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Alright, lay those specs on out. Lets get an idea of the typical machines STO players are using around here. While my machines may not qualify as "typical", I'll give it a start:

Core i7 860 (OC'd to 4Ghz at max Turbo mode, HT enabled)
8Gb (4x2Gb) Patriot Viper DDR3 1600mhz 7-7-7-21@1.55v
EVGA P55-SLI motherboard
2x HIS Radeon 5870 1Gb (CrossfireX enabled)
2x Patriot Torqx 128Gb SSD (AHCI mode, no RAID in use so TRIM is supported)
750Gb Seagate ES.2
Corsair TX750 power supply
Antec Twelve Hundred full tower case
HP 2509m 25" 1920x1080 LCD
Saitek Cyborg keyboard
Razer Diamondback mouse
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Signature Edition
Logitech G27 Wheel/pedals/shift set (for Dirt 2)

That's my primary gaming rig. I keep a secondary gaming rig right beside the primary to give myself flexibility in choosing CPU power, memory and PCI-E bandwidth needs:

Core i7 920 (OC'd to 3.6Ghz, Turbo disabled, HT enabled, older C0 stepping))
6Gb (3x2Gb) OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600mhz (triple channel mode enabled)
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R motherboard
BBA ATI Radeon 4870 512mb (engineering sample)
4x 750Gb Seagate ES.2 (RAID 5 -ICH10R)
Corsair TX650 power supply
Thermaltake Lanfire VM2000A mid-tower case
Dell 22" 1680x1050 LCD
Saitek Eclipse II keyboard
Logitech trackball
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OEM

Having both rigs side by side allows me the flexibility of switching which one is my primary rig and moving the video cards around to match my needs of the specific game I'm playing the most of at that time.

What are you playing STO on?

Edit: Forgot to mention that both above rigs are air cooled. No fancy liquid or refrigerated cooling in any of my rigs.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    For what it's worth. The TriSLI is not using the classic setup with all three cards bridged. Two bridged and the third running it's boost through the chip set. Still a nice bump in speed. %-)

    HP Blackbird 002 BB5140rp
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 OCed 3.2ghz
    8GB CRUCIAL Ballistix Tracer DDR2 RAM
    300GB Velociraptor, 500GB Seagate
    500GB WD MyBook External
    Slim Slot DVD RW etc
    Triple SLI NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT
    5.1 Rocketfish (Creative SBLive) Audio
    900W PSU
    Logitech G15 (2nd Gen)
    Logitech MX1000 Wireless Mouse
    Saitek X52 HOTAS Joystick / Throttle
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Nice rigs guys :) In comparision to yours, Im still using 'Coleco Vision' setup :eek: lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Bloody hell, Blatant my rig is awesome topic.

    Anyways mine sucks, i cant even near max STO. heck l i get 5FPS if i put anti aliasing on, but my rig can play EVERYTHING on at least high settings so im happy, Heres mine.

    AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 245 Processor @ 2.9 GHZ
    4Gb (4x2Gb) Corsair DDR2
    gigabyte ga-m720-us3 motherboard
    Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 1GB
    1TB SATA Hard Drive
    Corsair VX450W power supply
    Acer V233H 23" 1920x1080 LCD
    Logitech Media Keybored 600
    Laser Cyber Sniper Stinga Gaming Mouse/ 3200DPI
    Windows 7 Proffesional 64 BIT OEM Edition
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    HazDaGeek wrote: »
    For what it's worth. The TriSLI is not using the classic setup with all three cards bridged. Two bridged and the third running it's boost through the chip set. Still a nice bump in speed.

    Not to mention that you can also use the 3rd card for dedicated PhysX while the first 2 linked cards are busy rendering. Nice setup!

    Edit: Plus extra Kudos for the ram bling! Tracers rox!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Setup is in my siggy.

    I did have a G15 keyboard but spilt a load of drink on it and wrecked it, so I use cheap ones now, lol :P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    gigantojim wrote: »
    Setup is in my siggy.

