Post your PC specs!

[hallux]

The last PC I built for me was the following:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX upgraded from an Asus Crosshair III Formula when I added the SSD (wanted SATA-3 for the SSD)
AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition
8 GB OCZ RAM
EVGA GTX470
Coolermaster Cosmos case
Coolermaster Hyper 212 HSF
WD Black HDD's of varying sizes
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SSD
Thermaltake 700w PSU which was subsequently replaced with an 850W unit under warranty

I now have a base 2012 Mac Mini with 8 GB of RAM and the aforementioned OCZ SSD and a Mediasonic 4-bay external enclosure since I had slowly decreased my gaming and was only using the system as a media server, didn't need a gaming PC for that.

 

[thatguy97]

The last PC I built for me was the following:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX upgraded from an Asus Crosshair III Formula when I added the SSD (wanted SATA-3 for the SSD)
AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition
8 GB OCZ RAM
EVGA GTX470
Coolermaster Cosmos case
Coolermaster Hyper 212 HSF
WD Black HDD's of varying sizes
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SSD
Thermaltake 700w PSU which was subsequently replaced with an 850W unit under warranty

I now have a base 2012 Mac Mini with 8 GB of RAM and the aforementioned OCZ SSD and a Mediasonic 4-bay external enclosure since I had slowly decreased my gaming and was only using the system as a media server, didn't need a gaming PC for that.

Does your 470 sound like a vacuum? if I recall people were very happy with performance but noise plagued the 400 series, anyway interesting to see a couple phenom builds here!

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[hallux]

Does your 470 sound like a vacuum? if I recall people were very happy with performance but noise plagued the 400 series, anyway interesting to see a couple phenom builds here!

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

I seem to recall the system being noisy but four 120mm fans can do that also. I was relatively diligent about keeping the inside clean (had shop air with an in-line water trap at work). Except for starting the OS install a couple weeks ago I haven't run the system in over a year, I actually plan to get it up for sale on CL eventually.

Bang for the buck, AMD used to be the better deal. I never had any performance issues with it, I would play COD (started with COD4 up through Black Ops) for hours at a time with little problem and was somewhat consistently one of the first to load into maps on multiplayer, even before the SSD was installed.

 

[thatguy97]

I seem to recall the system being noisy but four 120mm fans can do that also. I was relatively diligent about keeping the inside clean (had shop air with an in-line water trap at work). Except for starting the OS install a couple weeks ago I haven't run the system in over a year, I actually plan to get it up for sale on CL eventually.

Bang for the buck, AMD used to be the better deal. I never had any performance issues with it, I would play COD (started with COD4 up through Black Ops) for hours at a time with little problem and was somewhat consistently one of the first to load into maps on multiplayer, even before the SSD was installed.

Heck yeah the 5000 series slaughtered Nvidias cards back then. Heck some ppl still have 5870s.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[Golfdriver97]

I will list my rig below w/ links to where I purchased it from .

Alm's Gaming Rig

Case: Roswell THOR V2 (Large Full Tower) - Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case, support up to E-ATX / XL-ATX, come with Four Fans - 1 x Front Red LED 230mm Fan, 1 x Top 230mm Fan, 1 x Side 230mm Fan, 1 x Rear 140mm Fan-Retail - Newegg.com

Mobo: ASUS Z97. Probably the worst part of my PC haha --- ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K (4.0 GHz) -- Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Refresh Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K - Newegg.com - Newegg.com

Heat Sync: Cool Master Hyper EVO -- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+ - Newegg.com

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB -- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM - Newegg.com

Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 -- EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card - Newegg.com

HD: Crucial 250 GB SSD -- Amazon.com: Crucial MX200 250GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT250MX200SSD1: Computers & Accessories

To borrow from SNL Jeopardy: 'Show the people the picture, Trebek!' Lol

 

[anon(818769)]

That PSU is a little overkill for this system. You could drop that down to a 600-700W PSU and use the saved cash to get a 960. Just a thought!

 

[anon(818769)]

Wile I'm here:

Processor: Intel Core i5 4570 (stock cooler)
GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC (just upgraded from a 7850)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41
SSD: PNY XLR8 120GB
HDD: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM Black
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3 1866 Mhz
PSU: Corsair CX600 (600W)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/q2k2Jx

 

[thatguy97]

That PSU is a little overkill for this system. You could drop that down to a 600-700W PSU and use the saved cash to get a 960. Just a thought!

