Your PC Specs?

[Boris Goodenough]

I've been doing great with just one 256Gb for Windows, various small applications, Abobe CS, Steam and some of my games (Skyrim, Fallout:NV, STALKER SoC and STALKER CoP all modded up the ass, plus Planetside 2 and ArmA II)

Win7 ult (with 16 GB reserved for pagefile) +

+ WoW + Smite + System Shock 2 + assorted software on my 256 GB SSD and I still have 27 GB left. It's all good (for me).

How's the 7970? I've got a 6970 and while it has powered through like a champ; I'm thinking of upgrading so my wife can have my old one to replace her 4890.

It's awesome!

 

[maninahat]

I play out of as Dell 1537 Studio laptop. 16'' screen. 4 GB or RAM. Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2.40GHz. 32 bit operating System.

Other notes: the mouse pad barely works, the eject key gets stuck down when I boot up, the case is cracked all over, the wireless internet receiver is broken and hanging off of the side. When I rename, move, or delete files, the dialogue boxes freeze and won't go away. There is also a dead fly that has been stuck under the screen for three years.

As for actual game play: Skyrim moves at a smooth 15 frames per second on minimum graphics settings. As long as I don't look at water, and tolerate the strange geometric lines that dance across every physical object in the game, it runs like a dream.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Do you have a model number? I know Dell comes with a 6 digit sticker. At their website, you type in the sticker number and it knows what you have. Yours might also auto-detect (likely requires spyware)at their website too. From there, you can likely see what upgrades, (including exact model of RAM you need) are available.

I've never heard of USB graphics card. Sounds interesting. I'll check it out ASAP.

I wouldn't call upgrading RAM a great investment as you have 8 already, but, you'll like having it in there. On my computers with lots of RAM, I shut off virtual ram which speeds things up. And you will recoup some of your investment. By the time you want to sell an I7 laptop, that extra RAM will still make it a worthwhile piece of equipment to have.

If you find you can upgrade the graphics card, also ensure your laptop has the power supply capable of supporting it.

Officially my computer can only support up to 8 gig, but people have installed up to 16 gig and you can buy ram tested for macs independently because apple won't sell you 16 gig in a non 15 inch retina (or better) computer.

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

i've an awful memory and i'm in work on my break, so cant even look. as best i can remember

GPU: HD7770, 1GB GDDR5 True Colour
RAM: 8GB (2x 4GB DDR3) Kingston
MOBO: Gigabyte something or other with USB3
CPU: AMD X3 3.2GH
CASE: Phantom, large case, white with blue LED's, NZXT
PSU: 500w, thats all I can remember
Standard keyboard and basic gaming mouse + Logitech G13 (which i love)
Monitor: 23" LG + generic 2.1 surround

 

[not_you]

Alrighty... Here we go:

Case: Bitfenix Colossus WHITE
Motherboard: AsRock 990FX Extreme 4
Processor: AMD FX8350 (OC'd to 4.5Ghz) W/Corsair H100
Graphics Card: VTX3D 6870X2 (OC'd to 925/1150(core/memory)respectively)
RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator 4x4GB (1866Mhz)
HDDMain) OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
(Steam) WD Black 1TB
(Storage) WD Green 2TB
(Non-Steam Games) OCZ Agility 3 128GB
PSU: Xigmatec Centauro 1000W
Monitor(s): Viewsonic VS14441 + Philips 170S
OS: Windows 7 Pro
Accessories: Roccat Isku+Kone+Kave

Oh yeah, and who needs an optical drive? HA

I think that's everything...
Or at least it runs Autodesk Maya smoothly enough...

I'd like to think that's it's an alright build... for the first one I've ever done anyway...

Although I'm hanging on the 8xxx series from AMD for a GPU Upgrade... But yeah... Go team!

 

[BoredAussieGamer]

Case: Chaser mk-1. I like the look of it, and it came with a lot of out of the box cooling.
Mobo: ASUS pz68-V-LE (Shame about no USB 3.0 header)
CPU: i7 2600k overclocked to 4.2Ghz (I use it for more than games)
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8. I'll be honest, I bought it mainly so my computer's internals can look more like a car. But it does pack some pretty good cooling.
RAM: 16gb Kingston generic DDR3 1333 RAM. I may upgrade when a good set of 1600 or higher goes on clearance, but I won't hold my breath.
Video card/s: 2x Radeon 6870's. I added the second one a few months after I built it.
PSU: Coolermaster silent pro 700W Modular Bronze certified. It does the job and it's quiet.
Hard Drives: 2tb Caviar black for storing games and other things. I like them to load quickly though.
And a 60Gb Agility 3 SSD. Planning on upgrading to a 120 because I'm running out of space though.
Optical drive: LG 8x Blu Ray burner, because I also use my rig as a HTPC.
Additional stuff:
2 Bitfenix spectre fans, a 120mm and a 140mm
An Additional 200mm fan.
4x 100mm Blue cold cathodes
1x 60cm Blue LED strip
And a fan controller/card reader 5 1/4 inch bay device.

