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i72600 (No K)

Asus 7770 2GB

Mushkin Enhaced Chronos 240GB SSD

ASRock H61M-VS

2x 4GB Ripjaw 1066 RAM (Soon to upgrade to 16GB, Photoshop wants to be spoiled)

Logisys 550 PSU

Desk could do with a varnish ! :p

I like the fish eye effect

Setup my office area with spare PCs and ran some single mode I had, to connect with the upstairs network. I've been running WiFi only for years down here, It's nice to be wired again.

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What are those 2 cases and where can I get that carrying harness?

You're allowed to take your dog to work? AWESOME!!

Considering it's my business and my office, yes I am. :D

Here is my home office, iMac and another docking station setup. Once again, disregard the wiring. I moved my iMac to where my printer is during SWTOR to watch Archer Season 3 and play - I just put it back and didn't care about doing the wiring right now.

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A nice setup, except for it being a mess :)

I used to try and keep wiring tidy, but with how often I move things around, I gave up on it over utility.

What are those 2 cases and where can I get that carrying harness?

The one on the left is the Antec 300 1st gen, I think the carry harness is a Geargrip. (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/4294/han-39/Geargrip_G2_PC_Gamers_Harness.html?tl=g39c199&id=wbeGsHHs)

The case on the right is the Cosmos S.

Surface RT 32GB

BB Playbook 16GB

HTC 8X 16GB

Nexus 7 16GB

XBOX 360 120GB Elite

MacBook 13' Mid 2009 - OSX Mountain Lion - 4GB RAM

Lenovo Edge E220s 2nd Gen Core i7 @ 2.13 Ghz - 4GB RAM - 128 GB SSD

PC - ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 - Core i7 920 1st Gen @ 2.8 GHZ - 12 GB DDR3 RAM - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 - 256 GB OCZ Agility 4 SSD for O.S Windows 8 Pro - 128 GB OCZ Agility 3 for Hyper-V VMs - 1TB RAID10 for DATA

Test Server/Environment - Gigabyte P43-ES3G - Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 3 Ghz - 8 GB DDR2 RAM - JBOD - Running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise + Hyper-V

Seagate 3TB External HDD USB 3.0

**Pic taken with iPhone 4**

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My God I wish I could Keep ,my office clean like that. or do you just clean it up for the pic and just

If you're referring to me: I have a strict clear desk policy. If your desk isn't clear by the time you leave for the day (or go to sleep at night for the home office portion) then you didn't finish something and someone's (clients) going to be upset tomorrow. it's worked out great so far! :)

Surface RT 32GB

BB Playbook 16GB

HTC 8X 16GB

Nexus 7 16GB

XBOX 360 120GB Elite

MacBook 13' Mid 2009 - OSX Mountain Lion - 4GB RAM

Lenovo Edge E220s 2nd Gen Core i7 @ 2.13 Ghz - 4GB RAM - 128 GB SSD

PC - ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 - Core i7 920 1st Gen @ 2.8 GHZ - 12 GB DDR3 RAM - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 - 256 GB OCZ Agility 4 SSD for O.S Windows 8 Pro - 128 GB OCZ Agility 3 for Hyper-V VMs - 1TB RAID10 for DATA

Test Server/Environment - Gigabyte P43-ES3G - Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 3 Ghz - 8 GB DDR2 RAM - JBOD - Running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise + Hyper-V

Seagate 3TB External HDD USB 3.0

**Pic taken with iPhone 4**

I am not quite jealous, but I can't imagine one person handling all these devices allover the day

I am not quite jealous, but I can't imagine one person handling all these devices allover the day

No, What I use mostly is my main PC, Laptop and both phones. The rest is more for client support and learning, I'm an IT manager so I need to keep myself up to date, however there are times where I would use ALL of the devices during the day.

I use my test server almost all the time.

It's actually quite easy. You just have to pick up your **** every few days. (Y)

I do but I'm in the middle of remodelling so that's hard to do lol

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Windows 8 Pro

AOC 22 Inch IR 2 finger touch screen panel

Bitfenix Colossus White Case with blue/red LED Waves

Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard

Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Mouse

Samsung Galaxy S2 White 16GB

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In regards to the SiderWinder X4, does it only come with red back lighting?

Unfortunately yes it does. I do like the red, however I think it would be nice to have an option to toggle between red, green, blue or yellow!

Nice keyboard though :)

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