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[WildcatsMike]

Hey guys,

 

What kind of rigs do you have? I'm curious to see how many people can run EM5 at max and how many can't run it at all.

 

I need a new graphics card myself, but I should be good then!

 

PC Specs:

 

CPU: AMD FX 4300 quad-core 3.80 ghz

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 610  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2 GB

RAM: 8 gb DDR3

Harddrive: 1 TB

[lamodder]

AMD Eight-Core FX-8320 Vishera Processor 3.5 GHz

 

1TB Hard Drive

 

AMD Radeon R7 260X

 

600 Watt Power Supply

8 GB Ram

[Seluryar]

Intel i7 4770k 3.5ghz

Corsair H110 CPU Cooler

8gb Gskill RAM

MSI GTX 660ti 2gb

Corsair TX650 PSU

HDD1: 1tb,

HDD2: 640gb,

HDD3: 500gb

[youdotoo]

Memory

8mb

 

Hard Drive

400 to 1000 megabytes

 

Processor

33MHz

 

Video

24-bit accelerated

 

Monitor

14” CRT

 

Sound

Sound Blaster 16 (16-bit)

 

Modem

28.8

 

Optical Disk

2x CD-ROM

[topfuzz]

CPU: i5 3570k @3.40ghz 

GPU: Ndivia GeForce GTX 660 Sig 2 SOC 

RAM: 8 gb DDR3

Harddrive: 1 TB

 

Lucky for me i got an upgrade about a year ago 

[MikeyPI]

#1:

Intel I7 Quad @3.5Ghz

Radeon R9 M265X 2GB Vid

16 GB DDR3

TB HDD hybrid

#2:

AMD A6 Quad @2.0Ghz

Radeon HD8400 (integrated)

4GB DDR3

750GB HDD

[piloto19hh]

CPU: Intel i5-4460 3.2Ghz
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 750 1GB GDDR5
Memory: 8GB
Hard drive: 1 TB

[theparanoid]

I got my first store bought PC in about 14 years.

 

MSI GS70 Stealth Pro-003

• Intel Core i7 4710HQ at 3.4 Ghz
• 16GB Memory
• 128 GB mSATA SSD x 2 RAID 0
• 1TB HDD
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 3GB

On road I used the 17 inch screen on laptop.   At home I drive two 24 inch dell S2440L

 

I always have it running on Cooler Master NotePal U3 PLUS to keep it nice an cool and keep the interal fans from running to fast so the system runs quieter. 

[ItsLeandro]

My rig:

-Intel Core i5-4690K at 3,5 GHz up to 3,9 GHz
-Asus (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 760 Direct CU II OC (2 GB)
-1 TB HDD
-8GB DDR3
-MSI Z97 Gaming 5

[woody_BLAH]

- Intel i7 4770k @ 4.2 GHz (Using H100i cooler)

- AMD R9 290 (4GB)

- Asrock Z87 OC

- 16 GB DDR3

- 2x 120 GB SSD

- 2 TB seagate

- 1 TB western digital

- Corsair RM750 PSU

 

All housed in a wicked looking Corsair 750D with about 120cm of blue LED lighting around the window.

Works like the beast it is

Apart from that, I have a dodgy little Asus laptop that tends to do a fair amount of work given the fact that I've owned it for 2+ years....

[mariuswww]

I build mine back in 2010, but been upgrading a few components every year, this is current specs:

• Case: Fractal Design Arc XL Black
• Mobo: MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming, Socket-1155
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Processor OC @ 4.20Ghz
• GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming 3GB PhysX
• RAM:Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 4x4GB
• Storage: CL9Seagate Barracuda® 7200.12 1TB x2
• Storage: Crucial M500 SSD 2.5" 120GB
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 Hydro Series CPU Cooler

[Chris07]

Building your own PC is super fun and I recommend it for all those who want to nerd out a bit. It's not difficult and is a great learning experience. It's not the cheapest route to go but it allows you to have complete control of your system.

Current specs:
Core i7 920 @ overclocked to 3.33GHz
6GB DDR3 RAM at 1600MHz
Cooler master N520 air cooler for cpu
1.2GB nVidia GTX560ti 448 core
Sandisk 256GB SSD (only on a SATA 3Gbps connection so it's a bit limited lol)
1TB Western Digital Black HDD
2x 250GB Western Digital Blue HDDs in a RAID0 (I do video editing as a hobby)

I just got my upgrade parts today: a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM. So by the end of the weekend I'll be upgraded to:
Core i7 4790k @ 4.0GHz
16GB DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz
I'll finally be running my SSD on a SATA 6Gbps connection so that'll clear the bottleneck with that.

