Who has a brag worthy machine?

[Eldrig]

OS: Windows 7
GPU: EVGA GTX680 - only 2 GB
CPU: i7 3770K
RAM: 16GB
Motherboard: ASROCK Z77
Storage: Kingston 120GB SSD
Storage: 1TB WD external drive (soon to be replaced with a 3TB internal)
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow
Mouse: Razer Naga Molten
Keyboard: You REALLY don't want to know.
Headset: Some old junk that still works fine

 

[xDarc]

I'm the only 7970 owner in the thread

I picked it up in December of 2011. It was the first time I bought a flagship card and paid a premium for fastest single card solution at the time. You can pick a 7970 up for around 400 bucks and I paid 530, but I've been enjoying the hell out of it for almost a year and a half now. What sold me was how much actual in-game performance increase you see from overclocking and how much headroom it has in that area.

It's actually the first ATI/AMD card I've owned since the 8800GT came out. Before that I had an ATI X1900 I got in like 2004 or something... pixel pipelines, lol.

 

[Kael Arawn]

Pc 1: - Gaming Rig

OS: - Windows 7 Ultimate
Cpu: - Intel Core i7 960
Cooler: - Corsair H80 Water Cooler & A Spare Thermaltake 180mm Fan In Front Of My Drives
Fan Controller: - Random Deep Cool One
Board: - Gigabyte G1 Guerilla
Ram: - 32Gb (4x 8Gb modules) of 2133mhz G.Skill Ripjaw Ram
Case: - Antec 1200 V3 gaming case
PSU: - Corsair Tx 850w Modular Power Supply
HDD?s : - Seagate Monumentus Hybrid SSd Drive (500GB) ? Load Drive & A 3TB Western Digital Caviar Black As Storage
Graphic Card: - Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660Ti OC
Optical Drives: - 1x Liteon Bluray Burner & 1x Samsung DVD burner
Keyboard: - Logitech G15
Mouse: - Gigabyte M8000x
Gaming Controller: - XBOX 360 Wireless Game Pad With A Wireless Receiver
Monitor: - Benq 22?? LCD with a Samsung 32?? LCD Tv as media watching tv
Sound: - On-board Sound dblaster Live XFI linked to Sharkoon Gaming Headset & My Old Kenwood Stereo

Pc 2: - Work Pc

OS: - Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Xp Professional x64, Windows 8 & Ubuntu (QUAD BOOT!)
Cpu: - Intel Core i7 960
Cooling:- Generic Intel Cpu Fan
Board: - Gigabyte H55-USB 3
Ram: - 8Gb (2x 4Gb modules) of 2133mhz Corsair Dominator Ram
Case: - Thermaltake Dokker Mid
PSU: - Thermaltake Lite Power 500w
HDD?s : - Single Seagate 2Tb Sata Hdd AS Load
Graphic Card: - XFX Raedeon 6870
Optical Drives: - 1x Samsung DVD burner
Keyboard & Mouse: - KVM linked to my gaming rig mouse/keybaord
Monitor: - Samsung 32?? Tv (same tv as my gaming rig)
Sound: - Creative Soundblaster XFi With External Bay Hooked Up to My Kenwood Stereo (I use it with my Kitara as its input)

Pc 3: - Lounge Rig/Server

OS: - Windows 7 Ultimate
Cpu: - Intel Core i5 3330
Cooling:- Generic Intel Cpu Fan
Board: - Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
Ram: - 8Gb (2x 4Gb modules) of 2133mhz Corsair Dominator Ram
Case: - Thermaltake DH103 HTPC Case
PSU: - Thermaltake Lite Power 500w
HDD?s : - Single Seagate 2Tb Sata Hdd As Load, 8x 2TB Western Digital Green Sata HDDs linked in raid and stored in a 8 Bay CFI, linked to the pc via dual esata
Graphic Card: - Onboard Intel Hd
Optical Drives: - 1x Liteon Bluray Burner
Keyboard & Mouse: - Logitech MX revolution cordless keyboard/moue pack
Gaming Controller: - 2x XBOX 360 Wireless Game Pad With A Wireless Receiver
Monitor: - 50?? Samsung LCd Tv
Sound: - On-board Via connected to my JVC 5.1 system

Pc 4: - Portable Office
MSI Wind u100 Netbook and a 10? Pendo Android Touch Pad with lots of random extras (Bluetooth mice/headphone?s etc)

And then there?s all my consoles??

 

[Vlunce Crociata]

Holy embodiment of intensity. That makes my laptop look like a lamp.

Well yes, but you asked for PC elitists to strut their stuff

Did you have this kind of moment?

That picture is an accurate representation of the quivering fear that ensued after reading only a portion of your specs.

