What's in your Rig?

[Malevolence 6]

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.

 

What happen if you are using a rig that is more than 1000W? Will the UPS be insufficient as backup?

[Fiesta 0]

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?

There's some stuff about it here, exact info was provided by a friend of mine.

 

 

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forum...1.aspx#19806421

[OSTKCabal 0]

Case/PSU: ThermalTake Commander (4x 120mm Fans) - 750W PSU w/ Blue LED 150mm Fan

Motherboard: GIGABYTE

CPU & Cooler: AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Overclocked to 3.40GHz) - Asetek Liquid Cooling

RAM: 12GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM

Video: ATi radeon HD 6850 1.0GB Overclocked GPU

HDD1: SEAGATE 1TB 7.2kRPM SATA-III

Optical: Sony 24x CD/DVD R/W/ROM

Sound: Built-In 7.1 Channel HD Audio

Display: LG FLATRON L1932TQ - Recently ordered an ASUS 23" 1080p Monitor

Headset: Microsoft LifeChat LX-3

Input: Ideazon ZMerc Gaming Keyboard - Logitech LX-3 Mouse

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit and Linux Mint

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Old PC blew up so I just got a new one instead of fixing it. Will have pics of things in a few days. Had a snag with the PSU so I need a new cable, but here's what I got in there right now.

• Case: Lian Li Lancool PC-K65B
  
• Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Performance (LGA 1155)
  
• CPU: Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10 gHz
  
• CPU Cooler: Prolimatech Armageddon with Prolimatech Blue Vortex 140mm fan
  
• RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 (PC3-12800)
  
• PSU: SeaSonic X650 Gold @ 650W
  
• Video: EVGA geForce GTX460 @ 1GB
  
• SSD: Crucial M4 64GB
  
• HDD1: Samsung Spinpoint 320GB
  
• HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB
  
• HDD3: Western Digital RE2 750GB
  
• HDD4: Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
  
• Optical: LG CD/DVD Burner
  
• Sound: Asus Xonar DS
  
• Display: LG Flatron IPS236 (23"), ViewSonic VG920 (19")
  
• Speakers: Dayton Audio 6 1/2" bookshelf speakers with Lepai LP-2020A+ amp
  
• Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
  
• Mouse: Logitech M500
  
• OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
  

[Luk3us 63]

So yesterday my comptuer's OS drive decided it would go and ****ing die. Fortuantely all the good **** was on my other HDDs.

 

Anyway, so I had to get a replacement so I finally got an SSD (http://www.corsair.com/ssd/force-series-gt-ssd/force-series-gt-60gb-sata-3-6gbps-solid-state-hard-drive.html) since there was a special at the store I went to.

 

So now my windows uber meter is now 7.3.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Haha, mine's still higher at 7.4. trololol. xD

 

Nice choice though. How does that Corsair Force perform anyway? Seem all good in the hood?

[Luk3us 63]

After the install I moved some of my HDDs around and fixed some cable issues, which of course somehow lead to the mobo touching the case which caused a short cirucit. So my comp refused to boot, that took about three hours to work out. For a time there I thought the mobo, psu, video card and CPU were all ****ed, thankfully not though...

 

Used to take a good thirty to forty seconds to boot hte old girl, now she does it in less than fifteen seconds. It seems to be a little faster on most things, but a fresh install helps too.

 

Should have got a bigger drive I think, as with Windows 7 and all my other progs, minus games installed its taken up 35gb of my 55.7gb storage.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I have a 64GB Crucial M4 and it's holding its own with Windows 7 and a few apps very, very well. I have the heavy duty stuff on a 320GB drive though. One thing you might look into is your page file. It's probably gigantic and all on your SSD. Reduce its size, but that's dependent on how much RAM you have, then split it onto two drives. There is a performance boost when doing this.

 

Man, when I installed Windows 7 on this thing with all 16GB of RAM, my page file was ****ing gigantic. Almost 17GB of space used on that alone. I dropped it to 4GB split between two drives.

[Traymen 6]

Motherboard: GA-78LMT-S2P (rev.3.1)

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 250 (3 Ghz)

Video Card: GeForce 450 GS Palit

Memory: 4 GB DDR3

HDD: WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 500 GB (AHCI mode on)

Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2250

OS: Windows 7 -64 bit Ultimate

 

That's all i need so far...

Edited May 20, 2012 by Traymen

[Plok 327]

Wow, don't think I've uploaded my full configuration here.

Motherboard: Dunno. Might check it the next time I clean it.

CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E8200 (2.66 GHz for each core)

Video card: ATi Radeon X1550 series (why, ATi, why??)

Memory: 2 GB RAM

HDD: 297 GB (192 + 105 partitions)

Disc drive: LG GH22NS70 ATAPI (DVD+/- RW DL)

Monitor: Philips LCD 200CW (optimal resolution - 1680x1050)

OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

 

My favourite less important element:

Scanner: Mustek UB 1200 Plus -> for 12 years, *****es!

[Traymen 6]

Always you may use aplication called "CPU-Z" to check mainboards name.

