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    Show us your computer room 2!

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by lupin..the..3rd, Jul 6, 2007.

  1. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Ya I figured it was a remnant of your past haha
     
  2. roliath

    roliath Notebook Consultant

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    yup
    its a glorified web browser, email checker, and itunes library laptop now. I would trade it for the right gaming laptop.
     
  3. kenny27

    kenny27 Notebook Deity

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    Wow thats a slick setup you got there
    And were on earth did you get that wallpaper it must have a res of at least 5760x1200
     
  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Pfft I have wallpapers with 6004x1200 :D

    Something tells me that image is not as high res as you may think, looks like a cropped image blown up to fill the screen area, I imagine being infront of it that you will see the lack of detail not apparent in a picture of the monitors from afar and reduced in size to fit on your screen.
     
  5. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    I have it in 10171x2700 but I don't remember where I got it and it's 2.18 MB so I can email it to you if you want. Just pm your address. I also have the ones for the Avengers, Iron Man, and Spider Man by the same artist if you want those too. Not the same size, but still large.
     
  6. kenny27

    kenny27 Notebook Deity

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    Nah its ok, its just not every day that you see a desktop with that kind of res
     
  7. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

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    Well My desk is messy atm but that's ok I haven't been drawing anything new lately but I have been buliding my new desktop that Dwarfs over my previous mid size tower, and lemme tell ya this Dream Machine has surpasses my previous systems in almost all areas, More Work is to BE DONE!!! however this what we have so far :D .


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    ** Readjusting Images sorry**

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  8. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Nice looking desktop! I had a similar shock when seeing my Mini P180 next to the 700D that would replace it haha

    For a while I had my R2GENE in the 700D before I got the R2E and it just looked laughable
     
  9. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

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    Ahh Skook I'm trying to post more images, anyways continuation... Anyways Don't EVER mess with a Corsair Internal Water Cooling CPU Unit, these machines are Fun and Beastly :) And to think this time last year I almost bought an Alienware Desktop to go along with my Laptop, HAHA......

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  10. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

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    Still more to come but so far the build looks good :)

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  11. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Pretty crazy looking build, I just have a single DDC driving my whole loop haha, you got 2 D5s
     
  12. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    Cool, someone else wanted them and reminded me of mediafire.
    Here's the wallpapers for anyone who wants them Marko_Djurdjevic.zip
     
  13. vaio.phil

    vaio.phil Notebook Evangelist

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    ^^^ @darkloki that's awesome man!!!
     
  14. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Guess I will have to snap some new pics of my desktop so we can compare notes ;)
     
  15. houstoned

    houstoned Yoga Pants Connoisseur.

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    that's pretty sick. is the desktop finished yet? i would love to know more about liquid cooling. i wanted to do something like that, but probably a more basic setup in my desktop build. is there any added maintenance with these kinds of setups? i don't really have a clue about all that kind of stuff, so it would be cool to learn a bit more.
     
  16. kizwan

    kizwan Lord Pringles

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    Thank you! I was going to ask you but forgot. Now my desktop not boring anymore. :)
     
  17. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    So here is the latest on my desktop situation ;)

    I am a lot better at building computers than I am at taking pictures :( it was the 5 year old point and shoot or the phone....I choose the point and shoot
     
  18. roliath

    roliath Notebook Consultant

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    dude you rock
    thanks!
     
  19. kenny27

    kenny27 Notebook Deity

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    Nice work with the water cooling and cable management darkloki and scook9, very tidy systems!
     
  20. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    May I get the coordinates to the pots of gold you guys used to fund those systems? Pretty please!
     
  21. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Na no gold....just graduated from college last May (2010) and until then I had a 95-100% disposable income lol

    Now I have about a 20% disposable income, still not bad ;)

    My desktop totalled at about $3500 for me ($1k of that is watercooling gear). I got the speakers and monitors a while back, gotta spread out the cost ;)
     
  22. kenny27

    kenny27 Notebook Deity

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    What are the specs for your desktop then?
     
