What are your computer specs?

[Milk Wave 454]

I'd have spent an extra $25 and get an AMD FX 4130 quad core. FX are AMD's best cpus and if you've only got a specific budget and are just looking to game, they're a good option over Intel's core i3s i5s and i7s.

I've got a pretty decent HP for $600:

AMD quad core A10 5750 2.5 Ghz turbo boost to 3.5 Ghz cpu

8 gb ram

750 gb HDD

17.5" screen 1600x900 resolution

amd radeon 8660g gpu

It's pretty good for Minecraft, WoW and plays all my steam games generally flawlessly, I play a shitload of TF2

It probably wouldn't play CoD or BF3 on anything other than low or fair, though.

I was gonna build a gaming rig last month, but I decided to get a ps4 instead.

Meh, Athlon's are still good for quad core performance at good prices. Mine's actually this exact processor here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113288 only with it's graphics card removed.

 

If I got the Athlon x4 750k, it's actually read to be on par with the FX 4130 or so for $20 bucks cheaper.

 

Besides that, it's a pretty decent computer for its price. I'd also say you mean a 17.3 inch screen at 1600 x 900 and a Radeon HD 8650G for a Gpu.

[Celli 4,332]

 

 

I'd also say you mean a 17.3 inch screen at 1600 x 900 and a Radeon HD 8650G for a Gpu.

Yeah that's what I meant to say. You have the same laptop? 

[Milk Wave 454]

Yeah that's what I meant to say. You have the same laptop? 

Nope, I just know the common specs of most laptops, since almost none with a name brand that's known will have a 17.0-2 or 17.4-9 inch laptop.

 

:3

I wanna hug you

[carlthehorse 6]

BOX 1

Corsair Obsidian 900d

Asus Sabertooth Z77

Intel 4820K Core I7

16 gigs RAM (want to bump it up a bit more eventually) 

1x 120 gig SATA SSD

1x 2TB Seagate Hard Drive
Asus GTX 680 video card

Coolermaster mechanical keyboard

LG 27" LED monitor

BluRay Drive
Cheapo dell brand speakers

Windows 7 HP and Fedora dual boot

 

 

BOX 2

Alienware 14x

Core I7 4700MQ

8 gig RAM (would like to bump up later)

1x750 gig HDD

GTX750m and Intel HD 4600

Windows 7 HP

 

I share a Logitech g700s between the two of them

 

I also have a 2x3TB nas set up at home for media storage. 

 

Plan on eventually building a dedicated server instead of using my desktop as a full time server

Edited March 3, 2014 by weshalodude

[Celli 4,332]

Nope, I just know the common specs of most laptops, since almost none with a name brand that's known will have a 17.0-2 or 17.4-9 inch laptop.

 

:3

I wanna hug you

Oh. Yeah it's an hp pavilion. Also, why do you wanna hug me? 

[lomk 20,663]

OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit. (Install Start is Back and it runs very, very much like Windows 7)

CPU: AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5 GHz

GPU: Sapphire 100358L AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition (1 GB, 128 bit, Core clock: 1,000 MHz, Mem Clock: 1,125 MHz)

PSU: Corsair TX650 650 watts

RAM: Corsair 4 GB (2 × 2) 1,600 MHz

Boot drive: Samsung 840 Pro (128 GB)

Secondary drives: Western Digital Caviar Black (3.5", 500 GB 7,200 RPM) and Seagate Barracuda (3.5", 1 TB, 7,200 RPM)

I think my computer is better than the average system, especially when you take peripherals into account (dual monitors, 5.1 surround) but I don't think of it as an unstoppable train as it won't run games like Skyrim or Borderlands 2 at max settings. But it gets the job done. I meant for this to be an all around balanced machine that can do more than just game. If I only wanted to game and stay in my price range, I would have picked up a quad core processor, spent half as much on my mobo, and cut back in other areas and spent a butt load on the gfx card. But I also render video, do some casual drawing, browse the internet, do homework, and other things on this.

 

Besides, balance is a good thing

Edited March 3, 2014 by Jean Valjean

[Milk Wave 454]

Oh. Yeah it's an hp pavilion. Also, why do you wanna hug me? 

I know it's an HP pavilion, I own one anyways

And I do because of this :3 *giggle* Also note, I look at some peoplesss stuff and i'm like: Dang, weird setups~

[Celli 4,332]

I know it's an HP pavilion, I own one anyways

And I do because of this :3 *giggle* Also note, I look at some peoplesss stuff and i'm like: Dang, weird setups~

Yeah, it's nothing special.

[Milk Wave 454]

Yeah, it's nothing special.

