Post Your Workstation Photos

By whipper25
in Hardware Hangout

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

IK47

Posted
Posted (edited)

Mr. Farrar, It appears from your signature that you are investing in a new Computing Machine.

My question is, why are you spending so much money on a 20" ACD ($1K CAN), when you can get a monitor thats 4 inches bigger, has 1920*1200 rather than just 1680*1050, 500cd/m^2 rather than 250cd/m^2, 12ms response rather than 16ms, 1000:1 contrast rather than just 400:1, Analog Inputs (Component, S-Video and Composite) and Media Card Reader for only a few dollars ($399 CAN) more?

The Twin 6800 Ultras you are going to buy will certainly shine better through a bigger display with a higher resoloution, as well as one with a better image quality.

I have already saved and put aside my money for the 2405FPW, and am just waiting for someone to buy my current machine.

0,1311,sz=1&i=92720,00.jpg

indextop20050427.jpg

Even Apple agrees with me. Big Ideas need a big canvas. Get the Bigger Screen.

Edited by IK .:. 47
Mentor

Mr Farrar

Posted
Posted (edited)

Well I like the look of the ACD and the size is just perfect for me. I have already purchased the case HERE and the mother board HERE and I am going with the best and nices parts I can find. For me the ACD meets that with its drop dead georgous looks, in MY opinion it blows the dell out of the water and will look great next to my case. The resolution is fine for me as its what I have always used and half life 2 will look great on it. And as for the money that really does not bother me because it is such a good looking monitor and has very nice features like the usb hub on the bottom right lip and the touch buttons. These qualitys are what make it the best choice for ME and thats why I am going with it even tho I will have to save and wait a little longer as opposed to if I got the dell.

btw the 3800+ is on the way (around thursday) next comes a gig of ram (have yet totaly picked it out but I think im going with the kingston) followed by about a month of saving for the 2 damn 6800s but it will be worth it to have SLI :happy:

Edited by Mr Farrar
Grand Master

IK47

Posted
Posted

well, in that case, congratulations on your new rig, and best of luck building that thing.

don't get me wrong, the ACDs are very good displays, and are even better if they suit your taste. If they lowered the prices a bit, I would get one instead of the dell.

Grand Master

saxondale.

Posted
Posted (edited)

Slightly updated workstation. New printer, moved my bass amps in, moved some things around.

any comments on my workstation? i have tried to make it my little media centre. Slowly doing it, but my broken 7.1 speakers have held me back and my TV

workstation0047rh.jpg

Edited by bingham.
Mentor

Mr Farrar

Posted
Posted

Yeah I know I think of the price different alot and I may end up with a dell if one of those coupon codes that make it 400 bucks shows up again because this is becoming a very costly project so who knows. But I would like a ACD and I hope (like in the sig) to have saved and have enoguh left over because monitor is coming last. Also check the comment I left in your pc for sale thread, I have done it with an hp and a vaio (hp was money back vaio was bought a laptop and sold on ebay) it worked out very well for me.

Grand Master

P!P

Posted
Posted (edited)

workstation_sm.jpg

Overview

Here's an overview of everything.

main_sm.jpg

Main

Here you'll see my Creative 5.1 5200 speakers, my HP Deskjet 932c printer, my 15" Dell monitor, my Epson scanner, and my tower, which is 2.6Ghz Northwood, 768MB RAM, 40GB HD, 120GB, ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro.

laptop_sm.jpg

Laptop

Here's my laptop. It's a 1.6Ghz Centrino package. Includes 2200BG wireless card, 384MB RAM, 30GB HD, and a CD-RW/DVD-ROM.

extracomputers_sm.jpg

Extra Computers

Nothing too special. The black computer I'm trying to sell for a buddy. It's 2.53Ghz P4 with 512MB RAM. It's connected to my system via KVM. Next, is my poker and server computer. It's 533Mhz Celeron, 224MB RAM (32+64+128), and 13GB harddrive. That weird monitor on the left, is my uninstalled security camera system. Fun to spy on other people. ;)

keyboard_sm.jpg

Keyboard Area

Just my keyboard area. On the left, is the sound and bass control for my speakers, my keyboard, and my Identix fingerprint scanner.

kvm_router_sm.jpg

Behind Monitor

Under the joystick is my KVM, then my BEFCMU10 modem with a 6600/768 connection, and my Linksys WRT54G router. Also, that silver thing is a Dell DJ Dock.

subwoofer_power_sm.jpg

Subwoofer, Power

And last, my subwoofer, and my two APC battery backups.

