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Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Heywood_J — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:59:55 GMT

AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.8ghz dual core

8 gig RAM

Vista Ultimate x64

Dual 19 inch monitors

3 hard drives:

160 and 320 gb internal

320 gb external

Some sort of nVidia video card

Some sort of Creative Labs sound card

Cheap speakers (need to upgrade)

Epson printer (prints directly onto CDs/DVDs)

Linksys wireless-N adapter

3Mbps internet connection

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Mr. Arkadin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:07:12 GMT

1) Intel Core i7 940 2.9 GHz
2) 12 GB DDR3 triple-channel
3) HDDs
- 2 x 73.5 GB 15k RPM Fuji SAS (RAID-1)
- 2 x 300 GB 10k RPM WD VelociRaptor
4) Monitors
- 24" Samsung 226BW
- 19" Samsung 193P
5) Vista Ultimate x64
6) Graphics
- nVidia GTX 260
- nVidia 8800 GTX (Dedicated to PhysX)
7) Logitech 5.1
8) LG Blu-ray/HD DVD

11) 15 Mbps

13) Kodak EasyShare 5100 printer
14)
- MS Digital Media Pro keyboard
- MS Explorer mouse
15) Various USB/eSATA drives
16) Zune 120
17) MS VX6000 web cam

21) Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard

24) Auzentech Prelude 7.1 sound card

And a couple of Backup-UPS 1500 UPSs because electricity here sucks and, well, it's just prudent.

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

fknight — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:33:18 GMT

1) AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core 2.3GHz
2) 8GB
3) A 750GB SATA Drive - Brand Unknown, as Vista only sees it as an "AMD 1+0 RAID Ready SCSI Disk Device"
4) Westinghouse 17" Widescreen Monitor which, due to reasons of me being the Chief Justice of Murphy's Law, uses an optimum resolution different from every other monitor on the planet, and I had to use a custom INF file which I had to keep installing on every boot until suddenly it started working on it's own. I'm going to love installing Windows 7 and getting this to work.
5) Windows Vista Ultimate x64 (I needed remote desktop)
6) ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (with drivers that seem to only get the right resolution to my display if I balance a house of cards very delicately on a cliff)
7) Some Insignia model from Best Buy 2 desktop speakers w/subwoofer.
8) HL-DT-ST DVD RAM GH15L

10) Google Chrome, Trillian, World of Warcraft, iTunes, Putty
11) 20Mbps Downstream / 5Mbps Upstream (I get all of it)
12) $700 + $150/month for FIOS package (TV, Phone, Internet)
13) HP Officejet 5500
14) Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (Gaming), Logitech G15 (First Edition - 18 Gaming Keys, not the new one with only 6) Gaming Keyboard

16) iPod Touch G2 - 8GB

18) Asus eeePC w/Windows XP Home Edition
18a) Dell Inspiron Mini 9n (shipped with Ubuntu)
19) Various 2GB Sticks
20) Blackberry Pearl (Pink)

23) Dell Inspiron Mini 9n from answer #18a is running OS X Leopard. The Ubuntu install kept locking up whenever the wireless would reassociate, the machine would sit idle, or various other reasons which I never figured out because the Ubuntu and Dell forums cite about 15 different possibilities. OSX Leopard runs solid on it.

On the main machine (the AMD Quad Core w/8GB), Vista Ultimate runs solid.

Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

SlackmasterK — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:56 GMT

W3bbo said:

This is a stupid pissing-contest thread, but the I'm a stupid persion so...

Two spelling errors in one sentence. Could not have picked a more appropriate sentence to mess up :)

Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

PaoloM — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:05:05 GMT

Acer Aspire One modded. 1.5Gb RAM, 160Gb 7200rpm HD, internal Bluetooth mod. Windows 7 RTM 7260 Professional.

