Post your gaming setup!

**Scythax** · 2012-05-30, 03:35 AM

Hey all! This current build I'm using was actually contributed to largely by a bunch of the guys in this forum, so thank you for all the great input. I've been working with this pc for about 2 months now and I couldn't be more happy with it.

Specs and pics below:

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb
SSD: Corsair Force Series 3 128gb
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Low-Profile DDR3 8GB duel channel
GPU: Gigabyte GTX560ti 448-cores
PSU: Corsair 650W TX V2
Motherboard: ASRock z68 Extreme4 Gen3
CPU: Intel i5 2500k
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO
Keyboard: X4 Sidewinder
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder
Monitor: Samsung 23inch 1920x1080 LED 2ms 60hz

The pics don't really do it justice, but the LED fan in the front (enermax) has a really deep smouldering look to it shining through the front dust padding, and illuminates the whole inside of the case in a similarly deep red. These pics make it kinda look fluro and tacky, sadly

. Oh well you still get the idea!

Desktop naturally (with can of tuna making a cameo appearance?)

Natural in the dark (the whole inside gets bathed in red)

Hardware (I'm fully aware my cable management was less than stellar. This was my very first build!)

Needs more cooling...

I title this piece, "Dark Tower on Shitty Camera"

User was infracted for oversized images.

**CheezusCrust** · 2012-05-30, 05:12 AM

Nice build, I'm liking how everything's matching :P

(Psst, click on "Large thumbnail" from the pictures at Imgur, it fixes the annoying resolution)

**DTBA** · 2012-05-30, 06:42 AM

HDD: seagate 2TB,seagte 1TB, Seagte 500GB
SSD: 80Gb kingston
RAM: 8GBkinston hyperx
GPU: asus GTX560ti
PSU: Corsair 650W TX V2
Motherboard: Asus
CPU: Intel i7 2600k
CPU Cooler: stock
Keyboard: G19
Mouse: RAT 7
Monitor: ASUS 24" 2ms Full hd 10mil contrast ratio

**Drunkenvalley** · 2012-05-30, 09:43 AM

Neat build, Scythax, but I'd really like to see you get back in there and clean up the cables, personally.

**sendetto** · 2012-05-30, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Scythax

Desktop naturally (with can of tuna making a cameo appearance?)
[IMG]http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/Ghreldonn/P5300398.jpg[IMG]

For whatever reason, I started to laugh uncontrollably when I spotted the tuna can :P
Nice looking build too

**Scythax** · 2012-05-30, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by sendetto

For whatever reason, I started to laugh uncontrollably when I spotted the tuna can :P
Nice looking build too

Ty! I'm actually considering upgrading the GPU to a GTX670, although I'm trying to weigh up whether to go with EVGA or Gigabyte. Kinda wanna give EVGA a go as something different. Gigabyte cards all look exactly the same cosmetic wise... /vanity >.>

Also, that little toy mini cooper on the right side? That's actually my usb drive! You can open the trunk and it has a slot inside it, and when it's reading the headlights flash. It's fuckin badass

---------- Post added 2012-05-30 at 01:11 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

Neat build, Scythax, but I'd really like to see you get back in there and clean up the cables, personally.

Thanks! And yes I completely agree about the cables. Biggest problem with non-modular power supply. Oh well lesson learned. When I upgrade my GPU I'll make sure to re-organise all the cables at the same time.

PS: Sorry for the resolution size. I honestly wasn't sure how to get the picture sizes any smaller. Thanks for the fix TetrisGOAT

**sendetto** · 2012-05-30, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Scythax

Ty! I'm actually considering upgrading the GPU to a GTX670, although I'm trying to weigh up whether to go with EVGA or Gigabyte. Kinda wanna give EVGA a go as something different. Gigabyte cards all look exactly the same cosmetic wise... /vanity >.>

Also, that little toy mini cooper on the right side? That's actually my usb drive! You can open the trunk and it has a slot inside it, and when it's reading the headlights flash. It's fuckin badass

I'd take EVGA over any other nvidia manufacturer, their support is great and they have some pretty neat cooling.

