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us Offline Pacu

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Post your workstation
on: December 12, 2010, 06:14:39 PM
Let's see where you visit MT.org at.  My computer area is just a simple desk with some small bookshelves as a hutch. I tend to freak out if it gets too cluttered.



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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 01:12:14 AM
this is my most popular posting ever. :D

ok do not post your workstation here....

post whatever you want in this thread....just remember family forum ::) ;) :D

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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 01:18:47 AM
My workstation is a mess so I will post a pic when I have cleaned it.

Think there have been a thread about this before some years ago.
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #3 on: December 15, 2010, 01:30:14 AM
Take it in HDR :pok: :D
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #4 on: December 15, 2010, 01:32:35 AM
You freak out if it gets too cluttered?! ::) Man, clutter is my natural environment!!  :D



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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 01:39:13 AM
nice jacket...and i see a 20 in the corner :o
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 06:32:35 AM
Did some one mention cluttered.    :D
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 02:05:36 PM
Did some one mention cluttered.    :D

That's not cluttered at all.   :twak:

It would take me all of about thirty seconds to organize that to my neatness preference. :P


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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #8 on: December 15, 2010, 04:14:23 PM
nice jacket...and i see a 20 in the corner :o

What that twenty ontop of the printer  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Warning dont sell anything to Bob lol


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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #9 on: December 15, 2010, 07:20:43 PM
You are very messy boys!   :twak:

My "workstation" consists of finding a bit of space somewhere between the furry critters



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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #10 on: December 15, 2010, 07:40:42 PM
my workstation is wherever i plonk my feet either wherever im with with my macbook or traveling about on my phone
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #11 on: December 15, 2010, 08:12:52 PM
My new work workstation I just got about a month ago :D  I'm a CADD speSmurfpillst so I use ton of different software, but I had this built specifically for Civil 3D 2011 64bit

- i7 875K 2.9 GHz (overclocked to 3.2 GHz)
- 8GB ram
- Nvidia Quadro FX 1800 (768MB DDR3 vram)
- 100GB Patriot Inferno SSD
- ~$2,500 custom built from Xi computers (comparable custom Dell ~$6,300)



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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #12 on: December 15, 2010, 10:12:29 PM
very clean set up there evilolive :drool:

what model coolermaster is that heatsink? Nice case too!
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #13 on: December 15, 2010, 11:34:56 PM
Thanks!  I had to find the installation instructions because I never speced out the heatsink or the case, I left that part up to them.  But it says its a Hyper N620.  I also forgot to mention that after that pic was taken I threw in a 500GB Barracuda for all my temp files, downloads, misc programs, and personal files.  I wanted to cut down on the random writes to the SSD. 

This machine is a beast compared to my old E6400 Core2Duo with 32bit XP  :P


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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #14 on: December 15, 2010, 11:54:03 PM
looks like you have that 64bit running 16gigs of memory? Can you tell a big difference between 32 and 64? I almost went with 64 Windows 7 but chickened out and installed the 32. ::)

I was also gonna use a ssd for just windows and another hdd for storage but went with 2 sata drives instead--  ssd was costly even with the employee discount and my computer/wife ratio was not computing :D
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Reply #15 on: December 16, 2010, 03:31:05 AM
It's only 8GB.  I would have liked to have more but I was trying to keep the cost down.  Yeah the switch to 64bit made a big difference for us because Autocad is such a memory hog.  Our XP32 systems would only recognize 3.25GB of ram with 4GB installed and Autocad would crash when it used anything over 2GB even with the "3GB switch" on.  So now with Win7-64 Autocad can use almost all of the 8GB and so far it's been pretty stable. 

ssd was costly even with the employee discount and my computer/wife ratio was not computing :D
:rofl: I hear ya.  Thats why my home setup is a 13" laptop on a small table beside the couch.

What are the other specs on your desktop?  It looks pretty cool


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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #16 on: December 16, 2010, 03:41:42 AM
nice jacket...and i see a 20 in the corner :o

What that twenty ontop of the printer  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Warning dont sell anything to Bob lol

I pay cash for everything >:D :D
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Reply #17 on: December 16, 2010, 04:21:25 AM
It's only 8GB.  I would have liked to have more but I was trying to keep the cost down.  Yeah the switch to 64bit made a big difference for us because Autocad is such a memory hog.  Our XP32 systems would only recognize 3.25GB of ram with 4GB installed and Autocad would crash when it used anything over 2GB even with the "3GB switch" on.  So now with Win7-64 Autocad can use almost all of the 8GB and so far it's been pretty stable. 

ssd was costly even with the employee discount and my computer/wife ratio was not computing :D
:rofl: I hear ya.  Thats why my home setup is a 13" laptop on a small table beside the couch.

