[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!

[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.

[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.

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Originally Posted by 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.

That post is from September last year... made on the same computer this post is. I guess a couple of months is more than 12.

[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.

[|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.

[syfChadMann]

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.

I have the same laptop!.. woop... but yeah, reinstall windows to 64 bit bro.. ;-)

[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

Quick Comments

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)

Quick Comments

EscapisT:

-1 show off

[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?

Quick Comments

	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.

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Originally Posted by dragonnaus

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

My question would be why would you run x86 Windows 7? You wouldn't be getting the most out of your hardware. There are enough 64-bit drivers around very everything you'd need. I don't see the downside to running 64-bit over 32-bit...

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by dragonnaus

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

A thousand times yes if you like memory.

With 32-bit Windows, you're stuck at 4GB of RAM, and even then, you're only using about 3.3GB of it, give or take. With 64-bit, 4GB of RAM is the new minimum standard, and with 4GB, you can run tons of applications with zero slowdown. Windows 7 (and Vista for that matter) runs so beautifully with 4GB of RAM you'll wonder how you ever did with less. It makes your system more futureproof too, so you can take your system to 8GB, 32GB or even a terabyte, before too long.

Ps. MY RIG!

i7-960
GTX 460
1TB HDD
24GB DDR3 RAM

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

A thousand times yes if you like memory.

With 32-bit Windows, you're stuck at 4GB of RAM, and even then, you're only using about 3.3GB of it, give or take. With 64-bit, 4GB of RAM is the new minimum standard, and with 4GB, you can run tons of applications with zero slowdown. Windows 7 (and Vista for that matter) runs so beautifully with 4GB of RAM you'll wonder how you ever did with less. It makes your system more futureproof too, so you can take your system to 8GB, 32GB or even a terabyte, before too long.

Ps. MY RIG!

i7-960
GTX 460
1TB HDD
24GB DDR3 RAM

Only 24GB of RAM? I am disappoint.

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by Bugalugs McScruffin

Only 24GB of RAM? I am disappoint.

Yep! 4 x 6GB Kingston Hyper X sticks!

A modest amount I know, but hey I like memory.

That 24gb ram in 4x8Gb sticks? How much were they?

8 times 4 is 32 brah. I think they were about 60 bucks for a kit, was a while back though I built this rig about 6 months ago and forgot most of the prices. I bought all my stuff from MSY. So cheap and so stocked.

Quick Comments

Bugalugs McScruffin:

MSY is always my first stop when looking for computer parts.

[FaDeHellfyre]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

A thousand times yes if you like memory.

With 32-bit Windows, you're stuck at 4GB of RAM, and even then, you're only using about 3.3GB of it, give or take. With 64-bit, 4GB of RAM is the new minimum standard, and with 4GB, you can run tons of applications with zero slowdown. Windows 7 (and Vista for that matter) runs so beautifully with 4GB of RAM you'll wonder how you ever did with less. It makes your system more futureproof too, so you can take your system to 8GB, 32GB or even a terabyte, before too long.

Ps. MY RIG!

i7-960
GTX 460
1TB HDD
24GB DDR3 RAM

That 24gb ram in 4x8Gb sticks? How much were they?

[Harli]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

A thousand times yes if you like memory.

24GB DDR3 RAM

Geez 24GB!!! You really do like your memory. I don't think there anything I could run right now that would even push past the need for 4GB...

[ZCPooSmear]

Originally Posted by dragonnaus

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

yes. with x86(32bit) all you're going to see is 4GB max
with x64 4Gb is the minimum standard. Runs a little better.
Majority of applications and hardware can run on x64

[MazEi]

Originally Posted by suman

yes. with x86(32bit) all you're going to see is 4GB max
with x64 4Gb is the minimum standard. Runs a little better.
Majority of applications and hardware can run on x64

I would still say that unless you are planning to get >4GB RAM then you would want it. And 4GB isn't really minimum, more like the standard amount to get. I used to run off 2GB for about 6 months and didn't give me much trouble though I wasn't the type of guy to run 20 taxing processes at once so that kinda helped. Also during that time I was just running on 32-bit XP.

[resin]

Facemelter 5000 aka my rig

CPU - I7 980x @ 4.4 GHz on water (1.48125 vcore)
GPU - 2x GTX 570 @ 900 MHz core on water (1.1 volts core)
MOBO - ASUS Rampage III Extreme
RAM - 6 gb Corsair Dominator @ 8-9-8-24 2005 MHz (1.66v DRAM core)
Sound - ASUS Xonar STX 7.1 soundcard
PSU - Silverstone Strider 1.5 kilowatt modular psu (80+ silver rating)
CD/DVD - Plextor Blu Ray DVD drive w/ lightscribe
HDD - 2x 1.5 TB Western Digital in Raid0
HDD - 1 TB external SATA backup drive
Full dual loop water cooling system: triple 120mm push pull rad for CPU, triple 140mm push pull for GPU's
All EK and XSPC components

Das Pro Cherry MX blue
Cyborg RAT 7.
P.O.S. 7 year old headphones... ballin!

Looking to get another GTX 570, SATA 6 SSD and RAM upgrades in the future. (when funds recharge lol)

[VB_davidbloop]

My rig is a bit embarassing for a gaming rig but hey, it does the job for the moment until I can get some cash together for a proper gaming rig.


Macbook Pro 13"
Razer Black Widow Keyboard
Razer Death Adder Mouse


and that's about it. Pretty dodge I know, I have the Macbook Pro for my music business and it just does the job of running starcraft 2. Eventually I will be building my own rig for when I start getting a bit more serious.

I must say though, both the Black Widow and Death Adder are amazingly awesome

[pXAero]

Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz
Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX
4Gb RAM
500Gb HDD
Antec 501 Case

This thing was totally boss when I got it nearly four years ago!... Times change, need to upgrade so I can play BF3

Quick Comments

Mayo:

[kookielah]

Ok I had to do a core system rebuild last year because the mother board died and took with it the cpu and ram it was kinda scary it melted the cpu to the socket pins haha.

