My Tidy PC (Free4all: Spam encouraged...)

[system7]

I've spent most of tonight tidying up the flat. Frankly, I'm shocked I let things slip so badly.

The system7 supercomputer is freed from an inch of dust and the horrible Novatech "SLI" EVGA 8600GT graphic card that caused my own "Lost weekend".

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5310/systemsholesl2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What on earth are you meant to do with all the wires and old disks? :shock:

[Conrad]

One day, I might, just maybe, tidy up.
Until that day this is what I work in.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/87/computer140908jc3.jpg

[Nox]

I've spent most of tonight tidying up the flat. Frankly, I'm shocked I let things slip so badly.


Nice 'before' picture, any chance of one from after your tidying? :D

Nox

[Nox]

Hey System, seeing how spam is encouraged... is that apple juice on your desk? (in the Carling glass) :D

Nox

[system7]

I really like Conrad's setup. It has a homely feel. Perhaps I need some beanbag teddies or something? And yes, Nox, it is Strongbow apple juice. Part of my 5 a day, you know. Got a terrible headache this morning though, so I think this healthy kick is overrated. :evil:

Anyway, look what I found in a green shoebox whilst tidying! I haven't run this for 30 years, and I think my young nephew pretty much wrecked it. This is what we blew our pocket money on before the days of hot gaming PCs:

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1498/trainsetsw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Not a semiconductor in sight. This is tiny "N" guage and has a "rheostat" controller. :P

[Nox]

ah yes, that kind of apple juice helps me put the effort in to tidy things up :) or sleep/collapse...

Nox

[Aegis]

Hi System. :D

Nice job you did there.

Reminds me i must do something with mine, just never seem to get the time though.

Love the train set, reminds me of the one our dad had we had some fun with that the flying scotsman running round the main loop and a small 040 saddle tank shunting in the sidings, geez they were the days. :lol:

http://i36.tinypic.com/1tpksp.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/n1c8ip.jpg :D

[Conrad]

I really like Conrad's setup. It has a homely feel. Perhaps I need some beanbag teddies or something?

The monkey and wild dog are teddies, obviously. But the lions head, the monkey skulls, baboon skull, hyena skull and leopard skins on the left wall are all hunting trophies from "back in the day".

[Jonny2Bad]

Aegis that is a pretty cool setup i take it when every1 needs to use their own pc at once things get a little crowded lol, or do u run all of them. :?

[JDowdall]

:P i like conrads!! lol my rig fails!
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/JDowdall_bucket/IMGP0190-1.jpg
And yes that box down there is actually my computer... woo 60 degree cpu's
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/JDowdall_bucket/IMGP0191-1.jpg

[Aegis]

Hi Jonny. :D

Thanks, yes i do use all of them, the trouble and strife uses a vintage lappy to play bingo and chat to her friends, and the saucepan lids have all left home so it is not a problem.

Thats why i have money now lol :lol:

[system7]

:P i like conrads!! lol my rig fails!
And yes that box down there is actually my computer... woo 60 degree cpu's
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/JDowdall_bucket/IMGP0191-1.jpg
Jeez, that wins some sort of prize, James. Just needs some cuddly animals, like dead rats, underneath. :P

Aegis yours looks like mission control at Houston, which one is your £10 bargain garage PC. You know, SLI an all. You never updated us with a picture?

[Jonny2Bad]

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4618/1001122kt5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Thats my messy corner of the world ;)
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1166/1001124ap6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And Jr's.
We should reall take a leaf out of 7's book and have a tidy up. :roll:

[Chewie]

Heheh well, im glad mine isnt quite that bad. Though it is kinda messy in a *i know where everything is way*. Even if i dont :wink:

WIll post a pic later.

Johnny, look at the inch of crud in that 900's intakes!!!

Is that fan really dead or just caught at the right moment?

