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[Alcatraz968]

http://www.modsrigs....x?BuildID=29310

Enough said...

Edit- Error, just go to the link

Edited by Alcatraz968, 25 May 2012 - 01:55 AM.

[Krispy Kleaner]

Crosshair IV Extreme
Phenom II X6 1100T
8GB Sector 5(pictured) 16GB Corsair Dominator(recent upgrade for some image and video apps)
XFX 6870 Black Edition

Acer S273HL 1080p
Dell 1905FP secondary
5 boxes of Speer Golddot .40 155Gr GDHP on my left
1 Glock G23 15+1 on my right
custom H50 dual rad loop


and just in case you are wondering...the top two rads have openings above them

Edited by Anonomys, 25 May 2012 - 02:12 AM.

[Hartsblade]

The core components of the system are almost 2 years old, so not as fancy as some of the others on here, but here you go:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb OC'd 3.7GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow
Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3 AMD 790FX ATX
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1333 (PC3 1066) 7-7-7-21 (T2)
GPU: MSI R6950-2PM2D2GD5 Radeon HD 6950 - 2GB, GDDR5 bios flashed to 6970
Sound: ASUS Xonar Xense 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192 KHz
Monitor 1: SAMSUNG SyncMaster P2770FH 27" 1ms LCD Monitor (1920 X 1080)
Monitor 2: SAMSUNG SyncMaster 940UX 19" 5ms LCD Monitor (1280 X 1024)
HD 1: Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (play)
HD 2: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (work)
DVD: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
Case: LIAN LI K60B Black CECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PSU: WIN LZG-1000 GOLD 1000W SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Keyboard: Logitech MK120 Black USB Wired Slim Desktop
Mouse: Logitech X518 USB Wired Mouse
Joystick1: Logitech G940 Flight System
Headset/mic1: Turtle Beach Z6A 5.1 sound
Headset/mic2: Sennheiser PC 350
IR Tracking: TrackIR
Joystick2: Cyborg F.L.Y. 5
Pen/Tablet: Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet

[Nasty9]

Anonymous, why didn't you go with a copper core 120.2 instead of those rads?

Edited by Nasty9, 25 May 2012 - 12:20 PM.

[Catamount]

10k RPM HDDs really are not that much faster than normal HDDs, not when compared to SSDs. You're talking about something that's maybe twice as fast in random reads, instead of one or two orders of magnitude faster, and they're really not that much cheaper than SSDs, costing a hair less than half the price per GB (for the price of a 600GB WD Velociraptor, you can get a 256GB SSD).

So you basically get something on the order of an order of magnitude faster for only a little more than twice the price per GB by getting an SSD, which is quite a steal.


Also, SSDs are intended for applications that don't require hundreds of gigabytes of bulk storage. The whole idea is that you get a smaller SSD for games and applications, and then get a big, slow drive for storage of bulk data for which speed doesn't matter. 10k RPMs don't make sense at all really, datawise, for the average user. They're bigger than you need for the few applications that really need the speed, but not really fast enough (compared to SSDs), and they're really not big enough for bulk storage. So whereas an SSD/bulk drive combo deals with both types of data well, 10k RPM HDDs really deal with neither super well, being kind of meh at both.

Edited by Catamount, 25 May 2012 - 02:06 PM.

[Stahlseele]

As far as I understood it, you should use an SSD for the OS. Maybe some tools, but not games really . .
Games have big loads of Data that need to be sent to ram, so sequential read is a bit more important than random read of small files.
That is more important in the OS. On the other hand, SSD's don't degrade with big ammounts of data, but with read/write cycles being used.
And an OS usually does more read and write cycles on the drive than any game ever would . .

