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Title: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 14, 2009, 12:56:54 PM: Just wondering for those who have custom built computers, what specs are inside your rig?

I just rebuilt mine and decided to enter the realm of overclocking. Here is what pizzy has inside...

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1gh overclocked to 4.0gh stable!!
- Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard
- G. Skill 4gb DDR2 1066 ram
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro heatsink/fan
- Samsung Sinpoint F1 750gb hard drive
- Antec Earthwatts 500watt power supply
- Gay Nvidia GeForce 7600gt
- Windows XP Home (Not sure if Vista is stable enough to switch over yet?)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: brdmichaud on January 14, 2009, 01:12:39 PM: Quote from: jwpizzy on January 14, 2009, 12:56:54 PM
Just wondering for those who have custom built computers, what specs are inside your rig?

I just rebuilt mine and decided to enter the realm of overclocking. Here is what pizzy has inside...

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1gh overclocked to 4.0gh stable!!
- Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard
- G. Skill 4gb DDR2 1066 ram
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 heatsink/fan
- Samsung Sinpoint F1 hard drive
- Antec Earthwatts 500watt power supply
- Gay Nvidia GeForce 7600gt
- Windows XP Home (Not sure if Vista is stable enough to switch over yet?)

Hey pizzy...where did you get the arctic cooling fan and about how much is it?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 14, 2009, 01:16:55 PM: Quote from: brdmichaud on January 14, 2009, 01:12:39 PM
Quote from: jwpizzy on January 14, 2009, 12:56:54 PM

Hey pizzy...where did you get the arctic cooling fan and about how much is it?

I got it from newegg for $18.99 on sale...now its $36.99
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Eric Cartman on January 14, 2009, 02:39:03 PM: Quote from: eric on January 14, 2009, 12:56:54 PM

My specs :P
- Intel Core 2 Quad E6600 2.4gh*4 (not overclocked )
- nForce 630i motherboard
- Kingston 2gb DDR2 ram
- Cooler Master 600watt power supply
- Seagate 160gb + Seagate 20gb + samsung 120gb hard drive
- Nvidia GeForce 8800gt
- Windows XP Pro
- Mac OS X (USING BOOTCAMP)
- SoundBlaster Audigy SE
- Logitech G5 Mouse
- Altec Lansing 5.1 Spkr

that's my baby ;D
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Boats N' Hoes on January 14, 2009, 05:50:44 PM: Wow, pizzy we basically got the same shit except i dont have an artic cooling fan and i don't oveverclock.

yea i got the same gay graphics card as you to, but at least it's not as bad as Rambo's old one.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 14, 2009, 05:54:08 PM: amd 6000+ 3.1ghz
4gb ram
500 gigs or hd(RAID 0)
8800gts SLI
xtreme gamer sound card
some nvidia mobo. lol
oh, liquid cooling for the processor
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Glox on January 15, 2009, 01:01:54 PM: KillEm wins
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: soviet pizza on January 15, 2009, 02:01:34 PM: intel quad q9300 @2.50 ghz
8 gigs of ram
1 tb of harddrive space
8600 gt geforce
...i need a new video card
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Rollin on January 15, 2009, 02:21:48 PM: IntelÂ® Coreâ„¢2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)

Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

3GB2 Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

8800 GT 512mg O.C.

XFI Xtreme Gamer Sound Card

oh and the hard drive is a sata 320 gig.

I'm waiting for my 9800gt to arrive.. only $50.00 with the BFG upgrade program. I'm trading in an old agp 7200 gts for the 9800gt 512 oc
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: darkiefoxie on January 15, 2009, 03:23:22 PM: intel core 2 dou 2.3ghz
2gb of mushkin ram
8600gt videocard
thermatake heatsink/fan that keeps mah shit at 30C
150gb westerndigital HD
550watt BFG gaming power supply
and some POS 100$ thermaltake case with 3 LED fans, 1 blue 2 green
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: guit_ar_tist on January 15, 2009, 04:39:15 PM: Intel E6600 2.4Ghz Dual Core
4Gbs of Ram (4x1Gb)
EVGA 6801 Motherboard
EVGA 8800 GTS 640MB
Seagate 320Gbs HD
Antec 900 Case
Thermaltake Power Supply (750Watts?, I forget)
2 DVD-ROM/burner
No cooling except case fans and stock CPU fan
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 15, 2009, 08:48:44 PM: when the 300 series for nvidia graphics cards come out, im gonna get that and overclock the hell out of it, and im also gonna overclock the hell out of my processor. and i might overclock my motherboard, depending if i feel good or not
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Rollin on January 15, 2009, 10:08:53 PM: Quote from: KillEmAll on January 15, 2009, 08:48:44 PM
when the 300 series for nvidia graphics cards come out, im gonna get that and overclock the hell out of it, and im also gonna overclock the hell out of my processor. and i might overclock my motherboard, depending if i feel good or not
wait.. what? I thought you said you had no money? :o
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: guit_ar_tist on January 15, 2009, 10:10:26 PM: Quote from: Rollin on January 15, 2009, 10:08:53 PM
wait.. what? I thought you said you had no money? :o

I asked him the same thing lol
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on January 15, 2009, 11:04:08 PM: amd 4600+
msi k8t neo
1gb 400mhz o'clocked
ati 1600x 256mb
audigy platinum 2
2 raptors raid 0
ultra 550w

already 2 years old..i should build a new one to keep up with you guys
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 16, 2009, 03:58:01 AM: Quote from: The Profit on January 14, 2009, 05:50:44 PM
Wow, pizzy we basically got the same shit except i dont have an artic cooling fan and i don't oveverclock.

yea i got the same gay graphics card as you to, but at least it's not as bad as Rambo's old one.

That's awesome!! The processors we have can go up to 4.5gh or so with the right components installed. I was just surprised that I was able to get it to 4.0gh with what I have, and at how low of a voltage and temperature it runs at. I don't really play any other video games besides DOD which is why I haven't upgraded the graphics card yet. I'm still waiting for Blizzard to release the new Starcraft ;D
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 16, 2009, 04:03:50 AM: Out of curiosity, why did you go with AMD KillEm? Was it a budget build? Or do you find AMD better performance wise?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on January 16, 2009, 02:09:18 PM: It might be that AMD sounds manly compared to Intel. I'll post my specs in, once I hook my PC up so I can copy paste. :P
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: whores on January 16, 2009, 03:03:30 PM: Intel E8500 3.16GHz Dual Core processor
Intel P35 ATX Motherboard
NVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card
G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 800 memory
Hanns 28 inch LCD monitor
Antec 900 case
Entec 600W PSU
640G HDD
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
RAZER Mantis mouse pad
RAZER Barracuda Headset
MX518 mouse
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 16, 2009, 07:56:01 PM: for the questions im asked, yes, its gonna take me awhile to save up for the money, im not gonna go into details but im in a bit of debt, so yeah, trying to grab the pennies off the street :(. im now trying to really not buy anything not important (computer stuff) just sticking with the basics for now.

and pizzy, i went with amd because i thought it was cheaper, and faster for the price, i do wish i went with intel though, mainly the core 2 duo series, because you can overclock the hell out of them. nice thing about amd is that its 64bit, but intel is now getting into that so amd doesnt have that foot over intel anymore, and with the intel now, they just have the money to do tests and crap to further their technology.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Rev. Jim Jones on January 22, 2009, 02:01:15 PM: Antec discontinued case (600 series)

x2 6000 c.p.u. overclocked to 3.27 on air with A.M.D. fan

3 gig of kingston ddr2 667

8800gts 320

2 hard drives 160 with xp o.e.m. and 250 gigs with Vista o.e.m.