Hehe. I once bought a pc desk like that one conrad has, from homebase, thought it was cool, cept it would fit in the room, but i couldnt get me chair behind it because of the radiator :lol:

Right, dinner then picture time :D

[JDowdall]

Ohhh yeahh my pc fails! hopefully orderin the antec 300 next week tho :D

[Jonny2Bad]

Nah Chewie got custom filters on the fans. So probably due a clean out but those intake fans are a dust collectors, even up off the floor.
And yeah the fan was caught just at the right time how mad is that didnt even notice lol. So i guess not just the outside of the desk needs doing the inside of the pc also. Jeez A Dads work is never done i guess.

[scrivz69]

Lol god as my boss would say What a bunch of guffy baskets you are,but there are some cracking pics thanks gut,put mine to shame coz im tidy :oops:

[Chewie]

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp265/ChewieJeans/Picture00420.jpg

Ok, there ya go, 1 really compact pc space with some mess removed off the main desk.

Top boxes hold power leads, usb leads and miriad other junk.
My speakers to my Logitech 2.1 (which my daughter lovingly punched the cones in for some poxy reason known only to her, still pissed about that), the sub is behind the silver tins :roll:

Rusty tins have some old game boxes (star wars Yoda Stories, man thats old) in them.
Folder is my SAP book from work.
Big pile of games on display.
My JVC MG50Ek next to my crummy sky router. and my equally Suger Honey Ice Tea *SatNav*
Large black *filing container* for all those bills and crud.
The missus's sewing box (no, i don't know why its there).
FInally my 2 boxes of *silly little robots* as the woman calls 'em.

Oh, and the pc :mrgreen:

Oh yea, almost forgot, the bits of wood and red metal to the side are off of my daughters wild west style wagon. WHich she likes to go for rides in :roll:

[Jonny2Bad]

Lol how typical spam encouraged and the spammers have stayed right away :roll:

[scrivz69]

Is that a dig at me jonny?????

[Jonny2Bad]

No not at all! :?

[scrivz69]

Ok sorry bud i read it wrong :)

[Jonny2Bad]

Yeah i reckon not too sure how though lol :? :lol:

[Asce]

I would love to take a picture of mine. But need to make sure, i have drivers for a k800 for Vista. If not who's going to let me borrow their camera. (I have my own SD card.)

[scrivz69]

Just a bad day at the office mate lol and i dont work in one :D

[Chewie]

Lol, unfortunately, we don't have a control room, just 2 depots, at theale and newbury. Which is as close as i get to reading, well, thats a lie, i dont get to move outta portsmouth, else i'd nip in and take it for ya Asce :mrgreen:

[Asce]

What depot is yours in Newbury. As i live in Thatcham so its like around the corner from Newbury. Even if its Theale you basically have to go past Thatcham anyway.

[Chewie]

SSE
SEB
which ever way you wanna look at it. I don't get to go there often, spend more time in portsmouth managing the network.

[Aegis]

Hi system,

Sorry forgot all about the pics, been so busy of late.

The garage sale puter is on the far right, the thermaltake one in the middle is the one you helped me pick when i first came on here, and the one on the far left is a barebones bundle from novatech Amd X2 AM2 Duel Core 4400.

Here are your pics.

http://i33.tinypic.com/119o7ec.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/15g9mw8.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/2ebvcig.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/2e4g6te.jpg

Hope they are ok.

[Aegis]

Hi asce, ]

You can get vista drivers from here,

http://www.sonyericsson.com/vista/

[system7]

Not bad for £10, Aegis! Monster heatsink. :P

[Jonny2Bad]

Result for £10, its a zalman hsf, very good cooler, worth about £30 on its own, nevermind the rest. What a bargin! 8)

[system7]

HeHe, I wonder if Coops, et al, have the same level of personalisation and clutter round the back rooms of Novatech HQ that we see in this thread? I think we should be shown. :)

I remember a young programmer at Psion HQ who drew official complaints for his customised Windows alerts. You know, stupid loud noises with every mouse click and stuff. He thought it was way cool. Drove everyone else crazy.

