Whats Under Your Hood?

Hey guys, i am fair sure this is the right section for this as it is the tech section

anny hows thought i would start a thread (havent found and official one yet?) on what you have in your system ...

as mine is the most embaresing i will start :[

use this as a template :]

CASE: Thermaltake Soprano
PSU: Thermaltake 450W
MOBO: Asus M2N sli Deluxe
CPU: AMD athlon 64 X2 (got a phenom II x4 955... didnt work XD)
VGA: Nvidia Geforce 7500 GT PCIe
RAM: 4Gb Kingston ddr2 800 !!! FTW
HDD: segate 500Gb 7500rpm
Screen: 19' Veiwsonic
Other Cards:
some random wirless net work card

Cooling:
stock standard

Speakers/ Head phones:
... errr none as i broke them...

Mouse/Keybord
Craptastic $7 job


crazy awesome i know

CASE: Antec Gaming 200
PSU: Silverstone 850W
Mobo: Gigabyte MA785GT
CPU: AMD 965 OC @ 4.4Ghz
VGA: x2 5770's Both OC'ed
RAM: 4GB Gskill 1333mhz
HDD: 40GB SSD, 640GB WD
Screen: Acer 24" LCD
Cooling: x2 Nanoflux 120mm Fans, 1x 120mm and 150mm Case fans, Corsair H50 Water Cooling

Headphones: Creative Tactic 3D Sigma
Keyboard/Mouse:
Sidewinder X6/Sidewinder

CASE: Cooler Master Haf X 942
PSU: Seasonic 750W
Mobo: AM3 GA-890FXA-UD5
CPU: AMD 1090T X6
VGA: 6850 1GB OC Gigabyte
RAM: DDR3 8GB Kit 1600 G.Skill C9
HDD: 60GB SSD, 1TB Spinpoint F3, 1TB Spinpoint F3
Screen: BenQ 24" LCD
Cooling: Standard

Headphones: Plantronics
Keyboard/Mouse:
Cooler Master Sentinel, Logitech G15

New System I will be buying in a few months:

CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1
PSU: Silverstone ST1200-G Strider Gold 1200W
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5
CPU: AMD 1100T X6
VGA: Gigabyte 6990
RAM: G.SKILL RipJaws 4GB x2
HDD: 40GB SSD, 640GB WD
Screen: Acer 24" LCD
Cooling: Asetek Kuhler 920 + x2 200mm Fans

Headphones: Creative Tactic 3D Sigma
Keyboard/Mouse:
Sidewinder X6/Razer Imperator

I am hopeing to get all this over the next two months, the reason i am using a Phenom x4 instead of x6
is i have an x4 i havent used yet so i may aswell get some use out of it

CASE: Thermaltake Armor+ Full Tower
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=1060

PSU: AeroCool V12-1000 1000Watt. PSU
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=4894

CPU: AMD AM3 Phenom II x4 955 3.2Ghz Quad Core
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=1463

MOBO: realy want a REPUBLIC OF GAMERS mobo but i dont know where to get them from although any sugestions
on a specific good mobo would be cool :]

RAM: 2x G.Skill-Trident 4GB Kit(2Gx2) DDR3 1600 (Intel 775pin, AM3)
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=5222

HDD: Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 1TB ST31000524AS SATA3 7200RPM 32MB HDD
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7386

VGA: 2X ASUS 1280M GTX570 PCI-E VGA Card
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=6993

Keybord: SteelSeries 7G
http://shop.steelseries.com/index.php/keyboards/steelseries-7g.html

Mouse:SteelSeries Xai Laser
http://shop.steelseries.com/index.php/mice/steelseries-xai-laser-mouse.html

Headset: A40 MLG HEADSET
http://www.astrogaming.com/products/22/A40-Headsets/

SCREEN:LG 24" W2486L LED 2ms 2xHDMI DVI Monitor
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=4027

CPU: I7 930 @ 2.8ghz ( 4 cores, 8 threads )
RAM: 6gb DDR3 Tri Channel @ 1600mhz
Storage HDDs/SSD:
2x1tb F3 Spinpoints Raid 0
1x 1tb Seagate
1x 2tb WD Cavear green
1x OCZ SSD (285/275mb read/write)
PSU: 650W thermaltake I think ?


