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Posted: 7/13/2011 6:18:31 PM EDT
[#1]
Originally Posted By Cromlech:
I recently made some upgrades/additions. I no longer run 3x 1280x1024 monitors (3840x1024 with Matrox DTH2GO), instead I am connected to two displays. The primary one is the new 24" BENQ LED 120Hz 1920x1080 monitor, that I got last week. The secondary one is my 37" Philips 1920x1080 HDTV.
I also upgraded from 6GB (3x2GB) of Geil DDR3 to 24GB (6x4GB) of Kingston DDR3, as it was on offer. To top it all off, I also bought a 3TB external Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex drive.
So here it is!
MOBO: Asus P6T6 Workstation Revolution Pro - Socket 1366
CPU: Intel i7 920 Quad Core - Socket 1366 RAM: 24GB (6x4GB) - Triple Channel DDR3 GPUs: 2x Palit GTX 285 in SLI - 2048MB GDDR3 VRAM each AUDIO: Asus Xonar Essence STX - paired with Sennheiser PC-350 headphones, and crappy Creative speakers PRIMARY SSD: OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) GAME HDD: Seagate 750GB STORAGE HDD: Seagate 750GB EXTERNAL HDD: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 3TB PSU: Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W CASE: Cooler Master HAF 932 HSF: Noctua Monolithic of some kind K & M: Logitech G15 & Logitech Trackball OPTICAL DRIVE: LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 DISPLAY 1: BENQ XL2410T - 24" 120Hz LED 1920x1080
DISPLAY 2: Philips Cineos - 37" 1920x1080 thanks, you just gave me a hardon that isn't going to go away for at least an hour |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 7/13/2011 9:56:14 PM EDT
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i5-2500K 3.3 Ghz (Stock cooler for now)
XFX Radeon 6850 1TB HD 7200RPM ASUS P8P67-M 4gb Kingston 1333mhz NZXT Guardian 921 case |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/28/2011 8:07:22 AM EDT
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Just finised. Budget was $600 ended up at $680
AMD Phenom II x4 3.7 GHz 8GB DDR3 Radeon XFX 6790 MSI 870-G45 Motherboard |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 7/28/2011 10:41:36 AM EDT
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Intel core 2 Q9550 (12MB, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB)
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 780I Windows 7 ultimate, 64bit 8 Gig G-Skill ddr2-800 2x 500GB - 7200rpm Sata 3.0Gb/s, 32MB Cache Raid 0 2x EVGA GTX-285 A 28" widescreen and smaller moniter... TrackIR 4 pro with vector Couger Hotas and ch pro rudder pedals (My babys) Logitech G-13 gamepad (my other baby) https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HFHf_IRyDTA/Smt0WdTpsdI/AAAAAAAABe0/RBwQBLgitFY/s640/DSCN0527.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qi9Zcv2rXKI/Smt0pcLIhAI/AAAAAAAABe4/PyUJPCFuLzk/s640/DSCN0531.JPG |
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Posted: 7/31/2011 3:04:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: farfromhome]
[#5]
Built in late 2008
CoolerMaster Cosmos (I think, cant remember exact name) Asus M3A79-T Deluxe AMD Phenom X4 9950 Radeon HD 4850 OCZ 4GB DDR2 800 PCP&C 860w (upgrade last month) OCZ Agiltiy 3 64GB WD Veloci Raptoer 150GB X2 in RAID 0 WD Caviar Green 2 TB Samsung 22" Saitek Keyboard Logitech MX518 mouse. I want to replace it but I just built a HTPC so all PC funds are exhausted. |
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Posted: 8/7/2011 6:36:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Paul]
[#6]
Dell 30" IPS monitor
HP 24" IPS monitor Windows 7 64-bit Asus Maximus IV New Asus Maximus-Z with the Z68 chip set Intel i7 2600K SandyBridge (overclocked stable to 4.5 GHz) New same as before should overclock closer to 5.0 GHz with the Z68 chip MSI NVIDIA N460GTX (x2) (SLI and overclocked 22%) New MSI NVIDIA GTS560 Ti Hawk (x2) SLI 16 GB G.Skill RAM (overclocked) Cooler Master HAF 942 case with a 240mm (side) and three 200 mm (front and top) fans 2 OZC 64 GB SSD drives (OS in RAID 1) 2 Seagate 300 MB 10K disk drives (data in RAID 1) DVD-RW Griffin Technology PowerMate puck Logitec G15 keyboard Corsair H70 liquid cooling Noctua 6 cooler 1000W Rosewill Power Supply External: 3 TB Drobo, and two 1 TB NAS arrays. Klipsch THX 4.1 speakers Beringer Truth B2031 powered monitors (items stuck out above destroyed by leaking Cosair H70 cooler - claim case against Corsair currently pending settled for $1066) Left 4 Dead 2 StarCraft 2 Medal of Honor Mass Effect 2 Call of Duty Black Ops BioShock 2 Battlefield Bad Company Civ 3 