Apparently having PCs and TVs in your bedroom is very bad for sleep patterns. But I had a feeling Chewie's was going to be shipshape. :P

[TheTranquilEye]

Apparently having PCs and TVs in your bedroom is very bad for sleep patterns. But I had a feeling Chewie's was going to be shipshape. :P

I'll agree with that. I have my main rig and a server in my room and it's really too noisy to sleep. I hate having to turn them off but I have to. The server's pretty quiet but my rig just gets on my proverbials. Apart from the PSU, CPU and GPU fans, I have a 120mm in the front to blow air over the HDDs and an 80mm in the back sucking out. Individually, none of the fans are particularly noisy, but put them all together.... :roll:

Plus my Razer mouse and it's **** LEDs. I'm sure I read somewhere that there's a software switch for them but cannot check as I'm away from home for a week.

[Jonny2Bad]

I think its more to the point its harder to get off the thing if its in your room,so making the choice to go to bed harder, i find myself tied to the thing, as i watch tv through it also, so the tv will be on in the corner and i'll be on the net just seems to be a pattern that i need to break i think lol.

[Asce]

Hi asce, ]

You can get vista drivers from here,

http://www.sonyericsson.com/vista/


Too late already have them. Havent tried them yet and its 50-50 if they work on Vista x64.

[Mechanics Fan]

This is my old system in the soon-to-be (maybe) decorated living room. Note the designer dust cover for the printer :lol:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4889/1000145smallqj9.jpg

And here's my new rig in it's temporary home in my bedroom (apologies for the glare in the monitor).

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/323/1000146smallsg0.jpg

[matz]

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4618/1001122kt5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Thats my messy corner of the world ;)
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1166/1001124ap6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And Jr's.
We should reall take a leaf out of 7's book and have a tidy up. :roll:

i wonder what you got on them CD-rs johnny =D the best pc has to be squids steelseries ftw. i cant get a good angle of my pc and that :P will try soon

[Jonny2Bad]

Mostly blanks and backups of my past pc files and business files, if you really must know. All the other stuff you were thinking of is nice and neat in folders.

[matz]

**** in folders? never seen that before.

[Jonny2Bad]

No bit long in the tooth for all that buddy, normal proper films yeah but not ****

[matz]

lol =) I'll grab you my pics soon =) im sure you have got your desktop pictures teh wrong way round

[OneTime]

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7708/desk001mo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A real desk :D

[JDowdall]

godammit everyone has really nice desk's cases and monitor's, i can pull off one of those @ best!!! lol

[Jonny2Bad]

Well get on and order it up squid, the cash has been say there get on with it ffs. ;) 2 red fans in the front ftw ;)

[OneTime]

I did the whole blue thing. Blue fans, Blue Samsung power button, blue Creative 5.1 surround sound power button...lol
Only thing i messed up on was the sidewinder...lol red.

2x Red fans would be awesome tbh :P (Always want what you don't have)

[Nox]

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2359/phototb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nox]

apologies for the poor quality pic :) taken with the phone!

First time anyone's seen my desk...

Nox

[Nox]

hmmm, the apples gone now :)

Nox

[matz]

apologies for the poor quality pic :) taken with the phone!

First time anyone's seen my desk...

Nox
ikea table?

[matz]

I did the whole blue thing. Blue fans, Blue Samsung power button, blue Creative 5.1 surround sound power button...lol
Only thing i messed up on was the sidewinder...lol red.

2x Red fans would be awesome tbh :P (Always want what you don't have)
they do sell tri cool fans in red =) use the blues as hand fans :P woudlnt like to come over and repair your pc nox either :D

[system7]

ikea table?

they do sell tri cool fans in red =) use the blues as hand fans :P woudlnt like to come over and repair your pc nox either :D
A whole webpage for two lines. Is this a record?

