The "Rate My Computer" Thread

[SSJ3MarioBros]

2ms response time is actually the highest I've seen, but 5ms is about the standard. Mine's 6ms and I don't even notice input lag.

I'm not sure how much you'll notice the contrast ratio, I've never really cared to find out what impact it has. Mine's 1000:1 and it's good enough for me :P

The one thing that I can't settle for less on is resolution. Believe me, the higher the better, you'll love it. Being able to chat with friends and surf the web using the Steam overlay makes having a high resolution even sweeter, cause you have all that room to do it with :D No compromising with a little tiny window or losing chats behind it for me :D

[GameOver1]

Good luck overclocking that cpu with a passive cooler, or at least that's what I hear dell does with the xps line, might want to check that

lol I doubt he's going to overclock a pre-built system, especially without upgrading the PSU first.

[lor66875]

Intel E5200 2.5
ATI HD 4670
2GB 800MHZ
Windows XP SP3
250GB Hard drive

[Durial32I]

Intel E5200 2.5
ATI HD 4670
2GB 800MHZ
Windows XP SP3
250GB Hard drive

Good card but the CPU is holding it back a tiny bit.. can you overclock it?

[µR¼]

Replacing my old 939 build:
Phenom II 940
Gigabyte MA790X- UD4P
4GB (2x2) Gskill 1066ddr ram
HD4850
Corsair Tx750
Turtle Beach Montego DLL sound card
2x 250gb Western Digital HDD
1x 400gb WD HDD
Acer x22# - 22"
Samsung 19B - 19"

Good card but the CPU is holding it back a tiny bit.. can you overclock it?
I never understood how this was ever measured...Bottlenecking and all that.

[V3ctorPT]

Intel E5200 2.5
ATI HD 4670
2GB 800MHZ
Windows XP SP3
250GB Hard drive

I bought one of those to my GF... it hitted 3.3Ghz only upping the fsb... :D no vcore, no nothing (except mems divisor, of course)

One hell of a little cpu

[naaathannn]

* Didn't realize this thread was so old

Got my Tax refund and i am getting new desktop, what do you think about this:
DELL XPS 625 featuring AMD Black Edition processors
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Black Edition (3.0GHz/125W)
6GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 2 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
CrossFireX, Dual ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB
Single Drive: Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
Might upgrade video card to CrossFireX Dual ATI Radeon HD4870 1024MB

Now what are peoples opinion of crossfire, I know some games can't use crossfire and was wondering if said games could run on only one card or would it look like crap and be slow. So let me know what you think of the specs and crossfire please. Also is having a physics accelerator make a big difference ?

Better off building your own desktop. I honestly perfer Nvidia, well at least for the past 2 years. I've really appreciated there driver support for windows/linux and I in my opinion I think they are better at updating drivers than ATI, or at least utilizing there components better.

CPU: Core i7 920 3.8GHz
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster V8
Ram: 6GB 1540MHz 9-9-9-24
Motherboard: EVGA x58 x3 SLI
GPU: Dual SLI - BFG GTX 280 675/1425/2400
PSU: Antec Signature Series 850w
Case: Antec P180

I think I may need a new case soon, It gets to toasty inside while heavy gaming for my taste. The bottom GPM has about 1cm~2cm clearance from the dividing chamber. Will post pictures later.

Idle temps from the CPU went from 22~26c to about 30~38c

[SSJ3MarioBros]

Naaathannn: I give you a 9.0 for gaming, 9.5 for overall value. Nice overclock on the CPU! Sounds like the V8 is a great heatsink :D

And P180s look like a very cramped case D:


I bought one of those to my GF... it hitted 3.3Ghz only upping the fsb... :D no vcore, no nothing (except mems divisor, of course)

One hell of a little cpu

I second this, I've seen people get these to 4 GHz =o They are very impressive little budget chips :P

I recommend getting a good CPU cooler though if you want to go higher than what the stock VCore lets you, something like a Tuniq Tower.

I don't want to turn this into an overclocking discussion thread, there are plenty of other places to talk about that, but I just want to say that a lot of you have CPUs with a lot more potential than you let them show :P Slap an aftermarket heatsink on them, open up an overclocking guide, and have fun with it!

Remember that as long as you don't go CRAZY high and somehow blow the chip (typically motherboards have built in sensors to stop that from happening), you can always set it back to stock.

[Mrcod]

It's finished!

Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720
Motherboard: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 790FX SB750
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600
Power Supply: OCZ GameXtreme 700W
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW 20" Widescreen LCD

[lhwj]

To all of you, please don't get the impression that I am the only one allowed to rate builds. You are all welcome to do so, you can either follow my criteria here (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9029140&postcount=2693) or make your own, it's your personal opinion so you decide yourself.

Rate mine! (well Im buying it later today)

ASRock M3A790GXH/128M AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor

EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

I'd say 8.3.


Why do people say Full HD. :confused:

Because it makes their setups sound cooler. If all they say is full HD and don't bother to mention the resolution, I would assume they're talking 1080p not 720, so it's not completely useless.

Hahaha, yeah, if 1080p is "Full HD," what does that make my 1600p monitor?

*Looks at the box* Ah, apparently "Extreme HD" xD



HD is just a term aimed at average consumers to describe resolution that is better than the standard definition TV. That's why 720p was (and probably still is) considered HD.

Since computer display resolutions have been mainstream for years now HD as a term is largely irrelevant.

Intel E5200 2.5
ATI HD 4670
2GB 800MHZ
Windows XP SP3
250GB Hard drive

6.5.

Replacing my old 939 build:
Phenom II 940
Gigabyte MA790X- UD4P
4GB (2x2) Gskill 1066ddr ram
HD4850
Corsair Tx750
Turtle Beach Montego DLL sound card
2x 250gb Western Digital HDD
1x 400gb WD HDD
Acer x22# - 22"
Samsung 19B - 19"


I never understood how this was ever measured...Bottlenecking and all that.

8.2. The 4850 is a great card, I have one too but at this level (with a high end AMD Phenom II) I think it would have been better to buy a card which is a level or two higher, like the GTX260 or the new 4890.

Better off building your own desktop. I honestly perfer Nvidia, well at least for the past 2 years. I've really appreciated there driver support for windows/linux and I in my opinion I think they are better at updating drivers than ATI, or at least utilizing there components better.

CPU: Core i7 920 3.8GHz
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster V8
Ram: 6GB 1540MHz 9-9-9-24
Motherboard: EVGA x58 x3 SLI
GPU: Dual SLI - BFG GTX 280 675/1425/2400
PSU: Antec Signature Series 850w
Case: Antec P180


Well you wouldn't jokingly or deceitfully say that you prefer nVidia right? lol.

9.5.

It's finished!

Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720
Motherboard: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 790FX SB750
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600
Power Supply: OCZ GameXtreme 700W
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW 20" Widescreen LCD

I already gave this 8.5 earlier. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9607438&postcount=2993

Luke

[JonasHoeiberg]

It's finished!

Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720
Motherboard: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 790FX SB750
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600
Power Supply: OCZ GameXtreme 700W
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW 20" Widescreen LCD

8/10

Rate mine! (well Im buying it later today)

ASRock M3A790GXH/128M AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor

EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

7/10

Better off building your own desktop. I honestly perfer Nvidia, well at least for the past 2 years. I've really appreciated there driver support for windows/linux and I in my opinion I think they are better at updating drivers than ATI, or at least utilizing there components better.

CPU: Core i7 920 3.8GHz
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster V8
Ram: 6GB 1540MHz 9-9-9-24
Motherboard: EVGA x58 x3 SLI
GPU: Dual SLI - BFG GTX 280 675/1425/2400
PSU: Antec Signature Series 850w
Case: Antec P180

I think I may need a new case soon, It gets to toasty inside while heavy gaming for my taste. The bottom GPM has about 1cm~2cm clearance from the dividing chamber. Will post pictures later.

Idle temps from the CPU went from 22~26c to about 30~38c

9/10

And my own:

MoBo: Asus P6T Deluxe OC palm
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.66GHz
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P
RAM: 6GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1333MHz
GPU: MSI nVBidia GeForce GTX 295
PSU: Antec-INC Quattro 850W
Chassis: Antec-INC P182
HDD: WD VelociRaptor 300GB

[lhwj]

And my own:

MoBo: Asus P6T Deluxe OC palm
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.66GHz
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P
RAM: 6GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1333MHz
GPU: MSI nVBidia GeForce GTX 295
PSU: Antec-INC Quattro 850W
Chassis: Antec-INC P182
HDD: WD VelociRaptor 300GB

9.5. More points awarded if you overclock that i7 and get another GTX295 :D

Luke

[SandwhichThing]

Just wondering, but how could you score a perfect score (10) on this thread. I know it's probably based mostly on your own opinions (I'm not sure about this though, and if it's a false statement sorry), but if someone has some spare time on their hands to kill could they post a perfect PC build. It'd be interesting to see :D. If you want you can PM it to me, since so many people post in Hardware/Operating systems that I might not stumble upon this thread for a while.

-Sandwhich

[JonasHoeiberg]

Just wondering, but how could you score a perfect score (10) on this thread. I know it's probably based mostly on your own opinions (I'm not sure about this though, and if it's a false statement sorry), but if someone has some spare time on their hands to kill could they post a perfect PC build. It'd be interesting to see :D. If you want you can PM it to me, since so many people post in Hardware/Operating systems that I might not stumble upon this thread for a while.

-Sandwhich

NOT MINE!

MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: Core i7 965 Extreme @ any clockrate
RAM: 12GB OC'd to 2GHz
GPU: Quad-SLI GTX 295
Chassis: High-performance Fulltower
PSU: 1kW
Cooling: Liquid cooling
HDD: 2 128GB high-performance SSDs in Raid 0 for OS and vital programs + 2 WD VelociRaptors 300GB in raid 0 for less used games and storage.

This would get an 11/10 from me

[SSJ3MarioBros]

The sad thing is that a 10/10, $5,000 PC NOW, will be a 9/10, $2000 PC in a year xD

[DorkSterr]

NOT MINE!

MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: Core i7 965 Extreme @ any clockrate
RAM: 12GB OC'd to 2GHz
GPU: Quad-SLI GTX 295
Chassis: High-performance Fulltower
PSU: 1kW
Cooling: Liquid cooling
HDD: 2 128GB high-performance SSDs in Raid 0 for OS and vital programs + 2 WD VelociRaptors 300GB in raid 0 for less used games and storage.

This would get an 11/10 from me

Instead of the 2 128GB high-performance SSDs put 2 512GB SSDs. Thats a 9.5

[MaudDib]

ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe Mobo
AMD 9950 Quad - Deneb on way.
ANTEC Signature Series 800W PSU
8 GB OCZ Reaper
2 Sapphire 4870's Toxic Crossfired.
150 gig WD Velociraptor with 1TB backup
Xfi Extreme Sound/
Razer Diamondback mouse
Tarantula Keyboard
LG 227 monitor

[shawnl1969]

I've always bought pre-built systems in the past and this is my first build.


Core i7920 O/C to 3GHz
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P Motherboard
Vigor Monsoon III CPU Cooler
Two Sapphire HD4870 1GB Video cards Crossfired
WD Caviar 1TB Harddrive
12GB Corsair DDR3 1333 RAM
Antec 1200 Case
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W Power Supply
Samsung 2433BW Monitor

[lhwj]

I've always bought pre-built systems in the past and this is my first build.


Core i7920 O/C to 3GHz
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P Motherboard
Vigor Monsoon III CPU Cooler
Two Sapphire HD4870 1GB Video cards Crossfired
WD Caviar 1TB Harddrive
12GB Corsair DDR3 1333 RAM
Antec 1200 Case
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W Power Supply
Samsung 2433BW Monitor


Ah, we're finally back on topic. Nice system, 9.5.

Luke

[supercho]

mine~

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton 1.833GHz 512KB L2 Cache (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103379) (OC to 2.0GHz - 2800+) ~ $90
mobo: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 462(A) NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131436) ~ $123
GPU: ATI Radeon 9600pro ~ $200
Ram: 3x CORSAIR 512MB 184-Pin DDR 400 (PC 3200) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145026) ~ $194
HDD: WD Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144122) ~ $75
PSU: Antec 350W ~ Free came with Antec case

Finally upgrading. all the parts are on the way!!!

[xJPM100x]

I had the same mobo in my socket A machine but I had 1GB of ummm... not sure lol...and a 3000+

[JonasHoeiberg]

mine~

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton 1.833GHz 512KB L2 Cache (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103379) (OC to 2.0GHz - 2800+) ~ $90
mobo: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 462(A) NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131436) ~ $123
GPU: ATI Radeon 9600pro ~ $200
Ram: 3x CORSAIR 512MB 184-Pin DDR 400 (PC 3200) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145026) ~ $194
HDD: WD Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144122) ~ $75
PSU: Antec 350W ~ Free came with Antec case

Finally upgrading. all the parts are on the way!!!

4/10
Is this the system you're upgrading to or your old??

[supercho]

LOL. this is my old. all my new parts should be delivered by monday.

[Tthorlord]

My Rig:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0ghz (OC to 3.6GHZ) 12MB L2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130)
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003)
XFX GX260NADBF GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150330)
2x OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267)
Seagate Barracuda 750GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298) + 1TB Harddrive
D-Link DWA-556 IEEE 802.11n PCI Express Xtreme Desktop Adapter (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127218)
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2665)
X-Fi Xtreme Music
Windows Vista Ultimate x64

[HerBDerb]

CPU: Intel Q9400(OCed @ 3.2GHZ)
MoBo: EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI
RAM: Patriot Viper 4GB DDR3 2000MHZ
GPU: EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit Superclocked
PSU: BFG-tech 550W GS (meh..)
OS: Windows 7 (build 7057)

Yeah, I know that I need to buy a better PSU...

[mejwidget]

CPU: Intel Q9400(OCed @ 3.2GHZ)
MoBo: EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI
RAM: Patriot Viper 4GB DDR3 2000MHZ
GPU: EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit Superclocked
PSU: BFG-tech 550W GS (meh..)
OS: Windows 7 (build 7057)

Yeah, I know that I need to buy a better PSU...

Hmmm...nice. i'd give it around 8.4

[mejwidget]

My Rig:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0ghz (OC to 3.6GHZ) 12MB L2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130)
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003)
XFX GX260NADBF GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150330)
2x OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267)
Seagate Barracuda 750GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298) + 1TB Harddrive
D-Link DWA-556 IEEE 802.11n PCI Express Xtreme Desktop Adapter (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127218)
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2665)
X-Fi Xtreme Music
Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Good rig. i give i give it 8.75

(p.s i have not yet figured out how to do more than one quote in a reply)

[Mudkipz]

(p.s i have not yet figured out how to do more than one quote in a reply)

Either use the quote tags when you are making a new post (top set of options above where you type your post). Or, the easiest way, hit quote on first person, copy, back, quote second person, paste at start of message, then format it with some lines and stuff.

Tthorlorn I would give you ~8.9-9.3 probably 9.2
HerBderd- about an 8.7, maybe lower 'cause of that PSU

Oh, and noes:( I lost my exact 1,000 posts now:p

[Mangr0v3]

Intel Dual-Core E2200 2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB
Stock Intel Cooler
Gigabyte LGA770 GA-G31M-S2L
2x 1GB Generic (Sillicon Valley?) DDR2-800 RAM
ATi Radeon HD2400PRO (will get Gigabyte 9500GT soon)
Samsung HD642JJ SATA2 7200RPM 640GB
Bentec ATX-300-12Z 300W PSU
CompaQ Case from SR1720AN
D-Link DWL-G510 b/g WiFi PCI Adapater
Realtek High-Definition Audio
HP vs17e 17" LCD with inbuilt speakers
Creative Gamer HD7600L
CompaQ Keyboard (Model 5185)

[JonasHoeiberg]

Intel Dual-Core E2200 2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB
Stock Intel Cooler
Gigabyte LGA770 GA-G31M-S2L
2x 1GB Generic (Sillicon Valley?) DDR2-800 RAM
ATi Radeon HD2400PRO (will get Gigabyte 9500GT soon)
Samsung HD642JJ SATA2 7200RPM 640GB
Bentec ATX-300-12Z 300W PSU
CompaQ Case from SR1720AN
D-Link DWL-G510 b/g WiFi PCI Adapater
Realtek High-Definition Audio
HP vs17e 17" LCD with inbuilt speakers
Creative Gamer HD7600L
CompaQ Keyboard (Model 5185)


5.5/10

Plus some text because the forums insist.

