Post your system specs!

[edenwax]

So because I'm a huge tech junky and I love to know what kind of computers people are using, I think its time for a system specs thread. There might be an old one of these somewhere but w/e its 2018 let's get a fresh one going.

Me:

NAME:         Karen from Finance v2
PROCESSOR:    Intel i7-8700K @ 5.0ghz
COOLER:       NZXT Kracken X62 rev2 AIO
MOTHERBOARD:  ASUS Maximus X Hero (Z370/LGA1151)
MEMORY:       32gb(4x8) Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 @ 3000mhz
STORAGE:      500gb Samsung 960 EVO m.2 SSD
              2tb WD Black 7200rpm HDD
              2tb Seagate Barricuda 7200rpm HDD
PSU:          EVGA G2 750 watt
GPU:          ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080Ti
CASE:         Fractal Design R6 TG Blackout Edition

Although most of this is new, it was salvaged from my previous build:

NAME:         Karen from Finance v1
PROCESSOR:    AMD Ryzen 1800X @ 4.0ghz
COOLER:       Corsair H110i AIO
MOTHERBOARD:  Gigabyte GA-AX370 Gaming 5 AM4
MEMORY:       32gb(4x8) Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 @ 3000mhz
STORAGE:      500gb Samsung 960 EVO m.2 SSD
              2tb WD Black 7200rpm HDD
              2tb Seagate Barricuda 7200rpm HDD
PSU:          EVGA G2 750 watt
GPU:          ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080Ti
CASE:         Phanteks Eclipse P400 TG Black/white

Story time: Karen from Finance v1 was working fine, but the Phanteks case had really restricted air intakes and the sound proofing wasnt working very well so my computer was constantly loud and hot. When the R6 Blackout came out I thought it would be a good time to transfer my year old system into another case to fix this. When I transferred everything over, the motherboard kept returning failed CPU errors. Upon inspecting the CPU I noticed I got thermal paste on the pins somehow. I spent days cleaning off all the thermal paste I could find off the CPU and even cleaned out the socket on the motherboard but it still wouldn't post.

At the time, I didnt have any spare Ryzen motherboards or CPUs I could test with so I caved and bought new parts. This was also at a time where Ryzen 2 was almost announced, so I didnt really want to go with another 1800X and X370 motherboard. Nor did I want to wait weeks to get the Ryzen 2/X470 parts.. Now most of the time I use my PC to game, so it felt like a good time to maybe try the 8700k since it is the superior gaming chip. Unfortunately that meant I'd have to get a new cooler because at some point I threw out the spare Intel bracket for the Corsair H110i. But I was sort of thankful because that cooler is unbearably loud and wasnt a very good cooler, even with Noctua fans it was just awful.

And then, Karen from Finance v2 was created and she is a glorious machine.

I also realized after the fact that I have two brothers that both have Ryzen machines that I built that I could have tested my components with. Turns out the CPU is fine. The motherboard died. Fml.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I built mine in 2013, and I haven't upgraded too much other than my GPU.

Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.3 GHz
12GB DDR3-1600
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
120 GB Mushkin SSD

 

[edenwax]

I built mine in 2013, and I haven't upgraded too much other than my GPU.

Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.3 GHz
12GB DDR3-1600
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
120 GB Mushkin SSD

That's still a pretty good system! Those Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU's still hold up today. I had a buddy with a i7-3930k that kept up with all the AAA games until his cooler leaked and blew the motherboard a few weeks back. 🙁

 

[DylRicho]

A friend of mine bought it new online, then doubled the memory. He sold it to me for £60, including a 1080p monitor TV.

I bought the cooler.

Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2
AMD A8-6600K w/ Radeon HD 8570D
Enermax ETS-T40-TB
16 GiB Kingston ValueRAM @ DDR3-1600
1 TiB Seagate Barracuda
+ an awful case
+ an awful power supply

I will be upgrading parts of it as soon as I can. I have Ryzen in my sights for the future. Preferably a 6-core APU.

