Geek Thread - what computer setup do you have?

[Menethil]

How much did this set you back in pantip?

 

Anyone got any recommendations on where to buy a new desktop?

 

Around 60k (including a very fast 128gb SSD that I bought later).

 

I could save around 20k if I had taken cheaper alternatives for cooler, PSU, video card, SSD and sound card...and still have a top performance PC.

 

The best shop I found at pantip is M2Power located on the 3rd floor. Best prices, friendly staff. Ask for what you want (write down on a paper), some components are not shown on their price list but they can send someone to get it in 15 minutes somewhere near. But double check if the price is really what they tell you at first, they're a bit confused. Sometimes they make mistakes and tell you a price 200-300b cheaper than it really is. If you find cheaper parts in other shops they can usually give you a discount to match.

 

The other shop I recommend is Compute & More on 4th floor and it's aimed for upscale/enthusiast parts. The prices are a bit higher, so I only recommend buying there for parts that you can't find anywhere else (I bought my sound card there, and later the SSD).

 

The prices at Pantip can be up to 60% cheaper than in Tuk Com Pattaya, so it's definitely worth it if you're planning to build a whole system like me.

[LaaMok]

We need more photos of the "man room" need to see nice computers, big screens, guns, beer coolers, lazy boy chairs and NO WOMEN allowed haha

[Daniel5on]

quad core 2.6 gi

4 gigs ram

750gb

nvidia 9800 graphics card

asus motherboard

24 inch lg screen

antec case

 

(i do play games and may need to upgrade or overclock in the near future)

[Phat Rabbit]

Core i7 Extreme(965) 3.66Ghz

 

Corsair Dominator 12GB DDR3 Rams

 

Asus Rampage II Extreme x58 Mobo

 

2x 295GTX Quad SLi ( a Bit outdated, But works perfect for my gaming needs)

 

2x 120GB Corsair SSD Raid setup

 

And the rest of the works.

[stud muffin1234]

We need more photos of the "man room" need to see nice computers, big screens, guns, beer coolers, lazy boy chairs and NO WOMEN allowed haha

 

what you want photos of my flats......????

 

[LaaMok]

what you want photos of my flats......????

 

 

yes, if they are special!

[barje47]

Guys I need help.I will do similar to laamoks set up but only need 4 screens,First were can I go to buy thes components that I will need?I mean for this setup?

And some one that knows what I need because I dont have a clue.Were can I buy this stuff in Pattaya?I guess Tukcome but this is little bit more the regulare

packaged så any one special god there that know what I need?

I have 2 screens now but need new computer and 2 more screens.And were can I get a stand like thet to keep the 4 screens togheter and on top?

[Menethil]

Guys I need help.I will do similar to laamoks set up but only need 4 screens,First were can I go to buy thes components that I will need?I mean for this setup?

And some one that knows what I need because I dont have a clue.Were can I buy this stuff in Pattaya?I guess Tukcome but this is little bit more the regulare

packaged så any one special god there that know what I need?

I have 2 screens now but need new computer and 2 more screens.And were can I get a stand like thet to keep the 4 screens togheter and on top?

 

The number of screens will depend on how many video output you will have from your video cards. I think every decent card has at least 2 outputs.

 

So you can either buy 2 video cards (be sure that your motherboard supports SLI/Crossfire which means 2 video cards at the same time) or buy a single card with 4 outputs.

 

Will you be playing games? If yes, then you will need a powerful rig.

 

According to this website the GTX 680 can run 4 monitors at once: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-review/5

 

Be sure to have all the outputs converters, like displayport > hdmi for example.

 

And of course, have all the other components to be powerful on the same level as the graphics cards. This system will kinda suck if you put a poor processor on it.

[barje47]

thanks this is the kind of info I need .No game,only work online support/chatprograms and SEO so not realy any heavy stuff.Thanks a lot.Making a list of what my new coputer need so any more things guys just tell me know.Thanks a lot Menithil

[barje47]

Is there any one that can be recommnded to put this togehter in Pattaya? sure in tukcome but any one here have used some one there and with great job done?Name of shop if you can rember.Thanks

[CyberPro]

I'd do it for a nominal fee as I build all my desktop/mid tower computers but I'm in the US. If you could figure out how that would work, I'd trade the labor for tips on how to make money online. The locals described above would probably do a great job, as it's not that hard.

