Anandtechs Best Rigs...

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

1m? Wow, that's awesome. I can hear mine from the next two rooms... About 10 meters away, hence the reason I close the door to the bedroom when I go to sleep...
Tas.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

would ribbon13's rig count even though he's not around anymore?

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
would ribbon13's rig count even though he's not around anymore?

Oh yeah. Jeez what happened to him.

-Kevin

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: teutonicknight
Bah! Who needs a fast machine? How many of you can say your computer is inaudable from 1 meter?

/denial

{SLK3700BQE (Outtake fan @ 7 Volts), Athlon 64 3200 @ 2.5 Ghz (w/ Zalman 7000b @ 5v), Asus A8V, 1GB Corsair Value, ATI AIW 9600XT (w/ Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer @ 5v), WD800JB}

Mine is pretty quiet.

4x Panaflo 80mm 12L's at 1/3 speed
MSI Starforce Stock VGA Cooler (<24dba) (Ailing in health now though, so not as quiet as it used to be)
1x Panaflo 12L 92mm at 1/2 speed on a Thermalright SLK-947U CPU Cooler
Seagate 120gig Barracuda 7200.7 HDD.
OCZ Powerstream 520Watt PSU

-Kevin

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
would ribbon13's rig count even though he's not around anymore?

For ribbon's:

CPU: Dual AMD Opteron 252 E4 2600MHz
Motherboard: Tyan Thunder K8WE S2895UA2NRF
Memory: 4096 MB of Corsair 4x CM72SD1024RLP-3200
Video Card: 3DLabs Wildcat Realizm 800
Hard Drive: RAID5 w/ six Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 - ST3146854LW 730.0 GB @ 15000 RPMS
Additional Hard Drives: RAID0 w/ two M-Systems FFD-25-UATA-4096-A w/ SATA adapters
Monitor: NEC\Mitsubishi FP2141SB-BK
DVD R/W: NEC 3520a w/ SATA adapters
Storage Interface: IDE,IDE-RAID,SCSI,SATA,SATA-RAID,SCSI-RAID,USB,USB2,FIREWIRE
Speakers: 7 pairs of Dayton Shielded BR-1s and a Dayton 15" Titanic MKIII powered sub
PSU: Seasonic 600watt

 

[teutonicknight]

Originally posted by: biostud

Originally posted by: teutonicknight
Bah! Who needs a fast machine? How many of you can say your computer is inaudable from 1 meter?

I can, atleast when it's turned off.

LoL. I forgot to add my Nec DVD burner (which by the way is very loud when in use).

For those that are interested, I have cool'n'quiet on, plus I use RightMark Clock to further ramp down the voltage & Multipler.

(BTW, that's inaudable at idle. My PSU is temperature controled, and ramps up with more use I'm dreaming of a Seasonic.......)

 

[suicidalpigeon]

i hate thermal sensored fans, i had to change my stock fans because they get too noisy for no reason, it was exhausting very cool air at the time, too.

 

[teutonicknight]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
i hate thermal sensored fans, i had to change my stock fans because they get too noisy for no reason, it was exhausting very cool air at the time, too.

Exactly my thoughts. As soon as I start playing a video, I start to hear my PSU fan start up. :disgust:

 

[Valkerie]

quad opterons @ 1.6 GHz each
tyan mobo w/AGP 8x
7.3 GB RAM
wildcat 512mb AGP8x
DVD-ROM
320GB 15k SCSI

server 2003

 

[Rami7007]

look in my sig... I love my beast...


Now if only i had a 7800 GTX

 

[SonicIce]

what happened to ribbon13?

 

[fierydemise]

I think Ronin has the best system I know of (from his sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 SLi :: FX55@3.01GHz Air cooled (XP-120 w/Panaflo M1A) :: TT Shark/Antech 500W SmartPower 2.0/2x120MM Fans :: 2x512MB PC4400 G.Skill TCCD :: 2x7800GTX @ 490/700 Stock Cooled :: 2x74GB Raptors Striped/2x160GB WD SATA Striped/160GB WD SATA :: Plextor PX-716SA/Sony DW-D22A :: Audigy4 Pro :: S750 Gigaworks 700W 7.1 :: 2405FPW/2001FPx2 :: MS Natural Elite/MX1000

 

[Valkerie]

Originally posted by: fierydemise
I think Ronin has the best system I know of (from his sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 SLi :: FX55@3.01GHz Air cooled (XP-120 w/Panaflo M1A) :: TT Shark/Antech 500W SmartPower 2.0/2x120MM Fans :: 2x512MB PC4400 G.Skill TCCD :: 2x7800GTX @ 490/700 Stock Cooled :: 2x74GB Raptors Striped/2x160GB WD SATA Striped/160GB WD SATA :: Plextor PX-716SA/Sony DW-D22A :: Audigy4 Pro :: S750 Gigaworks 700W 7.1 :: 2405FPW/2001FPx2 :: MS Natural Elite/MX1000

if this system is for gaming, I would never be able to afford it unless I took a loan.

