Post your gaming setup!

[Cyanotical]

I hate you guys. All that was on for sale on Black Friday and within affordable range for me was Corsair Vengeance (full-heatsink versions). ;A;

I use vengeance, its good ram, not the all out best performer, but very reliable

unless you need low form factor.....

[Drunkenvalley]

unless you need low form factor.....

My NH-D14 does. I could have been able to fit them in the far right slots though, but I'm not really keen on the hassle.

Though, what I'd do with 16GB RAM, again, is beyond me.

[BicycleMafioso]

Like I always say, on the brink of boring people by now, more RAM is only ever useful if you otherwise would've run out. (.. or want to do a large RAMdisk)

[Asera]

Like I always say, on the brink of boring people by now, more RAM is only ever useful if you otherwise would've run out. (.. or want to do a large RAMdisk)

I ran out at home due to Virtual Machines. :|

[Deleted]

quick question, do you guys think upgrading from 4gb ram to 8gb will improve my laptop's performance in bf3? Or is it just being limited by the graphics card? I've got an HP Envy with an i5, 5650m graphics card in it and getting a lot of lag in 64 player conquest on low settings ) :
Maybe I will just lower my resolution....

[Xuvial]

quick question, do you guys think upgrading from 4gb ram to 8gb will improve my laptop's performance in bf3? Or is it just being limited by the graphics card? I've got an HP Envy with an i5, 5650m graphics card in it and getting a lot of lag in 64 player conquest on low settings ) :
Maybe I will just lower my resolution....

Expanding RAM will do next to nothing, the 5650m is the primary bottleneck.

[pjdell]

Just ordered this friday, what do you think?

CASE: Raidmax Helios Gaming Mid-Tower
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-2600K
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan
HDD: 120 GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Corsair Vengeance
MOTHERBOARD: GigaByte Z68AP-D3
VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB

I got all of this plus a $99 corsair h1 headset, a tt esports challenger pro keyboard, and a corsair vengeance mouse for about $1150. I had planned on buying components and building it myself but cyberpower just seemed to have such sweet deals and I didn't think I could build it for cheaper by very much. The liquid cooling was free, and i got double memory upgrade for no additional cost.

I'm a bit worried about the Agility 3 SSD as i've read some bad reviews on them, although some good reviews too though. Also i've had bad luck with Gigabyte mobos in the past and this isn't the nicest you can buy so i'm a little worried on that too.

I am planning on overclocking the 2600k , haven't decided on whether or not to OC the gpu with just the stock fans on it. I do plan on adding a second 6950 as soon as I can afford to.

[Xuvial]

Just ordered this friday, what do you think?

CASE: Raidmax Helios Gaming Mid-Tower
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-2600K
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan
HDD: 120 GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Corsair Vengeance
MOTHERBOARD: GigaByte Z68AP-D3
VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB

I got all of this plus a $99 corsair h1 headset, a tt esports challenger pro keyboard, and a corsair vengeance mouse for about $1150. I had planned on buying components and building it myself but cyberpower just seemed to have such sweet deals and I didn't think I could build it for cheaper by very much. The liquid cooling was free, and i got double memory upgrade for no additional cost.

I'm a bit worried about the Agility 3 SSD as i've read some bad reviews on them, although some good reviews too though. Also i've had bad luck with Gigabyte mobos in the past and this isn't the nicest you can buy so i'm a little worried on that too.

I am planning on overclocking the 2600k , haven't decided on whether or not to OC the gpu with just the stock fans on it. I do plan on adding a second 6950 as soon as I can afford to.

'Tis good, nice build.

That Gigabyte mishap should be a one-off, them and Asus make fairly reliable boards.
But the Agility 3 is a point of concern. I hate making people more worried and I really hope it doesn't die/bug on you - if it does, replace it with a Crucial, Corsair or Kingston SSD as soon as you can :S

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Arctic Power 700watt power supply
ASUS P5QL PRO iP43 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz Socket 775 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cach
Sapphire HD 5750 Vapor-X Edition 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Syncmaster SM2033SW 20" TFT Monitor 1600x900 15000:1 300cd/m2 5ms DVI/VGA Wall Mountable Glossy Black
Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Powered By Razer
Logitech MX518 Optical Gaming Mouse
Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - 30W RMS with 360 Degree Sound

Not the most impressive system I know but a good mid range option at the time of buying and it cant be to bad as I can play wow with no issues with everything on ultra.
I am thinking of upgrading in the future though, looking at my spec above which pieces would you upgrade first?

[pjdell]

'Tis good, nice build.

That Gigabyte mishap should be a one-off, them and Asus make fairly reliable boards.
But the Agility 3 is a point of concern. I hate making people more worried and I really hope it doesn't die/bug on you - if it does, replace it with a Crucial, Corsair or Kingston SSD as soon as you can :S

I could still get them to put in a same size Corsair Force for just $20 more I believe. But at this point I'm thinking I might just try to wait as long as I can as prices lower.

[ebah]

i7 2600k
radeon hd 6950 2GB
asrock z68 pro3
8GB ram
1TB 7200rpm
650W
case can be found by googling (arc midi musta).

[Deleted]

Mouse: Logitech G5

beast mouse, i hope mine never gets ruined, they dont do them anymore. +rep

[DeltrusDisc]

My NH-D14 does. I could have been able to fit them in the far right slots though, but I'm not really keen on the hassle.

Though, what I'd do with 16GB RAM, again, is beyond me.

Take the heatsinks off. Xuvial posted earlier a thread from another forum saying basically how the heatspreaders on most RAM really do nothing. >_>

Aesthetics YAY!!!

[Asera]

Take the heatsinks off. Xuvial posted earlier a thread from another forum saying basically how the heatspreaders on most RAM really do nothing. >_>

Aesthetics YAY!!!

Speaking of asthetics...

[DeltrusDisc]

lol you're quite the nerd.... :P

[Asera]

You're just jealous I can decorate my case with cut vinyls.

[DeltrusDisc]

lol I can do eet too.

[velfurious]

Oh boy! Another Nova Scotian here!

Speaking of Force 3 drives though... Mine seems to be acting strange...

*High fives*

---------- Post added 2011-11-29 at 12:28 PM ----------

We're taking over!! And yeah, that is super weird behaviour.

*high fives*

---------- Post added 2011-11-29 at 12:32 PM ----------

Not sure what's causing it either..

Is it happening everytime you run the test? possible the machine was busy when you ran that.

Are you running a raid array or with raid drivers for the controller the drive is on (for example, if you set it to raid for two other drives then all sata connectors to that hub will be in raid). Raid drivers are notorious for not providing trim support.

It's also possible it was running a trim and didn't finish when ya did the test.

[Asera]

Yeah it is on the same controller my RAID array is on. I'll try moving it to the Marvell ports when I get home.

[Drunkenvalley]

Take the heatsinks off. Xuvial posted earlier a thread from another forum saying basically how the heatspreaders on most RAM really do nothing. >_>

They're glued on, and apparently it's quite easy to accidentally fuck yourself over by snapping loose a RAM chip in the process.