Check This Out Post Your Gaming Rig!

[Prog3ny]

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @3.0GHz
Memory: 4GB G.Skill DDR2-800
Hard Drive: 320GB + 250GB
Video Card: Sapphire HD4870
Monitor: Samsung 19" SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900)
Sound Card: Bgears B-Enspirer
Operating System: Windows Vista x64 Ultimate SP1

Built it about ~2 years ago, with the only new addition being the 4870

 

[Ma$termind]

Built this about a year and a half ago (right when then 8800gtx first came out). Still haven't found a game that has conquered it. May upgraded it soon anyway, though... It's beginning to show it's age.

Custom PC Specs:
Case: Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS Full Tower ATX
Motherboard: EVGA nForce 680i SLI
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 OCed to 3.2 Ghz w/ Zalman 9700
Memory: Corsair 2GB DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
Video Card: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
Headphones: (2x) Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80 (Yes two.. I primarily use my speakers, though)
Hard Drives: (2x) WD Rapter 74GB 10K-RPM (RAID 0)
Secondary HDD: 150GB Maxtor 7.4K-RPM (For extra storage...)
Secondary Moniter: Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen 1680x1050
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad
Mouse: Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Joystick: Saitek X52 Flight Controller
Operating System: Vista Business 32bit

I recently moved this into my server room, though, so that I could use it in my makeshift Home Theater setup.

Here are the rest of the specs, and a few older pics.. I'm too lazy to get the camera out again.

Home Theater Specs:
Screen: 110" Custom Made - Blackout Cloth, lined with Black Velvet
Projector: Epson 720 Projector
Sound System: Onkyo HT-SR800 7.1 Speaker System (May be replaced soon)
Music Server: MacBook Pro + 1TB External Drive
Console: PS2 (PC Gaming FTW)

Wide Shot

110" Screen

Secondary Seat

Equipment Rack

G15 + G9

Mic + Headphones

PC Server Room

Trackmania Prospective Shot

Oh, and you don't see it, but I've got the 230watt subwoofer directly behind the couch. I like to feel the rumble when watching a movie or when gaming!

 

[FaTtY-mIc-FaTFaT]

nice, a projector screen, hows it look? i never really found it really clear to me, always see pixels. maybe because im to close ROFL

nice rig though, but 2gb of ram? for shame XD

 

[Ma$termind]

It all depends on the resolution of the projector. If I was using a 480p projector, then it would look terrible sitting that close to it. As it is, I'm just on the edge of my 720p projector's limits. If I sat a foot or two closer I would start to notice pixelation, but at my current seating distance (and screen size), it's great - as clear as my 20" PC monitor (and way better picture quality..)!

If you can, and you're interested, try to find a place in your area that sells (and shows) HD projection systems... Just because you go in to look, doesn't mean you have to buy anything from them (I bought online after), but when I was having the same concern as you (that I needed to go 1080p at my seating distance and screen size) it assured me that 720p would do. It's also a good way to check out with your own eyes the differences between projection technologies, and if you experience the rainbow effect on DLP models (like I do).

As for the 2GB of ram, you must remember I built it a year and a half ago. Those 2 sticks of DDR2 cost me $255 (after rebate!) at the time (I looked at the Newegg receipt). And, to be honest, I still haven't found a game that needs more than that. I even run Crysis at Very High, 4xAA at 720p, no problem.. You're right, though, and that's partially what I meant when I said it's starting to show its age.

 

[ThruTheScope]

Processor: AMD 6000+ dual-core
Mobo: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
PSU: 600w zalman
Memory: 4GBs of corsair
Hard Drive: 250gb sata
Video Card: Nvidia 8800gts 320mb
Monitor: Samsung 19" widescreen
Headset: cheap walmart headset
Speakers: creative 5.1 surround
Keyboard: logitech wireless
Mouse: crappy microsoft optical mouse with messed up right click, I had to put something inside it to make it click when I push it down...
Mouse Surface: eXact mat X control
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate

oh and my habu mouse should be here today

 

[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: Creative I-Trigue L3800 2.1(razer mako 2.1 speakers when they come in the mail)
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


Ill get a picture up as soon in a few days

and here are the pictures.

