Gaming PCs are like snowflakes: Sometimes they melt. Also, no two are exactly the same. We already know that our readers generally prefer NVIDIA graphics cards to AMD, but I’m curious about more specifics.
Also, I just built a new PC, so I’ve got parts on the brain. My rig isn’t as super-powered as the one Mike recently built, but it’s respectable.
I thought I’d take the opportunity to ask you all what kind of rigs you use. Let’s follow this template, so that everyone’s sharing similar information:
PC Name: (The name you’ve given your PC on your home network)
CPU:
Cooling:
Graphics Card:
Motherboard:
Memory:
Storage:
Case:
Operating System:
When I last upgraded:
How it runs: (Here, just say how it runs, what kind of general performance you get with what settings, any weird things about it, etc.)
I’m curious to see what’s inside your gaming PC, and hopeful that the answer isn’t “cockroaches./” Let’s see some specs!
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PC Name: Where are the damn flamingos.
CPU: Core i3 2350m
Cooling: Custom Laptop Cooling
Graphics Card: nVidia GT520mx Overclocked 1GB
Motherboard: Stock?
Memory: 16GB
Storage: Samsung EVO 256GB SSD
Case: Laptop case 😛
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Update 1
When I last upgraded: 2 weeks ago for ram.
How it runs: As bad as this setup might sound. I can still run a number of games at High-Very High quality on 1980×1020. Including Far Cry 3, Fallout Series, Dishonored, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light, Bioshock Trilogy and more at about 40FPS.
A quick tip to people though, in my opinion. Tweaking Windows improves gaming on my PC about 20%. So it’s definitely worth checking how to speed things up.
What kind of Windows tweaks? My laptop goes well most of the time, but at inopportune times just falls over in the fetal position and mutters quietly to itself.
PC Name: Luke_PC, yep, how original
CPU: Intel i7 2600k @ 3.2 GHz
Cooling: 3 standard 120mm fans and a deepCool Arctic Ice CPU cooler
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 680 Superclocked
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M uATX
Memory: 8Gb, nothing fancy here
Storage: 2Tb HDD
Case: NZXT Guardian 921 RB
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: About 18 months ago
How it runs: Still runs alright, nothing special now, some games bottleneck and the CPU is now a couple of generations old.
Slow_pc
Alienwware x51
8 gig ram
I7
Standard everything else.
Got it cheap on ebay and since i can’t build my own PC it works well.
Yeah I guessed you couldn’t build it yourself when you called it ‘ran’
Good point. I meant ram XD
Just built this for the missus 2 weeks ago, I game more on consoles with my mates, but will still be cranking Star Citizen, Civ: beyond earth etc.
PC Name: Sarah-PC (she hasn’t changed it yet)
CPU: i7 4790
Cooling: Just the 2 fans in the case, will add 1 more, but it doesn’t get hot.
Graphics Card: Gigabyte 770 4gb OC
Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VII Ranger
Memory: 2x Ripjaw-x 8gb DDR3 at 1600 (so 16gb)
Storage: 1tb WD 3.5″ SATA3 (will move the os over to an SSD in a couple of weeks)
Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer (Black)
Power Supply: Coolermaster GX2 750w
Operating System: Win 7 Ultimate
When I last upgraded: 2 weeks ago.
How it runs: Smashes Bioshock inf on Ultra or max locked to 60 at 1080p (because monitor). Cunning stunt bonus.
Side note: because the 770 is so large, I had to take a storage bay out. It was literally a case of 2mm and I didn’t want to push too hard, you know?
PC Name: Admin
CPU: i5 3570k
Cooling: Coolermaster Hyper 212x
Graphics Card: eVGA 660 TI
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX
Memory:16GB G-Skill sniper @ 1600
Storage: 250GB Samsung Evo SSD & 2tb Segate Barracuda
Case: Fractal Design R4 Black Pearl
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate
When I last upgraded: Just recently upgraded from stock cooler.
How it runs: Everything I want just fine. Witcher 3 might crush it though…
Edit*
Cable management could be better but it is a bit limited by the non modular PSU.
http://imgur.com/a/XQ7Cp#0
+1 for the Fractal Design case
Mine is currently in the works, but the parts are final. Can’t wait.
PC Name: Neon Fury
CPU: i5 3570
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM
Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155
Memory: 16GB Corsair (2x8GB) DDR3
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB mSATA Solid State Drive & Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5″ 7200RPM
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
When I last upgraded: N/A
How it runs: N/A (hopefully like Usain Bolt)
PC Name: Amanda
CPU: Intel i5 4670K @ 3.4GHz
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (cpu) + 6 case fans (it can run loud, but it gets hot where I live)
Graphics Card: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 760
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-787X-UD4H
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Case: Corsair 500R (black)
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: 2 Months ago
How it runs: Pretty amazingly. The gpu stays surprisingly cool when running games on high settings (even with all case fans turned off), and I’ve not seen fps drop below 60 when running games. The fans can be loud, but I adjust them with speedfan to balance my room’s temperature.
My PC is always changing, but after my AMD board fried I had a small budget and had to do what I could. I wouldn’t call it a beast, but it’s still very capable:
PC Name: OutATime (Go figure)
CPU: Core i5 4440 (Upgraded from Phenom II x6 1090t on a tight budget)
Cooling: Coolermaster 212 Plus and 4 silent blue LED fans
Graphics Card: HIS ATI 7870 GHz (Going to upgrade to 780 soonish, hopefully)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M-D3H
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333 (Also on it’s way out)
Storage: 128GB Samsung Evo SSD, 2x500GB HDD’s (My 2TB blew up, don’t judge lol)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A3 – Black
Operating System: Windws 8
When I last upgraded: Continuously upgrading little bits as it suits me. Lest upgrade was 2 months back.
How it runs: Maxes out most games 1080p 30-60fps, mostly with 2xAA (Or more) Except really demanding games that I dial down to high for 60fps (60fps is my target)… Except GTA IV which runs at 20fps no matter what.
