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Xordan

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« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2006, 01:08:42 am »
lol, same as WiseKran :) I just copied those specs from a $32,000 sun server and added the graphics card.
My real specs:

Athlon64 3200+ (OC\'d to from 2.0 ghz to 2.2ghz)
2GB PC3200 ram
Geforce 6800 (Modded to a 6800 Ultra)
SB Audigy 2 ZS
Thermaltake Shark case + all water cooled and other heatsink cooling everywhere with glowing lights and such.

I\'m proud of it because I\'ve saved a few $100 by modding/overclocking, and it runs the latest games out there on max quality settings without a hitch. I\'ll probably keep this rig for a few years and then buy a new rig from scratch. No point in upgrading parts like gfx card 7800\'s and such because nothing out there atm can really use all it\'s power for a noticable difference in performance, and by the time something can then the 7800\'s with be out of date feature wise. :)

Oh, and also because it glows, is really quiet and looks cool and such.
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« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2006, 01:38:41 am »
I\'m really proud of my toaster. Its cooks just the way I like it, where the surface of the toast is nice and crispy without being burnt, and all the seeds and stuff in it start to pop open from the heat.. Mmmmm..

It has a -
2 slice capacity, each with a dual side heating element
Analog toastiness control that I\'ve tweaked to go to 11 ( factory default was a mere and puny 10, I myself recommend a mild and conservative option like about 3 for the best toasting qualities )
1m 240v power cable with cold cathode lighting
No cooling required! No fans, no peltiers, no mineral oil cooling at all, it runs quiet as a mouse except for the delicious toasty noises of cooking bread, yeah!
Extra large retractable and spring-loaded crumb tray.

But most of all, I like the way when you shake it, it rattles and crumbs fall out of every seam and sometimes you even get bits of sultana falling out that have been long since blackened due to a large number of toasting cycles, but nonetheless are still very recognisable.

Oh yeah, I\'m totally going to add a flash drive with a USB2 interface and a hardware-based mp3 decoder any day now, I dream of toasting to the delicate notes of a mello piano concerto, or maybe some seething death metal for doing crumpets.

I havent named it yet, or see the need to. My relationship with my toaster transcends mere labels, we communicate empathetically on a more enlightened plane.
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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2006, 01:40:31 am »
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I\'m really proud of my toaster. Its cooks just the way I like it, where the surface of the toast is nice and crispy without being burnt, and all the seeds and stuff in it start to pop open from the heat.. Mmmmm..

It has a -
2 slice capacity, each with a dual side heating element
Analog toastiness control that I\'ve tweaked to go to 11 ( factory default was a mere and puny 10, I myself recommend a mild and conservative option like about 3 for the best toasting qualities )
1m 240v power cable with cold cathode lighting
No cooling required! No fans, no peltiers, no mineral oil cooling at all, it runs quiet as a mouse except for the delicious toasty noises of cooking bread, yeah!
Extra large retractable and spring-loaded crumb tray.

But most of all, I like the way when you shake it, it rattles and crumbs fall out of every seam and sometimes you even get bits of sultana falling out that have been long since blackened due to a large number of toasting cycles, but nonetheless are still very recognisable.

Oh yeah, I\'m totally going to add a flash drive with a USB2 interface and a hardware-based mp3 decoder any day now, I dream of toasting to the delicate notes of a mello piano concerto, or maybe some seething death metal for doing crumpets.

I havent named it yet, or see the need to. My relationship with my toaster transcends mere labels, we communicate empathetically on a more enlightened plane.


zomg, I\'m jealous!!! Have you installed NetBSD on it yet??!   Then you can make the mp3 player work even better and have more fun stuff like a gui. \\o/

http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm
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« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2006, 08:40:03 am »
amd 64, 512MB ram, radeon 9200, installed on a badger based system
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« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2006, 08:51:45 am »
a bader based system, hehe:

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml

:P

I have called my pc many things, atm it\'s either precious crap or my precious :D
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« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2006, 07:04:53 pm »
I am not pround of my computer.  I am ashamed of it.  It still runs WinXP and that makes me want to throw it out the window...  It works for what I need about 50 to 75% of the time.  Otherwise it just acts like any other windows based OS and pretends to work.
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« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2006, 07:13:38 pm »
AMD64 3200+ (socket 732 or whatever is the old AMD64 socket)
ABIT KV8 (not the MAX3)
1GB Ram
2  x 160 GB HD
DVD
DVD+/-RW (Liteon)
Samsung 21.3\" LCD ( 214T ) <- this is the pricey thing ;)

