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Windows 7 - What programs/gadgets to use to customize your desktop? |
12-22-2009
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What programs/gadgets to use to customize your desktop?
I see a lot of guys running a CPU monitor & a fan monitor/control on their desktop. And I've seen some date/clock/weather one's that are pretty cool too. And I understand there's some cool icon things too. So lets see what little gadgets you guys have used to customize your desktop.
And a little bonus question. How does overclocking work? Is it a program you use to overclock your CPU for sessions where you may need a little more processing power? From all the reviews I've read about my CPU it sounds like people are pushing my CPU pretty far even on stock cooling.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Mr. Whitey's Special
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
Motherboard Intel DG45ID
Memory 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Monitor(s) Displays 32" Toshiba LCD HDTV
Screen Resolution 1080i
Case Coolmaster HAF922
Hard Drives 2 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB Sata Drives
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12-22-2009
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Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
My gadget cluster from 2 months ago  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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12-22-2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x86/Ubuntu 10.10 |
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown  My gadget cluster from 2 months ago
I'm only using this....(sadly i'm still cannot use GPU monitor even already install riva tuner software)  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire 4520
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86/Ubuntu 10.10
Memory 2.5 GB
Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 7000M
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12-22-2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown My gadget cluster from 2 months ago Yeah, but where did you get them from? Are they built into Windows 7? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Mr. Whitey's Special
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
Motherboard Intel DG45ID
Memory 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Monitor(s) Displays 32" Toshiba LCD HDTV
Screen Resolution 1080i
Case Coolmaster HAF922
Hard Drives 2 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB Sata Drives
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12-22-2009
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Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Quote: Originally Posted by MrWhitey
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown My gadget cluster from 2 months ago Yeah, but where did you get them from? Are they built into Windows 7?
Check out the SevenForums Customization threads.
Custom Clocks, Gadgets, etc
Also Windows Live Gallery has lots of gadgets " Doc " | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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12-22-2009
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rainmeter will satisfy all ur needs. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MacBook Pro
OS Lion
CPU i5
Memory 4GB
Graphics Card Intel
Screen Resolution 1200x800
Hard Drives Seagate FreeAgent GO 250GB Ext. HDD
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12-22-2009
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Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Here is a list of some of the 100 gadgets I have downLoaded  " Doc " | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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12-22-2009
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Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Here is a new one ! Talking Girl Clock !  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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12-22-2009
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Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1, Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1 |
100? Wow! I have 12 but I am only using four at the moment. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
OS Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1, Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 clocked @ 3.924 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Memory 2x 2GB OCZ DDR II SDRAM PC2-6400 (400MHz)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT
Sound Card Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro II USB
Monitor(s) Displays HP 2009m(primary), Acer P191W
Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1440x900
Keyboard Standard P/S 2
Mouse Logitech M-SBF90
PSU Antec Earthwatts EA500D
Case Antec Sonata III
Cooling 4 fans
Hard Drives Internal:WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache 7200RPM
External:Samsung Story Station 1TB HDD desktop drive
500GB Toshiba portable drive
Other Info Netbook:
ASUS Eee PC 1215P Intel Atom N550 dual-core(1.50GHz) Processor, 12.1" WXGA (1366x768) LED Display, 1GB DDR3 Memory, 250GB Hard Drive, High-speed 802.11n, 6-Cell Battery (47 W/h) for up to 8 Hours of Battery Life, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (just added 4GB Class 10 SDHC for ReadyBoost)
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12-22-2009
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I have the stock ones and installed 2 in addition. Using none  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MacBook Pro
OS Lion
CPU i5
Memory 4GB
Graphics Card Intel
Screen Resolution 1200x800
Hard Drives Seagate FreeAgent GO 250GB Ext. HDD
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