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/29/2011 12:16:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/12/2011 9:15:13 PM EDT
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i7 2600k OC'd to 4.3ghz Raidmax 850 PSU X-fired 5770s (soon to be replaced with a gtx580) 8 gb corsair vengence 2 1tb 7400rpm caviar black in raid 0 1 500gb caviar black for backup LG bluray reader Asus P8z68pro-V NZXT Case OEM fan upgraded to <14db SilenX h80 Corsair cooler |
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Posted: 10/20/2011 9:34:14 AM EDT
[#9]
Originally Posted By JesseCJC: Shit dude, that looks so badass. http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a429/Goobax/IMG_0219.jpg i7 2600k OC'd to 4.3ghz Raidmax 850 PSU X-fired 5770s (soon to be replaced with a gtx580) 8 gb corsair vengence 2 1tb 7400rpm caviar black in raid 0 1 500gb caviar black for backup LG bluray reader Asus P8z68pro-V NZXT Case OEM fan upgraded to <14db SilenX h80 Corsair cooler |
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Posted: 10/20/2011 11:59:02 AM EDT
[#10]
Thanks!
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Posted: 11/6/2011 12:12:02 AM EDT
[#11]
Waiting for funds, will post after build complete.
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Posted: 11/6/2011 9:50:51 PM EDT
[#12]
Originally Posted By jered1321:
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/jered1321/S8000817.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/jered1321/S8000821.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/jered1321/S8000819.jpg I have a Very Similar Case, and I recommend you take out the turning harddrive bracket and the side fan.... I will post picture later. |
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Posted: 11/11/2011 1:45:38 AM EDT
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I haven't made up my mind yet, but I am thinking about getting this case and redoing my water cooling setup:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139001  Currently I'm using this case and it's alright. I just kinda want something different. http://www.mountainmods.com/pinnacle-24-cyo-p-498.html  |
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Posted: 11/11/2011 10:36:57 AM EDT
[#14]
I really dig that top corsair case, now you got me changing my mind on the cases I was looking at.
Just curious as to how much the thing weighs. 
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Posted: 11/11/2011 12:17:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Top_Secret]
[#15]
AMD Phenom II X6 T1090 3.2Ghz(3.7 Turbo CORE)
XFX Radeon 6970 2GB 16GB G.Skill DDR3 1866mhz(4GBx4 Dual Channel) WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM Asus Sabertooth 990FX Mobo XFX 650W Power Supply CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo CPU Fan Antec Sonata Elite Case Just got it up and running. Will try to get some numbers. 
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 11/13/2011 7:49:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tenmikemike]
[#16]
Gateway DX4850-45u:
Core i5 Quad-core 2300K @ 2.8 GHz 6 Gb DDR3-1333/PC3-10600 memory (8 Gb max) Windows 7 Home Prem 64-bit Upgrades as of 11/11; Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti amp! Edition Corsair GS600 Power Supply (600 watts) |
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Posted: 11/26/2011 4:53:24 AM EDT
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Got this as my 15 year wedding anniversary in September. Currently playing Fallout3 on it and have Mass Effect 1 and Star Wars KOTOR on the way.
ASUS G74SX-A1 Gaming Laptop 17.3" FHD (1920x1080) Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen ASUS 30 Day Zero Bright Dot Guarantee nVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 192bit w/3.0GB GDDR5 Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM (2.0~2.9GHz, 45W) w/6M L3 Cache - 4 Cores - 8 Threads 16GB (4x 4GB) DDR3/1333 Memory 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive 6X Blu-Ray Reader/8x Super Multi Combo Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW CD-R/RW Drive (LG CT21N) Internal 8-in-1 Card Reader: MMC/SD/Mini-SD/XD/Memory Stick/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi + Bluetooth™ 3.0+HS Combo Card Smart Li-ion Battery 8-Cell Windows 7 Premium - 64-Bit Full Range Auto Switching AC Adapter |
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Posted: 11/26/2011 11:04:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MauserMark]
[#18]
Pics or I ban all of you.
