Your Rigg

[BiG ToE-3DT]

So, I'm getting ready to upgrade my computer and was thinking, what is everyone else working with?

Post a picture of your computer, maybe even toss out a few specs. Then maybe we can cut down on the, what should I get in my next computer threads. All the info they need will be in here. That includes me.

Thanks again Poopipe:dance:

As soon as my parts get here, and I get it together, I'll show my before and after images.

[Perversonality]

Check out my riggs (http://images.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=873&q=martin+riggs&gbv=2&oq=martin+riggs&aq=f&aqi=g4g-m1g-S5&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=1071l3006l0l3142l12l12l0l0l0l0l174l1116l4.6 l10l0&gs_l=img.3..0l4j0i5j0i24l5.1071l3006l0l3142l12l12l 0l0l0l0l174l1116l4j6l10l0)

[Perversonality]

Oh, and no one wants to see your parts... :p

[Kage]

I'm only running on a lonely Q6600 quad, with 8GB's of RAM, a 8800GTS 640, 1TB HD with Windows 7 Professional.
Oh and the monitor is a Samsung 20 inch 16:10 SyncMaster 206BW (Max res of 1680x1050)

[inveni0]

I don't build for 3D anymore. My latest rig is built for multi-tasking/programming. I use a AMD 1090t processor, 8GB of RAM (which I STILL haven't boosted to 16 as intended at build time), 2TB hard drive and Nvidia GT 460. It gives me good balance and is/was affordable.

[McFly]

Far from a great config but it was about time I replaced my 7 year old box!

Current rigg
i5 3.3MHz
8Go RAM
1TB HDD
GTI 560Ti
19" monitor
elementaryOS (though I prefer Ubuntu)

[paulius-st]

mother ship - msi h55m p-31
head brain - intel i3(planing to svitch to i7)
spinal cord - nvidia gtx 460 1GB gddr5
pocket space - 500GB SEAGATE Barracuda 7200, + 2X portable 500GB pockets
wallet wight - 8gb ddr3 (in nearest future planing to upgrade to 12-16GB )
window to the world - 19" LG flatron w1943ss + (24" DELL U2312HM coming to my house)
bag - HPdv5(with upgraded processor)
ears - cheap acme headphones for about 10euro + Logitech Z-5500 upgraded with costoum made subwoofer(2 speakers of 300W), 4 "s30 radiotechnika" for medium range and standart 5 speakers for high. all filtered and conected through auto amplifyer + costoum made amplifyer and filter system.
PC runs like crazy and allmost never get lags, as for sound - max'ed out it blows your brain out :) .

[TekNeek]

I'm pretty satisfied with mine:

I7-980 @ 2,7 GHz. If I'm doing something intense, I can easily clock it to 3.8 GHz :D

12 Gb 1333 mhz Ram

One 300 Gb and one 500 Gb harddrives.

GTX 580 1,5 GB GPU

and two 1680x1050 monitors.

Seeing as, this'll do me pretty well for the next year or even two, next item on my list is a 24" Cintiq, since they cost about half as much in Denmark, where I live now, than back in Iceland.

[H2O-3DT]

I just upgraded my system.



CoolerMaster Storm Trooper Gaming Big Tower.
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution, Socket-1366.
Intel® Core i7-980 Processor.Six Core, 3.2Ghz, 12MB.
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler.
16GB Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1333MHz.
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 Super Overclock 1536MB.
Crucial m4 SSD 2.5" 128GB.
3 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB RE-4 7200rpm 64MB SATA-3
Win7.
Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 850W PSU.
NZXT Sentry 2 LCD Fan Control 5,25" Bay.
4 x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120mm.
24 LG Flatron screen.
Logitech g500 mouse . Logitech MX 3200 Keyboard.


The best upgrade i have made in the last five years is the ssd disc. All programs run faster. Start up, normal operations, everything.
It's worth the money.