This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
Since my last report he has reached rock bottom, and has started to dig. :P

[Nox]

ikea table?

um think so, wife used to have it :) but she wanted my table downstairs in the ktichen as it had draws, so i nabbed that one off her instead :)


woudlnt like to come over and repair your pc nox either :D

and just whats wrong with it??!

Nox

[Conrad]

Any interesting details about the Katana and Wakizashi, Nox?

[Chewie]

heh, probably got em from commercial road market or something like that :lol:

I remember a mate of mine, got married, his missus wouldnt let him get a set, so he spent £300 on a globe with goldplate and iridescant materials for the continents etc.

needless to say he got the cold shoulder for a few weeks :wink:

[matz]

ikea table?

um think so, wife used to have it :) but she wanted my table downstairs in the ktichen as it had draws, so i nabbed that one off her instead :)


woudlnt like to come over and repair your pc nox either :D

and just whats wrong with it??!

Nox
as in the samurai swords :P

[Conrad]

So if this is the spam FFA thread, can we just put our general inane **** in it, regardless of whether it's computer related or not?

If so, I would like to take this opportunity to brag about my genius (thank you, thank you). When I moved to Canada I had all my firearms impounded and had to take their firearms safety course and hunter's education. For the firearms safety I got 100% on the written, 96% on the practical (I didn't tell the instructor I was pressing the trigger in order to make the action safe - if you know lever action rifles you'll know what I mean), and 98% on the hunter's education.
I'm so proud. In your face, bureaucrats!

[Nox]

Any interesting details about the Katana and Wakizashi, Nox?

blimey you can only just see the wakizashi, it's the middle part of the stand on the window (but you can only see the ends of the top two) - the tanto is out of vision at the bottom and you then have the katana on top.

So i'm assuming you're talking about Kaze and Oniyuri :) Wind and Tiger Lily, both Paul Chens and imported from China rather than Commercial Road. (Before the, now irrelevant, sword ban I hasten to add) Kaze, the one with the brown tsuka (handle) is a regular katana size, shape etc. Oniyuri, is more interesting, and it's still a 'katana' If you notice the tsuka is about two-three inches longer, which is fairly rare, but what you don't see is the blade, it's shorter than a regular katana and doesn't go all the way to the end of the saya (scabbard), making the total length of the sword near enough the same as a regular katana. From it's proportions the sword is a lot more balanced as you can get your hand closer to the centre of gravity, if you wish, it's reach doesn't need to be compromised much and it comes out of the scabbard quicker. Also you could hide things in the end of the scabbard if you wanted, but its appearance to anyone passing was that of a regular katana, near enough. In Japan it was illegal to carry a weapon such as a wakizashi unless you were samurai. It is pretty much exclusively used by practioners of Buijinkan Ninjutsu. Both are made from 9260 Carbon Steel, folded, tempered etc, and the Oniyuri has the bo-hi, making it even more balanced, lighter and faster. As a comparison I would suggest thinking about something a bit sharper than a brand new stanley knife. Enough details?

And if you decide to break into my house either bring a gun, or be prepared to run away very quickly, I will assume you're armed and dangerous :)

Nox

[Nox]

ikea table?

um think so, wife used to have it :) but she wanted my table downstairs in the ktichen as it had draws, so i nabbed that one off her instead :)


woudlnt like to come over and repair your pc nox either :D

and just whats wrong with it??!

Nox
as in the samurai swords :P

ah, i'm quite friendly to those I invite :)

Nox

[Conrad]

Aha, my dear man is educated about his weaponry! Very good, very good. Paul Chen makes some damned nice swords, and you've chosen potentially my two favourites; I'm thoroughly jealous. One day I'll share my collection, just need to tidy them up sometime (strewn about the place) including two original Zulu spears and a late 1700s cavalry sabre that I need to fix up, it's looking its age now and needs a new handle and some scabbard holes fixed when I get time!
Don't forget to oil them! High(ish) carbon steel like your .6% 9260 is going to rust like a mother if it gets even slightly damp, which is the one and only reason I don't want to use it for knife making. It's a superior steel but I think I'll just stick with the basics like 440C, O1 or D2.

