unofficial POST YOUR RIG thread

[Rollins]

XP pro / Intel Duo core 6750 @ 2.66
2 GB Ram
GeForce 7900 GT KO 512mb
GeForce 8400 GS 256mb 2nd Grapics slot
(not yet intstalled)
Creative XFI Sound blaster
Samsung 22” LCD
Logitech G15 / Optical gaming mouse
(complete with desk cut out for screen)
Bose speakers w/ sub
(doubles as foot rest)
Very comfy chair from costco.

[Evilpeяsoи]

subwoofer as footrest FTW. idk what i would do without it.

[haff]

Gaming laptop (just arrived last week):

XPS M1530 Crimson Red Casing With Microsatin Finish Intel C2D T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4M L2 Cache)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
3GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530
15.4 inch Wide Screen WSXGA+ TrueLife LCD with Camera for XPS M1530
320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for XPS M1530
Vista Ultimate 32-bit
External usb Sound Blaster Audigy hooked up to 7.1 surround system (mmm subwoofer foot rest goodness ftw)
Logitech MX518 gaming mouse
Logitech headset that gets interchanged with a dimensional Audiofx Gaming Headset (usb headset that vibrate so that I can feel you explode from my stickies)

Hooked it up to our 47" plasma tv this weekend and...oh my god... its full of stars...

...

Gaming desktop specs roughly as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6400 - Retail
MSI NX7900GT-VT2D256E-HD GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
OCZ Gold Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K - Retail
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
ASUS P5NSLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W SLI Ready-ATX12V V2.01 Power Supply - Retail
Vista ultimate
samsung 22" lcd

[Satertek]

Here's my new system, decided to go with the octal SLI this time. (Still barely runs Crysis)

[Evilpeяsoи]

wow.............unlike you i decided to go with quasi-brain.

[KillerRobotDude]

Alright, to start things off, it is possible to have a gaming laptop. My current laptop can handle most new stuff at full graphics, just not the vista only stuff.

Anyway, here's the specs:
Brand: Alienware
Motherboard: Aurora m9700
OS: Windows XP Media Center
Processor: AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 1809 MHz
RAM: 1 Gig
Video: 2X NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 256MB
Sound: Nothing too special, but some Klipsch speakers and sub on desk used when working from desk. The onboard stuff sounded good, but the speakers started sounding like crap after playing some stuff too loud. This lappy has some surround and optic stuff that I haven't been making use of.
HDD: Dual 120GB in RAID 0, resulting in 240GB with faster access.
Display: 17" widescreen 1440x900 laptop display

With a battery life a little over an hour, this thing serves well as a portable computer, just not good as a straight up laptop. I've had very little trouble with it over the time that I've had it and have yet to completely fill the hard drives.

[-Thief-]

of course gaming laptops exist, the problem is that they usually have a secondary function as a heating pad and/or workout device at being around 10-15lbs or so

[Evilpeяsoи]

Originally Posted by -Thief-

of course gaming laptops exist, the problem is that they usually have a secondary function as an EXPENSIVE heating pad and/or workout device at being around 10-15lbs or so

quoted for fixation of the facts

EDIT: out of curiosity tho, how much did you spend?

[KillerRobotDude]

Heh. Personally I spent nothing on this rig. It was a graduation present from my folks that cost about $3,000. For lack of better words, I talked them into it and convinced them it would help me with schoolwork. And here I am up at 3:00 in the morning when I have to be up in 4 hours. That aside, I'm really glad that I have a computer that can handle something better than minesweeper or solitaire.

[Cyanide Ice]

[quote=Satertek;189657]Here's my new system, decided to go with the octal SLI this time. (Still barely runs Crysis)

Do I detect a hint of smoke coming from the Power Supply (just kidding). Nice!! I would think that would run Crysis on a 30" screen with no problem????

[haff]

generous folks you have there KillerRobotDude... weird, my xps 1530 runs crysis just fine with only a single 258MB video card... its only 4 pounds in weight too, cost about a grand less than that alienware machine. go figure. usb cooling pad comes in handy alright but not absolutely necessary, lappy doesn't get all that hot without it.

[Sock]

Wow...when I graduated, the only thing I got from my folks was a "See ya!" (And I was damned glad to get that)

[KillerRobotDude]

Originally Posted by haff

generous folks you have there KillerRobotDude... weird, my xps 1530 runs crysis just fine with only a single 258MB video card... its only 4 pounds in weight too, cost about a grand less than that alienware machine. go figure. usb cooling pad comes in handy alright but not absolutely necessary, lappy doesn't get all that hot without it.

To be honest, I haven't had much trouble with everything, just getting the game running at full graphics here and there. Getting Doom 3 to run on it was rather difficult, seeing as there was no widescreen support. The Bioshock demo I downloaded that was for vista didn't run too well either. TF2 and the other Steam stuff runs fine and dandy at full graphics. I might have to look into Crysis and see how well that runs...

[haff]

nice one, would be interested to hear how that went

[Marzuki]

A quick stat post:

Intel Xeon 2.4 Ghz Quad-core
16GB FBD RAM
1 TB Western Digital SATA hard drive
Radeon HD 2600 XT (not the best, but it works for me)
Etc, etc...