Abit kn9 nforce 4 mobo

Corsair 620 watt power supply

generic dvd/cd rom drive.

front and back 120mm fans

Built by me :P
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Rev. Jim Jones on January 22, 2009, 02:04:31 PM: Quote from: jwpizzy on January 14, 2009, 12:56:54 PM
Just wondering for those who have custom built computers, what specs are inside your rig?

I just rebuilt mine and decided to enter the realm of overclocking. Here is what pizzy has inside...

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1gh overclocked to 4.0gh stable!!
- Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard
- G. Skill 4gb DDR2 1066 ram
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro heatsink/fan
- Samsung Sinpoint F1 750gb hard drive
- Antec Earthwatts 500watt power supply
- Gay Nvidia GeForce 7600gt
- Windows XP Home (Not sure if Vista is stable enough to switch over yet?)

Vista is fine , but wait for Windows 7 since you have waited this long.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 22, 2009, 03:09:05 PM: Quote from: Rev. Jim Jones on January 22, 2009, 02:04:31 PM

Vista is fine , but wait for Windows 7 since you have waited this long.

Yeah my friend is trying out the demo for Windows 7 and absolutely loves it. It seems like Vista is taking a lot of heat like that of Windows ME.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 22, 2009, 04:11:49 PM: i have been demoing windows 7 myself, pretty much like vista except a lot faster. i was gonna install it on my computer now but i decided to just stick with xp at the moment. right now its on my second laptop.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: darkiefoxie on January 22, 2009, 04:48:41 PM: just a hint guys, dont OC your processor or ram unless you have a 3.5+ cpu a fucking awesome mobo, like 300+ and expensive good ram with a head spreader

ive fried my old motherboard, cpu and ram and video card trying to OC my cpu and ram, shit got all kinds of fucked up, so unless you got good shit, and you have researched your item to see if it can handle a good OC'in dont mess around with your cpu or ram
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 22, 2009, 04:54:24 PM: Quote from: darkiefoxie on January 22, 2009, 04:48:41 PM
just a hint guys, dont OC your processor or ram unless you have a 3.5+ cpu a fucking awesome mobo, like 300+ and expensive good ram with a head spreader

ive fried my old motherboard, cpu and ram and video card trying to OC my cpu and ram, shit got all kinds of fucked up, so unless you got good shit, and you have researched your item to see if it can handle a good OC'in dont mess around with your cpu or ram
thats not true, you probably gave it to much voltage or oced it to much. i have oced many things. some cheap some really nice, i only fried the processor once.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on January 22, 2009, 06:58:11 PM: u really have to work to fry ur processor..ive oced a couple times but only on good stuff like corsair and patriot..wich is meant to be oced..dont try that shit on a stick of cheap ram
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 22, 2009, 10:12:47 PM: Quote from: fury on January 22, 2009, 06:58:11 PM
dont try that shit on a stick of cheap ram
to late.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 22, 2009, 11:48:44 PM: You guys are using stress testing programs (Prime95/Orthos/Memtest) when overclocking right? If your cpu and memory can handle those programs for more than 12 hours without error, then you have a stable computer, in theory. And I've done my research on all my computer components and am very confident with its setup. The processor is 3.1gh stock, but this little puppy is a beast (with the proper setup). I wouldn't have overclocked it otherwise. ;D
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 23, 2009, 03:13:02 PM: getting the perfect performance is all within the ram, the mobo, and the cpu. even if they are all compatible with each other, doesnt mean they are gonna work at high performance with each other. lets say you have two mobos, a pny and a msi at the exact same specs, you pop a stick of ram and a cpu in the pny, and you pop the same stick of ram and cpu in the msi, its possible that the setup with the msi will out perform the pny.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 24, 2009, 01:15:40 AM: Well also in terms of overclocking, your also going to want a solid power supply and a better than stock cooling system to help achieve the performance of your fancy. Right or wrong?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on January 24, 2009, 06:17:47 AM: Quote from: jwpizzy on January 24, 2009, 01:15:40 AM
Well also in terms of overclocking, your also going to want a solid power supply and a better than stock cooling system to help achieve the performance of your fancy. Right or wrong?
wrong..

hahaha,naw..right
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on January 24, 2009, 06:03:50 PM: thought you were serious fury. lol until i read down.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on January 24, 2009, 07:37:03 PM: Quote from: KillEmAll on January 24, 2009, 06:03:50 PM
thought you were serious fury. lol until i read down.
i was at first..changed my mind in a split of a second.

i dont ever use any stress soft,just dont OC that much,5-10% on memory and cpu,a lil less on the video card..make sure yall buy brand name PS units,since theyr the only ones that maintain the power they state..most chinese power supplies lie about the performance,they state the peak power wich is usually double the real power their PSs can deliver.Best brand out there (to me) is ULTRA,specially the modular units..thermaltake is good too,and they deliver what u pay for.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: jwpizzy on January 25, 2009, 02:31:57 AM: First off fury, your quite racist for thinking that about the Chinese. Secondly, it's probably true. Thirdly, the stress test programs just make me feel more comfortable/confident in knowing that I have built a stable piece of machinery. :P
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on January 25, 2009, 02:03:12 PM: ohh.i dont look down on chinese..its just they build their technology cheap to cut down on costs..every chinese PS ive had lasted no longer than 1 year...i know some top brands have their stuff built in asia under american specs..like everything else..but at least they use top grade components.
as for the stressing soft,yeah..it comes handy if u wanna take ur PC to its maximum potential..which if i did..would turn me into the best DOD:s player and eventually a worldwide known "hacker" to look at for. ;)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: darkiefoxie on February 15, 2009, 07:29:26 PM: oh btw, if any1 is buying a new comp, go with BFG for your power supply, because if your power supply frys, so does your whole computer ive learned that the hard way like 4 years back, i bought like a 400$ computer, bought some POS 700watt 30$ power supply, a week later it short circuited and i just saw sparks coming from everywhere

(700watts my ass, it put out like 150-200) so yea dont pay attention if there a PS for like 30$ and it says its 700watt, always, always go with BFG if you have the money
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on February 15, 2009, 07:59:09 PM: Corsair or OCZ silly.

