What's in your Rig?

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I do have my setup in the basement so it helps when it's not bright down there.

[rSquar3d 0]

Oh. That explains it. Whew. I evny your peripherals. >.<

[sevenRA1 0]

Microsoft: Windows 7 Home 32bit

Corsair: TX-Series 650W

AMD: Phenom II X4 955BE C3 @3.2 GHz 0.88/1.26V

PowerColor: HD5770 PCS+ 1GB @10.7

G.Skill: Ripjaws F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM @CL8 1.5V

Lancool: K62

Western Digital: Caviar Blue AAKS 500.1GB (3.5")

Samsung: HD103SJ 1000GB & SP1203N 120GB (3.5")

Medion: Drive-n-Go 500.1GB (2.5")

Gigabyte: GA-MA770T-UD3 @F7

Scyte: Mugen 2 Rev.B

Razor: Arctosa

Logitech: G5

Creative: 2.1 Inspire T3130

Edited December 25, 2010 by sevenRA1

[Malevolence 6]

2011 is round the corner, and I just remembered that Intel is releasing a replacement for the current X58 (LGA1366) stuff, i.e. X68 (LGA2011).

 

Damn, I really feel like selling my current rig parts off to make way for the new one, $$$... crap. Control the temptation, control the temptation!!!

[rSquar3d 0]

Give in to the temptation. You know you want it. >

[Wee_Ooh 0]

Got a brand new Rig off Newegg in December. It was along overdue.

• Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X
• Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58
• Processor: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz
• RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
• Graphics Card: EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB
• Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB
• Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
• PSU: OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W
• Monitor: E-Machines 23" 1920x1080
• Mouse/Keyboard: Microsoft SideWinder X4/X6
• OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Freaking. Love it.

 

It's so great to finally have a computer that doesn't take a minute-and-a-half to load MS Word.

[Luk3us 63]

That's a fairly chucky case you got there. Useful if you have to drop it on a burglars head.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

One hard drive? FAIL!

[Nmenth 290]

One hard drive? FAIL!

Depends on your needs. Not only do I only have one hard drive, it's only 400GB. And yet I have no fear of running out of space, my computer is several years old and I still have 175GB free.

[Wee_Ooh 0]

That's a fairly chucky case you got there. Useful if you have to drop it on a burglars head.

Ha, yeah, I may have overdone it a little, huh? >_>

 

Oh well, it stays nice and cool.

 

One hard drive? FAIL!

Pft, that's way more than enough. I have almost every game I own installed, and I'm only using about a quarter of it. XD

[Doctor Destiny 41]

And if that drive dies, there goes everything.

[Nmenth 290]

Not if you back up everything important online.

[Wee_Ooh 0]

And if that drive dies, there goes everything.

Meh, nothing important on this computer, anyway. Just games that I can install again.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

New processor incoming. Just waiting on the cooler to come in so I can install it along with my new surge protector. Also got new parts incoming to rebuild my XP box.

[Guest Rabbit]

I just bought this today.

 

Alienware M15x

With:

 

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 @2.20ghz

4 Gigs of RAM

GeForce 8700M GT (1.7GB)

 

I figure those are the only three things you really need to know.

 

But yeah. I only got it for 500 dollars. That's the kicker.

[Ferret 0]

Here's mine...

 

CASE: Antec v2 200

CPU: AMD Athlon 250 @ 3.0GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H

RAM: OCZ 4GB Gold Series Dual-Channel

Video Card: XFX ATi Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2

PSU: 600w OCZ StealthXStream

Monitor: HP w1907 19" LCD

OS: Windows 7 Ult 32-bit

 

Yep, built it myself. It gets the job done that's for sure.

Edited April 10, 2011 by godly-cheese

[Guest Stevie_K]

One hard drive? FAIL!

 

Fewer means more space in the cabinet, less heat and more speed.

Can't see what's a failure about having one hard drive if it suits your needs.

 

 

EDIT:

 

lol replying to an old post. Don't know why but sometimes when I click the thread I end up in the middle of everything and forget to look at post dates.

 

 

Edited March 23, 2011 by Stevie_K

[Luk3us 63]

One HDD also means in the event of an HDD failing, you lose everything.

 

Plus everyone should have an SSD, or so I'm told. Personally bit pricey for what you get, but still, speed is key!

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Fewer means more space in the cabinet, less heat and more speed.

I have five hard drives in my case and not a single one is ever above 34C. Besides, I have a lot more speed than you do. Not just a solid state drive, but a split page file. Something you caaaaaaaaaaan't dooooooooooooooo!

 

Heretofore, you can suck on that.

