Post your PC Gaming system

[Small_Fryz]

Current
Video Card = Geforce Radeon 9600XT Xtreme 128mb (250/700)
CPU = Celeron 1.2ghz socket 370
Motherboard = No idea
RAM = 512MB SD PC133
HD = 40Gb
Case = typical steel dodgy case
PSU = 230W
Monitor = 19" LCD
Keyboard / Mouse = Logitech Wirless keyboard / Wireless optical Logitech LX500

I have ordered all of the following but the monitor and keyboard/mouse which i already have. Should get it within 1 week 👍. Also have a spare IDE 80gb HD.

Video Card = XFX GeForce 7800GTX OC 256meg DDR3 Dual DVI VIVO PCI Express(overclocked) (490/1300)
CPU = AMD Athlon™ 64 4400+ Processor Retail (939) Dual Core
Motherboard = Abit AN8-SLI FATAL1TY AMD Socket 939 Motherboard
RAM = 2GB OCZ PC3200 400MHz DDR Dual Channel Series (2X1024MB)+ Copper Heatspreader
HD = Seagate Serial ATA NCQ 200GB 7200RPM 8mb Cache
Case = Thermaltake Soprano Silver with 430W PSU
Wireless = D-Link DWL-G510 PCI wireless network card 802.11G (54Mbps)
Monitor = 19" LCD
Keyboard / Mouse = Logitech Wirless keyboard / Wireless optical Logitech LX500

What are your system specs?

 

[Lino]

Mobo: Asus KV8-X
CPU: AMD64 2800+ (1.8ghz)
RAM: 1gb DDR 400
HD1: 160gb WD
HD2: 200gb WD
Case: Crappy, 5 years old
Video: ATI Radeon 9600xt 256mb
PSU: 450W
Screen: 19" KDS X-Flat CRT
Keyboard/Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Keyboard / Logitech Mx510 (Blue)

 

[DQuaN]

AMD Athlon64 3200+
512mb DDR
128mb ATI Radeon Pro 9800
HD1 10gb
HD2 80gb
19" CRT
Crap keyboard and mouse. Gonna get new ones.

 

[Pebb]

Lino you need to upgrade your case, a great and good case. Can help the system's airflow out from the bad cases mate.

 

[donbenni]

Video Card = Saphire ATi Radeon 9800 Pro overclocked to 440 Mhz on Artic cooler
CPU = AMD Athlon 2600+ XP overclocked to 3000+ on stock cooler
Motherboard = MSI something or the other. It's got a lot of features.
RAM = 1024 MB (2 x 512) DDR 3200
HD = 160 GB
Case = OE
PSU = 350W stock
Monitor = 19" LCD - Samsung 913N (it's beautiful)
Sound= Your everyday kind of amp box with two 40" monitors seating either side of my LCD. Sounds the nuts on shooters.
Keyboard / Mouse = Stock and wireless optical

This Christmas should see the inclusion of:

Video Card = 6800 GT, or 6800 LE with nice cooler £100 - £200
CPU = Gigabyte/Zalman cooler to keep the Athlon stable. Hopefully get it up to around 3200+. £50
RAM = Another 512 Mb £50
Case = 120 mm case fan for the front grille and another case fan for the internals. So 2 case fans. £10

Total = £210 - £310

Being able to play all the latest games = Priceless

 

[Pebb]

Nice pick on the 6800 GT, you should get a case invested more in it donbenni.

 

[Shannon]

CPU: Athlon 64 3500+
Video Card: GeCube Radeon x850xt PCI-E
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo-4 Platinum
RAM: 1GB Kingston DDR400 (2x 512mb)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE (200GB SATA)
Case: AOpen H600B
PSU: Thermaltake 450W
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 913B (19" LCD - effing awesome!)
Speakers: Altec Lansing MX5021 (90W 2.1 system)
Keyboard / Mouse: Microsoft Basic Wireless Desktop

The CPU is the bottleneck of the system. I want to hold out until the new M2 socket is unveiled before upgrading it though, and by then I should've made up my mind about either Crossfire or SLI. But some immediate (read: near future) upgrades are the case, keyboard / mouse and soundcard (death to onboard sound! ugh!). I also want to get another, smaller and faster SATA II HDD to run Windows on and use the 200GB drive solely for storage.

Oh, the things I could do if I had money.

 

[Mr Deap]

CPU: P4 3.0E revision D
Video Card: ATI All In Wonder 9800pro
Mobo: P4S800MX
RAM: No Brand 768DDR400 (256+512)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE (200GB+40GB ATA)
Case: Medium Deluxe case
PSU: 350W
Monitor: TTX 1777 17"
Speakers: K-18 Mixer amplifier-> 2 Koss speaker
Keyboard / Mouse: Microsoft keyboard & a logitech mouse

I didn't even put 1000$ on the whole system

 

[Pako]

Intel D915PBLL Board
-Onboard 24-bit 192k audio AC3 and Optical as well as analog out.
-SATA RAID 10 supported (4 drives total )
-DDR2 Dual Channel Supported
-Firewire and USB standard.
-PCI-Express
-1 IDE Channel

MSI (ATI Chipset) 850XT
-PCI Express format
-256mb

P4 660 Chipset
-3.6ghz
-64 bit supported
-800mhz FSB
-L2 2mb cache

Monitor
Sony 60" HDTV-LCD running at 1776x1000

Audio
Klipsch Reference Series:
-RF-35 Fronts x2
-RC-35 Center x1
-RS-3 II for side surrounds and back surrounds x4
-Rockford 12" DIY Subs x2
Denon 3805 7.1 Receiver accepting Optical and Component Cables from Computer.

