How many machines, Spec & what do you use them for?

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I usually love threads like this so what do you guys have? Have you reduced your number in time? found new uses old machines?

Thanks for looking and happy replies!!
 
Err... Eesh... Well I have had an awful lot of PC's in a relatively short space of time, I used to buy and sell bits and pieces like nobodies business, but now ive cut down a fair amount.

I currently have just my main desktop PC:

i5 2500K @4.6GHz (1.377v) w' Antec Kuhler 620 + Venom Viper push/pull
ASRock Extreme 4 Gen 3 Z68
8GB Vengeance Black + 16GB Patriot Signature (9-9-9-24 1600MHz 1.5v)
GTX660 OC Twin Frozr III (1137, 6320)
40GB OCZ Vertex 2
1TB SpinPoint F3 + 2TB WDC Green
Asus Xonar DS
OCZ ModXstream Pro 700W
Lancool PC-K62 Dragon Lord

My server/home LAN/folding system:

Phenom II 955BE w' Zalman CNPS10X Quiet
Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AM3+
8GB TeamGroup Elite 1600MHz
GTX460 XLR8 Enthusiast Edition (stock clocks, 0.8v)
500GB SpinPoint F3
OCZ CoreXstream 500W
Xigmatek Helios

My laptop:

AMD Turion II Ultra M620 @ 2.5GHz
4GB Hynix 800MHz DDR2
Radeon HD4530M 512MB
320GB Toshiba 7200RPM
IDT HD Audio

Old system that I cant bring myself to get rid of:

Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8 @ 3.1GHz w' Coolermaster Aquagate Viva watercooling
AOpen AX4PER-GN skt478
2GB Zeppelin DDR400
Radeon 9550 256MB (did have a 6800GT 512MB but it died :()
80GB WD800 + 250GB WD2500
EZ-Cool 400W
- unsure what the case is -

I have boxes upon boxes of stuff that needs shifting though. Ive had Athlon 64 systems, Core 2 Duo systems, Core Duo systems, Sempron systems, Athlon II systems, Xeon servers, Celeron D systems, Pentium D systems, a VIA Cyrix III system, a Pentium 166MHz system and an 80286 system... (I am probably missing some...)

Looking to replace a-lot of the parts in my main PC very soon. (motherboard, SSD, PSU, RAM, fitting a custom loop, custom spraying the case, and so on)
 
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Only got the sig spec rig.

Whats not listed is the 12GB ram, 1TB HDD, 128GB SSD and corsair H60.

Mainly a gaming rig (measily 22'' 1050p monitor, but means the 7950 can max most things) although it has its other uses :)
 
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I have my desktop/gaming rig in my sig.

Then I also have a 13" macbook air 2012 (upgraded to 8gb ram) mostly for portability and taking to uni.
 
Main PC (Used for Gaming mainly):

2600K @ 4.7GHz
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
2x 4GB Geil DDR3 1600Mhz
2x Sapphire 6950's flashed to 6970's and overclocked (920 / 1400)
1x XFX 5870
Asus Xonar DX PCI E Sound Card
AX1200i
Samsung 830 256GB, Crucial C300 128GB, WD Black 640GB, WD Black 500GB, Samsung 640GB
Corsair 800D

Running a custom loop with a 360mm SR-1 Rad with SP120's in Push/Pull, XSPC D5 Pump & Bay Res, all 3 cards under water using EK full cover blocks, some swiftech CPU Block


Mining Rig (Coming Soon)

Intel Pentium G550 2.6GHz (Soon to be undervolted)
Asus P8P67 Pro
Some Random amount of Ram (probably 2GB)
2x 5870's
1x 5830 (If the PSU will take it)
Corsair HX620
Seagate 120GB HDD
Coolermaster Stacker 810

GPU's will be under water with 2x 240mm Rads.


Spare PC (which my dad uses)

Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Asus Maximus Formula II
2x OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066
Geforce 6800GT 256 (Beast!)
Seagate 120GB HDD
Antec Neopower 480W
Some Generic Case
 
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I've got my laptop (spec in sig) which I'm forced to use as a gaming laptop. It performs okayish, but soon I'll be getting a gaming PC, the specs should be something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x ASRock B75 Pro3-M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £417.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

EDIT: Forgot to say that I already have the GPU :P



Besides that, I have an old Dimension 3100 sitting outside my room in the hallway. I used to use it waaaaay back, but not anymore.

I also had a Dimension 8300(?) I believe, with a Radeon X800 in it! It's my brother's now, but I used to game on that.
 
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Got to love the people who have posted in a thread asking how many systems you have, their specifications and what you use them for.... without actually providing any of that. +1 to post count I guess! :rolleyes:

Used to have many systems, but down to 2 now. My main spec is in my sig, used for gaming mainly. I have a secondary system used for day to day office, e-mail and internet browsing. Saving firing up the power hungry system for low load work, although I have to say I rarely switch it on these days.

