New computer soon

[Ayreon]

I7 2600k sandy bridge, asus P8 Z68 board, 16gb of ram. 120gb SSD main drive. With a TB secondary drive. And a geforce 560 gtx TI OC. Inside an antec 900 with an ocz Zserirs 850watt psu.


1600 Candain



Cant wait for that shit to be built. Buddy of mine is puttin it together.

PS: I only half know what all that hardware means. I know its beast anyways

[Seanne1986]

Pretty good stuff. Should be able to run.. lets say BF3, on quite high settings fluently.

[Ayreon]

Pretty good stuff. Should be able to run.. lets say BF3, on quite high settings fluently.

Friend of mine said he does with a lot less power, so for sure

[BeatChemist]

Cool so you'll be able to play all the new games until about summer!!!


Hahahaha computer hardware is a crazy game to get into... that's why I don't play games on my laptop. I would want to upgrade like every 6 months.

I'm joking really. That setup ought to do you right for a long ass time. Good $$$ too.

[Ayreon]

my friends told me ill prolly run top of the line games for 3-4 years

[Razorlike Blue]

Sounds sick man, love checking what setups people have. do we have a specs thread?

[Seanne1986]

Sounds sick man, love checking what setups people have. do we have a specs thread?

I have this.

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2,8GHZ @ 3.3GHZ
SSD 60GB
SATA 2TB HDD
16gb RAM DDR3
Asus HD 6950 2gb
Asus M5A78L MB
Apline64Pro,s CPU Fan

Edit: oh yeah. have 2x 1tb external hdd's as well

[Roccityroller]

◦Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700 2.53GHz processor speed per core.
◦6GB DDR2 memory
◦500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
◦Maxtor 320GB External HDD (USB)
◦WD 2TB External HDD (eSATA)
◦NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics Features 1GB GDDR3.
*HDMI output
◦Weighs 8.8 lbs. and measures 2" thin

Power+Mobility

[Razorlike Blue]

Seanne1986 Yeah, I can't compete. Though that's a pretty good setup though. You overclock any of it?

Roc, I could never maintain any of my laptops. Though it seems that one has some decent specs.

Ayreon, You have any other planned uses for your beast? (Sorry if this turns into a thread jacking)


6GB DDR2 RAM
AMD Athlon II X2 3.0GHz
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H
Hitachi 500GB HDD
HIS RADEON HD 4670 1GB
COUGAR 560W

Nothing spectacular by any means, but I can run editing software pretty well, along with most games on medium high settings

[Roccityroller]

haven't had a single problem with this 'top, other than the internal HDD being fried by US/Canada Customs X-ray scans. Back and forth to school... 4-8 x-rays per month. Kerplowy.

[Ayreon]

Seanne1986 Yeah, I can't compete. Though that's a pretty good setup though. You overclock any of it?

Roc, I could never maintain any of my laptops. Though it seems that one has some decent specs.

Ayreon, You have any other planned uses for your beast? (Sorry if this turns into a thread jacking)


6GB DDR2 RAM
AMD Athlon II X2 3.0GHz
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H
Hitachi 500GB HDD
HIS RADEON HD 4670 1GB
COUGAR 560W

Nothing spectacular by any means, but I can run editing software pretty well, along with most games on medium high settings

I mainly got it so i can video edit good and run photoshop. Im going to college for shit liek that and im gonna be doing it for a living so i figure my work flow will be good with a tank ass comp

[replicant]

You got a solid PC being built there and yes it is pretty futureproof for a bit depending on your gaming tastes. I still personally refuse to add a SSD drive to my stuff. The price still isn't worth it to me. Couple years it'll be fine.

My Current Rig [Built a few months back]:
Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower [Black]
AMD Black Edition Phenom II X6 1100T [3.3GHZ] [w/ Cooler Master ThermalFusion 400 Paste]
ASETEK 510LC 120MM Watercooler
MSI 890GXM-G65 [AM3/AM3+]
2TB Hitachi SATA III HDD [6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache]
8 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 [PC3-12800]
AMD Radeon HD 6870 [1GB DDR5]
Black LG WH12-LS30K 12X Blu-Ray Burner
XTREMEGEAR 700w PSU
Windows 7 64-BIT Home Premium
ASUS ML238 23" Monitor [1920x1080]
+ Other Odds/Ends Goodies

I am very ready for Guild Wars 2. Lag while I PvP is NOT ALLOWED!
This thing will OC like a champ as well. Been able to get it to 4.1ghz on all 6 cores and stable.

[Seanne1986]

Seanne1986 Yeah, I can't compete. Though that's a pretty good setup though. You overclock any of it?

Roc, I could never maintain any of my laptops. Though it seems that one has some decent specs.

