What Type of Computer/Gaming RIG you Use?

So not to think my stuff does not stink but...

My System is.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit (OS)
Si P6T-SE Gamer (Game System)
i7 - Quad Core Processor (Core)
16 Gigs DDR3 (Memory)
10 Hard Drives (SATA and USB) (500gigs to 1TB Each)
ATI Radeon Hd 5700 CrossFire (Video)
SB Recon3 Sound Card. (Audio)

And NO i do not work for Nasa.....

And my tower cannot handle any more internal hard drives except for IDE ones ha...
Also i ran out of USB Slots so had to get a new card and also USB Hub just for more USB toys.

Here my specs


System Specs
Case Haf X
Mobo ASUS Rampage IV Formula
Cpu Core i7 3820 4.75ghz @ 1.296volts
HDD Samsung SpinPoint 3 1TB
SDD Samsung 830 256gb
GPU 3x EVGA FTW GTX 670
PSU emerson 1250watt
Monitor ASUS PB278Q 2560x1440
Ram 16GB

I just want your power supply ha... damn and your processor too... I only have a 2.7ghz its a 920 or 930 slot cant remember.

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Originally Posted by ryu4000

PSU emerson 1250watt

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6-7 year old iMac, Bootcamping Windows 7.

4GB ram.

Steam folder on an external drive.

No need to go into specifics... I'm able to play just fine with my current set up, but I'm saving up for a "gaming rig".

Cyrix 166+
3dfx 1
256mo sdram
5go
cd drive 4x
14"

http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...ost-your-specs!

mine is in there somewhere, nothing too special but it looks decent and does the job

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Originally Posted by MattChicago

I just want your power supply ha... damn and your processor too... I only have a 2.7ghz its a 920 or 930 slot cant remember.

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That was my old system a 920 serve me great but it was time for a upgrade so i sold it off and brought my current rig welll worth.

Alienware M17x R4 with the ivybridge processor, cost a pretty penny =P

Trust me you do not need much to play a game very effective. I would suggest not just going to Best Buy or Fry's and or microcenter and "buying a complete box" i would suggest building your own it is very easy. Here is a list of the most simple things you would need to have a pretty decent gaming "rig" so to speak that wont eat your lunch.

1. A Decent tower that has say 8 drive slots (bays)
2. A 850 Watt Power Supply
3. A I5 to I7 motherboard
4. A Processor at least 2.5 ghz quad core.
5. 8 Gigs of Memory is all you really need for any game.
6. A Video Card with at least 2 to 4 gigs of memory on it. (you could use dual crossfire but most games cannot handle it)
7. Just get 2 hard drives that are 500 gigs each that are SATA 1 for your main drive 1 for file storage etc.

8. As for a Monitor i would suggest getting a TV instead that is flat screen (do not get a plasma) i had purchased a 24" flatscreen Poloroid from Target that has DVI and HDMI hookups so its the same. at half the cost as well. I was using dual monitors a while back but i wanted to get a display that combined both my flat screen monitors so opted for a flatscreen tv instead.

Now if you shop correctly you should get everything above for about $800 to $1000 total give or take.

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Originally Posted by foxsyd

6-7 year old iMac, Bootcamping Windows 7.

4GB ram.

Steam folder on an external drive.

No need to go into specifics... I'm able to play with my current set up, but I'm saving up for a "gaming rig".

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But either way have you noticed any decent changes while playing games since game engines cannot really handle high end boxes. I have played on a very high end computer before and my system and they both seem the same in regards to games. Possibly Crysis and APB Reloaded or Arma3 would be a exception.

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Originally Posted by ryu4000

That was my old system a 920 serve me great but it was time for a upgrade so i sold it off and brought my current rig welll worth.

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Saved my tail off for this super rig!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ras/megapc.jpg

Hehe, Actually using a fairly old (2yrs) AMD X4 955 system with 12 gig rams with Nvidia 450GTS until the wife faction improves so I can blow a few grand on two new systems for us. Being she is also a gamer, So I am sure I can con her with some nice shiny new PC parts to let her play her MMO's on.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by MattChicago

But either way have you noticed any decent changes while playing games since game engines cannot really handle high end boxes. I have played on a very high end computer before and my system and they both seem the same in regards to games. Possibly Crysis and APB Reloaded or Arma3 would be a exception.

