Best gaming rig on PCMech!?

[F.E.A.R.]

My goal is for everyone to have fun and post your gaming rig details here to see if you have the best on PCMech forums! Have fun and be nice........ serial

[Alaron]

We have a sticky thread in the Gaming/Benchmark forum to compare machines.
Your Rig's Benchmark Scores

[F.E.A.R.]

hmmmmmmmmmm................. your ruining my fun.................. i need to go eat some ham..............

[F.E.A.R.]

hmmm. couldnt find this place you wree referrin to, can u plz send me a hyp link

[Jester]

he did post a hyperlink. The thead is the benchmark thread. That is how you match you rig against others.

[F.E.A.R.]

lolz i was on a old comp of mine, ddnt sho hyp link

[David M]

Wet blankets! .....my specs are in my signature.

[SonicVanguard]

Okay - it's not intended for gaming (but I'll probrably install a few). The why's are here: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=201142

Rig details:
2 x Intel Xeon Harpertown 3.0GHz LGA 771 120W Quad-Core CPU
2 x Dynatron H46G 77mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
ASUS Z7S WS Dual LGA 771 Intel 5400 SSI CEB Server Motherboard
8GB RAM (4 x 2GB) ECC buffered FBDIMM
128GB SATA II Internal Solid state disk (SSD) for OS/Programs
1TB x2 SATA RAID 0/1 for stratch/capture/storage
PCI-X SATA II MegaRAID 300-8X Kit 8 Port SATA/300 Raid Card
2 x ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 video cards
Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Pioneer Black 4X Blu-ray DVD Burner SATA
Silverstone Kublia Series case w/aluminum front door, 0.8mm SECC body ATX Full Tower
Silverstone ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
2 x SilenX IXP-74-14T 120mm Case Fans
BTC 6300CL Silver USB Slim Luminescent Multimedia Keyboard
Logitech G7 Black 6 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Mouse
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64Bit SP2C OEM

Everything arrived last week. I should have time Thursday to get it all together.

[MaxRat]

Well I am building 2 new rigs...

Gaming rig....

Biostar I45/Q6700/G-Skill ddr1066/2x4850's in xfire/2xWD640aaks in raid 0...should be a hoot...

then I built a server for my media...Antec mini P180 with a Biostar 780G/5400BE/Seagate 120gig/Samsung 750gig 2xWD250aaks/Ballistix Tracers....

thats all.....

[faulkner132]

Celeron 2.7
Asus P-800Mx
2 GB Ram
80 GB IDE HD

Plays Freeciv like a champ.

[Masaki 7-11]

Mine is in my sig, getting about 15K in 3DMark06 (I think 3DMark06 is a poor indicator of performance btw).

[MaxRat]

Originally Posted by Masaki 7-11 Mine is in my sig, getting about 15K in 3DMark06 (I think 3DMark06 is a poor indicator of performance btw).

could be...I get 13,000 on a 9600gt at 3Ghz....

[F.E.A.R.]

what?! i think 3D mark06 must be a tad bit off only givin 13k with a 9600gt and 3Ghz! i think they need to upgrade a tad bit aye

[doubledragon5]

Mines old tech now even though I built it just 2yrs ago. Should show up in sig..

[HAL9000]

Not to worry DD, I haven't done any major upgrades on my machine in over 4 years.. it's still a 2.4Ghz 400Mhz FSB Northwood. Heck, I just finally put in a DVDRW earlier this year.

[doubledragon5]

Ya Dave mine will be all I need anyway. It was intended for the wife college when she can finally go. I use it mainly to brows the Internet, and play a hand full of games..

[F.E.A.R.]

apparently the new fear game has crysis graphics

[Tin]

Im retired from PC gaming...there hasnt been anything out there that caught my interest in quite a long time. Also now that Im running Linux, I wouldnt be able to game much anyway. I mostly listen to music on my rigs...kind of got bored doing the PC thing...now its home stereo systems.

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by Tin Im retired from PC gaming...there hasnt been anything out there that caught my interest in quite a long time. Also now that Im running Linux, I wouldnt be able to game much anyway. I mostly listen to music on my rigs...kind of got bored doing the PC thing...now its home stereo systems.

There is an article in the current issue of Maximum PC (November issue I think) which has a guide for running games in linux by using wine. Seems they got Sins of a Solar Empire working on linux, would be interesting to use wine if the performance hit compared to windows is low. I'm currently working on building a low-end linux box to use for some light gaming with wine.

[Cricket]

How does my computer stack up?

Antec SX830 Case
Fortron Source 350 Watt PSU
ASUS P2B-F
PIII 800MHz
768MB PC100 RAM
Matrox G550 32MB
SoundBlaster 64AWE
3COM NIC
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM HDD
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM HDD
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM HDD
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM HDD
WinXP Home

Yes, it still runs.

Cricket

[catacon]

What kind of numbers are you getting in 3DMark, Cricket?

[glc]

With a G550, he should be getting about 1000 or so in 3DMark 01.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by catacon What kind of numbers are you getting in 3DMark, Cricket?

I've never benchmarked any of my computers. I really don't care how they compare to other computers...as long as they do what I need them to do I'm happy.

That said, I'll probably be retiring this computer early next year and my P4 2.8GHz will take it's place as our spare computer. Been about 5 years since I built us a new computer and I think the next one will be a quad core system since I'm doing a lot of photo editing with Photoshop now. I finally need a computer with some power to run the programs I'm using.

Cricket

[glc]

You know, I'd probably go with a high end dual core (E8400 or higher) over a lower end quad. The quads with 1333 FSB and 3 GHz speeds are still quite pricey.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by glc You know, I'd probably go with a high end dual core (E8400 or higher) over a lower end quad. The quads with 1333 FSB and 3 GHz speeds are still quite pricey.

Thanks George. I'm not quite ready to build yet, but I'll keep the Core 2 Duo's in mind. I've only built with them but never owned a computer with any of the dual core processors. Would be a nice step up from my 2.8GHz Northwood and my wife's 3.0GHz Cedar Mill systems.

Cricket

[glc]

My E8400 makes my 2.53 Northwood look like a slug.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by glc My E8400 makes my 2.53 Northwood look like a slug.

Really? Cool. I've seen how much faster the Core 2 Duo systems I've built are compared to my 2.8GHz Northwood and have been wanting to build one but really didn't need the power until I got interested in digital photography recently. Now I can justify building something more powerful and up to date.

What are the specs for your system? Mainly, what motherboard are you using?

Cricket

[doubledragon5]

My daughters Dell Deminsion
P4 2.0GHZ
1Gig Samsung PC 800 RDRAM
120Gig Western Digital 5400Rpm HD
64 MB Nvidia Geforce MX 400 Video card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card
19" Dell CRT Monitor
Xp Home Edition with SP3

This machine is 7yrs old and still going strong.

[SonicVanguard]

Originally Posted by glc You know, I'd probably go with a high end dual core (E8400 or higher) over a lower end quad. The quads with 1333 FSB and 3 GHz speeds are still quite pricey.

But let me tell you - my dual quad core rig just smokes a dual 'dual core' system we have on campus. 40 minute HD video rendered and compiled in 27 minutes on my rig, takes well over two hours on the rig on campus.

[glc]

I'm running a P5K Pro with 4gb of DDR2-800, 8600GTS, and a 750gb Seagate 7200.11. XP Pro 32 bit.

Dave, your software can make use of all those cores.