How many machines do you have-Spec? and what you use them for

In the household we have:

2 PCs, and an Acer Laptop.

PC one (mine), built for gaming, but also used for the normal day to day stuff. Plus a bit of programming.

CPU: AMD 955 BE @ 3.7GHz
Cooler: Tuniq Tower Extreme
Motherboard: Gigabyte 790XTA-UD4
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB 2000MHz memory @1600MHz (AMD doesn't allow much higher)
Graphics: Asus 5850
Sound: Asus Xonar DX
PSU: Chieftec 750W Modular
HDDs: 1x WD Caviar Black 500GB (for Windows + applications), 1x Samsung 7200 500GB (for data)
Case: NZXT M59
Windows 7 64 bit

PC two (my brother's), built for gaming, also used for day to day stuff.

CPU: AMD oldish thing based on AM2 (3000+? dual core)
Cooler: Asus Triton 77 (probably - it's certainly a Triton, and ends in 7)
Motherboard: Asus M4N82 Deluxe
Memory: 4GB Corsair XM2 DDR2
Graphics: Powercolor 4890 PCS+
PSU: OCZ 600W
HDDs: Seagate 1.5TB hard drive
Case: Antec Skeleton
Windows Vista 32 bit

Acer laptop - my Dad's, bought for looking at photos, and teaching him how to actually use technology. (He does a lot of photography, and so has now got a DSLR, but needed something to view them on that doesn't take up much room - I.E. can be stored easily).

-4GB RAM
-Turion dual core 2.2GHz CPU
-500GB hard drive
-Vista with loads of processes... (mainly down to rubbish bundled programs)
 
Seems we are listing all our drivel too, so:

2007 Macbook
Toshiba Portégé M300 tablet
Two 2.8B P4 northwood shuttles
A Barton 2500+ in an old Abit NF7
Two Pentium 3 1GHz dual-processor machines
and a whole hoard of old laptops.
 
And I thought I was OTT lol.

main rig - i7, 6GB, 9800GX2
used for work, CAD modelling and simulation, photoshop work and some video stuff. Main gaming is done on here too.

Lan box/HTPC - PII B50, 4GB, 5770
mainly used for storing and watching media but there is a fair bit of gaming done on it too.

Sony Laptop - P8600, 4GB, 3470
not really used much, has some basic work programs on it for taking into Uni but normally sits in my draw. Plan to sell it soon.

At home ive got a Q6600 backup, two older Dell machines and a Toshiba laptop.

They're all owned by me, as for the rest of my family:
Q6600, 4GB, GTX275
Athlon X2 3.1GHz, 2GB, GTS250
Dell 19" 'portable' workstation - just a crippled desktop really.
Dell XPS 13"
2x Dell Studio 15
Toshiba Sattelite Pro

You can just imagine the electricity bill.
 
I must this is my fav thread and its great to see what everyone else uses and the uses for the machines too

Thanks for all the replies peeps
 
I have 2 pcs they are

One is a i5 setup the second is amd, but ive just purchased a gigabyte ud5 so looks like i'll have a i7 soon.

Afraid the amd is going to mm as i was'nt planning on upgrading but there you go.

Also have a dell netbook which i actually use more than i thought i would.
 
Gaming PC : in sig
General/Surfing PC : OC'd AMD 3700+, AGP 6800 Ultra, 2GB
HTPC : AMD 64 4800+ x2, 2GB, 2x1TB HDD

Other halfs PC : 2500+, FX5200, 512MB (she gets my old leftovers :p)

Old Sony Vaio which cost me over 3k :rolleyes: : PIII 650, 128MB, single speed DVD

I still have the remains of my Gaming PC upgrade to distribute :- E6600, 4GB, evga 680i

Does an Amiga 1200 and 500 count? how about an Oric 48k ? :p
 
Two systems:

Main PC:

AMD Athlon 64 FX62
4GB DDR2-800
ATI Radeon HD 2900XT 512MB
Windows 7 Professional

Laptop PC:

Dell Latitude D400
Intel Pentium M 1.3GHz
2GB DDR-333
Integrated Intel Graphics
Windows XP Professional
 
Main workstation:
Windows 7 Professional
Q6600 Core2Quad (OC'd to 3GHz on stock volts)
8GB of DDR2 PC-6400
8800GTX
400GB OS and Applications drive
500GB Applications and storage drive
1500GB storage drive
Dual 24" 1920x1200 photo-grade monitors.

12-inch ThinkPad X200:
Windows 7 Professional
P8400 Core2Duo
4GB of DDR3
320GB 7200rpm 2.5" drive
Intel "not"-graphics.
3.5G HSPA WWAN

before you ask, yes, i use them both for things other than gaming. infact, i only use them for gaming about 6 hours a week max.
 