A good example is BF4 which I run at 1080p, medium with 2xAA at 90FPS because that game has stutter issues on some maps, so I try keep the FPS up. Not bad for a $200 CPU and $190 GPU huh? haha.
PC Name: RAGNAROK
CPU: i5 2500k
Cooling: CM Hyper EVO 212
Graphics Card: Sapphire R9 290x
Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 Gen 3
Memory: 8GB G.Skill
Storage: 128GB Crucial SSD, 8TB HDDs
Case: Antec 1100
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: built late 2011, gpu added last year
How it runs: Anything I play runs at max at a 1440p resolution.
Extras: Asus Xonar Essence STX soundcard, Viewsonic VP2770 monitor Ducky Shine Keyboard (brown switches), Logitech G400 mouse, Beyerdynamic DT250 headphones.
PC Name: STAYOUT
CPU: Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
Cooling: Stock CPU, 1x 8cm case fan at rear which doesn’t work anymore
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX580 (1.5 or 2gb of ram… can’t remember)
Motherboard: Asus P6TD Deluxe
Memory: 12Gb DDR3 1600 running in triple channel
Storage: 7 standard HDD’s totalling in around 4-5Tb. 1x 64gb ssd running the OS and 1x 256Gb SSD I use as my steam drive. /edit Also got a blu-ray burner. Forgot about it cos I hardly use it!
Case: Antec something or other.. it’s ancient and weighs a metric fuck tonne!
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: around 2007-2008?
How it runs: Barely skips a beat! Have zero troubles with it, 95% of the games I throw at it perform really well, and rendering 3d stuff is quick (to me anyway cos I have nothing to compare the results with). I’m hoping to upgrade this year. Just have to wait and see how soon I get a new job!
PC Name: Felix-PC
CPU: intel 4770
Cooling: Stock cooler and fans
Graphics Card: Sapphire R9 280x Vapor Edition
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87n-WIFI
Memory: G.Skill 16GB kit 1600Mhz
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy
Operating System: Mac 10.9.3 / Windows 8.1
When I last upgraded: 8 months ago
How it runs: Everything runs perfectly in each OS until you play games, where the R9 280x becomes very loud.
PC Name: Lexy_PC
CPU: 3770K @ 4.8Ghz
Cooling: Custom loop
Graphics Card: 2x 670ftw
Motherboard: Maxiums V Formula
Memory: 16GB Dom platinum
Storage: 128gb plextor ssd, 128gb intel ssd, lotta HDD’s
Case: NZXT Switch 810
Operating System: Win 7
When I last upgraded: Nothing since early 2013
How it runs: Pretty darn quick, don’t play games much anymore…
PC Name: The Silence (MicroATX for QHD/UHD)
CPU:Intel Core i5 4690K Intel Core i5 4690K
Cooling: 2x one for GPU one for CPU – NZXT Kraken X31 120mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
Graphics Card:XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB
Motherboard:MSI Z97M Gaming Motherboard Micro
Memory:G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-2400C11Q-16GXM (4x4GB) DDR3
Storage:M.2 Crucial M550 M.2 256GB SSD
Case:Silverstone Fortress FT03B Black Micro -not the mini
Operating System:Win.8 64bit normal
Power:Cougar GX800 V3 800W 80 PLUS Gold Modular
Monitor:Benq32
When I last upgraded:month ago
How it runs: QHD – all at Ultra settings – the usual 4 game benched:
Skyrim 100fps.
Arma3 45fps.
Bioshock Infinite 110fps.
Metro Last Light 50fps.
M.2 is a noticeable difference.
Small and sexy form factor case, construction could be a lot better for the rrp but great inverted design and its set up for quite (PWM)
Always been an Nvidia consumer and I was worried about driver issues – I have had none so the R290X is the best value card under $499 hands down for me – U Need 4gb for QHD and above.
With so many prev. issues in the past I gave up on SLI- but the case has room should things change.
I upgraded from a I5 2500k – assuming this was a bottleneck….it wasnt – didnt gain much for the $ investment
Memtested the ram OK, OClocks well. CPU slightly OC but no real point. GPU slightly OC and faultless. This time instead of a full custom diy water loop I went the ready made option using the NZXT Kraken G10 GPU Bracket and on teh CPU given the small case – all fit well with a few minor case mods. Whilst I wont be able to OC to the extremes like my last rig – Its not like I need the full OC anyway – and it runs so SILENT even when having a HD game, and is now on top of the desk as a feature instead of hidden – I am so over the big ugly kiddy atx cases. The new Thin Micro (yes its a thing), Micro, Mini or custom desk I think is the way forward.
Used to run crossfire in a Silverstone fto3, was dead quiet but bloody hot. Thinking of modding and doing up a kraken setup in it as I love the case.
PC Name: GreenLantern
CPU: 3570K @ 4.2Ghz
Cooling: Intel watercooler
Graphics Card: 2x 7970
Motherboard: Maximus V gene
Memory: 16GB corsair vengeance Pro
Storage: 256gb plextor ssd, 1TB barra 3tb wd green
Case: coolermaster Haf XB with 3x 120 front fan mod
Operating System: Win 8.1
When I last upgraded: second gpu in march
How it runs: fast and cool. Being used as a htpc atm so both gpus are underclocked and it’s rocking ultra at 60fps at low fan speeds and low temps (second 7970 in 4x slot for breathing space)
PC Name: Cubot
CPU: 4960k
Cooling: Noctua C-14 (love this cooler)
Graphics Card: gigabyte 770gtx
Motherboard: Asrock z87m extreme 4
Memory: 8gb 2133mhz kingmax
Storage: 250gb samsung 840 evo and two big green drives
Case: Corsair 350d m-atx case
Operating System: Win 7
When I last upgraded: Erm, when were q6600’s and 560ti’s in vogue?
How it runs: I went from struggling along in bf3 to looking down on ps4 games.
