Who has a brag worthy machine?
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I own a Famicom so complete that it's in the original box, with all the the manuals and a manga advertising the Famicom Disc Drive.
What? I'm not a PC gamer and the thread says "machines" not "PCs"!!
Speaking of my Famicom by the way: Sweet Home and, Mother, both of them are complete with the box.
What? I'm not a PC gamer and the thread says "machines" not "PCs"!!
Speaking of my Famicom by the way: Sweet Home and, Mother, both of them are complete with the box.
Well, my system was:
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
GPU: GTX 480
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 960T @ 3.0Ghz
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 1TB
But my GTX 480 was recently burnt out, so I have to use a spare GT 430 I had laying around to play Minecraft and some older games. Otherwise this gives me a reason to get some more use out of my PS3 for awhile. I'm planning on building a brand new system from scratch however this summer. So far planning on this build, please let me know how it sounds:
OS: Windows 7 64 bit (I have no interest in Windows 8...)
GPU: GTX 670 FTW Edition
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-core @ 3.5Ghz
RAM: Starting with 8GB
Motherboard:BIOSTAR A960A3+ AM3+ AMD RX881 ATX AMD Motherboard
Storage: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM
Case and PSU: GIGABYTE Sumo Full ATX case w/ Diablotek 650w Power Supply
And before my GTX480 burnt out, it was capable of playing almost anything at max settings at high resolutions at constant framerates. (I did have issues with a few games, like Saints Row The Third and Far Cry 3, but that was poor optimization) My "monitor" is a 32" HDTV and games look very crisp through HDMI.
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
GPU: GTX 480
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 960T @ 3.0Ghz
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 1TB
But my GTX 480 was recently burnt out, so I have to use a spare GT 430 I had laying around to play Minecraft and some older games. Otherwise this gives me a reason to get some more use out of my PS3 for awhile. I'm planning on building a brand new system from scratch however this summer. So far planning on this build, please let me know how it sounds:
OS: Windows 7 64 bit (I have no interest in Windows 8...)
GPU: GTX 670 FTW Edition
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-core @ 3.5Ghz
RAM: Starting with 8GB
Motherboard:BIOSTAR A960A3+ AM3+ AMD RX881 ATX AMD Motherboard
Storage: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM
Case and PSU: GIGABYTE Sumo Full ATX case w/ Diablotek 650w Power Supply
And before my GTX480 burnt out, it was capable of playing almost anything at max settings at high resolutions at constant framerates. (I did have issues with a few games, like Saints Row The Third and Far Cry 3, but that was poor optimization) My "monitor" is a 32" HDTV and games look very crisp through HDMI.
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
CPU: AMD A6-3420M quad 1.5GHz
RAM: 6GB
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7670M + AMD Radeon HD6520G (crosslinked)
HDD: 500GB
It runs everything I want to play at decent settings with decent performance. Not bad for a dirt-cheap laptop. If the PS4 disappoints, I might invest in an actual gaming PC.
CPU: AMD A6-3420M quad 1.5GHz
RAM: 6GB
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7670M + AMD Radeon HD6520G (crosslinked)
HDD: 500GB
It runs everything I want to play at decent settings with decent performance. Not bad for a dirt-cheap laptop. If the PS4 disappoints, I might invest in an actual gaming PC.
Ziame said:
Yup, they complained it was noisy and the drivers were awful. I think they were wrong. I bought it because it was specifically advertised as near silent and because of the 256 Bit pipe. I never did load ap/driver packages. My Windows 7 found it and it works great. I think it is quiet and does a great job. On the 42" 1080P LCD, I can play STEAM games like Portal 2 and Saints Row the Third at better resolution than when I had an Xbox 360. Portal 2 cost me about $5. from Steam. So, $100ish for the card, cheap games. I think this applies:wait, noisy? I can't hear the thing even when speakers are offline, and if they're on, then well, it's noisy for all kind of different reasons
I hooked it under 24" LCD, 1920/1080 native. Kills performance a bit. I think next time I'll go for something smaller.
Yeah, I just grabbed the first part of my DxDiag and posted it in here, this is a significantly more friendly method.Costia said:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: Integrated Intel (R) HD Graphics 3000 (Better than it sounds actually)
Screen: Generic PnP Monitor, Dual monitor connected as well, most of the time.
Keyboard: Integrated generic laptop Keyboard
Mouse: Literally found it in the trash, but it's USB compatible and optic, so it suits my needs.
Headphones: Broken Turtle Beach EarForce x12, only one headphone is functional, I took it apart to make it work as well as it does now though.
Speakers: Realtek High Definition Audio, Good sound quality, but very quiet most of the time, I stick with my one headphone.
Thanks for posting, everyone.
