The "Rate My Computer" Thread

[rsm650]

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

ASUS ENGTX560Ti448DC2/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS 24X DVD Burner Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS

ASUS PCE-N15 PCI Express 300/300Mbps Transfer/Receive Rate Wireless Adapter

8.4/10

I see absolutely nothing wrong with your computer, although you could add an SSD for your OS and other programs. That graphics card is not the best, but it definitely surpasses mid-range. I would like to know if you are using the stock CPU heatsink or not. Can't comment on the adapter.

Mine:

Intel Core i5-3570K
Zalman CNPS20LQ Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Core 448 Ultra
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3 1600
ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SATA III SSD
WD Caviar Green 1TB SATA6 64MB Cache HDD
Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
LG 24X DVD Burner
Windows 7 Home 64-bit

[Finmeister]

I built a new computer at the weekend to replace my 4 year old system.

Old System:
Asus Maximus Extreme
Q6600 o/c 3.4ghz
AMD HD 6850 GPU o/c 850/1150
4gb memory
150gb Western Digital Raptor
Samsung 244t 24" monitor
Antec 900
Cooler Master 850w power supply
1.5 terabytes of HD storage (Samsung spin point)
Logitech wireless mouse and Logitech solar keyboard

New System:
MSI Z77a-GD65
i5 3570k o/c 4.5ghz
AMD HD 6850 o/c 850/1150
16gb memory in XMP profile
Corsair H100 cooler
Crucial M4 128gb SSD
Samsung 244t 24" monitor
Cooler Master CM 690II Special Edition
Cooler Master 850w power supply
1.5 terabytes of HD storage (Samsung spin point)
Logitech wireless mouse and Logitech solar keyboard

So what does everyone think.
I did it so that I could play Crysis 2 with the HD DX11 texture pack and play Skyrim on a higher settings and have some really nice mods to make it look awesome. Plus I felt it was a bit old and needed some improvement for the future.
Really happy with the price. Paid about £560 for the upgraded parts.
Also the overclock on the 3570k isn't as troublesome as some reviewers are making out. Very simple and not getting the extra heat that is reported. As long as you don't increase the VCore too much then the temp stays in a good range.
Overall I am well pleased. :D

[Alshain]

New System:
MSI Z77a-GD65
i5 3570k o/c 4.5ghz
AMD HD 6850 o/c 850/1150
16gb memory in XMP profile
Corsair H100 cooler
Crucial M4 128gb SSD
Samsung 244t 24" monitor
Cooler Master CM 690II Special Edition
Cooler Master 850w power supply
1.5 terabytes of HD storage (Samsung spin point)
Logitech wireless mouse and Logitech solar keyboard


Still adjusting my rating system for the 7xxx and 6xx video cards and Ivy Bridge, but I'm going to go with 8.5/10.

Well after a 3 month upgrade process, my computer is finally complete so I guess I'll post it here. It's nothing spectacular, pretty much a carbon copy of many posts here.

-What's in the Box-
Case: Coolermaster HAF 922
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster 212 EVO
Memory: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X PC-1600 8-8-8-24
PSU: Corsair TX550M
Video: EVGA 560 Ti 448 Core Classified Ultra
TV: Hauppage WinTV 2250
Wifi: ASUS 802.11n
HDD: WD Caviar Black (SATA2 version) 1TB
SDD: Crucial M4 64GB
Optical: Samsung DVD/CD

-Other-
Monitor: ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED
Keyboard: Generic
Keyboard: Belkin n52te
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Speakers: Logitech 5.1 (old, X-530 I think)
Gamepad: Genuine XBox 360 for Windows

[marcw1771ams]

Go on then guys rate my PC.

Asus Sabertooth P67
i5-2500k oc'd @ 4.6gh cooled by Corsair H100
16gb Gskillz Ripjaw Z @ 2133 mhz
GTX 480 oc'd @ 850 Mhz With third party cooler
120 gb SATA 6gb/s OCZ SSD
2 x 1tb HDD

[Sandoooooo]

Hello,

I have a gaming Asus G73JH-X1 laptop. I want you to write a review for the processor, graphic card, and the whole laptop.


Here are the specifications:




Processor: Intel Core i7-720QM (Quad Core) (1.60 GHz up to 2.60 GHz with TurboBoost)


RAM: 8 GB


Graphic Card: ATi Mobility Radeon 5870 (1 GB DDR5)


Hard Disc Capacity: 500 GB


Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Premium (64-bit)


Screen Size: 17.3 Inch (1080p)


DirectX: 11


I'm okay with running the incoming games with medium settings. I just want to play games smoothly without any lag ;)

[Zodiark1593]

Not too bad, processor is clocked somewhat lower than would be ideal, but it shouldn't bottleneck properly threaded games. Despite being slightly dated, it is still a good cpu even for today's uses.

The single hard drive seems to be kinda meh. If possible, upgrade to a SSD, or have both a SSD and a HDD, with your OS partition on the SSD.

The video card is probably looking a little long in the tooth compared to current video cards, but is still a very capable and powerful video card.

You should be fine for another 2-3 years with this system, noting that demanding games years down the road will likely need to run at lower settings, but I doubt there would be a jump that would suddenly render your video card completely obsolete.

I'll score this a 7.8/10.

[Sandoooooo]

Is that Intel Core i7-720QM processor first generation or second generation?

[Alshain]

Is that Intel Core i7-720QM processor first generation or second generation?

Second, it's a sandy bridge mobile.

EDIT: Oops, sorry thought that said 2720QM. 720QM is a first gen Clarksfield.

[Senones]

Specs:
i5-2500K at stock speeds. For the minute.
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
Gigabyte Z68XP UD3P
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz
Antec Truepower 650W Semi-Modular PSU
500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
64GB Crucial M4 SSD
Windows 7 Home Premium
MSI Twin Frozr II 560ti

Peripherals:
Razer Deathadder
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
2 Coolermaster 120mm fans at Back/Top of case
1 Coolermaster Blue LED Megaflow 200mm fan at front of case
HAF912+
Corsair HS1 Gaming Headset
Logitech S140(s) Speakers

[Deltasniper]

Not bad 8.5

CPU: i7 3770k @ 4.4 ghz
Mobo:GA-Z77X-UD3H
Graphics: Crossfire 2 x 6870
Ram:16 GB 2x8 GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600
Cooler: CM 212 Evo
Case: Antec p280
PSU: SeaSonic S12II 620 Modular
Drives:
Intel 520 128 GB SSD
2 x 1 TB WD Caviar Blacks
2 TB WD Green

[fred0000]

high 9 IMO, SSD and crossfire pretty awesome.

mine

CPU: AMD FX-4100 quad core 3.6ghz
Mobo: Asus M5A97
Graphics: Asus 7770 1gb DDR5
Ram: 16 GB 2x8 GB Patriot DDR3 1333MHz
Cooler: RocketFish heatpipe cooler
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 335
Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps 3.5IN

[lawlorz]

I'd rate fred0000 as a 8. I cannot agree with the use of AMD for cpu or graphics, nor the seagate drive. That said, it will more than get the job done.

I don't expect a huge score, as this computer was built in 2009 and has only had minor upgrades since, but it still plays everything max.

i7 920 (stock 2.66ghz) OC to 3.6ghz (any higher and im not keen on the temps for 24/7 use) with Noctua NH-D14 cooler
6GB Apogee DDR3 Triple Channel RAM stock
Gigabyte EX-58-Extreme X58 mobo
Gigabyte GTX580 1.5gb
2x 2TB WD Caviar Black drives
1x 60GB Corsair Force SSD
1x 150GB WD Velociraptor
Antec Earthwatts 750w PSU
Creative X-FI Titanium HD soundcard coupled with Logitech Z4 speakers + Alessandro MS-Pro headphones
24' AOC ♥♥♥♥ty cheaparse monitor

[HL2-4-Life]

I'd rate fred0000 as a 8. I cannot agree with the use of AMD for cpu or graphics, nor the seagate drive. That said, it will more than get the job done.

I don't expect a huge score, as this computer was built in 2009 and has only had minor upgrades since, but it still plays everything max.

i7 920 (stock 2.66ghz) OC to 3.6ghz (any higher and im not keen on the temps for 24/7 use) with Noctua NH-D14 cooler
6GB Apogee DDR3 Triple Channel RAM stock
Gigabyte EX-58-Extreme X58 mobo
Gigabyte GTX580 1.5gb
2x 2TB WD Caviar Black drives
1x 60GB Corsair Force SSD
1x 150GB WD Velociraptor
Antec Earthwatts 750w PSU
Creative X-FI Titanium HD soundcard coupled with Logitech Z4 speakers + Alessandro MS-Pro headphones
24' AOC ♥♥♥♥ty cheaparse monitorFor the part in red alone, you'd get a big fat '0' from me.....:mad:

[HL2-4-Life]

Specs:
i5-2500K at stock speeds. For the minute.
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
Gigabyte Z68XP UD3P
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz
Antec Truepower 650W Semi-Modular PSU
500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
64GB Crucial M4 SSD
Windows 7 Home Premium
MSI Twin Frozr II 560ti

Peripherals:
Razer Deathadder
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
2 Coolermaster 120mm fans at Back/Top of case
1 Coolermaster Blue LED Megaflow 200mm fan at front of case
HAF912+
Corsair HS1 Gaming Headset
Logitech S140(s) Speakers
Mid range CPU + mid range GPU, decent enough mobo = solid 8.0 from me.
Not bad 8.5

CPU: i7 3770k @ 4.4 ghz
Mobo:GA-Z77X-UD3H
Graphics: Crossfire 2 x 6870
Ram:16 GB 2x8 GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600
Cooler: CM 212 Evo
Case: Antec p280
PSU: SeaSonic S12II 620 Modular
Drives:
Intel 520 128 GB SSD
2 x 1 TB WD Caviar Blacks
2 TB WD Green Disagree with fred0000, it's a great rig, but definitely not in the high 9 range.....this get an 8.6 from me.

[rsm650]

Intel Core i5-3570K
Zalman CNPS20LQ Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Core 448 Ultra
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3 1600
ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SATA III SSD
WD Caviar Green 1TB SATA6 64MB Cache HDD
Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
LG 24X DVD Burner
Windows 7 Home 64-bit

Don't skip over me :(

[borg_7_of_9]

Don't skip over me :(

8.5/10 IMO


Go on then guys rate my PC.

Asus Sabertooth P67
i5-2500k oc'd @ 4.6gh cooled by Corsair H100
16gb Gskillz Ripjaw Z @ 2133 mhz
GTX 480 oc'd @ 850 Mhz With third party cooler
120 gb SATA 6gb/s OCZ SSD
2 x 1tb HDD

7/10 more info needed really

[PHILDO]

Mine:

Intel Core i5-3570K
Zalman CNPS20LQ Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Core 448 Ultra
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3 1600
ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SATA III SSD
WD Caviar Green 1TB SATA6 64MB Cache HDD
Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W
LG 24X DVD Burner
Windows 7 Home 64-bit

7/10

Nice cost-effective mid-range build. Can probably handle almost anything thrown at it.

My build:

Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
Intel Core i7 3770K at stock clock settings
Corsair H60 Liquid Cooler
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 Motherboard
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600MHz
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 580 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III SSD
LITE-ON 24X DVD Burner
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 80 Plus Gold Modular PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

I will probably get a Western Digital 600GB 10K RPM Velociraptor HDD or a 1TB 64MB cache 6.0 GB/s as a data hard drive.

[modded]

My build:

Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
Intel Core i7 3770K at stock clock settings
Corsair H60 Liquid Cooler
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 Motherboard
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600MHz
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 580 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III SSD
LITE-ON 24X DVD Burner
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 80 Plus Gold Modular PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

I will probably get a Western Digital 600GB 10K RPM Velociraptor HDD or a 1TB 64MB cache 6.0 GB/s as a data hard drive.[/QUOTE]

I'll give it a 9/10, cpu will last you a while, and even though your gpu is outclassed by new cards and SLI/CrossfireX it still is beefy enough for almost all practical applications. Plenty of RAM too. ;)

My rig:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (dual core@2ghz)
2GB DDR 400 SDRAM
ATi HD 4850 512MB
300GB HDD@5400 RPM

at least it plays Crysis 2 and Deus Ex: HR :D

[Jokerman_]

My build:

Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
Intel Core i7 3770K at stock clock settings
Corsair H60 Liquid Cooler
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 Motherboard
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600MHz
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 580 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III SSD
LITE-ON 24X DVD Burner
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 80 Plus Gold Modular PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

I will probably get a Western Digital 600GB 10K RPM Velociraptor HDD or a 1TB 64MB cache 6.0 GB/s as a data hard drive.

I just don't like your new case, just personal specifications, but other than that 9.5/10. Didn't want to wait for a 680 eh?

[rsm650]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (dual core@2ghz)
2GB DDR 400 SDRAM
ATi HD 4850 512MB
300GB HDD@5400 RPM

at least it plays Crysis 2 and Deus Ex: HR :D

5/10 for today's standards. Although you have decent specs for old hardware ;)

[HL2-4-Life]

7/10

Nice cost-effective mid-range build. Can probably handle almost anything thrown at it.

My build:

Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
Intel Core i7 3770K at stock clock settings
Corsair H60 Liquid Cooler
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 Motherboard
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600MHz
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 580 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III SSD
LITE-ON 24X DVD Burner
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 80 Plus Gold Modular PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

I will probably get a Western Digital 600GB 10K RPM Velociraptor HDD or a 1TB 64MB cache 6.0 GB/s as a data hard drive.Solid rig, great CPU + great GPU (but only one), a 9.0 from me....

[Drann]

Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4
Corsair Hydro H80
Asus Direct CU II HD6850
Gigabyte Z77-D3H
G-Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 1600
OCZ Agility 3 120 gig SSD
Western Digital Caviar Green 64mb cache 2x 1TB
Xonar Essence ST
Antec 300 Mid Tower
OCZ 550 ZS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Recently upgraded from an old E6750 setup, quite a big improvement. No optical drive, I use digital distribution only. USB for windows installs. Besides, I've a file server with a burner in it if I ever need it. I'm planning on seeing how prices are come Christmas to replace the HD6850 with a 7950 or 670. Whichever ends up being the most cost effective.

[tep1981]

Nothing overclocked

Asus Crosshair IV Formula
AMD 1090t @ 3.60ghz
Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
4gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
MSI Frozr II GTX560 ti 1024mb
1x 160gb WD Raptor (Boot and Apps)
1x 500gb WD Caviar Black (Steam)
1x 320gb WD Caviar Blue (Data)
Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Saitek Eclipse 2
Logitech G5 Refresh

Can run any game on Ultra settings with an average FPS of 45-50. Upgrading to an Intel based PC in November

[herzeleid1988]

Hello everyone, first post!

- 2600K @ 5GHz, HT on (Noctua NH-D14 for cooling)
- 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600
- EVGA 560 Ti 2GB - definitely upgrading to a 670 when they become available
- Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 mobo
- x2 1TB and x2 2TB WD Caviar Black drives
- OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD
- Corsair HX750 750W PSU
- Antec 1200 case
- Logitech G500 mouse

:P

[borg_7_of_9]

Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4
Corsair Hydro H80
Asus Direct CU II HD6850
Gigabyte Z77-D3H
G-Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 1600
OCZ Agility 3 120 gig SSD
Western Digital Caviar Green 64mb cache 2x 1TB
Xonar Essence ST
Antec 300 Mid Tower
OCZ 550 ZS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Recently upgraded from an old E6750 setup, quite a big improvement. No optical drive, I use digital distribution only. USB for windows installs. Besides, I've a file server with a burner in it if I ever need it. I'm planning on seeing how prices are come Christmas to replace the HD6850 with a 7950 or 670. Whichever ends up being the most cost effective.

8/10 nice build

Nothing overclocked

Asus Crosshair IV Formula
AMD 1090t @ 3.60ghz
Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
4gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
MSI Frozr II GTX560 ti 1024mb
1x 160gb WD Raptor (Boot and Apps)
1x 500gb WD Caviar Black (Steam)
1x 320gb WD Caviar Blue (Data)
Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Saitek Eclipse 2
Logitech G5 Refresh

Can run any game on Ultra settings with an average FPS of 45-50. Upgrading to an Intel based PC in November

Should give you a big fat 0 for not following the rules

As it stand's 7.5/10 -1 PSU?, -.5 4G Ram, -1G 560Ti, -1 WD Raptor

Hello everyone, first post!

- 2600K @ 5GHz, HT on (Noctua NH-D14 for cooling)
- 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600
- EVGA 560 Ti 2GB - definitely upgrading to a 670 when they become available
- Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 mobo
- x2 1TB and x2 2TB WD Caviar Black drives
- OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD
- Corsair HX750 750W PSU
- Antec 1200 case
- Logitech G500 mouse

:P

Should give you a big fat 0 for not following the rules
8.9/10 solid rig

[HL2-4-Life]

Heh, just updated my FX build, was too lazy to move my X9650 rig, so the new card ended up with the FX (I'd rated a few rigs before this).

AMD FX4100@4.2ghz
CM Hyper 412 Slim
Asus M5A97 EVO
4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
MSI GTX670 2GB OC Ed
GB GTX560OC Ti (PhysX)
Creative X-Fi ExtremeMusic
150GB WD Raptor (OS)
2TB WDC Black
500GB WDC Blue
LG Bluray RW + LG DVD RW
Seasonic SS-850AT
64bit Win7 Pro SP1
Thermaltake Mozart TX

Yeah, I know I'm going to get trashed for sticking the GTX670 into this build.....give it to me! I can take it!!!

[borg_7_of_9]

Heh, just updated my FX build, was too lazy to move my X9650 rig, so the new card ended up with the FX (I'd rated a few rigs before this).

AMD FX4100@4.2ghz
CM Hyper 412 Slim
Asus M5A97 EVO
4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
MSI GTX670 2GB OC Ed
GB GTX560OC Ti (PhysX)
Creative X-Fi ExtremeMusic
150GB WD Raptor (OS)
2TB WDC Black
500GB WDC Blue
LG Bluray RW + LG DVD RW
Seasonic SS-850AT
64bit Win7 Pro SP1
Thermaltake Mozart TX

Yeah, I know I'm going to get trashed for sticking the GTX670 into this build.....give it to me! I can take it!!!

8.5 being generous and it has to be better than the rig I gave a 7.5 with the Intel i5 3570 based on graphics cards..

[HL2-4-Life]

8.5 being generousLOL! :D Thanks for the generosity!!!:p :D

[borg_7_of_9]

LOL! :D Thanks for the generosity!!!:p :D

The thing is the 670 will be performing around the 680 level with games that use nv physx plus I know that's some really good hardware there

[HL2-4-Life]

The thing is the 670 will be performing around the 680 level with games that use nv physx plus I know that's some really good hardware thereI've installed my GTX560OC Ti, but the driver's optimized for the GTX670, so optimized that the GTX560 isn't supported.....neither does the new FW301.34 that I've just downloaded. I was in a similar situation back when I'd first gotten the GTX560 Ti. Driver was for the GTX560, it didn't recognize the GTX460 I'd also installed as PhysX card.

[Sandoooooo]

Heh, just updated my FX build, was too lazy to move my X9650 rig, so the new card ended up with the FX (I'd rated a few rigs before this).

AMD FX4100@4.2ghz
CM Hyper 412 Slim
Asus M5A97 EVO
4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
MSI GTX670 2GB OC Ed
GB GTX560OC Ti (PhysX)
Creative X-Fi ExtremeMusic
150GB WD Raptor (OS)
2TB WDC Black
500GB WDC Blue
LG Bluray RW + LG DVD RW
Seasonic SS-850AT
64bit Win7 Pro SP1
Thermaltake Mozart TX

Yeah, I know I'm going to get trashed for sticking the GTX670 into this build.....give it to me! I can take it!!!

9.0/10

[Sandoooooo]

I've seen this gaming laptop (Sager N9130). It seems to be nice. Write your rate and reviews about it.

Here are the specifications:


Processor: Intel Core Ivy Bridge 3rd Generation i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP)

RAM: 12GB DDR3 1333MHz

Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1536MB GDDR5 (DX11 with Optimus™ Technology)

Screen: 15.6" Full HD 16:9 LED Blacklit Wide Screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Matte Type Screen

Hard Disk: 500GB

Operation System: Windows 7 Premium (64-bit)


The specifications are awesome, but does anyone know any information about this brand? Is the cooling system good?