Ayreon, You have any other planned uses for your beast? (Sorry if this turns into a thread jacking)


6GB DDR2 RAM
AMD Athlon II X2 3.0GHz
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H
Hitachi 500GB HDD
HIS RADEON HD 4670 1GB
COUGAR 560W

Nothing spectacular by any means, but I can run editing software pretty well, along with most games on medium high settings

I've overclocked my gfx card a little. GPU from 810 - 910 MHz, and memory from 1250 - 1330 MHz.
I can overclock more without getting any artifacts. But I seriously don't see any difference in performance when I overclock more than that.

Tbh.. I don't even see a difference between my settings and the standard settings.

The way I boost my performance is 2 softwares called Game Booster and Vista Services Optimizer to shut down unnecessary programs. I've experienced 15-20 fps increase after using both them programs.
My gfx card is far from the best there is also.. But if my motherboard was capable of crossfire, then 2x 6950 would be awesome.

[andreas]

◦Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700 2.53GHz processor speed per core.
◦6GB DDR2 memory
◦500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
◦Maxtor 320GB External HDD (USB)
◦WD 2TB External HDD (eSATA)
◦NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics Features 1GB GDDR3.
*HDMI output
◦Weighs 8.8 lbs. and measures 2" thin

Power+Mobility

ummm wtf? I have the exact same specs... Asus g72gx?

[Roccityroller]

ummm wtf? I have the exact same specs... Asus g72gx?

YUP! haha that's awesome.

[Monk]

im building one right now;
AMD Phenom II 560 4 core 3,4ghz ( 6x is sloppy except for video edits per tomshardware)
corsair gamebuster 650 tx power supply
geforce 550 ti 2 gb ram crossfired ddr 5
32 gb ram corsair vengence ddr 3 dual 1600
seagate barracuda 1 tb 7200 rpm HDD
sony 12x blu ray burner with 3D playback
should be able to run bf3 or the like at ultra settings at about 60-75 fps for 700 bucks wholesale.
need to add some fans and cooling tho.
MUBO for this beast is here:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Z3di2H4bgmxJBw

[Seanne1986]

im building one right now;
AMD Phenom II 560 4 core 3,4ghz ( 6x is sloppy except for video edits per tomshardware)
corsair gamebuster 650 tx power supply
geforce 550 ti 2 gb ram crossfired ddr 5
32 gb ram corsair vengence ddr 3 dual 1600
seagate barracuda 1 tb 7200 rpm HDD
sony 12x blu ray burner with 3D playback
should be able to run bf3 or the like at ultra settings at about 60-75 fps for 700 bucks wholesale.
need to add some fans and cooling tho.
MUBO for this beast is here:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Z3di2H4bgmxJBw

lol what a beast. I bet you will get more fps than 60-70 with that beast mate.

[replicant]

need to add some fans and cooling tho.

I have become a fan of Asetek Coolers myself, but they are not available mass market.
Had a customer wanting a new cooler/cpu installed on a Cyberpower PC so I took their cooler as part of the deal.

You can however get the same coolers through a partnership with Antec.
These are what I install on peoples machines now pretty exclusively.
The Antec Kuhler H2O 620 (or 920) Liquid Cooling Systems are pretty solid and not big money.
The 620 is like $70 and the 920 is like $90 and they give solid work whether OC'ing or standard usage.

[andreas]

YUP! haha that's awesome.

hahaha that's rad. How long have you had yours? I just picked mine up about a month ago.

[Roccityroller]

hahaha that's rad. How long have you had yours? I just picked mine up about a month ago.

Almost a year.

[Monk]

lol what a beast. I bet you will get more fps than 60-70 with that beast mate.

i looked into it more and the mobu is actually a 16 gb max ram but im fine with that; im also getting a corsaird 60x hydro cooler for the phenom and a 48 gb solid state drive to run win7 64 bit on plus my virtual ISOs from daemon blu ray; gonna drive the price with this plus the fans up to about 1 clam; but i can deal with that.

[Seanne1986]

i looked into it more and the mobu is actually a 16 gb max ram but im fine with that; im also getting a corsaird 60x hydro cooler for the phenom and a 48 gb solid state drive to run win7 64 bit on plus my virtual ISOs from daemon blu ray; gonna drive the price with this plus the fans up to about 1 clam; but i can deal with that.

I might replace my processor later at some point. But since I run bf3 on almost full ultra with no AA on, I guess I'm fine with it so far.
Only drop rate I get is when I use a sniper with the scope over long distances (but that's on all settings, haven't tried low though lol). Then I get around 30 fps instead of 50+ fps which is quite enough tbh.. feels like 60.

Currently use these settings and it runs fluently, except the long distance scope fps drop that I mentioned earlier.