Any way as follows:
CPU = i5 2500
Ram = 8 gig
Video Card = GTX275 (want to replace this as it won't properly support dvi monitors for some reason Gigabyte/Asus clash)
HDD = about 5tb of hdd space
Case = Old version of the Cooler Master Cosmos S pro

[AusBox]

About 1.5 years old, this is what I'm currently using:

CPU: AMD x6 1090T @ Stock
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H
GPU: Gainward GTX460 SE
RAM: 4GB G.Skill 1600MHz
SSD: G.Skill Phoenix 60GB
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3
ODD: Sony AD-7240s
PSU: Neo Eco 620W
Case: Red HAF 922

[dennistoo]

Intel® Core™ i5-2500K w/Asrock Z68M/USB3
Leadtek Winfast GTX570 1280MB
GSkill RipJawX 1600MHz CL9 8GB
Cooler Master Elite 371 w/ V6 CPU Cooler
FSP Aurum 600W / Dell U2312HM / Hitachi 1TB
Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless
Razer Salmosa/Deathadders Black Edition/Cooperhead, Mouse Bungee & Goliathus Speed Edition
Windows 7 Home Premium x64

[Rythos]

If you're running 32bit at the moment, I doubt you'd see vast improvements from upgrading your OS. I think the main benefit to 64bit as far as gaming is concerned is that it gets you past the 4GB (or whatever it is) RAM barrier.

[FaDeHellfyre]

Originally Posted by Rythos

If you're running 32bit at the moment, I doubt you'd see vast improvements from upgrading your OS. I think the main benefit to 64bit as far as gaming is concerned is that it gets you past the 4GB (or whatever it is) RAM barrier.

This is the major benefit from x64. As a 32 bit system, 4gb is all you get. 4gb Ram is now becoming the low end of the scale, and you're probably going to need 8-12gb soon to run games like Battlefield 3 and MW3.

To the person who posted the question, upgrade if you can to 64 bit.

[Aean(:]

Originally Posted by Hellfyre

4gb Ram is now becoming the low end of the scale, and you're probably going to need 8-12gb soon to run games like Battlefield 3 and MW3.

RAM has very little to do with running games, so I don't know what your on about. The only reason you would need more then say.. 3-4GB RAM is if you have 100 unnecessary programs running. I'm running off of 2GB RAM and I can have chrome open, itunes playing, sc2 open, msn, and a whole lot of other junk and I don't even surpass my memory capacity. I mean, maybe its 'cus I learnt to be efficient - I've been gaming on a 1GB RAM comp for a few years before upgrading to 2GB.

[FaDeHellfyre]

Originally Posted by Aean(:

RAM has very little to do with running games, so I don't know what your on about. The only reason you would need more then say.. 3-4GB RAM is if you have 100 unnecessary programs running. I'm running off of 2GB RAM and I can have chrome open, itunes playing, sc2 open, msn, and a whole lot of other junk and I don't even surpass my memory capacity. I mean, maybe its 'cus I learnt to be efficient - I've been gaming on a 1GB RAM comp for a few years before upgrading to 2GB.

Dunno about hundreds of unnecessary programs, but with all my gears drivers running, steam, skype, Virus Scan software and daemon tools all running, not to mention windows 7's numerous background programs that they automatically run, I need more RAM. I think if you look at your processes tab in windows task manager, you'll see what i mean. Currently i'm at 79 different processes running. I'm sure that's a little excessive. But 40-50 is common. However you do have a point, if you have nothing on your computer in the way of extra programs running then you should be fine.

Also, RAM does affect games. Different programs access different amounts of the RAM at any one point in time. Thus the more RAM you have, the higher amount of RAM your game can access. Similarly, The CPU processes through either your Hard Drive, or your RAM. RAM is dozens of times faster than your Hard Drive, so the more ram you have, the faster your CPU can run programs. So while it is not necessary to have lots of RAM, if you ever experience long ass loading times, or a bit of lag in a game when you move from one section to another, that would be because you dont have enough RAM.

[[TA]LoSt]

i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz (Not overclocked yet, don't think I'm going to)
8GB DDR3 RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX 570
60GB Kingston SSD

Fadey how much did those drives cost..?

Quick Comments

TADivinity:

I like to say i had input into this baby :)

[Fadey]

The m18x came with 2x 500gb SSH's , they are only like $110 each if that , the 240gb ocz vertex 3 was like $500+ tho. The m18x was all up about $4200 before the ocz hdd i added to it my self but because im getting it via work (tax free , gst free , 12% off raa code xD) comes to just under 2400.

[FaDeHellfyre]

Lol dur.. Math fail from me. Thats what i meant.

OOOOOOO nice link. I'm now scrolling through there seeing if they have cheaper options than Netplus, a shop local to me.

[x5_Potter]

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
4gig RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
2TB HDD.

[ToRDjvillian]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

I bought all my stuff from MSY. So cheap and so stocked.

Dude thanks! Im looking at building my own/first rig by purchasing components fortnightly and I dropped into the MSY store in fyshwick (industrial area) but wasn't going to go back there cause I could see no price tags and assumed it was to expensive.

The rig I plan on building is basically the high end gaming build from build-gaming-computers.com/with alterations to suit my budget (feel free to criticise as it may help me make the right choices but im certain on the asus sabertooth p67 motherboard).

At the moment I'm using an asus notebook N61Jq series:
Intel i7 Q720 @ 1.6ghz (2.8ghz turbo mode)
4g ram (2x 2g sticks that I want to upgrade)
500gb seagate hdd 5400rpm
ATI radeon hd 5730
Windows 7, 64x bit
Sc2 razer peripherals: spectre, marauder and banshee (I place the marauder keyboard on top of the built in keyboard :P)


It used to run and still can at times, sc2 on ultra settings. ($1299 off eBay)

I want to get a ssd to replace the hdd in my current laptop but will probably just get one and put it in the laptop until the tower is ready for it.

