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How many computers do you have?

Ketchup

Ketchup

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I will start by not counting the phones and tablets:

1 i7 desktop (sig)
1 i5 desktop (retired sig, now file/media server)
2 Core2Duo laptops, Gateway and Lenovo (actually can't find one of them right now, but it's floating around here somewhere; the other is collecting dust)
1 Pentium laptop, Lenovo (usually used when the desktop is occupied)
1 i7 work laptop, Lenovo (it's probably gets the most use)
1 Pentium 4 desktop, Dell, collecting dust
1 AMD Athlon 64 X2 socket 939 desktop, Compaq (upgraded from a Duron, old file/media server, collecting dust)

Wow, I didn't even know I had 8. sheesh! What about you folks?
 
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One i7-3770K + GTX 970 desktop.

One 13.3" Fujitsu laptop from 2008 which my gran uses for email ()🙂
 
LOL. Way to many to list. I have several computer desks, with a PC in each, and a PC on a table. I have laptops on my bed.
 
Main gamer rig - i2500k, 290X
HTPC - AMD X4 830, 8GB HDD
Workbench rig - AMD X4 965BE, 7970
Win10 test rig - AMD X4 940BE, 6970
Craptop that never gets used (HP Touchpad is my portable of choice)

I downsized a LOT from my DC days when I had 10+ going 24/7 around the house. I was in the top 15 for DC on my team with Ars.
 
Active PCs:ASUS K56CB notebook, old (but still in use) Pentium Dual Core+GeForce GT 430 and a desktop computer(system 1 on my signature)

Retired PCs: Completely dead Pentium 4 system and Celeron 400+GF2 MX 400 PC( it's alive when i last checked)

And there's a lot of deceased or outdated components(most of them are graphics cards) are in their boxes.
 
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ketchup79 said:
Count when you get a second. Don't need specifics. I am just curious.
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21 desktops, not all in use or connected at the same time.
8 laptops (one died). 5 tablets.

Edit: A whole bunch of the desktops are in storage, and a few of the laptops are to re-sell.

I actively use three laptops, three desktops, an AIO, and an ITX HTPC.
 
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Eight:

(1) Core i7-5820K ATX gamer/bench
(2) Core i7-4770K ATX work/gamer
(3) Core i7-3770K mATX work
(4) Core i5-4690K ITX HTPC
(5) Pentium G3258 ITX bookshelf PC
(6) Zotac Zbox kitchen PC
(7 and 8) Two Asus Transformer Book T100 convertible tablets

All currently in use. Systems not in use get sent off to family. Most recently, those included a Core i3-3220 compact ATX build and a first-gen Toshiba Ultrabook.
 
Four computers in house.

Main rig - see sig
Wife's - Core 2 Q6600, 8GB RAM, ABIT IN9-32x Max, GTX 275
Laptop - Intel 2020M, 4GB RAM, 480GB SSD
Legacy machine - P4 3.0C, ABIT IC7-Max3, 2GB RAM, Nvidia 6800GT
 
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Define computer?

Two sig rigs, plus a netbook that runs my CNC, plus a macbook pro, plus an HP Stream 7 (which runs a full Windows OS) plus two working hackintoshes I have because reasons. And a FoxConn NanoPC that I don't use for anything.

So, 8.

If you count non-computer-computers, I have an iPhone, a FireTV Stick, a Raspberry Pi, and a 3DS. None of them are "computers" but I can get Netflix on all of them. Also the Blu-Ray player.

Housemate has another three. (iPhone, iPad, Macbook Pro.)

And there's a Chromebook nobody uses.
 
Main rig (see sig), server (see sig), HTPC (AMD A6-5600K, 4GB RAM, 120 GB SSD & a Blu Ray drive), laptop (i7 820QM, 5 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD), tablet (LG GPad 10.1) so that brings it up to a total of 5, 6 if you want to count my Droid Turbo phone.
 
One C2Q desktop, one Sandy i5 laptop, plus one ancient Celeron M (not Core M) doing TV recording.