OH BUT IT IS

x3 nah it's not. If it was, it'd be something like a gaming laptop of all sorts. *hug*

[Celli 4,332]

OH BUT IT IS

x3 nah it's not. If it was, it'd be something like a gaming laptop of all sorts. *hug*

Still a good laptop for the price, though 

[Zhortac 1,473]

Shit, crap, and poop. Yeup, sums it right up.

 

Win 8 32 bit (original OS was Vista home premium)

AMD Althlon Dual Core 5600+ 2.6 gigz

4 gigs ddr2 ram (not original)

500 gb harddrive

NVidia Gforce NT 430 video card (not original)

 

I plan to replace just about everything eventually.

[Seaweed-Headed Dragon 356]

Here's my ancient computer's specs 

 

IBM ThinkPad T41

 

OS: Windows XP 2001

RAM: 512 MB

CPU: Pentium 1.6 GHz 

Hard Drive: 27 GB

Graphics Card: N/A 

 

 

It's so sad  

[CMQuickfireTK 751]

Shit, crap, and poop. Yeup, sums it right up.

 

Win 8 32 bit (original OS was Vista home premium)

AMD Althlon Dual Core 5600+ 2.6 gigz

4 gigs ddr2 ram (not original)

500 gb harddrive

NVidia Gforce NT 430 video card (not original)

 

I plan to replace just about everything eventually.

 

I hope the OS is the big one that you'll replace.

 

 

Here's my ancient computer's specs 

 

IBM ThinkPad T41

 

OS: Windows XP 2001

RAM: 512 MB

CPU: Pentium 1.6 GHz 

Hard Drive: 27 GB

Graphics Card: N/A 

 

 

It's so sad

 

 

Linux would fly on that!

[Seaweed-Headed Dragon 356]

I hope the OS is the big one that you'll replace.

 

 

Linux would fly on that!

Seriously? I have no experience with Linux so, I guess Linux runs well on old hardware

[CMQuickfireTK 751]

Seriously? I have no experience with Linux so, I guess Linux runs well on old hardware

 

Well considering how XP is heading out the door in less than a month, now's not a bad time to start!

 

PM me if you want some distro suggestions.

 

OT: Laptop specs here.

[FoxyCryptid 4,327]

I really need to build a gaming PC...

 

 

Lenovo C540(All-In-One)

Intel Pentium G2020(Dual Core, 2.9Ghz)

Intel HD Graphics(650Mhz-1GHz)

4GB RAM

23" 1080p HD Screen

1TB HDD

DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drive/Burner

Windows 8 64-Bit.

 

It does tide me over though because I can play some stuff on it:

 

 

Edited March 4, 2014 by Shoboni

[Zhortac 1,473]

I hope the OS is the big one that you'll replace.

 

I planned to get a 64 bit OS first, then get a new mother board. I only got Win 8 32 bit, because it was $40, and it got rid of Vista.

[uuunph 288]

It get's things done, and considering I don't care at all for AAA games

Edited August 23, 2020 by uuunph

[00111100 00110011 13]

• i7-3770 (Non-K, sadly.  ) @3.40 GHz
• 10 Gb DDR3 (2*4 and 1*2)
• 1 TB HDD for all my files, and one 120 GB SSD for my OS.
• A GeForce GT640 (Going to upgrade this when the GeForce 800 series comes out. )
• Windows 8.1 Pro (Want to dualboot eOS but I can't get it to install for some reason.)

It works alright, I guess...

I don't game very much anyways. 

(I wish I had a second screen though. That would make browsing so much easier! )

[jackleapp81 456]

I'm going to buy a gaming computer soon, so I figured I might gather some information on the thought processes behind building a serious gaming rig, and how much money I might need to invest to get a decent one. What does your current set-up look like, and how much did you pay for it?

[long gone 8,929]

I have a MSI GT60 0ND laptop ($1400, yeah I know), a Steelseries Rival mouse ($60) and QcK mousepad ($14), and a Logitech G930 headset ($110, normally $150.) So, all in all, about $1584, which is normally too much for a gaming setup, but... gaming laptops are expensive and I need one because I travel a lot.

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 2,705]

I built this PC last year in September and the total cost was about $2000.

 

Case: HAF X

GFX Card: Asus GTX 670 Direct CUII
HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: Intel i7 4770K
PSU: Corsair HX850W
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston Beast
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB

 

How much money would you need to buy/build a good gaming computer (specifically the tower itself)? I think a budget between roughly $1500 to $2000 would be ideal if you want a very powerful PC while still getting a good value for what you spend. Roughly speaking, you might be getting less value out of a PC that's worth over $2000. But of course you don't HAVE to spend that much money; I believe you can still spend as low as $600 and still play most games on high/max settings as long as anti aliasing is turned off.