What are the other specs on your desktop?  It looks pretty cool


case- antec 300
windows 7 ultimate 32bit
antec earthwatts 550 power supply
hhd- 750gig WD Green
hhd -500gig WD Blue
Coolermaster push/pull cpu cooler  forgot the model
4 gigs Corsair 800MHz memory
some antec led fans here and there
AMD Phenom X4 9750 Quad Core Processor - 2.40GHz
Biostar TA790GX 128M Motherboard - AMD 790GX, AM2+ 128MB DDR2 Side-Port, ATI Hybrid, CrossFire, PCIe 2.0, Gigabit, USB2.0, RAID, HDMI/DVI

pieced it together febuary of this year...my first build...already itching to build another :D
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #18 on: December 16, 2010, 09:11:56 AM
nice jacket...and i see a 20 in the corner :o

What that twenty ontop of the printer  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Warning dont sell anything to Bob lol

I pay cash for everything >:D :D

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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #19 on: December 16, 2010, 09:57:25 PM
My new work workstation I just got about a month ago :D  I'm a CADD speSmurfpillst so I use ton of different software, but I had this built specifically for Civil 3D 2011 64bit

- i7 875K 2.9 GHz (overclocked to 3.2 GHz)
- 8GB ram
- Nvidia Quadro FX 1800 (768MB DDR3 vram)
- 100GB Patriot Inferno SSD
- ~$2,500 custom built from Xi computers (comparable custom Dell ~$6,300)

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Very nice rig  :tu:
It makes my Core2Duo look like a 286  :rofl:

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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #20 on: December 18, 2010, 04:18:12 PM
Sorry for the glare...  It's hard to get a good pic with the windows in my office.

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Reply #21 on: December 18, 2010, 09:33:51 PM
nice Gerstner!
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #22 on: December 30, 2010, 05:14:53 AM
thats a really nice way to storage saks nutsak!  :tu:
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Reply #23 on: December 30, 2010, 12:19:39 PM
Thanks guys.  I had a hard time convincing myself that the price of the Gerstner was worth it in the beginning, but it has proven to be the perfect thing for my collection.  All my SAKs, MTs and stored flashlights fit in it, with room for extras like pouches and lanyards.  These "international" series boxes are more affordable and are worth the investment, IMO, if you don't have a huge collection.

On another subject...  I think I'm done with desktop computers, for the most part.  If I get heavily back into gaming I might change my mind, but for now I really like the convenience of using that little 14" ASUS gaming notebook for everything.  I pull it out of my laptop bag, place it on the cooler, plug in 3 cords to it (USB hub, power, HDMI, network optional) and I'm ready to go.  Having uninterrupted power is nice too since I live in the "sticks" where power isn't always reliable.  I can also open the lid and use the built-in LCD panel as a secondary display if I want.
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Reply #24 on: January 17, 2011, 02:37:10 AM
These are my workstations at home.

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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #25 on: January 17, 2011, 11:46:29 AM
Here are some older photos from a similar thread. Seeing that I haven't changed much other then I now have a 26" Asus monitor on the downstairs computer...these photos will do.

Downstairs computer #2...



Computer 2:
(Hand built computer)
-Intel E6600 CPU.
-2 gigs of Corsair 800MHZ RAM.
-1 Asus ENGTX470 graphic card.
-Asus 26" LCD.
-Asus Striker Extreme mother board.
-Antec 900 computer case.
-3 Antec Blue LED 12cm case fans, 1 14cm case fan.
-Thermaltake 1000W Power supply.
-Razer Lachesis mouse, Microsoft X6 Sidewinder keyboard.
-Logitech Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers.
-1 LG DVD burner.
-2 Western Digital velociraptor 300Gig HDs.
-Windows 7 Pro.



Upstairs computer #1...



COMPUTER 1:
(Hand built computer)
-Intel Q9450 CPU.
-4 Gigs of OCZ 1600MHz DDR3 RAM.
-2-ATI 4870 video cards.
-Asus Rage Extreme motherboard.
-Thermaltake Mozart XT case.
-10 Asus blue LED 12cm cooling fans.
-Cooler Master 1000W power supply.
-Soundblaster X-FI soundcard.
-HP 24" LCD.
-Logitech G15 keyboard.
-Logitech G7 mouse, Logitech MX Revolution mouse.
Wacome Intuos3 6x11 tablet.
Logitech 530 5.1 speakers.
-2 LG DVD burners (one Blueray burner).
-3 1/2" bay card reader.
-2 Western Digital Raptor 150s, 2 Maxtor 200s
-1 500 Seagate Free Agent Pro backup drive.
-Windows Vista ultimate.

Oddly enough, both builds are about 2 years old now, so I might need a CPU/motherboard/ram upgrade at some point, even though all games run nicely...so I don't see the need to upgrade as I once did back in the day where hardware was trying to catch up with software. The weaker machine downstairs is my main computer, as it is handier to get at.
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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #26 on: January 17, 2011, 01:29:56 PM
This is it :D


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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #27 on: January 28, 2011, 03:02:15 PM
Here's mine....
Life is like a sandwich...the older it gets the crustier it becomes!


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Re: Post your workstation
Reply #28 on: January 28, 2011, 03:15:49 PM
Here's mine....
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Show off  :pok:     :D   Very nice mate  :drool:


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Reply #29 on: January 28, 2011, 03:27:05 PM
Here's mine....

Show off  :pok:

Basically yes..... :D All hand crafted too, couldn't find a multimonitor stand that i could afford so i made a desk that did it for me...and all it cost was a sheet of 8x4 :D Thanks though :)
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