Within the next couple months (as funding allows) I plan to make the following Additions:
-nVidia GTX 970 4GB
-A second 256GB SSD to put in RAID0 with the one I have already
-A 2TB HDD so I can retire my current Raid0 array.
-Kind of hoping my PSU kicks the bucket so I can go to a fully modular one. My current one is only semi-modular.

My current system has lasted me for 5 years and I hope this refresh will be good for another 5 years. The SSD was added last year to replace the original 300GB velociraptor 10k rpm drive. The graphics card was added 2 years ago (original was a GTX 260, lol). Everything else is original; built SEPT 2009)

[WildcatsMike]

Your specs aren't bad for 2009. By today's standards, though, you're gonna start having some trouble.

 

EDIT: Ace, your specs aren't too bad either. We both have the same processor. 

[Ace]

AMD FX-4300 3.80GHz, 8GB DDR3 Memory, 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 1GB AMD Radeon R5 230, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

 

Wish:

Intel Core i7-5960X Processor Extreme - 8 Cores

Internal Water-cooled & Aguaduct 720 External

DDR4 16 GB 3,300MHz G.SKILL

AMD Radeon R9 290X

[Chris07]

Your specs aren't bad for 2009. By today's standards, though, you're gonna start having some trouble.

 

EDIT: Ace, your specs aren't too bad either. We both have the same processor. 

 

Finished the upgrade last week. Ended up getting a new CPU cooler and said "F&$% it" and got the GTX 970. With 16GB of RAM I've noticed stuff is much smoother. The CPU is wicked awesome and run waaay cooler than my old one (at a higher stock clock speed as well).

 

For those in the market for a good GFX Card...I highly recommend the GTX970 (I got an EVGA one). There are a lot of reported problems with coil whine, which  I also encountered early on, but after like a day or two it disappeared. When I did have the problem setting the nVidia Adaptive Sync feature seemed to get rid of it.

 

I had ordered my upgrade parts before I realized DDR4 was out. I partially regret not making a DDR4 system...but my wallet really thanks me. That would have gotten really pricey really fast.

 

 

Intel Core i7-5960X Processor Extreme - 8 Cores
 

 

Got a little pocket change 'eh? That bad boy's not cheap. Anything more than 4 cores is on my wish list too but the price jump just isn't worth the performance gain.

From what I understand games are optimized to work better on only a small number of faster cores (hence the slow adoption of hexacore and octacore CPUs in gaming). Most games don't really take advantage of more than four cores. Video editing on the other hand...

 

The i7-5960X (8-core) is $1,050 USD with a base clock of 3.0Ghz. The i7 4790k (4-core) is a 4.0Ghz base clock and only about $340 USD. My bet is that the 4790k would outperform the 5960X in gaming because of the reasons above.

 

I want to say that I read a benchmark not too long ago comparing a 6-Core intel CPU with an equivalent 4-core CPU and the 4-core had slightly better gaming performance...despite the fact the the 6-core wiped the floor with the 4-core in just about everything else.

[WildcatsMike]

For those in the market for a good GFX Card...I highly recommend the GTX970 (I got an EVGA one).

Too expensive. I'm getting the GTX 760 because it's pretty good and it's cheap.

[ItsLeandro]

Too expensive. I'm getting the GTX 760 because it's pretty good and it's cheap.

It's a great one! (I have the 760)

[WildcatsMike]

It's a great one! (I have the 760)

That's what i've been hoping to hear, as well as that's what i've seen.

[res4cue]

bringing it back, current setup

 

• Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II
• Mobo: Gigabyte X79-UP4
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 @4.3GHZ
• GPU: EVGA GTX670 2GB
• RAM:Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz 16GB (4X4)
• Storage: OCZ revodrive hybrid SSD 1TB
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H80
• PSU: Cooler Master SPH 1300W

[Chris07]

 

bringing it back, current setup

 

• Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II
• Mobo: Gigabyte X79-UP4
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 @4.3GHZ
• GPU: EVGA GTX670 2GB
• RAM:Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz 16GB (4X4)
• Storage: OCZ revodrive hybrid SSD 1TB
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
• PSU: Cooler Master SPH 1300W

 

I had a Cooler Master Cosmos when I first built my PC in 2009. It was really nice...but just too big! The thing was a monster! It eventually broke down about 2 year ago and I got a much cheaper Midtower. While I miss the space/cable management of a full tower, I swore I'd never get another full tower. It just takes up too much space. I now really enjoy being able to place my PC on top of my desk.