-Post pics of your computer-

[ScottDoom]

I wouldn't be able to stand that. I have OCD. I would murder things.

[Treeckcold57]

I wouldn't be able to stand that. I have OCD. I would murder things.

Oh dear! Poor ScottDoom, my friend.

[Flyordie]

lol, mine is pretty bad too... a few beer cans n whatnot. Thats about it.

[thedoug]

[demo]

wow doug that looks really impressive

here's some real bad cable managment for yas

[Treeckcold57]

You have a uber rig, but sorry, you should fix your cable management!

[Trunks0]

Noctua NH-U12P . You made an error installing it though. Grab that big box it came in and take a look at the packet that held the fan clips. Yup, you forgot to put in the silicone vibration isolation strips

[demo]

Noctua NH-U12P . You made an error installing it though. Grab that big box it came in and take a look at the packet that held the fan clips. Yup, you forgot to put in the silicone vibration isolation strips

ok thanks will do

[Trunks0]

I did the exact same thing

[caveman-jim]

With three 5850's I don't think that'll help much

V.Nice rig though :jealous:

[Flyordie]

Thats what meh PC looks like in the dark. Yea, the camera sucks in low light depending on the setting. Don't feel like re-taking it.

[Soong]

Don't feel like re-taking it.[/IMG]

And yet you still found the energy to upload it and post it here.

[Flyordie]

And yet you still found the energy to upload it and post it here.

Its not worth re-taking it. Its going to be replaced by another mainboard soon enough since DFI decided not to do their own BIOS modifications to their LANParty line to add support for the X6s.
AND I am not on the PC you see in the picture. I am about 8 miles away from it.

[demo]

So I finally got around to fixing up my messy cables, but I cant find my camera to show off

[Razeus]

And yet you still found the energy to upload it and post it here.

[Flyordie]

Yo Raz, I hear Apple was looking for 3 Antenna Engineers... seriously... did you apply yet?

[caveman-jim]

lame, fly.

[logical]

lame, fly.

Indeed, welcome to a month ago.

[Flyordie]

Indeed, welcome to a month ago.

I know its old. Question still stands.

[Dungeoncrawler]

I need to post more pics of my rig. I'm so happy with my first serious attempt at cable management . However, have to give most of the appreciation to the case

[thedoug]

Here are several more pics of my compy :

[Greasy]

Awesome rig man!

[thedoug]

thanks

[traitoR]

thanks

I remember when you were putting together your Q6600 system ??? Now you built another kick ass rig and i'm still waiting, i'm not nearly as diehard as i used to be.

Oh yeah, nice rig, always cool when someone shares.

[1madman1]

Finally replaced my nearly 4 year old iMac, this time with a Mini. The processor isn't much of a jump, and the HDD is probably a slight step backwards. But with 8GB of RAM and a graphics chip that's actually *supported* it runs circles around the iMac for my needs.

Figured it was a good thing I didn't get rid of my ~7 year old Cinema Display. Unfortunately my purchased HD video content no longer plays on it, appears as a black window with an HDCP message - looks like I'm in the market for a new 22" - 24" IPS LCD.






The ebay destined iMac it replaced-

[nycdarkness]

glad you like your purchase. I myself could never justify buying that.

[1madman1]

glad you like your purchase. I myself could never justify buying that.

Needing OSX and a decent non-uberglossy display, my options came down to a Mini or a Mac Pro tower. Can't quite afford the Xeon based tower.

[caveman-jim]

Nice. Wish I could keep my desk as clean as that.

[Trunks0]

Can always use software to by-pass HDCP. I know it is doable on PC, it would not surprise me if it can be done on OSX as well.

[aviphysics]

Can always use software to by-pass HDCP. I know it is doable on PC, it would not surprise me if it can be done on OSX as well.

If you do end up getting a new monitor I recommend steering away from another horribly overpriced mac ones.

[1madman1]

If you do end up getting a new monitor I recommend steering away from another horribly overpriced mac ones.

Apple's aren't an option anymore. At the time of the original Cinema Display, they were among the cheapest on the market in the class. Now, they only have one model with HDCP support, and it's got an insanely glossy sheet of glass on the front. I'm likely gonna end up with a 24" NEC or something similar. I may try a Lacie 324 as they seem to review well and I can get a considerable discount on them through my employer, though I am doubtful about any panel that isn't IPS.

[aviphysics]

Apple's aren't an option anymore. At the time of the original Cinema Display, they were among the cheapest on the market in the class. Now, they only have one model with HDCP support, and it's got an insanely glossy sheet of glass on the front. I'm likely gonna end up with a 24" NEC or something similar. I may try a Lacie 324 as they seem to review well and I can get a considerable discount on them through my employer, though I am doubtful about any panel that isn't IPS.

I would recommend finding an opportunity to check out an ordinary TN panel. My panel at home is IPS and my panel at work is TN. I think the only time I really notice the difference is when I work in Photoshop and some color is out of gamut on the TN panel. Viewing angle isn't much of a problem cause I don't look at my PC monitor from anything other then head on.

I am not saying you shouldn't care but if you aren't sure how you feel then checking out a TN panel if one of your friends has one might be a good idea.

If your are doing print work then a good monitor is definitely worth it.

[1madman1]

I would recommend finding an opportunity to check out an ordinary TN panel. My panel at home is IPS and my panel at work is TN. I think the only time I really notice the difference is when I work in Photoshop and some color is out of gamut on the TN panel. Viewing angle isn't much of a problem cause I don't look at my PC monitor from anything other then head on.

Viewing angle is very important to me as there is often two or three people looking at the display. My primary monitor at work is a TN 24" Acer x-series something or other and I hate it - it's impossible to calibrate. We also have a pair of (admittedly old) PVA Samsung 173P displays in the house. While their accuracy pretty decent head on, the viewing angles are horrific in spite of the on paper 178/178.

[Pepsin]

Just yanked out my 4850 512MB and replaced it with a 1GB GTX460.









Pretty generic looking, almost looks like a low-end card. Much, much shorter than the 4850, which extended right up against the top hard drive.

[The Luggage]

Got my eyefinity setup up and running.

[Auric]

Are the additional displays used primarily for other than games where an angle is preferred? 'Cause the perspective is all screwy. The aspect ratio on the right one seems quite distorted too. Are those supposed to be box car wheels?

Have you tried the alternate mode for bezel compensation?

[The Luggage]

Are the additional displays used primarily for other than games where an angle is preferred? 'Cause the perspective is all screwy. The aspect ratio on the right one seems quite distorted too. Are those supposed to be box car wheels?

Have you tried the alternate mode for bezel compensation?

I only switch to an eyefinity profile when I'm playing certain games. For everyday computer use I just extend the desktop across the three displays. I don't think there is any way to get rid of the distortion; bezel compensation has no effect.

[caveman-jim]

Obviously, the distortion is the game's lack of support for a superwide FoV. Tools like widescreenfixer can help a lot of cases.

[Dungeoncrawler]

when is samsung planning on releasing those ultra-thin bezel displays?

[Dungeoncrawler]

Got tired of the old quad in my nvidia box and decided to upgrade to a 930. Course, had to bring along some buddies . Before I open the i7 proc I was curious if I should have gone with something a little higher? I'm running a 950 with my ati gpu's, but guess its splitting-hairs so-to-speak (930 or 950). The clerk at microcenter was trying real hard to get me to buy one of the extreme intel's. Thousand dollars is still a little extreme for a proc imo. Anyhoo...