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[FreakingHell]

X38 mobo
Q6600
4 Gigs 800Mhz DDR2
8800GT
320GB Seagate Barracuda 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0GBPS HD

 

[xenophek]

Model: Home Built
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, OC to 3.16 GHz
Memory: Wintec AMPX 2GB (2x1)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda7200 rpm, 500 GB
Video Card: ASUS Radeon HD4850, 512 MB memory
Monitor: Acer AL2216Wbd 22" widescreen, 5ms
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3L
Sound Card: onboard Realtek ALC888
Headset: cheapo Altec Lansing (Skype sponsored) from Wal-Mart
Speakers: some Harman/Kardon set with a big subwoofer (from a garage sale)
Keyboard: Logitech 967557-0403 Silver/Black slim wireless
Mouse: S 510 Mouse (included with keyboard)
Mouse Surface: BELKIN F8E081-BLU
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition

Built for around $1000, and I'm proud of it. The Radeon HD4850 absolutely eats anything I throw at it.

 

[CrankCantankerous]

Model: Self-built
Mobo: Gigabyte EP45-DS3R
Proc: Intel E8400 (Dual Core @ 3.0ghz)
Mem: 4096 OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 [2x2]
HDD: 250GB 8MB Cache, 750GB 16MB Cache; 7200RPM/SATA
Video: Gigabyte HD4850, 512MB
Monitor: Westinghouse L2210NW
Sound Card: Onboard RealTek HD Audio
Headset: Creative Labs Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Keyboard: Cheapo thing that clicks loudly and most importantly FEELS right
Mouse: Logitech 3 button optical
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit

 

[ActionGrant]

Here is my setup

Intel C2D e8400 @ 4.05ghz
PNY 9800 GX2 OC
PNY 8800gt XLR8 [For the second monitor so I can still have sli enabled on the 9800]
4gb OCZ ReaperX HPC 900mhz (sync) [The computer runs a lot faster if you put the ram in sync mode with your FSB]
XFX MB 780i
2x RaptorX 150gb hdds
2x Seagate 500gb internals
2x Western Digital 500gb internals
1x Western Digital 1tb external
1x Seagate 500gb external

Overall Setup:



Yes, that is an IBM Model M13. Also, for all of you that doubt CRT monitors, the only reason I am using them is because the resolution goes up to 2048x1536.

Internals:

 

[SHΛRPSH??TZER]

share your system

I thought id ask if you guys would share pics and specs of ur systems. Ill start it off. MY system specs:
Qc2 6600 @3.4 GHz OCed
EVGA 780i SLI capable motherboard
BFG 768mb gtx graphix card
Raptor 150gb harddrive
seagate 750gb harddrive
Silverstone DA750 power supply
8gbs Gskill ddr2 ram
sony bueray drive
samsung dvd drive
Antec p182 silver mirror finish case
windows vista 64

I havent finished building my desk yet

 

[KyanWan]

My Personal system:

- MB: Asus A8N-E
CPU: Athlon 64 FX55
GPU: BFG GeForce 8600GTS , 256mb
RAM: 2GB Ram, Mushkin Black L1
HDD: 2x 250gb HD, SATA 3.0, Seagate
TV: Hauppauge PVR250
Sound: Onboard Realtek Sound. ( SB XFi was causing problems because SoundBlaster SUCKS )
Monitor: Samsung 920b 19"
RAT: Logitech Mx518 mouse
KB: Microsoft wired Media Keyboard ( comfortable and responsive, with a regular layout. )

My "Other" system:

- MB : Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe
CPU: Athlon X2 6000
RAM: 2GB - ( I Forget the brand. )
GPU: BFG GeForce 8600GTS , 256mb
HDD: 250gb x 2 / SATA 3.0 / 7200rpm
TV: ATI TV Wonder
Sound: Onboard Realtek Sound. ( See above. )
Monitor: LG Flatron 22" Widescreen
RAT: Logitech Mx310 ( Yeah, I need a new one. )
KB: Microsoft wired Media Keyboard
Headset: Plantronics , $30.00 lightweight wraparound headset.

 

[Blue Stealth]

I thought id ask if you guys would share pics and specs of ur systems. Ill start it off. MY system specs:
Qc2 6600 @3.4 GHz OCed
EVGA 780i SLI capable motherboard
BFG 768mb gtx graphix card
Raptor 150gb harddrive
seagate 750gb harddrive
Silverstone DA750 power supply
8gbs Gskill ddr2 ram
sony bueray drive
samsung dvd drive
Antec p182 silver mirror finish case
windows vista 64

I havent finished building my desk yet

jeese that screen is pretty high up does your neck get tired lookin up like that?
nice system btw, good choice for cpu

 

[foxtrotniner]

Here's my gaming rig in my new Antec 300 case:
Asus P5E-VM HDMI
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale
Seasonic 500W modular PSU
Evga 8800gt
300gb WD hdd
Sony dvd burner
Xigmatek RS1283

 

[-Jv-]

and here are the pictures.

