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Dude... you pimped that baby out!!!
Although this is currently a very good model, I would recommend changing your graphics card every 2 years (normal gamer) to 1.5 years (hardcore gamer)... because 1.5 GB is quite a decent amount for today... but maybe in 2 years you might need 3 GB.
BTW, why didn't you choose Intel graphics? I heard those are better. You might want to change to that in some time
 

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My pc specs built 9 months ago

cpu intel 2600k

m/b gigabyte z68 ud7 b3

water cooled corsair h70

Corsair force 3 120gb sata 3 ssd this is used as a primary boot disk loaded all application and windows on it

samsung spinpoint 1 tb sata 2

western digital 1 tb caviar black sata 3

razer ultimate elite mechanical keyboard

pioneer sata dvd writer

corsair obsidian 650d case

corsair ax 850 power supply

corsair xms ddr3 1600mhz 8 gb ram

windows 7 64 bit professional retail

corsair speakers and sub with wired remote sp2500

monitor is a 23 inch ipl asus p238q

graphic card is a ati 6990 dual card.

My windows expereince is 7.6, everything elses is 7.9, the lowest score was the cpu and memory, i havent overclocked it all, the reason for fitting a water cooled cooler was to do with the supplied intel fan being too hot and noisy and its also neater and built the pc all by myself!

play a variety of games, ridge racer unbounded, mass effect 3, crysis 3.

The only problem i have is that the joypad isnt working, was a saitek rumble pad, sometimes when plugging in windows doesnt recognise it, tried the installing the software driver and also uninistalling it, still doesnt work, so any1 recommend a joypad with rumble
 

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PC Spec - AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 4Ghz, Asus Crosshair V Mobo, 8Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3, 64Gb Crucial SSD, 500Gb Samsung Spinpoint F1, ATi Radeon 6950 2Gb, Asus D2X, Corsair H80 Water Cooling Loop.

I can't make up my mind what to do at the mo. I upgraded my motherboard to the Crosshair V last November with the intention of getting an FX chip when they came out but since the underwhelming launch I'm harbouring thoughts of switching to Intel (for the first time since my first PC 15yrs ago!).

The 2nd generation FX chips should be emerging withing the next 3-4 months, just in time for my Open University grant, so i'll probably make my decision then.

(check out my system thread, linked below for more info/pic)
 

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Hey guys looks like some seriuos gamers here!

My system: Intel i7-3960X.

Ram: 16GB 2133

Hard drive: SSD 512

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce SLI GTX 680

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Display: Asus VG278H 3D monitor.(27in) Nvidia 3D Glasses & software included.

Sound card: Edirol USB Audio capture UA-25EX.

Speakers: KRK Rokit 6 Active speakers.

Guys this thing is cooking!! Alienware Aurora R4.

Windows Experience Index 7.8

Lowest score was processor 7.8. Not over clocked yet!!

Everything else 7.9
 
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Wow, fantastic kit there.

Welcome to the forums, do post your audio/hifi kit too.......
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CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K

Cooler: Corsair H70

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Formula

RAM: G.Skill 16GB

Graphics: Sapphire HD6970 2GB

Sound Card: Creative Fatal1ty Pro

ODD: LG Blu-ray Combo Reader

SSD1: ADATA S510 60GB (OS)

SSD2: OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB (Main Games)

HDD1: Seagate 1TB RAID 0 [1.6TB total] (Other Games & Programs)

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (Media)

PSU: Corsair AX750

Case: Fractal Design Define R3

Fans: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1650rpm or Thermaltake 140mm

Monitor: Dell U2311H (Main) & Samsung EX2220 (Sub)

Brand: Self made... :)

Audio stuff

Speakers: Front L/R Q Acoustics 2010, Center 1000C, Rear L/R 1010i, Sub 1000S

Surround Sound Amp: Onkyo SR-309

Although I am planning to get the following:

Onkyo SE-300PCIE Sound Card

for my pc to upgrade the Creative since this is oldest thing in my pc

ADATA S510 or OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD to boost my capacity

either the Yamaha A-S1000 or Marantz PM-15S2 so that I can power the CEED Attitude 682s

currently I am playing Battlefield 3 but I do play other games as well.
 
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cheers!

the only thing i have not posted is the headphones but that's about it for me :grin:
 

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hi heres my setup

COOLERMASTER HAF 932 ADVANCED FULL TOWER CASE

SABERTOOTH 990FX MOTHERBOARD

AMD FX-8150@4.5 ON AIR

GEFORCE GTX 460

TITAN FENRIR HEATSINK

ASUS XONAR ESSENCE STX SOUNDCARD

ACER GR235H 3D MONITOR

8GIG SAMSUNG GREEN MEMMORY@2133

LOGITEC G15 KEYBOARD

SENNHEISER PC360 HEADSET

ROCCAT KONE+ GAMING MOUSE

OZONE GAMING GEAR MOUSEMAT

i love it all but need to upgrade my graphics card as its getting a bit old in th tooth for the modern games any suggestions would be welcome £200 max
 

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Ok i will wait for the coments concerning Alienware but at the time with all the discounts and corperation discounts i had at the time the tower system cost me £520 inc delivery from £620 which worked out just as cheap for me to build my first PC after a 6 year break from gaming PC's

Alienware X51 case

Intel i3 2120 CPU ( 3.30mhz X 2 )

Memory 6gb DDR3 PC-10700 (667mhz)

Mobo is a Modded Alienware motherboard

240watt Alienware PSU

Nvidia GeForce GTX640 GPU

1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive

Windows 8.1

Dell U2212HM Display

Razer DeathAdder Mouse

Not to many upgrades i can do, i may change to a matching 8gb ram and ssd in the new year, if i upgrade GPU to GTX 680 then i have to upgrade PSU costing £110 so not sure if to hold on and start a new build later next year
 

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I'm essentially using the PC of my boyfriend, that likes to game more diverse types of games than I. He's using a MSI AG270 QE. It is an all in one gaming pc with Nvidia GTX980 (8GBram) a quadcore i7 intel processor, 16GB of DDR3 rams and 27inch display. So there is enough to play with.
 

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My custom built gaming PC is a 8 core Windows 10 PC with 32 GB of ram and a. Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 graphics card (not the best grapics card but it's no slouch) . I'm not a big gamer but do enjoy PC gaming. I'm am currently playing Fallout New Vegas on their (with mods for better graphics and mods to add to the role-playing), Crusader kings 2 and Football Manager 2016.
 

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I took delivery in December 2020 of an AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 32 GiG of DDR4 1TB M2 solid state and an Nvidia 3070 TUF gaming card (8GiG of Ram). I got in before the prices went crazy and you could get Nvidia 3000 cards if they were in a system.
 
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