[dobby200]

This is my laptop;

Processor: i7-2760QM 2.4ghz

RAM: 8gb DDR3 1666mhz

Graphics Card: Radeon HD 6990M

Hard Drive: INTEL SSD - 120GB
Western Digital 7200RPM - 500GB

Screen: 17.3" 1920x1080 matte

OS: Windows 7 premium 64 bit

[WizzyRio]

i7 930

G Skill 6gb RAM CL9

Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD 1TB

GPU 5970

Blue Ray Drive

HAF 922 case

PSU Corsair 850W

Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E

[borg_7_of_9]

I've seen this gaming laptop (Sager N9130). It seems to be nice. Write your rate and reviews about it.

Here are the specifications:


Processor: Intel Core Ivy Bridge 3rd Generation i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP)

RAM: 12GB DDR3 1333MHz

Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1536MB GDDR5 (DX11 with Optimus™ Technology)

Screen: 15.6" Full HD 16:9 LED Blacklit Wide Screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Matte Type Screen

Hard Disk: 500GB

Operation System: Windows 7 Premium (64-bit)


The specifications are awesome, but does anyone know any information about this brand? Is the cooling system good?

9.5/10 nice lappy

This is my laptop;

Processor: i7-2760QM 2.4ghz

RAM: 8gb DDR3 1666mhz

Graphics Card: Radeon HD 6990M

Hard Drive: INTEL SSD - 120GB
Western Digital 7200RPM - 500GB

Screen: 17.3" 1920x1080 matte

OS: Windows 7 premium 64 bit

you my friend should get a bif fat 0 for not following the rules but as you are new ill be nice..

8/10 nice laptop

i7 930

G Skill 6gb RAM CL9

Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD 1TB

GPU 5970

Blue Ray Drive

HAF 922 case

PSU Corsair 850W

Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E

Rate another PC before posting your own spec's plz ppl

you my friend should get a bif fat 0 for not following the rules but as you are new ill be nice..

7.5/10 Has room for Improvement..

[M2o93]

i7 930

G Skill 6gb RAM CL9

Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD 1TB

GPU 5970

Blue Ray Drive

HAF 922 case

PSU Corsair 850W

Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E

7/10

Motherboard: Asus Z77 Pro
CPU: Intel i5 3570k
GPU: Nvidia Gtx 670 SuperClocked (EVGA)
RAM: Corsair XMS 4x4 = 16Gb
PSU: Corsair ZS Series 750W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3Tb
Cooling system: Corsair H80
Case: Nzxt Phantom 410

(New build)

[KuroHebi]

9.5/10

CPU - i5 3570K
MOBO - ASRock Z77 Extreme4
GPU - ASUS 7850
RAM - G.Skill Sniper Series 2x4GB
PSU - Antec HCG 620W
SSD/HDD - Crucial M4 128GB + WD Caviar Black 750GB
CPU Cooling - Corsair H100
Case - Antec P280

[iltsoc]

year and a half old now

cpu : i7 950 @ 3.8 ghz
gpu : 6950 stock
motherboard : asus sabertooth x58
ram : 6 gb corsair dominator
ssd : 128 gb crucial m4
sound card : asus xonar essence stx
hdd : 1 tb WD caviar black
psu : corsair enthusiast 850 watt

[myth700]

Still a solid machine at year and a half old

8/10

CPU i5 2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3Ghz OC @ 4.4Ghz
GPU Crossfire MSI Twin Frozer MK III 6950's both OC
Motherboard Gigabyte Z68X Ultra Durable
Ram 16GB Corsair Vengeance
HDD Seagate 1TB
PSU TX750W Gold
Corsair H50 Liquid cooling unit for CPU

[Semaphia]

Still a solid machine at year and a half old

8/10

CPU i5 2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3Ghz OC @ 4.4Ghz
GPU Crossfire MSI Twin Frozer MK III 6950's both OC
Motherboard Gigabyte Z68X Ultra Durable
Ram 16GB Corsair Vengeance
HDD Seagate 1TB
PSU TX750W Gold
Corsair H50 Liquid cooling unit for CPU

9/10 :) That's a very nice system!

Knocking together my second new PC in 12 months... Should be fun! Won't be as nice as most of the builds in this thread, but it'll work for everything I wish to play :) Specs will be...

CPU i7 3770k
GPU GTX 560 Ti 448
Ram 12GB DDR3
2TB Storage (500GB new & 1.5TB reused from this one...)
Cooler master elite 500W

[raigekibreak]

9/10 :) That's a very nice system!

Knocking together my second new PC in 12 months... Should be fun! Won't be as nice as most of the builds in this thread, but it'll work for everything I wish to play :) Specs will be...

CPU i7 3770k
GPU GTX 560 Ti 448
Ram 12GB DDR3
2TB Storage (500GB new & 1.5TB reused from this one...)
Cooler master elite 500W

I feel like I need more info on your future build before I could rate you properly.. Your motherboard? RAM could use more info. Any SSD?

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: CrossFireX Sapphire HD6970 2GB + MSI R6970 2GB (16x / 4x)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 4x4GB kit (16 GB)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850 Watts PSU 80+ Bronze
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB SATA 3
HDD 1: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
HDD 2: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
HDD 3: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

[Jokerman_]

I feel like I need more info on your future build before I could rate you properly.. Your motherboard? RAM could use more info. Any SSD?

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: CrossFireX Sapphire HD6970 2GB + MSI R6970 2GB (16x / 4x)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 4x4GB kit (16 GB)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850 Watts PSU 80+ Bronze
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB SATA 3
HDD 1: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
HDD 2: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
HDD 3: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

get a dang 256 gb crucial/OCZ/samsung SSD man. 9.1/10 Would give it a 9.7/10 if it had a SSD :D

[TheGreatGazoo]

Still a solid machine at year and a half old

8/10

CPU i5 2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3Ghz OC @ 4.4Ghz
GPU Crossfire MSI Twin Frozer MK III 6950's both OC
Motherboard Gigabyte Z68X Ultra Durable
Ram 16GB Corsair Vengeance
HDD Seagate 1TB
PSU TX750W Gold
Corsair H50 Liquid cooling unit for CPU

9

TX750 gold?

[BF3Cayin]

Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z
Intel CORE i7 2600K @ 4.9
16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600C8R
Crucial M4 128GB
Hitachi 3TB Deskstar
Gigabyte 580 SLi @950 GPU Core 2200 Memory
Corsair HX1000

CPU / GPU's under water.

[ChiTown1085]

I feel like I need more info on your future build before I could rate you properly.. Your motherboard? RAM could use more info. Any SSD?

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: CrossFireX Sapphire HD6970 2GB + MSI R6970 2GB (16x / 4x)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 4x4GB kit (16 GB)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850 Watts PSU 80+ Bronze
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB SATA 3
HDD 1: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
HDD 2: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
HDD 3: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit



Very nice 9.0/10

Intel core i5 2500k
asrock p67 extreme4 gen3
2 gtx 570's(sli'd)
corsair hx750 psu
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB
liteon dvd/cdRW combo
cooler master haf 922
corsair h60 cpu cooler
60gb ssd(boot drive)
1tb hdd
windows 7 home premium 64-bit

[Maxi]

Very nice 9.0/10

Intel core i5 2500k
asrock p67 extreme4 gen3
2 gtx 570's(sli'd)
corsair hx750 psu
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB
liteon dvd/cdRW combo
cooler master haf 922
corsair h60 cpu cooler
60gb ssd(boot drive)
1tb hdd
windows 7 home premium 64-bit

8/10 only p67,sli (not a fan myself), ricer case.

i5 3570K
MSI Z77A-GD55
8GB RAM
MSI 560ti 448
XFX 650W
Fractal Design R3
1TB Storage Drive

[lourivellini]

New Build:
CPU: Ivy Bridge 3570k
Motherbard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
GPU: EVGA GTX 560Ti
Memory: G.SKILL Ares 8GB
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Case: Antec P280,
PSU: Corsair 750TX,
SSD: Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
HDD: A few WD 1TB drives
Monitor: Asus VG236H 120Hz 3D Monitor

gonna sell my 560ti once either a 660ti comes out, or i go nuts and just get a 670 :D

[HL2-4-Life]

8/10 only p67,sli (not a fan myself), ricer case.

i5 3570K
MSI Z77A-GD55
8GB RAM
MSI 560ti 448
XFX 650W
Fractal Design R3
1TB Storage DriveNot enough info, what RAM? Exactly what HDD do you have? Sorry, 1TB storage drive isn't acceptable.

New Build:
CPU: Ivy Bridge 3570k
Motherbard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
GPU: EVGA GTX 560Ti
Memory: G.SKILL Ares 8GB
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Case: Antec P280,
PSU: Corsair 750TX,
SSD: Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
HDD: A few WD 1TB drives
Monitor: Asus VG236H 120Hz 3D MonitorI'd give you an 8.2 simply because your GPU is so mid range now...mid range CPU as well.

OK, I'm done with my AMD upgrade, got the parts that I feel would last for a while -

CPU: AMD FX8120 BE @3.65ghz
HSF: CM Hyper 412 Slim
Mobo: Asus Crosshair V Formula
RAM: 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
GPU: MSI GTX670 2GB OC Ed
PPU: GB GTX560OC Ti (PhysX)
HDD1: 150GB WD Raptor (OS)
HDD2: 2TB WDC Black
HDD3: 500GB WDC Blue
ODD: LG Bluray RW + LG DVD RW
PSU: Seasonic SS-850AT
OS: 64bit Win7 Pro SP1
Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX

OK, feel free to trash this due to the BD CPU......btw, using the mobo's onboard sound which is X-Fi based, pretty decent actually.

[lourivellini]

Not enough info, what RAM? Exactly what HDD do you have? Sorry, 1TB storage drive isn't acceptable.

I'd give you an 8.2 simply because your GPU is so mid range now...mid range CPU as well.

OK, I'm done with my AMD upgrade, got the parts that I feel would last for a while -

CPU: AMD FX8120 BE @3.65ghz
HSF: CM Hyper 412 Slim
Mobo: Asus Crosshair V Formula
RAM: 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz
GPU: MSI GTX670 2GB OC Ed
PPU: GB GTX560OC Ti (PhysX)
HDD1: 150GB WD Raptor (OS)
HDD2: 2TB WDC Black
HDD3: 500GB WDC Blue
ODD: LG Bluray RW + LG DVD RW
PSU: Seasonic SS-850AT
OS: 64bit Win7 Pro SP1
Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX

OK, feel free to trash this due to the BD CPU......btw, using the mobo's onboard sound which is X-Fi based, pretty decent actually.

agreed on the GPU, but the CPU is nowhere near mid-range. Where did you get your 670 btw?

[HL2-4-Life]

agreed on the GPU, but the CPU is nowhere near mid-range. Where did you get your 670 btw?It depends on perspective, from where I'm standing, i5 2500K = i5 3570K = mid range. I'm from Asia, the GTX670 is in no short supply here...

[lourivellini]

It depends on perspective, from where I'm standing, i5 2500K = i5 3570K = mid range. I'm from Asia, the GTX670 is in no short supply here...

Agreed that the 2500k=3570k, but thats about as good as your gonna get for a gaming cpu. the 3770k really has to advantage over the 3570k.

Which CPU's do you think are better? AFAIK there arent any.

[HL2-4-Life]

Agreed that the 2500k=3570k, but thats about as good as your gonna get for a gaming cpu. the 3770k really has to advantage over the 3570k.

Which CPU's do you think are better? AFAIK there arent any.If you aren't happy with how I rate and categorize your system and parts, I can easily delete or edit my post. Either accept them, or wait for someone else to rate you the way you want to be rated..:rolleyes:

[Minous2]

Here's my little thing. I've always wondered if my computer was considered good/great/bad/meh in the gaming realm.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33G
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-DS3, DDR2
RAM: Kingston DDR2 2x2GB @ 800MHz
GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin Frozr 1GB
HDD: WDC WD7500
Monitor: Iiyama ProLite E2473HDS 24"

[lourivellini]

If you aren't happy with how I rate and categorize your system and parts, I can easily delete or edit my post. Either accept them, or wait for someone else to rate you the way you want to be rated..:rolleyes:

um having a conversation about system specs offends you why? I was just asking how you though a 3750k isnt considered a high end part. Like i said i would be interested in hearing what you consider a better cpu than that.

Why participate in a forum without discussion. Not to mention the point of this thread is pretty dumb in the first place. 3Dmark does a much better job in rating gaming performance than any person could. Clearly if you just want a number, run 3dmark and be done with it. If you want to have a conversation, then thats what forums are for....

Here's my little thing. I've always wondered if my computer was considered good/great/bad/meh in the gaming realm.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33G
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-DS3, DDR2
RAM: Kingston DDR2 2x2GB @ 800MHz
GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin Frozr 1GB
HDD: WDC WD7500
Monitor: Iiyama ProLite E2473HDS 24"

8/10

Looks a little better than my old gaming rig, and i was able to play just about everything with most eye candy on. Only a few games gave me any trouble (BF3 and metro 2033 look a little better now since moving from a Q6600 to a 3570k)

do you have your CPU overclocked?

[rotNdude]

Not to mention the point of this thread is pretty dumb in the first place.

If you think this thread is dumb, then move along. There are many other forum areas and threads to post in.

[bes]

Here's my little thing. I've always wondered if my computer was considered good/great/bad/meh in the gaming realm.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33G
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-DS3, DDR2
RAM: Kingston DDR2 2x2GB @ 800MHz
GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin Frozr 1GB
HDD: WDC WD7500
Monitor: Iiyama ProLite E2473HDS 24"

6/10

-1 mid range CPU
-1 DDR2 motherboard
-1 DDR2 ram at a slow speed
-1 mid range graphics card

[lourivellini]

If you think this thread is dumb, then move along. There are many other forum areas and threads to post in.

just saying if your gonna argue with someone who is just having a conversation, take a step back and look at the name of the thread. Without dialouge, this thread is just specs and numbers. kinda boring if you ask me. Am i wrong?

[rotNdude]

just saying if your gonna argue with someone who is just having a conversation, take a step back and look at the name of the thread. Without dialouge, this thread is just specs and numbers. kinda boring if you ask me. Am i wrong?

Yes, you are wrong. This thread is and always has been nothing more than giving a rating to a computer. Like I said, if you don't like the thread, move along.

[ItzzNinja]

terribad system incoming!

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 @3.4GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 on a Samsung HDTV; VGA connection @1680 by 1050
RAM: 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24) [slow, i know]
MB: Dell Inc. 0Y2MRG (CPU 1) (Intel Sandy Bridge H67)
HDD: 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS [actually 1TB but >recovery partitions]

inb43/10

[lourivellini]

Yes, you are wrong. This thread is and always has been nothing more than giving a rating to a computer. Like I said, if you don't like the thread, move along.

well i still would like to know how a 3570k is mid-range, and what is out there that is any better... but ok

[bes]

well i still would like to know how a 3570k is mid-range, and what is out there that is any better... but ok

Because look where it is on this chart: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html its an I5 CPU

It is mid range in my opinion also, but that doesn't mean you will have any problems gaming with it..

Also in my opinion there are faster CPU's out there for cheaper..

-------------
terribad system incoming!

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 @3.4GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 on a Samsung HDTV; VGA connection @1680 by 1050
RAM: 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24) [slow, i know]
MB: Dell Inc. 0Y2MRG (CPU 1) (Intel Sandy Bridge H67)
HDD: 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS [actually 1TB but >recovery partitions]

inb43/10

7/10

[lourivellini]

Because look where it is on this chart: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html its an I5 CPU

It is mid range in my opinion also, but that doesn't mean you will have any problems gaming with it..

thanks for confirming what i said earlier. In case you missed the title of the chart you linked, here it is: High End CPU's - Intel vs AMD

Also in my opinion there are faster CPU's out there for cheaper..
There are not, and this chart also doesn't take into account overclocking. and please name a better gaming cpu for cheaper. It is widely known by everyone who knows anything about computer hardware that the 2500k/3570k is the sweet spot for price/performance. Any more money spend it basically wasted and could have been spent on other parts. For example $400 cpu and a $200GPU < $200 CPU and $400 GPU by a long shot.

[bes]

thanks for confirming what i said earlier. In case you missed the title of the chart you linked, here it is: High End CPU's - Intel vs AMD


The title of the chart doesn't matter, what matters is the score it gets on that chart ...because they list "High End" ..even if it has a score of 2,704 from a Quad-Core AMD Opteron 1381 <-- that CPU is NOT high end..

As to the other thing ... I use AMD so I can find cheaper CPU's that do better than the I5-3570K ..

Like an AMD Bulldozer for example ...mine gets a score of 9512.4 at a stock clock speed http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/BES12000/FX8150%20Benchs/FX8150Passmarkbenchresult.jpg and its cheaper than the I5-3570K.
BUT since your already with an Intel motherboard and stuff, you can find deals all the time on computer hardware if you look around, OEM CPU's ..etc

[lourivellini]

The title of the chart doesn't matter, what matters is the score it gets on that chart ...because they list "High End" ..even if it has a score of 2,704 from a Quad-Core AMD Opteron 1381 <-- that CPU is NOT high end..


your failing to read that chart correctly. Yes The Operton 1381 isn't considered "high end" anymore, but thats why its at the very bottom. The Q6600 has a similar score on that chart, and some would still consider that CPU a viable gaming chip. I was able to play every game just about maxed out with it, so if they wanted to include it in that chart i would not disagree.

Even considering that, the 3570k is near the top of that very long list - and that's not including overclocking.


As to the other thing ... I use AMD so I can find cheaper CPU's that do better than the I5-3570K ..

Like an AMD Bulldozer for example ...mine gets a score of 9512.4 at a stock clock speed http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/BES12000/FX8150%20Benchs/FX8150Passmarkbenchresult.jpg and its cheaper than the I5-3570K.
BUT since your already with an Intel motherboard and stuff, you can find deals all the time on computer hardware if you look around, OEM CPU's ..etc

Wrong again. Even the most expensive bulldozer is outperformed by the 2500k (which is the same price anyway). Not sure why your "finding cheaper CPU's" either, that socket is at the end of its cycle if im remembering correctly.

And as far as being on an "intel motherboard and stuff", what CPU you use is tied to what socket your motherboard is. IVB is the end of the current 1156 socket that intel is using, and bulldozer is at the end of its cycle as well, so what you have your stuck with unless you want to do a CPU/motherboard upgrade.

[Maxi]

Not enough info, what RAM? Exactly what HDD do you have? Sorry, 1TB storage drive isn't acceptable.

Didn't thing it would much of a difference seeing as ram speeds and timings don't matter a lot. ddr3-1600mhz corsair vengeance seeing as it was cheapest. HDD is a samsung spinpoint F3.

@above, it's 1155 and move along, seriously.

[lourivellini]

Didn't thing it would much of a difference seeing as ram speeds and timings don't matter a lot. ddr3-1600mhz corsair vengeance seeing as it was cheapest. HDD is a samsung spinpoint F3.

@above, it's 1155 and move along, seriously.

thanks for the correction, but i have no issue here. Sorry for being right. Back to my original point, which is undoubtedly true; the 3570k is an upper tier CPU. Dont know how anyone can argue with that point...

[dat_dupe]

i5 2500K OC @ 3.6 Ghz
Asus Directcu ii GTX 570
Seagate 1TB 7200 rpm HDD
8GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper-X Ram
Asus Z-68-V Gen 3 Motherboard
Corsair Carbide 400R Case
Corsair 650 HX PSU

what do you guys think..

[ItzzNinja]

thanks for the correction, but i have no issue here. Sorry for being right. Back to my original point, which is undoubtedly true; the 3570k is an upper tier CPU. Dont know how anyone can argue with that point...

Differing opinions?

joshuashrug.gif

[HL2-4-Life]

thanks for the correction, but i have no issue here. Sorry for being right. Back to my original point, which is undoubtedly true; the 3570k is an upper tier CPU. Dont know how anyone can argue with that point...
It is 'upper tier' just because you say so? Sorry, you are dead wrong. Look at the way Intel split its cpu tiers, i3/i5/i7, i5 is being bought by gamers left, right and centre because it is affordable.....it is mid tier simply because of this.....sorry to burst your bubble, it isn't top tier simply because you have it, or think it so.

