So what do you game on?

[Fox]

I know we have a good few members that game online and I was just wondering what hardware people are using. So, if anyone wishes to give the specs of the PC they built or bought for gaming here is your chance.

My gaming machine is home built and runs the following

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9950 @ 3.8 GHz (I got lucky with the processor its the new E0 stepping with a VID of 1.1V, runs at 3.8GHz with only 1.23V)
Noctua NH-U12P cooler (max core temp of 53C stress testing with Prime95)
4GB Hyper-X RAM @ 1080Mhz 5-5-4-12 timings 2.12V
Abit IP35 Pro motherboard
ASUS ROG Matrix 4870 (core @ 875MHz Memory @ 4GHz DDR5)
2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (short stroked) in RAID 0 - much faster/quieter/cheaper than a WD Raptor and more storage
Alienware ALX case
Vista 64

[Supanova]

My machine is rapidly getting out of date, however money is tight and I chose next summers motorbike over a new machine.

I also build my computers but I scimp on everything I can. Saying that though this machine was as almost as good as they got back in the day.

AMD 64 dual core @ 3.0Ghz
Coolings - fans cannibalised from old pentium 2 processors + a few case fans (I call it recycling, not stinginess  )
4GB DDR2 RAM
nVidia 8800GT
Windows 7 64-bit

I find myself having no problem running games except Arma II, which it doesn't run well at all.

That is one hell of a machine you have there Fox! Everything about it is absolutely tip-top-notch. You are clearly a more dedicated gamer than I.

[Fox]

I must admit that I do enjoy my gaming. I have played for some of the top american clans in BF2 (not in any particular order..Team Dynamic, 6th AD, SHS etc) in both TWL and CAL (main and open). I started my online gaming with Mechwarrior 3 and 4 with the 55th Northern Raiders - we had an awesome team, never lost a clan battle in 3 years of playing Mech (ah the good old days).

Having a nice machine to play on doesn't make me a better player, but it is sooo much nicer to play on. The main reason I am with IDNet is it's one of the few ISPs that give me a consistently low ping so I can play on american servers (barring a few hiccups the last few months which seem to have been resolved).

[vitriol]

I built my pc about 2 years ago

Q6600 Core2Quad CPU @ 2.4ghz
Asus P5Ne32 SLI motherboard
2GB Crucial Ballistix Ram
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX.
500GB Sata HDD
Corsair HX620 Modular PSU
16xDVD writer

All housed in a nice Antec 900 Case with 2 x 120mm fans at the front, 1 x 120mm fan at the back and 1 x 200mm fan on the top.


Plays everything nicely, although since I quit CoD4 I rarely use it now. 

I generally use the Xbox360 to satiate my gaming needs these days.

[Gary]

I had an Alienware, i7 965 Extreme, 12Gb DDR3 2x Nvidia GT 280's, two Velociraptor 150GB drives in raid 0 and a 1TB storage drive, a Thermaltake 1200 watt toughpower PSC on an Asus PT6. and a Creative X-Fi Gamer, with a blu-ray burner and 20x Cd blah blah, anyway it was a pos kept throwing hissy fits and so was sent back. Now I'm happy with My 160GB PS3, and currently playing killzone 2 and WET.

[mrapoc]

Slowed down the upgrading for a while (student.car.money)

Got a lovely case recently, Coolermaster Haf 922 (its got 2x 20cm fans and 1x 120mm...capable of fitting another two 20cm fans !)

Q6600 back down to 3.1ghz cause i lost me cmos settings and didnt have much time to tinker again

4gb Reaperx ddr2 ram @ 5-5-5-18 near enough 1000mhz i think

8800gt @ 700/650/950 (got a nice arctic cooling accelero s1 v2 on which makes it silent!)

asus maximus formula hacked to rampage formula

ocz gamextreme 600w

2x raptorx 150gb, 2 x seagate 320gb

creative x fi soundcard

[dysonco]

Q6600 (lapped) at 3.51Ghz (9x 390) 1.4vcore
Thermalright Ultra 120 Heatsink (lapped)
Abit IP35 Motherboard
8 Gb OCZ Platinum RAM
Asus 4870x2 trifan
1Tb Samsung F1 HD
Seasonic M12 700 PSU
All packed in Silverstone TJ10 case

Maximum CPU core temp on prime all 4 cores at full load is 65 degrees

hanging my nose over i7 but haven't hit the buy button yet...

