Post your Setup...

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

We did this a while back and I thought it was pretty interesting - so lets see where you get your "Geek" on!

Post Details too!

Mine:
Desktop
Gateway POS
AMD64x2 3800+ (2.0GHz)
4GB DDR2
Nvidia 7900GS
~800GB HDD Space

Laptop:
Thinkpad R40
Pentium-M (Centrino) 1.5Ghz
2GB DDR
160HDD
ATI Mobility 9000

The desktop and laptop are linked together with Synergy (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) which allows me to use the same Keyboard/Mouse combo with both machines and move my mouse between the 2 screens...kinda like a dual monitor setup, I just can't move apps from screen to screen (obviously) and with the advantage of each "screen" having it's own processing power...

Both machines are running MandrivaThe Desktop is on the x86_64 and the laptop is on the i686 variant. I'm currently experimenting with VirtualBox as a virtualization solution on the Desktop as it is integrated into the Mandriva Repos, and I would like to use a package that is part of a distro rather than one outside that I have to maintain myself.

I don't really do much gaming anymore, but I do have UT2004 installed on the Desktop, and CS and CS:Source installed in Wine - actually BF2 is installed, but I'm waiting on "punkbuster" support so I can play.


So enough about me, and my stuff, and what I do with it, let's see what you've got going on in your Geekdomain!

[LA_MERC_DocSparky]

My setup is more of a entertainment system than anything else. Since I've got four fairly young kids, we try to preprocess most of the video (removing commercials, ripping DVDs so they don't get scratched, recording acceptable shows, etc). Our house is wired with with Cat5, so we move the video around between the machines and game consoles.

Living Room:
Home Brew Media Center
P4 2.6 Ghz, 1GB Ram, 300 + 200 ATA drives, DVD, Analog Tuner
Windows XP Media Center Edition

Wii and Xbox Game Consoles

46" 1080P LCD for display

Office:
Home Brew Server
P4 3.2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 500 + 150 ATA drives
Windows Home Server
* This machine does a nightly backup of all machines in the house and provides file sharing (along with duplication of our photos, videos, etc). It also allows for remote access to files and remote desktop of machines.

Home Brew Gaming Machine (my machine)
E6600, 4Gb Ram, 500 SATA, 160 ATA, DVD, 7950GT
Windows Vista Ultimate

Wife's Dell Inspiron Desktop
P4 3.2 Ghz, 2Gb Ram, 160 SATA, DVD, Low end ATI card
Windows Vista Premium

Kid's Dell Computer 1
P4 3 Ghz, 1 Gb Ram, 160 SATA, 7600 GT
Windows XP Home

Kid's Home Brew Computer 2
AMD 3200+, 1Gb Ram, 120 ATA, ATI X800 AGP card
Windows XP Home

* All of our music, video and photos can be accessed from any of these machines. The shows that are recorded on the media center can be viewed by the kids.

Bedroom:
XBox 360 Console used as a media extender to connect to the Windows XP Media Center Edition in the Living Room
* We watch DVDs and the recorded shows from the media center

I used to do a lot more in the area of customization, but I haven't been programming a lot recently. My other Win2k server used to provide Caller ID information on all of the computers and MCE box, but I ditched it for the WHS. The nice thing about our system is that everything is accessible from all locations. Our home movies and photos are all digitized and online.

P.S.: My wife thinks that I'm a nut (probably right), but I don't like the kids using my wife's computer nor mine. They have a way of messing things up. I'm pretty much a fanatic about keeping everything digital. HD tuner arrives tonight, so I'll be setting up some HD goodness this weekend.

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

ok... No need for me to reply here. Doc's setup makes me look like a noob with a couple of cans and some string.... :stick

[LA_MERC_eX1|eS' ch1|d]

I'm with Wetz on this one, my setup is crap compared to Doc.

[LA_MERC_DocSparky]

I wasn't trying to kill the thread! It's just that I'm an uber-geek and have always envisioned this type of digital setup. My night job is network admin and support guy at home.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

OK, my main box, witch most of you are familiar with since my youtube video.

Antec 900 case, Red Led fans, with an aspire fan speed control to quite the thing down
EVGA - Nividia 8800 Gts, 640mb ram
Intel E-6600 processor 1066 Mhz Fsb
4 Gb corsair ddr2 Xms ram 2x2 sticks.
Abit P35 pro mother board 1333 Mhz FSB
2x 74 gb Raptor Hard drives in raid 0 (OS and games are loaded)
1x 250 gb Seagate hard drive for storage.
750watt Thermaltake Truepower Modular PS
2 x ASUS Sata DVD drives.