Even the i7 has its different levels/tiers, there're the LGA1155 i7's, and there're the LGA2011 i7's. Your i5 3570K is an excellent gaming CPU, but NOT top tier because there more expensive CPU's available. But hey, if you want to think it's top tier, it's fine by me....seems to me you are walking around with a chip on you shoulder, just spoiling for a fight.

*enable jerk mode*
I have an LGA2011 3960X + Asus Rampage IV Extreme, and before you say anything, I had gotten them because I can afford them, simple as that! I know it IS top tier and neither do I need or seek anybody's validation.
*disables jerk mode*

There is a reason why the i5 2500K/3570K is popular, it IS affordable and gets the job done superbly, even better than its i7 counterparts, but there ARE more expensive CPU's in the i7's, hence the mid tier rating.

[lourivellini]

It is 'upper tier' just because you say so? Sorry, you are dead wrong. Look at the way Intel split its cpu tiers, i3/i5/i7, i5 is being bought by gamers left, right and centre because it is affordable.....it is mid tier simply because of this.....sorry to burst your bubble, it isn't top tier simply because you have it, or think it so.

Even the i7 has its different levels/tiers, there're the LGA1155 i7's, and there're the LGA2011 i7's. Your i5 3570K is an excellent gaming CPU, but NOT top tier because there more expensive CPU's available. But hey, if you want to think it's top tier, it's fine by me....seems to me you are walking around with a chip on you shoulder, just spoiling for a fight.

*enable jerk mode*
I have an LGA2011 3960X + Asus Rampage IV Extreme, and before you say anything, I had gotten them because I can afford them, simple as that! I know it IS top tier and neither do I need or seek anybody's validation.
*disables jerk mode*

There is a reason why the i5 2500K/3570K is popular, it IS affordable and gets the job done superbly, even better than its i7 counterparts, but there ARE more expensive CPU's in the i7's, hence the mid tier rating.

fine, i think you and i have different opinion on what classifies upper tier though. Yes there are more affordable CPU's that dont offer much more performance - especially in games - benchmarks will show this.

from toms hardware:http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html
CPUs priced over $230 offer rapidly diminishing returns when it comes to game performance. As such, we have a hard time recommending anything more expensive than the Core i5-2550K, especially since this multiplier-unlocked processor can be overclocked to great effect if more performance is desired. Even at stock clocks, it meets or beats the $1000 Core i7-990X Extreme Edition when it comes to gaming.

this was also before ivb was released. Not to say that overclocked ivb is any better than sandy bridge, because theyre about equal. Yes there are more expensive, but this isnt equal to that much better performance. (4 times the price = 10% performance increase)

but again, like i said, i think the problem here is we have different definitions of mid-tier. i think when you take a sampling of all CPU's used on steam, i have no doubt that the 3570k is in the top .5%-1% of all cpu's. I consider that top tier. I think youre considering the top .01% top tier.

Didnt mean to turn it into a big thing. Sorry. :p

[borg_7_of_9]

fine, i think you and i have different opinion on what classifies upper tier though. Yes there are more affordable CPU's that dont offer much more performance - especially in games - benchmarks will show this.

from toms hardware:http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html


this was also before ivb was released. Not to say that overclocked ivb is any better than sandy bridge, because theyre about equal. Yes there are more expensive, but this isnt equal to that much better performance. (4 times the price = 10% performance increase)

but again, like i said, i think the problem here is we have different definitions of mid-tier. i think when you take a sampling of all CPU's used on steam, i have no doubt that the 3570k is in the top .5%-1% of all cpu's. I consider that top tier. I think youre considering the top .01% top tier.

Didnt mean to turn it into a big thing. Sorry. :p


No Socket 1155 is not top tier full stop period... Its an entry level platform IMO seriously the CPU only has 1 PCI-E x 16 slot for graphics...

[borg_7_of_9]

terribad system incoming!

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 @3.4GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 on a Samsung HDTV; VGA connection @1680 by 1050
RAM: 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24) [slow, i know]
MB: Dell Inc. 0Y2MRG (CPU 1) (Intel Sandy Bridge H67)
HDD: 977GB Seagate ST31000524AS [actually 1TB but >recovery partitions]

inb43/10

6.5/10 gpu is low end, no psu listed and low rez TV

i5 2500K OC @ 3.6 Ghz
Asus Directcu ii GTX 570
Seagate 1TB 7200 rpm HDD
8GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper-X Ram
Asus Z-68-V Gen 3 Motherboard
Corsair Carbide 400R Case
Corsair 650 HX PSU

what do you guys think..


8.5/10 some nice stuff there

[ItzzNinja]

6.5/10 gpu is low end, no psu listed and low rez TV


I could go HDMI if I wanted but I don't have a spare HDMI cord floating around so I had to do VGA.

[Cerberus30000]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2430M 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz
GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 520MX 1GB
HDD: 500GB (split into C: and D: drives which I'm not happy about)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Screen: 1366x768, Samsung TV: 1360x768, Toshiba TV: 1920x1080

ps. yes its a laptop lol

[Creaturemag1c]

Okay, haven't bought it yet but:
CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II with 500W Power Supply
Intel Core i5 2500K CPU
SUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2 GPU
ASRock B75M Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 500GB HDD
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 (Can dual channel on my Mobo)

[borg_7_of_9]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2430M 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz
GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 520MX 1GB
HDD: 500GB (split into C: and D: drives which I'm not happy about)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Screen: 1366x768, Samsung TV: 1360x768, Toshiba TV: 1920x1080

ps. yes its a laptop lol

You didn't follow the rules but I will rate u as I had already rated the last 2
As far as laptops go I give it a 7/10


Okay, haven't bought it yet but:
CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II with 500W Power Supply
Intel Core i5 2500K CPU
SUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2 GPU
ASRock B75M Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 500GB HDD
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 (Can dual channel on my Mobo)

U missed the rules if you had of followed them and rated the system/laptop above yours I would have given u a score...

Come on peep its simple rate before u post your spec's

[JudgementBullet]

Okay, haven't bought it yet but:
CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II with 500W Power Supply
Intel Core i5 2500K CPU
SUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2 GPU
ASRock B75M Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 500GB HDD
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 (Can dual channel on my Mobo)

-1 No SSD
-0.5 for 4GB RAM. RAM is dirt cheap right now and 8GB is starting to become the minimum
-0.5 for 6850. I consider your card not as a high end card but a lower mid-high one.
-0.5 for no CFX/SLI
-1 for no 3rd party CPU Cooler. I'm going to assume you're overclocking because you're getting the K version processor. Overclocking it with a stock cooler is a no no no.

6.5/10

[HL2-4-Life]

-1 No SSD
-0.5 for 4GB RAM. RAM is dirt cheap right now and 8GB is starting to become the minimum
-0.5 for 6850. I consider your card not as a high end card but a lower mid-high one.
-0.5 for no CFX/SLI
-1 for no 3rd party CPU Cooler. I'm going to assume you're overclocking because you're getting the K version processor. Overclocking it with a stock cooler is a no no no.

6.5/10Hey,don't do that! I mean, why do you have to state reasons for dropping off a point here, half a point that. It makes me look bad, I like farting out figures randomly...with your method, I'd actually have to think hard.:(

[footesouljaa]

Microsoft Windows 7 H.P 64bit
Kingston Hyper X blu 4GB
Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV MATX
Intel Core i5 2320
EVGA GTX550 TI superclocked
x fi xtream soundcard
samsung 320GB hhd 7200 rpm
raidmax blade case
ocz 500w

Microsoft Windows 7 H.P 64bit
Kingston Hyper X blu 4GB
Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV MATX
Intel Core i5 2320
EVGA GTX550 TI superclocked
x fi xtream soundcard
samsung 320GB hhd 7200 rpm
raidmax blade case
ocz 500w

just a budget build works good im not so big on gamming
i got my sandy in march dumb aye!!! should have waited :)

[dachshundfan]

My brand new Build:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge
EVGA GeForce GTX680 SC SIGNATURE 2048 MB
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB (2 of them)
Noctua NH-C14 140mm x 2 SSO CPU Cooler
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-1200M

[footesouljaa]

My brand new Build:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge
EVGA GeForce GTX680 SC SIGNATURE 2048 MB
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB (2 of them)
Noctua NH-C14 140mm x 2 SSO CPU Cooler
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-1200M

nice what a powerhouse
9/10

[Rob .]

Nothing to rate so i'll go right ahead:

My current build for gaming/coding

CPU: Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K w/ SPIRE THERMAX ECLIPSE II UNIVERSAL DT EXTREME CPU COOLER

MOBO: ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77

RAM: 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz

GFX1: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 (SLI) (OC'D to equivalent of GTX 680)
GFX2: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 (SLI) (OC'D to equivalent of GTX 680)

HDD1: 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD,
HDD2: 2.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN

PSU: CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES

SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium

CASE: FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL

KEYBOARD: Filco Majestouch Tactile Action

MOUSE: Steelseries Kinzu

SCREEN: Dell Alienware AW2310 23 inch 120HZ HD Monitor

[carma143]

Nothing to rate so i'll go right ahead:

My current build for gaming/coding

CPU: Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K w/ SPIRE THERMAX ECLIPSE II UNIVERSAL DT EXTREME CPU COOLER

MOBO: ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77

RAM: 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz

GFX1: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 (SLI) (OC'D to equivalent of GTX 680)
GFX2: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 (SLI) (OC'D to equivalent of GTX 680)

HDD1: 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD,
HDD2: 2.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN

PSU: CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES

SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium

CASE: FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL

KEYBOARD: Filco Majestouch Tactile Action

MOUSE: Steelseries Kinzu

SCREEN: Dell Alienware AW2310 23 inch 120HZ HD Monitor

10/10 That's a really nice rig. Seems almost too good to be true:eek: How much did it cost? I'm guessing it's about $3000 in all, custom built yourself?

[footesouljaa]

Nothing to rate so i'll go right ahead:

My current build for gaming/coding

CPU: Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K w/ SPIRE THERMAX ECLIPSE II UNIVERSAL DT EXTREME CPU COOLER

MOBO: ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77

RAM: 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz

GFX1: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 (SLI) (OC'D to equivalent of GTX 680)
GFX2: 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 (SLI) (OC'D to equivalent of GTX 680)

HDD1: 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD,
HDD2: 2.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN

PSU: CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES

SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium

CASE: FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL

KEYBOARD: Filco Majestouch Tactile Action

MOUSE: Steelseries Kinzu

SCREEN: Dell Alienware AW2310 23 inch 120HZ HD Monitor

your a builder. and now in retirement

[Rob .]

10/10 That's a really nice rig. Seems almost too good to be true:eek: How much did it cost? I'm guessing it's about $3000 in all, custom built yourself?

Just under £2k, managed to reuse a few components from a previous build. Already had the keyboard and mouse. The idea was to build a "future proof" system that would last at least 5 years.

[borg_7_of_9]

Just under £2k, managed to reuse a few components from a previous build. Already had the keyboard and mouse. The idea was to build a "future proof" system that would last at least 5 years.

Personally its not a 10/10 IMO 8.8 would be my score

[msk18_]

Win7 Ultimate x64
AMD FX4100 Quad @ 4,7GHZ
GTX 570
4GB DDR3 1600
USB Headset
:rolleyes:

[Rob .]

Win7 Ultimate x64
AMD FX4100 Quad @ 4,7GHZ
GTX 570
4GB DDR3 1600
USB Headset
:rolleyes:

7.5/10

Personally not a fan of the AMD processors, but you have a nice OC there. No info on motherboard/PSU?



i5 2500K OC @ 3.6 Ghz
Asus Directcu ii GTX 570
Seagate 1TB 7200 rpm HDD
8GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper-X Ram
Asus Z-68-V Gen 3 Motherboard
Corsair Carbide 400R Case
Corsair 650 HX PSU

what do you guys think..

8.5/10 some nice stuff there

Personally its not a 10/10 IMO 8.8 would be my score

How would you improve upon my system? I'm not sure your scoring system is consistent

[borg_7_of_9]

7.5/10

Personally not a fan of the AMD processors, but you have a nice OC there. No info on motherboard/PSU?



How would you improve upon my system?

Water cool the gpu's n CPU, 680's in sli at pci-e x16 x16 connection for both cards..
Drop the ram to 1600mhz cas 6/7 speed isn't everything lower latencies can beat loose timed high speed ram every time.. and the case could be a lil better but still a killa rig

[Rob .]

Water cool the gpu's n CPU, 680's in sli at pci-e x16 x16 connection for both cards..
Drop the ram to 1600mhz cas 6/7 speed isn't everything lower latencies can beat loose timed high speed ram every time.. and the case could be a lil better but still a killa rig

The case is good for me because it's fairly small, and its got pretty good airflow for a small case.

The CPU fan is one of the best air coolers availiable. Don't get me wrong, water coolers are great but from some testing this cooler is on par with some average/standard water coolers. Sure the air cooled fan is probably a bit louder with two fans either side, but the case is designed to be sound proof. And obviously the air coolers have a longer lifetime than water coolers. But again, it's an easy upgrade later on down the line when I want to push the processor further.

Yeah, the super high speed RAM probably isn't necessary, but it's just one of those things that cost barely nothing to upgrade to, so I went along with it.

Not really sure the GPU's even need water cooling, they're running very cool as it is, even OC'd. I have no desire to push them any further as there is nothing out there that needs it - but later on down the line it's a possibility.

[borg_7_of_9]

The case is good for me because it's fairly small, and its got pretty good airflow for a small case.

The CPU fan is one of the best air coolers availiable. Don't get me wrong, water coolers are great but from some testing this cooler is on par with some average/standard water coolers. Sure the air cooled fan is probably a bit louder with two fans either side, but the case is designed to be sound proof. And obviously the air coolers have a longer lifetime than water coolers. But again, it's an easy upgrade later on down the line when I want to push the processor further.

Yeah, the super high speed RAM probably isn't necessary, but it's just one of those things that cost barely nothing to upgrade to, so I went along with it.

Not really sure the GPU's even need water cooling, they're running very cool as it is, even OC'd. I have no desire to push them any further as there is nothing out there that needs it - but later on down the line it's a possibility.

I gave a 9 to a really high end rig iirc so I can't give u more have a look at hl2_4_life's Main rig..
My rig is still being upgraded i7 2600K custom water, 2 SSD's 4 hdd's obsidian 800d case hd7970 on water soon to be cfx and oc to the Max gts250 doing physx with a patch corsair AX850W psu 360rad+ 120rad Z68X ud7 mobo 1600mhz Cl8 ram really wanted cl 7 but none in aus at the time 7.1 ch surround over hdmi

[Maxi]

How would you improve upon my system?


Sandy bridge E
680/690s not 670s
bigger ssd
an actual decent hdd (why green)
sound card - OK for headsets, but not good enough for high quality headphones, i.e. HD800s
Alienware Monitor - Catleap QH270

[Rob .]

Sandy bridge E
680/690s not 670s
bigger ssd
an actual decent hdd (why green)
sound card - OK for headsets, but not good enough for high quality headphones, i.e. HD800s
Alienware Monitor - Catleap QH270

Reasonable comments, but personally, for my budget there is no chance/point of me getting 2x 690's in SLI (2x 670's are just as good as a single 690, and cheaper). 2x 680's perform on a similar level to 670's, just for £200-300 more.

I don't require a massive SSD, just for windows apps, and other key programs. The HDD saves some power, it goes up to 7200rpm so no dent in read/write speeds.

The monitor is great for what I currently need & due to space constraints I don't want anything bigger. (it was one of the better smaller 120hz monitors I could find)

[HL2-4-Life]

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DDR3 B3
Processor: Intel i7-2600 3.4 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: CrossFireX Sapphire HD6970 2GB + MSI R6970 2GB (16x / 4x)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 12800/1600 4x4GB kit (16 GB)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850 Watts PSU 80+ Bronze
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223 DVD Writer
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB SATA 3
HDD 1: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD SATA 2 7200rpm
HDD 2: 1TB Western Digital HDD SATA 2 5600rpm
HDD 3: 1TB Hitachi HDD SATA 2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bitPretty decent mobo, an i7 but not a 'K' model, no water cooling, not even closed loop? Great vid cards! I have a HD6950 @6970 spec, love it! CFX in 16x/4x is......less than desirable. Nothing wrong with the SSD, PSU and HDD 1....but a 'Green' HDD 2? Let me absorb this info.....and magically fart out a number/rating, OK?

I favor this build because it has two lovely HD6970 (not quite the powerhouse after the launch of the HD7970's but more than sufficient to own most, if not all, games @1080P), I see an 8.7, howzaboudat? :D

[daky]

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

9.3/10

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition, 6x 3.20GHz, boxed
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (DDR3-1600)
PSU: CORSAIR V2 850W TX
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6870, 1GB GDDR5
OS: Win7 64

[hellboy_1991]

^8/10 for yours daky, very balanced budget rig and nice for gaming!

Updated mine a bit, added a custom water cooling setup:


CPU: Core i7 2600k @ 5GHz 1.42v
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 WS Revolution B3
RAM: 8GB G-Skill Ripjaws X 1600MHz 7-8-7-24
HDD: SSD Vertex 2 120GB Extended + WD Caviar Black 750GB + Samsung F4 2TB
GPU: EVGA GTX680 2GB + Gigabyte GTX680 2GB SLI @ 1280MHz Core / 3602MHz Memory
PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 1000W
Sound Card: Auzentech X-Fi Bravura (Para los Altavoces)
DAC + AMP: FiiO E7 + FiiO E9 (For the headphones)
Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT-770 PRO (250 Ohm)
Case: Silverstone Raven RV02B-W
Monitor: Dell U2711 (IPS 2560x1440) + Acer H233H (1920x1080)
Sound Card: Auzentech X-Fi Bravura (For the speakers)

WC Loop:

CPU: EK Supreme HF Plexi
Radiator: Magicool Copper Dual 180mm + 2x AP-181 @ ~900RPM
Pump: EK DCP 4.0
Reservoir: Magicool Plexi 150
Tubing: Masterkleer 19/13mm UV Blue

Pictures:

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/kcuestag/DSC_1289.jpg

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/kcuestag/DSC_1330.jpg

PS: That double sided tape that sticked tubing to PSU is gone now to make it look cleaner, and zip ties are cut as well. :)

[PIEDPIPER85]

Here is my rig:

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932
PSU: Corsair HX 850
CPU: i5 2500K
SSD: Samsung 830 64GB
GPU: EVGA 680 2GB
MB: Asus P8Z77- V Deluxe
Ram: G. Skill RipjawsX 16GB (1600)
Heatsink: Corsair H60
Soundcard: Creative Labs Sounblaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Mouse: Logitech G500
Controller: Xbox 360
Keyboard: Logitech G105
Speakers: Bose 321 Theater System
Headphones: Bose QC 15/Sony PS3 Official Headset

[Sublime2k]

Here is my rig:

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932
PSU: Corsair HX 850
CPU: i5 2500K
SSD: Samsung 830 64GB
GPU: EVGA 680 2GB
MB: Asus P8Z77- V Deluxe
Ram: G. Skill RipjawsX 16GB (1600)
Heatsink: Corsair H60
Soundcard: Creative Labs Sounblaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Mouse: Logitech G500
Controller: Xbox 360
Keyboard: Logitech G105
Speakers: Bose 321 Theater System
Headphones: Bose QC 15/Sony PS3 Official Headset
Realistically, this is 10/10 easily.

Here's mine:

Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3 GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MSI Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III 2GB GDDR5
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz
WD Caviar Blue 640GB 7200RPM
Zalman Z9 Plus
Scythe Kaze Q8 + 5 case fans
Samsung SyncMaster T200 20''
Logitech G400
SteelSeries QcK

[hellboy_1991]

^8/10 for yours daky, very balanced budget rig and nice for gaming!

