Have I gone over the edge?

[Guyver]

Read the hardware list below and let me know....



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Favorite Quote from the past: "I am Pentium of Intel. Precision is Futile. You will be aproximated!"

OK, Here's the rig...

Rig #1 -
ABIT BX-133RAID
PC Power & Cooling 425W ATX PS
Intel PIII-850 FCPGA Stock HS
2xVantec Slot Coolers (40CFM each)
2xUnder the drive HD Coolers
2x128MB PC150HSDRAM
4xMaxtor DiamondMax Plus 20.4GB UDMA/66 Drives in a RAID 0+1 Config.
Matrox G400MAX (not OC'd)
MAG DX-715T
SBLive!Retail
3Com 3CR990-TX-95 NIC
Iomega ZIP 100 ATAPI
Imation LS120 ATAPI
Kenwood 72x TrueX CDR ATAPI
Creative 8X PC-DVD ATAPI
Creative Encore DXR3
Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 Dolby Digital Sound System
3Com HomeConnect USB DC
Windows ME - For gaming

Rig #2
PIII-800 FCPGA
1x128MB PC133HSDRAM
ABIT BE6-2
2xQuantum Atlas 10K Ultra160/m 18.2GB Drives Adaptec ASC-29160 Ultra160/m controller HP Deskjet 895CXi (USB/Parallel)
HP 6200Cse Scanner (USB/SCSI)
Iomega Jaz 1GB SCSI (Moved to Server being built)
HP 8200i ATAPI
Kenwood 52X TrueX Ultra SCSI
3Com USR 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro
Intel Pro 100B+ Management NIC
3Com 3C410 Phone Line NIC
ATI Rage Fury Pro AGP2x
Windows 2K

Rig #3
PIII-650@866 Slot-1
ABIT BE6
1x128MB PC133HSDRAM
1x10GB Maxtor ATAPI
1x 3.5" Floppy
1xMitsumi 2x CDROM
Intel Pro 100B+ Management NIC
Redhat Linux 7.0

Rig #4
Gigabyte GA-6CXC (Recalled)
PIII-533
1x64MB PC100SDRAM
1x15GB Maxtor ATAPI
1x3.5" Floppy
1xMatshita DVD-ROM
1xCheapo NIC
Redhat Linux 7.0

Interconnect Devices
1xBelkin Omni Cube 4-port
1xLinksys BEFSR11 Cable/DSL Router
1xAllied Telesyn 10/100 8-Port Switch
1xAPC SmartUPS 1400
1xMicrosoft Natural Keyboard Pro
1xLogitech Trackman Marble FX
1xLogitech WingMan Force 3D
Plethora of cables and cable ties...

Did I get too much? No!
Did I spend too much? (Total package well over 7KUSD) - I'd say that's a Yes!
Am I having too much fun? Absolutely!

All so I can continue to drive SETI from home as fast as I used to do with work machines and home machines.

[Jorden]

Someone bring in the Men in White with their trusty straightjacket

Answered, Guyv?

[Ovi]

Hey Guyver,your setup(s) have made me reallllly jealous
Impressive to say the absolute least
Cheers
Ovi

[Guyver]

Oy!

[xortam]

Looks like you could use a bigger backup device and some network backup SW.

[Helevitia]

LAN party at Guyv's house!

Dave

[KvHagedorn]

Looks like you're gonna have to trade in that 4 port KVM switch when you get your new Athlon system. When I got my OmniView 4 port I didn't really foresee needing the 8 port version, but who knows?

Just curious.. have you looked back and figured how many computers you've built for yourself over the years? Seems like you have a new one going every 3-4 months or so..

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Kind Regards,

KvH

[This message has been edited by KvHagedorn (edited 25 November 2000).]

[Guyver]

Backup - Who needs backup? - DOH! Yes I do need a new solution, I'm thinking of the Onstream, or possibly the Quantum Super DLT.

Lan Party - Been a few of those, dedicated servers and all...

Systems Built - Too many to count (Not too mention the spread from the wallet)
Let's see...

