Electronics What kind of computer does the average CP'er use? - Page 5

Mephistopheles Janx · 05-28-2021, 04:17 PM

I'm curious. Did you build it yourself or did you buy it off the shelf?

If you built it yourself... why did you chose the components you did?

If you bought it off the shelf... why did you chose the unit you did? Was it a budget buy for a tool you need or did you shell out for a boutique build?

Do you know the specs of your computer (what CPU or video card (if any) you are using?

___

I built mine in 2013. It is an Intel Core i7 4770k on a Z97 motherboard. Running a Power Color Vega 56 (Power Color Red Dragon) and 32GB of memory. 500GB M.2 for my boot drive and just a 1TB drive for personal storage (which really has nothing but photos of my foster pups.

When I built it... I had a cutting edge machine and I built it to be future proof. I originally had a 7790 video card in there but have upgraded a handful of times over the years to the Vega 56 I run now.

I still use it more for gaming than anything else and it still handles its own. I can play games like Apex Legends at an average of 97 FPS on "medium". That said... its nearing the end of it's run as the heavy game machine in the house.

Chief Pagan · 05-29-2021, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

sure, bud. you wanna trade that 'puter for a stick of gum?

My dad actually did upgrade that computer to 64k and I do still have possession of it. I figure one of these days its got to be a collectors item...

Crush · 05-29-2021, 10:15 AM

Typewriter

Otter · 05-29-2021, 10:22 AM

System: Host: pete-desktop Kernel: 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: AB350M serial:
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P3.10 date: 08/30/2017
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1
L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 51101
Speed: 2317 MHz min/max: 1550/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1413 2: 1369 3: 1374
4: 1375 5: 1375 6: 1375 7: 1504 8: 1405
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 460.73.01 bus ID: 0a:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.73.01
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 12:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457
Device-3: Corsair type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-2:2
chip ID: 1b1c:0a3b
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-112-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: f000 bus ID: 09:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 57.16 GiB (5.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial:
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial:
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109.04 GiB used: 57.16 GiB (52.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 20.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 30 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 26%
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
1: deb https: //repo.protonvpn.com/debian unstable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-bionic.list
1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu bionic main
2: deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu bionic main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb http: //repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info: Processes: 266 Uptime: 4m Memory: 15.66 GiB used: 1.15 GiB (7.4%) Init: systemd v: 237
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client inxi: 3.0.32

bringbackmarty · 05-29-2021, 10:24 AM

https://youtu.be/pv3fcwx2TUY
https://youtu.be/ziVpqh9UXmI

scho63 · 05-29-2021, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Otter

System: Host: pete-desktop Kernel: 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: AB350M serial:
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P3.10 date: 08/30/2017
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1
L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 51101
Speed: 2317 MHz min/max: 1550/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1413 2: 1369 3: 1374
4: 1375 5: 1375 6: 1375 7: 1504 8: 1405
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 460.73.01 bus ID: 0a:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.73.01
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 12:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457
Device-3: Corsair type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-2:2
chip ID: 1b1c:0a3b
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-112-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: f000 bus ID: 09:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 57.16 GiB (5.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial:
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial:
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109.04 GiB used: 57.16 GiB (52.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 20.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 30 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 26%
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
1: deb https: //repo.protonvpn.com/debian unstable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-bionic.list
1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu bionic main
2: deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu bionic main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb http: //repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info: Processes: 266 Uptime: 4m Memory: 15.66 GiB used: 1.15 GiB (7.4%) Init: systemd v: 237
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client inxi: 3.0.32

Can you please run this through the CP translator?

**Bearcat** · 05-29-2021, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scho63

My HP work laptop at Amazon is a 5 time hand me down that sucks. Probably at least 5 years old. So much security software and other shit on it specific to Amazon.
Its constantly wanting to isolate my computer until I upgrade or update shit every Sunday I come back to work for the week.
We also use tons of excel tools for calculations that it is a resource hog.
I may have 4-5 different excel tools and trackers open at once.
I hate it.

A few work laptops ago, I had one that was so weak and bloated, it could easily take ~5-10 minutes from sleep to get a usable desktop. Not a huge deal first thing in the morning, but completely unacceptable when getting called off hours and especially in the middle of the night..... it might take 5 minutes for the piece of shit to start up and less than that for me to fix whatever was happening.

They went to SSD eventually and that made all the difference in the world.

**Bearcat** · 05-29-2021, 10:49 AM

17" Dell Alienware with a nice cooling pad.

Overkill most of the time, but do a little gaming on it and virtual machinery, and run a couple of OSs.

Otter · 05-29-2021, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scho63

Can you please run this through the CP translator?

The equivalent of the limited edition of the Ford Taurus of PCs.

**Bearcat** · 05-29-2021, 10:57 AM

I guess we can now add to the list for the average CPer...

12" dong
4.3 40
Goatee
Shaved head (hiding the male pattern baldness, and aerodynamics for the 4.3 40 )
Camaro
Super model wife
$1500-2000+ custom built PC or 17" laptop with an I7 processor, 32 GB RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card... because it makes ChiefsPlanet run faster.

Otter · 05-29-2021, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I guess we can now add to the list for the average CPer...

12" dong
4.3 40
Goatee
Shaved head (hiding the male pattern baldness, and aerodynamics for the 4.3 40 )
Camaro
Super model wife
$1500-2000+ custom built PC or 17" laptop with an I7 processor, 32 GB RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card... because it makes ChiefsPlanet run faster.