1) Intel Atom N270
2) 1.5Gb
3) 160Gb 7200rpm SATA
4) 1024x600
5) Windows 7 RTM 7260 Professional
6) Intel 545
7) Internal
8) None
9) None
10) Office 2010, VS2k8, XmlSpy 2006, Ultraedit, IE8
11) Cable
12) $349 + $14 for RAM and $20 for the Bluetooth mod
13) Canon MX310
14) Internal
15) None
16) Zune 80, Zune 8 red, iPod 5G 30Gb, iPod Nano 4Gb
17) Internal
18) None (on this system)
19) Lots
20) iMate JasJar
21) Acer MB
22) None at the moment
23) Internal Bluetooh mod
24) This machine does most of anything you'd want to do, except full screen flash and gaming

Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Ion Todirel — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:18:10 GMT

>This is a stupid pissing-contest thread, but the I'm a stupid persion so...
oh cmon, you're just pissed your machine is slow :D

Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

intelman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:09 GMT

http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/

I made the top 50 participatants after 2 months with my QX9650 @ 3.8Ghz. There are plenty of machines here that could go well beyond that.

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

2checkout — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:38 GMT

We all could start a Rosetta @ Home group and see how far we can go :P

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

W3bbo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:46:01 GMT

This is a stupid pissing-contest thread, but then I'm a stupid persion so...

1) Intel Q9450
2) 6GB OCZ DDR2 6400
3) 2x250GB WD Caviar (with a special Windows config so "Documents and Settings" is on D:\ )
4) 2x24" HP LP2475w
5) Windows XP Professional x64 SP2
6) Gainward NVidia GeForce GTX 280
7) Creative Fatal1ty headphones, formerlly Sennheiser HD250 (I broke the connector)
8) Some LG SATA DVD+/-RW drive, I don't know the specifics, it was the cheapest black SATA drive eBuyer had
9) 3.5" floppy drive and USB multi-card reader in the other bay
10) Firefox, Visual Studio, Photoshop, Office, Quake Live
11) 2mbps halls connection from Ask4, soon to be a Virgin Media connection, pity me
12) Since last September, this computer has cost me about £900 for both monitors, £80 for the case, £700 for the motherboard and components, the keyboard and mouse I recycled. So at least £2000 in total, but it's worth it
13) None. If I need to print something I go down to the CS labs where printers are free
14) Logitech G15 (First edition) and Logitech Mx510. My Mx1000 broke earlier this year. Then there's also my Belkin Nostromo n52 (the 'n52te' version sucks, btw). I got both for free too.
15) None
16) I use my PDA with a 4GB SDHC card
17) Microsoft LifeCam 7000 (which I got for free, which replaced the LifeCam 1000 which I also got for free)
18) My dSLR, a Sony Alpha A300 and my symbolic calculator: a TI NSpire CAS.
19) I've still got my original 256MB stick I got in 2004, only missing its cover, but otherwise I use a 1GB stick
20) Dell Axim X51v with SDHC driver
21) XFX nForce 780i. This is my third mobo, the two before were DOA
22) I uploaded them to flickr last year
23) An external power button (as the case's drive door covers it). It's one of those "emergency red button" buttons I hacked to act as an ACPI power switch
24) I've got two Nineguys and a Firefox doll sitting on the top of the case

Anyone remember the days when desktop home computers were sold with joysticks and flight sims were popular desktop games? Aaah memories.

EDIT: Corrected spelling and added this section on free stuff:

Here's a list of stuff for my computer I've managed to get for free:

1) Logitech G15 keyboard (a gift from EA)
2) Logitech Mx510 (a warranty replacement for a mouse I got in 2003)
3) Nineguy dolls
4) LifeCam 7000 (apparently I won it as a prize in an Imagine Cup competition I didn't know I entered)
5) LifeCam 1000 (came for free with my student bank account with NatWest)

Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Lee Dale — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:27:17 GMT

Got some latest photos of my setup in my office at home:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Dorian Muthig — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:41:33 GMT

Ion Todirel said:
brr, no devenv.exe? o_O

I'm not coding in notepad, if that's what you mean... I just use it very often for random notes that I don't even save. You could add it, but since almost everything I'm using is running all the time, I went with startup count. Zune.exe; explorer.exe; itesmart.exe, msnmsgr.exe and speedfan.exe were also pretty close (from those I could disclose). :)

The Vista performance rating is a joke, right? That's just too easy to achieve.

