The "Rate My Computer" Thread

[AsheMan]

My new computer:

CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-2600K 3.40 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache
Motherboard: GigaByte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3
RAM: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB 16X PCIe
Display: Samsung 24inch 1920x1200
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
Case: Azza Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan
PSU: 750 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2
Keyboard/mouse: Logitech basic keyboard and MX518 Gaming Mouse
OS: Win7 Home Premium x64

[Xebec]

May as well through mine out here:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ stock 3.3GHz with it's stock HSF
MoBo: Asus P8P67 Pro
RAM: 2x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X series DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: MSi Radeon HD 6950 2GB PE/OC Twin Frozr III @ 850MHz Core and 1300MHz Memory
Monitor: Asus VE228H 21.5" Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor w/Speakers
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM
PSU: Corsair HX750 Modular 750W
Case: HAF 922
OS: Win7 x64 Home Premium
KB+M: cheap $20 bundle made by a company called DYNEX. They only temporary until I decide what I want to replace them with.

[Psychrophile]

Okay, here are my final build specs (I expect to have this built in early July):

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212+
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX460 SSC+
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
HDD: Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black SATA III
SSD: Crucial M4 64GB SATA III Internal SSD (AS CACHE, possibly for OS)
Case: Antec Three Hundred
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W
OED: SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-/+R 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model SH-B123L/RSBP
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)


Really appreciate the help on this forum.

[jonashf]

Are you planning to walk into the screen while gaming? :cool:

What do you mean ? by that :confused:
BTW an picture of my computer
http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/54693/dator-8

[Staemon]

-0.5 for needs moar disk
-2.0 for overclocking everything
-1.0 for not enough memory

Score is 6.5/10
Wait, I get minus points for overclocking things?

Also, upgrading to 8GB is one of the things that I'd like to do. I'm currently saving up some cash for an upgrade.
Okay, here are my final build specs (I expect to have this built in early July):

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212+
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX460 SSC+
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
HDD: Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black SATA III
SSD: Crucial M4 64GB SATA III Internal SSD (AS CACHE, possibly for OS)
Case: Antec Three Hundred
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W
OED: SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-/+R 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model SH-B123L/RSBP
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)


Really appreciate the help on this forum.
8.5/10. The graphics card is the weak point there.

[kdogmaster]

-0.5 for needs moar disk
-2.0 for overclocking everything
-1.0 for not enough memory

Score is 6.5/10

not enough ram, ur joking right. Going from 4-8GB brings nothing in-terms of computer gaming. I went from 4-8GB of ram and didnt get any improvements on any game and my video encoding time barley went down.

4GB is more then enough for computers and spending the extra like i did wont change anything. Truthfully his system dosnt need more ram.

[jacegalvin]

Gigabyte gtx 560 OC DDR5
Intel i5 2500k
8gb G.SKILL ripjaws DDR3 1600mhz
Antec ATX 750W
Coolermaster HAF 922M
Asus P8P67 Pro V3
Western Digital 1TB caviar green
Windows 64 bit
LG super multi dvd/bluray drive

[x3cPeasant]

Not gloating, Flaimbaiting, or trolling, looking for smypathy/ apathy/ pats on back nor skype fun...

I have been researching components since 2000 when i "built my First Compaq", i had a choice for a selected budget, and now i recently (within 6 months) have bought an amazing system that runs everything i need with upgrade potential to full Professional level.

Samsung 24" Monitor 1080p
Intel Core i7 960 3.2GHz Stock
EVGA X58 FTW3 SLI (Quad Capable: GTX 590 and future duplex cards)
EVGA GTX 480
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB)
Antec TPQ-1200 1200W Quad SLI-Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular
Antec 902 Case (Liquid Colling Grommets installed)
CoolerMaster V8 CPU HSF
GTX275 PhysX
Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer PCI 1/8"
Creative Fa7ality Headphones "1/8"
Logitech Illuminated slim keyboard/ MX518 Mouse
Logitech G25 Racing Wheel with fuzzy Cover

[scottydog07]

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My PC witch i bought used from another private person. some specs

Chassie: Little Devils PC-V8 - black with red interior & plexi
CPU: Intel i7 2600 k overclocked till 4.6ghz
RAM: Corsair 16gb memory
GPU: 3 x ASUS GTX 580 i 3-way SLI
HD 2 x Rapotor diskar 150 Gb i raid 1
HD 2 x 1 TB WD Black ED SATA 6 i raid 0
Mobo: ASUS Maxiumus IV Extreme Rev B3
AGG: Silverstone Strider 1500 W rev 2.0
DVBlu Ray Burner / DVD Writer combo LG (also burns dual layer Blu Ray)
WIFI: D-Link DWA 556 PCI-E

watercooling things
Cooling:

2 x EK 480 radiators with a total of 8 Phobya 120 mm fans in the bottom of the chassis.
1 st Phobya 140mm fan exhaust in the bottom, and a 96 mm Fractal which also sucks out the bottom of the chassis, the other takes in air from outside.

4 Phobya 120 mm fans on the ceiling as exploiters, and 1 x 120 mm Phobya as exploiters in the back.

1 x 140 mm Phobya inug to HDD part, helped by a 120 mm Phobya on the other side of the HDD rack.

Overall, is 18 fans =) Still, the computer is very quiet ....

GPU is cooled by the full cover of full cover Hetakiller maxes out around 60 degrees at 1:22 volts on the GPU.
. CPU cooled by EK Supreme HF maximizing maximum of about 60-65 degrees at 5.0 ghz and 1.40
Run a dualbay XSPC res dual loops, which each loop is driven by a Liang 18w, dead silent when they are suspended on rubber ...

One loop for the GPU and the CPU
pics will coming later today :)

I give a 9.9/10

this is my rig
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge (@ 5.0GHz 1.4v)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 4x4GB ddr 1600 @ 8.8.8.24
SAPPHIRE HD-6970 2 GB (just 1 for now)
X-Fi XtremeGamer
sony Blu-ray Burner & a DVD BURRER
COOLER MASTER 1000W Power Supply
COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Logitech Z-5500 (550 watt 5.1)
windows 7 pro 64bit
128 GB SSD boot drive (210MBs)
WD 2TB black for games (165MBs)
27" dell lcd 1920x1200
logitech G15 gameing keybord
logitech G500 gameing mouse

30,892 in 3d mark 06
p2,640 in 3d mark 11

Windows Experience Index
7.8 for cpu and ram
7.1 for the HD
and 7.9 for gaming and aero

[scottydog07]

May as well through mine out here:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ stock 3.3GHz with it's stock HSF
MoBo: Asus P8P67 Pro
RAM: 2x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X series DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: MSi Radeon HD 6950 2GB PE/OC Twin Frozr III @ 850MHz Core and 1300MHz Memory
Monitor: Asus VE228H 21.5" Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor w/Speakers
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM
PSU: Corsair HX750 Modular 750W
Case: HAF 922
OS: Win7 x64 Home Premium
KB+M: cheap $20 bundle made by a company called DYNEX. They only temporary until I decide what I want to replace them with.

9.435/10

[FrozenMeat]

Not sure where to find all the stuff, and dxdiag is acting weird.
As you can tell I'm quite the noob with computers - I just like gaming.
It is a computer that my father put together and built for me about two years ago.

Anyway, here's a picture:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/196/thisiswhatimeanbibs.png/

CPU is an i4 2.83GHz.
Can't tell what the motherboard is, as with the picture ^.
RAM 4GB.
GPU is a Radeon HD 5850.
Got a 1080p ASUS screen.
750GB "main" harddrive split in two (200GB for "installed" stuff, other 300gb for "saved" files), and 1TB "secondary" harddrive. It was my father's idea to have it like this, and I don't quite get it. Why the split I mean?
650W PSU I believe.
And OS is Windows 7 64bit.


Any thoughts of how I could improve this rather old computer?
I've considered upgrading into 8GB RAM and Intel i7 CPU, but is it necessary?

I mostly only use it to play games with, and I love having the maximum graphical settings on - although I hate even the slightest hint of FPS lag. Of course graphics can be reduced, but it feels sorta "meh" to have to do so.

[johnalan]

Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
i7 950 @ 3.09 oc to 4.343
P6X58D-E MB
12GB G.Skill Ripjaw 1333
OCZ RevoDrive 120GB X4 PCI-E
2 EVGA GTX 570HD in sli
Antec 1000 PSU
Swiftec 20-220 XT kit cooling cpu
31.5" Sanyo TV as main monitor
22" Dell as secondary
2 500GB Caviar Blue HDD as storage
Logitech G13 Gaming pad
Microsoft MM kb
CM Storm Sentinel mouse

I assumed that when I posted my specs that someone from the steam group was going to rate it. Guess I wasted my time.

[scottydog07]

Not sure where to find all the stuff, and dxdiag is acting weird.
As you can tell I'm quite the noob with computers - I just like gaming.
It is a computer that my father put together and built for me about two years ago.

Anyway, here's a picture:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/196/thisiswhatimeanbibs.png/

CPU is an i4 2.83GHz.
Can't tell what the motherboard is, as with the picture ^.
RAM 4GB.
GPU is a Radeon HD 5850.
Got a 1080p ASUS screen.
750GB "main" harddrive split in two (200GB for "installed" stuff, other 300gb for "saved" files), and 1TB "secondary" harddrive. It was my father's idea to have it like this, and I don't quite get it. Why the split I mean?
650W PSU I believe.
And OS is Windows 7 64bit.


Any thoughts of how I could improve this rather old computer?
I've considered upgrading into 8GB RAM and Intel i7 CPU, but is it necessary?

I mostly only use it to play games with, and I love having the maximum graphical settings on - although I hate even the slightest hint of FPS lag. Of course graphics can be reduced, but it feels sorta "meh" to have to do so.

Your computer should play games well as is any signifcant upgrade would cost 300$ or more to get more ram and a new card.

your cpu (q9550) has 12MB of l2 cache and even if you dont overclock it it has enough speed to run a faster GPU when useing max settings at high res.

how many 12 volt amps do you have on your power supply?

Have you tryed to overclock your HD 5850? that may help a little.

[scottydog07]

I assumed that when I posted my specs that someone from the steam group was going to rate it. Guess I wasted my time.

I think you have a very nice rig i give it a 9.7/10

2 GTX 570s in sli with you cpu @ 4.3GHz is one bas A** gamer.

[MyPetMonster]

Trying to play Team Fortress 2 on this Shizz-net.

Windows Vista:32-bit
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/PC.png

Also, according to system requirements lab, my PC meets the minimum requirements to run this game, but the game runs like ♥♥♥♥.
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/Capture2.png
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/Capture1.png

[damaged]

Trying to play Team Fortress 2 on this Shizz-net.

Windows Vista:32-bit
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/PC.png

Also, according to system requirements lab, my PC meets the minimum requirements to run this game, but the game runs like ♥♥♥♥.
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/Capture2.png
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/Capture1.png

Minimum requirements are what is required to run the game, not run the game well, you will want something closer or exceeding recommended requirements to run the game well.

According to this screenshot (http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/Capture1.png), you do not meet the recommended requirements, you need a better video card.

[Storm360]

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2 GHz, 667 MHz, 2 MB Cache)
Windows Vista Premium
4GB RAM
250GB HDD
Blu Ray Drive
256 MB ATi Mobility Radeon HD3470 (Dedicated)

Not much but I suppose its alright for a 4 year old laptop =\

[scottydog07]

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2 GHz, 667 MHz, 2 MB Cache)
Windows Vista Premium
4GB RAM
250GB HDD
Blu Ray Drive
256 MB ATi Mobility Radeon HD3470 (Dedicated)

Not much but I suppose its alright for a 4 year old laptop =\

I would say for a everyday laptop internet,facebook games and games like sims 3 it is still a good laptop and the fact that you got the HD-3470 Dedicated gpu upgrade is big plus the Integrated gpu that would have with that cpu/chipset would be very slow.

[Storm360]

I would say for a everyday laptop internet,facebook games and games like sims 3 it is still a good laptop and the fact that you got the HD-3470 Dedicated gpu upgrade is big plus the Integrated gpu that would have with that cpu/chipset would be very slow.

Most of the games I actually play run fine, (although on lower settings), I've just really started getting into PC gaming, so I still need money for a gaming rig.

[johnalan]

I think you have a very nice rig i give it a 9.7/10

2 GTX 570s in sli with you cpu @ 4.3GHz is one bas A** gamer.

Thank you for your rating of my system. and yea it is kind of bad A**. I have seen better but my system works for me.

Thanks again.
johnalan

[xtraL]

AMD Phenom II X4 955 with Artic cooling freezer 7 pro rev.2
ATI Sapphire HD5770
ASUS M4A87TD EVO
Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3-1600MHz
Coolermaster GX-650W PSU
Samsung HD103SJ 1TB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
19 inch HP LCD monitor @ 1440x900

[7Deadly$ins]

Intel i5-2500k
8GB RAM DDR3 1600
Samsung HD103SJ 1TB
Antec EarthWatts EA750w
EVGA GTX 570
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
HAF X

[Aelthien]

i5 2500k @3.30GHz overclocked to 4.5GHz
ASUS P9P67 pro I think
2GB AMD Radeon HD 6970
2x 2GB RAM
2x 1TB hard drives
Windows 7 32-bit

[loupel]

Gigabyte M68MT-D3 AM3 nforce 630a(getting new one soon to SLI)
Athlon II X4 640 3ghz
Windows 7 64bit
Kingston 4 gb DDR3 1333
EVGA GTX 460SE oc'd(815/1630/3700)(will soon SLI another)
1000 gb hdd
ASUS 24' 1920 X 1080 res monitor(VE247H)

[MyPetMonster]

Minimum requirements are what is required to run the game, not run the game well, you will want something closer or exceeding recommended requirements to run the game well.

According to this screenshot (http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa455/Paul3D/Capture1.png), you do not meet the recommended requirements, you need a better video card.

Is there a download I could use to fix this?
Cause I'm not installing no ♥♥♥♥ hardware in my computer.

[imeem]

Is there a download I could use to fix this?
Cause I'm not installing no ♥♥♥♥ hardware in my computer.

you cannot download a software to fix a hardware problem. Your only way is to buy a new video card....

[ChristianHL]

Intel Core i7 2600K at 3,4 GHz.
ASUS GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II.
Corsair Dominator 8GB, 1600 MHz.
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe B3 revision.
Corsair 700W PSU.
2TB WD harddrive.
Windows 7 Home Premium.
Samsung 22" SyncMaster P2270H.

Rate me. :D

[JudgementBullet]

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 6970 2GB DDR5 PCI-e
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 2x4GB kit (8GB)
Power Supply: Andyson F650 650 Watts PSU
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
Main Disk Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
Storage Disk Drive 1: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
Storage Disk Drive 2: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2

Please rate, thank you!

[jd3v3n3y]

Intel Core Duo 2 2.10GHZ
2.96GB RAM(3032mb according to dxdiag)
WinXP Professional SP3
232GB Hard Drive
Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
IDT Audio

not terrible for a business class laptop... But who am I to complain! I got it for free :D(broken) but I fixed it :)

[black7hought]

Lenovo Ideapad Y570

Intel Core i5 2410m
8GB 8500 DDR3 RAM
500GB 5400RPM HDD
1GB nVidia Geforce GT 555m
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

[imeem]

Lenovo Ideapad Y570

Intel Core i5 2410m
8GB 10600 DDR3 RAM
500GB 5400RPM HDD
1GB nVidia Geforce GT 555m
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

for a laptop; 8.3~8.5/10

[black7hought]

for a laptop; 8.3~8.5/10

Thanks! yeah I got it for $679 so I made out well.