I got the same CPU cooler

Where's the airflow dude, try to put the cables away

 

[Blue Stealth]

I got the same CPU cooler

Where's the airflow dude, try to put the cables away

yeah im workin on that, alrerady ordered ties and longer cables so i can hide them away

 

[Morbid #2 - Banned]

I'd go insane with a mirror finish case. I'd end up polishing the marks on it 24/7... I hate that sooo much.

 

[I-Die-Often]

Here's my gaming rig in my new Antec 300 case:
Asus P5E-VM HDMI
Seasonic 500W modular PSU
Evga 8800gt
300gb WD hdd
Sony dvd burner
Xigmatek RS1283

Nice looking job F9er... I am going to do some work in my 900 to hide some cables after we finish moving...

 

[Metatron]

Athlon 1800+, 1 gig ram, 9600xt. Can still play some games.

Dell 2407 on a pentium d, 2 gigs ram and a 1900xt512.

Athlon 2500+ and a alienware core 2 duo with 2 gigs ram and a x1800.

Main rig. 40" 1080p tv, e6400, 4 gigs ram, 8800 gts 640.

Um, plays doom good?

Hey, it plays consoles!

Nuff said.

 

[xenophek]

Aesthetics​

"Big" Betty is my Frankenstein-esque gaming rig that I built a few months ago. The case is somewhat older than the rest of the components inside of it, and I picked it up at an auction where I live. I bought the case and the old junk inside of it (as well as a CRT monitor and a keyboard 'n mouse) for $10. It was originally whiteish, but a coat of paint quickly took care of that. I also cut a hole in the side of the case, following existing design lines and placing some plexi I found at Atwoods over the hole.​

I painted the front a two-tone orange/black color scheme, and painted the buttons and trim pieces a metal flake gloss black. It looks much better in person, these pictures were taken with my cell phone. I also cut a hole in the bottom of the front panel and placed a mesh over it for better airflow.

On the inside, Betty is cooled by six (6) 80mm case fans; four in the front and two in the back. Cooling the CPU is a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, with the excess cable attached around the circumference of the fan grill. Also inside is a set of dual UV cold cathodes, though the one on top isn't nearly as bright.
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Call me OCD, but I spent two hours doing the cable management to make them seem more... graceful. Most of them start from the PSU in a large cluster, then begin branching from the main cluster as they arrive at their destinations. I think I used several dozen 4" zip ties doing cable management alone. The rest of the cables from the PSU, as well as the cables for the front fans, are hidden between the other side panel and the sheet metal where the motherboard mounts.

Hardware​

Under the hood, Betty is packing a Core 2 Duo E7200. This processor is a demon, because it is at a stable overclock at 3.6 GHz on air, with much thanks to the Freezer 7 Pro. The motherboard is the GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3L, which has an extremely wonderful BIOS with tons of overclocking tools and other misc. good stuff. As far as RAM goes, Betty radiates memory with 3 GB of Wintec AMPX DDR 2 800MHz (PC2 6400). The hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200 RPM unit.

The single most expensive component on my rig is the ASUS Radeon HD4850 (slim edition). It is an extremely powerful card, and for reference it plays Crysis on all Very High settings smoothly, with no AA. This card is a must have for anyone who wants a killer card on a not-so-killer budget.

All of the above is powered by a Corsair CMPSU-550VX 550W power supply, which is also a must have for anyone who wants a quality PSU with PLENTY of connectors.
​

For my personal pleasure, Betty's window is a Acer 22" 5ms widescreen monitor. Also for my personal pleasure (and TV viewing convenience), I have a Logitech wireless slim keyboard and a S 510 wireless mouse. Handy for me, the keyboard and mouse have a really good sensor range. I can control the computer from across the room. The speakers are a cheap pair with a subwoofer I got from Radio Shack a couple years ago. My web cam (tucked underneath the shelf just beside the white hard drive) is actually a Panasonic GS85 camcorder. It makes a really awesome web cam.

Software​

On the software end of things, Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit is installed as the only operating system. I also have Adobe Master Collection CS3, which includes the Production applications. The only other major set of Software I have is the Microsoft Office Enterprise edition, which is just above Home & Student I believe. At least mine is. I have much more software (I collect software, even little things like the Java installer), but I'd rather not list them at the moment.

In addition, I have about 120 GB of ripped movies, some in HD.