Updated mine a bit, added a custom water cooling setup:


CPU: Core i7 2600k @ 5GHz 1.42v
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 WS Revolution B3
RAM: 8GB G-Skill Ripjaws X 1600MHz 7-8-7-24
HDD: SSD Vertex 2 120GB Extended + WD Caviar Black 750GB + Samsung F4 2TB
GPU: EVGA GTX680 2GB + Gigabyte GTX680 2GB SLI @ 1280MHz Core / 3602MHz Memory
PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 1000W
Sound Card: Auzentech X-Fi Bravura (Para los Altavoces)
DAC + AMP: FiiO E7 + FiiO E9 (For the headphones)
Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT-770 PRO (250 Ohm)
Case: Silverstone Raven RV02B-W
Monitor: Dell U2711 (IPS 2560x1440) + Acer H233H (1920x1080)
Sound Card: Auzentech X-Fi Bravura (For the speakers)

WC Loop:

CPU: EK Supreme HF Plexi
Radiator: Magicool Copper Dual 180mm + 2x AP-181 @ ~900RPM
Pump: EK DCP 4.0
Reservoir: Magicool Plexi 150
Tubing: Masterkleer 19/13mm UV Blue

Pictures:

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/kcuestag/DSC_1289.jpg

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/kcuestag/DSC_1330.jpg

PS: That double sided tape that sticked tubing to PSU is gone now to make it look cleaner, and zip ties are cut as well. :)

rate? :)

[rotNdude]

rate? :)

9.5/10

[Sublime2k]

rate? :)
Do you really expect anything less than 10/10 for water cooled i7 and SLI GTX 680? :)

[PIEDPIPER85]

Realistically, this is 10/10 easily.

Here's mine:

Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3 GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MSI Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III 2GB GDDR5
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz
WD Caviar Blue 640GB 7200RPM
Zalman Z9 Plus
Scythe Kaze Q8 + 5 case fans
Samsung SyncMaster T200 20''
Logitech G400
SteelSeries QcK

I would definitely give it a 8.5 borderline 9. If the GPU was higher I would have given it a definitive 9; but realistically they're no games that really need such a GPU greater than yours I gather. Solid build!!!

[NXNeko]

Case: NZXT Phantom Pink
PSU: OCZ ModXstream 750w
CPU: FX-6100 @ 4.8Ghz
SSD: Samsung 830 256GB
HDD 1~4: Samsung Ecogreen 2TB
GPU: Sapphire 7970 OC
MB: MSI 970A-46G
Ram: SAMSUNG MV-3V4G3/US (16GB)~ 1866 ~
Heatsink: Noctua DH14
Soundcard: Asus Xonar DG
Mouse: Razer Naga
Controller: Xbox 360
Keyboard: Steelseries MercStealth
Speakers: Logitech 2.1 + Digital Experience Rears for Quad.
Headphones: AKG K830BT

My second build, I was hoping its decent but sometimes Im not sure I made the right choices.

[Sterlin22]

I5-2310 2.9ghz quad core CPU ( sandy bridge )
8GB DDR3 1333MHZ
Sapphire Radeon 7850 OC Edition
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
1TB 7200 RPM HDD
Corsair GS700 PSU

How does mine look?

[HL2-4-Life]

Do you really expect anything less than 10/10 for water cooled i7 and SLI GTX 680? :)
Well, no to be honest. It is an outstanding system, but deserving of a 10 rating, it does not. Let's put it this way, if a system with an LGA2011 i7 3960X plus 2x 7970 3gb in CF cannot land a 10, that one cannot as well.

*sulks in corner*

[HL2-4-Life]

Case: NZXT Phantom Pink
PSU: OCZ ModXstream 750w
CPU: FX-6100 @ 4.8Ghz
SSD: Samsung 830 256GB
HDD 1~4: Samsung Ecogreen 2TB
GPU: Sapphire 7970 OC
MB: MSI 970A-46G
Ram: SAMSUNG MV-3V4G3/US (16GB)~ 1866 ~
Heatsink: Noctua DH14
Soundcard: Asus Xonar DG
Mouse: Razer Naga
Controller: Xbox 360
Keyboard: Steelseries MercStealth
Speakers: Logitech 2.1 + Digital Experience Rears for Quad.
Headphones: AKG K830BT

My second build, I was hoping its decent but sometimes Im not sure I made the right choices.You'd prolly get similar performance to my 2nd rig - FX8120 + GTX670 OC Ed + 16GB 2133mhz - I'd rate yours a solid 8.9. Although the BD CPU has been trashed by just about everyone, I tried it and like what I see. Moved from an FX4100 + Asus M5A97 EVO to FX8120 + Asus Crosshair V Formula, I love ROG boards!

[Sublime2k]

Well, no to be honest. It is an outstanding system, but deserving of a 10 rating, it does not. Let's put it this way, if a system with an LGA2011 i7 3960X plus 2x 7970 3gb in CF cannot land a 10, that one cannot as well.

*sulks in corner*
Anything with 2500K or stronger, GTX 580 or stronger and 8GB of RAM or more deserves 10/10 if you ask me. Let's try to be realistic here. :) You won't see anyone with dual Xeon or 3960X and triple GTX 680 any time soon.

I would definitely give it a 8.5 borderline 9. If the GPU was higher I would have given it a definitive 9; but realistically they're no games that really need such a GPU greater than yours I gather. Solid build!!!
Thanks. :) I'm considering buying another HD 7850 or selling the one I have now and buying GTX 670 somewhere down the road, after I upgrade from 1680x1050 20'' Samsung to 1920x1200 24'' Dell and after the prices go down a bit.

[Sublime2k]

Case: NZXT Phantom Pink
PSU: OCZ ModXstream 750w
CPU: FX-6100 @ 4.8Ghz
SSD: Samsung 830 256GB
HDD 1~4: Samsung Ecogreen 2TB
GPU: Sapphire 7970 OC
MB: MSI 970A-46G
Ram: SAMSUNG MV-3V4G3/US (16GB)~ 1866 ~
Heatsink: Noctua DH14
Soundcard: Asus Xonar DG
Mouse: Razer Naga
Controller: Xbox 360
Keyboard: Steelseries MercStealth
Speakers: Logitech 2.1 + Digital Experience Rears for Quad.
Headphones: AKG K830BT

My second build, I was hoping its decent but sometimes Im not sure I made the right choices.
I'll give it 9/10 because it doesn't have i7. Other than that, excellent overclock, cooling and GPU, massive amount of storage and a lot of goodies (sound card etc.).

Can I ask why do you need 8 TB of storage?

[hellboy_1991]

I see no point in having LGA 2011 platform for gaming.

I've tried it, you know what was the performance gain in CPU dependant games like Battlefield 3 or Arma II? NONE, 0%, nada...

An i5 2500k will literally give you the same performance.

All I do is gaming and slight video editing (nothing serious) and an i7 2600k @ 5GHz is overkill for what I do. :p

[Sublime2k]

I see no point in having LGA 2011 platform for gaming.

I've tried it, you know what was the performance gain in CPU dependant games like Battlefield 3 or Arma II? NONE, 0%, nada...

An i5 2500k will literally give you the same performance.

All I do is gaming and slight video editing (nothing serious) and an i7 2600k @ 5GHz is overkill for what I do. :p
This.

The difference even between 2500K and 2600K is negligible because they have similar stock speeds and overclock similarly, but no game utilizes hyperthreading. Only real difference is in cache size. With that said, 3960X is very pointless if you don't have a workstation.

[PIEDPIPER85]

Anything with 2500K or stronger, GTX 580 or stronger and 8GB of RAM or more deserves 10/10 if you ask me. Let's try to be realistic here. :) You won't see anyone with dual Xeon or 3960X and triple GTX 680 any time soon.


Thanks. :) I'm considering buying another HD 7850 or selling the one I have now and buying GTX 670 somewhere down the road, after I upgrade from 1680x1050 20'' Samsung to 1920x1200 24'' Dell and after the prices go down a bit.

You're welcome. Yeah your current monitor could use an upgrade as I have a 1920x1080, but I gather 1920x1200 will become the norm soon. I'm looking to upgrade my monitor perhaps next year to the that dell 30 inch model when the price comes down to under $800.

[HL2-4-Life]

Anything with 2500K or stronger, GTX 580 or stronger and 8GB of RAM or more deserves 10/10 if you ask me. Let's try to be realistic here. :) You won't see anyone with dual Xeon or 3960X and triple GTX 680 any time soon.

Imho, you should raise your expections somewhat. In your opinion, a 2500k + GTX580 + 8GB RAM deserves a '10'? Let me ask you, can it do Metro 2033 maxed out? (that is with 4xMSAA, Tesselation, DoF with/without Advanced PhysX). No, it cannot. Can it do multi monitor gaming maxed out on games like BF3?

Seriously, not being petty, just go to guru3d, they have systems with Intel extreme CPUs with tri/quad SLi/CFX rigs. You mean to say if one such hardcore gamer were to post his specs here, he'd rated the same as one with a much less capable rig with an i5 2500K/3570K + GTX580 + 8GB RAM? For example, I built this system a few months back, before the GTX680 launch, which was before the GTX670's launch -
LGA2011 i7 3960X
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
4x 4gb RipJawsZ 1600mhz ( quad channel)
2x HD7970 3GB CFX
Auzen X-Fi Forte 7.1 + Z5500
128GB Corsair ForceGT SSD
2TB + 2x 1TB WDC Black
Corsair HX1050
Thermaltake Level 10GT

I did not score a 10 back then, just a 9.9, I understand that there is always room for improvement, hence the 10 rating is something unattainable, but still something to shoot for. Again, I am not being petty, but you guys have got to raise your game somewhat.....

[hellboy_1991]

I can agree on the graphic cards when talking about Metro 2033, but an i7 3960X against an i5 2500k in MEtro 2033 is a huge waste, you know the difference? 0.

[steve_713]

I've been having problems on trying to run Stronghold 3 for a while now, but I do still play games like Civ V. I've tried lowering all the graphics settings to minimum, and turning up the fan on my graphics card to try not to let it overheat, which I have to do for Civ V, but after opening Stronhold for a couple of minutes, I get a colourful scren of horizontal lines, which I believe could be a newer version of Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death. Either way, it crashes, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it's my computer that's the problem.

My computer:
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System Information
------------------
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6300 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
Display Memory: 2806 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB

That's all the useful information I can find from running dxdiag.exe, but if you want/need to know more, just tell me what it is and how to find it.

Hope you can help!

[borg_7_of_9]

I can agree on the graphic cards when talking about Metro 2033, but an i7 3960X against an i5 2500k in MEtro 2033 is a huge waste, you know the difference? 0.

I think the point is there is better n I gave him the 9.9 for his rig if I had of waited I would have similar speck but with a full water loop...

Different ppl score differently some of us are in to high end hardware some are not let's move on from this and just accept the score u got or where given and get back to rating PC's and posting our spec's...

I'm with hl2 on this one sorry to say anything s1155 is not going to get a 10/10 sure there's kilka hardware but some of us have high expectations and that don't mean 32g of ram ether, that may get you a -.05 for wasting cash....

[HL2-4-Life]

I can agree on the graphic cards when talking about Metro 2033, but an i7 3960X against an i5 2500k in MEtro 2033 is a huge waste, you know the difference? 0.I don't claim to be one, but there are different tiers of gamers/hardware enthusiasts. Peeps like these buy the absolute best there is, given a choice, would you take a 2500K or the 3930K/3960X if they share the same platform and are priced similarly? The Enthusiast segment is small, but I know of hardcore gamers/enthusiasts who would not bat an eye ordering two GTX690 for their rigs.....in my neck of the woods, my rig pales in comparison to some who are running tri/quad CFX/SLi rigs with custom water cooling for both CPU and GPUs and whatnot....really quite esoteric. Even I do not understand them and do a double take when I see their system specs.:eek:

Edit - OK, I have digressed and apologized profusely for it, on with the rating game! :D

[hellboy_1991]

Of course I'd buy an i7 3960X if I found it to be worth it for gaming. Don't get me wrong, I love your rig. :p

The thing is, difference in any game between an i5 2500k clocked to 4.5GHz and an i7 3960X clocked to 4.5GHZ is NONE, mainly no games use more than 4 cores properly, even Battlefield 3 which claims to use up to 12 cores, but it's bs.

Again people spend their money on whatever they think is worth, so I don't judge you for having that amazing CPU. :D

[Sublime2k]

Imho, you should raise your expections somewhat. In your opinion, a 2500k + GTX580 + 8GB RAM deserves a '10'? Let me ask you, can it do Metro 2033 maxed out? (that is with 4xMSAA, Tesselation, DoF with/without Advanced PhysX). No, it cannot. Can it do multi monitor gaming maxed out on games like BF3?

Seriously, not being petty, just go to guru3d, they have systems with Intel extreme CPUs with tri/quad SLi/CFX rigs. You mean to say if one such hardcore gamer were to post his specs here, he'd rated the same as one with a much less capable rig with an i5 2500K/3570K + GTX580 + 8GB RAM? For example, I built this system a few months back, before the GTX680 launch, which was before the GTX670's launch -
LGA2011 i7 3960X
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
4x 4gb RipJawsZ 1600mhz ( quad channel)
2x HD7970 3GB CFX
Auzen X-Fi Forte 7.1 + Z5500
128GB Corsair ForceGT SSD
2TB + 2x 1TB WDC Black
Corsair HX1050
Thermaltake Level 10GT

I did not score a 10 back then, just a 9.9, I understand that there is always room for improvement, hence the 10 rating is something unattainable, but still something to shoot for. Again, I am not being petty, but you guys have got to raise your game somewhat.....
And people who own 3 monitor setups with tri/quad SLI/CFX represent maybe 0.1% of gamer population, that's why I'm talking about being realistic. Such people should have a category of their own.

Setup that I mentioned (2500K, GTX 580 and 8 GB of RAM) can easily max out Metro 2033 on ultra settings using full HD resolution which should be enough for just about anyone.

I don't have to raise my expectations, I just think spending more than €1000 on a PC is way out of most people's price range.

[hellboy_1991]

And people who own 3 monitor setups with tri/quad SLI/CFX represent maybe 0.1% of gamer population, that's why I'm talking about being realistic. Such people should have a category of their own.

Setup that I mentioned (2500K, GTX 580 and 8 GB of RAM) can easily max out Metro 2033 on ultra settings using full HD resolution which should be enough for just about anyone.

I don't have to raise my expectations, I just think spending more than €1000 on a PC is way out of most people's price range.

Sorry, I have to agree with HL-2 here, you CAN NOT max Metro 2033 at 1080p on a single GTX580.

To keep framerate above 60fps at all times you actually need 2 heavily overclocked GTX580's in SLI, and even then you will sometimes see it below 60fps.

But I do agree that an i5 2500k and a GTX580 will max you 99% of the games out there at 60fps.

I moved from 3x GTX580 3-Way SLI to 2x GTX680 and did not gain much performance (Somewhere between ~5% and ~10%), but the noise reduction and power draw is much nicer so it made me really happy. :p

Also, I play at 2560x1440, thus I do need a lot of GPU power to move latest games at max details and +60fps. :p

[HL2-4-Life]

Setup that I mentioned (2500K, GTX 580 and 8 GB of RAM) can easily max out Metro 2033 on ultra settings using full HD resolution which should be enough for just about anyone.
The best ingame setting for Metro 2033 is 'Very High' specs, no Ultra setting. And doing Very High with DoF + 4xMSAA + Tesselation with at least 60fps is beyond the card's ability. No doubt the Enthusiast segment consistute a very minute fraction of a a percent, but it's still part of the whole, hence they should be included as well. When I rate a system, I think about what's the best out and how system I'm going to rate compares against it. I can be generous or very frugal with my rating, but I'm aware of very high specs users out there and hence, my rating reflects this. To me, this is being realistic as there are uber systems out there...I'm sure there are users here who have uber rigs but did not wish to mention it.

[hellboy_1991]

This discussion is pointless, what matters is if we are happy with our computers. :p

I'm happy with mine, I can max Metro 2033 at 2560x1440, and it plays Battlefield 3 and Arma II easily maxed as well which are the games I play the most, and this is at 2560x1440. :D

[HavocInferno]

This discussion is pointless, what matters is if we are happy with our computers. :p

I'm happy with mine, I can max Metro 2033 at 2560x1440, and it plays Battlefield 3 and Arma II easily maxed as well which are the games I play the most, and this is at 2560x1440. :D

Show-off... Anyway, I'm curious, what are your specs and how much did you pay?

tt:
Acer Aspire 7740G
Intel Core i5-430M; 2x 2.26GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650; 1GB dunno the speeds atm
4GB RAM
640GB HDD
All dem Wlan sh*ts
Blu-ray drive
17.3" LED LCD; 1600x900
+ at home 24" Acer 243HLAbmii; 1080p LED

It's a laptop, so ofc not thaaat powerful. But it runs all games I play including newer titles such as BF3.

[hellboy_1991]

You can see them on the prior page I think. :p

[borg_7_of_9]

I've been having problems on trying to run Stronghold 3 for a while now, but I do still play games like Civ V. I've tried lowering all the graphics settings to minimum, and turning up the fan on my graphics card to try not to let it overheat, which I have to do for Civ V, but after opening Stronhold for a couple of minutes, I get a colourful scren of horizontal lines, which I believe could be a newer version of Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death. Either way, it crashes, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it's my computer that's the problem.

My computer:
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6300 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
Display Memory: 2806 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB

That's all the useful information I can find from running dxdiag.exe, but if you want/need to know more, just tell me what it is and how to find it.

Hope you can help!

3/10 its getting on in its age...

[HavocInferno]

You can see them on the prior page I think. :p

Oh yeah. Well, how much did you pay?

[Sublime2k]

Sorry, I have to agree with HL-2 here, you CAN NOT max Metro 2033 at 1080p on a single GTX580.

To keep framerate above 60fps at all times you actually need 2 heavily overclocked GTX580's in SLI, and even then you will sometimes see it below 60fps.

But I do agree that an i5 2500k and a GTX580 will max you 99% of the games out there at 60fps.

I moved from 3x GTX580 3-Way SLI to 2x GTX680 and did not gain much performance (Somewhere between ~5% and ~10%), but the noise reduction and power draw is much nicer so it made me really happy. :p

Also, I play at 2560x1440, thus I do need a lot of GPU power to move latest games at max details and +60fps. :p
That depends on what constitutes as "maxing out". To me, it's using the highest possible settings for given resolution while still maintaining playable frame rate. In other words, 30 FPS or more.

Also, you must be extremely rich to be able to upgrade from 3xGTX580 (which is a monster) to 2xGTX680, especially for only 5-10% performance gain.

The best ingame setting for Metro 2033 is 'Very High' specs, no Ultra setting. And doing Very High with DoF + 4xMSAA + Tesselation with at least 60fps is beyond the card's ability. No doubt the Enthusiast segment consistute a very minute fraction of a a percent, but it's still part of the whole, hence they should be included as well. When I rate a system, I think about what's the best out and how system I'm going to rate compares against it. I can be generous or very frugal with my rating, but I'm aware of very high specs users out there and hence, my rating reflects this. To me, this is being realistic as there are uber systems out there...I'm sure there are users here who have uber rigs but did not wish to mention it.
When I say ultra (for any game), I mean the highest possible, whether it's "very high", "highest", "enthusiast" or whatever.

Comparing mainstream gamer builds to things like 3960X + 2xGTX680 is like comparing every sprinter to Usain Bolt. It just doesn't work that way.

If I ran 100 metres in 10.5 seconds and someone told me that doesn't deserve 10/10 just because Usain Bolt can do it in 9.5 seconds, I'd feel insulted. :D

[MikeBlaszczak]

If I ran 100 metres in 10.5 seconds and someone told me that doesn't deserve 10/10 just because Usain Bolt can do it in 9.5 seconds, I'd feel insulted. :D

When Usain Bolt runs a 100 meters in 9.6 seconds he doesn't deserve the same score you get for running it in 10.5 seconds. If you want a higher score, earn it. (Also, it's just a peer-review of a computer build. Bolting together a bunch of parts has nothing to do with world-class athletics. Further, if you know what score you deserve, why are you asking for that score here?)

[Semaphia]

I guess I'm rating this one :)

Show-off... Anyway, I'm curious, what are your specs and how much did you pay?

tt:
Acer Aspire 7740G
Intel Core i5-430M; 2x 2.26GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650; 1GB dunno the speeds atm
4GB RAM
640GB HDD
All dem Wlan sh*ts
Blu-ray drive
17.3" LED LCD; 1600x900
+ at home 24" Acer 243HLAbmii; 1080p LED

It's a laptop, so ofc not thaaat powerful. But it runs all games I play including newer titles such as BF3.

6/10 :) Bonus points for having a healthy HDD, Blu-ray and such a big screen!

