Your PC "Rig"

[Unbeknownst]

Post here you "Rig" Aka your PC specs.

Processor: core 2 quad, 2.66ghz
GPU: ATI 4870
RAM: Kingston ddr3 4gb
PSU: 1000 watts
OS: Windows XP w/ custom themes patch

[Tapewolf]

Oh, this is gonna be fun.

Primary machine
CPU: Athlon 4600
GPU: nVidia 7600
RAM: 4GB
PSU: 350w
Disks: 1x320GB SATA (system), 1x1TB SATA (data)
OSes: Kubuntu 9.04/64 with custom kernel, W2K, Windows 7/64 beta, Kubuntu 8.10/32, DRDOS 7.03 and possibly also a 2002-era Mandrake installation, I'm not sure
Additional subsystems:
SYMBIOS 53c8xx SCSI controller (running two 1998-era scanners)
M-Audio Midisport 4x4 USB MIDI bridge controlling synthesizers
Edirol UA5 USB audio interface
M-Audio Transit USB audio interface
Korg Triton Ex


Hotrodded Mac Mini
CPU: Intel T7200 (upgraded... now runs kind of too hot)
GPU: Intel GMA950
RAM: 2GB (upgraded)
PSU: Proprietary
Disk: 160GB laptop type (upgraded)
OS: MacOS 10.5.x

Tornado Mellotron Engine
CPU: AMD K6-450
GPU: Cirrus Logic GD5480
RAM: 48MB
PSU: 220W
Disk: 512MB Solid-state
OS: DRDOS 7.03 booting to custom-written softsynth

DAW
Chassis: Dell System 325 (circa 1989, hotrodded to take an ATX motherboard)
CPU: AMD T-bird 1GHz
GPU: nVidia 6200
RAM: 1GB
Disk: 2x200GB PATA
PSU: 230
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
Additional subsystems:
Terratec Phase88 Firewire audio module (8 channels of 24/96 AD/DA)

....this machine is only used for digitizing multitracks.   Mostly it acts as a stand for my monitor.

ROM workstation
Chassis: Dell Optiplex 575
CPU: 75MHz Intel Pentium
GPU: S3 Trio
RAM: 16MB
Disk: 32MB Solid state
OS: DRDOS 7.03

Additional subsystems:
ART EPP-2 EPROM programmer

...I also have a Toshiba Portage 4000 which I use for recording work (all my music is 'performed' on this), that runs Kubuntu 7.04/32.

Finally, I have an EeePC 701 which I take when travelling and otherwise use as a quick way to check DMFA in the mornings.  After the mess of trying to colour Project Future at AC with only 512MB (accidentally pressing 'CTRL-D' would duplicate the image, exhausting the memory space and killing GIMP), I have upgraded that to 2GB.  The EeePC runs Ubuntu UNR 9.04

[RobbieThe1st]

Main computer:

• OS: Windows XP X64, Ubuntu 9.04(sadly I haven't really used it on this computer)
• CPU: Phenom II X4 955
• Cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme with 120MM case fan for airflow(A really high volume, low noise one by Scythe)
• Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70
• RAM: 4GB (2GB X 2) OCZ DDR-2000
• Video card: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 - under/overclocked to 301mhz/702mhz(from 600mhz stock)[/li
  
  • Sound card: Creative Audigy 2 ZS(With front panel)
  • Case: CoolerMaster WaveMaster, Compaq X-09 branded
  • Power supply: Corsair CMPSU 750-TX 750W(Extreme overkill for this rig)
  • Harddisk(s): 2X Western Digital 640GB, to be converted to raid 1
  • Lighting: Varius LEDs, and two 12" white CCFLs mounted above my head.
  
