Post your gaming setup!

[DeltrusDisc]

I just applied for a new job yesterday and hopefully I'll get it, but here's what I want to get if I can get a new steady income:

New Ivy Bridge i5
Ivy Bridge chipset mobo (since my mobo sucks)
New true 1.5v RAM
Maybe a GTX 6xx/7xx series GPU?

Possibly get a decent Phobya water-cooling rig. If things go well...

[Drunkenvalley]

I wouldn't get too hooked on brand as to say I'd buy Phobya water-cooling, since not all products from each manufacturer is made of gold. But if you're itching to work with your computer then water-cooling could certainly be fun.

[zeq]

I just applied for a new job yesterday and hopefully I'll get it, but here's what I want to get if I can get a new steady income:

New Ivy Bridge i5
Ivy Bridge chipset mobo (since my mobo sucks)
New true 1.5v RAM
Maybe a GTX 6xx/7xx series GPU?

Possibly get a decent Phobya water-cooling rig. If things go well...

I was thinking the same thing, waiting to get the new series coming out, then my new job came around and my first check with commission made me do other wise. New video cards and case ftl

[Drunkenvalley]

I wound up purchasing a new keyboard today, the Logitech G510. It's nice to have that small LCD and some keys that I know won't be fucked with applications. Grave key is apparently frigging help support in SWTOR, which is the same key as what I use for mumble. (And it's not listed in keybinds menu! )

[DeltrusDisc]

Which keyboard did you have before? I would have suggested a sexy mechanical, personally.

[Drunkenvalley]

I had a literal no-name thing...

And honestly, I wanted the features, so. :3

[Asera]

I just applied for a new job yesterday and hopefully I'll get it, but here's what I want to get if I can get a new steady income:

New Ivy Bridge i5
Ivy Bridge chipset mobo (since my mobo sucks)
New true 1.5v RAM
Maybe a GTX 6xx/7xx series GPU?

Possibly get a decent Phobya water-cooling rig. If things go well...

You think going LGA1155 IB over SB will be worth it? I sort of don't believe it will be. :|

As long as my overclocked 2500K can still run circles around the best stock IB, I'll be fine, personally.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Well...it won't be worse, and the processors are set to cost the same as 1155 sandy bridges. I'll be getting one for my new computer come spring.

[DeltrusDisc]

You think going LGA1155 IB over SB will be worth it? I sort of don't believe it will be. :|

As long as my overclocked 2500K can still run circles around the best stock IB, I'll be fine, personally.

Well.... you remember how my motherboard is more than likely faulty, yes? I'm thinking a brand new MoBo with IB might just be my best bet, if I'm able to afford it. Since they are putting out new chipsets+mobos right?

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Well...it won't be worse

Actually. Remember how Bulldozer was worse than Phenom II, essentially? ^_^

[Asera]

Well.... you remember how my motherboard is more than likely faulty, yes? I'm thinking a brand new MoBo with IB might just be my best bet, if I'm able to afford it. Since they are putting out new chipsets+mobos right?

True...

Can I buy your 2500K then? $100CAD.

(jk)

[DeltrusDisc]

Yeah, good thing you're joking. I'm thinking since the PC runs pretty flawlessly when most things are set to automatic, I'll pass most of this rig on to a real life friend who currently has my older parts. (E5200 dual core@2.5GHz, 6GB DDR2, old mobo, and old PNY 9800 GT)

[BicycleMafioso]

The thread has derailed again. On topic, please.

[Rennadrel]

I just applied for a new job yesterday and hopefully I'll get it, but here's what I want to get if I can get a new steady income:

New Ivy Bridge i5
Ivy Bridge chipset mobo (since my mobo sucks)
New true 1.5v RAM
Maybe a GTX 6xx/7xx series GPU?

Possibly get a decent Phobya water-cooling rig. If things go well...

I have been of the opinion for a while that the i5, mainly the quad core, is the best bang for your buck processor on the market. Sometimes I wonder why people go for the i5 but it's usually because they splurge on higher end graphics cards.

I have an interview coming up for full time hire and hopefully it means I land the boring mill apprenticeship I have applied for, cause that job pays well (starting rate is like 18-20/hr and goes upwards of 35 depending on your experience and time with the company). So yeah, that would mean I could build an insane rig in no time at all and still afford my cost of living

[DeltrusDisc]

And thus have more pictures of gaming setups to post in this thread. <3

[Rennadrel]

Irony: The TJ07 are so popular in modding circles that the whole "unique" idea is moot.

Also, they may be good for modding, but the TJ07 apparently wasn't very impressive with the reviewers, who discovered its mobo tray to be a little... loose? Even when screwed in place, it would wiggle easily. Additionally, they're horrid for cable management according to Deltrus.

I'd rather just engineer my own case rather then mod one. Odds are if I get where I want in the working world, I could engineer my own case from the ground up. That would be a ton of fun, take everything that is great about so many different cases and put them together.

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And thus have more pictures of gaming setups to post in this thread. <3

For sure, if I get the job I am splurging on some liquid cooling, a Cooler Master Cosmos II case and a bunch of other stuff

[Djinni]

Got my third screen.... although it won't be any use for Surround Wrong size

[aisatsana]

I had a literal no-name thing...

And honestly, I wanted the features, so. :3

Features like screens that no one uses? lol id rather have a good mechanical keyboard with no bullshit on it(backlight, macro keys and lcd) the only "feature" that people maybe use are macro keys..

[Skelly]

I loved the LCD on my G15. I mostly used it to display MSI afterburner stuff.

[DeltrusDisc]

Features like screens that no one uses? lol id rather have a good mechanical keyboard with no bullshit on it(backlight, macro keys and lcd) the only "feature" that people maybe use are macro keys..

Obviously no one uses it when Drunken just said he *wants* the features...

oh I use my LCD screen and macro keys too.

Why can't we have all of this and mechanical keys? =/

[Drunkenvalley]

Features like screens that no one uses? lol id rather have a good mechanical keyboard with no bullshit on it(backlight, macro keys and lcd) the only "feature" that people maybe use are macro keys..

a. I wanted the LCD monitor for specific tasks. Particularly to monitor things while I'm in full-screen applications that won't let me alt-tab to check those stats without most shit throttling down anyway.
b. Some rather soft, red lights are appreciated here on my desk. I'm not a fan of bright and excessive LEDs, but I'm also not prone to sitting in the dark either, so the lights are only a soft 'touch'.
c. I've missed having some frigging media buttons on my keyboard. It's really annoying when software decides to not let you tamper with media players or volume easily, and I don't like headphone volume sliders.
d. And I wanted macro keys so I could set software like vent, mumble, etc, to use a command that is within reach and doesn't get fucked by the billion weird things games choose to assign to the keys I like to use. Skyrim was sane assigning console to it, but SWTOR opens a new ticket... what the f-?

If you don't like those features that's fine, but that sort of snarky kind of response is a real buzzkill to any rep I've had for you.