Your computer setups

[Ian]

I'm planning to give my computers a "once over" tomorrow - a spring clean so to speak I'm upgrading my main machine (not planned, but I bought some cheap upgrades!) and going over the network at the same time.

How have you got your computers set up in your house? Do you have a single PC, or about 5 with servers and media centres?

I've got a cheapo PC connected as my "server" 24/7 which hosts CD images from games I've bought, along with documents and work. This connects to the router via a standard cable, as do 2 other PCs (including mine). I've got a PDA which uses the wireless part of the router if needed - but I'm living in a flat with WiFi users everywhere so I've made sure its pretty secure!

The setup works pretty well, with my documents being backed up at the touch of a button each day - although this is going to be automatic to a Maxtor external drive once I clean everything up. (Including daily backups of the PC Review server at night! So thats 3 backups each day in different places now )

 

[floppybootstomp]

Four computers, hard wired networked, Router, ADSL ethernet modem, two shared printers, one non-shared scanner.

One computer currently up for sale though, as I rarely use it. One other computer is my daughters, so I just got two, really, 'main' one and one for video and audio, creation and editing.

Backups using DVD-R for data, Acronis True Image V8.0 to seperate drives for full system backup. All done manually.

 

[Cache-man]

Just one (mine) at the moment, but I plan to build another soon as a comunal machine for the house which will be netwoirked with mine.

 

[Alf]

Two computers, One mine the other a piece of junk. the piece of the junk is the family computer so its not very good.

 

[Adywebb]

Two computers and a laptop, wireless network with a router and cable modem.

One main one, the other I use to experiment with new software/hardware so it doesn't matter when it all goes wrong!

 

[psd99]

Four desktop PC's, Two Laptops, one PDA, One XBOX, One Laserjet Printer and one Bubblejet printer


All wiirelessy Networking using a wireless router with a shared Internet Connection!

 

[Quadophile]

Three computers, Main rig, secondary rig and a laptop. The secondary rig at the moment is not in use. Have wifi in both main rig and laptop as well as Bluetooth capable. Using wireless PCMCIA modem at 144 kbps on the laptop (CDMA techmology) which I acquired in January this year.

 

[Reefsmoka]

2 Comps with roughly the same spec, on a wired router sharing 1mb BB. No printers or scanners of yet though .

 

[ChristopherP]

1x Computer in my room (Highest spec - 2.8GHz P4, 512Mb RAM, 9800pro, IC7-G, SATA RAID 0)
1x Office computer (A bit slower - 2.8GHz P4, 512Mb RAM, 9600XT, IC7-G, SATA HDD)
1x Computer in sisters room (Fair whack slower - Athlon 2000, Abit KV7, 5700LE, SATA HDD)
1x Living room computer (Slow. Duron 1400, 256Mb RAM, Integ. Video, Quantum Fireball HDD)

1x Lexmark USB printer
1x Hewlett Packard 850c Printer

All networked via cables run through the attic...

Networking equipment:
1x Mentor ADSL Modem running Conexant Hasbani firmware
1x Netgear DG814 Modem 4 port switch
1x Netgear FS105 autosensing switch.

The conexant modem plugs in to the netgear modem switch (Modem function disabled) which plugs into the switch... to allow computers with any type of cable to connect to the network and receive the 2048Kb/ps ADSL connection we get from zetnet.

And thats our setup

 

[Pisces222]

here is mine, plus a problem

great. since we are at it, here is something:
I've got a

PIV 2.4 /1gb RD-Ram/2x80gb HDD and 10/100mbps realtek NIC desktop

and a Sony Vaio Centrino 2.13ghz/1gb Ram/100GB HDD and a 10/100/1000 built-in realtek NIC laptop

I linked them through an AceLink 8 port fast ethernet switch with 10/100 auto negotiatio/full wire speed/non blocking.

the problem is, the connection is so slow between them, never exceeds 15% of the bandwidth.
is it normal? is it possible to make use of all the available bandwidth? and how?

knowing that I have assigned IP numbers (i.e. not set to auto) and the link speed is 100 Full duplex (also not auto). Any thoughts? thanks!

