Rate My Rig (Specs, Pics, etc.) and Benchmarking!

hey guys i just got my new rig!!! no pics as off yet and the gpu is coming from interstate but specs are as follows:

cpu:e8600

gpu: HIS4870x2

ram 4GB crucial ballistix tracer (the one with LED's:))

mobo GA-X48-DQ6

case silverstone tj07

psu silverstone 850w

monitor samsung 6ms30"

HD 2xW.D. 640gb

mouse logitech g9

keyboard razer lycosa

speakers logitech z5500

and i also got two logitech g25 wheels and they are like the best part so far :Plol

ive got 6 red LED fans to replace the standard ones and some uv aerosol so i cant wait to start modding:>

anyone wanna rate my system? im a newbie really but im trying to learn as much as i can, so i think i did good:P but im not positive, cheers!

My specs are in my sig, I will take a picture as soon as I get a new camera (left it on the beach in corfu :()

I get a average of 27fps with Crysis on high at 1280*1024 and no AA, and have a 11962 score on 3Dmark 06.

Upgrading very soon to a foxconn blackopps and will try and get the Q9450 to a stable 3.33GHz along with a 4870x2 and a new case I haven't decided which one yet but its probably going to be a stacker.

Specs in sig.

Edit:.....oops posted the same pic twice

beefdog

"oooo Barracuda" lol, I hope you have the headphones, and if you do, can you tell me if they a comfortable for extended wear cuz my current skull candy NC's are crushing my skull like there a vice lol.

Intel Core 2 Q6600
Asus P5K-E Wifi Edition
4GB DDR2 800 OCZ Ram
HIS Radeon 4870
WD 500 GB HD
Cosair TX750W
Cooler Master Cosmos

Samsung 2253BW 22 Inch Widescreen Monitor
Samsung LN40A530 40 Inch 1080P Widescreen HDTV/Monitortitanium_basic

if you haven't already I would take the time and do some cable management in that case, thats the only thing keeping it from beeing F***ing sweet

Is my rig ugly or something? Nobody has commented it. My original post is the very bottom of pg2, but here is a reminder picture ;)

shadow1988

With the side off too much light for my tastes but I'm sure that with the side on it looks alot better

[QUOTE="GTR2addict"]

could anyone rate mine? specs r in sig, but if u cant read/have sigs disabled:

Intel Q6600 G0 @ 2.66 (aka Q6700)

Powercolor HD 4850 @ 665/1035

4 gigs of kingston DDR2 PC6400 @ 888 mhz

thermaltake V1 cooler

WD caviar 80 gb OS HDD + WD caviar 500 GB

Eurotech 580w psu (46A on 12v+ and 87% rate)

thermaltake soprano RS101 case

il get sum pics in a few mins...

f-a-d-3

Your rig is a super sayian 8.5/10

I'd say 7 only cuz I can't see your cable management and i happen not to like kingston ram cuz I had a set die on me recently, then again it was oldish but still, that why a 7 not a 6 or 8.

hey guys i just got my new rig!!! no pics as off yet and the gpu is coming from interstate but specs are as follows:

cpu:e8600

gpu: HIS4870x2

ram 4GB crucial ballistix tracer (the one with LED's:))

mobo GA-X48-DQ6

case silverstone tj07

psu silverstone 850w

monitor samsung 6ms30"

HD 2xW.D. 640gb

mouse logitech g9

keyboard razer lycosa

speakers logitech z5500

and i also got two logitech g25 wheels and they are like the best part so far :Plol

ive got 6 red LED fans to replace the standard ones and some uv aerosol so i cant wait to start modding:>

anyone wanna rate my system? im a newbie really but im trying to learn as much as i can, so i think i did good:P but im not positive, cheers!

rikjiallen

sounds good post some pics when your done. :P

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"][QUOTE="GTR2addict"]

could anyone rate mine? specs r in sig, but if u cant read/have sigs disabled:

Intel Q6600 G0 @ 2.66 (aka Q6700)

Powercolor HD 4850 @ 665/1035

4 gigs of kingston DDR2 PC6400 @ 888 mhz

thermaltake V1 cooler

WD caviar 80 gb OS HDD + WD caviar 500 GB

Eurotech 580w psu (46A on 12v+ and 87% rate)

thermaltake soprano RS101 case

il get sum pics in a few mins...

