**Official PC rig Pics/Specs/mods thread** What you packin brahs?

[liftTENhard]

mk ultra should invest in a floor lamp and put the sub on the floor

inb4 ur pencil holder falls on the gound hile ur listening to some dubstep wubwuwbuwbuwbwubwubwubwub

mirin the lego cup holder lulz

[mk.ultra]

Miring the lego cup holder

lol thx inb4 everyone has one

I was always worried that I'd knock my drinks over so I built that in like 10 minutes

mk ultra should invest in a floor lamp and put the sub on the floor

inb4 ur pencil holder falls on the gound hile ur listening to some dubstep wubwuwbuwbuwbwubwubwubwub

mirin the lego cup holder lulz

floor lamp would definitely be a good investment

[toneekay]

Nice setup MK! Mine is somewhat similar except no Lego cup holder

[Mofood]

anyone have a yamakasi catleap? really want to get the 120hz version when it's released

[jmonty]

w00t! i got 4 120 mm case fans today

my pc is a bit louder but my gpu idle temp is down 4 degrees c, and it has a nice blue light, lol

[tdnick]

Is there anything wrong with getting the 8 core AMD chip? I feel like it would be a little cheaper alternative to getting an I7 so I can video edit and play games. I was thinking about getting this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3376&CatId=332 and then adding something like a 7850 to it. Any help would be appreciated.

[Zitnik]

Is there anything wrong with getting the 8 core AMD chip? I feel like it would be a little cheaper alternative to getting an I7 so I can video edit and play games. I was thinking about getting this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3376&CatId=332 and then adding something like a 7850 to it. Any help would be appreciated.

They're good CPUs if you OC them, that's the only way they'll outperform the i5/i7s

The problem is they draw a ton of power when you OC them. You can get a 2500K though for a bit more than the FX8120

[Mofood]

Is there anything wrong with getting the 8 core AMD chip? I feel like it would be a little cheaper alternative to getting an I7 so I can video edit and play games. I was thinking about getting this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3376&CatId=332 and then adding something like a 7850 to it. Any help would be appreciated.

yes. bulldozer cpus are terrible.
wait for another deal like this to come around http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...1&Sku=B69-1412
was on sale for $500 after rebates a couple days ago

[Bcider]

They're good CPUs if you OC them, that's the only way they'll outperform the i5/i7s

The problem is they draw a ton of power when you OC them. You can get a 2500K though for a bit more than the FX8120

Simply put, the bulldozer sucks ass. I still have no idea why people buy them. If you OC them your power draw will be ridiculous.

[tdnick]

So the ivy bridge i5 would be better at video editing even though it has no hyper threading then the bulldozer?

[MiscMathematician]

So the ivy bridge i5 would be better at video editing even though it has no hyper threading then the bulldozer?

No, Bulldozer "8-core" will be better at very demanding multi-threaded tasks, but not by much. View Bulldozer more as a hyperthreaded 4 core CPU, where each core performs less than one in an i5.

[liftTENhard]

So the ivy bridge i5 would be better at video editing even though it has no hyper threading then the bulldozer?

if u need something for video editing get the i7 2600k if u have a microcenter near u its only like 250.

[Mofood]

if you have a microcenter by you..
http://slickdeals.net/f/4304120-Micr...obo-CPU-Bundle

i7-2600k for basically $230

[tdnick]

Thats the problem, I don't. Forever in Tennessee

[Nelly87]

My gaming rig:

Case - Antec 300
CPU - AMD II Phenom x6
RAM - 16GB G.Skill
GPU - 2x ATI Radeon 5770's

[Bryce.MacLaren]

Here's my latest build for solitair and minesweeper (inb4 troll and -______-)

Intel i7-3770k Ivy Bridge
Gigabyte Geforce 670GTX 2 GB Graphics card
G.Skill Rip Jaw 1600MHz 16GB Ram
Antec gaming case
asus P8Z77-V motherboard
Corsair pSU 750W
Asus 24" Dual Led monitors

(actually for diablo III)

[ZeroMgo]

Can somebody give me critique on my new build?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/86PI
Some questions I have are:
Will this power supply be good enough or should I get a corsair 750w?
And still debating on whether the i5-3570k + Z77 combo is worth it versus the i5-2500k + Z68 combo I had planned instead

[tdnick]

