The Official Gaming Rig Specs Thread

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Ok here it is.
Created out of popular demand by 2 members.
The Official Gaming Rig Specs Thread

List what you got in your gaming rig right here, so everybody may have a look and envy, laugh, oooh, aaah, wow, etc.

Heres a guide/format.

Operating System:
Motherboard:
CPU:
Graphics:
Ram:
Chassis:
Mouse:
Keyboard:
Sound:
Power Supply:
Monitor:
Cooling:

If I'm missing something or written something wrong, feel free punch me in the face.... or you can let me know.

OK I'm up first(I mean its my thread after all)

Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2
Motherboard: Biostar GF7050V-M7
CPU: Intel Core2Duo e6420 @ 2.13Ghz overclocked to 3.0Ghz
Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD3870
Ram: Transcend 1GB DDR800
HDD: 2x 320GB SATA
Chassis: Isonic something(will give detail later)
Mouse: iRocks laser mouse, 800dpi/1600dpi switch
Keyboard: Plain Beige Keyboard:sick:
Sound: Dads Pioneer home amp with a 8" sub(tjie), a dvd sub, tweeter, dvd speaker.. lol
Power Supply: iSonic Omega Megapower 600w Modular
Monitor: 15" crystalview or something... its a eyesore... and its dark, dont forget its beige!
Cooling: 8cm fan on the side, 12cm on the front, CPU is cooled by a normal heatsink and fan

Phew I'm done, so there you have it folks, go wild.
 
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This is my new baby :D

Operating System: XP Home with sp3
Motherboard: No idea ... will edit later :o
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400 @ 3.0Ghz (...not OC'ed)
Graphics: XFX 8800GT 512mb Alpha Dog Edition
Ram: 2 Gigs DDR2-667 (Hynix)
HDD: 2x 200GB SATAII
Chassis: Standard Silver + Black Asus
Mouse: Gigabyte Optical (goes a charm) :D
Keyboard: Silver + Black Gigabyte
Sound: Currently OB with 5yo Speakers ... but they are loud :eek::D
Power Supply: Gigabyte 550W
Monitor: Acer 20" LCD + LG 17" CRT in dual mode (to be replaced with 22" in December)
Cooling: 2x Have-no-idea-on-size but big ones on the side .. 1x Big one on rear .... CPU has Standard Heatsink + Fan
 
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Mines pretty much in my sig. :p

Here anyway:

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Prem(thinking of dropping down to XP)
Motherboard:BioStar TF7025
CPU:AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ 2.7(OC to 3.0Ghz)
Graphics:Gigabyte nVidia 9600Gt
Ram:4gbs DDR2 800
HDD: 500Gb & 160Gb SATA 2
Chassis:Javelin Warrior Silver
Mouse:Microsoft Multimedia Mouse
Keyboard:Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard
Sound:On board HD? Connected to a 5000w Hi-Fi
Power Supply:Gigabyte 500w
Monitor:Samsung SyncMaster 2032GW-20'
Cooling:120m & 80m fan- Considering getting Liquid Cooling.

Love it. :D All runs like a charm.
 
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Current ...

Operating System: Vista Home Premium
Motherboard: Asus M2A+
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 DualCore 5600+
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD2900XT
Ram: 4GB DDR2-800
HDD: (Internal: 80Gb & 160Gb SATA) (external 200Gb SATA, 3x500Gb USB)
Chassis: ye wotever
Mouse: Logitech MX300
Keyboard: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000
Sound: onboard - out on Logitech X210 and some Logitect Headphones
Power Supply: Cooler Master Real Power 500w
Monitor: 22" wide HP x2207 & 22" wide Samsung 226BW
Cooling: standard

Soon ...

Operating System: Vista Home Premium
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe
CPU: Intel E7200 (Q9300 depending on budget)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4870
Ram: 4GB DDR2-1200
HDD: (Internal: 80Gb & 160Gb SATA) (external 200Gb SATA, 3x500Gb USB)
Chassis: ye wotever
Mouse: Logitech MX300
Keyboard: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (out on same as above, maybe new headphones)
Power Supply: Corsair 600W (or there about)
Monitor: 22" wide HP x2207 & 19" wide Hyundai L90D+) will use 22" wide Samsung 226BW on old rig
Cooling: standard
 