Hehe, I just got this last week :) I spend wayyy to much on music gear to spend several thousand on a PC at the moment (although I would if I played games that demanded it more often...) Oh well.

i7 3770 3.4(3.9ghz) Ivy Bridge QC
Gigabyte z77-d3h MOBO
12gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600
Palit Nvidia GTX560ti 1GB
Seagate 500GB HDD
Western Digital 1.5TB HDD
Coolermaster 500W PSU

Thinking about adding another GFX card already (and of course a better PSU to power it). Whatya think? SLI 560s and a PSU upgrade? Or just wait on a 680 or something :)

[Sublime2k]

When Usain Bolt runs a 100 meters in 9.6 seconds he doesn't deserve the same score you get for running it in 10.5 seconds. If you want a higher score, earn it. (Also, it's just a peer-review of a computer build. Bolting together a bunch of parts has nothing to do with world-class athletics. Further, if you know what score you deserve, why are you asking for that score here?)
You're missing the point. I'm not trying to get higher score, I know what's my computer worth. I'm just drawing an analogy on rating system because some people aren't realistic and have too high expectations for 10/10, that's all.

[HL2-4-Life]

You're missing the point. I'm not trying to get higher score, I know what's my computer worth. I'm just drawing an analogy on rating system because some people aren't realistic and have too high expectations for 10/10, that's all.
There you go again, have you ever considered that perhaps your expectations are too low? There are uber rigs out there deserving of 10, but a mid range i5 2500K/3570K + GTX580 + 8GB RAM does not deserve 10/10, heck, I'd give it an 8.8 (I'm in a generous mood here). You may consider 30fps to be good enough, but tests sites usually aim for 60fps as a standard to shoot for. You may be content with a mid range CPU + high end card, but that would not rate well in most tech forums, go to guru3d or extremesystem and ask if your rig deserves a 10 out of 10. Heck, even with my rig, I'd not ask....

Let's agree to disagree then, I'll rate according to my yardstick, and you yours. I judge other forum members' rigs based on my own set of 'expectations' and leave it at that.

i7 3770 3.4(3.9ghz) Ivy Bridge QC
Gigabyte z77-d3h MOBO
12gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600
Palit Nvidia GTX560ti 1GB
Seagate 500GB HDD
Western Digital 1.5TB HDD
Coolermaster 500W PSU
Before I rate this system, let me ask you this, why 12GB? Isn't that an odd RAM amount for dual channel even if all four dimm slots are occupied? 3GB sticks?

That aside, an i7 3770 but no 'K', no SSD, a lower mid range vid card (not dissing the GTX560 Ti, I have one myself, but it's beginning to show a little of its age and limitations. Good CPU, average mobo, so-so PSU....1.5TB WD HDD, but what exact model?

[Semaphia]

I have no desire to overclock, so saved myself a few quid :) I normally just upgrade to a whole new system every few years, when I feel the times right. Normally 4x4, but I have one of the sticks in an old PC of mine at the moment :D. I'll be honest, I mainly play World of Warcraft, and the GPU/CPU combination can churn out over 200 FPS maxed @ 1080 with V-Sync disabled. I am thinking about changing the PSU & GPU, but who knows :)

I couldn't tell you the model to be honest. I pulled it out of an old build and chucked it in the new one :D

[HL2-4-Life]

I have no desire to overclock, so saved myself a few quid :) I normally just upgrade to a whole new system every few years, when I feel the times right. Normally 4x4, but I have one of the sticks in an old PC of mine at the moment :D. I'll be honest, I mainly play World of Warcraft, and the GPU/CPU combination can churn out over 200 FPS maxed @ 1080 with V-Sync disabled. I am thinking about changing the PSU & GPU, but who knows :)

I couldn't tell you the model to be honest. I pulled it out of an old build and chucked it in the new one :DOK then, appreciate the honesty, for that, I'm in a generous mood and have cast my yardstick aside...8.0, much can be improved, but as long as you're pleased with it, who am I to criticize?

[steve_713]

3/10 its getting on in its age...

What sort of thing does it need to upgrade it? And am I right in saying that my graphics card isn't too bad, as it's 6.9/7.9 on the rating system thing.

[HavocInferno]

seriously, why do some guys here buy PCs for 2k or up? buy one for 800$ or such, it'll last for 4-5 years, then get a new one for 800$. a 2k one will maybe last 6 years until it's outdated.

[Unclejunebug]

i7 3770 3.4(3.9ghz) Ivy Bridge QC
Gigabyte z77-d3h MOBO
12gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600
Palit Nvidia GTX560ti 1GB
Seagate 500GB HDD
Western Digital 1.5TB HDD
Coolermaster 500W PSU


I'd go with a solid 7.5/10. Add an SSD and a newer GPU and you'll be smokin'.

Just finished a few upgrades of my own...

Intel i7-2600k (No OC at the moment)
MSI P67A-G43 mobo
MSI GTX 670 OC
ASUS Xonar D1 sound card
8GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 16000 RAM
120GB Corsair Force GT SSD
640GB RAID 0 for game storage (2 x 320GB HDDs)
500GB Seagate HDD for file storage
Various externals for backup
OCZ ModXtreme 600W PSU
Cooler Master Storm Scout case
ASUS 24" LCD monitor
Logitech G9x mouse
Corsair H60 push/pull configuration

[iAlexx]

seriously, why do some guys here buy PCs for 2k or up? buy one for 800$ or such, it'll last for 4-5 years, then get a new one for 800$. a 2k one will maybe last 6 years until it's outdated.

have you ever heard the phrase "go big or go home"? that should tell you something about

[Gotquack]

seriously, why do some guys here buy PCs for 2k or up? buy one for 800$ or such, it'll last for 4-5 years, then get a new one for 800$. a 2k one will maybe last 6 years until it's outdated.

Anyone who wants to max everything out for the next couple of years will not be able to only spend $800 on their PC. A lot of $2000+ Rigs can't even max out Metro 2033 at 60 fps, which by the way, and rig that can is the only kind of rig that deserves a 10/10.

[HavocInferno]

have you ever heard the phrase "go big or go home"? that should tell you something about

Anyone who wants to max everything out for the next couple of years will not be able to only spend $800 on their PC. A lot of $2000+ Rigs can't even max out Metro 2033 at 60 fps, which by the way, and rig that can is the only kind of rig that deserves a 10/10.

Well, but seeing that at some point more expensive components only grant you tiny performance improvements, wouldn't it be better to buy some 800$ one and upgrade it step by step?

[iAlexx]

Well, but seeing that at some point more expensive components only grant you tiny performance improvements, wouldn't it be better to buy some 800$ one and upgrade it step by step?

nope that is actually the expensive way because almost every year we have a new generation of something (i.e. CPU, GPU, mobos, ETC) or big improvements (i.e. SSD, monitors, connections, ETC) by the time you can put, lets say a 400$ worth in a graphics card into that 800$ machine, it can probably be out a newer gen or version of that card whit significant improvements which can leave your current hardware not performing at its best whit that and this can work backwards to, like that card not working at its best whit that hardware believe me this has happen and they are a bunch of old thread in this forum that can confirm this

that is why its better to upgrade as much as you can ATM instead of doing it piece by piece it can save you a lot of cash :)

also this is the way i wanna upgrade my machine: first my GPU i have a GTX 560 that i wanna upgrade as soon as i can get my hand on a 700 or 8000 series card that is closed priced to my 560 into that future and the rest as soon as the broadwell chips are released :cool:

[MikeBlaszczak]

You're missing the point. Nope, I'm not.

[Janova]

Rating specs that are posted here and rated by different individuals who have their own option on what they think a "10" rig would be is subjective. Two people could be reading the same specs and one would give it a "10" as the other would score it a "8" then drama sets in because everyone has their own option.

I think It boils down to your budet. If you have (at the time) the cash to get a monster rig then go for it but if you can only afford to upgrade in stages then that is a good thing as well. The bottom line here boils down to gameplay. If your rig can handle your fav game then great, if not then time to upgrade granted you have the cash.

That said I'll give Unclejunebug rig a 7.5/10. Great rig bro now it's time to OC that CPU.:p

Just finished a few upgrades of my own...

Intel i7-2600k (No OC at the moment)
MSI P67A-G43 mobo
MSI GTX 670 OC
ASUS Xonar D1 sound card
8GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 16000 RAM
120GB Corsair Force GT SSD
640GB RAID 0 for game storage (2 x 320GB HDDs)
500GB Seagate HDD for file storage
Various externals for backup
OCZ ModXtreme 600W PSU
Cooler Master Storm Scout case
ASUS 24" LCD monitor
Logitech G9x mouse
Corsair H60 push/pull configuration


Now for my senior citizen rig, I built this back in 2009 and it still running and playing fine for me to this day. I do think an upgrade will be coming soon.

My Specs:
MB: Asus POG Rampage II Extreme, X58 Express
CPU: Intel i7 920 D0 @ 4.5GHz
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 12GB
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 6990*
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-2202B Blu-Ray
HD Primary: Western Digital VelciRaptor 600GB
HD Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB (x4)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling, SILENCER 910 1K
Case: Microcool Banchetto 101
Monitors: Samsung 245T 24" (x3), Samsung LN46B650 46" HD LCD HDTV

*HD 6990 was my only upgrade from two HD 5760 that ran in Crossfire.

I know it's old but it's my baby and because of it's age I'll probably get a 5 score. Thanks for viewing:)

[borg_7_of_9]

What sort of thing does it need to upgrade it? And am I right in saying that my graphics card isn't too bad, as it's 6.9/7.9 on the rating system thing.

The CPU is showing its age IMO..

[Maxi]

My Specs:
MB: Asus POG Rampage II Extreme, X58 Express
CPU: Intel i7 920 D0 @ 4.5GHz
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 12GB
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 6990*
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-2202B Blu-Ray
HD Primary: Western Digital VelciRaptor 600GB
HD Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB (x4)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling, SILENCER 910 1K
Case: Microcool Banchetto 101
Monitors: Samsung 245T 24" (x3), Samsung LN46B650 46" HD LCD HDTV

9/10

Only due to the outdated cpu socket.

[borg_7_of_9]

Rating specs that are posted here and rated by different individuals who have their own option on what they think a "10" rig would be is subjective. Two people could be reading the same specs and one would give it a "10" as the other would score it a "8" then drama sets in because everyone has their own option.

I think It boils down to your budet. If you have (at the time) the cash to get a monster rig then go for it but if you can only afford to upgrade in stages then that is a good thing as well. The bottom line here boils down to gameplay. If your rig can handle your fav game then great, if not then time to upgrade granted you have the cash.

That said I'll give Unclejunebug rig a 7.5/10. Great rig bro now it's time to OC that CPU.:p


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Now for my senior citizen rig, I built this back in 2009 and it still running and playing fine for me to this day. I do think an upgrade will be coming soon.

My Specs:
MB: Asus POG Rampage II Extreme, X58 Express
CPU: Intel i7 920 D0 @ 4.5GHz
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 12GB
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 6990*
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-2202B Blu-Ray
HD Primary: Western Digital VelciRaptor 600GB
HD Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB (x4)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling, SILENCER 910 1K
Case: Microcool Banchetto 101
Monitors: Samsung 245T 24" (x3), Samsung LN46B650 46" HD LCD HDTV

*HD 6990 was my only upgrade from two HD 5760 that ran in Crossfire.

I know it's old but it's my baby and because of it's age I'll probably get a 5 score. Thanks for viewing:)

Maxi gave u a 9 IMO it's not a 5 like u thought more like an 8/10 hmm 7.8 from me SSD > V raptor and the PSU is so so + no mention of CPU cooler..

[steve_713]

The CPU is showing its age IMO..

Could you reccommend what sort of CPU would be a suitable upgrade? (sorry, I don't know much about building computers)

[borg_7_of_9]

Could you reccommend what sort of CPU would be a suitable upgrade? (sorry, I don't know much about building computers)

U really need a new mother board, CPU and ram but if your mother board can take a Q9650 and u can find one cheap on eBay it may be worth a look.. IMO a Z68 mobo n I5 2400 CPU with 4-8G of DDR 3 ram would be good..

[steve_713]

U really need a new mother board, CPU and ram but if your mother board can take a Q9650 and u can find one cheap on eBay it may be worth a look.. IMO a Z68 mobo n I5 2400 CPU with 4-8G of DDR 3 ram would be good..

I've just been looking at the pricing of the Z68 mobo with I5 CPU and ddr3 RAM on amazon, is there any particular mobo that I would need or is it just any Z68 one? And is there a better website to buy this sort of thing from? (it needs delivery to England)

[Janova]

Thanks for the rate gang, sorry didn't mention the cooler I'm using...CPU, Mobo and GPU all watercooled nothing special.

I'll post again when I complete my new build.:p

[CoreSyntax]

2 Years Old.

Stable 24/7 - Air
Asus Rampage III Gene Intel X58
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield)- OC 4.2 GHz (37% OC)
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler.
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz 8/9/8/24 Triple Channel. - UC + Tightened Timings 1600MHz 6/7/6/20
2 * SLI - GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 - Factory OC 845MHz/1690MHz/950MHz
3 * Iiyama Pro Lite E2607WS 26" 2ms.
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache. - System Drive.
Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply.
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case.

My System HDD is probably my worst part, thinking of upgrading to SSD and then the system is still viable for many years to come?

[richarrj]

Asus Maximus V Gene
Intel Ivy Bridge i5-3570k
16GB (4x4GB) Gskill ripjaw DDR3 1600
Crucial m4 128GB SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
CoolerMaster HAF-X 942
LG M-DISC Blu-ray
MSI Geforce 670 GTX O.C. Edition
Corsair GS800 PSU

[nicku24]

Mine:

MSI P67A-GD53
Intel i5 2500k
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
8GB GSkill DDR3-1600
KFA2 Anarchy GTX 580
Corsair Obsidian 800D
BFG ES-800 PSU
2x Crucial M4 64GB Raid 0
2x Samsung F3 1TB HDD
LG Bluray/HD-DVD


8 - MSI P67A-GD53
8.5 - Intel i5 2500k
8.5 - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
8.5 - 8GB GSkill DDR3-1600
9.5 - KFA2 Anarchy GTX 580
9 - Corsair Obsidian 800D
9 - BFG ES-800 PSU
9.5 - 2x Crucial M4 64GB Raid 0
8 - 2x Samsung F3 1TB HDD
10 - LG Bluray/HD-DVD

8.85

Mine

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Intel 3930k @ 4.9Ghz
Corsair H100
32GB Gskill DDR3-2133
Thermeltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
2x Radeon HD7970 Crossfire
Corsair 1200 PSU
3x Corsair Force GT 120GB Raid 0
External 3 Terabyte Seagate USB 3.0
Plextor DVD-RW, Plextor Bluray, Aft Card Reader w/USB 3.0

[grigore]

Desktop:
Intel I72600k
Nvidia Geforce GTX570 1280 MB GDDR5
8GB 2133 MHZ RAM
80 GB SSD
1.5TB HDD
1x DVD-writer
1xBlue-ray Writer
1xCard reader.

[grigore]

8 - MSI P67A-GD53
8.5 - Intel i5 2500k
8.5 - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
8.5 - 8GB GSkill DDR3-1600
9.5 - KFA2 Anarchy GTX 580
9 - Corsair Obsidian 800D
9 - BFG ES-800 PSU
9.5 - 2x Crucial M4 64GB Raid 0
8 - 2x Samsung F3 1TB HDD
10 - LG Bluray/HD-DVD

8.85

Mine

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Intel 3930k @ 4.9Ghz
Corsair H100
32GB Gskill DDR3-2133
Thermeltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
2x Radeon HD7970 Crossfire
Corsair 1200 PSU
3x Corsair Force GT 120GB Raid 0
External 3 Terabyte Seagate USB 3.0
Plextor DVD-RW, Plextor Bluray, Aft Card Reader w/USB 3.0
Nice ^^

[Sublime2k]

Nope, I'm not.
Good post.

[Sterlin22]

I5-2310 2.9ghz quad core CPU ( sandy bridge )
8GB DDR3 1333MHZ
Sapphire Radeon 7850 OC Edition
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
1TB 7200 RPM HDD
Corsair GS700 PSU

How does mine look?

[Jokerman_]

I5-2310 2.9ghz quad core CPU ( sandy bridge )
8GB DDR3 1333MHZ
Sapphire Radeon 7850 OC Edition
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
1TB 7200 RPM HDD
Corsair GS700 PSU

How does mine look?

7.5/10 Meh. Whats your budget? why not go for a 2500K? Stock cooler? GFX looks good and so does PSU.

[Dragnerok_X]

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 (2.5GHz, 2MB cache), overclocked to 3.0GHz stable
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L motherboard
512MB PNY GeForce 9800GT EE
4GB DDR2 800
320GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
Antec 430W PSU
Windows 7 x64 Pro


Yes, I realize this machine frankly... sucks compared to many dedicated gaming rigs these days, but I've held onto this for several years, and because I play mostly indie and older games, haven't felt a compelling need to upgrade.

Rate away.

[richarrj]

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 (2.5GHz, 2MB cache), overclocked to 3.0GHz stable
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L motherboard
512MB PNY GeForce 9800GT EE
4GB DDR2 800
320GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
Antec 430W PSU
Windows 7 x64 Pro


Yes, I realize this machine frankly... sucks compared to many dedicated gaming rigs these days, but I've held onto this for several years, and because I play mostly indie and older games, haven't felt a compelling need to upgrade.

Rate away.
I'm rating this one a 7 because the 9800GT is a great card that can still beat the graphics of any console which is great. I ran an 8800 GTS 320MB for a while and was able to play Skyrim no problem with great framerate.

[HavocInferno]

Mine

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Intel 3930k @ 4.9Ghz
Corsair H100
32GB Gskill DDR3-2133
Thermeltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
2x Radeon HD7970 Crossfire
Corsair 1200 PSU
3x Corsair Force GT 120GB Raid 0
External 3 Terabyte Seagate USB 3.0
Plextor DVD-RW, Plextor Bluray, Aft Card Reader w/USB 3.0

Now tell me, is there any noticeable difference in performance etc between your system and one with let's say 4-8GB Ram, 1 HD7970, 2TB, no SSD, a Intel 2500k or sth like that etc? I doubt it, except maybe 2 seconds faster loading times at some point.

And is there any noticeable price difference? INDEED!

tt: The "♥♥♥♥ My Computer" Thread

[Vonnick]

Budget build incoming. Bought most of this in a Newegg DIY bundle which is why the Rosewill stuff is there. PSU seems surprisingly well made but the same can't be said for the case.

CPU: i7 2600K @ 4GHz
Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-ED55
GPU: EVGA GTS 450 @ 900/1800/2000MHz
RAM: 2x2GB Kingston HyperX @ 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1.5v
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM w/ 32MB cache
PSU: 750W Rosewill Green Series 80+ Bronze
Case: Rosewill Blackbone
Cooler: Cooler Master GeminII S524

Upcoming upgrades: Radeon HD 7850 and another 4GB of RAM.

[N1claus]

Do me! Do me!

Case: Thermaltake A90
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast TX2 750W
Motherboard: Asus A8Z68-V
CPU: Intel i5-2500
CPU cooler: Corsair A70
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24 timings
GPU: Gainward Nvidia 570GTX GLH (800Mhz core, 4000Mhz Memory)
Optical: LG Blue-Ray Reader
SSD: Corsair Force 115GB
HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATAIII
HDD2: Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB
Sound Card: Asus Xonar D1
Monitor: LG IPS231
Mouse: Razer Deathadder Respawn
Keyboard: Microsoft Media 3000

Upcoming upgrades: A proper set of headphones, ASAP, my Xonar is wasted on the low-end Logitech I have right now. Later, a gaming-grade mechanical keyboard.

[nicku24]

Now tell me, is there any noticeable difference in performance etc between your system and one with let's say 4-8GB Ram, 1 HD7970, 2TB, no SSD, a Intel 2500k or sth like that etc? I doubt it, except maybe 2 seconds faster loading times at some point.

And is there any noticeable price difference? INDEED!

tt: The "♥♥♥♥ My Computer" Thread

Considering my PC before this one was an i5-2500k p67 yes I know there is no discernible difference in gaming but I don't just game on that machine. I also like having nice things and I can afford them. Is there a problem with that?