My second Box, acting as my FTP server, and whatever else I chose to put on it.

Antec case,
MSI 400 Mhz FSB K7n2 delta
Amd Socket A 2800+ 333 Mhz Fsb
1 Gb Crucial Ram, 2x512 Sticks
Gigabyte - Nvidia 6800gt 128 MB ram
160 Gb WD SATA hardrive "Using a PCI SATA Adaptor" MoBo dont support SATA

And a here are the pics taken with my New Camera I got for Christmas!! :)

http://www.lamerc.com/uploads/Picture035a.jpg

http://www.lamerc.com/uploads/Picture022a.jpg

http://www.lamerc.com/uploads/Picture056a.jpg

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

I'm with Wetz on this one, my setup is crap compared to Doc.

Come on guys, it don't matter what your rig is.. we still want to see it, Prior to my upgrade all I had was the Little box to the left of my desk... and its about 5 years old at least, just looks neat. :)

[LA_MERC_goose]

I have a piece of 3/4" plywood with parts from a toast, a BETA VCR, and my original Packard Bell 386. I'm using a 13" black and white monitor. I'm using the keyboard and mouse that came with my 386. I'm running Windows 3.1 and I'm afraid to turn it off because of Y2K. I have 6 car batteries wired in tandem for my back up. So far I've been saved from power outages and surges.

I'll post pictures as soon I get some film for the ol' Polaroid.

[LA_MERC_M@lACHi]

My Rig:
AMD 64 x2 Dual Core 5200+
4GB Corsair DDR2 XMS
BFG Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS (320MB)
WD SATA2 320GB HD
WD 250GB External HD
Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Asus DVDRW DL Drive
Antec Nine Hundred Case
Antec 650 Watt PS
MS Vista Ultimate
Viewsonic 22" Widescreen Flatpanel Monitor
Viewsonic 19" Standard Flatpanel Monitor

My Server:
HP ML350 G3 Tower
4GB RAM
6x 36GB SCSI Drives (hotswap)
AIT Tape Drive
DVD Drive
Redundant Power Supplies
Lights Out Remote Management Card
VMWare ESX Server running several virtual servers

My Network:
Juniper/Netscreen Firewall
HP 1800-8G Gig Switch
Linksux WAP54G

My play network:
Cisco 3750 24 POE Switch (Gig)
Cisco 3500XL 24 Switch (10/100)
Cisco 2621 Router (x2)
Cisco 2610 Router
Cisco Aironet 1400 Access Point
Gateway 4000 Tower Computer (x2)
My old AMD 2600+ computer

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Now that's what I'm talking 'bout Henry! Awesome setup.

I hope to do something like that when I move - If I hooked that much equipment up in my old house, it would prolly burn down :D

That ML350 server's just about like the one I had a while back (and returned to the owner)...I couldn't handle the noise in my current place, not to mention the fact the light on my desk actually dimmed when I powered her on :)

Once I move, I plan to build myself a new box (I wanna quad core in a bad way), and that'll allow me to move my Gateway box fully into a "server" role, probably with ESX as well - or I may just do ubuntu server w/ a custom kernel...Ubu Server defaults to 100Hz on the server kernel and that is WAY too low for VMware).

I like the rack too - man it's been just too long since I've seen your "Man Cave"...I'll be that AC unit gets a workout up there in the summertime!

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I have a TI-81 w/ lithium batteries.

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

YD is the prime example of a man without children, everything is neatly in order, with clean carpets and nary an item out of place! PS like the old-man clear plastic rug runners!! lol :stick

[LA_MERC_sLingbLade]

awww fooey! he cleaned up before snappin the picture :moon1:

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

awww fooey! he cleaned up before snappin the picture :moon1:

Doh!! you got me..

and yea, your right David... If I had kids and such, to start with the computer would not be in the den. Chances are, I would still be on the old rig, still dreaming of the day I can build a new Ubar computer. :)

[LA_MERC_Maverick]

Hey Bro, I like the phonebook on the floor holding up the rack, it adds character

[LA_MERC_Maverick]

Mines a pc I built several years ago, but it still runs just about everything I can throw at it, just havent had the gumption to load Crysis on it yet.

My Rig:
AMD 64 3400+
2GB Ram
Nvidia 6800 256mb AGP
DFI NF3 250gb motherboard
2 HDs (160gb and 200gb)
1 DVD / 1 DVD RW
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case
Thermaltake 450 psu
Windows XP Pro

I actually got my wife to agree to me buying a new computer for Christmas 2008, w00t!.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

I actually got my wife to agree to me buying a new computer for Christmas 2008, w00t!.

