Show off your PC workstation/gaming setup - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: SuperShermanTanker
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2016, 11:42:15 pm
content: I was wondering what is you guys' PC gaming/workstation setups I have 2 one I keep at home and one I keep at a family member's houseHere's the one I keep at home:It's the one in the black thermaltake case in the pics and it's the one hooked up to the 3 monitorsPartlist:http://pcpartpicker.com/user/SuperM4Tanker/saved/nN7Ff7Also I'm getting a new case for the one at home here's the new case I'm getting:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S5V5C3Q/And one more thing I'm looking at getting a good quality power supply for this PC that doesn't have coil whine and knowing everyone on this forum is mostly electrical guys do you guys have any suggestions on PC power supplies?And here's the one I keep at a family member's house:This one is the one in the white case on top of the glass desk and hooked up to one monitorPartlist:http://pcpartpicker.com/user/SuperM4Tanker/saved/hfRLrH

author: mathsquid
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 12:00:24 am
content: Here's my gaming rig.

author: SuperShermanTanker
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 12:05:46 am
content: Quote from: mathsquid on June 02, 2016, 12:00:24 amThe commodore 64 it's a classic too bad it was introduced way before my generation

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 02:35:59 am
content: CPU: Core i7-3930kMB: DX79SIRAM: 48GB 1600 DDR3GPU: GTX 970 4GBDisplay: 50" Seiki 4KCooling: 120mm Delta side panel fan with Cindy Wu sensorless DSP drive and 212 Evo with upgraded fanPower: 900W (550W + 350W) Lainey Schmidt digital power system with PFC bypassStorage: 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (/, ext4) and 2x 1TB HDD RAID 0 (/bulk, ext4)Audio: OpenDAC HD and Xiaomi Mi HybridInput: Gamdias RGB keyboard, tilt wheel Dell mouse, Wiimote Plus with Nunchuk, Wii Balance Board, Leap Motion, Kinect V1Misc: Generic 4 port RS232 cardMy friend Tiffany Yep ("the DSP fairy") was partly responsible for my decision to build a new PC over 4 years ago. She got me into FPGAs and my old Core 2 Duo was really slow at running the Xilinx ISE, so I decided to do a full upgrade when I was working at Intel and was able to get the motherboard and CPU for half price. A few years down the line, the old Viore 22" 1080p monitor started having issues so I replaced it with the 4K monitor I use now (I have later fixed the Viore and put it to use in a test setup where it would only be a very minor annoyance if it starts acting up again), which also required upgrading the GPU (started with a GTX 560ti) to one that supports 4K. Then I got into altcoin mining with VMs, at which point the original 16GB of RAM was getting tight so I upgraded to 48GB.I initially planned on doing another full upgrade at 5 years, but that's just half a year away and I see no point upgrading the CPU anytime soon. Just 10 years ago, you typically upgraded your PC because it became obsolete and you upgraded your car because it became unreliable, now it's starting to trend towards cars being upgraded because they become "obsolete" and PCs being upgraded because they become unreliable!

author: SuperShermanTanker
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 02:43:57 am
content: Wow you sir have one very modded and nice PC I would never be able to strap 2 PSUs together like that I'm currently dealing with coil whine on my PSU on my main PC and am looking for a new one to get I do like tinkering with computers and stuff but I'm not someone who wants to go anywhere near the mains and I only like tinkering with low voltage stuff

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 03:03:34 am
content: The 350W PSU is a 1U hotswap unit that I modded into a battery charger and installed in one of the drive bays. The 550W PSU is a modded unit from an old server. There's also a DC/DC converter that allows the battery to operate as a UPS and more DC/DC converters to supply the 5V and 3.3V rails.

author: Skimask
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 03:10:18 am
content: Wow, hey, look, I can buy pieces/parts at Newegg, and plug matching cables into matching receptacles, and run prefab software, and it all works as it's supposed to!Neat!http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Neil-Patrick-Harris-Gun-to-Head.gif

author: SuperShermanTanker
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 03:23:35 am
content: Quote from: NiHaoMike on June 02, 2016, 03:03:34 amThat's actually really cool I'm actually thinking on custom making a fan hub for my fans in my PC as my first ever electrical circuit board project so I can control my 5 fans in my PC with just using 1 fan header or even control all of them from the fan hub itself I do know I can buy one pre made from the store but I want to see if I can make one myself as a first try into making electrical devices

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 05:02:50 am
content: Here's a pic of my setup:I have a Linux and Windows machine on a KVM on the centre monitor, the side monitors are connected to their own Raspberry PIs and I use Synergy to control them. I found multi monitor to be a pain as some programs have dialogs that open all over the place and it just got irritating. I tend to do work on the centre only and the side are to issue commands or monitor stuff. Typically I'll have terminal sessions open to my servers and what not.Been wanting to build a custom bigger desk for years, but I always slack off. There's only a few months of the year that I can do any work in my garage as it's uninsulated. That's another project on the todo list, need to insulate and bring heat in there. Part of the new desk design will give me more room for electronics work too. I currently have a tiny desk for that and it's way too tight. I can move the printer (not in pic, but it's left of the phone) to that desk, or even move it somewhere else completely, I rarely print.Bonus pics of my server room:I have plans to eventually enclose, insulate, and climate control that room, but it stays like that for now.

author: sarepairman2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2016, 11:53:53 pm
content: Quote from: Skimask on June 02, 2016, 03:10:18 am*rf amplifier explodes*