Post your gaming setup!

[noteworthynerd]

It is a vast improvement over the Acer monitor I was using, and I'd say it is on par with my Macbook Pro's monitor...

[BicycleMafioso]

It is a vast improvement over the Acer monitor I was using, and I'd say it is on par with my Macbook Pro's monitor...

Which is a high-quality TN-panel, for sure (no sarcasm).
I can't check the site for more details about that monitor, since I have to enter my US zip code, which I have none. I'm also too lazy to look it up.
But, it will almost be on par with the Dell UltraSharp, if it's as good as an MBP-screen. I'll look it up later.

[Fuzzykins]

Mine seems to have almost a colorful film of pixels. It's really evident when looking at static colored backgrounds or white.

[Deleted]

This one I built over the last year... upgrading as I see fit. The only thing I need to replace asap is a new case.

Cpu - Intel i7 2600k 3.4ghz overclocked to 4.8ghz
Cpu cooler - Corsair h80
Motherboard- P67 Sabretooth
Memory - 4x Corsair Vengeance 4g 1866mhz
PSU - Jaguar gx g1050 1000w
Case - Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
Graphic card- Zotac Nvidia GTX580 1536mb Amp edition
Hard drives - Corsair Force 3 ssd 60g + external freeagent goflex 2tb
OS - Windows 7 64bit
Moniter - LG 42" Led tv
mouse - Razer Naga epic
keyboard - razer black widow ultimate

[Rennadrel]

Got myself a Corsair H80 today, once I finish synching my iPhone 4 I will try and upload some pictures and do some overclocking.

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Edit: I took the fan out of the top because I don't have one that fits between the top of the radiator and the pipes, however I put the plate back on top and put a fan down at the bottom of the case next to the power supply to pull some air out from my graphics card.

[Cyanotical]

what you do with 32GB of ram when you are bored:

[Deleted]

what you do with 32GB of ram when you are bored:

That's sick.

Edit: Would like to see a fresh boot/load into a very crowded area.

[Drunkenvalley]

Looks pretty desolate though. Go back to Stormwind's trade district tavern.

[Rennadrel]

Running my 2600k at 4.3Ghz with stock voltages for the time being, running Prime95 tests to see if it crashes in 8 hours.

Edit: Damn it crashed 45 minutes into a Prime95 test, got a BSOD for hardware failure. Looks like I will need to find the right voltages for that clock frequency.

[Deleted]

This.

Also for first time builders like myself. I read every post and coment from about 2 months out to get an idea on where people might cut corners on cost and gear they might use instead of something from recomended builds. I really do have this post mainly to thank for ideas and help with what to splurge on and what to skimp on for my first build.

CPU : I5 2500k
Cooler: Zalman CNPS9700
GPU : GTX 560TI
Memory : 8GB (2x4) G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600MHZ
Motherboard : AS Rock Z68 X3G3
Case : CM HAF 922
Power Supply : Corsair TX650
Hard Drives : Crucial M4 128G SSD and WD Caviar Black 1TB

Will post picks after it's put together.

Not my first build but since I kinda went overboard with hardware on my old one that I didn't use... It just crossed my mind that I dont need to have better hardware than what you posted :P Anyways I have kind of the same as you have right now.

CPU : I5 2500k
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
GPU : GTX 560TI
Memory : 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHZ
Motherboard : MSI P67-GD55
Case : Antec P280
Power Supply : Corsair TX650
Hard Drives : Corsair force3 120gb SSD and WD Caviar green 500GB, 2x Samsung spinpoint f3 1TB

[Cyanotical]

Looks pretty desolate though. Go back to Stormwind's trade district tavern.

care to explain why? are load times worse there?

[DeltrusDisc]

care to explain why? are load times worse there?

Typically. :P More people in those areas too, usually.

[Drunkenvalley]

care to explain why? are load times worse there?

Mostly want to see the effect. :P

[DeltrusDisc]

btw how much of your RAM did that take up, anyways?

[Xuvial]

care to explain why? are load times worse there?

A fresh login directly into a populated area is the true test for loading speeds because you can see if all the player+gear models load instantly or not.

[Cyanotical]

Mostly want to see the effect. :P

i have a new clip in vegas rendering atm with more load screens, but its:
trade>acherus>trade>acherus>dwarven>acherus>nothrend

with the northrend taking the longest probably due to my toon being switched to a different server

btw how much of your RAM did that take up, anyways?

26GB

edit:

[Deleted]

I of course had to try out a RAM Disk myself when I saw that video, albeit only 4GB. Pretty impressive stuff, especially since RAM modules are so inexpensive. Might expand to 16GB just because.

[Cyanotical]

I of course had to try out a RAM Disk myself when I saw that video, albeit only 4GB. Pretty impressive stuff, especially since RAM modules are so inexpensive. Might expand to 16GB just because.

the major drawback is that everything stored is volatile, so if you bump the power switch, or you get a BSOD, anything stored in it is gone, and one thing i didn't mention, is that while the loading in wow is extremely impressive, there is a 2-3 minute preload when you have to copy wow on to the ramdisk, and thats 2-3 minutes from an ssd, a single 7200rpm drive would take much longer

[DeltrusDisc]

If you have $40 lying around then get some more RAM. It's so damn cheap nowadays it's like chump change. :P

[Deleted]

the major drawback is that everything stored is volatile, so if you bump the power switch, or you get a BSOD, anything stored in it is gone, and one thing i didn't mention, is that while the loading in wow is extremely impressive, there is a 2-3 minute preload when you have to copy wow on to the ramdisk, and thats 2-3 minutes from an ssd, a single 7200rpm drive would take much longer

I'm very aware. Already did a reboot to try it out.

Thing is though, it seems like a perfect storage solution for temporary files (duh), or to load in programs you use often (especially if you got 10-20 hours uptime); like for example Photoshop.

Hm... I'm still limited to my mechanical HDDs though. To get full use of such a configuration you really do need a SSD to compete or you won't see much use of the speeds. I'm still low on cash though.