Tell jcap to post his desk, and post yours too! [JCAP POST YOUR DESK]

[Heathen]

Bump.

I accidentally my whole monitor for my laptop...
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/Hazard1337/0404091803.jpg
I didn't rip it off, I unscrewed screws and took it off cleanly.
Thus reducing it to an expensive keyboard/mouse combo with built in hard drive.

[ThePlague]

awww whose a nice wittle baby lookin for easter eggs..

/sarcasm : ) i did to
I didn't look for easter eggs :/


Thus reducing it to an expensive keyboard/mouse combo with built in hard drive.
I put it back anyway.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I didn't look for easter eggs :/


your loss >_>

[klange]

http://oasis-games.com/~klange/pictures/desk_800px.jpg (http://oasis-games.com/~klange/pictures/IMG_4232.JPG)

[Ki11a_FTW]

Old stuff

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2272/dsc00508.jpg
Set Up
24- inch monitor, 37 inch lcd
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/232/dsc00509.jpg
my new Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 Super Clocked 896 MB :)
(everything in this cpu has been fully replaced, except the cpu and mobo,
which i really want to do, but dont know how since they are stock (+rep4help)
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1091/dsc00511.jpg

[InnerGoat]

Why is there a tack in the case

[Ki11a_FTW]

I noticed it when i took the picture, my friend shot it with a rubber band a couple days ago, i guess it landed in there :o

[Cortexian]

You leave your side panel off on a Dell? I'm surprised you haven't died from dust inhalation yet. I swear they CREATE dust, they don't just accumulate it.

Anyway, replacing the processor is just a matter of finding out what socket you have and getting a new processor that's the same socket. You have a Pentium 4 according to your PC specs so it's most likely socket 478 or 775. Easiest way to check is to look up the actual motherboard model number (it's written on the motherboard somewhere). If you want to replace the motherboard as well, then you need to get a processor that's compatible with the NEW motherboard (same socket) and compatible with your current parts. It looks like all you'll need is a motherboard with IDE+SATA connections, PCI-Ex16 1.0 or 2.0, and whatever type of RAM you use (is it DDR or DDR2?).

[Ki11a_FTW]

It has DDR2 ram, ill have to check the processor and motherboard later

[Amit]

Wow, that GTX 260 must be seriously bottle-necked.

So my dad's office PC has a GigaByte GA-8I945G Pro Motherboard in it with a Pentium 4 630 HT 3.00GHz as the CPU. Since the socket is LGA775, is it possible to pair a Core 2 Duo processor with it? On the motherboard box it says "Optimized for Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4 Processor." I know I can use a Celeron on it but I'm not sure if anything newer than a Pentium D will be compatible with the chipset. I've tried looking this up but haven't found any solid answers. Anyone has some answers for me?

[itszutak]

That is the scariest bottleneck I've seen.

Trust me, your framerate would double if you just got a new computer (Dell locks the CPUs so that it's near impossible to upgrade to anything recent).

[BobtheGreatII]

I'll get some pictures up of my computer again once I get my new processor.

[Ki11a_FTW]

Trust me, your framerate would double if you just got a new computer.

Ive been trying to do this for the last 3 years, whenever i tell my parents im going to do that, they start spazzing out and say they will get me one, then 5 months pass and i say that im gonna build my own again, then the process repeats

[Amit]

Ive been trying to do this for the last 3 years, whenever i tell my parents im going to do that, they start spazzing out and say they will get me one, then 5 months pass and i say that im gonna build my own again, then the process repeats

Then fucking do something about it! And will anybody answer my questions?



So my dad's office PC has a GigaByte GA-8I945G Pro Motherboard in it with a Pentium 4 630 HT 3.00GHz as the CPU. Since the socket is LGA775, is it possible to pair a Core 2 Duo processor with it? On the motherboard box it says "Optimized for Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4 Processor." I know I can use a Celeron on it but I'm not sure if anything newer than a Pentium D will be compatible with the chipset. I've tried looking this up but haven't found any solid answers. Anyone has some answers for me?

[Rook]

Figured I'd post this since I plan on [finally] buying the parts for my new rig this Friday and wanted to take some pictures of this eMachines that has survived with me since early 2004.

System specs:
CPU: AMD Sempron 3100+ ~1.8GHz (single core)
Memory: 2GB G.SKILL DDR
Video Card: ATi Radeon X1600 Series
Primary Hard Drive: 94GB IDE
Secondary Hard Drive: 30GB IDE
Operating System: Windows XP SP3


Pictures:

Front of the case:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8678/frontofcasesmall.jpg

General view of the inside, wtf is cable management?!
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4109/systemoverallsmall.jpg

Desk view. my monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, printer, etc....
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3304/deskpicturesmall.jpg

Some logitech sub. Works nice is all I know.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7605/subsmall.jpg

this baby keeps me cool. :D
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6835/fansmall.jpg

[itszutak]

Then fucking do something about it! And will anybody answer my questions?
I'd look up the mobo and see if it's compatible (You might get lucky and find a customer review or something where they've used it and it worked), and you might want to look up the south bridge (or the north one-- one of those [AFAIK] controls what CPUs work and which ones don't) and see if other mobos with it work.

But it's fairly risky, and there is a chance that it won't work. I'd try anyway-- you can find very cheap m-ATX mobos that support C2D and a lot of other stuff (Don't be put off by the size-- my current gaming computer uses some $50 ASUS mATX board and hasn't failed for me yet)

In short: There's a good chance that it won't work. But try anyway if and only if you're planning on replacing the mobo as well.

[=sw=warlord]

Oh fuck....an E-machine my parents has one of those and the damned thing dosnt open its DVD tray unless you press the button 20 times and each times its serviced it speeds up for about a day and then works slower than it didt before it goes off for its service.

[Rook]

the damned thing dosnt open its DVD tray unless you press the button 20 times.
I guess that's a global problem then because I gotta push the dvd tray button like I mean it

[=sw=warlord]

I guess that's a global problem then because I gotta push the dvd tray button like I mean it
I have to hit the front of the drive untill the thing opens, these days i leave a blank CD unside down in the tray because its the only way i can open the drive without pressing the button 200 times.

[Cortexian]

You guys try using the "Eject" link in the Right-Click menu for your disk drive?

[Saggy]

I'll just leave this here...

http://www.hivclan.net/hivshack/images/mxyd9cnk3z67qj3g8se.jpg

[BobtheGreatII]

:slap:

Clean that up.

NOW!

[klange]

:slap:

Clean that up.

NOW!
srlsly.

A man needs to keep is desk in full working order at all times. You're over the Universal Can Limit.*


* The UCL is normally defined as 3 cans, but there's also the ECL ("Extreme"), a lower-limit of 20 cans.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Seriously...
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4785/1000210.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9440/1000211k.jpg
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6218/1000212c.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8813/1000213.jpg
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/441/1000214a.jpg

That is my room ^^;

[InnerGoat]

Ugh what a mess!