PC Name: Phantom
CPU: i7 4930k
Cooling: H100i, Noctua Industrial case fans for the rest
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
Memory: 16gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400Mhz
Storage: 2x 2tb WD Caviar Black HDD, 250gb Samsung 840 SSD
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Black
Operating System: Win7 Ultimate
When I last upgraded:1 years ago
How it runs: Like a beast! 😀
PC Name: Pooter
CPU:Intel Core i7 3770 3.40GHz
Cooling: I has a fan
Graphics Card: Geforce GTX 650 Ti Boost
Memory: 8 gig DDR3?
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: Got this PC from a friend when he upgraded
How it runs: I assume it runs good
PC Name: Tungsten
CPU: i5 3570k @ 3.4Ghz
Cooling: Stock cooler
Graphics Card: GTX 660 Ti
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-M Pro
Memory: 16GB (4 x Corsair CML16GX3M4X1600C7)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 (120gb), Seagate Barracuda (2TB)
Case: Fractal Define R4
Operating System: Windows 7 64bit
When I last upgraded: About a year ago
How it runs: Better than I do
PC Name: Cookie Monster
CPU: i5 4670k 3.40GHz
Cooling: NZXT Havik 140
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 760 Overclocked 4GB
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
Storage: 160GB Samsung HDD, 500GB WD Black HDD, 4TB WD Red HDD & external 1TB WD HDD
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 White
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
When I last upgraded:This was built in early Feb this year, the only things ive added to it were 500GB WD Black and a 4TB WD Red.
How it Runs: Perfectly fine, I was surprised by how quiet she runs though with 4 fans and the mother of a CPU cooler. It also glows blue.
About to build this very soon so might as well share.
PC Name: no idea
CPU: Intel i5 4670K @ 3.4Ghz (perhaps overclocked some day)
Cooling: 2x 120mm and 1x 140mm stock case fans + Enermax ETS-T40-BK 120mm CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: GIGABYTE Radeon R9 290 4GB
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 ATX Mobo
Memory: G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2400
Storage: 3TB WD Green HDD + Samsung EVO 840 250GB SSD
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 Mid-Tower Case
Operating System: Windows 8
When I will upgrade: A week or so
How it runs: I’m pretty sure this will take on any current FPS on ultra settings @ 60fps (or very close to it)
PC Name: Hot Box
CPU: Intel i5 4570
Cooling: Noctua U14S,
Graphics Card: MSI GTX560
Motherboard: Asrock H87M-PRO4
Memory: 2x4GB Corsair Low Profile RAM White
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB, 4TB Seagate storage drive.
Case: Silverstone SUGO SG10
Power Supply: Corsair RM650
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64bit
When I last upgraded: This year, Incremental upgrades each year.
How it runs:
Another hotbox. Nice
PC Name: Munter-PC
CPU: i7-4770k @ 3.5GHz
Cooling: Stock (I know 4770k and a stock I should be publicly stoned)
Graphics Card: EVGA 780Ti SC
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A
Memory: 16Gb G-Skill
Storage: 128Gb A-DATA preimer pro/3TB western digital black
Case: CM storm scout 2 N2 edition
Operating System: Win7 home premium
When I last upgraded: october 2013 (built then)
How it runs: Flawless almost everything ultra 60fps at 1080p
PC Name: Fiona (after the character in Shrek)
CPU: Intel i5 4690K Stock Clock (for now)
Cooling: Corsair H100i Push Pull with 5 120mm fans and a 230mm
Graphics Card: MSI NVidia 750 Ti
Motherboard: MSI Z97 iTX AC Gaming Motherboard
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz Corsair Vengence
Storage: 60GB Corsair SSD + 4TB Western Digital HDD
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy, Green
Operating System: Windows 8.1 x64
When I last upgraded: Fresh Build as of days ago
How it runs: Like a dream, every game runs like clockwork, 1080p@60fps with average to high settings.
NOTE: I intend to get the first 800 series NVidia card I can, probably an 880.
PC Name: TED
CPU: i5 2500K (OC to 4.4ghz)
Cooling: Antec closed loop water push pull, 2x200mm fans
Graphics Card: MSI Radeon 6950 (shaders unlocked and OC to 6970 spec)
Motherboard: Gigabyte UD3R
Memory: 2x4gb G.Skill Ripjaw
Storage: 240GB Crucial SSD, 500GB WD Black, 1TB WD Green, 2TB WD Green
Case: Corsair 600T
Operating System: Win8.1
When I last upgraded: SSD about two months ago, otherwise when I built it in Jan 2012.
How it runs: Pretty fantastic considering it’s age, I’ve contemplated upgrading to a new video card and doubling the RAM but it really hasn’t felt necessary yet. Runs most new games on high settings and I rarely have any issues with anything else, nothing I haven’t been able to sort out at least.
PC Name: It has no name
CPU: AMD 8350 4.0 GHz to lazy to over clock it
Cooling: Cooler master EVO 212
Graphics Card: ASUS AMD Direct CUII 7970 3Gb
Motherboard: 990FXA-UD3
Memory: Corsair vengeance 8Gb LP
Storage: 128 adata SSD, 1tb seagate 7200 drive
Case: Corsair 540 air
Operating System:Windows 8.1 64bit of course
When I last upgraded: first rig I built from the ground up, all my past ones where frankenstein builds
How it runs: hahahahahaha
PC Name: Daishi
CPU: Intel i7 3930K @ 4Ghz
Cooling: Air cooled
Graphics Card: 2x GTX Titans with Arctic Accelero xtreme iv Coolers
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Memory: 32GB @ 2400 MHz.
Storage: 480GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Case: Corsair 760t White
Operating System: Windows 7 x64
When I last upgraded: Replaced the case a few weeks ago, rest of it has been built for a long time now.
How it runs: Every single game smooth as silk at 2560x1440p. Waiting for larger monitors to become affordable.
Its a fitting name, colour me impressed with those specs.
PC Name: GamingPC
CPU: AMD FX-8350 8 Core
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H90 CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon R7 260X
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX-PRO-R2
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-2400C11D-8GXM
Storage: Corsair Force Series LS 120GB SSD (and a Black WD 1.5TB)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two Case
Operating System: 8.1 Pro
When I last upgraded: 6 Months ago.
