Gaming/PC Setups

[Phobia]

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My PC is slowly dying after 2+ years. But it's my fault buying it from that store, they're not considered the most reliable store. So my PC is starting to process more and more (the hard drive light is flickering for longer times recently and it's impossible to work like this). I'm not ashamed to say that I smacked my PC today. But hey! It worked LOL.

If smacking it worked, then go for it (j/k don't hit a PC)

[youvalss]

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If smacking it worked, then go for it (j/k don't hit a PC)

Man, a good smack is good for you PC every now and then. This way it's not only functioning better, but also respecting you.

[Phobia]

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Well the rig is built and up and running.

Q6600 Quad core
XFX 9800 GT
OCZ 4 gigs ram
Foxconn mobo
PP&C 750w Power supply
Windows Vista 64 Home

Windows Vista score tracker is cool. The highest it goes up to is 5.9 right now. I scored a 5.6 sooooo needless to say it is a BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have tested Farcry 2, World at War, Left 4 Dead, and The Witcher on it so far.

Farcry 2 with Dx10 everything on Very High and Maxed out fully. AA 4x - 1440 x 900
58 - Max fps
38 - Min fps
I notice no skipping or anythig fps problems in game what so ever. It is truly a AMAZING looking game in DX10. My jaw was on the floor.

I am going to get some screen shots tonight to show yall how wonderful the graphics look maxed out.

[eDotd]

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Well here are some pics. Added the new PC and my old 360 now that I have a comp I can run it through. I need to take a cable management class.



Put Ole' Reliable back up (old 360)



Wanted to replace this with a 32 " samsung but I ended up passing on black friday/cyber monday deals...I'll just roll with this until January



My old comp stripped of it's 8800 and Creative Sound Blaster..I'm selling this one to my girl for $400...it will be missed.




New comp, lol I suck with cables, I know. I'll be tidying up soon enough though.



One upping Phobia...



Haven't had a chance to put FC2 on here just yet so I'll be awaiting those pics.

[Phobia]

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One upping me LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice system bro!!!!!!!!!!!!

It always goes to your lowest score on the chart and like yours I am sitting at 5.9 across the board but my Harddrive score is a 5.6 so that puts my score at the 5.6. Not sure why my hardrive got a low score, could be cause of the size it is only a 160 gig. I pulled a old HD I had on the shelf and through it in, for the mean time.

Nice setup MC, The cables deal is everyones problem. My desk cables I have even worse problems because I have alot of extra stuff. I have rudder pedals, Flight stick, Gamepad, extra keyboard converted to flight sim instrument panel. So I am sitting with the same problem.

Also what is the IDE for? Disk drive? Why not running SATA?

We went out last night and shot pool so I did not mess around on the PC. But tonight for sure I am going to put some pics up.

Also what kind of PS is on the PC with the aftermarket cooler and all the red cables?

[P2K]

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My comp is six years old and ANCIENT (Dell Dimension 4400). I hope I can get help from you comp heads. I was thinking of just replacing parts with new, advanced stuff. Is this a good thing to do or would it not work? Or maybe I should build my own and if I did, what tools would I need to put everything together? Or just buy a new computer/laptop and if I do so, what would you recommend? I'm not into PC gaming really because I never had the computer to do so. So, I'm really going for something that can do a little bit of gaming and pretty much kick major *** everywhere else.

[Solidice]

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my PC is alittle old, but it runs nearly every game at highest settings still.








Mouse: Logitech G7
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Headphones/Mic: Plantronics DPS 550(i think?)
Joystick: Saitek X52
Monitors: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Widescreen and Sangsung SyncMaster 930BF
Vid card: Radeon X1950XTX(with Zalman heat-sink and fan and over clocked)
4 Hard drives totaling 1.5 TBs(1,500 GB), all Seagate brand.
4 sticks of Corsair XMS Pro series for total of 4 GBs RAM.
AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
9x120mm fans
Sony CD burner
Sony DVD burner
Case is Coolermaster Stacker 830 evolution
ePower 1200W power supply

[eDotd]

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Also what kind of PS is on the PC with the aftermarket cooler and all the red cables?