[Eddie]

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (CPU)
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 AM3 970 (MB)
8 gb (1600 mhz) DD3 (Ram)
OCZ Facilty 750W (PSU)
WD 300gb VelociRaptor Sata-II (System Hdd)
GTX 480 1536mb

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by Djvillian

Dude thanks! Im looking at building my own/first rig by purchasing components fortnightly and I dropped into the MSY store in fyshwick (industrial area) but wasn't going to go back there cause I could see no price tags and assumed it was to expensive.

The rig I plan on building is basically the high end gaming build from build-gaming-computers.com/with alterations to suit my budget (feel free to criticise as it may help me make the right choices but im certain on the asus sabertooth p67 motherboard).

MSY are -the- cheapest place in Aus... unless your budget is pushing $2K that motherboard will eat too much into upgrading something else, imo.

I like the whirlpool knowledge base for really good budget gaming builds (http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_...ming_configs_1)

[FaDeHellfyre]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

MSY are -the- cheapest place in Aus... unless your budget is pushing $2K that motherboard will eat too much into upgrading something else, imo.

I like the whirlpool knowledge base for really good budget gaming builds (http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_...ming_configs_1)

Dunno about *the* cheapest. I know of a shop in my area, only a local store, but still. [url=www.netplus.com.au[url] has cheaper prices on all the parts, such as motherboard and cpu's.

But it looks like in terms of coverage and price, MSY are definitely brilliant.

[ZergGirl]

Mine is old, minus the GPUS.

x2 Intel X2-M SSD
x3 WD VelociRaptor 600gb (raid 0)
i7920 - 4.6ghz
X58 SLI Classified (evga)
x2 580gtx 3GB
24gb RAM (some corsair 2000mhz low latency crap)
x3 27" samsung S27A950D (120hz is all I'm after really, 3D can be fun though)

I am however waiting for the Evga Super Record 3, 12 RAM slots, capable of running 4 dual GPUs and two CPUS. That's when i'll buy the 3 projectors and have them running as one huge 'screen'

like this;

You Tube

You Tube

Really hard to wait though.

[ToRDjvillian]

Originally Posted by ZergGirl

Mine is old, minus the GPUS.

x2 Intel X2-M SSD
x3 WD VelociRaptor 600gb (raid 0)
i7920 - 4.6ghz
X58 SLI Classified (evga)
x2 580gtx 3GB
24gb RAM (some corsair 2000mhz low latency crap)
x3 27" samsung S27A950D (120hz is all I'm after really, 3D can be fun though)

I am however waiting for the Evga Super Record 3, 12 RAM slots, capable of running 4 dual GPUs and two CPUS. That's when i'll buy the 3 projectors and have them running as one huge 'screen'

like this;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HncKPx22J7w

Really hard to wait though.

Epic! I want

[lithium8813]

My rig:
i5-760 (no oc)
8gb gskill 1333 ram
MSI Twin Frozr 3 6950 2GB
Antec 650w
Viewsonic 24" LED monitor
1tb wd black hd drive.
Windows 7 64bit

Thinking about getting a das keyboard and/or a logitech g700 mouse, because for some reason I have money to burn before BF3 comes out!

[TADivinity]

i5-2500 (Dont need 2500k bcos im scared of OCing, and i7 isnt that big a change for $100+ :O )
GTX 570.
8gb ram
64gb SSD <-- Jizzworthy. For the extra cash, I would recommend one of these babies anyday (Although just gotta be careful with what goes on it

yeh thats the basics.

This thing is one of the pride and joys of my life. Lets just say its lucky I dont have a kid, or he/she would be both unfavoured, and neglected.

[ToRDjvillian]

Originally Posted by TADivinity

i5-2500 (Dont need 2500k bcos im scared of OCing, and i7 isnt that big a change for $100+ :O )
GTX 570.
8gb ram
64gb SSD <-- Jizzworthy. For the extra cash, I would recommend one of these babies anyday (Although just gotta be careful with what goes on it

yeh thats the basics.

This thing is one of the pride and joys of my life. Lets just say its lucky I dont have a kid, or he/she would be both unfavoured, and neglected.

I'm aiming for a similar Rig and say that my 1yo daughter has 2 weeks of attention left before i have enough money to start building said rig :P
(its impossible to neglect her so i basicaly only play sc2 when shes asleep or on my lunch break at work. laptop FTW!)

[HuT]

Core i7 - 870
P55-USB3 Mobo
4GB RAM
GTX 570
520w Antec HCG
1x 1TB Western Digital HD
1x 160GB HD

[Ascel]

Intel i3-530 - OC'ed to 4GHz
8gb G Skill Sniper 1333 - OC'ed to something i can't remember xD
500gb WD
2x Other HDD"s i can't remember xD
22"/19" Monitors
GTX 460
700W PSU
Coolermaster 692 Case
Windows Pro 64 Bit


Think thats all =D

[wolf]

Exact same as TADivinity love it!

[Uglymutt]

My PC can surprisingly run games still
Cpu: Intel e4400 Dual core
GPU: Leadtek 8800GT borrowed from a friend as my previous card died
Ram: 4GB DDR2 (2GBs are borrowed from said friend)
1x 1TB HDD 1x 500GB HDD
1x Viewsonic 24" monitor (my brother has killed a couple of pixels in it by firing a glove gun inside)
1x ASI 17" monitor

By no means a beast, best thing about it is all the storage space and the dual monitors.

[Hydroid]

I built mine at the start of the year. Been happy with it thus far. I don't "need" an upgrade, but should I find myself being able to afford to I will take the chance.

Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93
Corsair H50 Cooler
Asus P7P55D-3 Pro
16GB G.Skill DDR3
2x Galaxy nVidia GTX 460 SLI
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD for OS and SC2
2x 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDDs in RAID-0
Samsung Blu-Ray drive
Corsair HX-850
2x BenQ G2420HD 24" monitors

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by Hellfyre

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

My desktop is pretty much this but NVIDIA 560ti cards instead. Might update them soon.
Also I have an nzxt phantom. Probably overkill on the case
And I just purchased an msi gt780dx for lans.

[FSNeiloGD]

Nothing spectacular, but it runs SC2 just fine.