[MikeBlaszczak]

Please remember to keep your comments civil and on-topic.

[HL2-4-Life]

Now tell me, is there any noticeable difference in performance etc between your system and one with let's say 4-8GB Ram, 1 HD7970, 2TB, no SSD, a Intel 2500k or sth like that etc? I doubt it, except maybe 2 seconds faster loading times at some point.

And is there any noticeable price difference? INDEED!

tt: The "♥♥♥♥ My Computer" ThreadDude, if you don't want to rate his system, just leave it alone. He has a powerful system, and it's his money to do as he sees fit. I have a very similar system to his myself, I have the 3960X instead, and while some have said the cpu is overkill, iirc, nobody had negative comment about my build.

Btw, nicku, I would give yours a 9.8....

[borg_7_of_9]

Dude, if you don't want to rate his system, just leave it alone. He has a powerful system, and it's his money to do as he sees fit. I have a very similar system to his myself, I have the 3960X instead, and while some have said the cpu is overkill, iirc, nobody had negative comment about my build.

Btw, nicku, I would give yours a 9.8....

I agree n I'd never say a CPU is over kill... I'd have a 3960X bu t I upgraded early...
But if ive cones out in s2011 it might be my next upgrade 8 core sweetness with ht , bring it on I have the cash

[ActiveNinja]

1x #259863: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - ... - £66.00
1x #284663: Hanns.G HK241DPB TFT LCD FULL HD 23.6" DVI Monitor with Speakers - £113.56
1x #342873: Samsung SH-222BB 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black - £12.99
1x #349747: Sapphire HD 7850 2GB DVI HDMI Dual Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £190.08
1x #248767: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Module CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered - £20.99
1x #233740: Coolermaster Elite 430 All Black Interior Mid Tower Case with Side Window - £38.99
1x #257232: Corsair TX 650W V2 PSU - 80plus Bronze Certified - £67.82
1x #344706: Seagate 500GB Barracuda Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - 3.5" SATA-II - 7200RPM 16... - £55.00
1x #251596: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £168.78
1x #281367: Asus P8Z68-V LX Socket 1155 Onboard graphics output 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherbo... - £79.98
Total: £814.19

[JudgementBullet]

1x #259863: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - ... - £66.00
1x #284663: Hanns.G HK241DPB TFT LCD FULL HD 23.6" DVI Monitor with Speakers - £113.56
1x #342873: Samsung SH-222BB 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black - £12.99
1x #349747: Sapphire HD 7850 2GB DVI HDMI Dual Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £190.08
1x #248767: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Module CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered - £20.99
1x #233740: Coolermaster Elite 430 All Black Interior Mid Tower Case with Side Window - £38.99
1x #257232: Corsair TX 650W V2 PSU - 80plus Bronze Certified - £67.82
1x #344706: Seagate 500GB Barracuda Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - 3.5" SATA-II - 7200RPM 16... - £55.00
1x #251596: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £168.78
1x #281367: Asus P8Z68-V LX Socket 1155 Onboard graphics output 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherbo... - £79.98
Total: £814.19

Awesome price to performance value rig. 6.9/10

[venomblade89]

Here's my newly built one,

CPU: i5 3570k @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
GPU: EVGA GTX 670
HDD: 1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM w/ 32mb cache
PSU: NZXT Hale82 750M
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Going to add a Crucial M4 128gb SSD in the near future as well

[Raven701]

Alright guys I have a special one here ;)

Now this isn't my system or anybodies yet because this is a grand prize winner item for the Ultimate Razer BF3 Giveaway on Facebook :)

So lets check and critique this bad boy shall we? Yeah I know it has a fancy BF3 paint job on the case but that's just the icing on the cake.

Custom Razer and Battlefield 3 themed Origin PC:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Intel Core i7 2600k w/ Origin PC Professional Overclocking to 4.5 GHz
120GB SSD & 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM
Asus P8P67-V PRO
1200W PSU
8GB RAM
Origin Frostbyte 120 Cooling


ugh the name "Origin" just makes me cringe, but any-hoo what do you guys think? Is this guy worth it? I think it does since it takes a huge dump on my system ;)

Other goodies included:

Battlefield 3™ Razer BlackShark gaming headset for PC
Battlefield 3™ Razer BlackWidow Ultimate gaming keyboard
Battlefield 3™ Razer Imperator gaming mouse
Battlefield 3™ Razer Scarab gaming mouse mat
Battlefield 3™ Razer Messenger Bag
Battlefield 3™ Razer Onza Tournament Edition gaming controller
Battlefield 3™ Premium (The game, all DLC forever, plus tons of other perks)

[Raven701]

Here's my newly built one,

CPU: i5 3570k @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
GPU: EVGA GTX 670
HDD: 1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM w/ 32mb cache
PSU: NZXT Hale82 750M
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Going to add a Crucial M4 128gb SSD in the near future as well

7.5/10
8/10 with SSD

[UberTrevor]

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 680 2GB
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
MSI Z77A-GD65 Military Class III
G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB)
COOLER MASTER V6
500GB 7200 RPM

Price: $1,450

Future build. Open to suggestions to better versions of what I have.

[Corpfox]

Custom Razer and Battlefield 3 themed Origin PC:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Intel Core i7 2600k w/ Origin PC Professional Overclocking to 4.5 GHz
120GB SSD & 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM
Asus P8P67-V PRO
1200W PSU
8GB RAM
Origin Frostbyte 120 Cooling


ugh the name "Origin" just makes me cringe, but any-hoo what do you guys think? Is this guy worth it? I think it does since it takes a huge dump on my system ;)



8/10 because its a "Origin". :o


Gigabyte GTX 275 896MB Video Card
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Motherboard
Corsair Dominator 6GB Ram
Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt
Corsair Carbide Series 500R White Case w/ 6 fans
Intel i7 920 2.67GHz CPU
Seagate Sata-2 500GB HDD
Seagate 1TB HDD External

[Sublime2k]

Alright guys I have a special one here ;)

Now this isn't my system or anybodies yet because this is a grand prize winner item for the Ultimate Razer BF3 Giveaway on Facebook :)

So lets check and critique this bad boy shall we? Yeah I know it has a fancy BF3 paint job on the case but that's just the icing on the cake.

Custom Razer and Battlefield 3 themed Origin PC:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Intel Core i7 2600k w/ Origin PC Professional Overclocking to 4.5 GHz
120GB SSD & 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM
Asus P8P67-V PRO
1200W PSU
8GB RAM
Origin Frostbyte 120 Cooling


ugh the name "Origin" just makes me cringe, but any-hoo what do you guys think? Is this guy worth it? I think it does since it takes a huge dump on my system ;)

Other goodies included:

Battlefield 3™ Razer BlackShark gaming headset for PC
Battlefield 3™ Razer BlackWidow Ultimate gaming keyboard
Battlefield 3™ Razer Imperator gaming mouse
Battlefield 3™ Razer Scarab gaming mouse mat
Battlefield 3™ Razer Messenger Bag
Battlefield 3™ Razer Onza Tournament Edition gaming controller
Battlefield 3™ Premium (The game, all DLC forever, plus tons of other perks)
Which SSD? Which HDD? Which RAM? Which PSU?

You could probably buy another PC for the price of that Razer stuff. :rolleyes:

[Brony4ever]

OS; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU; AMD Athlon II X3 455 @ 3.3 Ghz
RAM; 8gb (2x4gb) Kingston HyperX DDR3 RAM @ 1600 Mhz. Timing; 9-9-24
GPU; ATI Radeon HD 3650 (256MB)
Mobo; Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 Micro-ATX
PSU; Anteq 350 watt
HDD; Hitachi 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB cache
CD-drive; none at the moment. All my CD-drives use IDE connectors.

[Raven701]

Which SSD? Which HDD? Which RAM? Which PSU?

You could probably buy another PC for the price of that Razer stuff. :rolleyes:

Dunno? Doesn't say.

[Ascanix]

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
8,00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H67M-D2-B3 (Socket 1155)
1024MB GeForce GTS 450 (Gigabyte)
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 (SATA)
488GB Seagate ST3500320AS (SATA)

So far it runs any game on max so I'm good.

[Xscorpiusx1]

Intel Core i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz
Corsair H100 Water Cooler
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Asus Sabertooth X79 Motherboard
16GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance
Corsair 120GB Force3 SSD S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
2nd hard drive: 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVDRW DL S-ATA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB
Antec Twelve Hundred Case
850W Corsair HX Modular PSU

[Sjeik]

Case : Corsair Graphite White
CPU : i5 2500K 4,0 Ghz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8
RAM : 8 GB G-Skill Ripjaw x low latency RAM (7-7-7-21)
GPU : 2x Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2GB (crossfire)
PSU : Antec Gamer Pro 750 Watt

Drives:

SSD (OS) :120 GB Adata S510 (read 550mb/s write 510mb/s)
HDD 1 (Games):320 GB Western Digital Velociraptor 10.000 rpm
HDD 2 (media):750 GB Western Digital 7.200 rpm

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/744/dsc0094ly.jpg

(still working on a solution for the messy cables ;) )

[cr1515]

new build which I put the finishing touches on today:

Case - Silverstone Fortress FT02
PSU - Seasonic XP Platinum 1000W fully sleeved MDPC-X black/white/titanium
CPU - Intel 3770K with Prolimatech Megahalems + 2 Scythe 1800 rpm GTs
Mobo - Asus Sabretooth Z77
RAM - 2x4GB Corsair low profile Vengeance white 1600
GFX - EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature Series

Drives:
Windows 7 64 - Intel 520 SSD 180GB
progs (Photoshop etc) - OCZ RevoDrive 3 120GB
Steam - Intel X25-M G2 SSD 160GB
Data - WD 2TB Caviar Black

[5UB]

Hardware:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60Ghz
Gigabyte Z68X-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel
Custom Watercooling Loop
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Professional Series AX750 Modular Power Supply
Intel 510 Series "Elmcrest" 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive
LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive
Lian Li PC-A05FNB Aluminium Midi Tower Case - Black

Peripherals:
BenQ XL2410T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor
Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse @ 1800dpi
SteelSeries 6G v2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G35 Gaming USB Headset PC 7.1Ch Surround
Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II 2.0 Speaker System
Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Pad

Pictures:
http://files.upit.me/1338998629.jpg
http://files.upit.me/1338951067.jpg
http://files.upit.me/1338920507.jpg
http://files.upit.me/1338952441.jpg

[Bikouchu]

Rig:
i5 2500k ($169 new :D) + 9700 cnps Zalman Nvidia Green LED
p67 msi g43 b3
8gb pny optima ram
Gtx 570 evga reference
40gb owc sandforce bootdrive
Samsung 22 inch 1050 res.
520hx Corsair Modular psu
Raidmax Smilodon
Windows 7 Ultimate
extras:
500gb internal + 2x1tb external
creative sound audigy 2
z5300 logitech 5.1
xonar dg dolby headphone
Fiio E7 + E9 headphone dac & amp
Ultrasone Dj1 Headphone + AKG k701 + zalman mic clip
Klipsch s4
sixaxis controller
40inch 1080p Samsung
Razer BW Ultimate mechanical kb + logitech g9

4 year old case. I just upgraded the parts gradually since the initial built.

[Geowil]

i5 2500k ($169 new ) + 9700 cnps Zalman Nvidia Green LED
p67 msi g43 b3
8gb pny optima ram
Gtx 570 evga reference
40gb owc sandforce bootdrive
Samsung 22 inch 1050 res.
520hx Corsair Modular psu
Raidmax Smilodon
Windows 7 Ultimate
extras:
500gb internal + 2x1tb external
creative sound audigy 2
z5300 logitech 5.1
xonar dg dolby headphone
Fiio E7 + E9 headphone dac & amp
Ultrasone Dj1 Headphone + AKG k701 + zalman mic clip
Klipsch s4
sixaxis controller
40inch 1080p Samsung
Razer BW Ultimate mechanical kb + logitech g9


I will give that a 7, a 6 if I were petty enough to take a point off for an air cooler.

Anyone who wants to max everything out for the next couple of years will not be able to only spend $800 on their PC. A lot of $2000+ Rigs can't even max out Metro 2033 at 60 fps, which by the way, and rig that can is the only kind of rig that deserves a 10/10.

Not necessarily, it depends on the settings. Depth of Field in Metro kills the frame rate. I just did some Fraps bench marks on highest settings (AA x4, af x16, 1920x1080) with tessellation turned on/DOF turned off and here are the results:

Prologue:
Average FPS over 351 samples: 104

Fraps calculated averages:
Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg
25790 351533 29 131 73.364


First Area up to just after nosalis attack:

Average FPS over 305 samples: 86

Fraps calculated averages:
Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg
20739 305544 0 120 67.876



With DOF turned on:

Prologue:

Average FPS over 367 samples: 46.5

Fraps calculated averages:
Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg
15535 368584 24 65 42.148


First Area up to just after nosalis attack:
Average FPS over 302 samples: 63

Fraps Calculated averages:
Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg
14938 302377 16 76 49.402


It is not much of a gain but turning off advanced DOF does give a speed increase for really no loss in visual quality.

This was on my system I posted a few pages back.

[Sandoooooo]

MSi GT683 Gaming Laptop


LCD: 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) (Matte Type)

Processor: Intel Core i7 2630-QM (2nd generation)

Graphic Card: NVIDIA GTX 560M (1.5 GB DDR5)

Memory: 16 GB (1600 MHz)

Hard Drive: 750 GB SATA 7200rpm

OS: Windows 7 Premium 64-bit

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray

Price: $1600

As it comes with: MSi Backpack + SteelSeries Siberia V2 Headsets + MSi Gaming Mouse + Mousepad

[Sterlin22]

7.5/10 Meh. Whats your budget? why not go for a 2500K? Stock cooler? GFX looks good and so does PSU.

Sorry, haven't been on in a week, been working on my PC. I now have a H60 Liquid Cooler for my CPU, an extra fan, and a whole new Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case ( comes with two fans as well ).

[deathcorefan]

Screen: Full HD 1920x1080
Processor:Intel Core 2 Quad 2,33GHz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GT230
Ram: 4GB DDR3
Hard Drive: 320GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Pirate lol)
Bought it in 2010, i also have a 10$ mouse and no mouse pad lol
And can my PC run CS GO with no lag if CSS has like 80-210 fps?

[headcasephil]

Just fin building new pc. just bleeding water loop
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155

Asus Sabertooth Z77

32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-14900 (1866)

2 X 2GB Asus GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP

128GB Samsung 830 Series SSD

4TB Hitachi 0S03363 Deskstar 5K4000, HDD

1200W PSU, Corsair Pro Series Gold 1200AX, Modular, 90%Eff', 80 PLUS Gold, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX

Coolermaster RC-1100 V2 Cosmos S Sport Black Full Tower Case

Sony BWU-500S-WW Blu-ray Writer

EK-Supreme HF - Full EN (Nickel)

EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump)

EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced

EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (360)

[JudgementBullet]

Just fin building new pc. just bleeding water loop
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155

Asus Sabertooth Z77

32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-14900 (1866)

3 X 2GB Asus GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP

128GB Samsung 830 Series SSD

4TB Hitachi 0S03363 Deskstar 5K4000, HDD

1200W PSU, Corsair Pro Series Gold 1200AX, Modular, 90%Eff', 80 PLUS Gold, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX

Coolermaster RC-1100 V2 Cosmos S Sport Black Full Tower Case

Sony BWU-500S-WW Blu-ray Writer

EK-Supreme HF - Full EN (Nickel)

EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump)

EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced

EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (360)

Does Asus Sabretooth Z77 support 3-way SLI?

[venomblade89]

Just fin building new pc. just bleeding water loop
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155

Asus Sabertooth Z77

32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-14900 (1866)

3 X 2GB Asus GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP

128GB Samsung 830 Series SSD

4TB Hitachi 0S03363 Deskstar 5K4000, HDD

1200W PSU, Corsair Pro Series Gold 1200AX, Modular, 90%Eff', 80 PLUS Gold, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX

Coolermaster RC-1100 V2 Cosmos S Sport Black Full Tower Case

Sony BWU-500S-WW Blu-ray Writer

EK-Supreme HF - Full EN (Nickel)

EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump)

EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced

EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (360)


*slow clap*

[headcasephil]

Does Asus Sabretooth Z77 support 3-way SLI? hit the wrong key 2 x not 3 x should have checked before posting

[iAlexx]

Just fin building new pc. just bleeding water loop
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155

Asus Sabertooth Z77

32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-14900 (1866)

2 X 2GB Asus GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP

128GB Samsung 830 Series SSD

4TB Hitachi 0S03363 Deskstar 5K4000, HDD

1200W PSU, Corsair Pro Series Gold 1200AX, Modular, 90%Eff', 80 PLUS Gold, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX

Coolermaster RC-1100 V2 Cosmos S Sport Black Full Tower Case

Sony BWU-500S-WW Blu-ray Writer

EK-Supreme HF - Full EN (Nickel)

EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump)

EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced

EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (360)

9.7/10 .1 for no 2011 .1 for no WC gpus .1 for 128 gb ssd still that's a kickass machine I WANNA SEE PICTURE OF IT!!!!!!!:D

[headcasephil]

9.7/10 .1 for no 2011 .1 for no WC gpus .1 for 128 gb ssd still that's a kickass machine I WANNA SEE PICTURE OF IT!!!!!!!:D let me carge my cam and then you can

[wonton55912]

I have to use my crappy laptop so here goes it with the specs


AMD Athlon II P360 Dual core
Dell Inspiron M5030
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
3GB RAM
250GB hard drive
Windows 7 Home premium 64 bit
My sound is broken X_X

[bluegrass61]

I have a Dell 670 workstation with 4 gigs of ram and a nvidia 9600 series graphics card and 2, 3.4 prossesors. It really is not the gaming computer I thought it would be, but I swaped and traded for it an have 0 into it. Does anyone have any ideas how I could juice it up. I have Shift 2 and can't play it?

[SinanDira]

Hi. Just my old desktop:


CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 @ 850 MHz, 128-bit 1GB GDDR5 @ 1200 MHz, PCI Express 2.0, running a 1920x1080 display

RAM: 5 GB DDR2 @ 800 MHz (2x 2 GB + 2x 512 MB)

MoBo: Gigabyte S-Series GA-EP35-DS3L, 1333 maximum FSB (should *this* number be here?)

Audio: Onboard Realtek ALC888 7.1

Storage (all SATA 3GB/s):
250 GB @ 7200 RPM, 8 MB cache, Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS (system partition, storage & games)
2 TB @ 5400 RPM, 64 MB cache, Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EURS (games, storage & FRAPS'ing)
160 GB @ 7200 RPM, 2 MB cache, Western Digital WD1600AABS (storage)


PSU: 600 watt, Coolmax

Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

[CheezyWeezle]

Here are my specs:

CPU: AMD Zambezi Six-core 3.33GHz
Video Card: nVidia GeForce GT 550 Ti 1GB
8GB G.SKILL RAM
HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3


I can run pretty much any game at max settings, and I am using Dual monitors with one monitor at 1920x1080, and the other at 1280x720. The only game that I notice that lags anything is Minecraft, and I can run it with maximum settings, and an HD texture pack, and still get 100+ FPS. I haven't overclocked or anything.

[bubblebuster]

I have a Dell 670 workstation with 4 gigs of ram and a nvidia 9600 series graphics card and 2, 3.4 prossesors. It really is not the gaming computer I thought it would be, but I swaped and traded for it an have 0 into it. Does anyone have any ideas how I could juice it up. I have Shift 2 and can't play it?

You just need a good graphics card. I don't know what your budget is, but get one of these cards (ordered by price)

1. GTX 670
2. Radeon HD 7870
3. Radeon HD 7770

[Emkryan]

Mobo:Gigabyte Z77-UD3H
CPU:Intel Core i5-2500k
RAM:8GB Gskill Ripjaws@1600 MHz
GFX Card:Asus GTX460
PSU:OCZ ZT 550
HDD:Westen Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

[HL2-4-Life]

Bang up job you guys have been doing....:rolleyes:

Remember to rate the one before you IF you expect to be rated, that is the golden rule.

[HavocInferno]

Bang up job you guys have been doing....:rolleyes:

Remember to rate the one before you IF you expect to be rated, that is the golden rule.

I think most people in here are just show offs. They just want everyone to praise their systems.

