**The "My PC Show" Thread**

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I've just been wondering what other people on here's PCs are and what they look like. I also want a place to show mine off a bit. I also thought this thread might be a good place for new system builders to look, so they can see pictures of what people's PCs look like in their cases in real life situations (rather than pics shown on sales sites) as they normally look better. The prospective system builders can also see what the components are aswell. I've been looking for a thread like it, but haven't seen one so here it is.

This thread does have the possible problem that pages may start to fill up quite quickly so try to keep images in JPEG format (around 500KB) or lower and limited to four pictures (feel free to suggest alternatives). Also if anyone knows how to set them as thumbnails (apparently smaller) then feel free to tell me and I'll do that with mine.

I'll only bother posting pictures of my main system for now, but I may start posting other pictures later.

Main PC (Sienta)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3Ghz CPU (Stock HSF)
8GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz Memory
DFI LANPARTY DK X48 Socket 775 Motherboard
2x640GB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD (RAID0) (Main HDD)
1TB Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drive (Storage)
500GB Seagate 7200.10 Hard Drive (Backup)
EVGA Geforce 8800GT 512MB Graphics Card
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi PCI Express Sound Card
DVDRW Optical Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista Business x64 SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Beta
2x LG TFT Screen 1280x1024 Resolution


DeskSetup.jpg

Inards.jpg

SIENTA.jpg


DELL Insiron 6400 Laptop (Nitra)
Intel Core Duo T2250 1.73Ghz CPU
2GB DDR2 333Mhz Memory
320GB Fujitsu HDD
X1400 ATI Mobility Graphics Card
DVDRW Lightscribe Drive
Microsoft Windows 7 Beta
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3
1280x800 Screen


Those are my two main systems.

Backup System (Xel)
Intel Pentium 4 3.4Ghz Prescott 478 CPU (Zalman HSF)
2.5GB DDR333 Memory
ASUS P4 SIS Based Socket 478 Motherboard
160GB & 250GB HDD
EVGA Geforce 7800GS AGP Video Card
Creative Soundblaster Augidy SE Soundcard
DVD RW & CDRW Drives
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Borrows Main PC 2nd Screen


Hope this thread becomes an interesting one and is helpful to those future system builders.
 
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Soldato
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:( Ow, didn't see that one. Nevermind :) People can ignore this one if they want to :p

Ah np mate :)

I've RTM'd your post anyway, so I'm guessing a mod will just lock it.

Machines looking good btw... if I wasn't in the middle of moving home (AGAIN) I'd post some pics of my babies :p

My main PC
C2Q Q6600 (SLACR) @ 3GHz under Tuniq Tower
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP motherboard
4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC6400
nVidia 8800 GTX @ stock
1x 500GB HDD
1x 120GB HDD
1x 64GB OCZ Core Series Solid State Drive
Seasonic M12 Modular 700W PSU
Akasa Eclipse case with the side panel window installed.
Blue cold cathode for added effect :cool:
Bog standard DVDRW
Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (SP1 installed)

I need to replace the SSD drive that Vista is installed on to one of the new Vertex ones that have come out, as the OCZ Core series has stuttering issues which can be a right pain in the backside at times. Other than that I'm happy with it :)
The 8800GTX and the Q6600 still pump out anything I throw at them at full settings at 1680*1050 (21" Dell Ultra Sharp monitor I believe).

Our Media Centre HTPC
C2D E2140 @ 2GHz
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 motherboard
2GB GeIL DDR2 PC6400
1x 500GB HDD
Hyper Type-R 580W Modular PSU
Compro VideoMate E700 Dual PVR DVB-T Tuner
nVidia 7800GT @ stock speeds
In a Silverstone Lascala LC17 (silver)
Bog standard DVDRW
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit (SP1 installed)

The HTPC is probably going to get some love in the coming months. New GFX, BluRay, more memory and a faster CPU... but that can wait :p
Getting a 42" Panny tele to replace our old trustworthy 26" Hanns G bought from OcUK about three years ago now.
Looking at one of the Optoma HD65 projectors as well.

Girlfriends PC (Xmas pressie from me)
E5200 @ stock
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2
4GB OCZ Gold Series DDR2 PC6400
8800 GT @ stock
Corsair 520W Modular PSU
1x 74GB WD Raptor HDD
1x 320GB Samsung Spinpoint HDD
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit (SP1 installed)
In a Silverstone Sugo SG01B
Bog standard DVDRW
All on a 19" Widescreen Hyundai Blue.
 
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Caporegime
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My main rig.

Q6600 @3.8ghz, TRUE black push/pull
Asus p5q deluxe
4 gb ocz reaper pc8500
xfx gtx 280 xt (stock speed)
1 samsung spinpoint 320 gb
1 western digital caviar 250 gb
2 western digital rapttor 74 gb
Thermaltake toughpower 750w
Benq fp241w 24 inch lcd
Windows xp home 32 bit
Akasa eclipse 62 with side window, kama bay
akasa junior fan controller, 5 sharkoon silent
eagle 200 fans.
Saitek eclipse 2 kb, logitech g5 mouse

Very happy with this setup.

Second rig.

A64 4000 @stock
Asus a8n32 sli
2 gb corsair xms 3500
Bfg 8800gts 640
2 western digital raptor 36gb in raid0
1 western digital caviar 250gb
Enermax liberty 620 w psu
Globalwin eclipse converted with black panels to
look like an akasa eclipse, fitted with 2 vantec
vortex hdd enclosures
Viewsonic vx2025 lcd
Logitech g11 kb and g5 ver 2 mouse

This system was made up from a lot of bits i had lying about, so i thought id make use of them. Unfortunately i dont have any recent pics of both rigs.
 
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