 

[floppybootstomp]

I put this together for my own benefit a little while ago, just so's I could keep track of what's in what, so here goes (everything's black unless otherwise indicated):

Shiny Beast:

DFI Lan Party NFII Ultra B Motherboard
AMD XP 3200 (2.2 Ghz)
1Gb Crucial (2 x 512Mb) PC3200
Gigabyte 3D Pro Cooler
Lian Li PC 61 case, 2 x optical drive stealth covers, side window
1 x purple neon; 1 x UV neon
2 x Front Mounted Zalman 80mm Fans
2 x Pabst Medium Flo 80mm fans, rear & roof
Tagan 480W PSU
2 x Western Digital 35Gb SATA Raptors, RAID 0
1 x Samsung 160Gb IDE HDD
Leadtek Nvidia Geforce 6800GT 256Mb
Pioneer DVR110D Dual layer DVD writer
Samsung SD-616Q DVD ROM
Sony Floppy Disk Drive
Front X Panel: Audio; USB 2; Firewire
Logitech Elite Internet Media Keyboard
Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse
Hercules XPS5.100 5.1 Loudspeaker set
Logitech Wingman Cordless Joypad
Logitech Wingman USB Joystick
Canon D1250U2F Scanner
Iiyama 21” Pro 514 CRT Monitor (beige)
HP Photosmart 7960 Inkjet Printer
Brother HL2030 Laser Mono printer
Win XP Pro

Andromeda:

Asrock K7NF2-RAID Motherboard
AMD XP 3200 CPU (2.2 Ghz)
1Gb Corsair Value Select (2 x 512Mb) PC3200
Thermalright SI-97 Heatsink with Zalman 92mm fan
Antec Sonata case
2 x generic medium-flo 120mm fans
Antec 380W PSU
2 x Western Digital 120Gb SATA drives RAID 0
1 x Western Digital IDE 120Gb hard drive
Powercolour ATI 9800 Pro 128Mb
NEC 3540A Dual layer DVD Burner
Sony DVD ROM Drive
Sony Floppy Disk Drive
Logitech Internet Navigator keyboard (beige)
Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse
Logitech 2.1 Loudspeakers
Logitech Wingman cordless Joypad
Iiyama 19” CRT Monitor (beige)
Win XP Pro

Andromeda shared via Belkin usb/audio/PS2 2 port KVM switch with:

Perseus:

Asrock K7VT4-4X Motherboard
AMD XP 2400 CPU (2.0 Ghz)
512Mb Corsair XMS (2 x 256Mb) PC2700
Zalman Copper Flower Cooler with bracket mounted Antec 92mm Fan
Antec SLK300B Case
2 x Antec 120mm Fans
Antec 380W PSU
Hard Disk caddy taking:
a) Western Digital 80Gb IDE HDD - Suse 10
b) Maxtor 20Gb IDE HDD - Mandriva 2006
c) Maxtor 80Gb IDE Drive - WIN 98
IBM Deskstar 20Gb IDE HDD - Storage
XFX Nvidia 5700LE 128Mb
Pioneer 106 Single layer DVD Burner (beige)
Asus DVD ROM Drive (beige)
Sony floppy disk drive

Psion (daughter’s machine)

Asrock Dual SATA II Motherboard
AMD 64 3000 CPU (2.0 Ghz)
512Mb Hynix (2 x 256Mb) PC3200
Gigabyte 3D Pro cooler
Lian Li PC 61 Case, 4 x stock 80mm fans
Jeantech 300W PSU
Western Digital 80Gb IDE Hard Disk
Maxtor 40Gb IDE Hard Disk - Backup via True Image
Radeon ATI 9800 Pro 128Mb
Liteon 40 x CDRW
Samsung DVD ROM Drive
Sony Floppy disk drive
Logitech MX1000 Cordless Laser Mouse
Logitech Internet Navigator keyboard
Altec Lansing 2.1 Loudspeakers.
Win XP Pro