17" 2010 Macbook Pro.
CPU: 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5.
RAM: 4GB DDR3
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512MB.

Not forgetting...Das Keyboard Ultimate, and a Logitech MX510 mouse!

[mGGAequitas]

q9550, gts250, 4gb ddr3 ram, P5q3 mobo
also i have dual monitors if anyone doesnt have it i highly recommend it

[TABjornbrandr]

Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 950 @ 3.1GHz
6 GB DDR3 1333
AMD Radeon HD 6870
21.5" LG LED/LCD E2240 monitor
Antec 300 case
Logitech G110
Razer Naga Elite
Razer Banshee Headset

All paid for myself, bought it at the start of the year, everything all up comes to about $2.2k, including all peripherals.
Lots of saving for a grade 12 student -.-

[ToRDjvillian]

laptop used mainly at work

Intel i7 Q720 @ 1.6ghz (2.8ghz turbo mode)
8g ram (2x 4g ddr3 g.skill sodimm RAM)
120gb patriot sata3 ssd
ATI radeon hd 5730
Windows 7, 64x bit
Mousepad: taxer goliathus control
Mouse: razer spectre
Keyboard: razer marauder
Headset: razer banshee
Bag: razer Kerrigan or thinkgeeks 'bag of holding'
Internet: 3G tethered through iPhone.

Desktop
CPU: i5 2500k (OC to 4.2ghz cause 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V
Graphics: gigabyte gtx 570
Ram:8gb G.Skill sniper 1600mhz
SSD: intel 510 120gb
Hard Disk: 1TB seagate barracuda + 500gb seagate something or other
Psu: Corsair TX 750W
Case: thermaltake chaser mk-1
monitor 1: Acer v233hl 23" lcd
Monitor 2: Acer something 24"
mouse: razer mamba (2012)
keyboard: razer maurader
headset: razer chimaera 5.1
Mousepad: thermaltake conkor

[ToRSpartaz]

Thats a beast in the making right there ^^

[FSDarkNemesis]

I have two rigs. 1 Laptop and 1 Desktop (Which is my gaming machine)

Laptop ASUS X42J
Core i7 740QM
8 GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (Upgraded from 4GB)
500 GB HD
ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 1 GB - Already struggling to record on FRAPs on all games on Lowest setting.
Windows 7 Home.

Desktop: Customed
Core i5 2500k - Overclocked to 4.1 GHz
8 GB DDR3 PC12800 RAM - Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHz
1.25TB HD (the 250GB came from my old PC, it's about 3/4 full)
nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti - MSI Cyclone II Overclocked. - Would probably wanna grab something like 570.
600W Enermax
22.5' LG Monitor 1680 by 1050
Windows 7 Home

Peripherals: Razer Imperator 2012 BattleField 3 Mouse I got for Christmas.

[Firehawk]

Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
CPU: Intel Core i7-990X Extreme
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100
Mobo: ASUS Rampage III Black Edition
RAM: 12GB 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance
VGA: 2x EVGA GTX590 Classified Hydro Copper
PSU: Silverstone 1500W
HDD: 4x WD 2TB Caviar Black in Raid0
SSD: 2x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
Optical: Samsung Blu-Ray
Monitors: 2x ACER 24" G245Hbmid LCD
Other: Blackmagic Intensity Pro
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround
Headset: Astro A40 + Mixamp
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate
Mouse: Razer Mamba 4G
Pad: Razer Megasoma

Going to upgrade to Socket 2011 with an i7-3980x and ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

Quick Comments

ToRDjvillian:

wish i had that much money

[FSDarkNemesis]

Originally Posted by Firehawk

Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
CPU: Intel Core i7-990X Extreme
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100
Mobo: ASUS Rampage III Black Edition
RAM: 12GB 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance
VGA: 2x EVGA GTX590 Classified Hydro Copper
PSU: Silverstone 1500W
HDD: 4x WD 2TB Caviar Black in Raid0
SSD: 2x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
Optical: Samsung Blu-Ray
Monitors: 2x ACER 24" G245Hbmid LCD
Other: Blackmagic Intensity Pro
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround
Headset: Astro A40 + Mixamp
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate
Mouse: Razer Mamba 4G
Pad: Razer Megasoma

Going to upgrade to Socket 2011 with an i7-3980x and ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

Holy Mother of.....That's one sick-ass rig! How much you paid for that?????

[MazEi]

CPU : i5-760 OCed to 3.696(3.7 if you want to round off)GHz. Was at 3.9GHz but it started being unstable so had to take it down a notch =/
CPU Heatsink: CoolerMaster Hyper TX3
Mobo: ASUS P7H55
RAM: Kingston Value Ram 2GB x 2(why do people get so much anyways?)
GPU: Leadtek Winfast GTX 560 Ti
PSU: CoolerMaster GX 550W
HDD: 1TB WD Green x 2, 320GB and 160GB(old HDDs from when I don't know much about hardware so not sure what they are)
DVD Drive: LiteOn DVD drive
Monitor: Philips 22" LED and an old 17" Philips LCD I found lying around in the house.
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow(not Ultimate and will probably replace this with a Leopold I'm planning to get)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder
Mouse pad: Speedstacking Mat =D

Will probably get Ivy Bridge once that comes out alongside a better GPU in the future, maybe, if I starve myself.

[Saberaus]

CPU: i7 920 @ 3.3
RAM: 6GIG SET RAM (OCZ 1600 DDR3)
MOBO: ASUS P6T v2
VIDEO: Geforce GTX560 Ti
Mouse: Deathadder v2
Monitor: 120hz Gaming LCD (ACER)
Mouse Pad: SS QCK+
OS: WIN7 SP1
PSU: 850 ODIN (its on its way out)

[Antel0pe]

Pentium E5500 @ 3.16 OC-ed
HD5450
4GB of DDR2

[MooZfY]

GTX 550ti
i7
8gb
1tb

Logitech Keyboard (lol)
Death Adder
1920x1080
Win7

[phoney]

i7 2600 (no o/c)
8gb 1666 or 1600mhz (forgot)
500gb sata3
nvidia 9500GT
8.5mb down/ 0.4mb up
Able to stream smoothly (for myself) and clearly (to the viewers)

[ZCPooSmear]

Cpu: Core i7 870 @ 2.93Ghz
Motherboard: GB P55A-UD3R
Ram:16G G-Skill 2133Mhz
Gfx: 1280MB GB GTX570
Psu: Corsair HX650
Case: Antec P182
Keyboard: Razer Black Widow Ultimate
W7 64Bit
Internet: Average - Down: 35Mbps/Up: 1.0Mbps

[ToRMaverick]

My RIG blows.... but it does run SC2 on decent settings.

