Tell me about your gaming computer?

I love computers...

Tell me about your current gaming computer and if you plan on upgrading in the near future.

Lowly system that has trouble running Minecraft or game crushing multi-video card, water cooled beast, tell me about it, include a picture if you so desire.

My current computer still runs every game that I play at acceptable levels, with the exception of Star Citizen, but it still runs it pretty dam well I just have to play at a lower resolution and quality settings. 1680x1050, medium)

I'm going to give my current rig to my kids and build myself a new gaming monster since upgrading does not make sense at this point.

Current system:
CPU: Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Case LIAN LI
RAM: 12GB
PSU: 550W
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series (6950)
128GB SSD OS drive
1.5T HDD storage drive
2x 1920x1200 LCD displays (Dell, ASUS)
Logitech G9x mouse
Logitech G15 keyboard
Windows 7 64bit
Standard DVD drive

Current In Progress build: (I'm slowly picking up parts I find on sale, and some not on sale )
CPU: Intel 4790K (ordered)
Case: Corsair Air 540
Cooling: Corsair H110
Mobo: GA-Z97X Gaming 5
RAM: 32GB DDR3 (ADATA) @ 1600 (overkill I know, but the sale price was amazing and empty RAM sockets make me sad) may add and AMD RAMdrive.
GPU: Undecided, but leaning towards R290x, recommendations welcome and encouraged.
PSU: EVGA 850W
OS Drive: Planning to use the SSD at this point, but may pick up a small M.2 drive just for the OS. (I have a problem with empty slots )
SSD: SANdisk 480 GB
HDD: None, not needed.
Optical: None, not needed.
OS: Win8.1 64 bit pro (love Win7, but 8.1pro was on sale and I want to learn it)
Mouse: Logitech G502 (not ordered yet, waiting for a sale)
Keyboard: Corsair MX RGB Keyboard (Will order, as soon as it's available)
Display: LG 34UM95-P, I love this display (Will order, as soon as it's available)

Extra's:
Oculus Rift (Consumer edition, when available)
Saitek X-55 HOTAS
Saitek Combat rudder pedals
Track IR 5

I can't wait to play SotA and SC on this beast. Tell me about your system.

 

Ooh, I like this thread. Nice rig you have there! I upgraded my rig about a year ago and went the AMD route. I liked the multi-threading capability of their Piledriver 8-cores and built the following:

AMD FX-8320 (overclocked to 4.3ghz - outperforming the 8350)
ASUS M5A97 Mobo
8GB G.Skill Ares DDR3 1866 Ram
HIS IceQ Radeon 7870 Ghz Edition - 2GB Ram
TT Tough-Power modular 675W PSU
120GB OCZ Vertex Plus SSD / WD Caviar Green 500GB HD
Scythe YASYA CPU cooler / SilenX fans
Cooler Master Cavalier case (black)
Ducky 9008 G2 Pro keyboard, PBT keys
CM Storm Spawn mouse w/hard surface pad

 

This is a very nice no-nonsense, LOTS of bang for the buck build, I love it!

Love the keyboard choice!

What settings are you playing SotA at? Have you pledged for SC? If yes how does your system run it?

 

^ Thank you kind sir, I have really been enjoying it thus far! The keyboard is amazing and it improved my typing speed. The keys feel super solid and I went with Cherry MX Browns on mine for a little feedback. The only thing I may upgrade within the next couple of years is the SSD drive, as I may go with a faster, slightly larger one. No complaints atm though!

I have SotA cranked thus far and am playing at 1920x1080. It runs well, except I get a bit of the typical multi-player lag that everyone (even with jacked up i7 systems) seems to be getting. I did not pledge SC though, so I cannot give you my stats there.

 

Tell you about my computer...?

Well - it's a black box with a shiny red panel and some flashing blue lights on the front...

Couldn't tell you what's in the box - I get hand-me-downs from my hubby when he upgrades his, so I'd have to figure out what's what - but it runs what I want it to run well enough so far!

I do have a fancy Razer Anansi keyboard, though, and a Logitech G700 mouse (would have bought a Razer one if I'd found one that felt comfortable), both of which I use barely any of the functionality on. (Oh, and two monitors, which hubby had to talk me into but now I love having a second display!)

Yes, I fail miserably at waving my nerd when it comes to PCs...

 

Well it's a box.
Actually, I must have been really good this year - as an anniversary present my wife got me a new 'puter (or gave me her blessing to go out and buy one...)

So I am no longer wrestling with the laptop - that's now used solely for work.

What I have:
CPU: Intel i7 4820K @ 3.7 Gh
Motherboard: (I think) ASRock X79 Extreme 6
16 Gd ddr3 RAM
2 Tb hybrid HDD
Graphic: NVidia GeForce GTX 760 4 Gb DDR5 RAM
Monitor: 27" AOC LED 1920x1080
Bluray player/burner
Cobra E-blue gaming keyboard and mouse
assorted USB plugs everywhere
Speakers - err, I use a headset
[Edit - OS Windows 8.1]
Sota is AWESOME!!