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Not really but it does give my 3x cards more room without bottlenecking them plus i try my best to 60fps ever game which still with the hardware don't always work.If i would have stuck with my 920 i would have to overclock it higher or else lose some fps and always read x79 platform is good for tri-sli so i went that route.I still get problems keeping 60fps but that's only during arkfalls the lowest i drop to is like 38fps but keep in mine it's only using one card and this one card is pushing 1440p.

you guys are cute,

I remember my tsr-80.. haha.. those were the days.

edit.. btw.. 2tb ssd's are coming out in stores soon, Mine are pretty solid, But the price will be heavy.. 2.5".. I run 1 in my ps3 and another on my rig right now.

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Originally Posted by Webferret

Saved my tail off for this super rig!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ras/megapc.jpg

Hehe, Actually using a fairly old (2yrs) AMD X4 955 system with 12 gig rams with Nvidia 450GTS until the wife faction improves so I can blow a few grand on two new systems for us. Being she is also a gamer, So I am sure I can con her with some nice shiny new PC parts to let her play her MMO's on.

Cheers

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Don't laugh. I still have mine and I still love it. Load "*",8,1

RIG:
HAF XM 922 Case
Asus Maximus Formula V
16GB G.Skill memory 1866 MHz
Corsair CX 750M PSU
Intel Core i7-3770k
Cooler Master Hyper Evo212 Direct Contact Cooler
Kingston Hyper X 120GB SSD
Seagate Momentus 1TB
2x's MSI GTX 680 Reference Cards sLI

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Originally Posted by Webferret

Saved my tail off for this super rig!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ras/megapc.jpg

Hehe, Actually using a fairly old (2yrs) AMD X4 955 system with 12 gig rams with Nvidia 450GTS until the wife faction improves so I can blow a few grand on two new systems for us. Being she is also a gamer, So I am sure I can con her with some nice shiny new PC parts to let her play her MMO's on.

Cheers

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I miss my C64.

I spent countless hours wooing the ladies of Sid Meier's Pirates!

Seriously I think I wasted 3 years of my life playing Wastelands, before ECA became the devil known as EA lol.

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Originally Posted by Griggio

Seriously I think I wasted 3 years of my life playing Wastelands, before ECA became the devil known as EA lol.

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Old school EA was innovative and put out some good games. Now they're the devil as you said.

CPU: i5-3570K @ 3.4GHz / 3.8GHz
RAM: 12GB Corsair Vengeance
Graphics: GTX 670 FTW 2GB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
Monitor: 46" Panasonic Viera 120HZ

PICS:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...px-Toaster.jpg

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Originally Posted by MattChicago

Trust me you do not need much to play a game very effective. I would suggest not just going to Best Buy or Fry's and or microcenter and "buying a complete box" i would suggest building your own it is very easy. Here is a list of the most simple things you would need to have a pretty decent gaming "rig" so to speak that wont eat your lunch.

1. A Decent tower that has say 8 drive slots (bays)
2. A 850 Watt Power Supply
3. A I5 to I7 motherboard
4. A Processor at least 2.5 ghz quad core.
5. 8 Gigs of Memory is all you really need for any game.
6. A Video Card with at least 2 to 4 gigs of memory on it. (you could use dual crossfire but most games cannot handle it)
7. Just get 2 hard drives that are 500 gigs each that are SATA 1 for your main drive 1 for file storage etc.

8. As for a Monitor i would suggest getting a TV instead that is flat screen (do not get a plasma) i had purchased a 24" flatscreen Poloroid from Target that has DVI and HDMI hookups so its the same. at half the cost as well. I was using dual monitors a while back but i wanted to get a display that combined both my flat screen monitors so opted for a flatscreen tv instead.

Now if you shop correctly you should get everything above for about $800 to $1000 total give or take.

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Just so you know, just about any new built system running a single GPU Only needs a 550w PSU at max. Also a spinpoint F3 HDD is recommended, they generally have faster boot times. Just make sure its a 500g Platter and youre good to go ( their TB drives are usually 2x 500g platters, so you can go higher ).

Also for a monitor, getting a TV is a bad idea. Any decent monitor will always look better then any HD TV you can buy just for the pixel ratios.

2012 15 inch Macbook Pro
2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB

Windows 7 (running under Bootcamp as secondary OS)

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Originally Posted by Truhls

Just so you know, just about any new built system running a single GPU Only needs a 550w PSU at max. Also a spinpoint F3 HDD is recommended, they generally have faster boot times. Just make sure its a 500g Platter and youre good to go ( their TB drives are usually 2x 500g platters, so you can go higher ).