[Mangr0v3]

Plus some text because the forums insist.

Yeah, it's annoying how quotes dont count towards the 10 character limit.

Woot, I passed :p

[lhwj]

Woot, I passed :p

Passed? Didn't you know the passing mark is 6 and above? :D :p
(You'll get more than 6 after upgrading to the 9500GT)

Luke

[JonasHoeiberg]

I would actually like to have my old system (laptop) rated as well, for reference :P:

CPU: Core 2 Duo T5600 @ 1.83GHz
RAM: 2GB DDR2 @ 667MHz
HDD: 120GB @ 5400rpm
GPU: nVidia Gefore 7600 Go

[cola1234]

Might as well mention my laptop. :D
CPU- AMD Athlon Turion 64 X2 2.0ghz
Ram- 2x2GB DDR2 533MHZ
HDD- 250GB Sata
GPU- 7150M 128mb shared (ugh :()
Monitor- 17" Widescreen Glossy 1440x900 native
OS- Windows Vista Home Prem. 64-Bit

:(

[silvestres]

Hi, 1st post and i simply stumbled to this thread :D Here's mine:

* AMD X2 3800+ 939@2.8GHz 1.425V
* 3 Watercoolers, 2 Zalman Reserators connected into 1
2 self-built
* DFI nF4 Ultra-D 939
* 2x 1GB TeamXtreem Cronus@257MHz
* Sapphire 4670 512MB
* Raptor 74GB, 2xSamsungHD501LJ, 1xST3500641AS, 3xHDS724040
2xSamsungHD400LJ, 2x Fujitsu MHT2080BH == 3734GB
* Silverstone Strider 750W
* Ripped open Tt Swing Case
* nVidia Gbit LAN and Marvel Gbit LAN - 30Mbit Cable/6Mbit
DSL
* Modded X-Fi Xtreme Music
* Modded Altec Lansing MX5021
* LG L1972H LCD Monitor
* Lenovo 800dpi Optical Mouse
* IBM Rapid Acces Keyboard II

would actually like to have my old system (laptop) rated as well, for reference :P:

CPU: Core 2 Duo T5600 @ 1.83GHz
RAM: 2GB DDR2 @ 667MHz
HDD: 120GB @ 5400rpm
GPU: nVidia Gefore 7600 Go

well at my standard: 4 or 5? Because i've seen better lappy with C2D 2GHz and 8400GS and thats not even comparable to PC IMO.

Might as well mention my laptop.
CPU- AMD Athlon Turion 64 X2 2.0ghz
Ram- 2x2GB DDR2 533MHZ
HDD- 250GB Sata
GPU- 7150M 128mb shared (ugh )
Monitor- 17" Widescreen Glossy 1440x900 native
OS- Windows Vista Home Prem. 64-Bit


IMO also 4 or 4.5 cause i think they perform +/- the same but the previous one has an edge in gaming with better graphics.

[JonasHoeiberg]

What part of "rate three" don't people understand?

[FuzzDad]

Intel i7 920 2.6 o/c to 3.4
EVGA X58 mobo
2x SLI nVidia 275 GTX
6GB DDR3 1600
1x150GB Raptor, 1x1TB WD
xFI Platinum
Antec series 850 PSU
Thermaltake Element S case
24" Samsung
Win 7 beta

[Mudkipz]

Intel i7 920 2.6 o/c to 3.4
EVGA X58 mobo
2x SLI nVidia 275 GTX
6GB DDR3 1600
1x150GB Raptor, 1x1TB WD
xFI Platinum
Antec series 850 PSU
Thermaltake Element S case
24" Samsung
Win 7 beta

9.7 or there abouts. What PSU is that more specifically?

[JonasHoeiberg]

Intel i7 920 2.6 o/c to 3.4
EVGA X58 mobo
2x SLI nVidia 275 GTX
6GB DDR3 1600
1x150GB Raptor, 1x1TB WD
xFI Platinum
Antec series 850 PSU
Thermaltake Element S case
24" Samsung
Win 7 beta

9.6/10 (Just to distinct it from Mudkipz' ^^)

* AMD X2 3800+ 939@2.8GHz 1.425V
* 3 Watercoolers, 2 Zalman Reserators connected into 1
2 self-built
* DFI nF4 Ultra-D 939
* 2x 1GB TeamXtreem Cronus@257MHz
* Sapphire 4670 512MB
* Raptor 74GB, 2xSamsungHD501LJ, 1xST3500641AS, 3xHDS724040
2xSamsungHD400LJ, 2x Fujitsu MHT2080BH == 3734GB
* Silverstone Strider 750W
* Ripped open Tt Swing Case
* nVidia Gbit LAN and Marvel Gbit LAN - 30Mbit Cable/6Mbit
DSL
* Modded X-Fi Xtreme Music
* Modded Altec Lansing MX5021
* LG L1972H LCD Monitor
* Lenovo 800dpi Optical Mouse
* IBM Rapid Acces Keyboard II

7.5/10

CPU- AMD Athlon Turion 64 X2 2.0ghz
Ram- 2x2GB DDR2 533MHZ
HDD- 250GB Sata
GPU- 7150M 128mb shared (ugh )
Monitor- 17" Widescreen Glossy 1440x900 native
OS- Windows Vista Home Prem. 64-Bit

5.5/10

well at my standard: 4 or 5? Because i've seen better lappy with C2D 2GHz and 8400GS and thats not even comparable to PC IMO.

Indeed it isn't. I wouldn't give it more than 3 personally..

[cola1234]

Well it's not my main PC. =P This is O:!
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=548491

[silvestres]

Intel i7 920 2.6 o/c to 3.4
EVGA X58 mobo
2x SLI nVidia 275 GTX
6GB DDR3 1600
1x150GB Raptor, 1x1TB WD
xFI Platinum
Antec series 850 PSU
Thermaltake Element S case
24" Samsung
Win 7 beta
really nice spec
just like the others: i give you 9.55 :p

by the way, how long u guys think my system would last? i really like my system, mainly because the board is so damn solid and i think it's still powerful as it is. And the way i see it, more cores arent equal to more power in gaming so unless AMD/Intel produce 4GHz procs right out of the fab, i wont replace mine :D. I guess i still can hold on to my system for 1-2 or even 3 years with proper graphics card upgrade, right?

[lhwj]

by the way, how long u guys think my system would last? i really like my system, mainly because the board is so damn solid and i think it's still powerful as it is. And the way i see it, more cores arent equal to more power in gaming so unless AMD/Intel produce 4GHz procs right out of the fab, i wont replace mine :D. I guess i still can hold on to my system for 1-2 or even 3 years with proper graphics card upgrade, right?

4 GHz is still a long way off, top processors are currently touching about 3 GHz. Clock speed doesn't matter much anymore nowadays, it's the architecture. For example the i7 920 at 2.66 GHz (same speed as my Core 2 Duo) is superior to the AMD's Phenom II 940 at 3.0 GHz.

Yeah I suppose games for the next one or two years will still be playable but your Socket 939 board is holding you back, I think for the price you spent on the water cooling and the Raptor you could have gotten a budget dual core + motherboard + DDR2 RAM.

Luke

[Big O]

This comp is almost 7 years old, though its insides have been replaced multiple times. I'm on my 3rd mobo, can't remember if its 5th or 6th cpu, went from originally 512 ddr, to the present 6gb ddr2. On my 3rd 3d card, originally i think I had a geforce2 or 3. Next to go is obviously the hard drives.

AMD 4850e @ 2.5ghz
Asus m2a-vm hdmi mobo
Sapphire radeon 3850 256mb
6GB DDR2 1066, corsair
1x60gb IBM "Death Star" (circa 1999, still runs!)
1x80gb wdc, 1x120gb wdc (i've been using ide to sata converters =/
Antec Truepower 550w (almost 7 years old!)
Kingwin KT-436B-WM Magnesium case (almost 7 years old!)
17" Gateway widescreen
vista x64 sp1

[October Pillar]

Well it's not my main PC. =P This is O:!
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=548491

is there a site like that but in english? I want a site that tells me all my specs!

[KillerK]

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale @ 3.0GHz
Mushkin HP PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL5-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM
Diamond Radeon 4850 HD 512MB
ASUS P5QL Pro ATX LGA775 P43 DDR2 1PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2053BW 20"
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 bit
Case: Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case

[lhwj]

This comp is almost 7 years old, though its insides have been replaced multiple times. I'm on my 3rd mobo, can't remember if its 5th or 6th cpu, went from originally 512 ddr, to the present 6gb ddr2. On my 3rd 3d card, originally i think I had a geforce2 or 3. Next to go is obviously the hard drives.

AMD 4850e @ 2.5ghz
Asus m2a-vm hdmi mobo
Sapphire radeon 3850 256mb
6GB DDR2 1066, corsair
1x60gb IBM "Death Star" (circa 1999, still runs!)
1x80gb wdc, 1x120gb wdc (i've been using ide to sata converters =/
Antec Truepower 550w (almost 7 years old!)
Kingwin KT-436B-WM Magnesium case (almost 7 years old!)
17" Gateway widescreen
vista x64 sp1

Er.. having a 7 year old power supply and case doesn't count, but anyway 7.3 for you :)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale @ 3.0GHz
Mushkin HP PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL5-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM
Diamond Radeon 4850 HD 512MB
ASUS P5QL Pro ATX LGA775 P43 DDR2 1PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2053BW 20"
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 bit
Case: Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case

8.0 for you.

Luke

[Big O]

Er.. having a 7 year old power supply and case doesn't count, but anyway 7.3 for you :)



8.0 for you.

Luke

well, one of my hard drives is 10 years old, the other 2 are about 7 years old i think. My optical drives are the same age as the case and psu, all case fans were replaced about 4 years ago, except for one :D

[pbassjams]

Zotac SLI Motherboard
Dual EVGA 9800GT
AMD64 5050e CPU @3ghz
8GB Patriot 1066
2x Seagate 640GB, 1x Seagate 320GB (boot drive)
Antec 900 Case, 550W PSU w/ 38A@12v, 22" LCD, etc

Vista Home Basic x64 ftw!


Also a Macbook Pro (dual boot Leopard and XP64).

[MaudDib]

Damn I cant even get a rate...

[lhwj]

ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe Mobo
AMD 9950 Quad - Deneb on way.
ANTEC Signature Series 800W PSU
8 GB OCZ Reaper
2 Sapphire 4870's Toxic Crossfired.
150 gig WD Velociraptor with 1TB backup
Xfi Extreme Sound/
Razer Diamondback mouse
Tarantula Keyboard
LG 227 monitor

Sorry we missed out yours. 9.2.

Luke

[MaudDib]

:D No sweat thanks...

[Mangr0v3]

Rate my system with new parts, which haven't arrived yet :(


Intel Dual-Core E2200 2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB
Stock Intel Cooler
Gigabyte LGA770 GA-G31M-S2L
2x 1GB Generic (Sillicon Valley?) DDR2-800 RAM
Galaxy GeForce 9500GT, 512MB DDR2, 550MHz core, 400MHz memory, 400MHz RAMDAC, 1400MHz shader, 32 stream processors
Samsung HD642JJ SATA2 7200RPM 640GB
Bentec ATX-300-12Z 300W PSU
Cooler Master Centurion 5
D-Link DWL-G510 b/g WiFi PCI Adapater
Realtek High-Definition Audio
HP vs17e 17" LCD with inbuilt speakers
Creative Gamer HD7600L
CompaQ Keyboard (Model 5185)

[Flyingcow1103]

i7 920 (stock speed of 2.67Ghz)

3gb of DDR3 at 1066Mhz (gonna throw down some cash for an extra 6gb)

750GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive with 16MB Cache

Motherboard with X58 chipset (supports duel cards)

HD4850 1gb of memory (gonna buy a second later)

500W Power Supply
-----------------------
running Vista Home Premium

A 23'' inch acer 16:9 monitor (1080i)



might superclock the processor and whatnot later on, I'm not really playing or doing anything very demanding at the moment.

[lhwj]

Rate my system with new parts, which haven't arrived yet :(


Intel Dual-Core E2200 2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB
Stock Intel Cooler
Gigabyte LGA770 GA-G31M-S2L
2x 1GB Generic (Sillicon Valley?) DDR2-800 RAM
Galaxy GeForce 9500GT, 512MB DDR2, 550MHz core, 400MHz memory, 400MHz RAMDAC, 1400MHz shader, 32 stream processors
Samsung HD642JJ SATA2 7200RPM 640GB
Bentec ATX-300-12Z 300W PSU
Cooler Master Centurion 5
D-Link DWL-G510 b/g WiFi PCI Adapater
Realtek High-Definition Audio
HP vs17e 17" LCD with inbuilt speakers
Creative Gamer HD7600L
CompaQ Keyboard (Model 5185)


6.2. You've got the same motherboard as me.

i7 920 (stock speed of 2.67Ghz)

3gb of DDR3 at 1066Mhz (gonna throw down some cash for an extra 6gb)

750GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive with 16MB Cache

Motherboard with X58 chipset (supports duel cards)

HD4850 1gb of memory (gonna buy a second later)

500W Power Supply
-----------------------
running Vista Home Premium

A 23'' inch acer 16:9 monitor (1080i)



9.0.

Luke

[Mangr0v3]

LGA770
oops I mean 775 (obviously).

[CzingerX]

AMD 3800+ Dual Core.

Nvidia nforce 6100le motherboard.

4gig of ram pc 4200.

ATI VisionTek 9670 1 gig of ram.

Audigy sound card.

Antec 500 watt power supply.

Windows XP home.

250 gig hard drive.

19 inch monitor LCD.

[mejwidget]

AMD 3800+ Dual Core.

Nvidia nforce 6100le motherboard.

4gig of ram pc 4200.

ATI VisionTek 9670 1 gig of ram.

Audigy sound card.

Antec 500 watt power supply.

Windows XP home.

250 gig hard drive.

19 inch monitor LCD.

well..4.7. Maybe an upgrade is in order?

[cola1234]

maybe he doesn't have the money for an upgrade? :O Or has better things to spend it on? :D

[hello moto]

Asus Motherboard P5GC-MX/1333
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66ghz
4gigs DDR2 Ram
170gigs HD
Windows Vista 32-Bit
550 Watts PSU
Asus 9600GT Black Pearl Edition
Not so sure about monitor, soz. Its not flat screen but its big and gets the job done.

[CzingerX]

well..4.7. Maybe an upgrade is in order?
What do you think is the top 2 things, if not all things I should work on?

Thanks.

[October Pillar]

ASRock M3A790GXH/128M AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz (OCed to 3.08 Ghz) 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Edition Processor

MSI GeForce GTX 260 OC v.2 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 PSU

Samsung 120 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA HDD

Windows XP Home with SP3 32 bit

[Mangr0v3]

What do you think is the top 2 things, if not all things I should work on?

Thanks.
processor and gfx

ASRock M3A790GXH/128M AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz (OCed to 3.08 Ghz) 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Edition Processor

MSI GeForce GTX 260 OC v.2 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 PSU

Samsung 120 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA HDD

Windows XP Home with SP3 32 bit
8.6 IMO.

[October Pillar]

processor and gfx

8.6 IMO.

whats the weak link from getting a 9?

[lateralus9813]

Phenom 9650 x4 ~2.3GHz equipped with Zelman 9700LED
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15
500gb WD SATA II equipped with 80mm Cooler
2 X ATI Radeon HD 3870 CrossFire (One HIS other Sapphire)
Realtek HD Audio output
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
MSI DKA790GX
Rocketfish 700-Watt PSU
LG CD/DVD/BR player/burner
8 80mm 2600rpm 3 speed Antec system fans

[cola1234]

My moms system that I built for her.

EPoX EP-9NPA7I 939 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD

OCZ Value 512mb pc3200, Mushkin 512mb pc3200, corsair 512mb pc3200 (just had random memory sitting around)

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2.4GHz Socket 939 Single-Core Processor

SAPPHIRE 100150SR Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16

Rosewill Stallion Series 450w

Samsung IDE 80GB (5yrs old :O!)

Windows XP Pro SP3 32 bit

Copied from my Newegg list. :p

[NoRCoN]

Made some changes :P

CPU: Core i7 920 @ 3GHz
MOBO: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
RAM: 3GB OCZ Gold DDR3-1600 (soon to be 6 hopefully)
Video: XFX GTX280 and eVGA 8800GS (to offload the PhysX onto)
HDD(s): 2x Western Digital Velociraptors in RAID0

This is running XP Pro SP3. I am probably going to throw 7 on it when it is released.

