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[Originality]

I can't wait for the LGA2011 Sandy Bridges to be released

I'll second that, especially after seeing how well the 2500/2600K does.

 

[wessel261]

A lot of text etc, but it is almost everything XD

pc:
cpu: amd athlon II x4 640 3.0 ghz quad core (with stock cooling)
gpu: sapphire ati radeon 5770 gddr5 1gig

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mb: msi 870a-g54

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ram: GEIL valuepro 4gig 1600mhz 8-8-8-28 (runs at 1333 7-7-7-24 because I'm lazy to overclock and it is not needed)
psu: fatal!ty 550W (looks very good in my case

)

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hdd: 640gig WD green caviar
case: coolermaster haf 912 plus

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fans: build in + a 140 mm silent on the side
and a cooler master megaflow 200mm (red) on top

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oh and a cd dvd burner

screen: LG flatron m1917A (19 inch 1280X1024)




laptop: (slow and used for school) (accu is almost broken)
asus f9dc (12.1")

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cpu: amd athlon II 1.7 ghz dual core
gpu: nvidia 8400m g (128 mb)
mb: do not know
ram: 3 gigs of slow ass ram
hdd: 160 gigs
screen: built in 1280X800 screen 12.1"
os: windows vista 32 bit (will soon upgrade to win7 64 bit)

my pc is for gaming and my laptop for school
although I sometimes game on my laptop on school
(lanning bf2 with 4 players against 40 bots in 15 minutes of free time is just too awesome, we can set up my switch and lan cables in 1 minute

)

(reason edit: pictures)

 

[coolbho3000]

I can't wait for the LGA2011 Sandy Bridges to be released

I'll second that, especially after seeing how well the 2500/2600K does.

I might upgrade to an 8 core Intel Extreme then

 

[PettingZoo]

hdd: 640gig WD green caviar

But Caviar greens are mainly for storage and stuff, not really suitable for booting

 

[bowlofspiders]

hdd: 640gig WD green caviar

But Caviar greens are mainly for storage and stuff, not really suitable for booting

A few seconds on boot isn't going to matter much is it? o_o

 

[Splych]

hdd: 640gig WD green caviar

But Caviar greens are mainly for storage and stuff, not really suitable for booting

i don't see anything wrong with booting through a WD Caviar Green . . .
unless you really can't wait, then there's no problem :\

 

[monkat]

Computer 1

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

 

[wessel261]

hdd: 640gig WD green caviar

But Caviar greens are mainly for storage and stuff, not really suitable for booting

i don't see anything wrong with booting through a WD Caviar Green . . .
unless you really can't wait, then there's no problem :\

I know my hdd is my weak point in my pc
and some games load slower then on my friends pc
but I wanted my pc to be a pc with bang for not so much money
so I took my hdd from my old pc
but yeah those extra couple of seconds doesn't bother me

and it spared me €60-80

 

[Satangel]

Current build:
Intel E8400 @ Stock
ASUS P5Q-E
OCZ 2GB DDR2 (2x - total 4GB)
ASUS GeForce GTX260 SP216
Western Digital 320GB SATA II
Crappy 20$ 550W PSU (works wonders!)
Pioneer SATA DVD Burner
ASUS Vento Case (a cheap small model. I had to cut out some steel inside to fit my GTX260)

Still runs almost everything on Ultra-High, even if it's a single GFX-card system.

Probable future build (might change something around):
Intel Sandy Bridge EP with LGA 2011 (still dunno what model, as they're yet to be released)
ASUS hi-range LGA2011 Motherboard with UEFI bios (I totally want one)
4x 4GB DDR3 (total 16GB, I guess they'll be enough)
Good SSD as boot-drive
1TB SATA3 drive for storage
GeForce GTX560/565 (or whatever mid-high GFX card they'll get out in Q4 2011)
Modular Powersupply and an Antec (or something high-end) case if I feel like wasting money on something non-essential.

I can't wait for the LGA2011 Sandy Bridges to be released

Why the fuck would you ever need 16GB? I know it's dirt cheap, but really, you will not feel the difference of 8GB to 16GB. I think 8GB is overkill actually. Better spend the money on an SSD drive then.

 

[Originality]

Bragging rights. E-peen size. Something along those lines.