It might be slow, but it can play GTA V on low comfortably. It plays Project CARS even better.

And you can't really argue with that performance-per-pound metric.

 

[edenwax]

A friend of mine bought it new online, then doubled the memory. He sold it to me for £60, including a 1080p monitor TV.

I bought the cooler.

Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2
AMD A8-6600K w/ Radeon HD 8570D
Enermax ETS-T40-TB
16 GiB Kingston ValueRAM @ DDR3-1600
1 TiB Seagate Barracuda
+ an awful case
+ an awful power supply

I will be upgrading parts of it as soon as I can. I have Ryzen in my sights for the future. Preferably a 6-core APU.

It might be slow, but it can play GTA V on low comfortably. It plays Project CARS even better.

And you can't really argue with that performance-per-pound metric.

Ooooo a Ryzen 2600G would be cool! Especially if they could fit a Vega 24 in there haha.

 

[DylRicho]

Ooooo a Ryzen 2600G would be cool! Especially if they could fit a Vega 24 in there haha.

Absolutely. I do believe AMD will be shifting to a 6-core CCX next year, so we'll see a 6-core APU, hopefully with perhaps 16 Vega CUs. Intel has Coffee Lake, so it's natural for AMD to follow with the APUs.

I just saw your case. Dude, we have so much in common. Fractal cases are my favorite (it's modeled in my banner on my website). Right now, the case and power supply are pretty trashy. The only thing stopping me from throwing them out, is that I don't have another machine to use. 😛

I have a plan to upgrade the current machine as a stop-gap improvement, before the Ryzen upgrade next year. I figured by the time I've put enough money together for a completely new build, that the 2400G will be replaced with a 2600G or something, so it's worth holding off. I can imagine the 6-core APU being a very popular sale for AMD; even more so than the current.

Stop-Gap
→ Fractal Design Define R6 Black-Out with Tempered Glass
→ A10-7890K w/ Radeon R7
→ Corsair Hydro H115i Pro
→ 16 GiB DDR3-2133 (whatever I can find w/ CAS9)
→ 250 GiB Crucial MX500
→ EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W

Ryzen Upgrade
→ Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi
→ AMD Ryzen 5 2600G
→ 16 GiB G.SKILL Flare X @ DDR4-3200
→ 500 GiB Samsung 970 EVO

As it stands, the stop-gap upgrade will provide roughly 125% more GPU performance, and perhaps 10–15% more CPU performance, but the Ryzen APU will be like comparing a nuclear submarine to a steamship.

 

[edenwax]

Ooooo a Ryzen 2600G would be cool! Especially if they could fit a Vega 24 in there haha.

Absolutely. I do believe AMD will be shifting to a 6-core CCX next year, so we'll see a 6-core APU, hopefully with perhaps 16 Vega CUs. Intel has Coffee Lake, so it's natural for AMD to follow with the APUs.

I just saw your case. Dude, we have so much in common. Fractal cases are my favorite (it's modeled in my banner on my website). Right now, the case and power supply are pretty trashy. The only thing stopping me from throwing them out, is that I don't have another machine to use. 😛

I have a plan to upgrade the current machine as a stop-gap improvement, before the Ryzen upgrade next year. I figured by the time I've put enough money together for a completely new build, that the 2400G will be replaced with a 2600G or something, so it's worth holding off. I can imagine the 6-core APU being a very popular sale for AMD; even more so than the current.

Stop-Gap
→ Fractal Design Define R6 Black-Out with Tempered Glass
→ A10-7890K w/ Radeon R7
→ Corsair Hydro H115i Pro
→ 16 GiB DDR3-2133 (whatever I can find w/ CAS9)
→ 250 GiB Crucial MX500
→ EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W

Ryzen Upgrade
→ Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi
→ AMD Ryzen 5 2600G
→ 16 GiB G.SKILL Flare X @ DDR4-3200
→ 500 GiB Samsung 970 EVO

As it stands, the stop-gap upgrade will provide roughly 125% more GPU performance, and perhaps 10–15% more CPU performance, but the Ryzen APU will be like comparing a nuclear submarine to a steamship.