[lhwj]

whats the weak link from getting a 9?

It has to be an i7 or a super overclocked Core 2 Quad or Phenom II.

Phenom 9650 x4 ~2.3GHz equipped with Zelman 9700LED
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15
500gb WD SATA II equipped with 80mm Cooler
2 X ATI Radeon HD 3870 CrossFire (One HIS other Sapphire)
Realtek HD Audio output
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
MSI DKA790GX
Rocketfish 700-Watt PSU
LG CD/DVD/BR player/burner
8 80mm 2600rpm 3 speed Antec system fans

8.2. I would be a little wary of that power supply though, it doesn't seem to be of very good quality. Review here: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ5MSw4LCxoZW50aGlzdWFzdA==

My moms system that I built for her.

EPoX EP-9NPA7I 939 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD

OCZ Value 512mb pc3200, Mushkin 512mb pc3200, corsair 512mb pc3200 (just had random memory sitting around)

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2.4GHz Socket 939 Single-Core Processor

SAPPHIRE 100150SR Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16

Rosewill Stallion Series 450w

Samsung IDE 80GB (5yrs old :O!)

Windows XP Pro SP3 32 bit

Copied from my Newegg list. :p

6.8.

...

You should start a new thread, but I'll have a go at this.

Pay $2 more for the vastly superior Athlon 7750+ , your chosen motherboard supports it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300

The 4670 is actually a marginally better card, and a lot newer too. Another benefit is that it's very frugal in terms of power requirement, I'm guessing that you can use your old power supply with the 4670. http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/compare,744.html?prod%5B2254%5D=on&prod%5B2123%5D=on

If you're planning to buy XP, don't. Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit is cheaper and will enable you to use the whole of your 4 GB of RAM.


Made some changes :P

CPU: Core i7 920 @ 3GHz
MOBO: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
RAM: 3GB OCZ Gold DDR3-1600 (soon to be 6 hopefully)
Video: XFX GTX280 and eVGA 8800GS (to offload the PhysX onto)
HDD(s): 2x Western Digital Velociraptors in RAID0

This is running XP Pro SP3. I am probably going to throw 7 on it when it is released.

You've made quite a lot of changes. 9.4. (9.5 previously but I changed the rating criteria so the same system will score lower than before)

Luke

[lateralus9813]

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ5MSw4LCxoZW50aGlzdWFzdA==[/url]

I don't need a review. I know its a POS first hand lol. Overheats like crazy.
I'm looking into a new PSU what might you recommend? I've always been a fan of thermaltake and cooler master, but they tend to be a little pricey

[lhwj]

I thought I'd warn you first about it, in case you didn't know.

For your setup, I think this Corsair 550 watt should do fine: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

If it's a little too pricey, try this 500 watt PC Power & Cooling: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015

Or this 450 watt Corsair: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003

Luke

[AW@R]

AMD 4800+
ASUS M2N68
4 GIGS DDR2 800MHZ RAM
NVIDIA 9600 GT 512 MB
1X CRAPPY 80 GIG IDE DRIVE
INTEGRATED VIA SOUNDCARD
Windows vista ultimate 32 bit

pretty basic gaming set up im always broke anyways xD
im gonna get a 500 gigs SATA hdd and partition it in vista 64 bit,xp 32 and ubuntu linux
might invest on a quad core phenom too and a 1 gig 9800 or 260 in the future,but i have to get a greater psu first :P

[lhwj]

AMD 4800+
ASUS M2N68
4 GIGS DDR2 800MHZ RAM
NVIDIA 9600 GT 512 MB
1X CRAPPY 80 GIG IDE DRIVE
INTEGRATED VIA SOUNDCARD
Windows vista ultimate 32 bit



6.5.

Luke

[lolkthnxbai]

Just built tried to keep a decent cost/performance ratio
video: MSI GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
mobo: ASUS M4A78-E AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX
cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz
ram: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
HDD: Western Digital Caviar 640G

running vista 64 ultimate hooked up a 22'' asus widescreen LCD

[Mangr0v3]

9.3
/10ratings

[SoAndSo]

CPU: e6850 @ 3.6ghz on an Arctic Cooling Freezer pro 7 (400 x 9)
MOBO: gigabyte P35-DS3R
GPU: Sapphire dual slot HD4850
Ram: Corsair xms2 2x 1gb 800mhz DDR2
Sound card: Audigy 2 ZS
DVD drive: Pioneer (not sure on model)
HDD: 1 x seagate 120gb, 1 x seagate 320gb, 1 x western digital 640gb
PSU: Enermax liberty 620w
OS: Windows XP home
Monitor: Samsung 226bw



its absolutely perfect for me :) dual core over 3ghz is mint for any games out, 4850 is perfect for my monitors res + max eye candy. LOVE my heatsink (my cpu idles at low 30°c temps) i would recommend the acfp7 to anyone.

[lhwj]

CPU: e6850 @ 3.6ghz on an Arctic Cooling Freezer pro 7 (400 x 9)
MOBO: gigabyte P35-DS3R
GPU: Sapphire dual slot HD4850
Ram: Corsair xms2 2x 1gb 800mhz DDR2
Sound card: Audigy 2 ZS
DVD drive: Pioneer (not sure on model)
HDD: 1 x seagate 120gb, 1 x seagate 320gb, 1 x western digital 640gb
PSU: Enermax liberty 620w
OS: Windows XP home
Monitor: Samsung 226bw



7.5.

Luke

[charleswrivers]

Born on 5/07
EVGA 680i MB @ FSB @ 1652
E6600 @ 3.3 Ghz w/Artic Cooling freezer 7 @ 1.4v (Can run stable at 3.45 for > 24 hours, but then I underclock the ram, go to a 9 mult and have to go up to 1.45v though I don't pass 55c. Just don't see any reason to push something I'm keeping for a while. Right now I hang at around 52c load)
6 GB DDR2 800 synced @ 826
EVGA 260 GTX (216) (replaced a good 'ole 8800 GTS 640)
SB X-fi Fatality Pro
Thermaltake Toughpower 650w
500 GB 7200 RPM HD (Western Digital, me thinks)
Vista 64 Home Premium
DVDRW (Can't remember brand)
22" LCD at 1680x1050

Did the whole thing including the OS for around $1700. Nearly 350 was the 8800 back then... and it was just before the G92s came out... but, that's life. Man, I also can't believe how cheap DDR2 is now. It used to be a bundle.

Old girl will be 2 years old next month. I've got a little over 2 1/2 years left in the service and I think this'll hold me till then. All I'd would (and really can do w/the 680i) do is snag a q6600 off of ebay for $125 and rid myself of the e6600 for $50ish... and SLI another 260 to it if need be. Great rig though. She still hangs and bangs. I just did the 260 over the old 8800 'cause it was literally a 50-80% FPS jump over the 8800 for most games. Cost me $250 on the nose and I ebayed the 8800 for about $125. Not a bad investment.

I know the old dual cores aren't as snazzy as the new quads of the i7s... but they've got some staying power.

[Trouble$ome]

ok here goes mine
CPU:Intel dual core 2.8
MOBO: asus p5k
GPU: Leadtek 8800gt 512
Ram: ocz ddr2 10066mhz sli ready
Sound card: sound blaster xtreme gamer


PSU: 450 watt came with xion case for free
OS: Xp pro sp2
Monitor: HP vs17e 17" LCD with inbuilt speakers

[308]

luke, rate my computer:

amd 1900+ 1600mhz
geforce 2mx
asus a3778 or something
enermax 300w
bad speakers
1gb ddr ram
random white case
40gb pata
no cd rom
and the newest addition was the monitor: samsung syncmaster 2053bw

:D

[lhwj]

Born on 5/07
EVGA 680i MB @ FSB @ 1652
E6600 @ 3.3 Ghz w/Artic Cooling freezer 7 @ 1.4v (Can run stable at 3.45 for > 24 hours, but then I underclock the ram, go to a 9 mult and have to go up to 1.45v though I don't pass 55c. Just don't see any reason to push something I'm keeping for a while. Right now I hang at around 52c load)
6 GB DDR2 800 synced @ 826
EVGA 260 GTX (216) (replaced a good 'ole 8800 GTS 640)
SB X-fi Fatality Pro
Thermaltake Toughpower 650w
500 GB 7200 RPM HD (Western Digital, me thinks)
Vista 64 Home Premium
DVDRW (Can't remember brand)
22" LCD at 1680x1050

Did the whole thing including the OS for around $1700. Nearly 350 was the 8800 back then... and it was just before the G92s came out... but, that's life. Man, I also can't believe how cheap DDR2 is now. It used to be a bundle.

Old girl will be 2 years old next month. I've got a little over 2 1/2 years left in the service and I think this'll hold me till then. All I'd would (and really can do w/the 680i) do is snag a q6600 off of ebay for $125 and rid myself of the e6600 for $50ish... and SLI another 260 to it if need be. Great rig though. She still hangs and bangs. I just did the 260 over the old 8800 'cause it was literally a 50-80% FPS jump over the 8800 for most games. Cost me $250 on the nose and I ebayed the 8800 for about $125. Not a bad investment.



7.8.

I know the old dual cores aren't as snazzy as the new quads of the i7s... but they've got some staying power.

Agreed.


ok here goes mine
CPU:Intel dual core 2.8
MOBO: asus p5k
GPU: Leadtek 8800gt 512
Ram: ocz ddr2 10066mhz sli ready
Sound card: sound blaster xtreme gamer


PSU: 450 watt came with xion case for free
OS: Xp pro sp2
Monitor: HP vs17e 17" LCD with inbuilt speakers

7.0.

luke, rate my computer:

amd 1900+ 1600mhz
geforce 2mx
asus a3778 or something
enermax 300w
bad speakers
1gb ddr ram
random white case
40gb pata
no cd rom
and the newest addition was the monitor: samsung syncmaster 2053bw

:D

Um, 2.0 :p

Luke

[EA_MAN]

Just ordered the parts for my first build.

How did I do?


GPU: XFX PVT98GYDLU GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770
CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz
RAM: 4GB OCZ Reaper (2x2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
PSU: ROSEWILL RP600V2-S-SL-S 600W
HDD: Western Digital Caviar 640GB
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-Bit


All parts bought new for $623 (still have $45 in MIR to send)

[308]

luke insulted me with his low score so i went and bought a new computer.

phenom 2 720 w/ arctic cooler 64 pro
gigabyte 780g ud3h
enermax modu 82+ 425 w (might change to corsair 550vx soon, should i, or no point?)
antec 300
WD 320gb sata
ocz reaper 2GB pc2-9600 1200mhz
ati radeon 4850 512mb
windows xp sp3

is my rating higher now, luke?

[Mangr0v3]

Rate my Laptop:

Pentium 2 1.2GHz IIRC
640MB RAM
55GB HDD
nVidia GeForce Go 2 IIRC

[srg_shveazzenop]

I finished building it like 2 months ago and now theirs already way better stuff out wtf? IF i wait ill get it cheaper but its no longer the best. Here's my money pit.

* 22in samsung monitor
* Q9550 12mg cache at 3.2GHz
(Cooled by Asus silent knight)
* Maximus II Formula 1500. MHz
* 4 gigs 1066 dominator at 1000 MHz (5-5-5-15) 2.1v
* sapphire 4870x2 at stock speed
* supremefx x-fi 7.1 sound card
* 2x 60gb ocz-ssd's raid 0
(for operating system and software/games)
* 2x seagate barracuda es.2 raid 1 for media
* Light On Blue-ray/dvd burner drive
All inside an antec 1200 powered by Toppower 1100 watt psu
(i went with a big psu cuz i would like to get a second 4870x2)

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/5UYUgH5Myo/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/w4E0303uac/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/1uliYNFyMO/
what do you think?

[srg_shveazzenop]

luke insulted me with his low score so i went and bought a new computer.

phenom 2 720 w/ arctic cooler 64 pro
gigabyte 780g ud3h
enermax modu 82+ 425 w (might change to corsair 550vx soon, should i, or no point?)
antec 300
WD 320gb sata
ocz reaper 2GB pc2-9600 1200mhz
ati radeon 4850 512mb
windows xp sp3

is my rating higher now, luke?

this sounds like a nice machine its got the performance a gamer would need but still within reach for the average joey 7.2

[aqualeris]

C2Q Q9400 2.66Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
ASUS P5Q Pro
Acbel Modular 750W PSU
ASUS HD4890 1GB DDR5
NZXT Tempest case (replaced rear exhaust with Coolermaster 90CFM)
Vista Home Premium 64bit

My temperatures are always below 40C when I'm just surfing the net/listening to music so I'm sure there is plenty of headroom for overclocking (seen reviews and saw that Q9400 and HD4890 are good overclockers). The HD4890, especially, can probably be pushed by 60Mhz or so, but I haven't tried. I'm not particularly experienced on overclocking and it voids my warranty, so I'm going to hold back my itchy hands for a while. Afterall, I get a nice 100+FPS on TF2 maxed at 1680x1050 resolution, so I don't see how overclocking can do anymore.

[lhwj]

Just ordered the parts for my first build.

How did I do?


GPU: XFX PVT98GYDLU GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770
CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz
RAM: 4GB OCZ Reaper (2x2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
PSU: ROSEWILL RP600V2-S-SL-S 600W
HDD: Western Digital Caviar 640GB
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-Bit


All parts bought new for $623 (still have $45 in MIR to send)

It's not bad, I would have spent the extra $40 for the Phenom II 940 or perhaps gotten a better graphics, and power supply. Overall, 7.8.

luke insulted me with his low score so i went and bought a new computer.

phenom 2 720 w/ arctic cooler 64 pro
gigabyte 780g ud3h
enermax modu 82+ 425 w (might change to corsair 550vx soon, should i, or no point?)
antec 300
WD 320gb sata
ocz reaper 2GB pc2-9600 1200mhz
ati radeon 4850 512mb
windows xp sp3

is my rating higher now, luke?

You were asking for it with an ancient build. It's a little higher, of course. See below.

Rate my Laptop:

Pentium 2 1.2GHz IIRC
640MB RAM
55GB HDD
nVidia GeForce Go 2 IIRC

You're another one who's asking for it. It's probably a Pentium III, because Pentium IIs only went up to about 400 Mhz. Well at least you maxed out the RAM and hard disk. Um, 1.8.

C2Q Q9400 2.66Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
ASUS P5Q Pro
Acbel Modular 750W PSU
ASUS HD4890 1GB DDR5
NZXT Tempest case (replaced rear exhaust with Coolermaster 90CFM)
Vista Home Premium 64bit

My temperatures are always below 40C when I'm just surfing the net/listening to music so I'm sure there is plenty of headroom for overclocking (seen reviews and saw that Q9400 and HD4890 are good overclockers). The HD4890, especially, can probably be pushed by 60Mhz or so, but I haven't tried. I'm not particularly experienced on overclocking and it voids my warranty, so I'm going to hold back my itchy hands for a while. Afterall, I get a nice 100+FPS on TF2 maxed at 1680x1050 resolution, so I don't see how overclocking can do anymore.

Nice one. 8.7.

I finished building it like 2 months ago and now theirs already way better stuff out wtf? IF i wait ill get it cheaper but its no longer the best. Here's my money pit.

* 22in samsung monitor
* Q9550 12mg cache at 3.2GHz
(Cooled by Asus silent knight)
* Maximus II Formula 1500. MHz
* 4 gigs 1066 dominator at 1000 MHz (5-5-5-15) 2.1v
* sapphire 4870x2 at stock speed
* supremefx x-fi 7.1 sound card
* 2x 60gb ocz-ssd's raid 0
(for operating system and software/games)
* 2x seagate barracuda es.2 raid 1 for media
* Light On Blue-ray/dvd burner drive
All inside an antec 1200 powered by Toppower 1100 watt psu
(i went with a big psu cuz i would like to get a second 4870x2)

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/5UYUgH5Myo/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/w4E0303uac/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/1uliYNFyMO/
what do you think?

8.9.

this sounds like a nice machine its got the performance a gamer would need but still within reach for the average joey 7.2

I would give it a little more, it's a decent, very overclockable tri-core. 7.8.

Luke

[bl1nd]

SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+
Foxconn A76ML-K AM2+ / AM3 Ready AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
windows xp sp3

juz a cheap build around $500+ which is good enough for me ^ ^
1st build 2

[Mangr0v3]

You're another one who's asking for it.
Can I ask for it again?