Oh, yea:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

APEVIA X-SUPRA G-Type X-SUPRAG-BL Black / Blue SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on February 15, 2009, 09:10:03 PM: Quote from: darkiefoxie on February 15, 2009, 07:29:26 PM
oh btw, if any1 is buying a new comp, go with BFG for your power supply, because if your power supply frys, so does your whole computer ive learned that the hard way like 4 years back, i bought like a 400$ computer, bought some POS 700watt 30$ power supply, a week later it short circuited and i just saw sparks coming from everywhere
DONT GET BFG, CHEAP PARTS!!! and just because your powersupply fries, doesnt mean that the whole computer is gonna fry. it can, but most likely wont.

just saying save your self the trouble and dont get bfg. your lucky if you get a good one
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: SirKnightRedrider on February 15, 2009, 11:08:18 PM: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case
Thermaltake Toughpower 700 watt PSU (comes with a lifetime warranty)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard (Prettiest motherboard Iâ€™ve ever seen)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5Ghz
Zerotherm BTF90 Butterfly Copper Heatsink with fan
Corsair Dominator 4GB PC8500 RAM
Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512mb GDDR3 Video

As soon as my HDMI to DVI video cable gets here Iâ€™ll be adding a 32 Inch Sanyo HDTV as my new monitor. 3 Hard drives are still IDE ATA 133, but when they start dying Iâ€™ll be switching to WD Black SATA series. OS is XP Pro 64bit.

Rambo, did you get the little fan module for the Corsair chips?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on February 16, 2009, 08:45:49 AM: I didn't get any of it yet, it is currently being shipped. :P
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: DSH Evan on February 22, 2009, 03:49:01 PM: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H
Processor: AMD 64 4600+ x2
RAM: A-data 2gig's PC800
HDD: lolz ---> 60gig IDE Western Digital (how embarrassing)
GPU: PNY 9600GT OC (core running at 720mhz Memory at 2400mhz!)
Case: Antec 300
Power supply: some 600watt brand
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: nSidious on March 16, 2009, 02:12:51 PM: AMD 9500 Phenom X4
MSI K9A2 MotherBoard
2GB Corsair PC-6400
Corsair TX750W 750-Watt Power Supply
XFX GeForce 9800 GTX +
Hannspree Hf229h 22" WideScreen
Saitek Eclipse 2 Keyboard
Logitech MX518
Logitech USB Headset

Connected by a wireless card, so I can move around the house, watch movies on the TV, etc..

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h162/mitchalo2/PC/DSCN0031.jpg)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h162/mitchalo2/PC/DSCN0033.jpg)

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h162/mitchalo2/PC/DSCN0036.jpg)

[size=150]Beware the spider bite...LMAO[/size]

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h162/mitchalo2/PC/DSCN0037.jpg)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on March 16, 2009, 02:19:22 PM: WTF, my GTX 260 looks like it is the same size. Got dimensions on that? I'm too lazy to look them up.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: nSidious on March 16, 2009, 03:48:43 PM: Quote from: RAMBO on March 16, 2009, 02:19:22 PM
WTF, my GTX 260 looks like it is the same size. Got dimensions on that? I'm too lazy to look them up.

Dimensions L (Inches) 10.5 Inches
Dimensions W (Inches) 4.376 Inches
Dimensions H (Inches) 1.5 Inches

Specs for the GTX 260 are identical for XFX.

Did you get a kickass doorhanger with yours that says, "Do Not Disturb. I'm Gaming?"

(http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/images/XFX8800GT/small/Door-Hanger.jpg)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on March 16, 2009, 06:05:43 PM: Quote from: nSidious on March 16, 2009, 03:48:43 PM
Did you get a kickass doorhanger with yours that says, "Do Not Disturb. I'm Gaming?"

Far Cry2 and Call of Duty World At War
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: leth@l1ty on April 09, 2009, 11:58:22 PM: About to finish my upgrades in about 1 week. Will be running.

GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS5 LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale overclocked to 4.0 ghz stable
G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 1066
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
XFX GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 - Video Card
Western Digital 2.7tb HDD (1x 320gb, 1x 400gb, 1x 500gb, 1x 1.5tb)
Ultra 600w X-Finity Power Supply
Diablo XKroma ATX Glossy Black Mid Tower Case
TRITTON AXPC 5.1 USB Rumble Gaming Headphones

Hoping to be able to run crysis on max settings with the final upgrades

What you think?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: DinG on April 10, 2009, 06:11:01 PM: intel qx 9650 extreme stock
BFG nForce 680i LT SLI
bfg 1000 W psu
8 gb OCZ pc8500 (2gb x 4)
bfg 8800 gtx oc x 2 in sli
1250 gb hdd (2x 500 gb in raid and one 250 gb)
2 x 24 inch acer lcd
logitech 7.1 spks
ms sidewinder mouse

and a fucking logitech usb mic that is giving me ulcers trying to making it work with vista
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on April 10, 2009, 06:53:39 PM: rambo wasnt kidding when he said you had a hard one for bfg ding. lol. if you changed some bfg parts out, lol, you would have a very nice rig.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: DinG on April 10, 2009, 07:53:56 PM: nope dont need to change anything.. rig should last me another year atleast.. BFg rules
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: darkiefoxie on April 12, 2009, 11:43:12 AM: BFG has the #1 gaming computers in the U.S. >.> and they last for a fuck ton, my brother still has a BFG video card since like 04
my BFG power supply is still up and running after 2 years
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: DinG on April 12, 2009, 07:30:54 PM: yeah.. i love bfg too.. not a single BFg part that i have had over the last 10 years has malfunctioned even once.. and i mean right from back in the day with my mx440 vid card to my 8800gtx's, and everything in between.. i hve had that 5500 > 5900 > 6800 ultra > 7900 gtx and now my 8800gtx's.. bfg is fucking awesome!
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on April 13, 2009, 11:38:41 AM: The only BFG worth talking about:
(http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/08/bfg.jpg)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on April 13, 2009, 12:30:03 PM: Quote from: RAMBO on April 13, 2009, 11:38:41 AM
The only BFG worth talking about:
(http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/08/bfg.jpg)
+1
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Hands Mechanical on May 07, 2009, 02:56:32 AM: - 26" Widescreen LCD (1080p HD)
- Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- 4GB DDR2 PC6400 (2x2GB)
- eGigabyte M55 mobo
- eVGA GTX260 216 core 896MB
- Altec Lansing 2.1
- Razr Death Adder (aka my sweetest love)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: canadian_bacon on May 30, 2009, 11:02:52 AM: i have a AMD x2 6000 64bit, windows xp M2N-SLI mobo Geforce 8800gt 3 hard drives. one SATA 250 Baracuda 1 Maxtor 200 gb 1 other for windows. soundblaster sound card, 4.1 cambridge soundworks logitec mic. g5 gamer mouse. old crumby key board. lots of bacon
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on May 30, 2009, 09:02:50 PM: I just upgraded my graphics card to a gtx 260 rev 1.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: canadian_bacon on May 31, 2009, 11:24:25 AM: god bless you much did it set you back?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Hands Mechanical on May 31, 2009, 04:20:09 PM: i got my gtx260 about six months ago for like $230 or something
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: georgiaboy on June 07, 2009, 10:29:43 PM: i have a dell xps 720h2c. its the one painted piano gloss black w red/chrome xps lettering. multi colored changing leds. it looks awesome.
qx6850 extreme edition
2g corsiar dominator oc
2x gtx260
1kw power
ceramic h2c cooling
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: D-MAN on June 08, 2009, 12:05:40 PM: I have Microsoft Windows XP Professional,version 2002,Service Pack 2.
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
2.19 Ghz, 2.00 GB of RAM
Display: BisionTek Radeon HD 2400 PCI and a plug and play tube monitor from 1997.
A ball mouse with no middle scrolling thing.
An oldfashioned key board.
And integrated sound.

