POST YOUR SPECS

[AwesomeOcelot]

Built a fanless HTPC.

 

CPU: Intel i3 4330

MoBo: ASUS H87M-PRO

RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x2GB 1.6GHz CL9 (I had spare from upgrading my desktop)

Case: Streacom FC5 OD(+150w PSU, +IR reciever)

SSD: Samsung 840 120GB

HDD: Hitachi 300GB 2.5"

 

I have a Hitachi USB2 1TB HDD and USB3 500GB externals for storage for now. I'm running Windows 7 because I'm running Steam on it, I have partitioned the SSD so I can dual boot with something if I want. I'm using XBMC Frodo at the moment, really like Yatse the android remote app for XBMC, running very few add-ons because I find them buggy and unstable. I'll probably put Plex on there too.

[Bartimaeus]

Bought a 4930k new for $200. Don't have much to do with it, though, to be honest...amazing CPU, but I don't really need the performance, (evidence of that fact being that I'm still running along just fine on an old Phenom II x4...), nor do I really want to build another PC...

Edited December 6, 2013 by Bartimaeus

[samm]

Nice piece of hardware, even if stupidly named for an Ivy Bridge If you don't intend to build any computer from it, just sell it again, it's bound to be a good investment with about a 200% ROI in no time xD

[Bartimaeus]

Nice piece of hardware, even if stupidly named for an Ivy Bridge If you don't intend to build any computer from it, just sell it again, it's bound to be a good investment with about a 200% ROI in no time xD

 

Yeah, guess that's what I'm planning on doing. Might have to buy a new video card soon, (my 4 year old 5770 is going bad, ), so I guess it will probably be helping fund it...

[Akimotos]

Windows Windows Version 6.2 (Build 9200) (windows 8.1)
Memory (RAM) 12279 MB
CPU Info AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor
CPU Speed 3281.3 MHz
Sound Card Speakers (High Definition Audio | Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De |

Display Adapters NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Monitors 1x; Generic PnP Monitor | Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200 - 32 bit
Network Adapters: Intel® 82583V Gigabit Network Connection
CD / DVD Drives 1x (X: | ) X: SAMSUNG DVDWBD SH-B083L
Mouse MadCatz G.L.I.D.E. 7 

KeyBoard MadCatz G.L.I.D.E. 7
Hard Disks C:  SSD 213.8GB | HDD E:  1862.6GB | HDD Q:  1397.3GB | HDD U:  1863.0GB
USB Controllers 8 host controllers.
Firewire (1394) Not Detected
Manufacturer * American Megatrends Inc.
Motherboard * ASUSTeK Computer INC. Crosshair IV Extreme
Host Name NOSTROMO

 

Made by me, home made rig.
 

[samm]

Nice one Quad-SLI or a glitch in your System-Settings software (I love your monitor btw )

[Akimotos]

Nice one Quad-SLI or a glitch in your System-Settings software (I love your monitor btw )

 

Hi, good catch

and i was not looking too close to what the tool produced. the tool i used: http://www.alexnolan.net/software/sysspec.htm to find all the specs.

the card is a single card, with (as written on the box) support for four concurrent displays. (two dual link DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort 1.2)

the screen (funny... generic) iiyama ProLite E2607WS

2x SSD Vertex 2 (120 Gb) in raid 1 (mobo didn't work with vertex 3, sadly)

Mousepad MadCatz G.L.I.D.E. XL (gel based)  

[imadaman]

OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE @3.2GHz

GPU: ATi Radeon HD6850 

RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @1333MHz

HDD1: Some 80 GB for OS

HDD2: Some 1.5 TB for stuff

Mouse: Logitech G9x

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow

[IndiraLightfoot]

 

[LadyCrimson]

The time capsule of seeing what my pc specs were even in the not-huge-past year of 2006 makes me giggle, now.

