PC PC Specs?

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Don't see many people posting their specs in here.

Assuming more than a handful of people play on the PC at this point in time.

Well,

Let's get to the point of the thread, (and make @Linnaete jealous)

Ahem, @Paddy McGee

I'll just post mine here, and laugh at the plebs and peasants.

CPU: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.2Ghz

CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO

Motherboard: MSi Z97 Gaming 5

Memory: 16GB 2133mhz HyperX Fury (Red)

GPU: MSi GTX 970 4GB OC

Storage: Zotac120GB SSD Boot, 3x 1TB WD Caviar Blue

Speakers: Logitech Z 313

PSU: Rosewill Photon 650W 80+Gold, Modular

Case: Corsair 500R Black

Monitor: 23'' ASUS VS239-HP

Mouse: Steelseries Rival 300

Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red

Headset: HyperX Cloud Pro

The whole project cost me about $1500, progressively. I ended up buying peripherals + accessories way after I built the PC after a year. I do plan on upgrading to an i7, sooner or later, and buying myself a GTX 1070.
 
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CPU: AMD FX6300@4.0

Motherboard:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Memory: 12GB 2133mhz HyperX Fury (Onw blue stick, 2 red. Red was cheaper)

GPU: R
9 270X 4G D5

Storage: 1TB HDD. 40 quid, not sure of brand

Speakers: Builtin monitor speakers

PSU:
SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W

Case: Arc Midi R2(Really good)

Monitor: 21" philips 227E6LDSD

Mouse:
Redragon CENTROPHORUS 16400 DPI MMO High Precision Programmable Laser Gaming Mouse

Keyboard: MS wireless keyboard

Headset: N/A. Use 30 quid skull candy headphones


Was slightly above average when I got it. Not so much now. it was about 600 for the PC, and then 140 for the monitor(didn't have one).
 
CPU: Intel I5 3330 @ 3GHz

Ram: 8GB Corsier RAM @1666MHz I think

PSU: Corsier 600W

GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5

Motherboard: some asus one

Storage: Sandisk 120GB SSD and a 1TB Seagate Blue Hard Drive

NAetwork: TP-Link AC1200 USB 3.0 Wireless Adatper

Monitor: LG 22" Monitor TV

Mouse: Steel Series Rival 100

Keyboard: Perixx Gaming Keyboard

Planned upgrades: I want to upgrade the GPU to a NVIDIA 1070 and also get the CPU changed, to compared, i'm currently using a Ivy Bridge cpu, I think their over 5 years old now xD
 
I keep an up-to-date PCPartPicker list of my PC build. Originally built in 2010 and I've since upgraded it piece by piece whenever the 'need' arose.

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory:
G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Storage:
Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Storage:
Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

Storage:
Western Digital Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card:
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card

Case:
Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply:
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive:
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit

Wireless Network Adapter:
Intel 7260HMWDTX1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter

Monitor:
HP 22xw 21.5" 60Hz Monitor

Keyboard:
HP Elite v2 Keyboard Wireless Standard Keyboard

Mouse:
Logitech G602 Wireless Optical Mouse

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-02 15:41 EDT-0400

The one thing here that isn't quite accurate is the wireless adapter. I couldn't find a PCI wireless adapter that had everything I wanted for a reasonable price, so instead I ordered the parts from China and assembled a custom one myself :P
 
Graveyard

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Evo (Sold)
Keyboard: CM Storm Devastator (Stored)
Mouse: XSoul DIY (Stored)
CPU: AMD - FX 8320 (Sold)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ (Returned, Caught Fire)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P (Sold)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ (Sold)
Memory: AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 8GB (4 x 4GB) (Sold)
GPU: MSI - R7 265 2GB GDDR5 OC 2GB x2 (1 Died, 1 Sold)
GPU: ASUS - ROG Strix Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 (Sold)
PSU: Rosewill RD600 – Stallion Series 600w (Sold)
Case: Cougar Volant (Trash)
Case: GIGABYTE GZ-F5HEB (Trash)
 
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Let's do an update, white denotes new parts.

CPU: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.2Ghz >> Intel i7-7700k @4.6ghz

CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO >> Scythe FUMA Rev. 2 (x3 Fans)

Motherboard: MSi Z97 Gaming 5 >> MSi Z270 Gaming M3

Memory: 16GB 2133mhz HyperX Fury (Red) >> 16GB DDR4 3200mhz Corsair Vengeance LPX

GPU: MSi GTX 970 4GB OC

Storage: Zotac 120GB SSD Boot, 5TB HDDs + 8TB eHDD (totally not overkill)

Speakers: Logitech Z 313

PSU: Rosewill Photon 650W 80+Gold, Modular

Case: Corsair 500R Black

Monitor 1: 23'' ASUS VS239-HP

Monitor 2: 23'' Asus VX238

Mouse: Steelseries Rival 300

Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red

Headset: HyperX Cloud Pro / SteelSeries Arctis
 
So, here is my setup:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 8Gb x2
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1,5 Tb
Storage: SanDisk Extreme II 480 Gb
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3 Gb
Case: DIYPC Gamestorm
Power Supply: Cooler Master RR-V6SV-22PR-R1
Operating System: Windows 10
Speakers: Bose Companion Series III + Bose Soundlink Bluetooth Speaker
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 32"
Keyboard: Logitech 920
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder
Headset: Audio-Technica ATH-PDG1

Currently need to improve my graphic card, but it is still working good. Played recently The Witcher 3.
 
