Your Gaming Computer

[Fallen]

Do you have one? If so, i'm curious to see the components you're using. Don't forget about the monitor, headphones, keyboard/mouse, etc if they're out of the ordinary. What games are you playing now, and which do you plan to play in the near future? Do you foresee any upgrades in the near future? I'd like to get a sense of how mine stacks up with the rest of the PC.

[Fallen]

CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Quad-Core Processor
GPU: Nvidia GTX 580 3gb
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 1600
Monitor: Using my 73'' Mitsubishi DLP
Hard Drive: G.SKILL 128GB (SSD) (Also have a 1.5tb HD for storage)
Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Case: Antec Skeleton Black ATX Tower Computer Case
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Speakers: 7.1 Through my JBL Setup
DVD/Blu-ray: LG Black 6X Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive SATA
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Wireless Wave MK550 Combo
OS: Windows 7 Premium x64

Games:
Fallout 3: New Vegas (Modded all to shit)
Witcher 2
Waiting on...SKYRIM

Upcoming Component Upgrades: The GPU and Keyboard/Mouse are both new, and I recently went from 6 to 12 GB of ram, so I really don't see any major updates any time soon. I will likely need to replace the Mobo and CPU next, but not for a long while.

[Rinualdo]

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
GPU: 2x ATI 6850s
RAM: 2x4GB Ripjaw
Monitor: 3x 24" Dell Widescreens
Hard Drive: Intel 510 120GB SSD, network 12TB raid 5 array
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67PRO
Case: Silverstone Raven RV02
Sound Card: None
DVD/Blu-ray: Asus 12DVD/Blu-Ray combo
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech MX510 Mouse and Logitech G510 Keyboard
OS: Windows 7 Professional x64

Games:
Pre-Diablo III


This is one of 7 computers in my house, but the major one I use for any kind of gaming or work.

[Fallen]

Did you play FO3 or FONV Rinauldo? If so, how did you set the graphics? Did you mod it at all?

[Androidpk]

I don't have a gaming computer at the moment, but i've been abusing the hell out of my laptop with Onlive playing Space Marine, Splinter Cell, and Homeland multiplayer.

[Rinualdo]

Did you play FO3 or FONV Rinauldo? If so, how did you set the graphics? Did you mod it at all?

No. Not a fan of those types of games.
Since I'm using 3 monitors, I have all my graphics set up for EyeFinity, which required a tad bit of tweaking but no overlocking.

[Fallen]

I don't have a gaming computer at the moment, but i've been abusing the hell out of my laptop with Onlive playing Space Marine, Splinter Cell, and Homeland multiplayer.

Onlive definitely seemed intriguing. The whole idea is to be able to play those types of games without having to have a big gaming rig, isn't it?


No. Not a fan of those types of games.
Since I'm using 3 monitors, I have all my graphics set up for EyeFinity, which required a tad bit of tweaking but no overlocking.

I wish I could figure out how to overclock my CPU. I read a few guides, but the commands in my BIOS seem completely different from the things they were mentioning. I'm already overclocking the GPU. I haven't messed with the voltage, but the free d/l EVGA Precision makes OCing as easy as sliding a toggle to the right and rebooting. Can't get much easier than that.

[Rinualdo]

I wish I could figure out how to overclock my CPU. I read a few guides, but the commands in my BIOS seem completely different from the things they were mentioning. I'm already overclocking the GPU. I haven't messed with the voltage, but the free d/l EVGA Precision makes OCing as easy as sliding a toggle to the right and rebooting. Can't get much easier than that.


My Server is running a 920 that I had overlocked. Fairly easy with the right tools.

In the end, if you can spare a few bucks to upgrade to sandy/ivy bridge, you'll notice far more improvement.


My last 2 builds were for my HTPCs, so didn't need much. I think I plopped 350$ and 550$ respectively on each of them.

[Fallen]

I've heard great things about sandy/ivy bridge, but right now with just 1 monitor and no 3D I don't think I need to do that quite yet.

[Sam]

I guess my replacement for gaming is just setting up stupid shit like Brute TV. For that I use a pretty sweet server board that fits in an ATX case, with 2 quad core Xeon processors and 24GB of RAM. It would be a beast for gaming, but it only has one PCI Express 8x slot, so no SLI.

Fortunately it doesn't take much power to emulate NES and SNES.

[Androidpk]

Onlive definitely seemed intriguing. The whole idea is to be able to play those types of games without having to have a big gaming rig, isn't it?



That is the biggest thing about onlive yes, there are some other cool things though. I love the fact that I can pick a game and start playing it immediately. No need to install a game or anything, just click and play.

[Buckwheet]

CPU: 2x - Intel Xeon W5580
GPU: 3x - Nvidia GTX 580
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 24GB (6 x 4GB) DDR3 1600
Monitor: 2x - Hans-G 28"(Going to switch to 3x Samsungs soon)
Hard Drive: 4x - 74GB SAS drives in RAID10 - 2x 40TB Unraids for storage
Motherboard: eVGA Classified SR-2
Case: Antec 1200
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1(LOL OLD)
DVD/Blu-ray:PLEXTOR 24X Internal DVD Super Multi Drive/PLEXTOR Black 12X BD-R
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech G110 Keyboard/Logitech G500 Mouse
OS: Windows 7 x64

[Sam]

Buckwheet wins.