"The silent hunter"
OS: Win 7 Pro 64
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600 3,4GHz
RAM: Corsair XMS3 8 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
GPU: MSI N560GTX (Ti) Twin Frozr
Screen: HP 2408w, old and crappy nowadays
Keyboard: Temporary cheap MS-crap while I search for something useful
Mouse: Logitech G500
Headphones/Speakers: SteelSeries Siberia V2 / Logitech Z623 on a ASUS Xonar DS
Everything showed into the cheapest most discrete box of a chassis I could find
+Lots of time and money spent on cooling and soundproofing
Is at 25 degrees Celsius idle and a stable 40 under heavy load... and I can't hear it over my refrigerator in the next room!
OS: Win 7 Pro 64
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600 3,4GHz
RAM: Corsair XMS3 8 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
GPU: MSI N560GTX (Ti) Twin Frozr
Screen: HP 2408w, old and crappy nowadays
Keyboard: Temporary cheap MS-crap while I search for something useful
Mouse: Logitech G500
Headphones/Speakers: SteelSeries Siberia V2 / Logitech Z623 on a ASUS Xonar DS
Everything showed into the cheapest most discrete box of a chassis I could find
+Lots of time and money spent on cooling and soundproofing
Is at 25 degrees Celsius idle and a stable 40 under heavy load... and I can't hear it over my refrigerator in the next room!
I've had a similar machine for the past 7 years. Around Xmas, I upgraded it all for less than $150. That's the OS, GPU, Mobo, and Proc. This is what I've got. It's not amazing, but it's a gamer machine for sure. Who said that computers were expensive?
*OS: Windows 8 Professional (Promo Upgrade)
*GPU: GeForce GTX460
*CPU: i5-2500k 3.6Ghz X4
*RAM: 8GB, 4GB in use by VMware. DDR3-1600
*Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3
Storage: SATA, Standard. (232GB) (465GB) (1.81TB) (931GB eSATA) (Italic is almost full) [footnote]Edit: None of those dirty fucking CD Drives either. Those things are $40 goddamn dollars![/footnote]
Case: Unknown Antec model. ATX Fileserver box. Won't last next upgrade.
Peripherals:
Mouse: Naos 3200 (Thanks Mom!)
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror
Speaker System: Logitech X230
*OS: Windows 8 Professional (Promo Upgrade)
*GPU: GeForce GTX460
*CPU: i5-2500k 3.6Ghz X4
*RAM: 8GB, 4GB in use by VMware. DDR3-1600
*Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3
Storage: SATA, Standard. (232GB) (465GB) (1.81TB) (931GB eSATA) (Italic is almost full) [footnote]Edit: None of those dirty fucking CD Drives either. Those things are $40 goddamn dollars![/footnote]
Case: Unknown Antec model. ATX Fileserver box. Won't last next upgrade.
Peripherals:
Mouse: Naos 3200 (Thanks Mom!)
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror
Speaker System: Logitech X230
Mine's not especially brag-worthy as a gaming machine, but it was originally built to run high-end plug-ins for music software. Stuff like Omnisphere and Kontakt with high-end libraries like Symphobia. I just threw a graphics card in there so I had something of my own to play modern games on.
OS: Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU: Core i5 2500k 3.4GHz (might go up to an Ivy Bridge i7, not sure yet)
RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 @1600 MHz (upgrading to 32GB at some point)
GPU: GTX 550Ti 1GB (I'll need to upgrade at some point in the next two years, but it's not primarily a gaming rig)
Screen: Novatech 1080p. It's good enough.
Keyboard: Cheap Novatech one. Does the job.
Mouse: Same as above.
Speakers/headphones: Surprisingly crappy! I have an ancient Dell subwoofer system. My headphones are some fairly cheap Sony ones, but that's just because my studio monitor headphones are currently out of commission.
It can run every modern game at acceptable settings. Even The Witcher 2 doesn't cause any real problems at 1080p. I can run it with the textures and lighting maxed out, bloom and DoF can hurt my framerate but I don't like how they look anyway so no loss there! I could run the Crysis 3 beta at the medium preset, too. Good enough for me.
OS: Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU: Core i5 2500k 3.4GHz (might go up to an Ivy Bridge i7, not sure yet)
RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 @1600 MHz (upgrading to 32GB at some point)
GPU: GTX 550Ti 1GB (I'll need to upgrade at some point in the next two years, but it's not primarily a gaming rig)
Screen: Novatech 1080p. It's good enough.
Keyboard: Cheap Novatech one. Does the job.
Mouse: Same as above.
Speakers/headphones: Surprisingly crappy! I have an ancient Dell subwoofer system. My headphones are some fairly cheap Sony ones, but that's just because my studio monitor headphones are currently out of commission.