Someone find where this guy lives and throw a vacuum through his window :v:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

QUIET YOU!

[klange]

Sir, I have a PhD in Pwnage. This is not pwnage.
- At the very least you should posted in Tech Talk.
- There is a thread for "PC pics" that also includes random pictures of desks / rooms.
- This is not pwnage.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Why is it not pwnage?

[InnerGoat]

Hey I just merged your terrible thread into here

alright cya

[klange]

I'll continue...
- The pictures themselves are way to large to be posting, even in shot tags.
- So you have multiple game systems? So? I know a ton of people with three 360s, three PSPs a PS3 and an N64. Personally, I like to have just one of each, but hey, to each his own.
- I see lots of dust. At least, I think I see lots of dust. I can't tell with all the graininess in the pictures.
- You have on LCD? Just one? And here, even I'm packing two 22"s, two 9"s and a 14.1"
- Where's the portable media player? The wireless gaming mouse? The mobile? You've failed leet desk composition 101!
- You're making far too big of a deal out of the fact that you have Killzone 2 it seems - it came out in February, right? Yeah.

Good day to you, sir.

[InnerGoat]

Yeah turn down the ISO next time. It really brings out the dust!

[Cortexian]

Look at all of that wasted money on consoles! Could have bought a pretty good PC with that!

[InnerGoat]

Or purchase a ticket to Freelancer's town to plant more signs ;D

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I got each of those 360's for about 40$ each xD

[Cortexian]

I got each of those 360's for about 40$ each xD
What a waste of $80.

[MetKiller Joe]

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7721/random034.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2016/random035.jpg

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6349/random039.jpg

[Timo]

The desk,
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/desktop/_MG_9129.jpg
The case
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/desktop/_MG_9121.jpg
The case with its new cooling system
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/desktop/_MG_9128.jpg
The fridge
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/desktop/_MG_9122.jpg
Its contents
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/desktop/_MG_9123.jpg

:v:

[InnerGoat]

Vacuum your floor you slob.

[ExAm]

That is my room ^^;Jesus fuck, what are you, Console Noah?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

That would be blasphemy!
I am Dr. Pwn

[paladin]

Why isnt beer in that mini refrigerator ?

[Timo]

It would be stocked full of Tui, but the hall director has an alcohol ban in place for the next few weeks - until exams are over.

[Cortexian]

This commercial always comes to mind when I think of Rugby (and then I remember how superior Scotland is to EVERYONE):
tniVJLiFe8I

[klange]

idgi

[Cortexian]

idgi
S'ok.

[PwN Lone]

The video shows that no matter how hard you shout, you'll never beat a Scotsman down below.

[klange]

I realize it's 1AM in my time zone, but I had a sudden urge to redecorate...
http://blog.phpwnage.com/~klange/pictures/IMG_4492.JPG

[Heathen]

What a waste of $80.
everything I own, my comp (shit though it may be), my monitor, my 72 inch television, my xbox, and even my bed were free.

Only thing I own that I bought was my car. for $1200.

[ExAm]

everything I own, my comp (shit though it may be), my monitor, my 72 inch television, my xbox, and even my bed were free.

Only thing I own that I bought was my car. for $1200.
You and my dad would get along famously. He finds shit on the side of the road that he has mentioned he has needed mere minutes before.

[InnerGoat]

I realize it's 1AM in my time zone, but I had a sudden urge to redecorate...
[shot]http://blog.phpwnage.com/~klange/pictures/IMG_4492.JPG[shot]
so why do you have two netbooks :confused2:

[klange]

so why do you have two netbooks :confused2:
A question I am constantly asked... I bought the one on the left back in December, best purchase ever. Love the thing. The one on the right, I won at a programming competition in March (each member of our three-man team got one, we came in first). It's not worth enough to sell it, plus it's best that I keep it as Dell doesn't make the Mini 9 any more, so I can never get another one.

[Rook]

New computer pix. :O

Specs:
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB 1333 DDR3 RAM
Hard Drive: Samsung 500GB w/16MB Cache
Video Card: XFX ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB
Monitor: shitty - plan on getting another Acer 22' for this soon....
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7100) (7100.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD
Computer Case: RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black

Pics:
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9950/comp1q.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8977/comp2q.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2787/comp3.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3315/comp4.jpg

[Timo]

Are the usb ports at the front accessible without opening the front up?

[Rook]

No =[. But for me that is okay I rarely use the front ports anyway... The badass look of the case overrides that hah

[klange]

All that awesome hardware and you still have a CRT...

[InnerGoat]

A small, crappy CRT. 24" CRT or 24" LCD then you get noticed~~~

[Cortexian]

Get a 24" 1920x1200 widescreen LCD, you can find them for pretty cheap now.

[Rook]

I was going for this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145

if you know of a 24'' close to that price then lemme know!

[InnerGoat]

the 22-24" 1080p displays are around that price if you want the wider aspect ratio.

[Cortexian]

Just pay the $300-$350 so you can actually watch 1080p content. The monitor you have selected now is to small.

[Amit]

And not only that, but Acer anything is generally shit. Get a nice 24" Samsung monitor with HDMI output. They may run you $250-300 but just do it, you can't avoid it if you want to maximize your money's worth on the computer internals.

[AAA]

Go for this baby right here >>>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005125
Along with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882021100

Contrast Ratio of 50,000:1 and the perfect resolution to watch 1080p Movies.
This is the best HD monitor out on the market within it's price range and it's not 300$

[Cortexian]

Yea but 16:9 is fail for computing. :downs:

[InnerGoat]

Not at all. Bacon uses one and it's great for gaming!

[Amit]

Not at all. Bacon uses one and it's great for gaming!

Bacon shall one day sizzle on the stove pan of breakfast for his ignorance!

[AAA]

Bacon shall one day sizzle on the stove pan of breakfast for his ignorance!

16:9 is still the shit...

[Jean-Luc]

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4434/1000681z.jpg

After recently cleaning off my desk, thought I'd show it off.

[Cortexian]

Republic Commando for the win, is it running off your 360 or your PC?

[Jean-Luc]

PC :pcgaming:

[Amit]

Republic Commando for the win, is it running off your 360 or your PC?

360 light isn't even turned on. RC FTW.

[StankBacon]

And not only that, but Acer anything is generally shit.

lolwut, my 1080p acer monitor is very nice... i also had to buy some smaller monitors for family members.. went with acer and couldn't be happier.

[Horns]

lolwut, my 1080p acer monitor is very nice... i also had to buy some smaller monitors for family members.. went with acer and couldn't be happier.

Acer has the 3rd best monitors and the 1000th best everything else.

[itszutak]

Typing on an acer monitor right now. It's the best one in the house

[Amit]

I'd say for top 3 ranking:

1. Samsung
2. LG
3. Viewsonic

[Rook]

Yeah the Acer 22 inch we do have in the house is amazing.

