, when you custom build your list is never ending.... but thats the great thing about it too, its a curse and a blessing because I am wanting to upgrade my HP system, but the motherboard is the problem.... I can't fit more memory in it unless I render a stick of 512 useless... so thats a waste and so on and so forth, but if you think ahead when custom building, you can get more mileage out of your motherboard and continue upgrading in the future... Its a great thing I love it... I just wish there was more dough for this type of thing... I have certainly picked up some expensive hobbies... you know some people cross-stitch, for others its a night out at the local VFW for some full contact Bingo, but no, I had to go and get intrerested in building custom computers and shooting pictures with DSLRs.. LOL

[aparmley]

Ok so I edited my first post in this thread, I hadn't been looking at componets for a while... I have updated that post with my wish list for my new AMD Monster. My nextgen Gaming/photo processing box.

[ReF]

nice setup Blue, but how is 120 gigs storage enough for your 8mp camera? so far i'm up to about 90gigs for just my photos and most aren't even processed yet!

[Bluedog]

So far I'm running about 50% capacity as I'm trying to get in the habit transferring the originals and saved TIFF's to DVD but I still have a lot on the hard drive. Everything in my PBase Gallery is 800x533 .jpgs mostly so I keep a separate folder for those images.


http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/1583/untitled8kq.jpg

[EAP]

Here is a photo of my computer... :eek:

[aparmley]

LOL - EAP

Shes pretty!

[ReF]

So far I'm running about 50% capacity as I'm trying to get in the habit transferring the originals and saved TIFF's to DVD but I still have a lot on the hard drive. Everything in my PBase Gallery is 800x533 .jpgs mostly so I keep a separate folder for those images.


http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/1583/untitled8kq.jpg

blue, are you also occasionally getting giant 150-200mb tiff files from your processed images? i was kinda surprised when i first started processing 16bit tiffs. i know some guys are getting 500mb-1gig files from there huge MP cameras and/or panos, but 200mb for a single shot is already a lot to me.

[aparmley]

I know that when I open my 3.3 mb image in PSE3.0, even if it is just to up the contrast a smidge, it ends up saving as a 22.5MB file... ouch!

[ReF]

I know that when I open my 3.3 mb image in PSE3.0, even if it is just to up the contrast a smidge, it ends up saving as a 22.5MB file... ouch!

i hear ya ;)

[Rhys]

I have a PC and a server in Britain. I have no photos but I can tell you that they're pretty custom-designed.

Server - runs SME Linux
Contains 4 x 40gb drives in RAID pairs
1 x 3.5" floppy drive.
1x CDROM drive.
No keyboard.
No screen.
256mb DDR 3100
AMD 1700
NIC

connected via a 100mb ethernet switch and CAT 5 cabling to...

my PC, My mother's PC and my laptop.

my PC (self-built) Xp Pro
15" LCD screen
AMD 2200
512MB DDR 3100
AT Keyboard + adaptor
16 x CD writer
4 x DVD writer
2 x 40 GB HDD
RAID card
CF card reader
SD card reader
Modem (external)
NIC
LS-120

my mother's PC (self-built) Win 98
166 mhz CPU (super socket 7)
192mb RAM
NIC
ATX keyboard + adaptor
3.5" drive
CDRom
14" CRT

my laptop NT4
32mb RAM
150mhz CPU
3.5" floppy drive
NIC

Actually, that's how the system used to be. I binned the laptop some while ago after it broke for the Nth time.

My mother's PC is hardly ever used.

The server and my PC are lovingly stored in a warehouse at the moment until I can ship them over to America.

[Bluedog]

blue, are you also occasionally getting giant 150-200mb tiff files from your processed images? i was kinda surprised when i first started processing 16bit tiffs. i know some guys are getting 500mb-1gig files from there huge MP cameras and/or panos, but 200mb for a single shot is already a lot to me.

