What are your computer specs?

[dirtykoala]

Just wondering what everyone else is running and looking for some recommendations for what I should be upgrading?





Brand - self built
MOBO - ASUS P5K3 Deluxe wifi
CPU - Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core Q6850 @3.0
GPU - Invidia GTX460 (hopefully ill get another one of these soon for SLI)
RAM - 4GB, 1024 DDR3 (going to 8GB later this month)
HD - 2 Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM, caviar black hard drives
OS - Windows 7 64B Home Premium (this will be upgraded to 7Pro before the year is over, unless I hear that 8 will be out shortly)

Display - Acer 27" 1080p

Mouse - Razer Death Adder
Keyboard - Razer Tarantula

[dirtykoala]

any recommendations on cooling?

[redrex]

Oh yeah? Wait till you see what I'm running.

Ibuypower system (dumbest name ever but great prices)
AMD 64 X2 5600+
4 Gig mem
Geforce 8800 GTS
DVD RW
2x 500GB HDD

Viewing on Dual 24" Dell LCD's.

I know impressive right You should see the specs on my iPad.

I gave up most PC gaming years ago so I don't upgrade nearly as much as I use to. As to IBuyPower. Dumbest name ever and everyone there are complete tools but you can not buy the parts separately for the price that I get a pre built system with OS.

As to cooling. Liquid cooling is only really for people who overclock. Just don't skimp on a good case with good flow. Be serious about cable management. And bigger fans with slower speed are 2x as good as small fans that run faster.

[dominic]

My computer specs are the same ones I use for reading. Bifocals.

[dirtykoala]

Oh yeah? Wait till you see what I'm running.

Ibuypower system (dumbest name ever but great prices)
AMD 64 X2 5600+
4 Gig mem
Geforce 8800 GTS
DVD RW
2x 500GB HDD

Viewing on Dual 24" Dell LCD's.

I know impressive right You should see the specs on my iPad.

I gave up most PC gaming years ago so I don't upgrade nearly as much as I use to. As to IBuyPower. Dumbest name ever and everyone there are complete tools but you can not buy the parts separately for the price that I get a pre built system with OS.

As to cooling. Liquid cooling is only really for people who overclock. Just don't skimp on a good case with good flow. Be serious about cable management. And bigger fans with slower speed are 2x as good as small fans that run faster.

id like to overclock, but im unsure of the risks and i dont have the know how.

my case is pretty old, thermaltake xaser II, probably needs a better fan set up. maybe a new case will be my next purchase after ram.

i also got a great deal on my computer, ive upgraded it since i bought it, the only thing that came with it thats still there is the case, mobo, and cpu, but i paid $350 for a full working computer, ive just had to upgrade gpu, bluray player, gpu, hard drives, and power supply.

[almaster666]

Self-built
Mobo: M4A790XTD EVO
CPU: Phenom II x4 955 BE @ 3.7GHz
Heatsink: Xigmatek HDT S1283
RAM: 8 gigs G.Skill RIPJAWS PC12800
GPU: XFX 5850 - 1GB - OC'd but can't remember frequency
PSU: Corsair 750 TX
HDD: 1TB Caviar Blue 7200rpm + 100Gig WD Raptor 10k rpm
Case: Antec Three Hundred
OS: Win 7 x64 Ultimate and Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Keyboard: Razer Arctosa Black
Mouse: Saitek Cyborg
Monitor: LG 23" 1080p



I just moved back from Europe and a family member is going to be shipping my computer back to me. It's been a long wait! I'll have it back within a month.
In the meantime, I'm using my MacBook Pro 13" 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

So far as cooling go, I recommend two things:
- a big heatsink: I got a Xigmatek and they are fantastic, I saw temperatures plunge when I installed it. They are also considerably quieter than the OEM heatsinks.
- creating a flow of air within your case. You want the front fans to be intakes. If you have a side panel fan, you also want that to be an intake fan. The fans at the top and at on the rear panel should be extrating air from the case. Remember that hot air rises, so any fan at the top should extract air.
- cable management: the pic was before I did clean up my case and I saw temps drop after getting my cables out of the way

Overclocking is easy and fun if you have a good motherboard and a good cooling system, you don't need liquid cooling unless you're doing some hardcore OC'ing. You will see improvements in performance, even with a small overclock.
The risks are very limited so long as you don't mess with voltages and even then, if you're being careful, it's not a very risky operation.

