Show us your rig thread

[AVGWarhawk]

I have been to various forums concerning computers, tech-heads, and gurus of the computing world. Most have a 'show me your rig thread'. I though perhaps I would kick it off. Let see those super rigs and the everyday run of the mill beaters that have seen you through the years.

[Arclight]

Can't I just brag about it? I don't have a camera...

Nice idea AVG, I'll just demand my brother brings his camera next time he visits.

*edit: Nice case by the way. (can't believe I forgot that )
Should atract some positive attention at a LAN-party, impresive light scheme. Should make tinkering a lot easier too (I've been known to lay on the ground next to my case with a screwdriver in 1 hand and a light in the other ).

[AVGWarhawk]

Great! I would like to see it

[NeonSamurai]

I would take photos of mine, but the only camera i have is built into the display.

Anyhow its a Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop with
T9600 Intel Core2 Duo 2.8ghz (6mb cache, 1066 fsb) cpu
6gb DDR3 1066mhz ram
ATI mobility RADEON HD 3670 512mb ram
500gb 7200rpm sata drive
and the usual crap (x8 DVDRW, Wireless-N (3x3), basic 16" display, etc)

It sits on a NZXT Cryo LX laptop cooler (if your in the market for a laptop cooler this one is top notch but meant only for tabletop use)
and plugs into a 22 inch LG monitor (i love it as it is 4:3 switchable which is perfect for old games).
I've got X-540 speakers, X-52 HOTAS joystick, 1tb My book USB hard drive, 7 port USB hub, and USB mouse and keyboard for it as well.


For a laptop its a pretty potent gaming rig, and keeps me portable as a student. Only down side though is with the standard 6 cell it only has 2.5 hours of battery life with custom maximum battery saving settings. Which sucks for my 3 hour lectures in rooms that don't have any accessible wall sockets.

[nikimcbee]

What case is that?




That looks like my case:

[AVGWarhawk]

@Nikimcbee,,

Raidmax Sagitta II case. I was a bit leary of the airflow but the front panel intake has the large fan and the side fan with the rear exhaust. It run cool.

[HunterICX]

Pfah...brothels on your desk.
spare me the lights, and fancy cases

since my case is nothing special, I just show you the inside of my

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-bit
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Duo Core E6750 @ 2666 MHz (16 x 167)
Motherboard Name ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2
Motherboard Chipset Intel Lakeport-G i945G
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (10/31/07)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Monitor LG Flatron L1915S [19" LCD] (141245825)



HunterICX

[Digital_Trucker]

Here's my old beater:



and its replacement:

Case : Sunbeam Silent Storm

Power : TOPOWER XPT Series TOP-500XPT 500W ATX12V

Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-DS3 All Solid Capacitor

Processor : 
AMD 5000+ Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Black Edition (O/C to 3.0G)
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Cooler : XIGMATEK HDT-D1264 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

Memory : CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)  DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel

Storage : 
WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) -- drive 0
WDC WD800JD-23JNA1 [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) -- drive 1
WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 [Hard drive] (640.13 GB) -- drive 2

Removeable storage : Lite-On 16X8 DVD DUAL [CD-ROM drive]

Video Card : EVGA  GeForce 8800GS Superclocked 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express  2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported

Operating System : Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

Needless to say, although the new one is not top of the line, by any means, it sure beats the old one by a country mile.

[AVGWarhawk]

The innards is what counts Hunter! If you think about it, we could mount the hardware in a old cardboard box and she will still run! Nice wiring Hunter.

DT, the cooler looks like it would keep a Chevy 454 big block cool

[Torplexed]

I'm in the same boat as NeonSamurai with a gaming laptop. A Gateway P-6860FX Notebook. Basically a desktop replacement rig. Rather wimpy on the CPUs, but plenty on the gaming muscle and not bad on memory. At least I can get it out of my way when I have to do other things.

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Premium

Processor
Intel Core2 Duo processor T5550
2MB L2 Cache, 1.83 GHz

Screen
17" Ultrabright screen

Memory
4GB DDR2

Video
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS with 512 MB of GDDR3 discrete video memory...whatever the heck that means.

[Raptor1]

Mine:

Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 4GB RAM
Video: ATI Radeon HD 4870, 1GB GDDR5
Screen: Some crazy 9-year old Samsung CRT screen

Forgot what me case is called

I would've taken a pic of it but my camera has been broken for 2 or so years and I usually take a while to replace unnecessary equipment (Like microphones)

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice laptop Torplexed...what are the drawings behind the laptop

[mr chris]

Cool idea AVG
Here is my new rig had her 3 weeks upgraded from a pentium 4 dell with 2gb of ram.

- Antec 1200 case
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor Overclocked to 3.50GHz.
- Arctic Freezer 7 pro CPU Cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound
- Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Corsair Dominator 8GB PC2-8500 CAS5 (4x2GB)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 HDTV/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray/HD DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
- Corsair TX 750W Next Generation Power Supply

The Antec case has some nice blue lights will try to take some at night soon.
In the next week or so i will adding another 4870x2 card and a Coolmaster 1250watt PSU .
Will post some more pics once i get them installed.

[NeonSamurai]

I considered going with a 17inch gaming laptop, but as I need to carry it around to class and use it, i though it would be too much of a pain so i went with a 16 inch model instead. That though meant i had to sacrifice on video a bit. Still the video chip is pretty good, it can play most games other then the newer high demand games (Crysis) maxed out and can do the newer games pretty well too if the graphics are toned down a bit.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

I considered going with a 17inch gaming laptop, but as I need to carry it around to class and use it, i though it would be too much of a pain so i went with a 16 inch model instead. That though meant i had to sacrifice on video a bit. Still the video chip is pretty good, it can play most games other then the newer high demand games (Crysis) maxed out and can do the newer games pretty well too if the graphics are toned down a bit.

yeah...at almost 10 pounds mine would be a pain for school or commuting. Portable enough to move from room to room and that's about as far as it goes. It has a Kensington lock slot which would come in handy if I had to leave it alone for awhile.

Wow! Mr. Chris has got quite the powerhouse rig. Do lights dim in Cyprus when you fire that up?