[darthdraken]

i5 intel 2ndgen 2500k 3.3g

Sabertooth p67 motherboard

16gig 1866mhz ddr3 vengence pro.ram

Nvidia asus 4gigram, 760gt graphics card.

1Tbt Hddr 10mb cache 10rpm

Coolmaster atx case.

[CoM_Solaufein]

OS: Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150

GPU: 2 ATi Radeon XFX R9 270X

RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z87

Edited August 30, 2014 by CoM_Solaufein

[Bokishi]

Added another 4tb HDD, this time from HGST. Seems to be much more modern than last year's 4tb drive i got (5400 rpm) with the new drive spinning at 7200 RPM. Currently at 12TB storage now. More room for games and movies!

Edited March 31, 2014 by Bokishi

[mkreku]

Maybe it's time for me to update my current rig:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-970 Gulftown (hexa-core) @3.5GHz

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC 4GB GDDR5 

RAM: Corsair XMS3 Vengeance 12GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (6x2GB)

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Rev 2.0

HD: Corsair 120GB SSD + WD Black 2TB

Screen: AOC  Q2770 PQU 27" 2560x1440 IPS

 

I will upgrade the SSD next. Not sure why I haven't done it yet..

[Humanoid]

All-in update since the great parts reshuffle. Desktop is now internally all-SSD, new HTPC and NAS, old HTPC parts repurposed as spare box.

 

Desktop

 

CPU: Intel i5-750 @ 3.33GHz, Prolimatech Megahalems, 1x Nexus Real Silent 120mm
M/B: Gigabyte P55A-UD4P
RAM: 2x4GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3U 1.25V
HDD: None
SSD1: 240GB Sandisk Extreme II
SSD2: 256GB Crucial m4
SSD3: 250GB Samsung 840 EVO

SSD4: 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus
Video: MSI Radeon HD7950 Twin Frozr III, Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 7970 cooler
Sound: Asus Xonar Essence ST
ODD: Pioneer DVR-216 DVD-RW
FDD: Sony 3.5" (Not actually plugged in, but it's installed in the case)
Case: Antec P182B, Scythe Slipstream 800-1200rpm case fans
PSU: Seasonic X-650
O/S: Win7 Pro 64-bit OEM
Mouse: Logitech M950
Keyboard: Das Keyboard Professional Silent (Cherry Brown)
Display: 2x Dell U2711 27" IPS
Speakers: Audioengine A5 2.0
Headphones: Alessandro MS-1i
Gaming Peripherals:
- CH Products F-16 Fighterstick USB
- Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar
- XBox360 Wireless controller for PC

Backup: 2TB External WD My Passport

 

 

 

HTPC

 

CPU: Intel i3-4130, Scythe Big Shuriken 2
M/B: Asus H87M-E
RAM: 2x2GB Kingston DDR3
HDD: 2TB WD Green
SSD: 128GB Sandisk Ultra Plus
ODD: LG BH10LS30 BD-RW

LAN: Asus PCE-AC68 Wireless AC1900 PCI-E
Case: Antec Fusion Remote Black, 2x Nexus Real Silent 120mm
PSU: Seasonic G360
O/S: Win7 Home Premium 64-bit Family Pack
Mouse: Logitech M570 Trackball
Keyboard: Logitech MK520, discarded mouse

AVR: Onkyo TX-SR578
Display: 46" Samsung B650 CCFL-LCD TV
Speakers: Monitor Audio BR2 bookshelf speakers

 

 

 

NAS

 

CPU: AMD A4-4000, Silverstone AR-01, Nexus Real Silent 120mm
M/B: Gigabyte AX88M-D3H
RAM: 1x8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3U 1.25V

I/O: ASMedia 2x SATA 3.0 PCI-E expansion card
HDDs:

3x 4TB WD Red

1x 4TB Seagate Desktop HDD.15 (extracted from Seagate Expansion)

1x 4TB Hitachi Deskstar (extracted from Hitachi Touro)

1x 3TB Seagate Barracuda XT (extracted from Seagate GoFlex Desk)

