POST YOUR GAMING MACHINE /include Specs

[Quadfx]

Include Pictures, Specifications and Price if you want...

[Ruff]

did you get a new comp alex?
http://bigtgiuliano.blogspot.com/

[Khim]

here is my setup.

can anyone beat those numbers?

Attachment 4864

[ryzbre]

My PC. Benched in the 8000s in 3D Mark.

Case - http://immortal-guild.net/forums/att...7&d=1173228269
Soundcard - Audigy 2 (ZS??)
DVD-R/W drive - some Samsung drive..

Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128012

PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower 650W

CPU - Intel C2D E6600

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3gb/s (ST3250620AS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148144

Memory - OCZ S.O.E 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227120

Video Card - Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTS

TV Tuner - Hauppauge 150PVR

Display - a small 24" Widescreen LCD from Dell & a 19" flatscreen CRT. Haven't dropped under 30FPS in WoW yet at full 1920x1200 resolution. I haven't seen any noticeable ghosting or banding. FEAR looked freaking sweet as well - some slowdown occasionally, but FEAR is an interesting FPS with the whole bullet-time thing anyway so didn't really impact the experience.

[Darklune]

Geez, it seems like everyone plus their dog owns an nvidia 8800 now -_-'

I will humbly post my setup with the comment of, "It plays Vanguard VERY well at 1680 x 1050." This is a Dell XPS system with some aftermarket upgrades and a clean hard drive wipe.

Processor: Intel Pentium D, 3Ghz
Memory: 3 GB, 533GHz DDR2
Hard Disk: 160 GB Maxtor (stock)
Video Card: Nvidia 7600GT KO (eVGA)
PSU: Stock 375 Watt POS
Sound: Some random soundblaster card
Monitor: Dell 20"
Mouse: Logitech MX1000
Keyboard: Some random Microsoft comfort curve thing...really comfortable...and quiet, which is good.


It's time to see what kind of deal I can get on a solid PSU (intense games such as Oblivion will crash if I'm charging my iPod while I play :S) and an 8800 card. Don't really feel like spending the $$$ now, but probably soon.

[Ruff]

here is my setup.

can anyone beat those numbers?

Attachment 4864

nice khim thats some sick #'s
woot

[veldrin]

Check my sig for specs :)

[Trip]

My PC. Benched in the 8000s in 3D Mark.

I just ran the standard 3DMark 2006 (with cpu tests as well which ran less than 1fps) and got 1646 :( I think my CPU is holding me back the most - amd socket 939 x64 3000+. I bought the cheapest CPU at the time and figured i'd wait for the best ones to come down in price, and snag one when they're pretty low for a good upgrade... unfortunately AMD went with a new socket and the top end 939's have become rare and expensive even though they arent as fast as the new ones ><

Vid card is an ATI X800XL, 2x1GB memory, 2x200GB HDDs, X-Fi audio card. dont remember specifics beyond that. Thinking about going for an intel system when i go back to canada for a few months this summer.

[veldrin]

I just ran the standard 3DMark 2006 (with cpu tests as well which ran less than 1fps) and got 1646 :( I think my CPU is holding me back the most - amd socket 939 x64 3000+. I bought the cheapest CPU at the time and figured i'd wait for the best ones to come down in price, and snag one when they're pretty low for a good upgrade... unfortunately AMD went with a new socket and the top end 939's have become rare and expensive even though they arent as fast as the new ones ><

Vid card is an ATI X800XL, 2x1GB memory, 2x200GB HDDs, X-Fi audio card. dont remember specifics beyond that. Thinking about going for an intel system when i go back to canada for a few months this summer.

It's actually everything that's holding you back. :( The 939 chipset is outdated (AMD uses AM2 now), the CPU is 3yrs old, and the GPU is about 2.

I highly recommend a mid-high end core2duo system with a G80 nvidia (8800gtx/gts) if you're going to buy in the next 6 months. You'll be able to hit over 10,000 in 3dmark06 with a nicely tweaked rig.

[chumba]

EVGA 680i Motherboard
2x PNY 8800GTX 768mb cards w/sli PCIE bus at 3950mhz
Like 4 Case fans, and 2 internal fans for vid card cooling. Non water cooled to save money but still sux. (run at about 60-70C)
Core 2 Duo xtreme 6800 OC'd to 4.1gig per core If i remeber correctly, its x7 by FSB@1740mhz
2gig Cosair XMS2 Pros (LED) DDR2 PC26800 OC'd to 940mhz
Sound Blaster 4 Audigy Pro with external box supporting optical.
Some Raidmax red case that looks like a car
Tagan 1100W SLi PSU
1 WD250GB sata
2xWD500GB RAID Sata
2x lightscribe dvds
a multi card reader
Displays 2x 17" Samsungs 2MS 3000:1 CR's or my Samsung 40" 1080p LCD =)

In case you are wondering im hurting financial wise i still owe on the computer and LCD TV So it may sound nice but i still owe =(

Computer 2, Back up computer and family room media center
Core 2 Duo E6300 OC'D at 3.2Ghz a core
2GiG Corssair Dominators PC26800 Stock clock
ASUS 640i Mobo
PNY 8800GTX 768mb Stock timing
WinTV tv tuner, w/ WinXP mediacenter
RAid Max 700w psu

[Trip]

It's actually everything that's holding you back. :( The 939 chipset is outdated (AMD uses AM2 now), the CPU is 3yrs old, and the GPU is about 2.

