Well I usually build my own rigs but this time around I had my best friend who's company build's computers build it for me so I could be lazy. She's a beauty and I'm defiantly ready for Alpha and for this thing to chew through anything Brad and company can throw at it hehe
Looking very sexy mate, nice job, I am starting to lean toward upgrading although i can still run nearly anything at ultra, my i7 3970X and GTX 690 just feel so old now with all these new shiny releases out, it's so tempting lol
Specs:
Alienware Aurora R4 (Don't hate me, it was a mistake 5 years ago with a free upgrade 2 years ago while I was earning good money, never again I promise!)
Intel core i7 3970X 6 core extreme @ 4.2
Sandy Bridge-E X79
32GB DDR3 Quad channel @ 800
Nvidia GTX 690
Samsung 840 Pro 256 SSD
3TB Seagate storage
Never had good luck with Intel/Nvidia products. In my entire career of PC gaming i've burned up 2 intels, and 1 Nvidia card. Never burned up my AMD's or ATI's.
I'm currently running:
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition Eight-Core @ 4.2ghz
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Mobo
16gigs of GSkill DDR3 1600mhz
XFX Radeon R9 280x 3gb
1 Western Digital 1TB Black
1 Kingston 250gb SSD
Here's what I am running, developing and playing Pantheon on:
Intel Core i5 4400 3.1ghz
16 gigs DDR3 Memory at 800mhz
Nvidia GTX960
512Gig SSD
1TB HD
I'm very happy with it -- plenty fast for games and for development. Paid $1200 for it about 8 months ago although that was with a 750Ti. Honestly, I don't know why I upgraded to the GTX960 -- I really don't notice much a difference between it and the 750Ti. Especially with the Pantheon client -- maybe 2-4 more FPS? The Ti runs Pantheon very well.
I use two old 2007 era Dell 30" monitors, each running at 2550x1600 rez. It's nice to have reference material (web) or SQL SMS on one, and then Visual Studio on the other).
6 years old and still alive & kicking (did a few upgrades tho)
I7 920 2.7ghz
8Gig DDR3
Nvidea Geforce GTX 660
1T HDD
When Alpha/Beta starts gonna be the ideal time to buy a new one :)
Is Pantheon going to be more CPU or GPU heavy ?
Great system, love the name painted on it Krohm. Nice corsair 600T case, I had that one until few months ago when I picked up my current Corsair 760T.
I upgraded from my 1090T when I went Eyefinity for Vanguard, the old unreal 2.0 engine required serious thread to clock on Core0, and the AMD CPUS are great if you have a well threaded game, and Unreal is not such an engine so Intel picked up my business for first time since 486 days.. Big fan of AMD, however they need to get off the pot and get a new chipset out the door, looking forward to 2016 to either skylake or AMDs new desktop CPU platform. Been running eyefinity since day 1 with the AMD HD5870 GPU.
I have four systems sadly:
Main gaming desktop (home brew)
Intel i7 2600 Sandy OC to 4.4GHz w/Corsair H100 cooler
Asus ROG Gene z87 mainboard
16GB 2x8 2133Mhz DDR3
AMD 290X w/Corsair H110 cooler (HG10 bracket)
256GB Adata boot SSD / Crucial 512GB Game SSD / 600GB Velociraptor HD
Asus 24x27x24 monitors in landscape eyefinity
Gamer Lappy (mythlogic NYX17XX)
Intel i7 2.7GHz Ivy quad core CPU
16GB 2x8 1866MHz DDR3
AMD 7970M Mobile 3GB
Crucial 512GB SSD / Seagate 500GB HD
my LCD is 72% color gamut Matte (cost me a bundle $190 more than stock)
This is to date the most expensive system I have ever bought. I am sick.