[BobtheGreatII]

I have a 19 inch Acer. Runs great, resolution is amazing for a small screen like this. Great 16:10 ratio. Haven't had a single complaint about it.

[Cortexian]

PC :pcgaming:
Good, it's best!


360 light isn't even turned on. RC FTW.
Sometimes they're hard to see in lighted environments, also could have been burned out!


Typing on an acer monitor right now. It's the best one in the house
You really should look into getting a keyboard, typing on your monitor can't be very good for the LCD...


I'd say for top 3 ranking:

1. Samsung
2. LG
3. Viewsonic
qft.

[Needles]

I have a samsung and 2 dell monitors...

Samsung one was a really nice 1680x1050, but I needed a smaller monitor since an 8600gt can barely play anything over 30 fps at that res.

[Cortexian]

I have a samsung and 2 dell monitors...

Samsung one was a really nice 1680x1050, but I need a better graphics card so I can play at that res.
ftfy.

[itszutak]

The viewsonic monitor I had before my Acer was ABSOLUTE. SHIT.

I have never seen a monitor overheat like it did, and I have never seen a monitor's backlight ever fail in LESS THAN 6 MONTHS.

Granted, it was refurbished. But the screen, even when it worked, did not impress me. The default colors were way off and the tools they give you to adjust it are weird and felt really cheap.

[FluffyDucky™]

I use Asus, before though I also had Acer. :)

[SuperSunny]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8599/dsc0358.jpg

PC is on the bottom right (can't see). Speakers go to PC. Line in on Mac to PC, virtual surround from Mac. DVI output from PC, and VGA output from Mac. I switch between screens from a button. Synergy to link my keyboard and mouse between PC and Mac with a button. Midi Controller to Mac. External HD hidden on the left. IKEA light on the right, and Halogen Spotlights (not on) above. Desks from IKEA. I detach one as a pong table :) Whiteboard on the right, hidden. Two closet-shelves (part of that whole IKEA setup thing) on top.

[Warsaw]

Cool rig bro. KVM switch?

Edit:

Here's my setup...I've since cleaned my room, but my desk looks largely the same..all cluttered. Yay 1.3MP mobile pics and Cyrillic primary school education posters from 1977.
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3722/deskf.jpg

Whole system:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6131/systemo.jpg

Cable management...wut.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6493/cables.jpg

[BobtheGreatII]

You sir, are pro at wire management.

[Rook]

That looks a little similar to mine, cept I don't have the hugeass IDE cables. I honestly have nowhere to throw the wires

[flibitijibibo]

Just got my new monitor, so here's the final setup before I go to FSU:
http://flibitijibibo.awardspace.us/pictures/setup.JPG
The compy and lappy are connected through InputDirector.

[Cortexian]

Cable management...wut.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6493/cables.jpg
IT BURNS!

[Warsaw]

That looks a little similar to mine, cept I don't have the hugeass IDE cables. I honestly have nowhere to throw the wires

I don't either. There isn't enough room between the mobo and case for anything, and the way the bays are set up doesn't allow for nifty maneuvering. Also, my power supply has way too many cords and is not modular. =|

Also, I want your speakers Flibitijibibo...D=

[BobtheGreatII]

I don't either. There isn't enough room between the mobo and case for anything, and the way the bays are set up doesn't allow for nifty maneuvering. Also, my power supply has way too many cords and is not modular. =|

Also, I want your speakers Flibitijibibo...D=

I just have all my power cords tucked over the top of my cd/dvd drive. But from the looks of it, my case is slightly larger than yours. :rolleyes:

[Cortexian]

You should have some room behind the hard drive bays for cords, and I see open 5.25in bays where you can throw some cables. You're also using a case that has a top mounted PSU though, I've always found those to be harder to manage when it comes to power cables... You've got to go modular, it's just so nice!

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9526/bigasspsu01.jpg
(Sorry for the blurriness, camera recently decided to stop auto-focusing very well)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8622/bigasspsu02.jpg

[Warsaw]

When I got my case back in '04, ones with bottom-mounted PSUs cost a pretty penny...mine was a $42 Rosewill. I had all of the cables sitting in the 5.25" bay but I had just gotten through diving into my PC to remove a dead sound card, which is what reminded me to take those pics in the first place...=D

I see that your PSU is modular, which doesn't hurt either.

[Cortexian]

The modular features were one of the main reasons that I got that PSU, I use all of the "hard lines" (the cords that are non-removable) and then the three peripheral cords for my optical/hard drives and accessories. I could probably do quite a bit better with my cable management as it stands now, but I'd need to grab a couple of extension cables for a few of the power cords.

[Warsaw]

I just needed a cheap replacement PSU for the 420W that burned out. 580W, $60, 80+ certified, good to go.

:D

[Varmint260]

I didn't show much of my tower in the last post, and I recently moved a load of shit around, so here's new pics.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/Varmint264/GamingCentre.jpg
Rearranged everything over to the end wall in the room to make it more spacious. Testing out my new Coca-Cola cooler (runs on household or cigarette lighter in vehicle) and instead of having my quad receiver just making more noise next to the desk, the speakers are below and to the left of the frame for rear audio. No, I didn't spill anything on the concrete under the desk, it's just stained that way.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/Varmint264/Internal.jpg
Revel in my not-so-exciting computer with no fancy LEDs or windows, and my particularly bad wiring job. The only shiny things are the gold-plated RAM sticks which are also mostly hidden from view by a tangle of wires.

[InnerGoat]

Does that case not have any fans? :ohdear:

[SnaFuBAR]

no fans for silent performance~

[Rook]

I have 3 or 4 case fans and don't hear them ?

[Varmint260]

no fans for silent performance~

It's true, the case itself has no fans. It's just a plain Acer Aspire M1201 case. However, the PSU has dual fans, there's the CPU's heatsink fan, and there's one fan on the 9500GT.

If I set Crysis to Very High settings at 1680x1050 just to make it chug (down to about 10 frames per second, ugh), the CPU and GPU rise up into the mid-40s (degrees celsius). I'm not sure that calls for a case fan. Or am I wrong?

And Rook... is that when there's absolutely nothing going on anywhere in the building and the only thing you can hear is your own breathing? Not that it matters, I'm sure most people can easily drown out their computer's fans with a little music. Besides... if you're referring to the case you have pics posted of just above, I only see the one fan at the back that's screwed directly onto the case. Unless you're also including the PSU fan, CPU heatsink fan, and the GPU's fan...

[Rook]

And Rook... is that when there's absolutely nothing going on anywhere in the building and the only thing you can hear is your own breathing? Not that it matters, I'm sure most people can easily drown out their computer's fans with a little music. Besides... if you're referring to the case you have pics posted of just above, I only see the one fan at the back that's screwed directly onto the case. Unless you're also including the PSU fan, CPU heatsink fan, and the GPU's fan...

There you go..

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7353/fanss.jpg

The CPU fan is behind the fan with the green LED, and the graphics card has a little fan too. That's 6 in all if you count those. If it matters there is a spot on the other side of the case for a 80mm fan that is empty that points to the hard drive rack.