[Freespace-3DT]

My best one is:

Intel I7-2600K @ 3.40 GHz (8 CPUs)
16 GB RAM
GeForce 580 GTX
80 GB SSD for Windows 7, software and current project (the speed of an SSD is ridiculous)
2x2 TB HDD @7200 RPM
+ a bunch of additional coolers

I do not overclock, ever.
I bought this in July 2011, and my next purchase will have 32 GB Ram (because 16 is just not enough for After Effects and FumeFX) and will be whatever the top Intel processor will be at that time.

[poopipe]

cant be bothered with pics

my workstations are as follows

dell t5400 quad xeon 2.3 or 2.5 or something ghz
8 gb quad channel
560ti
a couple of hard drives

and

mac pro dual dualcore xeon 3.0 ghz
8gb
1tb of hard disks
gtx 260 192core (it's had several quadros and a 280 in it over the years)

both pretty decent machines - the mac is oooold but still pretty powerful i mainly use it for running video editing stuff which I refuse to put on my main box cos creative suite is a complete twat.


i have several other machines but they're not for working on

[Aemeath]

I got myself a new machine in August last year and so far it is fun working with it!

BitFenix Shinobi Midi-Tower black
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (20gb SSD on-board)
16GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 1600 MHz
Intel Core i7-2600K
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC, 1024MB
2 x Samsung HD103SI 1TB SATA II EcoGreen, 32MB
Windows 7 Professional

A real ssd hard drive would be nice but back then my budget was kind of fully taken already. :haha:

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I should have listened to Poopipe, I just picked up a GTX550 ti about a month ago, so, didn't want ti to go to waste. Went and got another one. Now, the drivers dont seem to be working. Black screen everytime I install them.

old setup was:
a quad core intel I guess it was 3.2 ghz
6 gigs of ram
two 500 gig internal hard drives, (1) 500 gig and (1) 1 tb externals
gtx 550 ti gpu

new:
asus sabertooth mother board (loving it)
i7 3.5
16 gig of ram
(3) 500 gig SATA internal hard drives
and get this, I went to best buy looking for a ssd, found a 500 gig ssd drive for 130 dollars. I asked the guy if that was a mistake, he said, not his problem.
(1) 500 gig SSD hard drive
(2) GTX 550 ti (no working drivers)

[Kage]

I think mine is the worst here, though mine is now getting on a bit. I can't even remember when I built it, it was that long ago.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

mine might be worse lol...

iMac 2011
OS X 10.7.3
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB 1333 MHz DDR3.....

.... will hopefully after a few more freelance jobs bde getting a Mac Book Pro with slightly better settings & a much needed 3D card!

[Kage]

mine might be worse lol...

iMac 2011
OS X 10.7.3
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB 1333 MHz DDR3.....

.... will hopefully after a few more freelance jobs bde getting a Mac Book Pro with slightly better settings & a much needed 3D card!

Nope, yours is still better, considering the i5 is a newer archetecture than my Q6600 is

[Freespace-3DT]

(1) 500 gig SSD hard drive

Holy crap! And at that ridiculous price. Wow.

I don't understand why you chose the 550 TI, however. Just go with a GTX 580 or 560 if money is tight.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

thats what Poopipe said. Now, I'm stuck.

[needse]

dell studio xps 8000

intel core i7 860 @280ghz

6 gig

gtx 580

runs max fine although need to upgrade my ram abit ;P

[Freespace-3DT]

thats what Poopipe said. Now, I'm stuck.

Most PC hardware stores let you bring back something and trade or get your money back before a period of time elapses.

[poopipe]

thats what Poopipe said. Now, I'm stuck.

It'll do for max, I've barely seen any improvement with max between my old 260&280 and the 560ti in my dell box, it doesn't make any use of the newer features under directX mode so all you're really going to get an effect from is memory bandwidth. in my case i suspect the cpu is a bottleneck whereas yours Will make up for any shortcomings, particularly under citrus

[TekNeek]

Big Toe -

Does your power suppy have enough juice for both cards ?