I've been saving mine as 8 bit TIFF's (22.8 MB avg.) and just sorted through a bunch and cleared up another 2 GB's of space ... so now I'm at 60% free.

[Alnath]

Here is my self built jobbie:

Abit NF7-S Rev 1.2
Athlon XP-M runnng at 2.5GHz (12.5x200)
1GB Twinmos RAM in sync and dual channel (for what good that does)
Liteon CD-RW
NEC 3520a
Liteon DVD-ROM
2x80GB SATA Maxtor Diamondmax 9s in RAID 0
1 60GB Maxtor Diamondmax 9
BFG 6800GT OC (although in the picture it is a Gainward FX5900 Golden Sample)
525W Hiper PSU (3 fan)
2x120mm case fans (i dont care for the blue but they were cheaper then plain black :confused: )
Thermaltake silent boost HSF
floppy drive
card reader

[Bluedog]

Hey that's a nice job. Kinda gives one a sense of accomplishment building their own rig.

[Rhys]

Hey that's a nice job. Kinda gives one a sense of accomplishment building their own rig.


I like the fact that I know where everything has come from, what the part number/maker is and that I have all the manuals and drivers for each part. It makes it easier to upgrade/make repairs.

[ReF]

I've been saving mine as 8 bit TIFF's (22.8 MB avg.) and just sorted through a bunch and cleared up another 2 GB's of space ... so now I'm at 60% free.

those large files start to become quite a burden don't they? i haven't checked to see if there was any visible difference between 16 and 8 bit tiffs yet. i know i saw some differences between JPEGS and 8 bit tiffs converted from the same Raw files though. i work with 16bits in case there are any printer and display improvements in the future; i spend too much time processing the ones that need work and i never want to have to redo them.

[Bluedog]

ReF ... I've studied the 8 bit vs 16 bit TIFF's pretty close and to my eyes (and I should add a disclaimer to that :o ) I can't tell a difference. However when shooting just the large .jpg vs RAW then converted I do see a difference ... I never plan on shooting .jpg again, unless of course in a pinch.

[ReF]

ReF ... I've studied the 8 bit vs 16 bit TIFF's pretty close and to my eyes (and I should add a disclaimer to that :o ) I can't tell a difference. However when shooting just the large .jpg vs RAW then converted I do see a difference ... I never plan on shooting .jpg again, unless of course in a pinch.

i not sure that monitors can display at 16 bits per channel yet (can anyone confirm or deny this?) so i work in 16 bits just in case improvements are made. same goes for the printing system.

[Ali_baba]

Here are the specifications.

ASUS P4S8X Socket 478
3.0 GHz Pentium IV Processor
3*120 GB Maxtor HDDs
1 CD-RW LG
1024 MB Kingston DDR
4 Chasis fans accomodation (1 is in use)
WLAN
ATI 256MB X-800 XL Graphics card (lets me connect my system to TV for watching movies)
Wireless Keyboard and mouse
Wingman 3D 7 button joystick (fun to use a gattling cannon :D )


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http://people.jyu.fi/~muamshai/sample/s2.jpg

[Bluedog]

Nice clean setup ... :cool:

[Rhys]

How about this one?

http://www.homecomputer.de/images/machines/Sinclair_ZX-80_Large.jpg

ZX80 Specifications

Firmware: 3.25 MHz NEC 780-C CPU (copy of Zilog Z80A CPU)
4K ROM, 1K RAM (externally expandable to 16K)
Display: 24 lines x 32 character text display
Monochrome only
Sound: None
I/O: Z80 bus, 250 baud cassette interface, RF television out
Storage: External cassette recorder

[Quokka]

http://members.chello.nl/s.bijlsma9/computer.jpg

[iplayazi]

Heres my setup :) I have a laptop with media center its on the top right. I work with a wireless mouse and keyboard on my comfy couch! Notice the website im on :D

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/iplayazi/tn_IMG_0019.jpg