Author Topic: 2008 Post your Computer rig thread. (Read 5604 times)

Spook · « **on:** September 22, 2008, 04:32:10 PM »

Well since I recently purchased a new computer using my summer paychecks, I'd like to see if anyone else has done some drastic improvements on their systems.

Right now my systems stands like so:

Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 3.65 Ghz (2.66 stock) (Socket 775) (456MHz FSB)
Motherboard: XFX 780i 3-way SLI board.
RAM: 8 GB Corsair 4x2 GB @1066 mhz
Video card(s) 3x 9800 GTX's @ 800 mhz core clock (675 stock)
Power supply: Coolmax 1200 Watt power supply
Case: Thermaltake Black Kandalf LCS

The processor is water cooled, it's a low-end water system but it keeps CPU temps under 60 on full load. I may have gone a bit overboard, but all this cost me under $2000 so I was happy =]

This thing is a brick, and built tough, case is made of steel, and overall the computer weighs in at about 75 lbs. Good lifting for when I go to LAN's

Pics:
And I'm positive you guys can figure out I did my cable management after I finished building it. *cough*

webhead · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2008, 05:24:09 PM »

whoa, triple SLI... can you tell a noticeable difference?

My desktop PC (running XP) has:
Processor: AMD Athlon64 4000+ @ 2.7 GHz (2.4 stock) (Socket 939)
Mobo: Abit KN8 V1.1
RAM: 2x512MB Corsair ValueSelect DDR400 w/ CAS 2.5
Video Card: 1x Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro with Dual DVI
PSU: Thermaltake 430W (TR2 W0070)
Case: Kingwin SK-523 BW

sad in comparison, i know... i have limited resources tho $:-\$
no pics atm... sorry

Spook · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2008, 06:24:29 PM »

While I was doing benchmarking with the video cards using 3dmark06 I noted that I got around 30 fps in the first test with one card, about 70 with 2 cards, and now I get over 100 with 3 cards. Not a noticeable difference, but it's nice to play crysis on very high with no problems whatsoever.

webhead · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2008, 06:43:26 PM »

cool... going from 30 to 100fps seems like a noticeable difference, tho.

coLa · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2008, 08:27:30 PM »

[09:26:52] - [@coLa] (CPU1) AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 4000+ @ 2410MHz ( C51MCP51 mainboard) (RAM) 1GB, 503.29MB free (HDDs) 232GB, 193GB free
[09:26:52] - [@coLa] (VGA1) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (1GB), 1440x900x32, 75Hz (OS) Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2), 1w 2d 18h 35m 24s uptime, 2w 4d 9h 53m 36s uptime record

only difference between the last time i posted this up is the video card.

Spook · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2008, 08:43:22 PM »

Didn't know there was an 8600 1 gb card, I feel bad for building my mom a computer that had the 256 version of the 8600

eMo · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2008, 09:09:10 PM »

My Laptop ( Latitude D830 )

Manufacturer:    Dell Inc.
Processor:    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory:    2046MB RAM
Hard Drive:    119 GB
Video Card:    NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (512Mb)

Eiii · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2008, 09:27:04 PM »

I could never ever bring myself to do water cooling, unless it was with a non-conductive liquid. Even then, I'd be really hesitant.
Anyway,

AMD64 2.0GHz x2, 8800GT, 2GB RAM. That's all I know by heart.

Spook · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2008, 09:34:49 PM »

I overclocked my processor to 3.65 Ghz and the temps stay at the low 40's range under slight load. (Playing crysis only puts the CPU at 20%, gotta love the quad.)

Earlier today, I overclocked my brothers computer, which is a twin computer to mine minus the water cooling. I can only get his up to 3.2 and his temps are idling around the upper 50's and are in the mid 70's range under full load.

Water cooling definitely has its advantages over air when overclocking. The cpu fan is an upgraded one in my brothers computer also, not the cheap flimsy thing that comes with these Q9450's

Justinph5 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2008, 09:53:56 PM »

Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2 GB ram
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT "XXX"
Vista Rating 5.3

and so on and so on...

i need more ram

webhead · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2008, 10:16:37 PM »

laptop
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 @ 2.0 Ghz
RAM: 2x1GB DDR2 667
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS w/ 256MB of dedicated GDDR2 & screen, VGA, DVI, & S-Video outs
250GB HD
Gigabit LAN
17" screen
just above 2 hrs. battery life
8 lbs.
+ Vista Home Premium 32-bit (i think the score is like 3.5, but it's only because of one part, the rest are 4.5s and 5s)

Spook · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2008, 10:19:18 PM »

Everything on my system is 5.9 except my HDD which recieved a 5.6.

webhead · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2008, 10:25:40 PM »

what kind of HD?

Cameron · « **Reply #13 on:** September 23, 2008, 02:04:27 AM »

Mines just excrement

. Same as last time as well.

Spook · « **Reply #14 on:** September 23, 2008, 03:20:05 PM »

My HDD is Hitachi HDT725050VLA SCSI Disk Device, 500 GB

webhead · « **Reply #15 on:** September 23, 2008, 03:42:52 PM »

ah cool

jitspoe · « **Reply #16 on:** September 23, 2008, 08:32:34 PM »

Desktop:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Video: Palit 8800 GT, 1GB memory
Memory: 2 GB (can't remember brand offhand)
Motherboard: EVGA (can't remember model offhand)
Hard Drives: 250gig, 500gig (need to upgrade to 1TB - I'm out of space) - seagates
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 220WM
Sound: Razer Barracuda AC-1

Laptop: Gateway P-6860FX
Practically the sames specs as my desktop.
Intel core 2
nVidia 8800 GTS (512 meg?)
4 gigs of memory (-2 gigs for vista)

sonicx059 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 24, 2008, 04:34:51 AM »

*To ashamed to post specs of former and current laptops......*
*attempting to build desktop need more funds...*

webhead · « **Reply #18 on:** September 24, 2008, 01:02:49 PM »

hehe, its ok sonicx, go ahead

ViciouZ · « **Reply #19 on:** September 24, 2008, 01:10:36 PM »

Copied from my Xfire profile

Manufacturer:
Me!
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory:
4094MB RAM
Hard Drive:
429 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor:
CrapTastic Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones:
Creative 4.1
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Belkin Wristpad
Operating System:
Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080425-1930)
Motherboard:
ASUS blaghsadbljaxvyw
Computer Case:
ASUS blaghsadbljaxvyw case