My on the go system:
Microsoft Surface Pro 3
i5 Haswell dual core
4GB DDR3 ram
128GB SSD
2160x1440 12' touch screen
Backlit Surface 3 keyboard
MS Surface 3 Dock
The above three are all connected to my center 27 monitor via a 4 port dual link DVI KVMA (this was stupid pricey only an idiot like me buys one)
Media and TV gaming:
AMD A10-5800 APU
16GB 2x8 2133MHz DDR3
120GB Patriot Blaze SSD
Asus Bluray player
connected to my Samsung 50' Plasma TV
Yes I am a geek.
Side note for anyone considering tablets or know someone.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is bar none the best system I have ever bought. If your not a serious gamer its the only system you will ever need. The Haswell i5 dual core in it offers the most power you can get in a 1.7lb. form factor, save going to the i7 Surface Pro 3. Windows 8.1 is a good memory manager for an MS OS, so the 4GB model is all I needed, to augment the smallish SSD I bought a UHS-1 memory card, so all my data is housed on it. The dock is just plain one of the best I have ever owned or used and trust me I have been in this business for 20+ years now. The screen is glorious and easily matches the current retina (that new one looks sweet, MS has its hands full to match it with Surface Pro 4).
This device is so good I took it in and did a 1 hour presentation to my CIO and Executive director of Technology discussing the need for us to embrace mobility and the concept of the mobile workforce. It ended with me writing the justification and enterprise standard. We now just got in our first order this year of 300, with two more orders coming. Unless clients need a desktop, as we life cycle they will get surface pro 3 and then 4 as it is released. We also cut the cord next fiscal and go 100% wireless in our HQ building.
My father is buying one in a few months to replace his desktop and laptop, my Mom is expected to buy mine when I upgrade to the new Surface Pro 4. If you want as tablet, and have the extra cash nothing can hold a candle to it really.
I am running Windows 10 preview on it, and I have to say its awesome, another Windows 7 class product. I am seriously considering moving all my systems to win10 preview, as MS has stated no reinstall to go from preview to release, just have to re-license. Considering Windows 7+ owners get free upgrade and I run windows 8.1 on everything... Not an issue.
Ctiz said:
Just decided it was time to upgrade my system. Will be building it this week in preparation for Pantheon.
CPU: 4670k
RAM: Corsair Venegance Pro 16GB 2400Mhz
SSD: 512Mb
VC: GTX 970
Case: Corsair Venegance C70 (Black)
Nice my house mate just upgraded to a 4670, you will NOT be disappointed.
Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM HDD
Benq GW2255HM 21.5in VA-LED VGA/DVI (16:9) 1920x1080 Speakers Tilt Stand VESA 100x100
ASUS SABERTOOTH-Z97-MARK2/4 x DDR3/2 x PCIe 3.0/1 x PCIe 2.0/3 x PCIe/6 x SATA/6 x USB 3.0
Intel BX80646I54690K I5-4690K,3.50GHZ,4CORES,6MB CACHE,LGA1150
Kingston HX318C10FBK2/16 16GB Kit HyperX Fury Black 1866Mhz DDR3 1.5v
Corsair HX-750i ATX Power Supply, 80 PLUS Platinum Certified, Full Modular
eVGA 04G-P4-2974-KR GTX 970 SuperClocked ACX2.0 4GB GDDR5 PCIE3.0 x16 DVI-D DVI-I + HDMI + DP
Samsung 250GB SSD 850 EVO
Going to add a 2nd GTX 970 as soon as they start to drop in price.
Borumber said:
I just use an Asus gaming laptop. I play on my 54 inch led ultra hd tv. Needless to say it looks awesome!
Nice which one? I sold my Asus gaming lappy when I upgraded to the Mythlogic, was a great system. Asus makes some kick ass gamer lappys, though MSI has sure turned up the heat recently, but this is a great thing for us customers, keeps them grasping at making every release that much better!
Exmortis said:Borumber said:
I just use an Asus gaming laptop. I play on my 54 inch led ultra hd tv. Needless to say it looks awesome!
Nice which one? I sold my Asus gaming lappy when I upgraded to the Mythlogic, was a great system. Asus makes some kick ass gamer lappys, though MSI has sure turned up the heat recently, but this is a great thing for us customers, keeps them grasping at making every release that much better!
