Gaming Machine [Your PC Specs] -Updated-
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lilEmber
Small Dragon
Case
Antec Sonata III
Motherboard
ASUSTeK P5K Premium wi/fi ap Blackpearl edition.
CPU
Intel Q6600 2.40 Ghz 8MB L2 Cache 1066 Bus Speed
(Can OverClock it to 3.0-3.5ghz no problem but will wait for the videocard and powersuply upgrade before tweaking it)
Optical
LG GSA-H55N 20x SATA "Super Multi" DVD Burner
HDD
->Western Digital 250GB SATA II Drive
->Seagate 120GB IDE External Enclosure.
(will up to twin Velociraptor's on RAID-0, also a single Samsung Spinpoint f1 (1TB))
RAM
2x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 @ 5-5-5-15
VGA
ATi HD3870 RV670, 825 MHz, 2400 MHz, 512 MB GDDR3
(Will be upgrading to HD4870 X2)
PSU
Stock Antec 500 watt.
(will up to a 850 Quattro soon.)
Sound
ASUSTeK HD Sound P5K Premium.
OS
->Windows Vista x86 Edition
(Will be upgrading to x64)
Display
Samsung SyncMaster 216BW on digital (1680x1050@60Hz, 3000:1 / 2ms)
Speakers
Barracuda HP-1 Gaming Headphones 5.1 surround sound with a built-in amplifier. Speakers are just Generic Logitech L&R.
Mouse
Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse (drygrip chassis installed, 4x4gram weights in use)
Keyboard
Logitech G15 Back-lit Gaming Keyboard.
Connection
Rogers Yahoo! High Speed Extreme 10mbps Download / 1mbps Upload, capped at 95GB/month
Antec Sonata III
Motherboard
ASUSTeK P5K Premium wi/fi ap Blackpearl edition.
CPU
Intel Q6600 2.40 Ghz 8MB L2 Cache 1066 Bus Speed
(Can OverClock it to 3.0-3.5ghz no problem but will wait for the videocard and powersuply upgrade before tweaking it)
Optical
LG GSA-H55N 20x SATA "Super Multi" DVD Burner
HDD
->Western Digital 250GB SATA II Drive
->Seagate 120GB IDE External Enclosure.
(will up to twin Velociraptor's on RAID-0, also a single Samsung Spinpoint f1 (1TB))
RAM
2x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 @ 5-5-5-15
VGA
ATi HD3870 RV670, 825 MHz, 2400 MHz, 512 MB GDDR3
(Will be upgrading to HD4870 X2)
PSU
Stock Antec 500 watt.
(will up to a 850 Quattro soon.)
Sound
ASUSTeK HD Sound P5K Premium.
OS
->Windows Vista x86 Edition
(Will be upgrading to x64)
Display
Samsung SyncMaster 216BW on digital (1680x1050@60Hz, 3000:1 / 2ms)
Speakers
Barracuda HP-1 Gaming Headphones 5.1 surround sound with a built-in amplifier. Speakers are just Generic Logitech L&R.
Mouse
Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse (drygrip chassis installed, 4x4gram weights in use)
Keyboard
Logitech G15 Back-lit Gaming Keyboard.
Connection
Rogers Yahoo! High Speed Extreme 10mbps Download / 1mbps Upload, capped at 95GB/month
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ZentratheFox
You just lost the game.
Damn, I haven't spent money on my computer in a good while...
My Hoss (for home):
AMD Opteron 180 (Dual Core) <-- IN THE MAIL
ASUS A8R-MVP
ATi X1900XT 512MB
2x 1GB PC3200 OCZ Platinum XTC
320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Perp. Recording
Corsair 550W PSU (41A 12V) <-- IN THE MAIL
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Regent HT-391 5.1 Surround
All stuffed in a Cooler Master Centurion 530
As soon as the new shyte gets here, some overclocking of destiny is going to take place. Stay tuned. Also, pictures to come!
My Hoss (for home):
AMD Opteron 180 (Dual Core) <-- IN THE MAIL
ASUS A8R-MVP
ATi X1900XT 512MB
2x 1GB PC3200 OCZ Platinum XTC
320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Perp. Recording
Corsair 550W PSU (41A 12V) <-- IN THE MAIL
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Regent HT-391 5.1 Surround
All stuffed in a Cooler Master Centurion 530
As soon as the new shyte gets here, some overclocking of destiny is going to take place. Stay tuned. Also, pictures to come!
