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About This Computer:
ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Device name: HP8000
Memory: 3.8 GiB
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz × 2
Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.8.0) [Radeon HD6450]
OS type: 64-bit
Disk: 101.3 GB

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CPU name: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 2 logical CPUs
Computer name: HP8000
User name: mlc
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7
Available memory (MB): 3991

IDE interface: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller
Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) 4-port SATA IDE Controller
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JDO (ICH10DO) LPC Interface Controller
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
Communication controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller
PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge
PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
Display controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) 2-port SATA IDE Controller
Serial controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Serial KT Controller
USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2

Created by PCI-Z 1.3, http://www.pci-z.com/ | Database: The PCI ID Repository | Version: 2015.06.21

The all Intel inside was violated when I inserted the Radeon HD 6450 gfx card.

At the other end of my LAN tests is a HP TX2525nr.

Small tower HP with CPU i3-3220 (Fast enough and very quiet)
RAM 16 Go
Video NVidia GT 620 - 1920x1080
I do not use games, the quality of the video card and the CPU speed does not matter much
(Not enough space on my desk to put two screens, but my video card can drive 2)
HD, whatever, but always at least two HD (second only used for automatic backup with Syncbackup at each change)

OS:
Windows 10 x64 (main usage)
On Windows 10: Virtual Box 5 (for testings) with XP, Vista, Linux Debian 8 (with xfce)

I just finished building this computer last week...
based on: http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-aff ... l-xeon-pc/

Computer...
Dual XEON E5-2670 CPU's @2600 MHz (Turbo mode = 3300 MHz) with 64GB Memory.
(16 cores and 32 Threads)

Graphics card...
NVidia Quadro NVS 510 Graphics Card with 4 Displayport outlets.

Monitor...
28" Philips monitor @3840 x 2160 (part# 288P6LJEB/27)
I may go with another monitor (not sure)

Operating system...
MS WIN 10 PRO (64BIT)


NVidia developed CUDA cores and the 510 graphics card has a CUDA Core count of 192.

CUDA is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API)
model created by NVIDIA. It allows software developers and software engineers to
use a CUDA-enabled graphics processing unit (GPU) for general purpose processing – an approach known as GPGPU.

Now I need to explore Parallel Computing and GPU programming.

blueb wrote:I just finished building this computer last week...
based on: http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-aff ... l-xeon-pc/

Computer...
Dual XEON E5-2670 CPU's @2600 MHz (Turbo mode = 3300 MHz) with 64GB Memory.
(16 cores and 32 Threads)

Graphics card...
NVidia Quadro NVS 510 Graphics Card with 4 Displayport outlets.

Monitor...
28" Philips monitor @3840 x 2160 (part# 288P6LJEB/27)
I may go with another monitor (not sure)

Operating system...
MS WIN 10 PRO (64BIT)


NVidia developed CUDA cores and the 510 graphics card has a CUDA Core count of 192.

CUDA is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API)
model created by NVIDIA. It allows software developers and software engineers to
use a CUDA-enabled graphics processing unit (GPU) for general purpose processing – an approach known as GPGPU.

Now I need to explore Parallel Computing and GPU programming.

blueb, curious how much did your system cost?
My very basic (but super quiet) system including the extra 1TB Hard drive, monitor, DVD burner, graphics card upgrade, and sales tax was under $450.

heartbone,

It cost me quite a bit more than the amount quoted in the article.

It cost me about $3,500 total
but $1,000 of that was for graphics card and monitor.

For $2,500 I got:
- Dual XEON E5-2670 CPU's
- Dual XEON E5-2670 CPU's (spares... so 4 in total) (I may build another someday or find a 4 CPU board {grin})
- ASRock Rack EP2C602-2T/D16 Dual LGA2011 Motherboard
- Noctua Tower CPU FANS (NH-D9DX i4 3U)
- G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB Memory Chips
- CORSAIR RM850X 850W Power Supply
- Dual Samsung 850 Pro MZ-7KE256BW 256 GB SSD
- Dual Kingston 256 GB SSD's
- Fractal Design Define XL R2 EATX Computer Case
- LG WH14NS40 Internal Blu-ray Writer - OEM 
- Asus USB 3.1 Gen 2 Card
- SYBA USB 3.0 19pin Header Card 
- MS WIN 10 PRO (64BIT)
- Docking Station (for backups - dual Kingston SSD's)
- 7-Port USB Hub for general use.

While this computer is a little louder than my previous unit... I hardly notice it.

TI-994A wrote:

bbanelli wrote:...my 21 years old IBM "Click" (Model M)

Of all the spoken specs, I'm highly impressed by this!

VB6_to_PBx wrote:WIN95 computer just QB4.5 VBDOS VB1.0
WIN98 upwards to WIN8.0 all have various PureBasic versions on them
and some have VB1.0 Pro Win and DOS ,2.0,3.0-Pro,4.0-16 and 32 Enterprise,VB6.0 , QB1.0,2.0,3.0,4.5, 7.0, 7.1 PDS , VB DOS Pro 1.0 and STD

And these!

i sort of collect Programming Softwares

the Visual Basic for DOS Prof v1.0 3.5 Disk version is all in original box, perfect shape

the 7.1 PDS is 100% perfect in box shape with manuals 3.5 Disk version

and very rare VB1.0 WIN Prof version 3.5 disks Pro Tools and also with ton of .VBX controls ( also VB1.0 STD version )

VB6_to_PBx wrote:i sort of collect Programming Softwares

I'm not so much a collector, although I'm still in possession of QB 4.5, Basic PDS 7.1, and VB 6.0. And all in their original packaging as well.

