4 months in the planning, 3 weeks in the building, and $11000 later ($13000 if you count my new Dell monitor) I finally have my new system up and running. A huge thanks to Tim, Koopz, rubba-chikin, Peter, Troy and all the guys down at Computer Alliance who had a hand in helping me out with the system. Those that remember my old set up use to consist of 7-8 PC’s and laptops, but now I’ve streamlined my set up to just 3 PC’s. My new beast is as follows -

*Intel S775 Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core CPU
*BFG nForce 680i SLi Motherboard
*DDR2 4GB Geil 1000MHz Dual Channel Ram
*Internal 12in1 Memory Card Reader
*74 GB WD Raptor 10000rpm 16MB serial ATA HD
*74 GB WD Raptor 10000rpm 16MB serial ATA HD
*320 GB Western Digital YS 7200rpm 16M SATA HDD 24x7
*BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768M PCIe Video Card
*BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768M PCIe Video Card
(You gotta love SLi)
*Dell 30” 3007WFP UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
*Hauppauge Nova T500 Dual HDTV Tuner
*Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum Case
*Tagan 1100 Watt Power Supply
*Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
*Logitech G7 Cordless laser Mouse
*Pioneer DVR-111D 16xDVD DL Burner
*LiteOn 16x DVD Drive
*Creative X-Fi Platinum Sound Card
*Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU Heatsink
*Intergrated Gigabit Network Connection
*MS Windows Media Center Edition with Remote

I also picked up the following-
*Powerware 5110/1500VA Line Interactive UPS
*Canon PIXMA MP800 Multifunction Printer
*Canon IXUS 65 Digital Camera

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0011.JPG

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0012.JPG

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0013.JPG

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0014.JPG

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0015.JPG

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0016.JPG

http://www.users.on.net/~calmoss/IMG_0017.JPG

Hermi, I'm now ready to take part in some serious LANing, but there is no way I'm sitting near the fish!

yor awesomeness knows no bounds

thats a damn fine computer mate!

also nice Chix

if i realised that i wouldnt be getting laid anytime in the forseable future, i too would build a setup just like that.

have fun man

Well considering your a dual screen user. I suggest going to http://exoteric.roach.org/bg/index.html and read his faq so you can download some dual backgrounds. Theres PLENTY there.

nice setup btw. How many frames per second you get in quake2?

if i realised that i wouldnt be getting laid anytime in the forseable future, i too would build a setup just like that.

Bahahhaha... You're such a Strex :)

I don't use dual screens, each wide screen has its own pc (2 for gaming and one for movies,dvd's etc), and I've never played quake2 in my life. I just got the new system this morning, and went out and got myself Battlefield 2142, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (actually it was free with the motherboard), Gothic 3, as well as Company of Heroes and Medieval II Total war the other week in preperation of getting this new rig. With a resolution of 2560 by 1600, finding decent wallpapers is a bitch, so any free sites you may know of feel free to post them =)

if i realised that i wouldnt be getting laid anytime in the forseable future, i too would build a setup just like that.

haha yeah

I have dual monitor set up, one daughter per monitor.

I wish I had a decent computer :(

How come you need 3 PCs :S

For when friends come over and stuff?

is that a foot massager?

2 pc's for gaming (I use one of them for web browsing, downloading stuff too, my new rig is nothing but a gaming machine) and one for viewing media (dvd's, movie files, music etc). And yes it is a foot massager, being on my feet for 8 hours a day not stop gets a bit tiring, so when I'm sitting back unwinding I like to relax. I also have a shiatsu massager for the chair =)

I do have a fourth pc, but I'm giving that to my nephew for christmas.

last edited by Tanaka Khan at 15:57:20 16/Dec/06

1 pc for the internet
i have a tv for viewing media (not pictured)
1 microphone for yelling at c***s in vent
shoes for walking (a foot f***ing massager? also not pictured)
1 glass for drinking water
1 pair of headphones so i dont piss off my neighbours
1 packet of smokes for killing myself
1 pair of sunnies to block out the harmful rays
1 air con for keeping cool
1 intercom phone so i can talk to people trying to get into my complex
1 deadlock to stop the nastys getting into my front door

http://casa.nowuckingforries.com/omfgepenis.JPG



IS MY E-PENIS BIG ENOUGH FOR THIS THREAD OR WHAT GUYS

I have dual monitor set up, one daughter per monitor.