  
  • Screen: 17" Samsung 713B, with two 12V CCFL inverters powering the backlight.
  • Keyboard: Logitech G15
  • Mouse: Logitech G9
  • Sound output: JVC HA-RX300(crap) headphones currently, upgrading to Sennheiser HD 280 PRO
  
  Laptop:
  
  
  
  • OS: Ubuntu 9.04, Windows 2000(I am proud to say that I use Ubuntu mostly on this laptop)
  • Model: IBM R51
  • CPU: Pentium M, 1.5GHZ
  • RAM: 512M
  • HD: WD 120GB 5200RPM
  
  Backup computer(my main computer previously):
  
  
  
  • OS: Windows XP, failed Debian install
  • CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood 3.2GHZ
  • Ram: 2GB
  • Video card: Nvidia FX 5950 Ultra
  • Sound card: Now onboard, otherwise my above Audigy 2 ZS
  • Hard disk: 2X 250GB WD in Raid 1 config
  
  
  -Robbie

[Dannysaysnoo]

OSes: Windows Vista 64, Windows XP, Windows XP 64 and Windows 2000. Tried installing Ubuntu, but it was being finnicky, and I gave up.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.67GHz
Motherboard: Asus P5N-D
RAM: 3GB
Video card: 8600GT 256MB, soon to become a 4850 1GB
Sound: Onboard
Harddisks: 2x160GB Maxtor HDDs, in a partition hell.
Monitor: Acer 19" TFT, running at 1440x900

[Tapewolf]

Harddisks: 2x160GB Maxtor HDDs, in a partition hell.

That I would like to see.  I'd post mine, but I don't have the thing with me.

[Dannysaysnoo]

Harddisks: 2x160GB Maxtor HDDs, in a partition hell.

That I would like to see.  I'd post mine, but I don't have the thing with me.

Well, it's not so much hell, it's just that my first one is partitioned with 20 gigs doing absolutely nothing, and my other has 10 gigs just lying there. I can't believe that I didn't notice for 6 months that i was missing a total of 30 gigs

[Turnsky]

fire in the hole.

AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+ Dual Core (2.9GHz) - AM2, HT 2000, 65W
Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 Motherboard AM2+, nF720D, HT 5200, 4x DDR2-1200, 1x PCI-Ex16 v2.0, 6x SATA-II, RAID, 1x GigLAN, 8Chl, Int VGA, ATX
Twin Seagate 500GB 7200rpm Serial ATA-II-300 HDD w. 16MB Cache
Corsair 4096MB (2 x 2048MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 RAM
HIS Radeon HD4650 - 1GB DDR2, 128-bit, 2x DVI, HDCP, HDTV, Fansink - PCI-Ex16
Samsung DVD burner
Creative Audigy 2 Zs
Viewsonic 22" widescreen LCD
Lian-Li PC60 Case
350w PSU

[Tapewolf]

Well, it's not so much hell, it's just that my first one is partitioned with 20 gigs doing absolutely nothing, and my other has 10 gigs just lying there. I can't believe that I didn't notice for 6 months that i was missing a total of 30 gigs

I did something like that when I was looking for space to install W7.  I had to delete the extended partition, make it bigger and recreate all the contained partitions exactly.  It was a bit hairy, but it worked.

[Suwako]

Desktop:

AMD 2600+ 1,92 Ghz
Nvidia 7600 GS 256 kb
Ram 1.5 GB ( drr 1 )
Power Supply: 400watt
OS: Windows XP
LG single DVD rom player

It still runs!

Laptop

AMD Turion 64 X 2 ( 2,0 Ghz )
Nvidia 8600 mGS 512kb
Ram 3gb ddr 2
250 gb harddisk × 2
Multilayer DVD writer / reader
OS: Windows Vista

[Cvstos]

Desktop

Windows 7 64-bit RC Build 7100
Intel Q6600 Quad-Core CPU 2.4Ghz
3GB DDR2-800
8800GT
Blu-ray Reader
500GB HDD + 300GB HDD (backup purposes)
22" Monitor (1680x1050)
19" Monitor (1280x1024)

About a year and a half old and still fast enough to do what I want it to do, but neither Windows 7 nor Windows Vista have impressed me as not all of my hardware works with it. The software doesn't work right either but the main problem is a POS network gatekeeper app that my school makes me run and often doesn't work right even with Windows XP.

