What computer are you using?

[Archer]

Your bottleneck is the graphics card. The processor is overpowered, you're not going to be putting that thing to work for a few more years at least. An i5-750 would be a better fit for this build (760 wasn't out a year ago).

I wouldn't call it overpowered so much as safe for years to come. When the CPU gets clogged in games, you're going to see a bigger drop in frames than if the graphics card does so. It's always safer to have a faster CPU over GPU, within reason.Especially considering the X58 platform allows for better SLI performance, should the OP decide to SLI their next card in a few years. What card do you reckon they should get?

As for overclocking the CPU, I'd be looking at one of three options. The Noctua NH-D14 and the Thermalright Silver Arrow are the best air coolers on the market. I've seen both of them support an i7 to 4200MHz. Sadly, neither which are very attractive or compact coolers, the Corsair H70 is an alternative here.

 

[Guest123_x1]

I have quite a few desktop computers, all are very old (2002 and earlier), here's the one I currently use:
Compaq Presario 5430US with
Pentium 4 1.8GHz
512MB DDR SDRAM (2× 256MB modules)
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX AGP 64MB
160GB EIDE/PATA Western Digital (system originally had a 80GB HDD, but I replaced it with the aforementioned 160GB WD drive)
LiteON iHAP322 DVD±RW drive (bought and installed myself replacing a DVD-ROM drive that couldn't read DVDs)
HL-DT-ST CD-RW drive (that doesn't work all that great)
3½" floppy drive
Windows XP Home Edition
For the most part, this system has worked well for me.
The monitor I'm currently using with this is a Dell LCD/flat-panel with 1280×1024 resolution. Before that I was using an eMachines eView 17f CRT with the video resolution at 1024×768.

My most recent machine is my laptop (from 2008) which is
Gateway M2626u with
AMD Turion X2 Mobile dual-core
4.00GB DDR2 -256MB shared video
160GB SATA HDD
15.4-inch Ultrabright™ WXGA TFT 1280×800 ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 video
DVD±RW drive
5-in-1 media card reader
Built-in 802.11b/g Wireless
1.3 megapixels webcam
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

I own two other machines as well but I don't think this is the place to post about them.

 

[GlaceonX]

Custom As-rock pc, It's stupid fast. Atleast I don't have any slowdowns on it and I'm a heavy multitasker. Specs on siggy :3

 

[Happy Azumarill]

i am using:

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 LGA775
Gigabyte G41MT-D3
4Gb DDR3 Fsb 1333Mhz
Windows Vista Hame Basic 64Bit SP2
1Gb Nvidia Geforce 7600Gs
160Gb Main
1Tb Secondary
LG Multi Drive DVD

I am about to upgrade the processor to E7500 2.93Ghz but don't know if it is worth it.

And my dumb pc witch is:

Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.8Ghz PPGA478
2.5Gb DDR Fsb 400Mhz
160Gb IDE
Nvidia 7600 GT 512Mb

I want to turn this machine into a server for storage.

 

[Thomas]

Right now I'm using a 13" Aluminum Mac Book. Er I think it has a 2.4 Ghz processor and 2GB Ram and a 250 GB hard drive. I got it about 2 years ago, and it runs pretty well. I dual booth Mac OS X and Windows 7. :)

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

A Acer Aspire 5315 because my home-made computer's harddrive has finally died.
It has all the default specs apart from memory. it has 2GB instead of like half a GB x]

 

[BrainChord]

Dell XPS with quad core intel i2 duo (each 1.8ghz)
8gb ram
768xsomethinginthethousands resolution
500gb hdd space + my external 500gb
running Ubuntu and Windows 7

 

[Dartht33bagger]

I built mine myself in May of 2009:

• Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0 ghz
• 4gb DDR2 800
• 1gb EVGA GTS 250
• 450W PSU
• 1TB 7200 RPM HDD
• Cooler Master mid tower case
• ASUS P5Q Pro mobo

 

[hackerofdarkness]

A Sony Vaio intel core 13CPU
4.00GB
64 bit operating system

 

[amd]

Built myself this budget PC over the winter:

Cooler Master Elite 310 case
AMD athlon x2 3.0 GHz
asus M4A785-M mobo
4GB DDR2 RAM (2x2GB)
520 power supply
500GB hdd
windows 7 ultimate 64-bit

 

[Zet]

case: Cooler Master Elite 335.
specs:

Only thing I need to do is upgade the GPU whenever I have the money to do so. I mainly only need to upgrade it because I heard the 400 series have some problems with OpenGL programs like maya.

