PC Thread

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This is for computers. You don't need to be politically correct.
Mac heathens users are allowed to post too.

 

Comp:
Intel i7 4770k OC'd to 4.0 GHz (I'm lazy)
Gigabyte NVidia GTX 770 4GB RAM
16GB DDR3 1866 RAM 10-11-10-30
MSI G45 Motherboard - the most average motherboard ever made
Samsung 840 Series SSD 250 GB - Steam and games drive
Kingston something SSD 60 GB - OS drive
WD Green HDD 2 TB - Porn and other things
Some Toshiba HDD 3 TB - Backup drive
NZXT fan speed thingy that I don't really use
Generic DVD burner
Corsair H100i CPU Cooler
Corsair TX850M PSU
Corsair SP 120 fans (x2)
Corsair AF 120 fans (x3)
Corsair AF 140 fan (x1)

Desk:
Corsair Vengeance K90 (wish I had the K95 )
Corsair Vengeance 1500 Headphones - best headphones ever!
Corsair Vengeance M65
Corsair Vengeance MM200 - mousepad
Corsair Air 540 - so sexy
2 Asus VN248H-P monitor 23.8 inch 1920 x 1080 IPS
Dell something monitor 23 inch 1680 x 1050 - like 5 years old and I got it for free

Other stuff:
Nintendo DS - the original one
Nintendo 3DS - only used for pokemon

 

Yeah time to show off ! In a less expensive way
The configuration is quite old because I bought it 5 years ago but I'm only starting to feel the need to upgrade now (in order to continue to play in ultra quality. I can still lower the settings for the new games).

Computer:
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.30 GHz (6 core)
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A87TD/USB3 motherboard
4 x 2 Go Corsair Dominator DDR3 667 MHz
Asus AMD Radeon HD 6870
SSD OCZ-VERTEX3 128 Go SATA III - OS and core applications drive
IBM server hard drive refurbished from the work 650 Gb SATA III - Everything else
LG Blue-ray / DVD optical drive
Generic black tower for the enclosure

Desk:
2x Daewoo 24" 1920*1080 LED TV (Really surprised by the quality of the product and I can watch TV and connect my consoles to them)
Cyborg R.A.T. 7 laser and wire connected mouse
Logitech G11 keyboard
Saitek X55 Rhino joystick
Logitech 5.1 audio system (Need to replace that for a real audio system)
Sennheiser PC 330 headset (When it comes to headsets, there is only two brands: Sennheiser and Audio Technica )

Other stuff:
Custom made Synology NAS with an old computer and yes you can crack Synology OS to install on anything
Raspberry PI model B micro-computer
Asus Nexus 7
PS4
N64
Xbox

 

I know about corsair ram quality but are the mouse and keyboard good too?

 

I'm a bit of a fan boy so YES! but seriously the build quality is great, they are really comfy, and look fantastic. And the K90 has Cherry switches so it's pretty generic in that regard.

 

That fu**** UEFI finally let me install linux on my laptop. I can now fall asleep with the satisfaction of duty done. Good night!

 

My PC is something my friend threw together for me back in high school. It still runs some games well, but it's starting to lose out on anything super recent. I need to upgrade it (or straight up replace it) but I know nothing about how any of this stuff works x3 I need to go out there and learn what's good and cheap x3

 

So Back on Home Pc...

PC -
Graphics Card - Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce
Proccessor - AMD FX-6 6100 Black Edition 6 Core 3.3Ghz Socket AM3+ 8MB L3 Cache
PSU - Corsair TX 650W
Motherboard - Asus M5A99X EVO 990X
Cooler - Inno3D C-XXX
RAM - Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Blue Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
HDD - WD 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s Caviar Green Hard Drive - 64MB Cache - WD20EARX
CD - Generic P.O.S
Case - Zalman Z11 +
(Cost Around £900 back in july 2012)

Desk -
Moiniters - Phillips 227ELH 21.5" LED 1920 x 1080
Keyboard - Logitech G510
Mouse - Razer Mamba
Mousepad - Razer Goliathius extended
Audio Speakers - Logitech 5.1 surround
Headset - Razer Kracken 7.1
Webcam - Xbox 360 Camera
Pad - Afterglow 360 Pad

@Brynjhulf I just used a website that builds gaming rigs then sourced the parts myself

 

@Brynjhulf You can use this site to retrieve a report on your configuration : http://www.ma-config.com/en
And if you post it here we could help you with the parts to upgrade.

 

Oh sweet, that's very helpful! and okay, here's what I got.

 

Someone stop me if I'm wrong but alas it seems that you can change everything. There is several new technologies available. What would be your exact use of this new configuration?