How it runs: Yet to find a game that its struggles with.
PC Name: mediacentre
CPU: i5 3570
Cooling: Noctua NH-L12
Graphics Card: Sapphire 7850 OC
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
Memory: 8GB G.Skill Sniper
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB, 4 x WD Red 2TB
Case: SilverStone LC17B
Operating System: Windows 8.1
When I last upgraded: Never, built December ’12
How it runs: Specs are a bit overkill for its main use as a media centre, but it plays every game I have on my HDTV without any issues.
PC Name: hotbox
CPU: i7 920 @ 2.9 GHz (can’t get a decent oc out of it)
Cooling: corsair h80
Graphics Card: 2x MSI 2gb 560ti twin frozr ii oc in
Motherboard: asrock x58 extreme 3
Memory: 12 GB corsair dominator 1600 ddr3
Storage: 128 GB crucial m4, WD black 1tb, 2 x Samsung f3 1tb raid 0
Case: fractal define r2
Operating System: windows 7 ultimate
When I last upgraded: graphics ssd and Cooling beginning of 2012
How it runs: fractal r2 is terrible for cooling with sli, had to practically fill every fan slot which takes away the benefit of a quiet case. I can’t even push my i7 920 modestly to the mid 3.5ghz and it’s starting to show having a processor with a low base clock, wildstar chugs a bit on taxis.
Otherwise I run most things flawlessly at highest detail at 2560×1440 though which is pretty good for an almost 6 year old backbone. I’m probably going to retire the CPU and mb for devils canyon or maybe haswell e with DDR4 in a couple of months.
PC Name: Nathan-PC
CPU: i7 4770
Cooling: All stock cooling
Graphics Card: ASUS Geforce GTX 770 DCU2
Motherboard: GA-Z77X-UD3H
Memory: G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2400
Storage: 256GB SSD, 2TB HDD
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl)
Operating System: Win 8.1 x64
When I last upgraded: No upgrades since built in June ’13. But looking at possibly upgrading to a 780Ti soon.
How it runs: Runs mostly everything at 2560×1440 on Ultra Settings comfortably and is extremely quiet.
PC Name: PC-1
CPU: Intel I7 4770k @ 4.4 ghz
Cooling: Corsair H110
Graphics card: Windforce 780 ti oc edition
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI formula
Memory: 16GB corsair vengeance @1866
Storage: Samsung 250Gb ssd, 2x 2TB Hdd
Case: Corsair carbide 500r
Operating System: Windows 8.1 x64
When I last upgraded: Only built 2 months ago, will probably upgrade gpu when high end maxwell gets here or go sli further down the line.
How it runs: Fantastic. Can pretty much max every game out at 2560×1440 getting 60 fps. I couldn’t be happier with the rig.
PC Name: Red_Bull_RB10
CPU: AMD A10 7700K (OC to 4.4GHz)
Cooling: Noctua DH-14
Graphics Card: Asus DirectCU2 Radeon R9 290
Motherboard: Asus A88X-Pro
Memory: 8GB G-Skill DDR3 2133MHz Ripjaws
Storage: 256GB Samsung 840 Pro, 512GB Samsung 840 (games), 600GB WD Velociraptor (documents and photography manipulation), 2TB WD Green 5400 Drive (storage), 4TB WD Green 5400rpm drive (photography RAW storage)
Case: Bitfenix Shinobi
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64bit
When I last upgraded: Think it was April?
How it runs: Hybrid system given how my previous version had an FX-8320. The new system runs rather decently and much cooler which saves power!
PC Name: BitREDix
CPU: Core i7 4770k
Cooling: Custom water cooling, mostly EK blocks, Monsoon bits and a Alphacool 280mm rad coupled with 2x140mm Bitfenix Pro fans.
Graphics Card: GTX770
Motherboard: Z87I-PRO – ASUS – Mitx
Memory: 16gb Corsair 1600mhz
Storage: 128gb Corsair SSD + 4tb WD + 2tb WD
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy
Operating System: Win7 64bit
When I last upgraded: 3-4 months ago
How it runs: Pretty fantastically, very rare bluescreens, though it won’t go into sleep mode properly…but can’t be bothered chasing a fix for that.
Gaming-wise, it’s a fantastic lil box. Running all games at Very High – Ultra without issue.
PC Name : SB-PC
CPU : Core i5-2500K (OC’d to 4.4Ghz)
Cooling – Noctua NH-12 CPU, 4 x 120mm case fans
Graphics Card – Crossfire XFX 7970 3GB Ghz / XFX R9-280X 3GB Black
Motherboard- Asus Z68V-PRO
Memory – 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600Mhz
Storage – Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD, OCZ Vertex 3 256GB SSD, 15TB of HDD
Case – Lian Li Lancool PC-K62
OS : Windows 8.1 Pro
Last Upgraded : Built in Nov ’11, last components were ~3 months ago with R9-280X + 512GB SSD
How it Runs – Presently very well (1440p maxing most games). To be re-evaluated on delivery of Rift DK2 🙂
PC Name: BRAIN
CPU: i7 3790x @ 4.5ghz
Cooling: Corsair H100i extended loop (for graphics cards)
Graphics Card: crossfired 2x AMD 7970 3gb Ghz Edition @ stock clock w/ water plates
Motherboard: Gigabyte UD7 w/ modded plating
Memory: 32Gb Dominators @ 1920mhz
Storage: 256gb Samsung SSD for OS, 14TB total other drives.
Case: Cooler Master HAF X
Operating System: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
When I last upgraded: Updated the SSD (last one was crap and failed on me) and new graphics card beginning of 2013.
How it runs: Like a beast, spent around $6k total. Heats up my room comfortably during winter, i disable overclocking mostly in summer coz of the temperature rise. Runs 3 monitors on eyefinity with no issues. Workflow for design work is very smooth, gaming even more so. Raised my electricity bills by around 30% every quarter -_-‘ Thank goodness for tax offsets.
it makes fan sounds like someone’s constantly breathing behind my neck.