No surprise PS work like a charm! :)
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« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2006, 03:51:25 am »
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zomg, I\'m jealous!!! Have you installed NetBSD on it yet??!   Then you can make the mp3 player work even better and have more fun stuff like a gui. \\o/

http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm


Haha, thats a great link. A nice striped-down minimalist OS like NetBSD would indeed work well on a toaster, though its specs are pretty mighty for a toaster - 200MHz ARM cpu, 32 MB ram, 10/100 ethernet, USB ports, flash memory etc. Plug your ADSL in and you too can have a firewall that filters spam and cooks you breakfast all at the same time!
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« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2006, 07:04:54 pm »
That toaster gives me ideas :D You could take a quad slice toaster, a 5in touch screen lcd, a gumstix or similar network appliance thing, install linux/bsd, add heat shielding, network, and speakers, and you have ultimate toast! You\'d have to take out one of the toasting slots, for room for the heat shielding and the gumstix.
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« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2006, 11:33:41 pm »
Tower:
AMD XP @ 1.6Ghz
768mb RAM @ 200mhz
80GB HD : 7200rpm : ATA133
5.6GB HD : 7200rpm : ATA???
4.3GB HD : 7200rpm : ATA???
Nvidia 5200FX 256MB
Kubuntu Linux 5.1
Dying CD Drive

Peripherals:
17\" CRT, and a good one at that.
5 button usb optical mouse, wherein 3 buttons would have been more appropriate.

Building: (with one of the MSI M-Boxes)
AMD Athlon64 @ 2.0 Ghz
1 Gb RAM @ 400mhz
80GB HD : 7200 rpm : SATA1.5
NEC CD/DVD burner (All formats, afaik.)
Reusing:
80GB HD : 7200rpm : ATA133
Nvidia 5200FX 256MB
Dynex (off-brand) 5.1 Soundcard
Kubuntu Linux (x64)

If you compensate for the GFX & Audio Cards, my entire new tower comes in just shy of $500 on NewEgg.  Unfortunately it the components are being ordered in batches, so I have a CPU, a HD, a keyboard, and a 512 stick of RAM (in my current) just leisurely awaiting the rest of the box...
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« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2006, 09:28:28 pm »
My main computer, Theseus (link to image):

AMD Athlon64 3200+, ABIT NF8 motherboard, 2GB PC3200 RAM
GeForce 6600 GTOC, dual Samsung SyncMaster 910T monitors
M-Audio Delta 1010LT, Audigy 2 ZS, Audigy 2
700GB internal disk storage, 500GB external drive for backups
8x dual-layer DVD?RW
7-in-1 solid-state media reader/writer
Various DAW-related peripherals (Behringer BCF2000, Tranzport wireless DAW controller, Contour ShuttlePRO v2)
Laser mouse
Windows XP
Totally useless front-panel blinkenlights


My PVR/portable audio recording studio/LAN party game server, AmmoBox:

VIA EPIA Nehemiah M10000, 1GB RAM
M-Audio Delta 1010LT
80GB 7200RPM notebook hard drive
8x dual-layer DVD?RW
Wireless keyboard/optical mouse
Hauppauge WinTV-USB2
Windows XP


And my Linux machine, nerdvanix (no image available):

Some old motherboard, CPU and memory I had lying around
GeForce FX 5500
80GB hard drive
Debian Sarge, 2.6 kernel


I\'ve also got a Linksys NSLU2 NAS device that I want to reflash with Unslung Linux, but I haven\'t gotten around to it yet.
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« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2006, 02:11:44 pm »
Laptop

PowerBook G4 Aluminium
15\" 1.5 ghz, 1.5 GB ram, 80 GB HD OS 10.4.3


Desktop #1
Win 2k3 Advanced server *cough* demo
Dual AMD Athlon XP (MP modded) 2400+ running at 2800+ speed
MSI K7D Master-L MB
2 GB ECC RegInfineon memory (yes it OCs well)
2x 40 GB (System) HD, raid 1
3x 80 GB (Storage) HD, Raid 5 (software alas)
Older ATA 100 promise Raid 00/1/0+1 PCI pATA controller
Soundblaster Live! Paltinum 5.1 w/ Live! drive
ATI AIW Radeon 9600 XT
ATI TV wonder VE

Koolance liquid cooling (Exos 1st gen) for CPU, NB, and Vid, offbrand server case

Desktop #2
IBM Netvista I was given.
Win XP Pro
Intel 2.4 GHZ, 60 GB HD, Intel graphic built in
768 MB Ram
ATI Tv Wonder VE PCI card

Desktop #3
Compaq Pesario 4860
333 mhz Intel P2 MMX (Slot)
120 GB HD (file server mostly)
win 95 Rev B w/ USB

not much more to say, yet (I\'m always picking up spares from garage sales/friends and chaning things around, but those are my primary computers, anything else can change from week to week)
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« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2006, 04:33:16 am »
Not sure how good it is but it suits my needs.

OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version    5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name    ALAN
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 05
System Model  P9859A-ABA 533w
System Type  X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~1993 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date    Phoenix Technologies LTD 6.00, 8/21/2002
SMBIOS Version  2.31


Total Physical Memory   768.00 MB
Available Physical Memory  81.77 MB
Total Virtual Memory    2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space  1.41 GB
Page File    C:\\pagefile.sys
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« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2006, 04:53:49 am »
I just realized that if I can make $20 a week I can buy a new iam 20in on a payment plan! WIth a wacom graphire4 4x5! Sucks that it\'s winter, so no snow to shovel (I\'m in Seattle area) and no leaves to rake, and no grass to cut :/ Anyways though, when I can meet those rather low requirements, intelmac! whooo!

It\'s like pretty+linux+mainstream apps, what could beat it? Plus it\'s very fast now!
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