any one into computers [Archive]

noice

02-08-2013, 09:24 PM

cool dose any one build there own computers.and noice what your name on there i need a good arty guy

I think it is Dimefox2. I only have a m42 arty, but it kills lvl 9 tanks just fine.

I build my own computers but over the past 5 years or so I haven't kept up to the technology on a day to day basis.

CamaroZGuy

02-08-2013, 09:26 PM

Built mine in 07 but dont do much gaming any more, so i got no reason to up grade.

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Blackbird96WS6

02-08-2013, 09:28 PM

Built mine in 07 but dont do much gaming any more, so i got no reason to up grade.

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I'm pretty much in the same boat, last updated the internals in mine in about 2010 or so. Nowadays I just play a little Guild Wars 2 and watch netflix/youtube and browse the forum lol. It handles all that just fine, so no need to upgrade yet.

Fastbird

02-08-2013, 09:28 PM

I'm into computers, but not so much gaming. I'm more into building for overall system speed and performance (Overclocked my I7 950 to 4.02 GHZ and upped my DDR3 to 1800 MhZ and it's ultra stable, and am running 5 SATA II SSD's in RAID 0 as a primary drive if that gives you any clue). I build mainly for video encoding anymore, and I'm in the habit of archiving my Blu Ray collection at 1080P. Getting ready to start parting together a nice HTPC so my son can have his little mATX build back.

NuckinFutz93

02-08-2013, 09:44 PM

I got an Asus Republic of Gamers G55 and G75. Site's like this are all I have ever used them for. Oh, Craigslist also. I know waste. LOL

CamaroZGuy

02-08-2013, 09:49 PM

I got an Asus Republic of Gamers G55 and G75. Site's like this are all I have ever used them for. Oh, Craigslist also. I know waste. LOL

Careful with the charging ports on them, they have an issue if the pin braking.

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NuckinFutz93

02-08-2013, 09:53 PM

Careful with the charging ports on them, they have an issue if the pin braking.

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Never had any trouble with Asus before. It all I've had for 4-5 years. My G71x is still working fine, along with my U50 and K40.

Edit: The batteries in the U and K series are toast, but that any 4 year old lap top.

CamaroZGuy

02-08-2013, 09:56 PM

Never had any trouble with Asus before. It all I've had for 4-5 years. My G71x is still working fine, along with my U50 and K40.

I had a g53 for a little over 2 years and last month went to plug it in and the pin was broke, looked on line and there where a lot of complaints about it.

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93z28de

02-08-2013, 09:56 PM

from now on pleas list your computer and hows its built als if you have any parts they your looking to let go but take that to a pm and for sale spot forum rules not mines

CamaroZGuy

02-08-2013, 10:00 PM

from now on pleas list your computer and hows its built als if you have any parts they your looking to let go but take that to a pm and for sale spot forum rules not mines

Ill list my computers when i get back to them.

Edit: there not for sale...

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NuckinFutz93

02-08-2013, 10:00 PM

from now on pleas list your computer and hows its built als if you have any parts they your looking to let go but take that to a pm and for sale spot forum rules not mines

WTF are you talking about or trying to say for that matter? It's called punctuation! Nobody is trying to sell anything. I have Gamer Machines made by ASUS and I just use them for forums and craigslist.

meissen

02-09-2013, 08:38 AM

I'm an IT nerd so of course I'm into computers. :lol: Have a modestly build Media PC with about 6 terabytes of disk space between a few RAID arrays. Hooked up to my main TV.

chile

02-09-2013, 09:37 AM

I'm an IT nerd so of course I'm into computers. :lol: Have a modestly build Media PC with about 6 terabytes of disk space between a few RAID arrays. Hooked up to my main TV.

Your an IT nerd. I would have never thought. I thought you liked simple things like dirt, birds, trees.....lol

popo8

02-09-2013, 11:04 AM

Your an IT nerd. I would have never thought. I thought you liked simple things like dirt, birds, trees.....lol

He does like fish...

Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
LTXtech.com

94Blackbird

02-09-2013, 12:18 PM

so is any one on ltx into computers or games like world of tanks ???

I play WOT occasionally, my main vehicle I play right now is a decked out tank destroyer.