286-10, 286-12, 386-33, 386-40, 486-33, 486-DX250, 486-DX266, 486-DX4100 (AMD), Pentium 75, Pentium 90, Pentium 120, Pentium 133, Pentium 200MMX, AMD K6-233, K6?2?-300, K62-350, K62-400, Pentium III-450@650 (my brother has it now), Pentium III-650@866 (Still in use), Pentium III-700 (sold 2 days after purchse - no OC'ability), Pentium III-800 (Still in use), Pentium III-850 (Still in use), Pentium III-533 - Engineering sample without clock/multiplier lock, given to me. A plethera of motherboards, hard drives, scsi-controllers, sounds cards, video cards (90% Matrox), cases, power supplies, etc.... Now I'm really depressed

Hopefully the Athlon rig will become my primary ME system, then the 850 will go to the 2K, then the 800 will go to the 533 Linux box. I can then retire that old "Slow" processor... - I don't think I'm gonna go for 5 systems (I forgot to mention the 486-DX33 Laptop Gateway Nomad). I haven't had the heat on in the Apartment yet this winter, I usually have to open the window to cool the room down.

Guyv

[Novdid]

A couple of guys around here are going to shoot themselves because they are not able show off anything like your rigs.

Everybody, see you on the other side...

[Crazy_Bee]

Although I don't have 4 I do have something.

I plan on upping the CPU a level or two bit shortly as well as the booting HDs. I still have some legacy equip in it.

The IRQ issues and getting the Ultra/100 to boot first was quite time consuming. And, I have 4 case fans (30CFM each), PS has two, and CPU has two.

I did not list my home theatre since it isn't part of my comp.. oh well.

[cjolley]

But, you don't have nearly enough HD space on rig one!
chuck


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ABit BE6-2 V2, P3-650@923, 256mb@142cas3, 2x45gig IBM 75GXP striped raid array, SB Live Value@3.0, Pioneer 104s DVD, Mitsumi CDRW@2x2x8, Acatel 1000 ADSL@1.5mb/sec, Linksys EtherFast NIC, LG 995e, USB mouse,Matrox G400 MAX!!!!

[Dr Mordrid]

System 1;

Asus P3B-F 6-PCI/1-ISA
Gigabyte GA-6R7+ automatic slotkey
PIII/850
256 megs
RT-2000/G400 Flex3D
Fasttrak100 w/two 120 gig RAID0 arrays (240g total)
RAID drives = two 60g IBM GXP75's each (4 total)
20g Maxtor DiamondMax Plus40 boot drive
Multiboot: Win98SE, Win98SE (editing/beta), Win2K, Win2K (editing/beta), WinNT4 (editing/beta), Linux
Toshiba DVD reader
HP CD-R/RW
Calcomp tablet
Linksys LNE100TX NIC
AWE-64
Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router/switch/firewall
Toshiba PCX1000 cable modem (RoadRunner)

Systems 2-5;

Asus P3B-F 6-PCI/1-ISA
CeleronII/600, CeleronII/700, PIII/600, PIII/800
Gigabyte GA-6R7+ automatic slotkeys (where applicable)
256 megs (all 4 systems)
Matrox Marvel G400 (3), Matrox Marvel G200 (1) (for YUY2/DivX/MPEG/MJPeg capture)
Fasttrak100 (2), Fasttrak66 (2)
120, 40, 40 and 40 gig RAID's (1 per system)
RAID drives: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40's
Linksys LNE100TX NIC (all)
Toshiba DVD reader (all)
HP CD-R/RW (two systems)
SB AWE-64 audio (all)

System 6 & 7;

Amiga 3000T;Amiga 4000T
Video Toaster 4.1 (both)
64 megs (both)
'040/60 (both)
CyberVision64/3D (both)
AmigaOS3.5
ShapeShifter MAC emulation (both)
Hydra NIC's

Dr. Mordrid


[This message has been edited by Dr Mordrid (edited 28 November 2000).]

[Guyver]

That's OK Chuck, I've been thinking on upgrading the HD space with a set of 4 40GB ATA100's or maybe some 60's or 70's... Not sure which at this time...

May even go for just a single striped volume instead of the mirrored - that would give me about 280GB, Nah, 140GB is enough for now, the redundancy feels good....

I'm still waiting on 760 Chipset (761 Northbridge and 766 southbridge) for the next upgrade...

Guyv

[walrusbonzo]

Is that your penis extension by any chance?

Get a life you big head!

[Jammrock]

When you start posting stuff about your Adaptec SCSI160 RAID controller with 128 MB RAM on it, and your 6 hot swap drive RAID 0+5 array, with 2 GB RAM, Quad CPU's and your new 16 VSA-100/1GB Quantum 3D video card...then I'll say you've gone a bit overboard. Until then, nice config!

Jammrock

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Athlon 650, Biostar board, 128 MB PC133 (Crucial), G400 32 MB DH, SB Live! w/ Digital I/O, 10/100 NIC, lots of case fans, etc...