[Quake1028]

..-.. Intel i5-2500K @ 4.2Ghz | GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3
..-.. MSI N460GTX Hawk 1GB | G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB
..-.. Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST
..-.. Cooler Master HAF 912 | Corsair CMPSU-650TX
..-.. Saitek Cyborg | Logitech MX 518
..-.. Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit

 

[Cheapy]

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My first custom build from the ground up, grand total: $698 shipped ^_^ My 960T unlocks to 6 cores with perfect stability! Just too hot to run OC'd on the stock HSF. I can get it to like 3.2GHz but it starts running at ~60C under Prime95 load. Granted, it never reaches those temps irl, but I'll wait to get an aftermarket cooler to switch to 6 cores so I can still get a decent clock rate.

For Phenom II the safe max temp was 62°C after that it starts throttling or shuts down to prevent damage. Probally want to keep it below 55° just to have some safety margin for summer. Intel chips can get hotter before they start to throttle etc. Now you get the joy of pulling apart your newly built computer just to fit a CPU cooler backplate

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Sorry about that, went back home for break and didn't bring the tower. For some reason everything is lower now, off two monitors... o-o Might be because my room temperature's a lot colder. Also, I think it's 600W, not 650W. Pulled out the 2x2GB because it was causing blue screens. 8GB is plenty for my needs.
On idle, Motherboard 22, CPU 21, GPU 50, HDD 30. GPU is running at 33%.
Gonna note I have 2xCorsair, 2xFractal and 2xNoctua fans in the case. Still very quiet.

Thanks. Yeah my mobo is around the 25 mark but the northbridge reckons its doing ~82 so it seems to be a stuck sensor then as it doesnt vary apart from plus or minus 1 under heavy or light loads.
 

 

[iamtwon]

Intel i5-2500K
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler with Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound using the blue cables on the CPU cooler for lower fan speed.
 
ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro
8GB G.Skill RipjawX 8-8-8-24 1600mHz
Corsair AX-850 PSU
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 560ti DS
Crucial M4 128 GB SSD
1TB WD Caviar Black
 
All that's in a Coolermaster Storm Enforcer
 
Thermaltake BlacX USB/eSATA HD Dock (really like this thing)
SoundDevices USBPre 2 + SM-58
Dell U2312-HM IPS Monitor + and old square Acer flat for dual.
Logitech G9x
Filco Majestouch 2 Cherry MX-Blue w/ PBT black engraved caps
 
I couldn't be happier with this setup with the exception of... video card fan noise and the USBPre2 adding 60 seconds to my bootup time (still haven't figured this out).
 

 

[usp45]

-I7 930 overclocked to 3.6ghz cooled by thermaltake frio
-Asus P6X58D Premium motherboard.
-6gigabytes of ram running at 1600
-2 EVGA GTX470 video cards running in SLI
-500gig  Western digital Caviar Black 500gig 7200rpm 32mb cache.
-1000w power supply
-Housed in a Full size Cooler Master HAF-X case.
-windows 7

 

[ocswing]

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Intel i5-2500K
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler with Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound using the blue cables on the CPU cooler for lower fan speed.
 
ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro
8GB G.Skill RipjawX 8-8-8-24 1600mHz
Corsair AX-850 PSU
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 560ti DS
Crucial M4 128 GB SSD
1TB WD Caviar Black
 
All that's in a Coolermaster Storm Enforcer
 
Thermaltake BlacX USB/eSATA HD Dock (really like this thing)
SoundDevices USBPre 2 + SM-58
Dell U2312-HM IPS Monitor + and old square Acer flat for dual.
Logitech G9x
Filco Majestouch 2 Cherry MX-Blue w/ PBT black engraved caps
 
I couldn't be happier with this setup with the exception of... video card fan noise and the USBPre2 adding 60 seconds to my bootup time (still haven't figured this out).
 

 
Does your motherboard have a boot from USB option? Try turning that off and see if the boot time goes back to normal.
 
 

 

[focs]

- Intel i7-2600K 3.6 Ghz (no need oc) with Scythe MUGEN 2 Rev.B
- ASRock P67 Pro3
- 8 GB Corsair Vengeance LP White 9-9-9-24 1600 MHz
- MSI Nvidia GTX 480 with Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II
- Corsair Force Series F60
- Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
- Asus Xonar D2X
- Be Quiet Special Edition White 600W E7 Modular PSU
- Thermaltake Element T case
 
- Logitech Z-10 Speakers
- Logitech G15 Keybord
- Cyborg R.A.T. 7 mice
- Samsung B2330
 
Thinking to swap this for macbook

 

[Blisse]

Sorry about that, went back home for break and didn't bring the tower. For some reason everything is lower now, off two monitors... o-o Might be because my room temperature's a lot colder. Also, I think it's 600W, not 650W. Pulled out the 2x2GB because it was causing blue screens. 8GB is plenty for my needs.