I wish I had a decent computer :(

isn't that what the baby bonus is for

1 f***ing nerd fest that reeks full of pasty white seedy dweebs and a whole lot of sarcasm

lol look at me guys, im a booyah and im not a nerd because im commenting on the internet?

omfg Tanaka! so jealous right now that is a fkn awesome setup

i have a tv for viewing media (not pictured)

What type of media?

i dont really see why you need three separate pc's but looks nice however
hahah casa nice wires ok.

ive got a desktop but mostly cbfed using it.. my laptop is so handy when i travel every fortnight

i dont really see why you need three separate pc's but looks nice however

At least I'm down from 8 =P
My main game of choice is WoW which I 2 box (play 2 accounts at once, thus the need for the second gaming machine).

OMFG I'M SO JEALOUS OMG <3

hahaha

dubya tee eff.. the fact people pay every month for a game is nerdy enough but two accounts?

mav, I'll clean it up when I get my lounge delievered and I have a place to hide all the wires.

Still not sure what im going to do with the fat blue cat5 thats going to be running through my unit when saint moves in. I rekon we might have to go wireless!

last edited by casa at 17:01:32 16/Dec/06

Nice setup man. Also you won't need a heater in winter now.....

casa there's a difference between communicating on the net and showing off your system specs and your quadripple monitor setup with an epenis messager.

So you have 3 seperate pc's to browse all your news sites?

More dollars than sense me thinks.

13 grand

f*** me

There's hope for the computer industry yet

also, who is the chick in window number 1?

nice set up, what's your power bill like? (both past set up and present)

geek

dubya tee eff.. the fact people pay every month for a game is nerdy enough but two accounts?

I think the man can afford it.

More dollars than sense me thinks.

yerp

dRanged, thats megan from meganqt.com
Dice, on average my bill is like $300-$350 per quarter.

It's hard for any normal person to justify that setup or the money spent on it.
Although it's undeniably nice.

But yer, double you tee eff mate.

Large LCD's were so made for watching 4GB porn iso's.
<3

Holly f*** Tanaka dude.

I'm still using some 6 year old s***box!

last edited by Ecstasy at 19:38:03 16/Dec/06

I have to tell you too, I've been giving this machine a canning all day with every game I can find (The Battle for Middle Earth 2(Witchking expansion), Company of Heroes, Medieval 2, Warhammer Mark of Chaos, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, BF 2142 and WoW) with the resolution maxed to 2048x1536 and every setting set to the highest, and it hasn't missed a beat! Its almost like playing some of these games for the first time again they look so good.

Yes I might be crazy, but this is how I unwind. =)

I heard that with current games nothing can push a system enough to get much out of 2 8800s as opposed to 1. Probably with crazy resolutions there is though.

Should install Oblivion and all the visual enhancement mods out there people have made.
Post screenies of how it looks :)

Cool idea reload, may have to grab the expansion to that too...Knight of the Nine I think it's called

You could of bought a girlfriend for 10k and still had change.

holy nerd batman!!!!!1one

Don't make me do a BJ and start bragging about what I have in the bank, the only thing I'll brag about is my PC's and thats it. I'm so glad you're all so concerned about my financial situation but lets just say I can afford this with no troubles =)

How IS your epenis Tanaka? Do you feel like a big man? Wait you probably are a big man, in the gut.

Check out the jealousy ... a guy is having some fun splurging a bit on some seriously cool equipment, and everyone is like "ZOMG WHAT'S YOUR EPENIS LIKE, MINE IS FEELING REALLY THREATENED RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!"

Who is sadder?

Well why don't you ask koopz or rubba-chikin who I saw today, or Rev Evil, Khel, Kat or the many other QGL'ers I've met. Grow up Protius and try again.

Ooh look at me, I know people from QGL and I have 3 computers and I play WoW waaaay too much. :)

i'm jealous of the sweet screens, but i'm not hating on him it looks cool i'm just saying personally i don't need 3 pc's, unless one was at least a laptop.

that's insane. How do u play 2 different computers at once? And can't u just watch dvd's on the same computer u play games on?

Also, what do u do for a living? Or did u inherit or win a f***load of moolah or something?

Can I have some money? I need financial backing on some entrepenurial ideas (Sp). :D

i like the cut of your gib le cock

last edited by paveway at 20:30:21 16/Dec/06

This just reminded me of something when i used to play WoW.