Laptop

Apple PowerBook G4
Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger"
1.5Ghz
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
SuperDrive

This is a five-year-old system and it's finally time to replace it. I'm picking up either a 15" or 17" MacBook Pro at the start of the school year.

[TheJimTimMan]

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
Mobo: Asus P5N-E SLI
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
GPU: Nvidia 9600 GT 512
RAM: 4x1Gb of unknown make, probably in the 800Mhz range. DDR2
Hard Disk: Samsung HD502IJ 500Gb
Sound: Onboard
PSU: 750W
Case: Thermaltake Soprano (I think)

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Was there a point to this thread?

Dell D820 laptop (main desktop)
Processor: core 2 T7200, 2.0 ghz
GPU: nVidia GeForce Go 7400
RAM: 3Ggb
PSU: ... it's irrelevant.
OS: Debian

eeepc 701 4G
Processor: Celeron 900MHz
GPU: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
RAM: 2Ggb
PSU: ... it's irrelevant.
OS: Debian

Gateway
Processor: PIII 1Ghz
GPU: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller
RAM: 512Mb
PSU: Whatever came in the SFF case. Probably 75W or something.
OS: Debian


Then there's my wife's machine (Win 2000 server), her work laptop (vista?), my son's machine (WinXP/Ubuntu dual boot), my son's old machine (Ubuntu), not to mention the boxes currently packed up in boxes, waiting for me to get space to dig them out and put them back online - that's the two servers and the old desktop. And at least two more cases that don't have operating systems at the moment. Oh, and another couple of laptops, which I haven't bothered to do anything with...

None of those last set are currently working, though, so...

[hapless]

350w PSU

No offense, but this seems a bit underpowered for the stuff you have plugged into it. Just sayin'...

Now get a laugh:

1996 Compaq Deskpro 4000/6200

• Pentium Pro 200
• 128 MB SIMM
• 38GiB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
• 38GiB WD400JB
• Ensoniq 1371
• Voodoo3 PCI
• 120W? Compaq PSU
• Debian Squeeze

2005 IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre M51 8142-Y2M

• Pentium 4 3.20 HT
• 512MB DDR1 (planning to expand)
• 76GiB Hitachi
• 465GiB WD5000AAKS
• Integrated Intel GMA900 (planning to get some lower-shelf PCIe card)
• 230W? Lenovo PSU
• Debian Squeeze
• Rarely used XP Pro

There are also PIII-800/384 and Duron 1.3/256 used by other members of the family, and a bunch of unused 95-96 boxen.

I don't need top of the line hardware. I need hardware that's reliable and will still be functioning after many years.
And I still hope I'll get that MicroVAX 3100/98 one day.
//h

[Tapewolf]

And I still hope I'll get that MicroVAX 3100/98 one day.

I knew I should have taken the one at college.  I mean, they were never going to find a use for it...

Now, partition Hell.

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320071851520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfe470c09

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1       16708   134206978+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2   *       16709       16715       56227+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3           16716       38667   176329440    5  Extended
/dev/sda4           38668       38913     1975995   83  Linux
/dev/sda5           16716       16965     2008093+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6           16966       32771   126961663+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7           32772       35203    19535008+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8           35204       38667    27824548+   7  HPFS/NTFS

sda1 is the W2K system partition.  sda2 is the boot block.  sda4 is Mandrake, I think, sda6 is the main linux partition and sda7 is the linux-32 install I keep around in case I need it, typically for recording Morrowind videos.  sda8 is Windows 7.