KalinaEllenberg
New Member
Internal:
Video Card - ATI Raedeon PCIe 16X X1550 (512bit/MB)
Sound Card - On-board - 7.1 capable
CPU - Celeron D 3.0 Ghz Intel Socket 775
MB - nVidia nForce 650i Ultra
RAM - 2GB (8GB capable) PC2-6400
1333Mhz FSB
1x Sony DVD+-RW Drive
3.25 Floppy Drive
350W Antec Micro ATX Combo Case
2x 250GB SATA Drive
1x 40GB Seagate ATA Drive
External:
19" Trinitron Dell CRT 1600x1200 max resolution
Microsoft Wireless Mouse/Keyboard Combo
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headphone/Mic
18 inch Wacom Cintiq Tablet (old)
2.1 CompUSA 30W Speakers
Internet:
Charter High-Speed 5.0 MB Connection
All-in-all a solid machine
Video Card - ATI Raedeon PCIe 16X X1550 (512bit/MB)
Sound Card - On-board - 7.1 capable
CPU - Celeron D 3.0 Ghz Intel Socket 775
MB - nVidia nForce 650i Ultra
RAM - 2GB (8GB capable) PC2-6400
1333Mhz FSB
1x Sony DVD+-RW Drive
3.25 Floppy Drive
350W Antec Micro ATX Combo Case
2x 250GB SATA Drive
1x 40GB Seagate ATA Drive
External:
19" Trinitron Dell CRT 1600x1200 max resolution
Microsoft Wireless Mouse/Keyboard Combo
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headphone/Mic
18 inch Wacom Cintiq Tablet (old)
2.1 CompUSA 30W Speakers
Internet:
Charter High-Speed 5.0 MB Connection
All-in-all a solid machine
LocAndLoad
New Member
I really hate boasting about my computer... 
MOBO: eVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLi 775 A1 Version
CPU: 1x Intel Core2 Quad @ 2.8GHz (Overclocked)
GPU: 2x eVGA e-GeForce 9800GX2 SSC @ 1MB Each
RAM: 4x 1GB = 4GB (Forgot Brand)
HDD: 4x Western Digital Raptor X's (10,000rpm) @ 150GB Each = 600GB
Keyboard: Logitech G15 (The old version, I didn't like the new one)
Mouse: Lazer Z2 (I never heard of it either, but it's great)
And blue neons everywhere
I've got more than that, but I can't be bothered finding out or remembering the details.
Oh, and as for Crysis, I can play on high, but it's still pretty bad FPS (Like 40-50)
PS: This killed my wallet.
PPS: I built it myself. *Sees a part fall off*
MOBO: eVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLi 775 A1 Version
CPU: 1x Intel Core2 Quad @ 2.8GHz (Overclocked)
GPU: 2x eVGA e-GeForce 9800GX2 SSC @ 1MB Each
RAM: 4x 1GB = 4GB (Forgot Brand)
HDD: 4x Western Digital Raptor X's (10,000rpm) @ 150GB Each = 600GB
Keyboard: Logitech G15 (The old version, I didn't like the new one)
Mouse: Lazer Z2 (I never heard of it either, but it's great)
And blue neons everywhere
I've got more than that, but I can't be bothered finding out or remembering the details.
Oh, and as for Crysis, I can play on high, but it's still pretty bad FPS (Like 40-50)
PS: This killed my wallet.
PPS: I built it myself. *Sees a part fall off*
Well, that's the problem with the 9800 GX2 in quad SLI though. It doesn't offer much more than 10 to 20% performance over a single 9800 GX2. If even that. Performance stats for it have proven that there's no benefit to having quad SLI with 9800 GX2s yet. And I say this as a person with a 9800 GX2. They just don't scale well at the moment. Maybe in a few driver revisions... =PLocAndLoad said:
Also, it are you running all 4X Raptors in RAID 0? Are you doing it off the motherboard SATA IO controller? If so, you may want to consider investing in a dedicated RAID controller card. You potentially get up to double the IO performance by going to a dedicated RAID card for that many high performance drives, especially given how much you've invested in it.
I use an Areca 1212 card for performance off my HDs, and it's godlike.
Updating my computer specs since my last PC got trashed by the US Postal Service!