PC Name: Its a secret
CPU: Intel I7-4770k
Cooling: Four case fans, Noctua NHD14 CPU cooler
Graphics Card: Asus HD7970 (bought just before GHz editions were announced)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Formula
Memory: 16GB Team Vulcan 2400Mhz
Storage: Samsung 840 Evo 256GB (boot), Patriot Wildfire 240GB (games), WD 2TB HDD (stuff)
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D (amazing case. Huge and sooo close to perfect)
PSU: Corsair AX760i (terrific PSU, monitor Power usage while in Windows and realise just how low it actually is)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (with Startmenu8 from IoBit to get rid of Metro)
When I last upgraded: About April ’14. CPU/RAM/Mobo/Case. Waiting on next gen vid cards to come out.
How it runs: really well. WoW, Diablo3 & Torchlight2 @ 1920×1200 (native LCD res) at highest settings with moderate AA (I can’t tell the difference between 2-4 times AA anyway). Superfast boot, fast game loading, decent onboard sound. Only drawback is poor OC performance, most likely due to the RAM timings.
PC Name: Chell
CPU: Intel i5 2500K (normally@stock but OC to 4.2 when needed)
Cooling: Hyper 212+ push pull
Graphics Card: HD 6950 2GB
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme 4
Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 1600MHZ G.Skill Sniper
Storage: Vertex III Max IOPS 120GB SSD OS drive,Samsung 830 64GB running as cache on a 3TB HDD for games, plus about 5TB of storage for media
Case: CM Storm Enforcer
Operating System: Windows 7 64
When I last upgraded: I bought a second 6950 off ebay in late 2012 but passed it onto a friend when their GPU randomly packed it in…The rest of the system was bought in early 2011
How it runs: Runs fine for my needs, I haven’t had to drop below high settings at 1920×1200 in any game I’ve played yet and can usually stick too ultra settings, but newer titles are starting to tax it, thankfully I’m not an FPS fan :P. Will likely be upgrading the GPU with the upcoming generation mainly for the Rift but without the Rift it’s tempting too look at 4K ^_^
PC Name: Anvil
CPU: Two Intel Xeon X5570. Each has 4 cores at 2.93Ghz plus hyperthreading, for a total of 8 physical and 16 logical cores. Originally shipped with E5520s at 2.26Ghz
Cooling: OEM HSF
Graphics Card: Inno3D GTX 680 2GB. Originally shipped with a Radeon 4870.
Motherboard: Apple
Memory: 6x2GB ECC 1066Mhz. Will be upgrading shortly to 6x4GB ECC 1333Mhz
Storage: Intel X25M Gen 2 160GB. 4xSeagate Barracuda 1.5TB.
Case: Apple
Operating System: OS X 10.9, Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit.
When I last upgraded: About 3 months ago I upgraded the CPUs and GPU.
How it runs: Overall runs great, although the overwhelming majority of games cannot use my CPU setup effectively since most developers still suck at multithreading. That said, it was originally purchased and upgraded for my work, it only pulls side duty for gaming.
PC Name: Mustang Sally. No, I don’t know either.
CPU: i5 4670K OC’d @ 4.4GHz.
Cooling: Corsair H100i plus all of the Corsair SP120s. All of them.
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX780 Superclocked ACX Edition.
Motherboard: MSI GD65 Gaming.
Memory: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum.
Storage: WD Green 2TB plus 240GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD.
Case: Corsair C70.
Operating System: Windows 8.1
When I last upgraded: This was a brand new scratch build in January, so nothing yet. Planning to add a second 780 with tax money.
How it runs: I play at 1080P, pretty much everything on either High or Ultra at an easy 60FPS+. E.g. I get ~120FPS on Titanfall with everything set to Ultra. Goes nicely with the 144Hz monitor. 😉
PC Name: Shitbox
CPU: Intel Atom single core @ 1.66ghz
Cooling: Single, inefficient fan
Graphics Card: Intel GMA graphics accelerator
Motherboard: Stock
Memory: 2gb DDR3
Storage: 128GB HDD
Case: HP netbook case
Operating System: Windows 7 starter/ Linux Mint (both 32 bit)
When I last upgraded: 1 year ago (doubled RAM)
How it runs: As if a lethargic sloth with four broken limbs ran a marathon after a heavy meal. It can run Halo PC at 30fps on low settings and play Age of empires 2 without many problems. (I’m mostly a console gamer).
“How it runs: As if a lethargic sloth with four broken limbs ran a marathon after a heavy meal.” I genuinely laughed out loud. What a brilliant analogy. Thank you 🙂
PC Name: Franly-PC
CPU: Intel i7 2600k @3.4GHz
Cooling: standard fan from casing
Graphics Card: Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Memory: 2x Corsair XMS 8Gb dual channel Ram DDR3 Pcc-2000
Storage: 2x 1TB Seagate
Case: Thermaltake Armor Revo
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Pro Edition
When I last upgraded: early 2012
How it runs: MAX setting on most game with ~60 FPS, and the few hard game like crysis 3, metro last night still get ~10-30fps
Overall : Still happy with my Rig 😀
PC Name: WarMachine
CPU: i5 3570 3.5GHz, overclocked to 4.5GHz
Cooling: Corsair Hydro for the CPU. Fans for everything else.
Graphics Card: Crossfire 2x GTX 660ti o/c
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
Memory: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws
Storage:
Main drive: 128GB SSD
Games Drive:256GB SSD
500GB Drive
1TB Drive
Case: Thermaltake Shark
http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thermaltake_shark_aluminum_case/img/1.jpg
Operating System: Win8
When I last upgraded: Minor, interim upgrade a few months back. Got second second 660ti and had to o/c the processor to handle the 2x GPU’s
Mid to late next year Ill do a full upgrade.
How it runs: Rock solid. I always treat the running of my machine like its in a controlled environment.