Edited by pipdipchip
Grand Master

mikeboy

Posted
Posted
The PowerBook is driving the ACD. The Mac mini is just there, being awesome. There's a LaCie 320GB Firewire800 HD on the far-right.

dualscreens-1.jpg

dualscreens-2.jpg

I need to get a new desk and mouse pad, the ACD barely fits under that desk (it cleared it by 2mm). :pinch:

The mouse pad just looks ugly next to the aluminum stuff.

585974710[/snapback]

I see you just love your MAC dont ya?

Grand Master

IK47

Posted
Posted (edited)

It only sucks when people throw away things that are better than the stuff you have.

My dad paid $250 to have his old car disposed of. The thing is, that it was a good condition car, and better than at least 15% of the cars that I see everyday

Damn man, Huezo is making me extremely envious. Making me feel like splurging on the PB 15", 23" ACD and the Cyan iPod Mini rather than the 12" iBook, 2405FPW and the Red iRiver H10

Edited by IK .:. 47
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • BleachBit 6.0.1 Beta

      By Copernic · Posted

      BleachBit 6.0.1 Beta by Razvan Serea When your computer is getting full, BleachBit quickly frees disk space. When your information is only your business, BleachBit guards your privacy. With BleachBit you can free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn't know was there. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean thousands of applications including Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, and more. Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and vacuuming Firefox to make it faster. Better than free, BleachBit is open source. BleachBit has many useful features: Delete your private files so completely that "even God can't read them" according to South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy. Simple operation: read the descriptions, check the boxes you want, click preview, and click delete. Multi-platform: Linux and Windows Free of charge and no money trail Free to share, learn, and modify (open source) No adware, spyware, malware, browser toolbars, or "value-added software" Translated to 64 languages besides American English Shred files to hide their contents and prevent data recovery Shred any file (such as a spreadsheet on your desktop) Overwrite free disk space to hide previously deleted files Portable app for Windows: run without installation Command line interface for scripting and automation CleanerML allows anyone to write a new cleaner using XML Automatically import and update winapp2.ini cleaner files (a separate download) giving Windows users access to 2500+ additional cleaners Frequent software updates with new features Going beyond standard deletion of files, BleachBit has several advanced cleaners: Clear the memory and swap on Linux Delete broken shortcuts on Linux Delete the Firefox URL history without deleting the whole file—with optional shredding Delete Linux localizations: delete languages you don't use. More powerful than localepurge and available on more Linux distributions. Clean APT for Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Linux Mint Find widely-scattered junk such as Thumbs.db and .DS_Store files. Execute yum clean for CentOS, Fedora, and Red Hat to remove cached package data Delete Windows registry keys—often where MRU (most recently used) lists are stored Delete the OpenOffice.org recent documents list without deleting the whole Common.xcu file Overwrite free disk space to hide previously files Vacuum Firefox, Google Chrome, Liferea, Thunderbird, and Yum databases: shrink files without removing data to save space and improve speed Surgically remove private information from .ini and JSON configuration files and SQLite3 databases without deleting the whole file Overwrite data in SQLite3 before deleting it to prevent recovery (optional) BleachBit 6.0.1 Beta release notes: BleachBit 6.0.1 beta is now available for testing. This maintenance-focused release includes bug fixes, updated translations, and a range of safe enhancements. This release fixes a Windows security issue that could allow arbitrary file deletion during privileged cleaning (reported by Zeze with TeamT5). It also adds new cleaners (including a DNS cache cleaner, Claude Code, and Visual Studio Code forks), support for multiple Chrome and Edge profiles, new deep scan options for developer directories like node_modules and venv, and safer, faster file shredding. All Platforms Added cleaners for Claude Code, DNS cache, and many Visual Studio Code forks. Added support for multiple Chrome and Edge profiles. Chrome can now clean downloaded AI models. Deep Scan can optionally remove venv, __pycache__, node_modules, and .angular directories. Deep Scan is faster by skipping directories on the keep list. File shredding is safer, faster, and leaves fewer recoverable traces. Improved handling of cookies, symlinks, Unicode filenames, external processes, and configuration files. Improved Expert Mode warnings and long warning dialogs. Fixed crashes related to cleaner detection, invalid Unicode, and malformed cleaner data. Clipboard is now cleared automatically after shredding files via paste operations. Linux Added AppImage support. Added cleaners for Visual Studio Code, Codeium, Librewolf (.deb), Transmission (Flatpak), and Profanity. Improved Linux trash detection, including Snap-installed applications and mounted drives. Fixed Wayland root CLI issues and several Snap-related problems. Improved package dependencies, AppStream metadata, and desktop file handling. Fixed startup crashes when Python Requests is unavailable. Windows Fixed a security vulnerability that could allow arbitrary file deletion when cleaning with elevated privileges. Added %WindowsSystem% variable support. Improved clipboard clearing using native Windows APIs. Improved installer experience on unsupported Windows versions. Reduced installer size and improved application robustness. Fixed Unicode handling, filename anonymization, Git revision reporting, and splash screen stability. [full release notes] Download: BleachBit 6.0 | Portable | ~20.0 MB (Open Source) View: BleachBit Home page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • DriversCloud 12.1.6