[Varmint260]

Ahh, right. I was still looking at the pics of your OLD computer. Whoops.

[klange]

http://blog.phpwnage.com/~klange/pictures/th_IMG_4814.JPG (http://blog.phpwnage.com/~klange/pictures/IMG_4814.JPG)
One last shot of my new desktop before I leave for Illinois.

[ThePlague]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3760336579_f51532e785_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3760338283_f42bd3bc50_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/3761134390_4b21d0b13c_b.jpg

Old pics but p much same setup.

[Ki11a_FTW]

this thread needs to be stickyd again

[Futzy]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1108/screenstto.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1108/screenstto.jpg)

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/879/laptopwacom.jpg


Two devices to control space and time:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6287/wacomk.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6287/wacomk.jpg)
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5272/3dmouse.jpg

[Darkness]

It's abit of a mess but
http://img.techpowerup.org/090710/CIMG0790.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/090710/CIMG0786.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/090710/CIMG0783.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/090809/CIMG0841.jpg

[Ki11a_FTW]

Okay, i usually don't complain about shot tags, but THOSE NEED THEM

[Varmint260]

Jesus! I set my browser to 50% zoom and it's still not enough for those pics.

[Horns]

Lifesized pics ftw?

[Darkness]

sorry I used the full 10.1 MP I'll add the shot tags

ehh haven't been in here in awhile don't know how to use shot..

[BobtheGreatII]

I think you're close. It's
URL

I'm not sure why there isn't a simple button for this. Really needs one, it would come in handy.

[Siliconmaster]

sorry I used the full 10.1 MP I'll add the shot tags

ehh haven't been in here in awhile don't know how to use shot..

[shot]image url goes here[/sho t] (minus the space in "shot")

Ninja'd by BobTheGreat.

[BobtheGreatII]

I think you're close. It's
URLI'm not sure why there isn't a simple button for this. Really needs one, it would come in handy.

.

This, cause it was moved to the last page.

[Darkness]

is that how its suppose to turn out though?

Edit fixed it.

[legionaire45]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=150&pictureid=1131
Scary mother fucker <3.

[ThePlague]

:o

So jealous :C

[Benger]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=150&pictureid=1131
Scary mother fucker <3.

go install windows 7

[InnerGoat]

Lmao that thing is enormous

[legionaire45]

Lmao that thing is enormous
12lbs = :gonk:

Battery life is suprisingly long when its running off of just the 9400M though - 3 1/2 hours, which isn't great but isn't bad. If I can afford it/Alienware offers it, I'm going to see if they sell additional batteries for it.

Also, finding a bag that fit this thing was a bitch.

[klange]

Sounds like just the sort of machine to bring to a certain Modacon next year for the LAN party...

[Futzy]

12lbs = :gonk:
Also, finding a bag that fit this thing was a bitch.

I'm in the same position with my HP HDX - 18.4" and 11.5 pounds.
I can't find a case for it anywhere. :ugh:

[Syuusuke]

This is the only pic of my laptop I can find.

an Asus g50 vt x1

specs?:

fairly decent

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/greyfrey/Randumb/crw_1428.png

[legionaire45]

I'm in the same position with my HP HDX - 18.4" and 11.5 pounds.
I can't find a case for it anywhere. :ugh:
I went with this (http://www.amazon.com/Targus-TCG200-CityGear-Messenger-Notebook/dp/B00024ENHK) case and it manages to fit my M17X with a tiny bit of breathing room - the max dimensions for the laptop compartment of the bag are 16.5" x 12.6" x 2.17". My lappy is 15.98" x 12.65" x 2.11".

Lol, if you go with the SLI'd GTX 280s (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/alienware-m17x-with-dual-gpu-review-roundup/) then that bumps the weight of the M17X up to 15.4lbs and gives it a sub-2 hour battery life. That is definitely an ouchy.


Sounds like just the sort of machine to bring to a certain Modacon next year for the LAN party...
lolwat.

[Skyline]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6877/img4910c.jpg

That's pretty much my entire room except for the single size bed that still caught in the bottom left corner. Yes the furniture is old :smith:.

[BobtheGreatII]

I spy fallout 3. :iamafag:

[klange]

I spy fallout 3. :iamafag:
Really, I only see "out 3"... :realsmug:

lolwat.
You'll know soon enough. :-3

[TomClancy]

Is that an unsolved Rubik's Revenge cube I spy? :o
Probably my favorite cube thus far. But I'm too scared to try the Rubik's Professor cube, heh.

[Skyline]

Yes that is a 5x5 rubix cube that I only solved one side for, not sure if it's the same as the professional ones you speak of. Also, yes that is fall out 3.

[TomClancy]

The 5x5 is the Rubik's Professor cube. (from the photo it looked like a 4x4 though, which is the revenge.)

[Ganon]

http://zgaming.net/zgshack/images/mz4chl2frtyv7cd34il.jpg
http://zgaming.net/zgshack/images/mlsacv8xtl2myxshaynm.jpg
I'm not that big of a fan of the half life series :U

[Ki11a_FTW]

Very Neat and clean, I like it! +rep

[InnerGoat]

Lian-li supremacy

[Alwin Roth]

My Laptop is so amazing when it overheats, i have to cool it down with this air hockey fan and stack a shit load of Manga/Books
to hold it up:

http://screenshots.rd.to/files/678ff31e8bf9f33f9c9bacc23f337c3d/94p3np5wc8cfobxa.JPG
Larger: http://screenshots.rd.to/sn/678ff31e8bf9f33f9c9bacc23f337c3d/94p3np5wc8cfobxa.JPG

Used E3pO's Uploader http://screenshots.rd.to/

[L0d3x]

Have you tried vacuuming the outlet roster of the cooling fans? If done decently it can significantly improve your overheating issues.

[ThePlague]

How would you go about doing that Lodex? Mine has the same overheating easily problem.

[L0d3x]

Well in the case of my laptop I just turn it off, turn it around, and literally vacuum the roster from which the cooling fans blow out of.

You'll have to err, "suck" real "hard", and it may take a little bit untill the dust starts "coming" loose, but eventually you'll see it appearing, and you can either suck it out of the roster of use your "fingers" and err, fiddle it out.

Of course you could also just unscrew the roster, but I'm too lazy to do that.

[Alwin Roth]

Have you tried vacuuming the outlet roster of the cooling fans? If done decently it can significantly improve your overheating issues.

yeah I opened up the bottom of the laptop to clean it up a bit.
Did nothing really.

See, its my laptop, it sucks rocks, it can't even play halo on max.

[Futzy]

The factory installed water cooling in my laptop is so pro

[legionaire45]

The factory installed water cooling in my laptop is so pro
I know, mine is p cool to. I use urine as the coolant. :).

