This may take me a while....
(in no particular order...)

PC1 - Linux Firewall (between internet and LAN).
P1-133 (leet!), 48mb ram, probably about a 1gb h/d).

PC2 - Mail server (windows server)
P3-600, 128mb ram, 6gb OS partition, about 40GB for Mail.

PC3 - DVD Converter (windows).
AMD Duron 850, 512mb ram, about 750gb h/d.

PC4 - Webserver (windows).
P3-800, 128mb ram, 20gb h/d.

PC5 - XDCC box (windows).
AMD Athlon 800, 768mb Ram, 500gb h/d.

PC6 - Torrent box (linux).
AMD (Athlon I think) 750, 512mb ram, 60gb h/d

PC7 - Radio broadcaster (windows).
AMD Duron 800, 384mb ram, 300gb h/d.

PC8 - FTP Server (windows).
P1-166, 48mb ram, 2gb h/d.

PC9 - Usenet (news) server (windows)
P2-450, 128mb ram, 4gb h/d.

PC10 - backup server (novell netware).
P3-800, 256mb ram, 6gb h/d running an ultrium LTO-3.

PC11 - backup server 2 (windows)
P1-200, 128mb ram, 4gb h/d running an onstream ADR30.

PC12 - HTPC (windows).
AMD Athlon 1200, 256mb ram, 40gb h/d.
This is just a test box which is testing out a custom front end/server with thin client support.

PC13 - Other half's pc (windows).
AMD AthlonXP 1800, 512mb ram, 40gb h/d

PC14 - Unreal Tournament (GOTY) pc (windows).
AMD AthlonXP 1800, 512mb ram, 40gb h/d.
I'm running a 2100dpi mouse with icemat (glass) mouse mat and teflon feet for a nice smooth gaming effect.

PC15 - M.A.M.E. PC (inside a 4player custom built arcade cabinet) (windows).
AMD AthlonXP 2000, 768mb ram, 120gb h/d.
This has a multiple effect front end, running full current MAME set, plus Daphne, vpinmame and various other emulators.

PC16 - V.O.I.P. / Fax Machine (windows).
P3-600, 128mb ram, 6.4gb h/d

PC17 - Firewall 2 (between external wireless and lan).
P1-133, 48mb ram, 2gb h/d.

PC18 - Webserver (apache/mysql/php/etc) (linux).
P3-600, 128mb ram, 20gb h/d.

PC19 - HTPC - Shuttle (windows).
Soltek Qbic EQ3702M.
XP2500+, 512mb ram, 250gb h/d.

Laptop1 - Main use laptop (windows).
P3-1133, 384mb ram, 30gb h/d

Laptop2 - Failover (windows)
P2-266, 192mb ram, 20gb h/d.

Laptop3 - Client pc (windows).
P1-166 64mb ram, 2gb h/d

Laptop4 - Client pc (windows).
P1-166 48mb ram, 2gb h/d

Laptop5 - Client pc (windows).
P1-166 48mb ram, 2gb h/d

PDA1 - Thin client for HTPC / Sat Nav (PPC2003).
HP Ipaq H5555, 400mhz cpu, 64mb onboard, 512mb mmc.

NAS1 - Storage (linux - debian + samba).
P3-500, 128mb ram, 2TB h/d.

NAS2 - Storage (linux - naslite smb).
P2-450, 128mb ram, 1TB h/d.

Most pc's are connected to my 48port switch, others are wireless.
All laptops/pda are wireless.

I have got other client pc's, but they're not used as much.

None of my pc's are an "impressive" spec (compared to the ones posted above)... but the combined spec doesn't work out too bad

I just need to build my new shuttle as a full HTPC/multi zone audio doobrey-firkin...

Just waiting to upgrade (20th october) to my nice new whizzy ADSL2/2+ service (24mbit).


EDIT: Missed off PC18...

 

Dave, whats the electricity bill like?

 

Well.. it could explain why my cossie's not on the road at the moment

To be honest..it's not that bad... they only draw about 100/150w generally..unless they are being hammered.