Oh, I agree, but out of all of it I'd have to say the CPU is the worst bottleneck. I bought it with the intention of buying the highest dual-core cpu for the socket when it dropped in price. Unfortunately, because of the move to AM2 and the subsequent drop in the amount of 939 chips made, the prices for all 939 chips rose sharply, so that didn't work out so well :p

I'm considering buying a quad-core based system with an 8800 GTS card in the summer. Prices have really dropped recently.

[Zel]

Man, just when I think I've got a decent computer... :( My poor little nVidia 512MB 7950GT is running away with its tail between its legs...although it does have the worlds biggest most ridiculous heatsink (no fan, silent cooling, just heat sink and heat pipes all over the thing)

[Nikkibaby]

Intel Duo Core 2.4 Ghz
CPU core frequency 1,869 mhz
FSB frequency 1,068 mhz
memory bus frequency 801 mhz
Nvidia SLI motherboard
2gigs mushkin corsair DDR2 PC3200 CL2.5 ram
Geforce 8800 GTS 680mb
2x 150 gig western digital RAID 0 HD
SB Audigy Gamer
pure aluminum case, solid copper heat sync, 3 video card fans, 4 case fans and a heat sync fan.
with pretty lights and alot of fans
custome built from velocity micro
i'm not quite sure what most of this means, it's my b/f's computer what it's what i use to play vanguard and daoc

[veldrin]

New replacement quadcore gaming rig is in my sig.

I only swapped out cpu to g0 stepping q6700 quadcore, motherboard to p35 chipset Gigabyte P35-DQ6, and Thermaltake CL-P0114 air cooler. Maybe at the end of the year I'll go back to watercooling and get all apogee and dangerden parts, but we'll see. All extra funds are going to car to prep for turbo. ;)

I can post at 4000mhz, but I didn't want to push up too much voltage on air, so I can't get into windows. More than likely if I did get under water, I could be stable there. This chip rocks!

Oh, attached all my specs and 1M superpi score in a pic if anyone wants to see temperatures of cores, fsb, memory divider, memory settings, etc.

[Mammon]

Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200JB 320GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600
NZXT Zero Black/Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Athenatech Xtreme Force PS-07WXF ATX12V / EPS12V 700W Power Supply
ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A3T
ASUS 16X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology, Include Free CD Case Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model DRW-1612-CAB
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL6D-4GBMQ
Acer AL2051W Black/Silver 20" 8ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor

[veldrin]

Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200JB 320GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600
NZXT Zero Black/Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Athenatech Xtreme Force PS-07WXF ATX12V / EPS12V 700W Power Supply
ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A3T
ASUS 16X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology, Include Free CD Case Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model DRW-1612-CAB
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL6D-4GBMQ
Acer AL2051W Black/Silver 20" 8ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor

Nice rig, Mammon. What kind of cooler are you running on your cpu? What week/revision is your chip and what kind of overclocking are you able to get?

[Mammon]

Nice rig, Mammon. What kind of cooler are you running on your cpu? What week/revision is your chip and what kind of overclocking are you able to get?

standard heat sink + 7 case fans to help cool it off, was 8 but had to take one out to fit in the video card

no clue

been meaning to have someone teach me about overclocking . . . .


**EDIT**
figured after my nap I should clarify this . . .
I did build the machine to overclock it but the guy that was helping me build it had his life go to shit JUST as we started assembly. I ran into a few issues I just couldnt wrap my head around as I finished it up so traded a guy a 6 pack of home brewed beer over at a mom and pop computer shop to have him clean up the loose ends I couldnt figure out. The guy that was helping me just isnt the same anymore and I dont feel like asking him to help me again, he's got enuff on his plate to be concerned with my bullshit little issues like overclocking my system. In all honesty I'm pretty much a retard when it comes to tech stuff

[veldrin]

standard heat sink + 7 case fans to help cool it off, was 8 but had to take one out to fit in the video card

no clue

been meaning to have someone teach me about overclocking . . . .


**EDIT**
figured after my nap I should clarify this . . .
I did build the machine to overclock it but the guy that was helping me build it had his life go to shit JUST as we started assembly. I ran into a few issues I just couldnt wrap my head around as I finished it up so traded a guy a 6 pack of home brewed beer over at a mom and pop computer shop to have him clean up the loose ends I couldnt figure out. The guy that was helping me just isnt the same anymore and I dont feel like asking him to help me again, he's got enuff on his plate to be concerned with my bullshit little issues like overclocking my system. In all honesty I'm pretty much a retard when it comes to tech stuff

Oki, well, when things calm down over on my side, I'd be happy to teach you about it if you'd like to learn. It's actually not too difficult, and just requires a lot of patience more than anything, because it's mostly trial and error to see what works and what doesn't.

