Post your gaming setup!

[sarad]

My rig:

CPU: Core i7 2600k@4.5 GHz
Cooled by a: Thermaltake Contac 30
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 V-Pro\Gen3
RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black edition
SSD: OCZ AgilityIII 128GB
HDD: 2x1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM (striped)
All boxed in a: Coolermaster HAF 932
Monitors: 3x Dell ST2410
Peripherals: Logitech G9x, G13, G15, Z506; Tritton AX180

[Fuzzykins]

My rig:

CPU: Core i7 2600k@4.5 GHz
Cooled by a: Thermaltake Contac 30
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 V-Pro\Gen3
RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black edition
SSD: OCZ AgilityIII 128GB
HDD: 2x1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM (striped)
All boxed in a: Coolermaster HAF 932
Monitors: 3x Dell ST2410
Peripherals: Logitech G9x, G13, G15, Z506; Tritton AX180

Oh pictures please

[Drunkenvalley]

Welp, I finally got around to working on my rig. Even got pictures, but imgur.com and tinypic.com are both broken for me atm for some reason. :<

With that said, a few kinks I need to work out...
a) Should I mount the fan facing DOWN? Because the bottom of the case isn't actually filtered, while the sidepanels of the computer is.
b) Where the heck do I put the pump? e.e

This is all being built in a Raven 01, in case you forgot or something.

[Zachysaurus]

i am officially posting this post on my brand new PC! this was my first build and i must say i am very proud of myself so far. heres what i got right now

MoBo: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen 3
CPU: i5 2500k
RAM: G.Skill Raipjaws X 8GB
GPU: Sapphire Radeon 6850 HD
Heatsin: CM Hyper 212+
Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
SSD: Crucial M4
PSU: Seasonic 520W 80+ Bronze
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6"
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Optical: LiteOn DVD-ROM
Mouse: Razer Naga

keyboard and speakers are nuthin fancy(not yet at least ), and i will be ordering a mechanical HDD later this week as soon as i get paid (500GB WD Caviar Blue/Black not sure yet)

pics to come!

[Ghâzh]

Welp, I finally got around to working on my rig. Even got pictures, but imgur.com and tinypic.com are both broken for me atm for some reason. :<

With that said, a few kinks I need to work out...
a) Should I mount the fan facing DOWN? Because the bottom of the case isn't actually filtered, while the sidepanels of the computer is.
b) Where the heck do I put the pump? e.e

This is all being built in a Raven 01, in case you forgot or something.

I'd face the fan up personally for the superior airflow. Buy a filter later if it bothers you but it shoul work temporarily .

As far as the pump goes, shouldn't you have thougth of that beforehand?:-D

[Doktor Faustus]

AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core @ 2.60 GHz
ATI Radeon HD 4800 512 Mb PCIe (x2 in SLI)
8 GB RAM
Samsung SyncMaster CX931BW
Logitech G15 (the original, wide one )

Runs things nicely, but will probably update GFX this year (replace the x2 SLI to a single card most likely) - any suggestions welcome

[Asera]

AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core @ 2.60 GHz
ATI Radeon HD 4800 512 Mb PCIe (x2 in SLI)
8 GB RAM
Samsung SyncMaster CX931BW
Logitech G15 (the original, wide one )

Runs things nicely, but will probably update GFX this year (replace the x2 SLI to a single card most likely) - any suggestions welcome

I'd replace that awful Agena Phenom CPU before anything if it were me... @_@

[Doktor Faustus]

I'd replace that awful Agena Phenom CPU before anything if it were me... @_@

Hehe - it's not slow by any means and is running modern games on mostly high settings.

Compared to my previous, ancient PC (Single core, 2 GB RAM & 256 MB GFX) it is the bees knees

But thanks for the tip, seems I needs to look into things for when I do upgrade.

[BicycleMafioso]

Hehe - it's not slow by any means and is running modern games on mostly high settings.

Compared to my previous, ancient PC (Single core, 2 GB RAM & 256 MB GFX) it is the bees knees

But thanks for the tip, seems I needs to look into things for when I do upgrade.

It's still your weakest link, and you will see slim, if any, upgrade in Wow by replacing your 4800 card but leaving your four-digit Phenom.

[Asera]

Fortunately Ivy Bridge is only a month or two away!

