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You have a Skylake-X system ?!



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Nice set-up. Running a lot of power there.
My specs are

CPU - i770k @4.20
GPU - GTX1080
RAM - 16gigs 3000rpm DDR4
OS - Windows 10
Mother Board - Z270 K3
Power Supply - 800watt Cooler Master
Monitor - Samsung Series 8 55inch 4k TV

My specs are nothing compared to yours however there great for running current games at 4k, I plan on buying a 2nd GTX1080 once pricing goes down but right now its not really necessary.

Ill take a photo when I can

Last edited by Azzanation - on 12 May 2018

I actually like Coolermaster cases.
They are simple, easy to clean, inexpensive, rugged look and solidly built... Their fans leave much to be desired though in my opinion, gone through several 240mm fans on the Coolermaster HAF case I have on my AMD rig, they just don't seem to last.
Hence why I only use Noctua fans on my main rig. (Over $350 AUD worth.)

Sadly, can't post images or specs of all my rigs due to a ton of different reasons.
I.E:
* Sending my 2-in-1 laptop back to Dell as I schooled their technicians on what a fucking Sata port is and their notebook lacks it despite the service guide clearly showing it having one. I.E. I didn't get what I paid for... So they have to replace the motherboard with exactly what I wanted.

* My main rig is disassembled awaiting it's upgrades. (Waterloop, Motherboard, CPU, Ram and another GPU.)

* My AMD rig looks like a big ball of dust and I don't have time to clean it.

* My Core 2 Quad rig is a sleeper anyway. Just a slimline box with a Geforce 1030. Uninspiring. Low-end trash.

* Plus moving house currently. Shit is everywhere. No time to play games or with hardware.



--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--

GTX 560Ti and a i5 something with 8GB of memory. What, it still runs stuff smoothly enough.



Conina said:
CGI-Quality said:

February 2016 Thread

February 2013 Thread

No big changes since the last thread.

I upgraded from GTX 970 to GTX 1070 for €250 in September 2016. And I added another internal 4 TB HDD and an external 5 TB HDD because I bought a lot of PC games and don't like to delete stuff. ;)

Before that, I upgraded my GTX 580 to GTX 970 for €200 in September 2014.

Most other components are still of my PC build from October 2013:

  • Haswell i5-4670K
  • ASUS Gryphon Z87 mainboard
  • 16 GB DDR3 RAM
  • 250 GB SSD
  • 4 TB HDD

And the rest of my PC is even older: the PC case is an unobtrusive "black box" from Cooler Master without those fancy LED lights: 

 

My two monitors are from 2007 and 2011, both with their advantages and disadvantages.

My good old Dell 2407WFP from 2007 (16:10, 1920x1200, S-PVA panel, 60 Hz) is still my main display. It has better color accuracy, better viewing angles, better black level and a (slightly) higher resolution than the other monitor. Therefore it is used for most non-gaming tasks and most "slow" games.

The Acer GN245HQ (16:9, 1920x1080, TN panel, 120 Hz, integrated IR transmitter for 3D vision) is the specialist for stereoscopic gaming (2 x 60 Hz) or fast games (120 Hz). If I need more screen space (mostly for Excel), I can use both displays together in extended desktop mode:

 

I thought about upgrading my monitors this year, but I'm still waiting for models with all features I want (G-Sync + HDR10 + at least 1440p + at least 144 Hz).

So I went to VR gaming instead this year, which is a much bigger change in immersion than a new monitor with higher resolution and a higher dynamic range:

 

Still no internal changes since last time.

I'm still happy with my GTX 1070 from 2016 and my mainboard/CPU/RAM from 2013 and a lot of much older (but still reliable) components.

But I finally bought a new monitor that has almost all the features I wanted (except HDR): a Dell S2716DG with G-Sync, 1440p and up to 165 Hz.

It replaced my Acer GN245HQ (which I gifted to my brother) as specialist for stereoscopic gaming and fast games and is also my new main display. My good old Dell 2407WFP from 2007 is now the companion display for extended desktop mode and had to take a step to the right.

Both Dells are a good fit (despite the age difference of a decade), they even have the same height:

I haven't decided where to go from here. Now that I have a specialist for fast games (G-Sync, up to 165 Hz, 1 ms response time), maybe I replace the old Dell monitor with a specialist for slower but pretty games: a 4K IPS-display with HDR10 with 60 Hz.

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i5-4570 and Geforce 960 destroy any game at 1080p still



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Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.

m0ney said:

i5-4570 and Geforce 960 destroy any game at 1080p still

GTX 960 with 2 GB or 4 GB? The 2GB-version could have some problems with newer games.



CGi, That's too much rgb. It's like christmas in your case :P

My Specs:

GPU: GTX 1080
CPU: i7 6700k 4,0ghz - 4,2ghz
MB: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING
Storage: 512gb ssd, 2x 1tb hdd, 250gb m.2
Mem: 32gb RAM DDR4
PSU: Corsair RM650x

What else? ASUS swift rog pg279q (G-Sync ftw) monitor, Ducky One DKON1608 PBT MX Blue keyboard, Razer Deathadder Chroma, Kraken nzxt x62 for my cpu.



Conina said:
m0ney said:

i5-4570 and Geforce 960 destroy any game at 1080p still

GTX 960 with 2 GB or 4 GB? The 2GB-version could have some problems with newer games.

Mine is 2 gig but it plays all, but I play only Rocket League anyway lol I plan to get the next gen midrange Geforce (1160?)



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Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.

CGI-Quality said:

Specs:

GPU: NVIDIA Titan Xp Collector's Edition x 2
CPU: i9 7920X @ 4.3GHz
RAM: 64GB DDR4 @ 2.4GHz
MOBO: Rampage VI Apex
PSU: 1200W Cooler Master 
STORAGE: Samsung 860 Pro 2TB, Samsung 850 Pro 1TB

Holy shit, I'm no PC expert but that rig you have seems to be massively powerful.

What type of memory storage do you use? And with such an impressive rig I hope you are using SSD