Also for a monitor, getting a TV is a bad idea. Any decent monitor will always look better then any HD TV you can buy just for the pixel ratios.

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550W Max? You're nuts!

My MINIMUM PSU from eXtreme PSU Calculator is 700W. MINIMUM!

Intel® Core™ i7 3820 Processor
Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System
32 GB [4 GB X8] DDR3-1600 Memory Module
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 1GB - EVGA Superclocked - Core: 900MHz - SLI Mode (Dual Cards)
[3-Way SLI] Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 -- 6x SATA 6Gb/s
2 TB HARD DRIVE

Here is my gaming rig which I built my self little over 4 years ago.

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz @ 3.8GHz (overclocked)
CPU cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus 120mm (Push/Pull Setup)
RAM: 8GB G.SKILL 1333MHz 240-Pin DDR3
HD1: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive (Raid 0)
HD2: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive (Raid 0)
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Video card 1: XFX HD5870 (Crossfire mode)
Video card 2: XFX HD5870 (Crossfire mode)
Monitor: 21" ViewSonic LCD VX2260wm
Sound: Onboard Sound
Power supply: Corsair 750HX
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech M185
Headphones: Turtle Beach Gaming Headset Ear Force X41

I use a Commodore VIC-20 but I'm saving up for a Commodore 64.

Thermaltake LEVEL GT10 SNOW Edition
MOBO Z77 Sabertooth
CPU I7 3770K
Ram 16gb GSKILL Ripsaw x 1866
PSU Rosewill 1300 watt ( I love the LEDS )
CPU Cooler Zalmann Black Nickel Dual Ball Bearing Air Cooler
GPU EVGA 480 GTX

yeah that's pretty much about it, I have ton of peripherals

Wanting to get a Razer Sabertooth, and waiting on the new Nvidia 700 series cards so I can go back to doing an SLI configuration.

[IMG]http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...DxX/pcpic2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...DxX/PcPIC1.jpg[/IMG]Case

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Originally Posted by Truhls

Just so you know, just about any new built system running a single GPU Only needs a 550w PSU at max. Also a spinpoint F3 HDD is recommended, they generally have faster boot times. Just make sure its a 500g Platter and youre good to go ( their TB drives are usually 2x 500g platters, so you can go higher ).

Also for a monitor, getting a TV is a bad idea. Any decent monitor will always look better then any HD TV you can buy just for the pixel ratios.

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my 3 70" 1440p 1khz refresh rate 3d "tv's" would disagree with you.. several models not only double as, but are supported by default on systems as monitors... of note.. defiance isn't particularly graphical....playing reclined in leather, in my theater room, with 7.2 surround sound (9 channel is coming soon from Dolby, it adds a vertical element, but it all pales compared to uncompressed pure audio).. well.. really can't be beat. while the overall, technical pixel by pixel resolution is variable and compared.. the overall image and experience is what is important..

I could say the best monitor for resolution would be an I-pad if resolution were the only thing that mattered.

so tell me what do you guys think??

I built this myself not so long ago (I'd say 2 months for pretty much complete build, but I started working on it 4 months ago). I do wanna change my graphic cards, though. I wanna upgrade to 3 Titans, but the prices are getting higher and higher, so I don't see that happening anytime soon. :[

Case: Cosmo II
Mobo: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
CPU: i7-3930K
CPU cooling: Corsair H100i
RAM: 64GB G.Skill 1666 Sniper
HD1: Intel 520 SSD - 128MB
HD2: WD Velociraptor 1TB
HD3: WD Caviar Black 2TB
HD4: WD Caviar Black 2TB
HD5: WD Caviar Green 3TB
OS: Windows 8 64bit
Video card 1: GTX680 2GB SC
Video card 2: GTX680 2GB SC
Video card 3: GTX680 2GB SC
Monitor 1: 3x 24" ASUS
Sound: Onboard Sound
Power supply: Corsair 1200 Gold
Keyboard: Logitech G19
Mouse: Logitech G700
Headphones: Logitech G930

Upper Mid-Range to Lower Top 'o The Line PC

Win8 64bit (even tho I hate it)
i5 3450 3.10 Ghz
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon 7800

Very good pc

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so tell me what do you guys think??