PS. check my gallery again. (http://www.modacity.net/forums/album.php?albumid=150)

[Cortexian]

How exactly do the Alienware back-lit keyboards work? I'm configuring one to buy soon (M15x 15", not a big fancy M17x 17") but there's two options I'm confused about... One is "AlienFX" which lets me choose a bunch of colors, the other is "AlienFX Illuminated Keyboard". I assume I need the "Illuminated Keyboard" option to get the back-lit keyboard, but what does the "AlienFX" by itself cover, the Alienware logo illumination?

How many color options can you switch through on the keyboard? I see you've shown blue and red, can you do more?

E: I saw a video on YouTube of a guys Alienware laptop doing a nice rainbow ambiance and I want it, can you do this?

z53L8wmnzxg

[legionaire45]

I think that AlienFX only covers the pretty lighting on the Alienware logos, the Alienware text if it's there and the ring of light around the trackpad. Not sure though - M15x is a little bit older of a design and it might not have some of those features. I'm pretty sure that you'll want to go with the illuminated keyboard design since backlit keyboards are win :P.

Color options are in my attachment.

Regarding the fades and stuff, you can make it fade to different colors like that using the included software. The software gives you the option to watch some tutorials on how to set the lighting up when you first run it. The M17x in that vid looks like the older version, but the software itself is exactly the same and so are all of the zones that you can have light up. I haven't set up any fades or strobes or anything yet but when I get some more packing done I might play with it :P.

[Cortexian]

So when you choose a color on their website it's just the color it ships with? Then you can change it all yourself if you so desire?

Awesome.

Desktop upgrades can wait, this thing has pretty colors, need it now!

How does:

2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo (Are there OCing tools with these so I can OC to 2.5Ghz and save $100?)
4GB Memory
512MB 9800M GT
500GB HDD

Sound?

E: How is the support for drivers and software and such? I always format laptops and reinstall my own OS so I know it's clean, are the tools/drivers required for AlienFX and all the other peripherals (sound drivers, webcam, etc) downloadable so I can format to Windows 7 64-bit RTM?

EE: Am happy, looks like it works as you described on the m15x as well!
jlId4uNLHd4

[legionaire45]

Alienware's driver download page is here (http://support.alienware.com/Support_Pages/Restricted_Pages/driver_downloads.aspx) - check under "mobile systems". Doesn't look like they have Win7 drivers for anything yet but they hopefully will around the time it hits retail. Mine also came with a resource DVD which probably has some driver/software stuff on it and a few other DVDs (windows disk I think, AlienRespawn, etc.).

I think that you can now in theory use Nvidia's standard driver for mobile chipsets, although I tried to install it and it bitched about not being able to install some of the things that I think are more chipset specific (hybrid SLI, etc.). Mine uses a 730i chipset and I haven't bothered with reinstalling any of the drivers or anything - I'll look that up in a bit I guess.

Oh, and yeah, at least on mine they give you access to the bios so you can do basic things like changing front-side bus or clock speed multiplier if you have an extreme edition CPU. I think you can change ram timings as well. Can't mess with anything voltage wise (probably for good reason :P).

The only thing I'd change on mine is that I'd get a bigger HDD - already running out of space on the 250GB that shipped with the lappy. I think when I actually have money/an on campus job I'll go ahead and throw two decent sized drives in - you can RAID 0 or 1 them up. Not sure if that applies to the M15x.

[Cortexian]

Fuck rent, job money goes to this now. As for drivers, I've had no problems using Windows Vista 64-Bit drivers on Windows 7 64-Bit if I can't find Windows 7 specific drivers, so that's no problem really!

I hate you Alienware, oh so much.

Speaking of job money, I need a job really bad now. Since there's oh... $5,000 of things I actually NEED qued up behind this now...

[AAA]

For a note, since my mobo and GFX card burned out on me, I've been serviving off a PNY Geforce FX 5500 PCI card (SLO-HO-HO-W) till I could replace my 4770 and I got a new mobo. See specs for more.


http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=155&pictureid=1167
http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=155&pictureid=1160
http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=155&pictureid=1161
http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=155&pictureid=1163
http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=155&pictureid=1164

[paladin]

Lots of empty space. I guess its good for airflow, but I look at my case like a UV unwrap: pack it as much as possible.

[AAA]

Yeah, I like my stuff as clean and wireyless as possible, I feel bad that I couldn't get that with the fan control cables though. It'll be a lot more packed when I get that Coolmaster V8 in there, Lol.

[Cortexian]

Be a man and go with the V10! You need to work on your cable management for more than a few minutes though, it's not bad but it's not good either!

[Varmint260]

Cable management? Yeah, I definitely don't have much skill with that.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/Varmint264/DSC00928.jpg

I bought a modular PSU, but the bloody cables on it are so stiff that I have trouble hiding them. Even with this horrific wiring job, though, the innards stay relatively cool.

Other reason why it's so jumbled is 'cause Acer built a really short case. The top of the PCI and PCIe slots stick out the back of the computer instead of being recessed, and the hard drives are mounted sideways compared to my M1201's case. I didn't realize the new PSU would be that much longer; there's barely enough room to spare for the wiring that runs the USB ports on top of the case and the SATA power for the optical drive.

[paladin]

Stock cpu fan :(

[Varmint260]

Maybe it's because it's three cores running at 2.2GHz (that's not exactly blistering), but even when bogging down in Crysis, the hottest of the cores runs up to 44 celsius. I'm not exactly unhappy with those numbers.

And also, when I bought my Athlon X2 5600 Brisbane (two cores at 2.9GHz each), I installed the AMD heatsink that came with the new processor, and it would only run 800RPM (the current AVC runs 1800). I had to re-do the thermal paste and reinstall the AVC 'cause with the AMD heatsink, the CPU was, at idle, running around 45 celsius. Reinstalled the AVC that came with that computer and it dropped to 30 celsius.

EDIT: By "the current AVC" I mean the AVC in my last computer, though this one runs about the same.

[Limited]

Heres my current setup, although its changing in a few weeks (moving out again)

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/774/setupm.png

heh, taken with mobile phone

[legionaire45]

I will post nude pics of my set up when I move into my dorm tomorrow.

[ThePlague]

Limited that is a big keyboard

[BobtheGreatII]

Limited that is a big keyboard

You're mistaken. The monitor is just small. :realsmug:

[Skyline]

You need to play halo 3 in widescreen :saddowns:.

[hry]

Bad pics are bad; anywaysc;
http://i28.tinypic.com/5cxd0g.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/27zdq36.jpg
http://i27.tinypic.com/dmzj9i.jpg

Also, sometimes:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2428w1g.jpg
Back (wireless speakers ftw):
http://i25.tinypic.com/2mgsc2v.jpg

[Timo]

I finally got around to mounting my fans.
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/perter/IMG_9547.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/perter/IMG_9545.jpg

Since I had to drill extra holes into the fans to allow me to mount them to the case, for a long time they were in the same place - one attached by 3M command strips, the other propped up by a box of jelly. Since the holes the in the case were too large for normal screws, I had to get some thumb screws. Cool solution I thought :3

Need to clean my case though :C Originally there was a plastic cover surrounding that metal mesh you can see on the left of the bottom pic, which caused a build up of crap over the years. I might put that mesh back on, but the holes are so damn small it looks like they'd reduce the airflow quite a bit.