Other components
-DVD Dual Layer Burner
-1GB DDR2 533 Ram CL3.0
-2x 74gb WD SATA 10K Raptor Drives (system)
-2x 120 WD SATA 7200 drives (storage)
-Antec Case with TruePower 450w PS

 

[Pako]

Video Card = Saphire ATi Radeon 9800 Pro overclocked to 440 Mhz on Artic cooler
CPU = AMD Athlon 2600+ XP overclocked to 3000+ on stock cooler
Motherboard = MSI something or the other. It's got a lot of features.
RAM = 1024 MB (2 x 512) DDR 3200
HD = 160 GB
Case = OE
PSU = 350W stock
Monitor = 19" LCD - Samsung 913N (it's beautiful)
Sound= Your everyday kind of amp box with two 40" monitors seating either side of my LCD. Sounds the nuts on shooters.
Keyboard / Mouse = Stock and wireless optical

This Christmas should see the inclusion of:

Video Card = 6800 GT, or 6800 LE with nice cooler £100 - £200
CPU = Gigabyte/Zalman cooler to keep the Athlon stable. Hopefully get it up to around 3200+. £50
RAM = Another 512 Mb £50
Case = 120 mm case fan for the front grille and another case fan for the internals. So 2 case fans. £10

Total = £210 - £310

Being able to play all the latest games = Priceless

40" monitors are not your everyday kind of speakers.

 

[donbenni]

Heh, they're definitely a little more powerful than the 2.5 W jobbies i got with the PC!

 

[DQuaN]

Video Card = Saphire ATi Radeon 9800 Pro overclocked to 440 Mhz on Artic cooler
CPU = AMD Athlon 2600+ XP overclocked to 3000+ on stock cooler

I have the same Graphics card and and Athlon64 3200+, both on stock cooling. Any tips on how to overclock them?

 

[G.T]

Well, I wouldn't necessarily call this a proper gaming machine anymore, but here are the specs of my Dell Inspiron 8600:

CPU: Pentium M 1.4Ghz
Video Card: ATI 9600 Pro 128mb
Mobo: No idea
RAM: 512mb
HD: 40GB @ 5400rpm
Moniter: 15'7 1920x1200
Keyboard & Mouse: Keyboard (in laptop of course!), and a cheap £10 Optical Mouse.

 

[Pako]

Here's a little thread DQuaN that might interest you:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52036&highlight=9800

 

[DQuaN]

Thanks Pako. So it seems it's not a good idea to overclock the GPU without aftermarket cooling. What about the CPU?

 

[Pako]

Thanks Pako. So it seems it's not a good idea to overclock the GPU without aftermarket cooling. What about the CPU?

I would say the same to be true for any noticeable OC performance increases. HEAT is your enemy. Stock coolers are designed to only do so much.

 

[code_kev]

CPU - 3000 athlon 64 (venice) with the biggest cooler I've ever seen on it.
Motherboard - ASROCK DUAL SATA (has both agp and pci express )
Videocard - Radeon 9800 pro
Ram - 1024 corsair ddr400
Soundcard - Sonic Xplosion
PSU - X-Pro 460w
Case - Themaltake Xaser 3 in horrible blue
Monitor - Samsung Syncmaster 753dfx (17" crt flatglass)
HDD 1 - 80 gb hitachi 7200 rpm 2 mb cache
HDD 2 - 180 gb hitachi 7200 rpm 8mb cache
All this with a logitech wireless mouse and kb, and dvd rw etc etc

It's a pretty nippy system, though could do with more ram, and a better videocard.

Some of you guys here have frankly awesome systems.

Monitor
Sony 60" HDTV-LCD running at 1776x1000

*blink* Must be awesome playing games on that thing, I remember when I ran Half Life 2 off a projector...

 

[donbenni]

Here's a little thread DQuaN that might interest you:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52036&highlight=9800

Now i remember who gave me the link to that cooler Twas you! I haven't done too bad getting 436 Mhz (to be exact) out of my 9800 Pro then

Dunc: In all honesty, overclocking isn't a good idea at anytime as it will kill you components over time. But i just think "what the hell" and get on with it. I always keep an eye on the temps to make sure they don't get too high and haven't had any problems yet.

