Curse

wolf trader · Aug 06, 2010, 09:12 PM // 21:12

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Originally Posted by wolf trader

No pics of mine to share but I'll share the specs.

Soyo Black Dragon Case by Ultra
Ultra X3 600w PSU
Athlon X2 BE-2350 @ 2.1GHz (want to upgrade to X2 6000+ @ 3.0GHz)
Acer F690GVM Mother Board (I raided an Acer M1100 and made it a bit better)
4G (2x2) OCZ Blade Series DDR2 800 @ 5-5-5-15-24-2T
Visiontek HD 3870 OC 512
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

I finally did what I needed to do...I swapped out my BE-2350 for an X2 5800+ @ 2.8GHz. I would OC it if I could, but as my MOBO doesn't support OCing I can't. The end result, from 50~125 FPS in GW up to 100~200 (that's right 200) FPS. Now if I can tweak out my latency from 150-250 down to a much more reasonable level I'll be very very happy.

Elder III · Aug 07, 2010, 03:33 PM // 15:33

That's a pretty good upgrade there, should make a difference in allot of games for you.

breathemetal · Aug 08, 2010, 04:34 AM // 04:34

Currently:

e6600 @ 3.6
680i SLI
4gb DDR2 800
8800GTX (latest release driver)
24'' Dell/19'' Viewsonic

It gets me by, or it has for the past few years.
It's been a good machine.
But it's time to upgrade before GW2 hits

Cant wait.

Probably going to go with something along the lines of this:

X6 1090t
AsRock Deluxe3
8gb DDR3 1600
Either a 5870 1gb or a 480

80gb SSD/1tb HD
Haf 922 with Corsair 850wt psu

bhavv · Aug 24, 2010, 12:57 PM // 12:57

I'm the only crazy upgrade nut here it seems

64 Gb Crucial C300 SSD for my boot drive, 2 Tb Seagate LP for a backup drive, and then I put my Samsung F3s into Raid 0. I wont have the SSD working until tomorrow though, I need a Molex > Sata cable for it.

Me <3 Ebay

Elder III · Aug 24, 2010, 11:50 PM // 23:50

other than the godawful pink lighting it looks sweet

bhavv · Aug 25, 2010, 12:29 AM // 00:29

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Originally Posted by Elder III

other than the godawful pink lighting it looks sweet

Its red not pink, my camera is a fail. They match the Motherboard really well, the only clash is the CPU cooler + ram modules, but I havnt yet seen a better performing cooler, and the ram was cheap (for ram) at £72 per 4 Gb, wheras matching red + black sticks are far too expensive with no performance difference.

A Prolimatech black megahalem cooler would look unbelievably good on this setup, but my temps are as good as the Corsair H70, so I'm not changing it.

I have my CPU at 4.2 Ghz with HT on, ram at 1600 Mhz with 6-8-6-20, T1 timings, and the GTX 460s at 875 / 4250 clocks (nowhere near as high as the ATI cards clock, but they still perform awesome and the SLI scaling is just unbelievable compared to the ATI cards - HD 5970 power for £350).

Chrisworld · Aug 25, 2010, 01:58 AM // 01:58

Gateway GT 5692
AMD Phenom X3 2.1 GHz Triple Core "Toliman" CPU
5 GB RAM
ATi Radeon HD 4870 1024 MB
500 GB Western Digital
Corsair 650 TX 650 Watt PSU
21.5" eMachines 1920x1080 Widescreen LCD

@ Bhavv

Thats a pretty nice looking setup. That big ass CPU sync looks awesome. I have an old Dell sitting around with a huge heatsync like that, hahah.

Do you use that SSD for gaming? If so how well does it perform?

EDIT: Added a couple pics. The reason my PC is backwards is so that monster of a graphics card doesn't suffocate against the wall and with wires.

bhavv · Aug 25, 2010, 06:03 AM // 06:03

No I'll be using the SSD as my boot drive for super fast windows. Im still waiting on a molex > sata cable that should be here soon hopefully. For now I went and unplugged my CD drive that was using one and used it on the SSD drive, but now I cant get into windows setup to format the two new drives and reinstall windows onto the SSD until I get a second. 64 Gb might be able to hold a few games on top of the OS, but I doubt it. The 64 Gb was £113, then the 128 Gb was £258 :x. I only wanted the Crucial one because its Sata 3 with the highest read speeds. I'll wait for prices to come down and then buy a second for games.

I'll use my pair of samsung F3s in Raid 0 for games, the 2 Tb drive was reduced to £81 and both my F3s were getting too full, so I thought I'd get it for backups and storage and then I could raid my current ones for games.

Samsung 1Tb F3 drives are down to £44 each, and the 2 Tb segate LP drive is down to £81. With two of the 1 Tbs, and one 2 Tb, anyone can easily setup a Raid 0 spec with the samsung drives.

I'd never use Raid 0 without the backup drive though - two drives in Raid 0 = twice the chance of data loss, as either drive dying wipes all of the data.

cebalrai · Aug 26, 2010, 05:52 AM // 05:52

Here's my new mighty mini computer I just built. The case isn't much bigger than a PS3 but it still packs a punch!

