PC specs for tech support or just for showing off ^^

[Orozar]

I thought it was a nice idea to put our specs down here. I hope it isn't in another category allready. Still haven't found the time to browse the whole forum...

[Orozar]

I'll start it off then ^^

Intel i7-4770k (basic overclock to 4,4Ghz) on an Asus Z87 Deluxe motherboard
Sapphire radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB GDDR5 VAPOR-X
Corsair 32GB DDR3-1600 Ram (of which 16GB is used as a Ramdisk)
Samsung 840 Pro SSD Drives (1TB) and Western Digital Green HDD Drives for storage (8TB)
Case: CM Storm Stryker, fully provided with scythe and noiseblocker fans
Cooling Solution CPU: Custom liquid cooling with noiseblocker fans
Soundcard: Asus Xonar Phoebus
Headset: CM Storm Sirius


Peripherals tend to change a lot, but atm a Mad Catz R.A.T.7 and a logitech G510 (edit: keyboard changed to Razer deathstalker ultimate)
only running 1 27" monitor atm: an ASUS MX279H

[Cao Cao]

ASUS A52J notebook
Intel i5 M430 2.27Ghz
6GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
Ergonomic mouse

[Xiahou Yuan]

Interesting mouse CC

Anyway, my specs:
Cooler Master Elite 430 Case
Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
Intel i5 2500K CPU
Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. B CPU Cooler
8GB RAM (forgot which brand, think it was something from Corsair Vengeance line)
Samsung SSD Drive 60GB (for my OS)
Seagate Harddisk 2TB
MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Video Card
Logitech G9 Mouse
Sennheiser HD555 Earphones

Mic/Speakers/Keyboard are el-cheapo standard stuff, but they get the job done ^^

[Nush]

Case: Corsair Carbide 300R
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX
CPU: Intel i5-3470
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660
RAM: 8GB Kingston
SSD: 128GB Kingston V200 (absolutely love the ssd)
HDD: 1TB I forget the brand
Monitor: BenQ XL2411T
And a well-loved Logitech G5 mouse, Logitech illuminated keyboard and Astro A30 headphones/mic.

[Eenmansrel]

Case: cheapass Xigmatek
Motherboard: ASUS P67-LE
CPU: Intel i5-2500 3,4Ghz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB,tomorrow MSI GTX 660 2GB twin Frozr   
RAM: 8GB Kingston
SSD: 128GB Crucial M4
HDD: 1TB 5 year old Samsung F1
Monitor: Samsung syncmaster 2250P
Logitech G500 mouse
Logitech G35 Headset
Microsoft Reclusa keyboard

[Airwolf]

Current computer has a BIG problem. So i Ordered a monster.

Case: Alienware Aurora ALX Matte Black 875W Chassis
Motherboard: mATX x79 LGA
CPU: i7-4930K Processor (Overclocked)
RAM: 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) 1.600 MHz
GPU: Dual 3GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 SLI
HDD1: 256 GB SSD
HDD2: 1T HDD
CPU Cooling: ASETEK CPU Liquid Cooling

Stuff I already have:
Monitor: 3 year old LG led (no need for a new one)
Mouse: R.A.T 9
Keyboard: Logitech G19 and a G13
Headset: Sennheiser PC 330 G4ME

[maloki]

Fuck techsupport, time to show off!
Yall know I've been away for a while, my gaming computer (which was crap) died... I am now getting a new one, we ordered it last night.


Corsair Carbide 200R
Cooler Master V750S, 750W PSU
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming, Socket-1150
Intel Core i7-4770K
Corsair H55 Hydro Series CPU Cooler
Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600Mhz 8GB RED
MSI GeForce GTX 770 Gaming 2GB PhysX
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB BK OEM
Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB


Managed to get a great 1hr deal, which let me buy an i7 instead of an i5 in this configuration, yet resulting in an €150 cheaper computer. Woot woot. Total saved? closer to €350, counting what I would have paid full price for these parts.

[eduard.shengals]

As my old case was too big to fit anywhere in my new apartment, I had to switch to a smaller form factor. Then my GPU died.
So here are the new specs:
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352
MB: Asus p8z77-m pro
CPU: Intel i7-2600K
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120v
MEM: Crucial ballistix 1600MHz 2x4GB
PSU: Some discontinued chieftec 750W modular PSU
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gamging 4G
HDD1: Intel 120GB 520-series SSD
HDD2: WD Black 1TB
Display: Some old samsung 22" LED
Speakers: Some logitech 5.1-s
KB: Razer Lycosa
Mouse: Roccat Kova

Pad: Razer Goliathus extended speed edition
Headphones: Steelseries Siberia V2 Orange Heat

[Mirraxis]

What kind of fps do you all get in large wvw blobs with those specs? My PC is due an update probably at the back end of this year so I'm looking into what to get, already got some parts... mobo, ssd, hdd, ram & case, looking at processor and I know gw2 is heavy on processor so does i7 make much of a difference over i5? Gfx I was thinking of r9 290x or will my 560gtx ti be fine and get upgrade later?

[Saturn]

Hmmm... I totally need to check next time I'm in a zerg haha. Gonna reply here (or edit this post if nobody else posted in the meanwhile) then.

[Eligy]

Hey everyone!

I am currently thinking about buying an FX 6300 with six cores. I dont know much about the CPU, beside that it should be the best for that price, and that alot of games don't use six cores yet, so it should handle almost every game very well. Is it good, or simply more or less mediocre?
(Should be noted that my budget are kind of low).

[Yue Jin]

As I mentioned in the guild chat, I'm not too informed on AMD CPUs. Therefore, I don't have any specific recommendations in terms of products. The FX 6300 might be an excellent choice; I don't know.

But conceptually speaking, as you point out, games aren't particularly good at efficiently utilizing a high amount of cores. More cores might not be so much of a future investment. Instead, you'd be better off looking at single-core performance.

If what you're interested in isn't using the extra cores, then they don't provide much, right?

Instead, that money could potentially be put towards a CPU with better performance of cores that do carry the work (games).

[Eligy]

Ohh, I am pretty bad when it comes to computer components, any suggestions?

[Cao Cao]

ASUS A52J notebook
Intel i5 M430 2.27Ghz
6GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
Ergonomic mouse

This 7yrs old unit died on me last friday so I've bought a new laptop for light gaming pleasure as well as the usual things. I'll probably be busy rediscovering the game now that I can run with higher (/highest?) graphics loaded. Plus.. maybe even a raid or WvW without frozen screen..

ASUS ROG GL series
Intel i5-6300HQ
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (2 GB)
1 TB HDD + 500GB SSD
Ergonomic mouse