New Computer

[Adrius2]

I'll get back to you when I can afford three monitors and a computer to support it.

 

Gonna stick a shovel in my backyard a few times, hoping for oil to start spraying out.

[Shroudedasylum]

I updated two computers for work in the past 3 months, one being my laptop and one being my workstation (Quadro 6000 for CAD use). Both will have no problem blowing through this @ max settings. So, none of the above because I did not need to upgrade again. I am however building a gaming computer after I sell off the old parts on my workstation. Already got the two EVGA 590classified Hydros, trying to pick the mobo though and cpu now.

[El`derina]

Argh! I voted "bought new compy" instead of "bought the parts and built it myself!" I don't get to be one of the cool kids now. :facepalm:

 

EDIT: Refresh is a powerful thing. Vote changed!

 

<--Cool Kid. :cool:

 

lol,.. i was trying to think of all options that would apply, prob missed something that someone wouldve picked- but I think the current list works.

 

EDIT: Speaking of which, I did add another option just now,.. have fun all!

Edited October 26, 2011 by El`derina

[jedimembrain]

If I can find a quad core my motherboard can support I might be updating that in the next couple weeks .. my duo 2.6ghz is starting to feel old .. aside from that my GPU,RAM,OS are all good to go .. and I'm not a "I need 60FPS!!" type .. 25 is playable to me .. 35-45 is great .. 60 is just not noticable.

[PostMortem22988]

Yeah.... I overdid my system.

 

But I loves her. :D

 

My Beast Raaaarw.

>Case:

 

> Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Full Tower Gaming Case

 

> CPU:

> Intel i7-2600K Quad core CPU 3.4GHz (OC'd to 4.2GHz)

 

> Power Supply:

> 1200W Silverstone ST1200-G

 

> Motherboard:

> Gigabyte GZ-Z68X-UD5-B3 MB, Socket 1155, Intel Z68 Chipset, Intel SRT technology, 4x DDR3, SATA3, SATA2, USB3.0, HD Audio,2-Way, CrossFireX/SLI, Firewire, ATX

 

> Memory:

> Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz CL9

 

> System Drives:

> 2x 60GB Agility 3 SSDs (120GB RAID 0 array)

 

> Storage Drives:

> 2TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 7200rpm HDD - SATA III 6.0Gbs, 64MB Cache

> 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200rpm HDD - SATA-II 3.0 Gbps, 32MB Cache

 

> Optical Drive:

> Sony Blu-Ray 12x Burner, SONY BWU500S 12x BD Writer

 

> Graphics Cards:

> 2x Dual-GPU Gigabyte Geforce GTX 590 3GB 2x384-bit DDR5 memory, 607/3414MHz In QUAD SLI (Yeah, overdone :D)

 

> Advanced Cooling:

> Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H100 Ultra High-performance Sealed liquid CPU cooler (Keeps my OC'd CPU at around 45 Deg C)

 

> Network Card Ethernet:

> Inbuilt 10/100/1000 Gigabit ethernet port

 

> Network Card Wireless:

> ASUS WL-130N 802.11n WLAN PCI Card, Up to 300Mbps Data Rate, Includes MIMO antenna, Vista Ready

 

> Sound Card:

> Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCIe Fatal1ty Champ Series

 

> Operating System:

> Microsoft Windows 7- Ultimate 64-bit

 

 

MMMmmMMMmmmmmm.

[mdale13]

I will probably upgrade to a GTX 570 in the near future.

 

I recently added a 128GB SSD to my rig which should help load times and texture pop-in on a game like Skyrim.

 

So come release day Ill be running;

 

i7 920 OC to 3.8Ghz

GTX 275 OC (will upgrade to a GTX 570 if struggling with Ultra)

8 GB RAM

128 GB SSD

 

Ill have no problem with high settings, but Ill see if I think Ultra is offering anything drastically better, then decide if a need a new card. I am due for one anyway, The Witcher 2 could use a little extra leg room.....

 

I'm surprised people are so shocked this isn't a super graphically demanding title. Yes, it looks really nice, and certainly has an amazing level of detail for an open world game, but compared to BE3 or The Witcher 2, its rather tame.

[PostMortem22988]

SSD's are awesome.

 

True story.

[El`derina]

ha, somebody regrets their purchase... i feel sorry for ya man, mostve had a decent rig to begin with.

my old computer couldve handled skyrim, but I am glad I upgraded anyhow.