 

I would highly recommend building a PC rather than buying one prebuilt since you're saving some money. It's actually an easy process in my opinion but it just takes a long time; the PC I have now is the first I've ever built and I used Youtube videos as guides (specifically LinusTechTips). The process of building the PC took about 5 hours and perhaps 6-7 including the time it took to install the OS and needed drivers and softwares. If you're unsure what parts to choose for a PC, there are many builds available on the Youtube and the rest of the internets that suits to specific budgets. Just make sure those build guides are up to date.

[Paladin Butters 163]

Puff Momma

- 3.2 gHz i7 6-core (OC'd to 4.4 gHz)

- 32 GB RAM

- NVIDIA GTX 780 x2

- ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard

- Seagate Barracuda 3 TB HD x2

- 2x Samsung 830 256 GB SSD

- Master Cooler 1000 Watt Power Supply

- Post Trash Compactor PC Case

- ASUS DVD-RW Drive

= $3,120 (on sale when I purchased it)

 

Little Momma

Compaq laptop. I got it as a gift on christmas, didn't know much about it. Went to the store (bestbuy) the idiots knew nothing about it. They said that they'd have to call in a specialist.

- AMD Athlon II P320 Dual-Core Processor 2.10 Ghz

- 3GB (2.71 GB usable)

- 32-bit Operating System.

[Nuke87654 1,849]

My current rig.

 

-HP Pro 3130 minitower

-I7 870 CPU clocked at 2.93

-GTX 780 Zotac AMP OC

-Messier CPU fan cooler

-16 GB's (4x4 GB) of cheap corsair memory clocked at 1600

-Cheap MSI motherboard

-Cheap HP DVD drive

-Cheap 300 GB hard drive

-1 TB Veloceraptor

-1 TB ext toshiba hard drive for backup

-Anker 8200 DPI mouse

-Logitech G510 gaming keyboard

-Creative Fatality headset

-Acer 22 inch 1050 monitor

-Windows 7 Professional SP1

-Thermaltake 775w toughpower gold certified psu

 

Now for the big monster that will arrive this week for my birthday.

 

-Thermaltake G10 Snow edition Full Tower Computer Case

-Crucial 240 SSD

-Another Anker 8200 DPI mouse (rated third best mouse on the market and with damn good reasons)

-Another Creative Fatality Headset (served me pretty well and I like how awesome it is for it's price.)

-Another Zotac GTX 780 AMP OC graphics card for a sli build with it (will give my older GTX 560 to the Minitower as it can still serve as an alternate computer well with it).

-Seasonic 1050w Gold certified psu

-Cooler Master TPC 812 CPU fan cooler

-MSI Z87 GD65 motherboard

-Seagate Barricuda 3TB Hard drive

-I5 4670k CPU

-1 140mm led case fan (I want my case to glow with the pre-installed 3 200mm led fans it has)

-1 Steel Apex gaming keyboard

-Windows 7 Professional SP1

-16 GB (2x8GB) G-Skill Triton X clocked at 2400

- Asus VG248QE 24 inch 1080 monitor

-Asus Blu ray drive to read cd's, dvd's, and blu ray disks.

 

All around $2500 spent for this new rig. I plan to post pics of it just to showcase how insane I'll go with my new gaming rig.

I'm going to buy a gaming computer soon, so I figured I might gather some information on the thought processes behind building a serious gaming rig, and how much money I might need to invest to get a decent one. What does your current set-up look like, and how much did you pay for it?

 

How soon and how badly you're in need of one because 2014 is going to be a huge leap year for PC tech as with the arrival of AMD's Mantle and Direct X12, Nividia's new G-Sync chip for monitors to use, Intel is upgrading their Haswell CPU lines with Haswell E series (including 8 core cpu beasts), another line of graphics cards, and best of all is the arrival of DDR4 memory that will replace the standard DDR3 memory within a few years, this year is going to give PC's a huge leap in tech and power. Finally, wait another year and Intel will release their new line Broadwell CPUs.

 

As others have said, it depends on what your budget is and how many awesome stuff you want on your rig.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Nuke87654

[jackleapp81 456]

All around $2500 spent for this new rig. I plan to post pics of it just to showcase how insane I'll go with my new gaming rig.

Holy crap! And here I am only barely able to afford a gaming PC in the $1000 price range. A rig like that must have the raw processing power of a freaking bulldozer. I can only imagine how nice it looks when it runs current-gen games.