List Your Rig - Pros and Cons

how the F!@k can a PSU cause lockups in windows. ok maybe but how can it be incompatible with a motherboard it just supply the power nothing else so It should work on anything if it supply enough power.
 
DiceAir said:
how the F!@k can a PSU cause lockups in windows. ok maybe but how can it be incompatible with a motherboard it just supply the power nothing else so It should work on anything if it supply enough power.
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Ugh. I hate to agree with DiceAir, but he's right. A PSU is either compatible with a board or it's not. Maybe you got a bad PSU? No reason to diss the entire brand.
 
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit edition
PSU: 550W Coolermaster Extreme Power
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 [stock..previously owned]]
MOBO:MSI P45 Neo
RAM:4x1Gb sticks Kingston RAM [previously owned]
GFX: Force 3D Radeon HD4870 [previously owned]
SCREEN: Samsung P2450H

Games that rawk:
Dragon Age:Origins
Space Siege
Bioshock [demo]
Command and Conquer 3 [demo]

As for pros and cons, I am content with what I have. It does what I need it to do.
 
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OS : Win 7 Ulti
PSU : 750 watt Gigabyte something something (not Odin, nor modular)
CPU : Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 ghz
MOBO : Gigabyte EP45DQS3r
RAM : 2 x 2 GB DDR3
GFX : Gigabyte 9600 gt 1GB
Screen :old and trusty 19" Hanns G


Recent Games That Rocks :
1)Modern Warfare 2
2)Resident Evil

Recent Game That Sucks:
1) Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Also: (I just have to brag about something...)

Audio: Standard onboard sound + Roccat Kave Headset
Chassis: Coolermaster Haf 932
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse:Cheap Jellyfish mouse

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Well, let me put all of you to shame!!! :p...:rolleyes:

AMD Athlon 2400+XP (@2GHz)
***Does not support SSE2, so newer Games don't work on principle. If you're looking for a CPU, rather get something else, lol***

MSI K7N2 Delta M/B (nForce 2 400 chipset) ***Nice motherbaord that enables that can enable the nForce 400 Ultra chip with new drivers!***

1GB Legend DDR400 Ram (2.5-3-3-6) ***Reviewed in NAG some time***

Gainward 7800GS+ 512MB DDR3 ( AGP FTW!!!!) ***The 7900GT in AGP form, VERY rare.***

60GB Hitachi IDE + PCI SATA [160GB Seagate 7200.10 + 500GB 7200.12] ***Sata drives have max copy speed of 65-70MB/s through PCI bus***

LG GSA-4163B DVDRAM drive ***Works when it feels like***

500W Omega Modular PSU ***Some low end brand, but stable, only 450W continuous though, Mirror Gunmetal finish***

Samsung 932GW 19" Wide (16:10) ***Samsung, nuff sed***

Games that Rock : F.E.A.R (No, the first one) ; Prey ; Splinter Cell Double Agent; Pop SoT Trilogy; Fable; Painkiller

Games that are playable: Tomb Raider Underworld; BioShock; Modern Warfare 1 & 2;

Games that Don't work on Principle: Prototype; Batman; Borderlands; Street Fighter IV; (and MOST newish type of games that need SSE2)

PS: Getting new PC as soon as AMD 890GX /FX with USB3 and SATA3 are freely available.:D
 
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x32
PSU : Genex 400 Watt
CPU : pentium 4 Dual Core E2200 @ 2.2 GHZ
MOBO : Jetway Kuroshio BI-100
RAM : 2x 2 GB Chaintech
GFX : Force 3d Radeon HD4830
Screen :


Recent Games That Rocks :
1)DiRT 2
2)CoD 6 MW 2

Recent Games Thats worse than Postal Service :
1)GTA IV
 
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64
PSU : 470 Odin
CPU : E7500
MOBO : MSI G31
RAM : 2 x 2GB
GFX : Zotac gts 250
Screen : Samsung P2250

Recent Games That Rocks :
MW2
 
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium x64
PSU : Coolermaster 500W
CPU : Q9550 @ 3GHz
Cooling : Coolermaster Hyper N620
MOBO : Asus P5N-D
RAM : 2 x 2GB DDRII
GFX : Sapphire Vapor-X HD4890 2GBEdtion
Screen : Samsung 2232GW
Audio : XFi Fatal1ty Pro + Roccat Kave + Creative SBS A300 2.1 Speakers (when not using Kave)
Case : Coolermaster CM690 PURE

Recent Games that Rock
Battlefield Bad Company 2 (60+FPS @ medium, after discovering that my FRAPS was eating about half my FPS)
 