[esh]

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz @ 3.6 GHz with some crazy Thermalright heatsink + 120mm fan
Corsair DDR2 Dual-Channel pair, 1066 MHz, with 3x cute 40mm fans attached
BFG GTX 295
A stack of Noctua 120mm fans
Akasa Omega case

I only use Logitech MX520s and G5s for my mice. I have a whole stack of them
Oh, I use Windows XP64 currently too.

Have a Creative X-Fi but it is terrible so I use the onboard instead 

[Fox]

I used to be a razer fan but after binning 2 of their mice, i currently use a Roccat Kone (similar shape to the G5). It is a really nice mouse to use and never seems to skip during the more intense moments in FPS.

[gizmo71]

Core 2 Duo E8400
GeForce 8800GT (unending source of trouble - underclocked memory at the moment trying to get some stability)
6GB of 4-4-4 PC6400 (mixture of OCZ and Ballistix)
Nondescript 250GB SATA drive
Logitech G25 wheel and pedals - waiting for the G27, need more buttons!
Instead of a tiny little monitor, you know, a mere 40 inch LCD panel or somesuch, it's hooked up to an Epson home cinema projector providing an image of some nine feet diagonally.

Next year I'll build a new one when the 32nm Core i5s come out, and use the 10,000 rpm Raptor drive which is currently in my workstation.

[Colin Burns]

my little gaming machine is

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3GHz
4gigs of ocz ddr2
nvidia 8800GT oc2
windows xp pro (would rather have linux but....)

[Danni]

I've recently updated mine. Still nowhere near top of the range, but a lot nicer than it was.

AMD Phenom X4 9650 (still on stock at 2.3GHz)
4GB Corsair DDR2 ram (stolen from Johan's machine )
NVidia 8500GT graphics
Kubuntu Karmic Koala Alpha (it runs World of Warcraft fine... )

I have two monitors- a Hanns G HG216D 22" widescreen, and a Dell something 19" not-widescreen. They work well together With the four cores and 4GB of ram, I can comfortably run World of Warcraft on maximum settings on the 22" monitor (1680x1050) while running a web browser (often with YouTube), IM client, Spotify and various other things on the other monitor (at 1280X1024).

[Glenn]

I have an ageing home built PC, used to run rfactor, the specs are;

CPU C2D 6750
Ram 4Gb
Video 8800GT
HDU 250Gb
3 x LG 19" screens
Maxtor Triplehead2Go running the screens at 3840 x 1024.

[mrapoc]

tbf 8800gt is still pretty much capable at most resolutions at running at semi high / high settings anyway.

u need aftermarket cooling tho - else it screams - mine got to like 90c.

now idles at 30/40 and tops at 50 (folding overnight)

[Colin Burns]

i try not to look at how hot myk hardware is running as i used to use my Intel P4 to heat my bedroom 

[Niall]

i try not to look at how hot myk hardware is running as i used to use my Intel P4 to heat my bedroom 

I use the amp for my Logitech speakers for that They hate me too as the fins on the side took a chunk out of my fingers yesterday

[Sebby]

I use a PS3.

[Gary]

I use a PS3.