**Wries** · 2012-05-30, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Scythax

Ty! I'm actually considering upgrading the GPU to a GTX670, although I'm trying to weigh up whether to go with EVGA or Gigabyte. Kinda wanna give EVGA a go as something different. Gigabyte cards all look exactly the same cosmetic wise... /vanity >.>

This is me being paranoid but I wouldn't go with any manufacturer using that tiny toy PCB that's smaller than the cooler. I don't trust it keeping an overclock for the long haul and it doesn't look pretty, either. ASUS 670 DCII would be my choice.

Originally Posted by sendetto

I'd take EVGA over any other nvidia manufacturer, their support is great and they have some pretty neat cooling.

From my POV EVGA has pretty much failed in the 3rd party cooling solutions for the common builder.

Their dual fan solutions pretty much only offered dual fans but not much of a cooling or sound advantage than say the Twin Frozr or DCII did. And then there's the radial fan cards which most builders still want to avoid due to their noise. They do excel in SLI and badly ventilated cases but that's not a big representation of the builder's market either.

Their RMA and trade-up seem great though. Can't wait to experience it when my 460s dies :P (got them with 10 years warranty)

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-30, 03:21 PM

*10 YEARS?!*

Holy cow. O_O That's almost like them saying "we really want to give you some free video cards!!"

**Djinni** · 2012-05-30, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc

*10 YEARS?!*

Holy cow. O_O That's almost like them saying "we really want to give you some free video cards!!"

Pretty sure that they're pretty sure you'll have forgotten in 3-5 years time and that you probably wont be using that card anymore. Also pretty sure most 6yr+ warranties have a non-transferable aspect to them. IE The person that wants to make a warranty claim, must be the person that bought the item. Usually enforced through some registration process at time of install.

**Ghâzh** · 2012-05-30, 04:27 PM

It's also a great selling point

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Originally Posted by Scythax

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I'm not a fan of led fans(dun dun) personally but that looks just sweet. If you only had another red one in the front...

**Voorhees83** · 2012-05-31, 01:09 AM

**Butler Log** · 2012-05-31, 01:11 AM

That looks fantastic Voorhees!

**Voorhees83** · 2012-05-31, 01:18 AM

Yep finally finished up yesterday/today. I linked my build log in my sig now.

**Naididae** · 2012-05-31, 01:22 AM

Amazing indeed!

**Libram** · 2012-05-31, 01:22 AM

AsRock Z77 Extreme 4
I5 3570k 4.0GHz
GeForce GTS250 1Gb (Yea im going to be replacing this soon for either GTX680 or GTX670)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 1333Mhz
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
Spinq Vt Cpu Cooler
Asus 24xDVD-RW
Corsair Builder Series CX V2 500
Thermaltake Esports Challenger Pro
Razer Naga Special Edition - Molten
Seagate 500GB HDD

I'll upload some pictures soon. I'm currently waiting for it to all arrive in the mail ^.^

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-31, 01:36 AM

Looks like a superb way to play Diablo 3, Voorhees!

Congrats on an excellent build, looks very clean!!

**Schmeebs** · 2012-05-31, 01:42 AM

Heres what I'm running at Right now:

CPU: AMD FX-8150 (OC to 4.8 GHZ) Cooled by Antec H20 620 in Push/Pull
GPU: 2x AMD Radeon 5870 Crossfired
MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme3
RAM: 16 GB Mushkin 1600 DDR3
HD: 120 GB Mushkin SSD (2 1 TB Western Digitals for music/movies/various games)
Monitor: HP 2509b 25"
The Rest is pretty standard Blu-ray and decent speakers.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2012-05-31, 01:46 AM

What was your reason for getting a Blu-ray drive?

**Schmeebs** · 2012-05-31, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc

What was your reason for getting a Blu-ray drive?

It was like 45 bucks and it lets me watch Blu ray Movies on my TV since I don't own a blu-ray player

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