What are your computer specs? Thread.

Phoenix
Recently made some upgrades to my build:

New parts:
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake, Socket-LGA1151, QuadCore, @ 4.5GHz, 8MB, 95W, 14nm
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G2, 1000W, ATX 12V V2.4, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 6x 6+2pin PCIe, 10x SATA, 5x Molex, 1x FD
RAM: HyperX Fury 2400MHz 16GB (4x4GB), DDR4 Non-ECC CL15 DIMM, HyperX FURY Black Series
MB: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5, mATX,DDR4,3xPCIe-x16,SLI/CFX, USB3.1 Type-C,Killer E2200, X-Fi

Old parts still in use:
GPU's: 2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB PhysX CUDA, PCI-Express 3.0, Windforce 3X, GDDR5
Case: Cooler Master HAF X Big Tower Sort
SSD: OCZ SSD Agility 3 Series 2.5" 240GB, SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA3.0), 525MB/500MB/s read/write
HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 1TB, SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5"
Watercooling for CPU: Corsair H100i Hydro Series CPU Cooler, 240mm Radiator

Monitors:
Main: BenQ 24" 144Hz 3D LED XL2411Z, 1920x1080, 1ms, 12M:1, VGA/DVI/HDMI
Secondary: BenQ 24" 120Hz 3D LED XL2420T, 1920x1080, 2ms, 12m:1, VGA/DVI/HDMI/DP

Mouse, keyboard and headset etc I can't be bothered to list. It does the job. :P
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Done a few upgrades to my "old" build.

GPU: Changed from single/SLI 780's to a brand new Gigabyte 1080 OC back in december.
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO internal M.2 SSD 3,2/1,8 GB/s read/write speed.


Next upgrade will (most likely) be a custom watercooling system, cooling the CPU and GPU.

Should be fun, and scary, to build. :dopey:
 
More info about that clunkbucket of a PC.

It is most likely a Compaq Deskpro EN P800.

And this is going back to when compaq was compaq, not a brand of HP.

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I now really want to get it working again.
For historic reasons.
 
Henry Who
Hmm PC spec's....
Latest machine Ryzen 7 2700x 3.7Ghz 8/2 8Gig DDR4 (x265 encoding box)
also have ..
1 x FX-8350(AM3) 4Ghz 4/2 32Gig RAM (linux VM server)
2 x FX-8350(AM3) 4Ghz 4/2 8 Gig RAM (x264 encoding boxes)
1 x FX-8320(AM3) 3.5Ghz 4/2 16Gig RAM (regular desktop PC) attached to 4 x 27" FHD monitors

and several lesser machines approx 10, running stuff like
A4-6300(FM2) 3.7Ghz --- A6-4400(LT) 2.7Ghz --- A4-5300(FM2) 3.4Ghz etc

Got an amount of storage on my home network, but need a lot more

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I'll be expanding the 22TB server to 30 very soon.

I also have 7 laptops, The biggest is an i7 with 12gigs of RAM (lenovo Ideapad 300) as well as 4 Raspberry PI's
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Nice! What's your backup solution like?
 
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New Build

Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 -1700 3.0GHZ 8 core

CPU Cooler
Hyper 212evo

Motherboard
ASRock 450 Pro

GPU
XFX RX580 8GB

Storage
1TB Sandisk 3D Ultra SSD

Memory
16GBs Corsair Vengeance 2400mhz

PSU
Corsair RM850i Gold Certified

OS
Windows 10 Professional

Fun story about the PSU. I ordered a refurbished 650m from Corsair, worth about $75 new, they sent me a refurbished RM850i, worth about $160 new instead.

I skimped a bit on the GPU. Just didnt think a 1070 or 1080 or Vega GPU was worth double the price of a 580. I'll upgrade GPUs in a couple of years instead. I went with the torque-y Ryzen 7 8 core as Im just as interested in multimedia and multi-tasking as I am pure gaming. Used Thermal Grizzly Aeronaut heatsink grease, she's idling at 30~c when average is 35-45c for the 7 1700

And when I saw how low the price of SSDs have gotten, I knew I had to get the 1TB. Going to add a 2TB 3.5" at some point soon to store non essential files on so as not to bog down the SSD or prematurely shorten its life
 
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Phoenix
Done a few upgrades to my "old" build.

GPU: Changed from single/SLI 780's to a brand new Gigabyte 1080 OC back in december.
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO internal M.2 SSD 3,2/1,8 GB/s read/write speed.