    I did have a G15 keyboard but spilt a load of drink on it and wrecked it, so I use cheap ones now, lol :P

    Very sweet build. Maximum bang for buck for sure. Zero wastefulness, very efficient. I'd consider replacing the 4890 with a 5850 to further cut power use and maximize performance. A pair of 5850's idles at the same power draw of a single 4890.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Very sweet build. Maximum bang for buck for sure. Zero wastefulness, very efficient. I'd consider replacing the 4890 with a 5850 to further cut power use and maximize performance. A pair of 5850's idles at the same power draw of a single 4890.

    Thanks :))

    Yep I need to get a new card, it doesnt seem like 5 minutes ago when I got mine, lol. Couldnt believe the amount they have had out since :P

    It was the first PC I built myself, I enjoyed putting it together.

    Jim
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    A computer.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I was never much of a gamer before, until STO came along, Since I purchased the pre-order I then had to shell out for a good enough video card to stop my computer showing its limitations (about 4fps at medium quality) in all STO has cost me $$$$.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    subwired wrote: »
    I was never much of a gamer before, until STO came along, Since I purchased the pre-order I then had to shell out for a good enough video card to stop my computer showing its limitations (about 4fps at medium quality) in all STO has cost me $$$$.

    Yeah I remember those days.

    I remember having to get a new pc just to play sfc3, lmao.

    Glad you enjoyed the game :P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP
    Processor: Intel Core i7 860 3.7 MHz
    Memory: 8GB DDR3 OCZ 1600mhz 7-7-7-16
    Motherboard: Intel DP55KG
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
    Power Supply: Corsair TX750 Power Supply
    Keyboard: Logitech G11 Keyboard
    Mouse: OCZ Behemoth Laser Gaming mouse
    OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2043 swx
    Processor: Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.06 GHz
    Memory: 2 GB DDR
    Motherboard: Intel D865GLC
    Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450
    OS: Windows XP Professional
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Macbook Pro 15" (Unibody late 2008)
    Core 2 Duo P9400 2.53Ghz
    4GB DDR3 1066mhz
    Geforce 9400M
    Geforce 9600GT 512mb (enabled for STO)
    500GB WD Scorpio Blue 5400 rpm
    320GB Hitachi 5400 rpm
    LED backlit 1440x900 LCD screen
    802.11a/b/g
    gigabit ethernet
    bluetooth EDR 2.1
    Backlit keyboard
    Glass multitouch trackpad
    HxWxD in cm = 2.4 x 36.4 x 24.9
    5.5 pounds (yes size and weight are very important to me)
    Logitech trackman marble trackball (really old, but I still love it)
    Thermaltake Massive23 CS notebook cooler
    Mac OS X 10.6.2
    dual booted with WIndows 7 Pro 64bit.

    Playing STO using my Unofficial Mac version, not in WIn7...

    ummm... thats all I can recall to list off off the top of my head :-P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    ok mines.... on my sig there... as keyboard & mouse here goes.....

    Z-Board merc stealth
    G5 Mouse
    Razor Exact mat
    22" 1650x1080 rez monitor ....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I am playing with a:

    HP Firebird 802
    Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.67GHz
    4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 RAM
    2x Geforce 9800 S (512MB DDR3 VDRAM) in SLI
    2x 250GB SATA HD Drives
    Liquid cooled - CPU, GPUs & Northbridge
    Creative X-Fi Xtreme Expresscard Sound card
    Logitech G19 keyboard
    Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
    Toshiba 320GB eSATA drive
    Logitech 5.1 surround sound system
    HP 2159m 21" DVI LCD monitor @ 1920x1080

    :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I am playing with a:

    HP Firebird 802
    Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.67GHz
    4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 RAM
    2x Geforce 9800 S (512MB DDR3 VDRAM) in SLI
    2x 250GB SATA HD Drives
    Liquid cooled - CPU, GPUs & Northbridge
    Creative X-Fi Xtreme Expresscard Sound card
    Logitech G19 keyboard
    Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
    Toshiba 320GB eSATA drive
    Logitech 5.1 surround sound system
    HP 2159m 21" DVI LCD monitor @ 1920x1080

    :)