 

[Silvianoshei]

OS: Win 7 Ultimate
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth p77
CPU: i7-3770k @ 4.5Ghz
RAM: 32 gb G.Skill @ 1866 (I run computations, ok?)
GPU: single GTX 680
Screen: 2x 27" LED 1080p monitors (ASUS)
Keyboard: Random keyboard
Mouse: 5-button random thing got for free somewhere
Speakers: Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Sound (circa 2002-ish)
Headphones: Grado SR-80i
Mic: generic logitech mic

 

[Kael Arawn]

I personally believe that tech only needs to be as power as the purpose its serves (un)luckily for me my employment and hobbies means I have a need for my ludicrously over the top tech

Must admit it makes my wallet hurt sometimes......

 

[Crises^]

OS: Win 7 Ultimate
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth p77
CPU: i7-3770k @ 4.5Ghz
RAM: 32 gb G.Skill @ 1866 (I run computations, ok?)
GPU: single GTX 680
Screen: 2x 27" LED 1080p monitors (ASUS)
Keyboard: Random keyboard
Mouse: 5-button random thing got for free somewhere
Speakers: Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Sound (circa 2002-ish)
Headphones: Grado SR-80i
Mic: generic logitech mic

Very similar to mine what did you think of the Board? I loved the way it covers up most of it.

 

[Silvianoshei]

OS: Win 7 Ultimate
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth p77
CPU: i7-3770k @ 4.5Ghz
RAM: 32 gb G.Skill @ 1866 (I run computations, ok?)
GPU: single GTX 680
Screen: 2x 27" LED 1080p monitors (ASUS)
Keyboard: Random keyboard
Mouse: 5-button random thing got for free somewhere
Speakers: Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Sound (circa 2002-ish)
Headphones: Grado SR-80i
Mic: generic logitech mic

Very similar to mine what did you think of the Board? I loved the way it covers up most of it.

It does look sick, but functionality wise some connectors are hard to get to. I have big hands, so that could just be a personal problem. As far as it being "thermal armor" I have a pretty solid liquid cooling system (h100, totally forgot to list that) so I can't really say for certain how well it works. That said, I'm afraid to OC past 4.5 on an ivy bridge. It's ok, because the performance is just fine @ 4.5, but I could push my old 2600k to 4.8 on the same rig. It's only really good for benchmarking purposes, in games or running simulations in R you cannot tell the difference.

 

[Crises^]

OS: Win 7 Ultimate
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth p77
CPU: i7-3770k @ 4.5Ghz
RAM: 32 gb G.Skill @ 1866 (I run computations, ok?)
GPU: single GTX 680
Screen: 2x 27" LED 1080p monitors (ASUS)
Keyboard: Random keyboard
Mouse: 5-button random thing got for free somewhere
Speakers: Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Sound (circa 2002-ish)
Headphones: Grado SR-80i
Mic: generic logitech mic

Very similar to mine what did you think of the Board? I loved the way it covers up most of it.

It does look sick, but functionality wise some connectors are hard to get to. I have big hands, so that could just be a personal problem. As far as it being "thermal armor" I have a pretty solid liquid cooling system (h100, totally forgot to list that) so I can't really say for certain how well it works. That said, I'm afraid to OC past 4.5 on an ivy bridge. It's ok, because the performance is just fine @ 4.5, but I could push my old 2600k to 4.8 on the same rig. It's only really good for benchmarking purposes, in games or running simulations in R you cannot tell the difference.

yeah I have an h80 on mine overclocked to 4.4, the x.m.p profiles made it so easy to set the ram up also

 

[JayRPG]

OS: Windows 7
CPU: Core i7-2700k @ 4.8Ghz (Watercooled)
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
GPU: 2xGTX 580 SLI @ 880/1712 (Watercooled)
MoBo: Asus Maximus IV Gene-z/gen-3
Storage: 256gb Corsair force GT SSD / 2x1tb seagate barrcudas
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (White) w/ apollish vegas red fans
Water cooling: Custom loop with 2x 240 extra thick rads, 1x slimline, 1/2" tubing, koolance 450S pump, EK cpu and gpu waterblocks

Screen: A couple of random samsung 24" (they are LED but nothing special)
Keyboard: TT Esports challenger pro
Mouse: Coolermaster Inferno (for fps), molten razer naga (MMO/RPGs)
Headphones/Speakers: Steelseries Siberia V2

I consider it fairly above average, when I built it the gtx 580 was the most powerful single gpu graphics card so back then it was well above average to have 2 of them.

I love the idea of watercooling and case mods so I'd use it even if I didn't overclock.

The highest I got my 2700k to was 5.22Ghz but it was 100% stable, I've yet to have a problem with it at 4.8Ghz.

The GPUs are pretty close to their limit, atleast with my current cooling solution.

I haven't run into a game yet that I can't max with all options including the highest AA, pretty much when I load up a game, I go to the options and max every slider, setting and drop down menu lol.