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x161b710a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1         260     2088418+   6  FAT16
/dev/sdb2             261         266       48195   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3             267         502     1895670    6  FAT16
/dev/sdb4             503      121601   972727717+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5             503         763     2096451    6  FAT16
/dev/sdb6             764        1024     2096451    6  FAT16
/dev/sdb7            1025        1285     2096451    6  FAT16
/dev/sdb8            1286        1546     2096451    6  FAT16
/dev/sdb9            1547       61119   478520091   83  Linux
/dev/sdb10          61120       62028     7301511   83  Linux
/dev/sdb11          62029      121601   478520091    7  HPFS/NTFS

sdb1 is DRDOS.  sdb3 and 5-8 are also DRDOS.  Maybe I should collate these into a single partition since I'm mostly running DOS stuff through DOSBOX nowadays, but old habits die hard.  They have been imaged from disk to disk using DD for about 10 years, so why break the habit?
sdb9 is the linux data partition including but not limited to /home.  sdb10 is... actually, I have no idea what sdb10 is.  It's not on the mount list.  Guess I'd better find out.  Anyway, sdb11 is the Windows data partition.

[hapless]

Whoa, man! I have one dead partition, but i know what's on it.
The only other extravaganza is twenty cylinders of unpartitioned space just after the first 5 GiB of the 400JB. "Buffer space" to the sides of a single logical bad sector. Prolly a MHDD erase with remap would fix it... but erase isn't a fun thing to do, and everything's living happiliy as it is for a few years now.

//h

PS. Something you might be interested in: Seems that last version of VAX/VMS that supported 11/780 and 11/785 was 5.4.

EDIT: Nah, HP removed the more recent installation supplement PDFs. It's 6.2.

[ShadesFox]

Fox machines:

Main desktop:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 2.8GHz (One of the unlocked editions.  Not sure why, I don't intend to OC it.)
GPU: ATI 4870
PSU 750 Watt
RAM: 8GB off spec DDR2-1066
Sound: Some manner of asus xondar dx card.
Monitor 26" 1920x1600.  FULL OF XTERMS!
Disk drives:
1 TB (storage for research).
750 GB: Windows Vista (not used all that much anymore.  May repurpose).
500 GB: Various Linux installs, mostly Ubuntu.

I have bits and pieces to build two more computers, would if I could think of a reason too.  Got a dying Apple laptop, screen and battery are about to go so I may replace it.  If I did I would probably install Vista on that as well and then just use the main system for Linux stuff.

[Tapewolf]

PS. Something you might be interested in: Seems that last version of VAX/VMS that supported 11/780 and 11/785 was 5.4.

That is interesting.  I was kind of wondering when they dropped support for it.  Finding out when Oracle dropped the original VAX architecture was also kind of tricky.

[Faerie Alex]

Hoo, what all have I got...

Desktop at hand
Dell Dimension 4700 (used, upgraded by me)
CPU: 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 single core, hyper-threading
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS
RAM: 2 GB (2 x 1 GB, 2 slots free)
Hard Drive: 80 GB, 160 GB on order to be an addition
Optical Drive(s): CD-R drive and CD/DVD drive from a donor machine
Fans: 4 total, 1 dedicated power supply, 1 PCI slot case fan, 1 on graphics card (exhausting inside case, NOT blowing air out), 1 dedicated to CPU heatsink
Monitor: Dell, 1280x1024, 18" I think (but I may have it share the Gateway's 22" monitor)
OS: Windows XP, planning to multi-boot with Windows 7 (RC) and some Linux flavor

Laptop
Asus Eee PC 1000
CPU: 1.6 GHz Intel Atom
GPU: Intel onboard
RAM: 1 GB
Solid State Drive: 80 GB (8 + 32 GB)
Other: SD card slot
Fans: Just the one, I think
Monitor: integrated, 1024x600, 10.2"
OS: Asus-Xandros, modified with KDE GUI

Home Primary
Apple iMac version 2009
CPU: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
GPU: (don't remember )
RAM: 4 GB I think
Hard Drive: 1 TB
Optical Drive: slot-loading do-everything drive
Fans: darned if I know
Monitor: integrated, 1920x1200, 24"
OS: Mac OS 10.5.7