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I have the black liquid cooled version of that case. :)

Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT LCS(Liquid Cooled)
http://www.thermaltake.com/db/produc...cs/cooling.jpg

CPU: Intel i-7 2600K Sandybridge
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...xdeLzyWg79Th5i

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...ymeFLgJLYJB9Kg
PSU: Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000w Modular
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...9LVzWaIH807Lkg

GPU: 2 PNY GTX 560 TI OC in SLI (yes, the skyrim edition)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...E_Sdpr3kT2K4SQ

RAM: 4 4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1600 = 16GB
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/...428-TS?$S300W$

Sound Card: Creative Labs SB X-Fi
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...idI-uqD6Rg68EY

HDD: A bunch
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ejoe/bunch.png

Keyboard: Logitech G510
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...sQU0vnfCf6H1gp

My system, it's actually over a year old now but nothing has been released that I know that can make it struggle, no issues of course running Defiance, was great playing Rift as well and also Star Wars: The Old Republic which was a CPU intensive game.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 4.20GHz (8 CPUs) (Overclocked)
Memory 16384MB RAM
Hard Drive 120 GB SSD, 2x 1TB Seagates
Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD85
Operating System Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Video
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 x2


Peripherals
Keyboard Razer Lycosa
Mouse Razer Deathadder
Mouse Surface Razer Goliathus
Computer Case Coolermaster Storm Trooper

I was like: Jesus! Ain't nobody got technology fo dat.
But then I read: MB. :[

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Memory 16384MB RAM

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http://media.gdgt.com/img/product/8/...0-21rt-800.jpg

I use an intel quadra processor with 16 megabits of memory processing power. I run off a 240v power supply and 45cm diameter dell inspiration TV screen.
The guy at Tropical TV said it was custom built and it's great for running games, I have no issues with defiance and I got a 2 year warranty on it, it cost a bit out of my pocket at 4,000$ but it was money well spent.

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Originally Posted by MattChicago

So not to think my stuff does not stink but...

My System is.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit (OS)
Si P6T-SE Gamer (Game System)
i7 - Quad Core Processor (Core)
16 Gigs DDR3 (Memory)
10 Hard Drives (SATA and USB) (500gigs to 1TB Each)
ATI Radeon Hd 5700 CrossFire (Video)
SB Recon3 Sound Card. (Audio)

And NO i do not work for Nasa..... Your rig isnt that great..

And my tower cannot handle any more internal hard drives except for IDE ones ha...
Also i ran out of USB Slots so had to get a new card and also USB Hub just for more USB toys.

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My Rig:

OS: Windows 7 Proffesional (got it for free with the purchase of some hardware)
Intel I7 3770 3,4 Ghz (boosts to 3,9)
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC from Fabric, and OCed a bit after
16 GB 1666Mhz DDR3 RAM
3 TB Storage (WD Cavalier Green 3 x 1 TB) and 120 GB SSD (Intel 520)
Motherboard: MSI MS-7758
650W PSU (cant remember fabricant and cba checking)
Case: HAF X (Mid tower)

Extra:
2 x Benq full HD Screens
Logitech G710+ Keyboard
QPad 5K gaming mouse
Logitech G35 headset

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Originally Posted by Mirimon

my 3 70" 1440p 1khz refresh rate 3d "tv's" would disagree with you.. several models not only double as, but are supported by default on systems as monitors... of note.. defiance isn't particularly graphical....playing reclined in leather, in my theater room, with 7.2 surround sound (9 channel is coming soon from Dolby, it adds a vertical element, but it all pales compared to uncompressed pure audio).. well.. really can't be beat. while the overall, technical pixel by pixel resolution is variable and compared.. the overall image and experience is what is important..

I could say the best monitor for resolution would be an I-pad if resolution were the only thing that mattered.

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Got any pictures? :D

I have a BenQ XL2420T. Hands down it has to be one of the best displays I have ever purchased, which is surprising since I'm always wary of stuff that associates itself to MLG.

I see a lot of I7s here. I didn't know I was playing against people working for NASA in their spare time.

Me, I like to keep it portable.
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I travel a lot for work, but I love to game, therefore I had to get a gaming laptop. Absolutely love Digital Storm's product.


Digital Storm x15E Laptop (Model: 9150)
Display: 15.6 Inch (16:9) (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
Processor: Intel Core i7 3840QM (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode to 3.8Ghz)
Thermal Compound: Premium IC Diamond CPU and GPU Thermal Compound
Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz (4x4GB Sticks)
Primary Hard Drive: Intel 480GB SSD (520 Series)
Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Player (Blu-Ray 6x) & DVD/CD Writer
Wireless Card: Bigfoot Networks Killer Wireless-N 1202
Video Card(s): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit Edition)

Defiance players = Rich people.

Any doubt about it.