Yeah Ryzen 3/Zen 2 is supposed to be 7nm, no? So I dont see why we wouldnt get a 6-core w/ Vega to compete with an 8600/8600K.

And yes!! Fractal Design ftw. The R6 is seriously the best case I've ever built in. That being said I'm building a rig for a friend in a H700i next week so we'll see how it compares. Heads up though, it's heavy as hell haha.

As for the stop gap build, I assume the faster RAM helps with the APU performance? I'm not too familiar with the FM2/APU stuff. I wonder how it compares to the RAM you're already using? If its negligible then I'd probably leave that and save that money for the Ryzen upgrade.

 

[DylRicho]

Yeah Ryzen 3/Zen 2 is supposed to be 7nm, no? So I dont see why we wouldnt get a 6-core w/ Vega to compete with an 8600/8600K.

Yep, Zen 2 will be 7 nm. Moving away from the mobile process, Zen 2 should have substantially improved overclocking potential. The other low-hanging fruit is the intra- and inter-CCX communication. If they can fix those two issues, it should be a very nice upgrade over the previous two generations.

And yes!! Fractal Design ftw. The R6 is seriously the best case I've ever built in. That being said I'm building a rig for a friend in a H700i next week so we'll see how it compares. Heads up though, it's heavy as hell haha.

Haha! Don't worry about that, I'm fully prepared. If I remember correctly, it's around 28 pounds empty. Who needs dumbbells, right?

But, hey, that's what you get when you buy a quality case. 😀

I'm in a similar situation, whereby the current case's airflow is appalling. There's an intake at the side, and nothing at the front or rear. The only open area for the case in my room is the front, so the water cooler and the Define case make sense for me. I've always loved those cases.

As for the stop gap build, I assume the faster RAM helps with the APU performance? I'm not too familiar with the FM2/APU stuff. I wonder how it compares to the RAM you're already using? If its negligible then I'd probably leave that and save that money for the Ryzen upgrade.

You're right in that it's for the iGPU. If there weren't noticeable gains to be had, I wouldn't really consider it. As it happens, even the chip I use right now will see a noticeable (~ 10%) improvement with DDR3-1867. The R7 has 50% more USPs based on a newer architecture (GCN 1.1). Going from DDR3-2400 down to DDR3-1600 shows a frame rate drop of 50%, which is very significant. I'm not aiming for DDR3-2400 because there's an unjust premium on that specification, so even Kingston ValueRAM at 2,133 MT/s will do fine.

I plan on cutting some costs by going second-hand on the CPU and memory. I might also settle on an A10-7870K if the price difference is large enough. It really depends what's available at the time.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I built mine in 2013, and I haven't upgraded too much other than my GPU.

Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.3 GHz
12GB DDR3-1600
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
120 GB Mushkin SSD

That's still a pretty good system! Those Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU's still hold up today. I had a buddy with a i7-3930k that kept up with all the AAA games until his cooler leaked and blew the motherboard a few weeks back. 🙁

Thanks. I do want to upgrade to a Ryzen build since they are such a good value for the money. It's going to be a while before I can do that, though, so I may as well just wait for the next generation of GPUs.

 

[edenwax]

I built mine in 2013, and I haven't upgraded too much other than my GPU.

Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.3 GHz
12GB DDR3-1600
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
120 GB Mushkin SSD

That's still a pretty good system! Those Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU's still hold up today. I had a buddy with a i7-3930k that kept up with all the AAA games until his cooler leaked and blew the motherboard a few weeks back. 🙁

Thanks. I do want to upgrade to a Ryzen build since they are such a good value for the money. It's going to be a while before I can do that, though, so I may as well just wait for the next generation of GPUs.