[rSquar3d 0]

Just got the PC upgraded... So my overall specs:

 

Motherboard: I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA (it's Intel, that's all I know, LOL)

Processor: Intel i3 530 @2.93GHz

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 460 (new, but my dad got the 560Ti, BOO), 1 GB

Sound Card: Onboard Motherboard Sound Card

Ram: Kingston 4GB DDR3

Monitor: LG Flatron E2350 LED, 21'

Mouse & Keyboard: Standard-issue Logitech ****e

Audio: Altec Lansing 2.1 system, and oh, a new Astro A30 Headphones >

[Malevolence 6]

Precision Upgrades. Faster Speed with SATA 3 (6Gbps) and USB3.0 support. :thumbsup:

 

Malevolence Classified Rig:

• CASING: Lian Li PC-A71B + Lian Li W-75BT Window Side Panel + Lian Li BZ-502
• CASING I/O Ports: Lian Li Multi-Media I/O Ports Kit PW-IO4V850 [2 USB3.0, HD Audio (MIC / EAR) ]
• CPU: Intel Core i7 D0 @ 2.67Ghz (Overclocked from 2.67Ghz to 4.2Ghz range at personal preference)
• HEATSINK + FANS: Thermalright TRue Black + 2 Thermalright Fan Holders + 2 Zalman-F3 Red - 2 Zalman Fan resistors
• HEATSINK + FANS: Corsair H80 + 2 Fans
• NORTHBRIDGE FAN: 1 Scythe Mini Kaze 40x10mm Blue LED fan
• FANS: 7 Zalman-F3 Red
• THERMAL COMPOUND: Arctic Cooling MX-2
• MOTHERBOARD: EVGA X58 Classified E761
• ACCESSORY: 4-Port USB3.0 PCI-e x1 Card
• ACCESSORY: MSI STAR-SATA 6 PCI-e x1 Card
• RAM: 6GB (03pcsx2GB) 1600Mhz DDR3
• GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 216SP
• SDD 1: Corsair Force GT 120GB
• HDD 1: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
• HDD 2: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
• HDD 3: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
• HDD 4: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
• HDD 5: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
• HDD 6: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
• HDD 7: Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black 64MB Cache
• ODD: Lite-On 24X DVDRW
• ODD: Lite-On 24X iHAS524 DVDRW with LabelTag
• PSU: 700W Aerocool V12
• Monitor: Philips 22" LCD
• Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Gaming Keyboard
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder
• Mouse: Razer Naga Epic
• Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit

 

 

Budget Setup!

 

Malevolence Budget Setup:

• CASING: Cooler Master Elite 311 Plus
• APU: AMD A6-3650 APU
• MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-A75M-D2H
• RAM: 8GB (02pcsx4GB) 1333Mhz DDR3 Kingston Value RAM
• HDD: Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black
• PSU: FSP Aurum 550W Modular (80+ GOLD)
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit

 

Updating pics next time when I'm free!

Edited August 14, 2011 by Malevolence

[PurpleGaga27 39]

Updated my rigs

 

Rig 1:

Case/PSU: Antec Silent midtower case with power @ 500W

Motherboard: Asus P5Q SE

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.33 gHz (can be overclocked to 3.2 ghz)

CPU Cooler: Stock Intel

RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 (PC2-8300)

Video: EVGA GeForce 9500GT @ 512MB (hoping to upgrade that soon)

HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB (backup hard drive)

HDD3: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (not yet set up)

Optical: Pioneer 20x CD/DVD Writer

Sound: Realtek 8-ch HD Audio (onboard), Sound Blaster Audigy SE (separate)

Display: HP 25" widescreen LED monitor

Speakers: General sub-woofer speakers (no brand name)

Input: HP USB keyboard, Logitech new white optical mouse

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows XP Pro

 

Rig 2:

Case/PSU: Lenovo minitower case with power @ 280W

Motherboard: Lenovo (don't know the model)

CPU & Cooler: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 @ 2.4 ghz

RAM: 3GB DDR2 (PC2-6400) - don't know the brand

Video: EVGA GeForce GT 220 @ 1GB

HDD1: Hitachi serial 320GB (slow one though)

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar 500GB (the faster one)

Optical: ATAPI 16x CD/DVD Burner

Sound: Realtek HD Audio (onboard), Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium (separate)

Display: Hyundai 19" standard LCD monitor

Speakers: Creative 2.1-ch sub-woofer speakers

Input: Lenovo keyboard and Logitech quiet mouse

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate (on the 320 GB HD), Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows XP Pro (on the 500 GB HD)

 

Rig 3:

Case/PSU: Custom midsize tower with power @ 300W

Motherboard: ECS

CPU & Cooler: Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8 ghz (can be overclocked to 3.4 ghz)

RAM: 2GB DDR PC2700 RAM

Video: EVGA GeForce 6200 LT @ 256MB DDR2

HDD1: Western Digital 80GB

HDD2: Maxtor DiamondMax 40GB (backup only)

Optical: Sony 18x CD/DVD Burner, Sony 52x CD-ROM

Sound: Sound Blaster Live! Value (separate)

Display: HP 19" widescreen LCD monitor

Speakers: NEC 2-channel stereo speakers

Input: NEC keyboard and Lenovo mouse

OS: Windows XP Pro

 

I was hoping to move my Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium and the EVGA GeForce GT 220 into my fastest rig soon.