[Jonny2Bad]

This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
Even the village kicked him out i reckon, priceless really :roll:

[Nox]

Don't forget to oil them! High(ish) carbon steel like your .6% 9260 is going to rust like a mother if it gets even slightly damp

Yep, - left in direct sunlight for two days, dried the scabbard enough to evaporate some moisture onto the blade, now there is was tiny patch on one of them where I must of missed it one of the first times I oiled it, had to take it off with some very very fine grit wet & dry :( Would rather a patch that looked slightly dull than risk loosing the sword - the other (recommended) option was to leave it, but i've seen how rust works... Certainly a leaning process.

If you look on my desk, see that can of WD40? :D they are cleaned and liberally sprayed every two weeks. About the best stuff to clean them that often with, thats easily available, and cheap! Next to it is a pucker Paul Chen cleaning kit (heh) but I never use it as it wouldn't last long enough! :)

Nox

[system7]

Have chucked out the old Pentium/865 combo from my old modified eMachines at last. So the idea is that all the second tier components from my stockpile go into the case for a quiet PC and moderate gamer, and free up my better stuff for a big future project. So here's a bargain £10 Celeron 430 OC to 2.4GHZ, and a EVGA 8600GT vid card and Seagate 7200.9 80GB SATA with the old quiet Nexus 350W PSU I so like.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5020/s7quietpcsw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The Celeron came with a small stock Intel 3 pin cooler, but I fitted a similar small 4 pin Intel stock I had lying about, which is vying with the hard drive as the source of an irritating high frequency ringing noise even at 1200 rpm. The 10C better copper Nexus cooler here makes more windrush noise, so more investigation and swapping needed when I get some more heatsink paste. These silent PC problems are tricky! :?
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8628/heatsinksty3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8628/heatsinksty3.bf6f6125c4.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=508&i=heatsinksty3.jpg)

The single core 430 is not bad at all. Anyway, it's tidy, eh? They don't teach that in school! :P

[Jonny2Bad]

End of the emachines era lol very upsetting my friend. I can see this new project involving 2 9600gt's and some rather nice little extras, very nice indeed.

[system7]

This is of course, clearing the decks for something new. Like a lovely SLI board, Jonny. :) The eMachines case is very solid. But, I mean, what's a Pentium worth these days? :P

I'm going to put that quieter Intel cooler back in, then call it a day. Save the more effective Nexus cooler for the big one. It really looks mostly like a hard drive whine to me. But time will tell. :?

[Jonny2Bad]

Lol yeah i reckon that mobo is getting closer and closer, what pentium is it, if its going to be doing nothing i may have a use for it. :wink:

[system7]

It's a socket 478 3GHz HT FSB800, Jonny. You're more than welcome to it at if you drop me an address to steveponsford at msn.com

But it's not a patch on the 430 according to the guys at NewEgg:

Pros: Overclocks BETTER than CPUs at 5 times the price. Runs stable at 2.7 and 3.0Ghz by simply changing FSB from 9x200 to 9x300 or 9x333.
Cons: Wish I had gotten this BEFORE I watsed my time andd resstocking fees on an E8500 which refused to OC (get this Celeron or wait for EO stepping versions of E8500)
Other Thoughts: Gigabyte EP45-DS3R,Crucial 2GB DDR2 800 6-6-6-18

About 30% slower than a dual at worst:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cpu/intel-celeron-420-440-page1.html

Unfortunately my last thumbprint of heatsink paste has got it idling at 60C, so I'd better not heavily OC it yet. :lol:

[Jonny2Bad]

ing i have a brand new 478 foxconn mobo just laying around didnt know what to do with it, perfect for my niece. Excellent. She will be made up.