I plan on upgrading in a few years once I've graduated and declared financial independence.

 

[Inuprince]

I think my PC definitely has the best specs out of all of yours!

Dual Core - 2.2GHz
2GB RAM
320GB Hard Drive
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro
CD/DVD Drive

Top that!

/sarcasm

It's nice to see someone with a similar great PC My only difference is in the graphics department (its an Ati HD 3800).

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'd sweat doing that. You might spend a fortune doing it and your system may not even see it, or truly make use of it.

I'd be looking at all other ways to speed it up first (example, even with only 8 Gig of RAM, you might be able to get rid of virtual ram and other services. Delete bloatware where possible. Replace your x5400 hard drive with a solid state drive or better, add it if possible.

I want a bigger hard drive, bigger then 1tb and SSD are super super expensive at that price.

 

[omicron1]

The important stuff:
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932
CPU: i7 3750k
GPU: Radeon HD 7950
Ram: 8GB (2x 4GB)
Monitor: A PlayStation 3D display (so I can have all my media hooked up to one thing) @ 1920x1080
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate
Mouse: Cyborg RAT 9
Sound: I have a set of surround speakers I got for cheap.

Other input: 1x Ouya, 1x PS3, 1x WiiU.

Combined effect: I can play anything but XBox exclusives, at highest settings, all in one place. C'est la vie.


Off topic: The captchas just became literally unintelligible. Someone fix this stat!

 

[AnthrSolidSnake]

CASE: Gigabyte Sumo Full ATX Black Aluminum
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 USB 3.0 Full ATX
CPU: AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6Ghz 8-core processor
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Edition 2GB
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 1333
HD: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

This system is actually a build I'm working on, rather than completely owning, but since my other computer was fried (thanks to a police raid that had nothing to even fucking do with me.), it's the closest thing I have to a full PC build. I say that this system is not that bad for costing slightly less than $1,000 once I get all the parts. It should be able to handle next gen very nicely. Of course it's not just for gaming. I also want to try and get into the youtube community and make more videos, so the CPU will be nice for video processing and for recording with FRAPS or something. I'll hopefully find a way to get all the money before the end of this year, but finding another job has been tough, and we are moving soon, so I kind of need to help pack and such as well as make sure the house is always in orderly condition so we get our deposit back.

Oh, and if anyone has any recommendations of upgrades that hopefully don't bump the price up too much, feel free to recommend them. I spent hours searching for these parts to be both very powerful AND cost effective, but if you have something better I'd love to hear it and at least check it out.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'd sweat doing that. You might spend a fortune doing it and your system may not even see it, or truly make use of it.

I'd be looking at all other ways to speed it up first (example, even with only 8 Gig of RAM, you might be able to get rid of virtual ram and other services. Delete bloatware where possible. Replace your x5400 hard drive with a solid state drive or better, add it if possible.

I want a bigger hard drive, bigger then 1tb and SSD are super super expensive at that price.

Get affordable SSD and put your current x5400 in an enclosure that will connect externally (external drive or USB 3.0 if possible).

You can replace your x5400 with an x7200, but those run hotter. In a laptop, that can be dangerous.

I have two external drives already, one 2tb and one 500gb. Reading all this makes my think #firstworldproblems.

 

[romxxii]

This rig is nearly two years old, although some parts (like the monitor and GPU) are recent acquisitions.

Case: Coolermaster HAF-XM (clear side panel)
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
CPU: Intel I5 2500K (OC'd to 4.5GHz)
RAM: Gskill Sniper 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: ASUS Geforce GTX 690 4gig
Hard Drives: 2TB Samsung; 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green
Solid-State Drives: 2x Sandisk Extreme 240GB SSD (Firmware version R211)
PSU: Seasonic X-Series 850W 80Plus Gold
Optical Drive: BenQ DVD Writer
Monitors: Asus VG278 27" 120Hz (main); Samsung S22B300 22" 60Hz (secondary)
OS: Windows 8 Professional 64bit

I also have a serviceable 2.1 Sound system from Edifier; no fancy surround stuff, but more than enough for cranking out the volume to eardrum-splitting levels.