93z28de

02-09-2013, 12:29 PM

lol well im 84suprade on there and post up spece's of your compute and some pix of them show them off.And what i was asking if any one had any older parts for sale computer stuff (i think that should go to a pm or the for sale not to sure don't want to brake forum rules)

harner

02-09-2013, 01:13 PM

I don't play WoT, but I do play some games every now and then on the PC. Like Skyrim, Crysis 1 and 2, bunch of other stuff on Steam. I'm also an IT guy, although homebrew stuff isn't my specialty anymore. Servers and network technology are what turns me on.

I built my PC in '09 and did some small upgrades along the way. I'm not into overclocking at all. i7 920, 12GB DDR3, 660 Ti, 320GB SATA for the OS, 1TB RAID 1 for storage, etc (for more info go here: http://www.chrisharner.com/?page_id=20 )

I am also hosting a LAMP server out of the house now and may be building a new rig when Haswell comes out later this year. If/when that happens, my i7 build will be upgraded and become a dedicated VM host. Right now it's on a very old Dell Dimension P4 with 1GB RAM, running the latest flavor of Ubuntu Server (I'm an OpenSUSE guy personally, but 12.x did not like this hardware).

edit- I should also mention that I have two laptops. A Dell 8600 with a Pentium M, 1GB, XP that has all my LT1 tuning/diagnostic crap on it and also a really OLD drag racing game which kicks ass, and a newer Dell (forget the model) i3, 4GB, dual boot Win7 and OpenSUSE 12.x 64-bit.

harner

02-09-2013, 01:14 PM

You can sell non-auto stuff here, it's cool. Check this subforum out: http://ltxtech.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?63-Non-Automotive-Classifieds

overclock.net is also a good place to find used parts.

Fastbird

02-09-2013, 04:39 PM

I'm an IT nerd so of course I'm into computers. :lol: Have a modestly build Media PC with about 6 terabytes of disk space between a few RAID arrays. Hooked up to my main TV.

What kind of raid are you running. With my tax return I'm thinking htpc (a legit one) and am torn between two 3tb raid 1's or going raid 5.

Posted from my Rooted and ICS'd Rezound

93z28de

02-09-2013, 08:39 PM

i wonder how hard i can push my 8800gtx in world of tanks

meissen

02-09-2013, 09:03 PM

What kind of raid are you running. With my tax return I'm thinking htpc (a legit one) and am torn between two 3tb raid 1's or going raid 5.

Posted from my Rooted and ICS'd Rezound

I went RAID5 for my TV show drive. I felt it was the best way to have redundancy while squeezing as much space out of it as well. For the movies drive I just made a dynamic drive spread across a few disks... no redundancy, but I'm willing to lose the movie collection.

Here's my media PC setup - The smaller screen I set up on Thursday to wunderground's radar ( http://www.wunderground.com/auto/wxmap/ ) in full screen mode so I could watch the radar of the snow storm approaching and passing by on Friday :lolsign: The smaller box between the tower and the TV stand is my RAID enclosure which holds 4 drives. There's another handful of drives in the tower.

http://i47.tinypic.com/16hrp5.jpg

meissen

02-09-2013, 09:10 PM

Here's some better pictures of the media PC itself when I built it. They're a little old so there's more drives in the tower now :lol:
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Fastbird

02-09-2013, 09:15 PM

I'm putting together a parts list for the HTPC right now:

fractal Design Node 304
I3 3225
Asus P8H77-I Mini ITX mobo
Seagate barracuda 3tb HDD x4 (lots of movies, do NOT want to lose)
etc. etc. etc.

I'm going for small, clean, no buttons visible, max storage capability as it will probably double as a media server too.

meissen

02-09-2013, 09:17 PM

Very nice - I haven't played with mini ITX motherboards in awhile... Last one I played with was the Via Epia motherboard I had in my CarPC... ...Come to think about it, have I ever posted the details of my carPC on here? :lol:

meissen

02-09-2013, 09:25 PM

Via Epia motherboard mounted on normal peg board with a standard hdd beneath it. The circuit board on the right is the power board which automatically turns the carPC on after the engine cranks and automatically turns the PC off 15 seconds after turning the car off.

http://meissenation.com/pictures/2008-05-25/CarPC%20003.JPG

8" Lilliput touchscreen mounted in the radio stack:
http://meissenation.com/pictures/2008-05-22/carPC%20024.JPG

