Post your gaming setup!

[Clutch84]

Hi all,

Seeing as how this will be my first ever build, wanted to get ya'lls opinion.

Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
Heat Sink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler
Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Video Card: ASUS GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support
Keyboard: Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard
Hard Drive: Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Black 3500 dpi
Monitor: ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 (1000:1) W/Speakers
Tower Case: NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case
OS: Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit (Full Version)

Had a friend of mine at work help me with the selection of the parts.

[a21fa7c67f26f6d49a20c2c51]

^ This isn't the thread for that. Start a new thread along with answers to these questions in the build / upgrade help sub-forum.

[BicycleMafioso]

Make your own thread for "Will-be's", please.

[Clutch84]

I've got everything for the build at home, was just wanting another person's perspective on the components I've gotten

[DeltrusDisc]

So you bought it all already... without asking us?

I assure you, no one is going to tell you that you spent your money well, except on maybe the HDD, case, and monitor.

Processor and motherboard are an ancient architecture, literally 4+ years old, I have no idea why you bought those, unless you got them used, then it would be a different scenario entirely.
Power Supply is well over 200 watts overkill.

Again though, I suggest making your own thread, as people come here to comment on fully-built rigs, not to tell someone their opinions on their purchase. This is a picture thread, not a Q&A, but we'd love to help you out in a separate thread.

[inux94]

Man the battlestations!

Finally came home from Dreamhack, I had hoped that Proshop & Post Greenland was quick enough to deliver my haswell parts, but that was not the case. (Paid $120 for shipping)

My K701's & Snowball microphone has arrived from Thomann.de (Paid £8 for shipping, they came within 4 days), their customer service is seriously the best I've seen.



Current setup:



Yeah, that's a Shimian behind a $80 monitor from Samsung, I miss my 2560x1440 but my laptop won't drive it.

Anyways, update on setup:

Peripherals
Headphones: AKG 701 & California Headphones Silverado's
Microphone: Blue Snowball, haven't tried it yet
Keyboard: CM Storm Quickfire Rapid with Cherry MX Red. Went from QPAD MK85 with Cherry MX Blues, My parents can actually sleep now.
Mouse: Logitech G400s, got a refund of my G400 when it started acting jerky

Laptop
Clevo P150-EM laptop
CPU: i7-3610QM
GPU: GTX 670M
RAM: 2x4GB 1600MHz Kingston
SSD: 256GB Samsung 830 Series
Externals HDD's: 4TB WD MyBook, 1TB MyPassport & 1TB Lacie, all 5400RPM

[Sweetleader]

*snip*

Ahh the AKG 701's. Amazing headphones. I absolutely love mine and wouldn't replace with anything in that particular price range.

[DeltrusDisc]

...

That post, well, getting the email for that post, reading it, then seeing Sweetleader's reply gave me MASSIVE deja vu.

x_x

Good stuff though, hope you get Haxwall soon.

[Deleted]

Some really amazing setups.. makes me feel ashame of my simple laptop setup lol. But then I didn't have to pay a lot for it.

[DeltrusDisc]

Depends what you'd consider to be a lot.

Paying a lot does typically get a more comfortable and glorious experience, though.

[Demoness]

Had to drive a good hour~ to Chicago and pick it up at Micro Center. On the way home then, I stopped at Binny's for some beer, called up Giordano's to order a pizza (black olives, onions, and fresh garlic "thin crust") and the whole process was about 3.5~ hours. Beers of choice that evening were Goose Island's 25th Anniversary Extra Special Bitter and Southern Tier's 2x Stout Double Milk Stout.

Deltrus, I never realized you lived in IL. I just moved to Chicago from Atlanta earlier this year. We could totally hang out dude Also, I am a bit sour that IL does not get Yuengling... I have just about decided Goose Island 312, while very different, is almost as good. Hit me up with a PM the next time you are thinking about being in Chitown! I live in Lakeview/Wrigley area by Montrose beach.

[Naididae]

Setup upgraded!

i7 4770k
ASUS Z87-Pro
7970 @1130/1650
Corsair H100i
Neutron GTX 240GB + Crucial M4 128gb + 2TB Seagate 7200 rpm
Corsair AX760
16GB G Skill 1600mhz

ASUS PB278Q
LG IPS224V
ODAC + O2 Amp + Sennheiser HD 598 + KRK Rokit 5
A tankard'o'terror!

Went from a i5 2500k because I wanted moar threads for work stuff, same reason for going from 8 to 16 gigs (going for 32 as soon as I can). Obviously great for gaming too. Pretty happy and will start messing with OCing that i7 soon enough.

[Grahamx]

I can't wait until I can post my build here! Sometimes I get jealous of some of the guys have done with their set ups lol.

[DeltrusDisc]

Do I see another Fractal Design Define R4?

[Deleted]

naid, id personally make that exhaust fan as an intake, or make the h100i fans be intakes, your gonna have a dusty insides otherwise, dont want to make that set up dusty

[Deathtanker]

Was a sale, so i couldnt hold myself. Bought ASUS gtx770 2GB DirectCU II OC, Kingston HyperX 3K 240gb ssd and BenQ 24" 3D LED XL2411T 144hz.
Also bought a 760 for my friend, will be a nice upgrade from whatever he had. Mail is taking forever it seems.

My home cosy computer.


Case: Xigmatek Elysium (amazing airflow with that big side fan). Yes its almost as tall as my desk
CPU: i5-2500k at 4.5ghz at good low voltages, low temperatures
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 (Gets kinda dusty, http://i.imgur.com/Vl6XldA.jpg)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance low profile 1.5 V 1600Mhz 2x4GB
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 PRO B3
HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
PSU: Corsair AX 850W PSU
GPU: The MSI GTX 560TI Twin Frozr II (Awesome card, good OC, low temperatures with case side fan blowing at it)

Bought for christmas
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG (Cheap, but made a BIG difference)
Headset: Corsair HS1A
Speakers: Corsair Gaming Series 2500 (Amazing, also rather cheap)

Screen is an Acer lcd 24" i got cheap.
Keyboard and mouse is something i got for 20$, quite good. Broke my old mouse

Also, is migrating parts of your HDD like OS to a ssd easy or will i maybe run into problems? Otherwise, good builds guys

[DeltrusDisc]

I personally prefer to just install a new OS, if you want to move it over, though I've heard cloning works well enough.

[Deathtanker]

Does installing a new OS on the ssd wipe your hdd? Or can you just install a new one and kind off delete the old OS from your HDD? Dont want to do a clean install when i have 300-400gb of games i want to keep.

[DeltrusDisc]

It won't affect your HDD. If anything, just keep your HDD unplugged until Windows is installed.

[Naididae]

naid, id personally make that exhaust fan as an intake, or make the h100i fans be intakes, your gonna have a dusty insides otherwise, dont want to make that set up dusty

Why do you say that? All the intakes are dust filtered and the exhausts are not. I also added one extra Noctua NF-P12 with a dust filter where the optical drives would be. So I have 4 intakes, 3+GPU as exhaust (a bit slower than the intakes), trying to keep positive pressure with air coming only through the filters.

Do I see another Fractal Design Define R4?

Define XL R2 actually. I found them for the same price, so I just grabbed the larger one hehe.