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I know this thread is OLD, but I felt like since I finally moved into a dorm; I should contribute!
It's not the neatest, but it's the best I can do right now.
The box in the corner is a bookshelf that I'm eventually going to build and take away the little stand that the printer is on.
It's not the neatest, but it's the best I can do right now.
The box in the corner is a bookshelf that I'm eventually going to build and take away the little stand that the printer is on.
Nice. How are you enjoying UC Davis? I've heard nothing but good things about it! I attend CSUN btw
This is my study in my 2 room apartment out at the mine site. Space is tight, hence wall mounting the wet-suit and miners belt. Also got an old Voodoo 5500 hanging there for good measure and some Russian Cold medicine. Once the new screens arrive the comp. case is going in with the Stereo Stack.
System Specs:
-Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme
-Intel Core i7-920, @ 3.2GHz on stock cooler (water in the mail)
-G-Skill DDR3 1600, Running at 1240MHz (problem with either mobo or ram
-2 x Palit GTX 295's @ 601MHz-core, 2100MHz-memory, 1300MHz-Shader. Heat shroud removed from the upper card to improve airflow (it worked , now it's a wall ornament.
-2 x Seagate 1TB drives
-Gigabyte ODIN GT 800W PSU
-1 x Internal LG blu-ray burner
-1 x Internal LG blu-ray reader
-1 x External WD 1TB HDD
-1 x External LG DVD burner
-1 x LG Flatron Wireless Keyboard
-1 x A4-Tech infa-red wireless ball mouse (had for 8 years, and love it)
-1 x NEC XE21 21" CRT (2 x 24" Sony WUXGA 1920x1200 CRT's on the way)
-2 x Thermaltake 90mm front case fans, 2 x SilverStone 80mm rear fans
-All boxed up in a SilverStone LC-17 HTPC case.
Stereo Specs:
Yamaha RX-V1300 Amp
Pioneer D515 Laserdisc Player, with Yamaha AC-3 decoder box (repping the laserdisc)
Sega DreamCast
NAD 6130 tape deck
Pioneer DV-678A Multi Player (any 8cm retail disc format)
Denon DCD-670 CD player
Sony MHZ-1 Mini-Dics recorder
Energy C5 Floor standing speakers
Audio Technica AD700 headphones (for when the neighbors complain)
Rocking the worlds most powerful HTPC
What's wrong with this picture.... The dreamcast.
dreamcast was awesome way better than the PS2. Was able to have online play which PS2 couldn't. Better than Xbox which only had Ninja Gaiden and Halo. I still have my dreamcast it's awesome. They just had no 3rd party support(EA beefed because the 2k sports games are 100x better than Madden), not popular enough 1st party games and it was way way too easy to burn games. It still blows my mind that Nintendo still survives as a company they make 3 games.... Zelda, Mario and Metroid(Prime series was awesome).... but seriously 4-5 games in your system in a 5 year period for the past 10 years and they still survive? The last good Zelda game was Ocarina of Time. The last Metroid game was garbage. Mario hasn't changed since Super Mario for Super Nes yet they survive.
*studies computer engineering at UCD*
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Raise you UC Berkeley college setup , lol nothing fancy yet, another UC buddy here
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Great setup. Can I ask the name of the clock app on your iPad? Thanks
Raise you UC Berkeley college setup , lol nothing fancy yet, another UC buddy here
Great setup. Can I ask the name of the clock app on your iPad? Thanks
Bad picture from phone.
Desktop (in bottom left)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $234.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $34.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $144.99)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (Purchased For $43.99)
Storage: Intel 520 Series Cherryville 180GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $74.99)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $89.99)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (Purchased For $329.99)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $109.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (Purchased For $104.99)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS224-06 DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $19.99)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $70.90)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Dell U2212HM 21.5" Monitor (Purchased For $239.26)
Monitor: Dell U2212HM 21.5" Monitor (Purchased For $239.26)
Keyboard: Das Keyboard Model S Professional Wired Standard Keyboard (Purchased For $126.00)
Other: Seagate 320 GB HDD
Other: Rosewill RNX-N180PCe PCI Express Revision 1.1 Wireless Adapter (Purchased For $20.00)
Other: Fractal Design Silent Series R2 140mm Cooling Fan FD-FAN-SSR2-140 (Purchased For $12.00)
Total: $1896.32
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-07 20:16 EST-0500)
Mid 2012 13" MacBook (Behind the monitors)
- 250GB Samsung 830 SSD
- 8GB RAM
Other:
- Cheap iHDD External Drive Enclosure
- BookArc MacBook Stand
- Klipsch 2.1 ProMedia Speakers
- Cheap Amazon Mouse
- SteelSeries Mousepad
- INEO 2.5"/3.5" USB 3.0 External HDD Dock
Not pictured:
- Apple Magic Mouse
- Apple Wireless Keyboard
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