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Bikky

Bikky
Currently

AMD Athlon x2 4200+
4GB DDR2
GTX460 1GB MSI Nvidia (was 7800GT 256Mb Nvidia only 2 days ago)
and 4 x 7200 SATAII WD Caviar's in Raid 0.

However the mrs is co-owner of a pair of computer shops, so she's speccing me something on the lines of

i5 2500k 3.3 (seen these easily overclocked to 4.3 with the right cooler)
Asus Gen3 mobo
16GB corair vengence
2 x 7200 SATAIII's for OS
1 x ssd for games

and somepoint later in the year looking to a Nvidia 690 or maybe a new 700 series, for when ED comes out.
 

wayne nicoll

wayne nicoll
nOmArch said:
Specs are in sig, although I may transfer the 480 to my T7400 workstation which is running dual quad Xeon's @ 3.2Ghz.

Really don't understand this fixation with silly amounts of RAM though, anything more than 8Gb and you're risking a sprained tongue ;) unless you're doing some serious CAD or CGI work that is.

E2A: Learn something new everyday; apparently Planetside 2 will utilise more than 8Gb.
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some people especially those with solid state drives, like to disable pagefiling to decrease the amount of times the os they are running accesses the ssd, to save on wear and tear, which means they need to have lots more memory! which is why you get people that put stupid amounts of ram in! ;)
 

Bikky

Bikky
Faerie said:
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.4 gHz
Nvidia GTX 460
8Gb DDR3
250Gb SSD
Win7 Ult x64
Smug look on face ;)
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A mate of mine has just OC'd his 2500k to 4.3GHz


Just asked the missus to get into her shop with next order.

Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3 Mobo
I5 2500k (@3.3GHz)
16Gb Crucial Balistix DDR3
Sandisk SSD (going to raid0 2 of my existing WD Caviars for os, and SSD for games)

750W CIT modular PSU (at home in box)
MSI Nvidia GTX460 (oc'd at +200MHz cpu and +150Mhz RAM clock)
win7 pro x64
 

Cristari

Cristari
savage1971 said:
386 sx 25, heres hoping for a mac version so I don't have to buy a big new shiney PC
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Buy one anyway you'll be able to pick up a similar spec PC to a MAC at a fraction of the cost. There is very little between them other than the OS these days anyway, the same programs are available on PC as on MAC and more are available on PC anyway and if you desperately need to have something shiny or sleek looking you can always customise it (that's when a PC becomes pricey).

I'd like to say I have nothing against MAC's but I'd be lying they are pricey pieces of over hyped machines. ;)
 

Bikky

Bikky
Cristari said:
Buy one anyway you'll be able to pick up a similar spec PC to a MAC at a fraction of the cost. There is very little between them other than the OS these days anyway, the same programs are available on PC as on MAC and more are available on PC anyway and if you desperately need to have something shiny or sleek looking you can always customise it (that's when a PC becomes pricey).

I'd like to say I have nothing against MAC's but I'd be lying they are pricey pieces of over hyped machines. ;)
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well actually, pc's perform better too.

Mate brought his mac to my house and complained at only getting 2mbps on speed test. I ran it on my crappy works laptop and got 17mbps. Similar tests achieved after 3 consecutive runs each. :D
 

TheDarkKnight

TheDarkKnight
Thinking of upgrading as my system is a couple years old but it is:

Intel i7 3.2 x 2 Overclocked
2 x GTX 580 in SLi
16GB Ram
Windows 7 (64 Bit)
28" Monitor

Will wait until middle of the year to upgrade I think.
 

sywhofloats

sywhofloats
TheDarkKnight said:
Thinking of upgrading as my system is a couple years old but it is:

Intel i7 3.2 x 2 Overclocked
2 x GTX 580 in SLi
16GB Ram
Windows 7 (64 Bit)
28" Monitor

Will wait until middle of the year to upgrade I think.
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Whoa! I hope that a spec like that will be more than enough for the game, especially with all those graphics cards! I'm can't even begin to financially think about upgrading until ~Skylake. My creaky old machine looks like this:

Core2 Quad Core 2.83GHz @3.4ishGHz
8GB (was gonna get 16GB but that DDR2 would have really broken the bank for no large benefit)
GTX 560 Ti
80GB SSD for OSs and certain programs + 2TB Normal Disk
Windows 7 Ultimate + Arch Linux
 

aXeL

A
I want to see a game with variable settings such that someone with Macbook air could play it smoothly but at the other end of the scale I want to turn up the settings such that my gaming rig will suffer and die giving me an excuse to buy something better, currently:

i7 2600k, 3.6GHz @ 4.8 OC (IBT 2.54 stable, none of that sissy Prime95 stuff)
24Gb DDR3 (AP and Skyrim transitions are instant in a 10Gb RAM drive)
64Gb SSD system drive
2x128Gb SSD RAID0 game drive to feed the RAM drive
2xGTX 480s 700MHz @ 850 OC (Furmark multi-GPU stable @49C)
2x water pumps, 2x radiators and 17x cooling fans
Acer 27" 120Hz 3D Monitor +NV 3D Vision 2.0
Silverstone 1300W single 105A rail PSU
W7 64bit Ultimate

I want to look at Elite and go "wow" and then upgrade my system two years later and look at Elite and go "WOW!"
 
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{SAS}TB

S
Current Specs (although there is no way I won't have upgraded at least once before ED is released :D)

Motherboard: Asus Sabretooth x79
CPU: Intel 3930k @ 5.00GHz
CPU Cooling: EK Supreme HF CPU Block
360 Rad with Push / Pull Fan Configuration
Phobya 250 Balancer Tube Res
Laing DCC Pump
RAM: 32Gig (8x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Black @ 1866MHz
GPU: 3 x 3GB MSI Lightening 7970 in Tri-Fire (x16 / x16 / x8 @ PCIe 3.0)
Power Supply: Enermax Revo 1500
Storage 1: Crucial M4 128GB SSD x 2 in RAID 0
Storage 2: Corsair F24 240GB SSD
Storage 3: Corsair F24 240GB SSD
Storage 4: Corsair F80 80GB SSD
Storage 5: Hitachi 1TB External USB Storage
Display: 3x Dell Ultrasharp 2407 24" Monitors in Surround @ 6,000 x 1,200
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Razer Lachesis
Headset: Roccat Kave
OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
 
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Brian

Brian
My Gaming System Specs:

Inside the Case:

CPU: Intel i7 2700k @ 4.6Ghz Water cooled.
GPU: EVGA GTX580.
RAM: 16Gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1333Mhz with Airflow Pro.
MB: Asus Maximus IV Extreme.
HDD: Corsair Force 3 120Gb SSD (System Drive) 2x 74Gb WD Raptor's (as separate games drives) + 2x 500Gb Storage drives + a 1TB Drive.
Optical: LG BR Reader DVD+- RW.
PSU: High Power 1000W Modular.
Case: Cooler Master Haf-X.
OS: Win7 64Bit SP1.

Outside the Case:

Display: 2x 22” Monitors.
KB: Logitech G15.
Mouse: Logitech G3
Mouse pad: Corepad Deskpad XXXXXL
Joystick: Saitek X52 Pro.
Headset: Ozone Oxid
Web-cam: Logitech C510 HD.
Head Tracking: TrackIR 4 Pro with Track Clip Pro.

Its due to get upgraded with a 1.5Kw PSU, GTX680, and 3770K CPU.

I mainly play Arma 2 online while waiting for Elite Dangerous...
 

Silentnight

S
My Setup

Asus PX79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011)
CPU Intel 4930K 3.40GHz Oc'd 4.10GHz (Ivybridge E) LGA 2011
Corsair Hydro H100 Liquid Cpu Cooler
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz Quad Channel
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Oc'd out the box Gamers Edition 2 x 3072 MB GDDR5 Sli 3d play
Monitor - Samsung 55 inch D7000 3D Smart Tv
Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular PSU
Drive - 128Gb Crucial SSD
Drive - 1Tb
Drive - 2Tb
Keyboard - Logitech G15
Mouse - Logitech G9
Wheel - Logitech G27
Game Pad - Xbox
Saitek X52 PRO Flight Control System
TRACKIR 5 PRO
Os - Windows 7 Pro 64 bit


Play Arma 3
Pledged Star Citizen.

3DMark Fire Strike Test http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1125906
 
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