 

[Emmenia]

OS: Win XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
CPU: Pentium 4 2.53GHz Overclocked to 2.66GHz
RAM: 1GB PC2700
GPU: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO (yes that's an AGP card...)

I don't like to brag but that bad boy can just about max out Half Life 2....

 

[JayRPG]

OS: Windows 7
CPU: Core i7-2700k @ 4.8Ghz (Watercooled)
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
GPU: 2xGTX 580 SLI @ 880/1712 (Watercooled)
MoBo: Asus Maximus IV Gene-z/gen-3
Storage: 256gb Corsair force GT SSD / 2x1tb seagate barrcudas
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (White) w/ apollish vegas red fans
Water cooling: Custom loop with 2x 240 extra thick rads, 1x slimline, 1/2" tubing, koolance 450S pump, EK cpu and gpu waterblocks

Screen: A couple of random samsung 24" (they are LED but nothing special)
Keyboard: TT Esports challenger pro
Mouse: Coolermaster Inferno (for fps), molten razer naga (MMO/RPGs)
Headphones/Speakers: Steelseries Siberia V2

I consider it fairly above average, when I built it the gtx 580 was the most powerful single gpu graphics card so back then it was well above average.

I love the idea of watercooling and case mods so I'd use it even if I didn't overclock.

The highest I got my 2700k to was 5.22Ghz but it was 100% stable, I've yet to have a problem with it at 4.8Ghz.

The GPUs are pretty close to their limit, atleast with my current cooling solution.

I haven't run into a game yet that I can't max with all options including the highest AA, pretty much when I load up a game, I go to the options and max every slider, setting and drop down menu lol.

Forgot to add a pic, which I will admit is not of great quality but it's better than nothing

 

[Kael Arawn]

So can we get a pc master race badge please moderators

Also there's no better feeling then maxing out all the settings on a brand new high end pc game, its the only reason i bought shattered horizons and most crysis games

 

[ResonanceSD]

So can we get a pc master race badge please moderators

Also there's no better feeling then maxing out all the settings on a brand new high end pc game, its the only reason i bought shattered horizons and most crysis games

I can't max Bioshock Infinite on mine, turns out putting surround on with Ultra details really starts heating up my graphics cards =D

 

[Kael Arawn]

Yes bioshock infinite was a gorgeous game and it look so much better on pc at max detail then it did on xbox 360 which looked like its graphics settings where comparable to the pc settings at "just above mid range".

Im playing it on pc and my house mate played it on xbox 360 so i got to see a good comparative between the 2.

And heat is a bastard when it comes to graphics cards, the entire reason i changed back to a NVIDIA card on my gaming rig and put my old ATI in my work rig is because i couldn't stand the heat the damn thing created when i was gaming.

So NVIDIA more expensive for the same power as ATI but SO MUCH QUIETER AND SO MUCH LESS HEAT!

 

[cookyt]

Not much to sneeze at, but she's my baby:

Hostname: Asimov
OS: Ubuntu 12.10 (dual booted w/ Windows 7 for games)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k @ stock speed (3.3 GHz)
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: ATI Raedon HD 6870
Drive: 1 TB HDD

I've been meaning to overclock her, but it keeps slipping my mind.

 

[Kael Arawn]

Overclocking is something i only do to my systems once they no longer have the "grunt" to do what i want them to.

I see it as a way to elongate the use life of mys sytems once there to low powered to do the job i assign to them and overclocking before that moment arises is kind of pointless outside a l33tizm exercise.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Mine is nothing to brag about actually and I know full well that my specs are medium range since I've been using this computer for the past 2-3 years when I first bought it. Now with that said:

OS: Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k stock speed 3.3Ghz
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz DDR3
GPU: MSI GTX 560 Ti Hawk 1GB DDR5 256-bit
MoBo: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 black
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Power Supply: Corsair TX650W
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 940N (way too outdated but I'm poor to upgrade and I'll use it 'till it dies)
Keyboard: Logitech standard (old keyboard with PS2 port)
Mouse: SteelSeries Diablo III
Headphones: SteelSeries 5H v2

I might need help in the future since the only thing I haven't upgraded when I bought this PC was the monitor and I haven't bought a new one in 6 years. Kinda out of date with the "current meta" let's say in terms of 1080p screens.

What you guys think. Are these specs gonna be enough to run medium-high range games for the next future years? Or I might need to upgrade something (if yes, then what). Specifically interested due to Witcher 3 coming out next year.

 

[Sack of Cheese]

Here's my baby, nothing much, but my baby no less. Put her together myself!

OS: Window 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k (3.3GHz)
RAM: 8GB
Mumboard: GA-Z68-D2H-B3
GPU: ASUS GTX660 Ti
HDD: 3 TB
Case: Armor+MX