[imeem]

Gigabyte M68MT-D3 AM3 nforce 630a(getting new one soon to SLI)
Athlon II X4 640 3ghz
Windows 7 64bit
Kingston 4 gb DDR3 1333
EVGA GTX 460SE oc'd(815/1630/3700)(will soon SLI another)
1000 gb hdd
ASUS 24' 1920 X 1080 res monitor(VE247H)

7.5~7.6/10

[oblivion20]

-i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz (1.28v core) cpu
-Corsair H60 cpu watercooler
-KingstonX 8gb 1600mhz DDR3 Ram
-Crucial M4 64gb SSD
-Gainwood "good edition" Nvidia 580GTX 1.5gb gcard
-Western Digital 500gb black x2 (RAID 0)
-MSI P67-C45 mobo
-OCZ StealthXstream 2 600w PSU
-Dell 22inch IPS professional LCD
-Logitech Z2100 2.1 200w speakers
-Logitech G11 keyboard + MX519 gaming mouse

[enefpwnsnoobs]

Phenom II x4 955BE @ 3.2ghz
Corsair H70 CPU cooling
Kingston 6GB DDR3 1333mhz
2 750GB Cavier Black in Raid 0
MSI 870-G45
MSI R5770 Hawk GDDR5 1GB
Corsair 400W PSU
Acer x193w monitors 1400x900 x2

[loupel]

7.5~7.6/10


thank you, sounds about right for what I paid...Once I add that 460se(i know its an se, sue me) and SlI, my rig will be set for awhile...I use vsync so Im not looking for FPS over 60...

[scottydog07]

i5 2500k @3.30GHz overclocked to 4.5GHz
ASUS P9P67 pro I think
2GB AMD Radeon HD 6970
2x 2GB RAM
2x 1TB hard drives
Windows 7 32-bit

8/10 (this is just a opinion)
very good motherbord 9.9/10 for a ASUS P8P67 PRO
10/10 for your cpu
2 HDD are better the one
I am a big fan of the HD-6970 2GB cards
but having only 3 GB ram :confused:
With that setup you should have windows 7 (64 bit) and 8GB of fast low timeing ram. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231445
at least if you had 64 bit you can use all 4 GB of ram and you may need it if you plan all your cpu/gpu power for BF3
what power spply and ram do you have?

overall you have a good gameing rig

[scottydog07]

Intel Core i7 2600K at 3,4 GHz.
ASUS GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II.
Corsair Dominator 8GB, 1600 MHz.
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe B3 revision.
Corsair 700W PSU.
2TB WD harddrive.
Windows 7 Home Premium.
Samsung 22" SyncMaster P2270H.

Rate me. :D

9.9/10

[scottydog07]

Intel Core Duo 2 2.10GHZ
2.96GB RAM(3032mb according to dxdiag)
WinXP Professional SP3
232GB Hard Drive
Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
IDT Audio

not terrible for a business class laptop... But who am I to complain! I got it for free :D(broken) but I fixed it :)

nice laptop for
3/10 for gameing (this is steam forums)
on the up side you can play SHREK THE THIRD:D
but i am sory to tell you that you will never get playable FPS on SHRECK FOREVER AFTER:o

[JudgementBullet]

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 6970 2GB DDR5 PCI-e
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 2x4GB kit (8GB)
Power Supply: Andyson F650 650 Watts PSU
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
Main Disk Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
Storage Disk Drive 1: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
Storage Disk Drive 2: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2

Please rate, thank you!

^Please rate!

[Burack]

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 6970 2GB DDR5 PCI-e
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 2x4GB kit (8GB)
Power Supply: Andyson F650 650 Watts PSU
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
Main Disk Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
Storage Disk Drive 1: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
Storage Disk Drive 2: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2

Please rate, thank you!

7.5 / 10
1 point for either CPU or HSU.
i7-2600 is un-overclockable so you don't need an HSU. SB stock coolers are good with stock speeds, even with moderately overclocked CPUs. Either get i7-2600K or ditch the HSU.

1 point for PSU. Never heard of it, can be good but I don't know. PSU is one of the most important components, so I would choose a well known/proved brand

.5 point 5600rpm. 7200 is so cheap now.

[scottydog07]

-i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz (1.28v core) cpu
-Corsair H60 cpu watercooler
-KingstonX 8gb 1600mhz DDR3 Ram
-Crucial M4 64gb SSD
-Gainwood "good edition" Nvidia 580GTX 1.5gb gcard
-Western Digital 500gb black x2 (RAID 0)
-MSI P67-C45 mobo
-OCZ StealthXstream 2 600w PSU
-Dell 22inch IPS professional LCD
-Logitech Z2100 2.1 200w speakers
-Logitech G11 keyboard + MX519 gaming mouse

3/10 for your power supply that system can use up to or over 500W Continuous when gameing that it not the right power supply for that systen

for the rest i give it a 9.8/10

And you can play all the Shreck games:D

[scottydog07]

Phenom II x4 955BE @ 3.2ghz
Corsair H70 CPU cooling
Kingston 6GB DDR3 1333mhz
2 750GB Cavier Black in Raid 0
MSI 870-G45
MSI R5770 Hawk GDDR5 1GB
Corsair 400W PSU
Acer x193w monitors 1400x900 x2

That is a good bang for system able to play every game out and make it look good (most will play at max @ 720p)

7.5/10

[scottydog07]

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 6970 2GB DDR5 PCI-e
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 2x4GB kit (8GB)
Power Supply: Andyson F650 650 Watts PSU
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
Main Disk Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
Storage Disk Drive 1: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
Storage Disk Drive 2: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2

Please rate, thank you!

you get a 9/10
even if you can not overclock your I7 2600 your cpu/gpu combo can play evry game out now @max settings with 16AF and 4AA at 1920*1200(less metro 2033 in DX-11 mode) so 99% of new games are a walk in the park and you have a 1TB HDD boot drive that runs @ 135MBs/115MBs after you put 500GB of games on it you get at least a 9/10 from me.

[7Deadly$ins]

Intel i5-2500k
8GB RAM DDR3 1600
Samsung HD103SJ 1TB
Antec EarthWatts EA750w
EVGA GTX 570
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
HAF X

[Burack]

Intel i5-2500k
8GB RAM DDR3 1600
Samsung HD103SJ 1TB
Antec EarthWatts EA750w
EVGA GTX 570
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
HAF X
Perfect!
I would probably go with either GTX560Ti or GTX580 but that's a personal preference.
Nothing to add or subtract in your build.

[trek554]

Perfect!
I would probably go with either GTX560Ti or GTX580 but that's a personal preference.
Nothing to add or subtract in your build.so would go with a faster or slower Nvidia card but not the one he chose thats right in between them? :confused:

[Burack]

so would go with a faster or slower Nvidia card but not the one he chose thats right in between them? :confused:
It is not the speed.

I would go 560Ti because of price/performance (AKA bang/buck) ratio.
580 if I decide to go for top of the line.

Again, 570 is a very solid card, that's why I rated his build perfect (10/10).

[Method320]

Mobo: Asus M3N78-VM
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9650 @2.66GHz
Ram: 8GB DDR2
GPU: Asus 450GTS
Case: NZXT Tempest
HDD: x2 500GB
Monitor: Acer P205H 20"

I didn't want to make a new thread cause I was hoping my question could be answered here. What do you guys think about my current build and playing upcoming games like BF3?

I play l4d2 max settings triple buffered vsync at 1600x900 without any problems. BF:BC2 plays on max also with no problems.

I do play on upgrading my processor at some point, and my board is plenty stable. I'd like to do incremental upgrades as opposed to new board new ram new cpu.

I'll get the cpu first, hang on to that for a while, mobo and ram second.

[Warhorse]

Built mine to be fast and cheap.

AMD X3 450 3.2hz @ Unlocked X4 3.875ghz with Corsair H60.
Asus GTX 480 @ 850/1700/4000.
Gigabyte ma770-ud3 Motherboard.
4gb Patriot Signature DDR3 1333 @ 1666 CL9.
Hiper Anubis Case.
1TB Samsung HDD.
High Power 1000w PSU.
32" Hitachhi UT32MH70.

Some of the items were insainley cheap, the GPU was only £185 new (gotta love scans today only deals) and the mobo and CPU together cost only £102, the PSU may seem overkill (it is) but cost only £49 from currys clearance.
The best purchase though was the screen, it was only £150 new from Richer sounds as it was the last in stock in my local store.

As you can tell, i like to shop for a bargain :D.

[kittyy]

core i5 2500k
8 GB of ram
two GTX 460s
1 TB HDD
750 watt ultra psu

[Talisker]

Asus P8P67 Deluxe Mobo.
i7-2600k @ 4.6Ghz
EVGA GTX 580
8GB RAM
OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (120GB)
Corsair 1000W HX Series

[scottydog07]

Asus P8P67 Deluxe Mobo.
i7-2600k @ 4.6Ghz
EVGA GTX 580
8GB RAM
OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (120GB)
Corsair 1000W HX Series

9.9/10
Cant get any better with only 1 gpu

[Method320]

9.9/10
Cant get any better with only 1 gpu

Eh, I'd give it an 8/10. 120GB for the entire system? I realize it's an SSD but, this isn't 2003.

[Jay]

Eh, I'd give it an 8/10. 120GB for the entire system? I realize it's an SSD but, this isn't 2003.

For all you know the may have $100000 worth of SAN for his storage. Storage doesn't need to be in your PC.

[Zach]

For all you know the may have $100000 worth of SAN for his storage. Storage doesn't need to be in your PC.

But it should be listed if they want it to be calculated into the rating.

You can only take into account what is in the post.

[Jay]

But it should be listed if they want it to be calculated into the rating.

You can only take into account what is in the post.

The poster was also assuming the user needed more than 120GB. Anyway we all know this thread is really about raw performance and swinging epeen :D

[Talisker]

9.9/10
Cant get any better with only 1 gpu

Yeah I'm saving for another 580 at the moment.

Eh, I'd give it an 8/10. 120GB for the entire system? I realize it's an SSD but, this isn't 2003.

My rig is for gaming only. 120Gb is enough for my games.

[HL2-4-Life]

I dunno, in this day and age of modern gaming, a single game can take up 5GB to >10GB HDD space, so that 120GB can run out fast. I, myself, have a 120GB SSD and I use it exclusive for OS (64bit Win7 HP) and other software like AV and vid playback software like VLC player and PowerDVD 10 Ultra. I have regular 1TB to 1.5TB HDD (usually WDC Black) for storing my games. Heck, my Steam only partition has 700GB of HDD space, and I've used >300GB for my Steam games.

Warhorse's system spec -
AMD X3 450 3.2hz @ Unlocked X4 3.875ghz with Corsair H60.
Asus GTX 480 @ 850/1700/4000.
Gigabyte ma770-ud3 Motherboard.
4gb Patriot Signature DDR3 1333 @ 1666 CL9.
Hiper Anubis Case.
1TB Samsung HDD.
High Power 1000w PSU.
32" Hitachhi UT32MH70

I'd give yours an 8.5, not quite a quad but close enough, and the GTX480 helps too. Anyway, I'd just upgraded my 3rd rig, purely HTPC but gaming capable as well (well, to a certain degree)
AM2 X2 5200+ @2.7ghz default clock
2x 2GB KVR DDR2 400
Sapphire HD5770 Vapor-X
Auzentech X-Mystique 7.1 Gold
1x LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
1x 74GB WD Raptor + 2x 1TB WDC Black
64bit Vista HP SP2

Feel free to rate this abyssmally or bash it, I don't care as I feel it's good enough for me, and it's my 3rd and weakest of my gaming capable rigs.

[Talisker]

I don't hoard games that I've completed on my PC. At the moment I have about 2 games on there that i'm playing. Still got 50-60GB free. Happy days.

[ChadW]

Built a new machine not too long ago. Nothing crazy but it makes me happy... well other than the sandybridge recall and an RMA on my video card.

ASUS P8P67 PRO motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5
G.SKILL PI+ Turbulence 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD for OS
Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 modular powersupply

No overclocking even though my motherboard comes with tons of overclock options.

[Method320]

Built a new machine not too long ago. Nothing crazy but it makes me happy... well other than the sandybridge recall and an RMA on my video card.

ASUS P8P67 PRO motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5
G.SKILL PI+ Turbulence 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD for OS
Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 modular powersupply

No overclocking even though my motherboard comes with tons of overclock options.

9.5/10

Solid system, no bottlenecks, lots of ram and space.

.5 for case. It's an ok case but, it's like driving a Honda Civic. Everyone owns one :P

[AciD]

Built a new machine not too long ago. Nothing crazy but it makes me happy... well other than the sandybridge recall and an RMA on my video card.

ASUS P8P67 PRO motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5
G.SKILL PI+ Turbulence 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD for OS
Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 modular powersupply

No overclocking even though my motherboard comes with tons of overclock options.

95/100 from me, I would just use more juicy graphic card, on the other hand, it all depends what you are using your rig for.

[Zach]

9.5/10

Solid system, no bottlenecks, lots of ram and space.

.5 for case. It's an ok case but, it's like driving a Honda Civic. Everyone owns one :P

More like + .5 because that is the case I use.

- 1 for buying too early
+ 1 for being an early adopter
- 1.5 for video card

so thats a 9/10

edit: is that really enough disk?

[ChadW]

I thought about getting a better video card but figured a 470 was good enough. Didn't see myself maxing out a 580 any time soon and the 470 was much cheaper.

[MikeBlaszczak]

Built a new machine not too long ago. Nothing crazy but it makes me happy... well other than the sandybridge recall and an RMA on my video card.

ASUS P8P67 PRO motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5
G.SKILL PI+ Turbulence 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD for OS
Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 modular powersupply

No overclocking even though my motherboard comes with tons of overclock options.

+9.000 for not overclocking
+0.350 for getting a dumb case like richard.eid
-0.212 for not enough memory
-1.111 for not enough disk
+0.435 for a sensible build overall

8.462 total, then

[AciD]

Got this one in November last year:

ASUS P7H55/USB3 motherboard
Intel i5 760 (@2.80)
ASUS ENGTX460 (1024MB)
OCZ Reaper set 3 x 2 GB
Western Digital WD1001FALS plus leftovers as WD 160 GB for backup and WD 250 for additional storage.
NZXT Hades case
Corsair HX750W modular power supply

No overclocking done, it's just a hassle with build in stuff from Asus.

[xFadedx]

Got this one in November last year:

ASUS P7H55/USB3 motherboard
Intel i5 760 (@2.80)
ASUS ENGTX460 (1024MB)
OCZ Reaper set 3 x 2 GB
Western Digital WD1001FALS plus leftovers as WD 160 GB for backup and WD 250 for additional storage.
NZXT Hades case
Corsair HX750W modular power supply

No overclocking done, it's just a hassle with build in stuff from Asus.