Since one requires abo ut 400W, I´d think you need at least a 1000W PSU to run both cards + rest.

Are you sure the cables aren't faulty.

Do both of them work individually.

And are they from the same manufacturer ?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Yep, got a 1000 watt power supply. I figure the card works, I put the old one, which I know works in the second slot, new one in the first. Everything is hooked up to the new one, which works when the drivers are not installed. But as soon as the drivers get installed, I boot up to a black screen.

I may have to back down to a single card. If that is the case, I'll return the one card and get the 580 like everyone says. Then try and sell the old one. Or give it to my brother.

[Buzzy]

What model of the i7 did you get BigToe? I would HIGHLY recommend the 2600 or 2700 sandybridge series i7.
My main work machine is an older 920 (non-sandybridge) and its really fast. But my render box has a 2600 sandybridge and it can almost cut render time in half. Hell, even my macbook pro (with a 2700-series sandybridge) can outspeed my primary machine on certain scenes, despite heat and power-saving issues.
When it comes to just raw-number crunching (which is what most rendering consists of), the sandybridge outperforms anything else out there, hands down (yes, including top-of-the-line, multi-cpu xeons).

[poopipe]

you're not wrong - i have one at work and it's utterly shocking how quick it'll burn through AO bakes etc.

[TekNeek]

Interesting.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

What model of the i7 did you get BigToe? I would HIGHLY recommend the 2600 or 2700 sandybridge series i7.
My main work machine is an older 920 (non-sandybridge) and its really fast. But my render box has a 2600 sandybridge and it can almost cut render time in half. Hell, even my macbook pro (with a 2700-series sandybridge) can outspeed my primary machine on certain scenes, despite heat and power-saving issues.
When it comes to just raw-number crunching (which is what most rendering consists of), the sandybridge outperforms anything else out there, hands down (yes, including top-of-the-line, multi-cpu xeons).

its the 2600 sandy

was hoping to get a sandy and a mandy. :evil:

not so sure how fast it is just yet, haven't installed any of my programs yet.

as far as the driver situation goes, nvidia has a audio driver that conflicts with the audio driver of the motherboard, I'm guessing they don't work well with each other. After removing the nvidia audio driver and reinstalling the graphics driver, it seems to be working. For now.

So....
old setup:
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/DSCF2326.jpg

new setup:
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/DSCF2336.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/DSCF2332.jpg

this new case is massive. I can fit a newborn baby in there.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

quick question, would (1) 580 be better than (2) 550's

I ask because (2) 550's = $300, but (1) 580 = $450.

[Freespace-3DT]

quick question, would (1) 580 be better than (2) 550's

I ask because (2) 550's = $300, but (1) 580 = $550.

If you look here, you can see that one 580 ( 82.2 FPS result ) is still stronger than 2 550s in SLI ( 74.9 FPS result) : http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2011-gaming-graphics-charts/Aliens-vs.-Predator-Gamer,Marque_fbrandx876,2667.html

[Buzzy]

That is one hot box.

[poopipe]

That's almost as sexy as the inside of a mac pro

but not quite.

If the sli gives you **** i believe its possible to turn one card into a dedicated CUDA processor. should be ok though, i had no trouble with my 6600 sli setup a few years back

[Kage]

Very nice wire setup! You should see mine!

[TekNeek]

My girlfriend asked me what I was up to.

I told her "just looking at some cableporn"

Long story short, not what she expected.

[YEAROFTHEOX]

is the 550 ti card any good? would you recommend it? I was just looking at that video card coincidentaly, I just bought a ssd drive today, and the evga 550ti is on sale for $114 cdn. I was thinking about buying two for sli mode to replace my 9800gtx.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

That's almost as sexy as the inside of a mac pro

but not quite.