All cable networked via:

Linskys BEFSR 4 port Router
Zoom external ADSL Modem

 

[Me__2001]

just the one main rig at the moment

Asus P4C800 deluxe
P4 3Ghz with stock HSF @ 3.3Ghz
1 GB (2 x 512MB) Vdata ( i think its that i cant remember but its cheap generic crap)
120GB Maxtor (IDE) for OS
200GB Maxtor (SATA) for backups and storage
Optorite DD0201 DVDRW
JLMS XJ-HD 166S DVD-ROM
ATI 9600SE
Tagan 480W PSU
2 x Vantec tornado's
2 x generic fans
Akasa fan cintroller for the Vantec fans
Hauppauge PVR 150

 

[Reefsmoka]

2 x Vantec tornado's

I bet your rigs whisper quiet hey

 

[V_R]

I only got the one pc here.

Gigabyte GA7VT600-L Rev x1
AMD Athlon XP3200+ @ 2.36Ghz
Gigabyte 3D Rocket Pro Cooler @ 3000RPM
Leadtek A400GT TDH 6800GT @ 420/1150
1GB Crucial 3200 DDR (2x512)
Tagan TG480-U22 PSU
2x Seagate Barracuda's 120GB HDD IDE
Plextor PX740-A
17" LCD
CREATIVE 5.1 Speakers
Microsoft Wireless Keybord and Mouse
2x Vantec Stealth fans Front and Rear
Black case, I dont know what.
1MB Broadband

 

[Me__2001]

I bet your rigs whisper quiet hey

i've got them running at 7v which helps alot, good thing is my system never overheats anymore

 

[Rush]

Main Machine

LG FLATRON L1510S Monitor

Trust 4500P 5.1 Home Theatre System

Antec Performance TX1088AMG Metallic Grey Tower Case - 480w Truepower PSU

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939)

Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard

Geforce 6600GT Graphics Card

LG 16x DVD Rewriter

Benq 52x CD Rewriter (Liquidation Sale)

Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5

Microsoft XP Home Edition


My Laptop (But wife never off it)

IBM Thinkpad T23

1GB Memory (2x512mb modules)

1.3ghz Processor

XP Pro

Both linked wireless by a Netgear router

Both linked to my trusty Epson C46

 

[Ian]

Main Machine:

Intel Pentium 3.4 HT
2GB Ram
16xDVD R/W
DVD
19" 16ms TFT
ATI X850XT 256MB

(Can't be more specific with ram speeds etc..., as its a Dell machine I got for a good price, with a few bits upgraded!). Looking forward to my next "proper" build though.

 

[itsme]

One main>Two Crunchers Three for my grand-children

Three online> Three offline

 

[ChristopherP]

R.Swipe

Abit IC7-G Socket 478 I875G ("Canterwood" Chipset) Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3015.44 ("Northwood" Core) w/ 861.5MHz FSB
Thermalright SP-94 Heatpiped Solid Copper Heatsink w/ 80mm Silent Fan
512Mb OCZ PC4200 (DDR533MHz) @ 430MHz & 256Mhz GeIL Value PC3200 (DDR400) @ 430MHz
Sapphire Pro Atlantis ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128Mb (Modification: Arctic Cooling, Overclocked)
2x Samsung Spinpoint 80Gb HDD's (SATA. 7200rpm, 8mb Cache) RAID 0 Array 64Kb stripe
Hiper "Type R" 580w (630w Peak) Fully Modular, ATX 2.2, Silent PSU
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream (Windowed) Case in Black
Sony DWA-14a DVD-RW Drive
Samsung CD-RW Drive
120mm & 92mm cooling Fans
1x UV cathode 1x Green and Blue cathode

Larry the Laptop:

1.6GHz Turion
512Mb RAM
Shared Graphics
60Gb HDD
Dual Layer DVD RW
15" XGA TFT Screen

 

[Rush]

"R Swipe"

Very good ...lol