HP Pavillion M7595 (with some mods)
CPU: i2-6400 @2.13GHz
RAM: 4 GHz DDR2 800MHz
CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 (1GB DDR3)
PSU: 500W Thermaltake

Need an update... I know!

[MezjE]

AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.2GHz
Corsair Vegance DDR3 @ 1600MHz
MSi 740GM-P25
500W CM Extreme'
CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II Black
XFX 1GB DDR5 5770

^^ will stream soon

[Fate]

Current Computer setup is: CPU: intel i5-2400 (sandybridge),
Mainboard: MSI P67A-C55,
RAM: 8GB G.Skill RipJaws DDR3,
C drive: OCZ vertex 2 80GB SSD,
D drive: western digital 1TB 5400rpm HDD,
Graphics: Sapphire HD6970 1GB DDR,
CPU fan: Vantage liquid cooling,
CPU casing: Lian-Li black aluminium mid tower casing,
Monitor: LG flatron 23' flatron, E2350 HDMI,
Keyboard: Filco Majestouch 2 Mechanical Keyboard (brown keys)
Mouse: Razer Abyssus (mirror edition),
Mousepad: Razer Vespula

[Aiya]

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Z68
Ram: 8GB DDR3 (2x 4GB)
GFX: GTX 580
Case: Thermaltake VN300M1W2N Chaser MK-1

Bought it just recently because I was using a Dell laptop that I originally bought for school but then my computer broke TT" But new CPU coming out soon? ='(

[FvRelimzkE]

Main PC:
CPU: Core i7-920 @ 4GHz
RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-2000
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX295 std clocks
MOB: ASUS SABERTOOTH X58
HDD: 1x 1TB[6GB/SEC], 2x500GB, 1x250GB, 1x EXT 1TB
MON: ASUS VW222 22", BenQ E2400HD 24"
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 875W Modular PSU
CHA: Thermaltake Nvidia L/ED Case
KBD: Filco Majestouch Tenkeyless w/ MX Blues
MSE: Razer Deathadder (on its way out :C )
PAD: ZOWiE G-RF mousepad
OS/S: Windows 7 64-bit / Arch 64-bit / Ubuntu 32-bit


Guest / Spare / Compiler PC:
CPU: Core i7-930 @ 3.4GHz
RAM: 12GB G-Skill Trident 1600MHz
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX260 std clocks
MOB: ASUS Rampage II GENE
HDD: 1x 500GB HDD
MON: ASUS VW191 19"
PSU: TOPOWER 700W PSU
CHA: Antec 902
KBD: Razer BlackWidow
MSE: Razer Diamondback (1.5gen, plasma edition)
PAD: SC2 box as mousepad
OS/S: Windows 7 64-bit, Arch 64-bit

Internet:
Telstra Bigpond Cable Ultimate in Brisbane.
Average: 116.69mbps down / 2.38mbps up

Both of them are due for upgrades, but I'm going to wait another year or so before I upgrade them both. They do their jobs well enough at the moment anyway

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Seeing all of these people saying they need to upgrade makes me sad. I'd love to have their computers.

[Gibber]

CPU: Core i7 2600k @4.4ghz on water
RAM: 8GB Corsiar DDR3 1600
GPU: 2x HD6970 on water... over clocked but i cant remember what i set the clocks at for everyday use.
MOB: Gigabyte UD7
HDD: 1x Corsair SSD 128GB. 2x1TB Caviar Black
MON: Dell 27 inch, and a small 19inch Asus for Internets while gaming
PSU:1000W Enermax Revolution
CHA: Corsair 800D
KBD: Old g15 that is past its used by date
MSE: Razer Mamba
PAD: Razer something..... its freaking huge.
OS/S: Win 7 64bit.

[Mayo]

PC
CPU : i7 2600k
RAM : Corsair 1600mhz 8gb
Mobo : ASUS P8Z-68V
GPU : ASUS GTX 570 DCU II
PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower 875w
CASE: Thermaltake Element G
Monitor: Benq XL2410T
Monitor 2: Acer X223h

Peripherals
K/B: Tt eSPORTS MEKA G1
Mouse: White-Ra Saphira Mouse
Mouse pad: White-Ra White mouse pad
Headset: Tt eSPORTS Shock (Soon to change! )
MIC: Blue Snowball
CAM: Microsoft Lifecam 720p
Speaker: Logitech X-530 (To change soon)
Headset holder: Tt eSPORTS

Quick Comments

TAEdgE:

nice keyboard

[ToRDjvillian]

Didnt even think about uploading a photo of my rig so here it is:


My thoughtful younger bro got me zeratul and raynor figurines but i still need a graphics card. for more info on my rig you can find it on the previous page i believe

[rezyn8]

Custom built PC ~ 3 years old, been doing it for years as it is the best way to get the best bang for buck

CYCLONUS

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU: i7 920 (Stock)
Heatsink: TRUE 120
M/B: Asus P6T
RAM: Corsair Dominator 6G C8D (Stock)
GPU: Sapphire 4890HD (Stock)
P/S: Corsair TX750
CASE: Silverstone Raven RV01
HDD: 4x1TB WDBE
MON: Benq 2412HD 24"
Speakers: Logitech Z506

K/B: Filco Majestouch 2
Mouse: Logitech G9x
Headset: Plantronics Gamecon 777

Looking at upgrading the GPU when the AMD 7XXX series is released later this month, may also upgrade CPU, M/B and RAM a little later this year. The headset will also get replaced sometime this year, it just hurts wearing it for extended periods.