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Posted: 11/27/2011 10:57:39 PM EDT
[#19]
Originally Posted By MauserMark:
Pics or I ban all of you. LOL, I'll try to get some for you but the tent that I'm in I dont have a light in my "room", (bunk bed sectioned off with blankets!!). As soon as I get the package my wife sent me it has a lamp in it and I will finally NOT be sitting in the dark playing Fallout3!
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Posted: 11/28/2011 12:43:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: David_ESM]
[#20]
Not nearly as nice as some of you guys are running, but it's mine.
Dell XPS 8300 i7 2600 (3.4ghz) 16gb DDR3 1333mhz AMD 6770 2x Dell 23" led 1080p monitors. Edit: Crappy cell phone photo that was a bit washed out by the monitor brightness. On the right side is the free iMac I got. 
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NJ, USA
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Posted: 12/4/2011 1:44:13 PM EDT
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Got all the pieces I need to build my new gaming pc on the way. Should be here this week.
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard Diamond Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCIe Video Card Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz RAM Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue SATA Hard Drive Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W 80+ Bronze Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX Mid-T Blk Case Will look like this.  My friend pieced this all together for me as I'm a little clueless when it comes to building PCs. With windows 7 it came out to $1050. |
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Posted: 12/12/2011 4:04:52 PM EDT
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AMD 965 with LOKI 92mm
GTX 560ti 2GB Superclocked EVGA 8GB DDR2 Corsair XMS2 ASUS M3N78 Pro AM2+ Antec Earthwatts 500 PSU Antec Sonatta 3 case Samsung 223F DVD/CD WD 1TB FALS Seagate 7200.11 750GB back up drive PCI card for my old printer Originally Posted By crashagn:
Intel core 2 Q9550 (12MB, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB) EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 780I Windows 7 ultimate, 64bit 8 Gig G-Skill ddr2-800 2x 500GB - 7200rpm Sata 3.0Gb/s, 32MB Cache Raid 0 2x EVGA GTX-285 A 28" widescreen and smaller moniter... TrackIR 4 pro with vector Couger Hotas and ch pro rudder pedals (My babys) Logitech G-13 gamepad (my other baby) https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HFHf_IRyDTA/Smt0WdTpsdI/AAAAAAAABe0/RBwQBLgitFY/s640/DSCN0527.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qi9Zcv2rXKI/Smt0pcLIhAI/AAAAAAAABe4/PyUJPCFuLzk/s640/DSCN0531.JPG Do you play Crysis Wars? I wish more people still played that. Nice HOTAS to. Probably better than my X52 Pro. |
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Posted: 12/13/2011 12:05:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: johnny_dot_exe]
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CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition(c3) @ 4.0GHz
MB - Asus Crosshair IV Formula GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD5830 1GB GDDR5 HDD1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA 6.0GB/s HDD2 - Western Digital Black 640GB SATA 6.0GB/s PSU - Corsair TX-850w Case - CoolerMaster Storm Scout(modified) Air - CoolerMaster R4 Blue-LED 120mm x 7 Water - Corsair Hydro Series H50(Push/shroud/rad/pull) Screen - Acer 22" LCD x 2 KB - Logitech G110 Mouse - Logitech G500 Headset - Razer Carcharias OS - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Mods - Wire tuck, molex terminal block, quick-disconnects for side-panel fans, cut fan mesh from case(lower front, top, rear), custom side-panel window, 2 x 120mm filterright filters for side-panel, enlarged 24pin hole. Shitty cell phone pics, before vacuuming the dust out of the case and off the exterior side-panel filters...   Originally Posted By numberofthebeast: <snip> Upgrade that side-panel window ASAP. The vents make a lot of noise when fans are installed, and they're raised/oddly shaped so you can't install filters. A piece of plexi-glass with two 120mm holes is easy to cut and looks wayyy better, as seen above. Also, somewhere in the case section on overclock.net is a really long CM Storm Scout Club thread. In there you will find an endless amount of pictures, mods, mod walkthroughs, etc. |
