The "Rate My Computer" Thread

[bes]

Keep in mind this is a laptop
i7 2630Q
8gb ram
750gb hdd - 5400rpm
geforece 540M 2gb
Windows 7 home 64 bit

8/10 ..nice specs for a laptop

MINE:

CPU: AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6Ghz/4.2Ghz Turbo socket AM3+

MB: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 socket AM3+ (F7g BETA BIOS)

RAM: 12GB CORSAIR Vengeance DDR3 1866mhz (9-10-9-27-1T timings)

Graphics: CrossfireX 16x/8x HIS IceQX Turbo HD6950's(both are stock OCed at 840/1280mhz) , 2 gig GDDR5 cards (11.11 CAP2 drivers)

Drives:
64GB PLEXTOR PX-64M2S SSD (SATA3) <--OS drive
128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M2S SSD (SATA3)<--OS drive
1TB SAMSUNG HD103UJ (SATA2 on a SATA3 controller)
120GB OCZ_RevoDrive x2 RAID SSD (PCI-E 4x)
Samsung CD/DVD/Blu-Ray ROM/Burner (SATA on a SATA3 controller)

Sound: Onboard Realtek ALC889 7.1 channel connected to 70 watt Philips 2.1 speaker system

Power Supply: Corsair HX750w modular - 80 PLUS Silver certified

Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932 blue

OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate SP1 dual boot with Windows 8 64bit Preview

Screens:
17" LCD left , 24" LCD Middle, 17" LCD right

CPU cooling: COOLERMASTER Hyper 212 EVO with one 120mm fan, with Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound

CASE cooling: 1 x 140mm rear blue LED fan, 1 x 230mm front blue LED fan, 1 x 230mm side blue LED fan

Purpose of the computer:
Gaming of course...but also.. 3D Modeling, 3D Rendering, 3D Animation,Digital sculpting with Zbrush and Sculptris, Programming(mostly scripting languages like Lua,Python,Java..etc), Audio/video editing and conversion, Making textures,texture blending, creating content with Leadwerks Engine and Unity 3D Engine, also recording with FRAPS ...etc

Passmark Performance Test 7 64bit Test result: http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/BES12000/Win7vsWin8benchmarkresultFX8150.jpg
compare the bench result here: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

[EyeRoNiK]

Hey I'm building my first desktop and have decided on what I want in my new computer, but I'm still having a hard time deciding if it will not only work great as a whole, but also whether I should change anything about it before I end up purchasing the parts. Could I get some feedback on this, thanks!

Asus P8Z68-V LE
Intel core i7-2600k unlocked
Corsair vengeance 8 GB (2x4GB)PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz
Corsair CWCH60 Water Cooled Heatsink
WD 640GB 7200 RPM HDD (Don't want a SSD)
Dual Layer Optical Drive (not looking for anything special)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 550 Ti GPU (not focusing on SLI or Crossfire)
Corsair GS600 PSU
NZXT LEXS-001BK Mid Tower ATX, mATX

The total price for this build is very reasonable, and am very happy with that aspect, if there is anything you think I should change please let me know.

7/10

reason is because the graphics card is very mismatched to the cpu. Downgrade the cpu to an i5 2600k and pick up a Gtx 560ti or gtx570. Also go with a nice air cooler instead like this (http://ncix.com/products/?sku=47090&vpn=NH-D14&manufacture=Noctua) which is IMHO a better option as its less of a hassle than a low end water cooler. Also pick up a bigger case. HAF series coolermaster cases are great.

CPU: i7 2700k (got it for 100$ brand new cant argue with that)
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE
RAM: 8GB Gskill DDR3 1666
PSU: OCZ modxstreame 700w
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr II Gtx580
Case: HAF 922
SSD: Kingston 64gb V100+ (os and essential programs)
HDD: WD Black 640gb
OS: Win7 64

Planned upgrades:
Another MSI gtx 580 (i do 3d vision)
120gb SSD
HAF 932

[MikeBlaszczak]

Cooler Master GeminII S524CM Haf 932 advanced case
2008~present (did some upgrades of course)parts will arrive wednesday but what do you guys thinkif there is anything you think I should change please let me know.Upgraded:
I know its unbalancedKeep in mind this is a laptopSince everyone is avoiding rating my Bulldozer computer like the plague ...rate my new laptop please..let me know what you would rate this, thanks.please ratePlease remember to rate another machine when posting your own.

[z400100500]

CPU: i7 2700k (got it for 100$ brand new cant argue with that)
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE
RAM: 8GB Gskill DDR3 1666
PSU: OCZ modxstreame 700w
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr II Gtx580
Case: HAF 922
SSD: Kingston 64gb V100+ (os and essential programs)
HDD: WD Black 640gb
OS: Win7 64

Planned upgrades:
Another MSI gtx 580 (i do 3d vision)
120gb SSD
HAF 932

8.3/10 Sweet, is that HDD 7200RPM?

I'm an AMD guy, don't kill me. xD

CPU: Phenom II X6 1055T OC'ed @ 3.8GHz
Cooler: Corsair H70
Mobo: MSI 870-G45
RAM: 12GB G.Skill DDR3 2133
PSU: Raidmax 630W
GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB @ 900MHz
Case: Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black
SSD: 80GB Kingston
HDD1: 1TB WD 7200RPM
HDD2: 1.5TB Seagate 5400RPM
OS: Win7 64

Not bad for 3 years progress. Started this when I was 13. xD

[HL2-4-Life]

CPU: i7 2700k (got it for 100$ brand new cant argue with that)
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE
RAM: 8GB Gskill DDR3 1666
PSU: OCZ modxstreame 700w
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr II Gtx580
Case: HAF 922
SSD: Kingston 64gb V100+ (os and essential programs)
HDD: WD Black 640gb
OS: Win7 64

Planned upgrades:
Another MSI gtx 580 (i do 3d vision)
120gb SSD
HAF 932Your rig as of now deserves a score of of 9.0 at the very least, throw in your intended upgrade and you're birdering on 10. zhonestly dunno how you can manage with a 60GB SSD, with Win7 installed and various updates, it fills up pretty fast.

Please rate my just completed build -
CPU - LGA2011 i7 3960X (running stock for now, will OC to ~4.5ghz when it's broken in)
Cooling - Corsair H100
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
TAM - 4x 4GB RipjawsX DDR3 2133
SSD - 120GB Corsair ForceGT SSD
HDD - 1TB WDC Black
PSU - Corsair HX1050
GPU - Sapphire HD6950 @6970
Case - Thermaltake Level 10GT
OS - 64bit Win7 HP

Waiting for AMD to release the HD79xx series, will prolly get two for CFX....

[GutterSmurf]

CPU: Phenom II X6 1055T OC'ed @ 3.8GHz
Cooler: Corsair H70
Mobo: MSI 870-G45
RAM: 12GB G.Skill DDR3 2133
PSU: Raidmax 630W
GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB @ 900MHz
Case: Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black
SSD: 80GB Kingston
HDD1: 1TB WD 7200RPM
HDD2: 1.5TB Seagate 5400RPM
OS: Win7 64

9/10 a very respectable machine, AMD is underrated IMO. Ok so they're not as fast, they're still have excellent performance and mostly at a very competitive price. What generation/model SSD is that?


Please rate my just completed build -
CPU - LGA2011 i7 3960X (running stock for now, will OC to ~4.5ghz when it's broken in)
Cooling - Corsair H100
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
TAM - 4x 4GB RipjawsX DDR3 2133
SSD - 120GB Corsair ForceGT SSD
HDD - 1TB WDC Black
PSU - Corsair HX1050
GPU - Sapphire HD6950 @6970
Case - Thermaltake Level 10GT
OS - 64bit Win7 HP


9.3/10 I'd have said the PSU was OP but you plan a CF soon which'll turn this into a total beast. How is the H100 performing?

CPU: Intel I7 2600K 3.4 @ 4.4Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67
RAM: 4x2GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5v @ 8 8 8 24 1T
HSF: Corsair H70 + 2xScythe Gentle Typhoon 1450rpm
GPU: 2x MSI 560Ti Twin Frozer II OC @ 950 1900 2200
SSD1: 60GB Corsair F60 (OS+programs)
SSD2: 120GB OCZ Solid (Steam main games)
HDD1: WD Caviar Black 500GB (Steam all games, important files backup)
HDD2: Samsung F3 1TB (Files, Movies, Steam backup)
PSU: Gigabyte 1200w Odin
Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
Mon: BenQ 22inch G2222HDL 1080p
SND: Creative x-fi Titanium Fatality Pro
H/SET: Sennheiser HDR130 Wireless(movies), Grado SR60i Wired(music), Corsair HS1A (Games)
SPKRS: Logitech X-530 70 Watt 5.1
Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T.5
KB: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 v1.0
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

[z400100500]

@GutterSmurf

I messed up there, it's the 64GB Kingston V100 SV100S2 drive.

[HL2-4-Life]

9.3/10 I'd have said the PSU was OP but you plan a CF soon which'll turn this into a total beast. How is the H100 performing?

CPU: Intel I7 2600K 3.4 @ 4.4Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67
RAM: 4x2GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5v @ 8 8 8 24 1T
HSF: Corsair H70 + 2xScythe Gentle Typhoon 1450rpm
GPU: 2x MSI 560Ti Twin Frozer II OC @ 950 1900 2200
SSD1: 60GB Corsair F60 (OS+programs)
SSD2: 120GB OCZ Solid (Steam main games)
HDD1: WD Caviar Black 500GB (Steam all games, important files backup)
HDD2: Samsung F3 1TB (Files, Movies, Steam backup)
PSU: Gigabyte 1200w Odin
Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
Mon: BenQ 22inch G2222HDL 1080p
SND: Creative x-fi Titanium Fatality Pro
H/SET: Sennheiser HDR130 Wireless(movies), Grado SR60i Wired(music), Corsair HS1A (Games)
SPKRS: Logitech X-530 70 Watt 5.1
Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T.5
KB: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 v1.0
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitPretty good rig, I'd say it's a 9.2 at least, great CPU, excellent mobo (came across this mobo when I was comtemplating either an LGA1155 or LGA2011 build). I see you're using the H70, I was thinking about this too before deciding on an LGA2011 build. The GTX560 Ti has 1GB of VRAM, or 2GB? Anyway, I have a Gigabyte GTX560OC Ti and I can honestly say that I'm impressed with it, it's in one of my older gaming rig (together with a GTX460 768MB for PhysX).

[Beevman]

OP your computer is now crap ;)

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
i7 2600k 3.9Ghz Liquid Cooled
Nvidia 590 GTX 3GB
16GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1
Dual Blu-ray drives
256GB SSD
1TB HDD 7200 rpm

[Sjeik]

OP your computer is now crap ;)

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
i7 2600k 3.9Ghz Liquid Cooled
Nvidia 590 GTX 3GB
16GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1
Dual Blu-ray drives
256GB SSD
1TB HDD 7200 rpm

That's pretty much the ultimate gaming rig that's still within some form of reason ;)

The only thing I would change is lose the 16GB 1333 and get 8GB 1600 low latency RAM.
I have 8GB in my rig and the most I've seen it use while gaming is 4,45 GB. having 16 GB serves no purpose at all.

Also, I'm not a fan of optical drives in my rigs. Cases look better without them. I prefer digital content and use an usb drive to load of disc if need be. But that's personal preference.

I'd rate that rig a 9.8. Awesome machine.

[earsplit]

New Mythlogic laptop getting here monday: :D

15.4" 95% Gamut LED screen
i7 2760QM 2.4-3.5GHz, 6MB Cache
ATI 6990m, 2GB
16GB Patriot DDR3 RAM 1600mhz
120 GB Intel SATA III SSD
750 GB HD @ 7200rpm
Bigfoot Killer Wireless N-1102
Windows 7 Home Premium & Arch Linux

[Lucas4140]

A friend of me says my pc is not a gaming monster some says it is. How much points would you give it?

here are my specs(Dxdiag):
- Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
- 8192MB RAM
- GeForce GTX 560 superclocked by EVGA (look at the rightside of the photo) (http://ic.tweakimg.net/ext/i/imagelarge/1305647406.jpeg)
- 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
- Asus P8Z68-V

[rotNdude]

A friend of me says my pc is not a gaming monster some says it is. How much points would you give it?

here are my specs(Dxdiag):
- Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
- 8192MB RAM
- GeForce GTX 560 superclocked by EVGA (look at the rightside of the photo) (http://ic.tweakimg.net/ext/i/imagelarge/1305647406.jpeg)
- 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
- Asus P8Z68-V

8.5/10

[Andreson]

My specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1
Intel Core i3-2100 CPU 3.10 GHz (4 CPU's)
4096 Gb of RAM
Nvidia GeForce 550 GTS
500 GB on Hard Drive

[Sjeik]

My specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1
Intel Core i3-2100 CPU 3.10 GHz (4 CPU's)
4096 Gb of RAM
Nvidia GeForce 550 GTS
500 GB on Hard Drive

7/10

I have two rigs

1 (amd)

Asrock 870 extreme 3
AMD Phenom II 1090t
Coolermaster V8 cpu cooler
8GB adata DDR3 9-9-9-24
300GB WD Velociraptor 10K rpm
2x HD6950 2GB crossfired

2 (Intel/Nvidia)

Asrock p67 pro3 (B3)
i5 2500K stock @ 3,3Ghz
Scythe Shuriken rev B cpu cooler
8GB DDR3 G-skill 7-7-7-21 CL
120 GB Adata S510 SSD. read/write 550/510
EVGA 560ti superclocked 1Gb

[Andreson]

7/10


Thanks for rating :)

[iltsoc]

i7 950 @ 3.8ghz
asus sabertooth x58 board
6 gb corsair dominator ram
saphire 6950
WD 7200 rpm 1 tb drive
crucial m4 128gb sata III ssd

[Rallulainen]

7/10

I have two rigs

1 (amd)

Asrock 870 extreme 3
AMD Phenom II 1090t
Coolermaster V8 cpu cooler
8GB adata DDR3 9-9-9-24
300GB WD Velociraptor 10K rpm
2x HD6950 2GB crossfired

2 (Intel/Nvidia)

Asrock p67 pro3 (B3)
i5 2500K stock @ 3,3Ghz
Scythe Shuriken rev B cpu cooler
8GB DDR3 G-skill 7-7-7-21 CL
120 GB Adata S510 SSD. read/write 550/510
EVGA 560ti superclocked 1Gb

AMD 8.5/10, Intel 8/10


//
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Intel i7 950 @4Ghz (Watercooled)
Nvidia 570HD (2.5GB)(WaterCooled)
2x OCZ 120GB Vertex 2 SSD
3x 4GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 (CL 7-7-7-24) @1333Mhz
Enermax 1250W Revolution 85+ (PSU)

WaterCooling
EK FC570 GTX SE - Acetal+EN (Nickel) (GPU)
EK CoolStream Rad XT 480 (Radiator)
EK Supreme HF - Full Copper (CPU)
XSPC X2O 750 dual bay reservoir pump (Pump and reservoir)

[EyeRoNiK]

8.3/10 Sweet, is that HDD 7200RPM?

Yes Caviar black 7200rpm

Your rig as of now deserves a score of of 9.0 at the very least, throw in your intended upgrade and you're birdering on 10. zhonestly dunno how you can manage with a 60GB SSD, with Win7 installed and various updates, it fills up pretty fast.


Yea windows sits at around 20gb and i have just enough to squeeze origin in there with Battlefield 3. About 10gb to spare right now. Thats why I have a 120gb M4 on the way.

AMD 8.5/10, Intel 8/10


//
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Intel i7 950 @4Ghz (Watercooled)
Nvidia 570HD (2.5GB)(WaterCooled)
2x OCZ 120GB Vertex 2 SSD
3x 4GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 (CL 7-7-7-24) @1333Mhz
Enermax 1250W Revolution 85+ (PSU)

WaterCooling
EK FC570 GTX SE - Acetal+EN (Nickel) (GPU)
EK CoolStream Rad XT 480 (Radiator)
EK Supreme HF - Full Copper (CPU)
XSPC X2O 750 dual bay reservoir pump (Pump and reservoir)

8.0/10

[sagelink001]

I'll take a shot at this...


Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.4GHz (Corsair H80 Push/Pull)
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 Mobo
8GB G.SKILL Ripjaw Series DDR 1600 RAM
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB SATAIII SSD (Windows Partition)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RM HDD (Data)
XFX Radeon HD 5870 XXX Edition
Windows 7 Home 64bit
Antec 850w Modular PSU
Antec 1200 Full Tower

[GutterSmurf]

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131646)
Ram: CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145198)
Hard Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 7200 RPM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136534)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087)
Disk Drive: Memorex 16x DL DVD Burner (http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/memorex-16x-double-layer/4505-3212_7-31109465.html)
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB
OS: Windows 7 64bit

Sad thing, my 1 TB Hard Drive is almost full.
I plan on getting 2 TB Hard Drive when I can save up for it.

Don't know why it wasn't rated before, even the guy you rated thought it was more fun to talk about his own build than return the favour. Maybe your posts were too wordy, although the internet is a harsh embodiment of the human condition which may have had something to do with it.

Anyways back on topic; 7/10

It's all fairly dated tech now, as you would expect in a fairly dated machine. The graphics card and hard drive especially are holding back your over all computing experience. Did you get another drive in the end? This machine has a lot of room for upgrading in fairness. With a new midrange graphics card, a conservative CPU overclock, and a small SSD for a boot drive it would be greatly improved. However that's your choice and only really necessary if you intend to play newer games at higher detail and resolutions.

I'll take a shot at this...


Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.4GHz (Corsair H80 Push/Pull)
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 Mobo
8GB G.SKILL Ripjaw Series DDR 1600 RAM
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB SATAIII SSD (Windows Partition)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RM HDD (Data)
XFX Radeon HD 5870 XXX Edition
Windows 7 Home 64bit
Antec 850w Modular PSU
Antec 1200 Full Tower

8.5/10 Nice set up but unbalanced in places. Are you intending a GPU upgrade to a CrossFire or SLi setup?

[JediMastr80]

Don't know why it wasn't rated before, even the guy you rated thought it was more fun to talk about his own build than return the favour. Maybe your posts were too wordy, although the internet is a harsh embodiment of the human condition which may have had something to do with it.

Anyways back on topic; 7/10

It's all fairly dated tech now, as you would expect in a fairly dated machine.
The graphics card and hard drive especially are holding back your over all computing experience.
Did you get another drive in the end? This machine has a lot of room for upgrading in fairness.
With a new midrange graphics card, a conservative CPU overclock, and a small SSD for a boot drive it would be greatly improved.
However that's your choice and only really necessary if you intend to play newer games at higher detail and resolutions.


The Only Reason I have the Video Card I have now was I got it Free From a friend.
He gave me his old video card (the 4650) after he got a new one for his computer.

It was Either Use THAT Video Card, or be Stuck with Using my Motherboard Onboard Video

(Slightly Off, but on Topic about the Hard Drives)
And with Hard drive shortage pushes prices up 150% (http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/storage/hard-drive-shortage-pushes-prices-up-150-1044021), I can't Buy a New Hard Drives Anytime Soon.
I wanted to get a 2 TB Hard Drive, but There is NO WAY in Hell I'm Paying $260+ when they were normally about $150 - $170.

While it is bad with all the Flooding In Thailand, it sux that the prices for EVERY Hard Drive go Up Everywhere.
I guess the Companies should think about moving their HQ to Avoid/lower the changes of it happening again.

(Back On Topic)
After the Prices Do Go down, I will try to get a New 2 TB Hard Drive.
I Might Upgrade an Additional 4 GB More of RAM in the Future.
I Do Plan on Saving Up to get an AMD Radeon 6800 Series Video Card, which will MAJORLY Help.
I'm still debating on which one to get, but I got a General Idea.
Anything that is high enough, but Won't make me have to buy a new PSU (Which is 750 Watt).

After I get an Upgrade (Even a New Monitor, but that obviously won't be Included on the list), I'll Re-post it with My New Specs when I do get them.
However, It won't be for at least another 3 - 6 months before I can Afford It.

Thanks for at Least Rating Mine, although I do agree I wish My Video Card was Higher.