Petermannc31

Your rig is a super sayian 8.5/10

I'd say 7 only cuz I can't see your cable management and i happen not to like kingston ram cuz I had a set die on me recently, then again it was oldish but still, that why a 7 not a 6 or 8.

ok then, il take a pic of the pc with the side pannel off so u can see my cable management

[QUOTE="beefdog"]

Specs in sig.

Edit:.....oops posted the same pic twice

Petermannc31

"oooo Barracuda" lol, I hope you have the headphones, and if you do, can you tell me if they a comfortable for extended wear cuz my current skull candy NC's are crushing my skull like there a vice lol.

I have a set of creative fatal1ty headphones, they sound fantastic and there comfortable.

[QUOTE="hiphops_savior"][QUOTE="f-a-d-3"]

My mobo isnt ATi nor Nvidia, It's a Asus berkeley so I can switch to any PCI-E GPU I want ATi or Nvidia but I have no SLi :(

Oh and my HDD are 2X 320GB I'm gonna replace them with 3X 500GB

f-a-d-3

About 7.5/10 before you add the 4870x2, although the ratings will spike up to a 8.5/10, since it is very similar to my setup. My only concern is your memory, it's not that good to be honest, and I'm really not sure if upgrading to a 4870x2 is really worth it. 8800GT can handle most games fine. But for the most part, hold off the 4870x2 for a bit, and upgrade your RAM.

Ya my memory is god darn slow! I've been thinking of getting 4X (2GB) PC2-6400 OCZ's will it be worth it?

By all means go for it. I have that and it runs like a dream.

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"][QUOTE="hiphops_savior"][QUOTE="f-a-d-3"]

My mobo isnt ATi nor Nvidia, It's a Asus berkeley so I can switch to any PCI-E GPU I want ATi or Nvidia but I have no SLi :(

Oh and my HDD are 2X 320GB I'm gonna replace them with 3X 500GB

hiphops_savior

About 7.5/10 before you add the 4870x2, although the ratings will spike up to a 8.5/10, since it is very similar to my setup. My only concern is your memory, it's not that good to be honest, and I'm really not sure if upgrading to a 4870x2 is really worth it. 8800GT can handle most games fine. But for the most part, hold off the 4870x2 for a bit, and upgrade your RAM.

Ya my memory is god darn slow! I've been thinking of getting 4X (2GB) PC2-6400 OCZ's will it be worth it?

By all means go for it. I have that and it runs like a dream.

Lol I actually got it now and I notice a big difference, almost all my programs open the instant I click their icon, with adobe photoshop, frostwire, firefox, msn, winamp, PC wizard, and about 80+ process running in the background its only using 37%, when I had my PC2 5300 it would be at 50% all the time.

[QUOTE="shadow1988"]

Is my rig ugly or something? Nobody has commented it. My original post is the very bottom of pg2, but here is a reminder picture ;)

Petermannc31

With the side off too much light for my tastes but I'm sure that with the side on it looks alot better

yea you're right. the camera also makes it kinda amplified, thats the only way i know how to put it.

Very nice computer i like how its very clean lol :) compare to mine

2nd rig:

E8400@ 4.2Ghz

3DMark06:

Just don't like my cable management. :(

Q6600@3.6Ghz

3dMark06

3DMark Vantage Performance and Xtreme.

My current rigs for benching and gaming.

Compared to all your guys complaining about cables, my PC is about 5x as bad. :PWartzay

Can I see?Is it like this CLICK.

[QUOTE="Wartzay"]Compared to all your guys complaining about cables, my PC is about 5x as bad. :Pf-a-d-3

Can I see?Is it like this CLICK.

