[FaDeHellfyre]

So i noticed there is a thread for gaming gear, and i went back to page 5 of the threads to check for a thread on rigs.

I'm curious, what rig is everyone running? I'm sure there are some guys out there in the community that could blow us away with their state of the art water-cooled systems that only make the rest of us jealous. Post it here, i want to know .

I'm going to upgrade this week (bear in mind i'm a poor uni student), into this;

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k + CoolerMaster Hyper TX3
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V-LX
Ram: 16gb DDR3
GFX: Two ATI AMD HD6850
Case: NZXT Lexa S

[Paroxysm]

That's not too shabby for a poor uni student . I will be upgrading in the near future. After a lot of speculation towards the topic, I have decided that I will be building my own computer with the help of a computer company nearby, so I will post the specs of my new rig when it is all decided upon

[FaDeHellfyre]

Originally Posted by Paroxysm

That's not too shabby for a poor uni student . I will be upgrading in the near future. After a lot of speculation towards the topic, I have decided that I will be building my own computer with the help of a computer company nearby, so I will post the specs of my new rig when it is all decided upon

Yea i never buy them from the shops. I buy all the parts myself and build it. Almost $400-500 cheaper.

[Aean(:]

CPU: Dual Core E5300 @ 3.12ghz
Graphics Card: 9600GT
Memory: 2GB RAM DDR2

My total rig + peripherals total is probably like $300. struggles on lowest settings in sc2 too fml (andyetirapehalfofyou nah im kidding).

[Rythos]

I put mine together about a year ago, so it's probably a bit dated now. Still pumping along pretty well though:

GFX: 2x Gigabyte GTX-460 (1GB)
CPU: Intel Core i7 950 (3.06Ghz)
Memory: 6GB Corsair DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
PSU: Corsair HX-750
Case: Antec Three Hundred

[FaDeHellfyre]

whoa how much did those GFX cards cost a year ago?! they're still about $250!

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Mine's starting to feel it's age. Built it a couple of years ago.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Q6600
GPU: nVidia 8800 GT
Memory: 2 GB DDR2

Can't remember any of the other specifics off the top of my head. Looking at the games coming out these days though, and it just barely hits the minimum requirements.

I'm hoping to upgrade sometime in the next couple of months, if I can justify the cost.

[TAminimat]

I have a crappy HP Dv7 3007-TX or something like that. If I remember it has:

Quad core i7 that runs like it is an i-3000
4GB RAM that is useless as 32 bit only uses 2GB
17.4inch screen
Win7
Some nVidia GPU

It is so terrible :'( trying to save up for a better rig, will probably have the money in four years.

[Rythos]

Originally Posted by Hellfyre

whoa how much did those GFX cards cost a year ago?! they're still about $250!

Yeah, they don't seemed to have dropped much in price surprisingly. I only paid $215 each for mine last September. Probably not worth buying any more when the 560's are sitting pretty close in price these days.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

I have a crappy HP Dv7 3007-TX or something like that. If I remember it has:

Quad core i7 that runs like it is an i-3000
4GB RAM that is useless as 32 bit only uses 2GB
17.4inch screen
Win7
Some nVidia GPU

It is so terrible :'( trying to save up for a better rig, will probably have the money in four years.

32bit OSes do not only use 2GB of ram... :/
It can address up to 2^32 Bytes (4,294,967,296) which is exactly 4GB. It's just that since most computers also have a graphics card with memory that is addressed the same way, you will only see your 4GB minus whatever the graphics used.

I know that SP3 of XP actuallly changed the way windows adresses memory so it will actually see the entire 4GB, so I assume this found its way into Win7 too.

My own rig:
AMDx6 1050T CPU.
ATI 5870 GPU.
4GB Ram
120GB SSD.
Fractal Design Define R3 case.

[Fadey]

My laptop I am salary sacrificing via work is faster than my pc so I use it as my main rig connected to my 2x 24" dell monitors xD.