I'm still paying Ł30 a month for my bill.
But on the plus side... all I'll have to do is get a big pipe...to channel the heat...and i'll never have to put the radiators on

 

AMD X2 64 3800
DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D
1gb Corsair TwinX XL DDR
XFX nVidia 7800GTX 256mb 490mhz

James

 

With BE, I presume? Or are there other providers now offering 24Mbps connections? If it's BE, it seems their launch hasn't quite gone as smoothly as expected......check here for quite a lot of threads concerning them.

Hopefully, yours will go smoothly......do you have ADSL on the line at the moment? And, if so, what are your current line-stats?

 

Yup, it's with Be

I know they have had a "few" teething problems (!)... but I'm always up for being a guinae pig

I'm currently with F2S... and I would have stayed with them (as they were meant to be upgrading my exchange by the end of august), but it seems Easynet (who are handling the LLU side of things) are having problems... and when BE came up...I thought i'd jump ship...

I'm on the 2mbit service at the moment, and should have been ok for the full 8mbit with f2s/easynet llu.

My SNR is 10db and line attenuation is 19db..so I'm quite lucky that my line seems to be pretty good.

I'm about 950m from my exchange (as the crow flies), so I know it will be longer in reality (as it generally follows roads etc).. but even with a bit extra.. the chart shows I should still get some pretty good speeds.

I recieved an email from BE today, just saying they are addressing the teething problems and they are sorry for the issues people are having... and they are rolling out a new set of filters for the "be-box" for people who are having alot of noise on their line to sync at a lower, more stable speed...

I'll have to see how it goes...but for Ł24 a month (static ip).. i'm not complaining

The thoughts of having a theoretical 3mb/sec was all it took

 

Actually, I'd be worried about that SNR (signal-noise-ratio), as that's very low for a 2Mbps line, never mind a 24Mbps line!

Once you get down to 6dB SNR, that's when your line starts to get unreliable, as the signal just isn't strong enough to get through all the noise-interference on the line...

 

I know the SNR is a little on the low side, but I'm also putting in a master faceplate splitter on my NTE5 box which should help things

Otherwise i'm gonna get one hell of a long Cat6 cable and run it directly in to the exchange

 

YOu guys just said a bunch of shit that I don't know

 

Here's pic's of my system

 

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I will cable tie the cables up at some point It is a bit messy in there. And as for getting rid of the duxt, I blow it out with the compressor at work

 

Added PC19
Got my shuttle as my new HTPC.
Pic is available here
(the one on the right)

 

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939

Abit FATAL1TY AN8SLI S939 NF4 SLI ATX (inc Abit uGuru panel)

Thermaltake Silent 480W ATX PSU Dual Fan

Corsair Memory TWINX1024 PC3200 2x512MB

Western Digital Caviar 160GB SATA 8MB 7200rpm

Western Digital Caviar 160GB IDE 8MB 7200rpm

Samsung DVD+-R/RW

Samsung DVD R

Sapphire Radeon X600 pro 128mb (Saving for a more juicy card as this one was bought just to get me by)

 

CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+
System Memory 1536 MB
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Monitor Acer AL1711 [17" LCD]

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Realtek AC'97 Audio [NoDB]

Storage
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive ST3160021A (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive PHILIPS DVD8421 (DVD+RW:8x/4x, DVD-RW:2x/2x, DVD-ROM:12x, CD:24x/10x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616E (16x/48x DVD-ROM)


Network
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (88.111.73.57)

 

I've just put a 5.1 sound card in mine now, and got some creative 5.1 surround sound speakers for it

 

Hello,

I have to many to list the specs on but here they are.

AMD 2600xp, 1gb ram,

Duel xeon 2.2gb, 1gb ram,

apple mac g5 1.6ghz, 1 gb ram

apple imac G4 1ghz,

laptop 1.4ghz, 256mb ram,

PIII 1ghz, 1gb ram,

PIII 450mhz, 256mb ram,

and some more but cant b assd 2 list them lol

 

Pentium 4 Socket 775 3.2GHZ (540 Prescott)

Zalman CNPS9500 LED cooler

Gigabyte GA-8IPE775 pro motherboard 800mhz bus 8xAGP (F4 bios)

2GB of DDR 400 twin X corsair ram (2-2-2-5)