Operating System: Windows XP Pro with SP3, Windows Vista 64 ultimate, Ubuntu
Motherboard:Asus M2n-sli deluxe
CPU:AMD 4600+ dual core
Graphics:XFX 8800gt XT 512meg
Ram:2xcorsiar 1gig DDR2 800
Chassis:Crappy case with handle
Mouse:Logitech MX400
Keyboard:Microsoft Curve
Sound:Logitech Z5500
Power Supply:600W
Monitor:Sony 17" (soon to be samsung 2232GW at end of month :)
Cooling: Zalman VF900
 
Operating System: Vista Ultimate 32 bit SP1
Motherboard: Asus Formula Rampage X48
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz OC'd to 4.0 GHz
Graphics: 2 x ATI Radeon HD4870 Crossfire
Ram: 2GB Corsair Dominator matched pair 1066 MHz OC'd to 1200 MHz
HDD: 2 x 500GB SATAII RAID 0
Chassis: a big black box
Mouse: Logitech Cordless Click Plus
Keyboard: Gigabyte wireless
Sound: Asus Xonar D2X PCI-E w/ Logitech Z5500s
Power Supply: Zalman 850W
Monitor: 25.5" wide Samsung T260 & 22" wide Samsung 226BW
Cooling: 1 x 120 mm, 1 x 92 mm, 1 x 80 mm w/ front panel fan controller
 
Operating System: XP SP3 (Internet working just fine Pooky)
Motherboard: Intel Frostburg DG33FB
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz
Graphics: Sapphire HD4870 512MB
HDD: Seagate 750GB SATA, + 80GB something IDE
Ram: 2 x 2GB DDR2-800
Chassis: Stock white case
Mouse: Some nice 1600dpi laser mouse
Keyboard: Stock white keyboard
Sound: Stock onboard 5.1
Power Supply: Coolermaster 460W
Monitor: LG 19" L192WS Wide Screen
Cooling: Stock cooling. 80MM & 2 x 120MM fans. :eek: Stupid intel cpu cooling is loud!
 
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Not a killer system but neway

Operating System: XP Pro Sp2 with meedio media centre, vista Ultimate & Hardy Heron (Hardly used though)
Motherboard: Probably an intel board (dunno Exactly) ! it says amibios when it boots :D
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6400 not overclocked
Graphics: 7800GTX 256mB pci-exp
Ram: 1.5 Gig Ram (dont knw the type exactly)
HDD: 60 GB Seagate ATA + 160 GB Western Digital ATA (Going the SATA route soon)
Chassis: A white Case yeah :D (I dunno why i just love my case. Dont wanna part with it)
Mouse: 2button Microsoft Optical with a scroll wieletjie
Keyboard: white with extra multimedia buttons
Sound: On board 5.1 sound with speakers i bought in 2001 if memory serves me right
Power Supply: Some Generic chinese branded 500w thingie
Monitor: Samsung 15" LCD :o (Gonna go big soon)
Cooling: 1 Helluva BIG Thermaltake Coolemaster Fan+Heatsink with heatpipes on CPU and (Makes a moerse noise) + 3 other fans in case
 
Operating System: vista 64 bit
Motherboard: asus p5q deluxe
CPU: q6600 @ 3.6ghz
Graphics: 9800gx2
Hdd: 300gb velociraptor/1 tb seagte 7200.11/250 gig samsung
Ram: 4 gig transend 800
Chassis: aerocool aeroracer pro/aero extreme 3t
Mouse: razer copperhead
Keyboard: g15
Sound: audigy value
Power Supply: 550 watt antec true power
Monitor: 22" samsung 2232
Cooling: reserator external water cooling
 
Operating System: vista business 32
Motherboard: MSI P35 Neo
CPU: E8200
Graphics: 8800GT
Hdd: 320GB
Ram: 2x 1gb 800
Chassis: Thermaltake Soprano
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Keyboard: Logitech something or other
Sound: Audigy value
Power Supply: Aopen 500w
Monitor: HP w2207h 22" HDMI

dont play pc much anymore though, the 360 gets more luvin :p
 
Operating System: Windows Xp sp2
Motherboard: Gigabyte Ga-m57sli-S4
CPU: Amd athlon 5600+
Graphics: 2 * 7600GS
Ram: 3 Gig DDR2
Chassis: Gigabyte Triton 180
Mouse: Logitech G9
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Sound: Onboard
Speakers : Logitech G51 5.1 speakers
Power Supply: Gigabyte Odin 800watt GT
Monitor: 17" Lcd aopen
Cooling: standard case 2* 120mm fans came with the case.
 