Computer mounted in the dash. The radio was temporary and was later moved to its permanent home in the glove box with the HVAC controls:
http://www.meissenation.com/pictures/2008-05-26/CarPC%20007-sm.JPG
http://www.meissenation.com/pictures/2008-05-26/CarPC%20008-sm.JPG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/MCCMP82/MIFbody%20Meet%20and%20Greet%202008/P5310036.jpg

harner

02-09-2013, 09:36 PM

HTPC's are cool, but Pi's are the future. Bold statement, strictly opinion. I'm thinking about building one (they are CHEAP) and just setting up an NFS for the storage. That would eliminate the need for yet another computer sucking electricity out of the wall. Plus, my TV UPS is full lol.

I have an AppleTV and hardware DVR and that is doing the trick for now, but lacks HTPC features.

Fastbird

02-09-2013, 10:35 PM

Brain, that CarPC is slick! I've thought about it but really all I need is my ipod and a hookup in the car. :D

Looking at the AMD trinity APU's now. supposedly better graphics at a much lower pricepoint than Ivy Bridge. Like $50 for the entry level A4-5300K with the 7480 Radeon graphics chipset. All the HTPC will be used for is storing my blu ray MKV's and playing them and internet streaming on the 50". Maybe internet browsing if I get a bug. That's it.

meissen

02-10-2013, 09:31 AM

chile

02-10-2013, 09:55 AM

What's a Pi?

3.1415

harner

02-10-2013, 10:35 AM

What's a Pi?

Raspberry Pi - http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Check this blog out: http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2012/11/13/using-raspberry-pi-and-xbmc-to-build-an-ultra-cheap-htpc/

Also, there is some good info in the anandtech HTPC subforum.

meissen

02-10-2013, 10:54 AM

Raspberry Pi - http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Check this blog out: http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2012/11/13/using-raspberry-pi-and-xbmc-to-build-an-ultra-cheap-htpc/

Also, there is some good info in the anandtech HTPC subforum.

Very cool... Where the Raspberry Pi can really shine is by having XBMC's database being hosted via NAS or a single Media PC and then the Raspberry Pi connecting to the same database so you can have a house-wide XBMC system... able to watch on any TV in the house. Or, even easier, is to connect the Raspberry Pi to Plex.

harner

02-10-2013, 11:17 AM

Exactly, it's cool stuff and evolving rapidly.

93z28de

02-10-2013, 03:37 PM

nice

will.i.am

02-11-2013, 09:44 PM

Jesus, I'm so far behind... Also in the IT field, my desktop at home is an AMD Athlon X2 with an ATI X1600XT video card. Hooked up to the TV and running XBMC, along with sickbeard and sabnzb. Automatically grabs new shows as they air.

Tax return time I kind of want to build a more legitimate HTPC, although pi looks interesting as well...

McCauleyWB

02-11-2013, 09:53 PM

I can't get my Pi to run a stable version of XMBC. Trying to dual boot Wheezy and XMBC, but it simply refuses to do so. Wheezy run fine. I think I'm just going to format it and throw Arch on there.

meissen

02-12-2013, 06:19 PM

Wifey didn't buy into the Raspberry Pi idea as much as I thought she would, gonna hold off for a little while on it as I'm already on the shit list for pre-ordering a Leap Motion. Got too excited at seeing all the revolutionary stuff the Leap Motion will do.

Fastbird

02-12-2013, 06:24 PM

leap motion?

meissen

02-12-2013, 06:38 PM

https://www.leapmotion.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYgsAMKLu7s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiWxCOQ-8M8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HFcfOwDtI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8WkyBBwYTI

And if you don't watch any of the above - at least watch this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoiwL0SK3jA

Chopstix

02-12-2013, 06:39 PM

not a WoT player or hardcore computer builder...but I did just build a new gaming pc

I5 3570k
16g ram
MSI HD7870
Coolermaster case
23" monitor
Razer Naga Molten Mouse (17 button)
Cyber Snipa GamePad v2

All to run this guy
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/darrowmere/Hershel/simple

93z28de

02-13-2013, 11:23 AM

i got a ? why are amd cpus so slim now s for as picking whats going on witht here sockets i was thinking about going ot a 3 core cpu i have a 2 core now
amd athlon 64 x2 black
4 gb ram ozc slp
msi k9ag neo 2 digital mb
350bc wd hard drive
sound blaster sound card and a 800w black widow psu(my 700w ocz took a shit)
had a 8000gt 512mb pny card it stopped working(8800gtx now)
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meissen

02-13-2013, 01:30 PM

'Cause Intel is where it's at. :lol:

will.i.am

02-13-2013, 06:56 PM

Pretty much. You may as well just jump to a quad core since you're upgrading.

