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I was bored tonight, so I figured, why not?

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Yes.. it is a little dirty, and I need to put my subwoofer on the ground.. and I need to put my case cover on.. oh well.

-lieb39

At 1600 X 1200 I need a magnifying glass to see those :huh: :yes:

imperfect: oh, they look nice. i bet the sound nicer ;)

i cleaned my desk so here's some pics of my little "knighthawk" system, named after the stealth bomber cuz its quiet. not cuz bombing things is cool or anything :no: :ninja:

the case is an antec sonata if anyone likes it. their little slogan is "hear the silence" which is fairly accurate. not too expensive either.

The Matrix has you...

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Shiny... "speed holes" that spell Antec... lol :p

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Hiding in the dark with the sub

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Inards, the truth comes out. Messy.

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I once saw a Sonata case with the cables like all hidden away somehow.

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Lastly, Mr Legoman and Scuzzy my 3rd mouse, posing next to a winamp remote (hey gotta use that serial port)

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Ive got the same case as Enigma-Penguin but its not modded in any way (his looks waaayyy cooler) BTW Enigma wasnt that case a shear joy to work with ? It was the easyest build for a computer I have ever had (They will have to pry that case from my cold dead fingers)

heheh yeah it went really well... the only case ive ever been able to move a still installed h20 system with ^_^

but its still got a long way to go .. painting the fans with blue uv paint and the case will be white soon ^_^

Aren't those 120mm fans kind of loud?

Accaulty no. I have the same case and it is close to dead silent. The sonata is an awesome case. I just chaged the power/hd leds on mine to match it better. Bule and red...mmmm..better then the boring green and orange..ill take a pic later

imperfect: oh, they look nice. i bet the sound nicer ;)

i cleaned my desk so here's some pics of my little "knighthawk" system, named after the stealth bomber cuz its quiet. not cuz bombing things is cool or anything :no: :ninja:

the case is an antec sonata if anyone likes it. their little slogan is "hear the silence" which is fairly accurate. not too expensive either.

The Matrix has you...

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8005.JPG

Shiny... "speed holes" that spell Antec... lol :p

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8006.JPG

Hiding in the dark with the sub

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8007.JPG

Inards, the truth comes out. Messy.

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8008.JPG

I once saw a Sonata case with the cables like all hidden away somehow.

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8010.JPG

Lastly, Mr Legoman and Scuzzy my 3rd mouse, posing next to a winamp remote (hey gotta use that serial port)

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8013.JPG

Well, you nearly have the same setup as me. Dual LCD screen (although i think yours are 17" if i'm not mistaken? mine are 19" both samsung as well). Same keyboard and mouse :)

But the books....you gotta throw them, aren't your LCDs adjustable so you can get em higher with out putting the books ?

if you want to compare here is mine

I will be adding the pics of my new case when i get it (Thermaltake XASER III V2000A)

imperfect: oh, they look nice. i bet the sound nicer ;)

i cleaned my desk so here's some pics of my little "knighthawk" system, named after the stealth bomber cuz its quiet. not cuz bombing things is cool or anything :no:  :ninja:

the case is an antec sonata if anyone likes it. their little slogan is "hear the silence" which is fairly accurate. not too expensive either.

The Matrix has you...

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8005.JPG

Shiny... "speed holes" that spell Antec... lol :p

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8006.JPG

Hiding in the dark with the sub

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8007.JPG

Inards, the truth comes out. Messy.

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8008.JPG

I once saw a Sonata case with the cables like all hidden away somehow.

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8010.JPG

Lastly, Mr Legoman and Scuzzy my 3rd mouse, posing next to a winamp remote (hey gotta use that serial port)

http://members.rogers.com/spacey/neowin/IMG_8013.JPG

Well, you nearly have the same setup as me. Dual LCD screen (although i think yours are 17" if i'm not mistaken? mine are 19" both samsung as well). Same keyboard and mouse :)

But the books....you gotta throw them, aren't your LCDs adjustable so you can get em higher with out putting the books ?

if you want to compare here is mine

I will be adding the pics of my new case when i get it (Thermaltake XASER III V2000A)

Leave. You guys are too good for this forum :rolleyes: Seriously.. those monitors must cost $$$ :wacko: Where do you get the money? :whistle:

Insane guys. Insane.