LMAO!! dude, now you know a year from now shes going to be like,, What computer? when did I agree to that?!!...

Its their selective memory.. and our lack of one that will do us in every time

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Hey Bro, I like the phonebook on the floor holding up the rack, it adds character

HA HA HA HA PWNED!

I didn't even notice it!

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Updated mine with a change for the New Year...here is a BlogPost explaining the change.

http://jaysonrowe.wordpress.com/

BTW, I switched from Livejournal to WordPress as I grew to hate even going to the Livejournal site to manage my blog - If I wanted to buy a premium version, I would have from the beginning, so stop asking! Also I found the blogging tools very lacking, and a lot of the third party editors I tried did not fully support Livejournal, but do support WordPress.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Here are some bad pics. I will get better ones later.

http://www.lamerc.com/uploads/System07.JPG
http://www.lamerc.com/uploads/System03.JPG

[LA_MERC_M@lACHi]

Hey Bro, I like the phonebook on the floor holding up the rack, it adds character


:moon1::moon1::moon1:

[LA_MERC_FragFood]

Guess I'll post my .02 worth:

Mine:
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
2GB Corsair XMS @ DDR400
GForce 6800 AGP
MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum motherboard
Cooler Master RS-450 PSU
1x Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM
1x Seagate 36GB SCSI (scratch/rip drive)
Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI card card for the 36GB
Dual layer Lightscribe DVD R/W
Win XP Pro
VMWare for:
- Win98 VPN machine (remote administration of work servers)
- WinXP 64
- Various Linux machines that I want to look at
- Sandboxing possibly malicious apps or data
Antec SLK3800B (http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=93800#) case w/ front & rear 120mm fans
24" Acer widescreen running DVI to my machine and analog to the server
KVM switch to go between it and my ...

Server:
AMD Slot A 800 Mhz (yep, it's OLD, but runs just fine, thanks.)
(just FYI, I run the heatsink from an old mainframe processor on the 800, and it stays really, REALLY cool)
768MB RAM
Server 2K
MS SQL Server
Runs file & print, web server, antivirus control, SPAM filter, email & proxy server
Adaptec 29160 U160 SCSI controller
4x Seagate U160 72GB (data)
Antec SLK3800B (http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=93800#) case w/ front & rear 120mm fans

Multimedia:
AMD A64 3000+
1GB RAM
Win XP Pro
ATI 9800 Pro AGP video card
MSI K8T Neo 2 motherboard
GBPVR DVR software
1x Hauppuage PVR150 dual analog tuner card
1x Hauppuage HVR-160 1x analog 1x digital tuner card (total 3 analog, 1 digital tuner)
80GB PATA boot/system drive
200GB SATA data drive
Thermaltake Tenor (http://thermaltakeusa.com/product/Chassis/desktop/tenor/vb2000bns.asp) case

My laptop:
IBM Thinkpad
1.8 Ghz P4M
768 MB RAM
40GB HDD
Win XP Pro / VMWare Server for Win98 VPN Client (remote administration for work servers)
802.11b/g wireless

Wife's laptop:
HP something or other AMD Turion 64
17" widescreen
1GB RAM
XP MediaCenter
80 GB HDD
802.11b/g wireless

Kid #1 Desktop:
AMD Athlon XP 2700+
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
Win2K Pro
BFG 6800OC video
19" and 17" CRTs in dual screen
Antec full tower case

Kid #1 laptop:
Dell Inspiron 610 (?)
P4M 1.8 Ghz
768MB RAM
XP Pro
802.11b/g wireless

Kid #2:
P4 1.8Ghz desktop
512MB RAM
40GB HDD
WinXP Pro
Fairly stock

Kid #3:
Same as #2, but with a Nvidia 9600Pro card in it

Coupla spare desktops and a spare laptop (just in case)

Network:
100 base-T hardwired throughout the house
802.11g with WPA2/PSK encryption via a Buffalo WHR-54GS wireless router that's had its firmware flashed with DD-WRT (http://dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.php)
Dlink 10/100 switch
4 port KVM (mentioned above)
APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 for my box, server and networking stuff
APC Smart-UPS 1400 for media PC

Other crap:
HP ScanJet 6100 SCSI scanner with ASF (on my machine)
HP LaserJet 4 printer w/ JetDirect card
Pieces, parts and cables scattered everywhere.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Gezzzz Frag... what kind of power bill do you have??

LOL

[LA_MERC_FragFood]

Gezzzz Frag... what kind of power bill do you have??

LOL

Not that bad, but that room is definitely the warmest one in the house. Really.