Edited March 16, 2012 by zocom7

[Fiesta 0]

QUOTE (zocom7 @ Saturday 13th August 2011 10:58 PM)

Rig 3:

Case/PSU: Custom midsize tower with power @ 300W

Motherboard: ECS

CPU & Cooler: Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8 ghz (can be overclocked to 3.4 ghz)

RAM: 2GB DDR PC2700 RAM

Video: EVGA GeForce 6200 LT @ 256MB DDR2

HDD1: Western Digital 80GB

HDD2: Maxtor DiamondMax 40GB (backup only)

Optical: Sony 18x CD/DVD Burner, Sony 52x CD-ROM

Sound: Sound Blaster Live! Value (separate)

Display: HP 19" widescreen LCD monitor

Speakers: NEC 2-channel stereo speakers

Input: NEC keyboard and Lenovo mouse

OS: Windows XP Pro

 

 

It may not look nice but I was thinking of retiring this "last resort" rig with the exception of that LCD monitor.

 

I was hoping to move my Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium and the EVGA GeForce GT 220 into my fastest rig soon.

 

 

My oldest rig has those speakers, they're actually sorta decent for how old they are.

 

 

Anyway I just realized I haven't posted in this thread for a while so I'll show off what I have now:

 

 

Dell U2410 rev.A02 (if you have one with a slide-out tag showing a newer revision, that only indicates a change in the manufacturing process/location; rev.A03 is made in Korea, rev.A04 is made in Mexico, and rev.A05 is made in the Czech Republic. I might have 3 and 4 mixed up but it's majorly correct.)

 

Logitech G500 (was using this on an Xtrac Pads Ripper but the sensor freaks the hell out on it for some reason so I had to stop)

 

Ducky DK-9008 mechanical keyboard (Cherry MX Brown switches) + Ideazon FANG gamepad (bought before Steelseries took over the company)

 

Swan D1080MKII08 speakers

 

Logitech analog headset and C600 webcam (would have gotten a Microsoft Lifecam Studio but they didn't have any)

 

Same case as before, cooling supplemented by a Panaflo U1BX rear exhaust fan, Scythe S-Flex G bottom intake fan, and 2 Panaflo H1BXes for front intake assist. These fans plus the San Ace on the Hammer are controlled by the Sunbeam Rheobus at the front.

 

Foxconn Blood Rage X58 + Core i7 920 + 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator 1600MHz @ 8-8-8-24

 

Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU cooler + Sanyo Denki San Ace 9G1212H1011

 

Same sound card and graphics as before, I plan to upgrade to the next best upper-midrange nVidia card, or a Radeon 7970 if that doesn't turn out well as a product

 

Seagate 250GB 7200.12 boot drive + 7200.11 640GB and 7200.12 1TB storage drives; I intend later to knock the boot drive up to either a Samsung SSD830 (already reviewed @Anandtech) or an Intel 520 (reviewed, but publishers are under NDA for a few more weeks and so cannot put the reviews up yet)

 

Corsair HX850 power supply; for efficiency and cosmetic purposes I intend to upgrade this later to a planned series of revisions to Antec's high-end power supplies, which will have MUCH better modular cabling than before

 

Samsung DVD burner, don't care to remember the model

 

Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 (will be Ultimate when I get the SSD)

 

 

 

 

Those that remember, I was using a G.Skill Falcon 64GB SSD a while ago, however it bricked itself after some sectors became corrupted, likely as a result of suffering multiple brownouts, no thanks to our power company. No worries about that anymore, though, now have a CyberPower 700w UPS, which has lead-acid batteries; this makes it incredibly heavy for its size but the batteries are quite cheap and easy to replace.

 

Also visible at the top of the desk is a throw blanket; I might need it in a week, today our high is in the mid-80s, this is the last summer-like weekend for us; next week we're right under an upper trough pulling north-Pacific moisture, cooling our high temps down to the mid-upper 50s and putting lows near freezing. So yeah, I might need that throw blanket until it cools down even further so as to justify banging on that thermostat there to turn the gas fireplace on.

Edited January 4, 2012 by Sonic

[Malevolence 6]

Love that Dell U2410 monitor! Planning to get 3 of those but will do so when I do my next upgrade.

Didn't know about the new revisions? Where do I find more info on these revisions?

[Luk3us 63]

Those that remember, I was using a G.Skill Falcon 64GB SSD a while ago, however it bricked itself after some sectors became corrupted, likely as a result of suffering multiple brownouts, no thanks to our power company. No worries about that anymore, though, now have a Cyberlink 700w UPS, which has lead-acid batteries; this makes it incredibly heavy for its size but the batteries are quite cheap and easy to replace.

 

Ouch, that must have sucked, I've never been able to convince myself to purchase a UPS it always seemed excessive to me. My little surge protector is all I've got.