Your PC Specs?

[devotedsniper]

I really need to make a file that holds this info the amount of times this comes up, here goes;

CPU: AMD FX8120 @4GHz
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4GB*4) DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: KFA2 NVIDIA 660TI OC Edition (3GB)
PSU: CoolerMaster Silent Pro 1000Watt
SSD: 128GB Corsair Force 3
HDD's: 2 * 500GB, 1 * 1TB, and 2 * 1.5TB
Case: Heavily Modified Lian Li PC80? (something along those lines, getting rid of it soon)
Monitors: 21" Samsung 2233RZ (3D) & 19" HANNSPREE Xm-S
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M6880 Gaming Mouse


Cooling:

- 7 * 120mm
- 2 * 140mm
- XSPC Reservoir and Pump
- 120mm XSPC Radiator
- Koolance CPU-340 Heatsink

[http://s285.photobucket.com/user/DevotedSniper/media/Computer%20Build/20130529_184156_zpsab157f43.jpg.html]

 

[Boris Goodenough]

You really shouldn't use those remaining 27GBs anyway. In fact, it's best for an SSD's health and performance to leave as much as 20% free... If you haven't already, you should disable hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys; it's usually as big as your pagefile or total RAM, which in your case could free up 16GB in one fell swoop.

I know I should free up, but the performance degradation over time isn't so bad with my level of use and thanks for that little nugget, I was fearing you wanted me to use no pagefile, but I often work with work that needs to be remembered in case of a crash

 

[Evil Smurf]

Time to set up a raided server with network access!!!

Eh, I've ready set up a 250gb server at home. I use it for streaming video to my phone and laptop.

 

[thomaskattus]

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
OS: Windows 7 Utlimate (64-bit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 4GB
HD: 300 GB
PSU: I forget the brand, but it is 1000 watts.

 

[Evil Smurf]

You really do have first world problems!

I know, life is great!

But we all do really.

 

[SpAc3man]

*snip*

And I bet it still does pretty much all games on at least medium settings. Had a Core2Duo E8400 myself up until Christmas, with an Nvidia GTX 470 (the only thing I upgraded in it's life as the original GeForce 9800GTX+ died) and it wasn't until fort sieges in Skyrim with 80+ AI fighting that I realized that, hey, my processor is starting to hold me back. It went into slide show during all those events.

Got me the following case:

Then filled it up with an Intel i5-3570K, new RAM, an SSD, some well-researched fans and CPU cooler, the best mini-ITX motherboard there was (Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe W/D) and kept my power supply and graphics card and storage drive from the old build.

The upgrade cost me less than $400 and launched me squarely into next generation.

Starting from scratch may seem daunting for PC beginners, but after that there is always something you can transfer to your next build and save money on.

Still undecided if I'm going to switch graphics cards now, the GTX 770 that is coming out tomorrow is really tempting, and if it launches at a bad price there is the AMD Radeon HD 7970 from HIS too. In that event, the 470 will still be used in another computer I'm building primarily for Folding@Home.

Absolutely. It made consoles weep when I built it. Granted it can't max out many new games these days but it will always play anything better than the current generation.

A friend of mine had similar build with an E8400 and 9800GTX+. Was a very impressive machine for the price at the time. The dual core did age quicker for gaming than quads from the same time however. Due to the 360 having a tri-core.

I do love me some ITX gaming PCs. Especially with the P8Z77-I Deluxe. That has got to be one of the best motherboards I have ever seen. I would get one in a heartbeat if I went for a compact build.
Along with one of these:

The GTX 760 Ti isn't far away either. It will essentially be a rebadged 670 with a higher clock. Just like the 770 with the 680.

EDIT: It just so happen my first ever post on the Escapist was somewhat related to this topic [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.127074-What-makes-up-your-gaming-PC#2696725]

 

[rofltehcat]

My rig is from end of April 2011. Back then I paid ~750-800 ? for it (plus the SSD, screen, keyboard, headset etc.) Today it still runs everything great so I'll maybe upgrade/build a new one (again ~700-800 ?} next year when we know how powerful the next console gen really is. It also runs very stable although I had one of the two rams fail and upgraded from 2 (4 before) to 10 GB, more than I'd ever need but ram is dirt cheap anyways.

Case: Xigmatek Midgard
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-PH67A-UD3-B3 H67 Sockel 1155 ATX DDR3
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400 4x3.10 GHz So 1155 BOX
Ram: Kingston 4GB KIT PC3-10600 DDR3-1333 CL9 HyperX (+8 GB Corsair XMS3 PC-1333 -> 10 GB total)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5
Power suppy: Antec TruePower New TP-550, 550 W ATX 2.3
Additional case fans: 2 Scythe Slip Stream 120 mm 800 rpm
SSD: OCZ SSD Vertex 2 Extended 120GB MLC 2.5"
HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3R 1000GB SATA II 32MB Raid

 

[n19h7m4r3]

I have a small M-ITX system.

Case: Silverstone SG07
OS: Win7Pro 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
RAM: 16GB DDR3 Low voltage, low profile
MB: Azrock Z68M-ITX/HT
GPU: GTX660 3GB SC+
Screen: Hazro 27" IPS LED backlit 2560x1440
Keyboard: Stealseries 6Gv2
Mouse: Steelseries Xai
Headphones/Speakers: Logitech Z130/ Sennhieser HD205 headphones
Opitcal: Blu-ray/dvd slot loaded drive
HDD1: Seagate 512GB SSD/Hybird OS/software
HDD2: Sumsung 2TB Media

If my previous GTX470 had not died, I wouldn't be changing anything for at least another few years.