NERD STATION , WHATS YOURS?

My office computer...At least here i play in peace, only 1 roomate.
God damn Ini dpt, we are all given macs...
Downstairs though in the main lab there is a sexy homemade cluster with 2 30inch apple cinema displays for the front ends . And 2 quad core sandy bridge blah blah linux boxes : ) . And two experimental NVIDIA cards for GPGPU computing which are not on the market. (they suck for gaming though :/ ). But too many ppl to play there




Feel free to bash the apple exhibitionism. I still prefer fedora 6 to mac os x.

@CuBeOwl-Dude that funny light tube you have in your desk is out of palce that poster rokcs though!
@Mirio-Epic desk!
@Rad-dude i m left handed too, but i prefer to play with my right hand setup : ) . what is that freaky set up you have ther?

sounds like you are bashing macs more than anyone else

also, clear your desktop dude. it'll run much faster if you do.

also, clear your desktop dude. it'll run much faster if you do.

o.O what, a Mac runs slower if the Desktop is crowded?!! OMG no. Rly? Nah. You must be kidding me. Or are you?

* Halogene panics

also, clear your desktop dude. it'll run much faster if you do.

o.O what, a Mac runs slower if the Desktop is crowded?!! OMG no. Rly? Nah. You must be kidding me. Or are you?

* Halogene panics

Pictureeee!

I am not a nerd, so I am not allowed to participate :o(

(phew, found a valid excuse...)

everyone here is somehow nerdy.
Comon Halo, everyone here wonders which type is the lamp next to your PC.

everyone here is somehow nerdy.
Comon Halo, everyone here wonders which type is the lamp next to your PC.

Haha, in any case the lamp next to my PC is not ME for sure.

...you all seem to love to trigger me lately.

not just macs. any computer will run a bit faster with a cleared desktop. this is something windows users seem to have a problem with

not just macs. any computer will run a bit faster with a cleared desktop. this is something windows users seem to have a problem with

lol If you have a 3GHZ CPU (even if it's a 32 bit single core one like a Pentium 4) you probably won't notice the speed increase. By clearing your desktop, you can make it load faster when you boot up or otherwise load your desktop.

actually I am kind of curious what the average system specs for users are on here. I have noticed that they tend to be quite a bit higher than most average computer users.

actually I am kind of curious what the average system specs for users are on here. I have noticed that they tend to be quite a bit higher than most average computer users.

Well they'd have to be being that the majority of us all do some form of editing/compiling/gaming etc.

The specs of my nerd station was average 2 years ago when I bought it, and I think it can be considered outdated now:
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-EP43-S3L
CPU: INTEL Dual Core E5200 2.50GHz 775 BOX
RAM: GEIL Ultra 2048Mb DDR2 800Mhz KIT
VGA: GALAXY 9800GT 512MB Xtreme Tuner PCIE
PSU: FSP ATX-350PNF
HD: WD 320GB 7200rpm 16MB SATA2
CPU COOLER: COOLERMASTER Hyper TX3 (used to be Hyper TX2, but soon it went noisy, and because of the TX2 is out of construction any more, I got a TX3 in guarantee instead).

I ll write to you about the machine i played today from.

CPU:Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux (Quad Core)
RAM:32GB DDR3
GRAPHICS CARDS: 1) is running on the following GPU:
[0] GeForce GTX 580 16 SM_2.0 @ 1.62 GHz, 1535 MiB DRAM, DIS
and 1 Tesla C 2070 (448 CUDA cores, 6 GB memory)
The rest doesn't matter..Then again, i have the same machine at home, hence the tesla card which iirc costed around 2.5K$.

Oh the screen is a sickly nice 30 inch apple LCD one, and a nice apple keyboard too. Annoying to use with linux though. No-one apparently from the 3 ppl that we actively use that box took the effort to fix the apple keyboard mapping ...(the Fkeys@#$!@$@).


Interesting piece of Nerdy trivia. One of the head developer guys of the Portland Group of compilers etc (pgf90 anyone?) told us in a GPGPU workshop that "if you want to play, forget nvidia chips.Ati are so much better. If you want to accelerate your programs,again ATI is doing better using OpenCL. But if you are normal programmers NVidia with the cuda library wins!" .

Here's my system:

General
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Manufacturer: Myself
Power Supply: A Power AK Series 850 Watt PSU
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 3GHz Black Edition AM2+ Socket
Memory: 4 GB (2 GB X 2) G Skill Dual Channel 1066 MHz DDR2
Hard Drive: 1 TB Seagate Barracuda SATA
Video Card: Sparkle NVidia Geforce 9800GTX 1 GB DDR3, 256 bit
Monitor: Sony Trinitron G520 CRT (LCD screens Suck!)
Operating System: Ubuntu Linux 10.04 64 bit
Motherboard: Biostar TA790GX 128M
Computer Case: Spire Swordfin

Removable Media
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Optical: Dual LiteOn DVD Burners
Floppy: Salvaged 3.5 Floppy Drive

