Post your gaming setup!

[Deleted]

Intel core i7-2600k @ 4.4GHz - Stock Cooler
Asus Maximus IV Gene Z68 skt1155 - RoG MB
2x4GB (8GB) G.Skill DDR3 12800 (1600) Sniper 1.25v
XFX HD 6870 Black Edition 1GB OC'ed
Thermaltake LitePower 700W
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black Sata III 6gb/s
Logitech G5 LaserMouse
Logitech Standard Keyboard
TV Acer LCD 27" AT2758ML FullHD LED
Logitech Z5500 5.1 Dolby Digital

[DeltrusDisc]

Bare with me here, want to help this guy make his rig even better. :P

Stock cooler on a 2600K@4.4GHz.... RoG motherboard... Thermaltake LitePower 700w... 6870.... Acer 1080p 27"....

Why? Stock coolers not only look dumb, but they are terrible at heat dissipation, and for 4.4GHz I would not suggest anyone use a stock cooler. Stock coolers are for going up to 4.0GHz if you simply don't have the budget to get yourself a Hyper 212+ or Corsair A70. It's apparent to me that I don't think you really know what you were buying when you made this purchase (if you already made it.)

A 1080p 27" monitor is generally frowned upon, much less it being a TV...

Seeing as how this is likely a gaming build, I think you really made some poor choices when it came to certain parts, certain parts whom you'll never make full usage of.

For instance, an i7-2600K, for $100 less you can have a CPU that is just as powerful in games, the i5-2500K. That $100 alone could go towards a Radeon 6950 or an NVidia GTX 560 Ti, either of which would be improvements over a 6870, which, while a good card and even better Xfire'd, just does not pair up well with a 2600K+Maximus IV, it will bottleneck the CPU, no doubt.

We then get to the incredibly overkill motherboard, which while is an mATX, is still rather expensive for the form factor and I know I and some others feel the Maximus IV Gene-Z mATX seems like a fake Maximus, since they are supposed to be big, honking motherboards with tons of features and PCIe slots for expansion, but this pretty much takes that all away yet still asks some $170, whereas you could get just as good an mATX motherboard for far less.

I personally would not have gone for that power supply for 2 reasons, one I don't trust Thermaltake for almost anything, especially power supplies as I hear about more issues with theirs than anyone else's. 2 because 700 watts is a ridiculous amount of wattage for a 2600K+6870... so I'm really wondering why you opted for this, it almost feels like it's an ibuypower.com system. I would suggest a good 550-650 watt PSU from Seasonic, Silver Stone, Corsair, or Antec, personally.

I really would urge you to either switch to a 2500K+6950/560 Ti, or if you drop to a different mATX motherboard you could even up to a 6970 or 570, which would be an even nicer pairing with the CPU. Hell a 2500K+6870x2 system would actually work really well here, since you have the 2xPCIe 8x lanes available to you. Course you could just drop the CPU to the 2500K, keep the 6870, and drop the motherboard down a bit and get yourself a sweet 60-90GB SATA III SSD. Hope it's not too late for these changes, I think you'd be much happier! Unless you plan to do rendering, then half the stuff I suggested is moot.

Edit: Woohoo post #5,000 in the Post your gaming setup thread!

[Drunkenvalley]

Did you happen to get it shipped via UPS? Because over the last few days I've come to realize just how awful they are.

This would possibly have been the case if Norway was a part of the States, but it's not.

[Asera]

This would possibly have been the case if Norway was a part of the States, but it's not.

I thought UPS had service worldwide like Fedex and DHL.