 

not really good at building computers... can you guys build me a budget PC that will run most modern games today (at least medium settings)... thanks... ^_^

 

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140303-2144)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HPE-500Z
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 SCSI Disk Device 1 TB
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Display Memory: 4038 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Model: Insignia 24" TV - NS-24E730A12
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (59.991Hz)
Output Type: HDMI

Bought it back in 2011, I think, and the video card was added 6 months ago. Putting off a new system as long as possible, plan to buy a better rig when Star Citizen releases. Runs SOTA pretty well right now as it is.

 

You my friend, need to post that question here My recommendation Guru3D

 

Laptop:
Case - Battalion 101 W370ST 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080
Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-4800MQ Mobile Processor (4x 2.7GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Memory - 16GB [8GB x 2] 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory] - G.SKILL
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 2GB GDDR5 Video w/ NVIDIA Optimus [W370ST]
Hard Drive - 256 GB ADATA SX900 SSD
Operating System - Windows 8 Pro 64 bit

 

CPU: Intel Core i5 3.4GHz 4670k Haswell
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Hero Z87
Case: HAF-X Blue
RAM: 8GB
PSU: 750W
GPU: GTX 560ti Twin Frozr
HD: 1 TB HDD storage drive
Display: 32 inch 1080p HDMI 1920x1080
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate

 

Almost 3 years old besides the recent 780TI edition and a few accessory upgrades.

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU: Intel i7 3930K
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR3
Storage: 512GB SSD Samsung
Storage: 2TB Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 780TI Dual Classified
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 1440P monitor x2
Disk Drive: Blu-Ray/burner
Power: Corsair 1250W
Razer Black Widow Mechanical Keyboard
Razer Naga Epic Mouse
Razer Kraken 7.1 Headset
Genesis GX Gaming 5.1 Surround System

 

There's nothing cool about being a nerd or geek, you don't have to be ashamed about being normal.

 

Now where did I claim to be 'normal'...?

 

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz 7.2

5.9​

Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645 6.7
Gaming graphics 4096 MB Total available graphics memory 6.7
Primary hard disk 1647GB Free (1849GB Total) 5.9
Windows 7 Professional

System
Manufacturer Alienware
Model Alienware X51
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
Storage
Total size of hard disk(s) 1849 GB
Disk partition (C 1647 GB Free (1849 GB Total)
Media drive (D CD/DVD
Graphics
Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645
Total available graphics memory 4096 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 3072 MB
Display adapter driver version 9.18.13.2078
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1080
DirectX version DirectX 10
Network
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
Notes

Oooh some nice computers. My gateway gamer was dying a while ago so I went cheap and a little sorry I did, but so far so good. I got a low end Alien, one of the very small machines. So far it has done ok but wish I could go back and upgrade at least to an I5. Oh well. I have a 27 inch asus monitor and a razor mouse and an alien keyboard which I love all of them. Sorry I copied and pasted the world on my system how very boring lol

 

2014 Mac Pro Hex core, 16 gig, dual D700 cards at home, I use what ever OS is on at that time.

Have an Alienware 17 coming (for my work computer) to take to the beach on weekends.

 

CPU Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing
Motherboard Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Dual FTW ACX
Case Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply Corsair 860W ATX12V / EPS12V
Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
Monitor Asus PB278Q 27.0"
Keyboard Rosewill RK-9000I

We actually stepped up to the 6gig GTX 780's and around the time Star Citizen comes out we'll be getting second one's to SLI.

 

There are some seriously powerful builds in this thread thus far. I can see SotA is drawing some people serious about PC gaming!! I like me some console gaming too, but at the end of the day I need a PC rig that can make my games look and run nice. It's like that sound system that makes your favorite band sound they way they were meant to sound Inspiring.

 

Built Last October:​

​

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel i7-4930k 6 core/12 threaded Processor
CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Memory: 64 GB Patriot Viper Ram
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series AX 1200 Watt Digital ATX/EPS
Video Cards: 2x GeForce GTX 760 video cards in SLI configuration
Storage: 2x 512GB Samsung SSD in Raid 1 Configuration
Storage: 2x 3TB Western Digital SATA III 64 MB Cache in Raid 1 Configuration
Optical Drive: Blueray Player / Burner
Case: Corsaire Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Monitors: 2x Dell S2740L 27" 1920 x 1080 LED
Monitor: Acer X193HQL 1680 x 1050 LCD
Monitor/TV: Vizio LED Backlit LCD 1920 x 1080
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro USB Audio System with SBX SB1095
Speakers: Logitech Surround Sound Speaker System Z906
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Wireless Wave Combo Mk550 With Keyboard and Laser Mouse
Operating System: Windows 8 Pro 64 bit (Made usable with Stardock Start8)​

 

You didn't have to, friend, it's enough to say that you aren't a nerd.