"Chromatose"
Coolermaster 830CM Stacker Limited w/ Coolermaster 1000W PSU
E8400 Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz
PNY 9800 GX2 1GB Edition XLR8 Edition
8GB OCZ Reaper 1066 RAM
2X 150GB WD Raptors
1X 500GB Seagate Barracuda
1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda
Areca 1212 High Performance RAID Controller
BenQ FP241VW 24" 1920x1200 monitor
Wacom Cintiq 21UX 1600x1200 Tablet Monitor
Saitek Eclipse II keyboard
Razer DeathAdder mouse
"Inkdrinker"
Alienware m9750
Intel C2D T7200 2.0Ghz
4GB RAM
2X GeForce 7950 GTX in SLI
2X 200GB Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 7200RPM Hard drives
1920x1200 LCD with Clearview
Razer DeathAdder mouse
"Chromatose"
Coolermaster 830CM Stacker Limited w/ Coolermaster 1000W PSU
E8400 Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz
PNY 9800 GX2 1GB Edition XLR8 Edition
8GB OCZ Reaper 1066 RAM
2X 150GB WD Raptors
1X 500GB Seagate Barracuda
1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda
Areca 1212 High Performance RAID Controller
BenQ FP241VW 24" 1920x1200 monitor
Wacom Cintiq 21UX 1600x1200 Tablet Monitor
Saitek Eclipse II keyboard
Razer DeathAdder mouse
"Inkdrinker"
Alienware m9750
Intel C2D T7200 2.0Ghz
4GB RAM
2X GeForce 7950 GTX in SLI
2X 200GB Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 7200RPM Hard drives
1920x1200 LCD with Clearview
Razer DeathAdder mouse
TheRedRaptor
Frot me baby!
You must get high on Ozone Preyfar.
You take your computing seriously.
Tell me where you live... so I can steal your
You lucky bastard
You take your computing seriously.
Tell me where you live... so I can steal your
Hah, I just have fun with it.TheRedRaptor said:
I'm like a budget shopper... I wait, sneak around for the best deals on hardware than build/upgrade PCs.I could put together a PC for $1,000 flat that'd eat Crysis alive. And easily so. =P I want to so bad, too, but I've got nobody to sell it to if I made it. Heh heh.
TheRedRaptor
Frot me baby!
Sigh... why does my hobby have to cost so much.
And over priced too I might add
And over priced too I might add
Rhainor
Rawr.
LocAndLoad said:
You call 40 frames per second "bad"? Boy, you don't know bad framerates if you're calling that "bad". I tried running Crysis on my computer at the absolute lowet graphics settings, and was getting 17 frames per second max; I was averaging something like 12 or 15. I can run UT3 with minimum graphics at an average of about 27-30fps, which is playable. PC version of Gears of War? Back in the teens, borderline unplayable (I'll grin and bear it for co-op play...sometimes).
Preyfar said:
If I had money, I'd take you up on that. Alas, I am jobless.
VomitBucket
Gore! not Core
Specs:
HP Pavilion <3
Windows Vista D':
BFG nVidia GeForce 8400 GS
3gb RAM
AMD Athlon 64x2 Duel Core Processor 5600+ 2.8GHz
400gb Hard Drive
I think it's sexy :3
HP Pavilion <3
Windows Vista D':
BFG nVidia GeForce 8400 GS
3gb RAM
AMD Athlon 64x2 Duel Core Processor 5600+ 2.8GHz
400gb Hard Drive
I think it's sexy :3
DragonKid
Seemingly Normal
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate w/ SP1 (32-bit)
Case: Apevia Black X-Cruiser
PSU: Silverstone 750W (Modular)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz)
Mobo: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
HDD's: Samsung 500GB, Seagate 250GB
RAM: A-Data 2GB DRR2-800
GPU: EVGA 8600 GTS 512MB (Superclocked)
Other Drives: LITE-ON DVD+/-RW w/ Lightscribe
Monitor: Acer AL2216W (22 inch)
Mouse: Logitech MX Revolution
Keyboard: Microsoft Digital Media Pro
Speakers: Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 (THX Certified)
Extra: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800, Core 2 Quad Glitter Lamp, Wacom Graphire4
Now that I've listed all of that, I will say that this machine is not for gaming. I'm not even remotely a gamer. I got this so I would be somewhat future-proofed.
Case: Apevia Black X-Cruiser
PSU: Silverstone 750W (Modular)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz)
Mobo: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
HDD's: Samsung 500GB, Seagate 250GB
RAM: A-Data 2GB DRR2-800
GPU: EVGA 8600 GTS 512MB (Superclocked)
Other Drives: LITE-ON DVD+/-RW w/ Lightscribe
Monitor: Acer AL2216W (22 inch)
Mouse: Logitech MX Revolution
Keyboard: Microsoft Digital Media Pro
Speakers: Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 (THX Certified)
Extra: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800, Core 2 Quad Glitter Lamp, Wacom Graphire4
Now that I've listed all of that, I will say that this machine is not for gaming. I'm not even remotely a gamer. I got this so I would be somewhat future-proofed.