Can somebody give me critique on my new build?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/86PI
Some questions I have are:
Will this power supply be good enough or should I get a corsair 750w?
And still debating on whether the i5-3570k + Z77 combo is worth it versus the i5-2500k + Z68 combo I had planned instead

Not sure on the power supply question but there are 1TB Seagates for less than $100

[JM18]

First pc i built
My PC Gaming Rig:
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
GPU: Radeon HD 6850 (just upgraded from a 4870)
Cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 960T
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB

[ccj804]

Can anyone recommend a gaming laptop please? reps

[rsemans]

Can anyone recommend a gaming laptop please? reps

Check out sager, seems to be the most recommended one I see around for build quality and price. I just ordered one, hopefully will be on it's way this week.

Onto thread topic,

Laptop specs:
Sager NP9130
Ivy Bridge i7 3610QM (2.3Ghz)
8GB 1600mhz DDR3
Geforce GTX 670M 1.5GB DDR5
Primary is 80GB SSD and secondary hard drive is a 500GB
15" 1920x1080 screen in matte

[Zitnik]

Simply put, the bulldozer sucks ass. I still have no idea why people buy them. If you OC them your power draw will be ridiculous.

Yeah. The Bulldozers are actually really powerful if you can get a good OC on them, but the power draw is just insane. The CPU was built to be OC'd (which is the only way for it to beat the i5 2500/i7 2600) but when you OC it to the point where it's beating them pretty good you're drawing way too much power at that point. I'd get one and just throw it on my board since I have a 990FX, but honestly I'm worried OC'ing it would crush my PSU since I'm already running SLI 570s, the power draw of a Bulldozer at 5Ghz (which is reachable on the H100 if you get a good chip) is probably close to 400W, my 570s pull 450w at full load, and I have an 850w PSU.

[mk.ultra]

Check out sager, seems to be the most recommended one I see around for build quality and price. I just ordered one, hopefully will be on it's way this week.

Onto thread topic,

Laptop specs:
Sager NP9130
Ivy Bridge i7 3610QM (2.3Ghz)
8GB 1600mhz DDR3
Geforce GTX 670M 1.5GB DDR5
Primary is 80GB SSD and secondary hard drive is a 500GB
15" 1920x1080 screen in matte

How much did that run you

[wings_unhinged]

Shopping around for parts for a new build. So far:

ASUS LGA 1155 - Z68 - PCIe 3.0 and UEFI BIOS Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2200 LGA 1155 Motherboards P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Corsair TX750
Corsair Vengeance 8 MB DDR3 RAM
Intel i5 2500k

Good?

I live in AK, so I'm really only going with Amazon as they honor free shipping to us.

[mk.ultra]

Is building a simple computer desk a good idea? I want huge desktop area and all the ones I looked at were super expensive. I have enough wood to make 2 boxes with shelves and then I could just buy oak veneer plywood to put over them (Reinforced with 2x4's).

[jmonty]

Is building a simple computer desk a good idea? I want huge desktop area and all the ones I looked at were super expensive. I have enough wood to make 2 boxes with shelves and then I could just buy oak veneer plywood to put over them (Reinforced with 2x4's).

a plain old folding table would probably work for a keboard, mouse, and monitor(s). maybe something on it to raise your screens up.

[av1atic]

What are you brah's with Ivy Bridges getting for your temperatures? They're obviously known for running hotter than sandy bridge, but my i5-3450 is idling at 43-55 and reaching high 60's under load. Is this too high?

antec 900
MSI z77a-gd55 motherboard
evga gtx 560 ti (idle 27c, 70 max load)
i5-3450
8gb kingston ram

[Azzurri]

What does it mean if some youtube videos give me a "green" screen?

[SiNiStEr94]

What are you brah's with Ivy Bridges getting for your temperatures? They're obviously known for running hotter than sandy bridge, but my i5-3450 is idling at 43-55 and reaching high 60's under load. Is this too high?

antec 900
MSI z77a-gd55 motherboard
evga gtx 560 ti (idle 27c, 70 max load)
i5-3450
8gb kingston ram

I have almost the exact board you have, mines a gd65 with an i5 3570k.

I have it overclocked to 4.5ghz and under full load it gets up to high 60s nearly 70°C air cooled on a hyper 212

[OPofPiece]

could you guys recomend me some specs of a computer i could make that could run diablo 3 nicely and i plan on running a 2 screen setup , only need specs of the internals on the computer