Post Your Build!

[Injury]

Hello everyone! Welcome to Post your build! Post the specs of whats in your machine, weather its your dream machine or the one you have currently (or both!) and share thoughts on form factor, pricing, power and all that lovely stuff!

I'll start this game out with my recent purchase and what I'm going to put in it!

Dell Inspiron 660
Intel 2nd Gen i5 3.3Ghz
8GB DDR3 RAM
1TB SATA (Don't know the model yet, I'll let you know!)
5.1 Integrated Audio

There isn't much in the way of video...It has an integrated 2500 series graphics with 256MB dedicated...

I'm going to be looking at putting in a GeForce 640 1GB GPU in there so I can at least have some beefy gameplay...

My dream machine would probably have 3 of those GTX Titans in there (6GB a pop, @ $1k a pop so yeah...) 2 240 ssd and 3 3 TB WD HDDs with a i7 CPU, liquid cooling at that point is a must because of those titans...and just a step up audio card...

Post your builds!!!

 

[Daxis]

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System Information-
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Time of this report: 12/1/2013, 00:47:18
Machine name: DAXIS
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_gdr.131006-1505)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Qosmio X870
BIOS: 6.30
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8076MB RAM
Page File: 4975MB used, 11292MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: D-irectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.16384 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBSYS_FB121179&REV_09
Display Memory: 1792 MB
Dedicated Memory: 32 MB
Shared Memory: 1760 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: SEC504B
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (60.001Hz)


EDIT: don't think it said but I dually have intel hd graphics along with nvidia gtx 785m, which is switched to when using high graphics/video games stuff.

 

[Ellie]

What I'm buying (probably):

Cosmos II (Laptop)

15.6'', 1920x1080

Quad core i7 (2.40GHz)
8 GB RAM (1600MHz)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750 M, 2 GB

750 GB HDD at 7,500 RPM
60 GB MSATA SSD

Torn between Windows 7 Home and Windows 8 normal. Both are the same price. Can't afford any higher.

 

[Fusty]

Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor (6 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Display Memory: 4042 MB
Harddisk: 1 TB

 

[Injury]

I like these builds! Daxis, how old is that machine? I'm surprised my i3 has the same processing power as you, but your integrated graphics are a bit better.

Love the builds! Keep 'em coming!

 

[Nachos]

AMD Athlon II X3 450 3,2 GHZ
4GB Ram
AMD Radeon HD 5670


Good enough for modded skyrim on ultra with mods (no SSAO though)
And Dota.

 

[Injury]

Just picked upa Zotac GeForce 640 2GB PCIe 3 x16 DDR3 for $60.

Good stuff!

 

[Glitchfinder]

So, hmm. May as well.

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 (Fuck Intel for dropping the X79 chipset like a hot potato, makes drivers a bitch to find)
Graphics: EVGA Geforce GTX 680 2GB
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K
RAM: Corsair Veangeance 8GB (2x4GB)
PSU: Corsair HX750
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932
Internal Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200RPM (Used as a data drive, plus offloads OS data like users and software), Western Digital VelociRaptor 250GB 10,000RPM (Used as the OS drive, also holds things that need faster load-times), Western Digital 3TB 7,200RPM (Non-named WD brand drive, used as data storage, notable for holding files I first acquired in the mid 90s, plus most of my files since then)

The monitor is an older one from my last computer, because my options were to pay more for a (SMALLER) 1080p monitor, or to pay an exorbitant price for a bigger one. (Screen resolution is 2048x1152. If you can find a monitor being made in that resolution today, I'd be shocked. They changed to TV-based resolutions a few years back, not counting laptops. The speakers are a case of cheaping out (works is all that matters), as is the BD drive and the secondary LightScribe drive. Keyboard is four years old and cost me $5, the mouse is a Logitech M705. I have a clip-on mic plugged in, but no webcam. I have two 8GB flash drives on my keychain, plus a 16GB I haven't bothered unplugging from the main machine in months. I have an old 500GB external plugged in and serving occasional double duty for backing up my laptop, and an external 3TB plugged in and serving double duty for local backups. I have every available fan slot in this thing filled, plus a much higher end heatsink than standard (case is just barely big enough). My wireless card was bought just to get the job done, since I'm not actively streaming video or anything at the moment or in the near future.

 

[Injury]

Nice build Glitch! I just picked up a 24" SyncMaster 2443 for $80...I also got a another monitor for free! Love those flat screens, this thing is a beast!

