Show us your TFT setups!!

Andelusion · 9 Jul 2006 at 23:52

Antx777 said:
I see you have a Roland Fantom X (88key) on the right - what monitors do you use??? - I've got a Triton Studio BTW

Yeah that's right

I love it.

I'm using some Alesis m1 active m2 monitors (they're powered) I'm sure I answered this question on the page before lol although might be in another thread.

They're really nice monitors for the money (think they were just under £250) and sound awesome when plugged directly into the Fantom, I need to buy a decent mixer before I move to Uni (starting a music degree) as I'll probably do a lot more recording then.

fish99 · 10 Jul 2006 at 11:33

My current setup. The TFT is a 17" Samsung 172T which being a PVA panel has excellent viewing angles thankfully (the whiteness is due to camera flash). Picked it up used off ebay for £90. No dead pixels, great picture

In case anyone's interested the speakers are Eltax Monitor 3 connected to a Sonic Impact t-amp (the little thing between TFT and cable modem).

The PC itself is about to get a nice upgrade to X1800 XT 512 mb, A64 4000+, 2 GB DDR400.

My camera isn't great indoors btw :rolleyes:

willd58 · 10 Jul 2006 at 11:53

That little thing puts out 15w? How is that enough to drive those speakers?

fish99 · 10 Jul 2006 at 13:27

It's plenty. I have windows and wave volume on just 50% and the amp never goes over half volume. If you mean drive as in current rather than volume then yes it's designed for 4-8 ohms speakers.

You can't really equate 15W to PC speakers since they're generally telling you just what the speakers are rated at not what the built in amp can supply. Something like that anyway

My Rotel RA02 hi-fi amp is only 40W, and it's pretty loud with the volume control in the 8 o'clock position (around 10% of max).

Yabsley · 10 Jul 2006 at 14:00

LanceCrossfire said:
tell me what you all think...

It looks cool. Do you not find that theres too many screens to look at though?

LetsHaveIt · 11 Jul 2006 at 16:57

Here you go Thats mine

I love my Dell 24"

Hamish · 11 Jul 2006 at 17:17

johnskey said:
Phone cam

I want that wallpaper! :mad:

please

BubbySoup · 11 Jul 2006 at 21:12

If you ask him nicely, maybe he will send you some of the border pattern too, with the nice, green stars on it

ChoÞÞer · 11 Jul 2006 at 22:16

LanceCrossfire said:
This thread should be made a sticky...
Did some sorting out today and my setup is nearly finished...

heres the spec...

Intel Pentium D 805 [email protected]
Intel 975XBX-304 "Bad Axe" motherboard
1024mb OCZ DDR2 667mhz PC5400
512mb Connect 3D ATi X1900 Crossfire Edition with accellero X2 cooler
^
Crossfire Mode
^
512mb Gigabyte Ati X1900XT-X with accellero X2 cooler
NEC ND4570 DVD-RW drive
250gb seagate sataII 16mb cache(internal)
2x 250gb Hitachi Deskstar(external)
600w Jeantech Artic PSU
580w Hiper Type R PSU
Akasa AIO fan controller, card reader, usb hub, sata, ieee1394, temp monitor, audio panel
Logitech MX5000 bluetooth desktop keyboard and MX1000 lazer mouse
Logitech Dual Shock Gamepad
Logitech Premium Gamer Headset and Mic
JBL 350w RMS amplifier with 5.1 speaker set up
AOC 27" HD compatible LCD TV Monitor
Packard Bell Maestro 19" widescreen TFT
2x Proview 19" widescreen TFT's(for use when Crossfire is disabled)

here is some pics taken on my MDA II Compact...

tell me what you all think...

Whats not to like??
but, dont you ever feel like that screen is gonna fall off and hit you on the head :S

Final8y · 12 Jul 2006 at 15:59

LanceCrossfire said:
This thread should be made a sticky...
Did some sorting out today and my setup is nearly finished...

heres the spec...