Precious commodities for me, until I discovered PureBasic.

blueb wrote:heartbone,

It cost me quite a bit more than the amount quoted in the article.

It cost me about $3,500 total
but $1,000 of that was for graphics card and monitor.

For $2,500 I got:
- Dual XEON E5-2670 CPU's
- Dual XEON E5-2670 CPU's (spares... so 4 in total) (I may build another someday or find a 4 CPU board {grin})
- ASRock Rack EP2C602-2T/D16 Dual LGA2011 Motherboard
- Noctua Tower CPU FANS (NH-D9DX i4 3U)
- G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB Memory Chips
- CORSAIR RM850X 850W Power Supply
- Dual Samsung 850 Pro MZ-7KE256BW 256 GB SSD
- Dual Kingston 256 GB SSD's
- Fractal Design Define XL R2 EATX Computer Case
- LG WH14NS40 Internal Blu-ray Writer - OEM 
- Asus USB 3.1 Gen 2 Card
- SYBA USB 3.0 19pin Header Card 
- MS WIN 10 PRO (64BIT)
- Docking Station (for backups - dual Kingston SSD's)
- 7-Port USB Hub for general use.

While this computer is a little louder than my previous unit... I hardly notice it.

That means that your system is a 9/10.
It's so hard to get that so temporary bleeding edge 10/10.
Mine is a solid 3.5/10.
The vast majority of developer's systems will lay somewhere in between the two, and all do what's needed.

My WinXP Pentium 4 @ 3GHZ is still hanging around, although it rarely gets powered up.
Now slipping down to a 2/10 system, it still gets used for Nero burning and XP testing.

My Win98SE AMD Athlon @ 1200Mhz, a 1/10 system, still works well.
I hate to pitch it, but nowadays I have no reason to use it.

bbanelli wrote:I also keep HP Vectra VL420 DT with 1.6GHz Willy, 256MB RAM and 40GB 5.4k RPM drive - just to show our clients how well PB is optimized.

Very nice! I also keep an old Pentium III around to verify speed and optimizations. Needs a new mobo though. It's been acting funny. My main two can be seen in my sig.

J. Baker wrote:

bbanelli wrote:I also keep HP Vectra VL420 DT with 1.6GHz Willy, 256MB RAM and 40GB 5.4k RPM drive - just to show our clients how well PB is optimized.

Very nice! I also keep an old Pentium III around to verify speed and optimizations. Needs a new mobo though. It's been acting funny. My main two can be seen in my sig.

Plot twist - P4 Willy is significantly slower than P3.

heartbone wrote: __________________________ PCI-Z ________________________________

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Created by PCI-Z 1.3, http://www.pci-z.com/ | Database: The PCI ID Repository | Version: 2015.06.21

I'm glad someone on PB uses PCI-Z.

sys64802 wrote:

bbanelli wrote: my 21 years old IBM "Click" (Model M)

Mine is 27 years old, typing with that one right now
My most loved piece of hardware.

I guess I won't be using PC once they remove PS2 port altogether. (yes, I know there are USB adapters, but...)

TI-994A wrote:

bbanelli wrote:...my 21 years old IBM "Click" (Model M)

Of all the spoken specs, I'm highly impressed by this!

I've been considering Unicomp for quite some time, though... Never met a person live to witness the quality of those keyboards.

RSBasic wrote:

bbanelli wrote:I simply couldn't live without two monitors

+1

This one was taken almost 10 years ago... (yes you can ignore trash on the table)

bbanelli wrote:This one was taken almost 10 years ago... (yes you can ignore trash on the table)

what are you talking about, that's the cleanest desk ever ..... ARE YOU REALLY A PROGRAMMER???

Keya wrote:...that's the cleanest desk ever...

Organised desk, organised mind. I can't work if there's clutter on the table.

The surrounding areas are another thing altogether.

bbanelli wrote:I guess I won't be using PC once they remove PS2 port altogether. (yes, I know there are USB adapters, but...)

I bought an adapter (ps2 - usb) and I plan if and when it will become necessary of surgically implant it in the keyboard to be able to connect it through a simple usb cable without an ugly box hanging out on the back of the PC.

Not all adapters works well though, in case you are interested this one does it

http://clickykeyboards.com/product/ps2- ... keyboards/

My keyboard is like one of these
http://clickykeyboards.com/product-cate ... ite-label/

btw, unicomp keyboards are comparable to an original Model-M from what I read from people who have them, last time I checked they made different lines of keyboards: from more modern clicky ones (less louder) and some faithful to the original buckle spring mechanism which are almost identical. They weight less and use USB natively. Other differences are the uglier unicomp logo (what were they thinking ?) and the presence of the "windows" keys.

sys64802 wrote:...the uglier unicomp logo (what were they thinking?)...

Indeed! And so are the key decals on some of the models.

Alexi wrote:Organised desk means you didn't work enough

And a disorganised one doesn't mean you have.

bbanelli wrote:

heartbone wrote: __________________________ PCI-Z ________________________________

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Created by PCI-Z 1.3, http://www.pci-z.com/ | Database: The PCI ID Repository | Version: 2015.06.21

I'm glad someone on PB uses PCI-Z.

I was using it before I realized that you (bbanelli, a fellow forum member) were the author.
It is a very nice utility. Thanks for allowing me use it.

Incidentally, the same thing happened with the now defunct JLC's Internet TV!