Humanoid Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 New toy built over the holidays: Intel i5-750 Prolimatech Megahalems + 2x Nexus Real Silent 120mm fans Gigabyte P55A-UD4P 4GB PC10666 G.Skill Eco DDR3 1.35V 7-7-7-21 808.8GB WD Green 128GB G.Skill Falcon II SSD Gigabyte HD5850 Pioneer DVR-216 Sony 3.5" FDD (yeah...) Win7 Pro 64-bit OEM Seasonic X-650 Antec P182 Mix of Scythe Slipstream 800-1200rpm case fans Audioengine A5 2.0 powered speakers Pending are a viable 3rd party cooler for the video card and an ASUS Essence ST sound card. Perhaps a Dell U2711 when cashflow permits. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Gfted1 Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Well look at the fancypants with the SSD. Is there a noticable increase in performance? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Humanoid Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Cuts area loading times in the likes of DA by 10x, and apps like Firefox load instantly. Never tried Win7 with a spindle drive however so it's not exactly a straight comparison. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Pidesco Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 ASUS P5QL PRO Intel Core Duo 2 E7400 4 GB Kingston DDRII667 RAM Gaiward 9800GT Onboard Audio Samsung 80GB 7200RPM Samsung 320GB SATA2 Seagate 1Tb 7200 RPM S-ATA2 32Mb Samsung 19" 923NW Gamepad XFX XGear Dual Reflex One small change. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Gorth Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 Retired parts: Antec TruePower Quatro 1000 PSU Asus P5E3 Premium WIFI - X48 chipset 2 * Corsair (2x2GB) PC-10600 (1333MHz) XMP DDR3 (8GB total) Intel QX9650 CORE 2 Extreme Quad Core (water cooled) Dead parts: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870X2 w. 2 Gb DDR5 ram (tore off the stock fan (and the warranty) and equipped it with a cooling block from EK Water Blocks, Slovenia) Samsung 30" SyncMaster 305T+ Current parts: Antec Performance One P182 Antec TruePower Quatro 1200 PSU Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Motherboard (water cooled) 12Gb (6x2GB) Corsair XMP DDR3 (running at 1600Mhz) Intel I7 960 (3.2GHz) (stock cooler) Zalman Reserator 2 Fanless Water Cooling System Creative PCI EXPRESS X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Channel Speaker System - THX Certified 1 * Samsung Spinpoint F1 1 TB 2 * Samsung 500GB 'HD502IJ' 2 * Seagate 640GB 'ST3400320AS' Samsung 30" SyncMaster 305T+ (same model as the 'dead' one) Noname ATI Radeon 2400 OCZ Sabre Keyboard Vista Ultimate 64bit Various peripherals: Wacom tablet, Microsoft LiveCam, Microsoft 5 button mouse (very old), Saitek X52 Pro flight stick, various external HDD and USB sticks I'm not 100% sure about the HDD's anymore. Need to take them out and check the labels one of these days. To-do: Get a water cooling block for the cpu. Get a gfx card. Get a watercooling block for gfx card. Get Windows 7 and throw Vista out the Window “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Oblarg Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 New toy built over the holidays: Intel i5-750 Prolimatech Megahalems + 2x Nexus Real Silent 120mm fans Gigabyte P55A-UD4P 4GB PC10666 G.Skill Eco DDR3 1.35V 7-7-7-21 808.8GB WD Green 128GB G.Skill Falcon II SSD Gigabyte HD5850 Pioneer DVR-216 Sony 3.5" FDD (yeah...) Win7 Pro 64-bit OEM Seasonic X-650 Antec P182 Mix of Scythe Slipstream 800-1200rpm case fans Audioengine A5 2.0 powered speakers Pending are a viable 3rd party cooler for the video card and an ASUS Essence ST sound card. Perhaps a Dell U2711 when cashflow permits. Making me envious. I'm using my 2.5 year old computer that I built ages ago to be able to play some newer games (Supreme Commander and others). AMD Athlon 62 x2 6400+ 3.2ghz dual core processor 8800 gts g92 512mb (Was a new card back when I built this computer. That was a long time ago.) 4gb DDR2 800 5-5-5-12 1.9v Some cheap Creative Sound Blaster so I can actually use my 5.1 speakers Seagate Barracuda 320gb sATA hard drive (this thing makes a lot of noise, not recommended at all) ****ty $20 case with 1x 80mm fan. My video card temperatures are fun (~85 degrees under load) 22'' ACER LCD monitor (Yeah, it was cheap, but the image is fantastic). Still, it has lasted me 2.5 years, and I love it to death. "The universe is a yawning chasm, filled with emptiness and the puerile meanderings of sentience..." - Ulyaoth "It is all that is left unsaid upon which tragedies are built." - Kreia "I thought this forum was for Speculation & Discussion, not Speculation & Calling People Trolls." - lord of flies
Gorth Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 To-do:Get a water cooling block for the cpu. Get a gfx card. Get a watercooling block for gfx card. Get Windows 7 and throw Vista out the Window Well, I got Windows 7 Ultimate, which in turn made my keyboard unusable (No windows 7 drivers). Got the water cooling blocks and the gfx card too (XFX "Black Edition" Radeon 5970). Still need to replace the fan on the gfx card with the cooling block. I wonder why I even bother with a case, it's not like my stuff is going to fit in there again Still need to find a good keyboard one of these days. Maybe that DAS Keyboard somebody once posted a link to. Still, it has lasted me 2.5 years, and I love it to death. Describes my previous PC very well (except it is 5+ years old). I still hang on to it. It just keeps running and running. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
mkreku Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Intel I7 960 (3.2GHz) (stock cooler) I don't know why it amuses me so much knowing that you paid three times as much for the exact same part as I did (i7 920 @ 3.2 GHz). Schadenfreude. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Gorth Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Intel I7 960 (3.2GHz) (stock cooler) I don't know why it amuses me so much knowing that you paid three times as much for the exact same part as I did (i7 920 @ 3.2 GHz). Schadenfreude. Bah, my computer is cooler than yours “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