Why do you have 3 sticks of ram on a dual channel mobo? I'd dock ya for that. :P

I give you an 8/10 since you have a great price/performance pc. My specs are similar. :D -1 for the 3 sticks instead of 2 or 4 sticks. :(

[Mangr0v3]

Reposting my current system, just curious as to how far on the out-of-ten scale it's dropped. Last time I got a 4.


Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L
Thermaltake Blue Orb II
4GB DDR2-1066 Kingston Hyper-X (running at 800MHz :()
Galaxy GeForce 9500GT
640GB Samsung SATA2 7200RPM HDD, 32MB cache
Samsung DVD+-RW SATA2
Cooler Master Centurion 5
Bestec ATX-300-12Z 300W
Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate SP2

[fahrstuhl]

1-2 Months old and bought the CPU, Ram, GPU, Motherboard + Power Supply new.

AsRock P67 Extreme4 B3
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3,3 @ 4,2 (Scythe Mugen 2)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti SC
Team Group 2x4Gb DDR3-1333 @ 1600 (1,59V)
Crucial C300 64GB (OS)
2x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (Raid0)
2x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (Raid1) Backup for the Raid0
NZXT Beta Evo
be quiet! Pure Power L7 530W 80+
Samsung SyncMaster 245B 16:10 1920x1200 <-!

[Archaic_15]

Just built this computer today :)

CPU: intel core i5 2500k at stock currently, but will overclock it to 4ghz soon
Case: Antec 1200 with a red case mod
Mobo: Asrock z68 pro3
GPU: HIS Radeon hd 5870
PSU: Antec earthwatts 650w
Ram: Gskill Ripjaws DDR3 1333mhz CL9
Dvd drive: Lite on IHAS324
HDD: WD caviar blue 1tb (wish i got caviar black, but the price difference was a lot)
Keyboard: Microsoft sidewinder x4
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3500
Monitor: AOC black razor 22in full HD DVI
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Pro

[Gibbo73]

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K Processor
Case: Novatech ATX Gaming Case
Mobo: Asus P8P67 Pro Intel P67 (Socket 1155) Motherboard
GPU: GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe Graphics Card
PSU: Novatech PowerStation 750W Silent Modular Power Supply
Ram: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz Memory
Optical Drive 1:22x DVD Writer
Optical Drive 2:Blu-Ray Reader
HDD: 2 x 500GB 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Monitor: Novatech nVision Life 24" Widescreen LED Monitor
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home

Microsoft keyboard and Rat gaming mouse.

My girlfriend bought it for me. :)

[imeem]

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K Processor
Case: Novatech ATX Gaming Case
Mobo: Asus P8P67 Pro Intel P67 (Socket 1155) Motherboard
GPU: GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe Graphics Card
PSU: Novatech PowerStation 750W Silent Modular Power Supply
Ram: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz Memory
Optical Drive 1:22x DVD Writer
Optical Drive 2:Blu-Ray Reader
HDD: 2 x 500GB 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Monitor: Novatech nVision Life 24" Widescreen LED Monitor
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home

Microsoft keyboard and Rat gaming mouse.

My girlfriend bought it for me. :)

8.7/10

[imeem]

Just built this computer today :)

CPU: intel core i5 2500k at stock currently, but will overclock it to 4ghz soon
Case: Antec 1200 with a red case mod
Mobo: Asrock z68 pro3
GPU: HIS Radeon hd 5870
PSU: Antec earthwatts 650w
Ram: Gskill Ripjaws DDR3 1333mhz CL9
Dvd drive: Lite on IHAS324
HDD: WD caviar blue 1tb (wish i got caviar black, but the price difference was a lot)
Keyboard: Microsoft sidewinder x4
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3500
Monitor: AOC black razor 22in full HD DVI
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Pro

8.3~8.5/10

[Gibbo73]

8.7/10

:) I'm happy with it and you gave it a good score.

I hope to build my next one but haven't a clue what to do? Been lurking on here for a while and there seems to be tons of good advice.

[Firesky1995]

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Ati Radeon 5650 Overclocked to 670 Core and 1050 Memory
HD 250GB x 2
4GB Ram but can have 6GB
Processor Intel i5 450M 2.27Ghz with Turbo Boost Technology
Ati Catalyst 11.6
DX 11 Support

It's a Laptod but is connect to one LCD Max Resolution 1920x1080 and 75hz

[imeem]

:) I'm happy with it and you gave it a good score.

I hope to build my next one but haven't a clue what to do? Been lurking on here for a while and there seems to be tons of good advice.

i doubt u need to build a new rig anytime soon.
I would upgrade the gpu and maybe get a SSD

[GutterSmurf]

...

It's a Laptod but is connect to one LCD Max Resolution 1920x1080 and 75hz

8/10 for a laptop very nice

Case: Corsair 650D
CPU: intel core i7 2600k @ 4.4Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
Ram: 2x2GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz CL9
HSF: Corsair H70 Push/Pull
GPU: MSI 560Ti Twin-Frozer II 1024Mb OC @ 972Mhz core
PSU: Gigabyte Odin 1200w (relic from a planned triple SLi build)
DVD: Sony 22xDVD-RW SATA-II
SSD1:Corsair F60 SATA-II (OS)
SSD2:Corsair F60 SATA-II (Most played games)
HDD1:500GB WD Caviar Black SATA-II (Full Steam library install & files backup)
HDD2:1TB Samsung F3 SATA-II (Files and Steam backup)
Keyboard: Generic
Mouse:Microsoft Lasermouse 6000
Monitor: BenQ G2222HDL
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium

[kabuto78]

At the moment this is my PC there are a few other bits, but these are the main parts.

Benq EW2420 24 inch monitor
Coolmaster Storm Scout Gaming Case
Novatech Powerstation Black Edition 750W
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Six Core
4x Samsung Spin Point 2TB F4EG in Raid 0
Kingston 64Gb SSD
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i
FirePro V9800 4Gb
Corsair Vengence 4x 4Gb @1600
WD Caviar Blue 160Gb

next on the list to get are a NAS drive, and when it arrives a second system based on bulldozer.

How do you rate this system? marks out of 10.

[kabuto78]

Amd Athlon x2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz
Evga Geforce 9800Gtx+ 512mb
Gigabyte m61p-s3
Western Digital 250gb + Seagate 80gb(fraps)
600W OCZ Stealhxstream
Lite on dvdrw!

Rate my pc please I have just added it Kabuto78 :D

Your pc 6/10, will you be going the bulldozer route?

[aldorak]

Case: Corsair 650D
CPU: intel core i7 2600k @ 4.4Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
Ram: 2x2GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz CL9
HSF: Corsair H70 Push/Pull
GPU: MSI 560Ti Twin-Frozer II 1024Mb OC @ 972Mhz core
PSU: Gigabyte Odin 1200w (relic from a planned triple SLi build)
DVD: Sony 22xDVD-RW SATA-II
SSD1:Corsair F60 SATA-II (OS)
SSD2:Corsair F60 SATA-II (Most played games)
HDD1:500GB WD Caviar Black SATA-II (Full Steam library install & files backup)
HDD2:1TB Samsung F3 SATA-II (Files and Steam backup)
Keyboard: Generic
Mouse:Microsoft Lasermouse 6000
Monitor: BenQ G2222HDL
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium

That CPU must be crazy fast with that OC, but how much good does that do in games when your Graphics Card is not really top of the line? +1 for having 2 SSD, even though their not the highest capacity ones.

9/10

Do you use the mklink / junction trick for splitting steam install between two hds?

[GutterSmurf]

That CPU must be crazy fast with that OC, but how much good does that do in games when your Graphics Card is not really top of the line? +1 for having 2 SSD, even though their not the highest capacity ones.

9/10

Do you use the mklink / junction trick for splitting steam install between two hds?

CPU - I love it, the OC is on stock volts too :D as for it's performance with the 560Ti you are of course right in pointing out that it is bottlenecked by the graphics card. However bottlenecking at 60+ fps on everything I've played so far (havent tried metro yet but Crysis/warhead both stay over 60 on gamer settings without AA and still looks superb) is fine by me for now! When i start to lose the 60FPS @ 1920x1080 I'll stick another 560Ti in and call that it for a couple of years!

SSD - agree'd they're not high capacity, but they cover what I need :)

Steam - info on my steam installs here (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22711385&postcount=24)

[ribbins]

i5-750 2.8ghz
8gb corsair dominator 1333 ram
2tb WD black 7200 rpm hdd
xfx 5870 1gb (a bit OC'd)
550w corsair psu

[my_fist]

Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory (8GB)
64GB Crucial m4 2.5-inch 6GB/s SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Black Steel structure with black brushed aluminum faceplate ATX Mid Tower
ASUS VG236HE Black 23" Height,Swivel & Tilt Adjustable Full HD 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 120 Hz
ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler(HSF)

[Zodiark1593]

Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory (8GB)
64GB Crucial m4 2.5-inch 6GB/s SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Black Steel structure with black brushed aluminum faceplate ATX Mid Tower
ASUS VG236HE Black 23" Height,Swivel & Tilt Adjustable Full HD 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 120 Hz
ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler(HSF)

8.5/10.

My own laptop.
Intel Core i5-460M 2.53 GHz, Turboboost to 2.8 GHz
6 GB DDR3 RAM
AMD Mobility Radeon 6370 512 MB DDR3

It's not great, but at least it runs damn near anything I throw at it and that's all I can ask from a budget laptop.

[Teufel9000]

8.5/10.

My own laptop.
Intel Core i5-460M 2.53 GHz, Turboboost to 2.8 GHz
6 GB DDR3 RAM
AMD Mobility Radeon 6370 512 MB DDR3

It's not great, but at least it runs damn near anything I throw at it and that's all I can ask from a budget laptop.

ill give it a 7/10 Because for a laptop that seems pretty damn nice. just dont overheat it lol.

My Specs:

CPU: AMD X4 955 BE @3.87z with Stock Voltages (can Run 4.0ghz Stable at 1.4375 Volts Maxes 66*C at 4.0)
CPU Heatsink: Zalman 9500A with 92mm blue LED Fan
GPU: HIS 5770 Oc'ed to 950 CC/ 1300 memory clock
RAM: 4GB DDR3 Patriot Ram Oc'ed to 1443.7mhz
Mobo : BIOSTAR TA870U3+ AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
HDD: Western Digital Cavier Blue 500GB 7200 RPM @ 6.0GB/s

PSU: RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Case: XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case

:D

[GutterSmurf]

ill give it a 7/10 Because for a laptop that seems pretty damn nice. just dont overheat it lol.

My Specs:

CPU: AMD X4 955 BE @3.87z with Stock Voltages (can Run 4.0ghz Stable at 1.4375 Volts Maxes 66*C at 4.0)
CPU Heatsink: Zalman 9500A with 92mm blue LED Fan
GPU: HIS 5770 Oc'ed to 950 CC/ 1300 memory clock
RAM: 4GB DDR3 Patriot Ram Oc'ed to 1443.7mhz
Mobo : BIOSTAR TA870U3+ AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
HDD: Western Digital Cavier Blue 500GB 7200 RPM @ 6.0GB/s

PSU: RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Case: XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case

:D

I'd give your comp an 8/10 :) well balanced build!

[Zodiark1593]

ill give it a 7/10 Because for a laptop that seems pretty damn nice. just dont overheat it lol.

My Specs:

CPU: AMD X4 955 BE @3.87z with Stock Voltages (can Run 4.0ghz Stable at 1.4375 Volts Maxes 66*C at 4.0)
CPU Heatsink: Zalman 9500A with 92mm blue LED Fan
GPU: HIS 5770 Oc'ed to 950 CC/ 1300 memory clock
RAM: 4GB DDR3 Patriot Ram Oc'ed to 1443.7mhz
Mobo : BIOSTAR TA870U3+ AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
HDD: Western Digital Cavier Blue 500GB 7200 RPM @ 6.0GB/s

PSU: RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Case: XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case

:D

It is pretty nice not to use integrated graphics for once (my old laptop sucked big time for games, this one feels high end in comparison), though Intel's Sandy Bridge offering seems to come quite close. Ah well, technology marches on. I'm happy with what I got until I can get my own place + a desktop.

Your build I'll put at an 8.5 for desktop standards. The 4 GHz OC is pretty nice, the GPU is good, but that's also the only thing holding it back from going any higher as more powerful GPUs are available (namely, the 69xx series). That Mobo is definitely pretty good stuff, contributing to the score. Not too overkill on the RAM too. 4 GB should be enough for anything gaming related currently.

[Sam_A_1992]

My xps 17 spec:

I7-2630qm 2.0ghz turbo boost to 2.90ghz
6gb ddr3 1333mhz ram (max 16gb)
Nvidia Geforce GT 555m 3072mb dedicated vram with optimus
17.3" 1600x900 WLED screen with 2mp webcam
128gb Crucial M4 SSD (primary boot)
640gb 7200rpm HDD (programs/steam)
JBL 2.1 speakers with subwoofer
9 cell 90whr battery
Backlit keyboard

[Zodiark1593]

My xps 17 spec:

I7-2630qm 2.0ghz turbo boost to 2.90ghz
6gb ddr3 1333mhz ram (max 16gb)
Nvidia Geforce GT 555m 3072mb dedicated vram with optimus
17.3" 1600x900 WLED screen with 2mp webcam
128gb Crucial M4 SSD (primary boot)
640gb 7200rpm HDD (programs/steam)
JBL 2.1 speakers with subwoofer
9 cell 90whr battery
Backlit keyboard

That's a damn nice laptop. 9.5/10

Probably the only real thing to make it better is the new Nvidia Geforce GTX 580M.

[Sam_A_1992]

That's a damn nice laptop. 9.5/10

Probably the only real thing to make it better is the new Nvidia Geforce GTX 580M.

Thank you. Yes i would of liked a gtx card but this suits my needs very well. I hear the alienware m17 and 18x now have a gtx 580 option, expensive though.

[Zodiark1593]

Thank you. Yes i would of liked a gtx card but this suits my needs very well. I hear the alienware m17 and 18x now have a gtx 580 option, expensive though.
Certainly beats the carp out of my Radeon 6370M, but w/e. At least I can play nearly all PC games out there, something most budget laptops sold cannot claim. :D

[ACIDFAN]

Intel i5-760 @ 3.7 1.25v stable /w NH-D14
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 ATX
G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1600mhz
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX470 1280MB x2 SLi @stock
Samsung F3 Spinpoint x2
Corsair AX750 80+ GOLD
CoolerMaster Haf X
Mitsubishi WD-73C9 73" 8Microsecond 120hz Widescreen 3D DLP TV
Nvidia 3D Vision
Polk Audio Monitor50 II x4
Polk Audio CS20
Bic PL-200 12" Subwoofer
Pioneer VSX-820-K

[pacmandog]

CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge

MOBO MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3

GPU MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB

HDD SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM

PSU Corsair GS 600w

CASE CoolerMaster HAF 922

OS Windows 7 64bit About to buy this so please make suggestions if its not compatible or if there's something better I could get.

[uncivilised]

Well here it is guys :P

Desktop:
i7 920 @ 4.0Ghz w/ Zalman CNPS10X Performa
Foxconn Bloodrage GTI
6gb DDR3 G.Skill Pi @ 1684Mhz
2x Sapphire 6950 Crossfire OC'd
Thermaltake Evo Blue 750w
Seagate 1tb, WD 500gb AAKS, WD 160gb AAJS
Modded ATX case

M11x:
SU7300 @ 1.6Ghz
4gb DDR3 Ram Dual Channel @ 800Mhz
Gt 335m
WD 500gb

CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge

MOBO MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3

GPU MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB

HDD SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM

PSU Corsair GS 600w

CASE CoolerMaster HAF 922

OS Windows 7 64bit About to buy this so please make suggestions if its not compatible or if there's something better I could get.