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Main PC

Sig

Laptop 1

IBM Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet
Windows 7 Ultimate
4GB DDR2
1.6Ghz Core2
250GB HDD
"N" Draft Wifi

Laptop 2

Dell Inspiron
Windows 7 HP
Celeron 2Ghz
1GB DDR2
160GB HDD

Kids PC

AMD Athlon 2500+ M (A)
Windows XP Pro
1GB DDR
200GB IDE HDD
Nvidia 6600GT
 
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My Main PC
[see signature]

My Laptop
2GHz C2D
4GB ddr3
GTX 260

Media pc
Asrock Nvidia ION [Atom 1.6ghz]

Qnap NAS
 
Main Rig/Music Production Rig

Intel Q6600 G0 @ 3.6ghz 1.43V
Abit IP-35 Pro
8GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 PC8500 @ 900mhz
ATI 3870
250GB Samsung Spinpoint x2 RAID 0
320GB Samsung F1
1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
Corsair HX620W
Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 & Scythe 1600RPM 120mm
Thermaltake Armour Black
Samsung 24" 2443BW
Win 7 Ultimate x64


Laptop

Intel i7 720QM 2.8Ghz
4GB DDR3
500GB 7200RPM
ATI 4570
Backlit Keyboard
15.6" Screen
1920x1080
Win 7 Pro x64
 
Last time I had more than 2 working computers, routers has just dipped below £100 so the masses could network their kit easier. Seti was new and trendy, people had 'rigs' instead of computers, folding had just been released and we were all going to cure cancer. Three months later the novelty wore off and the power bill came in.

I keep my old gear as a backup, and the previous backup kit is given away. I bought a TV card for the backup with the intention of playing Linux htpc with it, but it doesnt get used.

Edit: Just seen the guy above has used the word 'rig'. My joke fails :(
 
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Main PC:

i7 920@ 4ghz
6gb Patriot ram
2 x 5850
Gigabyte UD5

HTPC:
e22xx
Asus Motherboard - P45
4GB Corsair RAM
4670 GPU

Spare PC:
Dell p4

Laptop:
Home built barebones from here
2 gb RAM
T7250

New Laptop due shortly
Sony F series with i3, 330M Nvidia gpu
Blu-ray writer, 16.4" screen @ 1080p.
 
Swordfish said:
What laptop is that ? Sounds mental.
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Dell Studio 1557 dude and yeah its very fast just needs a large SSD. But its making me want to upgrade my desktop to i7 because it can handle pretty much anything. I've only just upgraded my CPU to a Q6600 from a E6300 in my desktop though but I think its a good enough upgrade till I get the dosh for some more i7 goodness.
 
I have 4

1. Main PC (In sig)
2. HTPC
-Athlon 4400e
-2 GB DDR2 RAM
-4 TB storage
3. Laptop 1
- Core Duo T7200
- Nvidia 7800GTX
- 1GB Ram
- 17" Screen
-Weighs a tonne

4. Laptop 2
- Core 2 Solo
- 12.1" Screen
- Light as hell
- 80GB HD (I think)
- 2GB Ram
 
Main rig/gaming rig/storage etc:
Q9450, Asus S2E. SS TJ07 - Custom,
8GB Corsair DDR3 1600. D2 Xonar, 30"Hazro
SLI Zotac 295's @ 675/1455/1225, Custom Dual Water,
4x1TB R5 + 2x1TB R0 + 2TB Ext + 320GB portable + 60GB OCZ SSD

Spare/gaming for someone if they come round to play:
OCZ 700w
Evga 650i
C2Q6600
4GB Corsair 800Mhz
8800 GTX 768MB
250GB Spinpoint (i think)

Media Centre/tv gaming: (this used to be my main rig before i jumped on the core 2 bandwagon)
Corsair 520w
Asus p4p800 - think its the deluxe model
P4 2.4 northwood @ 3.0
2GB Corsair DDR400 @ 2/3/3/6 (you know, the stuff that cost £200 for 2gb then dropped massively about 3 months after i bought it)
XFX XXX 7950gt (AGP)
2 x 300GB Seagates

Download box:
Some branded 400w psu.
P4 2.53 (no ht)
P4P800 - cheapo version
768mb cheapo DDR 333mhz
250 + 300 gb ide drives
Geforce 4mx 440 128mb


Main laptop:
Dell Vostro 1700
core 2 duo 2.2 (i think, might be + or - 200 mhz)
8600m GT 256mb
3gb DDR2 667
2 x 160gb drives

second laptop (work):
Some HP ****
Core 2 duo 1.8
80gb drive
3gb ddr 667
on board fail graphics.

Spare laptop:
Dell thing
P4m 1.8
1gb DDR
80gb drive

Oldest laptop in the world, used for nothing anymore but was a random net thing:
P3 1ghz
256mb SDRAM
20gb drive


And thats just my stuff, in my house there is another desktop and 2 more laptops (3 house mates).
 
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