Next upgrade will (most likely) be a custom watercooling system, cooling the CPU and GPU.

Should be fun, and scary, to build. :dopey:
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Update:

Not got around to build the custom waterloop yet.

But upgraded CPU and Motherboard.

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K, Socket-LGA1151, 8-Core, 16-Thread, 3.60/5.0GHz
MB: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON, 1151 socket
 
Earth
New Build

Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 -1700 3.0GHZ 8 core

CPU Cooler
Hyper 212evo

Motherboard
ASRock 450 Pro

GPU
XFX RX580 8GB

Storage
1TB Sandisk 3D Ultra SSD

Memory
16GBs Corsair Vengeance 2400mhz

PSU
Corsair RM850i Gold Certified

OS
Windows 10 Professional

Fun story about the PSU. I ordered a refurbished 650m from Corsair, worth about $75 new, they sent me a refurbished RM850i, worth about $160 new instead.

I skimped a bit on the GPU. Just didnt think a 1070 or 1080 or Vega GPU was worth double the price of a 580. I'll upgrade GPUs in a couple of years instead. I went with the torque-y Ryzen 7 8 core as Im just as interested in multimedia and multi-tasking as I am pure gaming. Used Thermal Grizzly Aeronaut heatsink grease, she's idling at 30~c when average is 35-45c for the 7 1700

And when I saw how low the price of SSDs have gotten, I knew I had to get the 1TB. Going to add a 2TB 3.5" at some point soon to store non essential files on so as not to bog down the SSD or prematurely shorten its life
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I have a EVGA 780 right now and have been looking at getting a 580. I really just need to pull the trigger.
 
neema_t
As I've been saying in the premium gaming thread, I've got two 512GB SSDs and one 256, I'm slowly working my way up to four 512s and an M.2 drive, but I'll probably hold off on my third 512 until I get a copy of Windows 10. And that'll come after a GTX 1060, if I ever get paid back some money I lent...
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I think this was my last post here, things have changed somewhat:

i7 8700k
Noctua NH-D14S
Asus Z370-F
2x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz
512GB Samsung 960 Evo
2x512GB Samsung 850 Evo
Zotac Amp! Extreme GTX 1080
Fractal Design Meshift C w/dark tinted glass
Corsair RM650x (I think)
Gigabyte/Intel Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card
HTC Vive wireless adaptor

I've found 1.5TB is plenty for me, although I could make use of another .5 I guess, it'd just mean I don't have to delete games so often.

Oh, and I got a copy of Windows 10.
 
Brett
I have a EVGA 780 right now and have been looking at getting a 580. I really just need to pull the trigger.
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I think the 580 is a good choice for now because it can play most current games on their highest settings at 1080p & 60fps.

My rx580 was $190. You can get a 1070 for about $330 and get about 15fps more, or a Vega 56 in the higher 300s and get 20fps more

Im just going to wait and in 2 years, sell the 580 for about 70 bucks and put that toward a 1080 which should hopefully be much closer to $200 at that point
 
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Earth
I think the 580 is a good choice for now because it can play most current games on their highest settings at 1080p & 60fps.

My rx580 was $190. You can get a 1070 for about $330 and get about 15fps more, or a Vega 56 in the higher 300s and get 20fps more

Im just going to wait and in 2 years, sell the 580 for about 70 bucks and put that toward a 1080 which should hopefully be much closer to $200 at that point
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Well I did it. I picked up a Vega 56, but at $300. Now to just wait for it to get here.
 
Brett
Well I did it. I picked up a Vega 56, but at $300. Now to just wait for it to get here.
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Wow you got a great deal, one that I just missed. I have a bit of buyer's remorse already! You should be set for a good while now
 
Brett
Well I did it. I picked up a Vega 56, but at $300. Now to just wait for it to get here.
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Once this arrives, I will have to hook up the solid state drive I pulled from my old computer. I will also have to look into where I could put my other drive, as I took the drive bay holder out when building the computer.
 
MSI X470Gaming Plus
Ryzen5 2600X
CM Hyper212+ modded
32 GB Ballistix Sport DDR3000
1TB Crucial MX500
MSI GTX1080 Ti Duke edition
Antec300 modded
PCPower & Cooling X-Fire 750 watts
 
So I'll be building my very first computer. I've got all the parts bar the case which comes in this Friday, so hopefully I'll have it up and fully functioning before the weekend's over. Here's the setup.