You forgot mullet you ****face!

And it's 14" dong. They measured it at the e-mail conformation process.

**Bearcat** · 05-29-2021, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Otter

You forgot mullet you ****face!

And it's 14" dong. They measured it at the e-mail conformation process.

Like this?

scho63 · 05-29-2021, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Otter

The equivalent of the limited edition of the Ford Taurus of PCs.

I thought it was a Ferrari!

kccrow · 05-29-2021, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scho63

Can you please run this through the CP translator?

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad Core 3.2 GHz
NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB
ASRock AB350M Motherboard
16 GB DDR4
Kingston 120 GB SSD
Toshiba 1 TB HDD

He's running the Linux Mint 19.3 operating system. The rest of that part just says he's using the standard Cinnamon user interface and that Mint is a mod of Ubuntu (base).

jjjayb · 05-29-2021, 12:04 PM

I build them and update them as needed. Right now this is what I have:

I7-10700K water cooled and overclocked to 5ghz.
Gigabyte Z490 Aurus Elite Motherboard
RTX 3080 Founders Edition
2 500gb NVME drives
2 1tb ssd drives
3tb old mechanical hard drive

With the chip shortage it took me 3 months of trying to get the video card. I'm just glad I was able to get it for MSRP.

**Buehler445** · 05-30-2021, 07:44 AM

Currently running a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon I bought on sale from hotel room right after Mahomes broke one off in Houston.

I'm too lazy to look up the specs but it's a lot faster than the other ones I've been running.

I have it run a docking station at both home and the office because who does anything on a laptop keyboard unless they're actually traveling? At home I have a 32" screen and at the office I have 2x 22" screen. I probably need to find some other monitors that will fit at the office, but I'm lazy.

I bought some Surface bluetooth and mouse sets for both places and damn, they are nice. I was sick of giant ****ing keyboards because at the office they just sit on top of the desk. They have a nice feel, don't take much room, and have a clean utilitarian look to them.

I'd definitely recommend those.

05-28-2021, 04:17 PM
Mephistopheles Janx The Guy With The Goats Join Date: Jan 2017 Casino cash: $-1687687	What kind of computer does the average CP'er use? I'm curious. Did you build it yourself or did you buy it off the shelf? If you built it yourself... why did you chose the components you did? If you bought it off the shelf... why did you chose the unit you did? Was it a budget buy for a tool you need or did you shell out for a boutique build? Do you know the specs of your computer (what CPU or video card (if any) you are using? ___ I built mine in 2013. It is an Intel Core i7 4770k on a Z97 motherboard. Running a Power Color Vega 56 (Power Color Red Dragon) and 32GB of memory. 500GB M.2 for my boot drive and just a 1TB drive for personal storage (which really has nothing but photos of my foster pups. When I built it... I had a cutting edge machine and I built it to be future proof. I originally had a 7790 video card in there but have upgraded a handful of times over the years to the Vega 56 I run now. I still use it more for gaming than anything else and it still handles its own. I can play games like Apex Legends at an average of 97 FPS on "medium". That said... its nearing the end of it's run as the heavy game machine in the house.
Posts: 11,614

05-29-2021, 10:15 AM	#62
Crush Amateur Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Casino cash: $2417091	Typewriter
Posts: 15,298

05-29-2021, 10:24 AM	#64
bringbackmarty Gonna go back in time.... Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $1285510	https://youtu.be/pv3fcwx2TUY https://youtu.be/ziVpqh9UXmI __________________ https://www.facebook.com/The-Pheasan...6018120266009/
Posts: 3,085

05-29-2021, 10:49 AM	#67
Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $-875069	17" Dell Alienware with a nice cooling pad. Overkill most of the time, but do a little gaming on it and virtual machinery, and run a couple of OSs.
Posts: 59,471

05-29-2021, 10:57 AM	#69
Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $-875069	I guess we can now add to the list for the average CPer... 12" dong 4.3 40 Goatee Shaved head (hiding the male pattern baldness, and aerodynamics for the 4.3 40 ) Camaro Super model wife $1500-2000+ custom built PC or 17" laptop with an I7 processor, 32 GB RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card... because it makes ChiefsPlanet run faster.
Posts: 59,471

05-29-2021, 12:04 PM	#74
jjjayb MVP Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in K.C. baby!!!! Casino cash: $4453433	I build them and update them as needed. Right now this is what I have: I7-10700K water cooled and overclocked to 5ghz. Gigabyte Z490 Aurus Elite Motherboard RTX 3080 Founders Edition 2 500gb NVME drives 2 1tb ssd drives 3tb old mechanical hard drive With the chip shortage it took me 3 months of trying to get the video card. I'm just glad I was able to get it for MSRP.
Posts: 7,052

05-30-2021, 07:44 AM	#75
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1395266	Currently running a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon I bought on sale from hotel room right after Mahomes broke one off in Houston. I'm too lazy to look up the specs but it's a lot faster than the other ones I've been running. I have it run a docking station at both home and the office because who does anything on a laptop keyboard unless they're actually traveling? At home I have a 32" screen and at the office I have 2x 22" screen. I probably need to find some other monitors that will fit at the office, but I'm lazy. I bought some Surface bluetooth and mouse sets for both places and damn, they are nice. I was sick of giant ****ing keyboards because at the office they just sit on top of the desk. They have a nice feel, don't take much room, and have a clean utilitarian look to them. I'd definitely recommend those.
Posts: 59,933

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