:o

man, mine aint nearly tha tmessy, its actualy prety good i must say

2nd rig:

E8400@ 4.2Ghz

3DMark06:

Just don't like my cable management. :(

Q6600@3.6Ghz

3dMark06

3DMark Vantage Performance and Xtreme.

My current rigs for benching and gaming.

sstravisd

Aghh birds nest lol, whens your birthday, I will send you a bag of zip ties, cuz I am OCD about cable management :P

O yea sweet set up !

JSDempsey: Yeh I know but since the Q6600 is already in my 1st rig in the first place and I just recently upgraded my 2nd rig, I just don't want to swap the CPU since it's too much hassle. I have my Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz so it'll be good for gaming and multi tasks. :D

@peter: Thanks man, I appreciate that but even if I use zip ties, it's not gonna help that much. The Armor used to be good back then as I've been using it for 2 years but with all the new cases like Cosmos and Lian Li with much better cooling option and more spaces for cable management, it's kinda obsolete now. I guess I won't get a new case anytime soon until my next upgrade. :)

JSDempsey: Yeh I know but since the Q6600 is already in my 1st rig in the first place and I just recently upgraded my 2nd rig, I just don't want to swap the CPU since it's too much hassle. I have my Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz so it'll be good for gaming and multi tasks. :D

@peter: Thanks man, I appreciate that but even if I use zip ties, it's not gonna help that much. The Armor used to be good back then as I've been using it for 2 years but with all the new cases like Cosmos and Lian Li with much better cooling option and more spaces for cable management, it's kinda obsolete now. I guess I won't get a new case anytime soon until my next upgrade. :)

sstravisd

Yeah i see what you are saying. Gaming performance would not yeild much of an increase after 3.6GHz anyway.

-AX78-ABIT MOTHERBOARD

-SILENT KNIGHT COOLING

-AMD-TRI CORE PROCCESCOR-2.1GHZ

-X2-CROSSFIRE-3850s ATI VIDEO CARDS

-500 GB HARD DRIVE

600 WATT THERMAL POWER SUPPLY

3 GB OF RAM

JSDempsey: Yeh I know but since the Q6600 is already in my 1st rig in the first place and I just recently upgraded my 2nd rig, I just don't want to swap the CPU since it's too much hassle. I have my Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz so it'll be good for gaming and multi tasks. :D

@peter: Thanks man, I appreciate that but even if I use zip ties, it's not gonna help that much. The Armor used to be good back then as I've been using it for 2 years but with all the new cases like Cosmos and Lian Li with much better cooling option and more spaces for cable management, it's kinda obsolete now. I guess I won't get a new case anytime soon until my next upgrade. :)

sstravisd

Sry OCD... please tackle the spider web on the wall lol, its actually not that bad but I just hate cables. Its so bad I have a paint bucket of zip ties and other cable management stuff lol. Also do I see 2 G15 keyboards or am I dreaming?

[QUOTE="sstravisd"]

JSDempsey: Yeh I know but since the Q6600 is already in my 1st rig in the first place and I just recently upgraded my 2nd rig, I just don't want to swap the CPU since it's too much hassle. I have my Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz so it'll be good for gaming and multi tasks. :D

@peter: Thanks man, I appreciate that but even if I use zip ties, it's not gonna help that much. The Armor used to be good back then as I've been using it for 2 years but with all the new cases like Cosmos and Lian Li with much better cooling option and more spaces for cable management, it's kinda obsolete now. I guess I won't get a new case anytime soon until my next upgrade. :)

Petermannc31

Sry OCD... please tackle the spider web on the wall lol, its actually not that bad but I just hate cables. Its so bad I have a paint bucket of zip ties and other cable management stuff lol. Also do I see 2 G15 keyboards or am I dreaming?

