The "what do you use" OFFICIAL THREAD

Welcome to the "what do you use" thread

The concept is simple. Post anything and everything about your setup. Everthing from the speakers to the monitor and everything in between. Its strongly encouraged you post a video of your setup if you can but is not neccessarily required.

Here's mine

Hardware:

Desktop:

AMD Phenom x4 9750 @ 2.4GHz

AMD Radeon 4650 1gb

8gb DDR2

1tb HDD

Laptop:

Toshiba Satalite L455D-S5976

AMD Sempron SI-42 @2.1Ghz

2gb DDR2

AMD Mobility Radeon 3100 256mb

250gb HDD.

MotherBoard:

Foxconn RS780 AM2+

GPU Brand

Saphire

Monitor:

LG Flatron W2242T 1680X1050

Speakers:

Boston Acustics BA635. (Amazing sound for 12 year old speakers)

Keyboard/mouse:

Cheap No-Name.

Printer:

Canon MP560 (Great Wireless Printer)

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Feel free to post anything else system related not listed here. If you want your system rated head on overhereBe sure to include pictures. Please PM me if you have any feedback on this thread.

Software:

OS:

Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Web Browser:

Google Chrome

Office Apps:

Open Office/MS Office 2010

Music:

iTunes/Zune Software

System Maintaince:

Core Temp, CCleaner, Dfraggler, Malware Bytes

Anti Virus:

Avast 6 (Laptop) Microsoft Security Essentials (Desktop

DESKTOP:

OS: Windows 7 Home

Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922

Mobo: Asus M4N98TD Evo

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965

Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212+

GPU: SLIed Palit GeForce GTX 460s

RAM: 4 GB DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaws Series

PSU: Corsair 750w

CD/DVD: just picked the cheapest one

HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black

LAPTOP:

Alienware M17x

OS: Windows 7 Home

Mobo: Aliemware mobo

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 @2.0GHz

GPU: SLIed GeForce GTX 260Ms

RAM: 4GB (not sure of the brand)

MISC.

Mouse: Logitech G500

Keyboard: Logitech S520

Speakers: Logitech Z323

Printer: HP Photosmart C4280

Browser: Mozilla Firefox 4

Decoration: Stuffed Pikachu that sits on top of my desktop

Cologne: Polo Ralph Lauren Blue

lol why do you want to know what printer I own? Well the printer is an hp psc2011, its a damn good printer too, been running strong for the past 3 years whereas other printers ive owned have crapped out after 1-1.5 years. Anyhow my hardware is:

Rig 1:

Core i5 750 @ 3.33 Ghz

Gigabyte motherboard

4gb DDR3 1600 Corsair XMS3

Thermaltake v3 mid tower

ATI Radeon 4770 512mb gfx card

acer 23in LC monitor 1080p

500GB HDD Seagate

Logitech 2.1 speaker system

generic kb/m

Rig 2:

Phenom II x2 555 unlocked to X3 and oc'd to 3.6 ghz

4gb DDR3 1333 corsair

some sht box case mATX case

geforce 240 gt

acer 19in lcd monitor 1440 X 900 res

1TB HDD Western Digitial green (I think)

logitech speakers

generic kb/m

Netbook:

Acer Aspire One AOD 255 FUSION BASED c50 with radeon 6310 gpu XD

Hardware:

Desktop:

AMD Athlon II x4 @ 2.8GHz

EVGA GTX 460 768MB

4gb DDR2

750GB HDD

MotherBoard:

Asus M4A786-M

GPU Brand

EVGA

Monitor:

Dell 18.5 (can't find specific model)

Speakers:

Logitech LS21

Keyboard/mouse:

Generic Dell

Software:

OS:

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit

Web Browser:

Firefox 4

Office Apps:

Open Office 3.3

Music:

Zune Software/Winamp

System Maintaince:

CCleaner, Smart Defrag 2, Malware Bytes

Anti Virus:

Microsoft Security Essentials

Hardware:

Desktop:

AMD Phenom x6 1100T @ 3.7ghz

MSi 890FXA GD65 AM3+ motherboard

Sapphire 4870 1gb

4gb DDR3 G-skill

1tb HDD external

150gb 10k rpm raptor

250gb 7200 rpm HDD

Win7 Premium 64

NZXT Lexa case

Laptop:

Dell Studio

AMD 4570 256mb

4gb DDR3

Core 2 Duo E6700 2.2ghz

Vista Home 32

Monitor:

ViewSonic 22'' 1680X1050

Speakers:

Altec Lansing

Keyboard/mouse:

Logitech G15, with G5 mouse

Printer:

HP Photosmart All-in-One

Hardware:

Desktop:

AMD Athlon II X2 245 2.9Ghz @ 3.4Ghz

AMD Radeon HD 6850 775Mhz @ 920Mhz

MSI 770-C45 motherboard

4gb DDR3

250GB SATA II

320GB SATA II

Antec Smart Power 500W PSU

Antec Sonata II case

Laptop:

HP G62-224CA

AMD Athlon II X2 P320 @ 2.1Ghz

4gb DDR3

AMD 880G with HD 4250

320gb SATA II HDD

GPU Brand

Saphire

Monitor:

Dell Professional P2211H 21.5in 1920x1080

Headphones:

Pioneer SE-M390

Keyboard/mouse:

Microsoft Comfort 3000 optical mouse (wired)

Logitech M505 wireless laser mouse

Unicomp Buckling spring keyboard

Software:

Operating System:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit OEM

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (HP)

Linux Mint KDE

Web Browser:

Google Chrome

Office Apps:

OpenOffice.org

Music:

foobar2000

Audacious

Video:

VLC

Maintenance/overclocking:

CCleaner

Defraggler

MSI Afterburner

Furmark

Prime95

HWMonitor & CPU-Z

Anti-virus:

Avast Free Edition

Desktop:

AMD Athlon II X4 640 @ 3.4ghz

Nvidia GTX 280 Superclocked

44gb DDR2

1tb HDD

MotherBoard:

MSI microATX thing

GPU Brand

Evga

Monitor:

Samsung Syncmaster BX2331

Speakers:

Headphones, Logitech $20 from Walmart

Keyboard/mouse:

Razor Lycosa, Razor Lachieses

Printer:

Epson CX7440.

Software:

OS:

Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Web Browser:

Google Chrome

Office Apps:

Open Office

Music:

windows media player/ youtube

System Maintaince:

Core Temp, CCleaner

Anti Virus:

Avast 6

All my hardware is in my sig so I'll just skip to this.

Web Browser:

Primary: Firefox

For porn(due to superior private browsing): Chrome

Office Apps:

MS Office 2007

Music:

Winamp

Video:

PowerDVD 10 Ultra MarkII

Maintenance/overclocking:

MSI Afterburner

Prime95

Core temp

Anti-virus:

Microsoft Security Essentials

For porn(due to superior private browsing): Chrome

Gambler_3

This is laughable and ironic. Using a browser from the Company that is one of the biggest collectors of user's searches and private data...

:roll:

Desktop

Intel i7 920

GA-EX58A-UD3R

Crosair Dominator DDR3

Evga 480 GTX

Corsair 750w PSU

Seagate 500gb HDD

Haf 932

Hardware Labs Black ice Extreme 360 rad

Swiftech apogee XT Extreme

Koolance 480 GTX Block

swiftech MCP655 pump/Bits powers Bay Res

OS

Windows 7 64 bit.

Hardware:

Desktop:

AMD Phenom x6 1100T @ 3.7ghz

MSi 890FXA GD65 AM3+ motherboard

Sapphire 4870 1gb

4gb DDR3 G-skill

1tb HDD external

150gb 10k rpm raptor

250gb 7200 rpm HDD

Win7 Premium 64

NZXT Lexa case

Laptop:

Dell Studio

AMD 4570 256mb

4gb DDR3

Core 2 Duo E6700 2.2ghz

Vista Home 32

Monitor:

ViewSonic 22'' 1680X1050

Speakers:

Altec Lansing

Keyboard/mouse:

Logitech G15, with G5 mouse

Printer:

HP Photosmart All-in-One

^Who do you live with that you'd have to hide your browsing history? :PSoraX64

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

For porn(due to superior private browsing): Chrome

Urworstnhtmare

This is laughable and ironic. Using a browser from the Company that is one of the biggest collectors of user's searches and private data...