[Catamount]

It largely depends on the game, and what, specifically, you're doing in it.


http://www.tomshardw...sd,3062-12.html

[Orimura Ichika]

Main Rig:
Thermaltake GT10 case
Intel Core i7 980 @ 3.3 GHz (6 Cores)
GigaByte G1.Sniper Intel X58 Motherboard
Ati Radeon 7970
12GB HyperX DDR3 RAM (1600)
2TB HDD
Coolermaster Silent PRO Gold 1200 watts PSU
& Miku Hatsune engraving on case... <3
24 inch Samsung Monitor
Bose Companion 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System
Logitech Performance Mouse MX™
Boeing Wired USB Keyboard (dun mind that keyboard... i'll use it for a while bcoz i dun wnna make my Dad feel bad if i dun use it... it was his gift for me this past xmas & he worked thar... but i still have this Thermaltake Challenger Gaming Keyboard on reserve...)

Porta Laptop:
Samsung Q430
Intel Core i5 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores)
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
14 inch Screen

Edited by Orimura Ichika, 25 May 2012 - 04:14 PM.

[Vulpesveritas]

Orimura Ichika, on 25 May 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

Main Rig:
Thermaltake GT10 case
Intel Core i7 980 @ 3.3 GHz (6 Cores)
GigaByte G1.Sniper Intel X58 Motherboard
Ati Radeon 7970
12GB HyperX DDR3 RAM (1600)
2TB HDD
Coolermaster Silent PRO Gold 1200 watts PSU
& Miku Hatsune engraving on case... <3
24 inch Samsung Monitor
Bose Companion 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System
Logitech Performance Mouse MX™
Boeing Wired USB Keyboard (dun mind that keyboard... i'll use it for a while bcoz i dun wnna make my Dad feel bad if i dun use it... it was his gift for me this past xmas & he worked thar... but i still have this Thermaltake Challenger Gaming Keyboard on reserve...)

Porta Laptop:
Samsung Q430
Intel Core i5 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores)
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
14 inch Screen

nice Miku Hatsune... lol.

[Orimura Ichika]

Vulpesveritas, on 25 May 2012 - 04:18 PM, said:

nice Miku Hatsune... lol.

lol am such a nerd... xD

[Fresh Meat]

Important stuff-

CPU: i7920 @ 4GHz, does 4.6 no problem
MOBO: Asus P6T deluxe V2
RAM: gSkill Trident 1.6GHz at 7-7-7-21
GPU EVGA GTX 680SC
SSD Intell X25

[Nasty9]

Fresh Meat, what stepping is your CPU and what do you use to get it up there?

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Nasty9, on 26 May 2012 - 06:21 PM, said:

Fresh Meat, what stepping is your CPU and what do you use to get it up there?

He seems to have different computer specs every time he posts them. so im not sure he'd be able to tell you.

[ScrewCityChris]

Windows 7
Intel i7 2600K
16 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
Crucial M4 128 gig SSD
Antec Hi Current Pro 850w PS
Corsair H70 Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA Superclocked GeForce GTX 580
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Motherboard
Antec Lanboy Air Case (yellow)
Scythe KAZE MASTER Fan Controller
(4x) Additional 120 MM blue LED Fans

[chaz706]

TheJuggernaut, on 23 May 2012 - 06:53 PM, said:

This is my friends rig he's building at the moment.
‎16 15,000RPM 3G sas disks
24 core CPU 2.8 ghz
top of the line geforce cards in SLI

1750 watts of power to run the thing lol.

The thing transfers files at a speed of 2400 megabytes/second

and Disk to Disk transfer of 1800 Megabytes/second.

pretty damn fast i must say.

That's more overkill than a lyran scout lance.

[Vulpesveritas]

TheJuggernaut, on 23 May 2012 - 06:53 PM, said:

This is my friends rig he's building at the moment.
‎16 15,000RPM 3G sas disks
24 core CPU 2.8 ghz
top of the line geforce cards in SLI

1750 watts of power to run the thing lol.

The thing transfers files at a speed of 2400 megabytes/second

and Disk to Disk transfer of 1800 Megabytes/second.

pretty damn fast i must say.

Why the heck is he using a Nvidia 600 series geforce card for a more or less server build when an AMD 79xx series GPU will be 3 times faster in 32bit GPGPU and 30-400 times faster in 64bit?...... so why cripple computing power for a 5% gain in frames per second in games?...... (if it's a 580 I have no real complaints other than the Radeon HD 79xx series is faster in every way and uses less power...)