On idle, Motherboard 22, CPU 21, GPU 50, HDD 30. GPU is running at 33%.

Gonna note I have 2xCorsair, 2xFractal and 2xNoctua fans in the case. Still very quiet.

Thanks. Yeah my mobo is around the 25 mark but the northbridge reckons its doing ~82 so it seems to be a stuck sensor then as it doesnt vary apart from plus or minus 1 under heavy or light loads.

I was using SpeedFan and I got that problem. One of the censors only read 80C. I turned it off for a couple hours and back on, and auto-80C, so I figured it was a sensor problem, and used another program.

 

[VortexBlast]

Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz
Corsair H70 + 2 Gentle Typhoons AP-15 Push/Pull
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 9-9-9-24 1600MHz
Asus P6T Deluxe V1
Gainward Nvidia GTX 280 (overclocked to 621/1350/1134)
Asus Xonar Essence STX
Corsair Force Series F120 SSD
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Corsair TX750W PSU
Sony Optiarc BWU-500S Blu-Ray Burner
In a Silverstone Raven RV-01 Case.
 
Logitech G9 Mouse
Logitech G11 Keyboard
Audioengine A2 Speakers
Asus VK222H Monitor (calibrated using Datacolor Spyder3 Pro)
 
In desperate need for an upgrade. Some components are 3 years old!

 

[Salm0n]

Asus P6X58D-E
i7 930 (stock clocks as it's summer here)
6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS 3 DDR3 1600 7-8-7-20
Sapphire 5870 Vapor X
Corsair HX 750
Prolimatech Megashadow w/ 2x Scyth slipstream 1200RPM fans
1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
Coolermaster HAF922
 
thing is too loud. total of 7 fans in it. I can hear the humming easily with my M50s on.

 

[deltaspirit]

i7@STOCK/NH-D14
X58
6990+6970
6GB DDR3
240GB Vertex 3 MAX IOPS
2xWD 640GB
AX1200
3240x1920

 

[bravo4588]

Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD6770 OC 1GB
Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB 1600MHz (4GB*2)
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA 3 SSD
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Corsair HX650 PSU
Corsair 400R Tower Case
Samsung Syncmaster BX2450 @ 1920*1080
 

 

[thenorwegian]

My old workhorse...
 
Intel core 2 quadcore Q9650 (3,1mhz) (slight overclock to 3,33mhz...I don't want more heat)
MSI P45 neo-f
Sapphire radeon hd 5670 "ultimate edition"
Corsair twin2x pc6400 DDR2 8gb
Western digital black 1 terrabyte (system disk)
2x Samsung spinpoint F3 1 terrabyte
Sunsway usb 3.0 card
Hiyatek usb 3.0 docking station with western digital greenpower 2 terrabyte disk (backup)
Asus xonar essence stx
Silverstone sst-st50nf nichtjar 500w psu (fanless)
Fractal design define R3 black pearl case
3x schyte gentle typhoon 800rpm fans
Akasa nero S cpu cooler
 
I only use the pc for photoshop and listening to music, so I really don't need anything more powerfull. It's VERY stable as it is, and the only noise I can hear is the faint humming of harddrives.

 

[nihaz]

Intel i7 2600K
Asus P8Z68 V-PRO motherboard
Noctua D14 CPU cooler
Afox GTX 580
RipJaws 16 GB ram
Silicon Power SSD 2 X 60 GB in RAID0
Western Digital Black 1TB HDD
Corsair HX850 PSU
Coolermaster HAF X Case
 
And about 6 case fans hahahah
 
Currently not overclocked, but will be doing so soon...
 
Originally started out as a "I need a new computer" i7 build, but turned into a "lets go overboard" kinda thing...
Use it to do word processing only...
 
 
LOL JK
 
Battlefield 3 mostly... but do a fair bit of MATlab, AutoCAD and 3D Modelling using Engineering software.
 

 

[Evilcalyptic]

Laptop Sager NP8170
Gen2 Intel Core i7 2960xm 2.7Ghz Quadcore OC'd to 4.2Ghz
AMD/ATI Radeon 6990m 2GB OC'd
16GB DDR3 1866 Kingston
120GB Intel 510 Solid State
750GB Seagate HDD 7,200rpm 32mb cache
Bluray Burner
Intel Advanced-N 6230
IC Diamond Thermal Compound

you dont wanna know how much this laptop cost me

 

[nihaz]

Over 9000?

 
but seriously... around $3K?