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64
PSU : Antec 1000W (die een met die GT streep)
CPU : i7 930 @stock with CM hyper fan
MOBO : Msi X58 Mboard
RAM : 3 x 2GB DDR3 1866Mhz
GFX : 1 x 5870 Ati
Screen : Samsung P2370 23" LCD

Recent game that rocks:
Bad Company 2

Games that suck @ss:
MW2
 
OS : Windows 7 64bit
PSU : Gigabyte 850W GT
CPU : Intel i7 860 socket 1156
MOBO :Asus P7P55D LE
RAM : 2x2Gb Corsair Dominator 1600
GFX : 1 x Ati 5970
Screen :2 x Samsung 27" Lcd


Recent Games That Rocks :
1)Everything
2)Everything

Recent Games Thats worse than Postal Service :
1)None whatsoever
2)None whatsoever
 
OS : Original Win 7 Prof 64bit
PSU : Corsair TX650W
CPU : Intel Q9450 overclocked to 3.2Ghz with Zalaman CNPS9700 cooler
MOBO : MSI P45 Platinum
RAM : Apacer Giant 1066MHz memory
GFX : MSI GTX280 voltage tweaked for better cooling and overclocking
Screen : Acer 23" Full HD V233H
OS HDD: 1x 250GB Seagate + 1x Samsung 320GB in raid 0
Sound card: Asus Xonar D1


Recent Games That Rocks :
1) Bad company 2
2) Splinter cell conviction
3) Metro 2033

Recent Games Thats worse than Postal Service :
1)None all play just fine
 
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CPU: AMD Phenom 2 955 Black Edition @ 3.2ghz
Mobo: Asus Crosshair 2 Formula nForce 780a Bios revision 2402
RAM: 4x 1gig Kingston Hyper-X ram DDR2 800
GFX: 1x Force3D HD4850 512MB
HDD:1x Seagate 120gb Sata
1x 250gb Seagate Sata
1x Maxtor 250gb Sata
PSU: Coolermaster Realpower PRO 850watt
Case: Coolermaster HAF 922
Fans: Front 200mm intake
Top 200mm Extraction
Rear 120mm Extraction
Side 2x 120mm Intake
DVD/RW: Asus DRW2014L1T
Keyboard: Logitech g15
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1
Monitor: 23" Samsung 2333SW wide
O/S: Windows 7 32-bit

Recent games that rock:
Bad company 2

Pro's:
still has alot life left
can do sli

Cons:
bought mobo for sli
hasn't done sli yet :(
 
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CPU: AMD Phenom x4 9950 Black Edition Clocked to 3 Ghz with a Hyper tx2 doing the cooling.
Mobo: Asus M3A78-EM 780G
Ram: 2x 2 Gigs Kingston DDR2 800
GFX: HIS HD4850 512 mb
HDD1: 500 GiG
HHD2: 500 GiG
HHD3: 500 GiG
HHD4: 320 GiG
PSU: 475w Gigabyte Omin
Case: Aero Cool I Cool +
Lots of fans
23" Fujitsu Siemens LCD
19" Epview LCD
17" LG LCD
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Pros: Still plays all the latest games perfect
Cons: I Don't love it like i used too when I 1st built her.

Games that rock:
MW2....MW2....MW2

Oh and i'm upgrading so the whole Rig + 19 inch monitor for sale.
 
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CPU: AMD Athlon II x4 630 @ 3.1Ghz
Motherboard: Biostar Micro ATX AM2+
RAM: 2 x 1GB DDR 800 Kingston RAM Dual Channel
Graphics: HIS 5770 1GB
HDD: 1x Seagate 160GB internal, 1x 320GB Iomega External
PSU: 500Watt Mega Power
Screen: LG Flatron 18.5" LCD
Chassis: Isonic ATX Case
Mouse: Razor Diamondback
Keyboard: Microsoft Slimline
Speakers: Logitech X-230

Pros:
Pretty much all games run great. BC2 Averages 50 odd FPS on high so I'm happy :).

Cons:
Still can't play GTA IV at 60fps, but that's more GTA IV's fault. :mad:
 
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Maplassie said:
OS : Win 7 Ultimate 32
PSU : Aopen 700W
CPU : Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 3.6GHZ
MOBO : Msi P45 Neo3
RAM : 4GIG Transcend AxeRam 1066
GFX : XFX GTX260 Black Edition (XFX GTX295 on its way)
Screen : Samsung T260 26"

Recent Games That Rocks :
Everything :p

Recent Games Thats worse than Postal Service :
1) Not really recent but I can't get GTAIV to run very smooth on my rig. Bleh.
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Aren't there any patches released for GTAIV that make it any smoother and PC-friendly?
 
i`ve got a 4 year old pc...
core2duo 2.3
nvidia 8800
2gig ram

and all my games still run fine
games are just not that demanding anymore
 
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