My next possible upgrade will be to switch to a water-cooled system. I've got the gigantic Noctua NH-D14 right now, and yet I can't push the CPU past 4.5GHz. I'm also thinking of carving out a hole on the XM's clear side panel, as the lack of side fan is making my GTX 690 hit ridiculous temperatures, especially this summer.

 

[romxxii]

...now that I have a better understanding of the whole shabang I would have had the OS installed to a small SSD (say 60 GB), maybe another SSD just for games, I would have gone with the i5-3750k and maybe a 120 Hz monitor if I could have found a reasonable priced one... Then again my TV is 120 Hz so whatever. Already installed an H100i CPU closed loop water cooler...

-Hawk

You could probably upgrade your CPU, but if you ask me, just overclock. You've got a 2500k; its main strength is the unlocked multiplier. Combine that with your recently acquired H100i, and you can aim for 4.5GHz easy, and probably even go up to 5GHz or more. As for the SSDs, that's a good idea.

 

[A_Parked_Car]

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400r (in black)
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D
CPU: Intel i7-870 @ 2.93Ghz
RAM: 8GB of Mushkin DDR3 (4x2)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 2.5GB
Hard Drives: One 120GB Intel SSD and one 500GB Seagate HDD
PSU: Corsair TX750M
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
Optical Drive: Samsung Blu-ray Drive
Monitor: Asus 24" LED monitor
Sound System: Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound System
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Some parts of my rig are getting fairly old, but overall it is still a great machine. I don't see myself having to upgrade for quite a while.

Edit: Fixed a typo in my specs.

 

[Inconspicuous Trenchcoat]

I bought a cheap pre-built in January of 2010 and have slowly upgraded it since then. It plays almost everything I want to play well enough still.

I'm thinking of building an entirely new system (with only one or two parts carried over, e.g. my SSD) to play Watch_Dogs, GTA V, Star Citizen and The Witcher 3 in all their glory. So, between late this year to mid next year, looks to be when I'll consider upgrading.

CASE: RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WU (Blue/Black) It's cheap, but also flimsy.
PSU: 550W ePower An off brand PSU that hasn't caught fire or exploded; I must be lucky?
MoBo: ASUS M4A78 PLUS Sometimes I wish it had SATA3 and USB 3, but it's good for a budget MoBo
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit It operates my system
ODD: LG SuperDrive DVD/CD Watching movies in little box next to a game in windowed mode, is something I've done way more than I ever thought I would. What a stupid habit... I barely pay attention to the movie/TV show or sometimes the game
Storage: 1TB WD HDD, 500GB WD HDD, 128GB Crucial M4 SSD, 250GB Seagate external

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 970 BE @ 3.5GHz A decent budget CPU. It can't handle modern MMOs like TERA or Guild Wars 2 worth a hoot, but it's sufficient for most everything else
RAM: 8GB Kingston Hyper X DDR2 @ 866MHz Not sure what possessed me to upgrade from 4 to 8 GB, but I did. Silly me. I haven't even noticed a performance difference xD (other than Sony Movie Studio running much worse than it used to, lol
GPU: XFX Radeon 6950 2GB This is equivalent on the Nvidia side to a 560ti. It's good enough, I guess. Wish The Witcher 2 ran a little bit better, but everything else is fine

Mouse: Logitech G500 Found one for $35; I think it was worth it. The precision and weight is much nicer than on a cheap-o mouse. Being able to control music/podcast from any program is nice. Having my PTT key for Ventrilo on my mouse is irreplaceable. So nice.
Keyboard: A cheap Logitech one that I got for free with something I bought at some point. Has a button that brings up the calculator program! Bling, bling, and such.
Headphones: Razer Carcharias. Well... they're a mixed bag. The mic is and always was terrible (thankfully I don't use it anymore). They leak sound like nothing else I've owned. Before I switched to a table mic, I got frequent complaints about broadcasting game sounds over Vent. However, they sound nice enough (they're several years old and thus have been well "broken in," I think they sound better than several $200 cans I was demoing the other day /shrug) and their biggest plus: They are the most comfortable headphones I've ever had. Every single pair of headphones I've ever owned, including ones in the same over-the-ear style as the Carcharias, have hurt my ears at some point. I've worn these all day many times, and they've never so much as produced a dull aching in my ears. Worst is my ears get slightly warm in Summertime. Very comfy cans.[/i]