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@wtgp: I like having two monitors for several reasons. The main one is having the IDE in my main monitor and library documentation in the other. I also like having a PS mockup in one and the WIP design in the other. In both cases, it helps increase productivity as I don't have to fight window positioning and sizing to get everything to fit on one monitor, each gets their own monitor to display as much info as they can, meaning less scrolling as well.

@Scoutie44: Your cable management makes me want to go and redo the cable management of my computer. All of my extra cables are currently just shoved into the topmost 5.25 bay.

(2012-07-26, 10:59 PM)Tecca Wrote: [ -> ]I don't really have a beastly set up like some of you guys do, but here's mine.

Still pretty cool though. TV as a monitor however doesn't always work. Is the resolution OK, and does it look at all pixelated, because I plugged my dad's new computer into the TV, and it was slightly pixelated and the wrong resolution, no matter what settings I chose the problem persisted.

(2012-07-26, 11:45 PM)Lo. Wrote: [ -> ]

(2012-07-26, 10:14 PM)wethegreenpeople Wrote: [ -> ]Question... what is the appeal of two monitors? Do you have so much stuff crammed on your computer you need two screens to keep everything clean?

Well, when I do school work, I like to have my sources and word open at the same time. A mini study I did showed that 93% percent of window changing resulted in procrastination of some sort. When there was a window to change, the number was less.

Pics of both main builds are coming now.

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This is the innards of Lilo, my main booter.


http://i.imgur.com/cZuzC.jpg

She currently features a 2.66ghz Quad Core GPU, 4gigs of ram, a GTX 550ti and 5 harddrives totally 3.580tb of storare.

She needs an upgrade from her Thermaltake Xaser III. Thinking the Corsair 600T.

And her is my new girl I call her Evelyn.

http://i.imgur.com/VK9tU.jpg

Doesn't look like much of a looker right? WELL OPEN HER UP.

http://i.imgur.com/Zhi71.jpg


She packs a whopping 1.1ghz dual core running Windows XP for recording, mixing and other soundbites of goodness. She features an Creative 1010 PCI and a decent Supreme FX III soundcard .

http://i.imgur.com/bTHAy.jpg


Beaut aren't they?

(2012-07-27, 01:48 AM)Scoutie44 Wrote: [ -> ]Desktop:


Innards:


i5-2500k, p8p67le mobo, 8GB RAM, Radeon HD5850, autistic cable management etc.

Nice one. Looks clean.

Current one is very old. I have ordered one from Dell a day back and should be at my home within 13 days. Here are specs:

(2012-07-27, 07:17 AM)crazy4cs Wrote: [ -> ]Current one is very old. I have ordered one from Dell a day back and should be at my home within 13 days. Here are specs:

Pretty cool, you'd probably be better of building your own IMO.

My current one was a custom build from back of 8 years and I had a bad experience with it sometimes, and so decided this time to go buy a full packed one from company itself.

(2012-07-27, 09:48 AM)crazy4cs Wrote: [ -> ]My current one was a custom build from back of 8 years and I had a bad experience with it sometimes, and so decided this time to go buy a full packed one from company itself.

Ah, I see.

I'm actually doing a new desktop as soon as a few parts arrive from amazon. This is what it will be though:

Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
CPU: Intel i7 2700k
RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz CL9
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80 Liquid CPU Cooler
SSD: OCZ Agility 3 120gb
HDDs: 1TB something... going to pick whatever it at the shop haha
GFX: GTX670 4GB Super Overclocked (by like 10% so not that much)
Monitors: 3 x 23" Dell screens (possibly S2330MX)

I plan on getting a second 670 in the future and doing SLI but we shall see.

My current rig is like six years old - it's an HP Pavilion m7480n which has the following specs:

Intel Pentium D 930 3.0GHz
Asus P5LP-LE motherboard with Intel 945E chipset
2GB RAM PC2-4200
300GB SATA Hard drive at 7200RPM
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
DVD-ROM
GeForce 7300LE
Hauppauge TV card
Memory card reader (9-in-1)
Personal Media Drive slot
D-Link DWA-125 USB wireless adapter
Windows XP with SP2 installed (switching to Ubuntu Linux come September)
HP 2011x LCD screen
Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse

I'm not gonna bother posting a picture.

(2012-07-27, 03:29 PM)MadComp Wrote: [ -> ]My current rig is like six years old - it's an HP Pavilion m7480n which has the following specs:

Intel Pentium D 930 3.0GHz
Asus P5LP-LE motherboard with Intel 945E chipset
2GB RAM PC2-4200
300GB SATA Hard drive at 7200RPM
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
DVD-ROM
GeForce 7300LE
Hauppauge TV card
Memory card reader (9-in-1)
Personal Media Drive slot
D-Link DWA-125 USB wireless adapter
Windows XP with SP2 installed (switching to Ubuntu Linux come September)
HP 2011x LCD screen
Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse

I'm not gonna bother posting a picture.

Haha, I'd rather not see it either.

Schoool computer, a Lenovo ThinkPad T420.

4GB memory, Intel i5 processor. Dual booting Windoze 7 and Linux Mint.