Pentium 3 667MHz
192MB RAM
6GB HDD
Onboard VGA graphics

[lhwj]

SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+
Foxconn A76ML-K AM2+ / AM3 Ready AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
windows xp sp3

juz a cheap build around $500+ which is good enough for me ^ ^
1st build 2

Ah so you did manage to get your PC after all. I bet you're very happy with it. 7.5. But lol, it's not really fair for me to build it then rate it. Someone else should do the rating.

Can I ask for it again?

Pentium 3 667MHz
192MB RAM
6GB HDD
Onboard VGA graphics

Sure, if you don't feel insulted". 1.5.

(reminds me of my old Pentium III with 320 MB RAM (originally 64 MB) and 8 GB hard drive (upgraded to 40 GB))

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

It's not bad, I would have spent the extra $40 for the Phenom II 940 or perhaps gotten a better graphics, and power supply. Overall, 7.8.



You were asking for it with an ancient build. It's a little higher, of course. See below.



You're another one who's asking for it. It's probably a Pentium III, because Pentium IIs only went up to about 400 Mhz. Well at least you maxed out the RAM and hard disk. Um, 1.8.



Nice one. 8.7.



8.9.



I would give it a little more, it's a decent, very overclockable tri-core. 7.8.

Luke
its intels quad core duo i just bought it so i don't wana over clock it to much and accidentally fry something. i over clocked it to be comparable to one of their quad core duo extream procs.3.2 is high enough for now till i get my liquid cooling set up for the summer heat

[sooNAHmee]

Hi all, new guy to the forum here - here's my new toy:

CPU: AMD Phenom II 720 OC'ed to 3.7 GhZ (Phenom II 955 soon)
Cooler: Xigmatek S1283 (120mm fan)
Mobo: Asus M4A78T-E (790GX / SB750)
Graphics: (2) Sapphire 4870 1GB's in Crossfire (OC'ed)
RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1333 MhZ
HDD: 750GB WD Caviar Black
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
Fan Controller: Scythe KazeMaster
Case Fans: (4) 120mm (1) 200mm

I know the PSU looks a bit slim when you look at the list, but so far, so good. It also powers a G13 game board, bluetooth dongle, TV tuner card, and a lighted Saitek keyboard. I wonder if going with a larger wattage PSU would reduce heat in the case?

[Mangr0v3]

Sure, if you don't feel insulted". 1.5.

(reminds me of my old Pentium III with 320 MB RAM (originally 64 MB) and 8 GB hard drive (upgraded to 40 GB))

Luke
LOL that system also originally had 64MB RAM.

[slpdLoad]

I know the PSU looks a bit slim when you look at the list, but so far, so good. It also powers a G13 game board, bluetooth dongle, TV tuner card, and a lighted Saitek keyboard. I wonder if going with a larger wattage PSU would reduce heat in the case?

A higher-rated power supply would let you run at a higher efficiency, which would reduce the heat. However with good airflow the 610 just exhausts out the back so it shouldn't affect the internal heat very much. Nice rig!

[srg_shveazzenop]

* 22in samsung monitor
* intel Q9550 12mg cache at 3.2GHz
(Cooled by Asus silent knight)
* Maximus II Formula 1500. MHz
* 4 gigs 1066 dominator at 1000 MHz (5-5-5-15) 2.1v
* sapphire 4870x2 at stock speed
* supreme fx x-fi 7.1 sound card
* 2x 60gb ocz-ssd's raid 0 with vista 64bit
(for operating system and software/games)
* 2x seagate barracuda es.2 raid 1 for xp 32bit and media
* Light On Blue-ray/dvd burner drive
All inside an antec 1200 powered by Toppower 1100 watt psu
(i went with a big psu cuz i would like to get a second 4870x2)

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/5UYUgH5Myo/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/w4E0303uac/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/1uliYNFyMO/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/aKZGK26QRO/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/oVP8PyBbqp/

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/W9DyCMr5OF/
This description is a little more specific. Hopefully the details make a difference. Lemmy know what u think?
?

[masta121]

* 22in samsung monitor
* intel Q9550 12mg cache at 3.2GHz
(Cooled by Asus silent knight)
* Maximus II Formula 1500. MHz
* 4 gigs 1066 dominator at 1000 MHz (5-5-5-15) 2.1v
* sapphire 4870x2 at stock speed
* supreme fx x-fi 7.1 sound card
* 2x 60gb ocz-ssd's raid 0 with vista 64bit
(for operating system and software/games)
* 2x seagate barracuda es.2 raid 1 for xp 32bit and media
* Light On Blue-ray/dvd burner drive
All inside an antec 1200 powered by Toppower 1100 watt psu
(i went with a big psu cuz i would like to get a second 4870x2)

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/5UYUgH5Myo/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/w4E0303uac/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/1uliYNFyMO/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/aKZGK26QRO/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/oVP8PyBbqp/

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/W9DyCMr5OF/
This description is a little more specific. Hopefully the details make a difference. Lemmy know what u think?
?

Gotta love the speed of an SSD. Nice setup. Ratings wise that's probably 9.8.

[bl1nd]

[QUOTE=lhwj;9763215]Ah so you did manage to get your PC after all. I bet you're very happy with it. 7.5. But lol, it's not really fair for me to build it then rate it. Someone else should do the rating.


lol yea
i changed the mobo tho

thanks for helping me out

appreciate it

[308]

Ah so you did manage to get your PC after all. I bet you're very happy with it. 7.5. But lol, it's not really fair for me to build it then rate it. Someone else should do the rating.



Sure, if you don't feel insulted". 1.5.

(reminds me of my old Pentium III with 320 MB RAM (originally 64 MB) and 8 GB hard drive (upgraded to 40 GB))

Luke

lol i was joking when i said i was insulted. I rate luke's sense of humour 1 out of 10 (ouch thats even lower than my old pc :D).

[lhwj]

If I didn't have a sense of humour I wouldn't be using smilies ;) :D :p

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

C2Q Q9400 2.66Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
ASUS P5Q Pro
Acbel Modular 750W PSU
ASUS HD4890 1GB DDR5
NZXT Tempest case (replaced rear exhaust with Coolermaster 90CFM)
Vista Home Premium 64bit

My temperatures are always below 40C when I'm just surfing the net/listening to music so I'm sure there is plenty of headroom for overclocking (seen reviews and saw that Q9400 and HD4890 are good overclockers). The HD4890, especially, can probably be pushed by 60Mhz or so, but I haven't tried. I'm not particularly experienced on overclocking and it voids my warranty, so I'm going to hold back my itchy hands for a while. Afterall, I get a nice 100+FPS on TF2 maxed at 1680x1050 resolution, so I don't see how overclocking can do anymore.

i give it 8.9 i want two of those video cars really bad a**.

[IceColdFreezie]

C2D E8400, overclocked from 3GHz to 4GHz
4GB DDR2 RAM, overclocked
ASUS P5Q Pro
Corsair 650W
BFG 285, overclocked
Cooler Master Cosmos S
Windows 7 Beta x64

[srg_shveazzenop]

C2D E8400, overclocked from 3GHz to 4GHz
4GB DDR2 RAM, overclocked
ASUS P5Q Pro
Corsair 650W
BFG 285, overclocked
Cooler Master Cosmos S
Windows 7 Beta x64

what are your components over-clocked to? I like that case. How is windows 7beta? what kind of monitor? Can we see pics?

Gotta love the speed of an SSD. Nice setup. Ratings wise that's probably 9.8.

Iv always used ati gpu's even though they havnt always been able to keep up with nvidia. i think that atis 4000 series kick nvidia's a**. 64bit makes a huge differens in my opinion also its like my computers on crack with it. I also like seagate barracuda drives that what i have 4 my media and xp 32bit. If u ever decide to upgade in the future get a solid state drive it was by far the biggest performance increase for the money. i spent just over 300 for two 60gb ssd this EXPENCIVE and my read speed is at least 4 times faster but write speed not so much but thats ok. i dint realize how bad a system bottleneck at the hard drive until i got these. I use them for vista 64git, games, and software.

i feel like most people post their rigs and then never rate any one :(

[Scholzpdx]

I'll post mine with my recent overclocks.

Intel Q8200 @ 3010mhz (430x7 1.28V)
Arctic Freezer Pro CPU cooler
Gigabyte EP45-DS3L
Sapphire Radeon 4830 @ 710/955 (vs stock 575/900)
4GB Patriot DDR2 PC-6400 CL5 timings
Soundblaster Audigy Gamer 24-bit
300GB on various SATA HDDs
Antec TruePower Trio 550w
Antec P180
Windows Vista Ultimate x64

This was a very cost effective solution ;)

[lhwj]

Hi all, new guy to the forum here - here's my new toy:

CPU: AMD Phenom II 720 OC'ed to 3.7 GhZ (Phenom II 955 soon)
Cooler: Xigmatek S1283 (120mm fan)
Mobo: Asus M4A78T-E (790GX / SB750)
Graphics: (2) Sapphire 4870 1GB's in Crossfire (OC'ed)
RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1333 MhZ
HDD: 750GB WD Caviar Black
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
Fan Controller: Scythe KazeMaster
Case Fans: (4) 120mm (1) 200mm

I know the PSU looks a bit slim when you look at the list, but so far, so good. It also powers a G13 game board, bluetooth dongle, TV tuner card, and a lighted Saitek keyboard. I wonder if going with a larger wattage PSU would reduce heat in the case?

Nice rig. 8.8. I think your power supply is adequate.

C2D E8400, overclocked from 3GHz to 4GHz
4GB DDR2 RAM, overclocked
ASUS P5Q Pro
Corsair 650W
BFG 285, overclocked
Cooler Master Cosmos S
Windows 7 Beta x64

8.5.

I'll post mine with my recent overclocks.

Intel Q8200 @ 3010mhz (430x7 1.28V)
Arctic Freezer Pro CPU cooler
Gigabyte EP45-DS3L
Sapphire Radeon 4830 @ 710/955 (vs stock 575/900)
4GB Patriot DDR2 PC-6400 CL5 timings
Soundblaster Audigy Gamer 24-bit
300GB on various SATA HDDs
Antec TruePower Trio 550w
Antec P180
Windows Vista Ultimate x64

This was a very cost effective solution ;)

8.2. It's lower than your previous rating because I've changed the rating criteria but the overclock is worth about 0.2 points if your old rating was based on the new criteria. You could do with a graphics upgrade if you play at a higher resolution.

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

I'll post mine with my recent overclocks.

Intel Q8200 @ 3010mhz (430x7 1.28V)
Arctic Freezer Pro CPU cooler
Gigabyte EP45-DS3L
Sapphire Radeon 4830 @ 710/955 (vs stock 575/900)
4GB Patriot DDR2 PC-6400 CL5 timings
Soundblaster Audigy Gamer 24-bit
300GB on various SATA HDDs
Antec TruePower Trio 550w
Antec P180
Windows Vista Ultimate x64

This was a very cost effective solution ;)

your set up sound desently priced and i bet it performs to.
8.6

:D

[srg_shveazzenop]

Gotta love the speed of an SSD. Nice setup. Ratings wise that's probably 9.8.

what should i get next I really want to go buy a 47 in lcd as my monitor. Or do i upgrade my mobo cpu and ram to i7core set up? it would be awsom to have a 47 inch as a monitor.
(AMERICA F*** YEA)

Feed back please

Here's My current rig

* 22in samsung monitor
* intel Q9550 12mg cache at 3.2GHz
(Cooled by Asus silent knight)
* Maximus II Formula 1500. MHz
* 4 gigs 1066 dominator at 1000 MHz (5-5-5-15) 2.1v
* sapphire 4870x2 at stock speed
* supreme fx x-fi 7.1 sound card
* 2x 60gb ocz-ssd's raid 0 with vista 64bit
(for operating system and software/games)
* 2x seagate barracuda es.2 raid 1 for xp 32bit and media
* Light On Blue-ray/dvd burner drive
All inside an antec 1200 powered by Toppower 1100 watt psu
(i went with a big psu cuz i would like to get a second 4870x2)

http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/5UYUgH5Myo/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/w4E0303uac/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/1uliYNFyMO/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/aKZGK26QRO/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/oVP8PyBbqp/
http://www.imeem.com/djshveazzy/photo/W9DyCMr5OF/

What should i get next?
:confused:

[srg_shveazzenop]

CPU: e6850 @ 3.6ghz on an Arctic Cooling Freezer pro 7 (400 x 9)
MOBO: gigabyte P35-DS3R
GPU: Sapphire dual slot HD4850
Ram: Corsair xms2 2x 1gb 800mhz DDR2
Sound card: Audigy 2 ZS
DVD drive: Pioneer (not sure on model)
HDD: 1 x seagate 120gb, 1 x seagate 320gb, 1 x western digital 640gb
PSU: Enermax liberty 620w
OS: Windows XP home
Monitor: Samsung 226bw



its absolutely perfect for me :) dual core over 3ghz is mint for any games out, 4850 is perfect for my monitors res + max eye candy. LOVE my heatsink (my cpu idles at low 30°c temps) i would recommend the acfp7 to anyone.


giv it a 8.5

[xJPM100x]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition @ 3.21GHz
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000 (4-4-4-12 1T)
Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3.0Gb/s 500GB 32MB Cache
Windows XP Pro SP2
PNY GeForce 8800GT 512MB GDDR3
Realtek HD Audio
Plantronics .Audio 365 Headset
Logitech Media Elite
Ideazon Reaper Edge
SteelPad QcK Heavy
Antec 300


plus another 100GB and 250GB for storing my junk...also getting a 640GB for a late b-day present hehehe >:)

[maw2k]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+
ECS A780GM-A ATX AM2+/AM3 AMD780G
Sapphire Radeon HD3850 512MB PCIe
2x2GB CORSAIR XMS2 PC2-6400 800MHz
2x1GB Elixir PC2-6400 800MHz
1x 80GB SATA (hitachi)
1x 250GB SATA (western digital)
1x LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM Burner
Antec Nine Hundred Tower
HD Audio on board
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1

what do you think?

soon will come this one:

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10360BD7705

right now a good price. then i have finally also the amd virtualization technology

[aqualeris]

i give it 8.9 i want two of those video cars really bad a**.

Then you should wait. Rumors have been going that ATI will release the 4890X2, which come in both 2GB and 4GB versions (4GB is seriously overkill and probably super overpriced).

Crossfired 4890s have been tested and reviewed to be faster than a single GTX295 in many games, so a 4890X2 should kick the GTX295 upside down. But I wouldn't think Nvidia would sit and watch. They've been actively 'countering' ATI with their very own versions of the similar cards (GTX275 vs HD4890, both released on the same day and both have very similar performances). When the 4890X2 is released, I should expect Nvidia to work on their 3-series doubly hard (or they might even release the 3-series on the day of 4890X2's release).

I just hope the 4890X2 is much cooler than the 4870X2. The 4870X2 is also known as 'ATI's flamethrower' or something of that sort. Made me laugh.

Anyway for your current rig,
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+
ECS A780GM-A ATX AM2+/AM3 AMD780G
Sapphire Radeon HD3850 512MB PCIe
2x2GB CORSAIR XMS2 PC2-6400 800MHz
2x1GB Elixir PC2-6400 800MHz
1x 80GB SATA (hitachi)
1x 250GB SATA (western digital)
1x LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM Burner
Antec Nine Hundred Tower
HD Audio on board
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1

what do you think?

soon will come this one:

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10360BD7705

right now a good price. then i have finally also the amd virtualization technology

I would say around 7.5 or so. Pretty old processor and video card, but still fine for casual gaming.

Anyway after you get the Phenom, I would say 7.8 because your video card will bottleneck you. Swapping the video card to at least a HD4850 and I would give you somewhere like 8.3 (your HDD is a little small, so getting a bigger one should bring you to 8.5).

[lhwj]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition @ 3.21GHz
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000
Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3.0Gb/s 500GB 32MB Cache
Windows XP Pro SP3
PNY GeForce 8800GT 512MB GDDR3
Realtek HD Audio
Plantronics .Audio 365 Headset
Logitech Media Elite
Ideazon Reaper Edge
SteelPad QcK Heavy
Antec 300


plus another 100GB and 250GB for storing my junk...also getting a 640GB for a late b-day present hehehe >:)

7.3.

Luke

[RushMe123]

Let me try this...

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (2.8 GHz, 1066FSB)
4GB DDR2 SD RAM at 800MHz
320GB SATA
Windows Vista Home Premium

No graphics card yet, looking for one though.

