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Time to whip out your e-peens.

I just got some money and upgraded some stuff on my rig so I figured I'd start a thread.

My specs:

MSI 970A-G46
AMD Phenom II x4 BE Stock ghz is 3.4 OC'd to 3.9
10gb DDR3 Ram
PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 Ghz edition 2GB
64 GB SSD
3TB HDD
Win 7 64
Non-brand PSU 600 watt
Rosewill Challenger Case

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3550 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($95.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus P8H77-I Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard ($95.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.27 @ Amazon)
Storage: Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage: Corsair Force Series 3 90GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($124.63 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($389.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($154.78 @ Newegg)
Total: $1335.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-06 21:29 EDT-0400)

I've re-built this rig twice now (Fourth rig I've owned since 2009), and will do so a third time after Haswell and the Nvidia GTX 700 series launch. I'll also be getting a second 2TB HDD shortly.

-Edit-

Forgot to mention I'm running Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit (With ClassicShell) and am using an AOC 23" IPS 1080p monitor.

Toshiba Satellite L300D-ST-3501. 150GB hard drive, but 75GB are used for an empty partition that used to be my system, before it was deleted by an incompetent computer technician. I haven't managed to recover anything from it, but I keep it in the vain hope that I can recover the thousands of stuff I had on it. 13GB partition containing Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) 64-bit (not enough room to upgrade and I don't want to do a clean install), 62GB Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (didn't install it myself which is why it's not 64-bit) which is currently not working; I've tried to use the repair disk but it just sits there with an empty background and nothing happening.

2GB of RAM. 64-bit AMD Athlon X2 CPU, ATI Raedon graphics. IDK about the battery. It's a replacement for the worn-out one that came with the laptop and it lasts about an hour to an hour and a half of light usage. IDK about anything else, I got it for free with a homeschooling program so I could do my online homework and they didn't ask for it back after they collapsed due to lack of funding and corruption.

~dlgn

MSI Z77A-GD55 Motherboard
Intel Core i5 2500k (OC'd to 4.2GHz)
8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X Ram (1333MHz, Cas 7)
500GB 7200RPM Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD
OCZ 700 Watt PSU (dunno the exact model)
MSi Twin Frozr II GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB VRAM


Any other info just ask built the computer myself last summer and is still one hell of a rig.

i5 3570K w/ Noctua NH-D14 cooler @ 4GHz
Sapphire 7970 3GB OC
Asus P8Z77-V Pro mobo
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600
256GB Corsair M4 SSD (system)
4x 3TB HDD's (data/music/movies/business)
Zalman ZM850-HP ultra-quiet PSU
Antec P183v3 case with lots of mods for extra silent goodness
Dell 30" + 2x Dell 20" in P-L-P setup
Win 7 Pro 64 bit
Ducky Shine II keyboard (Cherry MX Blue switches) / G9x mouse / Logitech Z5500 speakers

Solid mid-range build using quality components. Built it around 12 months ago and it should do me another 2 years before it needs replacing.

Hmm, let's see

• Intel i7 2600k (3.4GHz)
• 32GB RAM (running @ 16GB as some went bad, and I've been lazy)
• 480GB SATA III SSD
• HT | OMEGA CLARO II 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
• Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

Plus a 2TB secondary drive, an old 128GB SSD that I'm not using, decent PSU, motherboard, battery backup, keyboard, mouse, etc.

Also, using 3x of these monitors: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 4001537CVF

Oh, and my sound system: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6121120CVF - had these since 2010 though.

Edit: Forgot about my case! http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6811352011

Got it back in 2011, wasn't available on Newegg then. Actually had it pre-ordered. Nothing overly special, but it has a good build quality, and it keeps things quiet. One of the my main goals when building a computer is to ensure that it'll be as silent as possible.

Intelli wrote:Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

I had that card before I got my GTX 570. Had the 6950 for 2 days and the circuit board blew. Nvidia fanboy for life now

Is the only one with AMD CPU.

I have nothing Intel in mine. You may think I'm an AMD fanboy, it's kinda true, but it's more like I'm a poor high school student and AMD is cheaper.

Video cards on the other hand, AMD all the way. I've never been an nVidia fan.

Intelli wrote:480GB SATA III SSD

wat.

Intelli wrote: Also, using 3x of these monitors: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 4001537CVF

I wish I had a multi-monitor set-up. I just don't have the room. My desk is too small.

Intel Quad Core i5 3117U @ 1.70 ghz up to 2.4 ghz
HD7670M with 2gb of dedicated graphics memory
4GB RAM
750GB hard drive with a 500GB external hard drive (I put all my games on this as this is a school laptop)
64 bit windows 7 biznasty edition

Interesting story, first time I booted minecraft up on this computer it had a fatal error because the nutcase that setup the laptop installed 32bit java on it! The I.T guy at our school is an idiot

Ratta237 wrote:Intel Quad Core i5 3117U @ 1.70 ghz up to 2.4 ghz
HD7670M with 2gb of dedicated graphics memory
4GB RAM
750GB hard drive with a 500GB external hard drive (I put all my games on this as this is a school laptop)
64 bit windows 7 biznasty edition

Interesting story, first time I booted minecraft up on this computer it had a fatal error because the nutcase that setup the laptop installed 32bit java on it! The I.T guy at our school is an idiot

Unlucky you I'm homeschooled, but I go to a place where I take classes with other kids (who happened to be the ones who introduced me to MC in the first place) and everyone's really clever and most of them are brilliant with technology. And also quantum physics and acting and math and biology and chemistry and Latin and other things. #homeschoolingftw
#thisisn'ttwitter
#ihavealovehaterelationshipwithhashtags

Also, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one with an average laptop lol. Although mine is a bit below average, but I got it for free, so meh. In any case, I thought that perhaps everyone on MineRealm had Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on an advanced Intelli with 32GB of RAM and triple monitors xD

~dlgn

p.s. Beware Intelli©orp.