[legionaire45]

I'd put them on until you can get some better ones anyway - don't want one of those wires hitting the fan D: .

[paladin]

Here kitty kitty kitty....

[Cortexian]

You should also reverse the orientation of those side fans, the top one is blowing in on your CPU fan and the bottom one is blowing out. You want that reversed so the top one is blowing out to assist your CPU fan, and the bottom one is bringing in cool air (hot air rises and all that).

Unless those are weird fans, usually the four supports to the middle section are placed on the direction the fan is blowing.

[Timo]

My CPU fan sucks air in, and blows air out the side. So there's a fan there to help blow air onto the fan, and another on the back of the case to blow air out. The bottom one is reversed because my video card's fan just spits out hot air everywhere (sucks in from the bottom of the case and spits it out the side), so that fan just pulls all the hot air out. If I reversed the fans they'd both be working against what's already happening inside the case :x

e: And they are retarded fans - SpeedFan and my BIOS report that they're spinning at around 150,000 RPM :neckbeard:. But they're quiet, and that's all I really care about. My CPU fan sounded like a vacuum cleaner was started up outside my door when I was in the middle of a game. It's still pretty noisy though - planning on getting a new heatsink soon.

[Amit]

My CPU fan sounded like a vacuum cleaner was started up outside my door when I was in the middle of a game. It's still pretty noisy though - planning on getting a new heatsink soon.

This is the same with me. Fuck stock HS/Fs.

[Cortexian]

Well, it doesn't really matter because my fans > ur fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/New_Airflow_Design.jpg

+18 TOBLERONE

[Amit]

+18 TOBLERONE

:iamafag: Ship that to me and I won't pay people to put signs on your lawn anymore.

[Cortexian]

Psh.

There's also Sushi in front of my keyboard and a half dissasembled Xbox 360 on the floor in front of my chair! :iamafag:

[Amit]

Enjoy?

[jcap]

Psh.

There's also Sushi in front of my keyboard and a half dissasembled Xbox 360 on the floor in front of my chair! :iamafag:
I wonder why your Xbox 360 is half disassembled!

[Cortexian]

I wonder why your Xbox 360 is half disassembled!
Uhhhh.

Would you buy it if I said I dropped a chunk of Toblerone in there and needed to get it out?

[Cortexian]

Hey guys.

Look.

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3785.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3787.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3788.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3789.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3790.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3791.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3792.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3793.JPG

Apparently they now include the eVGA backplate for free, and they changed what the card physically looks like (grill is red instead of black, no GTX 285 sticker anymore) but don't ask me why...

[AAA]

Hoooooly Shit..

Wait a minute, you're running those cards at x16 SLI on PCI-E 1.0????

....Ouch. Still a nice setup.

[Amit]

The one with the sticker looks better.

[Cortexian]

Hoooooly Shit..

Wait a minute, you're running those cards at x16 SLI on PCI-E 1.0????

....Ouch. Still a nice setup.
Yes it's on PCI-E 1.0, since it's more than adequate to handle the amount of information flow. No need to upgrade to PCI-E 2.0 for (maybe) a 1-2 FPS increase. And yes they're both in x16 slots, what are you getting at? x16 is the fastest available anyways.

Also:
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/3DMark_Vantage_Score-Sept-10-09.jpg

As opposed to the old:
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/3DMark_Vantage_Score-Feb-14-09.jpg

[AAA]

I disagree. My brother is holding up a GTS 250 512mb on a PCI-E 1.0 and his performance is severely bottle-necked. Hardly able to run Crysis on High settings without stuttering between 15-30 fps

[Cortexian]

I disagree. My brother is holding up a GTS 250 512mb on a PCI-E 1.0 and his performance is severely bottle-necked. Hardly able to run Crysis on High settings without stuttering between 15-30 fps
You can disagree, but you're wrong. His bottleneck is coming from elsewhere because PCI-E 1.X vs PCI-E 2.0 isn't that huge of a jump, and the cards using said slots aren't even using that much bandwidth. I saw a great discussion/explanation on the fact on some website awhile ago when I checked this. I just played Crysis with about 40-45 FPS, I was getting 25-30 before.

Edit - Here you go, I found what I was looking for:

Now - As far as "real" performance increase? That's going to be difficult to pinpoint. Why?? Because the existing standard isn't close to it's limits. If you'll allow me to make up some numbers: Think of it as doubling the speed limit on the highway from 70 to 140. If no cars exist which are powerful enough to go faster than 50 miles an hour, and there are enough lanes to fit the traffic, does it matter???? This is like the situation now. Even multiple devices aren't capable of running faster than current limitations. So increasing the capacity of the pipe isn't going to bring much 'real world' benefit. At least the way things stand at the moment.

[AAA]

so than what else is his problem?... He's got good RAM, the same CPU I do and I'm not getting bottle-necked nearly as much as he is... Whatever, it'd be nice to get an answer, but I don't want to change the subject.

btw, very nice example, whoever made that up is very informative to some people's simplicity. Thank you. +rep

[Cortexian]

btw, very nice example, whoever made that up is very informative to some people's simplicity. Thank you. +rep
You're welcome!

Edit - Here are some dark pics:
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3805.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3806.JPG


http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3809.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3811.JPG


http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3813.JPG


http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3815.JPG


http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20GTX%20285%20SLI%20Installed/DSCN3818.JPG

[=sw=warlord]

Interesting, we've got the same motherboard so now i know what the limits of my board would be like pretty much.

[Cortexian]

Interesting, we've got the same motherboard so now i know what the limits of my board would be like pretty much.
Yup, I can get one more PCI card in there for whatever, but it's expansion slot on the back is used up by my cold cathode controller... You could also throw a better socket 775 processor into this board, obviously.

[klange]

http://hivclan.net/hivshack/images/cqvfpd1pdf441hjwt6gz.jpg
http://hivclan.net/hivshack/images/7vvpysijddf2wo4xp7c6.jpg
http://hivclan.net/hivshack/images/d5titxcxhy8ijxe5dex.jpg

What's that? I'm using HIVShack for my image needs? Why yes I am!

The LCD TV is 22", 1080p, hooked up via VGA to my laptop. This will change to DVI->HDMI attached to my desktop as soon as I get a dual-link DVI splitter that works so I can move my other displays onto one output port.

[Cortexian]

Wow, HIVShack is loading SLOOOOOOOOOOW....

Also, I'm not expert on the matter, and it's probably not a huge deal but... Display on top of a microwave? That can't be great for the displays life expectancy...

[klange]

Wow, HIVShack is loading SLOOOOOOOOOOW....