Could ofc could use 1680x1080 resolution, but I get a little fps drop then also. This is just fine, and I'll bet yours will run just as fine as well if not better.
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8...1203034199.jpg

[replicant]

I might replace my processor later at some point. But since I run bf3 on almost full ultra with no AA on, I guess I'm fine with it so far.
Only drop rate I get is when I use a sniper with the scope over long distances (but that's on all settings, haven't tried low though lol). Then I get around 30 fps instead of 50+ fps which is quite enough tbh.. feels like 60.

Currently use these settings and it runs fluently, except the long distance scope fps drop that I mentioned earlier.

Could ofc could use 1680x1080 resolution, but I get a little fps drop then also. This is just fine, and I'll bet yours will run just as fine as well if not better.
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8...1203034199.jpg

Drop Decoration and Terrain Quality to Medium or so and your scope issue should resolve.
This is happening to a lot of people due to the rendering load the scope causes.

[Seanne1986]

Drop Decoration and Terrain Quality to Medium or so and your scope issue should resolve.
This is happening to a lot of people due to the rendering load the scope causes.

Good tip Rep, thanks!. Will try it out later.

[Seanne1986]

Drop Decoration and Terrain Quality to Medium or so and your scope issue should resolve.
This is happening to a lot of people due to the rendering load the scope causes.

Helped loads man. Now 70-100+ fps when using sniper scope over long distances, and fps in general bumped up to around 70-90 fps
Cheers man.

[replicant]

Helped loads man. Now 70-100+ fps when using sniper scope over long distances, and fps in general bumped up to around 70-90 fps
Cheers man.

Good to hear man.

[bohemian]

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[Monk]

I ordered my Phenom II procesor yesterday and I get a fat bonus check this friday and plan on getting the Asus Sabertooth 990FXZ motherboard instead of the MSI one.. i been reading nothing but good stuff on this thing and looking at the benchmarks, and for 200 bucks and a 5 year warranty its gonna have endless upgrade ability in the future... SLI and Crossfire ready plus AM3+ to use the new bulldozer procs when they actually get them working right lol.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...836&CatId=7246

this thing is a monster for the price- and ran head to head with the Crosshair V on the benches.

[replicant]

I ordered my Phenom II procesor yesterday and I get a fat bonus check this friday and plan on getting the Asus Sabertooth 990FXZ motherboard instead of the MSI one.. i been reading nothing but good stuff on this thing and looking at the benchmarks, and for 200 bucks and a 5 year warranty its gonna have endless upgrade ability in the future... SLI and Crossfire ready plus AM3+ to use the new bulldozer procs when they actually get them working right lol.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...836&CatId=7246

this thing is a monster for the price- and ran head to head with the Crosshair V on the benches.

Yup, if you're not getting a AM3+ these days as an AMD user, then you are really just throwing cash away.

[Monk]

just caught a deal on this today ; wish i would have got it 2 days ago cuz they raised the price 20 bucks;
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=6078408
1KW power supply 100% modular SLI and CrossfireX certified 80 + GOLD...... this thing is a monster and pro bably wont ever have to worry about a PSU again for what i do with its lifetime warranty.

[Monk]

this is what im workin on right now lus or minus some stuff in between:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/mypci.jpg

[Monk]

got my case finally in and started my build. here it is so far;

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/pcase1.jpg/

[DaaGooN]

nice, im waiting for X79 to get a little cheaper before i upgrade. ;/

As it stands my 24/7 pc from 09 still kicking

OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate SP1, VMware Windows 7 64bit Ultimate SP1
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8 or 4.2 when i need it
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5
Memory: Corsair 12GB DDR3 1600 1.5v
Graphics Card: Gainward 9600GT 512mb
Sound Card: 7.1 HD
Monitor 2x BenQ 24 LED 1080p + 1x LG 50PK590 1080p
Screen Resolution: 3840x1080
Hard Drives: Intel X25-M SSD 80GB OS / Samsung 1TB/ EX-Segate 3TB/ EX-2x WD Green 2TB
PSU: Corsair AX 750W ATX Modular
Case: Antec Fusion Remote Max
Cooling: Corsair H50-1 Watercooler + Apache Push/Pull 900RPM Idle 36c
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech EX110

Click my sig for CPU-z

[Ruben_Williams]

I have this . . . Only thing missing is a decent graphics card, also the sound card isn't the best, but I haven't had it built for gaming, photoshop and ableton mainly.

Intel Core i5 2300 2.80 GHz Quad Core
mATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Gigabyte)
8 GB DDR3 Ram (Kingston)
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI
750 GB Sata Hardrive
Gigabyte mATX Piano Black Case
500W Power Supply.
Windows 7 OS

[agusbmxarg]

Okay, first of all, I don't know much about hardware, but I thought you guys could help me with this.

First of all, I wont even post how much it costs because, A) these are used parts, and B) Local currency changes everyday so the only one who knows whats cheap and not will be me.