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NJ, USA
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Posted: 12/13/2011 1:39:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe: Originally Posted By numberofthebeast: <snip> Upgrade that side-panel window ASAP. The vents make a lot of noise when fans are installed, and they're raised/oddly shaped so you can't install filters. A piece of plexi-glass with two 120mm holes is easy to cut and looks wayyy better, as seen above. Also, somewhere in the case section on overclock.net is a really long CM Storm Scout Club thread. In there you will find an endless amount of pictures, mods, mod walkthroughs, etc. Thanks for the advice. This is my first pc build (actually my friend assembled everything). It's still at his house and I've yet to see it in person. I plan on getting some more fans next month or so. |
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Posted: 12/16/2011 6:16:47 PM EDT
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Mine is not as cool as these either but:
cpu: i5 650 no OC GPU: xfx 6850 PSU: Cooler Master 550w Case: Antec 300 g9x, black widow ultimate *trying to trade for a kbc poker w/ blues and..........win 7 32bit, fml and 3gig RAM ftl Got good at case modding though.     Still a work in progress with wire management. |
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Posted: 1/3/2012 10:59:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: MauserMark]
[#26]
Newest rig, and I still consider it a budget build:
All working (minus side and top panels): 
AMD Regor 3.4ghz Dual, overclocked currently at 4.2ghz 8 gb PNY DDR3 1600 Does this thing cool! running a game the highest it gets (CPU temp) is 40C, idles at 30 (at this level of overclocking). Amazed how silent the 3 200mm fans are, quietest case/build I've owned. |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 1/21/2012 6:51:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DevilDog22]
[#27]
I'll play.... This is my first build
Mobo:Asus P8Z68-V LX CPU: i5-2500k 3.3 (Need to learn/understand how to overclock) PS: Seasonic 520W RAM: Corsair XMS3 2x4GB (8GB) Drive: Asus DVD drive SSD: OCZ 60GB sata III (Will be for OS/Games) Case Love the case tons of room Thinking about this GPU I am hoping this system is enough to play any game I want. I'm not a huge PC gamer, but I might get into it more after building this PC. Plus all the mods you can get for games just seems more apealling. I just ordered my monitor and OS Windows 7 Pro. |
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Posted: 1/23/2012 12:41:17 AM EDT
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I just got the wild hair to upgrade my rig.
New system: Intel I-7 – 3960X Extreme cpu Asus Rampage IV Extreme mobo 32 gb GSkill Ripjaw Z series quad-core 1866 RAM EVGA GTX 580 3 gb Hydro-Copper video card HT Omega Claro 24/192 7.1 Soundcard 256 gb Crucial SSD system drive 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm storage drive Corsair AX1200 Power supply Corsair Obsidian 800D case I'm going to reusse my Logitech G510 keyboard, my Naga mouse and Z5500 speaker system. I’m going to water cool it with a custom system. I’m using ½ inch ID hose, a 120mmx3 radiator for the cpu, a 120mm radiator for the gpu, and EK HF supreme CPU block, an EK 250 resevoir, and a custom MCP-655 pump. I’m going to plumb it all with Bitspower matte black compression fittings, red hose, and Innovatek non-conductive fluid. I’m waiting on a 6.0Gb/s panel for the hot-swappable drive bays so I can get the full performance out of the hard drives. Usually I’ll put a system together as soon as I get the parts, but I’m going to take my time with this one in order to make sure it’s exactly like I want it, and the inside of the case is as clean as I can make it. I’ve had all the cables sleeved black, and all the cables included in the case were done in black, including the case fan cables. I’ll add a few pics of the components in the morning, and a few while I’m building. |
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Posted: 1/23/2012 5:01:03 AM EDT
[#29]
Anyone know what Graphics card I should go with?