PC Name: Classified
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k – 3.4GHz
Cooling: Corsair H100i
Graphics Card: Nvidia 770GTX – 2GB
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Mobo
Memory: Corsair 16GB
Storage: 128GB Samsung SSD and a 2TB WD HDD
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D
Operating System: Windows 8.1Pro – 64bit
When I last upgraded: January
How it runs: Like a SIR, but have the cheapest corsair PSU (CX750M) which has the coil whine which can be annoying + those fans when running demanding games..
PC Name:Craig-PC
CPU: Intel Core-i5 4570 @ 3.2ghz – 3.6ghz turbo
Cooling: Coolermaster V8 heatsink
Graphics Card: MSI Radeon HD7870 2gb OC
Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 Gaming
Memory: 8gb (2x4gb) G.Skill Sniper
Storage: 120gb Seagate 600 SSD, 3x2tb seagate drives and a 1.5tb
Case: CM Storm Scout 2
Operating System: Windows 8.1 pro
When I last upgraded: late last year, motherboard, cpu and ssd was upgraded from an AMD x6 black 3.4ghz setup.
How it runs: Only now am I pretty much perfectly satisfied with this configuration, it runs pretty much every game I throw at it on high to ultra settings, the SSD makes a huge difference to booting windows and programs. Will probably upgrade graphics card when directx 12 games start coming out :-p
PC Name: BLUX
CPU: i5 2500k
Cooling: corsair water h80 radiator
Graphics Card: 770gtx with good cooler
Motherboard: ASROCK z68 extreme 7 for all the 8 sata ports
Memory: 8gig 1600 hyper X
Storage: 8 SATA ceramic drives 1x samsung pro SSD 256gb
Case: generic
Operating System: win 7/8
When I last upgraded: last upgrade was a 4k monitor and the 770 at almost the same time
How it runs: ….1GBPS SSD zooms…. Graphics is decent enough…. 8 hdds for storage,…. runs all games on maximum around 30-60fps….. 4k monitor is SOOOO lush especially for doing absolutely anything (abelton live) (games) social media, mmos, youtube, …..could be a bit better with video encoding as i think the cpu is restricting it there,…. water cooling is boss i get a 4ghz overclock except on hot days (40degC) ….Display port for 4k has PROBLEMS they need to fix the suspending state as the monitor bugs out.
PC Name: MAT
CPU: AMD fx-8320 @4.5GHz
Cooling: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Graphics Card: AMD 7870
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990fx R2.0
Memory: 8GB DDR3 dual channel 1600MHz
Storage: Samsung 840 series – 256Gb, 2x 2Gb Seagate 7200.13
Case: NZXT
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64 bit
When I last upgraded: 9 months
How it runs: Most games will run at high, some at medium as I have a 1440p monitor. AMD processor is good for numerical simulation (FEA and FDM)
PC Name: Stevobox
CPU: Intel I5-2500
Cooling: Stock fans
Graphics Card: Geforce GTX 670
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Storage: 1TB hard drive
Case: Some old EZcool case my previous PC was in that I liked so I kept it (It’s so roomy inside).
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
When I last upgraded: Last year when I upgraded from a GTX460
How it runs: Pretty reasonably, runs everything on high-ish specs.
High-ish specs,nice one.
PC Name: Frank
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1100t 3.30 ghz
Cooling: coolit vantage Push pull config fans Water cooling
Graphics Card: sapphire radeon 6990 2gb
Motherboard: 990FXA-UD3
Memory: Corsair vengeance 16Gb
Storage: 120 ocz ssd, 2tb wd green hdd
Case: CM Storm
Operating System: Windows 8.1
When I last upgraded: 3/4 years ago… thinking of upgrading.. probbally about time..
How it runs: been fine though the vantage water cpu cooler is shitty and alarms under 20 deg till it heats up….. need to rip out its speaker…. aside from that i dont struggle playing anything…..
PC Name: Le Fliggle PC
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K @3.5GHz
Cooling: Stock Intel fan (I have a Corsair H100i cooler I’m about to install)
Graphics Card: eVGA nVidia GTX 680 2GB
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) C8 @ 1600MHz
Storage: Samsung 84 Pro 256GB, 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB (not plugged in currently)
Case: Corsair 600T
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
When I last upgraded: Built in January 2013, fans and side panel “upgraded” recently.
How it runs: Very well for the most part, but games tend to get low FPS when I have settings at max. Would LOVE a new video card.
PC Name: Behemonth =\
CPU: i7 3930K @ 4.2GHZ
Cooling: nocturna nh-d14
Graphics Card: 3x GTX 680
Motherboard: Asus Rampage extreme iv x79
Memory: G.skill ripjawz 32GB @ 1866MhZ
Storage: 2x 2TB WD cav. Black 2x 256GB samsung 840 pro
Case: Silverstone Raven RV03
Operating System: win 7 x64
When I last upgraded: yeah and a half ago
How it runs: …Heh
PC Name: AMBREW-PC
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Superclocked ACX 3GB
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z
Memory: Corsair 2x4GB Dominator GT
Storage: Intel 250gig SSD, 1tb Western Digital Green, 1tb Seagate
Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B
Operating System: Win7 64bit
Monitor: Samsung TA950
Next Upgrade: ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q must have 144hz @ 1440p with gsync
When I last upgraded: About 7 months ago when the 780 Ti’s first came out.
How it runs: Satisfactory 😉
PC Name:HAL-9000 called the HTPC SAL-9000 heh
CPU: Core i5 2500
Cooling: Stock.
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 560 1gb
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68P-DS3
Memory: Kingston Hyper X 2x4GB
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500gb, Western Digital Green 1TB, OCZ Agility 3 256GB SSD, Corsair Force GS 128GB SSD
Case: Antec 902
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: About 2 years ago, cost me only 600 for the mobo, ram, blue hdd, cpu & gpu…
How it runs: Runs everything I want to play maxed out with minimal to no frame rate drop.
