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HP ENVY dv7
Processor: 3rd Gen. i7 2.4Ghz
Memory: 12GB DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD4000 1GB
Hard Drive: 1TB
Screen: 17.3" 1920x1080 PD:127.34/inch
Audio: Beats Audio (4 speakers, 1 sub)

Processor: i5-2500 3.3ghz
Memory: 16GB
Hard Drive: 1TB WD Blue
Video Card: MSI Twin Frozr 560ti 2GB
Monitor:ASUS 24"
Keyboard: Corsair K90
Mouse: Cheap ass Logitech
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77
Computer case: Corsair 300

This is my new Geek Machine. It is purely for games (and later to be for art as well, likely). And hopefully I have laid out the specs correctly, as I'm new to the whole computer building thing:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz Quad-Core
Memory: 16GB G.SKILL
Hard Drive: 1TB
Video Card: EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660
Monitor: ASUS 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Speakers/Headphones: LS21 2.1 Stereo Speaker System
Keyboard: Some gaming keyboard whose brand escapes me (pretty great though - will update this when I figure out which one it is)
Mouse: Some buttonless, endless scroll wireless mouse
Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Computer case: Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

I have to say, I love my case. I bought it purely based on aesthetics (the thing is sleek and beautiful with the black and white design, and has interchangeable mesh or glass parts - I have the mesh up), but found it has a ton of space, lots of cooling fans, and really sweet blue LED lights. Definitely one of my favorite parts of the desktop!

Looks great Avron!

Avron the S'wit wrote:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz Quad-Core
Memory: 16GB G.SKILL
Hard Drive: 1TB
Video Card: EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660
Monitor: ASUS 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Speakers/Headphones: LS21 2.1 Stereo Speaker System
Keyboard: Some gaming keyboard whose brand escapes me (pretty great though - will update this when I figure out which one it is)
Mouse: Some buttonless, endless scroll wireless mouse A better mouse you will hopefully buy sometime soon.
Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Computer case: Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Dude, don't be hatin' on my mouse. I love it. However, I do need a gaming mouse, but I have to say, there's no delay and it's awesome. The lack of buttons does take getting used to, though.

Dell XPS 8300

Processor: Intel i7 2600 Quad Core @ 3.4GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3
Hard Drive: 1TB 7200RPM
Sound Card: On-board
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon 6870 1GB
Mouse: A Logitech mouse, not quite sure of the model.
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium (though, I'll soon upgrade to Windows 8 Pro)
Gamepad: Logitech Dual Action (I've never really liked using the keyboard + mouse for games).

OK, the specs on my Lenovo Ideapad Y500:

Processor: 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3210M Processor( 2.50GHz 1600MHz 3MB)
Memory: 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 rpm
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT650M 2GB
Monitor: 15.6" HD Glare
Mouse: A wired HP ball mouse from the early to mid 2000s. I use an Xbox controller for Skyrim.
Operating System: Windows 8

Eltee wrote: Operating System: Windows 8

ಠ_ಠ

Yes, I know.

Eltee wrote:OK, the specs on my Lenovo Ideapad Y500:

Processor: 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3210M Processor( 2.50GHz 1600MHz 3MB)
Memory: 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 rpm
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT650M 2GB
Monitor: 15.6" HD Glare
Mouse: A wired HP ball mouse from the early to mid 2000s. I use an Xbox controller for Skyrim.
Operating System: Windows 8

Heck yeah - one of the best laptops out IMO

And ya - the cool kids have Windows 8 I'm on 7 on this computer but my computer I use as a gaming rig I've been using 8 since Betafish (build 8250?). I Was running preview 8400 and lost another hard drive one friday. I was near a colleague's place and asked him to throw 8 on a bootable USB key for me real quick. When I booted into it I thought ... this looks a little different? Turns out it was the day Windows 8 retail came out (we get licenses to all of the main microsoft products with an annual subscription with MS technet). Been running Windows 8 Pro 64bit since then. I carry a bootable USB drive for it with my car keys

How have I never posted in here?

