Post your "work" station

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Post your "work" station

February 15, 2005, 05:57:03 AM

Here is mine. Left is my main computer, 300mhz p2, 96 megs ram, new 20 gig hard drive,and surround sound, with "1000 watt power!" :shakehead prolly really around 100 watts tops. and to the right, my littlest brothers computer, a 500mhz p2 ,32 megs of ram, 8x burner with a dvd player, tv card and a couple of others. It is sitting on top of a 16 port network hub with infared and t1/t3 cappabilities, bought for $5.

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Reply #1 – February 15, 2005, 07:21:25 AM

IBM P166 hiding under the towels (gotta le the noise), 64 megs ram, 2gig + 540mb drives, cheap speakers behind the monitor that's sitting on my first (now dead) PC, a LEO 286. Got my pens, got my TV remotes, got my camera "station" (dishtowel and serial cable on the right), USR Courier external modem (dumpster 33.6, flashed to 56k) on the left, some silly T-Bird/Cougar forum on the screen.

Next system in testing stages, P233, 128mb, 6Gb, hooked to the IBM via 9-port 10base-T hub. Apart from memory, 100% dumpster parts.

A bunch of assorted size/shape cases, as I tend to flip-flop between desktop and tower preference. Good for scavenging parts and sheet metal for other projects. A couple of PII's in there too, just waiting for a complete ATX case to show up. Don't worry, I do toss one out now and then.

A few extra boards, cause you just never know. Plus a couple more external modems.

Assorted spare drives, different sizes. I wonder what's on those laptoppers? Gotta get an adapter one of these days.

More spare stuff. This is the front row, more boxes behind and elsewhere.

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Reply #2 – February 15, 2005, 07:50:09 AM

Heres my POS sittin on the table in the middle of the house, works for me. Its usually more cluttered but the womens keep bugging me about it being messy and everyone knows its easier to clean it up then listen to them :rolleyes: my printer sits on a chair behind the table, and its hooked up to my stereo for sound 'cause i'm too cheap to buy a set of speakers.
2.7Ghz Celron, 40Gb Hd, 256Mb Ram, and i'm guessing 20-25 watts of pounding bass through the 'ole 8 track player :screwy:

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Reply #3 – February 15, 2005, 08:31:43 AM

Hrmmmm.... no pics of the PC, it's just not something I take pics of :p

- 1.6GHz P4
- 768 Meg RAM
- 100 Gb HD
- 64 Meg Video
- DVD ROM drive
- CD Burner drive
- 40W speaker system
- Cable modem

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Reply #4 – February 15, 2005, 11:24:19 AM

Quote from: Chuck W

Hrmmmm.... no pics of the PC, it's just not something I take pics of :p

- 1.6GHz P4
- 768 Meg RAM
- 100 Gb HD
- 64 Meg Video
- DVD ROM drive
- CD Burner drive
- 40W speaker system
- Cable modem

:laughing::laughing:

thats allmost the same setup i have..

except for...
1.7 P4
AND i only have a 80 Gig hard drive

the only thing diffrent about my setup is the sound system

instead of 40Watts... :giggle: :evilgrin:

i'm useing some of my stuff from my home theather system..

one of the two i have.. FA901 crest amplifier from my rack which is 225watts per CH in 8ohms
and the two peices of my center channel each enclosure has two 8's
one 4"mid and one mylar tweeter.. yes lol my center channel for my home theater uses those two enclosures... :evilgrin: which when put together equals 72" long... hell i might as well use some of this stuff instead of letting it just collect dust...

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Reply #5 – February 15, 2005, 12:07:16 PM

Well, I think mine is 40W...or maybe that's all I paid for it :wtf:

It might be closer to 80W. All I know is I can't turn it up all the way because the sub will shake the windows in the room and vibrate things off the shelves

I'll probably upgrade the motherboard/processor/RAM next winter...

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Reply #6 – February 15, 2005, 12:09:42 PM

AMD Atholon XP 1900+ 1.6 ghz
legacy 5 CH sound card and 250w altec lansing 5.1 surround
64 meg geforce 4 MX420 video
40 gig HD
768 geg of ram
extreme 17" lcd flat screen

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Reply #7 – February 15, 2005, 12:48:34 PM

AMD Athlon 64 processer
3.5 GHz overclocked to 4.0 GHz
2.0 GB of ram upgradable to 4.0 GB
128 meg video card
DVD\CD rom and burner
120 GB hard drive
17 in flat screen
for sound a set of headphones
And I am running a dial up modem :wtf:

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Reply #8 – February 15, 2005, 02:01:31 PM

The desktop, bought in Dec 2004:

Dell Dimension 4700
P4 3.2 gHz @ 800FSB
1GB Dual channel DDR2 @ 400Mhz
80GB SATA HDD
16X daul layer DVD +/-RW
52X CD ROM
128MB Radion x300 PCI express video
17" flat screen monitor
Some py onboard sound thing hooked into my JVC home theatre system

The laptop, bought in Dec 2003:
Dell Inspiron 1100
P4 2.8 Ghz @ 800fsb
512MB RAM
60GB HDD
24X DVD/CD burner combo drive
15" screen @ 1024X768
Some py Intel graphics chip @ 64MB shared video
Some py sound chip playing through py laptop built-in speakers

Why Dell? Two simple words: Monthly payments :D

Both computers are wirelessly networked into a DSL connection, with a dialup account on the laptop as well for when I'm at the cottage. Both computers are running Windows XP SP2 (real, honest-to-goodness legal copies, at that!). No time for that linux stuff...

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Reply #9 – February 15, 2005, 04:51:47 PM

Desktop is an e-machines 1ghz intel celery processor with a few extras.

Laptop (not shown) I just got for x-mas '04 (thanks ma!) Toshiba Satellite p35-S609
http://www.compusa.com/overstock/product_info.asp?product_code=314536&pfp=OVERSTOCK
The laptops sound and screen are awesome, and it runs HL2 like it's nothing!

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Reply #10 – February 15, 2005, 04:59:09 PM

(sorry for huge picture, i was lazy to resize)

This is from last year when I was away at college. the desk is designed by me.. welded together by my Dad. I can't remember the specs of the computer and the laptop that's pictured.

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Reply #11 – February 15, 2005, 06:15:57 PM

Is that the linux matrix screen saver?

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Reply #12 – February 15, 2005, 06:45:41 PM

Here's mine, Gateway500X. P4 2ghz, 80gb hard drive, 512mb ram, cd-rw, dvd with a 17" flat screen moniter.

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Reply #13 – February 15, 2005, 07:34:58 PM

nice laptop mike i just have a POS toshiba satellite 1710CDS that i picked up from a guy for 100$ with a dead battery for installing in my 85 XR-7

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Reply #14 – February 15, 2005, 08:58:23 PM

yeah, my laptop kicks a$$, only 2 issues I have with it so far.

1- its HUGE, only 1 Targus can fit it in because of the 17" wide screen monitor
2- Im used to large desktops, not compact keyboards and such

as soon as I get over these, desktop becomes a file w and laptop replaces all!