[Ratty]

http://www.tcnetworking.co.uk/novatech/Dscf6252t.jpg
http://www.tcnetworking.co.uk/novatech/Dscf6254t.jpg

the inside of the case needs a clean.... again!
have also got the 25cm fan side panel, but that thing just pulls dust in like nobodies business..

[matz]

i see some nice things from novatech :P like that external hard drive bay, im looking for z5500s very soon. your opioin do they hurt even at 10% volume? lol

[Ratty]

haha, the external HDD Bay is a life saver for backup / restore when fixing customer PC's

I love the z5500's, they are normally set around 10-15%, I've never had them over 50% (Constant), even when we had a BBQ and used this as the main music source.

But of course I've turned them right up to test them, and **** they are loud, and absolutely no distortion at all, also scared the kids with the T-Rex Jurassic Park scene as the sub shook the house :P

[matz]

ROFL. ive seen some youtube videos and the camera is shaking =d and that was only at like minimum percent :P

[Jonny2Bad]

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/8714/11102008023at8.jpg
By jonny2bad (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jonny2bad), shot with N95 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=N95&make=Nokia) at 2008-10-11
Had to post this here reminded by my good friend 7 there is a place for everything on this forum and untidy pc desks very much belong here lol

[sniperdude]

my pc area sorta spills out into a full room guess thats why it's called my pc room :lol:

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo97/sniperdude_2008/DSCF5207.jpg

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo97/sniperdude_2008/DSCF4911.jpg



over the other side of the room is the rest of my setup
40" lcd connects to pc for filmage
5.1 amp conected to pc gives dolby 5.1 from spdif on my soundblaster
and linux satelite box connects to motorised sat dish
http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo97/sniperdude_2008/DSCF5209.jpg


Snipergeek

[Jonny2Bad]

Ah very nice sniper, i think a good speaker setup is on my list after my next 4870.

[sniperdude]

if you have the room i would get a proper 5.1 setup with a proper av amp

my speakers are all from the mordaunt short avant range, the pic of my tv is old i have the subwoofer to go with it now
next door hates me lmao i dont care i can't hear them moan :lol:



i never tried the pc based 5.1 systems but some get some great reviews

[Mouse]

http://www.tcnetworking.co.uk/novatech/Dscf6254t.jpg


Now that is impressive, the watercooling looks insane.

[UKGouki]

Hi system,

<<sniped>>
http://i37.tinypic.com/2ebvcig.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/2e4g6te.jpg

Hope they are ok.


your zalman 9500 is orientated wrong turn it 45 degrees fan facing the front of the case for proper airflow :?

[Chewie]

you mean 90 deg

[Asce]

This is what a few hours can do. Mind you the motherboard tray has a few extra holes in it

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/kaz590/DSC00301.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/kaz590/DSC00302.jpg

[vconor]

haha here is my setup, and a **** tip if u ask me! lol

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2988/dsc01242by9.jpg
By vconor (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/vconor), shot with K800i (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=K800i&make=Sony+Ericsson) at 2009-01-12


http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4739/dsc01240yt5.jpg
By vconor (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/vconor), shot with K800i (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=K800i&make=Sony+Ericsson) at 2009-01-12

and one **** person ;)
urs truely

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9364/dsc01238za0.jpg
By vconor (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/vconor), shot with K800i (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=K800i&make=Sony+Ericsson) at 2009-01-12

sorry face is a it dirty, just got in from work when i done this, been welding all day :P

[Skywalker]

Sorry but I have real bad OCD and deserve neatest 1st place prize , so here is my place of internet pawnage

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u30/Skywalkeratr/18102007433-1.jpg

[Nox]

hmmm, sorta tidied the room tonight, and hung up a few cupboards...

might make a pic or two and put on here, it's moved around a bit since last time :D

Nox

[Maver1ck666]

This is my current setup (study)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Maver1ck666/PC/IMG00031-20090115-1750.jpg

And my other play place (lounge)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Maver1ck666/PC/20032008120.jpg