[ToRSmotPokingFish]

Any way as follows:
CPU = i7 2600 3.4ghz
Ram = 16gb DDR3
Video Card = GTS 450 2gb DDR5
HDD = 2TB

[ToRDjvillian]

Originally Posted by SmotPokingFish

CPU = i5 2600 3.4ghz

i5 2600? Mean i7 2600, i5 2500 or i5 2400? (all locked processors so no K)

Quick Comments

ToRSmotPokingFish:

oooh yea i7 lol my bad, im tired :/

[HEN_iP]

CPU: i5 2500K @ 4.5Ghz 1.32V
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
GPU: ASUS DirectCUII 560 Ti
PSU: Corsair HX650W
Case: HAF 912 Advanced
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda

Planning to get an SSD soonish and might try my hand at some case mods

[Mukade]

COMPUTERS COMPUTERS COMPUTERS!!



Now that that's out of the way, let's all flex our computer muscles and get comparing!
What kind of rigs are people sporting? Also which peripherals? Who has the biggest computer out of the sc2sea community?
We'll find out, I suppose. Please post about your rigs specs, and why you chose your specific components!

[Antel0pe]

i7 2600k - Overclocked to 4.6ghz
H70 - Dual Aerocool Shark, 15 Blade Red fans
GTX580
Patriot G2 Division 2 Edition 2 x 8gb Memory
1TB WD Caviar Black
Corsair 600T
750 Tt PSU 80+ Gold

This was basically the highest LGA 1155 socket rig I could get my hands on ~! ^^
I got the PSU to make Mayo happy and I'm a huge fan of Corsair products

[ToRsupapower]

i7 2600k - not overclocked ;;;
MSI ATX Mid Tower
GTX 660
8gb memory, can't remember brand xD
Seagate 1TB Barracuda
fans - dunno
motherboard - dunno


Bought most of the stuff off family friends who work at computer stores for decent prices ^_^

[Trinion]

i5 3570 3.4ghz
8gb Corsair Vengeance memory
GTX560
1TB Seagate Barracuda
Thermaltake V4 midtower 500PSU

As for peripherals I use G9X, CM Quickfire (the tenkeyless ones) and a Corsair Vegeance headset
Oh, and a SC2 Steelseries mousepad!

[sRDreaM]

The guys above rip my rig because I'm an AMD fanboy :P

Recently upgraded my CPU and MB

FX-8320 8core @ 4.5GhZ
32GB (8X4) Kingston HyperX
ASUS AMD 6970 2GB (OEM)
Samsung 830 SATA3 128GB SSD
WD Blue 1TB
Silverstone Raven RV02
Silverstone ST75F 80Plus Silver

peripherals:
Leopold FC500R Blue Switches + Ozone Xenon

I mainly use it for Hyper-V to create virtual machines for Windows Server to practice for my Microsoft certificates etc xD 32GB ram cost me under $200 since ram is dirt cheap nowadays

Quick Comments

	Antel0pe:	ewww, it's an AMD fanboy
	TheGentleman:	Nothing wrong with AMD/ATI.

[ToRMaverick]

E-penis show down.... mines a little small now (getting old you know).

i7 - 2600 @ 3.4GHz
16Gb RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB DDR5
2TB HD

Twin Samsung 28 inch LED LCD (2m/s)

Razer Imperator Mouse
Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Keyboard
Razor Goliathus Mouse Pad
5.1 Logitech Souround Sound Speakers
Z6A Turtle Beach Headset (yeah... I know)

Quick Comments

sRDreaM:

Omg those monitors T_T I'm jelly xD

[Oshiego]

Intel i7-2600K @ Stock
8GB RAM(KVR RAM)
GTX460 @1GB
500GB HDD SEAGATE
22" Hannsg Monitor

Peripherals:
Razer Deathadder - Mouse
Creative Draco - Headset
Microsoft Sidewinder X4 - Keyboard
Everglide Titan - Mousepad

[Theend]

Intel i7-3770
Ati 7870 Ghz Edition 2Gb
8Gb DDr5
1TB Seagate
24' Acer Monitor Self Built Desktop
Razor Blackwidow
Razor Spectre
Razor Goliathus
Razor Orca

[Firehawk]

Case: CM Storm Trooper - It looked nice
CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme
CPU Cooling: Custom Watercooling (Primochill tubing, Bitspower fittings, XSPC waterblocks and radiator) - Found suitable parts to fit my system, Primochill tubing is a must, can be coloured if necessary, Bitspower fittings and rotaries are probably the best on the market, and XSPC have great waterblocks for CPUs and GPUs, as well as a wide range of radiators that fit on any case.
Mobo: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme - Great for overclocking, also looks nice.
RAM: 16GB 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance - Always been a fan of Corsair RAM
VGA: ASUS HD7970 x2 - Looking to upgrade to 2x GTX 690s in the near future, but for now the 7970s will do
PSU: Silverstone 1500W - One can never have too much power
HDD: 4x WD 2TB Caviar Black in Raid0 - 4 Caviar Blacks in Raid0 striping provides great read/write speed
SSD: 2x OCZ 256GB Vertex 4 - Always been a fan of OCZ SSDs, V4 are nice SSDs, provide great read speeds for those huge programs
Other: Blackmagic Intensity Pro - Streaming and recording of Xbox 360
Display: 4x ACER 24" G245 - Why not
Headset: Astro A40 + Mixamp - Primarily for console gaming
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate - Decent keyboard, looking to switch to other brands such as Filco
Mouse: Razer Mamba 4G - Great mouse
Pad: Razer Vespula - Has a wrist rest, great for long session gaming

I'll see if I can find some photos

Quick Comments

	sRDreaM:	Gosu!
	Antel0pe:	quick, ip track him and rob his computer :3

[Mukade]

Wow, boss as.