PS?

My comp is six years old and ANCIENT (Dell Dimension 4400). I hope I can get help from you comp heads. I was thinking of just replacing parts with new, advanced stuff. Is this a good thing to do or would it not work? Or maybe I should build my own and if I did, what tools would I need to put everything together? Or just buy a new computer/laptop and if I do so, what would you recommend? I'm not into PC gaming really because I never had the computer to do so. So, I'm really going for something that can do a little bit of gaming and pretty much kick major *** everywhere else.

I'd say it depends on how much you want to spend. You can easily build a new rig capable of handling everything on the market right now for $1000-12000

ePower 1200W power supply

That's a lot of power! Nice setup Solidice.

[Phobia]

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PS?

Powersupply

I'd say it depends on how much you want to spend. You can easily build a new rig capable of handling everything on the market right now for $1000-12000

I built mine, which is a Quad core Q6600, 9800 GT , 4 gigs ram, 750 power supply for = $644

So you can easily get into the high end of gaming for about the same price as a launch Xbox360. So it is not bad at all.

[Phobia]

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my PC is alittle old, but it runs nearly every game at highest settings still.

Mouse: Logitech G7
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Headphones/Mic: Plantronics DPS 550(i think?)
Joystick: Saitek X52
Monitors: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Widescreen and Sangsung SyncMaster 930BF
Vid card: Radeon X1950XTX(with Zalman heat-sink and fan and over clocked)
4 Hard drives totaling 1.5 TBs(1,500 GB), all Seagate brand.
4 sticks of Corsair XMS Pro series for total of 4 GBs RAM.
AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
9x120mm fans
Sony CD burner
Sony DVD burner
Case is Coolermaster Stacker 830 evolution
ePower 1200W power supply

The X52 is a nice Joy/Throttle quad setup. Only reason I did not go with it is the joy is a tad bit spongie. It can be fixed with a bigger heavy duty spring.

I also use track IR. It is a home built system using the free version. FreeTrack. Talk about a excellent program.

Nice system Solid!!!! Also what is that Green-orange-pink looking stuff on what looks like your RAM?

Also guys I am trying to post the pics of Farcry 2 to show off some of the high end graphics you can get on very high and I can find a host that supports images in high res 1440x900 res. Any suggestions?

[eDotd]

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Powersupply

Oh, I have a 750W cooler master.




I think imageshack.us allows 1440x900

[Cyros]

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Powersupply



I built mine, which is a Quad core Q6600, 9800 GT , 4 gigs ram, 750 power supply for = $644

So you can easily get into the high end of gaming for about the same price as a launch Xbox360. So it is not bad at all.

Hmmm, I might have to grind out a lot of hours this summer and try and buy parts for a new CPU piece by piece.

[Solidice]

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The X52 is a nice Joy/Throttle quad setup. Only reason I did not go with it is the joy is a tad bit spongie. It can be fixed with a bigger heavy duty spring.

I haven't had any problems with mine. works great. i tear people up in BF2 in the planes/heli with it.

Nice system Solid!!!! Also what is that Green-orange-pink looking stuff on what looks like your RAM?

it's just activity lights. I mainly got them because of the beasty heat sinks on it. lol

[P2K]

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Hmmm, I might have to grind out a lot of hours this summer and try and buy parts for a new CPU piece by piece.

I think I will do that myself. Thanks alot, MC and Phobia.

[Phobia]

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I haven't had any problems with mine. works great. i tear people up in BF2 in the planes/heli with it.




it's just activity lights. I mainly got them because of the beasty heat sinks on it. lol

You should get on IL-2 with me. Can pick up the entire 1942 edition for $20. Serious serious sim flight sim. But is a BLAST online. Never seen a activity strip like that. Without a case window it would be usless though. I have had a case window for years now and got tired of the light shine from it so this time around on this build I went with a case with no window. Neat though.

I think I will do that myself. Thanks alot, MC and Phobia.

No prob bro. If you need help finding parts just holla. I am sure me or MC could help ya out.