 

My computers:

 

#1 Mid tower

Generic easy to work in case. Adequate power supply.

Gigabyte Motherboard w/ Intel Quad Core CPU, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM.

4 Western Digital Black Label hard drives, 650-750 GB. Use Robocopy jobs and Dropbox instead of Windows backups except for post initial Windows install.

Radeon video card supporting 2 monitors.

OS: Most drives multiboot, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 7, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Server 2012 running as a virtual machine eval. W2k3 Server is by far my preference among supported Microsoft Operating Systems. So far Windows 2012 Server looks nice. Hopefully Microsoft won't fluff up the User Interface before release.

Just added a 2nd monitor and am now hooked on multiple monitors.

 

#2 Mid tower

Same case w/ Gigabyte motherboard, this one supporting only a dual core CPU but it runs very well. The rest as above but just 1 monitor.

 

Laptop: Lenovo, WD Black Label 500GB drive w/ multiboot as above. Windows 2008 server runs like a slug w/ only 1 GB RAM. Virtualization not supported, otherwise a very nice laptop.

[barje47]

Thanks copypro,well I see what I can figure out.I guess I have to walk around at Tukcom and see.Im not in a rush to buy so will do a lot of research and maybe get some more tips and ideas from here.How to make money online I can only say one thing. still looking for the perfect way but for me its all about affiliate.But with all your stuff I think I should ask you,think you doing it already

[Menethil]

thanks this is the kind of info I need .No game,only work online support/chatprograms and SEO so not realy any heavy stuff.Thanks a lot.Making a list of what my new coputer need so any more things guys just tell me know.Thanks a lot Menithil

 

Well in this case you could save some cash on the video card. The GTX 680 would be for gaming in high resolutions.

 

For just non-graphical work you can purchase cheaper ones. A GTX 560ti will have 4 outputs depending on the brand, for 1/3 of the price of a GTX 680.

 

If you want we can go together to tukcom to take a look.

[barje47]

Well in this case you could save some cash on the video card. The GTX 680 would be for gaming in high resolutions.

 

For just non-graphical work you can purchase cheaper ones. A GTX 560ti will have 4 outputs depending on the brand, for 1/3 of the price of a GTX 680.

 

If you want we can go together to tukcom to take a look.

Hi well thanks for the tip of ghrapic,love to go to tukcome with you.Im stuck in Phuket couple of more weeks and then Im back to Pattaya,home sweet home.I will send you a Pm here and se if you have the time and energi,i can always buy u a coffe or 2.Thanks again.

[Menethil]

Hi well thanks for the tip of ghrapic,love to go to tukcome with you.Im stuck in Phuket couple of more weeks and then Im back to Pattaya,home sweet home.I will send you a Pm here and se if you have the time and energi,i can always buy u a coffe or 2.Thanks again.

 

No problem man, happy to help a fellow PA member. Just send me a PM when u return then.

[mrblock]

Oh nice thread, i am bit crazy freakish with this stuff but here goes.

 

 

* Main system -

2x 24" 1920x1080 samsung LEDs

- AMX FX-8 3.6ghz 8 core black edition

- mb asus sabertooth 990fx

-16gb of ram.

-1 tb drive

- raedon 6870 with 1gbddr

-> running linux (xubuntu).

 

* NAS -

debuggin screen (22")

4x 1.5tb drives on raid5 + 1 hot swap on standbay for emergency, cant loose the porn!

some 2.6ghz amd dual core with 4gb of ram

-> running freenas (freebsd)

 

* MediaPC - nvidia ION based with 500gb hdd and 4gb ram, running ubuntu.

 

* Dell studio 1555, with some nice specs which i totally forgot running kubntu

* mac book pro, forgot the model, used only when i need to code stuff for iOS

 

* Raspberry pi trying to run XBMC if that counts hahaha

 

that ofcourse doesn't include computer from work phones tablets etc

[Connection]

We all spend alot of time on addicts, so I assume most of us have computers better than the average guy! Whats your spec?