mkreku Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 My current rig: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Intel Core i7 920 (@3.2GHz) 6 GB 1600 MHz Corsair XMS3 Gigabyte X58A-UD7 motherboard (with USB3/SATA3 support) Powercolor OC Radeon HD5870 1GB GDDR5 Corsair Force Series F120 Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB Asus VH242H 24" (1920x1080) I'm thinking about the Prolimatech Megahalems, but I haven't decided yet. Ok, I still haven't decided on a cooler, but I am eyeing the Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme.. I still haven't decided! I'm running on the stock cooler. But now I am eyeing this: http://www.corsair.com/products/h70/default.aspx I will decide soon.. I think. Is there a noticable increase in performance [Ed: with regards to SSD] ? I just copied a file from the SSD to the 2TB, and I reached 237MB/s! It stayed between 149-237MB/s the whole time. Lightning fast. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Humanoid Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Megahalems is still top of the pops at SPCR. The only notable release since then that I'm aware of is the Thermalright HR-02 which they haven't reviewed, but that's their silence-oriented series anyway. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Humanoid Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Few minor updates bolded. Intel i5-750 @ 3.33GHz Prolimatech Megahalems + 2x Nexus Real Silent 120mm fans Gigabyte P55A-UD4P 8GB PC10666 G.Skill Eco DDR3 1.35V 7-7-7-21 808.8GB WD Green 128GB G.Skill Falcon II SSD Gigabyte HD5850 Asus Xonar Essence ST Sound card Pioneer DVR-216 DVD-RW Sony 3.5" FDD Win7 Pro 64-bit OEM Seasonic X-650 Antec P182 Scythe Slipstream 800-1200rpm case fans 2x Dell U2711 27" IPS monitors Audioengine A5 2.0 powered speakers Audio Technica ATH-AD700 headphones Next upgrade will probably be a new flight stick and a new SSD once the next gen comes out - will move the old one to my notebook once that comes about. Also thinking about building a silent HTPC. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
mkreku Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Megahalems is still top of the pops at SPCR. The only notable release since then that I'm aware of is the Thermalright HR-02 which they haven't reviewed, but that's their silence-oriented series anyway. They haven't tested the H70 on Silent PC Review, but I read another review: "This thing is a beast in stock configuration. It easily destroys good air based CPU coolers and does so with ease." "One of the main points which should be emphasized is the fact that Corsair Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Humanoid Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Makes sense - that was the main failing of the H50 which SPCR did review. But I'd imagine they'd instantly fail it anyway since the noise seems no different. At any rate, all my builds are absolutely slanted towards quiet computing so I admit I really haven't looked at all into what Corsair are trying to do. Breaks my heart that I can't source one of those Gelid Icy Vision VGA coolers in Australia. If AMD's new 6850 can be passively cooled, I'd jump on it even with it being a slight downgrade to what I have. I doubt such a beast is possible though. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Pidesco Posted November 24, 2010 Posted November 24, 2010 ASUS P5QL PRO Intel Core Duo 2 E7400 4 GB Kingston DDRII667 RAM PNY GeForce GTX460 OC 1Gb GDDR5 Onboard Audio Samsung 80GB 7200RPM Samsung 320GB SATA2 Seagate 1Tb 7200 RPM S-ATA2 32Mb Samsung 19" 923NW Gamepad XFX XGear Dual Reflex New graphics card. Not really a necessary upgrade, but I'm going to use my old 9800GT to build a media center box for my Dad. Also, the new card only set me back 160 "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Gorth Posted November 24, 2010 Posted November 24, 2010 I wonder how big a difference there is between 4GB and 6GB, considering that dual channel is not being used. Are you running 64bit Windows? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Pidesco Posted November 25, 2010 Posted November 25, 2010 Obviously. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Gorth Posted November 25, 2010 Posted November 25, 2010 Obviously. In that case there is going to be 2GB of difference “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Pidesco Posted November 25, 2010 Posted November 25, 2010 So that's an October of difference? Or two Februaries? "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Pidesco Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 ASUS P5QL PRO Intel Core Duo 2 E7400 6 GB Kingston DDRII667 RAM PNY GeForce GTX460 OC 1Gb GDDR5 ASUS Xonar D2X Canton Movie 60CX Speakers Samsung 80GB 7200RPM Samsung 320GB SATA2 Seagate 1Tb 7200 RPM S-ATA2 32Mb Samsung 19" 923NW Gamepad XFX XGear Dual Reflex New sound card, and more memory. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
mkreku Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 The Radeon 6990 is supposed to be out any day now.. and I haven't upgraded anything in a couple of months! Hmmmmm.. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Deadly_Nightshade Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Updated base specs: CPU: Intel i3 530 OC RAM: 4 GB DDR3 GPU: XFX Radeon 5770 OC 1Gb PPU: BFG 9800GT OC 1Gb HD: Seagate 500Gb 7,200 RPM HD: Western Digital 1Tb 7,200 RPM "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Fionavar Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Seems I have been remiss in sharing my new XPS notebook: XPS L502x Intel Core i7-2820QM 2.30 GHz 8GB,DDR3,2 DIMM, 1333MHz Win 7 Ultimate 64b BluRay Combo Drive 750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 2GB + TVT Intel WLAN-N 1030 and BT 3.0 The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
Gorth Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Sounds like the perfect, portable gaming machine “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Fionavar Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Quite pleased - I had an older 17" XPS gaming system and was looking @ an Alienware, but they did not have the latest i7. The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
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