Some people were complaining about some guy who had 5 (maybe 6 i can't remember) characters which he played all at once. He played 5 mages, and he had 5 computer's all with the same specs and everything. He controlled them all using a wireless mouse and keyboard, and all the receivers were set to the same frequency.

Was interesting at the time.

yeah i think that money would have been better spent on hookers and cocaine

nice, but I don't think I'd even spend over 10k on a pc

it'll be worth all of $100 in a year :(

if you can afford it, go for it :)

/waits for psycho to upgrade to compete :p

I wouldnt spend over $2k on a PC and only if it's a tax deducation, salary sacrifice or some other dodge.

But kudos to you TK, if thats what you wanted to spend your money on then f*** everyone else.

pretty rad comp. i second calls for screenies of oblivion and any other orsm looking game.

The machine kicks a lot of anus thats for sure having played with it myself ;)

Personally I am spending that much money plus a bit on a car instead.


But hey if you have that much money it is spilling outta your arse crack then why not have the best money can buy.

You better be using that grunt for some tasty dx10 games when they come out though, if its only for WOW I'd cry :P

that is definitely a non-intercourse pc

But kudos to you TK, if thats what you wanted to spend your money on then f*** everyone else.

or perhaps not at all

3 x porn > intercourse ?

s***, you probably could of f***ed girls as hot as the ones on each wallpaper for the cost of each PC.

Tanaka, yes I see where your coming from dude...tis sweet to play on something that rapes now and will rape anything for the next few years. Even my box bows down before yours man, awesome stuff. $$ more than I would do but hey as I have said before if its your hobby and that's what brings you joy then do it.

s*** can you imagine what even a keen amateur photography pays for a decent set up these days?? rock on dude, power to you!

all this e-penis talk-
http://users.bigpond.net.au/ritsuko/e-penis_small.jpg

I think it's about time I upgraded my pc. AGP? that's so last century. I'm still using my trusty gf4 Ti4200. So much stuff out there these days though. I remember back in the day everyone knew abit were the s***, celeron 300A was the cpu to get and 2 voodoo2's in SLI was for rich kids.

I can't belevie a machine like this isn't in the OCAU database yet :(



and shame on you for clocking it to the s***house and not posting it there rubba-chikin

I love how not one person showed there desktop.

casa did.

Man, as if rag on Tanaka.

The setup is tidy as, I love that desk + the return, it is really really nice.

Props man, it's your hobby and you enjoy spending time there, if it makes YOU happy then it's money well spent.

Other people have pretty retarded 'spendings' on here so it's not like most of you can talk.

nF can't afford to run his car but still has it (sidepipe lol :P)
I have a retardedly inefficient car.
eK is on his umptieth engine from retarded engine breakages.
Whoop has the kingswood he spends time/money on.
Hemmy, Spook, Fireblood, Rev and god knows who else like to induldge in certain medications :P
Kat has retarded personalised plates on some random POS with subs so big the pram won't fit.
Many people piss away that much on alcohol per year because it's their idea of fun.

Just because all of these may not amount to the same $$ dollar $$ value as Tanaka, doesn't make them any less retarded, the reason why people do it are all the same, hobbies, interests, fun or socialising keep people sane and happy.

Nice rig dude.

as always loki is 100% correct

ek's chosen engine design defies all logic from the start

casa did.

I was 100% giving you s***.

Don't make me do a BJ and start bragging about what I have in the bank

Let me.

You had $13k, now you have $0 :D

I was 100% giving you s***.

Yet you still posted, like it or not you made Crakaveli's post total crap.
Good work!!

Nice Set up Tanaka , a little more than i would spend but then i dont have that kinda money rock on dude.

i probably would've doubled up on red first then you could've bought two of those c***s

see 3 pc's i just don't see the sense, but six - the reasons are obvious!

Props to that setup TK. I plan on doing a decent enough upgrade in the near future, but with a few financial setbacks (house!) it looks like I'll have to spend my time drooling over other people's PCs instead of getting one for myself. Dual 8800s must cain like no tomorrow.

edit: I would show my desktop setup but its pretty average.

last edited by Thundercracker at 11:28:03 17/Dec/06

How does solitaire look on that?