[Hawkeye127]

Mobo:Gigabyte Z77-UD3H
CPU:Intel Core i5-2500k
RAM:8GB Gskill Ripjaws@1600 MHz
GFX Card:Asus GTX460
PSU:OCZ ZT 550
HDD:Westen Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

7/10: Solid CPU, good RAM, solid GPU, a bit lean on the wattage for the PSU especially if wanting to go SLI, not a ton of storage.

I just got my new graphics card, so I'll give this a whirl.

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.5ghz
EVGA GTX 670 FTW @ 1077MHz base, 1156MHz boost, 1290MHz max boost, 3834MHz memory clock (7668MHz effective)
6GB Gskill ddr3-1333 @ 1440, cas 7
Corsair 750w PSU, 60 amp rail
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB hdd
Samsung Story Station 1TB external hdd
Antec 900 case

[SinanDira]

Bang up job you guys have been doing....:rolleyes:

Remember to rate the one before you IF you expect to be rated, that is the golden rule.

Dude, teach us how and we would rate our own systems. I have no idea about your rating system. :P

[borg_7_of_9]

Dude, teach us how and we would rate our own systems. I have no idea about your rating system. :P

Use your hardware knowledge and give a score out of 10 or 100 if you like simple really, sure if your knowledge isn't that great your scores might be higher than someone with more knowledge but at the end of the day it's what you think of there rig and it's components..

The idea is too rate the last system posted then post your own spec's for the next person to rate, how you rate it is up to you! Of course there no harm in just rating a system n not posting your own spec's if your rig has been rated before..


7/10: Solid CPU, good RAM, solid GPU, a bit lean on the wattage for the PSU especially if wanting to go SLI, not a ton of storage.

I just got my new graphics card, so I'll give this a whirl.

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.5ghz
EVGA GTX 670 FTW @ 1077MHz base, 1156MHz boost, 1290MHz max boost, 3834MHz memory clock (7668MHz effective)
6GB Gskill ddr3-1333 @ 1440, cas 7
Corsair 750w PSU, 60 amp rail
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB hdd
Samsung Story Station 1TB external hdd
Antec 900 case

7.5/10 Nice case, CPU and GPU combo (Cpu cooling?) ,more spec's may improve your score (motherboard? Monitor)

[yuenkaiwai]

CPU:Intel Core i5-2500k
RAM:8GB Corsair 1600Mhz
GFX Card: Gigabyte HD 7950 3GB VRAM
PSU:Corsair TX650
HDD: WD Blue 500GB

[Hawkeye127]

Use your hardware knowledge and give a score out of 10 or 100 if you like simple really, sure if your knowledge isn't that great your scores might be higher than someone with more knowledge but at the end of the day it's what you think of there rig and it's components..

The idea is too rate the last system posted then post your own spec's for the next person to rate, how you rate it is up to you! Of course there no harm in just rating a system n not posting your own spec's if your rig has been rated before..




7.5/10 Nice case, CPU and GPU combo (Cpu cooling?) ,more spec's may improve your score (motherboard? Monitor)

Ask you shall receive:

CPU cooling: Thermalright TRUE Ultra 120 eXtreme
MOBO: ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58
Monitor: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
Speakers: Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 32 watts RMS 2.0 Speakers

[Exploder]

CPU:Intel Core i5-2500k
RAM:8GB Corsair 1600Mhz
GFX Card: Gigabyte HD 7950 3GB VRAM
PSU:Corsair TX650
HDD: WD Blue 500GB

Excellent CPU, still very good, especially if OC'ed, for most games out there not utilizing HT.
Excellent GPU, very good bang for the buck!
Slighty above average PSU, should be plenty for a single GPU-setup, good quality.
Very good RAM, excellent sweet-spot right there!

Your HDD setup is slightly bizarre... blue is average speed, between the Green & Black series. Definitely the weakest spot in your system.

Final rating: 8/10

Now, feast yourselves on my brand new rig:

Case: Corsair Obsidian 550D
CPU: Intel i7 3770K
GPU: Gainward GTX 680 Phantom
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHZ CL9 16GB
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB (OS & apps)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (Games & media)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (data & backup)
PSU: Corsair AX750
MB: Asus P8Z77-V
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium

Keyboard & mouse: Steelseries 7G & Sensei

Soundcard: Asus Xonar Essence STX
Headset: AKG Q701


CPU-cooler: Noctua U12P SE2 push/pull
Fan setup: 2x Noctua 120mm F12 front intake
1x Noctua 140mm P14 bottom intake
1x Noctua 140mm P14 rear exhaust

edit: gotta include my monitor, BenQ XL2420T, 120-hz sexyness :)

[Scudzz]

Case: Corsair Obsidian 550D
CPU: Intel i7 3770K
GPU: Gainward GTX 680 Phantom
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHZ CL9 16GB
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB (OS & apps)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (Games & media)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (data & backup)
PSU: Corsair AX750
MB: Asus P8Z77-V
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium


I hope someone else rates yours because I feel woefully unqualified compared to most others in this thread.

9.5/10

Here are my arbitrary and probably unwarranted reductions: -.1 for 680, b/c 670 saves you money and you get to keep most of the power, -.2 because you don't have 24GB or 32GB of RAM you may never need, and -.2 for air cooled because I don't know how else to deduct any points.
It looks like a beautiful machine.

Mine is okay, I played through Crysis 2 on Ultra (No DX11 or High Res Texture Pack) at 1080p the past few days, and my minimum framerate never impaired my play or annoyed me. Now, I can finally play the Witcher 2 without stuttering and unplayably low minimum frame rates. And it eats the rest of my games for breakfast--don't own Metro 2033 though :). So I'm happy with it.

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Case: RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WU Black/Blue, Cheap, Cramped AND Flimsy!
MoBo: ASUS M4A78-PLUS, it "has Cross-Fire" with a 4x PCIe lane, WOW
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 970 BE @3.5GHz
RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 @800MHz
GPU: XFX Double D Radeon HD 6950 2GB--don't think this model unlocks/flashes to a 6970, but I'd be afraid of my PSU exploding anyhow.
HDD: 1TB Western Digital 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s, 500GB Western Digital 7200RPG SATA 3GB/s,
250GB No Idea What it Is External USB Two Point Oh!
PSU: ePower (lol, what is this?) 550w, 2 years old and it hasn't burst into flames even once.
"Cooling:" Replaced the case's crap stock fans with slightly less crap fans: 2 x APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED for rear and front, and 1 x Rosewill RFX-80BL 80mm 2 Ball Bearing Blue LED for side.

I'd overclock a bit, but I don't trust my PSU or cooling. I highly recommend a GPU with a dual-fan cooler for those with mediocre cooling and/or a small case. The hottest my card has ever gotten is 74C. Most of the time it's in the mid 60s under load; crazy demanding games get it to low 70s.

[Raffie]

ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core

OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

XFX GS250XYDFC GeForce GTS 250 512MB Core Edition 256-bit GDDR3 (when I get the cash going to upgrade this)

Win7 64-bit

Dell 24" LCD monitor

COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 RC-830-SSN3-GP Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case

[Endosymbiont]

Hi. Just my old desktop:


CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 @ 850 MHz, 128-bit 1GB GDDR5 @ 1200 MHz, PCI Express 2.0, running a 1920x1080 display

RAM: 5 GB DDR2 @ 800 MHz (2x 2 GB + 2x 512 MB)

MoBo: Gigabyte S-Series GA-EP35-DS3L, 1333 maximum FSB (should *this* number be here?)

Audio: Onboard Realtek ALC888 7.1

Storage (all SATA 3GB/s):
250 GB @ 7200 RPM, 8 MB cache, Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS (system partition, storage & games)
2 TB @ 5400 RPM, 64 MB cache, Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EURS (games, storage & FRAPS'ing)
160 GB @ 7200 RPM, 2 MB cache, Western Digital WD1600AABS (storage)


PSU: 600 watt, Coolmax

Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

I guess is time to start thinking on an upgrade. Looked at from the gaming point of view I'd give it a 4/10.

CPU: AMD Zambezi Six-core 3.33GHz
Video Card: nVidia GeForce GT 550 Ti 1GB
8GB G.SKILL RAM
HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3

Weak GPU compared to your mobo. I'd rate it 5/10 but since you have no PSU listed I suppose your PC can't even POST so 0/10.

Mobo:Gigabyte Z77-UD3H
CPU:Intel Core i5-2500k
RAM:8GB Gskill Ripjaws@1600 MHz
GFX Card:Asus GTX460
PSU:OCZ ZT 550
HDD:Westen Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Excellent system but a bit weak GPU, 7/10.

ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core

OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

XFX GS250XYDFC GeForce GTS 250 512MB Core Edition 256-bit GDDR3 (when I get the cash going to upgrade this)

Win7 64-bit

Dell 24" LCD monitor

COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 RC-830-SSN3-GP Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Yeah, excellent but your GPU doesn't allow a fair rating. For the time being, oriented for gaming I'd give it a 3/10 but since you didn't list your PSU basically the rest of the system is useless, 0/10.


This is my current system:

* Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.6 GHz
* Noctua NH-D14
* Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z
* 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
* ZOTAC GTX 690
* 2 x WD caviar black 650GB Drive
* WD caviar black 2TB Drive
* DVD+-RW LG
* Corsair AX 1200W
* Cooler Master HAF X
* Razer Mamba 2012
* Asus VG236 120Hz S3D monitor
* Nvidia S3D kit (IR + shutter glasses)
* Windows 7 home premium 64 bits

[Sirtywell]

This is my current system:

* Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.6 GHz
* Noctua NH-D14
* Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z
* 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
* ZOTAC GTX 690
* 2 x WD caviar black 650GB Drive
* WD caviar black 2TB Drive
* DVD+-RW LG
* Corsair AX 1200W
* Cooler Master HAF X
* Razer Mamba 2012
* Asus VG236 120Hz S3D monitor
* Nvidia S3D kit (IR + shutter glasses)
* Windows 7 home premium 64 bits


Ha, well thats a nice system, kinda like mine. The 690 is kinda an overkill, 2x670 in SLI perform at nearly the same level while costing 250 euro less. 8.5/10

Mine:
Intel Core i7-2600K
* Prolimatech Megahalems
* Asus Maximus IV Extreme
* 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
* 2X Palit GTX 670
* 1 WD Caviar black 1TB
* Crucial M4 256GB
* Crucial M4 64GB
* Hitachi Deskstar 1 TB
* 2X Samsung SH-S223C
* Corsair HX 1000W
* Corsair 800D
* Corsair M90
* Razer Lycosa
* Windows 7 home premium 64 bits

I really love corsair. Good quality products and insurance.

[rob_1984]

some Great rigs in here. recently came from a console only gaming hobby to now discovering the pc scene(and yes the wallet killing bargain scene known as steam) this is my set up i'm very happy with

.Zalman z9 plus mid sized case
.I5 2500K currently at 4GHZ
.Asrock Extreme 3 gen 3 z68
.corsair xms3 8gb ddr3 1600mhz
.crucial m4 64gb ssd used as a boot drive for windows 7 64
.samsung f3 1tb 7200rpm
.sapphire 7870 Oc edition left at stock since I just got it
.Liteon DVD drive only used if i buy a game from retail
.Antec 650w truepower new
.Panasonic 42et5b passive 3D tv as montior

[Ximaceo]

Mine:
Intel Core i7-2600K
* Prolimatech Megahalems
* Asus Maximus IV Extreme
* 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
* 2X Palit GTX 670
* 1 WD Caviar black 1TB
* Crucial M4 256GB
* Crucial M4 64GB
* Hitachi Deskstar 1 TB
* 2X Samsung SH-S223C
* Corsair HX 1000W
* Corsair 800D
* Corsair M90
* Razer Lycosa
* Windows 7 home premium 64 bits

I really love corsair. Good quality products and insurance.

9/10

some Great rigs in here. recently came from a console only gaming hobby to now discovering the pc scene(and yes the wallet killing bargain scene known as steam) this is my set up i'm very happy with

.Zalman z9 plus mid sized case
.I5 2500K currently at 4GHZ
.Asrock Extreme 3 gen 3 z68
.corsair xms3 8gb ddr3 1600mhz
.crucial m4 64gb ssd used as a boot drive for windows 7 64
.samsung f3 1tb 7200rpm
.sapphire 7870 Oc edition left at stock since I just got it
.Liteon DVD drive only used if i buy a game from retail
.Antec 650w truepower new
.Panasonic 42et5b passive 3D tv as montior

8/10

Here is mine:

- Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07 GHz
- Asus P6T SE
- 3 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 @ 1066 MHz
- HIS Radeon HD 5850 1GB
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
- Intel SSD 160GB
- 2 x Seagate 7200.12 1500GB
- Antec TruePower Trio 550W
- Antec P-180

[Sandoooooo]

MSi GT683 Gaming Laptop


LCD: 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) (Matte Type)

Processor: Intel Core i7 2630-QM (2nd generation)

Graphic Card: NVIDIA GTX 560M (1.5 GB DDR5)

Memory: 16 GB (1600 MHz)

Hard Drive: 750 GB SATA 7200rpm

OS: Windows 7 Premium 64-bit

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray

Price: $1600

As it comes with: MSi Backpack + SteelSeries Siberia V2 Headsets + MSi Gaming Mouse + SteelSeries Mousepad

[HL2-4-Life]

9- Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07 GHz
- Asus P6T SE
- 3 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 @ 1066 MHz
- HIS Radeon HD 5850 1GB
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
- Intel SSD 160GB
- 2 x Seagate 7200.12 1500GB
- Antec TruePower Trio 550W
- Antec P-180Wish I could rate you higher for doing a nice job rating two before yours, but best I can rate yours is a solid 7.2....still capable CPU, rather long in the tooth GPU, but the rest of your specs is pretty good,:)

And please people, rate someone before you, then you can expect to be rated, or rated fairly.

[bowersrd]

*Do not know much about laptops so can not rate it fairly*

- Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07 GHz
- Asus P6T SE
- 3 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 @ 1066 MHz
- HIS Radeon HD 5850 1GB
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
- Intel SSD 160GB
- 2 x Seagate 7200.12 1500GB
- Antec TruePower Trio 550W
- Antec P-180

6.5/10 for gaming, Could use upgrade to CPU and video card.

CPU: i5-3570K OC'd to 4.4 GHz
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77 D3H
RAM: 2x4GB Crossair DDR3 1333mhz
GPU: Radeon 7850 2GB (OC'd)
PSU: Kingwin 850W 80+ Bronze Modular Blue LED (Paid $45 BRAND NEW off craigslist!!!!)
CASE: NZXT M59
COOLER: Hyper 212+
HDD: Western Digital 7200RPM 500GB HDD
MONITOR: I-Inc 25" LCD

Play games such as BF3, Civ 5, Skyrim, Etc (Runs everything MAXED w/ 60+ FPS on average)

[damaged]

(...)Need to pair memory, running 3 (Needs to be pairs) of them will cause stuttering quite frequently.(...)

It's triple channel.

[bowersrd]

It's triple channel.

DOH. Did not even think of that! LOL Still could of sworn running 3 causes stuttering.

[Kaneehh]

Hi folks. This is my first post here, and i've not left a rating here for anyone as I don't have much (or rather any) experience with PC gaming setups. I have however recently joined this scene, and have got out my wallet for a decent setup.
I bought this PC for gaming purposes only. I don't use it even to browse the internet. I have another 27" 2011 iMac right beside it on the same desk which is my working/surfing computer. Just doesn't have the guts to play games like I want it to!
Any feedback or thoughts or recommendations on my system spec would be appreciated.


Quad Core i7 - 3770k 3.5 OC'd @ 4.2Ghz
Asus Maximus IV Extreme
8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 @ 1600mhz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690
Creative SB Recon3D 7.1 Express
Dell 27" U2711 (2560 x 1440)
240GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD
1000w Cyberpower Gaming PSU
Coolermaster HAF-X Full Tower
Cyberpower Large WaterCooling kit (360m Radiator, 750res Pump/Reservoir, Rosa CPU Block, High CFM Fans)

Also:
Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard
Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Mouse
Razer Vespula Mousepad
Astro A30 Headset w/ Mixamp

[Sandoooooo]

MSi GT683 Gaming Laptop


LCD: 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) (Matte Type)

Processor: Intel Core i7 2630-QM (2nd generation)

Graphic Card: NVIDIA GTX 560M (1.5 GB DDR5)

Memory: 16 GB (1600 MHz)

Hard Drive: 750 GB SATA 7200rpm

OS: Windows 7 Premium 64-bit

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray

Price: $1600

As it comes with: MSi Backpack + SteelSeries Siberia V2 Headsets + MSi Gaming Mouse + SteelSeries Mousepad

Can anyone rate it, please?

[real4xor]

Operating System: Windows 7UE 64-bit
Mobo: MICRO-STAR MS-7577
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
GPU: HIS HD 4800 (x2 linked)


Did a "slight" upgrade on my PC...

Board/OS
MainBoard: Sabertooth 990FX
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
OS drive: 240 GB OCZ-Agility3 SSD
Memory: 16384MB RAM

Output devices
Video Card name: ASUS HD7970 Series
DisplayM: Panasonic ET5 series
Displayb: Medion MD20094

Sound: Creative SB X-Fi
Speakers: Logitech z906

And it`s pretty noticable. =p

[ETthewalrus]

Heres mine:
-Intel core i5 2500k at 4.2ghz
-ASrock z77
-Thermaltake Spedo full tower case
-Cooler Master GX 750w Bronze
-Samsung 2tb 7200rpm hard drive
-16gigs 1333 RAM
-2x gtx 560ti in sli
-Windows 7 home premium
-Hans-G 27" 1080p moniter
-Logitec mouse and keyboard
-KOSS SB-45 headset
-Soon to have a noctua DH-14 cpu cooler

[Sterlin22]

I5-2310 2.9GHZ Sandy Bridge Quad Core
8GB DDR3 1333 MHZ
Sapphire 7850 OC edition Further Overclocked to 1000/1350
1TB 7200 RPM
View Sonic 22" DVI 1920x1080P
Corsair GS 700 Watt 80+
Some Crappy H61 Motherboard with a 2.0 PcieX16 slot for GPU
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Case (comes with 2 Cooler Master 120 fans)
Extra Cooler Master 120MM fan
H60 Liquid CPU Cooler

[HL2-4-Life]

C'mon guys, rate the system before yours. Otherwise, nobody will be rated, and no experience is required to rate others. If you want, look at your system, estimate how it would score and base your rating on that. Say, if you think yours deserves an '8' at the very least, then if the system before yours has lower or equal or better hardware, rate it accordingly. No experience needed, most of the time, I rate based on a gut feeling......I am one of the lazier ones here as I do not bother to view each individual parts, as some here do, allot marks according and tally them up for a final score. Yep, sounds tiring, hence my excuse for using the gut feeling 'system'. :)

[Kaneehh]

C'mon guys, rate the system before yours. Otherwise, nobody will be rated, and no experience is required to rate others. If you want, look at your system, estimate how it would score and base your rating on that. Say, if you think yours deserves an '8' at the very least, then if the system before yours has lower or equal or better hardware, rate it accordingly. No experience needed, most of the time, I rate based on a gut feeling......I am one of the lazier ones here as I do not bother to view each individual parts, as some here do, allot marks according and tally them up for a final score. Yep, sounds tiring, hence my excuse for using the gut feeling 'system'. :)

I feel a little like i'm being called out here based on my comment a few hours ago about my lack of experience here :p
I do however still believe that i'm a bit new to this game to be marking others on how good/bad a system they own.
If I were good at something i'd rather hear so from my peers than from someone who didn't have a clue when they were on about! If i'm around in a couple of months time and have a little more knowledge of the PC enthusiast scene, i'll be sure to come back and leave a few comments :)

[notimetowaste]

Heres mine:
-Intel core i5 2500k at 4.2ghz
-ASrock z77
-Thermaltake Spedo full tower case
-Cooler Master GX 750w Bronze
-Samsung 2tb 7200rpm hard drive
-16gigs 1333 RAM
-2x gtx 560ti in sli
-Windows 7 home premium
-Hans-G 27" 1080p moniter
-Logitec mouse and keyboard
-KOSS SB-45 headset
-Soon to have a noctua DH-14 cpu cooler

8.2/10
Overkill RAM

I5-2310 2.9GHZ Sandy Bridge Quad Core
8GB DDR3 1333 MHZ
Sapphire 7850 OC edition Further Overclocked to 1000/1350
1TB 7200 RPM
View Sonic 22" DVI 1920x1080P
Corsair GS 700 Watt 80+
Some Crappy H61 Motherboard with a 2.0 PcieX16 slot for GPU
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Case (comes with 2 Cooler Master 120 fans)
Extra Cooler Master 120MM fan
H60 Liquid CPU Cooler

7.5/10
Your GPU runs at what temp?