:roll:

Desktop

AMD Phenom 955 @ 3.2ghz

Gigabyte 890XA-UD3

8gb Corsair Vengence

Powercolor HD 6870

Samsung Spin Point 1TB

Antec True Power 650w

Samsung DVD

CM 690 2 Adv Case

Laptop

Dell Studio XPS

15.6inch Full HD LED screen

Core 2 Duo

HD 4670

4gb Memory

640 gb Hdd

DVD drive

Other

Benq 24inch LCD monitor

Logitech Z523 Speakers

Razor Lychosa Keyboard

Razor Death Adder Mouse

Razor Sphex Pad

Software

Steam

Firefox 4

Avast Free Antivirus

Zone Alarm Firewall

Malwarebytes Anti Malware

Itunes

Fraps

Microsoft Office 2010

Matlab

Hardware

Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe

CPU: Intel C2D e7300 OC'd to 3.8ghz

Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800GT OC'd to 700/1723/1000

Memory: 2gigs Corsair Dominator 1066mhz (Had 4gigs but I did something stupid and damaged the other 2gig pair I had...)

Hardrives: Two 1TB Western Digital Caviar blacks in RAID 0,one 320gb Seagate HDD.

Case: Antec 900

PSU: Corair 550 watt

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8

Monitor: Asus VE228

Mouse/Keyboard: Crappy old keyboard and a generic Microsoft mouse, does the job though.

Software

Operating System: Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Web Browser: Firefox 4, Internet Explorer 9 (Just installed it now, liking it so far).

Graphics Card Utility: River Tuner MSI Edition (The best Graphics card utility).

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

For porn(due to superior private browsing): Chrome

This is laughable and ironic. Using a browser from the Company that is one of the biggest collectors of user's searches and private data...

:roll:

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

For porn(due to superior private browsing): Chrome

PernicioEnigma

This is laughable and ironic. Using a browser from the Company that is one of the biggest collectors of user's searches and private data...

:roll:

Its the principle. Why does he use Chrome for 'superior private browsing' if hes probably using a search engine that collects search data...

Defeats the purpose abit.

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"][QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

This is laughable and ironic. Using a browser from the Company that is one of the biggest collectors of user's searches and private data...

:roll:

Urworstnhtmare

Its the principle. Why does he use Chrome for 'superior private browsing' if hes probably using a search engine that collects search data...

Defeats the purpose abit.

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"] Who cares if the employees of google know you watch porn?ferret-gamer

Its the principle. Why does he use Chrome for 'superior private browsing' if hes probably using a search engine that collects search data...

Defeats the purpose abit.

Oh. Ok. But you can do that with ohter browsers aswell. I know you can with Firefox...

Desktop:

RaidMax Scropio Mid Tower Case with 5 80mm fans( 2 green led fans in the front and 3 uv blue led fans on the side and back)

msi x58 pro lga 1336 motherboard

XfX ati 5770 1G

3g ddr3 1333mhz ram

1TB samsung 7200rpm hardrive

i7 920 2.66ghz

Cool Master Hypher 212 cpu heatsink

2 Dvd Drives

Creative audigzy 2ZS

Keyboard/Mouse:

Razer Lachesis red gaming mouse

Mi Multimedia usb Keyboard

Speakers:

Creative Lab's Inspire P5800 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System in my room at my desk

ONKHTS5300 (Onkyo - HT-S5300 7.1-Channel Home Theater Package with iPod® Dock (ONKHTS5300)) in the living room

*Plan to repace the cheap creative speakers with some nice monitors speakers and sub woofer and add in cheap surrounds and a center for the 5.1 effect in games.

Displays:

Wall mounted Panasonic PATCL32S1 VIERA TC-L32S1 32" 1080p LCD TV which i have in front of my desk

Mitshubishi 60" 3D 1080p DLP with 4 pairs of 3d shutter glasses in the living room

*Plan to add a 50"-55" Plasma to this as well possibly in 3D.

HeadPhones:
AUDIO-TECHNICA ATH-AD700

Controllers:

Wireless Black 360 controller

Wired Mad Catz Black 360 controller

Wired PS3 controller connected to pc using a usb cable and motion joy software.

I don't see the point. What's the point?

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"] Who cares if the employees of google know you watch porn?ferret-gamer

Its the principle. Why does he use Chrome for 'superior private browsing' if hes probably using a search engine that collects search data...

Defeats the purpose abit.

lmao you use incognito mode to watch pron?

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

Its the principle. Why does he use Chrome for 'superior private browsing' if hes probably using a search engine that collects search data...

Defeats the purpose abit.

Urworstnhtmare

Oh. Ok. But you can do that with ohter browsers aswell. I know you can with Firefox...

See the Sig.

But I also have a Razer Mamba mouse as the latest addition.

Laptop:

Web browse on my Acer 5738 with Firefox 4, also running Office 2010, Adobe CS3.