 

[FiRESAUCE]

Manufacturer:Gateway
Gateway
Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory:3198MB RAM
Hard Drive:244 GB
Video Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Monitorlug and Play Monitor
Sound Card:Realtek AC97 Audio
Keyboard:USB Root Hub
Mouse:USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:regular mouse pad
Operating System:Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
Motherboard:
Computer Case: Stock

My setting in tf2: http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/alphasnake/tf2settings71608.jpg

You should totally mention in your stats that you have AMD, ATHLON 64 3400+, GIANT LOLLI,.. UMM.. whats that ? Yeah, im running a freshly popped bag of cape cod potatoe chips 24x7.. potatoe cooled, lollipop accelerated.

 

[blizbiggy]

(sorry bout the crappy quality pictures and dark pictures... were taken from the cheapest webcam from walmart )

The blue machine is my main. The first pic is my 3870's in crossfire.

Total system specs:

Motherboard: MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX Socket AM2+
Processor: AMD Phenom X4 9500 4M 95W Socket AM2 2.2ghz OC'd to 2.32ghz
PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W
Ram/Memory: Dual Channel 8GB (4x 2gb sticks) PC6400 DDR2 800MHz 5-5-5-15
Hard Drive 1: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive
Hard Drive 2: Cheap 320gb planning to upgrade to 1TB soon
Case: Click HERE
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit and Ubuntu 64 bit
Heat Sink: ZEROtherm Butterfly Copper Heat sink Click HERE
Monitor: 22" widescreen Monitor with up to 1080P video, 3 in sources including vga (not using) dvi (not using) and hdmi (using )
Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 watts RMS 5.1 Black Speaker System
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
Mouse: Logitech G5
Headset: Click Here

Video Cards: 2x 3870's in crossfire Click Here for Full Specs
PhysX Card: BFG Ageia PhysX Accelerator Card Click Here

How fast it runs:
Can run crysis on Max settings (minus the resolution which is at 1024x768) and can get 15-30fps

What is the red pc?: Its my server pc, which is about half the power of my main pc. 2.66ghz dual core duo oc'd to 3.1ghz, 4gb ddr2 ram, 36gb raptor 10k rpm

 

[Arn0t]

well i can get pics up later, but dont expect anything good lol

@blue stealth

probably one of the better computers out there... expeically with that killer NIC card... man i want one of those!

 

[Blue Stealth]

well i can get pics up later, but dont expect anything good lol

@blue stealth

probably one of the better computers out there... expeically with that killer NIC card... man i want one of those!

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.

 

[TheJokerUk]

Case: Xblade, duno model. http://xmicroinfo.com/images/XBlade.jpg
Motherboard: ASUS PG5X Motherboard (Theres another part of that but I can't remember)
Processor: Core 2 Duo 3.2 Ghz.
Memory: Corsair 2 x 2GB
Video Card: NVIDIA 7900 GT 512MB DDR
Sound Card: ASUS something.
Speakers : Logitech 2 x 25 watt and 1 x Sub woofer 50 watt.
Hard Drives: 250gb.
Monitor: Polaroid 32" HD (Still waiting on a VGA HD)
Mouse: Logitech Marble Track Ball
Keyboard: Logitech Multi Media (Dont know model)
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

 

[Cervani]

Model: Custom
Processor: AMD Athlon AM2 Processor 6000+ ~3.2GHz
PSUl: Rosewill 600w
Memory : 2GB DDR2-800 RAM
Hard drive: 1TB 7200RPM (150GB+850GB)
Video card: eVGA 8800GTS KO Edition (Overclocked)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 204 20" LCD
Sound Card: RealTek AC97 Audio
Speakers: Digitech
Case: Raidmax Smilodon

This is my current system. When I get a chance I'll post the system I plan on getting.

Edit: This is the system I have planned >

Model: Custom
Motherboard: EVGA NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0Ghz (Overclocked to 3.6Ghz)
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower W0172RU 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready
Cooling: Gigabyte Galaxy II Water Cooling
Memory : 4GB DDR3-2000 RAM
Hard drive: 1TB 7200RPM (150GB+850GB)
Video card: eVGA 8800GTS KO Edition (Overclocked) x2 SLI
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 204 20" LCD
Sound Card: RealTek AC97 Audio
Speakers: Digitech
Case: Antec 1200

 

[PewPew]

Model: Built myself
Processor: Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz OCed to 3.12Ghz
Memory: 4093MB RAM
Hard Drive: (2) 150GB WD Raptor 10k RPM raid 0, 750GB Seagate
Video Card: XFX 8800 GTS
Monitor: NEC 22"
Sound Card: onboard nforce audio on my mobo
Speakers: Logitech 2.1 speakers with sub
Keyboard: Dynex $7 bestbuy special
Mouse: Logitech G5
Operating System: Vista 64 Bit Ultimate
Case: Antec 900

 

[Blue Stealth]

Model: Custom
Processor: AMD Athlon AM2 Processor 6000+ ~3.2GHz
PSUl: Rosewill 600w
Memory : 2GB DDR2-800 RAM
Hard drive: 1TB 7200RPM (150GB+850GB)
Video card: eVGA 8800GTS KO Edition (Overclocked)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 204 20" LCD
Sound Card: RealTek AC97 Audio
Speakers: Digitech
Case: Raidmax Smilodon

This is my current system. When I get a chance I'll post the system I plan on getting.