[lhwj]

I can't rate your system if it hasn't got a graphics card :eek:

... unless you're running on integrated at the moment.

Luke

[RushMe123]

I can't rate your system if it hasn't got a graphics card :eek:

... unless you're running on integrated at the moment.

Luke

Unfortunately I am. :P

[Nomunk]

just built this system last month

Intel i7 920
Asus P6T Deluxe V2 mobo
GSKILL 6gig Ram
GTX 295
X-fi Xtrememusic
Muskin 800W power supply
Antec Ninehundred 2 case

what would you guys rate my new rig

[lhwj]

I'd say 9.5.

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

just built this system last month

Intel i7 920
Asus P6T Deluxe V2 mobo
GSKILL 6gig Ram
GTX 295
X-fi Xtrememusic
Muskin 800W power supply
Antec Ninehundred 2 case

what would you guys rate my new rig


I agree with luke. This system sounds awesome what kind of monitor do you have? What the bus speed of your RAM? Have you over clocked your cpu? tell me some of the particulars and Ill let you know what i rate it at? SO far somewhere in the high 9's.

[Nomunk]

I agree with luke. This system sounds awesome what kind of monitor do you have? What the bus speed of your RAM? Have you over clocked your cpu? tell me some of the particulars and Ill let you know what i rate it at? SO far somewhere in the high 9's.

thanks bro, i'm currently using a 5 year old Dell 2001FP 20 inch LCD monitor 1600x1200 res, I paid $800 for when I bought it, it was top of the line back then, I will be getting a HP 1920x1200 monitor next month

i'm a noob when it comes to overclocking so i'm not sure if I will be overclocking anytime soon, my ram is only DDR3 1333, since I didnt plan to overclock I just got standard Ram

[srg_shveazzenop]

thanks bro, i'm currently using a 5 year old Dell 2001FP 20 inch LCD monitor 1600x1200 res, I paid $800 for when I bought it, it was top of the line back then, I will be getting a HP 1920x1200 monitor next month

i'm a noob when it comes to overclocking so i'm not sure if I will be overclocking anytime soon, my ram is only DDR3 1333, since I didnt play to overclock I just got standard Ram:D:D:D:D 9.5


Is that computer sick or what man i want an i7 set up sooooo bad but its so expensive for what i want. I want

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226050

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168191152023188047

but that ♥♥♥♥ is like 1200 and im A BROKE H**.:o
I KNOW im realy shooting for the stars for that set up but i wan it i wan it i wan it. lol

[srg_shveazzenop]

man if u had some ssd's in raid your ♥♥♥♥ would be SMOKIN. ahhh

[Nomunk]

:D:D:D:D 9.5


Is that computer sick or what man i want an i7 set up sooooo bad but its so expensive for what i want. I want

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226050

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168191152023188047

but that ♥♥♥♥ is like 1200 and im A BROKE H**.:o
I KNOW im realy shooting for the stars for that set up but i wan it i wan it i wan it. lol

thanks alot man, that memory you linked is seriously overpriced, I only paid $90 for my GSKILL 6gig DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231223

[srg_shveazzenop]

thanks alot man, that memory you linked is seriously overpriced, I only paid $90 for my GSKILL 6gig DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231223

compare at the latencies and bus speed. the little diffrence costs allot but if had the cash i would

[Nomunk]

compare at the latencies and bus speed. the little diffrence costs allot but if had the cash i would


yea but since I dont overclock there is no reason for me using anything other than the standard memory

the standard bus speed on the i7 cpus are 1333, so a higher bus speed would not benifit since I dont overclock

however lower timinigs are always a good thing and i'm gonna try to lower the timings on my ram if it can handle it

[budbud83]

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600 2.4 GHz OC 3.4 GHz
Asus P5K Delux
2x ATI Radeon 3870 512 MB OC 832 MHz/822 MHz
2x Transcend DDR2 PC2-6400 2GB
2x Seagate 300 GB
1x Seagate 1000 GB

LG DVD-ROM Drive
LG DVD-RW Drive

Coolit Systems [PURE] CPU Water Cooler
Corsair 750W PSU

Antec 900 Case

2x Acer AL1917 19" LCD Display
Windows Vista Home Premium

[srg_shveazzenop]

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600 2.4 GHz OC 3.4 GHz
Asus P5K Delux
2x ATI Radeon 3870 512 MB OC 832 MHz/822 MHz
2x Transcend DDR2 PC2-6400 2GB
2x Seagate 300 GB
1x Seagate 1000 GB

LG DVD-ROM Drive
LG DVD-RW Drive

Coolit Systems [PURE] CPU Water Cooler
Corsair 750W PSU

Antec 900 Case

2x Acer AL1917 19" LCD Display
Windows Vista Home Premium
8.8 Awsome overclock on that cpu
would be higher with better videocard. check these out

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129130

top of the line single-gpu video card.

[BS_1]

8.8 Awsome overclock on that cpu
would be higher with better videocard. check these out

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129130

top of the line single-gpu video card.
I wouldn't consider that a great buy over the 2 3870s he has now.

[srg_shveazzenop]

I wouldn't consider that a great buy over the 2 3870s he has now.

I i used to have a 3870x2 and i replaced it with a 4870 and saw improvements. And now i have a 4870x2 and have her'd the 4890 is just as good and 2 would be CrAzAaAaA/\ just check out this link to help decide
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=569602&page=26
you will notice 3870's are pretty low on the scrotum poll and crossfire only offers a of 35% performace increase so i would ebay those ♥♥♥♥♥es and get a 4890 HAJLELUYA.I want the up coming 4890x2. but iv her'd rumors of an 4890 xtx or 4 gig 4gpu or somthin so we'll see

[Maestrotogo]

Specs:CPU:Phenom II x4 955BE, MOBO:Asus M4a79T Deluxe 790FX, RAM:8GB OCZ platinum DDR3 PC12800, VIDEOCARDS: 2 XFX Radeon HD 4890 Xtreme GDDR5 in XFire mode, PSU: Sigma Monster 850W modular, COOLING: Air but looking into a good LCS. I use a Gelid Spirit for CPU, HDD: 2 Seagate 1TB.

I haven't even bothered to OC it yet, just using the AMD overdrive for small boosts as well as using the CCC to juice up my 4890's.

[srg_shveazzenop]

Specs:CPU:Phenom II x4 955BE, MOBO:Asus M4a79T Deluxe 790FX, RAM:8GB OCZ platinum DDR3 PC12800, VIDEOCARDS: 2 XFX Radeon HD 4890 Xtreme GDDR5 in XFire mode, PSU: Sigma Monster 850W modular, COOLING: Air but looking into a good LCS. I use a Gelid Spirit for CPU, HDD: 2 Seagate 1TB.

I haven't even bothered to OC it yet, just using the AMD overdrive for small boosts as well as using the CCC to juice up my 4890's.

AWSOME. 9.4

[Maestrotogo]

AWSOME. 9.4


Hey thanks man. It was about $1,400 in parts from newegg. My next build will prolly be Intel...but imma wait for the price drop.

[Def_Jef]

I don't actually have this computer yet. But I just ordered all the parts the other day.

* Intel Q8200 2.33GHz Quad Core
* EVGA nforce 780i motherboard
* EVGA Gforce GTX 260
* 4GB (2x2GB) 1066 OCZ Reaper ram
* Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
* Windows Vist Home Premium 64 bit

I kinda feel like I should have gotten the e8400, but I let my friend sweet talk me into going for the quad. Also, I feel like I should of gone for the core 216 since it was hardly anymore expensive, but what you gonna do?

[Nomunk]

I don't actually have this computer yet. But I just ordered all the parts the other day.

* Intel Q8200 2.33GHz Quad Core
* EVGA nforce 780i motherboard
* EVGA Gforce GTX 260
* 4GB (2x2GB) 1066 OCZ Reaper ram
* Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
* Windows Vist Home Premium 64 bit

I kinda feel like I should have gotten the e8400, but I let my friend sweet talk me into going for the quad. Also, I feel like I should of gone for the core 216 since it was hardly anymore expensive, but what you gonna do?

seriously bro, that processor is not that fast, everything else looks OK

i'll give it a 8.0

that CPU is not future proof at all even if you overclock it, atleast spend $50 bucks and get the Q9400

[Def_Jef]

seriously bro, that processor is not that fast, everything else looks OK

i'll give it a 8.0

that CPU is not future proof at all even if you overclock it, atleast spend $50 bucks and get the Q9400 Yeah, I was going to go with an E8400, but he convinced me it would be better for future games that utilize four cores. I'll probably invest in a new one in a year or so. Regardless, its better than my Turion 64x2 2GHz that I've right now.

[Nomunk]

Yeah, I was going to go with an E8400, but he convinced me it would be better for future games that utilize four cores. I'll probably invest in a new one in a year or so. Regardless, its better than my Turion 64x2 2GHz that I've right now.

you were making the right choice when you were originally going with the E8400 its much much faster than the Q8200 in games, it would have made since to go with the E8400 now and upgrade to a faster Quad core later than getting a slow Quad core now and upgrading to a faster one later

or

spend $50 more bucks now and get a decent fast Quadcore like the Q9400 and you dont have to worry about upgrading for quite awhile

there arent many games atm even using 4 cores yet

but hey enjoy your new rig bro

[Fortune]

AMD Phenom II 720BE @ 3.6GHz
ASUS M4A78-E
Sapphire HD4850 1GB @ 660/1043
4GB Kingston DDR2 800MHz @ 5-5-5-15
WD Caviar Black 640GB
Windows XP Pro and W7 64bit in dual boot

[p5ychonaut]

you were making the right choice when you were originally going with the E8400 its much much faster than the Q8200 in games,

While I would agree with this for most of the games out at the moment, the Q8200 will be by no means too slow for any of them, and will potentially pull ahead of the E8400 in some games that already take advantage of quads, e.g. any Unreal Engine 3 game, and GTA IV, possibly more I don't know of.

[Katchin1501]

hi,

Win Vista 64
EVGA Geforce 295
ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme
Intel I7 920
12GB Corsair DDR3 1600 8T
2x 78GB 10rpm Raptors
1x 750GB WDD Eco Drive, 7200rpm
TAGAN BZ1100
Xclio Blackhawk Full Tower Case
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G9 Mouse

[rotNdude]

AMD Phenom II 720BE @ 3.6GHz
ASUS M4A78-E
Sapphire HD4850 1GB @ 660/1043
4GB Kingston DDR2 800MHz @ 5-5-5-15
WD Caviar Black 640GB
Windows XP Pro and W7 64bit in dual boot

3.9/5.0

hi,

Win Vista 64
EVGA Geforce 295
ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme
Intel I7 920
12GB Corsair DDR3 1600 8T
2x 78GB 10rpm Raptors
1x 750GB WDD Eco Drive, 7200rpm
TAGAN BZ1100
Xclio Blackhawk Full Tower Case
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G9 Mouse

4.3/5.0

[generalzion]

Phenom II X4 940 Quad Core 3.0ghz
4GB DDR2 Ram 1066MHz
500GB Wester Digital SATA HDD
600W CoolerMaster PSU
ATI Radeon HD 4770 (2 of these thanks to the beauty of crossfire).
Antec Nine Hundred Case

[lhwj]

Phenom II X4 940 Quad Core 3.0ghz
4GB DDR2 Ram 1066MHz
500GB Wester Digital SATA HDD
600W CoolerMaster PSU
ATI Radeon HD 4770 (2 of these thanks to the beauty of crossfire).
Antec Nine Hundred Case

Sorry srg_shveazzenop seemed to be on the verge of taking over earlier. 8.8 for you.

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

Sorry srg_shveazzenop seemed to be on the verge of taking over earlier. 8.8 for you.

Luke

Huh lol:confused:

hi,

Win Vista 64
EVGA Geforce 295
ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme
Intel I7 920
12GB Corsair DDR3 1600 8T
2x 78GB 10rpm Raptors
1x 750GB WDD Eco Drive, 7200rpm
TAGAN BZ1100
Xclio Blackhawk Full Tower Case
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G9 Mouse

Solid dude 9.8 Awsome what do you us it for. Can i see pics

Phenom II X4 940 Quad Core 3.0ghz
4GB DDR2 Ram 1066MHz
500GB Wester Digital SATA HDD
600W CoolerMaster PSU
ATI Radeon HD 4770 (2 of these thanks to the beauty of crossfire).
Antec Nine Hundred Case

9.0

cross fire YEYA lol Good ram ♥♥♥♥♥in proc

[Katchin1501]

Solid dude 9.8 Awsome what do you us it for. Can i see pics

no pics sorry, one thing i dont have is digital camera, lol.

I use it for pure gaming basically. crysis, bf2142, eve-online, farcry2,fallout3 so on

[Nomunk]

hi,

Win Vista 64
EVGA Geforce 295
ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme
Intel I7 920
12GB Corsair DDR3 1600 8T
2x 78GB 10rpm Raptors
1x 750GB WDD Eco Drive, 7200rpm
TAGAN BZ1100
Xclio Blackhawk Full Tower Case
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech G9 Mouse

what in the hell do you need 12gigs of ram for, that is just overkill or for the sake of just to say I have more ram than somebody else

[srg_shveazzenop]

what in the hell do you need 12gigs of ram for, that is just overkill or for the sake of just to say I have more ram than somebody else

with 12 GB of ram you could turn off your virtual memory and that would speed up your system.

[lhwj]

with 12 GB of ram you could turn off your virtual memory and that would speed up your system.

Bad advice. Read this: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8653920&postcount=88

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

Bad advice. Read this: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8653920&postcount=88

Luke

wow i didnt relize it was still paging and blind. iv had paging of 4 like 6 months the only time iv ever had bloblems is when i hard boot and once when i was using adobe it ran out of memory.

well i gess it would be safer if it wrote to my ssd's ;p

well ♥♥♥♥ ill look in to my own advice b4 i open my mouth next time lol

[Malth_Viking]

meh

AMD 7750 X2 Kuma @ 3.2GHz
2GB Mushkin DDR2-800 @ 840MHz 4-4-4-11
MSI K9A2 CF-F AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X
7900GS @ 561/1558

For the price (60 bucks shipped), this CPU simply cannot be beat.

Video card is getting a bit old, but it has a pretty decent overclock on it. Runs L4D rather well. Runs crysis at <20fps.

[TimeShift]

Rate my PC! =)

+ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz

+ ASUS P5Q-E

+ HIS ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB GDDR3/GDDR5 [HDMi Audio Support]

+ 2X 2GB (4GB) DDR2 800MHz

+ 250GB HDD SATA-2

+ Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit & Windows 7 RC1 64-bit

+ SoundMax Digital HD Audio 7.1 (MB Integrated)

[Tyraa Rane]

All right, so I'm in the process of buying a new computer. How does this build (which I'm currently leaning towards) rate?


CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.0GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit
Mainboard: Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 CrossFire Chipset LGA775 FSB1600 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394, & 7.1Audio
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-650TX - Quad SLI Ready
Memory: 8GB (4x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB DDR5 PCI-Express Dual DVI-I & TVO
Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
Sound: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer 24-BIT PCI Sound Card


OS is Vista Home Premium (64-bit) w/SP1.

[SSJ3MarioBros]

Tyraa, that is a pretty freaking awesome build! However one thing I would change, instead of a Q9650 which was the best CPU of last generation, you might want to look into Core i7. The 920 is even better, and it's pretty cheap too. But the motherboard and RAM upgrade will set you back a pretty penny.

On the other hand, the new Phenom IIs are about equal to the Q9650, maybe even better, and I believe they're much cheaper.


Beyond that, 8 Gigs of RAM is a bit overkill, but it looks like overkill is what you're going for xD Personally, I would add a good CPU heatsink and PC2-8500 1066MHz RAM, because you can easily overclock a Q9650 to 4GHz for a beast of a rig (the 800MHz RAM might hold you back if you were to overclock).

[Tyraa Rane]

Tyraa, that is a pretty freaking awesome build!

Woohoo! :)

However one thing I would change, instead of a Q9650 which was the best CPU of last generation, you might want to look into Core i7. The 920 is even better, and it's pretty cheap too. But the motherboard and RAM upgrade will set you back a pretty penny.

I did look at the Core i7s, but the price difference is what drove me towards the Quad Core. Nothing's set in stone yet, of course, but I am trying to keep the price down as much as possible.

Haven't looked into the Phenom IIs yet...don't have too much experience with AMD processors.