 

[911_Carrera]

CPU: Athlon 64 3400+
Video Card: nVidia 6800LE
Mobo: Asus K8V SE Deluxe
RAM: 2 x 512MB Corsair (I think it's Corsair)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 80GB
Case: A transparent perspex case made by Jeantech
PSU: Jeantech 450W (with a nice blue fan)
Monitor: AG neovo F417 17" TFT
Speakers: Altec Lansing XA2021
Keyboard / Mouse: Dell Keyboard and Toshiba Optical Mouse (silver with flashy red light)

 

[Lino]

Lino you need to upgrade your case, a great and good case. Can help the system's airflow out from the bad cases mate.

i actually havent had any overheating problems, but i know i know my next upgrade is a new case when i get some money.

 

[[empty space]]

xp1500+, 1gb ram, readon 9700 pro 128, and ... erm ... the damn thing crashes on boot up even after a fresh windows install. time to save up for a new one ... plus an xbox360 :s

 

[DJ-CiviC]

nothing... lollllllll

 

[CDailey]

CPU: Intel P4 3.2 ghz
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 6600GT 128mb PCI-E
Mobo: Intel *something*
RAM: 1GB Kingston DDR400 (2x 512mb)
HDD: Western Digital (200GB SATA). 120GB ide internal...80gb x2 external drives
PSU: 450W
Monitor: Samsung 700DF (17" flat screen)
Speakers: Logitec Z-5500's (505W 5.1 system )
Keyboard / Mouse: some no name stuff

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

motherboard: MSI KT4-Ultra
CPU: Athlon 2700+ XP
RAM: 1x 512MB Kingston DDR333 CL 2.5
1x 512MB Crucial DDR333 CL 2.5
Video Card: Nvidia 6600gt AGP
Hard Drives: 120GB Maxtor ATA
120GB Seagate SATA
Other drives: Sony DVD-ROM, NEC DVD-/+RW, Floppy Drive
Mouse: ordinary Logitech optical mouse
Keyboard: Logitech Access
Speakers: Logitech X-530
Monitor: ViewSonic P75f+
Case: some Codegen case

 

[Pako]

@code_kev, Yeah, I like it. It adds to the whole realism in the games. Surround Sound with Surround Sight is a cool experience. The only downside is the questionable wide-screen support in games. Games that don't support it (like Q4, Doom3...for example), you have *trick* the system and over-ride menu settings and go right to the config file. Not always the most efficient way to setup your game, then you also get ovals instead of circles.... Wide screen support games (HL2, COD2, ect...) are really awesome. It's like having a Console on some serious steroids! Plus I can play FPS' with a keyboard and mouse instead of a controller thanks to Bluetooth technology.

@donbenni, I see it's still working out for you. I think if I had better air flow in my case, I could have done better. I did buy some heat sinks for the ram, but I never got around to installing them. With that card, and computer as my secondary system, it wasn't as imperative that I get the clock speeds of the ram any higher than it was.

 

[Event]

CPU: Athlon XP 2600+ "Barton"
GPU: Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
RAM: 1GB DDR400
HDD: 250GB Maxtor 16MB Cache
Sound Card: Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

Future upgrades, hopefully I'll have be able to get them after X-Mas:
CPU: Athlon 64 3700+ "San Diego"
GPU: X1800XL ()

 

[Nasadus]

I bought an Alienware ALX (Aurora) about a year ago. I am planning on updating the videocard and add another Gig of RAM in about 3 months.

Right now it looks like this:
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB
1GB Dual Channel DDR Memory
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Pro 7.1

The videocard i'm looking at right now is a GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB wich should come out before the end of the year. I'm not going SLI just yet, that's overkill in my view.

 

[code_kev]

Well Gt champ, send that 6800 ultra my way, I have a good home for it

But really, upgrading FROM a 6800 ultra, you realise that in 3 months I will still have my 9800 pro *sob sob*. Could be worse, I could be on a gf2 mx400...

 

[Viper_Maniac]

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Video Card: MSI GeForce4 Ti4600 128MB
Mobo: Abit NF7-S (Ver. 2)
RAM: 512MB Kingston Dual Channel PC3200 (2x256)
HDD: 80GB Western Digital 7200rpm, 30GB Western Digital 5400rpm
Case:
PSU: SPI 300W(did have ChiefMax 450W til it started to crap out on me)
Monitor: Hansol 900P 19" Monitor
Speakers: OG-2000
Keyboard / Mouse: Standard Black Keyboard / Logitech Mouseman Dual Optical

Wish I could upgrade some stuff but aint got the cash.

 

[Nasadus]

Well Gt champ, send that 6800 ultra my way, I have a good home for it

But really, upgrading FROM a 6800 ultra, you realise that in 3 months I will still have my 9800 pro *sob sob*. Could be worse, I could be on a gf2 mx400...

The only reason i am upgrading is not because the 6800 Ultra is not a good card, it's actually very good. No, it's because i can't run certain games that i like on an acceptable framerate with it like BF2 and F.E.A.R.
Soon more and more games will start appearing that require the very latest card to run, games that use lots of HDR for example.

Another reason is video editing. It requires a powerfull CPU and GPU especially if you do the level of editing that i do. Besides, if one can finance it then why not?