Your PC Specs?

[RyoScar]

Case: Vantage Diablo
OS: Windows 7 64bit
CPU: AMD FX-4170 Quad Core 4.2 GHz
RAM: 8 Gbs
GPU: Radeon HD 2GB 7850
Screen: LG 24" Monitor

Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Mouse: Perixx MX-2000
Speakers: Edifier Aurora 2.1

 

[Anti Nudist Cupcake]

Took me three years to replace my old rig component by component until it became an entirely new PC, one I have now:

Case: Coolermaster CM690
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
CPU: Intel I7 950 3.2ghz
RAM: Kingston Idontknowwhatjustsomenumbers 3 X 2GB DDR3
GPU: ATI RADEON HD 5870
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU: 720 Watt Raidmax
Optical Drive: It says Liteon
Monitor: Samsung 24" T240
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

It also has a 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3 Solid State Drive that I run my Operating System off of.
http://backwardsandstupiddotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/great-success.png

 

[Rob Robson]

Wow look at all those shiny new rigs. The first time I posted my specs on the Escapist forums it was by far one of the best builds anyone here had. It has had a few changes here and there but the core parts haven't changed.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 3.2 GHz (from 2.66)
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-DS4P
GPU: Galaxy GTX 260 (216 stream processor revision)
RAM: GSkill 8GB (4x2GB)DDR2-1066
Case: Silverstone Raven 2
PSU: Corsair TX750
Cooler: Coolermaster V8
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Titanium
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB
HDDs: 1TB Samsung F1, 2TB Seagate Barracuda, 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green, 1TB non-functioning Samsung F3 that I can't be bothered removing.
OSs: Windows 8 Pro 64bit, Ubuntu 13.04 64bit for some uni stuff.
Keyboard: CMStorm Quickfire Rapid with Cherry Black switches (mechanical keyboard master race)

Not bad for something that was originally put together in 2009.

And I bet it still does pretty much all games on at least medium settings. Had a Core2Duo E8400 myself up until Christmas, with an Nvidia GTX 470 (the only thing I upgraded in it's life as the original GeForce 9800GTX+ died) and it wasn't until fort sieges in Skyrim with 80+ AI fighting that I realized that, hey, my processor is starting to hold me back. It went into slide show during all those events.

Got me the following case:

Then filled it up with an Intel i5-3570K, new RAM, an SSD, some well-researched fans and CPU cooler, the best mini-ITX motherboard there was (Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe W/D) and kept my power supply and graphics card and storage drive from the old build.

The upgrade cost me less than $400 and launched me squarely into next generation.

Starting from scratch may seem daunting for PC beginners, but after that there is always something you can transfer to your next build and save money on.

Still undecided if I'm going to switch graphics cards now, the GTX 770 that is coming out tomorrow is really tempting, and if it launches at a bad price there is the AMD Radeon HD 7970 from HIS too. In that event, the 470 will still be used in another computer I'm building primarily for Folding@Home.

 

[votemarvel]

Some of the set-ups in this thread have me green with envy.

My case is a small silver case that I got from a friend. It previously held his iQon pre-build.

The motherboard is a somewhat ancient Gigabyte 945GZM-S2.

CPU is a e6600 Core 2 Duo.

RAM is 4gb of Kingston DDR2 Value RAM.

For a graphics card I have a Nvidia GT640.

I have three hard drives inside. A 80gb IDE and then two SATA drives (160gb and 1tb).

Corsair provide the power supply, a TX750.

A no-name brand blu-ray and DVDRW combo.

I have an Acer 22" monitor.

For an operating system I flit between XP Pro, Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Pro. I have an image of them all (they get installed to the 160gb drive).

While I'd like a big upgrade my current set-up is still playing games released today at a quality that I find good enough.

 

[Karthesios]

Built in April 2011:

Case: Coolermaster Elite
Mobo: MSI 870A-G54
CPU: AMD Phenom II 965 Quad Core
GPU: GeForce GTX 460
RAM: Corsair 16 GB (4x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz
Hard Drives: 2x 1TB Hitachi
Optical: LG BD-RE Blu-ray
PSU: Corsair GS800
OS: Windows 7 Premium 64-bit
Monitor: HP 2710m (1920x1080, 27")
Bells & Whistles:
All-in-one Memory Card reader in one 3.5" bay
Temperature monitoring unit/fan controller in one 5.25" bay

Currently no money to upgrade, but I don't really think it needs it now.