You could have bought a few children from Malawi for that sort of money Gary.

why would you want buy children, then you have to feed the little money grubbing f***ers..

sif feed them just make them your slaves til they die from malnutrition duh!!

good point mav..

S'up Zak, hows things??

i bet this train wreck of a thread is a whole different experience across 3 monitors

You could always come around and check it out nF =)

very nice new setup tanaka :D makes me wanna get an upgrade... cept atm there are no games worthy of upgradyness imo. the best thing about this post is the teen angst it stirs up amongst the qgl emos... wahh waahh waahhh you do stuff different to me wahh wahhhwaaahhh. :P
i have 3 pc's running 24/7 in my house... my old man has 5! nps. admittedly mine are just my older computers that i never bothered to get rid of... just removed thier periferals & put them on the network as storage space. :D my ancient celeron300a is still doing gateway duties :D

I'm gonna accidently spill some water on your comp when I come over Tanaka. But since it will be an accident you wont be able to do anything...so ner!

Yet you still posted, like it or not you made Crakaveli's post total crap.
Good work!!

Sorry i'll try again,

Funny that noone Seriously Posted there desktop

p.s I'm jelous

Crakaveli, it doesn't really bother me no one seriously posted there set ups, I'm more than happy to post mine. The reason I asked others to post is thats where I got the idea for my set up a couple of years ago (Some one posted a set of dual monitors, I THINK it was spook?) that I thought were cool, and it went on from there.

Imagine the CS on those babys, man I could defuse the bomb so easy.

Fark... Nice rig Tanaka

what's your power bill like?

Best powerbill here was over $900 for the quarter!

At any given time in this house there are 8 pc's (4 of which are mine) in use.
Dammit, I want the 8800's
They would have to come out a couple of weeks after I buy my new setup :(

Tanaka...what do you do for a living?

Yes i want a 8800, Dx10 ftw

but 2? Jesus christ that's nuts

Tanaka...what do you do for a living?

Apart from keeping Computer Alliance in business? hehehe

seriously would I see much improvement by taking out my two 7800gts XFX cards and dropping in a couple of 8800gtx's? bearing in mind I am only running a AMD 64 dual core 4800+ Toledo to feed them the numbers.

I was getting itchy upgrade fingers recently until I realised that I am putting 30-40 k to one side for hardeware in my uber home theatre/concert/gaming room in our new house project...so my old computer will have to do me at least another year.

:)

Maybe not a huge improvement at the moment, but when dx10 is big you will be greatly advantaged

http://www.djdais.com/files/pics/room1.jpg
http://www.djdais.com/files/pics/room2.jpg

so awesome to still see someone with vynl, well done.

nice weights.. what bout 3kgs each?
same PC case as mine

They're 2kgs mav :]

HERMI, seriously give me a yell when you have your next LAN, I'm eager to give this beast a go, although I won't be bringing my wide screens.

I use to run my own security company, but gave it up a few months ago. Atm I'm working for a pharmacutical company but I still havn't found what I really want to do yet, I'd like something in computers but I lack any formal training.

I think this thread is a joke, but then, noone's ever been able to purchase my respect that easily.

that's a cheesy room you got there

all those 2-bit tarts on the screens, and i even saw an attack of the clones poster

i think tanaka is just missing one last thing.. a decent speakers sound system ...

the z680's look out of place with all the good gear

here we go
http://heardy.net/up/files/1/laptop.jpg

Asus laptop (forget the exact model number)

2ghz duo core
2gb ram
100gb hard drive
1 x 320gb usb caddy
1 x 500gb usb caddy
x1600 vid card (512mb)
17" widescreen

I think that's it, there we go I have an e-penis too :p

ohh yeah I bought some logi speakers while over here too, same as the ones I had back home, Z-3300's (or something like that)

but what fps does that get in an et timedemo on radar#!@??

doink doink

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g95/neda85/desktop1.jpg


hows your power bill tankaka =0

Arent you married Tanaka? Some of these people are giving you s*** about not getting any, and you don't seem to be defending yourself but i was always under the impression that you were married.. mustve been thinking of someone else if not

that's insane. How do u play 2 different computers at once?

its uuber micro man, watch some pure pwnage

I think it's about time I upgraded my pc. AGP? that's so last century. I'm still using my trusty gf4 Ti4200.

the ti4200 owns though so its okay, i used to have one

Best powerbill here was over $900 for the quarter!

we've managed to hit $1400/quater, and i got all the blame

nice weights.. what bout 3kgs each?
same PC case as mine

you still have that? the one you got off me? that was ages agot


What kind of car is that on your desktop d[o_0]b?