[sRDreaM]

No AMD love LOL

[Mayo]

PC
i7 2600k (Soon to be all-in-one water cooled!)
Thermaltake Element G Case (old style)
Thermaltake ToughPower 775W PSU
ASUS P8Z68-V Mobo
GTX 570
8gb Corsair RAM
120GB Sata 3 SSD
1.5TB Drive for Storage
BenQ XL2410T 120hz Monitor
Acer 23" monitor (secondary)

Peripherals
Tt eSPORTS MEKA G1 Keyboard (Cherry Black)
Tt eSPORTS White-Ra Mouse pad (White)
Tt eSPORTS Saphira Mouse
Tt eSPORTS Galeru Mouse bungee
Tt eSPORTS Shock Spin headset
Tt eSPORTS Hyperion Headset Holder
Blue Snowball USB Microphone

[Nv.GTR]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K (OC'd to 4.3GHz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Motherboard: GIGABYTE P67X-UD3-B3
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX560 Ti Twin Frozr II
RAM: 2x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333MHz
SSD: 128GB Samsung 830
HDD: 2x1TB Samsung F3
Case: Antec 300

[|Erasmus|]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
CPU Cooler: Noctua U12P
Motherboard: GIGABYTE can't remember model number
GPU: ATI 5550 OC'd to 5570 speeds
RAM: 2x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333MHz
SSD: 128GB Kingston
HDD: 2x1TB Samsung F3
Case: Fractal Design R2
Monitor: some Philips 21" LCD

Headphones: Grado RS1i
Speakers: Paradigm mini monitors.
Other misc audio gear: amp for speakers etc.
Microphone: logitech desktop microphone.
Keyboard: Steelseries 6GV2 with black/white checkered keys.
Mouse: Razer Deathadder.
Mousepad: some free giveaway from somewhere or other atm.

Quick Comments

Antel0pe:

bit lacking in the gpu :3 i presume this is a music/graphic production based rig?

[Maynarde]

Merged an old thread with PapaSmurf's new one. Continue!

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by Antelopes

*
bit lacking in the gpu :3 i presume this is a music/graphic production based rig?

I do a bit of programming, but it still handles all the games I've played in the last 2 years without any trouble at all, so no need to upgrade yet. Not lacking at all

Quick Comments

Antel0pe:

meh, guess you don't play BF3 iTroll

[NOM]

intel 2500k
msi frozr II
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM DDR3
Corsair tx 750w PSU
Seagate... 500gb and 1.5 tb HDD
HDD under the dvd drive was replaced by a 64GB Corsair SSD

Quick Comments

sRDreaM:

Bitfenix Shinobi case right?

[ToRDarKnoob]

Intel i5 3470
2x 4gb elixiar ram
Antec litepower 700w
Gigabyte hd 6850
Gigabyte h77-d3h mvp motherboard
2tb wd hdd
500 gb seagate barracuda
Coolermaster Centurian v5 II Case

[FS.Kezz]

Toshiba Satellite U500 series Laptop
Intel i3 M330 @2.13GHz
4GB RAM (2.92 GB usable)
Intel HD Media Adaptor Graphics (1.08GB)
Hitachi HTS5450 300 GB Hard Drive
Logitech Wireless MK220 Keyboard
Tt Esports Black Element Mouse
Apple iPod headphones (my Plantronics Audio 355 headset broke last week)

I'm hopefully (fingers crossed) going to update majorly these holidays/at Christmas.

[FSDarkNemesis]

Updated my Custom Rig after posting the specs last year.



CPU: Core i5 2500K Overclocked to 4.0 GHz
MOBO: ASUS P8P67 PRO
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus Dual Fan Setup (Got rid of Intel Cooler; please please please, get rid of the Intel Cooler mon)
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 RAM (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz RAM (up from 8GB: 2x4GB)
GPU: 2 x 2GB Radeon Crossfired 6970 (Sapphire Dual X Cooler / Gigabyte Reference) -> Up from 1GB nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti MSI Cyclone II Edition
1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue HD
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Tactic 3D Sigma Headset.
ThermalTake SpaceCraft VF-I
Corsair HX-1000 1KW PSU (Up from Enermax 600W)
LG Flatron W2252TQ LCD Monitor 1680 x 1050 Resolution.

Razer Imperator 2012 BF3 Mouse
Razer Lycosa MIRROR Edition Keyboard - May want to replace to something like a Corsair Vengeance K60/K90.

[Xormentor]

Case: Corsair 600t white
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
PSU: Corsair HX-850 ATX modular
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 3.4ghz (need to buy a non stock cpu cooler so i can overclock that bad boy)
HDD: Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm
SSD: Intel 520s 120gb
Memory: Kingston 8gb GDDR3 1600MHz HyperX (any more is completely unnecessary even though how cheap memory is atm)
GPU: Gigabyte GF GTX 670 OC EDITION ($540, has gone down $100 since i bought it -.-)

Headset: Gamecom 777
Keyboard: Ducky 9087 Year of the Dragon edition, Brown Switch, Yellow LED
Mouse: Razer Deathadder
Pad: TTesports whitera
Speakers: Logitech z623
Screen: main, Asus VG236H 23" 120Hz 3D
second: Viewsonic 22"

[FSDarkNemesis]

Originally Posted by Xormentor

Case: Corsair 600t white
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
PSU: Corsair HX-850 ATX modular
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 3.4ghz (need to buy a non stock cpu cooler so i can overclock that bad boy)
HDD: Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm
SSD: Intel 520s 120gb
Memory: Kingston 8gb GDDR3 1600MHz HyperX (any more is completely unnecessary even though how cheap memory is atm)
GPU: Gigabyte GF GTX 670 OC EDITION ($540, has gone down $100 since i bought it -.-)

Headset: Gamecom 777
Keyboard: Ducky 9087 Year of the Dragon edition, Brown Switch, Yellow LED
Mouse: Razer Deathadder
Pad: TTesports whitera
Speakers: Logitech z623
Screen: main, Asus VG236H 23" 120Hz 3D
second: Viewsonic 22"

You can only overclock if it's a K-Unlocked Processor like 3770K, 3570K, 2500K 2600K...etc.
Stuff like a normal 2500, 2600, 3470, 3570, 3770 NON-K processors Cannot be overclocked.