Intel Pentium D 805 [email protected]
Intel 975XBX-304 "Bad Axe" motherboard
1024mb OCZ DDR2 667mhz PC5400
512mb Connect 3D ATi X1900 Crossfire Edition with accellero X2 cooler
^
Crossfire Mode
^
512mb Gigabyte Ati X1900XT-X with accellero X2 cooler
NEC ND4570 DVD-RW drive
250gb seagate sataII 16mb cache(internal)
2x 250gb Hitachi Deskstar(external)
600w Jeantech Artic PSU
580w Hiper Type R PSU
Akasa AIO fan controller, card reader, usb hub, sata, ieee1394, temp monitor, audio panel
Logitech MX5000 bluetooth desktop keyboard and MX1000 lazer mouse
Logitech Dual Shock Gamepad
Logitech Premium Gamer Headset and Mic
JBL 350w RMS amplifier with 5.1 speaker set up
AOC 27" HD compatible LCD TV Monitor
Packard Bell Maestro 19" widescreen TFT
2x Proview 19" widescreen TFT's(for use when Crossfire is disabled)

here is some pics taken on my MDA II Compact...

tell me what you all think...

Whats the make of your desk

matt100 · 12 Jul 2006 at 16:04

LanceCrossfire said:
snip...
tell me what you all think...

I think you ramraided a certain purple shirted "competitor" to ocuk

devilkazuya · 12 Jul 2006 at 18:22

Final8y said:
Whats the make of your desk

i would like to know where to get that desk from too

LanceCrossfire · 12 Jul 2006 at 20:49

matt100 said:
I think you ramraided a certain purple shirted "competitor" to ocuk

thats because i work for them

gracious staff discount

most of my pc though was purchased from OCUK and the proview screens were off the web.

as for the desk, its an omnicasa madrid, with a set of draws... theres also a version with a built in usb hub

Final8y · 12 Jul 2006 at 21:16

LanceCrossfire said:
thats because i work for them gracious staff discout most of my pc though was purchased from OCUK and the proview screens were off the web.

as for the desk, its an omnicasa madrid, with a set of draws... theres also a version with a built in usb hub

Thanks! i googled it & was not surprised what came up first

Zacko · 12 Jul 2006 at 22:17

fish99 said:
My current setup. The TFT is a 17" Samsung 172T which being a PVA panel has excellent viewing angles thankfully (the whiteness is due to camera flash). Picked it up used off ebay for £90. No dead pixels, great picture

In case anyone's interested the speakers are Eltax Monitor 3 connected to a Sonic Impact t-amp (the little thing between TFT and cable modem).

The PC itself is about to get a nice upgrade to X1800 XT 512 mb, A64 4000+, 2 GB DDR400.

My camera isn't great indoors btw

What desk is that? It's really nice (Hope it's not obvious)

fish99 · 12 Jul 2006 at 22:55

It was from MFI Homeworks but probably about 5 years ago. They don't do MDF stuff anymore it's all real wood since they went 'upmarket', so they won't have anything similar now. There's a similar desk in the argos catalogue I think, but a bit smaller (120 cm wide).

I'm probably gonna change desks soon since I eventually got fed up with how big it is (150 cm wide).

Hunders · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:10

I bought a new desk yesterday so thaught Id put some pics up in here.

I need a mouse mat instead of that paper

Yabsley · 13 Jul 2006 at 10:23

Hunders said:
I bought a new desk yesterday so thaught Id put some pics up in here.

I need a mouse mat instead of that paper

Nice setup - I have been looking at that case. Whats it like for noise, temperatures and build quality? I also having been looking at those Hyundai TV's, it looks pretty nice in your pictures.

fish99 · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:06

Hunders/

Can I ask where you got that desk from and the width and depth of it please? It could be just what I'm looking for, a smaller version of my desk (see above), looks nice and sturdy too. Cheers

Hunders · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:10

Yabsley - The case is good. The reason I bought it is because I wanted a cool and quiet solution and it does the job well. Temps at the moment while browsing the net are:

CPU - A64 3700 @ 2.8GHz - 36C
Graphics - GeForce 7800 GT - 42C
Hard drive - 34C

Under load the CPU gets to about 39-40C and the graphics about 50C.

The TV is good too. The only problem I have had with it is that the price dropped from 800 quid to 600 quid two weeks after I bought it.

fish99 - I bought the desk from Argos. Sizes are H-74cm, W-128cm and D-62cm. Page 567 in the catologue if you have one

Hope this helps.

Ta.