Computer nerds, this is the obligatory "describe your rig" thread

Beautiful monitor. Modern technology is amazing. What size is it? I've played several games you mentioned(Quake, Half Life, Diablo2). I used to really enjoy online first person shooters like the original Unreal Tournament. But my eyes bother me so much anymore when I play, that I tend to stay away from them.

 

It's 3440x1440 resolution. Not quite 4k, but honestly, I prefer to 4k (3840x2160). UT...I forgot about that one, I played a lot of UT.

 

Pics, or its not real.

 

Atari 800

 

I have a Quiet PC (dead silent PC - LOVE THAT) - have had it for a few years now.

Don't know all the specs...here are a few:

Intel(R) Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz 3.90GHz
RAM - 16 GB
2 X 256 GB SSD's
Windows 10 Home

 

My "new" daily driver is a 2012 Mac Pro (the tower, not the laptop, the MacBook Pro). These things are still expensive to get used, but they're still kind of worth it, too. I got a single CPU model, but upgraded it from its original quad core Xeon to a hex core, upgraded the RAM to 16 GB and threw in a regular PC video card, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti, after installing the right version of their "web drivers." This particular card is not officially supported, but works flawlessly regardless.

I wanted to run an up-to-date Mac OS and not have performance lag, both of which were issues with the 2006 Mac Pro. Even with software hacks and hardware upgrades, the I only had it up to El Capitan and it was getting long in the tooth performance-wise (DDR2 RAM & 2 physical Xeons for a total of 4 cores, for crying out loud).

I have a nice Ryzen 7 system here that I built, but I'm not using Windows as my main OS, EVER. Microsoft can take their overpriced spyware OS and shove it. So, I had Fedora Linux running on there, but that's not the greatest for working with MS Office documents And then there was some odd stability issue coming up, where it would freeze up at random, I think mostly if not entirely when left idle.

I'm loving this old Pro, though. It's still a modern performer and provides a smooth, pleasant experience. I am a long-time Mac guy, as it happens, and as much as Apple disappoints me with their treatment of the Mac since Steve's passing, this is still something worth owning and using. I hope they don't botch their promised 2018 Mac Pro redesign! I wouldn't touch that silly overpriced, underpowered trashcan model Said it was a joke from day one. I mean, really! A "pro" machine with no internal expansion and very limited upgrade options! Just silly.

 

This is the first computer I used:



It's an Apple II clone system. Used to play games, talk to Eliza and design posters and junk to print on the dot matrix printer we had for it. Not sure if ours is the "128EX" as pictured here - I would have to go find it to verify that. But it sure looks the same otherwise.

 

I don’t know why I’m still hanging on to mine ... I even have my first Cell Phone, The Motorola Star Tec flip phone with over size battery

 

Well, you know, it can be good to hold onto classic hardware. If nothing else it might one day go to a collector or museum! Some of this stuff at least does gain that kind of value and rarity.

 

My first cell phone was a Motorola DPC 550 Flip phone and it cost me 1 cent as part of a promotion for anyone serving in public service, I also had a Motorola pager to receive texts, via toll free operator and fixed text terminals as well as operating various radios.

My current cell phone is not expensive,
an LG stylus lll , and I really like it, LTE network..

 

LOL, I'm relatively new here, saw these specs and was asking myself, why you bragging about this? Then I see the post was a number of years ago! I'll boast a little: One PC I have is an I7-930, not over clocked attached to a TV and it is a terrific media tower and can play games about as well as a console between the 360 and the XB1. Love to hear back from you: are you pushing this rig to continue on? Got a newer build?

My new main PC is a Ryzen 1700, RX 480 8 GB, 16 Gig 2400 RAM, 250 Samsung 850 SSD, 4 TB Western Digital Storage, and a very cool looking case with lousy air flow but as the thing is not overclocked or running hot, I'll live. I can play anything on high settings at 60 FPS 1080p. Question is, how would it perform on the Samsung Behemoth: 49" QLED ultra wide? My next goal.

 

Nice Samsung Monitor !

 

I saw that monitor and I was like, oh man, it's wider than my 32". Then I looked at the specs 3840x1080? Wow, they really stretched that out horizontally and only gave 1080 tall?. My LG is 3440x1440. Not as wide (by 400 pixels, but 17" narrower), but still more pixels overall (4.1m vs 4.9m). Still, QLED is nice (mine is IPS) and the glass case is very sharp. Nice rig.