 

[shroud]

[/quote]

They wanted to just get a feeling for the rocket sound thinking they would go with something higher in price (like the RS850s @ $2000/pair), but they said after they heard how good the 550s were, they might just stick with a set of them and get a nice SVS to go with them, and acutally might end up getting the whole 5.0 rocket set like I did. At $1699 for the set of speakers it's cheaper than just about every stereo pair they were looking at still :Q

(ok, I'm done advertising for Onix now )[/quote]

You'll be happy with any SVS sub, I have a PC Ultra that is sitting in its packing box out on the balcony since I moved to Spain and right now I don't have anyplace to put it. Out of all of my components that I chose to take when I moved to Spain, I chose the SVS over my B&W speakers and Harman Kardon receiver. I actually had to leave my other SVS PC+ 16-46 when I sold my house as the new owners wanted to keep the home theater system intact. Let me know how you enjoy your Rockets with the SVS as once I have a place to put them I will order the Rockets.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: shroud

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

They wanted to just get a feeling for the rocket sound thinking they would go with something higher in price (like the RS850s @ $2000/pair), but they said after they heard how good the 550s were, they might just stick with a set of them and get a nice SVS to go with them, and acutally might end up getting the whole 5.0 rocket set like I did. At $1699 for the set of speakers it's cheaper than just about every stereo pair they were looking at still :Q

(ok, I'm done advertising for Onix now )

You'll be happy with any SVS sub, I have a PC Ultra that is sitting in its packing box out on the balcony since I moved to Spain and right now I don't have anyplace to put it. Out of all of my components that I chose to take when I moved to Spain, I chose the SVS over my B&W speakers and Harman Kardon receiver. I actually had to leave my other SVS PC+ 16-46 when I sold my house as the new owners wanted to keep the home theater system intact. Let me know how you enjoy your Rockets with the SVS as once I have a place to put them I will order the Rockets.

Even though I have the "baby" of the SVS line up, I'm amazed with it. Maybe once I get set up in a larger room I'll think about adding another or getting something bigger, but it's plenty for me now. If I want more rumbling during movies, I just turn on my bass shakers

Are you planning on shipping Rockets to spain?
Shipping was $220 to Wisconsin on my 5.0 set... I imagine it would be quite a bit more to ship them to spain :Q

I'm more into movies than music, but I've been very pleased with everything I've played on my stuff.
I have my crossover set at 80hz for my system and the rocket svs combo integrates very well imo (and the two guys that came over today thought so too).

What kind of rocket system were you thinking about?

 

[fstime]

Originally posted by: shroud

They wanted to just get a feeling for the rocket sound thinking they would go with something higher in price (like the RS850s @ $2000/pair), but they said after they heard how good the 550s were, they might just stick with a set of them and get a nice SVS to go with them, and acutally might end up getting the whole 5.0 rocket set like I did. At $1699 for the set of speakers it's cheaper than just about every stereo pair they were looking at still :Q

(ok, I'm done advertising for Onix now )[/quote]

You'll be happy with any SVS sub, I have a PC Ultra that is sitting in its packing box out on the balcony since I moved to Spain and right now I don't have anyplace to put it. Out of all of my components that I chose to take when I moved to Spain, I chose the SVS over my B&W speakers and Harman Kardon receiver. I actually had to leave my other SVS PC+ 16-46 when I sold my house as the new owners wanted to keep the home theater system intact. Let me know how you enjoy your Rockets with the SVS as once I have a place to put them I will order the Rockets.[/quote]


SVS make good sh!t.

 

[lambchops3344]

i think i might be close... i just need another 7800 gtx, heres the basic breakdown because im in france right now and dont have my good list, and im too lazy to type everything up all fancy...

4800+
asus sli premium
corsair xms 2x512 pc3200 2225
7800 gtx
antec tpII-550 with sanyo fan and sleeved uv blue cabels
2 x 74 gig raptors in raid 0
maxtor 300gb 16mb
sony floppy
sony dual layer burner... cant remember the model number
light on combo drive... cant remember model number

cdrom drives and floppy have custom covers

all rounded uv reactive cables
2 x xoxide uv cathodes

Cooler master silver cavalier without that stupid analog thing in the front
i modded a window into the top that has two 120mm fan holes for my radiator
nexus 80mm intake
nexus 120mm exhaust

danger den tdx
danger den chrome gpu block
danger den asus chipset block
danger den pump (the new one)
tygon tubing
dual drive bay resevoir
black ice xtreame radiator dual 120mm
cant remember the name of the water additive
uv blue dye
2 x 120mm nexus fans on the radiator

all fans are controlled by coolermaster aerogate II

sony 24 inch monitor
nec 22 inch monitor
logitech z5500 speakers
creative audigy 4 pro
monster fiber optic cabeling

func mousepad
microsoft keyboard with fingerprint reader
microsfot mouse (WIRED)
teflon tape

i think thats it... ill look back later and post a picture

 