Yes, I know....It's one kickass piece of hardware.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: soviet pizza on June 08, 2009, 01:45:38 PM: my computer is just 4 midgets on a hampster wheel running really fast.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Sgt Snot Rocket(bonefish) on July 02, 2009, 07:06:35 PM: I thought it was time to treat my self, just installed a new GeForce GTX-275 w/896mb's of DDR-3. Of course, that meant a psu upgrade also, Corsair TX750 seems to be doing the job nicely.

What else...Quad Core Intel and 4 gigs of ram.

Time to go hit the server....who wants to be my Huckleberry?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: WIpilot on July 13, 2009, 06:24:52 PM: Antec Twelve Hundred case
ASUS P6T mobo
Intel 920 Core i7 cpu
G.SKILL 3GB DDR3 triple Channel ram
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition gpu
Corsair 850W Sli/crossfire ready psu
Western Digital Caviar 500GB Hard drive (soon to get a second in RAID 0)
LG DVD+R DVD
Creative SE audigy sound card
Windows 7 RC OS

Sennheiser PC 166 Headset
Razor Deathadder mouse
Deck Keyboard
steelseries mouse pad
1st monitor: ASUS 22in Monitor
2nd Monitor: Synaps (cheap brand) 19in Monitor

I know its not much, but it gets the job done. ;)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: canadian_bacon on July 13, 2009, 09:57:17 PM: did youhave to look any of that up pilot?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on July 13, 2009, 10:32:52 PM: Quote from: canadian_bacon on July 13, 2009, 09:57:17 PM
did youhave to look any of that up pilot?
i doubt it. and if your gonna go raid, get a ded. raid card, they boost performance so much than mobo raid.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: WIpilot on July 13, 2009, 10:55:37 PM: I might upgrade my ram as well, does anyone have any experience with Crucial ram? I might get some sticks of crucial ballistix tracers 6gb DDR3 1333.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on July 13, 2009, 11:23:21 PM: Quote from: WIpilot on July 13, 2009, 10:55:37 PM
I might upgrade my ram as well, does anyone have any experience with Crucial ram? I might get some sticks of crucial ballistix tracers 6gb DDR3 1333.
im not sure about that ram, but i have purchased crucial ram before, very good ram. just 256mb extra and gave my old laptop a big boost.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on July 14, 2009, 12:34:52 AM: Quote from: DinG on April 10, 2009, 06:11:01 PM
intel qx 9650 extreme stock
BFG nForce 680i LT SLI
bfg 1000 W psu
8 gb OCZ pc8500 (2gb x 4)
bfg 8800 gtx oc x 2 in sli
1250 gb hdd (2x 500 gb in raid and one 250 gb)
2 x 24 inch acer lcd
logitech 7.1 spks
ms sidewinder mouse

and a fucking logitech usb mic that is giving me ulcers trying to making it work with vista

what's the problem with the usb mic? i've got a usb desktop mic from logitech on my comp with vista, just plugged it in and it worked, vista had the drivers

Asus M3N78-Pro MOBO
AMD Phenom 9500 2.2ghz Quad
4GB Corsair DDR2 Memory 800MHZ
600W Ultra Lifetime PSU
XFX GeForce 9600 GSO Video Card
Seagate 250GB Sata HD X 3 (750)
Ultra X-Blaster Case
Logitech G-15 Keyboard ( the older/cooler version)
Logitech G-5 Mouse
Samsung 220WM Monitor
Logitech analog 5.1 speakers
Logitech Desktop USB Mic
Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Sgt Snot Rocket(bonefish) on July 14, 2009, 10:23:56 AM: my rig, while its running, consists of:

P.O.S Gateway mobo, 750 watt Corsair PSU, 8 gigs of ram, Nvidea GTX275 w/896mb's, TB of storage and a sweeeeet 24" HD monitor and Windows 7 (we have a love/hate relationship right now).
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: anzy-slo on July 22, 2009, 10:41:19 AM: mine is also custom build and this is the stuf in it

ASUS P5E - X38 Chipset
Intel Core2Duo E8600 BOX 3,33GHz
Xigmatek HDT-S1284 Achilles - CPU Cooler
TeamGroup Xtreem Dark 4096MB 800Mhz cl4 soon im planing to upgrade it to 8gb or more
PowerColor Radeon HD3870X2 1024MB PCI-E x 2 i have two of this card combined together
Western Digital 640GB 16MB WD6400AAKS
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20X DVD-RW SATA2
BeQuiet Dark Power 1000W
NZXT Tempest - Midi Tower housing ( airflow king )
OS Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

plus some extra stuf like

WD portable disk 500GB
24" LG FlatronW2452T
a blue lighted keyboard so i can play at night
and a pis of sh** mouse which im replacing soon.

8)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on July 22, 2009, 01:09:45 PM: I recently upgraded to win7 rc. I have a semi usb headset. it connects to usb and my sound card, the usb is just to power it. If you have a good sound card, then the sound card wins in goodness, if you have a bad soundcard or your connecting to your mobo, then usb is better.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: WIpilot on July 22, 2009, 03:46:46 PM: Ban em all, which sound card do you have, because i still cant get the beta drivers to work right for mine, so now im stuck with on board sound and it sounds so bad.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on July 22, 2009, 03:57:37 PM: Quote from: WIpilot on July 22, 2009, 03:46:46 PM
Ban em all, which sound card do you have, because i still cant get the beta drivers to work right for mine, so now im stuck with on board sound and it sounds so bad.
assuming you have win7 64BIT, I have a creative x-fi xtremegamer.

edit, i just took a pic of this for ding to ask him what port that was on my gfx card and i thought it looked pretty sweet here
actually since the pic is big, here is the link to it
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3278/imgp0228.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3278/imgp0228.jpg)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on August 28, 2009, 05:12:49 PM: Quote from: Ban Em All on July 22, 2009, 03:57:37 PM
edit, i just took a pic of this for ding to ask him what port that was on my gfx card and i thought it looked pretty sweet here
actually since the pic is big, here is the link to it
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3278/imgp0228.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3278/imgp0228.jpg)