Cooling
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Thermal Compound (used on all CPU and GPU): Arctic Silver Ceramique
Intake: Evercool 120mm Aluminum fan
Exhaust: Evercool 120mm Aluminum fan
CPU: Cooler Master GeminII + dual Evercool 120mm Aluminum fans with hex mesh grill
GPU: Sparkle Calibre after-market heatsink (got it free with my card)

Network
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Wireless Card: Encore Wireless N PCI 300Mb/s
Router: D-LINK DIR-625
Service: Buzz Broadband 5Mb/s

Peripherals/Ergonomics
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Webcam: Logitech C120m, 640 X 480, up to 30fps (yeah right, be lucky to get 17 most of the time)
Keyboard: Unicomp USB Customizer 101 key with buckling spring mechanism (Current-day Model M)
Keypads: Cyber Snipa PC Game Pad 2 (Primary), Belkin/Razer n52te (secondary, mostly used for macros)
Mouse: Razer Lachesis + Hyperglide skates
Mouse Surface: Corepad C1- XXXL 17 x 35 inch cloth surface
Keyboard Wrist Rest: Fellowes Gel wrist rest
Keypad and Mouse Wrist Rests: Two Evercool Boosters
Gamepads: XBox Controller S, Official Nintendo Gamecube pad, Alienware Dual Compatible gamepad

Audio
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Sound Card: Integrated 7.1 support (which sounds kick ass with ALSA drivers). Considering getting a Xonar card
Amplifier A: Sherwood 500 Watt, 5.1 Dolby Digital and Prologic 2
Amplifier B: Cheap-ass 200 watt stereo receiver, used for the side speakers
Center: a pair of KLH BTF-220s in parallel configuration
Front: a pair of ESS HD 308s
Side: a pair of ESS HD 308s
Back: a pair of ESS HD 308s
Sub: N/A
Microphone: IAsus NT3 tactical throat mic
Headset (If I must avoid pissing everybody off): Trtton AX51

@Lee: do you use double density floppy disks??

@Lee: do you use double density floppy disks??

I got 1.4 MB of porn on a few of these bad boys lol, can't remember the last time I've actually used them. If I ever get around to snatching up some DOS classics, I'll probably find some use for it.

MB: Asus m4a785td-m evo
RAM: 4GB DDR3 can'trememberthefrequency MHz
CPU: AMD Athlon II x4, the cheaper AMD quad.
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX470 with 1280 GDDR5, branded as TwinTech
HDD: 500GB OEM Seagate (Bargain @ Maplin)
Power supply: 400W
Case: Cooler Master Elite
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External Samsung Writemaster on USB
No FDD, planning on getting a fdd-mounted card reader
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Mouse and Keyboard: Hama wireless
A cheap gamepad I use with emulators
A Logitech Extreme3DPro joystick
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Cheap Creative speakers
A Sony dynamic microphone
A kickass 7.1 onboard card (works great with ALSA)
Skullcandy headphones (with red tape covering them; ask my cats)

Yeah, that's about it. BTW, do you have any idea when HTC Evo 3D comes to europe?

Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X3 720 Processor (3 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB DDR3 RAM
Gfx card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Dedicated Memory: 497 MB
HDD: 500gb

I guess thats the essentials. I feel I could do with an upgrade on the gfx at the moment. Also need to clean out all that dust....

sheesh , this was just 4 pictures , not 4 nerd specs , oh well...

my main laptop is:
nec versa 1.7 gig thingo , single core , 256 graphixs , 1.2 gig of ram , er 80 gig harddrive , t.
runs irc and mumble and both games (not at same time) , and yer , runs very well , oh xp pro too 4 os.

laptop is around 5 years old i think now.

its not what ya got , but what ya do with it!

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anyway , more pictures of nerd stations plz



:^

My station, post cleanup:



Desktop Specs:
Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit)
Core 2 Duo e6550 @ 3ghz
6gb ddr2 @ 870mhz
Geforce 8800gt 256mb
Old-ass Soundblaster Live! 5.1

The best part of my nerd station however, is my "subwoofer" that sits directly behind my chair



That's a 30+ year old Yamaha B100II bass amp powering two 12" speakers. I enjoy the back massages I get while listening to dubstep.

I'm running a laptop

System 76
ubuntu 10.10 (to be upgraded)
screen -- 1600x900
process -- intel core i5
graphics -- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series
speakers -- built in laptop (terrible) (but I play muted 9/10 times anyways)
mouse -- logitech m310 wireless (the blue one)(three buttons vertical scroll) (works great and has lasted 5 months on one AA (so far))

I probably have the lowest specks here.....

@JayWalker

HELL YEAH! Subwoofers sound best when placed directly behind you or mounted on the chair, I actually have two tens sitting behind the couch in the living room here. Also I used to have a Saitek Eclipse, those are pretty decent keyboards that are every bit as functional as they look, one of the best I've ever typed on.

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I love the contrast between my Commodore Amiga and my iMac
And I know that Linux Mint is totally unnerdy, but I like it anyway
I was not in Japan, there is nothing unhealthy about my bright head in the mirror display

Debian 6

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Creative 70SB088000004 7.1 Channels PCI Express 1x Interface PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Modular ...

ViewSonic Value Series VA912B-3 Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 500:1