It can run every modern game at acceptable settings. Even The Witcher 2 doesn't cause any real problems at 1080p. I can run it with the textures and lighting maxed out, bloom and DoF can hurt my framerate but I don't like how they look anyway so no loss there! I could run the Crysis 3 beta at the medium preset, too. Good enough for me.
Oo, oo, I do! I love my Dragon.
Handles every single thing. Started up Planetside 2 when it first launched and was baffled when people said they had performance troubles.
Has an I5 Ivy bridge... 3570 I think.
Nvidia GTX 570
Viewsonic 24" LCD with speakers
8gb DDR3 ram
7200RPM Terabyte hard drive
Cheap logitech microphone that works well
Cheap logitech mouse that works well
Microsoft keyboard with lots of macros
Nothing overclocked, does everything.
I tell it everyday how proud I am And I put it together myself, so it makes me proud of myself in return.
Handles every single thing. Started up Planetside 2 when it first launched and was baffled when people said they had performance troubles.
Has an I5 Ivy bridge... 3570 I think.
Nvidia GTX 570
Viewsonic 24" LCD with speakers
8gb DDR3 ram
7200RPM Terabyte hard drive
Cheap logitech microphone that works well
Cheap logitech mouse that works well
Microsoft keyboard with lots of macros
Nothing overclocked, does everything.
I tell it everyday how proud I am
And I put it together myself, so it makes me proud of myself in return.
My 680 has already been struggling with some modern games, namely Crysis 3 (which kicked its ass) & Metro 2033Zac Jovanovic said:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor 3.4GHz
RAM: 8 GB DDR3
GPU: AMD Radeon 6850 HD
I hade X12 Turtlebeaches but left side of the headset no longer works.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor 3.4GHz
RAM: 8 GB DDR3
GPU: AMD Radeon 6850 HD
I hade X12 Turtlebeaches but left side of the headset no longer works.
For a 6-year-old dual core system (at a mere 2.41Ghz... really should have sprung for more) with a DX9 card (7950GT, DDR3 1Gb), it does the job. Played through Far Cry 3 on low settings but max res for my old 5:4 SXGA monitors (1280x1024 times 2. I still say 1920x1080 is overrated, really not much higher. Idiotic TV resolutions anyway)... my next build will be running at 2048x1536 times 2, just to piss off widescreen aficionados.
Honestly, I'd be more impressed with something that can really stretch Supreme Commander's engine than a standard gaming rig, these days... all these single-thread games coming out when we had 17 threads back in 2007... I really wanna play that on dual octo-cores just to see how big I could make a single match without slowdown.
Honestly, I'd be more impressed with something that can really stretch Supreme Commander's engine than a standard gaming rig, these days... all these single-thread games coming out when we had 17 threads back in 2007... I really wanna play that on dual octo-cores just to see how big I could make a single match without slowdown.
OS:Windows 7 Ultimate 7 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V
CPU: i5-2500K @ 3.3Ghz
RAM: 8GB 1600MHz
GPU:GeForce 670GTX ~10% OC
SSD: OCZ Agility3 120GB
HDD: WD Green 3TB
Screen: ASUS VG278 120fps
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T 9
Headphones: Steelseries Siberia
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V
CPU: i5-2500K @ 3.3Ghz
RAM: 8GB 1600MHz
GPU:GeForce 670GTX ~10% OC
SSD: OCZ Agility3 120GB
HDD: WD Green 3TB
Screen: ASUS VG278 120fps
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T 9
Headphones: Steelseries Siberia
OS: Win7 64bit
CPU: i5-3470 OC(3.6ghz)
RAM: 8gb
GPU: 1GB AMD HD7770 (passive cooled)
Screen: 19" 1440x900 cheap ass screen
Keyboard: Logitec something or other, its a old ass keyboard
Mouse: Steel Series Kinzu
Headphones/Speakers: Creative Fatal1ty
Storage 1; 1tb HDD
Case; Coolmaster Silenceo (its rather large and completely black with a door infront of the disk tray
something like that
http://www.sweclockers.com/image/red/2011/05/25/Top2.jpg?t=original&k=8aa57877
CPU: i5-3470 OC(3.6ghz)
RAM: 8gb
GPU: 1GB AMD HD7770 (passive cooled)
Screen: 19" 1440x900 cheap ass screen
Keyboard: Logitec something or other, its a old ass keyboard
Mouse: Steel Series Kinzu
Headphones/Speakers: Creative Fatal1ty
Storage 1; 1tb HDD
Case; Coolmaster Silenceo (its rather large and completely black with a door infront of the disk tray
something like that
http://www.sweclockers.com/image/red/2011/05/25/Top2.jpg?t=original&k=8aa57877
Well, mine is certainly not brag worthy, hell it doesn't even have a discrete GPU as yet, but when I find myself some new employment I will be getting a HD 7850 or 7870 to go along with my current specs:
OS: Windows 7 64bit
GPU: Intel HD 4000
CPU: i5-3570k @ 3.5Ghz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz
Mobo: Gigabyte Z77P-D3
Storage 1: Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid 500GB
Storage 2: Fujitsu 250GB HDD
Case: Budget CIC gaming case. Stupid blue L.E.D fans, very thin metal construction, loud as hell, will be replaced ASAP.