No you're not dreaming, have 2 G15 and 2 G7, just wanna be pair so one doesn't envy another. :lol:

I have a system designed for quiet computing and occasional gaming. ***WARNING: MANY PICTURES AHEAD!***

Specs:
-Phenom X4 9500 @ 2.31GHz (basically just bumped up to 9600 levels
-ECS A770M-A mobo (yeah, yeah, I know, not a good brand, but it was the cheapest AM2+ mobo with 2600MHz HTT out at the time)
-Radeon HD3850 512MB
-4GB DDR2 800 RAM @ 420MHz (due to CPU overclock)
-WD 640GB HDD
-Corsair HX620W
-Tuniq Tower 120
-Rocketfish/Lian-Li full-tower case, with stock fans
-Windows Vista Home Basic

Here's the outside of the case. Not much to see here...

Here's the inside. The cabling looks like a mess, but it's really not that bad, since most of the cables are taped out of the airflow path.

To reduce vibrations, I have the hard drive resting on a rectangle of 1" eggcrate foam. Placing it face down like this also dampens seek noise. You can also see where holes on the bottom have been taped up to keep air flowing where I want it to go.

With the side fan removed, you can see the 3850 with a modified Accelero S1 attached. Basically, I just bent the heatsink so I could keep the side fan on the case. Its cooling ability is excellent, even without the side fan running.

Sorry, this is hard to photograph. I've affixed roofing tape to the side panels (plus the front panel) to dampen vibrations and add mass, both important elements in reducing resonance in an aluminum case.

Here's the front. There are two DVD drives (a relic of the system's distant past as an old eMachines computer), a fan controller, and a little storage drawer. On the bottom, you can see the fan hole with a rather dusty filter...gotta get around to cleaning it. I cut out the grill here with tin snips, helping the airflow. I also removed the grill on the back of the case (not pictured).

Here's the Scythe Kama Master fan controller. I like how it monitors RPMs, and the temp monitor would be nice if I'd set any of it up. The third RPM monitor (not lit up in this picture) controls the side fan. The Tuniq isn't being controlled by this - it would have been too much of a pain to set up. The fans are set to a constant low speed, which, combined with the quiet power supply, modified case, and decoupled hard drive, make for a near inaudible compute, even when gaming.

And the actual workspace...isn't very interesting. There's an Olevia TV/monitor without height adjustment (not a good monitor, but I needed the TV functions), a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard (pretty good), and a Gyration gyroscopic air mouse, which has terrible reliability and skips all over the place. Like the pic says, don't buy one, even though the "air mouse" feature is really cool.

I have a system designed for quiet computing and occasional gaming. ***WARNING: MANY PICTURES AHEAD!***

Specs:
-Phenom X4 9500 @ 2.31GHz (basically just bumped up to 9600 levels
-ECS A770M-A mobo (yeah, yeah, I know, not a good brand, but it was the cheapest AM2+ mobo with 2600MHz HTT out at the time)
-Radeon HD3850 512MB
-4GB DDR2 800 RAM @ 420MHz (due to CPU overclock)
-WD 640GB HDD
-Corsair HX620W
-Tuniq Tower 120
-Rocketfish/Lian-Li full-tower case, with stock fans
-Windows Vista Home Basic

Here's the outside of the case. Not much to see here...

Here's the inside. The cabling looks like a mess, but it's really not that bad, since most of the cables are taped out of the airflow path.

To reduce vibrations, I have the hard drive resting on a rectangle of 1" eggcrate foam. Placing it face down like this also dampens seek noise. You can also see where holes on the bottom have been taped up to keep air flowing where I want it to go.

With the side fan removed, you can see the 3850 with a modified Accelero S1 attached. Basically, I just bent the heatsink so I could keep the side fan on the case. Its cooling ability is excellent, even without the side fan running.

Sorry, this is hard to photograph. I've affixed roofing tape to the side panels (plus the front panel) to dampen vibrations and add mass, both important elements in reducing resonance in an aluminum case.

Here's the front. There are two DVD drives (a relic of the system's distant past as an old eMachines computer), a fan controller, and a little storage drawer. On the bottom, you can see the fan hole with a rather dusty filter...gotta get around to cleaning it. I cut out the grill here with tin snips, helping the airflow. I also removed the grill on the back of the case (not pictured).