Personally I dont like the case, components wise id give it a 8/10

[cateater]

HOME
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/26/11 18:25:56 Ver: 08.00.14
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM (i have 8gig)
Page File: 1060MB used, 3895MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 (4.10.0000.5515)

thats mine

[borg_7_of_9]

HOME
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/26/11 18:25:56 Ver: 08.00.14
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM (i have 8gig)
Page File: 1060MB used, 3895MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 (4.10.0000.5515)l

thats mine

Perhaps CPU-Z could give us better system spec's

At this stage 4/10 no graphics card, hdd, 8G of ram on a 32bit os I could keep going with the bad but ill stop there till u post back full spec's... and 4 is being generous IMO

[chrisjcks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAsgVhyoZcs

However, some changes since this video:

Now I have...

AMD 6core 1090T BE (instead of the AMD 955 quad)
8gb GSKILL NQ 1600 DDR3 (instead of the ocz reapers)
Asus Crosshair formula IV (instead of the crosshair III)
Alphacool display (instead of the fan/temp monitor)
2gb ATI 6970 (instead of the 4890 CF)
Internal DLINk range booster wireless N network card (instead of the internal Linksys wireless G one)

Oh and windows 7 instead of vista lol

[cateater]

Perhaps CPU-Z could give us better system spec's

At this stage 4/10 no graphics card, hdd, 8G of ram on a 32bit os I could keep going with the bad but ill stop there till u post back full spec's... and 4 is being generous IMO
ok will do that forgot about that program :)

Perhaps CPU-Z could give us better system spec's

At this stage 4/10 no graphics card, hdd, 8G of ram on a 32bit os I could keep going with the bad but ill stop there till u post back full spec's... and 4 is being generous IMO
ok you wanted gpu is a 4850 ati ( yer i know ) and 250gig and a 500gig hdd i have win 7 64bit on the other hdd cpu z just gives you info on the cpu not system
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/cateater4u2/sysinfo.jpg

[ItsUBERENGIE]

Vista 64 bit
Intel E2220 @ 2.40 (2 cores)
Nvidia 9400GT 512mb
4 gigs of DDR2 memory
1TB hard drive

I could power my computer with a few lemons....

[iver_xd]

My Computer:

AMD Phenom 2 x6 1090T Processor
ASUS M4N75TD Motherboard
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580
8Gb DDR3 Memory 1600mhz
1x1TB HDD, 1x500GB HDD
Windows 7 Professional 64x

[souljaboyri]

Windows home premium 32 bit
Intel 990x 3.46 GHz six core 12mb cache
ATI Radeon 2GB 6950
12gb 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
600GB 10,000 RPM Velociraptor HD
ASUS Rampage III mobo
950w power supply
Coolermaster black HAF case
Corsair cooling hydro series liquid cooling

[Raven701]

Here's my Rig.

Commodor 64.

[Raven701]

Haha here is my real rig.

Case: Cooler Master Stacker 832

Motherboard: ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe (Quad XFire support by Dragon Technology)

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition OC'd 3.5Ghz, 1.456v Temps: 40C idle, 60C full load

GPU: ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5970 with Modified Accelero Extreme 5970 Cooler
OC'd Core 870MHz, Mem 1100MHz
Core Temps: (100% fan speed) 30C idle, 60C full load on Crysis 2
VRM Temps: 40C idle, 60C full load. (Nobody has this due to the mod)

RAM: 4GB DDR2 1067Hz

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Monitor: Samsung 275T 27inch 1920X1200 on all games

Keyboard: Ligitech G15

Headset: Steel Series 5

Mouse: Simple Dell mouse (haha yeah)

[FгедкѕнФш]

Haha here is my real rig.

Case: Cooler Master Stacker 832

Motherboard: ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe (Quad XFire support by Dragon Technology)

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition OC'd 3.5Ghz, 1.456v Temps: 40C idle, 60C full load

GPU: ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5970 with Modified Accelero Extreme 5970 Cooler
OC'd Core 870MHz, Mem 1100MHz
Core Temps: (100% fan speed) 30C idle, 60C full load on Crysis 2
VRM Temps: 40C idle, 60C full load. (Nobody has this due to the mod)

RAM: 4GB DDR2 1067Hz

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Monitor: Samsung 275T 27inch 1920X1200 on all games

Keyboard: Ligitech G15

Headset: Steel Series 5

Mouse: Simple Dell mouse (haha yeah)


Hey we've got the same mobo :)

8.5/10

The HD5970 still kicks ♥♥♥ in games, but the 940 is the weak link there. Still a good system though.

Mine to see how it's holding up :

Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
AMD Phenom II 970 3.5Ghz (stock clocks for now)
XFX XXX Edition HD5870 1000/1400
4Gb Ocz Platinum DDR2 RAM @1066Mhz
1Tb Seagate Barracuda
640Gb WD Caviar Black
NZXT Apollo
700W Thermaltake Toughpower
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

[Raven701]

Yeah my rig should last me about 5 or 6 years. :)

[ACIDFAN]

Yeah my rig should last me about 5 or 6 years. :)

nope
technology changes too fast

[Raven701]

nope
technology changes too fast

uh huh... ...it doubles every year right?

[FгедкѕнФш]

uh huh... ...it doubles every year right?

No, but 5-6 years is a little much. I'd say more like 2-3 years before you have trouble playing some games. Unless of course everything stays a console port, then you'll be good forever. :rolleyes:

[Raven701]

No, but 5-6 years is a little much. I'd say more like 2-3 years before you have trouble playing some games. Unless of course everything stays a console port, then you'll be good forever. :rolleyes:

I second that. :mad:

[Luna Breaker]

ATI radeon 4870
Windows 7 Ultimate
8 gigs ram
Interl core i3 540 @3.07 (4 cpus)

[xFadedx]

ATI radeon 4870
Windows 7 Ultimate
8 gigs ram
Interl core i3 540 @3.07 (4 cpus)

i3-540 only has 2 cores. It is hyper threaded though so it appears to have 4 in task manager. 2 logical, 2 phyxical.

GPU is a bit dated still decent though.

6/10

Unless of course everything stays a console port, then you'll be good forever. :rolleyes:

Wish this were reality. Some really bad console ports require powerful pc's to run. Even though they should run on dated PC's. Programmers get lazy and put more work on the hardware rather than optimizing it to run better.

[Raven701]

Do you think in the future they could developed a Cell processor like the PS3, which is the only impressive spec, for PC's?

[xFadedx]

Do you think in the future they could developed a Cell processor like the PS3, which is the only impressive spec, for PC's?

If your asking me. I doubt it. The cell processor sucks. While yes powerful it requires everything to go through a single core and then be distributed to the others. For batch processing this is fine. But when lots of instructions are being thrown at the processor it can get bogged down on that single core leaving the other 7 or however many there are being less utilized. Also because of its structure it is harder to code for. As developers are just now figuring out how to make games run better on it.

I'm sure others have differing opinions. :)

[Kuytre]

My 3 year old computer that's due for an upgrade:
AMD Phenom X3 8650, clocked at 2.6GHz
ATi HD5850 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM

I'm waiting for bulldozer before I upgrade though.

[nolan222]

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Power Supply: Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E PRO Socket 1156
Ram: Kingston HyperX 4GB
Graphics Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 1000GB X2
Cpu: Intel Core i7 Quad-Core
Monitor: LG W2343T-PF, 23"

[Burack]

Windows home premium 32 bit
Intel 990x 3.46 GHz six core 12mb cache
ATI Radeon 2GB 6950
12gb 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
600GB 10,000 RPM Velociraptor HD
ASUS Rampage III mobo
950w power supply
Coolermaster black HAF case
Corsair cooling hydro series liquid cooling
-3 for money wasted on that CPU
-2 for money wasted on that HDD
-3 for having 12GB RAM and 32bit Windows

so 2/10 overall, sorry :p

[Burack]

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Power Supply: Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E PRO Socket 1156
Ram: Kingston HyperX 4GB
Graphics Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 1000GB X2
Cpu: Intel Core i7 Quad-Core
Monitor: LG W2343T-PF, 23"
8/10
With that monster PSU, your system is crying for a better GPU, or even dual.
Get a GTX580 or HD6970 NAO! :)

[kittyy]

core i5 2500k
two GTX 460's
8 GB of ram
Gigabyte P67 UDA4 B3

my computer sucks i think i need a new one :P

[Burack]

core i5 2500k
two GTX 460's
8 GB of ram
Gigabyte P67 UDA4 B3

my computer sucks i think i need a new one :P
-10 points for your comment, so my rating will be 0/10 :mad:
That system is not even remotely close to being "suck".

You might need a GPU upgrade in next couple of years, but for now that system will hold quite well.

[kittyy]

-10 points for your comment, so my rating will be 0/10 :mad:
That system is not even remotely close to being "suck".

You might need a GPU upgrade in next couple of years, but for now that system will hold quite well.

so you would of gaven me a 10 out of 10. :p
Im just the kind of person that thinks 60 FPS is too slow so i turn down the detail in games to get 120+ fps.

[Burack]

so you would of gaven me a 10 out of 10. :p
Im just the kind of person that thinks 60 FPS is too slow so i turn down the detail in games to get 120+ fps.
Instead of wasting your money on a new system, just get a better GPU or two.
Dual GTX570 or even GTX590
HD6990 etc.

[kittyy]

Instead of wasting your money on a new system, just get a better GPU or two.
Dual GTX570 or even GTX590
HD6990 etc.

If i could i would. but i have too pay for gas, food and rent and i have about 100 dollars left in the bank for savings every month.
Also id need a new powersupply becuase i only have dual six pin pci express adapters on my 700 watt ultra psu.

[Luna Breaker]

i3-540 only has 2 cores. It is hyper threaded though so it appears to have 4 in task manager. 2 logical, 2 phyxical.

GPU is a bit dated still decent though.

6/10



Wish this were reality. Some really bad console ports require powerful pc's to run. Even though they should run on dated PC's. Programmers get lazy and put more work on the hardware rather than optimizing it to run better.

Only 6/10? ): I just spent 500 bucks on upgrading to that. And a new cooler, case and a bunch of things. Well, the gpu stayed that's why it's outdated.

[Burack]

If i could i would. but i have too pay for gas, food and rent and i have about 100 dollars left in the bank for savings every month.
Also id need a new powersupply becuase i only have dual six pin pci express adapters on my 700 watt ultra psu.
As I said, you don't need to spend any money with that system.
You have two choices:

1) Accept that 60 FPS is more than enough speed.
2) Stop whining and spend some money on a new GPU.

From your last post, I guess you should go with the 1 ;)

[kittyy]

Im saving up for the GTX 600 line mabey ill get a 660 or 670 and run em in sli.

[Raven701]

Hey we've got the same mobo :)

8.5/10

The HD5970 still kicks ♥♥♥ in games, but the 940 is the weak link there. Still a good system though.

Mine to see how it's holding up :

Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
AMD Phenom II 970 3.5Ghz (stock clocks for now)
XFX XXX Edition HD5870 1000/1400
4Gb Ocz Platinum DDR2 RAM @1066Mhz
1Tb Seagate Barracuda
640Gb WD Caviar Black
NZXT Apollo
700W Thermaltake Toughpower
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

9/10

Great set up and a monster overclock on that card. I can't go any higher than 870MHz with a stable overclock, but I might get to 900 with a higher voltage of 1.3v? I know 1.40v is the max for the 5970.

[sevink]

Heres a computer I just built and ordered from Newegg.

Case COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME6
Video Card SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 X2 (Running Crossfire)
Power-supply CORSAIR HX750 750W
CPU Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
Ram 8 gig (2X4) DDR3
Soundcard Razer AC-1
Monitor LG 24" LCD

I went from a Radeon HD 2600 to duel 6970s. Small upgrade wouldn't you say :D

[Burack]

Heres a computer I just built and ordered from Newegg.

Case COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME6
Video Card SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 X2 (Running Crossfire)
Power-supply CORSAIR HX750 750W
CPU Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
Ram 8 gig (2X4) DDR3
Soundcard Razer AC-1
Monitor LG 24" LCD

I went from a Radeon HD 2600 to duel 6970s. Small upgrade wouldn't you say :D
Wow! A monster!
10/10

How is 2x6970's performance in CF?

[sevink]

Wow! A monster!
10/10

How is 2x6970's performance in CF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMhfpS6XTQ

The video that sold me to just suck it up and buy 2 6970s :D

[xFadedx]

Only 6/10? ): I just spent 500 bucks on upgrading to that. And a new cooler, case and a bunch of things. Well, the gpu stayed that's why it's outdated.

For $564 you could have had:
$220 = i5-2500k: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
$85 = 8Gig Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231445&cm_re=gskill_ram-_-20-231-445-_-Product
$105+ = mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=1155+motherboard+p67
$60 = case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
$94 = os: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986&cm_re=windows_7_64_bit_oem-_-32-116-986-_-Product

Obviously the price may very depending on your config. Still for a slight bump you could have bought a new quad that will last for a good while. Dual cores are towards the end of their life cycle in upcoming games. You said you recycled you old gpu so that wasn't included in the price. I'm measuring it as a gaming pc for modern and upcoming games. As a web surfing every day use pc its fine. :)

I'd give my own pc an 8/10 because its a good value pc. Not top end though. I'd only give a 10/10 for an enthusiast build.

My Specs:
cpu: i5-760 @ 3.8Ghz
ram: 8Gigs 1600mhz
graphics: 2 GTX 1Gig 460 hawks in Sli
mobo: MSI P55-GD65
cpu cooler: Hyper 212+
psu: Rosewill 1000W
Case: Haf 932

[jo1252]

What do you think of mine:

CPU: Phenom II X6 1090T
MOBO: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO
GPU: 2X HD 5770 in crossfire
RAM: 8 GB 1333 MHz
HDD: 2X 500 GB in Raid 0 (sata 2)
OS: Windows 7 64 bits.

[imeem]

What do you think of mine:

CPU: Phenom II X6 1090T
MOBO: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO
GPU: 2X HD 5770 in crossfire
RAM: 8 GB 1333 MHz
HDD: 2X 500 GB in Raid 0 (sata 2)
OS: Windows 7 64 bits.