Mouse: Gigabyte something or other, basic gaming mous but it does the job.
Keyboard: Generic Logitech keyboard that's like ten years old.
Headset: Turtle Beach X12
Speakers: Creative 2.1 surround speakers. Adequate, decent bass but the 2 speakers aren't great.
It's a surpringly decent rig considering there is no graphics card in it. I can play Battlefield 3 multiplayer, and I've yet to experience any real frame drops. I know that some PC gamers would scoff at my measly 30-40 consistant FPS, but it does it's job. Other potentially strenuous games I run on it regularly are Guild Wars 2, DiRT 3, Skyrim. Only game that I've ever noticed noticeable frame drops on was Formula1 2012, and that was rare. Admittedly most new games are on low settings, but that reall doesn't bother me, as long as it's playable till I get my proper graphics card.
OS: Windows 7 64bit
GPU: Intel HD 4000
CPU: i5-3570k @ 3.5Ghz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz
Mobo: Gigabyte Z77P-D3
Storage 1: Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid 500GB
Storage 2: Fujitsu 250GB HDD
Case: Budget CIC gaming case. Stupid blue L.E.D fans, very thin metal construction, loud as hell, will be replaced ASAP.
Mouse: Gigabyte something or other, basic gaming mous but it does the job.
Keyboard: Generic Logitech keyboard that's like ten years old.
Headset: Turtle Beach X12
Speakers: Creative 2.1 surround speakers. Adequate, decent bass but the 2 speakers aren't great.
It's a surpringly decent rig considering there is no graphics card in it. I can play Battlefield 3 multiplayer, and I've yet to experience any real frame drops. I know that some PC gamers would scoff at my measly 30-40 consistant FPS, but it does it's job. Other potentially strenuous games I run on it regularly are Guild Wars 2, DiRT 3, Skyrim. Only game that I've ever noticed noticeable frame drops on was Formula1 2012, and that was rare. Admittedly most new games are on low settings, but that reall doesn't bother me, as long as it's playable till I get my proper graphics card.
My baby is starting to show here age a bit...
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
GPU: GeForce GTX460 768MB
CPU: i5-2500k 3.30Ghz
RAM: Corsair something or other 6GB DDR3.
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67
Storage: Approx 1.5 TB (1TB HDD + 500GB HDD)
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two
Peripherals
Mouse: Logitech MX320 Laser
Keyboard: Generic black
Headset: Microsoft Lifechat LX-3000
I still get decent frame rates at decent levels of detail but I'm going to be upgrading once I get some money.
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
GPU: GeForce GTX460 768MB
CPU: i5-2500k 3.30Ghz
RAM: Corsair something or other 6GB DDR3.
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67
Storage: Approx 1.5 TB (1TB HDD + 500GB HDD)
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two
Peripherals
Mouse: Logitech MX320 Laser
Keyboard: Generic black
Headset: Microsoft Lifechat LX-3000
I still get decent frame rates at decent levels of detail but I'm going to be upgrading once I get some money.
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU: i7 3770k - 3.5GHz
RAM: 16GB generic kingston
GPU: ASUS GTX680 DirectCU II TOP
Motherboard: ASUS Sabretooth Z77
PSU: CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 1000W
Screen: TEAC LCD tv (next thing to replace)
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Saitek Cyborg R.A.T 5
Headphones/Speakers: CoolerMaster Storm Sirus
Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK1
So yeah; my screen is the only thing holding me back at this point. Hardest i've pushed my rig so far would be when I decided to max out everything in ArmA 2. So max AA, max detail and 5km draw distance. Was getting around 7fps if I remember correctly.
e: Forgot to add my mobo :/
CPU: i7 3770k - 3.5GHz
RAM: 16GB generic kingston
GPU: ASUS GTX680 DirectCU II TOP
Motherboard: ASUS Sabretooth Z77
PSU: CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 1000W
Screen: TEAC LCD tv (next thing to replace)
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Saitek Cyborg R.A.T 5
Headphones/Speakers: CoolerMaster Storm Sirus
Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK1
So yeah; my screen is the only thing holding me back at this point. Hardest i've pushed my rig so far would be when I decided to max out everything in ArmA 2. So max AA, max detail and 5km draw distance. Was getting around 7fps if I remember correctly.
e: Forgot to add my mobo :/