 

[Anthraxinsoup]

Phenom II 940BE@ 3.3GHz
GTX460@850/1700/100
4gigs of DDR2@433Mhz
1.5TB across 3 HDDs
Asus M4a785-M

I plan on selling this build really soon(it's only a month old) so I can get a 2500k/2600k depending on how much I get.

 

[HinaBaby]

I have a computer in my home. I use it when doing projects, resumes using MS Office 2010 and for entertainment. Specs;
Internal;
Motherboard: Asus-P7P55D-E
Processor: 2.5GHz i5 Core
Memory: 9GB RAM
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5970 & 5870
PCI: TV Tuner, RAID Card
Storage: 1.5Tb
Also using USB 3.0.
External;
Samsung SyncMaster B1740R 17" LCD Monitor
Optimus Maximus Keyboard
Canon IPF820 Printer
Ultrasone 8 Headphones

I also have an Alienware M11x laptop and it never gave me any problem for 6 months. I mainly use it for programming and testing software. Specs;
Processor: 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
Memory: 4GB RAM
Storage: 500GB hard drive
Optical Drive: None
Screen: 11.6 inches (1,366×768 native resolution)
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 335M (1GB) and integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

 

[Archer]

case: Cooler Master Elite 335.
specs:

Only thing I need to do is upgade the GPU whenever I have the money to do so. I mainly only need to upgrade it because I heard the 400 series have some problems with OpenGL programs like maya.

Those temperatures are quite impressive for that case.

 

[twocows]

I wouldn't call it overpowered so much as safe for years to come. When the CPU gets clogged in games, you're going to see a bigger drop in frames than if the graphics card does so. It's always safer to have a faster CPU over GPU, within reason.Especially considering the X58 platform allows for better SLI performance, should the OP decide to SLI their next card in a few years. What card do you reckon they should get?

570 or 6970 would be best if he's willing to spend the money, it'll make the processor less of a bottleneck at the moment. Otherwise, whatever's in his price range. The 460 and the 5770 are both pretty cheap and much better than what he's got now and will allow him to play most any game on the market right now at decent settings; he can always stick in one of the current better ones once the next generation's out and their prices fall.

 

[Archer]

570 or 6970 would be best if he's willing to spend the money, it'll make the processor less of a bottleneck at the moment. Otherwise, whatever's in his price range.

And that's what it comes down to at the end, price point.
You can basically fit the computer or even upgrades you buy into the beat option for what you're willing to pay. Of course, there are better options for each price point, and you have your bang-for-buck components, such as the i5-2300 and 5770/460, but if they're above or below what you you want...

Tossing up between a new heatsink, a case or both. It's a shame, because the current top heatsinks, the Silver Arrow and NH-D14 are pretty ugly, where the H70 doesn't cool as well or look great.

What's in your current system, twocows?

 

[SilverCrown]

Here's what i'm running at the moment:

AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.0 Ghz
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
500GB hard drive
8GB DDR3 RAM
ASRock Motherboard
Radeon HD 5870

 

[37h4n]

My computer is an ASUS K42JC. It has an i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, Has an nVIDA Geforce 310M and 1GB of video RAM. The screen is 15.6" and the hard disk is 500 GB. I dual boot Ubuntu Linux 10.10 and Windows 7. I am very happy with it, I have had no problems with it so far.

 

[Mr. Mark]

Currently I own a Core i3 Laptop and it comes with 3 GB Ram. I have planned to get a new Core i7 Laptop which I saw in my friend's house.

 

[rausiee]

My computer system are:
1) Intel P4 dual; core processor.
2) 3 GB DDR2 RAM.
3) 1 TB SATA Hard Disk.
4) 16x DVD writer.
5) Modem and Graphics card of 1 GB.