Also, I'm not expert on the matter, and it's probably not a huge deal but... Display on top of a microwave? That can't be great for the displays life expectancy...
I've said this on other forums: Federal law in the United States (and other nations) limits the maximum microwave leakage that a microwave oven can produce to 5mw over the entire course of its lifetime at a two inch distance from source, well below anything that would harm electronics.

[Phopojijo]

Yeahhh it may be the Whiskey ((Don't drink and derive folks)) but I seriously think that statement is wrong.

You cannot have 5mw over the entire course of its lifetime... milliwatts is a *rate*... not a quantity. 1/1000th of a Joule per second. It makes no sense to be the output of an integral over its life...

Even still... each microwave's lifespan is different... so a cheap chinese brand that is leaky as hell but dies after a week of use would be acceptable? ... Yeah that doesn't make sense at all.

[klange]

You cannot have 5mw over the entire course of its lifetime... milliwatts is a *rate*... not a quantity. 1/1000th of a Joule per second. It makes no sense to be the output of an integral over its life...
Maybe I worded that poorly... At no point during its lifetime may it exceed 5mw output. And most microwaves are a lot better than that. Also, the stand for the TV helps keep it far enough away that everything has dissipated.

[Phopojijo]

Yeah that makes sense...

[TheGhost]

Triple boot, bitches. (Windows 7, Kubuntu 9, Snow Leopard)

http://www.adampapamarcos.com/files/triboot.jpg

[Phopojijo]

... and your reason for that is?

I mean, good on you, but what was your reason to go through all that time?

[Cortexian]

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Setup_Sept-12-2009.JPG

I moved my entire setup to the basement, need to work on the cable management behind the desk A LOT but it looks great from the front end. This is in preperation for my triple monitor setup, the CD shelf thing on the left is not attached to the desk anymore so I'll remove it when my monitors get here.

[TheGhost]

@Phopo: I have uses for all three

@Freelancer: That desk looks awesome for triple monitors.

[Cortexian]

@Freelancer: That desk looks awesome for triple monitors.
I'll let you know whenever UPS gets off their collective asses and ships my monitors. "Billing Information Received" status for 3+ days doesn't help meh!!!!

[Cortexian]

Here's a couple more pictures of my setup, I cleaned up the cable management with some twist ties until I get some cable sleeving or something... Added box of Toblerones...

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Setup01_Sept-13-2009.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Setup02_Sept-13-2009.JPG

God damn UPS has had my monitors listed as "Billing Information Received" on their tracking program for EIGHT DAYS now... FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

[ThePlague]

I wanna be cool too:
http://johnflasser.scifi-frontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_2275.JPG
http://johnflasser.scifi-frontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_2276.JPG
http://johnflasser.scifi-frontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_2277.JPG
http://johnflasser.scifi-frontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_2278.JPG

Gotta love the vga plug for Xbox :D

Also, fuck cable management.

[flibitijibibo]

Here's a couple more pictures of my setup, I cleaned up the cable management with some twist ties until I get some cable sleeving or something... Added box of Toblerones...

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Setup01_Sept-13-2009.JPG

http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Setup02_Sept-13-2009.JPG

God damn UPS has had my monitors listed as "Billing Information Received" on their tracking program for EIGHT DAYS now... FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
Couple notes about the Z-5500:
- Take those speaker covers off. They fuck up the output a considerable amount the way they're attached. Also, muffletastic materials.
- That poor subwoofer is in the back. :(

Will post pics of my college setup once I have a camera...

[Cortexian]

Couple notes about the Z-5500:
- Take those speaker covers off. They fuck up the output a considerable amount the way they're attached. Also, muffletastic materials.
- That poor subwoofer is in the back. :(

Will post pics of my college setup once I have a camera...
I experience no change of sound quality or volume (muffling) with/without the speaker covers, and bass is non-directional so having it behind the desk doesn't really matter.

[Rook]

Why do you care so much about cable management behind the desk, i just threw my shit back there

[flibitijibibo]

Oh. You're probably more responsible about the volume then. >.>

The bass is debatable, but at those volumes, yeah, it doesn't really matter.

[Cortexian]

Why do you care so much about cable management behind the desk, i just threw my shit back there
My desk is actually in the middle of the room, so the back of the desk is still viewable by anyone on the far couch or chairs.

Oh. You're probably more responsible about the volume then. >.>

The bass is debatable, but at those volumes, yeah, it doesn't really matter.
My volume is usually sitting around 3-4 full bars when gaming and casual usage, I'll sometimes put it up to 6 bars (about quarter volume). Whem I'm watching movies/TV shows it's usually at about half, I sometimes go to 3/4 for music, but never anything higher.

[flibitijibibo]

Heh, we both measure with the bars. Yeah, that's way more quiet compared to me. Sorry, mum and dad.

[Cortexian]

Sorry, mum and dad.
This is why I can't go louder... :saddowns:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

same D:
I'd be having the whole house shake if it wasn't for them
grrrr

[itszutak]

This is why I got studio headphones :realsmug:

[=sw=warlord]

This is why I got studio headphones :realsmug:
I used to use headphone's at one point but i cant anymore due to one side not working due to blowing the speaker out....Rammstein never sounded so good before i started using the headphone.
They werent exactly cheap either.

......If i can find some software to use with my bluetooth dongle il upload some images of my desk.

[klange]

My workstation has been blessed with awesomeness.
http://hivclan.net/hivshack/images/u628m01lrekpbh98h5.jpg

[=sw=warlord]

Hey there kevin.

[klange]

Hey there kevin.
If you're referring to the name in the upper right, that's not me, that's a friend signing on. Though my name is Kevin... well known fact. (http://me.phpwnage.com)

[=sw=warlord]

If you're referring to the name in the upper right, that's not me, that's a friend signing on. Though my name is Kevin... well known fact. (http://me.phpwnage.com)
i was actualy reffering to your facebook screen.

[klange]

i was actualy reffering to your facebook screen.
You can read that? Bravo, sir, bravo. I congratulate your ability to see such distorted and blurred text.

[ExAm]

i was actualy reffering to your facebook screen.
I call shenanigans. That shit is completely illegible.

[=sw=warlord]

I call shenanigans. That shit is completely illegible.
Im just good at recognising patterns in jumble.

[legionaire45]

He's been stalking you.

If it weren't for the fact that it would be totally awkward, I'd go and grab some pictures of the setups in Comp Sci House. Projectors, dual monitors, server racks, I have no idea how people fit this much shit into a dorm, but they manage it.