[dguy6789]

Current:

AMD Athlon 64 2800+
1GB PC3200
120GB Maxtor 8MB 7200RPM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
52X32X52 CD RW
Shuttle SN85G4

System being shipped to me as we speak:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
4GB of OCZ Platinum PC3200 DDR
Dual XFX Geforce 7800GTX(490/1300)
Asus A8N SLI Premium
Enermax Noisetaker 600W
Maxtor Maxline III 16MB 7200RPM 300GB
DVD Burner
Thermaltake Tsunami Case

 

[Polish3d]

Athlon X2 4400+ @ 2.52ghz

DFI Lanparty SLI-DR

2x1GB Mushkin HP DDR 400 @ 2-3-3-6 1T @ 420mhz

BFG 7800GTX OC @ 'stock' 460/1300

WDC 740GD Raptor

SB Audigy 2 ZS

NEC-3540A


Antec P180
Logitech Z-680
Dell 2005FPW 20.1
OCZ Powerstream 520w

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: fierydemise
I think Ronin has the best system I know of (from his sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 SLi :: FX55@3.01GHz Air cooled (XP-120 w/Panaflo M1A) :: TT Shark/Antech 500W SmartPower 2.0/2x120MM Fans :: 2x512MB PC4400 G.Skill TCCD :: 2x7800GTX @ 490/700 Stock Cooled :: 2x74GB Raptors Striped/2x160GB WD SATA Striped/160GB WD SATA :: Plextor PX-716SA/Sony DW-D22A :: Audigy4 Pro :: S750 Gigaworks 700W 7.1 :: 2405FPW/2001FPx2 :: MS Natural Elite/MX1000

That's his work machine. His company owns it, not him. Although he like to tell you it's his.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

That's messed up... Does that even count, or do you have to own your machine? I would think the later.
Tas.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: fierydemise
I think Ronin has the best system I know of (from his sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 SLi :: FX55@3.01GHz Air cooled (XP-120 w/Panaflo M1A) :: TT Shark/Antech 500W SmartPower 2.0/2x120MM Fans :: 2x512MB PC4400 G.Skill TCCD :: 2x7800GTX @ 490/700 Stock Cooled :: 2x74GB Raptors Striped/2x160GB WD SATA Striped/160GB WD SATA :: Plextor PX-716SA/Sony DW-D22A :: Audigy4 Pro :: S750 Gigaworks 700W 7.1 :: 2405FPW/2001FPx2 :: MS Natural Elite/MX1000

That's his work machine. His company owns it, not him. Although he like to tell you it's his.

heh, that's a pretty odd "work machine" unless his job is to play games all day.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: fierydemise
I think Ronin has the best system I know of (from his sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 SLi :: FX55@3.01GHz Air cooled (XP-120 w/Panaflo M1A) :: TT Shark/Antech 500W SmartPower 2.0/2x120MM Fans :: 2x512MB PC4400 G.Skill TCCD :: 2x7800GTX @ 490/700 Stock Cooled :: 2x74GB Raptors Striped/2x160GB WD SATA Striped/160GB WD SATA :: Plextor PX-716SA/Sony DW-D22A :: Audigy4 Pro :: S750 Gigaworks 700W 7.1 :: 2405FPW/2001FPx2 :: MS Natural Elite/MX1000

That's his work machine. His company owns it, not him. Although he like to tell you it's his.

heh, that's a pretty odd "work machine" unless his job is to play games all day.

That's his job. QA or something along those lines at a game company.

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: fierydemise
I think Ronin has the best system I know of (from his sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 SLi :: FX55@3.01GHz Air cooled (XP-120 w/Panaflo M1A) :: TT Shark/Antech 500W SmartPower 2.0/2x120MM Fans :: 2x512MB PC4400 G.Skill TCCD :: 2x7800GTX @ 490/700 Stock Cooled :: 2x74GB Raptors Striped/2x160GB WD SATA Striped/160GB WD SATA :: Plextor PX-716SA/Sony DW-D22A :: Audigy4 Pro :: S750 Gigaworks 700W 7.1 :: 2405FPW/2001FPx2 :: MS Natural Elite/MX1000

That's his work machine. His company owns it, not him. Although he like to tell you it's his.

heh, that's a pretty odd "work machine" unless his job is to play games all day.

That's his job. QA or something along those lines at a game company.

i hate him