TheRedRaptor
Frot me baby!
Preyfar said:
So what parts would you put in it?
I
Ishnuvalok
Guest
Chassi: Antec Ninehundred
PSU: Silver Power 600watt
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66ghz
Motherboard: Asus PK5, P35 socket 775
RAM: 2048mb Corsair DDR2
Grafics Card: EVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768mb
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500gb
OS: Windows Vista 32bit
Monitor: LG 19" LCD L1918-SN
Mouse: Logictech MX518 optical
Keyboard: Logitech deluxe 250
And to top it all off, all the chassi fans (and the PSU fan) are blue LED's, so it's all pretty.
PSU: Silver Power 600watt
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66ghz
Motherboard: Asus PK5, P35 socket 775
RAM: 2048mb Corsair DDR2
Grafics Card: EVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768mb
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500gb
OS: Windows Vista 32bit
Monitor: LG 19" LCD L1918-SN
Mouse: Logictech MX518 optical
Keyboard: Logitech deluxe 250
And to top it all off, all the chassi fans (and the PSU fan) are blue LED's, so it's all pretty.
Intel E8400 or Q6600 (Both are $200)
eVGA 512MB 8800 GTS ($250)
2GB Corsair XMS RAM ($50)
nForce 750i motherboard ($150)
All your primary components bring the total cost up to an average of about $650. You can easily find a decent case, hard drive, DVD ROM/R ($30) and 750 watt PSU ($100+) to handle all of that for under $1,000. It'll run Crysis well on High Detail (keep in mind nothing can run Ultra High well). Oh, and every other single PC game out there.
A 500GB HD is about $100, but most people still don't need that much space, so a good, strong 250 or 320GB drive will do well.
The system will also have plenty of room to grow, and can fit quad-core or graphics updates rather easily. It's also not that expensive of a gaming PC. Couple it with a great 19" widescreen monitor and you'd be good to go.
LordWibble
Member
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
GeForce 8600GT 512mb
2GB 800mhz RAM
320GB HDD
Shitty old CRT monitor.
GeForce 8600GT 512mb
2GB 800mhz RAM
320GB HDD
Shitty old CRT monitor.
I've bolted on a few things to my old gaming rig since the last time I've posted it's specs.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300(1.8 GHz) overclocked to 3Ghz
Mobo: MSI P6N SLI Platinum
RAM: 2x1Gb Samsung DDR2 667Mhz
GPU: Radeon 1950PRO (overclocked)
HDD's: WD1200JB 120GB, WD5000ABYS 500GB
PSU: 1000W Chieftec CFT-1000DG (Modular)
Monitor: LG L1900J (19 inch, 4:3)
Mouse: Razer Lachesis
Keyboard: A4Tech Keyworks Office (for the "\" key next to right hand "shift" key)
The recent additions were geared toward two things - safer overclocking and a more silent running in idle mode, since I do not turn my PC off.
Replacing the CPU cooler with Asus Silent Square Pro both made it absolutely silent under zero load and allowed me to safely overclock my the CPU from 1.8Ghz to 3Ghz on air.
Replacing the default PSU with Chieftec's provided sufficient and stable power enough for safer overclocking, and made the PSU run almost totally silent. (yes, I know I will never use an entire 1kW, but there weren't other Chieftec PSUs on sale here, just this unit).
The case is outfitted with 120mm fans everywhere I could find room put them, wired together through a 3'5 floppy drive bay fan speed controller. When gaming, the rig screams with noise and almost literally hovers above the table on a generated air cushion - but when idle, the only thing I can hear are random hard drive seeks.
I would definitely get something more powerful for a video card, but so far ATI has failed to deliver something I would be willing to buy without a second thought.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300(1.8 GHz) overclocked to 3Ghz
Mobo: MSI P6N SLI Platinum
RAM: 2x1Gb Samsung DDR2 667Mhz
GPU: Radeon 1950PRO (overclocked)
HDD's: WD1200JB 120GB, WD5000ABYS 500GB
PSU: 1000W Chieftec CFT-1000DG (Modular)
Monitor: LG L1900J (19 inch, 4:3)
Mouse: Razer Lachesis
Keyboard: A4Tech Keyworks Office (for the "\" key next to right hand "shift" key)
The recent additions were geared toward two things - safer overclocking and a more silent running in idle mode, since I do not turn my PC off.
Replacing the CPU cooler with Asus Silent Square Pro both made it absolutely silent under zero load and allowed me to safely overclock my the CPU from 1.8Ghz to 3Ghz on air.