The things I'd like to get are these:

i5 2500K
ASUS p8p67m (Not the PRO edition)
2x4gb 1600c9 snipper

Is that setup good??^^^

Does that motherboard works well with the i5, anyone here has this config?

Thats all for the moment.
Help an hermano out.

[Monk]

it looks good man ; but it really depends on what you plan on doing with it. do you plan on playing some high end graphic games or video editing or both? that is a good basis for the system but i guess what it really boils down to is the card you plan on using. im getting the MSI twin frozrIII gtx 560 ti OC 1280mb card for mine. but i also have 16 gb corsair vengeance RAM upgradeable to 32 gb on the sabertooth mobo. im not a fan of Intel - never have been because you are really paying for the name not the service. and i can easily overclock any amd3/+ to 4 GHz at half the price with better performance.
you can do alot with a 1gb video card anyway- its just the stream processors and bit graphs to take into consideration. for 100 to 150 you can get 192 streams or for 100 bucks more or so you can get 488 for some serious fps!

[DaaGooN]

a 4ghz Oc amd is not the same as a intel 4ghz Oc.
it use to be this for AMD> "you want the best, you pay the money. it really is that simple "
not anymore... Amd Flagship FX-8150 8 Core (not real Cores like intel) bulldozer got beat hands down by Intel i5 2500-k Quad core (2 Real cores)
but that is just some benchmarks... intel lost in some others.. like encode,3D ect.. not by much.. was neck and neck. but erm this is a i5? not a i7 that is intel flagship lol. as that just walks all over AMD.
now.. price vs bang? 8core AMD vs intel 4 core i5? well i5 wins.
cheaper.. less power. better OC ect.
i am not a intel fan. i like amd as my first 3 builds was all amd. but you have to go with whats best, and is only a lil bit more.

as for what monk said, its true.. what will you use a computer for? 99% of the time it's idle as in it will just be used for internet and the likes.
so why waste all the money on a system you only use for daily use? something a laptop can do just as good.

if you want it for a games system then yea, i5 2500-k with 4GB. a 60+GB SSD + Gfx card. = the best game system you can get with a nice OC on them i5 @ 4.8- 5Ghz. you can render a 1080p clip in H.264 5 mins in about idk 4-6 mins..
Raw power

then you have Amd.. just as good. the 955-65 ect Blacks are still better at alot of fuctions than the new bulldozer. it's just he bulldozer is new.. (and a Flop)

Daily use, lil encodes here and there + games ect..
Amd will do.

for just pure power and encodes of multithread apps (there ain't that many) video/games w/e then i5 will do..

only people like me who are kinda stupid by i7 series lol.. (we don't want anything less.)

agusbmxarg:
Suggestion

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
Asus P8Z68-M PRO Intel Z68
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB)

or

AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990X
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz

Gfx card would be up to you.... Nvidia 560 UP or ATI 6900 UP.

Have a ice cream..

[Monk]

[QUOTE=DaaGooN;90075]a 4ghz Oc amd is not the same as a intel 4ghz Oc.
it use to be this for AMD> "you want the best, you pay the money. it really is that simple "
not anymore... Amd Flagship FX-8150 8 Core (not real Cores like intel) bulldozer got beat hands down by Intel i5 2500-k Quad core (2 Real cores)
but that is just some benchmarks... intel lost in some others.. like encode,3D ect.. not by much.. was neck and neck. but erm this is a i5? not a i7 that is intel flagship lol. as that just walks all over AMD.
now.. price vs bang? 8core AMD vs intel 4 core i5? well i5 wins.
cheaper.. less power. better OC ect.
i am not a intel fan. i like amd as my first 3 builds was all amd. but you have to go with whats best, and is only a lil bit more.


only reason i got a 955 BE was the 990fx sabertooth needs to have an am3 proc to flash the bios to be able to install the bulldozer chips for some reason. and like he said they are kind of a flop right now; this 955 will hold me until the second gen 8 cores come out sometime next year and will be ready for them by then financially, because once i get the video card thats gonna be about 1100 bucks for my rig bareboned with just necessities for it to run. but compared to buying a 3000 dollar alienware i think its the better investment down the road for the cash.

[DaaGooN]

Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.3GHz Vs AMD FX-8150 - 3.6GHz (New 8 core Bulldozer)
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=434

Intel Core i7 2600K - 3.4GHz Vs AMD FX-8150 - 3.6GHz
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/287?vs=434

Total Defluffication!!!
(X79) Intel Core i7 3960X - 3.3GHz Vs AMD FX-8150 - 3.6GHz
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/443?vs=434

And remember this is stock speed. these Cpu ain't been OC.. because then it would just be sticking a knife into amd soul.
where did amd go so wrong

intel new IvyBridge Series out in April 8th will just put the stone on the grave of amd for good. ;/

[agusbmxarg]

Well, thanks alot to both of you for replying. I wont post much right now hah but I'm sure looking up at the stuff you both posted.