 

[InductedStorm]

• Case:
  APEVIA X-CRUISER
  
  
• Monitors:
  Samsung SyncMaster 906BW 19"
  Wide Screen, Dell 15" UltraSharp
  
  
• Power Supply:
  600 Watt SilverStone
  
  
• Mother Board:
  ASUS P5B Deluxe
  
  
• Processor:
  Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz overclocked to 2.57
  
  
• Memory:
  Corsair 2GB (2 X 1GB)
  
  
• Graphics Card:
  Nvidia GeForce 7950GT KO
  
  
• TV Tuner:
  Leadtek TV2000XP
  
  
• Wireless Card:
  Belkin N1 Wireless N
  
  
• Hard Drive:
  2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB in Raid 1
  
  
• CD Drive: Pioneer
  
  
• Fans:
  1 120mm Rosewill
  1 80mm Apevia
  2 80mm Generic
  
  
• OS: Vista Ultimate

 

[darin1992]

My rig (no pics till I get home)
HDD(s): 7200 RPM 500 GB Western Digital Barracuda, 10000 RPM 150 GB Western Digital Raptor
Mobo: ASUS RAMPAGE Formula
CPU: E8400 (3 ghz stock) running @ 3.8 GHZ
GPU: EVGA GTX 280 SSC Edition
Cooling: Tuniq 120 MM Heatsink
PSU: Some PC Power and Cooling PSU, like 800W
Monitor: 24" Acer Widescreen Monitor 5ms Response
Mouse: Logitech G5
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa
Headset: Logitech something
Case: Xclio Windtunnel, has two big 180 mm Fans on the side to keep HDDS and GPU's cool.
Memory: 4 GB of 1066 DDR2 G.Skill sticks
OS: Windows Vista 64 bit

 

[DEMODER]

CASE: TURBO X-DREAMER CASE 350 WATT W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (GREEN COLOR)
CASEUPGRADE: 12in COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT (GREEN COLOR)
CS_FAN: Extra 3-Color Neon Light LED Case Fan (2 x Fans)
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo E6850 CPU @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit
CD: SONY 16X DVD-ROM (GREEN COLOR)
CD2:20X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (GREEN COLOR)
FAN: (Thermaltake MaxOrb Enthusiast CPU Cooling Fan(Silent & Overclock Proof w/ Highest Efficiency Cooling)
HDD: Hitachi (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
HDD2: Maxtor 300 GB 7200RPM HD
HDD3: Simpletech 320 External HD (usb)
KEYBOARD: Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard
MOUSE: Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse
MOTHERBOARD: MSI P6N SLI-FI nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader) Only 2 gig in cpu right now as I'm running Windows XP, the other 2 will be ready when I do switch to Vista
NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabite 10/100/1000 Network Card
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts Power Supplies (CoolerMaster Unit 600 Watts eXtreme Power - SLI Supports)
SOUND: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer 24-BIT PCI Sound Card
Speakers: Bose Companion 3 multimedia speaker system
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

My wife bought this for me as a Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary gift.

 

[Blue Stealth]

yeah ive worked pretty hard to get this computer up and running, cost me lots of cash.

yeah i was risking it with the NIC card because i had heard mixed reviews about it. I had pings of about 80-95 before i got the card and now ive got about 40-50 so a good buy for my computer.

ill send another pic or two once i get my mako speakers in.

and here are the pics of my Razer Mako speakers. 400 dollar b-day present










these babies are like this !chair to my old creatives. the makos + my Sound Blaster x-fi creative sound card makes for a good game of F.E.A.R.

-Blue Stealth

 

[Pottymouth]

Manufacturer: Custom Built on ASUS P5B Deluxe mother board.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.13GHZ (OCed to 3.0ghz) - Tuniq Tower 120 CPU cooler.
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Ram: 4096 MB DDR2 OCZ
O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate
Mouse: Logitech G7 Gaming Mouse (Teal and Gray)
Monitor: Dell FPW 2007 22" Widescreen
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 580, also have a Logitech Head Set.

 

[Blue Stealth]

This is my gaming rig at school in California

(I have built every inch of this from the ground up over the past two years, no help)


Case: Thermaltake Armor+ ESA Edition
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 600w
Mobo: EVGA 680i SLI Edition
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz OC'd to 3.061 GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake MaxOrb CPU cooler
Memory: 4GB Corsair dominator DDR2 RAM @1066MHz xtra low latency /w cooler fan
Optical Drive: LG Super Combo drive(cd, dvd, hd dvd, blu ray)
Hard Drive(primary): 300 GB Western Digital velociraptor 10,000 RPM hard drive
Hard Drive(Secondary): 160GB 7200RPM WD Caviar and 10,000RPM WD Raptor 150GB
Video Card: MSI Nvidia 8800GTS 640MB (soon to be a ATI 4870X2)
Monitor: HP w2207h 22-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
Speakers: razer mako 2.1 speakers
Sound Card: X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
NIC Card: Killer NIC card
Headset: Logitech crap edition
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer Blue Lechesis
Mouse Pad: Razer Goliathus (control/speed)
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit and 32 bit on secondary drives)
External: WD 300GB 7200 RPM MyBook ES with eSATA connection
External: WD 500GB 7200 RPM MyBook Home

now overclocked to 3.3ghz
the video card is next as soon as I get a cooler for it !chair