Post your gaming setup!

[Marest]

Regarding monitors, it's amusing to see that even the best monitors on Newegg have 90% of their negative feedback related to "inbuilt speakers aren't good" or something of the sort. I mean seriously, that's the equivalent of complaining about a motherboard "integrated graphics can't run Crysis, removing an egg for that". Jesus.

Taking user reviews with a large cup of salt is nothing new. There are plenty of "1 out of 5" reviews being "got it RMA, so can't give a review".

On topic:
Just upgraded my old laptop slightly (my parents use it as a media PC). A friend was nice enough to let me buy a Windows 7 license through him (university) so got it extremely cheap, which to my expectation got rid off all the problems I have had with Vista (internet disconnects, video tearing, corrupt/static sound and so on). It now also holds a (much faster) 500Gb HDD (Seagate Momentus TX 7200rpm, with a built in 4Gb SSD unit) as well as 4Gb RAM (1066Mhz). I also managed to clock the CPU to 1.73Ghz (up from 1.6).



I was going to get them a proper HTPC but they are far from interested. Besides they really need to get a better TV first...

[Xuvial]

That's a neat little keyboard attachment wireless?
Also I didn't know laptops allowed you to change clocks in bios :O

[Marest]

That's a neat little keyboard attachment wireless?
Also I didn't know laptops allowed you to change clocks in bios :O

Yes, it is. And very good as well considering they only paid around $50 for it. The touch pad even supports multi-touch (or at least reacts differently if you use two fingers), so it has a few smart "gestures" that you can use when navigating.

Apparently so, I fiddled a bit in the BIOS and now it says it's running at 1.73Ghz instead of the previous 1.6...

[anb]

Yes, it is. And very good as well considering they only paid around $50 for it. The touch pad even supports multi-touch (or at least reacts differently if you use two fingers), so it has a few smart "gestures" that you can use when navigating.

can you provide model name?

[Marest]

can you provide model name?

It's an Acer Extenza 5620, and the CPU is a T2330 if I'm not mistaken: http://ark.intel.com/products/32432/...533-MHz-FSB%29
I believe that I changed the multiplier from 12 to 13, having the BUS speed at the regular 133Mhz, but I can't remember.

[anb]

actually i was interested in a keyboard rather than a laptop :P

[Marest]

actually i was interested in a keyboard rather than a laptop :P

Haha, sorry, my bad ^^

Honestly, there doesn't seem to be much information on it. It's a Plexgear keyboard, bought at "Kjell & Co" and all it says on the keyboard itself is "2.4Ghz touchpad keyboard, 91959". The closest thing I could find: http://www.amazon.com/DSI-Wireless-K.../dp/B000MLB6V4

[Uggorthaholy]

Finally, the time has come. system upgraded, pics included!

New setup:
HAF 912
Gigabyte Z68-UD3H-B3
i5 2500k
Corsair A70
2X4GB vengeance LP RAM
GTX 460
Corsair TX 650

big nasty mess of cables


The A70 is really massive


Finished on the inside (this is before I put the Gigabyte board in - Had 2 DIMM slots go on my other board)



All in all, not too difficult to build. The HAF 912 is a nice case, but leaves a good amount to be desired for cable management. there isn't a TON of space behind the back panel to run cables. I would definitely suggest a modular power supply to help, but even that may not be enough to make a huge difference.

[conqq]

Finally, the time has come. system upgraded, pics included!

New setup:
HAF 912
Gigabyte Z68-UD3H-B3
i5 2500k
Corsair A70
2X4GB vengeance LP RAM
GTX 460
Corsair TX 650

big nasty mess of cables

The A70 is really massive


All in all, not too difficult to build. The HAF 912 is a nice case, but leaves a good amount to be desired for cable management. there isn't a TON of space behind the back panel to run cables. I would definitely suggest a modular power supply to help, but even that may not be enough to make a huge difference.

Talk about huge, I think my cable management was much worse. Next time I'm definitely going for modular

[Rixis]

All in all, not too difficult to build. The HAF 912 is a nice case, but leaves a good amount to be desired for cable management. there isn't a TON of space behind the back panel to run cables. I would definitely suggest a modular power supply to help, but even that may not be enough to make a huge difference.

http://s1185.photobucket.com/albums/...t=SDC10121.jpg

http://s1185.photobucket.com/albums/...t=SDC10122.jpg

plenty of room in the 912 if you take some time :P

but a modular does help of course

[Wries]

http://s1185.photobucket.com/albums/...t=SDC10121.jpg

http://s1185.photobucket.com/albums/...t=SDC10122.jpg

plenty of room in the 912 if you take some time :P

but a modular does help of course

It does seem like you have the newer model with black interior. I had that one too. Maybe it has more space than the first revision, I don't know...