I have a Micro-ATX Mobo, with AMD Phenom II X4 955 (3.2ghz/quadcore) Current Gfx Card is 8600... Will need a new power supply to increase wattage. What graphics card should I get in the $130- $180 range? |
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Posted: 1/26/2012 12:15:45 PM EDT
[#30]
Just built it
Antec 1100 tower Antec 900 W power supply Intel I5 2500K 3.3 Ghz quad, OC'd to 4.46 GHZ 16 GB Kingston Hyper, at 1600 MHZ 2 TB wd hd 1.2 GB EVGO gtx 570hd overclocked vid card. Corsair H-60 H2O CPU cooler. All on the Azus P8 something pro, gen 3 MB Still need a SSD, it does have a 6GB/sec sata capability. Now, my question is, which is a better FPS, battelfield 3 or call of duty 4? This would be for single campaign stuff, I don't do online gaming at all. And no desire. TXL |
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Posted: 1/26/2012 12:17:55 PM EDT
[#31]
Originally Posted By TxLewis: Now, my question is, which is a better FPS, battelfield 3 or call of duty 4? This would be for single campaign stuff, I don't do online gaming at all. And no desire. TXL Neither have a very long campaign mode because they were made for MP. There's also like 5+ years between the two, so BF3's graphics are infinitely better. As for the MP side of things, both are a lot of fun to play. I still boot up CoD4 from time to time. |
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Posted: 1/26/2012 12:22:20 PM EDT
[#32]
Originally Posted By DevilDog22:
I'll play.... This is my first build Mobo:Asus P8Z68-V LX CPU: i5-2500k 3.3 (Need to learn/understand how to overclock) PS: Seasonic 520W RAM: Corsair XMS3 2x4GB (8GB) Drive: Asus DVD drive SSD: OCZ 60GB sata III (Will be for OS/Games) Case Love the case tons of room Thinking about this GPU I am hoping this system is enough to play any game I want. I'm not a huge PC gamer, but I might get into it more after building this PC. Plus all the mods you can get for games just seems more apealling. I just ordered my monitor and OS Windows 7 Pro. If your MB is like mine, it should have an autotune function on the driver disk. This will automatically OC your system, running stability tests on it while it does it. It will kick up the multiplier, test for stability, if it's good, it will kick up again, if it fails, it will go to the last good stability test. Works great. TXL |
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Posted: 2/1/2012 6:31:01 AM EDT
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My system is...
AMD Phenom II 955 3.2ghz 4 gigs ram XFX 6870 1 GIG TVs card 250. Gig HD 600watt. Thermaltake psu Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 2/2/2012 9:00:06 PM EDT
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Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.6
8GB RAM Two 2GB GTX 560s in SLI 80GB SSD, 1TB HDD OCZ 750w PSU Antec case All I play are Skyrim, BF3, and Starcraft II. |
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Posted: 2/11/2012 7:40:23 PM EDT
[#35]
Building this week
intel i7 2600k asus P8Z68 - V Pro Gen 3 Samsung 830 128g SSD boot drive WD 1 TB Caviar Black data drive 16g Corsair LP Vengeance Noctua NH- d-14 Antec 900 v two 3 case Sapphire radeon 7970 HD 3 gig I think it will be allright. |
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Posted: 2/11/2012 7:52:45 PM EDT
[#36]
Originally Posted By INFIDEL74: Building this week intel i7 2600k asus P8Z68 - V Pro Gen 3 Samsung 830 128g SSD boot drive WD 1 TB Caviar Black data drive 16g Corsair LP Vengeance Noctua NH- d-14 Antec 900 v two 3 case Sapphire radeon 7970 HD 3 gig I think it will be allright. Every WD Black I've ever purchased for myself or for customers clicked constantly, including my current one that I use as a secondary drive for linux and file storage. Check out the Seagate Barracuda 1TB, much better HDD. |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 2:18:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: INFIDEL74]
[#37]
Finished my build last week.
intel i7 2600k asus P8Z68 - V Pro Gen 3 Samsung 830 128g SSD boot drive WD 1 TB Caviar Black data drive 16g Corsair LP Vengeance Noctua NH- d-14 Antec 900 v two 3 case Sapphire radeon 7970 HD 3 gig Need to do some better cable management but I am done.
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Posted: 2/22/2012 2:39:39 PM EDT
[#38]
Nothing like any of you all have but was a budget build that works ok for me. I need to probably look at updating a bit.
