Saturnine Tenshi Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 holy crap Saturnine, 400 mhz ram? does your motherboard support faster? Yeah, it does. It just wasn't next on my list for upgrading. I had an 8800GT that I needed to get rid of, and my old processor was burdened by the TLB bullshit that made it both slower than it should have been and unstable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harri Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i7-720QM processor (1.6GHz/2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB L3 cache) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 graphics card 8GB DDR3-1066 RAM Two 500GB 7200RPM hard drives (Seagate Momentus 7200.4/ST9500420AS) (Non-RAID) Atheros AR9285 802.11n Wireless LAN adapter Oh it is amazing, with me running EVERYTHING ON MAX SETTINGS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixrocket Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 (edited) Finished building mine a couple days ago: 1) AMD Phenom II 6 cores at 3.0 ghz 2) Nividia 550ti 3) Element G thermaltake case 4) USB 3.0 Mobo, built in raedon 4870 5) 8 gigs ddr3 ram 6) Mac Cinema Display 7) Windows 7 64 bit 8) 1TB hard drive Runs crysis at max, cost me 875 bucks on newegg. Came with mafia II, 80 dollars in rebates, and photoshop elements 9 + 3d mark 11 Edited May 3, 2011 by sixrocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Not mine but I shall be putting this together tomorrow: Item: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Qty: 1 Item: Gigabyte GTX 570 OC Windforce3X 1280MB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - Qty: 1 Item: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard - Qty: 1 Item: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866Mhz Memory Kit CL9 - Qty: 1 Item: Antec TruePower New 750W Modular PSU - Qty: 1 Item: Samsung SH-B123L 12x BD-ROM DVD±RW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black - Qty: 1 Item: Sharkoon T9 Case - Green Edition - Qty: 1 Item: Xenta Serial ATA 2.0 to Right Angle SATA 7-pin Cable (Red) 61cm / 24" - Qty: 2 Item: WD 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Caviar Blue Hard Drive - 7200RPM 32MB Cache - Qty: 1 Item: Razer Lachesis Refresh Gaming Mouse - Qty: 1 Item: Razer Lycosa UK Gaming Keyboard - USB - Qty: 1 Hard Drive prices man... I shall post photos once done. He chose the case though "I like green". actually he chose most of it. I had to haggle him down on his original CPU choice since the actual difference in performance between the original i7 he chose and the i5 there was negligible(especially going up from a Core2Quad) but the price difference was £85. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I caught whiff of the increased hard drive prices last night when I finally browsed 4chan for the first time in months................... and I just looked on Newegg. WHAT THE FUCK!? http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136284 That is my storage hard drive I currently have. I got it for $87.99 back in December. It is currently $219.99. What the hell happened!? Flooding in Thailand where most of the HDD manufactures make their stuff at. Wow. I think it is about time they figure out that putting so much into one place is a bad idea. There is no way anybody that can help it will buy a HDD right now until it all settles out. I pity those folks who need one right now. Edited November 8, 2011 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I was already aware of the Thailand thing, knew there would be increase but not nearly double. As for putting it all in one places that's the side effect of globalisation. Thaliand was just a really cheap place to put everything. Same happened to CPU's with the Japan Tsunami last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Damn, that kind of explains why choice was so limited when I started shopping around for my ps3 hdd... Couldn't even find a 5400 rpm at the size I wanted. Also explains why prices were higher than I remembered. I'd looked at notebook hdds before and I remembered them to cost around 50-60$. But I ended up having to pay 90$ (shipping included). I figured that as unlikely as it seemed, perhaps I had been looking at recertified drives all along without realizing it. This makes more sense. Luckily, the hdd was a gift so I didn't pay for it with my own money. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136284 That is my storage hard drive I currently have. I got it for $87.99 back in December. It is currently $219.99. Pretty sure I have the same drive. Even almost three years ago it still only cost me about 160$. This is insane. Edited November 9, 2011 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 /prays he doesn't have need to replace an HDD in the near future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) Alright, I just ordered the following parts to build an HTPC: Case: Lian Li PC-C37U Micro-ATX (includes 300W PSU) Mobo: ASRock H61M/U3S3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 CPU: Intel Core i3-2105 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz with Intel HD Graphics 3000 RAM: 2x CORSAIR XMS 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 1333 HDD: Western Digital 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s Remote: Rosewill MCE Infrared Remote I intend to install XBMCbuntu as the OS, and I have a couple of 2TB HDDs in my desktop right now with media on them that I'm going to move over to this machine so that it can also be my media server, since it will use less power than my desktop. Also, please don't tell me if I could have gotten the parts cheaper elsewhere, I'd rather just be blissfully ignorant. *Edit* - For the kb/m I'm going to be using this