 

I have a 34" 21:9 LG monitor and unless you look very closely you can barely tell the difference between that and the higher resolution monitor with the exception that elements are drawn smaller on the higher res one. I am running a 3 year old Nvidia 980 right now so refresh rates and higher frame rates are more important to me than 4K resolution since I play a lot of first person games. When I get the new graphics cards whenever they come out I will get a higher res monitor if and only if I can run my games at 144hz and 60 fps and use Nvidia 3d which a couple of my friends are constantly raving about.

 

I'm actually still running the same cpu. I turned off the overclock a couple years back during a particularly hot summer(old house, no central air so ambient temps can get hot by midday), and haven't bothered redoing it. Did upgrade my video card to a GTX 670 and added an SSD drive for windows to run on. Still boots up pretty quickly.

It chugs on newer games, but I can still run things with the geometry and textures on high or ultra. Not using a high resolution though, just 1680x1050. Someday I plan on upgrading but haven't found a time where I have the money to buy the new hardware that wouldn't be put to better use being spent elsewhere. Wife, kids, mortgage, that whole routine ya know.

 

Yeah, I hear you, frame rates are king!. I learned that the hard way a few years ago. Before my LG 34" (not 32") (it's HERE) I had (3) 23" screens and a 6870X2 video card. Those 3 monitors were pushing over 6 million pixels but the video card, despite 2gb of vid ram (it was really one GB as the X2 is 2 cards on a card and they both have their own exclusive memory). It ran great at lower quality, but when using lots of eye candy it broke down and was slow. I bought a 980gtx later and even that wouldn't work that well. SO I bought the LG and now have a better monitor and better frame rates

Today I have a 1080ti (I'm a 47-year-old kid with a big budget for toys) so I have enough HP to push the roughly 5 million pixels this monitor displays.

 

Haha, I must have missed this!

 

I'm sure if it is still doing what you need it to do, It's fine. The SSD addition is likely the best thing you did for it. Before I got mine, I could boot it up, walk away, get a sandwich, check my mail, go back to the PC and it is still booting up. Now with the SSD, it's up and running reasonably quickly.
Other issue I come up with: the motherboard is so old it doesn't necessarily auto recognize newer things, like an Xbox controller or new wireless antenna. But so far, I've been able to manually load the newest drivers.

 

Recognition is usually done the OS, not the motherboard. What OS are you running?

 

Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit. Odd, I don't seem to have that problem on other boxes.

 

That is weird, I'd expect Win10 to identify your hardware.

 

Updated rig: Ryzen 5 1600 in a nice looking white cube case. Primary OS is Fedora Linux (others available via VM). Threw a decently affordable 2 GB AMD video card in there. The motherboard is an MSI Mortar Arctic, and yes, it's white. If only my video card matched! I decided to have some fun and adapted a Xeon passive heat sink to the Ryzen CPU, in place of its included Wraith Spire cooler. I had to cut two sections off of the block to make it fit in the AM3-style socket, added some extra materials to make it thick enough for a clip and used one from another AM3 compatible heat sink. It's my first rig with an M.2 SSD, which is also pretty small. I had to keep the cost down, but wanted to try one out. I use it as my system + swap drive, with a mechanical hard drive mounted as /home (for all my user data). The optical drive is actually a SATA DVD-RW from a Mac Pro. I ordered an extra one to put in here, because I've been impressed with how reliable Apple's drives have been, and I've had lots of bad luck with new, cheap optical drives. The stupid things like to develop a problem where they won't always open when the button is pressed.

Oh yeah, and I added that white LED fan in the rear to help with the cooling and to add to the ambient light. The case came with a large blue LED fan in the front, which you'll see in the frontal picture. The motherboard also has white LEDs on the bottom, and it sits in horizonally in this case. I definitely like the overall look that provides through the window on the side.

Pics:

 

That's sexy.

 

Looks very Star Trek TNG !

Kind of makes me want a Star Trek bridge type computer room, if I ever win a Powerball lottery...... lol

Lots of computer stations in a circle, consoles and one huge main viewing screen !

 

I'd just be happy with enough space to set up my various old and odd machines, like my G3 beige (now in an ATX case), Mac IIci and Sun workstation. I've only got room for two desks at the moment, and it's a big hassle trying to have more than one system set up on one.