Mouse, keyboard etc.
1x Logitech G510 gaming keyboard.
1x logitech G500 gaming mouse.
1x Logitech USB desktop mic.


Display & Sound.

1x Headset with mic
1x 22" LCD TFT 1920x1080 screen. <- Use when gf is watching TV or doing study.


1x 40" Samsung LCD LED 1920x1080 tv/screen.
1x Wharfedale Diamond 10 5.1 system & 520sx Pioneer AMP in 5.1 config. <- use this set when playing games.




BC2. Movies etc... sound & look awesome.

Btw minny, dont get a quad core AMD.

Dont waste your money.


Either AMD 6 core. OR Preferably a I7 sandy bridge. These are very powerful.



Make sure you check out benchmarks on your choices of hardware before you buy.
I use toms hardware & other sites to check the benchmarks & reviews, as not all are 100% reliable.

Crusader142 wrote:

Part A*
Btw minny, dont get a quad core AMD.

Dont waste your money.

Part B*
I use toms hardware & other sites to check the benchmarks & reviews, as not all are 100% reliable.

responce to part A... would of been good to know this yesterday at 10am XD yeh i already bought one so i figger i will use it for a bit so its not such a waste of money and then upgrade to a x6

responce to part B... toms hardware was where i found out other people were having the same issue as me and dont worry from now i am not going to take the manufactures word as gosbal XD

Crusader142 wrote:1x 40" Samsung LCD LED 1920x1080 tv/screen.
1x Wharfedale Diamond 10 5.1 system & 520sx Pioneer AMP in 5.1 config. <- use this set when playing games.

BC2. Movies etc... sound & look awesome.

HOW THE HELL CAN YOU PLAY WITH SUCH A BIG SCREEN! i have trouble seeing every thing at once on my 22' (when im on xbox) but a 40... i would not know where to look on the screen O.O

xbox
tv
laptop
simple and easy

minnykiller92 wrote:

Crusader142 wrote:

Part A*
Btw minny, dont get a quad core AMD.

Dont waste your money.

Part B*
I use toms hardware & other sites to check the benchmarks & reviews, as not all are 100% reliable.

responce to part A... would of been good to know this yesterday at 10am XD yeh i already bought one so i figger i will use it for a bit so its not such a waste of money and then upgrade to a x6

responce to part B... toms hardware was where i found out other people were having the same issue as me and dont worry from now i am not going to take the manufactures word as gosbal XD

Ok well from now on, when buying a new PC or components. Ask experts first.

I am a comp technician. Training to be network engineer.



If its not too late to take back & exchange...


Reccomend.


2x 500gb HDDs ( run these in raid 0 )
4gb DDR3
I7 2600 or 2600K ( whatever is cheaper - only diff is one of these has the multiplier unlocked for better OC )
Nvidia 570 gfx.
500-600W PSU

And don't buy Segate HDD's. Buy western Digital, they may be bit more expensive, but they will last ALOT longer

Crusader142 wrote:

minnykiller92 wrote:

Crusader142 wrote:

Part A*
Btw minny, dont get a quad core AMD.

Dont waste your money.

Part B*
I use toms hardware & other sites to check the benchmarks & reviews, as not all are 100% reliable.

responce to part A... would of been good to know this yesterday at 10am XD yeh i already bought one so i figger i will use it for a bit so its not such a waste of money and then upgrade to a x6

responce to part B... toms hardware was where i found out other people were having the same issue as me and dont worry from now i am not going to take the manufactures word as gosbal XD

Ok well from now on, when buying a new PC or components. Ask experts first.

I am a comp technician. Training to be network engineer.


