fellsteruk Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) This takes me back to my pc days. However I got bitten by the apple bug many moons ago so all appled up now, however i did upgrade the ram to 12gb, about the most tinkering you can do without removing the screen and even then u don't have much to mod Sill have my old PC bit of a dinosaur by today's standards, upgraded ram and graphics a few years back for flight sim x and ran like a dream, now its a backup server for Lightroom when editing on my mac U have a nice rig, hope u don't get any leaks Edited July 29, 2013 by fellsteruk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-350 Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Here are some screens of in game, pics are compressed but you get the idea. Specs http://oi41.tinypic.com/2zs9u8n.jpg Skyrim with Nexus Mods http://oi42.tinypic.com/o6mpuo.jpg http://oi44.tinypic.com/2u4lqog.jpg http://oi44.tinypic.com/28qpyk4.jpg http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/images/607-2-1356358435.jpg Can put some up of Grid 2 also! Edited July 30, 2013 by Dave-350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddcboyle Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 When are games consoles actually going to keep up with desktops... I was a loyal pc guy in my teens, then got sick of all the issues so bought xbox. No problems at all... But graphics are like 100years old compared to pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 bm, that is one serious piece of kit, maximum respect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-350 Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 When are games consoles actually going to keep up with desktops... I was a loyal pc guy in my teens, then got sick of all the issues so bought xbox. No problems at all... But graphics are like 100years old compared to pc Never, PC components get updated every few months. When I got my GTX670 a new card came out the following month. Good thing is that my card will play any game on Ultra settings, so makes no odds if a more powerful card comes out. The PS4 will already be old compared to what will be available when its released. Consoles are convenient, PC gaming online though is 10x harder if you like games like BF or COD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 My PC has some kind of i7, as much RAM as I could fit into it and a couple of SSDs and a couple of normal hard drives. I've no idea what gfx card it has, nor sound card. Sadly, I stopped caring about PC tech a few years ago, and now I just use it for interwebbing and photo/video editing. My consoles are for my games, no need to faff around with silly settings chasing that extra 1fps and 1080p on a 55" telly is better than billionty res on a 27" monitor. I used to love all the tech and modding, I was heavily into that scene back in the day via PC Format and the forums there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Bm, I had no idea you were a PC guy too heh. Mines as follows, Intel i5 OC'd to 4.5Ghz (with all in one water cooler) 16GB of Corsair Balistix tracer ram 128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 3TB Western Digital HDD Asus P8Z67 VPro Gen 3 motherboard Gigabyte (NVidia) 680GTX Graphics (again, overclocked) Asus Xonar 7.1 surround sound card Logitech Z906 Surround Sound system I have a separate machine for....downloading... which is as follows Intel i3 (under clocked) Cooled by EK H30 240 Water-cooling kit 4 GB of Corsair (blue) Vengeance RAM 128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 1TB Samsung HDD Asus P8H77 mini ITX motherboard Hand braided white and blue cables through the whole machine (NEVER TRY THIS, 30-40 hrs work for a mini ATX machine....) Il have to get some photos later on for you all. The second machine is on 24/7 so is optimised for cool, silent and above all power sipping. It only does downloading so no need for massive power, still, not that the i3 is underpowered, and it has some decent RAM. Edited July 30, 2013 by cs2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've got an older i7 running my NAS, now that's what you call a waste of power! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhuman Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I used to use passive water cooling in the form of a Reserator - flashbacks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewayz350z Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 These are my Pc Specs and I also use them for driving and searching the forums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've got a few machines, nothing very high spec though. My main machine is a 3.0ghz 8 core AMD bulldozer with a 440GT card, 4 gb of Ram and a couple of 1tb hard drives. The one alongside it is a Phenom 4 core with a 240GT card, 2gb of Ram and a couple of Hard drives, 1tb and 600mb, I have a KVM to switch from machine to machine. I did have 460 cards in both of these but my electric bill rocketed as I tend to leave them on 24/7. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmr1980 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 For a second I thought I was back on Overclockers forum!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Not enough random banning for daring to hae an opinion to be an OcUK forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmr1980 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 hehe It's not that bad these days... but I may be biased :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) heh, im a lurker over there, the forum seems a little slow. Their hardware is damn good though, so says my account history to the tune of several k in past orders. Edited July 30, 2013 by cs2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Bm, I had no idea you were a PC guy too heh. Mines as follows, Intel i5 OC'd to 4.5Ghz (with all in one water cooler) 16GB of Corsair Balistix tracer ram 128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 3TB Western Digital HDD Asus P8Z67 VPro Gen 3 motherboard Gigabyte (NVidia) 680GTX Graphics (again, overclocked) Asus Xonar 7.1 surround sound card Logitech Z906 Surround Sound system I have a separate machine for....downloading... which is as follows Intel i3 (under clocked) Cooled by EK H30 240 Water-cooling kit 4 GB of Corsair (blue) Vengeance RAM 128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 1TB Samsung HDD Asus P8H77 mini ITX motherboard Hand braided white and blue cables through the whole machine (NEVER TRY THIS, 30-40 hrs work for a mini ATX machine....) Il have to get some photos later on for you all. The second machine is on 24/7 so is optimised for cool, silent and above all power sipping. It only does downloading so no need for massive power, still, not that the i3 is underpowered, and it has some decent RAM. Photos of my beasty machine And here, photos of my little torrent machine. It has remote controlled RBG lighting, I like purple as it makes the baby blue coolant pop a little Also had to get a window water jet cut into the side as there wadnt one there as standard, no idea why! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) Should have had your name cut into the side panel too (Dont mind the coolant, spillage from filling up once) Edited July 31, 2013 by BulletMagnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Flamin' Nora!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) Lol didn't want to go that far, just wanted to see my tubing! hehe Looks good though. Edited July 31, 2013 by cs2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I have a separate machine for....downloading... which is as follows Intel i3 (under clocked) Cooled by EK H30 240 Water-cooling kit 4 GB of Corsair (blue) Vengeance RAM 128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 1TB Samsung HDD Asus P8H77 mini ITX motherboard Hand braided white and blue cables through the whole machine (NEVER TRY THIS, 30-40 hrs work for a mini ATX machine....) For downloading?!? I use my NAS box as a torrent client, 500Mhz ARM processor with 64MB RAM is plenty and uses f'all power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hand braiding!!? What a sheltered life I've lived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hand braiding!!? What a sheltered life I've lived That's been the fashion for quite some time now. For some really stunning examples of custom builds, check this out http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 lol HaydnH, I used to have a little Atom PC, but that died so I built that one. I fell in love with the case and envisaged the whole WC build as soon as I saw the case, had to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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