 Super Nerd Workstation of Death |
| Super Nerd Workstation of Death |
 Aug 27 2008, 11:50 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48  |
So the messing around with Linux got me to pull out the extra monitors and hook em all up, and I rearranged everything into a pretty sweet total nerd setup. The awesome part is that Synergy app I pasted in another thread, links all three comps (two dual boot linux/win, one windows-only), so I can actually mouse across all four screens/three computers and the keyboard/mouse becomes active for that PC. Very slick app, and supposedly works for macs too, I'd highly recommend it. I included the home theater gear for my buds on another forum but figured I'd paste em here too. Onto the nerd setup:
1. 17" LCD 1280x1024, hooked up to #7 2. 20" LCD 1600x1200, hooked up to #5 3. 24" LCD 1920x1200, hooked up to #6 4. 20" LCD 1600x1200, hooked up to #6 5. WinXP/Ubuntu PC: In-Win mini-itx case, Intel D945GCLF, Intel Atom 230 CPU, 2GB RAM, 150GB WD Raptor, built-in Intel gfx 6. WinXP PC: Thermaltake Armor case, Intel D975XBX, Intel Pentium D925 3GHz, 4GB RAM, 300GB WD Raptor, ATI Radeon HD3870 7. WinXP/CentOS PC: Coolermaster Elite case, Asus P4P800, Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 3GB RAM, 250GB WD, 4x1TB WD -> 2TB RAID 10 8. Western Digital 1TB networked backup drive 9. Denon 2307CI Receiver 10. AT&T U-verse HDDVR 11. Panasonic BD30K Blu-ray player 12. Toshiba HD-XA2 HD-DVD player 13. Belkin PF40 power center 14. Behringer EP2500 amplifier 15. Emotiva XPA-5 amplifier 16. DIY built speakers. 5 total (2 more to come later), all hooked up to #15 17. Toby "Ranger" bandpass sub, hooked up to #14 18. Samsung HLS6187W 61" DLP   
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Aug 28 2008, 08:11 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Is this the point where I post some burn about you living with your parents?
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Aug 28 2008, 08:22 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
how do you know he lives with his parents?
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Aug 28 2008, 09:55 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Aug 28 2008, 09:11 AM)  Is this the point where I post some burn about you living with your parents? bitch  though I have to admit it's had its advantages: 1. all I pay is the elec & cable bill (though houston summer elec bill has been like $450 at one point) 2. I'm buying up all my toys before I buy a house 3. I'm paying off stuff I might not have otherwise 4. I have all the time in the world to buy the house I want, so not pressured to buy one at the end of a lease like I was last time. 5. I do actually own a house and a vehicle (which most closing-on-30-punks-who-live-w/their-parents can't say) 6. my mom does the laundry, dishes, etc because "she loves having her son home"  I've got a few more toys to get, about 2k left of stuff to pay off, and I have to build up a 3-4k emergency fund, because if my tenants in Lubbock move out or can't pay up for a few months, I need to be able to afford two mortgages at the same time. I'm fairly proud of myself as I've paid off about $7k worth of junk in the past eight months or so. and jon she probably knows because I've mentioned it on here a few times. |
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Aug 28 2008, 10:20 AM
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haha, you have the same degree frame as me
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Aug 28 2008, 10:41 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Aug 28 2008, 10:55 AM) bitch I'm just messin'. More power to you to be able to handle that. I would've gone nuts living with my dad & stepmom more than a few months. -------------------- |
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Aug 28 2008, 11:19 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
heh yeah I know you're messin it's all good. and trust me i have gone nuts quite a few times so far. though finally my new tenants are moving in and I should start getting rent from them 2nd week of september $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. I'd like to save up about 5k before buying, for crap like appliances & furniture.
QUOTE (Watchman @ Aug 28 2008, 11:20 AM) haha, you have the same degree frame as me dammit now i gotta get a new one 
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Aug 28 2008, 11:51 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
i have the same frame also
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Aug 28 2008, 11:56 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Yeah well, I don't HAVE a frame!
I WIN!
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Aug 28 2008, 12:57 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Aug 28 2008, 12:56 PM) Yeah well, I don't HAVE a frame! I fixed |
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Sep 2 2008, 10:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
So due to those assholes at newegg putting the 1TB WD drives on sale for $139, they held me at gunpoint and forced me to buy 3 more of em and a 4 port SATA RAID card
So #7 in the OP is about to become super duper 2TB RAID10 storage monster argh argh argh |
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Sep 2 2008, 10:31 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
i'll post my setup as soon as i clean it up
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Sep 6 2008, 12:05 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Thanks to newegg's sale....
 4x1TB = 2TB RAID 10  can lose 2 drives and still not lose any data. 
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Sep 6 2008, 12:25 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
damn dude, i hope you're storing nasa simulation data on there... or lots and lots of porn
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Sep 6 2008, 12:33 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Aug 28 2008, 12:56 PM) Yeah well, I don't HAVE a frame! I WIN!I have a frame but no degree. I WIN What the hell do you need four monitors for? --------------------   |
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Sep 6 2008, 12:45 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Watchman @ Sep 6 2008, 01:25 PM) damn dude, i hope you're storing nasa simulation data on there... or lots and lots of porn nah the sim data isn't all that big. just gonna start archiving DVR stuff or ripping other people's TV series DVDs and stuff. |
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Sep 6 2008, 12:46 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Sep 6 2008, 01:33 PM) What the hell do you need four monitors for? 3 comps, the main one uses 2. though one of the comps is just testing some stuff out so it's not on all the time. |
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Sep 6 2008, 01:18 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Sep 6 2008, 01:33 PM) What the hell do you need four monitors for? for the BEST MASTERBATION EVER --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Sep 6 2008, 01:22 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Sep 6 2008, 06:38 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
I did find this gem which spans nicely across 2 of the monitors
 I'd like to find some backgrounds that would span all four. 6400x1200 is kinda hard to find though
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Sep 6 2008, 06:45 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
She's larger than my two monitors.
-------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Sep 6 2008, 06:51 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
3200x1200
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Sep 6 2008, 07:19 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
holy hell. Nice setup.
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Sep 6 2008, 07:48 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Thanks!
Meant to include, all those drives went into #7 in the OP, as well as a cheap RAM upgrade to make it 3GB (gonna make a it a media/file/backup server) |
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Sep 14 2008, 09:21 AM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
the whole point of this thread is that I want to have as much sex as possible with Anna Kournikova's vagina ...
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