Case: ThermalTake v4 black (simple and cheap) CPU: Intel Core i5 750 Cooler: Thermalright AXP 140 Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D Premium Memory: 8gig Ripjaws X DDR3 1600 Video: GeForce GTX 460 PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 520w ... blah blah blah. |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 3:46:17 PM EDT
[#39]
Originally Posted By PlinkerMO:
Nothing like any of you all have but was a budget build that works ok for me. I need to probably look at updating a bit. Case: ThermalTake v4 black (simple and cheap) CPU: Intel Core i5 750 Cooler: Thermalright AXP 140 Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D Premium Memory: 8gig Ripjaws X DDR3 1600 Video: GeForce GTX 460 PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 520w ... blah blah blah. Hey whatever you have that works. This is my first full blown gaming rig. I always had stuff that worked but this time I was able to get what I wanted. You do what you can with your means. That should be a more than capable rig.
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Posted: 3/17/2012 6:43:24 PM EDT
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I'm building two machines on the cheap just for the fun of it.
1: Up and running but not finished. Intel server chassis 5299E Intel server motherboard S5000PSL ROMBR, includes hardware RAID card Currently set up with two quad core Xeon L5320 1.86 GHz processors and 8 GB of RAM, with Thermaltake active coolers on each CPU. Currently has one 160 GB SATA drive installed for the OS. Storage drives coming soon, set up in RAID. (Not sure which mode yet.) It's a solid running machine that just needs a good video card (I haven't picked the new card yet) to be ready to game. Running on Windows 7 Ultimate. The best part: Except for the OS, I don't have 200 bucks in this machine at this point! Machine 2: This one will be based on the same kind of server chassis as above. Motherboard is an Intel S5520SC workstation board (current generation) and taking Nehalem architecture Xeon processors. I'll be putting in a pair of E5506 quad core processors in it, and starting with 8 GB of RAM. Video and sound not yet selected. Odds are that the better machine will be the gamer and the other will be put to work at my workplace to replace the PC I use now, which is really adequate for business use but it's based on a BTX motherboard, and those have a high rate of failure and I'd like to retire it before it commits thermal suicide. I fully expect the gamer to end up with at least 16 GB of RAM and both motherboard can take a lot more than that. The S5000 board will take 32 GB in 8 sticks, and the S5520 board has a dozen RAM slots (six per processor) and can take a system total of 192 GB. I'm always checking ebay for better deals on memory and processors. If someone puts up some really nice E5600 series processors for a too-low buy it now price, there's a good chance I'll score them and upgrade. Neither of these boards supports SLI or Crossfire but that doesn't matter to me as there are plenty of good video cards out there that are more than strong enough to handle the worst thing I'll ever throw at them, without having to buy two of them. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 3/21/2012 12:22:36 PM EDT
[#41]
This is the old sim racing rig i built.
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Posted: 3/26/2012 12:42:34 AM EDT
[#42]
My current rig is a Digital Storm Black Ops Syndicate with:
Intel Core i7 990X six core 3.47Ghz 12 GB DDR3 RAM EVGA GeForce GTX 590 23 inch Asus Monitor w/NVIDIA 3D glasses 80GB Intel solid state drive 1 TB storage drive Since this is my first computer since 1999, I'm catching up on over ten years of games, and have about 60 first/third person shooters installed. Have played through about a third of them so far. Currently working on Rage, Pariah, Gears of War, Serious Sam 2 and Serious Sam 3. |
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Posted: 3/28/2012 10:22:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: sae057]
[#43]
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 Intel Core i5-2500K OverClocked @ 4.5GHz Thermalright MUX-120 Black G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16GB DDR3 1600 Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD Caviar Black 1TB Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750W ASUS DRW-24B1ST Black COOLER MASTER HAF X |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 6:34:35 PM EDT
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Why not: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D case GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) (mild OC to 4.0) 16Gb CORSAIR Vengeance (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler CORSAIR Professional Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V Semi Modular Power Supply 2 x Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (RAID0) SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo SATA Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support EVGA GTX 580 2 X LG Flatron 24" monitors Some kind of 5 speaker + sub audio deal It runs everything I have thrown at it. Never even a little problem and very good performance. It's only my second build, and I have to be honest ...... I have no idea what I'm doing. I would love to have a real guru go through the thing to see what could be tweaked. 
