Post your gaming setup!

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-02-05, 06:33 PM

Random picture of how things look on the backside of my machine btw.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-02-05, 06:52 PM

Front side.... please? O_o Either way that looks excellent.

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-02-05, 07:10 PM

That's not the RV01. Still the Level 10 GT. Just took the photo for a small discussion elsewhere about cable management.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-02-05, 07:14 PM

I knew something was fishy!!!

**tetrisGOAT** · 2012-02-05, 07:19 PM

I swapped my SSDs, notebook<->Desktop
And for some reason, I thought it'd be a good idea to open up my older notebook as well (C2D T5800, M9600GS, 4GiB DDR2, Bluray, coffeepot)

http://i.imgur.com/xmxa5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eiGsb.jpg
(Cameraphone (SGSII), too lazy to charge the camera)

Also. Working in the middle of the night, with -15°C (+5°F) sucks. And yes, I work outdoors.

**Exera** · 2012-02-05, 07:35 PM

My gaming rig is as follows!

Keyboard:
Logitech G19

Mouse:
Corsair Vengeance M90

Headset:
Logitech G35

Monitor:
ACER 24" LED S242HLABID

Case:
Nexus Prominent R (will be changing to Corsair Obsidian 650D this summer)

CPU Cooling:
Corsair H60

CPU:
i7 2600K

RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 1600 16GB 4x4GB kit

GPU:
Gigabyte HD6970 (will be switching to Asus HD7970 this summer)

Mobo:
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (will either be switching to an Asus Maximus IV or possibly a new socket 2011 card and a new 2011 CPU)

HDD1:
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB

HDD2:
Western Digital 2TB Green

HDD3:
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB

Everything is basically stock atm, my mobo sucks for propper overclocking so I'll wait til I actually have a propper mobo for that purpouse.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-02-05, 07:37 PM

Your motherboard is a great overclocker, actually...

---------- Post added 2012-02-05 at 07:38 PM ----------

Originally Posted by tetrisGOAT

http://i.imgur.com/xmxa5.jpg

Looks like you were having some fun tetris! Finally we get a new picture from you! ^_^

**Exera** · 2012-02-05, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc

Your motherboard is a great overclocker, actually...

It's decent at it, but it is somewhat unstable at times I had my CPU clocked to 4.5 for a good while, and the mobo just decided it didn't want to play ball anymore, so I scrapped it for now while I plan my next rig(which will be this summer).

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-02-05, 07:45 PM

Errrrrrr, that's not a mobo limitation imo. o.o

**Exera** · 2012-02-05, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

Errrrrrr, that's not a mobo limitation imo. o.o

We found out it was, we had it at the bench at work for 4 days testing, tweaking and configuring various features and settings.

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-02-05, 08:01 PM

That sounds more like a defect than limitation. It should handle 4.5 GHz easy so long as the board is properly functional.

**tetrisGOAT** · 2012-02-05, 10:36 PM

Remember that there are loop-dips when it comes to overclocking. Your system may be stable at every frequency, but for some reason, it gets a black hole at a specific frequence. And above and below, it's fine.

Also, the motherboard in question isn't really an overclockers motherboard, but it's not expressedly bad at it. I would however not doubt that it is the motherboard, in fact, that is the culprit. Sounds likely.

**googz** · 2012-02-05, 10:38 PM

Added some pics to my OP.

My final fans and K90 arrive tomorrow

**Caumen** · 2012-02-06, 12:04 AM

Sorry Exera, I am shamelessly using your form to print my own info into it

My gaming rig is as follows!

Keyboard:
Logitech G15, the old generation

Mouse:
Razer Naga

Headphones:
Denon AH-D1100

Microphone:
Stand alone Logitech Mic

Monitor:
Samsung Syncmaster XL2370

Case:
Casecom KM 200

CPU Cooling:
Noctua nh-d14

CPU:
AMD Phenom IIx6 1090T @ 3.7ghz (stock 3.2ghz)

RAM:
Some Cheapish Kingston RAM
4*2gb 1333mHz

GPU:
Radeon 6870x2

Mobo:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX

PSU:
XFX 750W Pro edition

HDD1:
Samsung 1000GB, 7200rpm

When I first bought this computer, I didn't knew anything about the stuff, and even though I had been guarenteed that the stock computer could run crossfire when I wanted to upgrade, it didn't so I had to replace Mobo and PSU, and just for the sake of it, I changed the cpu-cooler, which now is rather cold now (figures).

Here's a picture of the rig itself:

And a little info about idle temps (a million tabs and a few less powereating programs along with RAM heavy drawing program.)

(Highest temp ever obtained have been 33deg celcius on the CPU and 67deg on the GPU, for some reason only one of the GPU's is shown in HWmonitor)

I am thinking about I could overclock the cpu a little more, but I don't know if it is worth it.

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-02-06, 12:18 AM

24 to 26 degrees Celsius currently on my good ol' rig's CPU... And I removed a fan off the NH-D14 because it was too loud. And the rear fan of the case too for the same reason.

Then again, it's idling. Has been for most of today. And temperatures today read -12c degrees outside, so I suspect the ambient temperature here isn't amazing either.

**Grumpiea** · 2012-02-06, 12:26 AM

My rig!

Case: NZXT Phantom Special Edition(white and red)
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3
CPU: Intel i5 2500K @4.3GHz
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212+
RAM: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X Performance 1600Mhz
HDD: 1TB HDD 7200rpm
GPU: Gainward GTX580 1.5GB
PSU: OCZ 650W

Pic: http://imageshack.us/f/204/img0023il.jpg/

Will be added soon: an SSD and a modular PSU.

**Caumen** · 2012-02-06, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

24 to 26 degrees Celsius currently on my good ol' rig's graphics card... And I removed a fan off the NH-D14 because it was too loud. And the rear fan of the case too for the same reason.

Then again, it's idling. Has been for most of today. And temperatures today read -12c degrees outside, so I suspect the ambient temperature here isn't amazing either.

25 degrees on the gpu? How did you manage that?

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-02-06, 12:30 AM

Err... my brain derped when I was writing. o_O I meant CPU.

**Xuvial** · 2012-02-06, 01:14 AM

In winters I get 25-28c idles on my CPU, ~30-35c idles on GPU. And it doesn't get colder than 5c-10c here, so I imagine at -12c it's quite easily possible (if you keep your heater off and room chilly :P).

**CheezusCrust** · 2012-02-06, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

24 to 26 degrees Celsius currently on my good ol' rig's CPU... And I removed a fan off the NH-D14 because it was too loud. And the rear fan of the case too for the same reason.

Then again, it's idling. Has been for most of today. And temperatures today read -12c degrees outside, so I suspect the ambient temperature here isn't amazing either.

I've done exactly the same thing on my 800D, my temps are at 34c though while idling on WoW character screen.

Personally I haven't hit any temperature decrease, which is kind of nice.

Originally Posted by Caumen

25 degrees on the gpu? How did you manage that?

Set fan to 85% XD

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