Hardware:

Desktop:

Intel Core i7 965 @ 3.8

2 x ATI 6950 flashed to 6970

6GB DDR3 @ 1330

4x 1 TB WD black

2x SSD 16 gb, one for os, one as cache for harddrives

Laptop:

Asus gh73

MotherBoard:

Intel DX58SO

GPU Brand

Gigabyte

Monitor:

3x asus 24"(forgot model number)

Speakers:

Swan m50w

Keyboard/mouse:

Razer Mamba, Naga. Black widow ultimate

AUDIO:

5.25" Ported Mission 760i Special Edition Shelf Speakers (140 Watts RMS)

Gale 4040 Floorstanders (260 Watts RMS)

Three 12" Pioneer 3001D4 Subwoofers (1000rms/3000watts peak per sub)

1 Custom Built Ported Subwoofer Box @44hertz & A Sealed Double Subwoofer Box @32hertz

Creative X-FI Titanium Soundcard 24bit@192Khz

Kenwood Cinema Amplifiers With Gold Plated Oxygen Free Connectors & Cables

1000RMS Monoblock Car Amplifier, powered by a modified Corsair TX650W (to run the subwoofers)

High Quality External DAC..

around 3000RMS Total Power (btw the 3000w systems in your local store are actually only a few 100watts rms)

PC:

1080p 24" BenQ EW2420 Monitor

Full Tower Case, Rubberized Front Panel - Xclio Windtunnel v2 Advanced with 25cm Fans + Temp readout

EVGA Gtx 580 SLI, 6-Core Intel i7 980x, Asus Sabertooth X58, 12GB G.Skill DDR3

Velociraptors + Crucial 300GB SSD

Corsair 1200w Professional Series Modular Power Supply

Ps3 Controllers with Sixaxis

Phillips Ambient Lighting System

Fingerprint Reader, Sound Reactive UV Lights, Liquid Neon Blue Cathode

and more stuff i cant think off at the moment

Desktop

CPU - Intel Qx6700 @ 3.2

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L

Ram - 2x2gb Gskill DDR2-1066

Video Card - EVGA GTX 580 Black Ops Edition

PSU - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2

HDD - 1tb/32mb Western Digital

CPU Cooler - Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B + Dual XIGMATEK CLF-F1252

OS - Windows 7 Home Prem 64-bit

Monitor - Samsung PX2370 23" LED @1920x1080

Keyboard - Filco Linear R Limited Edition Cherry MX Red

Mouse - Logitech G500

Microphone - Audio Technica ATH-AD700

Hometheater

Receiver - ONKYO TX-SR608

Speakers - Polk Audio Rm95 Speakers

Subwoofer - Polk Audio PSW505

Headphones - Audio Technica ATH-AD700

Console - Xbox 360 Slim

For those who voted that it could use more work. What specifically would you like to see?gmaster456

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]For those who voted that it could use more work. What specifically would you like to see?DJ_Headshot

Isn't that what Rate my rig is for?

Hardware

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe

CPU: Intel i7 2600K

Graphics Card: Asus GTX570

Memory: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz

Hardrives: 1TB Western Digital Caviar black 7200rpm SATA 3

Case: Antec 902 Gamer Case (a bit crammed lol )

PSU: Corsair Pro. 850watt

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H70

Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

Speakers: Logitech G51 speakers 5.1

Monitor: HP w2338h

Mouse/Keyboard: Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard / Logitech M620 mouse
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Software

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Web Browser: Firefox 4

and the usual crap~ :p

[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"][QUOTE="gmaster456"]For those who voted that it could use more work. What specifically would you like to see?Urworstnhtmare

Isn't that what Rate my rig is for?

Agreed with above.. How about getting users to post videos instead? So its not too similar to the 'rate my rig' thread

A picture speaks a thousand words but a video speaks a million more.

I'll start it off :)

CLICK ME :D

This video is over a year old I have since then replaced the crappy Yuraku lcd monitor with a BenQ EW2420, theres also a ps3 there with an individual screen :)

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"] Pics are always better i only have my crappy phone camer but i wouldn't mind posting some pics..SPBoss

Isn't that what Rate my rig is for?

Agreed with above.. How about getting users to post videos instead? So its not too similar to the 'rate my rig' thread

A picture speaks a thousand words but a video speaks a million more.