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

AndyC — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:03:57 GMT

Well my main work machine here looks something like:

1) Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
2) 8GB
3) 2x SATA 500GB
4) 2x 17" Dell flat panels
5) Windows Vista Enterprise x64
6) ATI Radeon HD3450
7) El cheapo Dell soundbar :)
8) DVD+-RW
10) Active Directory Users and Computers, ADSI Edit, Notepad, Powershell v1.0
11) Very fast. :)
12) I didn't pay for it.
13) HP4000 series cast off
14) Keyboard and Mouse
15) No external HD
16) Zune 80
17) No webcam
19) bunch of 16GB SanDisk ones, loads of other spares
20) PDA? Do people still use these?
21) Motherboard - yes, it has one of those!

Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Sven Groot — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:04:42 GMT

1) CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.2GHz).
2) RAM: 4GB DDR2
3) HDD: Western Digital 500GB SATA
Seagate 160GB SATA
4) Screen: Acer P244W 24" widescreen 1920x1080
LG L1953T 19" 1280x1024
5) OS: Windows 7 RC x64
6) GPU: ATI Radeon HD3850
7) Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 Digital
8) DVD: Pioneer DVR-125D SATA
9) Other DVD: none
10) Most used apps: Outlook, IE8, Visual Studio 2008, WMP, WLM
11) Internet speed: 160Mbps
12) Price: no clue, this system has been upgraded repeatedly
13) Printer: none:
14) Keyboard and Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 5000, cheap Elecom mouse because the MS mouse broke.
15) External HD: Buffalo 1TB USB
16) MP3 Player: iPhone 3G
17) Webcam: something called a CAMCAM. It's Japanese only, not even sure what the brand is.
18) Other external devices: CH Products Flight Sim Yoke, CH Products Pro Pedals, TrackIR 4 Pro, Omron BZ50LT UPS
19) USB stick: PQI 16GB
20) PDA: iPhone 3G and Dell Axim X51v (machine washed, as some of you may recall; it still works!)
21) MB: Asus P5K.
22) Pictures:

23) Hacks/Modifications: none
24) Any other comments or specifications: none

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Joe Chung — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:50:29 GMT

1) 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro (Spring 2008)

2) 2 GB RAM

3) 200 GB

4) 2x 1440x900 (laptop+monitor)

5) Mac OS X 10.5.7 and 64-bit Windows Vista SP2

6) nVidia 8600M

7) Laptop speakers

8) Yes

9) No

10) Internet Explorer 8, Visual Studio 2008 SP1, VLC Player, uTorrent, Adobe Reader

11) 1.5 Mbps DSL

12) $1999

13) HP LaserJet 1020

14) Laptop and external

15) 250 GB

16) 1st gen iPod, almost never used

17) iSight

18) USB TV tuner

19) No

20) No

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Ion Todirel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:33:38 GMT

> iexplore.exe; notepad.exe; OUTLOOK.exe; ICQ.exe; nvcc.exe
brr, no devenv.exe? o_O

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Ion Todirel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:24:28 GMT

1) Intel i7 920
2) 3 x 2GiB DDR3 1600 Corsair
3) Intel X25-M 80GB SSD, 2 x 1.5TB RAID 1
4) 22" Samsung... will get soon a bigger, 24"
5) Vista
6) 2 x XFX GTX 285 SLI
7) None
8) (SATA) exists :)
9) None
10) Outlook 2007, Firefox, Visual Studio 2010, Last.fm, Visual C# Express (2008)
11) 10Mbps, cable
12) NaN
13) None, I care about trees
14) Logitech diNovo + some wireless mouse
15) 1 x 1TB (eSATA)
16) iPhone
17) None
18) None
19) Patriot 30GB or so, just for mass storage
20) iPhone in some ways
21) ASUS P6T
22) [1, 2, 3, 4]
23) Not a hack, but a huge Termalright cooler with 12 heatsinks + a very nice 1KW Corsair PSU
24) None