If its not too late to take back & exchange...

deffs will do in future ;] , i am fair sure it is too late as i opened the box and put it in my pc ... i mean it is out of my pc and back in the box... but the point is i opend the box and i got it from the other side of town... 1 hour 20 minute drive soooo not worth the effort for now

I just stole this from Xfire so don't hate me. but it is mine. you can check my xfire profile if you want..


Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Hard Drive: 734 GB Total
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Monitor: 1650x1050 ASUS HD, 1920x1080 AOC HD
Sound Card: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: gamecom plantronics Headset
Keyboard: G15 Gaming keyboard
Mouse: Reaper Gaming mouse
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Motherboard: ASUS P6T
Computer Case: Clear Acrylic

1/2 a pound of C4
Some Dead People
A Cat
14 Guns
And possibly Pansy's left ear?

Dark Angel wrote:1/2 a pound of C4
Some Dead People
A Cat
14 Guns
And possibly Pansy's left ear?

answer to the question, what did reon smoke last night?

*edit
HEY DUDES , can some one point me in the direction of a good AM3 motherbord... price range $150-$300
a link to the sight would be appreciated and a reason why it is good... and 'just because' is not valid...

Crusader142 wrote:

minnykiller92 wrote:

Crusader142 wrote:

Part A*
Btw minny, dont get a quad core AMD.

Dont waste your money.

Part B*
I use toms hardware & other sites to check the benchmarks & reviews, as not all are 100% reliable.

responce to part A... would of been good to know this yesterday at 10am XD yeh i already bought one so i figger i will use it for a bit so its not such a waste of money and then upgrade to a x6

responce to part B... toms hardware was where i found out other people were having the same issue as me and dont worry from now i am not going to take the manufactures word as gosbal XD

Ok well from now on, when buying a new PC or components. Ask experts first.

I am a comp technician. Training to be network engineer.



If its not too late to take back & exchange...


Reccomend.


2x 500gb HDDs ( run these in raid 0 )
4gb DDR3
I7 2600 or 2600K ( whatever is cheaper - only diff is one of these has the multiplier unlocked for better OC )
Nvidia 570 gfx.
500-600W PSU

PSU is rather low. I was under the impression 800w plus for a 570+i7

God no.

You only need 800W+ if you are running the high end i7s ( extreme ) + high end gfx.

OR

you are running med-high end hardware & are running water cooling / extra fans etc & OCing.


500-700W is plenty for med to med-high end equipment.

Theyre actually making devices more power efficent too these days.
Older PCs can actually use more power than newer ones, ( in certain scenarios ) and they may only be like pentium 3s etc.

You only need a 500W PSU to run a single 5770 and any CPU.. Lol

ok correct me if i am crazely wrong but i am planning to go out and get this stuff on the weekend

mobo
http://www.allneeds.com.au/prod263.htm

ram
http://www.allneeds.com.au/prod632.htm

Cpu,,
going to get some use out of my AMD phenom 955 then when bf 3 comes out i will upgrade to a x6 core

graphics card
http://www.allneeds.com.au/prod1267.htm <-- want to pick up afew of these and run them in crossfirex but for now i might just get the one...

It's cheaper to get a dual Channel 8GB. It's costs me $190 to get G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB sticks x2 lol

ok so i did a bad thing... i have decided to take the upgrade to a less extream option and replaced the mobo for a set of turtle beach PX5's ... they are orgasmic and a 3 month live membership so i can keep hopless company

A crap PC

Lol, I had to replace the CPU grease on my comp yesterday. It had dried up enough that it just flaked off. I have no fucking idea how my comp was still be cooled.. Probably cause I screwed my water cooler down so much that it was pressing on my CPU lololol.

Atleast it wasn't welded onto my CPU like my default cooler was.. Had to use a heat gun and pry the CPU off.. (No damage was done to the CPU).

Now my CPU runs at around 30 degrees idle and around 40-45 at load (Playing a game etc).