My Spec
MB: MSI Z68A-GD65
CPU: i5 2400 (no oc)
CPU cooler: Corsair H60
HDD: 2 x WD Black HDD @7200rpm
GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 OC Windforce
RAM: 2 x Corsair 1600Mhz RAM
PSU: Corsair TX650M
FAN: 4 x 120mm Case Fans @2000 rpm

[bes]

8.2/10
My Spec
MB: MSI Z68A-GD65
CPU: i5 2400 (no oc)
CPU cooler: Corsair H60
HDD: 2 x WD Black HDD @7200rpm
GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 OC Windforce
RAM: 2 x Corsair 1600Mhz RAM
PSU: Corsair TX650M
FAN: 4 x 120mm Case Fans @2000 rpm

7/10

I made a change to my system rate it if you want..changes are in bold and cyan..

CPU -> AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6Ghz/4.3Ghz Turbo

MB -> MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2713116&tab=7&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals

RAM -> 16GB CORSAIR Vengeance DDR3 1866 (8-9-8-24-1T timings)

Graphics -> Crossfire MSI HD7870 Twin Frozr 2GDDR5/OC 2GB GDDR5 1050/1200

Drives ->
64GB PLEXTOR PX-64M2S SSD
128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M2S SSD
1TB SAMSUNG HD103UJ HDD
1TB Western Digital WD10EARS HDD
Samsung CD/DVD/Blu-Ray ROM/Burner

PSU -> Ultra X4 850-Watt Modular 80+ Silver Certified
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4558892&tab=7&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals

Case -> CoolerMaster HAF 932 blue

OS -> Windows 8 64bit Preview,Windows 7 64bit Ultimate, Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 64bit

CPU Cooler -> COOLERMASTER Hyper 212 EVO with Arctic Cooling MX-4

Case Cooling -> 1 x 140mm rear blue LED fan, 1 x 230mm front blue LED fan, 1 x 230mm side blue LED fan

Extras -> Rosewill USB 2.0 docking port

Screens -> 17" LCD left , 24" LCD Middle, 17" LCD right

KB -> Razer BlackWidow Ultimate

Mouse -> Logitech M525 Wireless

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/BES12000/BEAST/WEIresult.jpg <-- its sort of amusing that WEI doesn't detect the computer properly.. but there ya go..

[borg_7_of_9]

7/10

I made a change to my system rate it if you want..changes are in bold and cyan..

CPU -> AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6Ghz/4.3Ghz Turbo

MB -> MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2713116&tab=7&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals

RAM -> 16GB CORSAIR Vengeance DDR3 1866 (8-9-8-24-1T timings)

Graphics -> Crossfire MSI HD7870 Twin Frozr 2GDDR5/OC 2GB GDDR5 1050/1200

Drives ->
64GB PLEXTOR PX-64M2S SSD
128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M2S SSD
1TB SAMSUNG HD103UJ HDD
1TB Western Digital WD10EARS HDD
Samsung CD/DVD/Blu-Ray ROM/Burner

PSU -> Ultra X4 850-Watt Modular 80+ Silver Certified
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4558892&tab=7&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals

Case -> CoolerMaster HAF 932 blue

OS -> Windows 8 64bit Preview,Windows 7 64bit Ultimate, Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 64bit

CPU Cooler -> COOLERMASTER Hyper 212 EVO with Arctic Cooling MX-4
;
Case Cooling -> 1 x 140mm rear blue LED fan, 1 x 230mm front blue LED fan, 1 x 230mm side blue LED fan

Extras -> Rosewill USB 2.0 docking port

Screens -> 17" LCD left , 24" LCD Middle, 17" LCD right

KB -> Razer BlackWidow Ultimate

Mouse -> Logitech M525 Wireless

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/BES12000/BEAST/WEIresult.jpg <-- its sort of amusing that WEI doesn't detect the computer properly.. but there ya go..

OK 7.8/10 pair of 7870 nice but 2 17" monitors and a 24" hmmm, PSU, Win ultimate ? Some nice hardware overall..

[JakaLah]

Ati Radeon HD 4600 searies
♥♥♥♥ procesor
♥♥♥♥ everything,
my mouse and keyboard are worth more than the computer

[borg_7_of_9]

CPU: Intel I7 2600K @4G (Water cooled) will OC more
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (NF200) 2x pci-e x16 slots @ x16 or 4x pci-e x8
RAM: 2x4G DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaws X 1.5V 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24
GPU's: Sapphire HD7970 3G OC GPU 950 or 1000 Mem 5700 or 5800 via switch (Water cooled) will OC more
Physx: XFX GTS250 1G moded drivers
MON: Samsung 24" 1920x1200 BWPLUS (Main GAMES)
MON2: 42" Full HD TV (TV via PC)
PSU: Corsair AX850 Modular 850W
SSD: 60G OCZ Agility 3 (OS and startup apps)
SSD: 120G OCZ Vertex 2 (Other Important Apps)
HDD's: 320G WD's (Backup)
HDD's: 2x500G Seagate 7200.12 (Movie's/Music)
DVD: Lite-On-it Super Multi Drive
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
Water loop: XSPC Water Block, EK Full Cover VGA Block EK-FC7970 Acetal+EN Nickel, EX360 RAD,EX120 RAD, H2O 750 pump, 4x 1700RPM fan's @1100RPM
K/B: Logitech G15
Mouse: R.A.T 7
Ctrl: Wireless XBOX 360 for PC
Ctrl: Razer Nostromo Gaming Keypad
Os: Win 7 X64
SND: 7.1Ch HDMI over HD7970 via Sony STR-KM7600 Receiver
SPK: Sony 7.1CH 185Wx5 200Wx2 Subbies

BTW this isn't the final spec there's a lil more to come, cfx for one and a bigger ssd maybe a revo drive ?

[Jokerman_]

CPU: Intel I7 2600K @4G (Water cooled) will OC more
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (NF200) 2x pci-e x16 slots @ x16 or 4x pci-e x8
RAM: 2x4G DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaws X 1.5V 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24
GPU's: Sapphire HD7970 3G OC GPU 950 or 1000 Mem 5700 or 5800 via switch (Water cooled) will OC more
Physx: XFX GTS250 1G moded drivers
MON: Samsung 24" 1920x1200 BWPLUS (Main GAMES)
MON2: 42" Full HD TV (TV via PC)
PSU: Corsair AX850 Modular 850W
SSD: 60G OCZ Agility 3 (OS and startup apps)
SSD: 120G OCZ Vertex 2 (Other Important Apps)
HDD's: 320G WD's (Backup)
HDD's: 2x500G Seagate 7200.12 (Movie's/Music)
DVD: Lite-On-it Super Multi Drive
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
Water loop: XSPC Water Block, EK Full Cover VGA Block EK-FC7970 Acetal+EN Nickel, EX360 RAD,EX120 RAD, H2O 750 pump, 4x 1700RPM fan's @1100RPM
K/B: Logitech G15
Mouse: R.A.T 7
Ctrl: Wireless XBOX 360 for PC
Ctrl: Razer Nostromo Gaming Keypad
Os: Win 7 X64
SND: 7.1Ch HDMI over HD7970 via Sony STR-KM7600 Receiver
SPK: Sony 7.1CH 185Wx5 200Wx2 Subbies

BTW this isn't the final spec there's a lil more to come, cfx for one and a bigger ssd maybe a revo drive ?
9/10 already.
how do you like the rat 7? I'm considering to get that for my new build later this summer. CFX sounds good and yes, with that build dear mother of god PLEASE get a bigger ssd. Don''t know which there's too many to choose:p.

[SikkNazty]

THIS IS A LAPTOP
MODEL: Sager NP9150 / Clevo P150EM
RAM: 12GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (3 SODIMMS)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11
CPU: 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP)
HDD: 750G Seagate 7200.12 (Hard Disc Drive)
ODD: Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software

[Protomize]

THIS IS A LAPTOP
MODEL: Sager NP9150 / Clevo P150EM
RAM: 12GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (3 SODIMMS)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11
CPU: 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP)
HDD: 750G Seagate 7200.12 (Hard Disc Drive)
ODD: Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software
PSU: Coolermaster real power pro (Power Supply Unit
SCREEN: 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare Type Screen + Insignia® - 32" Class / 1080p / 60Hz / LCD HDTV
K/B: Razer Lycosa
Mouse: Razer Mamba
Ctrl: Razer Onza
SPK: ONKYO Speakers w/ THX TruStudio Pro
H/SET: SteelSeries Siberia V2
SND: Realtek HD Audio
OS: Windows 7 64Bit
NWC: Intel® Advanced-N 6235 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module + Bluetooth
M/Mat: SteelSeries QcK-Mini
7/10

CPU: Core i5-3450 OC'd
GPU: HIS IceQ X Radeon HD 7850 OC'd to HD 7950 levels
RAM: 8gb G.Skill 1333mhz
HDD: 128gb OCZ Agility 4 SSD, 500gb Seagate 7,200rpm HDD
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77XE3
PSU: Antec VP450
Case: Cooler Master HAF912
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

[SikkNazty]

7/10

CPU: Core i5-3450 OC'd
GPU: HIS IceQ X Radeon HD 7850 OC'd to HD 7950 levels
RAM: 8gb G.Skill 1333mhz
HDD: 128gb OCZ Agility 4 SSD, 500gb Seagate 7,200rpm HDD
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77XE3
PSU: Antec VP450
Case: Cooler Master HAF912
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

7/10 even for a laptop?!?

[Protomize]

7/10 even for a laptop?!?
I'm judging based on it performs in gaming in general, not how it performs against other laptops. Against other laptops is a 10/10.

[borg_7_of_9]

9/10 already.
how do you like the rat 7? I'm considering to get that for my new build later this summer. CFX sounds good and yes, with that build dear mother of god PLEASE get a bigger ssd. Don''t know which there's too many to choose:p.

Lots of ppl complain about the rat I love it it's never missed a beat or shot for that matter..

Thanks for the rating too.... cheers J

[HavocInferno]

well, nothing to rate here...

anyway,
got an Acer Aspire 7740G (434G64Bn)
it's the one with
- ATi Mobility Radeon HD5650 (1GB DDR3 VRAM, darn clock speeds, can't remember, something like 500 & 800? idk)
- i5-430M (2x 2.26GHz etc)
- 4GB DDR3 RAM (dunno the MHz either, too lazy to look them up)
- 640GB HDD (5400rpm)
- 17.3" LED 16:9, 1600x900 internal; external screen: 24" Acer 243HLAbmii (LED, 1920x1080)
- BluRay Disc Drive
- Win 7 64bit Home Premium
- yadda yadda, USB2.0, HDMI, stuff stuff, bla bla
- Logitech G400 gaming mouse
- Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard

[Protomize]

well, nothing to rate here...

anyway,
got an Acer Aspire 7740G (434G64Bn)
it's the one with
- HD5650 (1GB DDR3 VRAM, darn clock speeds, can't remember, something like 500 & 800? idk)
- i5-430M (2x 2.26GHz etc)
- 4GB DDR3 RAM (dunno the MHz either, too lazy to look them up)
- 640GB HDD (5400rpm)
- 17.3" LED 16:9, 1600x900 internal; external screen: 24" Acer 243HLAbmii (LED, 1920x1080)
- BluRay Disc Drive
- Win 7 64bit Home Premium
- yadda yadda, USB2.0, HDMI, stuff stuff, bla bla
- Logitech G400 gaming mouse
- Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard

4/10

CPU: Core i5-3450 OC'd
GPU: HIS IceQ X Radeon HD 7850 OC'd to HD 7950 levels
RAM: 8gb G.Skill 1333mhz
HDD: 128gb OCZ Agility 4 SSD, 500gb Seagate 7,200rpm HDD
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77XE3
PSU: Antec VP450
Case: Cooler Master HAF912
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

[HavocInferno]

4/10

CPU: Core i5-3450 OC'd
GPU: HIS IceQ X Radeon HD 7850 OC'd to HD 7950 levels
RAM: 8gb G.Skill 1333mhz
HDD: 128gb OCZ Agility 4 SSD, 500gb Seagate 7,200rpm HDD
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77XE3
PSU: Antec VP450
Case: Cooler Master HAF912
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

8.5/10 I'd say...
Could be a bit more HDD, but they're so expensive cause you know why...

but, like, 4/10 only? O.O' awww :(
So I'm curious, what's the reason for that?

[Protomize]

8.5/10 I'd say...
Could be a bit more HDD, but they're so expensive cause you know why...

but, like, 4/10 only? O.O' awww :(
So I'm curious, what's the reason for that?For general use, your computer is more than good enough, but I was judging it off of 1080p gaming potential.

[detroit_smooth]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz
RAM: 4gb Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard: ASUSTek Computer Inc. P5Q-PRO (LGA 775)
Graphics: 1535MB GeForce GTX 580 (EVGA)
Hard Drive: 625GB Western Digital WDC
Audio: Creative X-Fi Audio Processor

Got this PC off a friend. If anyone has any upgrade suggestions for a $500 budget I'd appreciate them.

[HavocInferno]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz
RAM: 4gb Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard: ASUSTek Computer Inc. P5Q-PRO (LGA 775)
Graphics: 1535MB GeForce GTX 580 (EVGA)
Hard Drive: 625GB Western Digital WDC
Audio: Creative X-Fi Audio Processor

Got this PC off a friend. If anyone has any upgrade suggestions for a $500 budget I'd appreciate them.

I'd suggest a new CPU like the all time favorite i5 2500k :P and 4GB more Ram. Should be enough to make it capable of running new games on max.

[M-Squared]

CPU: i5-3570K (at stock for now)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B
MB: Asus P8Z77-M Pro
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB
HDD: WD Green 1TB
GPU: MSI R7850 2GD/OC 2GB (at stock for now)
RAM: 8GB Crucial Vengeance (2x4GB)
PSU: Seasonic M12II 620W
CASE: Silverstone GD05
Monitor: 40" Samsung LCD

[coldroll]

CPU: Core i7 860 overclocked to 3.8ghz
CPU cooler: Cooler master V8
Motherboard: Asus Maximus iii formula (latest firmware)
SSD: SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25
HDD: Western Digital Caviar black 1TB
GPU: Zotac Gtx 580 1.5gb
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 1600mhz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watts
Case: Coolermaster HAF 932 advanced (2009)
Monitor: Asus VH236H "23"
Audio: stock
Headphones: Sennhesier HD 201
Mouse: Logitech G500
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder x4
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Mousepad: Steel series qck mini (cloth)
Gamepad: Xbox 360 wired controller
Mic: Rocket fish usb mic

[warhawkturbo]

Mine is a pretty old one but still does the job.

CPU : Intel Q6600 overclocked to 3.4GHz
CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q-PRO
GPU : MSI TwinFrozr II GTX 560 Ti
RAM : 2x 2GB Kingston HyperX 800MHz
HDD : WD 320GB
PSU : 550W
Case : Trendsonic Radiant (awful I know)
Monitor : Samsung T200

[Jokerman_]

CPU: i5-3570K (at stock for now)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B
MB: Asus P8Z77-M Pro
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB
HDD: WD Green 1TB
GPU: MSI R7850 2GD/OC 2GB (at stock for now)
RAM: 8GB Crucial Vengeance (2x4GB)
PSU: Seasonic M12II 620W
CASE: Silverstone GD05
Monitor: 40" Samsung LCD

8/10 how does that build run for you? I'm thinking about getting basicaly those specs just different case and caviar black with a h70. Do you like the 7850?

[rotNdude]

CPU: i5-3570K (at stock for now)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B
MB: Asus P8Z77-M Pro
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB
HDD: WD Green 1TB
GPU: MSI R7850 2GD/OC 2GB (at stock for now)
RAM: 8GB Crucial Vengeance (2x4GB)
PSU: Seasonic M12II 620W
CASE: Silverstone GD05
Monitor: 40" Samsung LCD

8/10

CPU: Core i7 860 overclocked to 3.8ghz
CPU cooler: Cooler master V8
Motherboard: Asus Maximus iii formula (latest firmware)
SSD: SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25
HDD: Western Digital Caviar black 1TB
GPU: Zotac Gtx 580 1.5gb
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 1600mhz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watts
Case: Coolermaster HAF 932 advanced (2009)
Monitor: Asus VH236H "23"
Audio: stock
Headphones: Sennhesier HD 201
Mouse: Logitech G500
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder x4
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Mousepad: Steel series qck mini (cloth)
Gamepad: Xbox 360 wired controller
Mic: Rocket fish usb mic

8.5/10

Mine is a pretty old one but still does the job.

CPU : Intel Q6600 overclocked to 3.4GHz
CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q-PRO
GPU : MSI TwinFrozr II GTX 560 Ti
RAM : 2x 2GB Kingston HyperX 800MHz
HDD : WD 320GB
PSU : 550W
Case : Trendsonic Radiant (awful I know)
Monitor : Samsung T200

7/10

Please don't forget to rate the computer above you when you ask for a rating on your computer.

[M-Squared]

8/10 how does that build run for you? I'm thinking about getting basicaly those specs just different case and caviar black with a h70. Do you like the 7850?
I love the build. I wish I could use a bigger CPU cooler, but the optical drive limits me to a height of 70mm. I thought about getting the WD Black, but it was just too loud for my liking. The PC doubles as an HTPC in my living room, so it had to be super quiet (or the Mrs. would complain :)).

The 7850 is phenomenal. It is super quiet and stays very cool. I've had marathon gaming session and the GPU never got about 60-degrees Celsius and the fans never went above 55%. Definitely a great deal for $250 (or whatever they cost now).

Please don't forget to rate the computer above you when you ask for a rating on your computer.
Sorry rotNdude, I don't know enough about the different parts to accurately judge. I'd be doing the individual a disservice if I gave them a rating.

[kirkonacid]

15.6" 1920x1080 LED Screen
Intel i7-3610QM @ 2.3GHz (up to 3.3GHz)
16GB DDR3 (4x4GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 675M w/2GB & Optimus
500GB 7200rpm SATA-300

It doesn't pack quite the punch as some of your rigs do, but for a laptop, it does a magnificent job.

[grigore]

Desktop No.1:
Intel I7 2600K@3.40,planning to OC it sooon
To this I haven't been able to identify the MB,I found a manual online and it seems to be some kind of Medion MB?Whatever,the model is an MS-7667 with a P67 Chipset
GPU:Nvidia GeForce GTX570
RAM:8GB Kingston running at about 18xx MHZ,can go upto 2133 MHZ
80GB SSD+1.5 TB HDD
Win 7 64-bit.

[HL2-4-Life]

Sorry rotNdude, I don't know enough about the different parts to accurately judge. I'd be doing the individual a disservice if I gave them a rating.It doesn't matter, just say you're new at it and rate the system, the guy you are rating would understand given the disclaimer.

@Kaneehh, I wasn't singling you out dude, just that we have to start somewhere, so it might as well be here. Look at scores others are getting based on their hardware, you can then base your rating/scores from them. Not very difficult, look at me, I randomly fart out ratings on gut feeling.

[warhawkturbo]

7/10


I expected a lot lower but hey. :)


Please don't forget to rate the computer above you when you ask for a rating on your computer.


Sorry, forgot about that.


CPU: Core i7 860 overclocked to 3.8ghz
CPU cooler: Cooler master V8
Motherboard: Asus Maximus iii formula (latest firmware)
SSD: SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25
HDD: Western Digital Caviar black 1TB
GPU: Zotac Gtx 580 1.5gb
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 1600mhz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watts
Case: Coolermaster HAF 932 advanced (2009)
Monitor: Asus VH236H "23"
Audio: stock
Headphones: Sennhesier HD 201
Mouse: Logitech G500
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder x4
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Mousepad: Steel series qck mini (cloth)
Gamepad: Xbox 360 wired controller
Mic: Rocket fish usb mic

9.6/10