Since ding didn't answer, it's for a sound connection from your sound card to the video card, so you could send your sound through an HDMI cable. Just one cable to your tv. Instead of getting a 2nd cable just for sound.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: DinG on September 17, 2009, 10:42:28 AM: well after the mobo and the graphics card updates.. here is what the rig is now:

thermaltake spedo case (advanced package)
intel qx 9650 extreme stock
evga nforce 790i sli
bfg 1000 W psu
corsair dominator 4GB pc3-14400 ddr3 (2 kits of 2gb each)
bfg gtx 285 oc X2 in sli
1250 gb hdd (2x 500 gb in raid and one 250 gb)
2 x 24 inch acer lcd
logitech 7.1 spks
ms sidewinder mouse
plantronics gamecom 777 heaadset
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on September 19, 2009, 05:07:17 PM: nice setup ding. when i find some money, i plan on upping my mobo, processor, and ram.want ddr3, or if something better comes out by the time i get the money ill go with that. i still love my soundcard though. :) and I would probably get two ssds and put them in raid 0.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on September 19, 2009, 05:39:29 PM: which sound card to you have again ban em all?

i saw this one and it looks tastey...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019&cm_re=soundblaster-_-29-102-019-_-Product (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019&cm_re=soundblaster-_-29-102-019-_-Product)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on September 19, 2009, 05:41:00 PM: I have a creative soundblaster x-fi xtreme gamer.

when you pair it with good speakers, the sound gives me a boner. :p
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on September 19, 2009, 06:32:39 PM: i got an audigy platinum paired with a SB 5.1..gave me so many boners its ridiculous
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: D-MAN on September 19, 2009, 06:43:58 PM: Quote from: Ban Em All on September 19, 2009, 05:41:00 PM
when you pair it with good speakers, the sound gives me a boner. :p
I can make sounds that will give you a boner. :P
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on September 19, 2009, 06:50:58 PM: Quote from: D-MAN on September 19, 2009, 06:43:58 PM
I can make sounds that will give you a boner. :P
dman, the sound of you getting killed by a truck would give me a boner, but i dont think any other sound would.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on September 19, 2009, 06:57:09 PM: Quote from: Ban Em All on September 19, 2009, 06:50:58 PM
dman, the sound of you getting killed by a truck would give me a boner, but i dont think any other sound would.
just jizzed in my pants txz to that thought
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: D-MAN on September 19, 2009, 07:12:14 PM: LOL
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: BMFPoochie on September 20, 2009, 07:39:59 PM: Hearing the banana phone song makes my cock twitch every now and then.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on September 20, 2009, 08:14:10 PM: Quote from: BMFPoochie on September 20, 2009, 07:39:59 PM
Hearing the banana phone song makes my cock twitch every now and then.
what about mighty horse?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on September 21, 2009, 10:37:31 AM: Mighty Horse rocks the phat ass.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 22, 2009, 04:26:18 PM: Depending on my SAT scores, this is what the new system will be...

Nothings set in stone yet and theres still things to purchase...

cpu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202&cm_re=i7_920-_-19-115-202-_-Product (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202&cm_re=i7_920-_-19-115-202-_-Product)

$290

motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131352 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131352)

$360

video card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127426 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127426)

$200

memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145268 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145268)

$170

power supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011)

$180

sound card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019)

$140

hard drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284)

$110

optical drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136170 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136170)

$50

case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160)

$140

the sound card is f*ckin impossible to get though, i've been lookin at it for 2 months now and its only been in stock for about 2 weeks in total...now newegg is saying their restocking it in f*ckin december 31st...

Very pissed...

EDIT: New to online buying...Newegg has indeed replenished the sound card's stock. It just now the MSI GTX 260 and Asus Rampage 2 Extreme is out of stock...
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 22, 2009, 06:34:28 PM: i'm not sure if you're really that hooked on everything, but look for deals, like such

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=5538718&sku=B69-8010 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=5538718&sku=B69-8010)

tigerdirect carries lots of barebone kits which is how i built my comp, for fairly cheap too. some people say they're the devil, but they're just another retailer. I checked them as well, they currently don't have you're sound card, but i know they have stocked it in the past, just keep your options open.

also, are you really going to go with stock cooling on a really expensive cpu? if you're going to spend that much anyway, i'd find a larger/better cooler, personally.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 22, 2009, 07:25:30 PM: I agree with pixie. well, not sure about the barebones kit. never used one myself. but tigerdirect is the same as newegg.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 23, 2009, 12:28:28 PM: well just look at the kit i'm suggesting ban em...it's got half the stuff he put up there, different psu and case, but still.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 23, 2009, 03:35:17 PM: Quote from: pixiestyx on November 23, 2009, 12:28:28 PM
well just look at the kit i'm suggesting ban em...it's got half the stuff he put up there, different psu and case, but still.
oh no, I did look at it, I just never ordered one, I'm not saying they are bad. just dont have experience with them, but I'm sure its just like ordering the parts.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 23, 2009, 06:16:12 PM: Quote from: Ban Em All on November 23, 2009, 03:35:17 PM
but I'm sure its just like ordering the parts.

it is, and actually on the invoice it doesn't show 1 package deal, it actually lists each individual item for pricing...idk, it worked out well for me.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Super_Killa on November 25, 2009, 10:20:46 PM: This what I have in my rig.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

2.60 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X3 710 Processor

8GB of CORSAIR XMS3 DHX Memory

3 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
SLI Supported Video

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible

LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Disc Reader SATA Model iHOS104-08

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1850 w/ Remote

Plus for Network....

IOCell Networks 351UNE 3.5" USB/eSATA/Ethernet Enclosure For USB or Network Storage w/ 500GB Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

LINKSYS WRT310N IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE802.11n Draft Wireless-N Gigabit Router
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 25, 2009, 11:02:13 PM: Quote from: Super_Killa on November 25, 2009, 10:20:46 PM
ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
I put that same mobo in my parent's computer.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 26, 2009, 06:54:06 AM: The parts are just a basic "outline" I guess you could call it.

Theres still a few things left I kinda need to build it, like an antistatic mat, wristband, and the other tools. At least I think I need them. This is my first build if you haven't figured that out yet...

Pixie: Yea I'm planning on getting a different heatsink, but still looking around. Thanks for the sound card link too. I don't usually go onto bestbuy for online shopping.

I usually just "check" Tigerdirect, Newegg, and Zipzoomfly .coms

I don't quite know what the budget is for this though, so I might pick up the kit that you've provided.

SATs came back, 690 math, 660 reading, 580 writing.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: D-MAN on November 26, 2009, 12:01:09 PM: Quote from: Ryu Takezaki link=topic=436.msg21369#msg21369 SATs came back, 690 math, 660 reading, 580 writing.
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I haven't gotten mine yet. Im dieing. :(
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 26, 2009, 08:59:28 PM: you crazy kids, in my day we didn't take the sat's, we took the act's, and i didn't worry about it, you're all nerds
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 27, 2009, 11:50:16 AM: Question: Is it possible to set up an SSD to boot up the OS and all the program files and have an HDD for storage and such?

