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Windows 7: Solar eclipse blazes a 'ring of fire' this weekend
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17 May 2012
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64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Solar eclipse blazes a 'ring of fire' this weekend
Quote: For the first time in 18 years, millions of people can watch the moon pass in front of the sun, exposing a brilliant scorching halo for up to 4.5 minutes in an annular solar eclipse.
People lucky enough to be in Southeast Asia and the western U.S. this weekend will have the chance to view the first annular solar eclipse of its kind since 1994, according to NASA. Rather than a complete blocking out of the sun, as seen in a total eclipse, a "ring of fire" will radiate from behind the moon as it passes in front of the fiery globe.
The transformation will begin on Sunday as the moon makes its voyage across the sun; at one point, as much as 94 percent of the sun will be covered, according to NASA. Read more at: Solar eclipse blazes a 'ring of fire' this weekend | Cutting Edge - CNET News | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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17 May 2012
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#2 | |
Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
Wow, it would be worth watching. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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17 May 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit In a house with a cat trying to kill me |
I'd like to see that too, unfortunately I'm out of the area...guess I'll watch it online  (At least I hope someones going to take some vid of that)
Last edited by Borg 386; 17 May 2012 at 09:34 AM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Hell oh Well
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory Not much with my ADHD
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350
Monitor(s) Displays I have one...It's bright. A 19 inch CRT actually.
Keyboard It's 10 years old and amazingly still works
Mouse Same deal with the mouse, 10 yrs old, if it ain't broke...
Case Don't get on my case...man :D
Cooling I have an Air Conditioner & Diet Pepsi
Hard Drives 250 GB Main Drive, 2 - 1 TB Externals, various FD's.
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17 May 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
This will be a must see on Sunday. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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17 May 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK |
Not something I'll see this side the pond either. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Zoostorm Desktop/ Asus K55A Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz
Motherboard Foxconn 45CMX/45GMX/45CMX-K/Asus
Memory 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM)/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Corp 82945G Integrated Graphics Controller/Intel
Sound Card Onboard Realtek/Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HH221 22" inches Widescreen/Asus 15.6
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080/1366 x 768
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt
Mouse Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Touchpad
Hard Drives ExcelStor (250GB)/Asus
Internet Speed Just under 4MB download it's ADSL.
Antivirus MSE/MSE
Browser IE10/IE10
Other Info Epson Stylus SX415 All-in-one Printer,
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
USB2 HDD Enclosure
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17 May 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
Too far from me as well, although I could drive a hundred + miles to see it. You can't look at it directly in any case. 
A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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18 May 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit In a pub somewhere. |
Marty was a classic.
Young Frankenstien among
his best. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer M5641
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Q6600
Motherboard Nvidia MCP73PV
Memory 4GB.
Graphics Card Sapphire Vapor-X 5750
Sound Card XFI Extreem music
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223W
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media Pro.
Mouse Logitech MX620
PSU stock 450w
Case acer
Cooling stock
Hard Drives WD10 02FAEX
WD64 00AAKS
Internet Speed 48.85Mbs down 2.49Mbs up 18ms ping
Other Info D-Link DIR-655
CiscoWUSB600N
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19 May 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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20 May 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
In just a couple of hours for me. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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20 May 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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