Post your gaming setup!

[Asera]

Wow... ISP competition. I wonder what that's like... sigh.

[nocturnus]

Look for their competitors and call them up and explain why you are considering changing.
Before agreeing with anything, call the ISP up and say "Well, sorry, I don't find this acceptable, I'm terminating our agreement". They usually do not want to lose you as a customer.
It works here at least.

Yep, same here. Say you'll leave and they'll throw in a few free months of subscription too.

[Cyanotical]

Wow... ISP competition. I wonder what that's like... sigh.

"thank you for calling comcast, we know you have your choice in internet providers and thank you for choosing comcast"

-yep, dat choice

[Drunkenvalley]

Wow... ISP competition. I wonder what that's like... sigh.

Hah, I know the feeling. I've usually lived in the middle of nowhere, and generally then there's only Telenor, or in their place some other company. Sometimes no companies at all.

This time I'm living somewhere very central though, so there are options here for a change. And despite our "commie tendencies" we seem to have more choices as far as ISPs go even if there's only really a few companies in charge of the actual physical network.

[Asera]

Hah, I know the feeling. I've usually lived in the middle of nowhere, and generally then there's only Telenor, or in their place some other company. Sometimes no companies at all.

This time I'm living somewhere very central though, so there are options here for a change. And despite our "commie tendencies" we seem to have more choices as far as ISPs go even if there's only really a few companies in charge of the actual physical network.

You have nothing on municipal governments making a pretty penny selling a market monopoly to big telecoms, then laughing as everyone blames "free markets" and "capitalism". It's pretty baffling they manage to get away with it.

[noteworthynerd]

Some new upgrades! Old build is here.

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M
Memory: 16GB Mushkin Blackline Enhanced
SSD1: 128GB OCZ Vertex 4
SSD2: 120GB OCZ Vertex 3
Video Card: MSI GTX 970
Case: SilverStone TJ08B-E
Power Supply: SeaSonic X750W
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Primary Monitor: 27" QNIX QX2710
Mouse: ZOWIE GEAR AM
Mouse Pad: Steelseries Qck
Keyboard: ZOWIE GEAR Celeritas

Swapped the NH-D14 for the H55 because I was sick of my CPU cooler taking up 1/2 of my case interior. To my surprise, the temps have been virtually the same so far.

Please ignore the dust, I'm getting canned air tomorrow!

[Asera]

Hrmm... Isn't the radiator reservoir supposed to be on the bottom? Or does it matter for the H55?

[noteworthynerd]

Hrmm... Isn't the radiator reservoir supposed to be on the bottom? Or does it matter for the H55?

I honestly didn't think it mattered. The temps so far (after about two hours of playing Shadow of Mordor) have remained under 50C. I can flip it though if it performs better with the reservoir on the bottom.

[Deleted]

Cool card, noteworthy, need to get that dust out tho

[Sunnydruid]

Some new upgrades! Old build is here

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M
Memory: 16GB Mushkin Blackline Enhanced
SSD1: 128GB OCZ Vertex 4
SSD2: 120GB OCZ Vertex 3
Video Card: MSI GTX 970
Case: SilverStone TJ08B-E
Power Supply: SeaSonic X750W
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Primary Monitor: 27" QNIX QX2710
Mouse: ZOWIE GEAR AM
Mouse Pad: Steelseries Qck
Keyboard: ZOWIE GEAR Celeritas

Swapped the NH-D14 for the H55 because I was sick of my CPU cooler taking up 1/2 of my case interior. To my surprise, the temps have been virtually the same so far.

Please ignore the dust, I'm getting canned air tomorrow!

Looks like a decent buid man. I am in love with the art design on the 970 box.

Also I feel like stephen colbert is just peering into my soul behind the open case pic.

[Tommy T]

Didn't intend to make that joke :P


Woof.

That dog is a thing of beauty.

10/10 would belly rub

[Jakexe]

So this is my temporary build nearly finished, i'm leak testing atm. I'm going to run the 980's on air for awhile before I put water blocks on and I haven't finished cabling and the some of the acrylic tubes arn't square (first time using them). I've still got the fancy psu cables to arrive and led strips etc to put in but meh, I want to share and see thoughts.

[noteworthynerd]

Thanks for the compliments folks, I ended up flipping the H55 this morning per Asera's comment.

[Deleted]

Decided to upgrade my 5 years old build which includes an AMD phenom II 955 OC to 3,6 ghz and some other old school stuff.
Today i got some of the new parts!
Intel 4690k
Asrock Z97e-itx/ac
Corsair CX600m(i know its meeehh but was a steal)
RAT 5 mouse red
Razer blackwidow ultimate BF4 edition(steal also)
samsung 840 Evo 120 gb(OS and 1-2 games will be there)
Razer goliathus (best friend's gift for my birthday)

Last but not least my sweet dog "mini mouse"...thats actually her name





Missing parts are:New Case Bitfenix prodigy red
New cpu cooler Corsair H75
Reused Asus 7850 DCII 2 gb ram OC to 1130 mhz
Reused 1tb hdd
Reused 4gb corsair xms3 @1600
Reused optical drive
Reused Monitor LG ips 226(will go for 1440p for sure)
All reused parts come from my previous buid,soon to be upgraded also.

Will post again with the full build ready

Totally forgot to upload some photos of this red little devil atm cpu is oc @ 4.5 ghz 1,275 volt (facepalm) fully stable(prime 95 and intel burn test checked
I still use asus 7850 2gb but soon i ll upgrade to gtx 970. Also the monitor will be replaced

[Fuzzykins]

Totally forgot to upload some photos of this red little devil atm cpu is oc @ 4.5 ghz 1,275 volt (facepalm) fully stable(prime 95 and intel burn test checked
I still use asus 7850 2gb but soon i ll upgrade to gtx 970. Also the monitor will be replaced

Cool build. Shame on the peripherals though.

[Arbiter]

Looks pink to me.

[Asera]

Thanks for the compliments folks, I ended up flipping the H55 this morning per Asera's comment.

Did it do anything significant?

On my old CoolIT ECO, having the reservoir upside down pretty much caused my CPU to overheat. -_-

[Deleted]

Looks pink to me.

blame iphone 5 camera and bad lighing,this thing is as red as the fires in the seven hells muhaha


And whats up with the peripherals bro??i personally love my keyboard,i can agree that the mouse is mehhh but if you get used to it you get the job done.

[Arbiter]

blame iphone 5 camera and bad lighing,this thing is as red as the fires in the seven hells muhaha

It's ok man, I don't judge.



:P

[Deleted]

Yay I got a computer and the ability to take cheesy DoF shots!

Click to enlarge.