Specification:

Intel i3 2100 Sandy Bridge Processor
Silverstone SST-NT07-1156 Nitrogon Low Profile CPU Cooler
Intel DH67CF ITX Motherboard
Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) XMS3 1333MHz DDR3 Ram
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
Silverstone LC19 Black
 
Main rig:
i7 [email protected]
Alpenfohn K2 cooler
8GB Samsung green@2133mhz
HIS 7950 Boost@1275/1450
Maximus V Gene
Samsung 830 256GB
3TB Seagate HDD
Carbide 200R
OCZ 750W PSU
iiyama X2377HDS

2nd Rig:
i7 [email protected]
Corsair H80i cooler
8GB Patriot Viper 1866
HIS 7950 Boost@1195/1375
Z68AP-D3
Xonar DG
Agility 3 120GB
2TB Seagate HDD
Bitfenix Merc Alpha
Some BenQ 24" LED monitor

HTPC:
i3 3225
P8H77-I
8GB RAM (might be HyperX)
3x2GB Samsung Green HDD
1x1TB Seagate HDD
TBS 6922 DVB-S2 PCIe card
Bitfenix Prodigy

Plenty of other stuff collecting dust in various boxes that just seems to important to throw away even if I never use it, such as:

MSI E350DM-E33 (old HTPC)
HD 6850
HD 4890
Z77X-D3H with a couple of iffy CPU pins
Antec One case
Fractal Design Core 1000 case
Silverstone GD01 case (most bits missing)
2 19" LCD monitors
various keyboards and mice
a couple of webcams
too many case fans to count
same amount of random TIM syringes in various states of fullness

Have two good PCs as my daughter and I enjoy our gaming! She's trying to get me to upgrade (?) to Haswell, but I can't really see the point.
 
OK rigs that I have in my house currently. followed by rigs that I have paid for and built for family.

My rig

i7 920 @ 4GHz WC
Nvidia 470@800Mhz
gigabyte ud3r x58 board
8GB 2x4 Kingston genesis grey 1600Mhz ram
Samsung 256 830 SSD
1x 640GB HDD
1x 1TB HDD
asus xonar sound card
HAF 932 case
corsair tx750 PSU
24" 1920*1200 DGM


Wife's rig
q6600 @3.6GHz
Nvidia gtx260
8GB ram
80GB Intel SSD
4x 1TB HDD
22" 1920*1080 AOC

Sons Rig
i3 3220
Nvidia GTX260
8GB ram
120 Sandisk SSD
2x 1TB HDD
8GB ram
22" 1680*1050 Asus




Family rigs that I have paid for

Sister 1
i3 2120
8GB ram
1.5TB HDD
22" 1920*1080 AOC

Sister 2

i3 2120
8GB ram
1TB HDD
Asus xonar sound card
22" 1920*1080 AOC

Sister 3
i3 2100
8GB ram
2TB HDD
22" 1920*1080 AOC

Brother
i5 [email protected]
Gigabyte z77 D3H board (he paid for this himself that is why I got him the better CPU)
Gigabyte 7850 windforce 3 (again he paid for this himself)
8GB ram
1TB HDD
22"1920*1080 AOC

Dad
[email protected]
Gigabyte p35 board
4GB ram
500GB HDD
19" 1680*1050

nephew & nieces *3
Intel Pentium 620
H61 board
4GB ram
500GB HDD
they all use their TV's as monitors


Now all I need is for the sisters to come and look at this thread and start moaning as to why they got different HDD. :) (it is all down to what was on offer at the time.)
 
my current i5-750 12gb ram, soon to be transformed into mitx haswell i5-4570 with 8gb Ram, also got my core2duo kicking about, and even have an athlon thunderbird 1.4ghz which was my rhce learning box and now sits unused behind a cupboard.
 
Several systems in this house, not all mine but i'll list them anyway for curiousity sake.

PC i'm currently on(used for a bit of everything):

  • Core 2 Duo E8400
  • Asus P5Q
  • 4gb GSkill DDR2
  • ATI HD4870 512mb
Main family PC(recently upgraded from Core 2 Duo):

  • i5 3470
  • Gigabyte Z77 D3H
  • 8gb Corsair XMS3
  • ATI 56xx(can't remember specifics), passively cooled(for quiet)
Friends PC(built a little while back, repaired and awaiting collection):

  • i5 2500K
  • Asus P8Z68-V
  • 8gb HyperX Genesis Grey
  • ATI 6xxx(not sure of model, was added later by friend)
Old retired system i use to write code on:

  • Abit AN7
  • No idea what processor now
  • 1gb of DDR
  • ATI 9600 something(can't remember specifics)
Then there are also 3 laptops in use by the family, various specs, two run Windows 7 and another is a little older and running Vista.


Have another system that's not currently in use(old family pc hardware), well technically it's just a motherboard and CPU at the moment, it's perfectly healthy though and just needs a new use(undecided on what to use it for at the moment).

  • Core 2 Duo era E2180(ie. skt775, not the i3)
  • MSI Neo2
  • 2gb Corsair XMS2(i'm pinching that for the this sytem - got some other sticks floating around it can have)
  • ATI x1800 or whatever other graphics card i have floating around
We have a rotation system with hardware here, i usually find a use for it somewhere along the line, else it goes into the hardware box in an anti-static bag(along with various other bits and pieces i've collected over time).


:)
 
I have my current gaming rig:

I7 860 2.7 @3.7GHz
My trusty cooler master 212+
8Gb of 2133MHz RAM
HIS iceQ 7970
750GB hdd
24" 1080p screen
Corsair 500r case

My £15 Gumtree find, currently a htpc of sorts:

Core 2 Duo 4400 (or something) 2.2GHz at 2.6GHz
El cheapo after market cooler
2GB DDR2 RAM
4850 DDR3 512MB
500 + 250GB Hdds
32" tv
Betfinex shinobi

My laptop:

I7 3xxxqm 2.7GHz quad
Nvidia 650m
8GB DDr3
15" 1366#768

My girlfriends laptop (my old laptop):

Intel Pentium p210p 2.0GHz dual core
Ati 5470
4GB DDR3
14" 1366#768

My parents computer (my first build):

Athlon 64 x2 2.7GHz
8600GT
3GB RAM
250GB ide HDD
Coolermaster 300

So I have a fair few computers thinking about it! Always room for one more though :)
 
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