Beyond that, 8 Gigs of RAM is a bit overkill, but it looks like overkill is what you're going for xD

Ha, I don't know when to stop with RAM sometimes. XD (Or hardrives, for that matter--I always seem to end up with too much or not enough.) My other option is for 4GB RAM, which I thought was a little on the low side, given that Vista seems to hog up a bit of memory...? I suppose I could always go with 4GB for now and upgrade if it turns out to be not enough.

Personally, I would add a good CPU heatsink and PC2-8500 1066MHz RAM, because you can easily overclock a Q9650 to 4GHz for a beast of a rig (the 800MHz RAM might hold you back if you were to overclock).

Not really looking to overclock, but thanks for the tips. :)

[Grüven]

Beyond that, 8 Gigs of RAM is a bit overkill, but it looks like overkill is what you're going for xD
<facepalm> ... not this again.

[rotNdude]

This is the "Rate My Computer" thread. It is not the "Rate the computer I'm thinking about getting" thread. Thanks for the cooperation and understanding.

[lhwj]

meh

AMD 7750 X2 Kuma @ 3.2GHz
2GB Mushkin DDR2-800 @ 840MHz 4-4-4-11
MSI K9A2 CF-F AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X
7900GS @ 561/1558

For the price (60 bucks shipped), this CPU simply cannot be beat.

Video card is getting a bit old, but it has a pretty decent overclock on it. Runs L4D rather well. Runs crysis at <20fps.

Hmmm, it's funny how you mix a new processor with an old card. 7.3.

Rate my PC! =)

+ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz

+ ASUS P5Q-E

+ HIS ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB GDDR3/GDDR5 [HDMi Audio Support]

+ 2X 2GB (4GB) DDR2 800MHz

+ 250GB HDD SATA-2

+ Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit & Windows 7 RC1 64-bit

+ SoundMax Digital HD Audio 7.1 (MB Integrated)

8.3.

This is the "Rate My Computer" thread. It is not the "Rate the computer I'm thinking about getting" thread. Thanks for the cooperation and understanding.

Thanks. I was going to say that but you might have told me off for being ultra vires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_vires).

Luke

[srg_shveazzenop]

This is the "Rate My Computer" thread. It is not the "Rate the computer I'm thinking about getting" thread. Thanks for the cooperation and understanding.

lol for shure

[Quatroking]

Hooray for Everest.

--------[ EVEREST Ultimate Edition ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v5.00.1650
Benchmark Module 2.4.258.0
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer QUATROKING-PC
Generator Quatroking
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7100
Date 2009-05-13
Time 22:55


--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Service Pack -
Internet Explorer 8.0.7100.0
DirectX DirectX 10.1
Computer Name QUATROKING-PC
User Name Quatroking
Logon Domain Quatroking-PC
Date / Time 2009-05-13 / 22:55

Motherboard:
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, 2975 MHz (8.5 x 350)
Motherboard Name Asus P5N-D (2 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 750i SLI
System Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Melco 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (6-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM2: Melco 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (6-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
BIOS Type Award (08/01/08)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (1024 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (1024 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Monitor Acer H223HQ [22" LCD] (LF70D0028500)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA nForce 430i (MCP51) - High Definition Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD64 00AACS-00G8B SCSI Disk Device (596 GB)
Optical Drive Optiarc DVD RW AD-7201A ATA Device (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:12x, DVD+RW:20x/8x, DVD-RW:20x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223F SCSI CdRom Device (DVD+R9:16x, DVD-R9:12x, DVD+RW:22x/8x, DVD-RW:22x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 52554 MB (36146 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 89641 MB (18262 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 444.8 GB (156.7 GB free)
F: (NTFS) 12757 MB (7098 MB free)
Total Size 596.2 GB (216.8 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Primary IP Address 192.168.2.9
Primary MAC Address 00-23-69-0C-E7-E1
Network Adapter Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter (192.168.2.9)
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

Peripherals:
Printer Fax
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
FireWire Controller VIA VT6306/6307 Fire II IEEE1394 Host Controller (PHY: VIA VT6307)
USB1 Controller nVIDIA nForce 430i (MCP51) - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA nForce 430i (MCP51) - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device

[jdub]

Just started building about a year ago, this is the first set-up i picked out myself about 6 mo. ago. I just got the new card and 1tb HD, and haven't gotten into the world of overclocking as i'm kinda nervous about ruining the life of my hardware. It sounds fun, just trying to take baby steps.

Intel C2Q6700 2.66 Ghz
EVGA 780i SLI
MSI GTX 285 OC
4x2g DDR2 800mhz
1tb WD
500G Seagate
Vista Ultimate 64
Antec 1200 case
Antec 850w PS

[Malth_Viking]

Hmmm, it's funny how you mix a new processor with an old card. 7.3.

video card was left over from older build

and budget does not allow for a new video card, yet :(

[lhwj]

...

9.0.

Just started building about a year ago, this is the first set-up i picked out myself about 6 mo. ago. I just got the new card and 1tb HD, and haven't gotten into the world of overclocking as i'm kinda nervous about ruining the life of my hardware. It sounds fun, just trying to take baby steps.

Intel C2Q6700 2.66 Ghz
EVGA 780i SLI
MSI GTX 285 OC
4x2g DDR2 800mhz
1tb WD
500G Seagate
Vista Ultimate 64
Antec 1200 case
Antec 850w PS

8.8.

Luke

[SSJ3MarioBros]

<facepalm> ... not this again.

Hey, for the price conscious, it's nice to not pay for something you'll never get to use. 'sall I'm sayin'

Yeah, I've never liked the AMD processors, but I've heard nothing but praise and good things about the Phenom IIs. They're apparently a lot like Core2Quads, but are cheaper xD



I'm considering upgrading to 8 Gigs of RAM, since DDR2 is so incredibly cheap now xD But I think I'll just wait and go to Core i7 later :P

[Grüven]

Hey, for the price conscious, it's nice to not pay for something you'll never get to use. 'sall I'm sayin'
That's certainly a reasonable statement, but the its assumption is that the user doesn't use their system in such a way that the amount of RAM becomes beneficial.

When configuring a system, the first question should be: What's the application(s)?

[SSJ3MarioBros]

It's a pretty reasonable assumption that he won't be using that much RAM, and it's been proven to have no impact on gaming. And these are the Steam forums afterall....

I'm not saying he couldn't have a use for that much. But in any case, this is a discussion for another place :p

[Grüven]

It's a pretty reasonable assumption that he won't be using that much RAM, and it's been proven to have no impact on gaming.
Under what conditions, though? Is gaming the only thing going on?

Personally, only asking a person's specs isn't enough to gauge a system; you need at least that and the given purpose. Is it too late to start practicing that in this thread? :p

[srg_shveazzenop]

meh

AMD 7750 X2 Kuma @ 3.2GHz
2GB Mushkin DDR2-800 @ 840MHz 4-4-4-11
MSI K9A2 CF-F AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X
7900GS @ 561/1558

For the price (60 bucks shipped), this CPU simply cannot be beat.

Video card is getting a bit old, but it has a pretty decent overclock on it. Runs L4D rather well. Runs crysis at <20fps.

8.2 good latencies on ram .cool proc .video card lol its ok

[mejwidget]

Hey I did an overclock and got a few new parts, so I'm just wondering: what will my pc rate now?

CPU: Intel e2200 @2.8ghz
MOBO: ASUS P5KPL-CM
GPU: GIgabyte 9600gt
RAM: 2gb Kingston DDR2 800mhz
HDD: WD caviar 320gb + Seagate 80gb
PSU: A-power 720w
Case: CM Storm Scout (proud of this one!!)

So there it is. What do you guys think?

[Mudkipz]

Hey I did an overclock and got a few new parts, so I'm just wondering: what will my pc rate now?

CPU: Intel e2200 @2.8ghz
MOBO: ASUS P5KPL-CM
GPU: GIgabyte 9600gt
RAM: 2gb Kingston DDR2 800mhz
HDD: WD caviar 320gb + Seagate 80gb
PSU: A-power 720w
Case: CM Storm Scout (proud of this one!!)

So there it is. What do you guys think?

Probably upper 6, or a lower 7. I imagine something like 6.8

[InflUX]

how about mine:

CPU: intel core2quad q6600 at stock speeds (2.4GHz)
MOBO: EVGA nforce 680i sli
GPU: 2x 260GTX 192 core in SLI
RAM: 8GB Kingston hyperx 1066MHz 5-5-5-15
HDD: 2x 1TB samsung spinpoint f1
PSU: 850w
CASE: Antec 900

[lhwj]

Case: CM Storm Scout (proud of this one!!)


Yeah that is a very nice case all right

how about mine:

CPU: intel core2quad q6600 at stock speeds (2.4GHz)
MOBO: EVGA nforce 680i sli
GPU: 2x 260GTX 192 core in SLI
RAM: 8GB Kingston hyperx 1066MHz 5-5-5-15
HDD: 2x 1TB samsung spinpoint f1
PSU: 850w
CASE: Antec 900

9.2.

Luke

[GoDMiN]

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P

CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz

Video card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4770 512MB (being upgraded when the 5870 comes out)

Ram: CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 800

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

PSU: CORSAIR 750W

HDD1: 320gb 5400RPM IDE

HDD2: 160gb 5400RPM "I think" SATA

HDD3: 500gb 7200RPM SATA

Case: RAIDMAX SMILODON

[InflUX]

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P

CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz

Video card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4770 512MB (being upgraded when the 5870 comes out)

Ram: CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 800

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

PSU: CORSAIR 750W

HDD1: 320gb 5400RPM IDE

HDD2: 160gb 5400RPM "I think" SATA

HDD3: 500gb 7200RPM SATA

Case: RAIDMAX SMILODON


8.2/10, not bad

[ivaylo_ch]

Intel Celeron 440 2.0GHz
2x 512MB DDR2/667
160GB Seagate SATA2/7200/8MB
ATI X300SE 128MB/PCI-E
400W case PSU
LG L1718S (17 inch)


It runs TF2 decently at low/medium and L4D at 20 FPS lowest.
I'd like to know what you'll think about an ancient (2-year old :eek:) PC like mine.

[Chindraka]

and what about my rig..?

Cpu:Intel® Core i7-920 (2,67 GHz)
Mobo:Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58
GpuP:Saphhire ATI Radeon HD4870 X2
Ram:6144 MB DDR3
HDD:2 x RAID0, 1.000 GB SATAII/ 7200rpm/ 16MB
Psu:StealthXStream 600 Watt
Case:Zirco AX

[InflUX]

and what about my rig..?

Cpu:Intel® Core i7-920 (2,67 GHz)
Mobo:Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58
GpuP:Saphhire ATI Radeon HD4870 X2
Ram:6144 MB DDR3
HDD:2 x RAID0, 1.000 GB SATAII/ 7200rpm/ 16MB
Psu:StealthXStream 600 Watt
Case:Zirco AX

9.7/10, nice

[DARKNIGHT]

As of tomorrow it will be this

CPU: Intel I7 920
Mobo: Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Mem: 6GB corsair 1333mhz tri channel.
GPU: 2x XFX GTX 280
PSU: Coolermaster realpower 850W
Case: coolermaster Cosmos 1000.

Wootness.

[Kermitdefrog]

8.9 and a half

[Nomunk]

Intel Celeron 440 2.0GHz
2x 512MB DDR2/667
160GB Seagate SATA2/7200/8MB
ATI X300SE 128MB/PCI-E
400W case PSU
LG L1718S (17 inch)


It runs TF2 decently at low/medium and L4D at 20 FPS lowest.
I'd like to know what you'll think about an ancient (2-year old :eek:) PC like mine.

1.5/10

seriously

[srg_shveazzenop]

As of tomorrow it will be this

CPU: Intel I7 920
Mobo: Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Mem: 6GB corsair 1333mhz tri channel.
GPU: 2x XFX GTX 280
PSU: Coolermaster realpower 850W
Case: coolermaster Cosmos 1000.

Wootness.

cool 9.4 Sli + 280 = Awesome


Intel Celeron 440 2.0GHz
2x 512MB DDR2/667
160GB Seagate SATA2/7200/8MB
ATI X300SE 128MB/PCI-E
400W case PSU
LG L1718S (17 inch)


It runs TF2 decently at low/medium and L4D at 20 FPS lowest.
I'd like to know what you'll think about an ancient (2-year old :eek:) PC like mine.

it sounds older than 2

3.2 \

if it dose what u want it to do than its good enough right

[srg_shveazzenop]

8.9 and a half

lol 8.9 and a half lol thats good ♥♥♥♥:D

[compywiz]

Guess I'll try my luck...

CPU: Watercooled Intel Core i7 920 2.66 @ 4 GHz
Mobo: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58
GPU: Watercooled ASUS Radeon 4870X2 CrossFired with Diamond Radeon 4870x2
Ram: 6GB 1600mhz DDR3 6-7-6 timings
HDD: 2x300GB Raptors in Raid 0. 2x1TB storage
Psu: Thermaltake 1000W
Case: Thermaltake Armor
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

It plays a nice game of minesweeper.

[benjy911]

CPU: Intel Quad Core Q6600
Mobo: Asus P5k SE/EPU
GPU: XFX 9800GT OC
Ram: 4GB 800mHz DDR2 OCZ Gold
HDD: 250gb Maxtor
PSU: Hyper 480W Type R
OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit

[srg_shveazzenop]

Guess I'll try my luck...

CPU: Watercooled Intel Core i7 920 2.66 @ 4 GHz
Mobo: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58
GPU: Watercooled ASUS Radeon 4870X2 CrossFired with Diamond Radeon 4870x2
Ram: 6GB 1600mhz DDR3 6-7-6 timings
HDD: 2x300GB Raptors in Raid 0. 2x1TB storage
Psu: Thermaltake 1000W
Case: Thermaltake Armor
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

It plays a nice game of minesweeper.

killer ram timings
awesome oc'd proc
nice raid setup
and a cool case too
i love the 4870 x2


9.8 not much room for improvement lol

[-Withnail-]

Athlon64 4000+ at 3Ghz
1Gb ram
dfi lanparty NF4
ATi X1900XT
DVD-RW
2 80GB hard drives
22" LCD
Logitech Z-5500
X-Fi xtrememusic

crappy case

[srg_shveazzenop]

CPU: Intel Quad Core Q6600
Mobo: Asus P5k SE/EPU
GPU: XFX 9800GT OC
Ram: 4GB 800mHz DDR2 OCZ Gold
HDD: 250gb Maxtor
PSU: Hyper 480W Type R
OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit

anything overclocked?

8.8

Athlon64 4000+ at 3Ghz
1Gb ram
dfi lanparty NF4
ATi X1900XT
DVD-RW
2 80GB hard drives
22" LCD
Logitech Z-5500
X-Fi xtrememusic

crappy case

i give it a 8.0

[Quatroking]

Athlon64 4000+ at 3Ghz
1Gb ram
dfi lanparty NF4
ATi X1900XT
DVD-RW
2 80GB hard drives
22" LCD
Logitech Z-5500
X-Fi xtrememusic

crappy case

6.0, due to HDD and RAM

[-Withnail-]

i give it a 8.0


that's a joke right?

[srg_shveazzenop]

that's a joke right?

it could use an updated video card and more ram.
Are the hard drives in a raid configuration?


If it dose what u want it to do than no worries ,im comparing this to systems like COMPYWIZ,s.

[-Withnail-]

it could use an updated video card and more ram.
Are the hard drives in a raid configuration?


If it dose what u want it to do than no worries ,im comparing this to systems like COMPYWIZ,s


no they're not in raid. I just think compared to the average computer now mine is pretty weak :(

but it does do what I want :)

[srg_shveazzenop]

no they're not in raid. I just think compared to the average computer now mine is pretty weak :(

but it does do what I want :)

the average computer would get a 5 not and 8. A 10 is rarely given out and 0 would be lol i don't know. compywiz probable spent 3k for the top of the line components. but its a killer system.

these rating are just opinions any way

SET THOSE DRIVES UP RAID 0! for your operating system and some games.
then go buy a drive for your media.
and get some high speed ram (the fastest your mobo will support). I think u will be surprised with the performance increase in day to day use.U could also pick up a ati 4850 for $140 at new egg or a like a nvidea gts 250 for like $144. either would definitely improve your gaming experience.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161244

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130467

[Durial32I]

killer ram timings
awesome oc'd proc
nice raid setup
and a cool case too
i love the 4870 x2


9.8 not much room for improvement lol

cant be 9.8... sorry..

there's new processors out, 965.., could get more ram?

I'd say 9.5 :)

[srg_shveazzenop]

cant be 9.8... sorry..

there's new processors out, 965.., could get more ram?