8/10

imo, the only bad thing is the HD 5770s

[cateater]

one poster said he ran two SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970's dude with a 750w psu your bottle necking the dam things get a 1200w psu and better cooling on the gpu's eh :)

[HL2-4-Life]

Not my rig, but my nephew's rig which I had put together last night. Brand new build since his faithful AMD rig died on him yesterday. Don't have to rate it, just stoked 'cuz I've not assembled a rig from the ground up for quite a while, got to POST on first go, and indsatlled OS after that -

i7 2600K + CM V6
Asus P8P68 Deluxe
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600mhz
XFX HD6990 4GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (OS)
WDC Black 2TB
Samsung DVD RW + LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Seasonic Z-Series 850W Gold PSU
CM HAF 942 chassis
64bit Win7 Pro (OEM)

[borg_7_of_9]

Not my rig, but my nephew's rig which I had put together last night. Brand new build since his faithful AMD rig died on him yesterday. Don't have to rate it, just stoked 'cuz I've not assembled a rig from the ground up for quite a while, got to POST on first go, and indsatlled OS after that -

i7 2600K + CM V6
Asus P8P68 Deluxe
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600mhz
XFX HD6990 4GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (OS)
WDC Black 2TB
Samsung DVD RW + LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Seasonic Z-Series 850W Gold PSU
CM HAF 942 chassis
64bit Win7 Pro (OEM)

That should be 10 out of 10 IMO nice build id say 9.5 why win7 pro I'm still giving it 10 though

[HL2-4-Life]

That should be 10 out of 10 IMO nice build id say 9.5 why win7 pro I'm still giving it 10 thoughMy nephew thank you for that rating!:D

As for going 64bit Win7 Pro, he needed the XP Mode to run some of his older programs. 'Sides, Ultimate was way too expensive while the Pro was a little more than HP. Anyway, I have a rig running Pro too and it's great for gaming. I'm also waiting for BD to be released before I decide on my next upgrade.

[Raven701]

Not my rig, but my nephew's rig which I had put together last night. Brand new build since his faithful AMD rig died on him yesterday. Don't have to rate it, just stoked 'cuz I've not assembled a rig from the ground up for quite a while, got to POST on first go, and indsatlled OS after that -

i7 2600K + CM V6
Asus P8P68 Deluxe
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600mhz
XFX HD6990 4GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (OS)
WDC Black 2TB
Samsung DVD RW + LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Seasonic Z-Series 850W Gold PSU
CM HAF 942 chassis
64bit Win7 Pro (OEM)

Holy ♥♥♥♥! Nice rig! I got a weaker CPU Phenom II 940 black and it does pretty good with the 5970.

[sinshiva]

found this thread, had to share :)

• sleepy
· i7 920 D0 @ 200x19 • Corsair H50 • G.Skill 4x2GB DDR3 1600 1T,8
· Hitachi 7K1000.C 4x500GB Raid0 • BFG 2x GTX275 SLI • LG W2363D 120hz+3d glasses
· Lian Li PC-V351B • MSI X58M • Corsair TX-850 • Creative SB X-Fi Go!
· Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 • Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 • Behringer AMP800

• dopey (laptop)
· Alienware M11X · SU4100 @ 1.7GHz • 2x4GB DDR3 800 - icky, getting 1333...
· GT335M @ 575/1380/800 • Intel X-25M 80GB

The Latest addition is a family box consisting of the 400usd quad core aspire desktop package (4gb ddr3, 1tb hdd) from walmart and a 90usd gt430 low profile card from best buy. Runs L4D2 maxed at 1080p :)

[imeem]

found this thread, had to share :)

• sleepy
· i7 920 D0 @ 200x19 • Corsair H50 • G.Skill 4x2GB DDR3 1600 1T,8
· Hitachi 7K1000.C 4x500GB Raid0 • BFG 2x GTX275 SLI • LG W2363D 120hz+3d glasses
· Lian Li PC-V351B • MSI X58M • Corsair TX-850 • Creative SB X-Fi Go!
· Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 • Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 • Behringer AMP800



8.4/10

[sinshiva]

those hdds are 500gb platters, 550mb/s linear read/write :D (in r0, short stroked)

[GutterSmurf]

those hdds are 500gb platters, 550mb/s linear read/write :D (in r0, short stroked)

Then I'd be tempted to reduce the score to 7.5/10, unless you have some form of back up?

[sinshiva]

Then I'd be tempted to reduce the score to 7.5/10, unless you have some form of back up?

Yea, i have this magic wand that sucks the data up from the HDDS, leaving my HDDS nice and clean. When i'm done, i stick the wand back on the fridge.

despite being x58 raid0, it's survived florida brown outs and power outages, and a reformat with data partitions intact and hash verified :)

[HL2-4-Life]

i7 2600K + CM V6
Asus P8P68 Deluxe
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600mhz
XFX HD6990 4GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (OS)
WDC Black 2TB
Samsung DVD RW + LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Corsair AX1200 PSU
CM HAF 942 chassis
64bit Win7 Pro (OEM)I'd mentioned in another thread that there was a stability issue with my nephew's rig, turned out the Seasonic X-Series 850W PSU was the culprit. He had it swapped to the one in red......good choice. I feel somewhat letdown by the Seasonic, I'd recommended it highly to him and it failed, guess crap happens to even graet PSU maker like Seasonic. Anyway, his system is up and running now.....

[James Deuce]

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (4x 3.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

Cooling: Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System (Intel) - ARC Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)

Memory: 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1333 Memory Module - Corsair XMS3 Dominator w/DHX technology

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.2GB - Single Card

Motherboard: SLI] ASUS P8P67 Deluxe -- 2x Gb LAN, 3x PCI-E 2.0 x16, On-Board Bluetooth

Power Supply: 850 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-850AX

Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card: Killer Xeno Pro Gaming Network Card

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit)

[imeem]

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (4x 3.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

Cooling: Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System (Intel) - ARC Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)

Memory: 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1333 Memory Module - Corsair XMS3 Dominator w/DHX technology

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.2GB - Single Card

Motherboard: SLI] ASUS P8P67 Deluxe -- 2x Gb LAN, 3x PCI-E 2.0 x16, On-Board Bluetooth

Power Supply: 850 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-850AX

Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card: Killer Xeno Pro Gaming Network Card

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit)

8.7/10

[hodges20xx375]

CPU core 2 duo @ 2.66
4gb DDR2 RAM
ati 4850 (512MB)
500 Watt PSU coolmaster
Windows 7 pro 64 bit
300gb HDD

Just got for $160 do you think I should upgrade to quad core @ 2.66ghz how long will it last for gaming

[GutterSmurf]

CPU core 2 duo @ 2.66
4gb DDR2 RAM
ati 4850 (512MB)
500 Watt PSU coolmaster
Windows 7 pro 64 bit
300gb HDD

Just got for $160 do you think I should upgrade to quad core @ 2.66ghz how long will it last for gaming

this seems fairly balanced as it is, the performance increase from a CPU upgrade would be negligible. A Q6600, with overclock, and an nVidia 460 1GB-560Ti would be a decent upgrade route though :)

As it is 5 points for hardware +1 for balance
6/10

[hodges20xx375]

this seems fairly balanced as it is, the performance increase from a CPU upgrade would be negligible. A Q6600, with overclock, and an nVidia 460 1GB-560Ti would be a decent upgrade route though :)

As it is 5 points for hardware +1 for balance
6/10

I was planning on getting the Q8400 and I really don't know how to overclock will I be able to do that on a stock heatsink or can you recommend me one

[GutterSmurf]

a Q8400 would be good without an overclock with a better graphics card

[WV2MJR]

Case: Cooler Master HAF X Full tower

Motherboard: ASUS M4A79XTD Evo

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition OC'd @ 3.63Ghz

CPU Cooler: Corsair H70 Liquid cooling system

GPU: ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5830

Soundcard: HT Omega Claro (7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz)

RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel 1T @ 1760Mhz

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1

Monitor: ASUS VW224U - 22" - Widescreen - 2MS

Speaker: Altec Lansing Expressionist Ultra MX6021 2.1-CH PC

[k1ngchr15]

|````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````
|Current build
| AMD Phenom ii x4 b55 BE 4.0GHz stable (unlocked x2 555 BE)
| Artic cooling freezer pro 64
| Gigabyte MA790FX-UD3P
| 8gb Generic ValueRAM 800MHz
| 2 x hd6950 2gb (bios unlock) @ 900/1350
| 2 x HP (Samsung rebrand) 128gb SSD in raid 0
| -operating system and select programs-
| 2 x Samsung F3 1tb raid 0
| -all other programs-
| 2 x F4 2tb individaual drives
| -for system image and important files-
| Windows 7 x64 Premium
| Coolermaster Scout case
| Coolermaster silent pro 700W
|_________________________________________________ ____________________

|````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````
|As of (hopefully) wednesday/thursday
| Intel i7 2600k
| Corsair H50 cpu cooler
| Asrock p67 Extreme 6
| (needed sata connections so beat the z68 exterme 4)
| 16gb (4 x 4) G.Skill Ripjawsx 1600MHz
| Donated from old rig - 2 x hd6950 2gb (bios unlock) @ 900/1350
| Donated from old rig - 2 x Samsung (HP rebrand) 128gb SSD in raid 0
| -operating system and select programs-
| Donated from old rig - 2 x Samsung F3 1tb raid 0
| -all other programs-
| Donated from old rig - 2 x F4 2tb individaual drives
| -for system image and important files-
| Windows 7 x64 Premium
| Fractal Design XL Black
| OCZ ZX 1000W
|_________________________________________________ ____________________

[gamma_]

Here's a look at mine which I built very recently. Unfortunately, I do not know how to do bullet points, but here goes:

CM Storm Scout Case 2x140mm and 1x120mm fans
Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 Motherboard w/SLI and CrossFireX
AMD Phenom II x6 Black Edition 1090T
8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 RAM
Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler
MSi Twin Frozr II Radeon HD 6950 GPU
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Let me know if I need to post any more info :)

[kittyy]

Here's a look at mine which I built very recently. Unfortunately, I do not know how to do bullet points, but here goes:

CM Storm Scout Case 2x140mm and 1x120mm fans
Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 Motherboard w/SLI and CrossFireX
AMD Phenom II x6 Black Edition 1090T
8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 RAM
Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler
MSi Twin Frozr II Radeon HD 6950 GPU
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Let me know if I need to post any more info :)

7 out of 10
The current gen AMD six cores are too slooow comparing to a core i5 or i7 but it makes ends meet in gaming.

[BeefSkull]

PSU : Corsair HX750w
Mobo : Asus p8z68-v Pro
GPU : Zotac GTX 580 Amp!2 (3gb model)
CPU : Core i7 2600k @ 4.4ghz
CPU Cooler : Noctua NH-D14
RAM : 2x4Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz (CL8)
Windows Drive : OCZ Vertex 2 80gb
Gaming Drive : Seagate Momentus XT 500gb

[kittyy]

PSU : Corsair HX750w
GPU : Zotac GTX 580 Amp!2 (3gb model)
CPU : Core i7 2600k @ 4.4ghz
CPU Cooler : Noctua NH-D14
RAM : 2x4Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz (CL8)
Windows Drive : OCZ Vertex 2 80gb
Gaming Drive : Seagate Momentus XT 500gb

10 out of 10 :cool:

[imeem]

Case: Cooler Master HAF X Full tower

Motherboard: ASUS M4A79XTD Evo

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition OC'd @ 3.63Ghz

CPU Cooler: Corsair H70 Liquid cooling system

GPU: ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5830

Soundcard: HT Omega Claro (7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz)

RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel 1T @ 1760Mhz

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1

Monitor: ASUS VW224U - 22" - Widescreen - 2MS

Speaker: Altec Lansing Expressionist Ultra MX6021 2.1-CH PC

8/10 get a better video card

[imeem]

|````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````
|Current build
| AMD Phenom ii x4 b55 BE 4.0GHz stable (unlocked x2 555 BE)
| Artic cooling freezer pro 64
| Gigabyte MA790FX-UD3P
| 8gb Generic ValueRAM 800MHz
| 2 x hd6950 2gb (bios unlock) @ 900/1350
| 2 x HP (Samsung rebrand) 128gb SSD in raid 0
| -operating system and select programs-
| 2 x Samsung F3 1tb raid 0
| -all other programs-
| 2 x F4 2tb individaual drives
| -for system image and important files-
| Windows 7 x64 Premium
| Coolermaster Scout case
| Coolermaster silent pro 700W
|_________________________________________________ ____________________

|````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````
|As of (hopefully) wednesday/thursday
| Intel i7 2600k
| Corsair H50 cpu cooler
| Asrock p67 Extreme 6
| (needed sata connections so beat the z68 exterme 4)
| 16gb (4 x 4) G.Skill Ripjawsx 1600MHz
| Donated from old rig - 2 x hd6950 2gb (bios unlock) @ 900/1350
| Donated from old rig - 2 x Samsung (HP rebrand) 128gb SSD in raid 0
| -operating system and select programs-
| Donated from old rig - 2 x Samsung F3 1tb raid 0
| -all other programs-
| Donated from old rig - 2 x F4 2tb individaual drives
| -for system image and important files-
| Windows 7 x64 Premium
| Fractal Design XL Black
| OCZ ZX 1000W
|_________________________________________________ ____________________

first build: 8.5/10

second build: 9.3/10

[Headshot4Fun]

My actual rig

Mainboard : ASRock G31M-S

Processor : Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2500MHz

Ram: 4GB (2 x 2GB ) DDR2

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT ( i can't buy a new one .-. )

Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)

==============================

My next Upgrade ( end of this year )

Mainboard : ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3

Processor : Phenom II X6 1055t

Ram: 8GB (2 x 4GB ) DDR3

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT ( i can't buy a new one .-. )

Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)

==============================

Rate both.

Fact: I Can play most of steam games ( that use source engine ) in high using my old rig xD

[imeem]

My actual rig

Mainboard : ASRock G31M-S

Processor : Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2500MHz

Ram: 4GB (2 x 2GB ) DDR2

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT ( i can't buy a new one .-. )

Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)

==============================

My next Upgrade ( end of this year )

Mainboard : ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3

Processor : Phenom II X6 1055t

Ram: 8GB (2 x 4GB ) DDR3

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT ( i can't buy a new one .-. )

Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)

==============================

Rate both.

Fact: I Can play most of steam games ( that use source engine ) in high using my old rig xD


first one: 6/10

second one: 6.7/10

y can't u buy a new video card?

[ACIDFAN]

Intel i5-760 @ 3.7 1.25v stable /w NH-D14
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 ATX
G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1600mhz
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX470 1280MB x2 SLi @stock
Samsung F3 1tb Spinpoint x2
Smasung F4 2tb x1
Corsair AX750 80+ GOLD
CoolerMaster Haf X
Mitsubishi WD-73C9 73" 8Microsecond 120hz Widescreen 3D DLP TV
Nvidia 3D Vision
Polk Audio Monitor50 II x4
Polk Audio CS20
Bic PL-200 12" Subwoofer
Pioneer VSX-820-K


Added another hdd and cleaned out my case, tried to do some better wire management but I ran out of twist ties.

I never got rated! :)

[kittyy]

My actual rig

Mainboard : ASRock G31M-S

Processor : Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2500MHz

Ram: 4GB (2 x 2GB ) DDR2

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT ( i can't buy a new one .-. )

Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)

==============================

My next Upgrade ( end of this year )

Mainboard : ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3

Processor : Phenom II X6 1055t

Ram: 8GB (2 x 4GB ) DDR3

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT ( i can't buy a new one .-. )

Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)

==============================

Rate both.

Fact: I Can play most of steam games ( that use source engine ) in high using my old rig xD

5/10

second

6 out of 10

[Headshot4Fun]

first one: 6/10

second one: 6.7/10

y can't u buy a new video card?

Because in Brazil. Everything is expensive, EVERYTHING ♥♥♥♥ING THING

What is 200 USD in america in Brazil is aprox 700 USD ( 1200 Brazilian Reais )

Why? Because Brazilian's love Taxes!

