Pimp Your Rig *show off your setup*

[Bewm]

yes, isn't the only difference between i5 and i7's hyperthreading really? and maybe a few fps?

i5's are amazing, you really don't need an i7 for gaming yet, however there's a few advantages to having one at the cost of paying more.

•Hyper-Threading
•Faster Clock Speeds
•More Cache Memory
•Better Power and Heat Management

Due to the better heat and power management, i7's are the CPU of choice for pushing over-clocking as far as it can go, some CPU's are stable at 5.0 ghz + with the right setup (ideally liquid cooling)

When it comes to gaming, if you do not have a bottle-neck anywhere you might not really see a huge difference yet for most games, some modern games are utilizing new technology's that works better with i7's and this will be more of a thing for the future.

As for bottle-necking, you wont really run into that issue with an i5, as they're solid CPU's and can support any high end GPU, anyone with something as old as an i3 can have serious bottle-neck issues running high end components however.

i7's however are the CPU of choice when it comes to production environments though, such as rendering 3D scenes, creating audio, editing media and creating graphics due to hyper-threading.

Other than that, i7's are just for enthusiasts who wish to future-proof and be Ahead of the Curve when it comes to specs.

[Thirdeye]

i hear ya there bewm, ill eventually upgrade to an i7, i have 2 980's, i was gonna get the TI but i already had 1 980 and caught a pretty good deal on the 2nd one lol

[Sebart]

Loki have a laptop from 2010. Getting a gaming desktop soon though, just gotta save up some funds, maybe I can be good once I get that

[KillerPotato]

Nothing fancy, except for the new shiny 34" Curved Acer monitor that I got last week - amazing monitor.
Playing and working with 3440x1440 resolution is just amazing, so much space
(yes! it's better than eyefinity setup - I hate bezels)



Mind the cable mess, had to do some troubleshooting last weekend and pulled everything out, being lazy sorting it back properly

I'll upload another one after I fix it up this weekend.

Rig:
Cooler Master HAF 932+
Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Intel i5-3570k @ 4.4GHz
G.Skill DDR3 2133 16GB
2x Sapphire 7870 HD 2GB @ 1,100 MHz / 1,300MHz
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD
Samsung 830 120GB SSD
2x Seagate 2TB
Seasonic 850W

[Sebart]

Shock are you playing on a marble top desk?

[Rendysavage]

i5 4690k Devils Canyon OC@ 4.5ghz
16gb RAM sniper series
H100i closed loop CPU cooling
Samsung 850 pro 256gb x2
GTX 980ti with water cooling
Corsair 850w modular supply
32" IPS ASUS monitor

I'm leaving some minor things out, but you get the jest of it.

Nothing amazing but it certainly gets the job done!

[Dillweed]

Oooh that 21:9 ratio hurts my head. Nice Rig though, I have that same headset, real nice.

[Rendysavage]

Yea the 21:9 took some getting used to for sure. Also, love the headset

[Evolutious]

Playing and working with 3440x1440 resolution is just amazing, so much space
(yes! it's better than eyefinity setup - I hate bezels)

How does WoW play on that size? One of my biggest complaints about my 3 screen eyefinity setup is that chat bubbles are MEGA HUGE while the text is still normal/small (screenshot below). If using one of those types of displays does not have this same issue, I may be changing my setup real soon!

Link to original: http://i.imgur.com/VR1jp9l.jpg


My current setup. The top display is dedicated to the MacBook and is used for work and playing music during raids

[Arthaschild]

My Setup Can Be Found In This Post.

My System Is
Amd FX-8320 3.5Ghz (8 Core) Thermaltake Nic C4 220watt Cooler
16Gb Gskill Sniper Ram 4x4Gb
Asrock Fatailty 990FX Killer Mobo
Evga Gtx 960 SSC 4Gb
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 Pci-E SSD 256Gb
1Tb Western Digital Blue Storage Drive
Evga 1000G2 PSU


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[Neversleeps]

hebergement image

New headset - and a new bad ass WOW framed picture on that left wall thats epic .. but other then that - There is my home away from home lol ..

Shawn / Neversleeps

[KillerPotato]

How does WoW play on that size? One of my biggest complaints about my 3 screen eyefinity setup is that chat bubbles are MEGA HUGE while the text is still normal/small (screenshot below). If using one of those types of displays does not have this same issue, I may be changing my setup real soon!

Perfect actually, I know what you're talking about, the chat bubbles and the health bars looks huge, just set up an eyefinity setup for the wife and thats the first thing that pops at you - literally
Its a eyefinity issue, well.. wow/eyefinity issue. I read that there are addons for both that can fix it.

The only thing, it is more taxing on your hardware, since eyefinity doesnt "really" give you 5820x1080 (or whatever), the 2 side screen are stretched. 3440x1440 actually uses the whole space, I love it.

But anyway, yeah.. not weird things.

[Evolutious]

But anyway, yeah.. not weird things.

Looks like I am buying a monitor soon then! I will probably just go with the single display and use the upper display for logs review and the sort.

Thanks Shock!

[Azgrul]

i'm thinking of harvesting the polarization filter from my monitor then putting on sunglasses so no one can see what im doing

[KillerPotato]

Upgrade time!!


Well.. part 1 anyway