2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (extracted from Seagate Expansion)

1x 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green (extracted from Seagate Expansion)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
PSU: Seasonic G360
O/S: Nas4Free on Lexar 8GB USB stick

 

 

 

Notebook

 

Lenovo T440s

- Intel i7-4600U

- 8GB DDR3L

- 256GB SSD

- AU Optronics 1920x1080 IPS touch

- Intel 7260 Wireless AC1200

- Windows 8.1

 

 

 

Spare box

 

CPU: Intel i5-2400
M/B: Asus H67M
RAM: 2x4GB G.Skill Eco PC10666 DDR3L
SSD: 128GB Crucial m4
ODD: Samsung SH-222BB DVD-RW
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy M White
PSU: Corsair CX400
O/S: Win7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM

 

 

Edited June 4, 2014 by Humanoid

[Keyrock]

SteamOS Rig

 

• Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 3.4GHz (3.8 max turbo)
• ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty motherboard
• 16GB ADATA XPG V2 DDR3 2400 (PC-19200)
• EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Superclocked 3GB GDDR5
• Seagate 600 Series 480GB SATA3 SSD
• WD 750GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
• Antec GX500 Mid-Tower
• Green 27" ITC Lava 2560x1440 monitor
• Cooler Master Rapid Quick Fire 10-Keyless MX Brown keyboard
• Kensington Orbit Trackball
• Microsoft XBox 360 wired controller
• Thrustmaster Hotas-X Flightstick

Edited June 6, 2014 by Keyrock

[Janmanden]

I finally got myself cornered by a failing harddrive and got one more bullet to hit a SSD as my replacement. I still use 'sleep' a lot, but it's kinda not that needed anymore, because my system is pretty much just as fast to start from a cold boot.. It's just that I got all those programs running that makes me continue using sleep.

 

• Aerocool VS-9 (Swiss cheese tower)
• Chieftech CFT 650 14CS (Modular)
• ASUS Sabertooth X58
• i7-960
• 12 GB DDR3 1600MHz Tripple-channel kit.
• PowerColour AMD HD 6930 1GB (Special Russian/Chinese edition) with Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo.
• Plextor M5S SSD 256 GB
• Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB (failing boot, using the rest as storage)

Games fare much better on the SSD with less stuttering in games.

[CoM_Solaufein]

Finally bought a Dell 29" monitor that I've been wanting for a long time. My set up is complete... for now.

 

OS: Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150

GPU: ATi Radeon XFX R9 270X

RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z87

[Sarex]

Finally bought a Dell 29" monitor that I've been wanting for a long time. My set up is complete... for now.

 

Which model did you get?

[Humanoid]

I think Dell only have the one model? So assuming the ridiculously wide 21:9 (should just say 7:3 ) ratio U2913WM. Hopefully won't run into too many compatibility issues with that.

Edited August 1, 2014 by Humanoid

[RodWarrior]

My new Gaming PC:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0Ghz Octa Core
RAM: 8GB DDR3 Kingston Fury Red (2x4GB ) 1600MHz
MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (AM3+)
HD: 1TB
GPU: Radeon R9 290 (4GB GDDR5)

I'm very happy with this setup :D

Edited August 1, 2014 by RodWarrior

[CoM_Solaufein]

This http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260115

[Bartimaeus]

I don't "get" 21:9. I think 16:9 looks bad enough compared to 16:10 - why would I want the proportions even more stretched out?

[AwesomeOcelot]

Two windows side by side, that's what a lot of people do when working. Also for gaming and video, width is way more important than height for immersion.

[Bartimaeus]

Two windows side by side, that's what a lot of people do when working. Also for gaming and video, width is way more important than height for immersion.

 

I disagree with the latter half of your post, but whatever. Personal preference, I guess. I've always felt like 16:10 is much more aesthetically pleasing than 16:9, having used both...I can't imagine what I'd think of using 21:9.