    Why is your CPU watercooled if it's running stock speed?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    This used to be a beast!! but I need to start upgrading very soon.
    Asus P5N-e Sli
    Q6600 oc'd to 2.8 Cause my MoBo is lame and hates quads
    4g of Corsair Dominator 1066 only at 800mhz cause once again my MoBo sucks
    Evga 8800 gtx in Sli
    Thermaltake 850w ps
    Zalman cpu fan
    Raptor 150g HD
    Apevia Jupiter full tower
    Still can play most games at Full. I am getting ready to start buying new parts for a full upgrade minus the HD, case, and PS.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Alright, lay those specs on out. Lets get an idea of the typical machines STO players are using around here. While my machines may not qualify as "typical", I'll give it a start:

    Core i7 860 (OC'd to 4Ghz at max Turbo mode, HT enabled)
    8Gb (4x2Gb) Patriot Viper DDR3 1600mhz 7-7-7-21@1.55v
    EVGA P55-SLI motherboard
    2x HIS Radeon 5870 1Gb (CrossfireX enabled)
    2x Patriot Torqx 128Gb SSD (AHCI mode, no RAID in use so TRIM is supported)
    750Gb Seagate ES.2
    Corsair TX750 power supply
    Antec Twelve Hundred full tower case
    HP 2509m 25" 1920x1080 LCD
    Saitek Cyborg keyboard
    Razer Diamondback mouse
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Signature Edition
    Logitech G27 Wheel/pedals/shift set (for Dirt 2)

    That's my primary gaming rig. I keep a secondary gaming rig right beside the primary to give myself flexibility in choosing CPU power, memory and PCI-E bandwidth needs:

    Core i7 920 (OC'd to 3.6Ghz, Turbo disabled, HT enabled, older C0 stepping))
    6Gb (3x2Gb) OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600mhz (triple channel mode enabled)
    Gigabyte EX58-UD3R motherboard
    BBA ATI Radeon 4870 512mb (engineering sample)
    4x 750Gb Seagate ES.2 (RAID 5 -ICH10R)
    Corsair TX650 power supply
    Thermaltake Lanfire VM2000A mid-tower case
    Dell 22" 1680x1050 LCD
    Saitek Eclipse II keyboard
    Logitech trackball
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OEM

    Having both rigs side by side allows me the flexibility of switching which one is my primary rig and moving the video cards around to match my needs of the specific game I'm playing the most of at that time.

    What are you playing STO on?

    Edit: Forgot to mention that both above rigs are air cooled. No fancy liquid or refrigerated cooling in any of my rigs.

    Jeez you just made this thread to flex the "Epeen"..lol jk. I bet your room gets super hot with both of those running. Awesome rigs though!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Specs in my sig.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Hehe, my epeen is secure in the knowledge I have the fastest rigs in my neighborhood :p

    Room temps never get out of whack, I have converted my garage into a computer room with dedicated air conditioning. I call it my "man-cave". I am the only male in a household of females, so I have to have my hidey-hole to escape to where manly things like rifles and swords decorate the walls, and computers provide a steady hum for the background noise. Here, testosterone reigns supreme! Until I walk back into the house and hear "can't you remember to put the toilet seat down??" :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Bloody hell, Blatant my rig is awesome topic.

    Lol,

    Indeed you never see someone with just a decent system start 1 of these threads,These threads are always started by someone with a system that they know will gain a re-action.

    Anyway just for the OP's pleasure and for the fact you can say "pfft my system kicks your systems TRIBBLE" here are my specs..

    dual core@2.66
    4GB RAM
    Vista 32
    GTX 275 card
    750 Watt psu.
    24" widescreen monitor
    Had it for over 2 years now(card and psu are newer) will do me till next year when I will look into building a new 1.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    AMD Phenom II X2 550BE 3.1 unlocked to x4 OC 3.56(460mhz) v1.344 20C IDLE 35C LOAD room temp. 75F

    ZALMAN 9900 /w Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound

    GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P

    Patriot Viper 4GB 2 x 2GB 1600 7-7-7-20 @1333

    HIS Radeon HD 4890 Turbo+ 965/1150

    COOLER MASTER Storm Sniper case BE

    2x WD 500g HD black raid 0 WD 1T HD back up

    CORSAIR 850tx power supply

    Window 7 64 bit Home Edition

    24" Asus 1080P 2ms 75H

    2x Flux Capacitor's

    Steelseries Siberia v2 headphones + SteelSeries Gaming Earbuds for when it's to hot to wear headphones
    steelseries 7g keyboard
    steelseries Qck+ Heavy gaming mouse pad

    Everything on high or max 80-100 fps

    P.S. can everyone edit there post and add there fps avg. I think the in game command showfps 1 net_graph 1 correct me if I'm wrong
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Sinhealer wrote:
    Lol,

    Indeed you never see someone with just a decent system start 1 of these threads,These threads are always started by someone with a system that they know will gain a re-action.