[CoolEraser]

My aging gaming PC (upgraded from an 8800GTS):

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 OC @ 3.00ghz
Mobo: ASUS P5N-D nForce 750i
RAM: Corsair Twin2 800mhz
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 460 1gb DirectCu
HDD: Western Digital 640gb 16mb Cache 7200rpm
OS: Windows Vista x64
PSU: Thermaltake Purepower 600watt

I plan on getting a new PC within the next year or so. I'll carry over my GTX 460 and will try to get a second one if it's still in stock.

[Offender_Mullet]

I'll take a shot at this...


Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.4GHz (Corsair H80 Push/Pull)
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 Mobo
8GB G.SKILL Ripjaw Series DDR 1600 RAM
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB SATAIII SSD (Windows Partition)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RM HDD (Data)
XFX Radeon HD 5870 XXX Edition
Windows 7 Home 64bit
Antec 850w Modular PSU
Antec 1200 Full Tower
7.7582/10 ;)

[sagelink001]

8.5/10 Nice set up but unbalanced in places. Are you intending a GPU upgrade to a CrossFire or SLi setup?

Yes on upgrade, no on crossfire/sli. I am currently waiting for the new GTX 6xx series to come out, and grab a GTX 680. For now, I am stuck with my current card, as I don't want to go ahead and spend half a grand on a 580, only to find it obsolete in a few months.

EDIT:
I just read on Gamefront that Nvidia will be naming their upcoming cards under the "700" series brand as opposed to the "600" series brand. Is this true?

[rkooo]

SYX Ascent UG-10 Ultimate Gaming PC - OVERCLOCKED Intel Core i7 2600K 4.6 GHz, Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64 Bit, DUAL 1GB NVIDIA GTX 560Ti in SLI, 16GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2TB 7200rpm HDD, USB 3.0

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1165425&pagenumber=1&RSort=1&csid=ITD&recordsPerPage=5&body=#ReviewStart


TIA

[DedicatedServer]

Well I guess I'll see how you guys rate my build that I've been on for a little over a year now.



CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Denab 3.0ghz (stock) Oc @ 3.5ghz
GPU: 2x PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition 460's 1gb DDR5
Mobo : ASUS M2N SLI
RAM : 6 gb Gskill Ripjaw series DDR2
PSU : 1000w BFG Modular EX Series
Tower : Xclio Blackhawk Full size
Sound Card : ASUS Xonar
Sound System : Logitech X530 5.1 surround sound
Monitor 1 : 47" LG Scarlet
Monitor 2 : 28" LG
O.S. Win7 Home 64 bit
Logitech Keyboard
Logitech MX518 gaming optical mouse

[MikeBlaszczak]

Please remember to rate another machine before you post your own.

[pplante19]

I have two systems, first is my workstation and the other one is my laptop.

WORKSATION SPECS
---------------------------
Windows 7 x64
ASUS 27 inch monitor (10,000,000:1 - 2ms)
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Motherboard
Intel i5 2500K 3,3Ghz running at 4,5Ghz (60C under load) with Cooler Master 212+ CPU heatsink
16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3
Corsair Force 3 120Gb SSD
Western Digital Black 7200 RPM 500Gb
SLI (2 cards) ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 1Gb

This system gives 7.9 out of 7.9 in all arrays in all area in Windows Experience Index except the CPU which gives me 7.7 out of 7.9. Could have bought a i7 2600K, but this is for gaming and there's no difference between the i5 2500K and i7 2600K in the gaming area.


LAPTOP SPECS
---------------------------
Windows 7 x64
DELL XPS 1702x (17 inch monitor)
i7 2630QM (4 cores - 8 threads)
8Gb DDR3 (think it's 1333Mhz)
GeForce GT 555M 3Gb (??!)
Corsair Force 3 120Gb SSD
Western Digital Black Scorpio 7200 RPM 250Gb

This one gives me 7.4 for CPU, 7.6 for memory, 6.9 for both video and gaming and finally 7.9 for the primary hard drive.

Thanks for rating my systems!

[spengbab]

I have two systems, first is my workstation and the other one is my laptop.

WORKSATION SPECS
---------------------------
Windows 7 x64
ASUS 27 inch monitor (10,000,000:1 - 2ms)
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Motherboard
Intel i5 2500K 3,3Ghz running at 4,5Ghz (60C under load) with Cooler Master 212+ CPU heatsink
16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3
Corsair Force 3 120Gb SSD
Western Digital Black 7200 RPM 500Gb
SLI (2 cards) ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 1Gb

This system gives 7.9 out of 7.9 in all arrays in all area in Windows Experience Index except the CPU which gives me 7.7 out of 7.9. Could have bought a i7 2600K, but this is for gaming and there's no difference between the i5 2500K and i7 2600K in the gaming area.


LAPTOP SPECS
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Windows 7 x64
DELL XPS 1702x (17 inch monitor)
i7 2630QM (4 cores - 8 threads)
8Gb DDR3 (think it's 1333Mhz)
GeForce GT 555M 3Gb (??!)
Corsair Force 3 120Gb SSD
Western Digital Black Scorpio 7200 RPM 250Gb

This one gives me 7.4 for CPU, 7.6 for memory, 6.9 for both video and gaming and finally 7.9 for the primary hard drive.

Thanks for rating my systems!

9.4/10 for Workstation. Awesome rig, graphics could be better?! Maybe a GTX 570 448 Core...

9.0 for Laptop. Could use better graphics, but other than that it's awesome! Don't you love SSDs? :)

So mine:

Core i5 2400 (Overclocked to 3.6-3.9GHz)
8GB DDR3 1333MHz (4x4)
2x2TB 5400RPM "Green" drives
1x500GB Barracuda 7200.10 (looking to replace it with a 2TB Caviar Black.. when the prices come down)
2x64GB Vertex 2E SSD (non RAID)
802.11n WiFi adapter (for easy "mobility")
Galaxy GeForce GTX 470
ASUS Xonar DX

[pplante19]

9.4/10 for Workstation. Awesome rig, graphics could be better?! Maybe a GTX 570 448 Core...

9.0 for Laptop. Could use better graphics, but other than that it's awesome! Don't you love SSDs? :)

So mine:

Core i5 2400 (Overclocked to 3.6-3.9GHz)
8GB DDR3 1333MHz (4x4)
2x2TB 5400RPM "Green" drives
1x500GB Barracuda 7200.10 (looking to replace it with a 2TB Caviar Black.. when the prices come down)
2x64GB Vertex 2E SSD (non RAID)
802.11n WiFi adapter (for easy "mobility")
Galaxy GeForce GTX 470
ASUS Xonar DX

I must post a 8 out of 10 for your system, a pretty solid system I must say, but I would keep mine :P

As for my machine, I know my bottleneck is my graphic card on both system. For my laptop, since it's not a 'gaming only' rig, it's fine with me (run starcraft 2 smooth at max, so ok with me :).

For my workstation, I plan to upgrade next year, at the end of 2012. I'm able to run Metro 2033 at highest resolution with almost every setting at max and I get avg of 50-60 fps, so for now, it does the job pretty well.

Of course I love SSD, but I did not choose the right ones. When I bought them, two at the same time, there were a problem with the drives, I got blue screens everytime after 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours. 3 months later, they released a new firmware and now everything is soo smooth and fast, 10 seconds and my workstation is up and ready! Crazy!!

[spengbab]

I must post a 8 out of 10 for your system, a pretty solid system I must say, but I would keep mine :P

As for my machine, I know my bottleneck is my graphic card on both system. For my laptop, since it's not a 'gaming only' rig, it's fine with me (run starcraft 2 smooth at max, so ok with me :).

For my workstation, I plan to upgrade next year, at the end of 2012. I'm able to run Metro 2033 at highest resolution with almost every setting at max and I get avg of 50-60 fps, so for now, it does the job pretty well.

Of course I love SSD, but I did not choose the right ones. When I bought them, two at the same time, there were a problem with the drives, I got blue screens everytime after 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours. 3 months later, they released a new firmware and now everything is soo smooth and fast, 10 seconds and my workstation is up and ready! Crazy!!

Chea I hear ya. My boot time went from 4 minutes (to when the desktop was usable to 30 seconds. I don't count it when the desktop loads, I count when the mouse pointer moves :P) Pretty sick stuff.

[DedicatedServer]

Please remember to rate another machine before you post your own.

Oh, Sry... Don,t worry I will..

8.3/10 Sweet, is that HDD 7200RPM?

I'm an AMD guy, don't kill me. xD

CPU: Phenom II X6 1055T OC'ed @ 3.8GHz
Cooler: Corsair H70
Mobo: MSI 870-G45
RAM: 12GB G.Skill DDR3 2133
PSU: Raidmax 630W
GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB @ 900MHz
Case: Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black
SSD: 80GB Kingston
HDD1: 1TB WD 7200RPM
HDD2: 1.5TB Seagate 5400RPM
OS: Win7 64

Not bad for 3 years progress. Started this when I was 13. xD



Very nice.. 9/10.... How do you like the X6 ? Im AMD all the way, I currently have the PhenomII X4 945 Denab 3.0ghz oced @ 3.5ghz and I love it.

[shinminah]

So mine:

Core i5 2400 (Overclocked to 3.6-3.9GHz)
8GB DDR3 1333MHz (4x4)
2x2TB 5400RPM "Green" drives
1x500GB Barracuda 7200.10 (looking to replace it with a 2TB Caviar Black.. when the prices come down)
2x64GB Vertex 2E SSD (non RAID)
802.11n WiFi adapter (for easy "mobility")
Galaxy GeForce GTX 470
ASUS Xonar DX

I had big troubles with the Xonar DX. Really big troubles, I hope it is working fine for you. I have never seen KFA2 (Galaxy) GTX 470 or know anything about it's (custom) cooler. I don't think they are sold here. Temperatures from tests look okay with 80°C, but the dBA seems to be as high as the 470s reference design. I guess with a good case it should be fine, from the first impressions I got from 1-2 tests I did quickly read.

Overall I would rate it with a decent 8.2/10! I wouldn't change anything in the near future.

Here's my new computer. Well, not all new. Just some parts have been changed:

CPU: Intel i5-2500k 3,8ghz (OC)
Cooler: Scythe Mugen 3
Mobo: ASRock Z68 Pro3
RAM: 8GB DDR Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
PSU: Super Flower SF550P-14XE 80+ Gold 550W
GPU: Gainward Nvidia GTX 570 GS GLH (OC by Gainward)
Case: Antec Three Hundred
SSD: Corsair Force GT SSD 240 GB
HDDs: 3x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (7200rpm)
OS: Win7 64

I am not so much into overclocking or big heat. So I keep the i5 cool (42°C max) and actually some fans take care, that the 570 does not go over 65°C. In my old case it did easily go up to 90°C. I have been told the PSU isn't so good, but so far it is doing a good job.

I did win the Corsair 240GB SSD! I would never spend so much money on an SSD.

[warlord13179]

CPU: Intel i7-2600k
Mobo: ASRock P67 PRO3 SE
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333
PSU: 700W
GPU: Nvidia GTX 560 2GB
Case: Xion Echo Blue Chassis
HDDs: 1TB SATA III
OS: Win7 64

[superericl]

CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1055t running at 3.65GHz (soon to be 4GHz after I add water cooling)
Mobo: ASUS M5A97
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600
PSU: 850W
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6970 (950MHz core, 1450MHz memory)
Case: Thor V2
HDDs: 128GB Agility 3 SSD (SATA 3 as boot drive) 1TB HDD (SATA 3 for data)
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64

[Petran79]

for the systems above

8.8 and 9.2 respectively

bought it last christmas:

intel i3 560 OC 4 Ghz
4 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
Gigabyte H57 chipset
1 TB, 500 GB (normal HDD SATA2) and external 2 TB USB3 and 250 GB USB2
BD-R recorder from LG and DVD-R recorder (an old NEC 3540)
PSU:650 Watt Silverstone Element
GPU: Nvidia GTS450 1 GB
Windox XP SP3 32-bit, Ubuntu Maverick 10.10
Peripherals (they cost more than the system itself!):
Monitor LGW2361V 23 ", Logitech G510 keyboard, Sidewinder X5 Mouse, Hori V3-SA arcade stick, Logitech F510, Thrustmaster GT Ferrari Racing Wheel, Saitek Aviator Flight Stick, Wacom Intuos A4 Small, Logitech Z2300 Speakers

Notice that I am not a FPS game fan. I use the machine for emulation, indie or older and cheap AAA titles so it is perfect for my needs.

As a second PC I have a laptop bought recently to replace my aging but quality made toshiba nb100 netbook:

Intel i5 2430M
Nvidia GT555M 2GB Optimus
4 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
17" Monitor
Windows 7 Home 64-bit

performance is a little lower than the desktop machine from last year...

[eoinrade]

CPU:
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5 Ghz
RAM:
4GB Corsair 1600Mhz
Graphics Card:
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II
HDD:
Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200rpm
PSU:
Antec TruePower 650W
Case:
HAF 912 Plus
CPU Cooler:
Antec Hyper 212+

[tini1801]

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 3.4GHz
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
Graphics: ATI Sapphire HD Radeon 6870 Vapor-X
Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA
SSD: 120GB Corsair Force 3
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
PSU: 850W OCZ Silent Pro
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64

This system runs all my games well, and rarely excedes 35 degrees Celsius.

[popokemon1193]

CPU:
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5 Ghz
RAM:
4GB Corsair 1600Mhz
Graphics Card:
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II
HDD:
Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200rpm
PSU:
Antec TruePower 650W
Case:
HAF 912 Plus
CPU Cooler:
Antec Hyper 212+

8.5/10

Nice overclock on that 2500K, What temps are you getting with the Hyper 212+?

Also, Get another 4GB Stick and you're good to go.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 3.4GHz
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
Graphics: ATI Sapphire HD Radeon 6870 Vapor-X
Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA
SSD: 120GB Corsair Force 3
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
PSU: 850W OCZ Silent Pro
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64

This system runs all my games well, and rarely excedes 35 degrees Celsius.

Kickass motherboard you got there, Good thing you didn't leaned towards the Bulldozer CPU's. :P

I see you have a HD6870, If you play or planning to game on 1080P res then i suggest you get a better card.

Either go for 6950 with 2Gigs of VRam or save for the upcoming HD7000 Series cards. The HD7900 Series are already out but pretty expensive ($500+) so wait for the HD7800 (http://wccftech.com/amd-launching-radeon-hd7870-hd7850-pitcairn-xtpro-february-2012-pricing-specs-detailed/) Series which launch in Q2 2012. ;)

[MasterPoppy]

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 3.4GHz
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
Graphics: ATI Sapphire HD Radeon 6870 Vapor-X
Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA
SSD: 120GB Corsair Force 3
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
PSU: 850W OCZ Silent Pro
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64

This system runs all my games well, and rarely excedes 35 degrees Celsius.

Nice board, I ended up going with a 990X, if I get the money for a second card I'll mos def buy another Gigabyte with the 990FX northbridge. Do you get a lot of bloat from running Win7Ultimate though?
8/10

My Specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1605T@3.4GHz (unlocked*)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD AMD3+
RAM: G.Skill Low-Voltage Sniper Series DDR3-1600 16GB (4x4GB)
GPU: HIS RadeonHD 6970 2GB (unlocked**)
HDD: 1.5T Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM
PSU: Cooler Master 750w Single-Rail
Case: Fractal Design Define XL Titanium Grey (seven fans)
OS: Windows 7 Fire Edition x86_64



*Was originally a Phenom X4 960T, unlocked two cores and bumped up the clock by 400mhz
**Originally a 6950, flashed the BIOS with the one from another card, still works fine. Better even.

[s0etnew5]

4.5ghz on a i5 2500k isnt really that good overclocking. Can easily be done with a click in the bios. :) (just saying)

[Ectoplasmic]

CASE: CM 690 II Advanced
PSU: CMPSU-650TX 650w
VIDEO CARD: ASUS ENGTX560 DCII
CPU: i5-2500k @ 4.5 Ghz
MOTHER BOARD: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
HEAT SINK: HYPER 212+
HDD: Some crappy old 160GB

[Voonie]

Beat this ladies

Hp Pavillion dv6000 laptop
2GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce 7150m/630n 64mb intergrated graphics
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual core processor TK-55 @ 1.8ghz
Windows 7 32bit.

[mawgui]

OP your computer is now crap ;)

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
i7 2600k 3.9Ghz Liquid Cooled
Nvidia 590 GTX 3GB
16GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1
Dual Blu-ray drives
256GB SSD
1TB HDD 7200 rpm

9.8/10 Excellent gaming rig

My Specs:
Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate (won this in a contest)
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Core i7 2600k stock (I usually run my rig for a month before I do any overclocking because if something is going to break it usually does in the first month)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow
MB: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3
Corsair 16GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz XMP(totally overkill but it was dirt cheap at the time on Amazon)
Crucial M4 256 GB SSD SATA III
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III
LG Blu-Ray Burner w/3D Playback
2 x EVGA GTX 580 1.5GB SLI
XFX Pro 1250W Black Edition 80PLUS Gold PSU (again overkill but I like lots of breathing room plus I take aging into account)
Monitor: ASUS VG278h 3D monitor with NVIDIA Vision 2

[pcgamerguy]

EVGA SLI micro mobo.
I7-930 OC ( 3.2 )
12GB ripjaws 1600 Mhz ram.
GTX 580 (keep it at stock clock.)
23" LG 1920x1080
750 corsair PWS.
This rig games pretty nice.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz 3.2 (7.5)
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB 7.9
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 7.9
Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 7.9
Primary hard disk 241GB Free (466GB Total) 5.9
Windows 7 Ultimate

[bradthelad13]

9/10


Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (64-Bit)

Processor Type:

AMD FX (Quad Core)

Processor Speed:

3.6GHz



Chip Type:

AMD FX 4100 x4

Memory (RAM):

8GB



Hard Drive Capacity:

1000.0

Hard Drive:

1TB

[jmaster299]

9/10

Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (64-Bit)

Processor Type:

AMD FX (Quad Core)

Processor Speed:

3.6GHz

Chip Type:

AMD FX 4100 x4

Memory (RAM):

8GB

Hard Drive Capacity:

1000.0

Hard Drive:

1TB

6/10

Kind of hard to give an accurate rating as you don't provide enough specific info. For example You list 8GB of RAM but not all RAM is the same. You really should list the RAM type, brand, model and speed. You also don't have any GPU listed.

My specs:

CM 942 HAF X
ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro
Intel i7 2600K OC'd to 4.4GHz
Corsair A70 CPU cooler
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance RAM
EVGA GTX570 2.5GB (will be upgrading to SLI very shortly)
Corsair 1050HX PSU (80+ Silver certified)
120GB Intel 320 series SSD main drive
750GB WD Caviar Black (64MB cache) secondary drive
500GB WD Caviar Black (32MB cache) media/bulk file and back up drive
Win7 Home Premium 64bit

[headcasephil]

CM 942 HAF X
ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro
Intel i7 2600K OC'd to 4.4GHz
Corsair A70 CPU cooler
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance RAM
EVGA GTX570 2.5GB (will be upgrading to SLI very shortly)
Corsair 1050HX PSU (80+ Silver certified)
120GB Intel 320 series SSD main drive
750GB WD Caviar Black (64MB cache) secondary drive
500GB WD Caviar Black (32MB cache) media/bulk file and back up drive
Win7 Home Premium 64bit

nice build
be thinking of getting that case or a Corsair 600T Graphite to replace my Coolermaster RC-1100 V2 which ivhad for years
my pc at the min but will be upgrading cpu and gpu are
Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z Z68
Intel Core i5 2500K
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Corsair Hydro Series H100
Corsair 120GB Force GT SSD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive x2
ASUS EAH6970/2DI2S/2GD5 crossfire x2
Sony Optiarc DDU1681S 18x DVD-ROM
Sony BD-5300S-0B 12x BD-RW
Asus Xonar Essence ST Soundcard

but will be putting in a i7-3770K and 2 HD7970 as soon as out

[lotsoftrouble]

Silent pc cooler
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 Dual-Kit
7.1 sound card
850 Watt silent power supply
Windows 7 Pro 64Bit
Asus 1155 Sabertooth P67 (rev.3)
51-in-1 Cardreader
Nvidia GTX560TI 1GB
1Gbit network card
Intel Core i5-2500K 3,3GHz
Gamers case red
1000 GB SataIII Hard disk
DVD Burner Samsung Optical Disc Drive

Will this run games like sc2, battlefield 3 on high graphics well?
Or is this too weak?