I’m not advertising Asus’ RoG laptop range, but if you need a gaming laptop, they are best value (I bought the following mid last year for around $1600 including a monitor in a mail-in rebate)
PC Name: SS7-Win8 (Not the most original, but it distinguishes easily between this and my old Acer laptop)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3630QM (Ivy Bridge)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M (2 GB VRAM)
Memory: 16 GB DDR3
Storage: 1 TB HDD (don’t know speed)
Case: The one that holds the laptop together
Operating System: Windows 8.1 x64
When I last upgraded: Had this laptop for a year, only upgrade is an SSD in the future
How it runs: Expect minimum 30FPS in new games on Mid-High(except for Ubisoft’s crappy ports) with no AA or AO, maybe with less shadowing, in 1080p. Saints Row 4: 40 Ultra (2xMSAA, no AO), BF4: 30 Medium, CSGO: 100 Maxed, Minecraft: >200 Maxed incl. OptiFine, Call of Duty: 60 High
PC Name: Stoobertron
CPU: AMD 8350 OC’d to 4.8ghz
Cooling: corsair closed loop liquid cooler
Motherboard:ASUS Sabertooth 990FX r2.0
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 760 Hawk 2GB
Memory: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws 2200MHZ
Storage: 5x 3Tb WD Green. 1x 2Tb WD Black. 1x 160GB Intel 530 SSD
Case: Thermaltake armour+
Operating System: Windows 8
When I last upgraded: January for the GTX 760 after my 580 died. but I replaced the PSU last week because it decided to go asplode and I have had the case,DVD Drive and soundcard for about 6 years.
How it runs: Like an 8 year old boy from a catholic priest.
Not fast enough?
It’s never quite fast enough.
PC Name: snYpr-PC
CPU: Intel i7-3612QM
Cooling: Stock laptop cooling
Graphics Card: AMD HD 7730m 2gb DDR3
Motherboard: Laptop mobo
Memory: 8gb of 1600MHz DDR3 ram
Storage: 32gb mSATA Cache + 1tb 7200 RPM Samsung HDD set in Raid 0 (via Intel Rapid Start)
Case: Laptop Case
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: New HDD about 6 months ago
How it runs: Everyday activities are snappy and fast and almost no lag at all. The only bottleneck really is the graphics card, and my fps has taken a solid hit with the new patches to Dota 2 which has increased particle effects, shading and lighting. Fortunately older games like CSS run smooth at almost 250 fps.
PC Name: Urist
CPU: i7-3930K
Cooling: Custom Water Loop
Graphics Card: MSI 7970 Twinfrozr
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 Pro
Memory: 32gb @ 2133mhz
Storage: 480gb Sandisk SSD
Case: Fractal Design R4
Operating System: Windows 7
When I last upgraded: July 2013
How it runs: Never crashes & have never had any framerate issues with games I play.
PC Name: Serial_Thrilla, the name of a track on The Prodigy: Fat of the Land CD;
CPU: Intel Core i7 4960X IB-E 4.5 Ghz, hexacore overkill FTW;
Cooling: A new Swiftech Apogee HD waterblock for the CPU, the rad, res, fans and tubing from Swiftech H20 H220 edge I’ve been using in the DK-85 since 2010;
Graphics Card: Palit Jetstream GTX 780 Ti 3Gb, brilliant;
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth/Sabretooth X79;
Memory: Corsair 32GB DDR3 Dominator Platinum Quad channel, I really only wanted 16Gb but stock wasn’t in yet, 32Gb is way more than I can utilise;
Storage: 1Tb hdd, 320Gb hdd, 250Gb hdd and a 480Gb ssd, there’s a 500Gb external hdd for important backups;
Case: Antec Darkfleet DK-85 I went full tower to house numerous hard drives and liquid cooling;
Operating System: Win 7 64 bit since release, recently cloned and transferred to the ssd after the last ssd started to show signs of failure;
When I last upgraded: The Mobo, CPU, RAM, ssd and a new optical drive in May this year, the GTX 780Ti replaced a HD6990 last December and soon a Panasonic 58 inch UHD LED LCD with display port to replace my Sony 55 inch UHD LED LCD. I love the Sony but Panasonic is the only brand to include display ports on it’s UHD sets.
How it runs: First built in December 2009 and upgraded numerous times since to power through video and audio editing (hobby), 3d design (again only hobby) and of course (actually mostly) GAMES. Powerful as a word is probably inadequate, therefore it is POWERFULL! with double L’s capitalised and with an exclamation point for emphasis. Even the poorly programmed unoptimised mess that is “Watch Dogs” hasn’t given me too much trouble. At least when I reduced the texture and shadow qualities a little bit, but that game doesn’t count. Ubisoft used the wrong engine for the wrong application.
The top 5 1/4 inch bay houses a 4×20 line blue LED backlit LCD programmed through “LCD smartie” to display temps, usage and speeds of GPU and CPU plus RAM usage on 2 alternating screens.
PC Name: admin
CPU: i7-3820 @3.8GHz
Cooling: air-cooled – using some super quiet fans plus case fans
Graphics Card: Gigabyte OC GTX680 (4 GB VRAM)
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Memory: 2x 16GB DDR3 RAM @1333MHz (yes that’s an insane 32GB RAM but the 2nd 16GB was thrown in for free so why not?)
Storage: 128GB Samsung SSD + 2TB HDD (I’m using an SSD cache setup)
Case: Corsair 600T – roomy
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate
When I last upgraded: December 2012
How it runs: In a word – beautifully – runs just about anything you can throw at it on max settings @1080p. Sits behind the TV. I have so much RAM available I’ve even dabbled in partitioning some off to run games on it.
PC Name: Daniel_Beast
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6 core Black 4.6ghz OC
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H110i (+ about 4 seperate fans)
Graphics Card: 2x Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD7950 in Crossfire (6gb)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO
Memory: 16GB Corsiar Vengence
Storage: *128GB Samsung SSD (OS ONLY)* *256GB Samsung SSD (MMO ONLY)* * 2TB WD Caviar Black – All other games / media*
Case: (Cant remember right now not at home)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
When I last upgraded: 12 Months ago
How it runs: still getting ultra in everything at 60+ FPS.
