Whats your gaming rig...

[Stag]

It isn't a drink holder, it's a decent sized, pentagonal container.

 

[natethegreat]

DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester @260x10 (Thermalright SI-120 & Yate-Loon D12SL-12)
2x1GB OCZ EB DDR PC-4000 Dual Channel Platinum @3-3-2-7 1:1
eVGA 256-P2-N515-AX GeForce 7800 GT @ 496/1201 (Zalman VF-900)
Western Digital Caviar WD3200KS 320GB & WD2500KS 250GB
NEC ND-3550A Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM
Cooler Master Real Power 550W
Zalman ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller
Antec P180 Case
Windows XP Pro SP2

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/518/dsc01587uh3.jpg

 

[Maphusio]

It isn't a drink holder, it's a decent sized, pentagonal container.

Good, so you were joking? god... I'm glad work stopped doing PC repair and is sticking to being an ISP... I can see the latest cup holder problem now...

 

[Stag]

Yeah, I'm not putting water of any kind near my precious.

 

[Serge 13]

finally...just arrived today :

CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ Performance E6700
CPU cooler : Coolermaster HyperTX Intel
Mainboard : MSI P6N SLI-FI, nForce 650i SLIv
GPU : Point of View - nVidia GeForce 8800 ULTRA 768MB
RAM : 2GB DDR2-800 Dualchannel
HDD : 250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 NCQ 16MB SATA-2
DVD drive : LG GSA-H42L 18x/18x DVD±R + Lightscribe
Power supply : LC-Power 550Watt Supersilent
Case : LC-Power 7012SD Midi-Tower

I will be also buying a 22" LG monitor .

 

[Murdoch]

I'm thinking about building myself a new machine. But as a novice this is fairly daunting; does anyone know of a good website that I could go to which lists the major (and minor) parts I'd need to buy, along with couple websites with links? I'm thinking Newegg.com right now, but if you know of another site for pieces, I'd love to hear about it.

 

[Pope Viper]

http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc1/v7/hal7.htm


http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6062218.html


I've built about 9-10, once you do it a couple of times, it's pretty easy to know the process.

Biggest thing I can offer is to try to establish your budget, and then select pieces to accomodate. Also think about what the machine is going to be primarily used for.

I tend to try to "future proof" as much as I can, since my upgrade budget tends to get knocked down by my daughter.

 

[natethegreat]

I'm thinking about building myself a new machine. But as a novice this is fairly daunting; does anyone know of a good website that I could go to which lists the major (and minor) parts I'd need to buy, along with couple websites with links? I'm thinking Newegg.com right now, but if you know of another site for pieces, I'd love to hear about it.

Budget & Mid-Range Buyers Guide:
http://anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2973

Hardware Websites:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/Computer.aspx?name=Computer-Hardware

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Home.jsp

Building Instructions:
http://www.mechbgon.com/build/index.html

 

[KQX]

I'm thinking about building myself a new machine.

Starting doing this tonight with a friend. I really don't know much so I'd like to get some opinions on the following machine:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775
Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
MSI P965 Platinum LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
Thermaltake Purepower RX W0144RU ATX12V 600W Cable Management / Active PFC / 14CM Fan / Quad +12V Power Supply
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface
EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP

 

[goffy59]

Custom built by me:

PC Wizard 2007 Version 1.72
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Owner: goffy59
Organisation: netblues.org
User: goffy59
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
Report Date: Friday 13 July 2007 at 03:00

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<<<System>>>

> Mainboard : Abit AN8 Series(NF-CK804)(sli supported/sata2)

> Chipset : nVidia nForce4 SLI

> Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2200 MHz (dual core)

> Physical Memory : 1024 MB (4 x 256 DDR-SDRAM )

> Video Card : Nvidia Corp NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS(only one)

> Hard Disk : ST3320620AS (320 GB)

> Hard Disk : ST3320620AS (320 GB)

> Hard Disk : WDC (160 GB)(USB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : DVDRW IDE1108

> CD-Rom Drive : CDWRITER IDE5232

> DVD-Rom Drive : WV5510S CPQ720D SCSI CdRom Device(daemon tools)

> Monitor Type : Dell Computer DELL P991 - 18 inchs

> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2

> DirectX : Version 9.0c (March 2005)

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***** End of report *****

 

[xdarkyrex]

Here's my sexy sweet computer.

HP pavilion xt948
Pentium 4 1.59 Ghz
512 MB Ram
everything is stock, including video card and hard drive. Oh, the CD-burner and DVD-rom also stopped working, and I don't have the speakers anymore.

My software is extremely customized though, I gutted my XP and hacked it to death, and I'm working with Lightstep on a custom built theme. It's very secure and faster than it would be otherwise.

God I wish i had money to spend on computer parts, though...