[HL2-4-Life]

Silent pc cooler
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 Dual-Kit
7.1 sound card
850 Watt silent power supply
Windows 7 Pro 64Bit
Asus 1155 Sabertooth P67 (rev.3)
51-in-1 Cardreader
Nvidia GTX560TI 1GB
1Gbit network card
Intel Core i5-2500K 3,3GHz
Gamers case red
1000 GB SataIII Hard disk
DVD Burner Samsung Optical Disc Drive

Will this run games like sc2, battlefield 3 on high graphics well?
Or is this too weak?Can't rate this rig as there is insufficient detail, like exact case brand and model, 1TB SATA drive but what brand and model? 850W PSU, again no detail, and so forth. Do furnish these details and we would be able to rate your rig more accurately. If you want your rig to be rated, please furnish full detail....:)

[Frigid]

Asus P8H67 Mobo
Intel i5-2500 3.3 GHz Processor
8 GB Kingston DDR3 1333 Mhz
Western Digital Blue 500GB 7200 RPM SATA
Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
LG 22x DVD-RW SATA Drive
Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 700W
Antec Three Hundred Case

[kdogmaster]

Asus P8H67 Mobo
Intel i5-2500 3.3 GHz Processor
8 GB Kingston DDR3 1333 Mhz
Western Digital Blue 500GB 7200 RPM SATA
Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
LG 22x DVD-RW SATA Drive
Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 700W
Antec Three Hundred Case

6.0

Get the K series if u want to do some overclocking and get the GTX560 ti 448 cores because its performance increase is decent over the stock GTX560.

My Rigs

1st Rig

I7 2600K 4.8gh/z (H100 cooling)
Gskill 16GB 1600Mh/z
2 6990's 4GB in crossfire
Corsair 800D (would never recommend this unless ur doing water cooling on everything)
Corsair 1050watt PSU
Gigabyte P67UD5
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
2X1TB Caviar black

Second Rig (hometheater)

AMD PhenomX4 970
Gskill 8GB 1600mh/z
AMD 6850
Antec Fusion case
Coolermaster 850 silent PSU
500GB caviar Blue

Laptop

MSI GT683R

I7 2670QM 2.2gh/z turbo to 3.1gh/z
12GB DDR3 1600mh/z
1TB (500+500 Raid 0)
GTX560M (AMAZING LAPTOP VIDEO CARD)
Matte finish screen 1920X1080P 15'6"

[lotsoftrouble]

Ok redone my specs now with brand and additional info. This is all I could get on the site im buying it from.

Silent PC cooler
-No brand

Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 Dual-Kit

7.1 Geluidskaart
-Type: Onboard
8 Channels (tot 7.1 audio)
1 x Optical S/PDIF out
6 x Audio jack(s)

850 Watt silent power supply
-Vermogen 850W
-Type ATX 2
-Motherboard connection 1x ATX 2 (24-pin)
-Stroomaansluiting 5.25" 4
-Stroomaansluiting 3.5" 1
-Stroomaansluiting S-ATA 8
-Stroomaansluiting PCI-Ex 1 x PCIe 6 polig en 1 x PCIe 8 polig
-Koeler 12cm

Windows 7 Pro 64Bit

Asus 1155 Sabertooth P67 (rev.3)
-Socket
1155

-Memory
DDR3 Max. 32 GB, DDR3 1866/1800/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC

-Formfactor
ATX

-Chipset
Intel® P67 Express Chipset
-Memory slots
4

-LAN
1Gbit
2x Intel® 82579 Gigabit LAN

-Sound
8-channels (7.1)
Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio

-PCI
6x
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)
3x PCIe x1
1x PCI

-S-ATA
9x
4 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s
4 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s
1x eSATA 3.0Gb/s

-Dimensions
ATX 30,5 x 24,4

-Intern i/o Connectors
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector(s) supports additional 2 USB ports (19-pin; moss green)
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector(s) support additional 6 USB ports
1 x MemOK! button
4 x SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors ( 2 x gray; 2 x brown)
4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s (black)
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4-pin)
2 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (1 x 4-pin; 1 x 3-pin)
1 x Power Fan connector(s) (3-pin)
1 x Assistant Fan connector (3-pin)
1 x S/PDIF Out connector
24-pin EATX Power connector
8-pin EATX 12V Power connector
1 x Front panel audio connector
1 x COM connector
1 x System Panel (Q-Connector)
1 x Clear CMOS jumper

-Extern i/o Connectors
1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port
1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port (red)
1 x Power eSATA 3Gb/s port (green)
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN(RJ45) port(s)
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue)
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
8 -Channel Audio I/O

51-in-1 Cardreader

Nvidia GTX560TI 1GB
-Brand
Palit

-VGA Bus
PCIe 16x v2.0

-VGA Chipset
Nvidia GTX560TI

-Memory
1024 MB GDDR5

-RAMDAC
400 MHz

-Resolution
2560 x 1600

1Gbit netwerkkaart

Intel Core i5-2500K 3,3GHz
-Socket
1155 Sandy Bridge

-Cache
6144 KB

-Clocking speed
3,30 GHz (3,70GHz met turbo)

-Cores
4




1000 GB SataIII Hard disk
Samsung 7200RPM


DVD Brander Samsung Optical Disc Drive
SH-222AB/BEBE Samsung Disc Drive

[JamesGammans]

i would really like to know what you guys think of this cause i might get it, and yes i need a laptop due to school
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i7+Processor+/+17.3%26%2334%3B+Display+/+8GB+Memory+-+Black/3411058.p?id=1218399201395&skuId=3411058

[NRoach44]

My Specs:
Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate (won this in a contest)
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Core i7 2600k stock (I usually run my rig for a month before I do any overclocking because if something is going to break it usually does in the first month)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow
MB: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3
Corsair 16GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz XMP(totally overkill but it was dirt cheap at the time on Amazon)
Crucial M4 256 GB SSD SATA III
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III
LG Blu-Ray Burner w/3D Playback
2 x EVGA GTX 580 1.5GB SLI
XFX Pro 1250W Black Edition 80PLUS Gold PSU (again overkill but I like lots of breathing room plus I take aging into account)
Monitor: ASUS VG278h 3D monitor with NVIDIA Vision 2

Better than mine!

CPU: Intel Pentium E5400 (LGA775, Stock at 2.70Ghz) OC'd to 3.52Ghz
6GiB of DDR3 (1x Amicroe 4GiB) (1x Corsair 2GiB)
Asus P5G43T-m PRO
Thermaltake "Litepower" 600w non modular
Thermaltake Armour A30 (case - Lan box sorta thing)
EVGA/nVidia GTS450 (1GB DDR5)
Seagate 320GB (Ubuntu and Windows XP PRO)
Seagate 500GB (Windows 7 SP1 x64 - Exclusively for games)
LG Blu-ray RW (BH10)

This thing (Surprisingly) Will play BF3 and UT3 both on full side by side w/o stuttering

[Nova Prospekt]

Well i have a terrible system.

CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40 GHz
Windows XP SP3
3 GB DDr2 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT


Though it does run many games.

:(

[EamNim]

Well i have a terrible system.

CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40 GHz
Windows XP SP3
3 GB DDr2 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT


Though it does run many games.

:(

I'll give it a 4/10.


Operating System
MS Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2
CPU
AMD Phenom X4 9650 58 °C
Agena 65nm Technology
RAM
6,00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
Packard Bell RS780 (AM2) 57 °C
Graphics
W2453 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB GeForce GT 520 (Gigabyte) 44 °C
Hard Drives
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1 ATA Device (SATA)

[Pred192]

Case: NZXT Phantom
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FX-UD5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866mhz
CPU: AMD X6 1100T BE
GPU: XFX 6970 2GB (900mhz)
PSU: Corsair 750TX
HDD: 160GB (OS), 1TB (games) 2TB (media) all are SATA 3
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Razer Deathadder

Note: PC has added fans and blue cathode lights.

[MikeBlaszczak]

Please remember to rate another machine before posting your own. This isn't a difficult rule to understand; I'll start deleting posts again when people don't follow it.

[Matsy]

Pred192 - 8/10

i5 2500k OC'd to 4.3mhz
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler
MSI P67A-GD53 (B3)
Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB OC'd to 900mhz
Boogie Bug AIM B.PAD XL Desk Mouse Mat
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case (2 200mm fan's, 2 120mm fan's)
22" Samsung Monitor LED
22" Dell Monitor LCD
Razer Deadadder
Razer Arctosa
Turtlebeach x11
Win 7 professional 64bit
Corsair TX 650W V2 PSU
Hitachi 2TB 3.5" Deskstar Coolspin SATA-III 6GB/s Hard Drive - 5900rpm 32MB Cache(from my older computer, saw no need to upgrade to higher speed)
Standard DVD-RW Drive
CNM Core 250GB portable Hard Drive

Pic:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5689/photo0069n.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/140/photo0069n.jpg/)

Be gentle D:

[lotsoftrouble]

Please remember to rate another machine before posting your own. This isn't a difficult rule to understand; I'll start deleting posts again when people don't follow it.

What happens when you don't know anything about computers and just want people's opinions on how they like your system?

Or do I have to give out false reviews?

[Rincewind1]

Pred192 - 8/10

i5 2500k OC'd to 4.3mhz
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler
MSI P67A-GD53 (B3)
Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB OC'd to 900mhz
Boogie Bug AIM B.PAD XL Desk Mouse Mat
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case (2 200mm fan's, 2 120mm fan's)
22" Samsung Monitor LED
22" Dell Monitor LCD
Razer Deadadder
Razer Arctosa
Turtlebeach x11
Win 7 professional 64bit
Corsair TX 650W V2 PSU
Hitachi 2TB 3.5" Deskstar Coolspin SATA-III 6GB/s Hard Drive - 5900rpm 32MB Cache(from my older computer, saw no need to upgrade to higher speed)
Standard DVD-RW Drive
CNM Core 250GB portable Hard Drive

Pic:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5689/photo0069n.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/140/photo0069n.jpg/)

Be gentle D:

I'd say 8 out 10 is about where yours stands as well.

Your computer will do just about anything you need it to but the other two points are missing just because I think that tier of scoring is reserved for top of the line machines (like i7 2600k, gtx 580, SSDs, etc...).

8 out of 10 by how I judge things is a great score.

Here's my system:
i5 2500k @ 3.3 gHz (haven't overclocked yet as have had zero need to so far)
- ECO A.L.C. liquid cooling
Gigabyte SoC GTX 570
8 GB RAM (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue Series @ 1600 mHz
128 GB SSD - Crucial m4
OCZ ZT Series - 750W modular
Gigabyte GA-z68xp-UD3 mobo
Win 7 64 bit
Acer 23" monitor

[HL2-4-Life]

Here's my system:
i5 2500k @ 3.3 mHz (haven't overclocked yet as have had zero need to so far)
- ECO A.L.C. liquid cooling
Gigabyte SoC GTX 570
8 GB RAM (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue Series @ 1600 mHz
128 GB SSD - Crucial m4
OCZ ZT Series - 750W modular
Gigabyte GA-z68xp-UD3 mobo
Win 7 64 bit
Acer 23" monitorI'd give it an 8.5, great GPU, Crucial SSD, good mobo as well. If your CPU had been a 2600K, I'd give it a 9.0. Quite a beast of a gaming rig....should be able to play games at max or near max ingame setting @1080P.

Recently upgraded my rig, and have added a new soundcard, awaiting Sapp Atomic RX HD7970 to complete my build -
LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.25ghz
Corsair H100 Hydro
Asus Rampage IV Extreme (Bios 0901)
4x G Skill RipjawX 2133mhz (quad channel)
Sapphire DIRT 3 Edition HD6950 2GB flashed to HD6970
Corsair ForceGT 120GB SSD (OS)
2TB WDC Black = 1TB WDC Black (storage)
LG CH10 Bluray combo drive + LG DVD RW
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
Corsair HX1050 Pro Series
Thermaltake Level 10GT (Black)
64bit Win7 HP SP1
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 + Razer HP1 5.1
3x 24" Benq monitor @6048x1200 (EyeFinity mode)

The HD7970 will so complete this build, I should be good for at least 2-3 years....

[kdogmaster]

My Rigs

1st Rig

I7 2600K 4.8gh/z (H100 cooling)
Gskill 16GB 1600Mh/z
2 6990's 4GB in crossfire
Corsair 800D (would never recommend this unless ur doing water cooling on everything)
Corsair 1050watt PSU
Gigabyte P67UD5
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
2X1TB Caviar black

Second Rig (hometheater)

AMD PhenomX4 970
Gskill 8GB 1600mh/z
AMD 6850
Antec Fusion case
Coolermaster 850 silent PSU
500GB caviar Blue

Laptop

MSI GT683R

I7 2670QM 2.2gh/z turbo to 3.1gh/z
12GB DDR3 1600mh/z
1TB (500+500 Raid 0)
GTX560M (AMAZING LAPTOP VIDEO CARD)
Matte finish screen 1920X1080P 15'6"


Someone plz rate mine :(

[synthemesc]

Here's my system:
i5 2500k @ 3.3 mHz (haven't overclocked yet as have had zero need to so far)
- ECO A.L.C. liquid cooling
Gigabyte SoC GTX 570
8 GB RAM (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue Series @ 1600 mHz
128 GB SSD - Crucial m4
OCZ ZT Series - 750W modular
Gigabyte GA-z68xp-UD3 mobo
Win 7 64 bit
Acer 23" monitor

rating: I want

Your pc is very similar to what I'm wanting to upgrade to once I feel my rig just can't hang with newer games any longer. My current pc hasn't let me down and I don't get a hiccup in BF3, Crysis 1/2 with most settings cranked up high @ 1920x1080.

Mine:
e8400 OC'd to 4ghz
HIS hd 6870 1gB
Tuniq tower hsf
asus p5q pro motherboard
4gB of Gskill 1066 ddr2 ram
Seagate barracuda 250gB HDD
Seagate barracuda 160gB HDD (from previous build)
550W PSU (coolermaster maybe?)
NZXT lexa blackline case
Vista 64 bit
Razr deathadder mouse
Acer monitor

[mistertropical]

Windows Experience Index is pretty accurate from what I've seen. 7.3 for myself.

Intel i5-750
Asus p55d pro MB
OCZ 8gb 1333
OCZ 60gb Agility3 SSD
(2) 2TB WD Caviar Green (RAID 1)
(2) ATI Radeon HD5850 (Crossfire)
OCZ 1000w PSU
---
Win 7 x64 Ultimate
---
Moonsoon Planar 9 2.1 audio
BenQ 23" 16:9 LCD
Logitech M570 Wireless Trackman
Logitech K350 Wireless keyboard
Antec 300 - (4) 120mm case fans, (1) 140mm case fan

Time for new mb/cpu :)

[MikeBlaszczak]

What happens when you don't know anything about computers and just want people's opinions on how they like your system?

Or do I have to give out false reviews?If you believe in the review, then it's not false. If you don't know anything about computers, then what will you do with a complete stranger's evaluation of your machine, anyway? Believe it? Argue about it? Contradict it? Rate theirs low out of spite?

Or are you making a subtler point? That people should just post and not rate? Or that the whole thread is useless, anyhow?

[Masterclown]

Hey folks, when possible, please include links to a few pictures of your rig(s). Those of you with fancy lights and nice wiring will could more accolades.

[shinminah]

Please remember to rate another machine before posting your own. This isn't a difficult rule to understand; I'll start deleting posts again when people don't follow it.

I've been forgotten because of that. :-(

[CenturyChild]

Im not sure how to really rate others, but Ill try.

@ Racewind
Id give it a 8.5

Very solid build, although personally Id like to see a bit more CPU power for the type of things I use my machines for.
But thats a moot point.

Nice build.


@synthemesc
Probably a 7.0
Although a decent build still, for gaming its probably starting to show its age in certain games, especially the dual core.
Although a 4.0Ghz E8400 is nice CPU to be sure.

That and no SSDs, and limited HD space is why I would rate a 7.

Just an opinion though :)




@ Masterclown
I di put up some of mine on my ModRigs page.
You guys can have a look if you want :)

http://www.modsrigs.com/detail.aspx?BuildID=28522


Think I posted mine before but I will gain since I never rated before
(it may have been deleted)
CPU- i7 2700k @ 4.5
RAM- 8Gb Mushkin Redline (1866)
GPU- eVGA GTX570 SC (@821)
PSU- Seasonic x750
MOBO- eVGA P67 SLI
HDs - (OS) Intel 320 Series 80GB
(Games) WD 1TB Black & Intel x25v 40GB
(Media) WD 1TB Black
(BackUp)WD 640GB Blue

[gashadokuro]

If you believe in the review, then it's not false. If you don't know anything about computers, then what will you do with a complete stranger's evaluation of your machine, anyway? Believe it? Argue about it? Contradict it? Rate theirs low out of spite?

Or are you making a subtler point? That people should just post and not rate? Or that the whole thread is useless, anyhow?

in simpler terms they're asking if someone (for example) built a pc for them. they maybe don't know a thing about pcs but would like to know what others think of the setup. With that, since they don't know much about pcs, them rating someone else's would be pointless.

[FossilAmoeba]

If you believe in the review, then it's not false. If you don't know anything about computers, then what will you do with a complete stranger's evaluation of your machine, anyway? Believe it? Argue about it? Contradict it? Rate theirs low out of spite?

Or are you making a subtler point? That people should just post and not rate? Or that the whole thread is useless, anyhow?

I know alot of people In this forum that know their thing around hardware, so I'll post here and hope they'll comment on It?

Fossil

[robbiegast]

AMD Phenom II x4 840 (4 x 3,2 GHZ)
ATI RADEON HD 6850 (DDR5)
8 GB DDR3 Team Memory
500 GB HD
23" AOC monitor
Warmachine computer-case (looks beastly :D :D)

[robbiegast]

Pred192 - 8/10

i5 2500k OC'd to 4.3mhz
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler
MSI P67A-GD53 (B3)
Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB OC'd to 900mhz
Boogie Bug AIM B.PAD XL Desk Mouse Mat
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case (2 200mm fan's, 2 120mm fan's)
22" Samsung Monitor LED
22" Dell Monitor LCD
Razer Deadadder
Razer Arctosa
Turtlebeach x11
Win 7 professional 64bit
Corsair TX 650W V2 PSU
Hitachi 2TB 3.5" Deskstar Coolspin SATA-III 6GB/s Hard Drive - 5900rpm 32MB Cache(from my older computer, saw no need to upgrade to higher speed)
Standard DVD-RW Drive
CNM Core 250GB portable Hard Drive

Pic:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5689/photo0069n.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/140/photo0069n.jpg/)

Be gentle D:

8/10 =D

[lotsoftrouble]

Since I'm basically forced to reply to others in the much bigger rate my pc thread. And since I don't know anything about PC's, it would be useless.

So please rate my setup :)

Silent PC cooler
Cooler Master GeminII

Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 Dual-Kit

7.1 sound card
-Type: Onboard
8 Channels (tot 7.1 audio)
1 x Optical S/PDIF out
6 x Audio jack(s)

850 Watt silent power supply
-Power 850W
-Type ATX 2
-Motherboard connection 1x ATX 2 (24-pin)
-Power connection 5.25" 4
-Power connection 3.5" 1
-Power connection S-ATA 8
-Power connection PCI-Ex 1 x PCIe 6 polig en 1 x PCIe 8 polig
-Koeler 12cm

Windows 7 Pro 64Bit

Asus 1155 Sabertooth P67 (rev.3)
-Socket
1155

-Memory
DDR3 Max. 32 GB, DDR3 1866/1800/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC

-Formfactor
ATX

-Chipset
Intel® P67 Express Chipset
-Memory slots
4

-LAN
1Gbit
2x Intel® 82579 Gigabit LAN

-Sound
8-channels (7.1)
Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio

-PCI
6x
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)
3x PCIe x1
1x PCI

-S-ATA
9x
4 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s
4 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s
1x eSATA 3.0Gb/s

-Dimensions
ATX 30,5 x 24,4

-Intern i/o Connectors
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector(s) supports additional 2 USB ports (19-pin; moss green)
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector(s) support additional 6 USB ports
1 x MemOK! button
4 x SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors ( 2 x gray; 2 x brown)
4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s (black)
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4-pin)
2 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (1 x 4-pin; 1 x 3-pin)
1 x Power Fan connector(s) (3-pin)
1 x Assistant Fan connector (3-pin)
1 x S/PDIF Out connector
24-pin EATX Power connector
8-pin EATX 12V Power connector
1 x Front panel audio connector
1 x COM connector
1 x System Panel (Q-Connector)
1 x Clear CMOS jumper

-Extern i/o Connectors
1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port
1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port (red)
1 x Power eSATA 3Gb/s port (green)
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN(RJ45) port(s)
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue)
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
8 -Channel Audio I/O

51-in-1 Cardreader

Nvidia GTX560TI 1GB
-Brand
Palit

-VGA Bus
PCIe 16x v2.0

-VGA Chipset
Nvidia GTX560TI

-Memory
1024 MB GDDR5

-RAMDAC
400 MHz

-Resolution
2560 x 1600

1Gbit network card

Intel Core i5-2500K 3,3GHz
-Socket
1155 Sandy Bridge

-Cache
6144 KB

-Clocking speed
3,30 GHz (3,70GHz met turbo)

-Cores
4




1000 GB SataIII Hard disk
Samsung 7200RPM


DVD Brander Samsung Optical Disc Drive
SH-222AB/BEBE Samsung Disc Drive

[TeKraken]

7 for the PC

[LittleBaByJESUS]

My computer after a few upgrades.


