Pc Setup - Chat Thread

[Bronx]

passive cooling aint my thing (too many things to buy and no space), plus i like to overclock thank you very much.... it helps me test the limits of my computer before it blows

p.s, havent gotten my other res yet so the cool zip tied res will have to stay a little longer

think the only cheap thing in that system was the rad. little cheap POS, but it keeps my comp at about 40-50 degrees under full load, im pretty happy

[bozodos]

ugh gtx 465, send that shit back if you can - gtx 460 is faster, cheaper and uses a shitload less power

[Beelzebub89]

  On 25/01/2011 at 10:21 AM, liger said:

keep a eye on the temps of that GTX 465 in a mid tower.

updated list of my gaming rig aswell as the server

Gaming rig

Case: Thermaltake Xaser Super tower with LCS

Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3L

CPU & CPU Cooler:Intel Q9400 2.66GHz

RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2

Monitor: 2x Samsung 24" Dual linked

Graphics Card: XFX GTX 285 With Artic cooling GTX pro Leadtek GTX 470 with Artic cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler

HDD(s): 1x Samsung 1.5TB 1x Samsung spinpoint 500GB Western Digital Green 1TB

OS Used: Visa Home premuim

Peripherals: Logitech G25,

Razer lycosa keyboard

Razer diamondback mouse

Razer eXactmat

LG DVD burner set to region 2 ( Japan region)

samsung DVD burner set to region 4 ( Australia)

Thermaltake toughpower 850W PSU

logitech 5.1 surround sound

eation 5110 UPS

Server

Case: Thermaltake M9D Mid-tower

Motherboard: Gigabye EP45T-UD3LR

CPU & CPU Cooler: intel celeron E3300 2.5GHz

RAM:2GB DDR3 RAM

Monitor: one of the 24" LCD's of my gaming rig

Graphics Card:Asus EN8400GS 512MB

HDD(s): 4x western digital 2TB Hard drives

OS Used: XP hom

Eaton Ellipse ASR M66780AL 1000VA 600W UPS

  On 25/01/2011 at 10:29 AM, bozodos said:

ugh gtx 465, send that shit back if you can - gtx 460 is faster, cheaper and uses a shitload less power

465 ended up being discontiued so I changed the order to a 460

[bozodos]

nice choice on the 460

argh what is it with people building flash rigs with bloody Caviar Green OS drives?!?!?1?! ARGH!@%#&%#$$#@^#*%#&*

I just put in another 4 gig of GSkill ram in mine, ftw

[bozodos]

that's a really nice build tbh, but why such a tiny case?

tossing up between SLI GTX 460 or a 570 for mine, will probably go SLI cause it's cheaper

[Atomnaya]

  On 07/02/2011 at 12:27 PM, bozodos said:

that's a really nice build tbh, but why such a tiny case?

tossing up between SLI GTX 460 or a 570 for mine, will probably go SLI cause it's cheaper

I wanted something small to take to LANs as well. Was getting sick and tired carrying a mid tower, plus i've always wanted a small case from my last build which was 6 years ago.

The new GTX 560 is out, that could be a better option than the 460, plus your future proofing yourself for that bit longer.

[Mayuri Krab]

  On 07/02/2011 at 8:32 AM, bozodos said:

argh what is it with people building flash rigs with bloody Caviar Green OS drives?!?!?1?! ARGH!@%#&%#$$#@^#*%#&*

I'm going to buy another WD Green drive (probably the 2TB one this time)

But I have a 64GB SSD as my main OS drive & a 7200rpm drive for my games.

since I started downloading 720p/1080p of everything... the old drives are filling up fast.

[liger]

  On 08/02/2011 at 10:47 AM, Atomnaya said:

The new GTX 560 is out, that could be a better option than the 460, plus your future proofing yourself for that bit longer.

but that bit longer could only be a few months. i mean look at the GTX 280's released when? 2008/09? they are already been used as a reccomended spec card for Test drive unlimited 2 ( a game that doesnt really push the card that hard). and soon i imagine they will be used as a minnimum spec card.

and the way games/cards are going, youd probably need to upgrade every 2-3 years.

Edited February 8, 2011 by liger

[bozodos]

I had thought about it, and for the 300 dollars on a 560, I could spend 100 bucks less and SLI the two 460's which ought to keep me going for up to 2 years (depending on games development).

I'd then either go to a x70 or an x80 depending.

That's fair enough George, I was referring to booting from a Caviar Green, having your swap file etc all on it.