M18x -18" 1920x1080
2720qm quad core
2x ati 2gb 6990m gpus
8gb ddr3-1600mhz
240gb SSD ocz vertex 3
500gb seagate solid state hybrid

pc which is now my torrent box / gaming on 55" tv xD
q9450 cpu @3.2ghz
4gb ddr2-1066
Multiple Hdd's
ati 5870 1gb

[Daboo]

Intel i7 870, @ 2.93Ghz (stock,havent had time to play with this yet).
HD4850 512 (this is bad, should've gotten the 1gb one,anyway it's 2 years old now..maybe time for a new one )
4gb ram
500gb hdd seagate.
1TB Free agent for dumping stuff
Samsung something 23 inches.
Microsoft X5 mouse,and felt good in my large hands, probably the biggest mouse I've used..fits nicely, no more pain from using the mouse for long hours.
Some random cheapy microsoft keyboard that cost like 300 (6$ u.s) rupees, but I love it.,

[FaDeEvetS]

My main gaming/usage PC;
CPU: i7 920 @4ghz
Mobo: Asrock x58 Deluxe (want gigabyte now =( )
ram: 6gb, keep thinking about upgrading that but eh.
60GB SSD (gskill pheonix pro, Sc2 and windows)
640gb WD caviar black (for other games)
2tb WD caviar green (movies and other completely legal content)
Gpu: HD 5870
PSU: corsair HX-850w

And my media/streams pc (plugged into 40" tv in my room :O)
i3 540 @3.8ghz (couldnt get 4ghz stable =( )
4gb ram
60gb SSD (corsair Force series)
500gb WD caviar green
Gpu: gtx 460
PSU: corsair HX-650w

all in all: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :P

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Maynarde:

The most MLG set up I've ever seen

[Rizzisk]

Wow some of you guys have pretty nice rigs.
Mine's abit old now.. But still good.. for now anyway.

Cpu: Core i7 875k @ 4.1ghz
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E PRO
Ram:8gb Corsair Ram 9-9-9-24 1600mhz
Gpu: MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK / 920mhz Core / 2000mhz Mem
Hard Disk: 1TB WD Caviar Black
Psu: Corsair HX 650W

[cure]

CPU: i7 960 @ 3.2GHz
Ram: 12gb
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 (x2)

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[biogenie]

wow some of you guys have hell-a good rigs~!

i am gaming on my mac... its kinda like 2 years old now.. cant recall the parts but it works on a Medium SC2 load~! so yeH~!

[Harli]

ePeen comps? COUNT ME IN!

CPU Intel Core i7
RAM 6GB
GFX CARD nVidia GTX 460 1024MB Overclocked Edition

Built it myself last year. Think its time to upgrade something, but I can't be arsed gettin' around to it.

[i8noodles]

CPU: AMDx6 1090T
RAM: 16gb of G.skill ripjaw
GFX Card: 2x Randon 5850
MoBo: Asus cross hair IV extreme

it makes me cry sometimes on how much it cost me to buy it being a poor student...windows and monitors and keyboards and power supply and other bits and bobs....then i remember.... i got a computer that can play any game currently available, that i noe of anyhow, at max and still get a nice 60 fps =D

[shmiman]

All the i7's! Jealousy! Poor student here

Gaming Only
CPU : i3-2100
RAM : Kingston 8gig
Mobo : Gigabyte H67
GPU : nvidia GT560 1Gb OC
PSU : 500W (forgotten what brand)
Peripherals: Filco mech keyboard, steelseries kinzu

I use a Macbook Pro for all the other stuff but Starcraft too when I'm away.

[dragonnaus]

quick question guys... is it worth running x64 windows 7?

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	Bash:	i cant think of any other Windows 7 worth running...
	sRDreaM:	Nowadays 4gb ram is quite standard because of the price so yes x64 is the way to go.