I get all my information here: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/ Good forum, good community, very much like Calguns

[MikeH1]

home built (as always)

Biostar G31-M7 TE m/b
Intel Dual Core E5200 2.5 GHz
2 GB RAM
WD 500 GB SATA
WD 320 GB SATA
Plextor DVDR SATA
Turtle Beach Riviera Sound
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS w/512 MB PCI-E
IBM PS2 keyboard (built like a tank)
Viewsonic VA1912 19" flat panel

[45R]

ASUS G37SW laptop
Intel Quad Core I7 2630 QM
16 Gigs of RAM
1.5 Gig NVIDIA Card
500 Gig 7200 RPM SATA
17.3 Inch screen


Its pretty fast

[oldsmoboat]

I built it 3 or 4 years ago:

Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 (build 6002)
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5B-Deluxe Rev 1.xx
4 GB Memory
3 HDD 2@ 500 GB, 1@ 35 GB
Keyboard/mouse: Logitech wireless
Monitor: 50" Plasma

[dirtykoala]

nice systems. now im motivated to clean my computer up a bit inside!

[meaty-btz]

HP Media PC 8200N (got it on clearance! was a steal at the time)
Upgraded to 4 GB of ram,
Upgraded Power Supply,
1x 500GB drive 1x 100GB drive both Sata.
TV Card with IR remote (works under linux!)
Some no-name version of an NVIDIA GForce 9300GE out of a dell box. my nice card fried a year ago now.
Mediaubuntu 11.04
Wacom for input.
Fancy Lighted Logitech Keyboard with broken keys.
6 blown caps (leaking completely) on the VRM, how this computer operates still is a mystery to me. Power will cut out randomly.

Time for a new machine but since I do heavy lifting (not gaming) on my computer I need something with as much ram and cores as possible and my budget consists of two dimes and a wooden nickel so I just limp along...

[Spearo]

Self Built

Case: Antec 900 1 x 200mm top fan, 2 x 120mm front fans, 1 x 120mm rear fan, 2 x 120mm fans on heatsink.

Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX

GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6950 2GB (OVERCLOCKED to 6970)

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 7-8-7-24-2T 1.6v

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, OVERCLOCKED to 3.89 Ghz

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (2 fans in push/pull). Set atop CPU with Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound.

HD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA 6.0 Gb/sec.

PS: CORSAIR HX Series 850W

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate

Monitor: LG 2486L

Mouse: Razer Lachesis

Pad: Razer Destructor

Keyboard: Razer Black Widow

Headset: Razer Carcharias

[dirtykoala]

i reorganized my wires and cleaned out some dust.

[epilepticninja]

I gave up most PC gaming years ago so I don't upgrade nearly as much as I use to.

Same same. I was in a competition gaming team/clan for a number of years. Played vCoD, CoDUO, CoD2, and CoD4 in competition. Then I burned out on it and quit. I was building new boxes about every three or four months trying to always have the fastest box. I haven't upgraded since I quit. Box I'm on now is over 2 years old (still runs great for surfing.) Plan on getting a laptop when it dies as I don't ever see myself gaming again.

[Antihero47]

- Antec DF-85 Full Tower
--- 3 120mm variable speed intake front fans
--- 1 120mm side intake fan
--- 2 120mm dual speed rear exhaust fans
--- 2 140mm dual speed top exhaust fans
--- USB 3.0 front port

- M5A88-V EVO AM3 MotherBoard USB 3.0
- AMD Phenom II x4 955 O.C. 3.6GHz
- Cooler Master V8 CPU cooler
- 8GB Dominator GT 2000 (2x 4GB) Dual Channel
- 60GB OCZ Agility SATA III 6/Gbs SSD (Windows Ultimate 64bit)
- 2x 150GB SATA III 10,000 RPM VelociRaptors (RAID 0)
- Nvidia GTX 470
- Corsair AX 750watt Power Supply - 80 Gold Certified
- Sata II DVD burner

Will be purchasing a GTX 580 soon for BF:3 with the intent of getting another after Nvidia 6xx series comes out.