Yeah it is but I'm buying that one from a friend 35 bucks, and figured I could future proof.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[ratsttam]

Basically it's a Dell Precision T3400 (Heavy SOB!)
Intel QX9650 Core 2 Quad
8gb (2gb x4) ddr2
AMD 9650 (hdmi to an asus 24" 1080 display)
Soundblaster Live 5.1
1x 128gb ssd
4x 500gb 7200rpm raid 1+0
internal lightscribe dvd burner / external blu-ray reader

 

[thatguy97]

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[Will Eaton]

Here's a build I'm thinking about:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zFYpCJ
I'm kind of dragging my feet about it; I don't know if it's worth the price. What do you guys think?

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[Will Eaton]

The WD Black is kinda unnecessary but I like it so...

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[hallux]

Here's a build I'm thinking about:
Intel Core i7-4790K, Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970, Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) - System Build - PCPartPicker
I'm kind of dragging my feet about it; I don't know if it's worth the price. What do you guys think?

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The WD Black is kinda unnecessary but I like it so...

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How is the WD Black unnecessary? IMO, those are some of the better/best desktop HDDs on the market and a 120 GB SSD isn't nearly big enough these days.

 

[thatguy97]

How is the WD Black unnecessary? IMO, those are some of the better/best desktop HDDs on the market and a 120 GB SSD isn't nearly big enough these days.

I actually got a 80gb SSD at the last second, I just want to put windows on it.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[Will Eaton]

How is the WD Black unnecessary? IMO, those are some of the better/best desktop HDDs on the market and a 120 GB SSD isn't nearly big enough these days.

Yeah you're right about the Black. It's also possible I'll up the SSD to 250GB

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[Ujini]

Q6600
4gb ram
ATI 6850
2tb (3 disk drives)
240gb intel 730SSD

 

[thatguy97]

Q6600
4gb ram
ATI 6850
2tb (3 disk drives)
240gb intel 730SSD

Ahhh the venerable Core 2 Quad... Crazy how those have hold up ppl say pair it with a good graphics card and you're good.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[Ujini]

Ahhh the venerable Core 2 Quad... Crazy how those have hold up ppl say pair it with a good graphics card and you're good.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

The cpu is built like a tank! Purchased it back in 2007, and it's outlasted my other components. Had to replace my mobo and PSU back in 2013. Still using the same stock Intel fan too ^_^

 

[thatguy97]

The cpu is built like a tank! Purchased it back in 2007, and it's outlasted my other components. Had to replace my mobo and PSU back in 2013. Still using the same stock Intel fan too ^_^

Was it hard to find another LGA775 board on 2013? Lol

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

 

[Geodude074]

Hey AC I'm building a rig soon with specs as follows:
Intel core i3 4170 (which comes with paste on the heatsink?)
Asus gtx 950 2gb
Gigabyte ga h97m d3h board
8gb ddr3 1600 (4x2)
Seagate 1tb 7200 rpm
EDIT: 850 watt evga PSU
Any good tips for me as a 1st timer?
Also interested to see what kind of rigs you guys have! Hope this thread isn't redundant, if so sorry.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

Get an i5 instead of an i3. The most powerful i3 isn't as powerful as the least powerful i5 when it comes to multithreading. Newer gen games are optimized for 4 cores, and even though the i3 has 4 logical cores, it's still not as good as having 4 physical cores. If you don't want to spend the cash on an i5, at least get the new Skylake processors, the i3 you picked is 2 generations old.

Get a graphics card with at least 3 GB VRAM. Newer gen games at 1080p use over 2 GB VRAM. GTA V uses 2.5 GB* for example at 1080p (my mistake, it actually uses 4 GB VRAM).

http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/90/much-vram-need-1080p-1440p-4k-aa-enabled/index.html

If you can't afford both an i5 and a card with 3 GB VRAM, then get one and wait until you can afford to upgrade the other.

My build, it's 2 1/2 years old now:
i7-4770k @ 4.6 GHz
GTX 760 4 GB
16 GB RAM