[Logi]

some rig´s are just sick
and I thought my upcoming compy would be above average^^

Motherboard: H77 Pro4/MVP
CPU: intel i5 3550
RAM: Corsair XMS 8 GB CL9 1600 MHz
Graka: Sapphire Radeon 7870 HD
Festpatte: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB SATA 7200Rpm
Gehäuse: Xigmatek Asgard PRO
PSU: 600W be quiet! Straight Power E9 80+ gold
DVD: something cheap^^

still not sure about the PSU. I won´t OC my compy, so do I need a 600W PSU? or should I get an less/more powerfull one?

Edited by Logi, 27 May 2012 - 02:30 AM.

[LordDeathStrike]

TheJuggernaut, on 23 May 2012 - 06:53 PM, said:

This is my friends rig he's building at the moment.
‎16 15,000RPM 3G sas disks
24 core CPU 2.8 ghz
top of the line geforce cards in SLI

1750 watts of power to run the thing lol.

The thing transfers files at a speed of 2400 megabytes/second

and Disk to Disk transfer of 1800 Megabytes/second.

pretty damn fast i must say.

the sad thing is for any game comeing out in the next umpteen years, my 3.6 ghz quad core > 2.8 ghz 24 core, since games are just starting to use more then 2 cores lol

and 15k rpm raptors fail more then ssds, which is sad since hes obviously mirror raided them all together, so 1 fails, entire raid array eats it.

o and this machine you linked costs a fortune, 3-5 grand for cpu alone, 16 x 250 dollars for the cheaper small 3g sas discs, so 4 grand on hard drives, and if he has 2 brand new top end nvidia cards, another 1500 on those, 3k if he went 4 way sli, which he might have since hes ******* away money on a rig lol, thats 8500-12k $ without case/mb/other stuff just for cpu, disk drives, video cards.

and my 3,000 $ laptop will play mwo better with my cheesy i7 quad @ 3.6 ghz, 120 gig intel ssd for os/high loading time games 1 tb for junk storage, 12 gigs ddr3, crossfired 6790 radeon hds. cause it plays crysis 2 jacked up to ultra and thats teh same engine, with shabby optimization!

[LordDeathStrike]

Logi, on 27 May 2012 - 02:27 AM, said:

some rig´s are just sick
and I thought my upcoming compy would be above average^^

Motherboard: H77 Pro4/MVP
CPU: intel i5 3550
RAM: Corsair XMS 8 GB CL9 1600 MHz
Graka: Sapphire Radeon 7870 HD
Festpatte: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB SATA 7200Rpm
Gehäuse: Xigmatek Asgard PRO
PSU: 600W be quiet! Straight Power E9 80+ gold
DVD: something cheap^^

still not sure about the PSU. I won´t OC my compy, so do I need a 600W PSU? or should I get an less/more powerfull one?

it is above average, the average hump is running a dell more then 5 years old and playing wow these days.....

[Barbaric Soul]

Logi, on 27 May 2012 - 02:27 AM, said:

some rig´s are just sick
and I thought my upcoming compy would be above average^^

Motherboard: H77 Pro4/MVP
CPU: intel i5 3550
RAM: Corsair XMS 8 GB CL9 1600 MHz
Graka: Sapphire Radeon 7870 HD
Festpatte: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB SATA 7200Rpm
Gehäuse: Xigmatek Asgard PRO
PSU: 600W be quiet! Straight Power E9 80+ gold
DVD: something cheap^^

still not sure about the PSU. I won´t OC my compy, so do I need a 600W PSU? or should I get an less/more powerfull one?

You could drop the PSU down if you want. A high quality 450 watt PSU would handle that config. I wouldn't go that low though. Something like this would be my choice.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817703035 or http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817256065

If you want to stay with the +80% gold rating, then this- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817104097 , but it's not modular like the bronze rated PSUs I listed.