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Woahhhhhhh it's been a while. I haven't been on the Bulldozer architecture for years now!

CPU: i7 7700k clocked @4.4

Cooler: NZXT RL KRX52 5/240 mm PC Fan Cooler - Black. Watercooled, dawg.

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Memory: Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 2400 MHz C16 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit, Black

GPU: Evga Geforce GTX 1080 SC Gaming ACX 3.0 GeForce GTX1080 Internal Graphic Card 8192 MB

Storage: 1TB Samsung SSD, Crucial MX300 1TB SATA. Both Sata.

Speakers: Builtin monitor speakers

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 850W

Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-C-BK-W ATX Case for PC - Black. It's got a window. It's nice

Monitor: ACER - Nitro VG270UPbmiipx Quad HD 27 and a BenQ GL2706PQ 27 Inch QHD(in portrait mode) mounted on a mount with separate arms.

Mouse: Razer Naga Trinity - with switchable side panels.

Keyboard: Ducky Shine 5 RBG Cherry MX Browns

Headset: Hyper X Cloud 2 Headset w/3d sound. Mic is an external samson microphone.
 
Yesterday I got my new build, all-Corsair Maximum RGB Degeneracy :D

CPU: Intel i7-12000k
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE 150i Elite Capellix AIO
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WiFi
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB DDR5 (2x16 GB, 5600MHz)
Storage (System): Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Gen4)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2TB (Gen4)
Storage: ADATA XPG 1TB (Gen3*)
Video Card: Nvidia RTX 3080 (Aorus Xtreme)
Case: Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB
Case Fans: Corsair ML-120
Power Supply: Corsair RMx-1000 (1000w)
Operating System: Windows 11 Pro
Monitor #1: Dell S2721DGF (27" IPS / 1440p@165Hz)
Monitor #2: Dell S2721DGFA (27" IPS / 1440p@165Hz)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB
Mouse: Corsair Scimitar Pro RGB


* The motherboard has one Gen3 slot, and this SSD was already decently fast :D
 
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I paid $369 for it, moments before the pandemic kicked off. So I feel like an absolute genius. I haven't had any problems with it. I like AMD because you generally get better price to performance than Intel/NVidia. The 5700XT is notorious for having a hotspot/junction temp over 100C. Mine definitely does, and the fix seems to be to undervolt it a little. AMD says it's in spec somehow and 2yrs in, I've not had a problem.

Some things I've noticed lately, as far as new products go, the traditional roles of the competitors seemed to have reversed. Intel and NVidia still hold the majority of the market, but the innovation seems to be trending toward AMD. It used to be that AMD sort of brute-forced their way to some raw numbers. Now Intel is the one with high core counts, double and triple wattage that somehow only slightly edge AMD for a few hundred more dollars. Intel is also supposedly releasing GPUs, but always seemingly in the future. There's sure to be problems in early generations, regardless.

Even Nvidia is having to make late special releases to respond to AMDs cards, just to maintain the top spot. Again at obscene costs and power draws. Although, I would say there is less of a gap appearing in the GPU space. The biggest issue with NVidia right now is availability. Even though costs are going down, they're going down much quicker for AMD. One area where NVidia seems to be safe is Ray Tracing. Even the best AMD cards aren't great at ray tracing, although whether it matters is another question.

Something to consider if you're thinking about moving to AMD: The AM4 socket that holds the Ryzen processors is at end of life. Those motherboards don't have DDR5 RAM. So if you want something a little more future-proof, AMD isn't going to be ready until the AM5 release, and even then there's sure to be teething problems.
 
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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5600x - 6Core/12Threads - 4.6Ghz PBO
CPU Cooler: Stock
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix - B550F (WI-FI)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4-3200
Storage: Silicon Power - XS70 - 1TB NVMe SSD 4.0
Video Card: XFX - RX5700XT - Thicc III 8GB GDDR6
Case: Fractal - Focus 2 RGB 140mm (x2)
Case Fans: Arctic - F12 120mm (x2)
Power Supply: FSP- Hydro GE 650w - 80+ Gold
Speakers: Creative Pebble 2.0
Keyboard: Roccat - Vulcan 100 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Roccat - Burst Pro
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Just built this one for my parents. Super overkill. A lot of it was old parts I had leftover from my old builds. With the newer parts, I made sure to buy brands I've not worked with before, just to get a feel for them. The case's quality isn't as good as mine, but it was also 1/3 the price. It did come with 2 140mm RGB fans but no rear exhaust. The FSP power supply was really chonky, but I wasn't a fan of the included cables.

I'm going to upload photos of this one and all the changes I've made to mine soon.
 
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