As above What are your pc specs? No shame (or flaming) for having basic setup Motherboard: Asus Rampage Extreme IV CPU: Intel i7 4930k Ram: 32GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866 CAS 9 GPU: 2 Nvidia GTX Titan Storage: 2 Samsung 840 Pro (RAID 0) , HGST 2TB PSU: Enermax Platimax 1500W Case: Mountain Mods Extended U2 UFO Keyboard: Qpad MK80 Mouse: Logitech Trackman Monitors: Asus VK278, VE278
After yours it's a bit basic CPU: INTEL Intel Core i5-4670 / 3,4GHz GPU: 1x NVIDIA EVGA 760 gtx RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Cooling: Air Primary Drive: HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB Secondary Drive: HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB Amp/dac: O2 Odac Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 750 Watt Case: Enermax Ostrog Speakers: AudioEngine A5+ OS: w8.1 Display: lg something led Mouse: roccat Keyboard: Race II Headset: DT pro 990 + samson meteor mic
CPU: Intel i7-4790K CPU cooler: Noctua NH-C12P SE14 MB: ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER RAM: 16GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz GFX: Gigabyte GTX 970 4GB PSU: Corsair CX 750M Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Mouse: ROCCAT KONE XTD Keyboard: ROCCAT ISKU Headset: Logitech G930 Speakers: Edifier S530D Controller: Logitech F310 Wheel: Logitech Driving Force GT
I have an Alienware 17 so it's fairly stock, my days of building PC's for games are past (having a child and being a stay at home dad eats away all your money): CPU: Intel I7 4700 Ram: 16GB Ram GPU: Geforce GTX 780M & Intel HD Graphics 4600 Keyboard: Razer Black Widow Mouse: Razer Naga Monitors: ASUS VN247, ASUS VH242H and the Laptop display
CPU: Intel i7-4770K @4.4GHz MB: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600MHz GFX: Zotac GTX 970 PSU: Corsair HX620W Mouse: Corsair M95 Keyboard: CM Rapid-I Headphones / Mic: Fostex TH900 + Audio Technica AT2020 Monitors: Philips BDM4065UC, Dell S2740L
CPU: Intel I7 4770K OC@4.7GHz Ram: 16 GB Ram GPU: (2) GTX 980's SLI PSU: Corsair 1000W Mobo: Gigabyte z97x-UD3H Storage: Crucial SSD 150gb ( OS ) Crucial SSD 300GB, 2xHD @2 TB each Keyboard: Logitech K800 Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core Monitors: Vizio 55" 120Hz and Asus 25" side display Headset: Sennheiser 3D game 1 Speakers: Bose external surround sound Pets: Beta fish!
Main gaming comp: CPU: i7-4770K @ 3.5 Ghz GPU: MSI GTX980ti 6gb MB: MSI Z87-S02 RAM: 2x8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 500Gb HD: 3Tb Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift 1440p 144hz 27" Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech MX518 Case: Coolermaster HAF Headset: QPAD QH-90 Speakers: Pioneer SBX-300 Soundbar Twitch/Storage/Multimedia comp: CPU: i7-950 @ 3,06Ghz GPU: Zotac GTX780 3gb MB: MSI X58A-GD65 RAM: 6x2Gb DDR3 1333Mhz SSD: Corsair Force Series 120Gb HD: 2Tb + 1Tb + 1Tb + 500Gb + 500Gb Monitor: Acer 1080p 60hz 27" + Epson TW6600 Projector 1080p ~130" Keyboard: Some old Logitech Mouse: Logitech MX518 Case: Coolermaster HAF Speakers: Some cheap crap + the surroundsystem with the projector Edit Jan 21st 2016: New gfx card Edit Feb 24th 2016: More RAM in second comp
But wouldn't you be better off with a custom built desktop PC when on a budget? I don't know the prices for Alienware 17 laptops and won't google it as I might have a heart attack, but generally laptops are fairly expensive for the hardware inside + you can't upgrade them. My specs: i7 3770K, MSI MArshal B3 board , 16GB G.Skill 2400 CL9, two Radeon 290X reference cards of which one is disabled for better performance , and lot of other stuff not worth mentioning. Everything's water cooled in a custom loop so the 290Xs are not as loud as you would think . Power supply is a Corsair AX1200i and case 900D. Nice! Delidded? What cooling? What temps are you getting? I have a delidded 4790K shelved that almost hits 70°C at 1.25V 4.7GHz even with a decent water cooler on top of it. Intel really hates us overclockers.
My laptop is so old, that it will overload the servers if I post my specs! I got it around 4 years ago and at the time it was excellent but now it's getting very sluggish So I am saving up for a new computer which I will hopefully get within a few months and then I can play with all you Loonies!
Motherboard: Asus Z87I-PRO CPU: Intel i7-4770K Ram: 8GB Samsung Green DDR3 1600MHz GPU: GeForce GTX 770 SSD: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB + Crucial MX100 512GB PSU: Seasonic G-550 550W Case: Bitfenix Prodigy Keyboard: Ducky YYY TKL (Cherry MX Red) Mouse: Zowie FK1 Monitors: 2 x AOC G2460F 144Hz Headset: AKG K-612 PRO + ModMic 4.0 + Fiio E10K DAC
They dont age well but when you get your new one maybe you could re install OS on your laptop and have the stream and chat on that so you dont have to alt-tab out to chat Families take up alot of time so a "turn key" machine (it arrives and works right out of the box) and doesn't take up much space when you aren't using it make more sense Sweet what brand of water blocks are you using? Are you going to try direct die cooling?
You can upgrade a laptop if you don't mind voiding your warranty. My Laptop new cost $2500 which is a lot BUT that was bought with some inheritance money. I didn't have time to research parts and build a custom PC as I was working on making my house baby safe/ready. Also a laptop takes up less space than my mammoth custom PC builds of the past.
Fair enough, time and space constraints are something I didn't think of. You can always pick up your notebook and go elsewhere, I can't even lift my computer without draining the water first... I'm using mostly Aquacomputer gear: a cuplex kryos HF for the CPU and two kryographics Hawaii cooler for the cards. Really like that company. I haven't tried on-die cooling for the CPU yet but it is something I have been thinking about. EKWB has a kit for getting the right spacing between socket and die. Should improve temps a lot. Second PC: Pentium G3258 "Anniversary Edition" @4.4GHz Gigabyte Z87-D3HP mainboard 8 GB of Kingston HyperX 1600 CL9 Radeon HD6950 Crucial M4 128 GB SSD Budget / old parts build, works fine for most games!
I'm the only one running a AMD CPU???? Man, unique here! CPU - Fx-9370 Eight Core, OC'D to 4.8 GPU: 2x 760 GTX OC'd, with a GTX 980 on the back burner! Water cooling, of course 3x 24' HP HD Monitors 16 GB 1677 RAM
Intel i5 3570k Asrock z77 extreme 4 powercolor 7870 Corsair vengeance 8gb HDD: 1x 80gb 10k rpm, 1x 250gb 10k rpm, 1tb 7.5k rpm Bought initially as a pc that i would add more stuf to later on (more ram, SSD, 2nd GFX card, OC) but i never got around to it. It's kinda getting old but its still running all the games i play at a decent FPS and gfx settings so.