Hippafaralkus (yes, that is it's name, and points if you get it)

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Memory: 4 GB(yes, I know I need to add more)
Hard Drive: 1TB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 5700
Monitor: Sceptre X246W 1080p 23.6" HD Widescreen LCD Monitor
Speakers/Headphones: Uhh...for now, the monitor speakers Any suggestions?
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse - will soon be replaced with Razer DeathAdder
Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit
Motherboard: ACPI x64-based PC(you can see I totally payed attention to this when I was buying it )
Computer case: NZXT Hades like a baws.

I'm starting to think my having 16 GB of memory is far too much..

Avron the S'wit wrote:I'm starting to think my having 16 GB of memory is far too much..

It's more than you'll ever use, yeah. Unless you decide to start computing for NASA in your spare time.

Really just a computer for schoolwork, but very curious what I could run.

System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite L675D
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) II P560 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3836MB RAM
Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Display Memory: 1914 MB
Dedicated Memory: 252 MB
Shared Memory: 1661 MB

So, you think I could run Morrowind or Oblivion at a decent rate?

Case= Gigantic Cardboard box
Power Supply= McDonalds sign
CPU= Broken laundry machine
Motherboard= Skateboard labeled "yomama"
Memory= Squishy ball in shape of a brain
Hdd= Fish mcBites container
Video Card= Plastic eyeball
Optical Drive= shopping code scanner thing

The wife and I recently bought a HP Envy, mostly for her school work. But looking at the specs, Ithink it should run skyrim OK. Does anyone else run this rig? How does it perform? What are its limitations? What suggestions do you have for making it "ultra capable". Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Musicman247 wrote:HP ENVY dv7
Processor: 3rd Gen. i7 2.4Ghz
Memory: 12GB DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD4000 1GB
Hard Drive: 1TB
Screen: 17.3" 1920x1080 PD:127.34/inch
Audio: Beats Audio (4 speakers, 1 sub)

It will run Skyrim on High pretty well, but Medium is recommended for smoother gameplay. Also graphic intensive mods aren't recommended as it will bring the game to a crawl framerate-wise.

Thanks Musicman! The screen will be the only difference. I plan on playing thru my 55" mitsubishi TV. I've played Skyrim and Oblivion on it with my PS3. Sittin up close just makes it MORE imersive.

My computer specs are:
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Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
Memory: 2.00 GB
Hard Drive: 120 GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT
Monitor: Samsung
Keyboard: Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Laser Mouse
Operating System: Windows 2007
Computer case: Tower
Sound Card: On-board

Just built this beauty, had been wanting to build myself a gaming pc for ages and finally saved up the money:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor overclocked to 4.5GHz
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X60 98.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card overclocked to ~1067GHz base, ~1167GHz boost
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 (Matte Black) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 800W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse

Pics are here, because it happened.

How much did that cost in total?

Damn, that thing's a beast! I assume you also have at least one standard HDD in there for storage as well, yeah?

@Sublymonal: yeah, I could certainly take that one.

AddictedtoMorrowind wrote:How much did that cost in total?

Too much, but I've been saving up for a long time and I just got an awesome job so I figured I deserved it. $2500. I could have got more bang for my buck had I gone with two cheaper graphics cards, but I prefer a single gpu since it allows me to go in for SLI later on if I need more juice (that and there's only 1 16x PCIe slot).

Moeboid wrote:Damn, that thing's a beast! I assume you also have at least one standard HDD in there for storage as well, yeah?

Actually, no, not yet. Like I said, I've been wanting to do this for years so when the finish line came into sight I got a little impatient and cut out some cruft. I do have a 3tb external (bought a long time ago) that I use for storing most things, however, so it isn't like I'm just keeping everything on the ssd. Eventually I hope to get a 60gb ssd and a few hdd's that I can set up in RAID 5, using the small ssd as a cache drive. But that's not going to be for a bit because I kind of spent a lot on this thing already and I really don't have any more money to throw at it.