Intel i7 930 @ 4GHz CPU
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler
ASUS P6X58D-E Motherboard
Sapphire HD6970 (BC2: Vietnam edition)
12GB 1600Mhz G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3 RAM
160GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
3x 1TB Samsung F3 HDDs
1x 2TB Samsung F4 HDD
Corsair 650D Case
Corsair AX-850 PSU
Creative X-Fi Titanium Soundcard
Samsung 23” 1080p 120Hz 3D Monitor, Samsung 32” 1080p HDTV, Sennheiser HD555 Headphones, Microlab PRO 3 Speakers, G19 Keyboard, G5 Mouse

[Transperance]

My computer after a few upgrades.


Intel i7 930 @ 4GHz CPU
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler
ASUS P6X58D-E Motherboard
Sapphire HD6970 (BC2: Vietnam edition)
12GB 1600Mhz G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3 RAM
160GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
3x 1TB Samsung F3 HDDs
1x 2TB Samsung F4 HDD
Corsair 650D Case
Corsair AX-850 PSU
Creative X-Fi Titanium Soundcard
Samsung 23” 1080p 120Hz 3D Monitor, Samsung 32” 1080p HDTV, Sennheiser HD555 Headphones, Microlab PRO 3 Speakers, G19 Keyboard, G5 Mouse

A solid 9/10 i would say. CPU is holding back the score a tad and if i had to nitpick maybe a better motherboard, 2nd (or better) GPU and a Sata3 SSD. An excellent set-up to be honest, i'm probably just a harsh judge. I would struggle to award anything a perfect 10/10.

Mmm and here's mine:
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.5GHz CPU
NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler
ASUS P67 Sabertooth Motherboard
Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock @ 967Mhz
8GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM
2x 120gb Cosair Force 3 SSD in Raid 0
2TB Western Digital Caviar Green (Sata 3) HDD
Silverstone Strider Plus ST1000-P - 1000W PSU
Asus Xonar Essence STX Soundcard
Aerocool XPredator Orange/Black Case
Alienware 23" AW2310 Optx 1080p 120hz 3D Monitor

[Radzet]

My first computer, I know it's not great, sorta budget

Intel i3-2120 @ 3.3 ghz
8 GB XMS3 Corsair DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM
MSI H61M-P23
EVGA Nvidea Geforce GT430 1GB
1 TB 7200 rpm hard drive

[samfisherand]

My first computer, I know it's not great, sorta budget

Intel i3-2120 @ 3.3 ghz
8 GB XMS3 Corsair DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM
MSI H61M-P23
EVGA Nvidea Geforce GT430 1GB
1 TB 7200 rpm hard drive

4/10

Up the CPU and GPU and you'll be much better. Decent though~


Intel i5 760 @ 3.8GHz cooled by CM V8
GTX 460 1GB @ 825MHz Core / 1850MHz RAM
Intel X-25M 160GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
Dell Ultrasharp U2311WH e-IPS 1080p
Logitech G110
Logitech G5 v1

[HL2-4-Life]

Mmm and here's mine:
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.5GHz CPU
NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler
ASUS P67 Sabertooth Motherboard
Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock @ 967Mhz
8GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM
2x 120gb Cosair Force 3 SSD in Raid 0
2TB Western Digital Caviar Green (Sata 3) HDD
Silverstone Strider Plus ST1000-P - 1000W PSU
Asus Xonar Essence STX Soundcard
Aerocool XPredator Orange/Black Case
Alienware 23" AW2310 Optx 1080p 120hz 3D Monitor
A solid rig, nice OC, great GPU, great mobo....I'd say it deserves a 9.2 at the very least.

[zerogeneration]

4/10

Up the CPU and GPU and you'll be much better. Decent though~


Intel i5 760 @ 3.8GHz cooled by CM V8
GTX 460 1GB @ 825MHz Core / 1850MHz RAM
Intel X-25M 160GB
Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
Dell Ultrasharp U2311WH e-IPS 1080p
Logitech G110
Logitech G5 v1

I would say 8.5/10

My desktop is:
AMD Phenom 955 BE OC'd to 3.5 ghz
4GB OCZ Fatal1ty RAM at 1066
AMD Radeon 6850 OC'd to 800mhz
500GB Seagate HDD
160GB Intel 310 SSD (got it for $160 during black friday:D
Gigabyte Ma770T-UD3P Motherboard
Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000
Razer Naga mouse from China (it's legit, don't worry!)
Phillip 22 inch monitor at 1680 by 1050

My laptop:
Alienware M11x R2
Intel i5-520UM at 1.066 ghz turbo 1.866 ghz
4GB ram at 1333
nVidia GeForce GT335m
250GB Seagate HDD

[samfisherand]

I would say 8.5/10

My desktop is:
AMD Phenom 955 BE OC'd to 3.5 ghz
4GB OCZ Fatal1ty RAM at 1066
AMD Radeon 6850 OC'd to 800mhz
500GB Seagate SSD
160GB Intel 310 SSD (got it for $160 during black friday:D
Gigabyte Ma770T-UD3P Motherboard
Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000
Razer Naga mouse from China (it's legit, don't worry!)
Phillip 22 inch monitor at 1680 by 1050

My laptop:
Alienware M11x R2
Intel i5-520UM at 1.066 ghz turbo 1.866 ghz
4GB ram at 1333
nVidia GeForce GT335m
250GB Seagate SSD

There's a 500GB Seagate SSD? @_@ I don't really know AMD performance anymore (they're naming is so confusing) but the rest is pretty decent.

8/10

[zerogeneration]

There's a 500GB Seagate SSD? @_@ I don't really know AMD performance anymore (they're naming is so confusing) but the rest is pretty decent.

8/10

oh whoops, I did a huge typo, it's a 500gb HDD not SSD, I was thinking forward lol

*edit* and another mistake with my laptop too... wow I think the word HDD is starting to fade away from my computer vocabulary

[Rincewind1]

A solid 9/10 i would say. CPU is holding back the score a tad and if i had to nitpick maybe a better motherboard, 2nd (or better) GPU and a Sata3 SSD. An excellent set-up to be honest, i'm probably just a harsh judge. I would struggle to award anything a perfect 10/10.

Mmm and here's mine:
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.5GHz CPU
NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler
ASUS P67 Sabertooth Motherboard
Gigabyte GTX 570 Super Overclock @ 967Mhz
8GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM
2x 120gb Cosair Force 3 SSD in Raid 0
2TB Western Digital Caviar Green (Sata 3) HDD
Silverstone Strider Plus ST1000-P - 1000W PSU
Asus Xonar Essence STX Soundcard
Aerocool XPredator Orange/Black Case
Alienware 23" AW2310 Optx 1080p 120hz 3D Monitor

Except for the processor, your computer is almost identical to mine. With your graphics card, have you seen any performance increase after going beyond the standard overclock? I can't decide if it it's worth it.

[TheBombOCat]

My desktop is:
AMD Phenom 955 BE OC'd to 3.5 ghz
4GB OCZ Fatal1ty RAM at 1066
AMD Radeon 6850 OC'd to 800mhz
500GB Seagate HDD
160GB Intel 310 SSD (got it for $160 during black friday:D
Gigabyte Ma770T-UD3P Motherboard
Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000
Razer Naga mouse from China (it's legit, don't worry!)
Phillip 22 inch monitor at 1680 by 1050
8.5/10
My laptop:
Alienware M11x R2
Intel i5-520UM at 1.066 ghz turbo 1.866 ghz
4GB ram at 1333
nVidia GeForce GT335m
250GB Seagate HDD
9/10.

My PC (currently using it):
Motherboard: ASUS P5N E-SLI
RAM: 3GB DDR3
Videocard: ATi Radeon 4670 HD
Intel Core2Duo E4500 2.20GHz
500GB HDD — WD (IDE) + 2TB Seagate USB HDD.
Resolution: 1232x696
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 x86

[eoinrade]

My PC (currently using it):
Motherboard: ASUS P5N E-SLI
RAM: 3GB DDR3
Videocard: ATi Radeon 4670 HD
Intel Core2Duo E4500 2.20GHz
500GB HDD — WD (IDE) + 2TB Seagate USB HDD.
Resolution: 1232x696
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 x86

6/10.

[Zalo98]

Windows 7 32-bit (With a 32-bit 4GB RAM hack/mod)

Corsair 4GB RAM

ATI 5770HD

intel i5 2.67Ghz Quad

Asus motherboard

[EyeRoNiK]

Windows 7 32-bit (With a 32-bit 4GB RAM hack/mod)

Corsair 4GB RAM

ATI 5770HD

intel i5 2.67Ghz Quad

Asus motherboard

6/10 Weak gpu, kinda mismatched with the cpu.

CPU: i7 2700k @ 3.5
RAM: 8GB GSKILL 1600mhz
MOBO: Asus P8Z68-v Pro
GPU: MSI GTX580 OC'd
HDD: 640gb Western digital Black 7200rpm
SSD: Kingston 64gb
Case: Haf 932
PSU: 700w OCZ ModXstreme
Monitor: BenQ XL2420T 120hz

[borg_7_of_9]

6/10 Weak gpu, kinda mismatched with the cpu.

CPU: i7 2700k @ 3.5
RAM: 8GB GSKILL 1600mhz
MOBO: Asus P8Z68-v Pro
GPU: MSI GTX580 OC'd
HDD: 640gb Western digital Black 7200rpm
SSD: Kingston 64gb
Case: Haf 932
PSU: 700w OCZ ModXstreme
Monitor: BenQ XL2420T 120hz

8.5/10 : -.5 PSU, -.5 CPU -.5 No OS

[trek554]

My first computer, I know it's not great, sorta budget

Intel i3-2120 @ 3.3 ghz
8 GB XMS3 Corsair DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM
MSI H61M-P23
EVGA Nvidea Geforce GT430 1GB
1 TB 7200 rpm hard drive
for a modern gaming pc that would be a 2/10 because of the gt430. that gt430 is killing you as it does not even meet the minimum requirements for some games. get a decent gpu and you will have a very nice pc.


here is mine which I personally would give an 8/10.

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
CPU: 2500K @ 4.4 with Corsair A70
MB: MSI P67A-G45
GPU: Galaxy GTX570 @ stock
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB 1.5V 1600MHz 9-9-9-24
HD: Samsung F3 1TB
CASE: HAF 912
SOUND: X-Fi Titanium
PSU: Corsair TX650 V2
MONITOR: Dell S2409W(1920x1080)

[NeoGrandizer]

I honestly wouldn't know how to rate a computer. I just recently built one, but with help from another community forum and some reading (okay, more like skimming over materials).

Here are my computer specs:

Computer Parts
Case: Raven 2 Evolution White Ltd Ed (RV02W-EW)
-> replaced outake fan with Scythe Slip Stream 120mm (SY1225SL12SH)
PSU: Antec TP-750
MoBo: Asus P8P67 Pro (REV 3.0)
CPU: i5-2500k (OC'd to 4.3Ghz)
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH)
-> DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 2T @ 1.6v
GPU: Evga GTX570 (012-P3-1570-AR) (Reference stock speeds)
Sound Card: Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 2 Rev.B (SCMG-2100)
--> Replaced stock fan with Scythe Slip Stream 120mm PWM (SY1225SL12H-P)
Thermal Paste: Noctua NT-H1
LEDs: Logisys Meteor Dual 12" Green LED Light Stick Kit With 8 Speed Settings (LDKMTGN2)

Internal HDDs/SSD:
Seagate Barracudas - All Storage Drives
1 x 250 GB (ST3250823AS)
1 x 250 GB (ST3250410AS)
1 x 750 GB (ST3750630AS)
1 x 1 TB (ST31000333AS)

Western Digital Caviar Blue (SATA III)- for gaming
1 x 1 TB (WD10EALX)

OCZ Agility 3 (SATA III) [60GB] (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) - for boot/OS

Internal Optical Drives
Samsung DVD-Writer (SH-S223C/RSBF)
Samsung BD-ROM & DVD burner (SH-B123L/RSBP)
Card Reader (??? - was stripped from a Sony prebuilt)

OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

So what's the verdict on this one?

[EyeRoNiK]

8.5/10 : -.5 PSU, -.5 CPU -.5 No OS

Oh sorry running win7 64. Psu does need some work but ill be waiting until i have enough for a top 80+ gold 1000w to get ready for my second 580.

[thebwbohh]

Bragging time:

CPU: Dual Intel E5504 (dual quad-core @ 2.0ghz)
RAM: 18 GB RAM (triple-channel)
GPU: ATI 5870 (I've got 4 of these, but I'll need a new MB to do Crossfire)
Monitors: Eyefinity /w 3 monitors at 21", 1920x1080.
Mouse: Kensington Expert Mouse (trackball!)
Keyboard: IBM Model/M (the rare 80-key shorty!)

I run Windows 7 Ultimate for gaming and Linux for everything else. I'll probably upgrade the CPUs to a pair of E5520 processors soon.

[stillmatic07]

My evolving 6 Year Old Rig:

ASUS P5N-D Motherboard
Core 2 Quad 6600 3.2(2.4ghz standard clock)
4GB ADATA Dual Channel
EVGA GTX570SuperClocked
Corsair 650TX PSU
External Creative X-FI 5.1 sound card.
Win7 Home Premium
DVD Drive (N/A)
HDD Hitachi 500GB

[~Orcrist]

MoBo - Gigabyte 880GM-USB3
Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Memory - Corsair 4GB DDR3 (1333 MHz)
Video Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770
Hard Drive - Western Digital 500GB (7200)
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit

[Transperance]

Except for the processor, your computer is almost identical to mine. With your graphics card, have you seen any performance increase after going beyond the standard overclock? I can't decide if it it's worth it.

Well that would really depend on how your games and such are running. If you're not having any problems with frame rates then the overclock isn't worth it. I was starting to struggle with the heavy skyrim mods i applied (dropped down to about 30-35fps in really intensive situations) so i decided to overclock.

In terms of pure performance, i'd say the increase was around 10-15% better than the stock O.C. Of course it came with the price of heat, near 80C after a few hours of heavy gaming (and thats with 8 fans in my case working like mad).

Essentially, if you don't need the extra grunt, don't bother. The 570 SoC is a great card, it probably borderlines the performance of a stock 580. :cool:

[Sp3tZn4z]

Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 580 Direct CU II
RAM: 12GB Corsair Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D 8-8-8-24 1600mhz
SSD: 1 x Intel X25-M 120GB (Operating System)
HDD: 1 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB (Storage)
PSU: Antec TruePower Quattro 850
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Monitor: Acer LCD S243HLBMII 24"
Sound Card: SupremeFX X-Fi
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium SP1

I'm getting more harddisks once the prices have gone back to normal, then i'll buy 2-3 more Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB Harddisks.

I also can OC the cpu to 4.2Ghz with my current cooling but I think that my cpu is already good enough for every game out there at stock speeds so I OC'ed it to 3.8Ghz.

The GPU, well I got a deal on it and it performs very well. I'm not oc'ing it, I can tho and it does it very well, but because it does everything very well at stock speeds (which are just a bit higher then a regular GTX580) I don't OC it. The problem with mine is that it doesn't have any aftermarket watercooling options afaik.

Bragging time:

CPU: Dual Intel E5504 (dual quad-core @ 2.0ghz)
RAM: 18 GB RAM (triple-channel)
GPU: ATI 5870 (I've got 4 of these, but I'll need a new MB to do Crossfire)
Monitors: Eyefinity /w 3 monitors at 21", 1920x1080.
Mouse: Kensington Expert Mouse (trackball!)
Keyboard: IBM Model/M (the rare 80-key shorty!)

I run Windows 7 Ultimate for gaming and Linux for everything else. I'll probably upgrade the CPUs to a pair of E5520 processors soon.

For gaming I would rate it a 6/10 just because Xeon Processors are made for servers.

[Raven701]

Here we go.

Motherboard: ASUS M3A79-T-Deluxe
PSU: Antech 850
Monitor: Samsumg 27-T 27" 1920X1200 <---Same resolution for all games
CPU: Phenom II 940 3.5Ghz
RAM: 4 Gig DDR2 1067Mhz
GPU: Tri Fire 5970(Acellero Cooler)-5870 Sync C-850Mhz Mem-1130Mhz
OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Anything you throw at it the average is over 60FPS. Even Crysis I-II, Metro 2032
Highest Textures etc..
4xMSAA
16xAnisio

[Raven701]

Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 580 Direct CU II
RAM: 12GB Corsair Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D 8-8-8-24 1600mhz
SSD: 1 x Intel X25-M 120GB (Operating System)
HDD: 1 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB (Storage)
PSU: Antec TruePower Quattro 850
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Monitor: Acer LCD S243HLBMII 24"
Sound Card: SupremeFX X-Fi
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium SP1

I'm getting more harddisks once the prices have gone back to normal, then i'll buy 2-3 more Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB Harddisks.

I also can OC the cpu to 4.2Ghz with my current cooling but I think that my cpu is already good enough for every game out there at stock speeds so I OC'ed it to 3.8Ghz.

The GPU, well I got a deal on it and it performs very well. I'm not oc'ing it, I can tho and it does it very well, but because it does everything very well at stock speeds (which are just a bit higher then a regular GTX580) I don't OC it. The problem with mine is that it doesn't have any aftermarket watercooling options afaik.



For gaming I would rate it a 6/10 just because Xeon Processors are made for servers.

Wow nice machine. I'd give it a 9/10. I really don't see the need for 12Gig of RAM. 4 is ever all you need.

[trek554]

Wow nice machine. I'd give it a 9/10. I really don't see the need for 12Gig of RAM. 4 is ever all you need.please don't make silly comments about ram here as we need to stay on topic. 4gb is NOT enough for many folks.

[Sp3tZn4z]

Wow nice machine. I'd give it a 9/10. I really don't see the need for 12Gig of RAM. 4 is ever all you need.

Well I render alot of stuff, and have gotten "Out of Memory" errors with 12GB. So I could use even more :).

[thebwbohh]

For gaming I would rate it a 6/10 just because Xeon Processors are made for servers.

Sure, they are a server processor but they're essentially i7 CPUs.

I must say, though, that there is really little purpose to 8 cores and 18GB of RAM for a gaming box. This machine was built as a server and is used heavily for virtualization during its non-gaming hours.

I intend to build a dedicated gaming box with 3-way or quad-way (is that possible?) SLI once I can convince myself to spend the money on a new motherboard (I already have the extra HD5870's sitting idle)

[Sp3tZn4z]

Sure, they are a server processor but they're essentially i7 CPUs.

I must say, though, that there is really little purpose to 8 cores and 18GB of RAM for a gaming box. This machine was built as a server and is used heavily for virtualization during its non-gaming hours.

I intend to build a dedicated gaming box with 3-way or quad-way (is that possible?) SLI once I can convince myself to spend the money on a new motherboard (I already have the extra HD5870's sitting idle)

That's why my rating is "low" as a gaming rig. Xeon processors don't perform as well as i7's, very small difference but Xeon processors can't be overclocked if i'm correct.

As a server I would rate it 7-8/10. Which I find to be very good for a small server.

Tri-SLI and Quad-SLI exists but I wouldn't recommend it because the performance is only "slightly" better then SLI, plus there can be many more issues with tri and quad setups.