I Mean. Realy. A Playstation 2 in usa is 99$. In brazil is 500 R$ ( aprox 250$ )

And i only have money to upgrade those things :/

[Master931]

Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz
Asus P8P67 Pro B3
EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX460 1GB x2 (SLI)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm
4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill RipJawsX
Coolermaster HAF 912 Advanced
Coolermaster GX750 Power Supply

I'd think that would land an 8.5+/10?

[mrblonde2099]

This is my first build from the ground up, just finished days ago:

-Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.0 GHz
-ASRock z68 Pro3
-EVGA Superclocked nVidia GeForce GTX570 1GB
-G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB)DDR3 1600
-WD Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache (newegg had the 1TB model for exact same price, why wouldn't I get the bigger hdd? :))
-Corsair CMPSU-650TX
-Rosewill Challenger Case
-ASUS VW246H Monitor

[ACIDFAN]

This is my first build from the ground up, just finished days ago:

-Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.0 GHz
-ASRock z68 Pro3
-EVGA Superclocked nVidia GeForce GTX570 1GB
-G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB)DDR3 1600
-WD Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache (newegg had the 1TB model for exact same price, why wouldn't I get the bigger hdd? :))
-Corsair CMPSU-650TX
-Rosewill Challenger Case
-ASUS VW246H Monitor

9/10 should have gotten an msi card imo

Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz
Asus P8P67 Pro B3
EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX460 1GB x2 (SLI)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm
4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill RipJawsX
Coolermaster HAF 912 Advanced
Coolermaster GX750 Power Supply

I'd think that would land an 8.5+/10?

8/10 too much spent on your cpu compared to the rest of the build

[kittyy]

core i5 2500k
8 GB Domintor GT DDR3
Two nvidia GTX 460 in sli
1 TB Calvir black
650 w PSU Corsair
GB P67 UDA4 B3 mobo

[Normy]

Intel Core i7 980x @ 4GHz
Nvidia GTX 480 SLI
Auzentech X-Fi Forte Soundcard
6GB GSkill Trident DDR3 2000MHz Tri-Channel
Gigabyte X58A-UD5 Motherboard
Seagate 1TB SATA Hard Drive
CoolerMaster HAF 932 Case
Steelseries Xai Laser Gaming Mouse
Puretrak Talent Mousepad
Audiotechnica AD700 Headphones
Steelseries 6Gv2 Keyboard
Alienware OptX AW2310 23" LCD Monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Bought it a year ago.

[madpistol]

Intel Core i7 980x @ 4GHz
Nvidia GTX 480 SLI
Auzentech X-Fi Forte Soundcard
6GB GSkill Trident DDR3 2000MHz Tri-Channel
Gigabyte X58A-UD5 Motherboard
Seagate 1TB SATA Hard Drive
CoolerMaster HAF 932 Case
Steelseries Xai Laser Gaming Mouse
Puretrak Talent Mousepad
Audiotechnica AD700 Headphones
Steelseries 6Gv2 Keyboard
Alienware OptX AW2310 23" LCD Monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Bought it a year ago.

Quite the system. Where's the SSD?

Put a nice SSD in and it would be a 10/10. Due to the lack of an SSD though...

9/10

[Ando]

ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Intel core i5 2500k @4.6 Ghz
Noctua NH-D14
Mushkin Blackline 8GB(2x4GB)DDR3
Asus DirectCUII 580 GTX
Asus Xonar ST
Seasonic M12D 850W modular power supply
Corsair 650D Obsidian Series
Intel 510 128 GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 640 GB + WD Caviar Green 1 TB

[musicmanJrpro]

BIOSTAR P43-A7
ADATA 4GB duel Channel 800mhz ddr2
Inell core 2 e4500 overclock stable at 2.9ghz
Raideon HD 4670
SAMSUNG 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s HD
runing games at 1280x1024 75hz

[92jani]

Intel i3 2,93 ghz (i7 coming soon....)
Club 3d Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Seagate 1,5TB SATA Hard Drive
8 GB DDR3
550w power supply
Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
Realtek 5.1 sound card
25" HP 3D display
Logitech G500 & G510 (mouse & keyboard)

[Stormzzz]

1st RIG:
i7 970 @ 4.3GHZ (24/7)
ASUS Rampage III Extreme Mobo
6GB Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Cas 8
4 x 6970's
1200W Silent Pro Gold PSU
650W TT Toughpower PCI-E PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
1 x 3TB WD HDD
4 x 2TB WD black HDD
3 x 26" ASUS monitors
Antec Kuhler H20 920
TT Armor+
G19 keyboard
G13 Gamepad
G9 Mouse
WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit
PIC:http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1480.jpg

2nd RIG:

i7 2600K @ 4.7Ghz (24/7)
ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Mobo
4gb Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Cas 8
1 x 6970
TT 875W Toughpower XT PSU
1 x WD 1TB black HDD
3 x WD 2TB Green HDD
2 x Seagate 1.5TB HDD
26" ASUS monitor(& 32" TV)
Noctua NH-U12P
TT Armor+
Razer Lycosa Keyboard
Razer Lachesis Mouse
WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit
PIC: http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1485.jpg

My spare/computer room with crappy desk(shelves etc, couldnt get it all in the pic, including the 32" screen) I made to fit it all(3rd computer Skt.775 E8500 on the right with 19" screen, TT soprano case, and multi-boot system, I use it for troubleshooting, etc at times):
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1489.jpg

[bes]

1st RIG:
PIC:http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1480.jpg

2nd RIG:
PIC: http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1485.jpg


Geez guy ill give you 10/10 for both ..lol

My updated comp...

CPU: AMD 1090T@3.2Ghz/3.8Ghz Turbo

MB: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 CrossfireX (Socket AM3+ - Bulldozer ready)

Ram: 8Gigs Centon DDR3 1600 (8-8-8-24-31-1T)

GC: 2X HIS IceQ X Turbo 2GB GDDR5 (stock OCed 840/1280) HD6950's in Crossfire (with 11.6 Drivers)

Drives:
63GB PLEXTOR PX-64M2S SATA3 (OS Drive)
125GB PLEXTOR PX-128M2S SATA3
63GB OCZ-AGILITY SATA2
1TB SAMSUNG HD103UJ SATA2
USB2 SAMSUNG HM500JI 500gig external
SAMSUNG/TSSTcorp SH-B123L Blu-ray/DVD/CD ROM/Burner SATA multidrive

Audio: onboard Realtek ALC889 High Definition Audio/PHILIPS 70watt 2.1 speakers

PSU: KINGWIN Lazer LZ-1000 1000W Modular

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Blue

Monitor: ASUS VE246H 24" 1080p 50000:1 2ms 1920x1080

OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate SP1

KB/M: IBM KB-9910/Microinv 1600 DPI laser

CPU Cooler: CNPS9700 NT with Arctic Cooling MX-2

Temps:
CPU - 31C/89F Idle / 36C/98-38C/102F Load
MB - 32C/90F Idle / 40C/105F Load
GC - 35C/95F Idle / 57C/136F Load @ 70% fan speed

[imeem]

1st RIG:
i7 970 @ 4.3GHZ (24/7)
ASUS Rampage III Extreme Mobo
6GB Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Cas 8
4 x 6970's
1200W Silent Pro Gold PSU
650W TT Toughpower PCI-E PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
1 x 3TB WD HDD
4 x 2TB WD black HDD
3 x 26" ASUS monitors
Antec Kuhler H20 920
TT Armor+
G19 keyboard
G13 Gamepad
G9 Mouse
WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit
PIC:http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1480.jpg

2nd RIG:

i7 2600K @ 4.7Ghz (24/7)
ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Mobo
4gb Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Cas 8
1 x 6970
TT 875W Toughpower XT PSU
1 x WD 1TB black HDD
3 x WD 2TB Green HDD
2 x Seagate 1.5TB HDD
26" ASUS monitor(& 32" TV)
Noctua NH-U12P
TT Armor+
Razer Lycosa Keyboard
Razer Lachesis Mouse
WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit
PIC: http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1485.jpg

My spare/computer room with crappy desk(shelves etc, couldnt get it all in the pic, including the 32" screen) I made to fit it all(3rd computer Skt.775 E8500 on the right with 19" screen, TT soprano case, and multi-boot system, I use it for troubleshooting, etc at times):
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1489.jpg

did u win a lottery?

[borg_7_of_9]

OK may as well put my rig in again with the small upgrade.
CPU. I7 2600K 3.4 , 3.8 Turbo
Mobo. Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7 (Full x16 x16 CFX via nF200)
Ram G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600Mhz CAS 8 1.5V
GPU 2x HD4890 1GB in CFX
Heatsink XSPC Water Block
RAD RX240
Pump H2O 750
SSD 60GB Agility SATA III OS/BOOT
SSD 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II other important app's
500 GB Seagate SATA II HDD
2x 320GB WD Caviar 7200 RPM in raid 0 Games
CoolerMaster 850W Realpower Pro.
19" Asus Monitor and 42" LCD full HD TV
Panasonic surround sound VIA optical digital
Thermaltake Armor + Full tower

[cateater]

1st RIG:
i7 970 @ 4.3GHZ (24/7)
ASUS Rampage III Extreme Mobo
6GB Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Cas 8
4 x 6970's
1200W Silent Pro Gold PSU
650W TT Toughpower PCI-E PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
1 x 3TB WD HDD
4 x 2TB WD black HDD
3 x 26" ASUS monitors
Antec Kuhler H20 920
TT Armor+
G19 keyboard
G13 Gamepad
G9 Mouse
WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit
PIC:http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1480.jpg

2nd RIG:

i7 2600K @ 4.7Ghz (24/7)
ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Mobo
4gb Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Cas 8
1 x 6970
TT 875W Toughpower XT PSU
1 x WD 1TB black HDD
3 x WD 2TB Green HDD
2 x Seagate 1.5TB HDD
26" ASUS monitor(& 32" TV)
Noctua NH-U12P
TT Armor+
Razer Lycosa Keyboard
Razer Lachesis Mouse
WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit
PIC: http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1485.jpg

My spare/computer room with crappy desk(shelves etc, couldnt get it all in the pic, including the 32" screen) I made to fit it all(3rd computer Skt.775 E8500 on the right with 19" screen, TT soprano case, and multi-boot system, I use it for troubleshooting, etc at times):
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad331/jonnny77/IMG_1489.jpg

hi ok everyone do not show us your OVER DRIVED cpu's. we all know you can not get stock 4gig cpu's. even though your trying to make your rigs cool is not cool. they just burn out faster
stock standard would be better thanks.

[SECURITEH]

hi ok everyone do not show us your OVER DRIVED cpu's. we all know you can not get stock 4gig cpu's. even though your trying to make your rigs cool is not cool. they just burn out faster
stock standard would be better thanks.

Depends really, it can give a really nice performance boost and if you actually know what your doing then overclocking is no problem.

My Q9550 runs at 3.4Ghz at stock voltage (2.83Ghz stock clock) which is a nice performance boost which allows me to get more out of my machine for a longer period of time.

If you don't know what your doing tho you will indeed kill your CPU in no time but that is your own fault. :p

[ohaidar]

-computer-

I'd say 9.2/10, largest hindrance I see is on the peripheral side.

i7 2600k @ 3.40GHz
Asus GTX 580 (just one)
G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL (2x4GB) DDR3 @ 2133MHz
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 Mobo
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W TPQ-1000
WD Caviar Black 2TB + Seagate Barracuda 500GB + WD My Passport 500GB External
Pioneer BDR-206 Blu-Ray Disc Writer
Prolimatech Super Mega Cooler
Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Benq M2700HD
Realtek (?) 7.1 Onboard Sound
Windoze 7 Home Premium 64bit
Razer Naga
Logitech WAVE Keyboard
Logitech G930 Headset

Could still be better...get an SSD, a second 580 to sli, replace this stupid keyboard with that Razer mechanical...

[GutterSmurf]

i7 2600k @ 3.40GHz -- Logitech G930 Headset


9/10 the SSD would put it at 9.8/10, a decent sound card would make it 10. the second 580GTX is pretty pointless as it stands with that monitor

[borg_7_of_9]

OK may as well put my rig in again with the small upgrade.
CPU. I7 2600K 3.4 , 3.8 Turbo
Mobo. Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7 (Full x16 x16 CFX via nF200)
Ram G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600Mhz CAS 8 1.5V
GPU 2x HD4890 1GB in CFX
Heatsink XSPC Water Block
RAD RX240
Pump H2O 750
SSD 60GB Agility SATA III OS/BOOT
SSD 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II other important app's
500 GB Seagate SATA II HDD
2x 320GB WD Caviar 7200 RPM in raid 0 Games
CoolerMaster 850W Realpower Pro.
19" Asus Monitor and 42" LCD full HD TV
Panasonic surround sound VIA optical digital
Thermaltake Armor + Full tower

someone plz

[cateater]

Depends really, it can give a really nice performance boost and if you actually know what your doing then overclocking is no problem.

My Q9550 runs at 3.4Ghz at stock voltage (2.83Ghz stock clock) which is a nice performance boost which allows me to get more out of my machine for a longer period of time.

If you don't know what your doing tho you will indeed kill your CPU in no time but that is your own fault. :p
yer but the point is we want stock not OD'd systems

[borg_7_of_9]

yer but the point is we want stock not OD'd systems

who said that there's no rules...

it's just a rate my PC thread so you rate a PC and post your spec's, the next person should rate your rig and post his spec's but we get ppl complaining about crap and then ppl's rig's get missed..

I usually try and rate a few from time to time..

So stop complaining and rate a rig..

And will someone plz rate mine......

[Stormzzz]

OK may as well put my rig in again with the small upgrade.
CPU. I7 2600K 3.4 , 3.8 Turbo
Mobo. Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7 (Full x16 x16 CFX via nF200)
Ram G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600Mhz CAS 8 1.5V
GPU 2x HD4890 1GB in CFX
Heatsink XSPC Water Block
RAD RX240
Pump H2O 750
SSD 60GB Agility SATA III OS/BOOT
SSD 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II other important app's
500 GB Seagate SATA II HDD
2x 320GB WD Caviar 7200 RPM in raid 0 Games
CoolerMaster 850W Realpower Pro.
19" Asus Monitor and 42" LCD full HD TV
Panasonic surround sound VIA optical digital
Thermaltake Armor + Full tower

K, I'll rate it for ya mate, but I'm a bit picky might not be the best to rate it.

Rating: 8.3ish

Reason: You lose 1.7 outta 10 from me mainly becaue of;
-19" screen only(I know you have a 42" screen as well, which is very nice for watching HD content, but not so good when considering detail/DPI when sitting close to the monitor in which case I'd be wanting a 24" monitor absolute minimum)
-graphics card may still be up to the challenge of many new games , but has no DX11 and getting a bit long in the tooth now, especially when considering performance per watt, I'd be wanting a GTX 570 or AMD 6950/6970 at minimum to turn in-game eye candy up on a single screen(and at least 2 of them if you were running NVIDIA sorround or eyefinity)

Anyway that's what I reckon are the major downfalls, with a 24"+ monitor and a GTX 570 or 6950/6970 I'd be giving it around 9.3.

I can't knock that case, I've got 2 of them, and think they are exceptional value for money, even putting price aside I still think they are a great case all round. ;)

[borg_7_of_9]

Thank's for the rating.. Well I didn't upgrade the card's as 2 HD4890's in CFX are fairly dame good and a probably faster than a single HD6970 so I'm waiting for the HD79xx GTX6XX series and grabbing 2 NV/AMD cards as they should have there GPU die shrink for better performance per watt then..