So do I and getting hammered in killzone two at the palace

[Colin Burns]

isnt the xbox 360 good for heating stuff two

[Sebby]

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-cooking-eggs-xbox-360-style

[RA-1972]

Field   Value
Computer   
Computer Type   ACPI Multiprocessor PC
Operating System   Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack   Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer   8.0.6001.18702
DirectX   4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name   
User Name   
Logon Domain   
Date / Time   2009-10-04 / 21:14
   
Motherboard   
CPU Type   QuadCore AMD Phenom Black Edition 9850, 2500 MHz (12.5 x 200)
Motherboard Name   Asus M2N68  (4 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset   nVIDIA nForce 7xxx-6xx, AMD K10
System Memory   3072 MB  (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: OCZ Titanium XTC OCZ2T800C42G   2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM  (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz)  (4-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)  (3-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM3: OCZ Titanium XTC OCZ2T800C42G   2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM  (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz)  (4-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)  (3-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
BIOS Type   AMI (08/07/08)
Communication Port   Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port   Printer Port (LPT1)
   
Display   
Video Adapter   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series  (512 MB)
Video Adapter   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series  (512 MB)
3D Accelerator   ATI Radeon HD 4850 (RV770)
Monitor   Samsung SyncMaster 940BF/MagicSyncMaster CX903B/CX916B (Digital)  [19" LCD]  (HMCL306897)
   
Multimedia   
Audio Adapter   ATI Radeon HDMI @ ATI RV770 - High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Adapter   VIA VT1708B @ nVIDIA MCP67/68 - High Definition Audio Controller
   
Storage   
IDE Controller   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller   Silicon Image SiI 0680 ATA-133 Medley Raid Controller
Floppy Drive   Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive   Hitachi HDT725025VLA380  (250 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Disk Drive   IN-WIN iAPP  HS-CF USB Device
Disk Drive   IN-WIN iAPP  HS-MS USB Device
Disk Drive   IN-WIN iAPP  HS-SD/MMC USB Device
Disk Drive   IN-WIN iAPP  HS-SM USB Device
Disk Drive   ST312002 3A SCSI Disk Device  (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive   DVD-16X DVD-ROM BDV316C  (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive   LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-1635S  (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status   OK
   
Partitions   
C: (NTFS)   60000 MB (48657 MB free)
D: (NTFS)   39997 MB (39353 MB free)
E: (NTFS)   135.2 GB (60.4 GB free)
F: (NTFS)   110.3 GB (110.2 GB free)
Total Size   343.2 GB (256.6 GB free)
   
Input   
Keyboard   HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard   HID Keyboard Device
Mouse   Logitech HID-compliant G5 Laser Mouse
   
Network   
Primary IP Address   192.168.1.66
Primary MAC Address   00-22-15-D4-93-CA
Network Adapter   NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet  (192.168.1.66)
   
Peripherals   
Printer   Lexmark Z25-Z35 (Copy 1)
Printer   Lexmark Z25-Z35
Printer   Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller   nVIDIA MCP67/68 - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
USB1 Controller   nVIDIA MCP67/68 - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
USB2 Controller   nVIDIA MCP67/68 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB2 Controller   nVIDIA MCP67/68 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device   Generic USB Hub
USB Device   USB Composite Device
USB Device   USB Composite Device
USB Device   USB Human Interface Device
USB Device   USB Human Interface Device
USB Device   USB Human Interface Device
USB Device   USB Human Interface Device
USB Device   USB Human Interface Device
USB Device   USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device   USB Printing Support
   
DMI   
DMI BIOS Vendor   American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version   0401
DMI System Manufacturer   System manufacturer
DMI System Product   System Product Name
DMI System Version   System Version
DMI System Serial Number   System Serial Number
DMI System UUID   809F098C-8DFED511-B15E0022-15D493CA
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer   ASUSTeK Computer INC.
DMI Motherboard Product   M2N68
DMI Motherboard Version   Rev X.0x
DMI Motherboard Serial Number   MF7088G06111960
DMI Chassis Manufacturer   Chassis Manufacture
DMI Chassis Version   Chassis Version
DMI Chassis Serial Number   Chassis Serial Number
DMI Chassis Asset Tag   Asset-1234567890
DMI Chassis Type   Desktop Case
DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets   4 / 2

[CountDuckulla]

isnt the xbox 360 good for heating stuff two

My 360 running into a sony 40" samsung series 6 pays for its running costs by eliminating the need to switch the heating on untill late December

[Colin Burns]

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-cooking-eggs-xbox-360-style

ROFL 

[Technical Ben]

I often use my laptop in replacement of a hot water bottle  (or at least it's hot enough for one)