But if you have that hardware lying around then why not.

EDIT: When I said Xeon Processors don't perform as good as an i7 then I mean in a gaming setup. They are definatly better in Server setups, rendering, etc...

EDIT2: I just noticed we've been using SLI when talking about Ati cards, they use crossfire ;).

[Raven701]

Motherboard: ASUS M3A79-T-Deluxe
PSU: Antech 850
Monitor: Samsumg 27-T 27" 1920X1200 <---Same resolution for all games
CPU: Phenom II 940 3.5Ghz
RAM: 4 Gig DDR2 1067Mhz
GPU: Tri Fire 5970(Acellero Cooler)-5870 Sync C-850Mhz Mem-1130Mhz
OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Anything you throw at it the average is over 60FPS. Even Crysis I-II, Metro 2032
Highest Textures etc..
4xMSAA
16xAnisio

[Sublime2k]

Motherboard: ASUS M3A79-T-Deluxe
PSU: Antech 850
Monitor: Samsumg 27-T 27" 1920X1200 <---Same resolution for all games
CPU: Phenom II 940 3.5Ghz
RAM: 4 Gig DDR2 1067Mhz
GPU: Tri Fire 5970(Acellero Cooler)-5870 Sync C-850Mhz Mem-1130Mhz
OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Anything you throw at it the average is over 60FPS. Even Crysis I-II, Metro 2032
Highest Textures etc..
4xMSAA
16xAnisio
I'll give it 8/10, -1 for AMD processor and -1 for only 4 GB of RAM (with today's prices it's a shame not to have at least 8 GB).

Here's mine:

Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G v4
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
Sapphire Radeon 9550 128MB
Kingmax 1024 MB DDR 200MHz
Xerox 2x512 MB DDR 166MHz
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB
Modecom Harry case
Samsung SyncMaster T200

Not kidding.

[Raven701]

I'll give it 8/10, -1 for AMD processor and -1 for only 4 GB of RAM (with today's prices it's a shame not to have at least 8 GB).

My motherboard does not support more than 4GB of RAM.

[MikeBlaszczak]

Here's mine:

Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G v4
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
Sapphire Radeon 9550 128MB
Kingmax 1024 MB DDR 200MHz
Xerox 2x512 MB DDR 166MHz
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB
Modecom Harry case
Samsung SyncMaster T200

Not kidding.Getting old. And hot. 4/10.


I'm planning an upgrade!

Here's the new parts:

Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 DELUXE LGA 2011 Intel X79 Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131799)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz LGA 2011 130W Six-CoreProcessor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492)
Memory: 32 gigs, 4x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866 Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455)
SSD: Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW600G3K5 2.5" 600GB SATA II MLC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167059)

From my existing machine, I'll carry up these parts:

Video: EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613)
RAID Card: areca ARC-1220 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816131004)
Storage: 6x Seagate 750 gig SATA 2.0 drives, ST3750640AS (RAID5, 3750 GB total)
Optical: ASUS Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135181)
Optical: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135183)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009)
Case: LianLi PC-V1200B case (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112075)

[Sublime2k]

My motherboard does not support more than 4GB of RAM.
It supports up to 16 GB.

Link (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3A79T_Deluxe/#specifications)

[Sublime2k]

Getting old. And hot. 4/10.


I'm planning an upgrade!

Here's the new parts:

Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 DELUXE LGA 2011 Intel X79 Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131799)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz LGA 2011 130W Six-CoreProcessor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492)
Memory: 32 gigs, 4x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866 Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455)
SSD: Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW600G3K5 2.5" 600GB SATA II MLC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167059)

From my existing machine, I'll carry up these parts:

Video: EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613)
RAID Card: areca ARC-1220 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816131004)
Storage: 6x Seagate 750 gig SATA 2.0 drives, ST3750640AS (RAID5, 3750 GB total)
Optical: ASUS Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135181)
Optical: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135183)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009)
Case: LianLi PC-V1200B case (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112075)
4/10? That's generous, I'd give it 2/10 at most. :D

That's a powerful rig you got there, but isn't single GTX 570 too weak for that processor and memory?

[trek554]

Getting old. And hot. 4/10.


I'm planning an upgrade!

Here's the new parts:

Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 DELUXE LGA 2011 Intel X79 Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131799)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz LGA 2011 130W Six-CoreProcessor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492)
Memory: 32 gigs, 4x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866 Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455)
SSD: Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW600G3K5 2.5" 600GB SATA II MLC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167059)

From my existing machine, I'll carry up these parts:

Video: EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613)
RAID Card: areca ARC-1220 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816131004)
Storage: 6x Seagate 750 gig SATA 2.0 drives, ST3750640AS (RAID5, 3750 GB total)
Optical: ASUS Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135181)
Optical: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135183)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009)
Case: LianLi PC-V1200B case (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112075)lol how can you give a P4 and 9550 a 4/10? that is no better than a 1 or 2.

[MikeBlaszczak]

lol how can you give a P4 and 9550 a 4/10? that is no better than a 1 or 2.There are older processors than that, aren't there?


That's a powerful rig you got there, but isn't single GTX 570 too weak for that processor and memory?The graphics card isn't affected by the amount of available memory -- not much anyway, and certainly not past 4 or 8 gigs. I don't have much of a reason to upgrade it; on my current rig (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8747382&highlight=P6T6#post8747382), I'm getting 80 FPS with that card in most games.

[trek554]

There are older processors than that, aren't there?yeah but of what use would they be? if a P4 and ATI 9550 deserves a 4/10 then even my netbook would be an 8/10. lol

[MikeBlaszczak]

yeah but of what use would they be? if a P4 and ATI 9550 deserves a 4/10 then even my netbook would be an 8/10. lolPost your specs and let's see.

[trek554]

Post your specs and let's see.an E450 with 6320 would smoke a P4 and 9550. the point is that an E450 and 6320 is still horrifically slow for most modern things especially gaming. so AGAIN giving a P4 and 9550 a 4/10 is beyond silly. even a 5 years ago a system like that would not deserve a 4/10.

[MikeBlaszczak]

an E450 with 6320 would smoke a P4 and 9550. the point is that an E450 and 6320 is still horrifically slow for most modern things especially gaming. so AGAIN giving a P4 and 9550 a 4/10 is beyond silly. even a 5 years ago a system like that would not deserve a 4/10.
Makes sense to me. Is the problem that you don't understand non-linear scales, or is it that all ratings here are inherently subjective anyway?

[trek554]

Makes sense to me. Is the problem that you don't understand non-linear scales, or is it that all ratings here are inherently subjective anyway?what are we rating these computers on? if you give a P4 and 9550, that will struggle with many modern basic tasks and cant play modern games a 4/10 then what would deserve a 1, 2 or 3???? to me a 5/10 would be average for a modern pc so how on earth could that dinosaur be right below average?

[Matt]

My computer...

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth P67 - LGA 1155
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.2 GHz (overclocked)
Memory: 16 GB DDR3 Corsair @ 1600 MHz
SSD: 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
Video: SLI EVGA Superclocked nVidia GTX560Ti
Storage: 1 TB Western Digital Black
PSU: Corsair Modular AX850 850 Watts
Optical: Generic DVD/CD burner
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Professional SP1
Monitor: HP ZR30w

[trek554]

My computer...

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth P67 - LGA 1155
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.2 GHz (overclocked)
Memory: 16 GB DDR3 Corsair @ 1600 MHz
SSD: 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
Video: SLI EVGA Superclocked nVidia GTX560Ti
Storage: 1 TB Western Digital Black
PSU: Corsair Modular AX850 850 Watts
Optical: Generic DVD/CD burner
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Professional SP1
Monitor: HP ZR30w1gb gtx560ti cards? if so then I give it an 8.5 or 9. if those are 2gb models then I give it a solid 9 for sure.

[Matt]

Both are 1 GB - the 2 GB were just too costly at the time. I couldn't have it all...

[BNR]

Motherboard: Gigabtye P55-USB3
Processor: Intel i5-760 @2.8Ghz
Memory: Kingston 4G DDR3-1333
Hard drive: Seagate 72000rpm 1TB SATA2
GFX Card: MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Case: Cooler Master Centurion5II ATX
Power Supply: Cooler Master 700W Extreme Power ATX

Not very hardcore

[trek554]

Both are 1 GB - the 2 GB were just too costly at the time. I couldn't have it all...good reason to upgrade when the new 660 or 670s come out. I go over 1gb of vram in some games at just 1920x1080. ;)

[trek554]

Motherboard: Gigabtye P55-USB3
Processor: Intel i5-760 @2.8Ghz
Memory: Kingston 4G DDR3-1333
Hard drive: Seagate 72000rpm 1TB SATA2
GFX Card: MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Case: Cooler Master Centurion5II ATX
Power Supply: Cooler Master 700W Extreme Power ATX

Not very hardcorethat still is decent especially if you are below 1920x1080. I give it a 6.5 or 7.0 for modern gaming.

[BNR]

that still is decent especially if you are below 1920x1080. I give it a 6.5 or 7.0 for modern gaming.

Running 1440x900.
Very generous rating, thank you :)

[MikeBlaszczak]

what are we rating these computers on?It depends. If the poster explains what they're doing, then I try to rate based on fitness for that application. Many people don't.

For me, I use my machine for doing software development work. I like to work on large data sets and study "big data" algorithms. I use Microsoft Office for writing and financial work, and Adobe Creative Suite for document processing, working on videos, and doing some art.

With a ton of memory, I can do these things concurrently -- even game at the same time. For most people, such a huge amount of memory would be very wasteful and would warrant down-rating.

to me a 5/10 would be average for a modern pc so how on earth could that dinosaur be right below average?
What machine do you think is average?

if you give a P4 and 9550, that will struggle with many modern basic tasks and cant play modern games a 4/10 then what would deserve a 1, 2 or 3????

Lower than a P4 with a 9550:
+ an overclocked P4 with a 9550, LOL!
+ PentiumM machines
+ Atom machines
+ AMD Athlon machines
+ Intel Celeron rigs
+ Pentium III machines
+ AMD K6 machines
+ VIA C7 machines

[Sublime2k]

The graphics card isn't affected by the amount of available memory -- not much anyway, and certainly not past 4 or 8 gigs. I don't have much of a reason to upgrade it; on my current rig (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8747382&highlight=P6T6#post8747382), I'm getting 80 FPS with that card in most games.
I was asking because most people would expect something along the lines of GTX 580 SLI to go with that powerful processor and that much memory.

As for my P4, it's a dinosaur that I'm using until I get my new computer up and running. I'm in the process of buying components, feel free to rate it.

Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Intel Core i5 2500K
Zalman CNPS9900 MAX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHz
WD Caviar Blue 640GB 7200RPM
XFX XXX Edition 650W
Zalman Z9 Plus
Scythe Kaze Q-8
Dell U2312HM 23'' IPS

[YahooElite]

Doesnt it make you guys feel all fuzzy inside when Mike decides to pay us a visit?

On Topic:

New setup will be here in a few days, so heres what i got.

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro\GEN3
CPU: i5 2500K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600
------
Parts ill be reusing/currently have
Case: Thermaltake Spedo Advance
PSU: Ultra X4 Fully Modular 750w
Win7 HP
GPU: eVGA GTX460 SE 1GB 33% Overclock 850/1700/4000(effective)
HD: 500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3
Monitor: 32" Vizio LCD HDTV
--

Now i have another thread asking about the motherboard but no1s replied yet.. How well does it overclock? will i need to update any chipset drivers? and will i need to update the BIOS at some point?

Thx

[MikeBlaszczak]

I was asking because most people would expect something along the lines of GTX 580 SLI to go with that powerful processor and that much memory.I don't need it. Memory's cheap, and I need that. Graphics cards are expensive, especially when buying two. That card is about $450, so you're asking me to drop about $900 -- I don't think my experience would be commensurately improved.


Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Intel Core i5 2500K
Zalman CNPS9900 MAX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHz
WD Caviar Blue 640GB 7200RPM
Zalman Z9 Plus
Scythe Kaze Q-8
Dell U2312HM 23'' IPSI think you'll really like that monitor, but there's lots of room for improvement in that build. 8/10. Really good budget build, tho.Doesnt it make you guys feel all fuzzy inside when Mike decides to pay us a visit?<hugz>

[YahooElite]

Hey hey, if you aint payin you aint touchin, so get away!

lulz :p

Funny how you single out the part that gives you attention :D

now how bout the rest of the post lol

[Sublime2k]

I don't need it. Memory's cheap, and I need that. Graphics cards are expensive, especially when buying two. That card is about $450, so you're asking me to drop about $900 -- I don't think my experience would be commensurately improved.
Well, you probably know the best when it comes to your own needs. GTX 570 and 32 GB of RAM alone tell me that gaming isn't your primary use of a computer. :)

I think you'll really like that monitor, but there's lots of room for improvement in that build. 8/10. Really good budget build, tho.
Do you have anything particular to improve on your mind?

I wouldn't really call it a budget build because it sums up to about €1000 without the monitor and I plan to buy new mouse and mousepad as well. But then again, stores in my country are very expensive compared to NewEgg (2500K alone is $290 compared to standard $220). I'm a student and I'm financing that build completely on my own and that build is probably the best I can come up with without going over the top with money. In my opinion, budget build would be something along the lines of Core i3 2100 and Radeon HD 6850.

As for monitor, my brother has U2410 and it's really damn good, but it's almost 2.5 times the price of U2312HM. He needs it for photography so it's justified, though. I need it for gaming.

[MikeBlaszczak]

Funny how you single out the part that gives you attention :DFunny how you call me out when I'm just being playful.

Do you have anything particular to improve on your mind?Almost anything, really. You've gone with parts that give good bang for the buck, for a bit more in almost any category you could get something better. The Blue drives aren't that fast, for example, and the black or RE drives aren't too much more expensive. There are faster processors which aren't substantially more money. And so on.

As for monitor, my brother has U2410 and it's really damn good, but it's almost 2.5 times the price of U2312HM. He needs it for photography so it's justified, though. I need it for gaming.Indeed; my main monitor at home is a U2410 right now and I really like it. I'm thinking of a U3011 soon.

[YahooElite]

Funny how you call me out when I'm just being playful.
Almost anything, really. You've gone with parts that give good bang for the buck, for a bit more in almost any category you could get something better. The Blue drives aren't that fast, for example, and the black or RE drives aren't too much more expensive. There are faster processors which aren't substantially more money. And so on.

Indeed; my main monitor at home is a U2410 right now and I really like it. I'm thinking of a U3011 soon.

was being playful as well you sexy Valve beast <3

my point was you didnt comment on the build or the question after it lol

dorky butt :p

[Sublime2k]

Almost anything, really. You've gone with parts that give good bang for the buck, for a bit more in almost any category you could get something better. The Blue drives aren't that fast, for example, and the black or RE drives aren't too much more expensive. There are faster processors which aren't substantially more money. And so on.
My original plan was Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB, but thanks to floods in Thailand its price went up about 2.5 times (from ~$70 to ~$180), that's why I bought 1 month old Caviar Blue.
As for 2500K, the next step up is 2600K which is overkill for gaming so there's really no need to spend additional ~$110 on it, which is substantial. And so on. :D I think you catch my drift.

[Sprkd1]

My brand new build:

Intel Core i7-3930K
Corsair Hydro Series H100 with 2 x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850 rpm fans
GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3
16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Classified (will upgrade to Kepler once available)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Crucial m4 256 GB
Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB
Pioneer BDR-206DBK
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D
Samsung SyncMaster S23A700D
Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500
Microsoft SideWinder X4
Logitech G9x
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

[YahooElite]

My original plan was Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB, but thanks to floods in Thailand its price went up about 2.5 times (from ~$70 to ~$180), that's why I bought 1 month old Caviar Blue.
As for 2500K, the next step up is 2600K which is overkill for gaming so there's really no need to spend additional ~$110 on it, which is substantial. And so on. :D I think you catch my drift.

And thats exactly why im happy my pc issues were due to a bad RAM stick instead of my F3.

Its their own fault for having all the plants in 1 damn place though.

Hell if sum1s gonna pay that much for a HD may as well pay a lil more for an SSD.

Sprkd, dont want to even think how much that costs...

Is the dedicated sound card really required? Modern Integrated Soundcards do an excellent job now.

9.5 at the most i suppose

[Matt]

Indeed; my main monitor at home is a U2410 right now and I really like it. I'm thinking of a U3011 soon.

Make sure to take a look at reviews of the HP ZR30w; it's basically HP's competition for the Dell 30" IPS. Let me know if you have any questions. So far, the HP has been a great monitor. With that said, I have not used the Dell and only read reviews online.

[MikeBlaszczak]

Hi Matt! We use the U3011s at work; I've got two on my desk, so I'm pretty happy with 'em.

[borg_7_of_9]

My brand new build:

Intel Core i7-3930K
Corsair Hydro Series H100 with 2 x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850 rpm fans
GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3
16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Classified (will upgrade to Kepler once available)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Crucial m4 256 GB
Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB
Pioneer BDR-206DBK
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D
Samsung SyncMaster S23A700D
Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500
Microsoft SideWinder X4
Logitech G9x
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

4/10, -1 cpu is way better that the GPU, -1 weak GPU, -1 just an ODD build its a mix of some of the best with some plain gear it just seams odd to me, minus another 3 well I'm sure you can work that out..

I assume you where skipped by YahooElite because you didn't follow the rules then again nether did yahoo hmmmm but he did get to it eventually...... perhaps Mike is doing the same to him lol

[AntiMagnetic]

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K (Not OC)
Memory: 16 GB DDR3 @ 1333Mhz
Video: 2x Gigabyte HD6850 OC Crossfire
Storage: 1 TB Seagate
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower XT 775W
Optical: LG DVD/CD burner
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium
Monitor: 23" HP 2310e

[willx907]

CPU: AMD FX-8120 8 CPU @ 3.1 GHz
Ram: 2x4GB Patriot Gamer 2 series DDR3 4GB 1600 MHz Enhanced LATENCY
GPU: 1x AMD Radeon HD 6950 series
Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-D3
OS: Window 7 Ultimate 64 bit
HDD: 1 TB Seagate
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W
Monitor: 20" Samsung

[Sjeik]

CPU: AMD FX-8120 8 CPU @ 3.1 GHz
Ram: 2x4GB Patriot Gamer 2 series DDR3 4GB 1600 MHz Enhanced LATENCY
GPU: 1x AMD Radeon HD 6950 series
Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-D3
OS: Window 7 Ultimate 64 bit
HDD: 1 TB Seagate
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W
Monitor: 20" Samsung

8/10 I have the 6950 myself, love that card.

I have finished 2 builds, one AMD based system an 1 Intel-Nvidia based one. Specs and pics below:

1) AMD system

Case: Corsair 600T limited white edition
Mobo: Asrock Extreme III
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (stock clocks)
RAM: Adata 8 GB DDR3 1333Mhz 8-8-8-24 CL
Cooler: Coolermaster V8
GPU: 2x MSI HD6950 2GB crossfired
HDD: Western Digital HDLX 300GB Velociraptor 10.000 rpm

Monitor: 37" Samsung C7700 3D LED HDTV
Audio: 550W Harmann Kardon AVR137

The system: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7696/amdbuild.jpg
The setup: http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2693/amdsetup.jpg

2) Intel-Nvidia system

Case: Lian Li PC T60
Mobo: Asrock P67 Pro3 B3
CPU: Intel i5 2500K (stock clocks)
RAM: G-Skill RipjawX 1333Mhz 7-7-7-21 CL
Cooler: Scythe Shuriken RevB
GPU: EVGA GTX560Ti superclocked
SSD: 120 GB Adatas510 read:550 mb/s write:510 mb/s

monitor: 23" HP X23 LED
audio: 400W Logitech THX Z5500

The system: http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4081/nvidiabuild.jpg
The setup: http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4551/nvidiasetup.jpg

[Sprkd1]

And thats exactly why im happy my pc issues were due to a bad RAM stick instead of my F3.

Its their own fault for having all the plants in 1 damn place though.

Hell if sum1s gonna pay that much for a HD may as well pay a lil more for an SSD.

Sprkd, dont want to even think how much that costs...

Is the dedicated sound card really required? Modern Integrated Soundcards do an excellent job now.

9.5 at the most i suppose Thanks for the rating. I researched the dedicated sound card and it seems there is quite a difference compared to onboard audio.