I'd say 9.5 :)

no point it getting more ram unless he turned off page filing or something but i guess i could have looked at the proc more closely. lol
i giv it like a 9.8 it awesome. lol

[Durial32I]

no point it getting more ram unless he turned off page filing or something but i guess i could have looked at the proc more closely. lol
i giv it like a 9.8 it awesome. lol

Wow

are you trolling

[compywiz]

cant be 9.8... sorry..

there's new processors out, 965.., could get more ram?

I'd say 9.5 :)

I virtualize 4 linux machines on top of a memory hungry windows 7 host OS while playing games. I haven't hit 6GB yet. I think my ram is adequate. I assuming you're just pointing out to him that there are better machines out there, for a crazy amount of money though.

compywiz probable spent 3k for the top of the line components. but its a killer system.


Probably a good guess for how much I spent. I try not to do it all at once or else it seems really bad. I can't imagine how much it would have cost if I didn't build it myself. Probably closer to 5 grand. Thanks for the compliment.

[Dyscharge]

Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 3.0GHz (stock HSF)
Patriot 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 800
EVGA 8800GT SC Edition (650/950/1625)
a-bit IP35 motherboard
Antec EarthWatts 550w
SG 320GB 7,200RPM HDD
Acer 1080p 21.5" monitor


I've had the PC for year-and-a-half and the monitor for roughly 5 months. I can play every single game (with the obvious exception of Crysis) at 1080p, everything on highest and some AF/AA.

I'm going to upgrade to an i7 build by the end of this year. Let's just see what Nvidia and AMD release on the GPU side.

[srg_shveazzenop]

Wow

are you trolling

i don't know what trolling means

[compywiz]

i don't know what trolling means

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trolling

[Rydore]

Intel core 2 duo E8400
Asus P5QL Pro
Corsair 2 x2Gb DDR2
Sapphire Radeon HD4850 512mb
Corsair 650w PSU
Antec 300 Case
750GB HDD 7200RPM


Just built it on friday and it's going good so far.

[ElectronicFunk]

This is my second generation with this build, I paid too much for my mobo to cast it aside for an Intel chip this refresh, so here it goes:


The first build was as follows:

AMD 5000+ 2.6Ghz clocked @ 2.9Ghz
2GB of DDRs 800 by G-Skill
7800GTX cards in SLI
650watt BFG tech PSU
Antec 900 case

This setup exists on an older board now as a secondary machine

The rebuild is as follows:

Proc -AMD Athlon X2 6400 plus (90nm tech, forget the core name) 3.2Ghz

OC'd to 3.53Ghz

Ram -8GB of OCZ DDR2 800

Board -ASUS Crosshair motherboard, nVidia 590SLI chipset

Vid. Cards -BFG Tech GTX 280's in SLI

PSU -Antec 1,000 watt True Power Quattro

Case -Antec 1200 Case

Hard Drives:
-Raid 0 (2X150GB Western Digital raptors)
-Western Digital Caviar 320GB (Linux disk)
-750GB Western Digital (data bucket)

Monitor -(I forget the exact model number, sorry) 22" Acer native res 1680X1020

OS's: - Windows XP (32 bit) Windows Vista ultimate (64 bit) and Linux Mynt


I know that I'm hitting processor limits with the GTX 280's but when I paid nearly 300 for the board I'd like to hold on to it longer and make it pay for itself, however I do see a Corei7 build in the next 6 months :D

[Durial32I]

Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 3.0GHz (stock HSF)
Patriot 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 800
EVGA 8800GT SC Edition (650/950/1625)
a-bit IP35 motherboard
Antec EarthWatts 550w
SG 320GB 7,200RPM HDD
Acer 1080p 21.5" monitor


I've had the PC for year-and-a-half and the monitor for roughly 5 months. I can play every single game (with the obvious exception of Crysis) at 1080p, everything on highest and some AF/AA.

I'm going to upgrade to an i7 build by the end of this year. Let's just see what Nvidia and AMD release on the GPU side.

I highly doubt it.

Steady framerates 60fps+ all the time? The graphics card isnt that great to handle that resolution with both AA and AF and get 60fps all the time.

[srg_shveazzenop]

Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 3.0GHz (stock HSF)
Patriot 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 800
EVGA 8800GT SC Edition (650/950/1625)
a-bit IP35 motherboard
Antec EarthWatts 550w
SG 320GB 7,200RPM HDD
Acer 1080p 21.5" monitor


I've had the PC for year-and-a-half and the monitor for roughly 5 months. I can play every single game (with the obvious exception of Crysis) at 1080p, everything on highest and some AF/AA.

I'm going to upgrade to an i7 build by the end of this year. Let's just see what Nvidia and AMD release on the GPU side.
ati' 5870 is supposed to come out in October along with windows7.

[Arinoth]

Current build is
Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz
Asus P5B
XFX 8800 GTS 640MB edition
4 Gigs of OCZ High Performance RAM at 800 MHz
750W Powersupply
SG 320 7200 RPM HDD
32" 1080p Samsung monitor/tv

[Dyscharge]

Steady framerates 60fps+ all the time? The graphics card isnt that great to handle that resolution with both AA and AF and get 60fps all the time.

HL2, CSS, DODS, TF2 give me 60+fps with 16xAF and 8xCSAA; L4D drops down to ~40fps at crazy places with 4xMSAA. This is with everything else on the highest settings.

Oblivion with Qarl's texture pack and everything at max settings (with HDR instead of AA) gave me 60+ indoors, ~40fps outdoors.

STALKER with float32 and some texture packs gives me 60+fps indoors, and 30-40fps outdoors (never goes below 30) with everything on max, 8xAF and 4xAA.

UT3 never goes below 50fps with everything on maximum, 16xAF and 2xAA (turned on through the control panel).

Quake Wars never goes under 40fps with everything on max with 16xAF and 4xAA.

Dead Space gives 60+fps with everything on max, with EdgeAA on.

I don't have FC2, nor other newer games, so I can't comment on those.

[clydekheng]

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00ghz OCed to 3.60ghz (HSF)
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Kingston DDR2-800 (2x2GB)
Gigabyte HD 4890 1GB
Corsair HX620 PSU
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit/64-bit

I think that's about all I can remember. I'm thinking of changing my RAM so I can get better FPS on Warhead. Can't seem to break the 35 fps barrier on 1920x1080, gamer graphics. Should I upgrade my RAM or invest in a better motherboard to overclock my processor? Com bought around 6 May 09.

[srg_shveazzenop]

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00ghz OCed to 3.60ghz (HSF)
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Kingston DDR2-800 (2x2GB)
Gigabyte HD 4890 1GB
Corsair HX620 PSU
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit/64-bit

I think that's about all I can remember. I'm thinking of changing my RAM so I can get better FPS on Warhead. Can't seem to break the 35 fps barrier on 1920x1080, gamer graphics. Should I upgrade my RAM or invest in a better motherboard to overclock my processor? Com bought around 6 May 09.
its already may 28th 09

8.7

[clydekheng]

its already may 28th 09

8.7

So what are you suggesting? If any parts are out dated to you, what should be the proper upgrade?

[.:|CREAAMY|:.]

OK
What about mine??

1.Antec 1200
2.Rampage II Extreme MB
3.Intel i7 2.66GHz
4.EVGA GTX 295
5.3GB Corsair Dominator, Triple DDR3 PC3-14900 (1866), 240 Pin. CAS 9, + Air Flow Fan
6.120Gb OCZ SATA 2 Vertex Series - MLC upto 200MB/sec READ 160MB/sec WRITE "64MB Cache Onboard" Sol
7.1TB Western Digital WD1002FBYS RE3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 4.20 ms
8. LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blu-Ray Writer & HD ROM
9.1020 W Enermax Revolution85+ PSU, 91% Efficiency, 6x PCI-E 6+2P, 12xSATA, 6x12V 70A.
10. Coolmaster V8 CPU Cooler

That is what the whole PC is, I just finished the build about a month ago.
ITS BEEN GREAT!!

[Afro_Z]

Thanks to my great experiences recently with Steam on my crappy old Laptop and my iMac (Bootcamp) I decided it was time to get back whole hog in the PC gaming scene. I built this bad boy last week:

-Intel Core i7 920 (stock)
-ASUS P6T Deluxe v2
-XFX 4890 (stock)
-6GB Corsair DDR3 1600 RAM
-Onboard Sound (For Now)
-Windows 7 RC1

[Spirit5]

Intel QX6700 OCed to 2.93 (air cooled)
EVGA GTX 275 SC Edition (896 mb, 648 MHz core clock)
4 GB of DDR2 1066 mhz RAM
320 GB Seagate Barracuda HD
640 GB Western Digital HD
Creative Labs XFi Fatal1ty Professional edition
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

It's an XPS 720 from Dell that has been mostly upgraded except for the mobo/cpu, the optical drives (though I want to upgrade to a BluRay when I have the money) and the Seagate HD. I regret going with Dell, but the case looks nice.

[srg_shveazzenop]

OK
What about mine??

1.Antec 1200
2.Rampage II Extreme MB
3.Intel i7 2.66GHz
4.EVGA GTX 295
5.3GB Corsair Dominator, Triple DDR3 PC3-14900 (1866), 240 Pin. CAS 9, + Air Flow Fan
6.120Gb OCZ SATA 2 Vertex Series - MLC upto 200MB/sec READ 160MB/sec WRITE "64MB Cache Onboard" Sol
7.1TB Western Digital WD1002FBYS RE3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 4.20 ms
8. LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blu-Ray Writer & HD ROM
9.1020 W Enermax Revolution85+ PSU, 91% Efficiency, 6x PCI-E 6+2P, 12xSATA, 6x12V 70A.
10. Coolmaster V8 CPU Cooler

That is what the whole PC is, I just finished the build about a month ago.
ITS BEEN GREAT!!

Top of the line everything wow 9.5
Dude lets see som pics of this monster

[Mangr0v3]

I would rate that 9.5, only because you need to leave room for people with i7 extremes, 12GB ram, 2x GTX295s and 6GB of SSDs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs)

[srg_shveazzenop]

Thanks to my great experiences recently with Steam on my crappy old Laptop and my iMac (Bootcamp) I decided it was time to get back whole hog in the PC gaming scene. I built this bad boy last week:

-Intel Core i7 920 (stock)
-ASUS P6T Deluxe v2
-XFX 4890 (stock)
-6GB Corsair DDR3 1600 RAM
-Onboard Sound (For Now)
-Windows 7 RC1

9.3 Awesome gaming rig

I would rate that 9.5, only because you need to leave room for people with i7 extremes, 12GB ram, 2x GTX295s and 6GB of SSDs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs)

yea thats tru

Intel QX6700 OCed to 2.93 (air cooled)
EVGA GTX 275 SC Edition (896 mb, 648 MHz core clock)
4 GB of DDR2 1066 mhz RAM
320 GB Seagate Barracuda HD
640 GB Western Digital HD
Creative Labs XFi Fatal1ty Professional edition
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

It's an XPS 720 from Dell that has been mostly upgraded except for the mobo/cpu, the optical drives (though I want to upgrade to a BluRay when I have the money) and the Seagate HD. I regret going with Dell, but the case looks nice.

8.8 Man i want one of those sound cards . the one my mobo came with is crap

[Spirit5]

9.3 Awesome gaming rig
8.8 Man i want one of those sound cards . the one my mobo came with is crap

Yeah so far it's been a great sound card. I just upgraded to it from an XtremeGamer soundcard that came with my computer and it sounds significantly better. I thought it wasn't going to be THAT different from what I had, but it is. And the card is almost half the size of the XtremeGamer card...it looks pretty cool too.

[srg_shveazzenop]

Intel QX6700 OCed to 2.93 (air cooled)
EVGA GTX 275 SC Edition (896 mb, 648 MHz core clock)
4 GB of DDR2 1066 mhz RAM
320 GB Seagate Barracuda HD
640 GB Western Digital HD
Creative Labs XFi Fatal1ty Professional edition
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

It's an XPS 720 from Dell that has been mostly upgraded except for the mobo/cpu, the optical drives (though I want to upgrade to a BluRay when I have the money) and the Seagate HD. I regret going with Dell, but the case looks nice.

i like the upgraded ram too most people by nice processor's and then 800mhz ram and bottleneck there system i have 4 gigs of 1066 too. good stuff

[Spirit5]

i like the upgraded ram too most people by nice processor's and then 800mhz ram and bottleneck there system i have 4 gigs of 1066 too. good stuff

Yeah I see a pretty big difference from the 2 GB 800mhz RAM I was running that came with my computer, especially in Crysis (64 bit). I wish my mobo (680i SLI) would work with DDR3, but I know my next computer (which will probably be from Digital Storm or Vigor in 2 years) will be DDR3, because by then it will be the standard (it already is becoming that way).

[Vinas]

OK
What about mine??

1.Antec 1200
2.Rampage II Extreme MB
3.Intel i7 2.66GHz
4.EVGA GTX 295
5.3GB Corsair Dominator, Triple DDR3 PC3-14900 (1866), 240 Pin. CAS 9, + Air Flow Fan
6.120Gb OCZ SATA 2 Vertex Series - MLC upto 200MB/sec READ 160MB/sec WRITE "64MB Cache Onboard" Sol
7.1TB Western Digital WD1002FBYS RE3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 4.20 ms
8. LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blu-Ray Writer & HD ROM
9.1020 W Enermax Revolution85+ PSU, 91% Efficiency, 6x PCI-E 6+2P, 12xSATA, 6x12V 70A.
10. Coolmaster V8 CPU Cooler

ITS BEEN GREAT!!
This PC rating is a 7.7

Only 3GB ram, air cooling, my 4x raptors get much faster reads, etc.

[Million0tron]

Hey, I just build this:

E7400 @ 3.0
ASUS P5Q PRO MOBO
Gigabyte 4850 512mb with ZALMAN fan
2GB CORSAIR XMS2 4-4-4-11
60 GB raptor
Cooler master Centurion case
Cooler master 460 WATT
Vista ultimate 64 bit

Didn't cost me the world and runs like a champ!

[Spirit5]

Hey, I just build this:

E7400 @ 3.0
ASUS P5Q PRO MOBO
Gigabyte 4850 512mb with ZALMAN fan
2GB CORSAIR XMS2 4-4-4-11
60 GB raptor
Cooler master Centurion case
Cooler master 460 WATT
Vista ultimate 64 bit

Didn't cost me the world and runs like a champ!

7.5. You should get a PSU with a bigger wattage though, just in case you want to add in another 4850 for crossfire, as those are coming down in price, you could probably get one by the end of the summer for $100. At least get a 750 watt PSU.

Also are you planning on adding another 2gb? 64 bit is only good if you have at least 4 gb of RAM or more. Also 60 gb HD? That's kind of small, unless you just plan on playing a few games.

[Spirit5]

This PC rating is a 7.7

Only 3GB ram, air cooling, my 4x raptors get much faster reads, etc.

I would give it a 9.5

10,000 RPM drives are fine if you want super fast loading times, but won't really give you more FPS than a good 7,200 RPM drive.

And 3GB of DDR3 is more than adequate for gaming. Air cooling is fine unless you want to insanely overclock your components, or want a really quiet case.

[t3hcate]

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
2GB DDR3 @ 1067MHz
500GB 5400rpm WD SATA
Mac OSX / Windows 7 Beta (virtual) / Windows XP SP3 (bootcamp)

'Tis a Macbook Pro, so I don't have the fancy specs of a custom rig that a lot of you guys do. :o

[Spirit5]

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
2GB DDR3 @ 1067MHz
500GB 5400rpm WD SATA
Mac OSX / Windows 7 Beta (virtual) / Windows XP SP3 (bootcamp)

'Tis a Macbook Pro, so I don't have the fancy specs of a custom rig that a lot of you guys do. :o

For gaming 8.5
As a laptop computer 9.5

Only things I would do is add 2 more gigs of ram or even 1 more gig and put in a 7,200 RPM HD, but only if you don't plan on taking it around much.

[t3hcate]

For gaming 8.5
As a laptop computer 9.5

Only things I would do is add 2 more gigs of ram or even 1 more gig and put in a 7,200 RPM HD, but only if you don't plan on taking it around much.

More ram is definitely in its future, as the 2GB is just what came with it. Dunno about the HDD though, because this one's pretty new and the 7200 speeds on 2.5" drives can get more expensive (this hdd was an impulse buy and soooo cheap). :x

It runs well as is, but I think Windows will see an improvement with more ram, and once I get the fans running at decent speeds in boot camp I'll be good to go.