Abit wasted if you have an overclocking Motherboard but you don't have an unlocked processor.

[Xormentor]

Originally Posted by FSDarkNemesis

You can only overclock if it's a K-Unlocked Processor

Oops (slacked out on a bit of research there), doesn't bother me that much as wouldn't be able to uitilise it. At least it has the ability to turbo to 3.9 if i ever do need a little more.

[Firehawk]

The 3770 has a turbo boost function if it's enabled in BIOS to clock it up to 3.9 GHz when under heavy load. You can, however, adjust the BCLK which might get you an extra 100 MHz onto your clock speed.

Quick Comments

Xormentor:

toms hardware ;)

[FSDarkNemesis]

yea, you could. However, it may mean overclocking your RAM as well. So do be careful.

[x5.RunaMoK]

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Windows 2.6.1.7601 (Service Pack 1)
CPU TYPE:
Intel® Core™ i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU SPEED:
3.48 GHz
SYSTEM MEMORY:
31.96 GB
VIDEO CARD MODEL:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
VIDEO CARD MEMORY:
3.97 GB

Mouse: tt esports Theron
Mouse: tt esports Mecka
Towers: TT esports G10

[YurickHarmon]

Yeah, the BCLK affects pretty much all of your busses, from RAM to PCIE, be super careful touching it as you can potentially fry components very easily.

[YurickHarmon]

Oh, and for the record:
CPU : Intel 2500k OC to 4.0ghz
GPU: HD6870 ASUS Overclock Edition
RAM: 2x4GB G.Skill 1600MHz
Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme Gen3
Case: Thermaltake Black Dokker (stupid name, but had the clearance and fan slots that I wanted for under $70)
PSU: Old 600w passed down from my old PC, cant remember what brand it is off the top of my head.
Peripherals: Razer Deathadder V2, CMStorm Quickfire Rapid (Black Switch Edition) Mechanical Keyboard, Steelseries Oversized Mousepad/White-Ra Special Tactics mousepad (for home and travel respectively), Microsoft LX-3000 Lifechat Headset (Cheapest Headset with decent levels of comfort and microphone quality i've found).

What needs work:
Buying + Installing a non-stock cooler (looking at the hyper 212+, any recommendations at bang for your buck currently in Melbourne?)
Upgrading RAM to 16GB
Cable Management System (Dear god is it a mess in there, probably need to get a new PSU to do so, as the current one is reasonably old now and the cables dont quite reach as far as i would like)
Getting two 120mm case fans to finish off my fan complement

[FSDarkNemesis]

The Bang for the buck normally is the Hyper 212 (EVO, Plus...etc) like what I'm using right now. It's a big step up from a stock cooler from Intel which sucks... My stock cooler is already damaged after a year in use.

[Meatex]

My stock intel cooler came off in my PC while shipping it back to Australia and killed it
Though it works fine for keeping it cool

My new rig is pretty sweet

i5 3570 @ 3.8
ASUS PZ77V ? (its got wireless )
12GB DDR3 Ram
Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC

[athosramos]

well im working with Wind 7 ultimate 64 and running excelent

[react]

Dust and cables everywhere

PSU: Corsair TX 750w
Case: CM Storm enforcer.
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 670 2GB.
CPU: Intel 2500k @ 3.3 GHz. (Haven't Over clocked yet)
Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen 3.
Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 Ripjaw RAM.
HDD: Spinpoint F3 500GB for main boot drive and 1.5TB WD Greendrive for storage.
OS: Win7 Ultimate.
Fan cooler: Not really sure it was made by Cooler master though. The fan on it is also a replacement fan after the other one broke.

[eCKo`Tazerenix]

Just built mine last week with the help of my brother.

PSU: Antec VP-650P 650W
Case: Antec 300
CPU: Intel i5 3570 @ 3.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Contac21
GPU: 2GB ASUS HD7850-DC-2GD5
Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 G.Skill Sniper @ 1600
Motherboard: AsRock Z77-Extreme4
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB @ 7200RPM
SSD: OCZ Vertex4 64GB SATA3 SSD
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64bit
Monitors: Dual LG 23" IPS235V 5ms 1920x1080

Fitting the GPU and all the cables in was a bitch.

[Pox]

Built this little thing last week: my slightly tall shoebox of joy. A bootbox perhaps.

Silverstone SG06 (came with SF45 PSU).
Gigabyte Z77N-Wifi
i5 3570k, stock cooler
8GB ram (640K may not be enough for everyone but I'll be damned if 8G isn't enough for me)
Galaxy GTX670 2GB (reference design because the ones with decent coolers are too long to fit)
120GB Intel 330 SSD
1TB WD Green 3.5" HDD (from previous PC)


http://imgur.com/oLrpJ,T2o5L,bdsgW

Was a fun build, my tetris prowess came in handy getting the video card in the case. The manufacturer says it only takes 9" cards but some random guy on the internet said 10"ers fit, and we all know to always trust the internet. Turned out well - there's even a good cm of free space once you actually find the correct path to lever it in.

Cabling is a complete mess but meh, airflow seems good enough for stock speeds.

Quick Comments

Antel0pe:

such an imba machine :P

[TACeeSerps]

Everyday I see this thread updated and think to myself, I got put my rig up. And then I forget. Today is not that day.

CPU: i7 3770k with Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Evo Cooler
Mobo: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 OC edition
Ram: 16gb G-Skill Ripjaws X (4x4gb) DDR3-1600 (No pagefile )
SSD: 256gb Crucial M4 SSD (I have a 64gb Crucial M4 connected too but I dont use it)
HDD: 1.5TB WD Caviar Black
Case: Antec 1100
PSU: Corsair HX-750w
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate

KB: Razer Blackwidow Expert
Mouse/Mouse Pad: Razer Deathadder/Razer TL Goliathus
Webcam: Logitech C920
Headset: Beats by Dre (LOL)

My old headset broke, and my parents got me a pair of beats from China because they heard I didn't have a headset anymore. So nice. I should be getting a Razer Megladon in the mail sometime this week so that will be my actual headset moving forward.