I'll start it off :)

CLICK ME :D

This video is over a year old I have since then replaced the crappy Yuraku lcd monitor with a BenQ EW2420, theres also a ps3 there with an individual screen :)

1. HARDWARE:

a) Laptop specs

MSI X-Slim X400

2GB DDR2 400Mhz RAM

Intel Celeron ULV 725 Single-Core 1.2 Ghz

WD Scorpio 320GB

Mobile Intel 4 Express chipset family (intel GMA X4500 series)- i'm using the modded driver for that GPU.

DVD driver: Samsung branded external dvd driver

b) Home Desktop

MOBO: Asus P5GC/MX133

RAM: Aeneon 1GB DDR2 667 RAM

CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5 GHz

HDD : WD brand 160 GB (model type still unknown)

GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8400GS 256MB RAM (vendor: Palit)

2. SOFTWARE

a) Installed on both PC and laptop:

> Mozilla firefox

>avast antivirus

>erm....too many of them..tired to write it all

b) Only installed in my home desktop

> MSI Afterburner- gpu overcloking software

DVD driver: LG and Imation branded dvd driver

[QUOTE="SPBoss"]

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

Isn't that what Rate my rig is for?

gmaster456

Agreed with above.. How about getting users to post videos instead? So its not too similar to the 'rate my rig' thread

A picture speaks a thousand words but a video speaks a million more.

I'll start it off :)

CLICK ME :D

This video is over a year old I have since then replaced the crappy Yuraku lcd monitor with a BenQ EW2420, theres also a ps3 there with an individual screen :)

Sig? :P

Destop:

AMD Phenom II x4 925@2.9 GHz

EVGA GTS 450 Superclocker 1GB

G.Skill 4GBRAM

Coolermaster Elite 360

ECS (dont know he name atm)

Laptop:

MSI-?

Intel Core 2 Duo@ 2.5GHz

4GB Ram

AMD Moblity Radeon 4570 512MB

OS:

Windows 7 32 bit home premium(Laptop) Windows 7 64bit Ulitimate

Headphones:

Creative SoundBlaster Tactic3D Sigma Headphones (amazing btw)

Printer:

Brother MFC 440CN

Software

Google Chrome, Avast 6, CCleaner, Game Booster(Laptop)

Music

Winamp, itunes, legalsounds.com

Phone:

HTC Thunderbolt

Moniter:

Dell something 1680x1050

This is every thing about my system I can think of right now...

Hardware:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 3.2GHz
Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-1066 RAM
GPU: Gainward GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB
Motherboard: ASUS P5QL
PSU: Corsair TX750
Hard Drive 1 (system + programs + documents): 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black
Hard Drive 2 (recording sessions + VSTs etc.) : 160GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Wireless Networking Card: Linksys WMP600N
Sound Card: M-Audio Audiophile 2496
DVD Drive: LG GH22NS40 22x DVD-RW
Cooler: Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu
Case: Antec NSK4000

Peripherals:
Monitor: LG L225WS 22" widescreen (1680x1050)
Keyboard: Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000
Mouse: Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
Gamepad: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
MIDI Controller: Korg K49
Speakers: connected to my Panasonic hi-fi
Heaphones: Beyerdynamic DT-100's

Software:
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Media Players: Winamp, VLC, Spotify
Browser: Mozilla Firefox 4
Office: Microsoft Office 2003
Security: Microsoft Security Essentials, Spybot Search & Destroy
Sound Production: Cakewalk SONAR Producer 8.5 and various VSTs
Imaging etc: Adobe Creative Suite 5
Maintenance: Defraggler, CCleaner

[QUOTE="Urworstnhtmare"]

[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"] Pics are always better i only have my crappy phone camer but i wouldn't mind posting some pics..SPBoss

Isn't that what Rate my rig is for?

Agreed with above.. How about getting users to post videos instead? So its not too similar to the 'rate my rig' thread

A picture speaks a thousand words but a video speaks a million more.

I'll start it off :)

CLICK ME :D

This video is over a year old I have since then replaced the crappy Yuraku lcd monitor with a BenQ EW2420, theres also a ps3 there with an individual screen :)

Desktop

Mobo: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 1155

CPU: Intel i5 2500K@Stock for now

GPU: Sapphire AMD HD6970 2GB@Stock for now

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz

PSU: Corsair TX850 v2

CPU Cooling: Prolimatech Megahalems push/pull Scythe S-Flex G's

Hard Drives: 3x 500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3's - 2 in raid 0

Case: Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black Edition

Monitor: Samsung BX2235 22" 1080p

Mouse: Mionix Naos 3200

Keyboard: Generic (planning to get the Microsoft Sidewinder X4)