 

[Sparky184]

I probably will have one of the more dated setups giving my PC is from around 07 or 08 but I have been upgrading it over the years and it still handles modern games, albeit on Medium settings.

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430
OS: Win 7 64 bit
HDD: 300gb and 250gb
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 (3.0gz, Quad Core)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6770
Ram: 4gb DDR2 (4x1gb)
PSU: Generic 750 Watt

 

[Laughing Man]

Case: NZXT Switch Gloss Black
Motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula 3
CPU: Intel 750 OC'd to 4.6Ghz
GPU: Gigabyte 670GTX Windforce 3
Ram: 8Gb Crucial Ballistix
HD OS: OCZ Vertex 3 120Gb
HD Gaming: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 in Raid 0
HD Media: 4Tb WD Green
PSU: Corsair AX650
OS: Windows 7 64Bit

Cooling

CPU: EK Supremacy Acetal - Nikel
GPU: Aplhacool 680GTX full cover + EK 680GTXbackplate
Motherboard: EK Maximus 3 Full cover block
Pump / Res: XSPC Dual Bay res with XSPC D5 pump
Fittings: Monsoon compression fittings
Rad: XSPC 3x120 Top XSPC 2x120 Bottom
Fans: Full push pull 6 x Yateloon 120 Top 3 x Corsair AF120 Intake and exit 4 x Corsair SP120 Bottom
Fluid: Feser Red

Build and picture log here

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=360030&highlight=project+noob

 

[Alexander Kirby]

Case:
Zalman z9 Plus (heck it was big and cheap)

CPU:
AMD FX-8350 (I honestly don't know why AMD gets so much flak, this beats out CPUs I've used double its price)

GPU:
GTX 460 (I can still run every game on max settings, well, apart from ARMA 3)

Motherboard:
Asus M5A78L-M (It's pretty basic but also very cheap)

PSU:
Corsair CX750 (Expensive, but I can be sure it will last and not fry anything)

HDD:
Honestly no idea, it was once 500Gb, I think. Either way it's full now.

 

[newwiseman]

I was planning a new desktop at the end of this year but my job got cut so I'm stuck with my '09 build for the foreseeable future...

Desktop
Win7 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition AM3 CPU 3.40GHz‎
AMD 6990 1GB
8GB RAM
850w power supply (I used to have a crossfire set up)
3 1TB HDDs
1 256GB SSD

My laptop is almost one year old, they grow up so fast.

Win7 64-bit /Debian 64-bit
HP Envy 15t-3200
i7-3610QM 2.3GHz
6GB RAM
15" 720p screen
AMD HD 7750m
750GB Hybrid HDD

I don't do a lot a gaming on my laptop and when I game on my desktop I use a 720p 32" TV as my monitor, pushing 720p is still a breeze on my desktop with everything else maxed out.

 

[devotedsniper]

I really need to make a file that holds this info the amount of times this comes up, here goes;

CPU: AMD FX8120 @4GHz
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4GB*4) DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: KFA2 NVIDIA 660TI OC Edition (3GB)
PSU: CoolerMaster Silent Pro 1000Watt
SSD: 128GB Corsair Force 3
HDD's: 2 * 500GB, 1 * 1TB, and 2 * 1.5TB
Case: Heavily Modified Lian Li PC80? (something along those lines, getting rid of it soon)
Monitors: 21" Samsung 2233RZ (3D) & 19" HANNSPREE Xm-S
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M6880 Gaming Mouse


Cooling:

- 7 * 120mm
- 2 * 140mm
- XSPC Reservoir and Pump
- 120mm XSPC Radiator
- Koolance CPU-340 Heatsink

[http://s285.photobucket.com/user/DevotedSniper/media/Computer%20Build/20130529_184156_zpsab157f43.jpg.html]

 

[Boris Goodenough]

You really shouldn't use those remaining 27GBs anyway. In fact, it's best for an SSD's health and performance to leave as much as 20% free... If you haven't already, you should disable hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys; it's usually as big as your pagefile or total RAM, which in your case could free up 16GB in one fell swoop.