While asking about cars, on mtv cribs - chester from linkin park has this car out his front yard, and he said its name, sounded like Mollen/Mullin/Molen/Molin Eleven (i think), sound familiar to anyone? He said that you can get them custom made anywhere you want, and the logo on the car is similar to that of a mazda, however the M is in the center of the circle instead of joining to the outsides. Just looking for piccies of this car, but can't work out what it is - looks similar to a lotus.

and my screenshot (it should be clickable):
http://www.chillz.net/Jerry/desktop dec 06.jpg

Edit: i found out what the car is, mullen m11:
http://www.diseno-art.com/images/mullen_m11.jpg

last edited by Jeramiah at 01:03:33 18/Dec/06

Even ya mum looks better than that car, and that's not saying much.

Even ya mum looks better than that car, and that's not saying much.

so?

where'd u get that porsche wallpaper. give give!

Craker posted it on the s1 forums

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/mattdc5r/General%20Cars/CaymenGT.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/mattdc5r/General%20Cars/CaymenGT2.jpg

im surprised you could tell it was a porche with all the s*** on the desktop. lol.
yeh same case jem, if it aint broke don't fix it right?

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/funkstylez/wallpaperrr.jpg

laptop shiz

I must be old, all I have is a black background or the default Windows green hills one because I cbf'd changing it.

I got a plain blue background with Powdered Toast Man standing in the middle :)

kate beckinsale ftw

mine is as it come out of the box

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4897/beach4gujt3.th.png

Craker posted it on the s1 forums

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/mattdc5r/General%20Cars/CaymenGT.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/mattdc5r/General%20Cars/CaymenGT2.jpg

cheers

hey d[o_0]b love ya porch

BTW nice computer

Can i make poll?

Where do you get 13 000 to spend (waste) on a computer

A.) Drug Dealer
B.) Old fart who has extremely good job and has no wife/kids or sluts
C.) Daddy Rich I got pony when i was 3 and kick it in the nuts for pleasure fun
D.) Drug Dealer
E.) All of the above

Jeramiah, I'm single atm, but what makes me laugh is the guys saying I could have gotten girlfriends/laid with that money instead of buying a computer. I don't know the type of girls they hang out with, but I've never had to flash my bank balance to pick up.

Just leave the money on the bedside table as you leave? :P

on top of the fridge

kingswood country has alot to answer for

bloody wog

loved that show :)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3134/desktop061118xo9.th.jpg

Any chance you like Marcia Cross ?

Why didn't u get the X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card? It has X-Ram...whatever that is :)

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1850362,00.asp

Why didn't u get the X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card? It has X-Ram...whatever that is :)

Assuming you weren't being sarcastic, prolly cos that card costs a lot more for very little gain (X-Ram does not much at all, apparently).

how about u f*** up c***... its got fatalitys seal of approval therefore it means it cains...

Assuming you weren't being sarcastic, prolly cos that card costs a lot more for very little gain (X-Ram does not much at all, apparently).

Well considering he spend 13k on a system, I didnt think he'd be worried about an extra $200 or whatever...

Well considering he spend 13k on a system, I didnt think he'd be worried about an extra $200 or whatever...

True. My guess is that CA doesn't stock the card.

Any chance you like Marcia Cross ?

Nah no way man, 45 year old redhead...

Man... That must be a wicked machine, and i'm sure its great for you Tanaka, but to me it just seems like such a massive waste of money on material possession that will be outdated in a few years.

Just think, with that kinda money you could be drinking body shots off hookers in the south of mexico right now.

it just seems like such a massive waste of money on material possession that will be outdated in a few years.

True, but the same can be said about almost everything you buy these days. As soon as you drive a car off the lot it starts depreciating in value. Pretty much every form of electrical device will become outdated. I think the only really safe purchase you can make these days (and see a return) is property, but even then I've known of some people to go belly up in that market.

With that much money you could have bought 2 AWP's in CS, wtf is wrong with you man?!?

^ he isn't gay ...

BOOBS

Did i make you flinch?

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3250/desktoppo6.th.jpg