4/10, -1 cpu is way better that the GPU, -1 weak GPU, -1 just an ODD build its a mix of some of the best with some plain gear it just seams odd to me, minus another 3 well I'm sure you can work that out..

I assume you where skipped by YahooElite because you didn't follow the rules then again nether did yahoo hmmmm but he did get to it eventually...... perhaps Mike is doing the same to him lol Thanks for the rating. Which gear do you think is mis-matched? The GPU is only temporary as I am waiting for Kepler.

[Sprkd1]

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K (Not OC)
Memory: 16 GB DDR3 @ 1333Mhz
Video: 2x Gigabyte HD6850 OC Crossfire
Storage: 1 TB Seagate
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower XT 775W
Optical: LG DVD/CD burner
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium
Monitor: 23" HP 2310e 8.5/10. Just OC and you have a great setup!

[HL2-4-Life]

1) AMD system

Case: Corsair 600T limited white edition
Mobo: Asrock Extreme III
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (stock clocks)
RAM: Adata 8 GB DDR3 1333Mhz 8-8-8-24 CL
Cooler: Coolermaster V8
GPU: 2x MSI HD6950 2GB crossfired
HDD: Western Digital HDLX 300GB Velociraptor 10.000 rpm

Monitor: 37" Samsung C7700 3D LED HDTV
Audio: 550W Harmann Kardon AVR137

This is QUITE a rig! I like AMD so I'll rate this, hex core + 2x high end cards deserves nothing less than a 9.8 from me. BTW, love the case! Saw it when I was shopping for upgrades, but it was too small to suit my needs.


Final upgrades done on my rig, so the beast is complete.....not quite (needs 2nd card) but close enough -
CPU - LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.25ghz
Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
RAM - 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
SSD - Corsair ForceGT 120GB (OS)
HDD - WDC Black 2TB + Hitachi 2TB (Storage)
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 3GB
SC - Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
PSU - Corsair Pro Series HX1050
Case - Thermaltake Level 10GT
OS - 64bit Win7 HP
Monitors - 3x Benq 24" monitors @6048x1200

[borg_7_of_9]

This is QUITE a rig! I like AMD so I'll rate this, hex core + 2x high end cards deserves nothing less than a 9.8 from me. BTW, love the case! Saw it when I was shopping for upgrades, but it was too small to suit my needs.


Final upgrades done on my rig, so the beast is complete.....not quite (needs 2nd card) but close enough -
CPU - LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.25ghz
Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
RAM - 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
SSD - Corsair ForceGT 120GB (OS)
HDD - WDC Black 2TB + Hitachi 2TB (Storage)
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 3GB
SC - Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
PSU - Corsair Pro Series HX1050
Case - Thermaltake Level 10GT
OS - 64bit Win7 HP
Monitors - 3x Benq 24" monitors @6048x1200

-9.9 /10

Well ya lived on 2-3 min noodles for a week, I know it's a gaming build it's got to be worth 10 but it's a 9.9 from me for now ...

That would have to be one of the best rig's Here...

9.9/10 cheer's

[Sublime2k]

Final upgrades done on my rig, so the beast is complete.....not quite (needs 2nd card) but close enough -
CPU - LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.25ghz
Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
RAM - 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
SSD - Corsair ForceGT 120GB (OS)
HDD - WDC Black 2TB + Hitachi 2TB (Storage)
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 3GB
SC - Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
PSU - Corsair Pro Series HX1050
Case - Thermaltake Level 10GT
OS - 64bit Win7 HP
Monitors - 3x Benq 24" monitors @6048x1200
Did you sell your kidney for it?

[HL2-4-Life]

Did you sell your kidney for it?Nah, just my left nutz.:p :D

Anyway, I've gotten my card up to 1100mhz/1450mhz core/mem OC.....really easy using CCC, but limited to a max of 1125 on the core OC. I'm saving that extra 25mhz OC as a treat later.

[MikeBlaszczak]

How do you justify the cost of the i7 3960X? For what application are you using the machine?

[headcasephil]

Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3
Intel Core i5 2500K
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Corsair Hydro Series H100
Corsair 120GB Force GT SSD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive x2
AsusHD7970-3GD5 ( it came too day yahoo)
Sony Optiarc DDU1681S 18x DVD-ROM
Sony BD-5300S-0B 12x BD-RW
Asus Xonar Essence ST Soundcard
Corsair CMPSU-1200AXUK Professional Series Gold AX1200 1200W Modular Power Supply
Corsair 600T Graphite Series Mid Tower Case
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

just waiting for my 3570K to come out and i will be happy

[Sprkd1]

Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3
Intel Core i5 2500K
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Corsair Hydro Series H100
Corsair 120GB Force GT SSD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive x2
AsusHD7970-3GD5 ( it came too day yahoo)
Sony Optiarc DDU1681S 18x DVD-ROM
Sony BD-5300S-0B 12x BD-RW
Asus Xonar Essence ST Soundcard
Corsair CMPSU-1200AXUK Professional Series Gold AX1200 1200W Modular Power Supply
Corsair 600T Graphite Series Mid Tower Case
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

just waiting for my 3570K to come out and i will be happy 9.2/10. How come you have a DVD-ROM and a Blu-ray burner? What's the point of having two drives?

[EdgeofSanity]

Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3
Intel Core i5 2500K
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Corsair Hydro Series H100
Corsair 120GB Force GT SSD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive x2
AsusHD7970-3GD5 ( it came too day yahoo)
Sony Optiarc DDU1681S 18x DVD-ROM
Sony BD-5300S-0B 12x BD-RW
Asus Xonar Essence ST Soundcard
Corsair CMPSU-1200AXUK Professional Series Gold AX1200 1200W Modular Power Supply
Corsair 600T Graphite Series Mid Tower Case
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

just waiting for my 3570K to come out and i will be happy

Very nice system.
9/10 and I don't think that 3570K will be much of a step up from the 2500K but we'll see when it arrives. And you don't think 1200Watts is a little overkill? A 850Watt PSU is more than enough for any single GPU system.



My system:
Intel i5 2500k at 4.5GHz
ASUS P8Z68-V Gen3, PCI.e 3.0
2x ASUS GTX 560 non Ti in SLi (just bought the second card today :))
Corsair H100
Corsair 8GB Vengance 8-8-8-24 1600MHz RAM
Corsair Graphite 600T White edition
Corsair AX650 PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
WD Black Cavier 1TB HDD
Blu-ray DVD drive
Windows 7 64Bit

So that is my gaming machine and I love it. Plays all games at 1920x1080 with high-ultra settings with a nice and constant 45+ FPS. I'm very pleased with the GTX 560 non Ti SLi performance. I got me a good 25+ FPS minimum in all games. Was a bit weary and worried if my AX650 PSU could handle the system, but it powers everything without breaking a sweat or becoming very noisy!

[iAlexx]

Very nice system.
9/10 and I don't think that 3570K will be much of a step up from the 2500K but we'll see when it arrives. And you don't think 1200Watts is a little overkill? A 850Watt PSU is more than enough for any single GPU system.



My system:
Intel i5 2500k at 4.5GHz
ASUS P8Z68-V Gen3, PCI.e 3.0
2x ASUS GTX 560 non Ti in SLi (just bought the second card today :))
Corsair H100
Corsair 8GB Vengance 8-8-8-24 1600MHz RAM
Corsair Graphite 600T White edition
Corsair AX650 PSU
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
WD Black Cavier 1TB HDD
Blu-ray DVD drive
Windows 7 64Bit

So that is my gaming machine and I love it. Plays all games at 1920x1080 with high-ultra settings with a nice and constant 45+ FPS. I'm very pleased with the GTX 560 non Ti SLi performance. I got me a good 25+ FPS minimum in all games. Was a bit weary and worried if my AX650 PSU could handle the system, but it powers everything without breaking a sweat or becoming very noisy!

9/10 i don't give you the 10 because they are more higher systems and i think the 10 should be only to systems like the guy whit 3960X but ur systems is a beast anyways, have fun whit that :)

this is mine i just finish installing 7 and im currently DL some drivers and games

Intel Core i5 2400 3.1GHz
Intel DH67BL motherboard
2x4GB G.Skill ram CL9 (the ones that don't have a heat spreader on it)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 SuperCloked
WD 500GB caviar blue
OEM DVD burner
Cooler Master GX 750 watt PSU (its way better that what people think)
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case
Microsoft sidewinder X4 keyboard
Razer Deathadder mouse
Samsung LN19C350D LCD TV (i have it like 2 years before the PC and i decide to put more money to the PC rather that buy a monitor)
Windows 7 64bit Pro

this is a budget PC of course but thing like the mobo ,cpu and PSU where more of "forced" choice rather that what i want since the store doesn't have very high end stuff (one of the main problems of living on a developing process country -_-)

[HL2-4-Life]

How do you justify the cost of the i7 3960X? For what application are you using the machine?I can't, I just wanted something that packs a punch, yes, I could still have built an i7 2600K/2700K + P68/Z68 chipset for much less, but like I'd told borg, I don't believe in baby steps when it comes to my upgrades. Also, I believe the more cores, the better the longevity of the CPU, sorta like the old E8400 vs Q6600 debate. The E8400 OC like a mad mutha, but in the end, the extra cores on the Q6600 ensures its longevity. I still have a Q6600 @3ghz in my 3rd rig and it kicks butt in games......BF3 and BC2 ran just fine. It's not about e-peen either, just want the very best that I can afford.

BTW, it was my original intent to get a 3930K, but none were available, had I waited, I'd still be waiting up to now. So I bit the bullet and went for the 3960X....do I regret it? Nope! Would I have been happier with a 3930K? Yep, or at least my wallet would have been.

[vierasniper]

It's not about e-peen either, just want the very best that I can afford.

yeah its e-peen.

My Current Build

Asus P8Z68-V Pro
i5 2500k
8 gigs of G.skill Ripjwas 1600
BFG Tech Gtx 260
Hyper 212 CPU cooler
W7 x64 Ultimate
Nzxt Phantom Red /w USB 3

[HL2-4-Life]

yeah its e-peen.
Bah, why do I bother? Anywayz, you're on my ignore list, don't need the hassle.:rolleyes:

[Bad_Motha]

My Current Build

Asus P8Z68-V Pro
i5 2500k
8 gigs of G.skill Ripjwas 1600
BFG Tech Gtx 260
Hyper 212 CPU cooler
W7 x64 Ultimate
Nzxt Phantom Red /w USB 3

Wow, you know you've got outdated hardware when you still have something with a BFG label on it :p
Now who's got e-peen. Admit it, you just hang onto that GPU for the BFG logo ;)

Too bad BFG doesn't mean a thang anymore...

[asane99]

Current Build

Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V Gen 3
CPU: i7 2600k 3.4Ghz
Heatsink: Corsair H100
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB 1600mhz
SSD: Intel 320 series 160 GB
GPU: Diamond HD 5970
Power Supply: Corsair AX 850
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi
DVD: OEM Samsung

[CrimsonBeats]

A friend of me says my pc is not a gaming monster some says it is. How much points would you give it?

here are my specs(Dxdiag):
- Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
- 8192MB RAM
- GeForce GTX 560 superclocked by EVGA (look at the rightside of the photo) (http://ic.tweakimg.net/ext/i/imagelarge/1305647406.jpeg)
- 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
- Asus P8Z68-V
I'd give it an 8/10, that GPU is great as well.

-Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium [64-bit]
-AMD FX-6100 six-core processor [3.3GHz, 6MB L2/8MB L3 Cache]
-8GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [2 DIMMs]
-1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
-1GB GDDR5 HIS Radeon 6770 IceqX Turbo (Overclocked out of the box)

[Soi_Fong]

Current Build

Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V Gen 3
CPU: i7 2600k 3.4Ghz
Heatsink: Corsair H100
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB 1600mhz
SSD: Intel 320 series 160 GB
GPU: Diamond HD 5970
Power Supply: Corsair AX 850
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi
DVD: OEM Samsung

9.5 out of 10 baby! Beast processor and GPU!

[vierasniper]

Bah, why do I bother? Anywayz, you're on my ignore list, don't need the hassle.:rolleyes:

Someone is butthurt on the internet? that's new. :p

Wow, you know you've got outdated hardware when you still have something with a BFG label on it :p
Now who's got e-peen. Admit it, you just hang onto that GPU for the BFG logo ;)

Too bad BFG doesn't mean a thang anymore...

It doesn't have to mean anything lol, it works for what i use it. it has a small over clock and ill replace it soon. It also has a special place in my heart haha.

[MmmBacon]

My Build:

CPU: i7-2600k @ 4.7Ghz
Cooler: Corsair H70
Mobo: P8P67 Pro B3
RAM: 16 gigs of Kingston DDR3 @ 1600
GPU: EVGA 560 TI DS + EVGA GT 430
HDD: 1TB Samsung F3 + 1TB WD Green
SSD: Intel 320 80gb
ODD: Samsung Blu-ray

[Sp3tZn4z]

This is QUITE a rig! I like AMD so I'll rate this, hex core + 2x high end cards deserves nothing less than a 9.8 from me. BTW, love the case! Saw it when I was shopping for upgrades, but it was too small to suit my needs.


Final upgrades done on my rig, so the beast is complete.....not quite (needs 2nd card) but close enough -
CPU - LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.25ghz
Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
RAM - 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
SSD - Corsair ForceGT 120GB (OS)
HDD - WDC Black 2TB + Hitachi 2TB (Storage)
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 3GB
SC - Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
PSU - Corsair Pro Series HX1050
Case - Thermaltake Level 10GT
OS - 64bit Win7 HP
Monitors - 3x Benq 24" monitors @6048x1200

I can't, I just wanted something that packs a punch, yes, I could still have built an i7 2600K/2700K + P68/Z68 chipset for much less, but like I'd told borg, I don't believe in baby steps when it comes to my upgrades. Also, I believe the more cores, the better the longevity of the CPU, sorta like the old E8400 vs Q6600 debate. The E8400 OC like a mad mutha, but in the end, the extra cores on the Q6600 ensures its longevity. I still have a Q6600 @3ghz in my 3rd rig and it kicks butt in games......BF3 and BC2 ran just fine. It's not about e-peen either, just want the very best that I can afford.

BTW, it was my original intent to get a 3930K, but none were available, had I waited, I'd still be waiting up to now. So I bit the bullet and went for the 3960X....do I regret it? Nope! Would I have been happier with a 3930K? Yep, or at least my wallet would have been.

Using the Corsair Hydro Series H100 huh? That's like putting the engine of a Renault R4 into a Lamborghini.

So you are not taking baby steps when it comes to your upgrades? I know your rig is already expensive enough but if you have the money to buy that then you have the money to buy a proper watercooling kit... but man that 3960X deserves more... my NH-D14 performs almost as good and in some cases even better then the H100.

And I hope your rig isn't only for Gaming, if it is then you have literally thrown away money.

[fj76ts4]

My Build:

-CPU-i5-2500k @ stock (planning to oc later)
-cooler-coolermaster hyper 212+
-Mobo- Asus Extreme 3 Gen 3
-Ram- G.SKILL Sniper 8gbs (2x4gbs) 1600mhz
-HDD- WD 160gb (ancient, planning on getting a new one)
-GPU-Sapphire FLeX 6950, shaders unlocked, not oced
-PSU-Rosewill Hive 550
-Case- Rosewill Armor
-OS-Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
-Monitor- Acer HD 21.5 in. 1920x1280

[HL2-4-Life]

Using the Corsair Hydro Series H100 huh? That's like putting the engine of a Renault R4 into a Lamborghini.

So you are not taking baby steps when it comes to your upgrades? I know your rig is already expensive enough but if you have the money to buy that then you have the money to buy a proper watercooling kit... but man that 3960X deserves more... my NH-D14 performs almost as good and in some cases even better then the H100.

And I hope your rig isn't only for Gaming, if it is then you have literally thrown away money.Well, the H100 was an AIO solution for me as I'm cutting my teeth here when it comes to WC. NEVER had a WC system before so sue me for not jumping in at the deep end of the pool. I did consider the Noctua D14 as I prefer air cooling, but didn't like the color of the fan.....yes, I can be shallow as hell.

Also, I don't see why I have to justify my purchases to you or anyone else, my money, my choice. If you think it's a big waste of money getting the 3960X, that's your prerogative....your opinion and I accept that. The only person I need please with the choices I'd made is....well, ME!

[YahooElite]

My Build:

-CPU-i5-2500k @ stock (planning to oc later)
-cooler-coolermaster hyper 212+
-Mobo- Asus Extreme 3 Gen 3
-Ram- G.SKILL Sniper 8gbs (2x4gbs) 1600mhz
-HDD- WD 160gb (ancient, planning on getting a new one)
-GPU-Sapphire FLeX 6950, shaders unlocked, not oced
-PSU-Rosewill Hive 550
-Case- Rosewill Armor
-OS-Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
-Monitor- Acer HD 21.5 in. 1920x1280

Eh.. kinda iffy as to what the score would be just for using Win7 Enterprise..

id say.. 8.2 maybe?

Well i finally have my new setup up and running.

i5 2500k @ 3.5(not a big OC i know, but temps only goto low 60s while gaming at the max on Stock Intel)

ASUS P8Z68-V Pro\Gen3
8GB 2x4 1600 Corsair Vengance 9 9 9 24(@ 1648mhz)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB
Thermaltake Spedo Advance case
Ultra X4 750w Modular PSU
GTX460 SE 1GB (850\1700\4000Effective

The auto OC went to 4.2, but temps on prime took it to around 80C so i dropped it to 3.5. will attempt higher once i get a better cooler.

[iAlexx]

Intel Core i5 2400 3.1GHz
Intel DH67BL motherboard
2x4GB G.Skill ram CL9 (the ones that don't have a heat spreader on it)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 SuperCloked
WD 500GB caviar blue
OEM DVD burner
Cooler Master GX 750 watt PSU (its way better that what people think)
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case
Microsoft sidewinder X4 keyboard
Razer Deathadder mouse
Samsung LN19C350D LCD TV (i have it like 2 years before the PC and i decide to put more money to the PC rather that buy a monitor)
Windows 7 64bit Pro

i already posted the system in the previous page and getting ignored isn't very funny so can i get a rating now please -_-

[HL2-4-Life]

Intel Core i5 2400 3.1GHz
Intel DH67BL motherboard
2x4GB G.Skill ram CL9 (the ones that don't have a heat spreader on it)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 SuperCloked
WD 500GB caviar blue
OEM DVD burner
Cooler Master GX 750 watt PSU (its way better that what people think)
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case
Microsoft sidewinder X4 keyboard
Razer Deathadder mouse
Samsung LN19C350D LCD TV (i have it like 2 years before the PC and i decide to put more money to the PC rather that buy a monitor)
Windows 7 64bit Pro

i already posted the system in the previous page and getting ignored isn't very funny so can i get a rating now please -_-They were prolly too busy picking on me....:o Let me give yours a shot, decent quad, decent GPU, why an Intel mobo? Regardless, it should handle games pretty well up to 1080P. Don't shoot me now, an 8.1......should be able to do what you need it to do, nice build btw.

[iAlexx]

^^ thanks and the OG plan was to buy an i5 2500k and p67 mobo but the store ran out of booth and i cant wait a month for the re stock also the intel mobo has its benefits to compared to others like intel lan and esata trough the h67 chipset the only thing that i don't like is no front usb 3 since the case supports it but still i am very happy whit it

[lotsoftrouble]

My Build:

CPU: i7-2600k @ 4.7Ghz
Cooler: Corsair H70
Mobo: P8P67 Pro B3
RAM: 16 gigs of Kingston DDR3 @ 1600
GPU: EVGA 560 TI DS + EVGA GT 430
HDD: 1TB Samsung F3 + 1TB WD Green
SSD: Intel 320 80gb
ODD: Samsung Blu-ray

Looks solid except the I7 is overkill if only used for gaming, or if you are on an unlimited budget
get i5 2500k if you're planning on gaming only


My build i'll get if I pass my exams :D

Intel Core i7-2700K 3,5GHz
Asus 1155 Maximus IV Extreme-Z (rev.3)
Watercooler Corsair Hydro H80
Nvidia GTX 590 3GB
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR3-1600 Quad-Kit
1000W Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000
OCZ Agility3 SSD 120GB
2000 GB SataIII HDD
DVD Burner Samsung Optical Disc Drive
Cooler Master HAF X
Win7 64-bit.