Athlon II X3 3.0Ghz (4th core unlocked) O.C. to 3.68Ghz
ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe Mini-ITX motherboard
4 GB DDR 1333 Kingston Hyper-X memory
XFX Radeon HD 5770
Two Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HDDs running in RAID-0
LIAN LI PC-Q08B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
Windows 7 Home Premium

Elder III · Aug 26, 2010, 12:09 PM // 12:09

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Originally Posted by cebalrai

Here's my new mighty mini computer I just built. The case isn't much bigger tan a PS3 but it still packs a punch!

Athlon II X3 3.0Ghz (4th core unlocked) O.C. to 3.68Ghz
ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe Mini-ITX motherboard
4 GB DDR 1333 Kingston Hyper-X memory
XFX Radeon HD 5770
Two Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HDDs running in RAID-0
LIAN LI PC-Q08B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
Windows 7 Home Premium

Gaming on the big screen from the comfort of the couch.... aahhh.... luxury!

Chrisworld · Aug 26, 2010, 11:54 PM // 23:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by cebalrai

Here's my new mighty mini computer I just built. The case isn't much bigger tan a PS3 but it still packs a punch!

Athlon II X3 3.0Ghz (4th core unlocked) O.C. to 3.68Ghz
ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe Mini-ITX motherboard
4 GB DDR 1333 Kingston Hyper-X memory
XFX Radeon HD 5770
Two Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HDDs running in RAID-0
LIAN LI PC-Q08B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
Windows 7 Home Premium

Got any pics of this setup?

cebalrai · Aug 27, 2010, 02:12 AM // 02:12

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Originally Posted by Elder III

Gaming on the big screen from the comfort of the couch.... aahhh.... luxury!

Yeap. And I have a nice lap board for mouse and keyboard that fits the recliner great. I need a bluetooth keyboard though because the little Logitech USB antenna has to be stretched out into the middle of the room which is lame.

cebalrai · Aug 27, 2010, 02:17 AM // 02:17

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Originally Posted by Chrisworld

Got any pics of this setup?

I'll take some. My hybrid drives just shipped out from Tiger Direct and wont be here for a week (I'm on a US military base in Japan), but I can take pics with the Barracuda in there.

Undead Cheese · Aug 27, 2010, 12:23 PM // 12:23

Phenom II 720 (Unlocked 4th Core) with a light OC of 3.4GHz http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1364088
GA-MA770-UD3
4GB Kingston HyperX 1066 DDR2 RAM
HD 4850 700core/1045mem
Corsair HX450W
CM590 Case.

Shadowkiller Seth · Aug 27, 2010, 05:15 PM // 17:15

AMD Athlon II X4 635
870A-G54
2x2048 MB A-Data Technology
ATI Radeon HD 5850 (xfx)
Be quiet Straight Power 500W
Xigmatek Midgard

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black7hought · Aug 29, 2010, 02:28 AM // 02:28

laptop (bought in fall of 2008):

CPU: AMD Turion X2 Mobile RM-70 2.0 GHz
RAM: 3 GB PC6400 DDR2
GPU: ATI RADEON 3100
HDD: 250 GB
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Desktop (bought in early 2005):

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz
RAM: 2.5 GB PC3200 DDR
GPU: EVGA GeForce 7600 GT KO PCI-E
HDD: 160 GB
OS: Windows XP Home 32-Bit

I'm going to attempt to run Guild Wars 2 on both my laptop and desktop, if that doesn't work it'll be new PC time. I'll probably stick to a $600 budget.

KZaske · Aug 29, 2010, 08:02 AM // 08:02

My System Specs:
CPU:AMD Phenom II x6 1090t
Zalman CNPS7900 AM3 CPU Cooler
GIGABYTE: GA-MA790GPT-UD3H
WD SATA2 WD5001AALS (boot)
WD SATA2 WD5000AVDS (data)
8GB SuperTalent W1333UX4GM (2 sets)
XFX: HD-4850-ZNFC 1G
Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW
SoundBlaster X-FI XtreameGamer

Wife's System Specs:
CPU:AMD Phenom II x4 965BE
Zalman CNPS 7900 AM3 CPU Cooler
MSI: 870-G45,
WD SATA2 WD5001AALS (boot)
WD SATA2 WD5000AVDS (data)
4GB Mushkin (996744)
XFX: HD-4850-ZNFC 1G
19' Samsung SyncMaster

Both running Windows XP Pro 64Bit.

Elektraaa · Aug 29, 2010, 09:01 AM // 09:01

Gigabyte ex58 UD5
USB3 PCI E
12GB Gskill 2000mhz
i7 920 3.8 ghz
Thermalright 120 - lapped it, two fans on it.
Silverstone TJ10bw
Auzentech Hometheater HD
ATI 5870 Powercolour
Samsung 2233RZ
Steelseries Xai
Filco Majestouch Brown Cherries
Wacom 3
Samsung SSD 64GB
Raid 0, 500 GB black caviars
External USB3 Drive reading bay.
Windows 7 Ultimate, plus windows xp, windows 2003 VM's. Messengers on a VM.
& About 50 mouse mats.

Connected via optical to an arcam amp and transmission line speakers.

Have another server PC (just a duocore...).

Here is an old pic of the lapping that I did. http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1294/007gz.jpg Excuse the bad keyboard!

Chrisworld · Aug 29, 2010, 09:20 PM // 21:20

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Originally Posted by Elektraaa

Here is an old pic of the lapping that I did. http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1294/007gz.jpg Excuse the bad keyboard!

That looks amazing!

Elektraaa · Aug 29, 2010, 10:02 PM // 22:02

Thanks! It was 4 hours of sanding, not fun lol

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