PC Name: GRUNTFXFX_WIN8
CPU: I5 4670K
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 (Big Bastard)
Graphics Card: ATI Hd6900 2GB
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO
Memory: 2 X 4GB TRIDENT-X DDR3 1866
Storage: 120GB SSD KINGSTON – 750GB WD + 500GB WD
Case: THERMALTAKE.
Operating System: WIN 8 PRO 8.1
When I last upgraded: 8 MTHS AGO
How it runs: ALL GAMES. ALL HIGH. NOT SLOW AT ALL.
PC Name: i cant actually remember the pc’s name but its probably “I7″
CPU: I7 3770k
Cooling: intel stock cooler, + 2x 80mm PWM Arctic cooling fans
Graphics Card: nvida GTX480
Motherboard: GA-Z77X-UD3H
Memory: 8GB corsair
Storage: OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD & 1TB segate 2.5”
Case: Apple Mac Pro with mountain mod mobo tray
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64bit
When I last upgraded: 2013 but i plan to do some cable management this year and re-glue the hdd tray back to the case
How it runs: apart from some .net 3.5 bug with win8 and the brain destroying usb 3 install issues with windows 8. runs well, need better gfx card for Star citizen but i can still run SC ok
Good to see the old CM Hyper 212 is still pretty popular. If you’re still on stock CPU cooling… one of these is the best $40 you can spend on your PC.
PC Name: Beast-Pc
CPU: i7 3930k OC to 4.7 GHZ
Cooling: Corsair H100i
Graphics Card: EVGA Classified Geforce 780ti
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79
Memory: 32gb Corsair Vengeance
Storage: 128 Samsung Pro SSD, 2TB HDD
Case: Corsair 540 Cube
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64 bit
When I last upgraded: about 2 months ago
How it runs: Average I guess
PC Name: Lusankya (SSD from the X Wing series of books)
CPU: AMD Phenom 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz (Not overclocked)
Cooling: Stock
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 465
Motherboard: ASUS M4A78TD/USB 3.0
Memory: 12GB RAM
Storage: 120GB Samsung 830 SSD (MLC), a 500GB HDD a 1.5 TB WD Caviar Green and a 1TB Samsung Drive
Case: Thermaltake (Can’t remember the model, my wife chose it)
OS: Windows 7 HP 64-bit
Last upgrade: about 18 months ago: added the SSD and some more RAM.
How it runs: Dodgy atm, it’s getting old, despite the addition of the SSD. Might need to save up for a new comp soon.
PC Name: X (10th Pc build)
CPU: Intel i7 2600k @4.2
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14
Graphics Card: Gigabyte 3GB Nvidia GTX780 1gz Edition
Motherboard: Asrock Extreme 7 Gen3
Memory: 16Gb Gskill Ripjaws
Storage: 120gb SSD + 4tb over 3 drives +BD-R +DVD-R
Case: Cosmos S
Other: Digital Now Quad Tuner + Auzentech Prelude 7.1 sound + Corsair AX850
Operating System: Win7 Ultimate 64
When I last upgraded: GPU last month, everything else 2011
How it runs: Generally runs great. (Except the conductive power switch on the case which I had to unplug. 2c – Never buy a case with conductive switches. ) My only issue is no WHQL drivers for the Auzentech which causes issues sometimes. Need a new soundcard. Shame as it sounds great. Just poor driver support. PC runs great on air, even OC’d never gets above 50ish. My next upgrade will mostly be aesthetics, new KB, LCD, speakers etc. Hardware wise I’m happy with how it performs.
PC Name: Thorn-PC
CPU: Intel i5 4670k
Cooling: CM EVO 212
Graphics Card: 770gtx
Motherboard: Asrock z87m Extreme4
Memory: 8gb 1600mhz
Storage: 2 x 2tb 7200 drives.
Case: CM Enforcer
Operating System: windows 8.1
When I last upgraded: January
How it runs: Runs mostly everything on high. Weird problem with the computer not wanting to sleep properly.
PC Name: Jay-PC
CPU: Intel Core i7-4500U
Cooling: Laptop stock
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GT 740M
Motherboard: HP Laptop
Memory: 8 GB
Storage: 750 GB HDD
Case: Laptop
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Update 1 x64
When I last upgraded: A couple of months ago from a far crappier rig that had lasted 7 years
How it runs: It runs Watch_Dogs at native res at 60 FPS on low and that’s all I really need to be able to survive this console generation
Spinach
Build date: Circa 2007 tax return time
CPU: AMD Athlon II x64 2400
Cooling: Stock Fans 120mm Rear and Front, Stock Heatsinks
Graphics Card: Asus Geforce 9800GT 1GB
Motherboard: Asus M2N32 SLI (Has anyone ever had this running successfully with 4 ram sticks?)
Memory: 6GB Corsair DDR2
Storage: 3 x SATA Spinning Discs
Case: Thermaltake
Operating System: Win 7 Pro
When I last upgraded: – Bought 4gb of DDR2 Ram in 2011 for a bit of future proofing
How it runs: It runs, Back in the day great. These days still does everything I want. Choked when I tried Planetside 2 on the weekend :/ Still wasn’t bad enough to drive me back to my PS4.
Do I miss the upgrade cycle … Kinda … Do I miss the fun of building new rigs … absolutely . I still strip it down every 12-18 months to de dust and practice putting it all back together.
PC Name: leggy
CPU: 2.8Ghz i7 920
Cooling: Stock
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 Gigabyte
Motherboard: EX58 Extreme Gigabyte
Memory: Consair 6GB 1600
Storage: 256gb Sandisk SSD. A bunch of HDD.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower
Operating System: Windows 7 64x
When I last upgraded: Just before Witcher 2 came out, got the GTX 680
How it runs: It’s showing its age. I plan on buying a new rig for the Witcher 3.