Operating System: XP x86 Pro SP3, Vista x64 SP1
Motherboard: Asus P5WDH Deluxe Wi-Fi (Intel 975x chipset)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 stock speed
Graphics: Asus EN8800GTX stock speed
Ram: 2x2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Modules with DHX heat sink
HDD: 2x250GB Seagate SATA (not raid, just AHCI mode)
Chassis: Black and grey, bought from Cafe Java/Viva
Mouse: Genius Netscroll 100
Keyboard: Genius KB-21e with extra keys
Sound: Creative X-Fi Fata1ity FPS with drive bay, hooked up to Sony 6.2 channel home theatre system with 2 subs
Power Supply: Corsair HX-620W modular power supply
Monitor: 24" BenQ FP241W
Cooling: 3x80mm Vizo Muffle case fans, 1x92mm Vantec Stealth on Thermalright HR-03 heatsink for the video card, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on CPU, Liquid Metal Pro metal thermal "paste"

Runs Crsysis at 1920x1200 with everything on high under XP, no AF or AA, Crysis just looks good enough as is lol. Plays basically every other game I own as well.

Eventually want to look at overclocking, but it's not that needed at the moment.
 
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Operating System: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 x86
Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme (nForce 680i)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB
RAM: 2 x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 CL4
HDD: 3 x Seagate 320GB, 1 x Western Digital 750GB, 1 x Western Digital 500GB
Chassis: Meh, cheapie handle case
Mouse: Logitech G5
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Sound: Creative T6060 with Creative SBLive
Power Supply: Thermaltake 500W (Toughpower I think)
Monitor: Samsung 226BW 22" + Samsung SyncMaster 551V 15"
Cooling: 2 x 80mm Thermaltake fans. Stock cooling throughout.
 
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Operating System: Vista ultimate
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe
CPU: q9300 @ 3.3ghz
Graphics: Asus HD 4870
Hdd: 320gb Seagate x 2 + 80gb Linux
Ram: 4x 1Gig Mushkin DDR2/1066
Chassis: Thermaltake Shark
Mouse:Genius Ergo Laser
Keyboard: Genius MM
Sound: Audigy 2ZS
Power Supply: 700W Raidmax
Monitor: 24" Samsung 2493HM
Cooling: Zalman CNPS 9500
 
Operating System: Windows XP Professional 32bit - SP3, Ubuntu 8.04 64bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L
CPU: Intel Core2Duo e8200 @ 2.66Ghz (stock)
Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD3850 @ 750/1900
Ram: 2x 1gb OCZ Elite DDR2-800
HDD: 2x 320GB SATA
Chassis: Aerocool iCool+
Mouse: Razor S.W.A.T
Keyboard: Microsoft Wireless (can't remember the model)
Sound: Creative Audigy Value through 5.1 Genius speakers
Power Supply: Coolermaster eXtreme 550w
Monitor: Samsung 2232GW 22" Wide LCD
Cooling: 1x 120mm, 2x80mm, stock CPU fan, Zalman VF-700Cu on VGA
 
Operating System: Vista Home 64bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
CPU: Q6600 G0 / SLACR Stepping@ 3.6ghz 100% stable
Graphics: Inno3D 8800GT 512MB Overclocked
Ram: 4GB Mushkin (4x1GB) DDR2-800
HDD: seagate barracuda ES / NL35 ST3500630NS with NCQ , 500gb, s-ata2
Chassis: Gigabyte™ 3D Aurora Chassis - Aluminium
Mouse: Microsoft
Keyboard: Microsoft
Sound: Creative 4 point surround on Audigy sound card Power Supply: CoolerMaster Extreme Power 650W PSU
Monitor: Samsung 19'' 2ms
Cooling: EXOS Al external watercooling
 
O/S: XP Pro SP3
MBD: Asus P5GD2
CPU: Pentium 4 Prescott 3.6GHz HT
GPU: eVGA 9800GTX SSC
RAM: 2.5GB Corsair 667Mhz
HDD: 1x 160GB Seagate Baracuda SATA
Chassis: Standard Tower - Black
Mouse: Logitech
Keyboard: Logitech
Sound: Whatever is onboard the P5GD2, Using Coaxial output to Pioneer VSX-812
PSU: 450W
Monitor: 19" Mecer TFT
Cooling: Standard Boxed CPU fan, 12CM 12V Fan
 
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