[sherrasama]

Samsung 23" LED 1080p monitor x2
Intel i7-860 2.8GHz
G.Skill Ripjaw 2GB DDR3 Ram x 4
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
Intel 40GB SSD HDD
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD
MSI Intel P55 MB
Corsair 750w PS
Windows 7 Pro
7.1 Dolby surround sound w/ woofer (I forget who makes it, I'm at work)
Logitech G15 gaming keyboard (a present from the hubby)
crappy windows mouse (sigh)

Booted the first time I flipped the switch after building it from scratch too. It's mah baby *hugs it*

[DeltrusDisc]

Ahhh, a fellow G15 keyboard owner! /fist

And there's something nice about seeing older systems, it has gotten so dull and boring to always see Sandy Bridge, an i7-8xx system is a breath of fresh air.

[sherrasama]

/fist

to be fair, I built this Sept last year so it's like middle-aged in technology years. And the i7 was on sale at the time. I'm a bit of an Intel fangirl too, if it isn't evident from the setup :B

[DeltrusDisc]

Still, I like reading such a set of system specs. :P All the SB and Phenom IIx4/6 setups we get on here get old, and fast.

[Zortha]

i5 760
xfire 5770
2x2gb DDR3

[Xuvial]

Well my 2nd monitor is here, a 120hz Asus VG236H + 3D Vision Kit. It's color and contrast blow away my poor Syncmaster, but together they make a great pair pics soon. Also there's the issue of my 580 never reaching "idle" clocks due to running two monitors at 120hz, resulting in idle temps being 10-20c higher than normal. That's alright I suppose.

[DeltrusDisc]

Liquid cool liquid cool!!!

[Saithes]

Well my 2nd monitor is here, a 120hz Asus VG236H + 3D Vision Kit. It's color and contrast blow away my poor Syncmaster, but together they make a great pair pics soon. Also there's the issue of my 580 never reaching "idle" clocks due to running two monitors at 120hz, resulting in idle temps being 10-20c higher than normal. That's alright I suppose.

Get NvidiaInspector and force them to 2D Clocks :P It's what I did lol. And actually, they don't downclock because of multi-monitor but as I said you can force them into 2D Clocks using NvidiaInspector.




Select Start Multi Display Power Saver

[Drunkenvalley]

So my brother had a really old PSU of surprisingly functional quality. It currently works fine, and hopefully will for the next week till I get money for this new one right here.

I didn't install the PSU though. I literally left it lying on the top, near the front edge. The cables are fed through the 5.25" bays to their destinations...

Additionally, I had to remove the H80's radiator to reach the 8pin. Realizing the system had a bunch of open gaps, I figured I'd push some positive air pressure in to alleviate it, so I moved the H80... to the filtered bottom fan slot provided for a 140mm.

Lacking the size of a 140mm to lock it in place, it's literally just laying in the slot. I'll fix it later when I get around to it. It's not a pretty sight by any means, but it'll do for the moment, I guess.

[Ghâzh]

OCZ power supply, really?

[Drunkenvalley]

Surprisingly, yes.

a. It's super-cheap.
b. Despite point a, the quality is good.
c. It's fully modular.

Suffice to say, it surprised the reviewers and me as much as you.

[Ghâzh]

Meh, give it a go then Suppose we'll hear back if it turns out not so quality after all, could actually use a cheaper PSU for the build I promised for my dad after xmas.

Remember, good and cheap hasn't been invented yet (finnish saying).

[Drunkenvalley]

I am going to give it a go indeed, I just need to wait for some income...

[zeq]

Just built another system for my girlfriend. Excited to play see what the 600T black looks like compared to my storm trooper white one.

i7 2600k
Gigabyte Z68
8GB Corsair Vengeance
Corsair HX750w
1TB WD Caviar Black
120GB OCZ SSD
Corsair 600T Black

Still need a video card for the system, anyone got a suggestion? 560ti or something good around $300

BTW; this is how fedex runs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKUDTPbDhnA

[Cyanotical]

OCZ power supply, really?

OCZ used to have really good PSU's, then they went down the tube

[Drunkenvalley]

OCZ used to have really good PSU's, then they went down the tube

I am now picturing lots of tubes. And they're filled with cats.