Here's the Scythe Kama Master fan controller. I like how it monitors RPMs, and the temp monitor would be nice if I'd set any of it up. The third RPM monitor (not lit up in this picture) controls the side fan. The Tuniq isn't being controlled by this - it would have been too much of a pain to set up. The fans are set to a constant low speed, which, combined with the quiet power supply, modified case, and decoupled hard drive, make for a near inaudible compute, even when gaming.

And the actual workspace...isn't very interesting. There's an Olevia TV/monitor without height adjustment (not a good monitor, but I needed the TV functions), a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard (pretty good), and a Gyration gyroscopic air mouse, which has terrible reliability and skips all over the place. Like the pic says, don't buy one, even though the "air mouse" feature is really cool.

ajkalan

looks good, very discrete

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

zachslayer

9.5 Half of the spec's on that are useless.

P.s Intel QX9750 is LGA 775

[QUOTE="zachslayer"]

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

f-a-d-3

9.5 Half of the spec's on that are useless.

P.s Intel QX9750 is LGA 775

that's what I told him!!!!

their is a special version of the QX9750 that is lga 771, but I thinks it's know as the xeon

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"][QUOTE="zachslayer"]

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

zachslayer

9.5 Half of the spec's on that are useless.

P.s Intel QX9750 is LGA 775

that's what I told him!!!!

their is a special version of the QX9750 that is lga 771, but I thinks it's know as the xeon

Its the qx9755

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

zachslayer

fake... skulltrail doesnt support tri sli

[QUOTE="zachslayer"][QUOTE="f-a-d-3"][QUOTE="zachslayer"]

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

f-a-d-3

9.5 Half of the spec's on that are useless.

P.s Intel QX9750 is LGA 775

that's what I told him!!!!

their is a special version of the QX9750 that is lga 771, but I thinks it's know as the xeon

Its the qx9755

QX9775

[QUOTE="zachslayer"]

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

GTR2addict

fake... skulltrail doesnt support tri sli

Ya thats what I'm thinking too, theres so many things outta place with this set up.

my specs are located at my sigs below.

There was a stickied thread just like this months ago, then it vanished. What ever happened to that one?

my specs are located at my sigs below.

There was a stickied thread just like this months ago, then it vanished. What ever happened to that one?

Jd1680a

it was turned into this one...

[QUOTE="zachslayer"]

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

GTR2addict

fake... skulltrail DOES support tri sli

Fixed.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=609&pageid=1

XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Processor

EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+

Corsair XMS3 2048MB Dual Channel DDR3

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive

Masscool 8W501B1M3G

Apeiva X-Supra G Type ATX Mid-Tower Case

Famous Brand 700-Watt Power Supply

Masscool 120mm Sleeve Bearing Case Fan

Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA

XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Processor

EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+

Corsair XMS3 2048MB Dual Channel DDR3

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive

Masscool 8W501B1M3G

Apeiva X-Supra G Type ATX Mid-Tower Case

Famous Brand 700-Watt Power Supply

Masscool 120mm Sleeve Bearing Case Fan

Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA

RFOMownage

looks good, but id swwitch out that Q6700 for a Q6600 and OC it

Or just OC my 6700?......

I dont have any of these things yet, by the way... but I will within a week..

XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Processor

EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+

Corsair XMS3 2048MB Dual Channel DDR3

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive

Masscool 8W501B1M3G

Apeiva X-Supra G Type ATX Mid-Tower Case

Famous Brand 700-Watt Power Supply

Masscool 120mm Sleeve Bearing Case Fan

Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA

RFOMownage

Triple Slot:

OCing:

please rate, this is my friends build:

intel "skull trail" mobo

2 intel qx9750 lga 771

3 gtx 280

6 gb's fully buffered ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz

zachslayer

Even though this is a fake. It's worth adding that the Skulltrail is garbage at gaming.

Personally id say stick away from all nvdia motherboards i heard and seen soo many issues and problems with them id never EVER use one again, shadowcreaper

I am currently using a nvidia motherboard. Had it for over a year and experience no problems or issues.

hey muscles, who is that in the 2nd last pic?GTR2addict

My girlfriend, why?