  23. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Corsair 700D
    Watercooled Rampage II Extreme
    Watercooled Core i7 Extreme 965
    12GB DDR3 1600 Dominator
    2x Watercooled Radeon 5870 CrossFireX
    GeForce GTX275 for PhysX
    120GB Intel G2 SSD
    WD6400AAKS
    Blu-Ray Burner
    Corsair AX1200

    I also have a Lamptron Touch Fan Controller and a few sata hot swap bays in the 5.25" slots. the trick is finding the deals....I paid $210 for the motherboard never before installed and got the CPU for $365 from Alienware eBay store this past summer. In retrospect it seems like alot for what I have to show. Got the 5870s when they were new and therefore expensive (about $400 a pop without the GPU blocks) while now they can be had for half that :(
     
  24. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Lucky! 110% of my college income was disposable to bills! :p

    Either way very nice setups yall have. I would like to do a danger den water box one day.
     
  25. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Ok, so here's a new one... I've now setup my "mini" server farm, and install OSes now! I ran out of desk space, so made a desk extension for my laptop... :)

     
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    Amnesiac 404

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    Looking fairly nice and tidy there Joel. I like it. :)

    I remember doing a fair bit of work with those Acer Veritons about a year ago as a server project...
     
  27. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    She get's the job done! :D I'll probably look in getting some servers later in the year to replace them. Or to add to them.
     
  28. kenny27

    kenny27 Notebook Deity

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    Nice, I was trying to figure out what the 3rd gpu was for seeing as it wasn't hooked up with xfire
     
  29. cookinwitdiesel

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    The 275 was only $100 for me so was a relatively easy decision to throw it in for PhysX using the modded drivers to allow PhysX with ATI cards installed.

    I play UT3 alot online so I do get some benefit from it. (although of course my rig is grossly overkill for that game haha, I play Crysis a lot too ;) )
     
  30. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Very nice! How is UT3 these days? I honestly havent played it since release.
     
  31. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    It is fun like it has always been. Some people online are jerks but that is any online game right?

    lol
     
  32. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Sadly that is true. Doesnt matter what game or console or pc. I miss the LAN party days with UT maybe one day Ill mess around with it for nostalgia.
     
  33. kenny27

    kenny27 Notebook Deity

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    UT3 is one if my favorite games, to bad my internet connection is never good enough to play online
     
  34. cookinwitdiesel

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    you only need a couple hundred kbps to play it as long as your ping is decent

    I was monitoring my network usage the last few sessions
     
  35. Jack

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    So...........
     
  36. kenny27

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    Might have to try it again when my internet usage gets reset at the moment im on 10-20kbps :D
     
  37. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    That is what I LOVE about Epic! I was able to play all my UT games (including 2003 and 2004) on my low end gateway 3018gz. While the game looked great on my desktop of the time, I was still able to play with friends and leave the desktop at home when going to a lan party or casual play outside of my home. They have always doen a great job with their games and allowing a broader spectrum of players to play. I really wish they stayed in maryland as I would have worked for them for next to nothing!
     
  38. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Moved my room around a little. The Acer on top of the other servers decided to end it's life... Damn. Oh well. So that's just sitting there waiting for a PSU replacement, I have one, just gotta get around to installing it! :D I know, I'm lazy. I'm also trying to get Synergy to work so I can get rid of the keyboard and mouse on one of the servers but at the moment it isn't cooperating. Hmm.

     
  39. cookinwitdiesel

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    Synergy was a little finicky for me at first but once you get it setup is awesome
     
  40. richierichdollar

    richierichdollar Notebook Geek

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    My little setup cost nothing besides the new HP G62. It aint the best but I got all the upgrades I could and Its way better than the 8.9, 900 mhz celeron netbook I was using for 3 yrs.


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  41. nasul

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    @Dead2th3world, nice laptop. Mine is very small.
     
  42. roliath

    roliath Notebook Consultant

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    room isn't done yet, still missing a recliner or loveseat as well as find a suitable way to finish the closet area (and art). The plan is to get another 40 inch tv mounted above my PC setup.
     
  43. Partizan

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    Don't you get a headache from using those ancient monitors?
     
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    Sweet pad roliath! Basement suite?
     
  45. adx188

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    my little setup:


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  46. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    They were just there to configure and install the servers, now that they are done I got rid of them and just RDP into them from my laptop. Well, actually I can't anymore as they aren't exactly working. :eek:
     
  47. roliath

    roliath Notebook Consultant

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    home extension
     
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    Pommie Notebook Deity

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    Rolaith, sweet room. Nice and roomy. Adding the TV will make it perfect.
     
  49. roliath

    roliath Notebook Consultant

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    Still trying to find what would be a good use for the tv though.
    Here is one from this afternoon.

    http://i.imgur.com/OyV9h.jpg
     
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    You sir need a couch.
     
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