As for sockets, let me think...

AM2: Old socket, supported the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2. AM2 processors work in AM2+ boards.
AM2+: Transitional socket, AM2+ processors work in AM2 boards. AM2+ processors do not work in AM3 boards.
AM3: Newest released socket. AM3 processors work in AM2+ boards.

It's slightly confusing, but it's pretty convenient for me as I'm upgrading individual components. I started with an AM2 processor and AM2 board. The board has gone to an AM2+ board because I needed more SATA ports. When I get my tax return, I'll probably buy an AM3 processor, which will still work on my AM2+ board. Then further down the line, get an AM3 board to go with my AM3 processor.

Fastbird

02-13-2013, 07:02 PM

'Cause Intel is where it's at. :lol:

QFT. Intels offerings simply obliterate AMD's attempts. Though......AMD seems to be doing well with their APU's and integrated graphics........

93z28de

02-14-2013, 09:55 AM

what about fm1 and fm2????? and so i could get a am2+ and put that in my am2 bored ?

harner

02-14-2013, 10:09 AM

I'm so out of the loop with AMD CPU's anymore. I spec out all the hardware (servers, desktops, laptops, phones, etc) at my job and everything is Intel.

Leap Motion is neat, never saw that before.

ArchLinux is pretty hardcore. I liked it from a learning standpoint, but would not be into it as a primary OS.

93z28de

02-14-2013, 12:39 PM

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will.i.am

02-14-2013, 01:55 PM

what about fm1 and fm2????? and so i could get a am2+ and put that in my am2 bored ?

They're for APU's, I've got no knowledge of them beyond that.

And yes to the AM2+ processor in an AM2 board. Although you'd lose the benefits of AM2+ (separate power planes, faster HT speed)

93z28de

02-14-2013, 03:18 PM

what do you see amd doing soon bc there cpu pickings are slim

will.i.am

02-14-2013, 04:35 PM

Fastbird

02-14-2013, 06:47 PM

Probably focusing more on their APU's. They've shown the past several years they can't really compete with intel's CPU's. And since AMD owns ATI, theoretically they should be able to come up with some awesome APUs.

That's all purely speculation though.

According to writers at CPU and Maximum PC you hit the nail on the head. They've been reporting that AMD intends to start focusing heavily on the APU market.

93z28de

02-14-2013, 10:33 PM

what is a apu is it like a gpu and cpu thrown into a blinder and turned on high

will.i.am

02-14-2013, 11:37 PM

what is a apu is it like a gpu and cpu thrown into a blinder and turned on high

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit)

Basically, yes.

93z28de

02-15-2013, 11:16 AM

well ok then thats odd

Fastbird

02-15-2013, 10:59 PM

Speaking of AMD's and HTPC's.........I have outstanding orders on the following:

Fractal Design Node 304 Case
AMD A6-5400K Processor
ASRock FM2A85X-ITX Motherboard
G.Skill Ares 8GB (2x4gb) 1866 DDR3
Toshiba (Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000) 2TB Hard Drives x 3

Still pondering SSD for the OS drive (64gb.....waiting on a deal), PSU (size, cabling, and waiting on a deal), and OS options (want Win7 but don't want to pay $120 for it, may go with my govt copy of XP Pro but it's only 32 bit). I will probably be running Flexraid (though I might start with the Unraid trial since it supports 3 hard drives for free) for some semblance of backup/parity (hence the 3 drives) while allowing me to add to the pool without rebuilding the RAID every time. Most likely will be running XBMC on it as the HTPC interface. Have a Logitech Harmony One remote on the way so will be getting an IR receiver for the HTPC also. And for those keyboard moments, I just picked up a smoking deal on a Logitech DiNovo Edge keyboard for $65 on Craigslist. Gotta love tax time!