I know I should free up, but the performance degradation over time isn't so bad with my level of use and thanks for that little nugget, I was fearing you wanted me to use no pagefile, but I often work with work that needs to be remembered in case of a crash

 

[Evil Smurf]

Time to set up a raided server with network access!!!

Eh, I've ready set up a 250gb server at home. I use it for streaming video to my phone and laptop.

 

[thomaskattus]

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
OS: Windows 7 Utlimate (64-bit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 4GB
HD: 300 GB
PSU: I forget the brand, but it is 1000 watts.

 

[Evil Smurf]

You really do have first world problems!

I know, life is great!

But we all do really.

 

[SpAc3man]

*snip*

And I bet it still does pretty much all games on at least medium settings. Had a Core2Duo E8400 myself up until Christmas, with an Nvidia GTX 470 (the only thing I upgraded in it's life as the original GeForce 9800GTX+ died) and it wasn't until fort sieges in Skyrim with 80+ AI fighting that I realized that, hey, my processor is starting to hold me back. It went into slide show during all those events.

Got me the following case:

Then filled it up with an Intel i5-3570K, new RAM, an SSD, some well-researched fans and CPU cooler, the best mini-ITX motherboard there was (Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe W/D) and kept my power supply and graphics card and storage drive from the old build.

The upgrade cost me less than $400 and launched me squarely into next generation.

Starting from scratch may seem daunting for PC beginners, but after that there is always something you can transfer to your next build and save money on.

Still undecided if I'm going to switch graphics cards now, the GTX 770 that is coming out tomorrow is really tempting, and if it launches at a bad price there is the AMD Radeon HD 7970 from HIS too. In that event, the 470 will still be used in another computer I'm building primarily for Folding@Home.

Absolutely. It made consoles weep when I built it. Granted it can't max out many new games these days but it will always play anything better than the current generation.

A friend of mine had similar build with an E8400 and 9800GTX+. Was a very impressive machine for the price at the time. The dual core did age quicker for gaming than quads from the same time however. Due to the 360 having a tri-core.

I do love me some ITX gaming PCs. Especially with the P8Z77-I Deluxe. That has got to be one of the best motherboards I have ever seen. I would get one in a heartbeat if I went for a compact build.
Along with one of these:

The GTX 760 Ti isn't far away either. It will essentially be a rebadged 670 with a higher clock. Just like the 770 with the 680.

EDIT: It just so happen my first ever post on the Escapist was somewhat related to this topic [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.127074-What-makes-up-your-gaming-PC#2696725]

 

[rofltehcat]

My rig is from end of April 2011. Back then I paid ~750-800 ? for it (plus the SSD, screen, keyboard, headset etc.) Today it still runs everything great so I'll maybe upgrade/build a new one (again ~700-800 ?} next year when we know how powerful the next console gen really is. It also runs very stable although I had one of the two rams fail and upgraded from 2 (4 before) to 10 GB, more than I'd ever need but ram is dirt cheap anyways.

Case: Xigmatek Midgard
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-PH67A-UD3-B3 H67 Sockel 1155 ATX DDR3
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400 4x3.10 GHz So 1155 BOX
Ram: Kingston 4GB KIT PC3-10600 DDR3-1333 CL9 HyperX (+8 GB Corsair XMS3 PC-1333 -> 10 GB total)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5
Power suppy: Antec TruePower New TP-550, 550 W ATX 2.3
Additional case fans: 2 Scythe Slip Stream 120 mm 800 rpm
SSD: OCZ SSD Vertex 2 Extended 120GB MLC 2.5"
HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3R 1000GB SATA II 32MB Raid

 

[n19h7m4r3]

I have a small M-ITX system.

Case: Silverstone SG07
OS: Win7Pro 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
RAM: 16GB DDR3 Low voltage, low profile
MB: Azrock Z68M-ITX/HT
GPU: GTX660 3GB SC+
Screen: Hazro 27" IPS LED backlit 2560x1440
Keyboard: Stealseries 6Gv2
Mouse: Steelseries Xai
Headphones/Speakers: Logitech Z130/ Sennhieser HD205 headphones
Opitcal: Blu-ray/dvd slot loaded drive
HDD1: Seagate 512GB SSD/Hybird OS/software
HDD2: Sumsung 2TB Media

If my previous GTX470 had not died, I wouldn't be changing anything for at least another few years.