Edit: This is the system I have planned >

Model: Custom
Motherboard: EVGA NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0Ghz (Overclocked to 3.6Ghz)
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower W0172RU 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready
Cooling: Gigabyte Galaxy II Water Cooling
Memory : 4GB DDR3-2000 RAM
Hard drive: 1TB 7200RPM (150GB+850GB)
Video card: eVGA 8800GTS KO Edition (Overclocked) x2 SLI
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 204 20" LCD
Sound Card: RealTek AC97 Audio
Speakers: Digitech
Case: Antec 1200

this looks really nice man but theres no need for ddr3 memory and get some 10000rpm drives, youll be happy you did. Also, at this point theres really no need to overclock that cpu you dont need the extra power unless youre using acid or vegas to do songs and movies. also, make sure you get 64 bit ultimate to use all your memory

 

[Expunged]

Looks like a lot of people here have very nice systems. Here is mine:

• Intel? Core2™ Extreme Quad-Core 3.0GHz (Overclocked to 3.33GHz)
• ASUS Striker Extreme Motherboard (nForce 680i)
• Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra with NVIDIA SLI
• CPU and Graphic cards liquid cooling
• 2 GB 800 MHz CORSAIR PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
• 1 160GB 10,000 rpm SATA (Western Digital Raptor)
• 2 150GB 10,000 rpm SATA (Western Digital Velociraptor) Stripped (Getting these this friday )
• 1 500GB 7200 rpm SATA
• 2 Super multi-drive with Lightscribe (DVD+/-R/RW+/-DL)
• ADI onboard audio
• Razor Tarantula Keyboard
• Razor Deathadder Mouse
• Samsung 22" Monitor

O ya, this is the HP Blackbird 002 -> www.hp.com/blackbird

 

[Blue Stealth]

Looks like a lot of people here have very nice systems. Here is mine:

• Intel? Core2? Extreme Quad-Core 3.0GHz (Overclocked to 3.33GHz)
• ASUS Striker Extreme Motherboard (nForce 680i)
• Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra with NVIDIA SLI
• CPU and Graphic cards liquid cooling
• 2 GB 800 MHz CORSAIR PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
• 1 160GB 10,000 rpm SATA (Western Digital Raptor)
• 2 150GB 10,000 rpm SATA (Western Digital Velociraptor) Stripped (Getting these this friday )
• 1 500GB 7200 rpm SATA
• 2 Super multi-drive with Lightscribe (DVD+/-R/RW+/-DL)
• ADI onboard audio
• Razor Tarantula Keyboard
• Razor Deathadder Mouse
• Samsung 22" Monitor

O ya, this is the HP Blackbird 002 -> www.hp.com/blackbird

my friend back in saudi has a blackbird and he has a lot of problems with it, BSODs and overheating problems. How does yours run? any problems that came with it from the factory?

 

[Expunged]

my friend back in saudi has a blackbird and he has a lot of problems with it, BSODs and overheating problems. How does yours run? any problems that came with it from the factory?

Not yet. I hope I dont run into problems with the RAID and NVRAID on this 680i when the new raptors come in.

Is your friend running Vista? First thing I did when I got this was to install XP.

 

[PewPew]

Aren't the velociraptors 300GB?

 

[Expunged]

Aren't the velociraptors 300GB?

I thought so too, which originally prevented me from buying two of these. Newegg is carring the 150GB version which is also 3.5" backplane ready. $189

 

[Blue Stealth]

I thought so too, which originally prevented me from buying two of these. Newegg is carring the 150GB version which is also 3.5" backplane ready. $189

yeah i have a 150gb raptor and a 300 gb velociraptor, love em both

then i have my little ol 160gb 7400rpm caviar drive

the 150 is for games.
the 300 is for vista 64 bit
the 160 is for 32 bit

pretty good setup, ive never really been a fan of raid.

i back my stuff up on two externals