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[Night of shadow]

hey all night of shadow here just wanted to know what kind of electronic monsters people have out there like my one thats slowly coming together cause it consists of:

Mother board: gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
CPU: Intel core i5 2500K
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 Ti
RAM: 2x 4GB DDR3
HDD 1TB Western Digital Black
operating system: windows 7 64bit
CASE: FRACTAL Design core 3000 black
Power supply: Corsair TX-750 V2

so total design cost rounds up to $1,159 AUS so thats pretty cheap i guess anyone else got a monster gaming computer system out there and willing to share?

Edited by Night of shadow, 26 March 2012 - 10:16 PM.

[LordDeathStrike]

mb: clevo x7200
cpu: intel i7 3.6ghz quad
gpu: dual radeon hd 6790 2 gigs gddr5 in crossfire
ram: 3x4gig 1333 gddr3
hdd: main-120 gig intel ssd, bulk 2x 500 gig western digital 7200 rpms
os: win 7 64 bit
case: sager dragon series brushed black aluminum
power supply: 300 watt brick, 45 minute battery

gotta love a laptop that can bitchslap most peoples desktops.

[Night of shadow]

thats one awesome laptop lordDeathStrike

[Wyzak]

Gigabyte GA990FXUD3
AMD Phenom II X4 3.8GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13
Radeon HD 6870 (MSI TwinFrozr II)
3x4GB Kingston HyperX @ 1600
2x 120GB Patriot Pyro (SATA III SSD in RAID 0+1)
Windows 7 64-bit
OCZ 850w PSU

[DarkBazerker]

mobo: Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
cpu: Phenom II X6 1090T 3.6ghz
ram: 4x4GB 1066 Team Elite
GPU: Radeon 6870 Sapphire
Hard drive: 500GB Seagate 7200 rpm
Optical drive: HP DVD burner
PSU: Corsair 650watt
AMC: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430
Windows 7 64bit

Edited by DarkBazerker, 26 March 2012 - 10:42 PM.

[Grotonomus]

Had a good Conversation about this and had some good recommendations for a $2000 budget which = Over Powered, but that is what I was going for

CASE:Corsair Obsidian 650D Aluminum Mid Tower ATX Enthusiast Computer Case
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold 650-Watt
?MOBO: Foxconn Z68A-S LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
?- or - EVGA Z68 ATX DDR3 2133 Intel - LGA 1155 Motherboards 130-SB-E685-KR
CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)
CPU Cooling:Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM: Patriot G2 Series Division 2 Edition 16GB
GPU:SAPPHIRE 21197-00-40G Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5
SSD:Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR240GB 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal(SSD)
HDD:Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive WD20EARX

Edited by Arden Sortek, 26 March 2012 - 11:01 PM.

[Night of shadow]

okay these are some monster computers indeed (so glad i'm doing a IT course at TAFE) and i think that last one of arden sortek's is a behemoth.

[Barbaric Soul]

current specs-
System Name: Barb's Domain Processor: 2600k @ 4.2ghz(had it as high as 4.5ghz) Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80(G3) Cooling: Corsair H60 Memory: 8gig(2*4gig)Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 Video Card: 2* XFX 5870 in CrossfireX Hard Disk: 500gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 Optical Drive: HP Lightscribe x24 DVDRW CRT/LCD Model: Samsung SyncMaster 305t 30" LCD 2560*1600 res Case: Lian Li V1200b Plus II w/ metallic paint job Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio PSU: XFX PRO750W *** Edition Semi-Modular 80Plus Silver Software: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit



I plan to upgrade my 5870 cards to a Nvidia GK110 when that is released next August

Edited by Barbaric Soul, 27 March 2012 - 03:07 AM.

[mastergenera1]

current
intel 2600k
evga z68 sli micro mobo
kingston hyperx 8GB ddr3 1600mhz RAM
XFX black edition 850w psu
evga gtx 570
azza hurrican 2000 case
ocz vertex2 3.5in SSD 120GB
seagate goflex 2TB ext HDD

in the fall i will get ivy bridge and one of nvidias gk110 gpus as well.

Edited by mastergenera1, 27 March 2012 - 05:57 AM.

[VarietyOfCells]

MB - Asus P8Z68 Gen 3
Processor - intel i7 2600k OCed to 4.83GHz
Cooling - corsair H60 liquid cooling
GPU - dual radeon HD 6870s in crossfire
Memory - 16GB (4x4) corsair vengeance
Hard Drive - 240GB OWC mercury extreme pro 6G Solid State Drive (my pride and joy. So very fast) and a 1tb HD
Case - Antec Nine Hundred Two V3
PSU - corsair 750 watt

[HeroicTofu]

This is my current. Some of my parts might seem out of place with the rest of the system. When I originally built this, my older computer was on the verge of dying, so I picked certain parts with the intention of future upgrades, however, as life will have it, when I thought I could afford the 'next' part, something happened, money had to go elsewhere. Wee.

Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD70
CPU: Athlon X4 635 2.9ghz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD5670
Memory: 8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
HDD: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black, SATA 3.0
Case: SilverStone Fortress FT02B (I -love- this case)
PSU: Rosewill Bronze Series RBR1000-M (1000W)

In retrospect, I wish I had applied the funds differently...but I had no way of knowing difficult times were ahead that would sap all of my planned out funds for upgrades.

I originally had planned out for this system the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T processor, the AMD Radeon 5870, and an SSD of sometype. Alas.