FYIW I sit about 2.5 Meter's from the 42" while gaming...

[Stormzzz]

Thank's for the rating.. Well I didn't upgrade the card's as 2 HD4890's in CFX are fairly dame good and a probably faster than a single HD6970 so I'm waiting for the HD79xx GTX6XX series and grabbing 2 NV/AMD cards as they should have there GPU die shrink for better performance per watt then..

FYIW I sit about 2.5 Meter's from the 42" while gaming...

Nps mate, tis hard to rate a PC when you dont know exactly how and what its mainly being used for. I'd still prefer to be looking at the 24"+ monitor than the 19" for non-gaming tasks, and I coudlnt handle no DX11 over a year after its come out(that was my main reason for mentioning the graphics card update, not to mention performance per watt). But yeah, take my comments for what they are, just one mans OPINION, hehe.

I'm looking forward to the GTX680(if it is indeed going to be given that name) as I'm through with AMD's budget graphics cards myself, they have too many issues in eyefinity/xfire for my liking and I've given them more than enough chances to fix their ♥♥♥♥. Anyway , just more opinions there. :)

[Headshot4Fun]

Ok, I Fixed somethings in my next computer. Could you guys rate it please?


Mainboard Asus M4A88T-M LE
Processor Phenom II X6 1090T 3.20GHz 9MB AM3 ( Black edition )
Memory 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333MHZ PC3-10600
Video Card EVGA GTX470 NVIDIA
Hard Disk SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)
Power Supply 850 W C3 Tech - PSH 850V

[GutterSmurf]

Ok, I Fixed somethings in my next computer. Could you guys rate it please?


Mainboard Asus M4A88T-M LE
Processor Phenom II X6 1090T 3.20GHz 9MB AM3 ( Black edition )
Memory 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333MHZ PC3-10600
Video Card EVGA GTX470 NVIDIA
Hard Disk SAMSUNG HD502HI ATA Device (500GB)
Power Supply 850 W C3 Tech - PSH 850V

somewhere around 5-6/10

the CPU, RAM, and GPU are pretty well rounded, though the CPU could handle a more gutsy GPU. However the mobo isnt the best of choices, the HD is a green drive and a little slow and relatively low capacity, and the PSU is a very poor choice.

Get a nicer motherboard, swap the HD for a Samsung F3 1TB, and look at a good brand 650w PSU.

I'd suggest starting a proper thread for future PC's and getting peoples opinions that way.

[PXT263]

I wonder if anyone has QUAD-SLI GTX 590's here.

[Headshot4Fun]

I wonder if anyone has QUAD-SLI GTX 590's here.

QUAD-SLI? What? Who's the rich bastard! Because with a GTX 460 you can play all actual games maxed out. Is this a FPS competition? Lol

[Stormzzz]

not everyone is running only a single screen

I'm running 3 screens in eyefinity and 4 x 6970 graphics cards in quad-fire, you need more than 2 high end cards to run many games on max over 3 screens, the problem is the scaling of the 3rd and 4th graphics card is quite crap and often more of a hinderance than a FPS boost, it is with AMD graphic cards anyway.

2 x GTX590's(quad-sli) is nothing too exciting, the GTX 590's dont overclock well at all, and the cards at stock speeds arent the best, overall 2xGTX590's is not good value for money, you'd be better with 3xGTX580's.

[jsmucha]

-Hey guys, I just built this computer for my gaming needs. I only play games like Killing Floor or CS. I will put up some pictures soon. =]


2xMonitor: Acer 5ms 1920x1080 300 cd/m2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266&cm_sp=Cat_Monitors-_-Best_Sellers-_-24-009-266)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Intel Z68 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128493)
OS SSD HDD: SSD Cosair M4 64GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441)
Storage HDD: 1TB Samsung Internal HDD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185)
PSU: Corsair 750W Modular (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010)
GPU: EVGA GTX 506 Ti (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610)
RAM: G.SKILL 2x2Gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277)
Case: Cool Master Storm Scout (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196&cm_re=storm_scout-_-11-119-196-_-Product)
DVD Burner: ASUS DVD Burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204)
OS: Windows 7 Professional


-Thoughts for a $1300 build?

[eclipse_log]

Rate my laptop? :P
HP DV4-3015TX
CPU: Intel Core i3-2310m Sandy Bridge
Chipset: HM65
HDD: 500 Gig 5400 RPM
GPU: AMD Radeon 6750m 1GB DDR5
RAM: 3GB DDR3 1333 Mhz
OS: Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate
Screen Size: 14 inch.
Resolution: 1366x768

[iltsoc]

I've had this since december 27th I think.

i7 950 @ 3.8 ghz
amd 6950
6 gb corsair dominator 1600mhz ram
asus sabertooth x58 motherboard
caviar black hard drive 1 tb
corsair enthusiast 850 watt psu
nzxt phantom white case

[kenpojujitsu3]

I've had this since december 27th I think.

i7 950 @ 3.8 ghz
amd 6950
6 gb corsair dominator 1600mhz ram
asus sabertooth x58 motherboard
caviar black hard drive 1 tb
corsair enthusiast 850 watt psu
nzxt phantom white case

^ 8.5/10.

My PC (http://www.gametrailers.com/users/KenpoJuJitsu3/gamepad/?action=viewblog&id=538390).

[ondoin]

Windows XP SP3
AMD Athlon X2 (3 GHz)
4 GB RAM
ATI Radeon 5770 (Vapor X)

[imeem]

Windows XP SP3
AMD Athlon X2 (3 GHz)
4 GB RAM
ATI Radeon 5770 (Vapor X)

6.5/10

[sNeep1]

ati hd 3850 overclocked max in CCC
amd phenom 9550 x4 2,2ghz oCED 2,6ghz
4gb ram
w7 x64
320gb western digital HDD

[GarrusVakarian]

Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3 ghz
ATI Radeon 6850
4 GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

[MikeBlaszczak]

I've had this since december 27th I think.When will you know for sure?

[yuenkaiwai]

Intel Core i3 2100 (3.1GHz X2)
MSI G41M-P33 motherboard
GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
6CH High Digital Audio Sound
4GB RAM DDR3 2x2
500 GB HDD
Window 7 x32


Also want to compare with this spec

AMD Phenom II X4 965(3.43GHz X4)
MSI 880GMS-E41 Motherboard
ATI HD6670 DDR-5 1GB Display Card
8CH Sound Audio
4GB DDR-3 1333 RAM
WD 1TB SATA-3 harddisk
Window 7 x32
wanna to know if this can run arma2/bad company 2 in a playable frame rate ~30 fps
also what graphic setting can i have for this. also wanna know which one is better for gaming
Thx

[GarrusVakarian]

ati hd 3850
amd phenom 9550 x4 2,2ghz
4gb ram
w7 x64
320gb western digital HDD
^
7/10

[imeem]

ati hd 3850
amd phenom 9550 x4 2,2ghz
4gb ram
w7 x64
320gb western digital HDD

6.5/10

Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3 ghz
ATI Radeon 6850
4 GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

7/10



AMD Phenom II X4 965(3.43GHz X4)
MSI 880GMS-E41 Motherboard
ATI HD6670 DDR-5 1GB Display Card
8CH Sound Audio
4GB DDR-3 1333 RAM
WD 1TB SATA-3 harddisk
Window 7 x32


6.8/10 needs a better video card.

[sNeep1]

6.5/10



7/10



6.8/10 needs a better video card.

edited my post,rate mine again :P

[sNeep1]

Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3 ghz
ATI Radeon 6850
4 GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

n1 7,1/10,would be 6,1/10 if u didnt get free hd 6850

[yuenkaiwai]

how about this one

Intel Core i3 2100 (3.1GHz X2)
MSI G41M-P33 motherboard
GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
6CH High Digital Audio Sound
4GB RAM DDR3 2x2
500 GB HDD
Window 7 x32

[imeem]

ati hd 3850 overclocked max in CCC
amd phenom 9550 x4 2,2ghz oCED 2,6ghz
4gb ram
w7 x64
320gb western digital HDD

6.65~6.7/10

[farfetched]

A laptop computer:


17.3" 1600x900 display
Intel core i5 2410m processor 2.30 Ghz turbo boost to 2.90 Ghz
640 GB 7200 RPM HDD
6 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM
Single GTX 560m gpu
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit


Looking to get this thing at the end of summer.

[amd9012]

Desktop:

nVidia Geforce GTX 560 with 1 gb memory
8 gb DDR3-1600 ram
Barracuda 500 gb hard drive @ 7200 rpm SATA 3.0
Intel i5-2400 @ 3.1 ghz
Foxcon H61MX Intel motherboard
Windows 7 Professional x64
Rosewill Challenger gaming case
Raidmax 730 watt power supply
22" widescreen monitor (bought from a friend)

Fun fact: I have a grand total of 7 fans (three on case, two on graphics card, one on CPU, one on power supply)

[cheeseiron]

How good is mine? I have a ASUS 1215n-pu17 12.5 gaming netbook. It has 4gb RAM, dual core 1.8ghz processor (not overclocked), Nvidia ION 2 graphics (512mb dedicated video memory, onboard sound, Mobo: Unknown, 6 hour battery, and 1366*768 HD resolution... I know its mediocre compared to desktops, but its reely good 4 a netbook, right? BTW, has Windows 7 64-bit...

[WhorrorLoLz]

Operating System:
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

CPU:
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz Quadcore Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

RAM:
6.0GB DDR3 @ 798MHz (9-9-9-28)

Motherboard:
MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) (SOCKET 0)

Graphics:
W2243 (1920x1080@60Hz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Hard Drives:
977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA)

Optical Drives:
ASUS DVD-E818A7T ATA Device. (It doesn't read DVD's anymore *sadface*)

Audio:
Realtek High Definition Audio

Taken from Speccy.

[stevo11811]

looks like a fun thread

win 7 ultimate 64
AMD phenom II X6 1100T oc 3.7 ghz x6 cores
asus m3n-ht deluxe
8gb DDR2 1066 kingston hyperX 5-5-5-15-1t
30gb SSD - windows
1TB WD 7200 storage
GTX 465 - unlock gtx470
antec case
cougar gold 700 watt psu

all fps games, crysis, battlefield, all valve games, COD black ops, mw2

funny part i dont understand is all games run over 100 fps except black ops, seems to not even use my video card or processer much, gets like 80 fps, and will drop some in big area's

[Raven701]

looks like a fun thread

win 7 ultimate 64
AMD phenom II X6 1100T oc 3.7 ghz x6 cores
asus m3n-ht deluxe
8gb DDR2 1066 kingston hyperX 5-5-5-15-1t
30gb SSD - windows
1TB WD 7200 storage
GTX 465 - unlock gtx470
antec case
cougar gold 700 watt psu

all fps games, crysis, battlefield, all valve games, COD black ops, mw2

funny part i dont understand is all games run over 100 fps except black ops, seems to not even use my video card or processer much, gets like 80 fps, and will drop some in big area's

Over 100 FPS on Crysis is bull♥♥♥♥.

[stevo11811]

ok ok, typed it in a hurry, MOST games, lol, but seriously, crysis runs better then black ops? i mean come on... crysis owns it graphics wise especially

Over 100 FPS on Crysis is bull♥♥♥♥.

[Void(null)]

So How do I stand oh great and mighty judges of PC's? This is the PC I have built for my Concepts of PC Hardware Final Exam. Yes its mine and I get to keep it, and its cost was counted as "School Supplies" in my student loans. I basically used my money to upgrade my current desktop, getting a $2000+ rig for $1000.


LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Case with 4 x Scythe "ULTRA KAZE" 120mm Case Fans at 133.60 CFM each, 2 on the front intakes and a push/pull setup on the radiator for the exhaust fan.

CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Intel 2500k OC'ed to 4.2ghz capping out at 23c idle and 45c on 100% load in Prim95. Calculates Super Pi 1 million benchmark in 9.095 seconds.

GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 at 6.8.6.20 timing.

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX950w PSU

GTX 580 Primary GPU and GTX 280 PhysX GPU

OCZ Agility 3 60GB SATA III SSD, 525mb/s Read and 475mb/s write.

Two HITACHI 1.5TB 7200 RPM, 64meg cache SATA III Hard Drive's in Raid 0

SAMSUNG 27" Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor

Windows 7 64bit, Professional Edition (Got it for $30, so yay student discounts.)

[kurzx14]

9/10 could have some more ram if you had more than 4gb id go 10/10

[Burack]

9/10 could have some more ram if you had more than 4gb id go 10/10
This...

It definitely is not a budget build, so why get stingy on RAM?

[Raven701]

ok ok, typed it in a hurry, MOST games, lol, but seriously, crysis runs better then black ops? i mean come on... crysis owns it graphics wise especially

LoL :) I don't know so I don't own black ops cause COD is getting old for me. I only get about 50FPS on Very High and 2X AA with a 5970 on win7 x64. Thats a hell of allot better than the two 3870's I had in Xfire. Aaahh the good old days of the 3800's a 8800GTX.

[Void(null)]

9/10 could have some more ram if you had more than 4gb id go 10/10

This...

It definitely is not a budget build, so why get stingy on RAM?

Toms Hardware has demonstrated that you have equal or better performance in gaming with 3 gigs of ram as you would with 12 gigs of RAM.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-module-upgrade,2264-3.html

I went for timing instead of volume, as my RAM has equal (At the very least) or better (In some games) performance than CAS 9 DDR3 2,133MHz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/6

So why I need more RAM at loser timings with less FPS in my games?

I could have gotten 8 or 16 gigs at the same price I paid for my 4, but those 4gigs were specifically built to have the lowest timings of any DDR3 RAM.

I am not editing entire movies, I am not editing 9 gig images in Photoshop, I am gaming and my rig has been specifically built to provide the keenest blade edge possible and that meant going with 4 Gigs of RAM.

I decided I would rather have an extra 3 FPS in games than an additional half inch to my e-peen on forums.

Can you guys provide me any reason as why I should have more than 4 gigs of RAM other than to have it? Do you have any evidence or benchmarks to support the use of more than 4gigs of RAM to gain increased FPS in game?

I'm honestly curious because if you can I will plop down some more cash and put in more RAM, but all the evidence I have found points to the contrary.