[MmmBacon]

Looks solid except the I7 is overkill if only used for gaming, or if you are on an unlimited budget
get i5 2500k if you're planning on gaming only


My build i'll get if I pass my exams :D


Nope, not just gaming. On the other hand, I hope your build isn't just for gaming as well. Not too sure about the 590, otherwise it is a solid build probably one I would do. ;)

[lotsoftrouble]

Nope, not just gaming. On the other hand, I hope your build isn't just for gaming as well. Not too sure about the 590, otherwise it is a solid build probably one I would do. ;)

It is for gaming, it's just i'll get the thing for free :D
Anyways, what's wrong with the 590?
Or do I get the 6990 from AMD?

[fj76ts4]

Actually, the 7970 would probably be a better choice now.

[HL2-4-Life]

Actually, the 7970 would probably be a better choice now.Yep, I have this and it's a beast. I have it at 1125 (core) and 1550 (mem, effective 6200mhz) and can run BF3 with setting on Ultra, no MSAA but post AA at High, 16x AF + HBAO and it's smooth........@6048x1200 EyeFinity mode. still i am very happy whit it That's all that matters, game on dude!

[thebug]

AMD FX-8120 with a cooler master hyper 212
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX
Kingston HyperX 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit (Light-Retail, KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX, Genesis Grey, XMP)
ASUS EAH6870 DC
Western Digital WD5002AALX
Western Digital WD3000HLHX x2 in raid0
Samsung SH-B123L
cooler master m520 real power
Cooler Master Cosmos S
Win 7 64 bit

[borg_7_of_9]

yeah its e-peen.


I don't Think HL2-4-Life rig is about e-peen, I bet his still rocking that rig after you have done 2~3 cpu upgrades... We don't all jump on the latest hardware HL2 waited a bit longer than me, we had the same Intel X9650 witch still kick's gaming ♥♥♥ (core 2 quad) we both skipped the first Core I series I jumped on SB mid last year I was going to wait for SB-E but I couldn't wait any longer the upgrade bug got the better of me... Am I happy? yes ,Did I need to upgrade? No... Sometimes it's nice to own the best , That don't make it e-peen though..

AMD FX-8120 with a cooler master hyper 212
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX
Kingston HyperX 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit (Light-Retail, KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX, Genesis Grey, XMP)
ASUS EAH6870 DC
Western Digital WD5002AALX
Western Digital WD3000HLHX x2 in raid0
Samsung SH-B123L
cooler master m520 real power
Cooler Master Cosmos S
Win 7 64 bit

7.5/10 -1 CM PSU, -.5 HD6870 -.5 CPU choice -.5 Mobo ~balance..

[trek554]

7.5/10 -1 CM PSU, -.5 HD6870 -.5 CPU choice -.5 Mobo ~balance..I think a 7/10 is a better score since a 6870 is pretty far from the top now.

[DanteKesel]

My Build

-CPU AMD Phenom 2 955 BE x4 3.2
-cooler- standard heat sink with AC System pumping cool air in
-Mobo- MSI 790fx gd70
-Ram- Patriot 4gb (2x2gbs) rated at 1300mhz
-HDD- WD 1tb for os and 500gb for data both WD Blue
-GPU-Nvidia 460 Palit SE
-PSU-Thermal Take 950
-Case- HAF 922
-OS-Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
-Monitor- Acer HD 23' 1920x1280, Hannspree 20' 1440x900

[rotNdude]

My Build

-CPU AMD Phenom 2 955 BE x4 3.2
-cooler- standard heat sink with AC System pumping cool air in
-Mobo- MSI 790fx gd70
-Ram- Patriot 4gb (2x2gbs) rated at 1300mhz
-HDD- WD 1tb for os and 500gb for data both WD Blue
-GPU-Nvidia 460 Palit SE
-PSU-Thermal Take 950
-Case- HAF 922
-OS-Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
-Monitor- Acer HD 23' 1920x1280, Hannspree 20' 1440x900

8.2/10

[Shadowguns]

Mine would get a 1, lol. It's got 1 core (AMD Sempron SI-40), Nvidia 8200G, 2,0 GB RAM and 100 GB harddisk. Don't know what to give others, just wanted to let you all know what a crappy laptop I got. :P

[Fish-E]

Mine would get a 1, lol. It's got 1 core (AMD Sempron SI-40), Nvidia 8200G, 2,0 GB RAM and 100 GB harddisk. Don't know what to give others, just wanted to let you all know what a crappy laptop I got. :P

Yeah, that's very close to a 1.0

Anyway here's my system

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 8400 @ 2.66Ghz
Cooler: Standard heat sink
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro Turbo
RAM: Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 @ 800Mhz
GPU: Palit GTX 570
HDD: 1TB Hitachi (iirc Deskstar 7200 or something) with a OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
Case: Coolermaster CM690 Advanced 2
PSU: Coolermaster GX 750W
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit (:()
Monitor: I don't remember exactly! It's a Hanns G Model, 24" with a resolution of 1920x1080

[lotsoftrouble]

Yeah, that's very close to a 1.0

Anyway here's my system

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 8400 @ 2.66Ghz
Cooler: Standard heat sink
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro Turbo
RAM: Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 @ 800Mhz
GPU: Palit GTX 570
HDD: 1TB Hitachi (iirc Deskstar 7200 or something) with a OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
Case: Coolermaster CM690 Advanced 2
PSU: Coolermaster GX 750W
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit (:()
Monitor: I don't remember exactly! It's a Hanns G Model, 24" with a resolution of 1920x1080

Is it me or is that an ancient old build?
DDR2??

What year is it?

[Fish-E]

Is it me or is that an ancient old build?
DDR2??

What year is it?

I built in late 2009, it was the first PC I've built and I've been upgrading it slowly ever since.

Unfortunately at the time of the "original" build I was 16, so I didn't have lots of money to spend then (heck, I still don't). That's why some of the stuff is low spec (which really stands out now in 2012).

[Swamp_Donk]

Other than loading screens and whatnot, DDR2 is sufficient for even the highest settings on BF3 no problem- girlfriend has a 560 TI with 4 gigs ddr2 and she can play it nicely at 1920x1080. I'd be willing to say the processor would be limiting you in a game like BF3 rather than having DDR2 ram. Sure, you load in a little later, but it isnt a huge deal. Any game that requires even start times have provisions to deal with this point exactly (Starcraft 2, ect)

My Rig:

CPU: Phenom II X6 1100t @ 4ghz
Cooler: Corsair H60
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
RAM: 12 GB DDR3 (dont remember the speed -_-)
GPU: Two EVGA GTX 560s 2GB models SLI'd and OC'd (ATM) at 950 core and 2150 mem. stock voltages.
HDD: 2TB WD Black
Case: Thermaltake V3
PSU: Thermaltake 850w
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Monitor: Main monitor: Samsung SyncMaster px2370, 2 peripheral monitors (For surround gaming) 23 inch Acer LED monitors.
Mouse: G700
Keyboard: G15
Headset: G35

[TheCaNin3]

Intel i5 2500k @ 4.8ghz
Two Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD6850s, crossfired
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R Motherboard
G.Skill Sniper 2x4gb 1600mhz RAM
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Hitatchi 1TB HDD (system + games)
Western Digital Green 2TB HDD (data)
CoolerMaser Extreme 650W PSU
Coolermaster HAF-X Case
Astro A40 Audio System
Razer Blackwidow Expert Mechanical Keyboard
Razer Deathadder 3500 DPI Mouse
Razer Goliathus Standard Speed edition mousepad
BenQ GL2240 21.5" LED 1920x1080 Monitor

[borg_7_of_9]

Yeah, that's very close to a 1.0
I'm sure its still a good gamer so

7/10
Anyway here's my system

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 8400 @ 2.66Ghz
Cooler: Standard heat sink
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro Turbo
RAM: Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 @ 800Mhz
GPU: Palit GTX 570
HDD: 1TB Hitachi (iirc Deskstar 7200 or something) with a OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
Case: Coolermaster CM690 Advanced 2
PSU: Coolermaster GX 750W
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit (:()
Monitor: I don't remember exactly! It's a Hanns G Model, 24" with a resolution of 1920x1080

I bet its still a good gamer
6.5/10 psu is so so good graphics card, good CPU a 64bit os would be nice... odd that u have a SATA 3 ssd

[sagelink001]

Rate BEFORE posting your rig... don't know how many times that's been posted...

Anyways back on topic.


CPU: Phenom II X6 1100t @ 4ghz
Cooler: Corsair H60
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
RAM: 12 GB DDR3 (dont remember the speed -_-)
GPU: Two EVGA GTX 560s 2GB models SLI'd and OC'd (ATM) at 950 core and 2150 mem. stock voltages.
HDD: 2TB WD Black
Case: Thermaltake V3
PSU: Thermaltake 850w
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Monitor: Main monitor: Samsung SyncMaster px2370, 2 peripheral monitors (For surround gaming) 23 inch Acer LED monitors.
Mouse: G700
Keyboard: G15
Headset: G35

7.5/10, love the dual monitor set up

Intel i5 2500k @ 4.8ghz
Two Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD6850s, crossfired
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R Motherboard
G.Skill Sniper 2x4gb 1600mhz RAM
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Hitatchi 1TB HDD (system + games)
Western Digital Green 2TB HDD (data)
CoolerMaser Extreme 650W PSU
Coolermaster HAF-X Case
Astro A40 Audio System
Razer Blackwidow Expert Mechanical Keyboard
Razer Deathadder 3500 DPI Mouse
Razer Goliathus Standard Speed edition mousepad
BenQ GL2240 21.5" LED 1920x1080 Monitor

7.5/10 as well.


Mine:

Antec 1200 Full Tower
LG BluRay/DVD/CD Drive
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 Mobo
16GB G.Skill Ripjaw Series DDR3 1600
Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.8 Ghz
Corsair H80 (standard push/pull)
2x MSI Radeon HD 7970 (CrossFire)
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB SSD (Windows Partition)
WD Caviar Black 1TB (Data)
XFX PRO Series 1050w PSU
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
ASUS 24" LED Monitor (1920x1080)

[FossilAmoeba]

Rate BEFORE posting your rig... don't know how many times that's been posted...

Anyways back on topic.



7.5/10, love the dual monitor set up



7.5/10 as well.


Mine:

Antec 1200 Full Tower
LG BluRay/DVD/CD Drive
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 Mobo
16GB G.Skill Ripjaw Series DDR3 1600
Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.8 Ghz
Corsair H80 (standard push/pull)
2x MSI Radeon HD 7970 (CrossFire)
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB SSD (Windows Partition)
WD Caviar Black 1TB (Data)
XFX PRO Series 1050w PSU
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
ASUS 24" LED Monitor (1920x1080)

9.9 Amazing system, Christ... Give It to me.

Mine ATM:
Hahahaa, please rate this one too.

CPU: AMD Sempron 3300+ 2.0 GHz Single Core

GPU: NVidia 8600GT

HDD: 80GB Samsung

OS: 32 Bit Vista

RAM: 2GB


Friday:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955

GPU: AMD HD 4870

RAM: 2X4GB GeiL 1333

OS: W7 64B

HDD: 2X 160GB 7200RPM


-Fossil

[Alshain]

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750
GPU: Nvidia 8800GT
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB
OS: Win 7 64
RAM: 2x4 GB
MOBO: ASUS P5K-E
PSU: 750W
TV: Hauppage WinTV-HVR-2250 x2

What? It was top of the line when I built it :p

Then I went to bed and when I woke up it was no longer top of the line.

[TheDuality]

Case: Antec 902
Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V Pro
CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: 8Gb DDR3-1600
GFX: Radeon HD5850 1Gb
PSU: Coolermaster 650W
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1Tb
OS: W7 x64 Home Premium

Graphics card is the weak link at the moment, but I am waiting for it to be cheaper to upgrade considering it benches better than a 6850.

[rotNdude]

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750
GPU: Nvidia 8800GT
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB
OS: Win 7 64
RAM: 2x4 GB
MOBO: ASUS P5K-E
PSU: 750W
TV: Hauppage WinTV-HVR-2250 x2

What? It was top of the line when I built it :p

Then I went to bed and when I woke up it was no longer top of the line.

7.5/10

Case: Antec 902
Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V Pro
CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: 8Gb DDR3-1600
GFX: Radeon HD5850 1Gb
PSU: Coolermaster 650W
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1Tb
OS: W7 x64 Home Premium

Graphics card is the weak link at the moment, but I am waiting for it to be cheaper to upgrade considering it benches better than a 6850.

8.4/10

[himynameisruss]

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid
GPU: GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
PSU: Corsair Professional Series HX750
HDD: SSD OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3 60G / Seagate 7200RPM 500G
CPU: i5 2500k
CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: Kingston DDR3 8G (4Gx2) 1333MhZ
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155
OS: Windows 7 x64 Home Premium


current build i'm in the process of buying. thoughts?

[Waterbird]

OS: Windows 7 64 BIT
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250u Processor(Dual Core, 2 Logical Processors)
CPU Speed: 1.6 GHz(Dual Core)
RAM: 4 GB
HardDrive: 1TB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

I play Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike - Source, Dota 2, Mirrors Edge.

I run TF2 at 640x480, only because it runs great like that, at regular, which is 1024x720, it runs a bit slow, but I can still run it, I never run it at my native, which is 1024x1280.

Same goes for the other games, except counter strike source, which runs great at my native.

[skippy72294]

OS: Windows 7 64 BIT
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250u Processor(Dual Core, 2 Logical Processors)
CPU Speed: 1.6 GHz(Dual Core)
RAM: 4 GB
HardDrive: 1TB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

I play Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike - Source, Dota 2, Mirrors Edge.

I run TF2 at 640x480, only because it runs great like that, at regular, which is 1024x720, it runs a bit slow, but I can still run it, I never run it at my native, which is 1024x1280.

Same goes for the other games, except counter strike source, which runs great at my native.

3.5/10

Ugh.... 640x480.... not even my iPod is that low... and yes I remember 640x480 very well.... :(

[trek554]

3.5/10

Ugh.... 640x480.... not even my iPod is that low... and yes I remember 640x480 very well.... :(um so that pc is most certainly not a 3.5/10. its integrated video originally from 2006 and super slow 1.6 cpu that is below requirements for almost any modern game. its a 1.5/10 at best since it cannot even play 99% of modern games. the few it can actually play are at lowest possible settings and super low res.

[Myself =P]

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (3.2GHz)
RAM: 8Gb Patriot 1666MHz DDR3 (2x 4Gb)
MB: ASUS M4A77TD
HDD: 1Tb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 32Mb Cache
GPU: EVGA GTS450 1Gb GDDR5
Sound Card: Soundblaster Creative Live! 4.1
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 550W

[AfroChrist]

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU: i5-2500k OC to 4.5 GHZ
RAM: 4Gb 1666mhz
MB: Gigabyte GA P67 UD3P
HDD: 2 x 1 TB in raid 0
GPU: 2 x XFX HD 6970's
PSU: Corsair 850 W

[trek554]

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU: i5-2500k OC to 4.5 GHZ
RAM: 4Gb 1666mhz
MB: Gigabyte GA P67 UD3P
HDD: 2 x 1 TB in raid 0
GPU: 2 x XFX HD 6970's
PSU: Corsair 850 W9 or maybe even 9.25. I would give it a 9.50 if you had more ram. 4gb is the very minimum for a gaming rig.

[Optional]

CPU: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer @ 4.6 GHz
GPU: XFX Black Edition 7970 @ 1000 MHz
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8 GB DDR3 @ 2000 MHz
MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series 1050W
HDD: WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000 RPM for OS + Games
HDD2: WD Caviar Black 2TB 7,200 RPM for Media
DRIVE: Some bluray driver doesn't matter lol. Brand: LG
OS: Windows 7 64bit
CASE: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout

STUFF:
x3 ACER x233h 1920x1080p
Razer Deathadder 3500 dpi mouse
Razer 5.1 headset - games/voice com
Logitech 5.1 speakers - movies/tv episodes/music
Logtiech g11 keyboard has served me well. No ghosting and still in good shape.

[asura]

rate my pc

motherboard: Asus p8z68-v pro
cpu: intel i7-2700k @ 4.8ghz
cooler: cooler master hyper 212 plus
ram: corsair vengeance 2x4gb 1600mhz
hd: western digital 1TB 7200rpm
ssd: ocz vertex 3 120gb
video: evga GTX 570 2.5gb SLI
psu: ocz z-series 1000w gold cert.
os: windows 7 64 bit ultimate

[mmstick]

CPU: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer @ 4.6 GHz
GPU: XFX Black Edition 7970 @ 1000 MHz
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8 GB DDR3 @ 2000 MHz
MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series 1050W
HDD: WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000 RPM for OS + Games
HDD2: WD Caviar Black 2TB 7,200 RPM for Media
DRIVE: Some bluray driver doesn't matter lol. Brand: LG
OS: Windows 7 64bit
CASE: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout

STUFF:
x3 ACER x233h 1920x1080p
Razer Deathadder 3500 dpi mouse
Razer 5.1 headset - games/voice com
Logitech 5.1 speakers - movies/tv episodes/music
Logtiech g11 keyboard has served me well. No ghosting and still in good shape.

10/10

rate my pc

motherboard: Asus p8z68-v pro
cpu: intel i7-2700k @ 4.8ghz
cooler: cooler master hyper 212 plus
ram: corsair vengeance 2x4gb 1600mhz
hd: western digital 1TB 7200rpm
ssd: ocz vertex 3 120gb
video: evga GTX 570 2.5gb SLI
psu: ocz z-series 1000w gold cert.
os: windows 7 64 bit ultimate

Also 10/10

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
CPU: Phenom FX-8120 @ 4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Spire Thermax Eclipse II (with four fans in total push/pulling)
RAM: 16GB 1600MHz CL9 RAM
GPUs: 2x MSI Cyclone Radeon HD 6850 @ 950MHz Crossfire
HDD/SSD: 2x2TB Data Array + 1 60GB OCZ Agility 2 SSD for OS
PSU: OCZ GameXStream 850 Watt
OS: Primarily Ubuntu 11.10, Windows 7x64 Ultimate for gaming

[Amélie]

No one rated mine :(
removed.

[Armor_Biff]

Intel i7 2600 3.40 GHz
GeForce GTX 560 ti 1280 MB
8 GB 1333 MHz RAM
2x 1 TB Raid 0 hard drive
Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme

I'm playing Saints Row the Third, Left 4 Dead 2, Bulletstorm, Killing Floor, Borderlands and Dungeon Defenders mostly.

[Victorspain]

Intel i7 2600 3.40 GHz
GeForce GTX 560 ti 1280 MB
8 GB 1333 MHz RAM
2x 1 TB Raid 0 hard drive
Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme

I'm playing Saints Row the Third, Left 4 Dead 2, Bulletstorm, Killing Floor, Borderlands and Dungeon Defenders mostly.

10/10. All the people who post here is to presume.

I'll break that rule. My specs:

Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz
1Gb ram DDR
nVidia GeForce 7300 GT
Windows XP SP3

[trek554]

10/10. All the people who post here is to presume.

I'll break that rule. My specs:

Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz
1Gb ram DDR
nVidia GeForce 7300 GT
Windows XP SP3for anything other than very basic surfing and emailing that pc would be a .5/10. lol

[tr4656]

Hmm, I upgraded another PC and moved ♥♥♥♥ around so here is both my PC:

Main work PC:

CPU:Intel i7-2700k
Mobo:ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE
RAM:16GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
GPU:Sapphire 6950 (Upgrading to 7970 when Atomic/Flex come out)
SSD:1 120GB Crucial M4
HDD: 2TB Samsung Spinpoint
PSU: TX750M
Sound card: Asus Xonar DX
Cooling: Watercooling (Got these left over from gaming rig and looking for some Gentle Typhoon AP-15)
OS: Tribooting Win 7 64-Bit, OS X 10.7 (Hackintosh), Arch Linux
Case: CM 690 II Advance
Trimonitors for coding and photography.

Main Gaming Rig:

CPU: i5-2500k
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68 Pro
Ram: 8GB RipjawsX 1600
GPU: 2x MSI GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme
SSD: 60GB Vertex 3
HDD: 1TB Barracuda
PSU: Corsair AX1200
Sound card: Asus Essence ST (I'm a pretty big audiophile. Ask me to list my audio equipment. :P)
Cooling : Water cooling set up
OS: Win 7 64-Bit
Case: White 600T

[NeoGrandizer]

for anything other than very basic surfing and emailing that pc would be a .5/10. lol

Wouldn't it be more like in the negatives for modern gaming? :p

Considering most major games out by big companies won't run at all in that setup?