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G (w/ stock cooler)
Motherboard: MSi B450 Gaming Plus AM4 ATX
GPU: Zotac GTX 1050ti OC 4GB
RAM: G.Skill Aegis 8GB DDR4-3000
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 3TB HDD
PSU: Corsair TX650M 650W 80+ Gold
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower (w/ window)
Monitor: Asus VZ239H 23" 60Hz
 
Ryzen 5 2600
Deepcool Gammaxx 400 HSF (loved how silent it sounds compared to the bundled wraith stealth)
AsRock B450 Pro4
Zotac GTX1060 6GB Amp! (from my old rig)
V-Gen Tsunami 2x8gb (16gb) 3200mhz RAM
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5 HDD
Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB
LG DVDRW 24x Drive (from my old rig)
Bitfenix Whisper M 550W PSU
Dazumba D-Vito 808 Case (from my old rig)
Viewsonic VA2419SH LED Monitor
 
My potato PC (for school and gaming):
Intel i5-6300 HQ 3.2GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX950m 4GB
8GB DDR4 Memory
128GB SSD
1TB HDD
1920x1080 15" screen
 
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CPU: Intel Core i5 9600k
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F Gaming
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB-2666MHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO m.2/NVMe
PSU: Corsair RM650x
Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Blackout TG + USB3.1
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Keyboard: Logitech G613
Mouse: Mionix Castor
Mousepad: Glorious PC Master Race Pad - Size L
Speakers: Edifier C3 2.1
Headphones: Sennheiser x Massdrop HD58x
Monitor: Dell U2414H 24"/1080p60​
 
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
Motherboard: ASUS Z97 Pro Gamer
RAM: 16GB
GPU: ASUS GTX 970
Storage: 850 EVO m.2
PSU: 1000W

Samsung 24" SyncMaster S24B350 monitor
 
Base Computer: Dell Precision T3500 Workstation
CPU: Intel Xeon W3690 6 Core @ 3.46GHz
Motherboard: Standard T3500 Motherboard
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 Superclocked
RAM: 24GB DDR3
Power Supply: EVGA 700B
Cooling: Two Arctic F9 fans (And CPU cooling fan
Storage: Western Digital 500GB HDD and Seagate 2TB HDD
 
Cowboy
Base Computer: Dell Precision T3500 Workstation
CPU: Intel Xeon W3690 6 Core @ 3.46GHz
Motherboard: Standard T3500 Motherboard
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 Superclocked
RAM: 24GB DDR3
Power Supply: EVGA 700B
Cooling: Two Arctic F9 fans (And CPU cooling fan
Storage: Western Digital 500GB HDD and Seagate 2TB HDD
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Major update:

Case: Corsair Carbide 270R
CPU: Intel i5 8600K 6 core @ 3.6ghz base
Motherboard: MSI Z370 A Pro
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 Superclocked
RAM: 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz DDR4
PSU: EVGA 700B
Cooling: 4 x 120mm fans and 1 x 120mm CPU fan
Storage: 2tb Seagate Barracuda HDD
 
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(Note: I did clean up and organize my desktop after taking this. Had way too many shortcuts that I never really use.)

Recently went on a bit of a spending spree after saving up for a while. Keyboard and mouse in the photo are outdated since I got a G915 and G502, but I'm 2000 miles from home atm so I can't really take a more up to date one.


Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540(Kind of an older case design, but I threw a couple dust filters on the vents that needed them, as well as the gaping hole under the hard drive tray and I like it)
MOBO: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi
CPU: i9-9900K
Cooler: Corsair H80i(the 120mm radiator is more than enough with two fans in a push/pull config exhausting out the top)
GPU: Gigabyte RTX2080Ti Waterforce(Radiator pulling through the front mesh where you see the two red fans)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro
Storage: 1TB Samsung 860Evo, 500GB WD SSD, 2TB WD HDD
Monitor: Dell S2716DGR 1440p@144hz
Speakers: Harmon/Kardon Soundsticks II(had these for years though)
Headset: Sennheiser GSP600




Figured I saved enough that I might as well just go all in and not have to upgrade anything for at least a few years. Plus I made sure everything was RBG specifically because I wanted to switch between different solid colors or turn them off when I wanted.
 