I run Caviar Blacks in a RAID 0, and that's barely fast enough. Eventually I'll just stripe two Velociraptors and be selective about which games I install

[Madaz]

  On 14/02/2011 at 5:47 AM, Syzygy said:

Case: Antec 900

Cooling: Noctua CPU Cooler, 5+ Antec Case Fans

Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45T-UD3LR

CPU & CPU Cooler: Intel Q6600 @ 3.2GHz

RAM: 6GB Corsair XMS3 @1600Mhz 1.65v

Sound: Logitech Z-5500

Monitor: Acer 22"

Graphics Card: nVidia GTX285

Power: Antec 650W

HDD(s): 2 x Seagate 1TB + 1 WD 500GB and 1 Seagate 500GB

OS Used: Win7 Ultimate

Peripherals: Logitech G25 Wheel,

Logitech G15 LCD Keyboard,

Logitech G500 Mouse,

Logitech Extreme 3D Pro,

Razer eXactmat Control

what games you play with your G25

[Madaz]

Syzygy see reply to you rig >>Here<<

[syfon]

  On 07/02/2011 at 12:07 PM, Atomnaya said:

Hi Guys,

Thought I'd share with you guys my new PC after 6 years with a P4 Northwood. Specs are:

CPU: Intel i7 950 with stock HSF

Memory: 12Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (3 x 4Gb)

Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Gene

Primary HDD: OCZ Vertex 2 E 120GB SSD

Data HDD: Western Digital WD1200FAEX 1Tb

Video Card: Leadtek GeForce GTX570

PSU: Corsair HX850

Optical: Pioneer BDR-206BK (BD burner)

Case: Lian Li PC-V354 Black

Hey guys,

How much would I be looking at if I just want to buy a motherboard, Intel i7 cpu, 12gb of DDR3 ram??

Currently I'm running a quad core 3.2ghz with 4gb ddr3 ram, 1gb gfx card (cant remember who makes it etc).

Plays BFBC2, Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2 etc all on full graphics with ease, but I'm just curious to see how much it would cost to upgrade?

Cheers

[bubba]

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[syfon]

Bubba!

Now the point of me asking in here, is simply because I can not be bothered looking myself and would prefer someone else to do it for me

I brought my current PC setup from somewhere in Osborne Park about 12months ago. The cpu, motherboard, ram, graphics card and power supply set me back around $1000.

[Mayuri Krab]

Which i7 socket?

Top of the range 1366 mobo still retails for over $200 (with more expensive mobos still costing $400 to $500), CPU is around $300 (950) & a 12Gb ram kit is around $200...

Why 12GB?!

[bozodos]

haha because it's triple channel on the socket 1366, hence 6 or 12 gig.

IMO if you're going anything under i7 950, then Sandy Bridge is the go for sure, especially if you don't plan to SLI.

i7 2600k is the bomb atm

[SPINR31]

  On 04/02/2009 at 1:12 AM, iseekool said:

I still have a 286 that still actually fully works

- Intel 80286 CPU

- 1MB ram

- 1.44MB 3.5' FDD

- 40MB HDD

- 14' CRT

- VGA Graphic card (don't know how many KBs in size - but can display 256 colours at 640x480 max)

- MS-DOS 5.0 with dos shell

- Panasonic Dot-matrix KX-P1180

3d mark that b****, oc it too, put a good heatsink on and you cna get to 700mhz+

[R31Nismoid]

Fark some decent setups getting about now...

Im gonna have to update soon i think just for bragging rights!

Although im SPEWING they stopped making 5850's, wish i had've known sooner as i would have grabbed 2x Asus TopCU cards, they are stonking OC'ers!

Will get some pics soon of case etc, its well due for some cleanings

[Mayuri Krab]

  On 17/02/2011 at 7:49 AM, bozodos said:

haha because it's triple channel on the socket 1366, hence 6 or 12 gig.

IMO if you're going anything under i7 950, then Sandy Bridge is the go for sure, especially if you don't plan to SLI.

i7 2600k is the bomb atm

Yeah I know about the tri-channel thing, but I'm struggling to find any use for 12gig Ram unless his running multiple OSes at the same time?

I was reading about the sandy bridge before & it got my attention the "apparent" bug in their SATA I ports? Doesn't affect most people since they only have 1 or 2 HDDs (which they can just put on the SATA 2 ports) but since I have 6 atm (only stopped adding more since my case ran out of drive bays) I'm waiting for them to fix it before I look into building a new computer.

[Madaz]

  On 08/11/2010 at 8:56 AM, Madaz said:

this is pretty awesome news, though possibly not news for some people

>>Sandy Bridge<<

with a new BIOS called UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)

<<Click

im waiting for a new BIOS until i upgrade the above got me excited like Big Kev