Nvidea 6800 GT with 256mb DDR ram

Soundblaster FATALITY FPS X-FI soundcard

Creative Inspire T7900 speaker system

Samsung DVD DVDRRW_TS_H552B (TS10 firmware)

Samsung DVD reader TS_H352A (TS05 Firmware)

460w silent and active PSU





Current 3dMark06 Score =
https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...460945#2460945

 

heres mine pics to follow when my camera is charged
its cost me abit so far but i do like my games

LanParty NF4 SLI-DR Expert
AMD X2 4800+ @ 2.9Ghz 1.45v
XFX Geforce 7800GTX Extreme X2 SLI
Crucial Ballistix DDR PC 4000 1GBX4 3-3-3-7 @ 2.84vdimm
Logitech diNovo Media
CoolerMaster Stacker
Internal Water system (Custom) Thermochill PA160, Swiftech Storm CPU block,X2 PanafloB-120-M1A, DangerDan 1/2" piping and reservoir bay
Thermaltake>>>>Hardcano 13 (Fan Controller)
Western Digtal Raptor 74GB
2xWestren Digtal Caviar edition 250GB
LCD Samsung SM-930BF 19"(4ms Response time)
Bios (704 2bt Tmod)

3dMark03:32125
3dMark05:14648
AquaMark3:121,579

 

Serious kit

 

Forgot to add my 3DMark05 result: 7215

 

Is this water cooling chestnut really that good ??

 

Yes it really is that good but you have to spend the cash its a get what u pay for situation

 

ill second that comment, top specs there

 

What's the basis then ? Watercooling just simply for the cpu ? Never really looked into it to be honest, the idea of water and electrical componants frightens me a little

 

Water cooling is only slighly better than top of the range fans really now some zalman fans can cool your cpu just the same at a cost of only Ł30 where it would cost over Ł100 for water cooling.. You can do Gpx cards and your cpu with the water cooling system heres a couple of pics of mine but im upgrading from the 2x256mb Geforce 7800's i have to 2x7800 512mb cards

 

Holy crap. What a machine

 

Love it

 

i have started building again slowly .. new cooler arrived the other day ... is it big enough ???




gonna turn it 90 degrees so its inline with the fan

 

19" LCD flatscreen monitor arrives tomorrow, got free shipping too

 

24 inch dell flat AWESOME BATTLE FIELD 2

ebay Ł550



EAX 5.1 surround sound headphones

zalman

but it could get better "just throw me out of the gamers shooting seat"

 

Wey cool thread. Just built a new one, bit of a project that im going to build up on as i go along. So far got...

AMD Athlon64 3700+ San Diego
Asus A8N Sli-deluxe m board
Nvidia 6800GS 256mb g card (v impressed!)
Antec Lanboy case (good as i move it around a fair bit)
Corsair 1gb RAM
Hiper 580w psu (wicked at keeping cables tidy!)
LG 17" flatron tft monitor (full swivel/pivot action is well worth it)
LG dvd/cd burner
160GB Seagate barracuda hdd

Thats about it so far, cost me just over Ł900.

Next on the list is a decent speaker set up, and i'd like to get a duplicate graphics card and try out this SLi malarky!! Well into the games at the moment, so this set up is pretty perfect. Runs the online game im into at full fps throught (full fps being the set refresh rate of the screen).

/steve

 

 

I now have a LG Flatron 19" monitor with tilt and swivel, and I must say, I'm very impressed with it

 

My new monitr :

 

My new homebuilt PC specs... gonna get some pics up soon as the case is kinda cool looking...

- AMD Athlon64 3200+ (Venice S939).
- Gigabyte Nforce4 Ultra SLI motherboard.
- 1Gb RAM. (2 x 512Mb Corsair DDR TwinX, dual channel).
- 1 x 200Gb Maxtor DiamondMax10, SATAII hard disk.
- 1 x Sony DVD-RW / CD-RW.
- GeForce 7800GT 256Mb PCI-E. (o/clocked ~15%).
- 19" Viewsonic TFT monitor. 8ms.
- Internet: 54Mbps Wireless US robotics. 2Mbit connection.





steve