With 6 harddrives, one SSD, dual gpu, and stuff like that, it became a little crowded with cables for my HAF 912, enough for me to go get an Obsidian 650D.

So you got your P8P67 PRO to work eventually? What was the problem?

[Rixis]

unfortunately not, that's an "old" picture, scan has the motherboard and is hopefully gonna find it knackered and send me a replacement, i had it scansured so even if i knackered it during installation it's covered, thank the lord for that extra couple quid spent

and yeah, the black interior is the 912 plus, as far as i'm aware there's no size difference, most the paint (none black inside cases look horrid), the space behind the motherboard is tight, but a couple hours jiggery pokery does the trick

[Uggorthaholy]

Yeah, I didn't want to take a couple of hours doing cable management. I want my computer done and moved on. My back can't take hours hunched over doing cables, either.

I think I did I fairly decent job with my time.

[Wries]

unfortunately not, that's an "old" picture, scan has the motherboard and is hopefully gonna find it knackered and send me a replacement, i had it scansured so even if i knackered it during installation it's covered, thank the lord for that extra couple quid spent

Having paid $250 (err.. around that value..) for a P8P67 WS Revolution that went straight to the scrapheap, I wish my retailer would've offered the same thing >.<. Seems like a reasonable thing to invest in given the shady rules and practices they have around replacing a broken board.

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I bought this IPS. How crazy am I?

[Saithes]

I bought this IPS. How crazy am I?

I love my IPS panel lol

[Xuvial]

It does seem like you have the newer model with black interior.

There's the HAF912 and then there's the HAF912 +/Plus/Advanced, but as far as I'm aware it was only sold around Asia and Aus/NZ. The stores around here definitely still it, I dunno about US.

http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139...ctdetails.html




* Mod edit: The rule about images being >800pixels wide also applies to multiple images on the same line.

[conqq]

Having paid $250 (err.. around that value..) for a P8P67 WS Revolution that went straight to the scrapheap, I wish my retailer would've offered the same thing >.<. Seems like a reasonable thing to invest in given the shady rules and practices they have around replacing a broken board.

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I bought this IPS. How crazy am I?

I hear any IPS monitor has superior quality. (Emphasis)

[Wries]

I hear any IPS monitor has superior quality. (Emphasis)

I hear some have banding issues. Afaik the LG one shouldn't have, that it is true 8 bpc.

Edit: maybe it's not. All I can go by are forum posts. Some say this and some say that >.< But it's cheap, so maybe not.

edit2: found the tech-sheet over the panel used in the IPS236V (according to TFT Central), and it is indeedy a 6-bit. I suppose I can't get away getting true 8 bit for that price?

[Uggorthaholy]

There's the HAF912 and then there's the HAF912 +/Plus/Advanced, but as far as I'm aware it was only sold around Asia and Aus/NZ. The stores around here definitely still it, I dunno about US.

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Yeah, the 912+ isn't available around these parts afaik. Makes me sad. I still love the 912 for the cost as a mid tower unit, just leaves a little bit to be desired. My next build I'm probably going full tower, something similar to the phantom, or maybe even the HAFx because i really like CM. Also debating on how to structure fans in the 912. Thinking about adding

2X 200mm CM megaflows

One for the front, one for the top, taking the stock intake on the front and using it as intake on the side. Would give me front 200mm intake, side 120mm intake, rear 120mm exhaust, top 200mm exhaust. Would give me a balance of the same set of intake/exhaust fans as well.

Thoughts?

[Trekk]

Nice to see some good reviews from for the 912. Just got done getting the parts for my new gaming rig today. MicroCenter has some crazy deals on some of the parts. Here's the spec of the rig.

CM HAF 912
Asus P8Z68-V LX
Intel i5 2500k
G.Skill Ripjaw 8BG(2x 4GB) DDR3 1600
PNY GeForce GTX 560 ti
WD Caviar Black 750GB
Antec HCG 620W

I should be putting this together Wednesday or Thursday depending on when the rest of the parts from Newegg got here. When I finally get the whole rig built and put together, I'll make sure to post pics. First build for me so wish me luck ^_^