-lieb39

Spacey - Very nice desktop.. I need to make my machine quieter.. how did you get yours quiet? Does it run cool?

I wish I could afford LCD's.. as I have a huge CRT and I have to turn to the side everytime... damn.

-lieb39

its just the case is quiet because it runs big 120mm fans at low voltage, i bought a big copper heatsink on which i run a really cheap and quiet fan. i think the power supply might be the loudest thing, i might also replace it with a cheap fan. the fans are panaflo L1A, they're only 9 bucks, not everything good costs an arm. it runs pretty cool, its overclocked a little bit and it idles at 35 deg and goes up to about 44 deg after gaming for awhile.

shark, my lcds are actually little 15"s, i didn't have the money nor deskspace to get anything bigger :p it woulda been nice to get the 19" because the border is smaller. very nice. but hey, i'm thankful for what i got. actually they can't adjust any higher :p haha... i love the ghettoness of books. if i could find something black or a piece of wood it would probably look nicer but details :) do you have more pics of your setup? looks sweet.

the 15" are pretty cheap now lieb39. you don't necessarily need to buy ones that support dvi either. i'm sure u could get decent 15" analog for $400 cdn with tax.

oh, and for all those pmsgs i'm getting about my screensaver...

Matrix Screensaver

Accaulty no. I have the same case and it is close to dead silent. The sonata is an awesome case. I just chaged the power/hd leds on mine to match it better. Bule and red...mmmm..better then the boring green and orange..ill take a pic later

heh, cool. did you just pickup some blue leds from an electronics store? is it hard to swap? heh it'd be nice to put in some blue :) i like blue...

heh, cool. did you just pickup some blue leds from an electronics store? is it hard to swap? heh it'd be nice to put in some blue :) i like blue...

I ordered them offline because the case needs 3mm leds and I couldnt find them in my area. So if you need help I could point you to an online store. Also they were a sinch to install just pull out the others and slide in the new ones (with some minor cutting) no soder needed ;)

eh what can i say i'm an audiophyle - this pic is of my main desktop - primarily a DAW (digital audio workstation) but i also have a second dual boot os for the casual stuff. p4 3 ghz 2 gb ram 500gb hard drive space, radeon 9600, two 19" crts and uhm my laptop. The speakers are Mackie HR824's i love em that's why they're in here as well as a pair in the studio. I mainly go back over audio in this room and use it as a point to record clips as they come to my head. Anyway here's the pic - yes it's kinda messy but hey it's a *play room so to speak* lolworkstation.jpg

Spacey - Very nice desktop.. I need to make my machine quieter.. how did you get yours quiet? Does it run cool?

I wish I could afford LCD's.. as I have a huge CRT and I have to turn to the side everytime... damn.

-lieb39

its just the case is quiet because it runs big 120mm fans at low voltage, i bought a big copper heatsink on which i run a really cheap and quiet fan. i think the power supply might be the loudest thing, i might also replace it with a cheap fan. the fans are panaflo L1A, they're only 9 bucks, not everything good costs an arm. it runs pretty cool, its overclocked a little bit and it idles at 35 deg and goes up to about 44 deg after gaming for awhile.

shark, my lcds are actually little 15"s, i didn't have the money nor deskspace to get anything bigger :p it woulda been nice to get the 19" because the border is smaller. very nice. but hey, i'm thankful for what i got. actually they can't adjust any higher :p haha... i love the ghettoness of books. if i could find something black or a piece of wood it would probably look nicer but details :) do you have more pics of your setup? looks sweet.

the 15" are pretty cheap now lieb39. you don't necessarily need to buy ones that support dvi either. i'm sure u could get decent 15" analog for $400 cdn with tax.

oh, and for all those pmsgs i'm getting about my screensaver...

Matrix Screensaver

Yes i have more pics, but i'm waiting for my new case to come :) I will post more then, it's a Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A :D

Well 2 15" are better than one :) and it's a less expensive setup, each of my samsung cost me around 700$ (aouch :cry: ) but oh well, life is short :)

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