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

SlackmasterK — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:02:03 GMT

Workstation:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
8GB Patriot DDR2
Raptor 150GB
Monitors [Collection]
- Viewsonic 17"
- Westinghouse 19"
- Westinghouse 20" Widescreen
- HP 20.1" Widescreen (f2105)
- Dell 22" Widescreen (2208WFPt)
- Dell 22" Widescreen (2208WFPt)
Windows 7 RC
Video cards [Collection]
- Sapphire ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512MB
- Sapphire ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512MB
- Sapphire ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512MB
Barracuda multispeaker headphones
Altec Lansing 251 5.1
- Whatever audio comes on the motherboard, I can't tell the difference
Memorex 24x external DVD+/-RW
Generic 24x internal DVD +/- RW
EVGA 680i - The one with three full-speed PCI-x x16 slots
Microsoft Sidewinder X6 keyboard - No, they don't daisy-chain
Logitech G5 Mouse
Nerf Dart - WTF? How'd that get in there?
Comcast 12MBps (Clocked at 32)
Rackmount case (Need DVI Extender cables before I rack it up)

Soon, very soon, the remaining 4 monitors will also be 2208WFPt's.

Laptop:
Intel Core 2 Duo (mobile)
3GB DDR2
320GB (?)
17" widescreen
Full size keyboard with numpad
Windows 7 Beta - It's been in the closet, haven't upgraded it
NVidia GTS8800 Mobile (768MB, I think)

Server:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
6GB Patriot DDR2
120GB - A new C: drive is high up on my list
1TB x7
500GB x2
Rackmounted

Re: Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

JonathonW — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:43:42 GMT

Unfortunately, my computer specs are pretty much the same as they were when this thread was originally posted (if I already had my laptop; I might have bought it a little while after this thread was posted):

Dell Inspiron 6000:
Windows XP Pro
1.86 GHz Pentium M
1GB RAM
160 GB hard drive (30 of which is partitioned for Linux)

I'm probably going to rectify this situation soon.

Re: Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Dorian Muthig — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:29:05 GMT

Definitely a platinum award, too. :D

Anyways:

1) Intel Core i7 920 C0
2) OCZ3P2000LV6GK
3) 2x Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ; 1x Samsung EcoGreen F2 HD103SI
4) LG Flatron W2452T
5) Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RC (Build 7100)
6) ECS Elitegroup N9800GT-512MX-P RSV2
7) JUSTER 80W integrated amplifier and speaker system (Stereo)
8) LiteOn LH-20A1P
9) none
10) iexplore.exe; notepad.exe; OUTLOOK.exe; ICQ.exe; nvcc.exe
11) ADSL2+
12) priceless :)
13) HP DeskJet 3425
14) VOL FC-740k; Microsoft Explorer Mouse, Model 1362
15) currently, none, my external IDE enclosure doesn't work
16) Zune 16
17) Creative VF0470
18) hama BlueTooth 2.0EDR (40 meters); Zune Dock Adapter
19) 64MB Geis Global Logistics advertisement gift; 256MB Invest Bavaria advertisement gift; Super Talent Pico C Silver 4GB; some defective ones I threw in the box for soldering parts
20) none
21) DFI LanParty JR X58-T3H6
22) You can find some with Google, I'm sure.
23) I made a custom hard drive cage with silicon mounts (wasn't hard, there were convenient holes already that were mandatory during manufacturing as I've been told) and cut into the graphics card heat sink to fit an exhaust fan back in the case.
24) Case is a ThermalTake LANBOX Lite VF6000BNS, I'll move over to water cooling, soon, it's getting to warm for air cooling now (don't build your computer during winter!).

Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

JohnAskew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:19:49 GMT

I was really disturbed reading the entries until I realized the thread is 4 YEARS OLD!

I was going to say something pithy like "how can you run with only 1gb of RAM?".

-nevermind

Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

DCMonkey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:59:33 GMT

This thread's so old I got a new computer since the last time I posted to it. So here goes:

1) Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz )
2) 2 GB
3) 160GB WD Raptor (10000 RPM), 700GB Maxtor
4) Samsung SyncMaster T260HD 26" LCD at 1920x1200
5) Vista Ultimate SP2
6) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
7) Klipsch 4.1
8) Sony dual Layer DVD/CD writer
9) n/a
10) IE8, Visual Studio 2008, Ventrillo, WoW, Windows Mail
11) 3Mbps DSL
12) Don't remember price. Between $1000 and $2000
13) HP LaserJet 1300
14) MS Wireless Keyboard 1000, Logitech Cordless Trackman Wheel, Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
15) n/a
16) Zune 80
17) Canon Powershot A80
18) Fang Game control pad, MBox audio interface. Line6 PodXt guitar amp sim/audio interface
19) n/a
20) iPhone
21) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
22) n/a
23) n/a
24) Antec P182B case. Big Zalman CPU heatsink. Really quiet. USB subsystem doesn't wake up from sleep once every few months. Otherwise stable.

Re: Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Harlequin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:04:55 GMT

THREAD NECROMANCER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Lee Dale — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:53:40 GMT

Meh I got 10mins to kill...

1) 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo
2) 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3
3) 320GB 7200RPM
4) 15" MacBook Pro Display + 22" Samsung External
5) OSX Leopard + Vista Ultimate
6) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9400M GT
7) MacBook Pro internal + JBL External
8) MacBook Pro Super combo drive
9)
10) Safari 4, Visual Studio 2008, Xcode 3, Entourage 2008, Skype
11) 20MB Virgin Media
12) £1950 for MBP
13) Lexmark X9300
14) Logitech VX Revolution + MX revolutio
15) Western Digital Passport 160GB + Western Digital 500GB for Time Machine.
16) iPod Touch 16GB + iPhone 3GS 32GB
17) iSight + Lumix TZ5
18) Ergh lots
19)
20) iPhone?
21)
22)
23)
24)

Re: Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

Ion Todirel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:00:06 GMT

it's time again :P yes, yes I know how old this thread is and that Charles kills a kitty for every resurrected thread, still, this can never get old

Re: The Official Channel 9 Computer Specs Thread

shreyasonline — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:47:13 GMT

1) Intel Celeron 400 Mhz with 66 Mhz FSB
2) 256MB SDRAM
3) 20GB Samsung HDD with 5000rpm
4) 14' CRT .. 1024x768 max res
5) Windows XP
6) Onboard VGA with 8MB Shared RAM
7) Speakers with volume control !
8) DVD Drive, Not found
9) CD-ROM Drive 48X
10) Winamp,VB6,Dreamweaver,IE,Firefox
11) 128Kbps cable internet
12) approx USD1000 when purchased 6 years ago
13) Printer, Not found
14) Keyboard and Mouse
15) External Hard Drive(s), Not found
16) Sony MP3 Player
17) Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera
18) A 1.2MB 5-1/2 inch floppy drive which still works !
19) 128MB USB Memory Stick(s)
20) Casio PDA (Outdated one)
21) VIA Motherboard
22) Pictures, Not found
23) Hacks/Modifications ... Error! It works without any hacks
24) I need an UPGRADE !!! But, it still runs Windows XP smoothly!

Now here is a competition! The person with lowest PC configuration (Processor speed, RAM, HDD, etc), than the above, wins !!! Winner will be given title "Man of this Thread" !!!

Shreyas Zare