 

[Daku93]

AMD Phenom II X4 955 @stock 3.2GHz
ATI Radeon HD4890
3GB Ram
1TB Western Digital WD10EARS 64MB cache
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
Coolermaster M620 (620 Watts)
Coolermaster RC690
Skythe Mugen 2 CPU Cooler

 

[meornot0]

Amd phenom 2 x6 @ 2.8 ghz
4 gb crucial ballistics, 2 gb cheap memory
msi r6850 gfx card
cooler master 690 2 advanced
thermaltake 600w power supply
msi 760gm-e51

 

[coolbho3000]

Bragging rights. E-peen size. Something along those lines.

Also, I got 12GB RAM to run multiple concurrent VMs.

 

[CoreyEdwardVande]

Mobo: MSI X79A-GD65(8D)

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K

Power Supply: Thortech Thunderbolt Plus TTBPK00G 1000W

Video Card: GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB

Ram: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) i got 2 sets for a total of 16 gigs of ram

Case: Antec Lanboy air Red Black

 

[exangel]

Welcome, necro-poster.

My machine, Gravitron:

MB Brand : Gigabyte
MB Model : GA-990XA-UD3

CPU PSN : AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor
Freq : 3624.16 MHz (201.34 * 18)

CPU Cooler: ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

RAM : 16384 MB DDR3 Dual Channel (4x4GB G.Skill DDR3 1866 @ 1600 )
(I'm thinking of removing the 2nd 8 gig set because even though I got the same series RAM, I can't get good timings out of it in the upgraded configuration, and like others say, the difference is negligible.)

GPU: HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950, 2GB GDDR5, 256-bit memory bus

Boot SSD: ADATA SATA III 120GB

Bluray burner, 500 GB SATA II mechanical disk, Antec LanBoy Air Blue case. Antec High Current Gamer Series 750W PSU.

 

[kevan]

Only use a laptop right now so...

i7 2630QM @2.00ghz
8GB Ram
Radeon HD6770M (1GB)
750GB HDD

 

[Zetta_x]

PSU: EA 650 green edition
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945
GPU: GTX 460 SE
RAM: 4 x 2gb kingston 1333
HDD: 1TB Caviar Black, 1TB Green
Mobo: Asus M4a88TD-M USB3/SATA3
Case: Rosewill Challenger
Other: Card Reader, Bluray drive, PCE-N13 wireless


Cost about $600 after rebates etc...

 

[Costello]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2600K
PSU: random chinese brand 400W
GPU: GeForce GTS 450
RAM: 1x 2GB samsung
HDD: 500GB WD SATA2
Mobo: something Asus I believe
Other: nothing. I didn't get me an optical disc reader, a card reader or anything, to save on PSU.

It's custom built in a microATX case. The GPU was hard to find (a decent GPU for a micro ATX case).
It doesn't play Skyrim in ultra high, I only get to play in "High" at 1366x768 or something like that.

 

[wchill]

Not a desktop, but

Intel Core i7 2720QM
2x4GB DDR3-1600 RAM
Nvidia GT555M 3GB DDR3 w/Optimus (Dell and their marketing tricks)
2x500GB 7200RPM SATA HD
Blu-ray combo drive
17.3" 1600x900 screen
2MP webcam
802.11n + Bluetooth 3.0+EDR
JBL 2.1 audio system w/10W subwoofer

 

[Sicklyboy]

PSU: Rocketfish modular gaming 650w w/ blue LED fan something or another.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (Overclocked to 3.6ghz up from 3.2ghz)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX560Ti Superclocked
RAM: 3x 2gb Mushkin Enhanced DDR3
HDD: 1TB Caviar Black, 2x 1TB Seagate Barracuda @RAID0, 500GB Barracude
Mobo: MSI 790FX-GD70
Case: Something my uncle gave me. Couldn't even tell ya.
Other: Lite-On (LG branded) DVD-RAM burner, Optiarc DVD-ROM, Corsair H50 water cooler, RCA RT2770 Home-Theater-In-A-Box, Hannspree HF225 22" LCD monitor (1080p @ 1920x1080), Vizio VA26LHDTV10T secondary display (PC @ 1360x768), Cyborg R.A.T.9 Wireless mouse, Cyborg v7 Gaming keyboard, Cyborg G.L.I.D.E.7 mouse surface.

Cash.