What are your computer specs?

[dirtykoala]

- 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 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.

how big is the V8? you think itll fit in my computer (pics above)?

and are you upgrading the gpu because BF3 wont handle it? its gonna suck if i have to upgrade my gtx460 already.

[gfourth]

My build is almost 2 years old now, but still does what I need her to do.

DFI DK X-58 mobo
6GB Mushkin RAM at 1600 9-9-9-27
i7 920 D0 Overclocked to 4Ghz, cooled with a TRUE
2- ATI 4890s Crossfired
1- 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD (OS)
1- 60GB G Skill Phoenix Pro (Games)
1- 640GB WD Black HDD (apps & storage)
OCZ 700w Gamextreme PSU
Thermaltake 600w GPU PSU
Saitek keyboard
Logitech G9x mouse

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

You a member over there? What's your username?

[AAShooter]

Windows ME, . . . I forgot the rest.

[Uriah02]

Running an old Alienware I bought back in '05 and a netbook for my current travels. I'll build a new machine next Spring, probably gonna follow the specs from Tom's Hardware system builder marathons on the enthusiast or performance level.

[Antihero47]

how big is the V8? you think itll fit in my computer (pics above)?

and are you upgrading the gpu because BF3 wont handle it? its gonna suck if i have to upgrade my gtx460 already.

[almaster666]

You a member over there? What's your username?

Yes, I'm a member, same username.

[Antihero47]

and are you upgrading the gpu because BF3 wont handle it? its gonna suck if i have to upgrade my gtx460 already.

I'm sure a 460 will play it. The 470 card I have has been giving me issues because a friend of mine baked it before letting me have it. That and I want to be able to play BF3 on full settings.

[Gatotsu77]

I haven't had the money to work on my gaming rig in quite some time... so the components will show their age a little. (I got the mobo/cpu 3 years ago next month)

Antec P193 Full ATX Tower (2x120mm and 1x200mm intake fans, 1x120mm and 2x140mm exhaust fans)
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H Mobo
AMD Phenom 9950 Black @ 3.1ghz 1.450v (can't remember which cooler.. it is huge)
4gb Corsair 1066mhz @ 5-5-5-15
ATI Radeon 4870X2 with Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme gpu cooler
Thermaltake Toughpower 850w PSU
Ideazon Merc Stealth Keyboard
Logitech MX Revolution Mouse
Logitech Z2300 Speakers
Gateway XHD3000 30" 2560x1600 monitor (recently died... using a spare HP w2338h)

[Shellshocker66]

My computer has 3 gerbils and a couple rubber bands running it!

[V8toytruck]

Antec 1200
Intel i7 2.67, used to OC to 3.0+ but realized I didn't take advantage and turned it back down.
6GB Corsair
80GB Intel SSD
1 x 250GB Seagate (from old computer)
1 x 750GB WD
2 x 2TB WD Black
GTX 460
2 x 24'' Dell 1920x1200 monitors
Microsoft Wave Ergonomic Keyboard
G9x Mouse.

[locosway]

12" long and wide too. No complaints yet.

[triggs75]

Threw this together last year

Components;Water cool parts;

[UltraLNW]

Just upgraded from a QX6700 yesterday to:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.3ghz
Mem: 16gb DDR3 1333
GPU: nVidia GTX 460 768mb
HDD: Adata S599 60gb SSD and Corsair 60gb SSD
Case: Corsair Graphite
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68
Cooling: Corsair H70 Liquid Setup

Best machine I've ever used, hands down. I've built over 30 custom machines for people, and this is my first Sandy Bridge build. I am floored with the power that the i5 pumps out in comparison to my Core 2 Quad Extreme that I replaced yesterday.

[ibanezfoo]

Sandy bridge i7 laptop (ASUS G73) and sandy bridge i5 2500k desktop with an old GTX260. Got a Phenom X4 machine for a DAW and an old Opteron machine for a MAME box. Plus a few other computers sitting around for servers or testing or whatever.

[Jimmy310]

I bought a refurbished dell inspiron 570 tower this time last year.

- 2.8ghz AMD Athlon II x4 quadcore
- 6gb ddr3 ram
- 500 watt psu (upgraded)
- Power Color Ati Radeon HD5770 GPU
- 1tb Samsumg HDD
- 22" Envision Lcd Monitor

I salvaged the PSU from my last build and bought the GPU for $120 shipped. I spent $350 for the computer. So far its been a great computer and i use it everyday for atleast 3 hours. If it died, id get another in a heartbeat. Now a days it doesn't seem to make sense to build your own.