[Fallen]

Very nice, buckwheet. What have you played on that thing recently?

[Buckwheet]

Gemstone.

[Warriorbird]

Asus g73-bst7

LG 1920x1080 screen upgrade

Intel Core i7-740QM

8 gb RAM, ATI Mobility RADEON HD 5870 (1 GB, DDR5)

Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB (7200 RPM), Crucial M4 SSD, 256 GB

Razer Piranha gaming headset

SF19 Laptop Cooler (for overclocking)

Repasted CPU and GPU with ICD Diamond (for overclocking)

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I've lately been playing Deus Ex Human Revolution. Skyrim and Dishonored come next (and probably last with this hardware). The biggest boost has probably been from the SSD.

[Buckwheet]

Gemstone.

So in all seriousness, other than Gemstone I still am hung up on CoD.

I haven't played many of the new games like Crysis 2, Deus, or Space marine.

The primary purpose of the machine was to play these games, but mostly to power my BluRay encoding that gets dumped to unraid.

I am in the process of switching out all the 2TB drives in unraid to 3TB.

[Androidpk]

Gemstone.

He won until he said that.

[Fallen]

When you guys do the windows hardware test, how do your SSDs score? Mine is 5.9 and I'm not sure why.

[Rinualdo]

Have you checked all your SSD settings? TRIM, etc? Have you gone through and disabled appropriate settings for SSDs?

[Sam]

Gemstone.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr7n2dTZsW1r021v0.gif

[Buckwheet]

I had this problem on a friends OCZ drive.

Pulled it out of SATA3 port and put it in SATA2 and it went to like 7.4 or 7.5.

Didn't change any of the other settings.

[Fallen]

Yeah, my worry is not so much the score, but that my hd is underperforming because I have it hooked up wrong.

[Rinualdo]

First thing would be to check TRIM.

[Fallen]

On a phone so my google is weak ATM. What is that?

[Warriorbird]

7.6

[Rinualdo]

The very short answer is that TRIM command tells the OS that you have a SSD attached and not mechanical HD and then which blocks of data can be reused and how to handle junk data.

You can run fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify in a command prompt. If the result is 0, TRIM is enabled.

There are also a host of other things you don't want your SSD doing, like defragging, writing a pagefile, etc... that can have an impact on performance, lifespan, or both.

[DaughterOfTheWinds]

No special gaming rig at the moment; just an HP DV7-3079wm running Windows 7 and Debian (soon to be Gentoo). It was an okay WoW machine, and it does fine with Guild Wars, Second Life, or whatever random crap I decide to throw at it.

[Drisco]

OS: Windows 7 Home Priemium 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core (TM) i7 CPU Q720 @1.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Chip Type : GeForce GTS 360M
Approx. Total Memory: 3760MB
Current Display Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60hZ)

Currently Playing: WoW, Starcraft 2.
Waiting For: Diablo III and Starwars

Oh and couldn't play without this mouse. I have 3.

http://www.mrgadget.com.au/uploaded_images/Logitech_marble_mouse_trackball_blog-749054.jpg

[Inspire]

Pulled this from a spreadsheet when I built my own.

Intel Corporation Intel® Boxed Core® i7 Processor 920 (229.99)
samsung 22x dvdrw sata ($24.99)
Seagate 1TB 3.5" Sata 7200 RPM ($99.99)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64MB
Asus Computer International P6T X58 1366 ATX Motherboard (229.99)
BFG GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card (Core 216) (169.99)
BFG GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card (Core 216) (169.99)
Corsair 6GB Kit DDR3 tr3x6g1600 ($94.99)
Corsair TX950W PSU replaced Corsair 650W Modular ATX PSU
Raidmax Smilodon ATX (89.99)
Acer 22" LCD Monitor X223WBD -- #1 (149.99)
Acer 22" LCD Monitor X223WBD -- #2 (149.99)
Acer 22" LCD Monitor X223WBD -- #3 (149.99)
Acer 22" LCD Monitor X223WBD -- #4 (149.99)
Quad Monitor Stand. ($93.88) -- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HHNRFK

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I need a trackball mouse. :(

[kookiegod]

Case CoolerMaster HAF 922 Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 920 Processor (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard MSI X58 PRO-E -- Intel X58 CrossFire Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, Triple-Channel DDR3, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Triple PCI-E MB
Memory 12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1600 Triple Memory Module
Video Card ATI Radeon HD 5850 - 1GB - Single Card
Power Supply 800 Watt -- Power Supply - SLI Ready
Processor Cooling Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ 120mm Radiator [SOCKET-1366]Primary Hard Drive 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single DriveOptical Drive 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - [Lightscribe Technology] Black
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Added the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI Express Sound Card and a 128mb SSD after and moved my OS over.

[Fallen]

Thinking of doing some updating soon. I've picked a CPU and new case. Just need to settle on a new mobo.

Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005


Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

[Numbers]

Corsair Obsidian 800D ATX Full Tower
Corsair AX1200W
Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
ASUS P9X79 PRO LGA 2011
2x EVGA GTX 580 in SLI
Intel i7-3930K Sandy Bridge overclocked
G.SKILL Ripjaw Z 32GB DDR3
Crucial M4 256GB SSD
Western Digital VeliociRaptor 600GB 10k RPM
2x 500GB 7500k RPM
BR-ROM
BR-RW

[Androidpk]

G.SKILL Ripjaw Z 32GB DDR3

Please tell me you do more than just play MMOs :lol:

[Manamethis]

Thinking of doing some updating soon. I've picked a CPU and new case. Just need to settle on a new mobo.

Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005


Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501


I have this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139010
Not the same but they are good cases.

[Numbers]

Please tell me you do more than just play MMOs :lol:

I also watch a ton of porn.

[Fallen]

I was looking at that Obsidian Full Tower, but I just don't think I have need of something that massive. I like to upgrade, but i've yet to run anything in SLI. I only have 1 optical drive, one standard HD and one SSD. I'm never sure what I need in a case, but I think that Corsair should be more than enough. I don't know if I will even bother with Water Cooling. As long as I can OC a decent amount without pushing for max speed i'll be happy.

[Fallen]

I have this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139010
Not the same but they are good cases.

I saw that. I think the only difference is the limited edition has a fan on top which makes sense in terms of cooling.

[Androidpk]

I have the obsidian 600D and love it.

[fallenSaint]

CPU: Intel Core i7-920
GPU: Asus AMD Radeon HD 6850 1gb
RAM: OCZ Obsidian DDR3 1600 8gb
Monitor: LG 37" LED TV
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 120gb SSD + WD 1tb Passport External
Case: Shuttle XPC Micro Case with proprietary MB/PS
Audio: Logitech G930 Wireless Headphones + Audioengine 5+ Speakers
Keyboard/Mouse: Razer Blackwidow + Razer Naga (gaming) or Logitech M570 Trackball (work)
OS: Windows 7 Premium x64

Games:
D3, SWTOR, Super MNC. Will be checking GW2 when it releases but I am not expecting it to really catch me.

Not really worried about upgrades at this point, I run most any game I'm interested in on reasonably high settings so it works out. My main goal was to get an acceptable machine into a shuttle case and cut back as much idle noise as possible. Right now the whole rig is tiny and generates minimal fan noise with just the processor and videocard running fans.

[Sean of the Thread]

I'm pleased with the 6800 series for the price.

[subzero]

I've been kinda wanting to get a new machine, but don't really have the extra money for it until (if) I get some of that BP oil spill money. Current setup:

cpu- Intel Core i5 750
mobo- Asus P7P55D Pro
ram- 12GB Corsair (2x2GB XMS3, 2x4GB Vengeance) PC3-10700
gpu- GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
hd- WD Caviar Black (7200 RPM) 640GB
psu- Cooler Master 600W
case- Xion II XON-101 mid tower
keyboard- Logitech G15
mouse- Logitech G700
speakers- Logitech x-530 5.1
monitor- Samsung SyncMaster T260HD 27" Monitor/TV
DVD- Sony Optiarc 12x Blu-Ray burner
OS- Win7 x64

Games: Dragon Age, Skyrim, BF3, D3, WoW, Rift, GS (StormFront is a beast)

[Androidpk]

That's a pretty decent setup, I could see maybe wanting to upgrade the videocard and hard drive but other than that it's good.

[subzero]

That's a pretty decent setup, I could see maybe wanting to upgrade the videocard and hard drive but other than that it's good.

Yeah, it's definitely more of a desired thing than any real need. The video card has been nothing but trouble since I got the thing, though. Between constant driver crashes and recently the fan having had a blade pop off, it's nearing the end of its days. I have to limit the fan speed to not go over 37% so the noise/wobble is at an acceptable level. I thought about breaking off a blade on the opposite side of the missing one to help balance it out, but one next to the now-missing blade is cracked at the base and I don't want that one to end up coming off after I 'balance' the thing. I think the secondary computer I'm running the GS characters on probably has a good bit of weight behind the whole new computer idea. That piece of shit is a Dell Dimension 4600 rockin a big 1GB RAM and it is brutal.

[Sean of the Thread]

XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCIe, Dual DVI & HDMI
Thermaltake 750W Modular Power Supply. 80+ Bronze
CRUCIAL M4 128GB 2.5 SATA 6GB/S SOLID-STATE DRIVE
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3Ghz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 cpu cooler
8gig gskill sniper
Cooler master haf 922
ASUS VS248H-P Black 24" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1

Nothing to brag about but it can run everything fully pimped thus far.

Upgrades will be more storage and perhaps another 6870 although as I said I don't need that shit right now.

[AMUSED1]

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo SATA Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support - OEM (need a new blu-ray since this one WON'T PLAY BLU-RAY MOVIES)
Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD4 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
Dual-screening with a 32" INSIGNIA LCD 1080p TV and a 22" ACER LCD