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Hi all, Well, my 6-7 year old Sandy Bridge Core i5 2500k (overclocked) rig is starting to show its age (with dual nVidia 680's!), so it's time to start putting together the components for a new PC. I use it for the basics, as well as tons of photo editing (Photoshop, Lightroom), and gaming. My rough thoughts on a base spec are: 32Gb RAM large SSD for boot drive and a small one for cache A couple of big spinning disks for bulk storage i7 CPU - 6 or 8 cores (or maybe i9, though the cost is nearly double for far less than double the performance) high-end nVidia video card I'm not wedded to Intel and nVidia - they're just what I'm used to - so I'm open to suggestions Any thoughts on the above, and other components like coolers, case, power supply etc? I'll be buying the pieces in a couple of weeks. Cheers, AstronomerXI

Hey there, I just open this topic to create a space where we can share and talk about our computer configurations. Excuse-me if this type of topic existed before, I don't find it on the forum. I will begin with my setup (I will add photos later): This is a small gaming rig, it aim to provide good performances for "little" money (the whole stuff cost me somthing like ~1500 euros). It handle Battlefield 4 in 1080p with ultra settings and 4X MSAA at 80~90 FPS. CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K, 4 cores at 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz with Turbo Boost enabled), overclocked at 4.30 GHz HEATSINK: Noctua NH-U12S RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical, 2x 4 Go DDR3 at 1600 MHz MB: Gygabite GA-Z97N-WIFI rev 1.0 SSD: Samsung EVO 850 250 Go HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 To at 7200rpm PSU: Corsair CS 550, providing 550w 80 Plus Gold certified FANS: 1x Noctua NF A14 PWM 140mm & 2x Bitfenix Spectre 120mm GC: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6 Go CASE: Bitfenix Phenom Mini-ITX in white with a vented side panel SCREEN: ViewSonic VX2457-MHD, 24" for 1080p OTHER: cheap mouse, keyboard and headset So, what about yours? DISCLAIMER: This topic don't aim to make you feel bad because of an eventual "poor" setup, there is no shame to play with a cheap configuration. It's often more interesting than the guy who can put 4k USD in a computer! Please respect folks posting here, no kidding!

Hello to all my Idiot friends! I finally was able to get a rig! My old rig to be exact LOL...the one my gal sold awhile back when we broke up temporarily. My friend she sold it too was on a financial bind and I was able to buy it back dirt (and I mean super dirt) cheap LOLOL plus he threw in a bunch of leather working tools/supplies and brand new sewing stuff for my gal...what a score...I also have an amd machine that is much newer with a quad core cpu so I might just move my gpu and psu over to that platform...either way my Idiot ass will be back on the ace mod very very soon! Missed all of you very much...I can finally get back to giving away nades to all my favorite idiots LOL See you Soooon! Dino Roman Pagano aka Huehefna>XI< member since the early early days! and still rolling with ya'! reporting from Hopewell, VA!