 

Windows 7 Ultimate

 

g.skill 24 gig of RAM

 

3 graphic cards ATI Radeon (not expensive as I dont play games)

 

g.skill 256 gig SSD drive (system disk)

 

2 x 2 TB hard drives

 

i7 2.80 GHz processor

 

Gigabyte extreme motherboard

 

6 samsung screens 1,920 x 1,080

 

Water cooled

 

We need more photos of the "man room" need to see nice computers, big screens, guns, beer coolers, lazy boy chairs and NO WOMEN allowed haha

 

 

Nice setup Laamok! Looks like a Daytraders Den fo sure! : )

[Little Evil]

1.023 Mhz Processor

64 kB RAM

13", 320 x 200 (29.03 PPI) tube monitor with 16 colors

5.25" floppy drive

BASIC OS

 

 

Old school. Anyone know what I just described? I actually still have it. It was my first computer.

[malaulker]

My favorite part of my setup is the 3x 27" 2560x1440 monitors

[Love_to_eat_Thai]

I've scaled down a heap recently to reduce my electricity bill.

Macbook Pro

Macbook

2 x Netbooks (XP & Linux)

2 x Mac Mini (media server & file server)

HP Microserver N36L (ESXi) running OpenFiler NAS & about 7 other guest OSes

Several Cisco switches & routers

A few little firewall appliances (Netscreen, Palo Alto, Check Point)

and a couple of other routers, switches, servers, firewalls, NLBs and other stuff in storage.

[Touchagrey]

My first computer. Was writing "adult" software even back in 1970, though the whole paper tape storage thing required quite a bit of stamina.

 

Today's travel kit is an iPad 3. Can use VNC, SSH, or Teamviewer to hop on the big computers back on the farm.

[BongRaymond]

My 2.5 year old Acer 4738G has a graphics related MB fault common to that model. It has an i5 and an ATI Radeon card HD5470. It's short lifespan pisses me off. Its' probably due to gaming and high temperature issues.

 

I see lots of old (7 or so years) dell and hp laptops for sale at giveaway prices. I think they have lived so long because they have slow and therfore cool CPUs and didn't have GPUs .I wouldn't be surprised if they lived for another 7 years. No HDMI out so no use to me.

 

I need to buy a new laptop. This time it will be an i3 or even a Celeron with lousy intel graphics. At the moment longevity is more important than speed.

 

Is there anyone out there that has used or owns a laptop with a Celeron 1007U chip? Are they useable or just a pain? I mostly used my laptop for MSOffice, the web, and watching movies. HDMI output is critical. Could a Celeron with an Intel HD Graphics 3000 output movies to my TV OK?

[Woofiee]

 

My first computer. Was writing "adult" software even back in 1970, though the whole paper tape storage thing required quite a bit of stamina.

 

Whoa, paper tape - that brings back memories. Our high school inherited a IBM mainframe from the Navy, complete with punch-card stations, 2 honeywell terminals with paper tape, and a refrigerated room for the computer and huge diskpacks. NEVER remove a diskpack until it's completely spun down...made that mistake...once.

 

Today's travel kit is an iPad 3. Can use VNC, SSH, or Teamviewer to hop on the big computers back on the farm.

Same here - I can recommend also Textastic as a great editor with built-in SFTP; probably like it more than Diet Coda. Also, get a good wireless keyboard. I use the Zagg Profolio+ case...the best of the keyboard cases, imho.

[Touchagrey]

Same here - I can recommend also Textastic as a great editor with built-in SFTP; probably like it more than Diet Coda. Also, get a good wireless keyboard. I use the Zagg Profolio+ case...the best of the keyboard cases, imho.

Same setup: Textastic and that Zagg case. ...and the new Apple paper tape reader ;-)

[Woofiee]

Same setup: Textastic and that Zagg case. ...and the new Apple paper tape reader ;-)

 

Oh no, you're mistaken. That's the bill.  ;) 

 

Home office system - 1 year old 27" iMac, 2 year old 15 Macbook Pro, iPad Retina (3), 6TB of NAS, a couple AppleTV2 for display and an Alienware M11x...in some closer somewhere. Likely in that closet is long with an old (still working) 1.67Mhz Powerbook from 2005 and a Newton 2100 from 1998. And the Newton still works too.