 

@Brynjhulf I recommend getting a new system completely.

My machine is a couple years old and cost me around $1500 (upgraded graphics card recently)

CPU: i5-3570K 4 Core @ 4.4 GHz
fan/sync for CPU: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
GPU: MSi GTX 970 @ 1.353 GHz
Motherboard: MSi Z77MA-G45 Micro-ATX
SDRAM: Crucial Ballistix 4x4GB DDR3 @1600MHz
PSU: Rosewill HIVE 650w modular
Storage: Corsair 60GB SSD
1TB HDD (too lazy for specs doesnt matter)
3TB HDD "
Case: Rosewill Challenger U3

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Cherry
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G

 

Oh man this bump.

I've decided that I will be building an HTPC. I have most of the core components settled or already bought. But I've got a few decisions to make: Case, OS, and NAS.

For the case it's either the Corsair Air 240 or I'm going to be a badass and build something similar to these PCs:
http://imgur.com/a/d5oR4/layout/blog
http://imgur.com/a/x75U2/layout/blog
But much, much more likely the air 240.
Also I will need to decide on a general color scheme. My current PC is red mostly, and because of that I kinda want his little brother to be the same. The issue is that my mobo for my HTPC (which I bought over a year ago now) is mostly blue... This makes me want to give the mini me a blue scheme but just make a little switch to turn off any LEDs I choose to add.

OS is only really an issue because in one sense I want to keep everything on the same platform (windows) but I'm sure that linux would allow me way more flexibility than windows at the cost of slightly easier modification. But that leads to the question of which distro? I am not using Ubuntu. I just can't stand it for some reason. I've fiddled with linux mint and fedora a bit and I do like both of them quite a lot. OR do I go with Steam OS for funnsies?
Main functions I would want would be automatic restarts, and the ability to randomly select a video to play, through some script batch, bash, lua, python, autohotkey, whatever works.

I also considering a NAS because I will eventually set myself up with one (even though I really don't need it much) so why not know. I was originally considering just putting a couple HDD's into the actual HTPC and use that as a home server/HTPC combo thingy. I would definitely want RAID 1 with 4-8TB. And I would just pack it full of various TV shows and porn and stuff. So I either want a 2 bay with 4TB drives or a 4 bay with 3-4 TB drives. I think just 4TB would be more than enough for what I need. I'm really just debating if getting a 4 bay now would be better for future expansion, even if I only use 2 bays for now.
When it comes to the actual HDD it's a toss up between Seagate NAS, and WD Red. The pricing is exactly the same and they basically seem to be exactly the same, just a different sticker.
And on top of all that I still need to choose the actual enclosure.
One good thing about going with a NAS is that I could setup my HTPC first and then a couple weeks later setup the NAS. I do actually have a 3TB drive just sitting in my PC doing nothing so I could set that up for my HTPC for a butt load of local storage for no good reason other than as a temporary NAS thingy.

So yeah, any recommendations or advice would be welcomed

 

Internals:
http://valid.x86.fr/c4idkj
Graphics: Sapphire R9 290 4GB
HDD: Mushkin Enhance 240GB SSD
PSU: Corsair TX series 850 Watt
Cooling: Corsair hydro H90
Mem: Gskill mem
Case: Rosewill Rise Glow case
Bunch of case fans

Desk:
(3) Asus 23" monitors
Rosewill Helios w/ cherry blues
Rosewill RIMP Soft mouse pad
Razer Abyssus
1 box Puffs basic tissues
Madcatz F.R.E.Q. 5 headset

Woah to the woah's

 

Woop! While my specs may seem bad to some of you, it works just fine for me! So I don't care!
Components: (Everything stock)
AMD FX-8320
Nvidia GTX 980 (Non-Ti) EVGA Classified
16GB Klevv Fit. (I wanted Urban, but price was too high, so I got Fit xD)
1TB storage, 120gb OS, and 240gb for games. (HDD, SSD, SSD respectively)
Edit: Forgot the PSU, 650 watt.. I believe EVGA.. I don't remember. It was cheap at the time.

Peripherals:
Main monitor: LG29UM58-P (1080p ultrawide, 29 inch)
2nd monitor: Viewsonic VA2265Smh (1080p standard, portrait mode)
Mouse: Logitech G602 (Wireless, endurance mode over 1K hrs battery! I f'en love it!)
Keyboard: Azio MK Hue.. I will likely get a new one on black friday.
Headphones: Avantree Audition Pro. (bluetooth, 40hr battery, AWESOME!)

I also have an Oculus Rift, but I'm likely going to be selling it since I don't use it as much as I thought I would.
I mainly play older games anyways, so I don't need great specs