If the sli gives you **** i believe its possible to turn one card into a dedicated CUDA processor. should be ok though, i had no trouble with my 6600 sli setup a few years back

did you just compare my pc to an apple computer?:wall:

never seen one, don't know what they look like.

on a side note, I returned the 2 550's, because I was doing an exchange, they didn't charge me the restocking fees, which would have been 25% the cost of the 2 cards. The 580, its, so, big.:evil:


YEAROFTHEOX: I liked the single 550, didn't have the 2 of them hooked up long enough to see a difference in power. As I was exchanging today, one of the guys helping out said that 2 550's in SLI was more powerfull than a 580. I said, but Freespace said it wasn't. He walked away.

[URs3D.net]

CPU 2600k 3.4 GHz Quad Core
Nvidia GTX 570
SSD 128GB
16GB Ram DDR3
Thats the main parts.

[Freespace-3DT]

As I was exchanging today, one of the guys helping out said that 2 550's in SLI was more powerfull than a 580. I said, but Freespace said it wasn't. He walked away.

Damn straight, he walked away.

[poopipe]

did you just compare my pc to an apple computer?:wall:

never seen one, don't know what they look like.


not many people have - there's rumours similar to that one about pandora's box about the consequences of opening a mac outside the holy sanctum of an apple store and the presence of a mac genius


a mac pro is just a xeon built with the best quality components in a fricking awesome case by the time you've wiped the disks and put windows on it - no shame in being compared to that.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

well as long as your running windows.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/GIFS/82300933.gif

[poopipe]

well yeah - I do have actual work to do

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I must be a bi-sexual computer nerd as i have love for both pc & mac.... owning one of each.... but only like windows since win 7 as both system are so alike now pre win 7 i was windows all the way and hated windows..... now i like & we're friends again.

[NinthJake]

a mac pro is just a xeon built with the best quality components in a fricking awesome case by the time you've wiped the disks and put windows on it - no shame in being compared to that.
Installing Windows on a Mac would be like painting an orange with gold powder, when you eat it you are going to remove the shell anyway. A Mac is just a branded PC, you can buy the same parts (or better) for a fraction of the price.

Anyway I just upgraded my rig last week, my new specs are:
AMD FX-8120 8-core 3.1GHz (will overclock it when I get better cooling)
ASUS M5A 78L-M USB3
16Gb of RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9500GT (saving for an EVGA GTX 560Ti 2Gb VRAM atm)

[parleee]

...my phone has more processing power than my laptop.

My pc is as follows.

It's black, some lights on the front. Got a hole in the side with a spinning thing in it. There's little pink and green holes in the front, and they make me happy. Inside there's some dust, wires in lots of pretty colors, and a big green thing. Also it says cooler master on the front, I bet that means it's super fast.

My grandma thinks it's pretty fast, and I bet she's an expert on computers.

[paulius-st]

thats the most owesome rig i ever seen. its allmost a mainfraim computer.
thumbs up man :D .

[poopipe]

Installing Windows on a Mac would be like painting an orange with gold powder, when you eat it you are going to remove the shell anyway. A Mac is just a branded PC, you can buy the same parts (or better) for a fraction of the price.




not strictly true

There's no hiding the fact you're paying an apple premium on their products but to say you can get the same hardware for a fraction of the price just isn't true.

These aren't consumer level boxes to be built on a budget - every component is of absolute top quality and they're designed to work constantly and reliably for years.

If you go and spec yourself a system that matches the spec of a mac pro with the best quality components you can find you won't fall far short of the cost of the mac - and you still need to factor in well over £500 for an equivalent case.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Warning to anyone that cares.

the i7 intel proccessor, paired with the p67 chipset motherboard, causes some strange error in the stata drive cables. After some time, the motherboard is unable to recognize the hard drive.

I learned this the hard way. Freaked out for a few days, thinking I lost everything. On boot up, the system says can't locate the operating system. When I popped into the bios, the main hard drive was not showing up. Long story short, I had to upgrade the motherboard and send in the old one to get replaced. Now I have a motherboard sitting here, doing nothing. A waste of money in the end.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/GIFS/tumblr_m6m0kaFqmQ1qlxu0fo1_250.gif