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

You're right in that it's for the iGPU. If there weren't noticeable gains to be had, I wouldn't really consider it. As it happens, even the chip I use right now will see a noticeable (~ 10%) improvement with DDR3-1867. The R7 has 50% more USPs based on a newer architecture (GCN 1.1). Going from DDR3-2400 down to DDR3-1600 shows a frame rate drop of 50%, which is very significant. I'm not aiming for DDR3-2400 because there's an unjust premium on that specification, so even Kingston ValueRAM at 2,133 MT/s will do fine.

I plan on cutting some costs by going second-hand on the CPU and memory. I might also settle on an A10-7870K if the price difference is large enough. It really depends what's available at the time.

Wow that's a huge difference! Yeah then it'll totally be worth it.

 

[Bryn]

Model: Dell Inspiron N7010
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (w/ Service Pack 1)
Processor: Intel Pentium P6200 @ 2.13GHz
Memory: 4GB (7.6GB virtual)
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
Storage: 451GB (only 131GB used)
Other features: None

Those are mine. Simple enough.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

 

[DylRicho]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

So far, if the rumors are to be believed, the next series is just a rebrand.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

So far, if the rumors are to be believed, the next series is just a rebrand.

I'm also concerned about how much the price of memory has skyrocketed. I checked my Newegg order history, and I ordered 16 GB of DDR3-1600 a few years back for only $61.99. The exact same kit would now cost over $120!!!

 

[DylRicho]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

So far, if the rumors are to be believed, the next series is just a rebrand.

I'm also concerned about how much the price of memory has skyrocketed. I checked my Newegg order history, and I ordered 16 GB of DDR3-1600 a few years back for only $61.99. The exact same kit would now cost over $120!!!

The triopoly of DRAM manufacturers were recently found guilty of price fixing; an exact repeat of what happened in 2009 and 2010. I would expect pricing to be unhealthy for at least the remainder of the year, until we see things return to normal, as they should. You can also blame these companies for inflating GPU pricing.

 

[edenwax]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

So far, if the rumors are to be believed, the next series is just a rebrand.

Which makes me a sad panda. Pascal chips already run pretty hot, if they just do a "refresh" similar to the RX480/580 situation, then performance is going to be marginally better at the cost of slightly higher temps.

 

[DylRicho]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

So far, if the rumors are to be believed, the next series is just a rebrand.

Which makes me a sad panda. Pascal chips already run pretty hot, if they just do a "refresh" similar to the RX480/580 situation, then performance is going to be marginally better at the cost of slightly higher temps.

I'm curious if it will be a true refresh, or something slightly better. TSMC received 7 nm NVIDIA GPU orders last month. About a week prior, it announced production had started on AMD's 7 nm offerings.

 

[edenwax]

Yeah I'd wait for next gen GPUs too. I'm hoping we'll see some announcements soon - Pascal is already over 2 years old.

I'm hoping for great things from the new generation. The 10xx series was a big upgrade from the 9xx series.

So far, if the rumors are to be believed, the next series is just a rebrand.

Which makes me a sad panda. Pascal chips already run pretty hot, if they just do a "refresh" similar to the RX480/580 situation, then performance is going to be marginally better at the cost of slightly higher temps.

I'm curious if it will be a true refresh, or something slightly better. TSMC received 7 nm NVIDIA GPU orders last month. About a week prior, it announced production had started on AMD's 7 nm offerings.

Well that's good to hear! On a side note, I hope 7nm Vega and 7nm Navi compete with Nvidias offerings.

 

[DylRicho]

Well that's good to hear! On a side note, I hope 7nm Vega and 7nm Navi compete with Nvidias offerings.

Absolutely. AMD projects that Navi should offer the performance of a 1080 Ti, for the price of an RX 580. This sort of mirrors the way Polaris was originally marketed (RX 480 vs. GTX 970).

 

[edenwax]

That would be awesome... as long as it’s actually sold reasonably close to MSRP.