[Seth Deathstalker]

Will buy my new rig around October.

•Case: LanCool PC-K9X First Knight
•PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Modular
•Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ SB950
•CPU: will see
•RAM: 2 x 4GB G.Skill RipjawsX LV-Series DDR3 1600MHz 1.35V
•GPU: single, will see
•SSD: Kingston HyperX 2.5" SATA3 120GB
•HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5" SATA3 750GB
•ODD: Plextor PX-L890SA DVD/CD-Burner SATA

I have my on thread, as well.

[Fresh Meat]

Mobo: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
CPU: i7920 @ 4Ghz
GPU: 2x GTX 260s (will have 680 by summer) gotta have dx11!
Ram: G.skill Trident @ 2Ghz
HDD: intel x25? 80gig SSD
PSU: 850 corsair

[pesco]

I recently bought this little baby: Sapphire Ultimate HD 6670

http://www.sapphiret...&pid=1240&leg=0

I'm planning to take a few hundred Euros and upgrade the machine around it like this:

* Core i5 with good performance/price ratio
* 8GB of reasonably priced brand DDR3 RAM
* no-fluff quality mainboard
* Arctic Freezer 13

I wonder what you guys think, especially of the graphics card, and maybe also the cooler. I'm not going to do any overclocking, but I'd like the machine to run quietly.

[Wyzak]

pesco, on 27 March 2012 - 07:27 AM, said:

I recently bought this little baby: Sapphire Ultimate HD 6670

http://www.sapphiret...&pid=1240&leg=0

I'm planning to take a few hundred Euros and upgrade the machine around it like this:

* Core i5 with good performance/price ratio
* 8GB of reasonably priced brand DDR3 RAM
* no-fluff quality mainboard
* Arctic Freezer 13

I wonder what you guys think, especially of the graphics card, and maybe also the cooler. I'm not going to do any overclocking, but I'd like the machine to run quietly.

Arctic Freezer 13 is very quiet, but the 6670 seems a little underpowered to me.

[Vincent Vascaul]

http://mwomercs.com/...ing-desk-build/

[Beaker]

Desktop/Gaming rig
MB :: Asus M5A97
CPU: AMD FX-6100
GPU: MSI 6850OC Cyclone (2nd for crossfire has just been ordered)
RAM: 8Gb Corsair XMS3 1600 (4x2Gb)
HDD :: 500Gb (2xHitachi K250 drives in RAID, Fast enough, and all my storage is in NAS Drives)
OS :: Win 7 ^$Bit Ultimate (got to love MS Expertzone £12.50 OS Sales)
CASE: Thermaltake BachVX (Old, but a nice quiet and well made case), with 2xCeramic bearing fans. Can hear the CPU Fan over the case fans, and need to swap out for a Xigamech Tower or similar.
PSU :: Cheap (£50) 1000w Power supply.

Backup Machine ::
MB :: Gigabyte something or other.
CPU :: Phenom 9650.
GPU :: nVid 240/ATi 2900 depending on what I decide to slap in it when I pull it out of the Cupboard
RAM :: 8Gb OCZ Reaper
HDD :: 160Gb (2x80Gb) Seagate - Can't remember the models.
OS :: See comment about GPU
Case :: Asus MicroATX Case of some kind, again can't remember the model.
PSU :: Corsair 550W, old one, but working fine.

I recently staged the old machine back to being my backup, so it's a proper frankenputer. I was using it for a media server and player, but Her Indoors made me move it out of the way.

Laptop is an Acer "Ferrari One", as it's only really for using on the move, and I have more need for portability than power!

[Morashtak]

Rig - "The Beast", self built
Case - Rosewill Thor
MB - ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
CPU - Intel I7-2600 (@3.4GHz stock) OC'd to 4.3GHz
GPU(s) - EVGA GTX 560Ti (x2 in SLI)
Storage, Primary - SSD; Corsair Force GT 120GB
Storage, Secondary - HD; Seagate® Barracuda 1TB @7200 SATA 6Gb/s
Memory - Patriot G2 Series DDR3 4x4GB PC3-10666 1333Mhz
DVD - Plextor PX-L890SA
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Gemin II S524
PSU - Corsair TX850M, 850 watts
OS - Windows 7 Professional
Notes - Air Cooled, set up in temp controlled basement, WEI Score; 7.7

Crysis 2

System Requirements Lab Analysis

Edited by Morashtak, 30 March 2012 - 05:43 PM.

[pesco]

Wyzak, on 27 March 2012 - 09:11 AM, said:

Arctic Freezer 13 is very quiet, but the 6670 seems a little underpowered to me.

Well, you can probably tell I am running a tight budget on this one. Maybe more importantly, this machine was intended primarily as a workstation. I did not anticipate MW:O, to be honest. So a fanless triple-head-capable GPU fit that bill. I do hope it will turn out to run the game well enough. I can do without maxed out settings, as long as I don't feel I miss out too badly on the real beauty.

[Gremlich Johns]

Gigabyte GA990FXUD3
AMD Phenom II 955 X4 3.2GHz with Antec closed circuit cooler
4x2GB DDR2 (8GB RAM) (I do some graphics work)
GTX460 SE oc'd (with the arctic cooling extreme Accelero II)
750W Thermaltake (w/135mm fan)
Antec 900 case
4X120mm fans, 1 220mm
3 x 2TB HDD, 1 x 250 GB