My intentions are to have a fast boot/shutdown and have most, if not all of my programs to have a quick load-up time, while being able to store projects onto the HDD(s).

I'm not quite sure if RAID does this, since it is just mirroring.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on November 27, 2009, 12:11:47 PM: yeah its possible,and the sole purpose of cheap low capacity solid state drives..ocz has an attractive line of low budget ssd drives if ur interested..60gigs or so
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 27, 2009, 02:13:17 PM: With RAID, you have to have the exact same hard drives, or very super similar.

Read this article, I believe it tells you how to get a setup like what you want.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_optimize_your_windows_profile_and_media_storage_ssd (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_optimize_your_windows_profile_and_media_storage_ssd)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 27, 2009, 05:45:26 PM: Quote from: Ryu Takezaki on November 27, 2009, 11:50:16 AM
My intentions are to have a fast boot/shutdown and have most, if not all of my programs to have a quick load-up time, while being able to store projects onto the HDD(s).

you may want to look at western digital raptors

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4177125&CatId=139 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4177125&CatId=139)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4164551&CatId=139 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4164551&CatId=139)

fast performance and everyone that i personally know that owns one is very pleased with it's performance and reliability.

also, they're way cheaper than a solid state

you could do a few 300 GB 10K rpm hdds in a raid for fast performance

i've seen the server room at a large casino, they use 15k rpm scsi drives in their servers, and i've used their computer systems, they're fast.

also, something i've learned from building and friends, don't put your sensitive files like music, pictures, and movies on your boot drive if possible, have a reliable storage drive. cause if windows goes to crap, and you have to wipe the drive and reinstall, you can always reinstall steam and all of your games, but it'll be hard to re do any home movies or scanned images. my wife recently got done scanning all of her grandparents and parents 35MM film, all 15000 frames of it. there is like a 17 gigabyte folder on her computer with all of those pictures, not on her boot drive, but just think if all of that died with the boot drive cause you didn't prepare.....

i'd be pissed.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 28, 2009, 11:07:48 AM: I'm not sure if he still does this, but guitartist sets up two partitions, one for windows and programs and the other for his media.

(can you verify that guit) :)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on September 29, 2010, 03:26:31 PM: Here it is folks:
I7 950!! @ stock right now
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs684.snc4/62427_10150281743950258_689210257_15177884_2510365_n.jpg)

Antec p182 case
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs672.snc4/61247_10150281742965258_689210257_15177877_2728250_n.jpg)

3 fans in front , 2 cooler masters in mid and bottom for Hardrive and one Scythe bay intake on the top, Samsung supermulti on top
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs331.ash2/61184_10150281742720258_689210257_15177876_4129134_n.jpg)

sli 8800gtxs
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs690.snc4/63075_10150281742155258_689210257_15177873_4153565_n.jpg)

got a fan in the mid cooling the graphics (got a 8800 ultra in test set up)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs638.snc4/59793_10150281740505258_689210257_15177842_6397044_n.jpg)

corsair h50 in pushpull
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs643.snc4/60360_10150281739380258_689210257_15177835_4901853_n.jpg)

1TB WD harddrive 64MB cache sata3 6gbs 7200rpm drive on bottom being cooled by fan (which you cant see, had to modify case in front to fit fan)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs350.ash2/62987_10150281740175258_689210257_15177840_3672864_n.jpg)

Keyboard (logitech k300) and G9x mouse (got three diff grips for it, not that i need them and adjustable weights) Need to buy a good monitor (gimme a couple days)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs675.snc4/61564_10150281736115258_689210257_15177765_1716010_n.jpg)

running prime 95 , i put tjmax at 100c in realtemp. got spiked to 73c at full load and idle at 45-50 in idle. This is great considering my ambient temps are high as hell. my room makes hot
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs345.ash2/62489_10150281737870258_689210257_15177802_8374006_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on September 29, 2010, 03:36:57 PM: You need a new monitor.....and how come the pictures don't show SLI set up? Only one 8800GTX?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on September 29, 2010, 04:39:52 PM: first 3 pics are of my main computer.
last one is of my torrentbox/movie computer, complete with a tv tuner and a cooler that is better than my normal computer. sad...

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Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: BMFPoochie on September 29, 2010, 04:49:05 PM: One day Tasty, you'll learn to use google properly on that computer.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on September 29, 2010, 06:42:44 PM: tasty you need to trim your nails
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on September 29, 2010, 07:45:26 PM: haha yea i do fury, oh and i only got the 8800 ultra in there cause i doubt i'll need much more for dod. When a good game comes along that needs more juice i'll prob end up getting two gtx 460s but until then, my room is too hot.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on September 29, 2010, 08:26:27 PM: I'm not going to open mine up, cause the wiring is shitty...

but I have a Phenom II x3 720 BE, 4 GB DDR2 800, BFG GTS 250 1GB, WD 300GB Velociraptor with 3x250 GB Standard Sata for storage and win7/ubuntu
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on September 29, 2010, 08:42:47 PM: I'm not gonna open mine because the side is a pain in the ass to get back on,
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on September 29, 2010, 08:56:24 PM: haha no worries fellas, and just so ya know, poochie is a faggot
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: whores on September 29, 2010, 09:43:55 PM: nice case, but i think the antec 1200 is better for airflow.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on September 29, 2010, 09:45:46 PM: Quote from: whores on September 29, 2010, 09:43:55 PM
nice case, but i think the antec 1200 is better for airflow.

yea it prob is, but i got this case for free so no complainin from me. Did you get the money i sent for the server?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: whores on September 29, 2010, 09:47:48 PM: yes i did. thanks.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on September 29, 2010, 09:49:39 PM: No, thank you.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on September 30, 2010, 10:20:08 AM: Quote from: pixiestyx on September 29, 2010, 08:26:27 PM
I'm not going to open mine up, cause the wiring is shitty...

but I have a Phenom II x3 720 BE, 4 GB DDR2 800, BFG GTS 250 1GB, WD 300GB Velociraptor with 3x250 GB Standard Sata for storage and win7/ubuntu
Quote from: Ban Em All on September 29, 2010, 08:42:47 PM
I'm not gonna open mine because the side is a pain in the ass to get back on,

pics or Bs
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on September 30, 2010, 03:47:20 PM: Quote from: whores on September 29, 2010, 09:43:55 PM
nice case, but i think the antec 1200 is better for airflow.
a CM 609 II is best case. no arguements.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: RAMBO on September 30, 2010, 10:59:44 PM: Do you have one?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on October 29, 2010, 07:55:48 PM: updated guts