Edited May 20, 2012 by Traymen

[Fiesta 0]

Finally got my graphics upgraded for the games coming next year and well beyond (chiefly Gens 2 and Bioshock Infinite):

 

http://i.imgur.com/d6E1P.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/96eop.jpg

 

Yes, it's dusty, yes, I have a couple of errant wires where I otherwise wouldn't have them, but I won't make a big deal out of it. Specs are otherwise the same as before, aside from a Samsung SSD830 128GB, which also runs like a damn dream. Firmware update was extremely easy and problem-free, too, and updates for Samsung SSDs are non-destructive and can be performed in place from within Windows on the drive itself with zero issues; just hit the update button in Magician, select the update package file, run the updater, reboot, log into Windows, reboot again, and it's done. Back to the card, there are some problems with eVGA's 670s right now but it's mainly with the SCs and normal 670s with SC serial numbers (do I even want to know how that **** happens?), any affected SC buyer will get free advanced RMA, cross-shipping, and a free upgrade to the 670 FTW edition, which uses the GTX680's PCB. All in all an epic company to work with, it's almost a shame mine hasn't had the stuttering/artifacting/driver crashes that affected some others. None of my games are very demanding by modern standards, so they all run like water. Red Alert 3 was about the only thing that would put the screws to my old card with everything turned up at my native res, but with the 670 it's almost TOO fast.

Edited May 22, 2012 by Fiesta

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Updated my rigs again

 

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 GT 220 @ 1GB DDR3

HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (backup)

Optical: ATAPI 16x CD/DVD Burner

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

Display: HP 25" widescreen LED monitor

Speakers: Logitech basic 2-ch speakers with enhanced bass

Input: HP USB keyboard, Logitech 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)

Video: EVGA GeForce 9500GT @ 512MB DDR2

HDD1: Western Digital Caviar 500GB (the faster one)

HDD2: Hitachi serial 320GB (slow one though)

Optical: Pioneer 20x CD/DVD Writer

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

Display: HP 19" widescreen 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! (separate)

Display: Insignia 24" LED TV (with PC and speaker input)

Input: NEC keyboard and Lenovo mouse

OS: Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 Ultimate

[Aircraftkiller 9]

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver

Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

Samsung Black Blu-ray Combo SATA Model SH-B123L/RSBP LightScribe Support

Crucial M4 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB RAM

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

 

/Windows 7 score of 7.6

Edited May 26, 2012 by Aircraftkiller

[Doctor Destiny 41]

How ya digging that M4? Mine's awesome.

[Guest That Guy]

Just got my new setup put together.

 

I took (plagiarized) some ideas from ACK's rig, and some great suggestions for cost cutting options from DD.

 

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 02G-P4-2670-KR GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold Power Supply

Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB RAM

 

Put Windows 7 on the SSD, and it gave me a 7.6 performance rating.

 

That plus the other things (a new hard drive, windows 7, etc) cost me a grand total of $1500 bucks USD (plus about 100 tax).

[PurpleGaga27 40]

AircraftKiller and Zee Hypnotist, are you sure you can handle such a small and very fast hard drive?

[Guest Rabbit]

I neglected to mention the unnecessary info, which I covered in the bottom. I'm also running a 2TB and 1TB internal and external hard drive, respectively.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Updated my 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 GT 220 @ 1GB DDR3

HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (backup)

HDD3: Western Digital Caviar Blue OEM 320GB (spare)

Optical 1: LG 10x Blu-ray writer (with 3D playback)

Optical 2: ATAPI 16x CD/DVD Burner

Sound: Realtek 8-ch HD Audio (onboard), Sound Blaster Audigy SE (separate -- might swap this soon with my newer Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium card)

Display: HP 25" widescreen LED HD monitor (plugged on with HDMI)

Speakers: Logitech 2-ch speakers with enhanced bass

Input: HP USB keyboard, Logitech white optical mouse

OS on the 320GB HD: Windows Vista Ultimate (soon to be upgraded to Win7) and Windows XP Pro

OS on the 1TB HD: Windows 7 64-bit

[TheProwe 0]

My current rig for gaming;

 

CPU: Intel C2Q Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz and never OC'd

MBoard: ECS G41T-M16 (I may change again)

RAM: 2 x 4GB Kingston Value DDR3

VCard: Inno3d GTS450 1GB DDR3 Green (no 6-pin and is slower than reference and I may also change / upgrade again)

HHD1: Seagate 500GB RMA'd (OS and applications)

HDD2: Seagate 500GB (other files)

PSU: Somewhat (better than) generic and I'm fully aware of the risks (I may also change)

OS: Win7 Pro 64-bit

 

Several components have changed through time (MBoard, RAM, VCard, HDDs, PSU)..

 

I also have other computers operational (slower).. This is my first post after several years of forum inactivity and in my current forum name..

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Updated my rig #1 ... again:

 

 

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: PNY Geforce GTX 550 Ti @ 1GB GDDR5 (finally!!) --> (GeForce GT 220 moves back to Rig #2 and Geforce 9500 GT officially retires)

HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (backup)

HDD3: Western Digital Caviar Blue OEM 320GB (spare)

Optical 1: LG 10x Blu-ray writer (with 3D playback)

Optical 2: ATAPI 16x CD/DVD Burner

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

Display: HP 25" widescreen LED HD monitor (plugged on with HDMI)

Speakers: Logitech 2-ch speakers with enhanced bass

Input: HP USB keyboard, Logitech white optical mouse

OS on the 320GB HD: Windows Vista Ultimate (soon to be upgraded to Win7) and Windows XP Pro

OS on the 1TB HD: Windows 7 64-bit