Nothing especially fancy in today's terms but finally got it done. I've been meaning to build a new rig for something like eight years now and never got around to it. The keyboard/mouse and display I had already.

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C (Solid side panel edition)
CPU: Intel i7 9700K 8-core @ 3.6GHz base, 4.9GHz boost
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASRock Z390 Pro4
GPU: EVGA RTX 2060 KO Ultra Gaming 6GB
RAM: 2 x 8GB Kingston HyperX FURY 3200MHz DDR4
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB + Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-650
Cooling: 2 x 140 mm fans in the front, 1x 120 mm in the back, 1x 120 mm on the top coming when I find a power cable for it (only three connectors on the MB)

Display: LG 34" 34UM88C-P
Controls: Logitech K800 keyboard and Performance Mouse MX
 
Case: Powerspec/Lian Li ATX 205
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3900X
CPU cooler: Cooler Master ML240L RGB
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING X570 PLUS WIFI
GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon RX5700 XT
RAM: 4 x 8GB 3200MHz DDR4
Storage: 1TB NVMe M.2
PSU: 750+Bronze
Cooling: 2 x 140mm fans in the front, and 2 x 120mm fans on top from the ML240 unit.
Display: MSi 27" Optix MAG27CQ

Coming from an HP Envy 15 to this thing is insane. I was originally looking at just a Ryzen 7 3700 for my build but then after talking to a friend he pointed me to micro center and their prebuilt units from Powerspec. After doing the math and totalling everything up, I paid $90 more for this unit than I would've if I built it all my own. Of course the 3900 X was a big step up in what I was looking for originally, I'm glad I did and hope I can make use of its 12 cores. I'm unsure exactly about what RAM it has as I can't quite read it through the glass nor do I know the PSU, but overall I'm still satisfied with it's performance and multitasking.
 
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU cooler: AMD Wraith Spire (soon to be Wraith Prism)
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 8GB
RAM: 2 X 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200MHz CL16 DDR4
Storage: 2 X Crucial MX500 500GB + 1 X WD Blue 1TB
PSU: Seasonic Focus Gold 650W
Cooling: 2 X 140mm intake + 1 X 120mm exhaust
Monitor: AOC C24G1 + BenQ RL2455HM

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New PC! Major upgrade from my first computer from 6 years ago!

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600

Cooler
Noctua NH-U12S

Motherboard
Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus (WIFi)

RAM
G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x16 GB 3200

Storage
Western Digital SN750 500GB M.2 NVMe
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 7200 RPM

GPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB SSC

PSU
EVGA Supernova G1+ 650W 80+ Gold

Case
Fractal Design Meshify C Mini


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PC Part Picker List
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ProjectWHaT/saved/#view=KYrkXL

More Photos
https://www.behance.net/gallery/99848677/Ryzen-PC-Build?
 
I tried to resist the temptation, but I finally caved and built a new rig.

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 w/stock cooler (Old: FX-8300)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH Wi-Fi (Old: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x16GB DDR4 3200 (Old: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 4x8GB DDR3 1866)
Case: NZXT H510 (Old: Corsair Carbide 330R)


Parts that I reused from my old PC:

GPU: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB (I'll upgrade this eventually, as it'll be the bottleneck for gaming... the low VRAM in particular is a sore spot.)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
PSU: Corsair RM850X

Might post pics after I get off work later tonight.
 
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This system is 9 months old now, bought during "black November" (for it is not Black Friday any more, it seems).

  • Ryzen 7 3700X 8 core, 3.6GHz (bursts to 4.4GHz)
  • 32GB Corsair Vengeance 3600 MHz RAM
  • Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro motherboard
  • Corsair MP510 2TB NVMe x4 SSD
  • Western Digital Red 4TB HDD
  • MSI Ventus RTX 2080Ti
  • Seasonic Snow 750W PSU
  • Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic XL case
  • EK Waterblocks Velocity D-RGB CPU block
  • EK Waterblocks Velocity RTX GPU block
  • 2x EK Coolstream PE 360 radiators
  • EK Lian Li 011 distribution plate
  • Samsung C49RG90 monitor
  • Corsair K68 RGB Cherry Red mechanical Keyboard
  • Logitech G703 Lightspeed mouse with PowerPlay wireless charging pad
  • TrackIR TrackClip Pro

You're also seeing an ageing Saitek X52 hotas, and a very ageing Logitech DF GT. A lot of the wiring has been tidied up since these pics were taken.
 

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