[Deleted]

MoBo: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen 3
CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.6 GHz
RAM: G.Skill Raipjaws 8gb
GPU: XFX HD 6870 single since i broke the other pci-express slot. I know, im awesome. (gigabyte inc)
Heatsink: Thermalright silver arrow
Case: Antec something, it's black. Think it was sonata, brought it 7 years ago when it was must have.
SSD: 120gb OCZ agility 3
HDD: WD Caviar black 2tb
PSU: XFX 850
Monitor: Dell ultrasharp 24
OS: Windows 7 64-bit ultimate
Drive: LG read only BD
Mouse: Razer mamba
Hedset : Razer carcharias
Mat: Razer goliathus control edition
Keyboard: Razer lycosa mirror edition

Misc: Lamptron fan controller, kingston memorycard reader and all fans from bitfenix.

[Ghâzh]

MoBo: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen 3
CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.6 GHz
RAM: G.Skill Raipjaws 8gb
GPU: XFX HD 6870 single since i broke the other pci-express slot. I know, im awesome. (gigabyte inc)
Heatsink: Thermalright silver arrow
Case: Antec something, it's black. Think it was sonata, brought it 7 years ago when it was must have.
SSD: 120gb OCZ agility 3
HDD: WD Caviar black 2tb
PSU: XFX 850
Monitor: Dell ultrasharp 24
OS: Windows 7 64-bit ultimate
Drive: LG read only BD
Mouse: Razer mamba
Hedset : Razer carcharias
Mat: Razer goliathus control edition
Keyboard: Razer lycosa mirror edition

Misc: Lamptron fan controller, kingston memorycard reader and all fans from bitfenix.

My old Antec Sonata looked just awesome Too bad it was lacking in the other departments. Top mounted PSU and non-exsistant cable management to name few Would have loved to keep it otherwise.

[BicycleMafioso]

Fortunately Ivy Bridge is only a month or two away!

29th of April, pretty much two months on the dot.

[Drunkenvalley]

I'd face the fan up personally for the superior airflow. Buy a filter later if it bothers you but it shoul work temporarily .

Well, I'm not so sure the airflow's really superior, but.

As far as the pump goes, shouldn't you have thougth of that beforehand?:-D

It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I changed plans for mounting the rads. Now the space where I initially thought to place the pump is occupied... :P

[Doktor Faustus]

It's still your weakest link, and you will see slim, if any, upgrade in Wow by replacing your 4800 card but leaving your four-digit Phenom.

Don't play WoW anymore, but really that's my weakest link?

I'm quite surprised but thanks for the info - could you explain why or offer me some insight, tried briefly Googling the issue earlier but didn't come across anything.

What's a good replacement, and I'd assume I'd have to replace my mobo?

[Asera]

I'm quite surprised but thanks for the info - could you explain why or offer me some insight, tried briefly Googling the issue earlier but didn't come across anything.

The old Agena chips were well known for a translation lookaside buffer problem, causing crashes in rare events. Your chip is a B3 revision and doesn't have that particular flaw, but it does have the other flaws of mediocre single thread performance, abysmal clock scaling, and poor power efficiency.

A few comparisons:

vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Same die size, same core count, 200mhz slower clock, basically what it originally competed with):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/21?vs=53

vs AMD Phenom II X4 965BE (What superseded it a few months afterwards):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/21?vs=102

vs Intel Core i5 750 (Similar clock, same core count, same price point at the time):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/21?vs=109

vs Intel Core i5 2500K Stock (Latest iteration of the i5, same core count):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/21?vs=288

[GG you got me]

i am officially posting this post on my brand new PC! this was my first build and i must say i am very proud of myself so far. heres what i got right now

RAM: G.Skill Raipjaws X 8GB

I'd like to know where to purchase these ram sticks and does it come with a copy of a popular FPS to apply said raip after installation?

[Libram]

So basicaly my desk isnt big enough for my pc ... considering this case is bigger than the haf X

So I steal my friends small dining table and the result is perfect... well sort of lol

Oh god I would be too afraid that it might wobble over the edge! Take it down take it down!

[Rennadrel]

I'd like to know where to purchase these ram sticks and does it come with a copy of a popular FPS to apply said raip after installation?

RAM almost never comes with anything aside from a fan, Newegg sells the G.Skill Ripjaw X series memory modules though. They are like 80 bucks for 2x4GB.

[noteworthynerd]

RAM almost never comes with anything aside from a fan, Newegg sells the G.Skill Ripjaw X series memory modules though. They are like 80 bucks for 2x4GB.

He was kidding, the memory is called "Ripjaws", not "Raipjaws"...