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Posted: 4/26/2012 6:54:51 PM EDT
[#45]
Originally Posted By James23:
Why not: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D case GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) (mild OC to 4.0) 16Gb CORSAIR Vengeance (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler CORSAIR Professional Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V Semi Modular Power Supply 2 x Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (RAID0) SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo SATA Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support EVGA GTX 580 2 X LG Flatron 24" monitors Some kind of 5 speaker + sub audio deal It runs everything I have thrown at it. Never even a little problem and very good performance. It's only my second build, and I have to be honest ...... I have no idea what I'm doing. I would love to have a real guru go through the thing to see what could be tweaked. http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee55/JamesP23_photo/005-1.jpg I run the same processor and cooler (2600K + H60) - 4.4 ghz seems to be the sweet spot, as far as performance vs. temps. You could bump some more out of it, and probably the GTX 580 |
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Posted: 4/26/2012 6:56:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: johnny_dot_exe]
[#46]
Originally Posted By James23: <snip> Nice build. Good selection of components in there(except for all that nasty Intel stuff  ). Needs a wire tuck, though. You could either tuck everything but the PSU wiring and put a false floor in there, or tuck the PSU wiring in to the HDD cage and cut out a rectangle from that thin foam that ships with MBs to cover the side of the cage facing the window(if that case has a windowed side panel, don't remember). I did the latter. If you do the tuck you'll find that some wiring isn't long enough to hide anywhere. You can either buy extension cables(might not be available for everything you want to extend) or if you're comfortable cutting/splicing shit then you can easily extend wires so you can route/hide them behind the MB panel. I did this on mine, plus all my molex-powered gear runs to a 12-post/3-rail terminal block that has a female molex plug wired to it. This mod reduced the amount of wiring and molex plugs that I needed to hide and makes swapping molex components a breeze, the downside is that these components needed their plugs cut off which isn't really a con for me but might be for others. Here's a pic of my last molex terminal block mod with only the PSU-side wired up at the time of the photo...  |
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Posted: 4/27/2012 9:25:24 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe:
Originally Posted By James23:
<snip> Nice build. Good selection of components in there(except for all that nasty Intel stuff ). Needs a wire tuck, though. You could either tuck everything but the PSU wiring and put a false floor in there, or tuck the PSU wiring in to the HDD cage and cut out a rectangle from that thin foam that ships with MBs to cover the side of the cage facing the window(if that case has a windowed side panel, don't remember). I did the latter.
If you do the tuck you'll find that some wiring isn't long enough to hide anywhere. You can either buy extension cables(might not be available for everything you want to extend) or if you're comfortable cutting/splicing shit then you can easily extend wires so you can route/hide them behind the MB panel. I did this on mine, plus all my molex-powered gear runs to a 12-post/3-rail terminal block that has a female molex plug wired to it. This mod reduced the amount of wiring and molex plugs that I needed to hide and makes swapping molex components a breeze, the downside is that these components needed their plugs cut off which isn't really a con for me but might be for others. Here's a pic of my last molex terminal block mod with only the PSU-side wired up at the time of the photo... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/johnnyrichter/New%20PC%20Build/NB_005.jpg Hey, thanks for the ideas. I'll take 'em, as you can see cable management is not my specialty. I even told myself on this second build, nope, not going to happen this time ...... it's going to be perfect. Then I start fighting it and eventually give up. (replete with the typical juicy rationalization that I can always clean it up later ....... yeah, right). |
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Posted: 5/16/2012 4:53:26 PM EDT
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Case: Corsair 400R
Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 975 Memory: 8GB Patriot G2 (2x4GB) GPU: Radeon 6950 2GB PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk2 750W Primary storage: 2x 64GB Crucial M4 in Raid0 Second storage 1x Seagate 7200.11 1TB HDD I love the SSDs, they are insanely fast! |
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Posted: 5/16/2012 4:56:05 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By lrdplatypus: Case: Corsair 400R Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 975 Memory: 8GB Patriot G2 (2x4GB) GPU: Radeon 6950 2GB PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk2 750W Primary storage: 2x 64GB Crucial M4 in Raid0 Second storage 1x Seagate 7200.11 1TB HDD I love the SSDs, they are insanely fast! Yay, more people running AMD/ATI gear. |
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Posted: 5/17/2012 5:15:14 PM EDT
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I've been AMD since I built my first rig back in high school. Back then had a Athlon x64 3400+, ran circles around my friends Pentium 4s!
They aren't faster than Intel anymore, but they are the better deal. I'd rather save the money on the CPU and put it into the GPU on a gaming rig. Also there's something cool about having CPU, GPU and chipset all from the same company! |
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