[masta121]

Amd Phenom II X4 920 2.8Ghz
MSI 790GX
OCZ Reaper 4GB DDR3 1600
2X Radeon HD4850 512MB Crossfire
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Windows Vista Ultimate X64
Western Digital Caviar 1TB
LG W2453V-PF 24" LCD

[monkeywork]

Mobo: P5N-T Deluxe
CPU: E8500
Mem: 4 GB G.Skill DDR2 1066
Vid: 2x MSI GTS 250 1GB SLI
Case: Antec 900
PSU: Corsair 750TX
HDD: 2x WD Black 640 GB in Raid 0
OS: Windows 7

Currently building this - should have it together by end of week if work doesn't get in the way. First machine I've built in close to 7 years, and will mark the return of me to PC gaming

[compywiz]

I would give it a 9.5

10,000 RPM drives are fine if you want super fast loading times, but won't really give you more FPS than a good 7,200 RPM drive.

And 3GB of DDR3 is more than adequate for gaming. Air cooling is fine unless you want to insanely overclock your components, or want a really quiet case.

Notice this is a "Rate my Computer" thread, not "Rate how well my computer plays games". 9.5 is too high, but I think 7.7 is too low as well.

[Kr1z]

EP45-UD3R
Q6600 @ 3.0 Tuniq Tower 120
GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition
Lian Li V1000BW
Corsair HX520W
1TB Samsung F1 HDD
Auzentech Prelude
8 GB 5-5-5-15 @ 1000mhz
Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Westinghouse 37'' monitor

[Blunt552]

Well heres my PC:

Intel Core 2 Duo E 6550 @ 3,4Ghz
2GB PNY DDR II Dual @ 800mhz
Asrock P45TS
ATI HD 4870 @ 1GB
500GB Harddisk 7200RPM
Windows XP SP3

I play all kind of new games without any problems ^^
i know its not the best but its enough for me :)

3Dmark 2006 @ 16531

[Arinoth]

New Build Predicted Layout:
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3
EVGA E-GEFORCE GTX 260 Core 216 SC 55NM 626MHZ
Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply
Patriot Extreme Viper PVT36G1600ELK 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 9-9-9-24 Triple Channel

Last 3 things already have but will be using in the system
320 GB HDD 7200RPM
Windows 7
Samsung 32" LCD 1080p TV/Monitor

[Ghost_7856]

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz
2gb DDR3 1067mhz
Nivida 9400m 512 (shared)
80gb hard drive partition
Windows XP SP3 32-bit

yeah, its a macbook... but its running XP just from my games :cool:

it runs crysis/warhead!!! 25-30fps 800x600 med-low :D

[iainvg]

Amd Phenom II X4 920 2.8Ghz
MSI 790GX
OCZ Reaper 4GB DDR3 1600
2X Radeon HD4850 512MB Crossfire
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Windows Vista Ultimate X64
Western Digital Caviar 1TB
LG W2453V-PF 24" LCD

Nice comp, just one thing that bugs me is why you went for the X4 when the X3 version is considerably cheaper and is actually the SAME cpu with the 4th core locked out. however this shouldn't phase most OC'ers as you can unlock the 4th core for free with a bios tweak that only seems to work with the dragon platform comps.

even so i rate it at 8.8/10 :D im envious of the gpu setup, but then i bought my machine as a workstation initially so my gpu is c***

[iainvg]

rate this please:
CPU:Intel C2Q Q6600@2.4Ghz (GO the easy OC version) will OC in future when ive got more cash

RAM: 2Gb unbranded OEM DDR2 667Mhz

GPU: Asus HD2400PRO Hypermemory (Upgrading soon but cant decide on what to upgrade to but waiting for the dx11 cards to come out)

PSU: 350W unbranded

Mobo: Foxconn G31MO2

HDD: 2x 160Gb Seagate Barracuda 16mb 7200RPM
2x 500Gb Seagate Barracuda 32mb 7200RPM

O/S: TripleBoot Windows XP Pro 32bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Linux 32bit

Soundcard: Realtek HD Audio 7.1

Monitor: 2x Dell 2008WFP 20" 1680x1050

im expecting maybe 4.0/10 at most

[bes]

CPU: Phenom 2 X4 955 3.2ghz Black Edition socket AM3

Motherboard: GA-MA790FX-DS5 (with F8C Beta bios to support the new Phenom 2)

Ram: 6 gigs DDR2 800 Centon ram

Vid card: Diamond HD4850 512meg ram

Drives:
320gig Western Digital SATA2 7200rpm
70gig raptor SATA1
30gig SATA2 OCZ SSD
CD/DVD rom/burner multidrive
100gig External Firelite

Sound: onboard Realtek HD audio 7.1

Power Supply: Antec 850watt modular

Cooling: Zalman 9700 LED CPU heat sink/cooler
Zalman VF1000 LED VGA heat sink/cooler

Monitor: Westinghouse 22" HD LCD connected through HDMI

OS: Dual boot Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 and WinXP MCE 2005 SP3

[Unlicensehitman]

Antec P180
Antec Earthwatts 650Watts Psu
Windows XP SP3 home edition
Asus AM2+/AM2 nForce 750a SLI ATX mobo
AMD II X4 920 3.0 GHz OC'd using stock heatsink & fan
4Gigs of G.Skill 800mhz ram
Msi 9800GT OC 512Mb
Western Digital 1 Terabyte Harddrive
24X Sony DVD burner

[lilxkid24]

AMD Athlon 64x2 4400 clocked 2.3ghz
2gigs of ddr2 ram
Corsair 450vx psu 44amps
320gig seagate 7200rpm hdd
BFG 9800gt 512mb gpu
Windows XP Pro sp3 x86 dual boot Windows 7 Ultimate RC x64

[Nocky24]

C2Q Q9550@2.83
P5Q3 mobo
4GB Corsair DDR3@1066MHz
Ati 4870 1GB
Antec 900 case
800w PSU
Vista Premium 64bit

[Hawkeye127]

rate this please:
CPU:Intel C2Q Q6600@2.4Ghz (GO the easy OC version) will OC in future when ive got more cash

RAM: 2Gb unbranded OEM DDR2 667Mhz

GPU: Asus HD2400PRO Hypermemory (Upgrading soon but cant decide on what to upgrade to but waiting for the dx11 cards to come out)

PSU: 350W unbranded

Mobo: Foxconn G31MO2

HDD: 2x 160Gb Seagate Barracuda 16mb 7200RPM
2x 500Gb Seagate Barracuda 32mb 7200RPM

O/S: TripleBoot Windows XP Pro 32bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Linux 32bit

Soundcard: Realtek HD Audio 7.1

Monitor: 2x Dell 2008WFP 20" 1680x1050

im expecting maybe 4.0/10 at most

i'll give you 5/10 for dual monitors :P Decent cpu, graphics upgrade needed though.

Here's mine:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 OC'd @ 3.6ghz
Cooler: TRUE 120 1366 RT
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD4890 OC edition (901mhz core, 1000mhz mem)
RAM: 6gb Triple Channel G.Skill DDR3 1333 running @ 1480mhz CAS-7
Mobo: Asus P6T
HDD: WD Caviar Black 640gb 7200rpm
Monitor: Asus 21.5" 1920x1080 (1080p) LCD 2ms response
Sound: Realtek HD Audio
Optical Drive: LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD combo reader, DVD/CD burner
Case: Antec 900
PSU: Corsair 750w
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit

[themires]

coolermaster haf full tower
evga 790i ultra sli
intel Q9550 12mb l2
coolermaster v8
4g patriot ram 1333mhz 7-7-7-20 1t 1.8V
raptor 150g for os vista 64 bit
WD 500g for games and apps
cosair hx1000w power
two evga gtx 285 is sli
g15 logitec keyboard
hanns-g 28inch screen
5.1 surround sound

[smash]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=10246745

I just put it together today.
I upgraded from a P4, 9800pro machine. This system is a beast! :D

[napalmdest54]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=10246745

I just put it together today.
I upgraded from a P4, 9800pro machine. This system is a beast! :D

Very nice dude, very much similar to my pc. But you may of got a better video card than me :). You should see a big difference in games :)

[wilt0njh]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=10246745

I just put it together today.
I upgraded from a P4, 9800pro machine. This system is a beast! :D

Nice, nice :D
I upgraded just before i7 came along unfortunately, so I'm sticking with 775 for a while longer! Should be a pretty damned good system!

[HL2-4-Life]

Nice, nice :D
I upgraded just before i7 came along unfortunately, so I'm sticking with 775 for a while longer! Should be a pretty damned good system!Ain't nuthin' wrong with LGA775 C2D/Q, I have two - Q6600 and QX9650 - an plan on sticking by them for the next two years. Hell, just upgraded my surfing/productivity rig to -
LGA775 P4 3.08ghz Prescott
Gigabyte 8I915GZFD mobo (mBTX I think)
2x 1GB DDR400 RAM
Gigabyte 9500GT OC (PCIe x16)
Auzentech X-Mystique soundcard
250GB + 300GB SATA HDDs
32bit Win7 RC
FSP 300W PSU
Custom Gigabyte SFF case

Yeah, it's a PresHOTT but I don't mind since I have my AC on when I surf the net with it. This upgrade (from a S478 P4/1GB DDR/AGP X1650Pro) did NOT cost me a cent as my bud was going to give his friend this rig, gave her mine instead.;)

[wilt0njh]

Yeah, it's a PresHOTT but I don't mind since I have my AC on when I surf the net with it.

Haha, yeah. Well I've got a C2Q at the moment, and it's watercooled so I've got plenty of overclocking headroom if want. I had an old prescott, sold it to a friend though. It was unlocked, and I think we managed to get it to 4ghz just for the lulz :) Didn't stay there for long tho, as you say, they get toasty!

[cola1234]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=10246745

I just put it together today.
I upgraded from a P4, 9800pro machine. This system is a beast! :D

Can I marry you so I can have half ownership of this thing? :D

[bes]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=10246745

I just put it together today.
I upgraded from a P4, 9800pro machine. This system is a beast! :D

Not a bad price for an uber Intel system, surprised how cheap DDR3 ram is getting now too..

[smash]

Yeah this system is great. I did about 2 months of researching parts and prices.

L4D and CoD4 are the only things I've tested so far, and I can run everything maxed out with constant 60fps. 1680x1050, AA 4x/8x msaa. Downloading Crysis now to see what all the fuss is about over it. :)

I plan on overclocking to about 3.7-3.8 sometime next week to test out this heatsink after I get my system broken in.

Thanks guys!

[Baron_Fel]

Downloading Crysis now to see what all the fuss is about over it.

check out some of the custom configs over at crymod.com, they can make the game look amazing, and youll really be able to test out your GTX 275 :D

[superAL1394]

Oo neat thread. I must post.

•Asus Rampage Extreme w/ Intel X48 NB
•Intel Q9650, varying OC's
•8gb Mushkin DDR3 PC12800
•ATI Radeon 4870x2
•Corsair CMPSU-1000HX
•Seagate 7200.11 1tb HD
•Antec 900

planned upgrades:
•Second 4870x2
•External sound card
•Either an SSD or Velociraptor for the boot disk

I've also been considering switching to an Antec p182 case (anyone use one of these?), the 900 is a bit too loud for my taste.

We recently sold a machine rockin this config where I work:
•Asus Rampage II Extreme
•Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
•12 gb Mushkin DDR3, I'm not aware of the clock
•2x nVidia GTX295's
•RAID 1 of 300 gb Velociraptors
•1.5tb Seagate HD
•Antec 1000 watt PSU
•Coolermaster Cosmos

It was a monster.

[ChaosDwarf]

Oo neat thread. I must post.

•Asus Rampage Extreme w/ Intel X48 NB
•Intel Q9650, varying OC's
•8gb Mushkin DDR3 PC12800
•ATI Radeon 4870x2
•Corsair CMPSU-1000HX
•Seagate 7200.11 1tb HD
•Antec 900

planned upgrades:
•Second 4870x2
•External sound card
•Either an SSD or Velociraptor for the boot disk

I've also been considering switching to an Antec p182 case (anyone use one of these?), the 900 is a bit too loud for my taste.

We recently sold a machine rockin this config where I work:
•Asus Rampage II Extreme
•Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
•12 gb Mushkin DDR3, I'm not aware of the clock
•2x nVidia GTX295's
•RAID 1 of 300 gb Velociraptors
•1.5tb Seagate HD
•Antec 1000 watt PSU
•Coolermaster Cosmos

It was a monster.

9/10


* Q6600@3.6 Ghz
* ASUS X38 P5E
* 2xATI Saphire 4890
* 4GB DDR2 OCZ Platinum (PC26400)
* 4x500GB Wester Digital HD
* Windows Vista SP1 64bit

[annisman]

Alright guys, mine is kinda long, bear with me.

Asus P5E X38
Q9650 @3.8Ghz
Asus 4870X2 + Sapphire 48701GB (Tri-Fire)
4GB Mushkin DDR2 @ 1072Mhz
32GB Super Talent Solid State Drive (For Vista 64)
WD Caviar Black 1TB
WD Raptor X 150
Zalman 850W Power Supply
Sound Blaster X-FI Fatality Gamer Pro
Domino A.L.C. CPU Water Cooling
Accelero Etreme 4870X2 Cooler
Xigmatek Ram Coolers
Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive
CD/DVD Burner Drive
Cosmos S Case modded w/ side window & 9x 120mm fans



And.... here's a close up pic of my system. Thanks for looking!

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2079/dscf4335.jpg (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/dscf4335.jpg/)

[lhwj]

* Q6600@3.6 Ghz
* ASUS X38 P5E
* 2xATI Saphire 4890
* 4GB DDR2 OCZ Platinum (PC26400)
* 4x500GB Wester Digital HD
* Windows Vista SP1 64bit

Nice. 9.3. You should upgrade to SP2 now.

Alright guys, mine is kinda long, bear with me.

Asus P5E X38
Q9650 @3.8Ghz
Asus 4870X2 + Sapphire 48701GB (Tri-Fire)
4GB Mushkin DDR2 @ 1072Mhz
32GB Super Talent Solid State Drive (For Vista 64)
WD Caviar Black 1TB
WD Raptor X 150
Zalman 850W Power Supply
Sound Blaster X-FI Fatality Gamer Pro
Domino A.L.C. CPU Water Cooling
Accelero Etreme 4870X2 Cooler
Xigmatek Ram Coolers
Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive
CD/DVD Burner Drive
Cosmos S Case modded w/ side window & 9x 120mm fans



And.... here's a close up pic of my system. Thanks for looking!

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2079/dscf4335.jpg (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/dscf4335.jpg/)

9.5.

Luke

[Buff]

Eh, might as well give it a go:

ASUS P5N-MX motherboard (http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=614&l4=0&model=2010&modelmenu=1)
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0gHz "Wolfdale" 1333mHz processor (http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAPL)
XFX 9800GT OC'd (http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/9series/9800GT.aspx)
4GB GeiL PC2-6400 800mHz ram (http://www.geil.com.tw/products/show/id/52)
SeaGate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive (http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_hard_drives/barracuda_7200.10/)
Vista Home Premium, 32bit, fully updated (SP2 I believe?)

I mostly play TF2, dropping into 20fps on intense firefights. I also play L4D, F.E.A.R. 2, Bioshock, Crysis and Company of Heroes. I get a solid 60 in all of those, except Crysis (maxed out, full AA, 25 fps @1440x900).

[lhwj]

Eh, might as well give it a go:

ASUS P5N-MX motherboard (http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=614&l4=0&model=2010&modelmenu=1)
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0gHz "Wolfdale" 1333mHz processor (http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAPL)
XFX 9800GT OC'd (http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/9series/9800GT.aspx)
4GB GeiL PC2-6400 800mHz ram (http://www.geil.com.tw/products/show/id/52)
SeaGate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive (http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_hard_drives/barracuda_7200.10/)
Vista Home Premium, 32bit, fully updated (SP2 I believe?)


8.0.


I mostly play TF2, dropping into 20fps on intense firefights.

It shouldn't drop that low. I have a weaker processor (E7300 at stock speed) and mine doesn't touch 20 FPS. 30 is the lowest I get.

Luke

[Buff]

It shouldn't drop that low. I have a weaker processor (E7300 at stock speed) and mine doesn't touch 20 FPS. 30 is the lowest I get.

Luke

I hear ya. The strange part is that my fps will fluctuate between 180 and 35, with 20 on intense fights.