Home secondary
Gateway (something)
CPU: 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 single core, hyper-threading
GPU: ATI something
RAM: 1.5 GB (3 x 512 MB, silly setup, but it works)
Hard Drives: ...there's two, anyway.
Optical Drive: do-everything and Lightscribe
Fans: 4 total, 1 dedicated power supply, 1 graphics card exhausting into case, 1 general case fan, 1 dedicated to CPU heatsink
Monitor: Acer, 1680x1050, 22"
OS: Windows Vista

Home other
Apple PowerMac G4 (not currently in use, but planning to be again)
CPU: 933 MHz PowerPC G4
GPU: ?
RAM: ?
Hard Drives: 2, but one's dying
Optical Drive: does most things, not sure about RW
Fans: ?
Monitor: Apple, 1200x1024, 18"? (but I plan to have it share the Gateway's 22" monitor)
OS: Mac OS 10.5.(6/7, I forget)

Also have
Toshiba Portege M200, dead (broken motherboard and virus)
Spare CD, Zip, floppy drives (1 each)
2 x 2 GB and 1 x 1 GB flash drives
30 GB HDD (from donor machine, wouldn't fit in the Dell)
40 GB external HDD (old, from Portege, mounted in case)
80 GB HDD (from Portege, still works, recovering data before wiping)
AGP video card
RAM from Portege, forget how much
RAM that won't fit in anything
various external drives used for backup purposes
external floppy drive
external do-everything CD/DVD drive with Lightscribe
spare motherboard (with so many exotic connectors, it's basically useless)
spare aluminum (I assume) heat sink

Sorry for forgetting things, most of my computer equipment is ~600 miles east of my current location.

[VSMIT]

Apple Macbook Pro
CPU: T7500 @ 2.2GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600m GT
RAM: 4GB Kingston DDR2-667
HDD: Fujitsu 120GB-5400RPM, partitioned at 90GB/30GB
OS: OSX 10.5.6 (I think) and XP-SP2

[Azlan]

Gaming type system:

Custom
CPU: AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz Black Edition
Chipset: 790FX
GPU: 2x ATI 3870 in Crossfire X mode
PSU Dual rail 1200 Watt
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800
Sound: Old Audigy2 ZG (nasty card, must replace... Creative bites)
Monitor: 20" 1280x1024 (have 2, but one ish ded)
Drives:
2x WD 250GB in RAID 0 (System)
1 x WD 750GB (Storage)
OS: WinXP 64-bit

Secondary System (Workstation and previous FTP server):

HP xw9300
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron Dual-core 270 2.0GHz
Chipset: nforce4
GPU: 2x NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PSU 750 Watt
RAM: 8GB DDR-400 ECC
Sound: Integrated AC'97
Monitor: 20" 1280x1024
Drives:
1x Hitachi 500GB
OS: Red Hat Enterprise 4, Vista Enterprise 64-bit

Third system (old gaming):

Custom
CPU: AMD X2 4200+ 2.2GHz 
Chipset: nforce4
GPU: 2x nVidia 7800 GTX
PSU 650 Watt
RAM: 4GB DDR-400
Sound: Old Soundblaster Live!
Monitor: None
Drives:
2x WD 120GB in RAID 0 (System)
1 x WD 250GB (Storage)
OS: Umbuntu 9, WinXP

Various laptops - used for travel and conventions, need to check stats...

[bill]

my new system that is so new that it is still in the mail:
Custom build of: Maingear Prelude 2
Processor: AMD Phenom II 720
PSU: 750W Silverstone Strider quad rail
Accelerator: NVidia GeForce GTX 285 1 GB
Board: Asus M4A78 Plus AMD CrossFireX Chipset 
Memory: 4GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2-800 (2x2GB)
HDs: 2X WD Caviar 250GB in RAID0
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

[Valynth]

My system was and expensive gift from my brother to let me play games like fall out 3 and Doom 3:
HD:452GB
Processor: Pentium Dual Core CPU (2.50 GHz)
Memory: 4GB
Video Card:  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
OS: Windows Vista Home premium.
Internet:  Cable Modem

I refuse to be more specific than that.  (mostly because I can't remember more than that.)

[rabid_fox]

I...


I bought a laptop.


...aww.