 

[aphadeon]

Graphics: Could be better
Processor: (stock)
RAM: Prefers not to, it really hurts
Motherboard: I'm a male, I don't think we come with these
PSU: Has not demonstrated any symptoms of having greater than normal psychic ability
Case: Basket
Internal Storage: Roughly 4lbs, 3oz
Outer Dimensions: 6'0" x 24" x 13"
Windows Experience Index: keep that thing away from me
Monitor: I own a thermometer

 

[Glitchfinder]

Nice build Glitch! I just picked up a 24" SyncMaster 2443 for $80...I also got a another monitor for free! Love those flat screens, this thing is a beast!

Hah, mine is a SyncMaster 2343.

 

[Injury]

Here are the scores of my new box...Not bad! I need an SSD hard drive at some point to bring the score up!

Spoiler

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3340 CPU @ 3.10GHz 7.5 5.9
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.7
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 7.0
Gaming graphics 4096 MB Total available graphics memory 7.0
Primary hard disk 851GB Free (910GB Total) 5.9
Windows 7 Home Premium

System
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Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model Inspiron 660
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 2773 GB
Disk partition (C 851 GB Free (910 GB Total)
Media drive (D CD/DVD
Disk partition (F 442 GB Free (931 GB Total)
Disk partition (G 788 GB Free (932 GB Total)
Media drive (H CD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
Total available graphics memory 4096 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 2048 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 2048 MB
Display adapter driver version 9.18.13.3182
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1200
Secondary monitor resolution 1360x768
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Network Adapter Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)
Network Adapter Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

 

[coyotecraft]

Satellite A660 (laptop)
Windows 7
Intel Core i7 CPU Q740 @ 1.73 GHz 1.73 GHz
4GB Ram
500GB HD (half full already)

NVIDIA Geforce GT 330m


Got it in 2011. I've been thinking about upgrading my ram to 8GB but I'm still investigating if it'll be worth it or not.

 

[Injury]

I have a Satellite too! Are you sure its i7 and the CPU is that slow? I wouldn't upgrade ram in a laptop if you can afford something in the middle.

i5-i7
8GB RAM
Win7

Something like that...Just my thoughts.

 

[coyotecraft]

1.73 GHz seems low, right? I don't know that much about processors. There's suppose to be advantages and disadvantages when you weigh clock speed against multi-cores.
As I recall, i7 was brand new and it seemed like it was a good thing at the time for media creation. I just check, it looks like there are i7 processors that are running double that now. If I can go another 2 years or more with this laptop without it becoming obsolete I'll be happy. I hate replacing stuff that isn't broken.

 

[Daxis]

I like these builds! Daxis, how old is that machine? I'm surprised my i3 has the same processing power as you, but your integrated graphics are a bit better.

Love the builds! Keep 'em coming!

It's a mobile processor, so it's weaker than a desktop i7. Beyond that, It's 8 cpus/quad core and lots of threads or some bullshit.

Less than a year. I'll roundabouts 8 months. It's really nice, and as a laptop plays everything.

Then again I treat all my laptops as portable desktops so w/e

 

[Daxis]

1.73 GHz seems low, right? I don't know that much about processors. There's suppose to be advantages and disadvantages when you weigh clock speed against multi-cores.
As I recall, i7 was brand new and it seemed like it was a good thing at the time for media creation. I just check, it looks like there are i7 processors that are running double that now. If I can go another 2 years or more with this laptop without it becoming obsolete I'll be happy. I hate replacing stuff that isn't broken.

I mean, one way to think about multi core is that a 3.0 ghz 1 core is slow than a 2.0 ghz 2 core - 2 x 2 > 3 x 1. But that's a really simplistic way of looking at it and there are varied pros/cons/reasons to use one or the other (of comparable strength/brand)

 

[coyotecraft]

I think I read somewhere that multi cores are useless if you're running older software because they'll only use 1 core, or thread or whatever. I feel like that's probably why there's a delay when I run rmxp games when it used to be instant on my old laptop. But then it could also be windows 7 64bit compatibility issues, so who knows.

 

[Daxis]

Multicores (at least past duo core nowadays) excel in multitasking, particularly multitasking. Virtualization, games + video + multimedia AT THE SAME TIME, extracting archives while downloading while torrenting while audio working, etc.

On one hand, if you never do more than surf or play video games, a duo core sufffices for everything, and at max an i7 over and i5 gives an 8% increase, at BEST. (GPU is basically the bottleneck for games nowadays)
On the other hand, it's great for when you actually have to do two or three things at once.

 

[Ellie]

Ordered what I said but with a 120 GB SSD at 555mb/s instead of the 60 GB Msata SSD at 450mb/s. Wasn't much extra.