[Cortexian]

SO GUY IN BROWN SHORTS PUTS THIS BOX IN MY HOUSE
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor01.JPG

I WONDER WTF IS IS GOTTA BE CAREFUL IT COULD BE A SIGN OR SOEMTHING
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor02.JPG

TIP IT OVER TO MAEK S7URE
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor03.JPG

COULD BE A BOM BETTER OPEN CAREFUL
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor04.JPG

DONT SEE NOT WIRES MAYBE NOT A BOMB
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor05.JPG

WIRES OH SHIT O SHI WAIRES RUN RUNRUNR
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor06.JPG

NVM IT WAS A CONNECTIVITY CABLE FOR A DISPLAY WTF I KNOW
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor07.JPG

REMOVING THE CONDO PROTECTIVE COATING
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor08.JPG

FUCKIN SHIT ITS GONE WTF BROWN SGHORTS MAN ILL GET U
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor09.JPG

OH ITS OVER THEREE.......
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor10.JPG

ANTHRAX FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor11.JPG

MAYBE ITS JUST DUST LETS CLEAN IT OAF
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor12.JPG

HERE LOOKS GOOD
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor14.JPG

USIN THE CONNECTIVITY CABELING
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor15.JPG

I USED THIS TO MAKE THIS HHORRIBLE POST GUIS
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/computer/Second%20Monitor/Second_Monitor16.JPG

[klange]

-rep, poor style


Nice LCD.

e: God damn new page >: (

[Timo]

Nothing will ever beat my Burger King.

e:Bacon use 50ppp it's the best.

[klange]

Nothing will ever beat my Burger King.

e:Bacon use 50ppp it's the best.
But it makes my iPhone shit its pants! (Same for my Mini)

[=sw=warlord]

Wasn't funny the 1st time definently wasnt funny the 50th time freelancer.

[TheGhost]

Where's the third one?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Huge dump, pretty much my graveyard of parts, along with my pc itself
http://img508.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=sany0257.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/25/sany0257.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5411/sany0258.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3848/sany0259.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8983/sany0260q.jpg
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/520/sany0261s.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5277/sany0262.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8298/sany0263q.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/3092/sany0264.jpg
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/374/sany0265.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5420/sany0266.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3594/sany0267n.jpg

[flibitijibibo]

Sweet jesus :gonk:

That room is fucking scary.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

It is a graveyard, Isn't it?

[Cortexian]

Where's the third one?
In the male.

NCIX shipped them seperately because they were both open box and were coming from different locations or something... UPS still lists the third one as "Billing Information Received". Sucks man.

:smith:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

That sucks,
btw, what do you think about my graveyard?
:mech:

[Cortexian]

That sucks,
btw, what do you think about my graveyard?
:mech:
Pretty scary, I've got a large bin full of old computer parts, no 360 stuff though. That's neat.

[InnerGoat]

That sucks,
btw, what do you think about my graveyard?
:mech:

get a real camera

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

get a real camera

buy me one

[Amit]

That sucks,
btw, what do you think about my graveyard?
:mech:

A PC enthusiast's nightmare.

[Cortexian]

This should stay in Tech Talk, it's 100% Tech Talk material.

[TheGhost]

Looks to me like a "Post your ..." thread. I'm trying something new here. This is a community thread, anyone can take a picture of their work area and upload it, just like their desktop, or whatever.

[Xetsuei]

But this isn't post your desktop/work area, it's post your PC pics.

It should stay in tech.

[Cortexian]

But this isn't post your desktop/work area, it's post your PC pics.

It should stay in tech.
This here.

[paladin]

Picked up a new monitor this afternoon.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3449/dscf1800s.jpg

[Cortexian]

Sweet background mayn! :realsmug:

[paladin]

lololololool

look at my messy desk

e: I thought you went to bed

[Cortexian]

e: I thought you went to bed
i thought i did to, but i got sidetracked, going now!

[paladin]

lolol

[Cortexian]

Fuck, so the second 245B that I ordered from NCIX got damaged while they were transfering it between warehouses. They offered me a Samsung 2443BW as a replacement, which actually has slightly better specs but it's a different bezel. I'm going to try and get them to get me a 245B or 245BW from Samsung if they can...

[InnerGoat]

lol owned

[Cortexian]

Ugh, they told me to try and contact Samsung directly as an end-user. Apparently NCIX can't get any more from Samsung because they're discontinued... Here's hoping Samsung has some open box/refurbished models lying around their warehouses somewhere.

[Rook]

Ugh, they told me to try and contact Samsung directly as an end-user. Apparently NCIX can't get any more from Samsung because they're discontinued... Here's hoping Samsung has some open box/refurbished models lying around their warehouses somewhere.

Scrap the two you have right now and buy 3 brand new ones.

[InnerGoat]

Ugh, they told me to try and contact Samsung directly as an end-user. Apparently NCIX can't get any more from Samsung because they're discontinued... Here's hoping Samsung has some open box/refurbished models lying around their warehouses somewhere.

Why not take their offer on the newer model? Use it as the middle monitor :downs:

[Cortexian]

Bezels won't match bro.

245B/245BW:
http://www.samsung.com/ca/system/consumer/product/2007/11/16/ls24hubcfvxaa/245BW_dimension_20071116.jpg

2443BW:
http://www.samsung.com/ca/system/consumer/product/2009/03/18/ls24mykrbqxaa/2443BW_dimage.jpg

Looks like I might be doing this anyways though...

[InnerGoat]

Those look so similar why are you so picky asdhadshdsds :ugh:

[Cortexian]

If I can get 3 of the same I will, if not I'll get the 2443BW obviously.

"You should be dead!?, that spear would of skewered a wild boar!" </lotrHD>

EDIT: k so, I'm getting the 2443BW for my middle screen, we'll see how that works...

[paladin]

I was gonna say, put the one in the middle and the two alike on either side. I might pick another one that I just bought, it was $99 and is til 10/1.

[Con]

k so, I'm getting the 2443BW for my middle screen, we'll see how that works...
next time you think about posting, think about using the edit button!

[Cortexian]

next time you think about posting, think about using the edit button!
I did.

Original DP was to bump on the status.

Edit - Made a video to test recording three screens, came out pretty good for using a webcam...
L13WWJEZ1YA

Obviously I'm still missing the third monitor, lol

[itszutak]

Fuck, I need 3 monitors.

[SnaFuBAR]

you fucking aimboater

[Amit]

Holy fuck. I need 3 monitors to get that ridiculously large wide field of view. It's almost like an unfair, yet legal advantage. Imagine COD4 :iamafag:

[Cortexian]

I'm trying to get COD4 working, though I'm pretty sure PB kicks if you're using any kind of d3d9.dll files, so it wouldn't work very well in PB servers. I'll have to research that further with the PB guys...

Anyways, I'm having issues getting the "WidescreenFixer" that you need for COD4 to work correctly. I'll wait until my third monitor arrives to try it further.

[TheGhost]

Whoa how did you get the reticle on just one screen as opposed to in the middle of the two screens?

[Cortexian]

Whoa how did you get the reticle on just one screen as opposed to in the middle of the two screens?
I'm using SoftTH and a triple monitor resolution, however I have SoftTH set so that it knows there's no actual left screen. The game thinks its running on three screens but there are only two. My SyncMaster 2443BW should be here tomorrow and I'll get some video of my triple monitor setup.