wireless combo I posted in the PYP thread the other day. Edited May 17, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Also, please don't tell me if I could have gotten the parts cheaper elsewhere, I'd rather just be blissfully ignorant. You'll walk right into that despair all by yourself in about a week. A deal or two appear out of nowhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 A cheaper, larger HDD already appeared in my e-mail inbox this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 My current rig: Core i7 920 2.6 GHZ cooled with a corsair A50 cooler. MOBO: Asus P6T 18GB DDR3 (3x2GB, 3x4GB) Sapphire Radeon 6950 2GB 1TB HDD and 2TB HDD (mostly for backup) Antec 900 case Blu-ray drive and a DVD burner drive Linksys Wireless N dual band card Hauppauge Wintv HVR 1800 PCI I have some old Saitek gamer keyboard and a MX1000 logitech laser mouse. Corsair SP2500 speakers I won from the HardOCP event this spring I also have a Logitech G35 headset I use when the child is sleeping. My monitors are some scavanged 24" and 22" Samsung monitors from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Yay all my parts shipped! Hopefully I'll get them Saturday. Going shopping for a bike and a new mattress in Wichita (ooh, the big city...), then when we get back I can have a new project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Keep us posted on that HTPC. I'd love to build one some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Posting from my HTPC. Actually built it on Monday, put XBMCBuntu on it, couldn't get hdmi audio working, screwed with it all night, gave up, went to bed. Tuesday I was like "okay, I'll give regular Ubuntu a shot." HDMI audio works right off the bat, so I'm happy, get all my software and everything set up, then I go to try to get the remote control working. Can't get lirc working right, so it won't recognize my remote, I go to bed frustrated again. Today I put Windows 7 on it, everything works like a charm. What I have learned from this: even for a media appliance, linux isn't worth the trouble. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Interesting. I'd have gone with something that had WMC because I use it so much already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Yeah, I used to use XBMC as my dashboard for my old modded Xbox and I loved it, so that's what I'm using cause I'm familiar with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Dual boot baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 You can run XBMC as software on Windows, which is what I'm doing, I just thought I'd try the linux version first because I don't have to pay for linux or pirate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 INTEL Core i5-2400 3.1GHz ASUS nVidia GeForce GTX560 Ti 1GB GDDR5 KINGSTON 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 HyperX X2 Grey Series 1600MHz MB ASUS - P8Z68-V SEAGATE 1TB, 3.5" + Old 500GB HDD Awful pictures taken with my phone: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 The Max Payne poster is a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnstableArk Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) Alrighty, might as well post my newly upgraded rig. Can't quite remember every detail, but I'll put what's important. Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Intel Core2 Quad Overclocked - 3.0GHz Corsair 4GB DDR3 (4x 1GB) Overclocked (unsure of specific clock rate) EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 560ti - 2GB GDDR5 Overclocked 580 GB HDD (2x 250GB, 1x 80GB) And a bunch of giant fans to keep it from exploding. All credit goes to my PC guy, he's one hell of a great guy. Edited May 26, 2012 by UnstableArk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 My new rig as of 7/19. Wanted to upgrade it since December of last year, but I was too lazy since I could manage with my laptop ASUS P8Z77-M ... Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30 GHz ... G.SKILL Ripjaws series 8gb (2 x 4gb) ... ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II ... 1 TB Seagate hard drive, because only games will be occupying this space. I have lots of external drives I don't know what to do with them... Power supply is my 4 year old HX620 Corsair. Modular is cool! ... And it's housed in my also 4 year old Antec 902 ... And of course, an awful picture of the thing, it's sitting on a temp steel stand (you can't see it) with a cardboard (you can see it!) This is the first time I picked the components. I always had my brother look up stuff for me. I think I did the right thing in getting the i5 instead of the original plan of i7-3770 (or i7-2600k). The board is whatever the PC guy suggested I get because I really have no idea about the motherboard. I just told them as long as it fits my video card I'm probably fine with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Yeah, that's about exactly what I have, with a Sandy Bridge i5 rather than a Ivy. IMO, unless you'll be doing video editing and the like, there's no real reason to go with the i7. The 560 Ti is a great card too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Here's mine. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Intel i7-2600k @ 3.8GHz (cooled with a Cooler Master V8) ASUS Matrix GTX580 Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W 16GB (4x4 GB) Corsair Vengeance RAM @ 1600MHz 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 1TB Seagate HDD Samsung BD drive All inside a Cooler Master HAF X Logitech 5.1 speakers, monitor is an Alienware OptX AW2310 23", the keyboard is from my old HP media center PC and a cheap Perfect Choice mouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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