Replacing the default PSU with Chieftec's provided sufficient and stable power enough for safer overclocking, and made the PSU run almost totally silent. (yes, I know I will never use an entire 1kW, but there weren't other Chieftec PSUs on sale here, just this unit).
The case is outfitted with 120mm fans everywhere I could find room put them, wired together through a 3'5 floppy drive bay fan speed controller. When gaming, the rig screams with noise and almost literally hovers above the table on a generated air cushion - but when idle, the only thing I can hear are random hard drive seeks.
I would definitely get something more powerful for a video card, but so far ATI has failed to deliver something I would be willing to buy without a second thought.
Dragon-Commando
Razor, a living wrecking ball!
my specs for my current gaming rig:
CPU: 3.2ghz P4 Presscott HT on 800mhz FSB (one of the last socket 478s)
Mobo: ECS PM800 M2 (via chipset)
HD: 80GB WD ATA 133 (who needs a huge drive in a gaming rig?)
PSU: 540W (can't remember what brand, but it's a good one. has 2 fans also)
Ram: 2x 1GB Kingston DDR 400
Graphics: Saphhire Radeon HD2600 Pro AGP 512mb
Sound: onboard AC97' compatable with HRTF virtual surround
(uses calculations to simulate your ear, so instead of a million speakers, you only need two. You only have 2 ears right?)
This rig has served me well, the presscott was a bit of a bother to keep cool, but after alot of the case modifications I managed to get it to run at 60ºC at 100%. I can run the orange box games at 1280x960 with everything on high and 4xAF and 4xAA at a good frame rates and never drop below 40fps.
The most I've had the Presscott up to was 96ºC, at which point the computer was still running as if nothing was wrong. I took one look at the temp monitor and went "HOLY SH@#!!!" and shut it down with the hard switch at the back. Still runs like new and this was 2 years ago, before I upgraded it.
CPU: 3.2ghz P4 Presscott HT on 800mhz FSB (one of the last socket 478s)
Mobo: ECS PM800 M2 (via chipset)
HD: 80GB WD ATA 133 (who needs a huge drive in a gaming rig?)
PSU: 540W (can't remember what brand, but it's a good one. has 2 fans also)
Ram: 2x 1GB Kingston DDR 400
Graphics: Saphhire Radeon HD2600 Pro AGP 512mb
Sound: onboard AC97' compatable with HRTF virtual surround
(uses calculations to simulate your ear, so instead of a million speakers, you only need two. You only have 2 ears right?)
This rig has served me well, the presscott was a bit of a bother to keep cool, but after alot of the case modifications I managed to get it to run at 60ºC at 100%. I can run the orange box games at 1280x960 with everything on high and 4xAF and 4xAA at a good frame rates and never drop below 40fps.
The most I've had the Presscott up to was 96ºC, at which point the computer was still running as if nothing was wrong. I took one look at the temp monitor and went "HOLY SH@#!!!" and shut it down with the hard switch at the back. Still runs like new and this was 2 years ago, before I upgraded it.
TheRedRaptor
Frot me baby!
It keeps Evolving!!
The Blue Baby: Mark Three/ Mark III Vista BB
Builder: me
* • Case: Antec Super lanboy
* • Motherboard: Abit Ic7
* • CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz Northwood. Cooled by an Zalman 9500LED
* • ODD: 1 LITE-ON DVD writer
* • HDD: 1 80GB Western Digital Caviar and 3 40GB Seagate Barracudas
* • RAM: 2.0Gb of Corsair XMS 3200 DDR at timings of 2-3-2-5
* • VPU: Powercolor X1950Pro AGP
* • PSU: 550Watt Thremaltake
* • Sound: Audgy 2 Value
* Microsoft Windows XP Pro Service Pack Three
* Now dual booting Vista Business Service Pack One
The Blue Baby: Mark Three/ Mark III Vista BB
Builder: me
* • Case: Antec Super lanboy
* • Motherboard: Abit Ic7
* • CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz Northwood. Cooled by an Zalman 9500LED
* • ODD: 1 LITE-ON DVD writer
* • HDD: 1 80GB Western Digital Caviar and 3 40GB Seagate Barracudas
* • RAM: 2.0Gb of Corsair XMS 3200 DDR at timings of 2-3-2-5
* • VPU: Powercolor X1950Pro AGP
* • PSU: 550Watt Thremaltake
* • Sound: Audgy 2 Value
* Microsoft Windows XP Pro Service Pack Three
* Now dual booting Vista Business Service Pack One