Post your gaming setup!

**Daveric** · 2012-05-06, 03:39 PM

My current (4 year old) build. I recently did some actual cable management to this (as best as I could with the case) - no before pictures though...it was a mess.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/img9658o.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/img9663c.jpg

CM 690 Case
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler
Nvidia GTS 250
4 GB OCZ RAM (couldn't tell you the exact model)
Corsair 450W PSU
Western Digital 1.5 TB HDD; Seagate 320 GB HDD

It'll run most games at decent settings, but you can forget about pushing the limits on anything. I will be putting together a new build very soon though.

**Rickz** · 2012-05-06, 05:06 PM

Daveric, for a case with not a lot of room for cable management, and a non modular PSU, you did a very nice job with tidy-ing it up

**Xuvial** · 2012-05-06, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Daveric

It'll run most games at decent settings, but you can forget about pushing the limits on anything. I will be putting together a new build very soon though.

Neat-o, reminds me of my old PC.

Now pull together an i5 2500K + GTX670/660 Ti gogo. Pretty sure you won't even have to upgrade the PSU.

**Valiea** · 2012-05-06, 10:53 PM

Just built this. Total Cost ~ 2500$
Case: Xigmatek Elysium Black
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
Power Supply: Corsair 850HX
Processor: Intel i7-2700k.
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100
Memory: 16gb g.Skill Sniper Series DDR3 @ 2133Mhz
Graphics Card : Asus HD 7970 DirectCu II 3GB DDR5
Hard Drive : 2Tb Seagate Barracude 7200rpm Sata 6.0Gb/s
Solid State Drives : 2x Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 180gb Sata III in Raid 0

- Cable Management

- Inside the Chassis

- Frontal View

- Side View Close

- Side View

- Command Center

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-06, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Valiea

Power Supply: Corsair 850HX
Memory: 16gb g.Skill Sniper Series DDR3 @ 2133Mhz

Unless you're planning to OC the hell out of the CPU and GPU plus add another GPU for XFire, I'd say the PSU was overkill.

Also the RAM, any reason for 2133MHz? I don't even think at that speed it could do anything for you other than serve as a RAMDisk or play the role of "big numbers." :P

Otherwise it all looks good. ^_^ (Hoping you needed the i7, considering you also got the 16GB of RAM, so.) :P

**Valiea** · 2012-05-06, 11:04 PM

Hey man, I had 2600$ to blow, I don't NEED a computer, but I WANTED all of it

. I do also plan on adding another 7970 once I get enough cash or a better job. Thing was 490$. Plus I overnight shipped it so, hey!

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-06, 11:05 PM

Man now you tell me you had $2,600 to blow... I'm tempted to see what I could build with that. ;p

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-05-06, 11:05 PM

Well, gratz on your new build!

**Valiea** · 2012-05-06, 11:08 PM

My PC lol. You want to know what I upgraded from?

Rosewill Blackbone Case
530w Demon Power Supply (which died after 3 years almost 15h per day use)
Micro Asus P5QL-VM Do Mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo @2.93Ghz w/ Stock Cooler
8gb DDR2 gEIL black dragon 800mhz 4x 2gb
GPU (Which died) HD Radeon 5770 and then currently - MSI 560ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127616
2 Harddrives 330gb 7200rpm sata III and 1tb 7200rpm S3

Ya.

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-05-06, 11:11 PM

How's the HD 7970 treating you though? Silent, or does it have any ticky noises, electrical noises, etc? :B

**Valiea** · 2012-05-06, 11:14 PM

It's silent. I turned up the CCC fan to 100 just to hear it, it's not bad. It's only a few days used so far. This whole rig is amazing. As my very first build, I wanted to do the very highest tier of build. Short of modding and doing the whole closed-loop build (went for h100 like a champ). That's not to say I can't hear it, but I can think while my PC is on so, good enough for me.

**Adt** · 2012-05-07, 01:54 AM

Mine is in my signature, so I shall just drop this post here to save myself reposting the pictures

Note to self: in the future, buy a modular PSU

Anyone have any ideas what to do with said unused cables? other than leaving them tied up down there.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-07, 01:58 AM

Is it just me or does that keyboard look tiny? Perhaps I've grown far too used to giant keyboards? Hmmm... Nice, Insane title! ^_^ Should've gotten it back in good ol' Wrath.

But nice job anyways, looks like you just got it pretty recently, grats!!

And yeah, for PCs I've built that didn't have modular PSUs, I just zip-tied the remaining cables up and usually stick them in the bottom HDD cages.

**ZombyChan** · 2012-05-07, 02:07 AM

Thermaltake Commander Mid-Tower Gaming Case
800 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
[CrossFireX/SLI] Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
Intel® Core™ i5-2500 3.30 GHz
8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB(When I get more cash I will buy a second, which is why I made sure to get a crossfire mobo.)
2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-07, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by ZombyChan

Thermaltake Commander Mid-Tower Gaming Case
800 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
[CrossFireX/SLI] Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
Intel® Core™ i5-2500 3.30 GHz
8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB(When I get more cash I will buy a second, which is why I made sure to get a crossfire mobo.)
2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

I would also replace that *standard* power supply before you go XFire... since, inb4 kaboom. No one around here that I know of trusts standard no-name brand PSUs.

**ZombyChan** · 2012-05-07, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc

I would also replace that *standard* power supply before you go XFire... since, inb4 kaboom. No one around here that I know of trusts standard no-name brand PSUs.

Which brands do you suggest? Cost wise I would like it to be as cheap as it can be while still retaining the non-kaboom you speak of. All I need for what I have + the crossfire is 800w, but I guess if I upgrade further with a blueray drive like I also plan to do, then I might need more.

**Xuvial** · 2012-05-07, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by ZombyChan

Which brands do you suggest? Cost wise I would like it to be as cheap as it can be while still retaining the non-kaboom you speak of. All I need for what I have + the crossfire is 800w, but I guess if I upgrade further with a blueray drive like I also plan to do, then I might need more.

In order of "trustworthyness"...
Seasonic (all), Corsair (all), XFX (Core/ProSeries), Antec (Earthpower/Truepower/Neo Eco), OCZ (mostly all models), CoolerMaster (Silent Pro Gold series).

That's all off the top of my head, there's a few others but they're closer to specific models than entire brands. There was an extensive list somewhere on the web of all "good" PSU's but I can't find it >_<

For crossfire 6950's a decent 650w will be more than enough (OC headroom, extensions, etc included). At the most I'd probably grab a 750w in order to aim for 60-70% loads during gaming so the PSU stays quiet.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-07, 02:26 AM

Honestly you could probably run two 6950s and your system off a 650 watt PSU, based on this: http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...6970-review/11

As for brand: Seasonic, Antec, Silverstone, Enermax, and Corsair, are all exceptional, and Antec has some superb quality low-end PSUs.

However if you're wanting to be cheap, a bluray drive is really not the most optimal choice, and in fact, I'd like to inquire as to your reasoning for wanting one. More HD content than is even available on BluRay is available to be streamed from the internet in some fashion and will not get as easily corrupted as a disc.

**tetrisGOAT** · 2012-05-07, 02:30 AM

There's a bigger than average chance he doesn't need to replace the PSU either way.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-07, 02:31 AM

I have never seen you suggest someone stick with a no-name PSU, tetris! :O

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