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Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on October 29, 2010, 11:47:04 PM: You need to fill that case up with more stuff mister. Its empty! haha
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on October 30, 2010, 10:17:54 AM: Quote from: Ban Em All on October 29, 2010, 11:47:04 PM
You need to fill that case up with more stuff mister. Its empty! haha
well ive got three HDD's in there. im about to buy a CM hyper 212+ and a iceQ 4670.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on October 31, 2010, 07:09:46 PM: That graphics card will be a major improvement of what you have now. :)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on October 31, 2010, 08:55:14 PM: Quote from: Ban Em All on October 31, 2010, 07:09:46 PM
That graphics card will be a major improvement of what you have now. :)
my thoughts exactly. plus its only $64 on newegg right now for the 1gb version.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 27, 2010, 01:32:08 PM: Well, I know I've bugged people over and over about my "new computer". Well, here goes:

i7 - 950

Asus Sabertooth x58

CM HAFX 942
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.540792 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.540792)

Corsair XMS 3 x 2GB DDR3 1333 Ultra Stable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145298 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145298)

CM Hyper 212 Plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065)

Seasonic X750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087)

WD Black 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284)

Asus 23" Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236059 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236059)

Samsung DVD/CD burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151220 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151220)

All free shipping and with discounts/MIRs. Total? 1224.91 without MIR, 1189.91 after.

Need a GPU though, and now you guys can go and flame on: I prefer nvidia, not with too much reason, other than that I have had less problems in my manufacturer-made computers with nvidia than the ones with ati.

And that I don't quite understand the distinctions between various cards, other than (generally):

580 > 480 > 470 ~= 465 > 460 > 450 ~= 2xx

59xx > 58xx > 57xx > 5xxx > 4xxx , so where does the 6xxx series go? not the new 6970s (I think thats what they are).

If Friday acts as an indicator of what will happen on Monday, then Newegg is probably going to be hardpressed to even stay up, with all the traffic going through.
Will update along the way.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on November 27, 2010, 01:45:40 PM: 69xx>58xx>68xx>57xx>48xx
confusing i know, but AMD's new 6800 series are meant to be the midrange cards, while the 6900 series is high end. the 6990 is the dual GPU card.

and how can you justify buying a GTX580? a card that performs worse than AMD's strongest card, that was made a year ago. the 580 is about $50 more than the 5970, but the 5970 runs cooler, quieter, and uses less power. get that, AMD put two of their most powerful GPU's into one card, you would think that thing would be hot and use alot of power, and it does, but at about the same as a GTX 580, if not less. granted the 5970 has microstutter, and the card is big as hell, but the engineers at nVidia need to be fired. it just doesnt make common sense. im not an AMD fanboy either, i have both nVidia grafics and ATi/AMD. the 69xx series should be out Q1 next year, same with sandy bridge, and hopefully bulldozer.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 27, 2010, 02:44:37 PM: I wasn't really looking at getting that high end of a card, but the 580 is a single gpu card, whereas the 5970 is from what I've read two 5870s together. I haven't read too much into the heat production and power consumption, but I have read of issues with stuttering with dual gpu cards, such as the GTX 295 and the 5970.

If you ask me if its worth the price tag? No. Someone could possibly get two 460s or even unlocked 465s to run as well as a 480.

But I was looking at getting either one or two of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130572&cm_re=evga_gts_450-_-14-130-572-_-Product (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130572&cm_re=evga_gts_450-_-14-130-572-_-Product)

If not, then we'll see what Monday has in store before it gets sold out while in my shopping cart.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on November 27, 2010, 07:19:08 PM: the 450 is a really nice card, buy that shit yo.

yes the 580 is the strongest single-GPU card available, but why bother when its the same price as a dual GPU card thats faster? microstutter is an issue, but its hardly noticeable.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on November 28, 2010, 08:05:10 PM: if you gonna go dual cards, then fuck the 5970 and xfire two 6870s or sli two gtx 460 instead, cheaper and faster. If you want a single card then i'd go with a gtx 580. Single cards will lower your electric bill and tdp will be lower, so will heat and noise (not to mention no stuttering, or not as much depending on the game)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 28, 2010, 10:17:43 PM: I wouldn't ever go dual graphic cards again.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on November 29, 2010, 08:28:09 AM: Quote from: Ban Em All on November 28, 2010, 10:17:43 PM
I wouldn't ever go dual graphic cards again.

yea i was thinking of sli'n two evga gtx 460 ftw cards together but will get a gtx 580 instead or wait for the gtx 595 (dual gpu card)
(http://www.fudzilla.com/images/stories/2010/November/General_News/nvidia_dualgpu_1.jpg)

full story here:
http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20941-nvidias-new-dual-gpu-card-pixellized (http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20941-nvidias-new-dual-gpu-card-pixellized)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ban Em All on November 29, 2010, 01:37:02 PM: I would get that... just not two individual cards.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on November 29, 2010, 05:45:12 PM: Quote from: TastyTaste on November 28, 2010, 08:05:10 PM
if you gonna go dual cards, then fuck the 5970 and xfire two 6870s or sli two gtx 460 instead, cheaper and faster. If you want a single card then i'd go with a gtx 580. Single cards will lower your electric bill and tdp will be lower, so will heat and noise (not to mention no stuttering, or not as much depending on the game)
then explain this:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-21.html (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-21.html)
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-20.html (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-20.html)
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review/8 (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review/8)

i think it was a great idea of nVidia to add a vapor chamber, but i cant fathom hot hot this thing would get without it. it does run cooler than a 480, thats not saying much. SLi GTX 580 is a great idea for $1000, better than an ARES, but what game do you need 2 580's? i just think nVidia needs to work on thermals and power draw right now. we'll wait for AMD's 6900 series to see the competition.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on November 29, 2010, 09:07:29 PM: only a fuckin nerdy kid, unable to get laid would drop 1k on a fuckin video card thats gonna be obsolete in less than a year...jesus,who the fuck needs a 1k video card?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 29, 2010, 11:16:42 PM: If i were rich, my computer would have 4 $1000 video cards, just cause I could. And so I could max out crysis, on 3 screens.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on November 30, 2010, 07:22:05 AM: call girls>video cards
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 30, 2010, 10:55:58 AM: Eh, went with the XFX ati 6870. Others that I was looking at were the 450s in 2 way SLI, 460s in SLI, and a single 470.

Relatively low power draw and heat production, and double lifetime warrenty by XFX, so who knows?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on November 30, 2010, 11:42:10 AM: Quote from: Ryu Takezaki on November 30, 2010, 10:55:58 AM
Eh, went with the XFX ati 6870. Others that I was looking at were the 450s in 2 way SLI, 460s in SLI, and a single 470.

Relatively low power draw and heat production, and double lifetime warrenty by XFX, so who knows?

Well, like I said yesterday, just wait a bit, and buy a 2nd in like 6 months when it's on sale and crossfire that shit. Just make sure you get exactly the same and you're good. You do that and I'm sure you could max Crysis.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on November 30, 2010, 03:20:01 PM: Ah yes, I don't have crysis so I really can't complain, but if and when the prices for the 6870s go down due to the release of the 69xx series or just in response to the unlikely event of nvidia's cards dropping the price on their 470s or 460s, I'll try and see what I can do.

