Show Us Your Rig [2]

[A Guy]

just finished upgrading my rig today!

i kept the case, the dusty cards and drive and ripped out the old dual-core mobo/cpu/ram/fan and replaced with new Sandy Bridge i5 2500K and 8 gigs of ram goodness. maybe i'll stick an i7 in there one day...

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i think i may have put the heatsink/fan the wrong way round, but hey-ho, it still keeps it cool.

i used a mobo auto-overclocking feature to crank the cpu from 3.3 to 4.2 GHz - I'm sure it'll go higher if i spend some time mucking around with voltages, not sure if i'll need to yet...maybe on a rainy day.

couldn't be bothered to do any benchmarking, but this new rig sure seems a lot swifter than it used to be.

Good one Angelo

A Guy

 

[kellymac35]

Here are some pics of my first ever laptop I have always put all my computer funds into building desktops but this rig caught my eye.

 

[A Guy]

But it has the wrong NFL logo on it Great numbers

A Guy

 

[noobvious]

But it has the wrong NFL logo on it Great numbers

A Guy

It looks like an incredible laptop! It needs this logo on it though.

 

[nitraxx]

nice set up

 

[Muad Dib]

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i think i may have put the heatsink/fan the wrong way round, but hey-ho, it still keeps it cool.

Nice setup!

But yeah the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is flip-flopped. But if the temps are OK that is an easy correction for another day...

 

[StalkeR]

Excellent setup ! Nice laptop.

 

[96accord]

Definitely a nice laptop! What kind of hard drive does it have in it? It looks like the hard drive is holding it back. Get a SSD and that # will go up along with overall performance!

PS: Need this logo

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I was going to say the same thing, get a ssd but also get a usb enclosure and run the spinner for the data and back ups. Nice rig and very solid scores.

 

[96accord]

Good Morning Everyone (or whatever part of the day it is where you are at),

I have updated some of my stuff in my PC for the upcoming BF3!

I had a 512MB nVidia 9800GTX+ video card but that would not handle the BF3 Beta..

So I upgraded that to a MSi 2GB HD 6950 PE/OC (see pic below - not my pic)

Since I only had a 500w Antec PSU I figured I'd upgrade that while I was at it.

I went with the OCZ 700w Mod-Extreme Pro (see pic below - not my pic)

I also went from Windows 7 Home 32-bit to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

 

[linnemeyerhere]

96accord,
That's a huge jump in GPU power, enjoy and tell us how you like it when it's running.....like we really need to ask!

 

[96accord]

96accord,
That's a huge jump in GPU power, enjoy and tell us how you like it when it's running.....like we really need to ask!

Yes it's a big jump. The 9800GTX+ played BC2 perfectly fine but once I tried to play the BF3 Beta it basically said FUUUUUUUUU to me and barely played it on low

I installed the GPU/PSU/Win7 64-bit on Friday Night late and did all the windows updates. Then installed BC2 on Saturday and played a few rounds Saturday Night/yesterday. Graphics looks better but BF3 will be the real test since the graphics in that game are WAY more intense than in BC2!!

 

[biggles1000]

Good Morning Everyone (or whatever part of the day it is where you are at),

I have updated some of my stuff in my PC for the upcoming BF3!

I had a 512MB nVidia 9800GTX+ video card but that would not handle the BF3 Beta..

So I upgraded that to a MSi 2GB HD 6950 PE/OC (see pic below - not my pic)

Since I only had a 500w Antec PSU I figured I'd upgrade that while I was at it.

I went with the OCZ 700w Mod-Extreme Pro (see pic below - not my pic)

I also went from Windows 7 Home 32-bit to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

yeah that is a HUGE leap forwards in graphics power, hope you enjoy it and have fun trying to push it to the max

 

[96accord]

yeah that is a HUGE leap forwards in graphics power, hope you enjoy it and have fun trying to push it to the max

Yeah. I wanted to play BF3 at least on medium/high setting. I got the GPU for like $250 after rebate and the PSU for $60/$70 after rebate

The MSi card is quiet and cool!

 

[Alsisgevat]

Yeah. I wanted to play BF3 at least on medium/high setting. I got the GPU for like $250 after rebate and the PSU for $60/$70 after rebate

The MSi card is quiet and cool!

That MSI looks sweet !!

 

[Darkelk]

Here's my current build. Still working on it, plan to sli another 560 and add some cold cathodes and fans.

 

[JaidynM]

A very nice new GPU + PSU, 96accord. MSI in my opinion is great so you should have minimal troubles with it. I hope anyway.

Here's my current build. Still working on it, plan to sli another 560 and add some cold cathodes and fans.

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Very nice build, Darkelk. Any reason for the upgrade to SLI? A 560Ti should be enough for most games, I would think.

 

[Darkelk]

A very nice new GPU + PSU, 96accord. MSI in my opinion is great so you should have minimal troubles with it. I hope anyway.

Here's my current build. Still working on it, plan to sli another 560 and add some cold cathodes and fans.

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Very nice build, Darkelk. Any reason for the upgrade to SLI? A 560Ti should be enough for most games, I would think.

Mainly because I can, I like to fiddle around and add new parts to my system. I would assume there would be benefits if I wished to sli 2 560's so I can game on max settings.

 

[ZaLiTH]

... Any reason for the upgrade to SLI?

Mainly because I can...

Perfect answer...

 

[Darkelk]

Typical enthusiast