I need to get a new computer this year. I planned to two years ago, put it off for a year, then waited for Broadwell which never came, and now waiting for Skylake. I also sometimes think about replacing that old laptop with an Intel Compute Stick.
 
dave_the_nerd said:
I'm working on that.

I was using it as an HTPC, but the FireTV does that just as well.
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I was using mine as a HTPC, but shelved it after two months, after it tried destroying the SSD in it due to heat. (Passive cooling on a 15W APU is a biatch.)

I would run a HDTune surface scan on the SSD, and every week, more red blocks (bad sectors). Eventually, some of the OS's sectors went bad, and it wouldn't boot.

Sure, I could secure-erase the SSD, and then all of the sectors would report green again, but then it would start to degrade again with use.

It was a used, refurb SSD off of Newegg, but I later tried a brand-new 30GB SSD with fresh new NAND in it, and the same thing started to happen (though not as fast, and not as bad).

Clearly, the NAND was being subject to thermal stress, and the more worn the NAND was, the worse it was affected.

After secure-erasing the refurb SSD twice, I put it in desktop duty, in a cool ATX case, and didn't have any further issues with it, until I took it out of service.
 
VirtualLarry said:
I was using mine as a HTPC, but shelved it after two months, after it tried destroying the SSD in it due to heat. (Passive cooling on a 15W APU is a biatch.)

I would run a HDTune surface scan on the SSD, and every week, more red blocks (bad sectors). Eventually, some of the OS's sectors went bad, and it wouldn't boot.

Sure, I could secure-erase the SSD, and then all of the sectors would report green again, but then it would start to degrade again with use.

It was a used, refurb SSD off of Newegg, but I later tried a brand-new 30GB SSD with fresh new NAND in it, and the same thing started to happen (though not as fast, and not as bad).

Clearly, the NAND was being subject to thermal stress, and the more worn the NAND was, the worse it was affected.

After secure-erasing the refurb SSD twice, I put it in desktop duty, in a cool ATX case, and didn't have any further issues with it, until I took it out of service.
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I was using it for about a year - didn't have any problems like that.

Mine has a Celeron 847 and a 32GB SSD. *shrug*
 
Let's see:

1. Main Gaming PC - i5 3570K + GTX 980
2. mini-ITX ESXi box running a router, ipv6 tunnel endpoint, bind, dhcp, mit krb5, bcfg2, etc. - i3 2100
3. Macbook Pro Retina 13" - main laptop
4. Old Macbook in the closet

So 4 I think. I have enough parts to build 2-3 more, but nothing else is put together.
 
1. i7 Main Gaming PC
2. Xeon Guest PC
3. Xeon HTPC
4. i7 Tablet
5. ESXi
6. Other ESXi
7. Third ESXi
8. SAN
9. Backup SAN

Roommate's add another 3 systems. If you want to count the literal mountain of stuff I've got on Craigslist.... Add another 20 systems to that.
 
dave_the_nerd said:
I was using it for about a year - didn't have any problems like that.

Mine has a Celeron 847 and a 32GB SSD. *shrug*
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Oh. That's why. 🙂

The Celeron 847 version was the good one. I missed out on snagging some of those for $99.99. (White color.)

They ran cooler than the AMD C-70 version.

Anyways, I'm running mine now, with a 500GB 5400RPM laptop HDD. Let's see if the heat destroys the HDD over time. If it does, then I guess I had better see about junking or getting rid of mine, since it must obviously be defective by design. Or figure out some way to cobble something together with a fan, maybe an external Arctic Cooling USB fan.
 
Desktop i7
Desktop i5
Desktop i3 AIO 24" touch screen.
Desktop AMD Vishera
Mini ITX as HTPC
Desktop Core2Duo Quad (two of them configured as Dual Win/OSX).
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Laptop HP Pro 15.5"
Laptop MAC Pro 15"
Laptop MAC Air 13"


😎
 
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