Post your rig (your hardware setup)

[steve2470]

Case = Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower

Motherboard = GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3

CPU= AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W

GPU = 2x Sapphire Nvidia GTX 560

PSU = CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V

Memory (RAM) = G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

CPU cooler = stock

GPU cooler = None

Hardware RAID card = 3ware 9650SE-4LPML

SSD's = 4 x Mushkin 40GB SATA II MLC

Headset = Logitech G930 USB Connector Circumaural Wireless Gaming Headset

Cable Modem = MOTOROLA SB6121 SURFboard

Scanner = EPSON Perfection V30 B11B193141 4800 dpi 48bit USB 2.0

Thumb drive = Mushkin Enhanced Mulholland 16GB USB 2.0

USB Hub = GWC HU2SA0 USB 2.0 10-Port Hub

Router = Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Broadband Router 802.11b/g

Keyboard = Saitek Eclipse II Illuminated

Mouse = Logitech MX 518 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 1800 dpi

OS = Windows 8.1 x64

Before I get chastised (this is DU after all), this is my HOBBY. Some people spend money on golf, some on cars, some on boats. This is my hobby. Nuff said.

[hobbit709]

1. That would take about 5 pages to list

Running 3 setups with FX-8350 cpus-one OC'd to 5 GHz. The other has a FX-8320 in it. My HTPC has an Athlon II 615e. Laptop has a 2.7 GHz I7 quad with 17-in display, 2 TB worth of hard drives, NVidia 750M graphics, 8 Gb RAM.
The 4 main systems are running Windows 7 Pro X64, the HTPC is running Mint 16 XFCE X64 and the laptop unfortunately has Windows 8 but I got it heavily tweaked so it looks and feels like 7.
A total of 9 Tb worth of drives on all of them.

[TygrBright]

2. This is the new system:

Keeping in mind that it has to be a hybrid- productivity, multi-media, and gaming. My main concern, on a tight budget, was to be able to do something else while rendering video, without having the system slow to a crawl.

Case: Rosewill Blackhawk ATX Mid-Tower (5 cooling fans integrated)

Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 LGA 1150 Intel Z87

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 Haswell 3.1GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core (includes heat sink & cooling fan)

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

PSU: CORSAIR CX600 ATX12V 2.3

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO MZ-7TE 120BW

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333

Also, 2 Western Digital WD RE4 1003FBYX 1TB 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache SATA drives to allow this beastie to function as network file hub, plus a NETGEAR WNDR3800-100NAS N600 Wireless Dual Band router for the LAN

Multi-card reader: VANTEC UGT-CR961

I'm scavenging the 2 DVD write/read drives out of my existing rig, and sticking with my Logitech wireless 2-button mouse and prehistoric Microsoft PS/2 keyboard because I'm used to them and like the touch.

Also sticking with my Dell 24" monitor

The system will run Windows 7 Pro 64-bit because it's a desktop working computer, not a mobile device.

I'm hoping this system will let me use standard productivity apps, play some games, render video, muscle databases around, and run heavy packet exchange as needed, for about the next ten years.

wistfully,
Bright

[steve2470]

3. you budgeted well ! nt

[jrandom421]

4. Here's what I got in January

Intel Core i7-4950HQ CPU

Asus Rampage IV Black Edition motherboard

CORSAIR Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 RAM

Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 2TB HD

Lite-On 24x DVD-RW

Corsair Obsidan 350D Case

Seasonic G Series 450W Power Supply

Asus VS248-P 24" Monitor

Edifier M1360 2.1 Speakers

Microsoft Keyboard 200

Logitech G400s Mouse

OS=Windows 8.1 Enterprise X64 w/ Windows Server 2012 Std. Dual Boot

[hunter]

5. Heh.

My Desktop:

AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+

A gigabyte of memory.

Everything else a generic mishmash.

My Laptop:

Pentium III

Solid State "hard drive" but actually a camera's compact flash unit and an IDE adapter.



Both running Debian.

The laptop was faster running Windows 98SE but even with some wicked software hacks it was becoming impossible to find a browser that could deal with modern sites.

Computers are my hobby too, but I get a bigger thrill building useful machines out of trash than I do buying things.

My cars are like that too, but I hate cars and they hate me. My cars' hatred for me is what keeps them going. My car has a salvage title, it was made in 1985, and probably has about 300,000 miles on it. The odometer quit working years ago, near 260,000 miles. I never repair any cosmetic damage and I only wash the windows occasionally or vacuum what's left of the carpets. It has some lichen growing on it and I think that's cool. Maybe someday the car will match the lichen covered tiles on our roof.