    Anyway just for the OP's pleasure and for the fact you can say "pfft my system kicks your systems TRIBBLE" here are my specs..

    dual core@2.66
    4GB RAM
    Vista 32
    GTX 275 card
    750 Watt psu.
    24" widescreen monitor
    Had it for over 2 years now(card and psu are newer) will do me till next year when I will look into building a new 1.

    Honestly, as a techy who's built more PCs over the years then I can count, I can say that "Pfft, my system kicks your systems TRIBBLE"!!! Hehehe! J/K!!!

    Seriously though, you won't be hurting for horsepower for a very long time to come. The only thing I can see giving you any kind of trouble in the next couple of years is trying to push to much AA in original Crysis, and that's never a ding against a PC, Crysis is just wrong. Crysis Warhead corrected the horrid performance of original Crysis greatly and I bet that runs great with AA on your rig. There's no way in hell STO is going to slow your rig down.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    whamm wrote: »
    AMD Phenom II X2 550BE 3.1 unlocked to x4 OC 3.56(460mhz)

    DAM!!! Now THAT is an Enthusiast, right there! Core unlocking AND overclocking those unlocked cores! :drool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Honestly, as a techy who's built more PCs over the years then I can count, I can say that "Pfft, my system kicks your systems TRIBBLE"!!! Hehehe! J/K!!!

    Seriously though, you won't be hurting for horsepower for a very long time to come. The only thing I can see giving you any kind of trouble in the next couple of years is trying to push to much AA in original Crysis, and that's never a ding against a PC, Crysis is just wrong. Crysis Warhead corrected the horrid performance of original Crysis greatly and I bet that runs great with AA on your rig. There's no way in hell STO is going to slow your rig down.

    Hehe,

    I know mate,actually my system runs Crysis maxed out,it even did with my old 8800gt card.
    I can see this system carrying me to the middle of next year and then I will look into building another*.

    *Wife and kid permitting :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Sinhealer wrote:
    Hehe,

    I know mate,actually my system runs Crysis maxed out,it even did with my old 8800gt card.
    I can see this system carrying me to the middle of next year and then I will look into building another*.

    *Wife and kid permitting :)

    Maxed out Dx9 or maxed out Dx10? That was the deal breaker for G80/G92 cards in Crysis. Even my GTX295 coughed up a lung trying to keep up in Dx10 mode with AA on top of it in Crysis, Ultra High on everything else. 4x MSAA was the best the GTX295 could handle smoothly at 1920x1080.

    The 5870's in Crossfire slaughter the GTX295 in Crysis Dx10 mode though. Above settings are VERY close to 60 fps average, the silver bullet finally for Crysis at it's worst.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Hehe, my epeen is secure in the knowledge I have the fastest rigs in my neighborhood :p

    i'm sure that makes you happy... me, even if i was given your rigs for free, I'd just sell them.. wouldn't even want them :-P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Yeah it was of course with DX 9.

    I actually got Crysis for free when I bought the 8800gt card for my system,I was surprised to see them package such a system hog of a game with the card but it did run it maxed out...again in DX9.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    doh123 wrote: »
    i'm sure that makes you happy... me, even if i was given your rigs for free, I'd just sell them.. wouldn't even want them :-P

    Really??? To each their own, they say. But I've been PC gaming since the Wolf 3D and Doom, both played on a 486 OC'd from 66mhz to 80mhz with 4mb ram and a VLB (VESA Local Bus) 1mb Diamond vid card that was considered amazing for it's time. And that all was considered cutting edge back then. As I said, to each their own.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Since we are talking about years gone by,I do remember posting in another forum about how I started playing video games on the pong system and then the Atari 2600 and also the ZX81.

    If someone had came to me when I was on my Atari 2600 and said "we will be playing games with hundreds if not thousands of people all at the same time"

    My response would have been " but I only have 2 joysticks".
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