Hmm, I upgraded another PC and moved ♥♥♥♥ around so here is both my PC:

Main work PC:

CPU:Intel i7-2700k
Mobo:ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE
RAM:16GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
GPU:Sapphire 6950 (Upgrading to 7970 when Atomic/Flex come out)
SSD:1 120GB Crucial M4
HDD: 2TB Samsung Spinpoint
PSU: TX750M
Sound card: Asus Xonar DX
Cooling: Watercooling (Got these left over from gaming rig and looking for some Gentle Typhoon AP-15)
OS: Tribooting Win 7 64-Bit, OS X 10.7 (Hackintosh), Arch Linux
Case: CM 690 II Advance
Trimonitors for coding and photography.

9.5/10 for now and 10/10 when you get the 7970?

Main Gaming Rig:

CPU: i5-2500k
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68 Pro
Ram: 8GB RipjawsX 1600
GPU: 2x MSI GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme
SSD: 60GB Vertex 3
HDD: 1TB Barracuda
PSU: Corsair AX1200
Sound card: Asus Essence ST (I'm a pretty big audiophile. Ask me to list my audio equipment. :P)
Cooling : Water cooling set up
OS: Win 7 64-Bit
Case: White 600T

10/10. I'm thinking the 'k' chips are OC'd with these setups.

I'm quite envious of your setups... ;)

[tr4656]

Wouldn't it be more like in the negatives for modern gaming? :p

Considering most major games out by big companies won't run at all in that setup?



9.5/10 for now and 10/10 when you get the 7970?



10/10. I'm thinking the 'k' chips are OC'd with these setups.

I'm quite envious of your setups... ;)
Yah they are OC'd. The i7 is at 5GHz and i5 is at 4.5Ghz atm.

[NeoGrandizer]

Yah they are OC'd. The i7 is at 5GHz and i5 is at 4.5Ghz atm.

That's an impressive OC for the i7. But I'm guessing it's not a 24/7 rig and vcore is probably set pretty high?

Either way your scores are no doubt going to be perfect for the stuff you're doing... ;)

Here's the specs for my rig (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28526515&postcount=320).

[tr4656]

That's an impressive OC for the i7. But I'm guessing it's not a 24/7 rig and vcore is probably set pretty high?

Either way your scores are no doubt going to be perfect for the stuff you're doing... ;)

Here's the specs for my rig (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28526515&postcount=320).

A pretty good system. Why so many hard disks? The SSD is entry level but is still a SSD. I rather go with a Filco or some better mechanical keyboard myself but Mionix is good too.

7.5/10

[NeoGrandizer]

A pretty good system. Why so many hard disks? The SSD is entry level but is still a SSD. I rather go with a Filco or some better mechanical keyboard myself but Mionix is good too.

7.5/10

Unfortunately, I don't have a variety of mechanicals to choose from in Canada. I got the Mionix on sale and it ended up being cheaper than others with a little more features.

My HDDs are used as follows:

Dedicated Gaming HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Dedicated Programs HDD: 1 x 250GB
Dedicated My Documents HDD: 1 x 250GB
Storage and backups: 1 x 750GB and 1 x 1TB

Most of the HDDs were re-purposed from older machines over the years. I also have a 1TB external USB3.0 HDD hooked up for additional storage and backup. Another 3 x 40GB external IDE HDDs for multimedia stuff hooked up to PS3. I salvage what I can and still put it to good use. :p

[OsirisEG]

Case (Chassis): Corsair Obsidian 800D
CaseLighting: Red
Case Fans: Noiseblocker Mutliframe High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans
Processor: Intel Core i7 3960X 3.9GHz Turbo LGA 2011 Hex-Core Processor (15MB L3 Cache)
Graphics Card: Triple 3GB EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper 2 (Factory Overclock)
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz (4x4GB) Quad-Channel Memory
System Cooling: Custom Water Cooling CPU Only (blood red)
Power Supply: 1.5 Kilowatt Silverstone Strider Sleeved (Black and Red)
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, 4-WaySLI capable)
Hard Drive One: 64GB crucial M4 - Solid State Drive
Hard Drive Two: 64GB crucial M4 - Solid State Drive
Hard Drive Three: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black - SATA-III, 6Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 64MB Cache HDD
Optical Drive One: LG 12X Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo
Bay Devices: Lamptron Fan Controller FC-6
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Championship with Front Panel
Operating System: Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition
Displays: x3 ASUS VH236H in Surround
Mouse: Razer Naga Molten Edition
Keyboard: Razer Dragon Age 2 Edition Blackwidow Ultimate
Headset: Astro A40 & Mix-amp
Headphones: Ultrasone Pro 900

[pote2639]

Here is mine one ;)

Motherboard - ASUS P7P55 LX
CPU - Intel i3 540 3.08ghz dual-core
GPU - nVidia GTS450 1GB
RAM - 4GB DDR3
HDD - 500GB SATA 3
Power - 550 W
Monitor - LG L1753S 1280X1024 (Buying this since 2005)
OS - Windows 7 Ultmate x64 and Hackintosh 10.7.2



(PS. At 30 jan this year will be 1 year of my computer....starting get old )

[trek554]

Here is mine one ;)

Motherboard - ASUS P7P55 LX
CPU - Intel i3 540 3.08ghz dual-core
GPU - nVidia GTS450 1GB
RAM - 4GB DDR3
HDD - 500GB SATA 3
Power - 550 W
Monitor - LG L1753S 1280X1024 (Buying this since 2005)
OS - Windows 7 Ultmate x64 and Hackintosh 10.7.2



(PS. At 30 jan this year will be 1 year of my computer....starting get old )6/10 but at that low res it performs pretty well. I would rather gouge my eyes out then to play games on a 5:4 screen though. :p

[pote2639]

6/10 but at that low res it performs pretty well. I would rather gouge my eyes out then to play games on a 5:4 screen though. :p

Nah I just said "budget rig" and right now I saving money for new monitor.....

[Blue Thunder]

Here goes mine...(almost 2 months old.)

Case: NZXT Phantom white
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 570
RAM: 8GB Kingston DDR3 at 1600 Mhz
HDD: 1TB WD Caviar Black 720rpm, 64MB cache, master disk.
PSU: Cooler Master GX 750W

[aves421]

My brother and my desktop :D
Brother's rig:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
GPU: 2x XFX HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 @x16/x4
RAM: 8GB Kingston DDR3 1333
HDD: Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 2.5" 500GB
PSU: Corsair GS 800

And mine, just upgraded :D
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
GPU: XFX HD7970 3GB DUAL FAN
RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3 1333
HDD: WD Black 1TB SATA 3 7200 rpm
PSU: Corsair GS 600

[asura]

Yah they are OC'd. The i7 is at 5GHz and i5 is at 4.5Ghz atm.


can you link me the cooler you have? cuz my setup is very similar(2700k+p8z68-v pro+hyper 212 plus), but it gets above 70C under load after 4.5 or 4.6ghz.

[tr4656]

can you link me the cooler you have? cuz my setup is very similar(2700k+p8z68-v pro+hyper 212 plus), but it gets above 70C under load after 4.5 or 4.6ghz.

I'm using watercooling. I might be able to find the rad and stuff later.

EDIT: if its too much trouble, you could always go for closed loop like H100, H20 Kuler 920 or even a Noctua NH-D14.

[Bad_Motha]

can you link me the cooler you have? cuz my setup is very similar(2700k+p8z68-v pro+hyper 212 plus), but it gets above 70C under load after 4.5 or 4.6ghz.

70*C isn't even breaking a sweat yet for an Intel 2nd Gen iCore

Make sure both your backplate and Hyper 212 cooler are screwed down tight enough (don't over-tighten) and that the 4 screws are fairly equally tightened.

I moved one of my systems with a Hyper 212 around quite a bit (even in the car and such) and then I noticed my CPU idle temps getting little higher then normal. Checked the screws and sure enough they loosened up a bit. Tightened back down and temps went right back to normal again.

[trek554]

70*C isn't even breaking a sweat yet for an Intel 2nd Gen iCore70C is not exactly a low temp either but for a stress test its fine. I hit 71 during an 40 minute maximum Intel Burn Test using just one fan on my A70 and running it on low speed also.

if its getting anywhere near 70 in games then better cooling is recommended.

[Some]

I5 2500k @ 4,2ghz .. max 60*C
2x MSI gtx 570's - factory overclocked with twin frozr 3 .. Max ~70's while running furmark for 15mins..
G skill dual kit 8gb 1333Mhz
p67a-gd55 motherboard
Fractal design r3 black pearl
nexus 850w powersupply(i forgot the model)

Postin it here just for lulz, 0 to 10 plz ;)

[asura]

70*C isn't even breaking a sweat yet for an Intel 2nd Gen iCore

Make sure both your backplate and Hyper 212 cooler are screwed down tight enough (don't over-tighten) and that the 4 screws are fairly equally tightened.

I moved one of my systems with a Hyper 212 around quite a bit (even in the car and such) and then I noticed my CPU idle temps getting little higher then normal. Checked the screws and sure enough they loosened up a bit. Tightened back down and temps went right back to normal again.

they're pretty tight. I have about 7-8 turns each screw.

[KaptainS]

I5 2500k @ 4,2ghz .. max 60*C
2x MSI gtx 570's - factory overclocked with twin frozr 3 .. Max ~70's while running furmark for 15mins..
G skill dual kit 8gb 1333Mhz
p67a-gd55 motherboard
Fractal design r3 black pearl
nexus 850w powersupply(i forgot the model)

Postin it here just for lulz, 0 to 10 plz ;)

9.4/10
Not perfect as it's not GTX 580 SLI/HD 7970 Crossfire but it's an amazing rig.

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz (~60°C in Prime95)
GPU: 2x Sapphire HD 6850 (900 MHz core clock, 1100 MHz memory clock) in Crossfire
RAM: G.Skill 8 GB DDR 1333 MHz
HDD: 2x Seagate 1 TB 7200RPM
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
MOBO: ASUS P8P67 LE

[Patflute]

Pentium 4 @ 3.0ghz

2gb of ram

what ever motherboard

82945G express chip familly onboard

4:3 17"

:D

Gimme my super low score please.

[aves421]

Pentium 4 @ 3.0ghz

2gb of ram

what ever motherboard

82945G express chip familly onboard

4:3 17"

:D

Gimme my super low score please.
This is good for web surfing (7/10) or for gaming (1/10) you gotta lag even on lowest possible setting on current games.
I got a similar rig b4,
P4 3.2 Ghz
2GB DDR1
80GB 7200 rpm
6600GT 256 mb
some random asus motherboard
and some random corsair PSU

My brother and my desktop :D
Brother's rig:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
GPU: 2x XFX HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 @x16/x4
RAM: 8GB Kingston DDR3 1333
HDD: Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 2.5" 500GB
PSU: Corsair GS 800

And mine, just upgraded :D
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
GPU: XFX HD7970 3GB DUAL FAN
RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3 1333
HDD: WD Black 1TB SATA 3 7200 rpm
PSU: Corsair GS 600
And someone rate mine please :D

[tr4656]

My brother and my desktop :D
Brother's rig:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
GPU: 2x XFX HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 @x16/x4
RAM: 8GB Kingston DDR3 1333
HDD: Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 2.5" 500GB
PSU: Corsair GS 800

And mine, just upgraded :D
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
GPU: XFX HD7970 3GB DUAL FAN
RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3 1333
HDD: WD Black 1TB SATA 3 7200 rpm
PSU: Corsair GS 600

First one 8/10 since its OK hardware but not top of the line.

Second one 9.5/10 since the CPU could be a 2500k and a SSD could help.

[aves421]

First one 8/10 since its OK hardware but not top of the line.

Second one 9.5/10 since the CPU could be a 2500k and a SSD could help.
Thx, the second one will be upgraded to Ivy bridge when they release ;D

[tr4656]

Thx, the second one will be upgraded to Ivy bridge when they release ;D

Also, are you OCing or not?

[aves421]

Also, are you OCing or not?

Yep gonna get a liquid cool and the unlocked series

[tr4656]

Yep gonna get a liquid cool and the unlocked series

Nice.

[aves421]

Nice.

But I think the PSU will need an upgrade that time ;x

[tr4656]

But I think the PSU will need an upgrade that time ;x

It will depend although upgrading to say a TX650 would help depending on how much you OC.

[Blackheart_72]

- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Sandybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
- Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB Sata HDD and 1TB Sata HDD
- Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 IceQ X PLUS Edition 1024MB GDDR5
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

[NeoGrandizer]

Yep gonna get a liquid cool and the unlocked series

What Mobo do you have? If it's an 'H' board, you need to get a new MoBo if you plan to OC. You require a 'Z' or 'P' board.

[Stardust260]

I'm about to get this desktop, can anyone make improvements to it?
(It has to be somewhere in 1000$-1300$, can't go any higher)
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO 1155 ATX
INTEL BOX INTEL C15 2500K
SAMSOEM SAM 22X SATA DVDRW
WDOEM WD BLUE 1TB 7200 SATA REC
EVGA GTX560TI 1GB PCIE DDH
COOLMAST 700W EXTREME PWR PLUS PSU
CORSAIR 8GB VGNBLU D3 1600DIM C9
THERMALTA V4 BLK GAMING CHASSIS
SAMSUNG E 23.6" LCD E2420L MONITOR
This all comes to $1123.74.

[Jokerman_]

7/10
Get a crucial 128 gb ssd for boot and sli the 560tis or wait for kepler. get a 850w psu for sli. corsair h80 if you wanna water cool

[tr4656]

7/10
Get a crucial 128 gb ssd for boot and sli the 560tis or wait for kepler. get a 850w psu for sli. corsair h80 if you wanna water cool

Or a H100/Kuler 920?

[aves421]

What Mobo do you have? If it's an 'H' board, you need to get a new MoBo if you plan to OC. You require a 'Z' or 'P' board.

GA-Z68XP-UD4

[aves421]

I'm about to get this desktop, can anyone make improvements to it?
(It has to be somewhere in 1000$-1300$, can't go any higher)
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO 1155 ATX
INTEL BOX INTEL C15 2500K
SAMSOEM SAM 22X SATA DVDRW
WDOEM WD BLUE 1TB 7200 SATA REC
EVGA GTX560TI 1GB PCIE DDH
COOLMAST 700W EXTREME PWR PLUS PSU
CORSAIR 8GB VGNBLU D3 1600DIM C9
THERMALTA V4 BLK GAMING CHASSIS
SAMSUNG E 23.6" LCD E2420L MONITOR
This all comes to $1123.74.

If you dont plan to get SSD, I think you can try GTX 570 ~$100 more than the 560Ti, and 570 will run MOST game on highest setting. Also if you want to super OC, of course get a liquid cool, but if only light OC I recommend CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus.

[Stardust260]

Thanks Jokerman and aves421! +rep
I'll get the 570 instead of the 560, a crucial 128 gb ssd, and a 850w psu for the SLI. :)

[Arhey]

Little update of my PC^^

Mainboard - Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 4 GHz
CPU Cooler - Scythe Mugen 3 SCMG-3000
RAM - Corsair XMS3 16GB PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-24
GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB
HDD - 2x Samsung F1 500 GB (HD502IJ)
SSD - Crucial M4 SSD 128 GB
Tower - CoolerMaster CM690 II Advanced (Windowed)
Fans - Enermax Twister Cluster
PowerSupply - be quiet! Straight Power E8 400W
Fan Controller - Lamptron FC2
OS - Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Pictures:
#1 (http://flickr.com/gp/xeuphoriex/y7iD8U)
#2 (http://flickr.com/gp/xeuphoriex/e6Su9R)
#3 (http://flickr.com/gp/xeuphoriex/z603wj)
(some of them are outdated, i am to lazy to make new pics) ^^

[aves421]

Thanks Jokerman and aves421! +rep
I'll get the 570 instead of the 560, a crucial 128 gb ssd, and a 850w psu for the SLI. :)

With GTX 570 and SSD u might be out of budget.
Forgive me, I cant share the wishlist so i just copy and paste ...

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Model #:P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Item #:N82E16813131790
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$219.99 -$15.00 Instant $204.99

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 ...
Model #:BX80623I52500K
Item #:N82E16819115072
Return Policy:Iron Egg Replacement-Only Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$229.99 $229.99

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM
Model #:SH-222BB/BEBE
Item #:N82E16827151244
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$16.99 $16.99


Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Model #:WD10EALX
Item #:N82E16822136767
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$139.99 -$10.00 Instant $129.99


EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Model #:012-P3-1570-AR
Item #:N82E16814130593
Return Policy:VGA Replacement Only Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$339.99 $339.99


CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power ...
Model #:CMPSU-850TXV2
Item #:N82E16817139022
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Mail in Rebate Card
Note (Add)
$159.99 -$25.00 Instant $134.99


CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R
Model #:CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R
Item #:N82E16820233180
Return Policy:Memory Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$49.99 $49.99


Thermaltake V6 BlacX Edition Gaming Chassis Mid Tower Steel Computer Case BlacX Top Mounted HDD Docking Station VM100M1W2Z
Model #:VM100M1W2Z
Item #:N82E16811133180
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$69.99 -$8.00 Instant $61.99


SAMSUNG E2420L Black 23.6" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
Model #:E2420L
Item #:N82E16824001524
Return Policy:Monitor Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$229.99 -$30.00 Instant $199.99


Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Model #:CT128M4SSD1
Item #:N82E16820148529
Return Policy:Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
In Stock
Note (Add)
$199.99 -$20.00 Instant $179.99

Subtotal: $1,548.90

PLUS extra cooling
Air cool: Hyper 212 $30; or
Liquid: H100 $120

And don't forget your OS, Windows 7 ~$100

I think you should either choose GTX 570 or the SSD, or if you can, pay more.

[lotsoftrouble]

Why get extra air cooling when you have liquid.
Liquid cools everything so much you don't even need air.

Except if you live in the Sahara

[aves421]

Why get extra air cooling when you have liquid.
Liquid cools everything so much you don't even need air.

Except if you live in the Sahara

Sorry mate I said 'or'

[Stardust260]

I think you should either choose GTX 570 or the SSD, or if you can, pay more.
Alright, it's actually my dad who's buying it for me so I have a good way to access news, chat with him and don't spend too much of my money on consoles, ahaha.
So I can make it as expensive as I want, I don't want to make huge dock in his wallet, however.

[Jokerman_]

Or a H100/Kuler 920?

Corsair fanboy, but both good brands:cool: your choice on this one. go for whatever is cheaper;)

[adcret7]

Case: Xclio A380 With an extra 120mm antec blue LED fan @ 1500RPM and a 80mm
case fan modded on @ 15000RPM
RATE MINE!

Processor: Intel core i5 sandy bridge @ 3.3 Ghz using stock cooler it gets 25C
Motheboard: MSI P67A-G45
Hard Drive: 1TB Samsung @ 7200RPM
Power Supply: 850 watt Black Widow ThermalTake
RAM: 8 gigs DDR3 Corsair ram
Video Card: XFX ATI Radeon 6950 HD @ 1 gigabyte GDDR5
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Disc Drive: Standard Disc Drive
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2253mh-LED Black 22" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor Slim Design w/Speakers

[aves421]

Case: Xclio A380 With an extra 120mm antec blue LED fan @ 1500RPM and a 80mm
case fan modded on @ 15000RPM
RATE MINE!

Processor: Intel core i5 sandy bridge @ 3.3 Ghz using stock cooler it gets 25C
Motheboard: MSI P67A-G45
Hard Drive: 1TB Samsung @ 7200RPM
Power Supply: 850 watt Black Widow ThermalTake
RAM: 8 gigs DDR3 Corsair ram
Video Card: XFX ATI Radeon 6950 HD @ 1 gigabyte GDDR5
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Disc Drive: Standard Disc Drive
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2253mh-LED Black 22" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor Slim Design w/Speakers

I assume thats a i5 2500(K/non K)
8.5/10
I thought the HD6950 comes with 2GB DDR5 vRam

[adcret7]

I assume thats a i5 2500(K/non K)
8.5/10
I thought the HD6950 comes with 2GB DDR5 vRam

its the non k version and yes it does but thats on another version mine is the 1 gig version im gonna crossfire sometime this year