[hypereall]

My first build


OS: Windows 7 Ult *64 SP1
Case: Cooler Master Elite 335
MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 650
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8300 OC'd at 2.88Ghz
RAM: 8gb DDR2 1200 RAM GSkill Quad Kit
Storage: 60GB OCZ Agilty 2 SSD for OS / 2x 1tb SATA's SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 7200 RPM.3TB WD ext, USB3 Backup
GPU: CrossFireX 2 X ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
Monitor: 24" LED Samsung Syncmaster PX2370 2ms response + 20" MAG Innovision tft
Soundcard: Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 PCI-E
Speakers: Creative INSPIRE T6160 5.1 Speakers
NIC: VisionTek Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card
Keyboard: Logitech G15 V2
Headset: SteelSeries 5Hv2
Mouse: MX518
Mouse Mat: Razer Goliathus Extended Mouse Pad-Control
GamePad: Xbox 360 Wireless PC Controller

[Void(null)]

My first build


OS: Windows 7 Ult *64 SP1
Case: Cooler Master Elite 335
MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 650
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8300 OC'd at 2.88Ghz
RAM: 8gb DDR2 1200 RAM GSkill Quad Kit
Storage: 60GB OCZ Agilty 2 SSD for OS / 2x 1tb SATA's SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 7200 RPM.3TB WD ext, USB3 Backup
GPU: CrossFireX 2 X ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
Monitor: 24" LED Samsung Syncmaster PX2370 2ms response + 20" MAG Innovision tft
Soundcard: Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 PCI-E
Speakers: Creative INSPIRE T6160 5.1 Speakers
NIC: VisionTek Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card
Keyboard: Logitech G15 V2
Headset: SteelSeries 5Hv2
Mouse: MX518
Mouse Mat: Razer Goliathus Extended Mouse Pad-Control
GamePad: Xbox 360 Wireless PC Controller

7/10

-1 for DDR2
-2 for Core2Quad Q8300 (142.60fps in L4D2 vs the 2600k's 259.50fps)

[hypereall]

7/10

-1 for DDR2
-2 for Core2Quad Q8300 (142.60fps in L4D2 vs the 2600k's 259.50fps)

Yea DDR2 is a limitation but at the time of buying the base parts DDR3 wasn't all that much faster.


7/10 is a fair score windows 7 gave my system a 7.2 index

[Void(null)]

Yea DDR2 is a limitation but at the time of buying the base parts DDR3 wasn't all that much faster.


7/10 is a fair score windows 7 gave my system a 7.2 index

Its a really nice system and should still do you proud, its just starting to show its age a little.

:)

[Gimme5]

I7 2600k @ 4.4 Ghz with cooler master v8
6990 @ 880/1250
8 G DDR3
1TB @ 7200
Corshair 850
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
creative Inspire speakers

[kurzx14]

Toms Hardware has demonstrated that you have equal or better performance in gaming with 3 gigs of ram as you would with 12 gigs of RAM.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-module-upgrade,2264-3.html

I went for timing instead of volume, as my RAM has equal (At the very least) or better (In some games) performance than CAS 9 DDR3 2,133MHz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/6

So why I need more RAM at loser timings with less FPS in my games?

I could have gotten 8 or 16 gigs at the same price I paid for my 4, but those 4gigs were specifically built to have the lowest timings of any DDR3 RAM.

I am not editing entire movies, I am not editing 9 gig images in Photoshop, I am gaming and my rig has been specifically built to provide the keenest blade edge possible and that meant going with 4 Gigs of RAM.

I decided I would rather have an extra 3 FPS in games than an additional half inch to my e-peen on forums.

Can you guys provide me any reason as why I should have more than 4 gigs of RAM other than to have it? Do you have any evidence or benchmarks to support the use of more than 4gigs of RAM to gain increased FPS in game?

I'm honestly curious because if you can I will plop down some more cash and put in more RAM, but all the evidence I have found points to the contrary.

if you have programs running in the background it can take up a good amount of your ram usage... with 8gigs you'd have a nice amount for everything :) but i can see why you went for the 4gigs.. good build btw.

[Void(null)]

if you have programs running in the background it can take up a good amount of your ram usage... with 8gigs you'd have a nice amount for everything :) but i can see why you went for the 4gigs.. good build btw.

There have been times where I have been playing Crysis in a window while farming in an MMO and having up Vent, Firefox with a whole bunch of tabs and Foobar playing my music and still not used all of my RAM.

I'm just not sure how much more multitasking I need to be able to do.

;)

[MasterYoshidino]

Intel Core2Quad 3.0GHz 1066mhz FSB @ 4.0GHz 1066 FSB (Q9650)
ASUS P5Q Pro
2x XFX HD 6950 2GB with unlocked shader bios
2x 2048MB DDR2 @ 1066mhz 5-5-5-15
Velociraptor 300GB HDD
Windows 7 Professional SP1 x86 (32-bit version)
Creative X-Fi Fatality Titanium Pro

My younger brother plays Team Fortress 2 but I personally played Alpha Protocol, Crysis, Dragon Age Origins, Borderlands, Bioshock 2, Counter-Strike: Source, list goes on and on.

[imeem]

Intel Core2Quad 3.0GHz 1066mhz FSB @ 4.0GHz 1066 FSB (Q9650)
ASUS P5Q Pro
2x XFX HD 6950 2GB with unlocked shader bios
2x 2048MB DDR2 @ 1066mhz 5-5-5-15
Velociraptor 300GB HDD
Windows 7 Professional SP1 x86 (32-bit version)
Creative X-Fi Fatality Titanium Pro

My younger brother plays Team Fortress 2 but I personally played Alpha Protocol, Crysis, Dragon Age Origins, Borderlands, Bioshock 2, Counter-Strike: Source, list goes on and on.

8.2/10

get 64 bit and bigger HDD


I7 2600k @ 4.4 Ghz with cooler master v8
6990 @ 880/1250
8 G DDR3
1TB @ 7200
Corshair 850
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
creative Inspire speakers



9.2/10

[yuenkaiwai]

Intel Core i3 2100 (3.1GHz X2)
MSI G41M-P33 motherboard
GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
6CH High Digital Audio Sound
4GB RAM DDR3 2x2
500 GB HDD
Window 7 x32

[Burack]

Intel Core i3 2100 (3.1GHz X2)
MSI G41M-P33 motherboard
GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
6CH High Digital Audio Sound
4GB RAM DDR3 2x2
500 GB HDD
Window 7 x32
Are you sure?
G41M-P33 is a LGA 775 MoBo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130251

[yuenkaiwai]

Are you sure?
G41M-P33 is a LGA 775 MoBo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130251

Fail.should be this one

Intel Core i3 2100 (3.1GHz X2)
MSI H61MU-E35
GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
6CH High Digital Audio Sound
4GB RAM DDR3 2x2
500 GB HDD
Window 7 x32

[Fiamm]

Hello does my pc have any bottleneck? also rate please :)

Intel core i7 2600k
Nvidia GeForce Gtx 580
Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
Cooler Master V6 GT as CPU cooler
8GB DDR3 Ram
500 GB Sata3 HDD

also i have a Logitech G110 as a Keyboard if it counts and a 23inch LED screen

[Void(null)]

Hello does my pc have any bottleneck? also rate please :)

Intel core i7 2600k
Nvidia GeForce Gtx 580
Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
Cooler Master V6 GT as CPU cooler
8GB DDR3 Ram
500 GB Sata3 HDD

also i have a Logitech G110 as a Keyboard if it counts and a 23inch LED screen

SATA III what? mechanical or SSD?

[Fiamm]

SATA III what? mechanical or SSD?

Mechanical

[kittyy]

I7 2600k @ 4.4 Ghz with cooler master v8
6990 @ 880/1250
8 G DDR3
1TB @ 7200
Corshair 850
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
creative Inspire speakers

Thats a very nice set up :cool:

Mine is alright but not as good as yours

Two GTX 460's in sli
Core i5 2500k
1 TB HDD
P67 UDA4 B3 Gigabyte.

[1UP]

Processor: Intel Corei7-2600K CPU @ 4.8GHz
Memory: 2x 4GB GSkill Ripjaws 1600 DDR3
Hard Drive: WB 1TB Black , WB 2TB Green
Video Card: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 HD Doubleshot
Monitor: 24'' ASUS
Speakers (SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 LE B3 Revision

[yuenkaiwai]

AMD Phenom II X4 965 (3.43GHz X4)
Asrock Extreme 3.0 Motherboard
8 GB DDR3 4 x 2
WB 500 GB HDD
GTX 550 Ti 1 GB DDR5
8CH HD Audio
Window 7 64bit
500 W Power

[McBerns]

It might not stand out as the rest.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00 GHz (OC'd at 3.15 GHz)
4 GB RAM DD3
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460
Windows Vista 64 bit
WB 221 GB HD

[jsmucha]

-Mines on page 695.. I think everyone skipped it. =[

[lazy6pyro]

CPU:
Core i7 940 @ 3.8GHZ
Zalman 9500 Blue LED CPU cooler

Memory:
12GB DDR3 1600 G-Skill

Mainboard:
Asus P6T Deluxe

Storage:
Kingston V100 64GB SSD boot drive
1x 120GB Raptor (this is both my Steam drive and my render location for frames and videos that I'm actively working on)
2x 1TB 7200RPM in RAID1 (main storage drive)
1x 2TB 5400RPM drive in an external-facing hot-swap bay (I also have some older HDDs that I swap in there for off-site backup)

Video:
GTX460 SE 1GB

Power:
Corsair 750W

Case:
Xion Oxide Mid-Tower (an Alienware-type knockoff, but heck it's lasted 3 full builds and over 6 years)

Input:
Saitek Eclipse II
Razer Death Adder 3500DPI
WACOM Intuous 4 6x8

Monitors:
Gateway 24" 1920x1200 main
Acer 22" 1920x1080

[imeem]

Processor: Intel Corei7-2600K CPU @ 4.8GHz
Memory: 2x 4GB GSkill Ripjaws 1600 DDR3
Hard Drive: WB 1TB Black , WB 2TB Green
Video Card: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 HD Doubleshot
Monitor: 24'' ASUS
Speakers (SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 LE B3 Revision

9.4/10

AMD Phenom II X4 965 (3.43GHz X4)
Asrock Extreme 3.0 Motherboard
8 GB DDR3 4 x 2
WB 500 GB HDD
GTX 550 Ti 1 GB DDR5
8CH HD Audio
Window 7 64bit
500 W Power

7.3/10

It might not stand out as the rest.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00 GHz (OC'd at 3.15 GHz)
4 GB RAM DD3
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460
Windows Vista 64 bit
WB 221 GB HD

6.5/10

CPU:
Core i7 940 @ 3.8GHZ
Zalman 9500 Blue LED CPU cooler

Memory:
12GB DDR3 1600 G-Skill

Mainboard:
Asus P6T Deluxe

Storage:
Kingston V100 64GB SSD boot drive
1x 120GB Raptor (this is both my Steam drive and my render location for frames and videos that I'm actively working on)
2x 1TB 7200RPM in RAID1 (main storage drive)
1x 2TB 5400RPM drive in an external-facing hot-swap bay (I also have some older HDDs that I swap in there for off-site backup)

Video:
GTX460 SE 1GB

Power:
Corsair 750W

Case:
Xion Oxide Mid-Tower (an Alienware-type knockoff, but heck it's lasted 3 full builds and over 6 years)

Input:
Saitek Eclipse II
Razer Death Adder 3500DPI
WACOM Intuous 4 6x8

Monitors:
Gateway 24" 1920x1200 main
Acer 22" 1920x1080


8.3/10

[rotNdude]

-Hey guys, I just built this computer for my gaming needs. I only play games like Killing Floor or CS. I will put up some pictures soon. =]


2xMonitor: Acer 5ms 1920x1080 300 cd/m2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266&cm_sp=Cat_Monitors-_-Best_Sellers-_-24-009-266)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Intel Z68 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128493)
OS SSD HDD: SSD Cosair M4 64GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441)
Storage HDD: 1TB Samsung Internal HDD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185)
PSU: Corsair 750W Modular (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010)
GPU: EVGA GTX 506 Ti (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610)
RAM: G.SKILL 2x2Gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277)
Case: Cool Master Storm Scout (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196&cm_re=storm_scout-_-11-119-196-_-Product)
DVD Burner: ASUS DVD Burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204)
OS: Windows 7 Professional


-Thoughts for a $1300 build?

I'll say 8.7/10. Nice CPU and good overall budget build. Dual monitors is also nice.

[amd9012]

Desktop:

nVidia Geforce GTX 560 with 1 gb memory
8 gb DDR3-1600 ram
Barracuda 500 gb hard drive @ 7200 rpm SATA 3.0
Intel i5-2400 @ 3.1 ghz
Foxcon H61MX Intel motherboard
Windows 7 Professional x64
Rosewill Challenger gaming case
Raidmax 730 watt power supply
22" widescreen monitor (bought from a friend)

Fun fact: I have a grand total of 7 fans (three on case, two on graphics card, one on CPU, one on power supply)

[diluzio91]

Processor:Intel i7 870 @ 4ghz (Prime 95 Stable)

Ram:8gb Gskill Ripjaw X Ram

Motherboard: Evga P55 FTW

OS SSD: 90GB OCZ Vertex 2

Game HDD: 1TB WD Black

Storage HDD: 1TB WD Blue

OS: Win 7 Ult

Case: Modded Corsair 600T

PSU: Corsair 850TX

GFX: 2x XFX 6950 2GB in Xfire

Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems

Monitors: 3x 24in Asus

Input: Razer Black Widow + Razer Deathadder 3g

[kittyy]

Desktop:

nVidia Geforce GTX 560 with 1 gb memory
8 gb DDR3-1600 ram
Barracuda 500 gb hard drive @ 7200 rpm SATA 3.0
Intel i5-2400 @ 3.1 ghz
Foxcon H61MX Intel motherboard
Windows 7 Professional x64
Rosewill Challenger gaming case
Raidmax 730 watt power supply
22" widescreen monitor (bought from a friend)

Fun fact: I have a grand total of 7 fans (three on case, two on graphics card, one on CPU, one on power supply)

7.5/10

[yuenkaiwai]

Intel Core i5 2400s 2.50 Ghz
4GB DDR3 RAM
HD 6670 2GB RAM
1TB HDD
Window 7 32bit

[Burack]

Desktop:

nVidia Geforce GTX 560 with 1 gb memory
8 gb DDR3-1600 ram
Barracuda 500 gb hard drive @ 7200 rpm SATA 3.0
Intel i5-2400 @ 3.1 ghz
Foxcon H61MX Intel motherboard
Windows 7 Professional x64
Rosewill Challenger gaming case
Raidmax 730 watt power supply
22" widescreen monitor (bought from a friend)

Fun fact: I have a grand total of 7 fans (three on case, two on graphics card, one on CPU, one on power supply)

5/10 Because you went cheap on 2 most important components:
Foxconn MoBo
Raidmax PSU

[masta121]

I'll say 8.7/10. Nice CPU and good overall budget build. Dual monitors is also nice.

How does a $1300 computer count as a "budget build". I mean technically every computer that is created using a budgeted amount of money is a "budget build", but I'm pretty sure you mean it's midrange or something.

5/10 Because you went cheap on 2 most important components:
Foxconn MoBo
Raidmax PSU

Also, Foxconn and Raidmax do in fact make quality products, so assuming that his build is automatically bad by choosing those brands is simply nonsense.

[lazy6pyro]

8.5/10

get 64 bit and a bigger HDD.




Just curious how you rated this higher than mine (8.3)

No SSD
DDR2 RAM
Considering we both have near equivalent OCs if .9-1G Ghz, the difference should still remain. See: (http://www.techspot.com/review/124-intel-core-i7-920-940-965/page4.html)
No 64 bit
a fraction of the HDD space

Surely a bottle-necked 6950s in cross-fire wouldn't make up all of these detractions?

I'm calling shenanigans. :p

[amd9012]

5/10 Because you went cheap on 2 most important components:
Foxconn MoBo
Raidmax PSU

The two most important components, in my opinion, for a gaming computer are the graphics card and CPU. I went with a cheaper motherboard and PSU so I could get a nicer graphics card and CPU.