I'm concerned about my RAM at the moment though, its not designated as gaming or enthusiast set but maybe it can handle my fail attempts at a mild overclock. Not to mention I haven't really googled the power requirements for running crossfire for these cards, not to mention the heat that would be produced too.

Anyone have any experience or reviews? I will check later on when I get home and finish my chores and what not. Oh and by the way, any "good" sites you guys use for research? I have tomshardware, overclock.net, and neweggs eggxpert forums bookmarked, along with some notebook review sites. But I could always fit more in my relatively empty list.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on November 30, 2010, 06:11:41 PM: Crysis is overrated.

Quote from: Joeseph Geobbels on November 29, 2010, 05:45:12 PM
then explain this:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-21.html (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-21.html)
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-20.html (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37789-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review-20.html)
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review/8 (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/09/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-review/8)

i think it was a great idea of nVidia to add a vapor chamber, but i cant fathom hot hot this thing would get without it. it does run cooler than a 480, thats not saying much. SLi GTX 580 is a great idea for $1000, better than an ARES, but what game do you need 2 580's? i just think nVidia needs to work on thermals and power draw right now. we'll wait for AMD's 6900 series to see the competition.

firstly why would you post Folding at Home comparing a gtx 580 to 480? Who actually uses folding at home? The 5970 is not far away from the thermals from a 580 and the 580 is actually better in idle. and who said anything bout sli'n two gtx 580s? Thats madness.

(http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/GPU/GTX-580/GTX-580-89.jpg)

(http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/GPU/GTX-580/GTX-580-88.jpg)

those links confirmed my post....
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on November 30, 2010, 11:16:03 PM: all im saying is look how close the power usage and heat of the single GPU 580 is, to the dual GPU 5970.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Ryu Takezaki on December 01, 2010, 05:43:24 PM: Hah, well turns out a friend of mine has an extra evga superclocked gtx 460 that he doesn't want anymore, so as pixie was telling me earlier, if only i had ordered a 460 instead, then I could be running SLI sweetness now...

Oh well...
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on December 01, 2010, 06:41:27 PM: Quote from: Joeseph Geobbels on November 30, 2010, 11:16:03 PM
all im saying is look how close the power usage and heat of the single GPU 580 is, to the dual GPU 5970.

All that says is that one card works as fast as two downclocked cards (it would have to be hot unless they used 28nm which TSMC wont produce until Q4 2011). There are cases that both trade blows to each other in different benchmarks.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on February 25, 2011, 08:01:37 PM: Tax return was nice to me. Got a new motherboard from asus to unlock my 3 core to a 4 core, 8GB of DDR3, 2 Galaxy GTX 460s for SLI, HAF 932 case (what it's in), Corsair A50 CPU Cooler, and Corsair TX750 PSU. I keep all games at a stable 60 FPS on all high settings :)

I just need my freakin rebates back now....

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3522/20110225193639574.jpg)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on February 26, 2011, 12:21:59 PM: is that two 4 gig sticks? nice
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on February 26, 2011, 12:49:06 PM: Quote from: TastyTaste on February 26, 2011, 12:21:59 PM
is that two 4 gig sticks? nice

Actually 4 2gig sticks. IDK why the angle doesn't show it...? But 8 gigs is nice :)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on February 27, 2011, 12:23:52 PM: sweet
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on March 11, 2011, 06:32:21 AM: hey pixie hows that dual gpu setup treating you? i said i'd never go dual and opt for only a single card but seems that most people arent getting much problems with new cards in a dual setup. MIght go the gtx 560ti SLI route or crossifre 6950
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on March 19, 2011, 02:24:29 PM: gay!

hey..any of you fuckos wanna make $150-200 easy? im buying a couple ar10/ar15 complete upper receivers for cheap and need someone to ship 'em to me..(im not buying lower receivers ,so its legal)
the homo im buying from wont ship international ,so i figured instead of buying the same shit somewhere else..ill buy from this cunt and give someone else the difference.

how?..simple..ill paypal you the money ,you pay him with your CC-money order or whatever ,receive it and ship it down here..obviously,you will need to declare a lower value cause i aint paying 80% in custom fees.

if you wanna do this ,email me..ill add an extra $150-200 for ya

cheerio naggers!!!
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on March 23, 2011, 03:15:57 PM: FUCK
im not over 18.
can i still halps?!
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on March 23, 2011, 07:21:51 PM: rofl..naa you gotta be over 18 and have a credit card..thanks anyway bro!
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on March 24, 2011, 02:40:35 PM: god dammit.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on August 09, 2011, 05:45:19 PM: got my new gtx 580 lightning 3gb and more ram (12gb)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on August 09, 2011, 05:54:43 PM: aw shit. that is one SEXY AS FUCK card. im jelly like fuck.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on August 09, 2011, 07:38:14 PM: haha thanks, didnt really need this particular card but was the only one that was available to me with a good heat sink. I'd rather the regular 1.5gb one but it wasnt in stock.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: [OnA]DeltaDeuce on August 09, 2011, 09:28:37 PM: Looks like shit.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: fury on August 09, 2011, 09:29:18 PM: Quote from: [OnA]DeltaDeuce on August 09, 2011, 09:28:37 PM
Looks like shit.
x2
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Glox on August 10, 2011, 09:55:23 AM: How do you suck so bad with such a nice setup?
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on August 10, 2011, 11:39:10 AM: Some people aren't as concerned about winning as opposed to just having a fun time. DICK
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on August 10, 2011, 12:03:58 PM: im all about captures man haha
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on August 10, 2011, 12:47:15 PM: i would rather have the 3gb version. the 1.5gb kind of bottlenecks the 580 at high resolution. thats what AMD has going for them, the actually put a good amount of ram on their cards, but they have eyefinity, so i guess they need to.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on August 10, 2011, 02:07:45 PM: 1.5 is all you need to game at 1920x1200 (thats the res i play at on my 24inch samsung monitor) the 3gb card helps minimum frame rate about 3-5 fps but not worth the money imo. ....but like i said , it was the only card at the time that had a great heatsink. It gets HOT down here in the caribbean.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on August 10, 2011, 02:18:24 PM: Between my 2 cards I have 1.5 gb of ram. It works out for me. Thinking of multi monitor set up with next tax return :)
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: TastyTaste on August 10, 2011, 02:54:10 PM: multimonitor is overrated for me
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on August 10, 2011, 04:33:40 PM: when you crossfire or SLI cards, the amount of ram doesnt add up, each card can only use their dedicated VRAM. they cant combine VRAM. a SLI/xfire bridge helps the GPUs communicate.
Title: Re: What's In Your Rig?
Post by: pixiestyx on August 10, 2011, 05:05:20 PM: I know, but I still use it all.