Post your gaming setup!

[Wries]

I'm quite content with what I have, thanks! ^^ (Actually considering selling my comp and not build me a new one)

Burned out on being an enthusiast already? o.O

[Asera]

Burned out on being an enthusiast already? o.O

There are times where I feel like I've fallen behind as well.

[BicycleMafioso]

Burned out on being an enthusiast already? o.O

More like, have to move about quite a lot, can't take everything with you, it cost a lot of money-business.

Nomadic lifestyle isn't fitting for a desktop.

[DeltrusDisc]

So, how do I convince my father to allow me to buy a corner desk for my computer? He doesn't want anymore furniture in this house, and for good reason, we have a shit load of furniture for only 3 of us living here, my sister is now off to college, but really, having my computer on a short little table that was made 100 years ago? This table should be used as a coffee table and nothing more. =S

[Asera]

My old desk is 100 years old. Nothing wrong with age.

[Wries]

Got my P8P67 WS Revolution now and it has a broken CPU socket. Got bent pins and one missing one. Ho-ray. Words cannot describe how pissed I am. Now I have two broken motherboards to fight with two stores over warranty..

I hate everyone and everything.

The end.

[DeltrusDisc]

My old desk is 100 years old. Nothing wrong with age.

Not exactly made however with computers in mind. And trust me, what I'm using right now, is not a desk, I have my keyboard on my lap, computer on floor (shudders), monitor and 2 speakers on the table with mug of coffee in front of it. No writing space for the most part, it's very messy. A corner desk would make my life much easier.

---------- Post added 2011-09-06 at 06:27 PM ----------

Got my P8P67 WS Revolution now and it has a broken CPU socket. Got bent pins and one missing one. Ho-ray. Words cannot describe how pissed I am. Now I have two broken motherboards to fight with two stores over warranty..

I hate everyone and everything.

The end.

Wow. Where'd you get it from? I really want to get one of those motherboards but that's pretty gross to hear. =S

[Asmekiel]

Got my P8P67 WS Revolution now and it has a broken CPU socket. Got bent pins and one missing one. Ho-ray. Words cannot describe how pissed I am. Now I have two broken motherboards to fight with two stores over warranty..

I hate everyone and everything.

The end.

They took the socket from Synthaxx's old motherboard and put it in yours :P

[Drunkenvalley]

-RAGE-

...Well, fuck. /gives consoling biscuit

[DeltrusDisc]

They took the socket from Synthaxx's old motherboard and put it in yours :P

I'm sure he likes you now with that statement. XD

>_<

[Asmekiel]

I'm sure he likes you now with that statement. XD

>_<

ikr always here to cheer people up.
It's frustrating to get DOA parts, but at least I have a laptop to fall back on. Sadly not everyone is that lucky.

[Deleted]

Just bought an upgrade finally, been playing on an old comp for over a year after my laptop broke, which wasn't that great either..

Going from this:

Some shoddy motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3ghz
2gigs of god knows what ram
ATI Radeon x1550

Into this:

Asus P8P67 Pro B3
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
8 gigs of DDR3 1600MHZ
ATI HD6950 2GB

I'm ridicilously psyched!

[Wries]

Wow. Where'd you get it from? I really want to get one of those motherboards but that's pretty gross to hear. =S

From inet.se, so a swedish retailer. Not known to handle "broken pin" cases that well from what I've heard.

They took the socket from Synthaxx's old motherboard and put it in yours :P

=I

ikr always here to cheer people up.
It's frustrating to get DOA parts, but at least I have a laptop to fall back on. Sadly not everyone is that lucky.

I too have a laptop to fall back on, an i3 and Radeon 5650M. But meeeh. I had fun projects going on on that stationary and salvaging them from the 6 hard drives will take a lot of time, not to mention I miss a lot of software licenses on the laptop that I have on the desktop.

I was sooo looking forward getting my PC back up and running today. This day sucks! hard!

...Well, fuck. /gives consoling biscuit

nomnom

[Christoffer1989]

To install firmware updates for OCZ SSD's use: http://www.mediafire.com/?6guc3fikcpv8i7c
It's Toolbox 2.35 instead of 2.37, this allows you to update the firmware while Windows is loaded. Don't accidentally wipe your disk though :P

If it doesn't work, try this

Oh thanks alot will try it out tomorrow when im abit rested^^
(not that I should need more speed atm, but more is always good (a) )

[Xuvial]

Wishing I had used my brain and updated my Vertex II's firmware before filling it up with OS+Programs.
My next opportunity will be when I buy another Vertex II for some kickass Raid0 action (which should be soon)

[wombrage]

I just built my first desktop a couple days ago. Let me tell you.. there is nothing I've found to be more stressful technology wise than building your own computer.. the thought that I would drop something or the machine would simply start smoking was always in the back of my mind. I was on a bit of a budget ($700 USD) but I think I got a pretty good machine running. Definitely going to be upgrading it.. I'm just not sure what would give me the best performance upgrade with a single purchase (if anyone could chime in at this point, that'd be super :])

All from Newegg:
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Motherboard: MSI P67A-C43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
GPU: PNY XLR8 VCGGTX4601XPB-OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) OC 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Monitor: Acer S211HLbd 21.5' (1920x1080)
[future] Mouse: Razer Naga
[future] Keyboard: maybe Razer Arctosa

[Xuvial]

That's a neat little rig for the price, good work and gratz on your build . Few things...
1) Pics? WE WANT PICS
2) Where's the aftermarket cooler? 2500K's exist to be overclocked!

[Asmekiel]

Oh god, almost shat my pants...
All of a sudden my PC rebooted and I was like WTF... upon restart my SSD was suddenly gone :S So I went into the BIOS, no sign of it. Checked cables, all good, replugged them to be sure and yes, it was back in the BIOS. But I was not able to boot Windows on it. Dicked around in the BIOS and now it works again (thank god)

Anyone else had this before, I sure hope this isn't the first sign of a failing SSD?? Cuz if it is, I'm going to RMA it asap, don't want to wait until it breaks down completely..

Some infos, maybe useful for somebody

[Drunkenvalley]

Get an image of the SSD so you can bring it up to pace later is what I'd suggest.

[DeltrusDisc]

Oh god, almost shat my pants...
All of a sudden my PC rebooted and I was like WTF... upon restart my SSD was suddenly gone :S So I went into the BIOS, no sign of it. Checked cables, all good, replugged them to be sure and yes, it was back in the BIOS. But I was not able to boot Windows on it. Dicked around in the BIOS and now it works again (thank god)

Anyone else had this before, I sure hope this isn't the first sign of a failing SSD?? Cuz if it is, I'm going to RMA it asap, don't want to wait until it breaks down completely..

The risks we take....