      By Copernic · Posted

      DriversCloud 12.1.6 by Razvan Serea With DriversCloud (formerly My-Config.com), you can explore your computer easily, safely and free. The application quickly scans your PC and identifies the hardware and software components. DriversCloud then establishes a list of the different drivers compatible with your OS and hardware. Download the drivers needed for the proper functioning of your computer. To detect your drivers, DriversCloud also displays a detailed summary of your hardware and software configuration, analyzes your BSOD, monitors in real-time your PC voltages and temperatures and lets you share your configuration online. Once the hardware components have been detected, you will be able to obtain with just a few clicks the latest drivers corresponding to the identified hardware. You can record your configuration on the site for free, and can get the corresponding URL to post the configuration to technical forums, e-mail and social networks. You can also download the detection result (the configuration) as a PDF file. To protect the user's privacy and data confidentiality, a 4-level confidentiality system was created that filters the XML marks and gives control to the user. The default level can be modified in the preferences. Using the maximum level will prevent the user from publishing his configuration and generating a corresponding PDF file. In non-connected mode, each XML configuration is stored on the server for one day (for practical reasons). However, you are given the opportunity to manually delete it. Created in 2004, and continually improved, My-Config.com has established itself on the web as a free service to PC users running Windows and Linux operating systems. The service is designed to work with the most common Internet browsers (Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari). Download: DriversCloud 64-bit | 20.0 MB (Freeware) Download: DriversCloud 32-bit | 18.9 MB Link: DriversCloud Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Microsoft about to radically change how often your Edge browser updates

      By +mram · Posted

      Ummmm Read my comment again.
    • The official Funny Pictures thread

      By +Edouard · Posted

    • Ocenaudio 3.19.3

      By Copernic · Posted

      Ocenaudio 3.19.3 by Razvan Serea  Ocenaudio is a full featured, fast and easy to use audio and music editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. Ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users. To assist ocenaudio development, a powerful toolset of audio editing, analysis and manipulation called Ocen Framework was created. ocenaudio is also based on Qt framework, a well known library for cross-platform development. Cross-platform support ocenaudio is available for all major operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Native applications are generated for each platform from a common source, in order to achieve excelent performance and seamless integration with the operating system. All versions of ocenaudio have a uniform set of features and the same graphical interface, so the skills you learn in one platform can be used in the others. VST plugins support Ocenaudio supports VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plugins, giving its users access to numerous effects. Like the native effects, VST effects can use real-time preview to aide configuration. Real-time preview of effects Applying effects such as EQ, gain and filtering is an important part of audio editing. However, it is very tricky to get the desired result by adjusting the controls configuration alone: you must listen the processed audio. To ease the configuration of audio effects, ocenaudio has a real time preview feature: you hear the processed signal while adjusting the controls. The effect configuration window also includes a miniature view of the selected audio signal. You can navigate on this miniature view in the same way as you do on the main interface, selecting parts that interest you and listening to the effect result in real time. Multiselection for delicate editions To speed up complex audio files editing, ocenaudio includes multi-selection. With this amazing tool, you can simultaneously select different portions of an audio file and listen, edit or even apply an effect to them. For example, if you want to normalize only the excerpts of an interview where the interviewee is talking, just select them and apply the effect. Eficient edition of large files With ocenaudio, there is no limit to the length or the quantity of the audio files you can edit. Using an advanced memory management system, the application keeps your files open without wasting any of your computer's memory. Even in files several hours long, common editing operations such as copy, cut or paste happen almost instantly. Fully featured spectrogram Besides offering an incredible waveform view of your audio files, ocenaudio has a powerful and complete spectrogram view. In this view, you can analyze the spectral content of your audio signal with maximum clarity. Advanced users will be surprised to find that the spectrogram settings are applied in real time. The display is updated immediately when altering features such as the number of frequency bands, window type and size and dynamic range of the display. Ocenaudio 3.19.3 changelog: Fixes issues with MP4 files with more than 8 channels Fixes incorrect VBR detection for some CBR MP3 files Other bug fixes and improvements Download: Ocenaudio 64-bit | Portable | ~40.0 MB (Freeware) Download: Ocenaudio for Linux and Mac OS View: Ocenaudio Homepage | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware

  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      agatameier earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      agatameier earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      ssd21345 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Contributor
      MarkHughes4096 went up a rank
      Contributor
    • Dedicated
      jordanspringer earned a badge
      Dedicated

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      513
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      185
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      144
    4. 4
      ATLien_0
      95
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      75
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!