Once you become aware of thresholds that you don't want to exceed with voltage and temperature, the rest becomes cake. :)

[sykohamster]

I had fun this time i rebuilt my computer. But it was nothing but horror storys for the last year (my last major upgrade) nothing but issues. I will tell them is someone wants to here that.
vista 64bit
2 10,000 rpm 70gb raptors striped
2 GB of cosair dominator p6400 , had 4 but part of the nightmare
Asus m2n32-sli vista edition
amd 64 x2 4200+ used to be overclocked until i got a
8800 ultra this thing scares me it reads 82C under load and pushs my computers overall temp 15C
creative X-FI Platnium
7 fans and dual monitor
never ran a bench mark

[Xenrutcon]

Well, my gaming machine is currently a laptop...and it's one of the beefiest laptops around. I built it when I was in Hong Kong last year..

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz 800mhz FSB
4gb DDR2 800mhz OCZ Platinum Notebook Gaming RAM
200gb 7200RPM Sata3.0 Western Digital Raptor Slim
10/100/1000 Ethernet, built in Wireless a/b/g/n & bluetooth
NVidia GeForce 8600m GT 512mb Vid
Built in 3.0 megapixel webcam
Biometric Fingerprint Scanner (works great)
Running Vista Ultimate x64 hacked and tweaked to the bowels of hell
Antec Aluminum fan unit with built in 4x USB2.0 hub
21-in-1 card reader
19" Widescreen XVGA SUPERBRITE Screen
ThermaTouch Media Control Buttons

Cost me about $1600 USD total

Built it about 8 months ago...I was in the Navy and deployed...fried my old Toshiba lappy and dumped it into the ocean. Decided I needed something that could actually run games ;)

Oh, one more thing, it's alot lighter than similar Dell, Gateway, and Alienware laptops..And for those interested I bought the case from Compal. Got all the parts at a electronics flea market in downtown Kowloon, Hong Kong

[chumba]

New Specs Bold'd = changes

EVGA 680i Motherboard
2x PNY 8800GTX 768mb cards w/sli PCIE bus at 3950mhz (Dropped Sli)
Like 4 Case fans, and 2 internal fans for vid card cooling. Non water cooled to save money but still sux. (run at about 60-70C) Still 4 Case Fans.. Added More INternal Fans Now that I Dropped a vid card
Core 2 Duo xtreme 6800 OC'd to 4.1gig per core If i remeber correctly, its x7 by FSB@1740mhz
Sold the extreme and went to a E6600 OC'd TO 3.4g per core

2gig Cosair XMS2 Pros (LED) DDR2 PC2-6800 OC'd to 940mhz
Sound Blaster 4 Audigy Pro with external box supporting optical.
Some Raidmax red case that looks like a car

Tagan 1100W SLi PSU
1 WD250GB sata (Dropped for 2x Fuji(GAY) 400gb 10k RPM drives)
2xWD500GB RAID Sata (2x 750GB WD Drives)
2x lightscribe dvds
a multi card reader
Displays 2x 17" Samsungs 2MS 3000:1 CR's or my Samsung 40" 1080p LCD =)


Computer 2, Back up computer and family room media center
Core 2 Duo E6300 OC'D at 3.2Ghz a core
2GiG Corssair Dominators PC26800 Stock clock
ASUS 640i Mobo
PNY 8800GTX 768mb Stock timing
WinTV tv tuner, w/ WinXP mediacenter
RAid Max 700w psu

[llamas]

XFX NFORCE 680I LT
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB
OCZ Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz (2 x 2048MB)

I wanted this PC to last me at least 3 years, so I have it not OC for now and with just 1 video card no SLI yet, in a year or 2 when its not a smokin fast system ill OC and put in the SLI card to have a new system again woot. Im very very happy with this PC, very glad I put it together. Cost me about $1k

[Xenrutcon]

nice llama...that looks almost exactly like the specs for the desktop I am going to start building...cept I gotta buy extras too...like tower, power supply, monitor, keyboard, mouse...lol

[Sasquatch]

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB DDR2
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Gaming graphics 2686 MB Total
Primary hard disk 109GB Free (139GB Total) WD Raptor


.... and a bunch of other stuff like a 7.1 sound card, lots of other drives (about 1.5 TB storage), yadda yadda yadda...

[Osk]

Antec Quattro 1000W
Black Lite-On Blu-Ray drive
68-in-1 card reader
ZEROtherm Nirvana CPU Cooler
Antec 900 case
Corsair 8GB DDR2 ram
74GB WD Raptor
1TB WD Caviar
eVGA 780i MB
Q9450 2.66GHz quad
eVGA 9800GX2 SSC SLI (quad)
Saitek Eclipse II
64bit Vista Home Premium
ASUS ZONAR sound card
Logitech 5500 THX speakers

edit: monitor is also my TV...42" Toshiba LCD HDTV with HDMI cable to computer, DVR cablebox, and Xbox 360 for sweet sweet Rockband sessions...plays WoW at 1980x1400..plays Crysis, Xplane 9, Battlefield 2142, Command and Conquer 3, AoC (looks great), and Warhammer all fine...Blu Ray looks nice

-Osk