Gaming PC Setup

Hey guys, I would just like to know your gaming setups. Kinda want to take inspiration from you guys since my buddy wants me to help him pick out some parts.

Here's my personal rig:
CPU: AMD FX- 8350 5.0 ghz overclocked
COOLER: Cooler Master Glacer 240L
MOBO: Asus SABERTHOOTH 990FX
GPU: Asus DCUII R9 290X
RAM: 16gb ADATA XPG RAM
CASE: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
PSU: EVGA 1000W Power Supply
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB (Boot Drive)
HDD: WD Caviar Black 2 TB (Main Storage)
OS: Win 7 Home Premium

I'm sure you know this, but first is to know what their budget is, and second is; what do they plan on doing with it.

Anyway here is my rig, it's not the greatest but it works. Would have been better if it wasn't a buy as I went/ upgrade when I got the money rig.
CPU: intel I7 2600k was OC'd to 4.4Ghz but meh
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V LX
RAM: 16GB total 8GB of Crucial and 8GB G.Skill
GPU: GIGABYTE 660ti
PSU: rosewill 1000w or something, I actually can't remember XD
HDD: around 7TB no SDD's I need more storage still
OS: windows 7 ultimate
case: RAIDMAX sagittarius
cpu cooler: coolmaster V6 dual fan
monitor: accer 21.5" and a 23.6"

He has a budget of about 600-800 bucks, he plans on doing some game recording on it

CPU: intel I7 870 2.93 GHz (it reaches 3.3 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost)
MOBO: ASUS P7P55D
RAM: 8 GB Corsair 1333 MHz DDR3
GPU: XFX Radeon 7970 3 GB GDDR5
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro 650W
HDD: Samsung 1 TB Sata 3
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus

So, when i built this PC, in 2011, the VGA was a Radeon 6850 and the RAM was only 4 gb. At the time i spent something around 800€, now you can get the same for less than that. Anyway the 7970 is still around 300€ so...

However, with this setup, i can play recent games with absolutely no problem. Never tried recording while playing though.

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
GPU: Evga 670 4gb SC+
RAM: 2x4gb corsair
PSU: 850w XFX
MOBO: ASRock P67 extreme 4 gen 3
and an SSD for boot and HDD for storage of course

also 800 dollars is a tough budget for a gaming/recording pc.

My rig definitely isn't something you should consider on a budget, but here goes.
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k @ 4.4Ghz
MOBO: ASUS Maximus VI Hero
CPU Cooler: bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 2
RAM: 16GB Mushkin Blackline 1600Mhz
GPU: EVGA GTX 680 Signature SC
PSU: bequiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W
SSD: OCZ Agility III 180GB
HDD: Western Digital RE4 1TB
OS: Windows 7
CASE: Fractal Design Define R4

Assuming my memory is intact, here goes:

Mobo: ASRock Z68 Extreme4
CPU: Intel i5-2500K, OC'd @ 4.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Scythe Yasya[size=10] (fail transliteration much?)[/h]
RAM: 2x 4GiB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz @ 8-8-8-24
GPU: MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr II/OC
SSD: Intel 320 Series, 120GB (SATA2)
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103LJ 1TB (SATA2)
PSU: Corsair TX750 v2
Monitor: Dell U2311H
OS: Win7U + Linux (various distros)

Can't remember which case, it's some older full tower case with 4 fans (nothing cool, but it's cool, if you get what I'm saying)

CPU: Intel Core i3 @3.21Ghz
COOLER: N/A
MOBO: ECS H61M2 MV
GPU: GeForce GT630 2GB 128-bit
RAM: Kingston 4GB
CASE: Fortress Generic Case
PSU: Fortress 700w
SSD: N/A
HDD: Hitachi 1TB
OS: Windows 8 32-bit

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570k 4.7 Ghz
COOLER: Coolermaster Hyper Plus 212
MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 Z77
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7750
RAM: 2x8Gb Corsair Vengeance
CASE: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
PSU: Antec 500w High Current Gamer PSU
SSD: Samsung 830 64Gb
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1Tb, Seagate 1.5 Tb
OS: Win 8 Pro *

*Using StartisBack to avoid the Metro interface
$600 with some great deals at y local Microcenter

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @3.5GHz
COOLER: Noctua NH-D14
MOBO: Asus P8Z77-V Pro
GPU: HIS 7950 IceQ X² @950MHz
RAM: 2x4Gb G.SKILL Ripjaws 1600MHz
CASE: Cooler Master Storm Trooper
PSU: Corsair TX850 v2
SSD: None - [size=10]this build has left me broke XD(so no ssd for a couple of months)[/h]
HDD: 1x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM, 1x Seagate 2TB 5900RPM, 1x Seagate 4TB 5900RPM
OS: Win 7 x64 Ultimate
Monitor: LG IPS277L-BN IPS LED Monitor 27" (currently broken and[size=1] displays only colorized flashing stripes all the time - probably because the hdmi cable got very hot)[/h]
Mouse: Vengeance® M95

CPU: Intel Xeon W3680 @ 3.33GHz

Motherboard: EVGA 270-WS-W555-A2 Classified SR-2

RAM: 32GB HyperX Tri-chan @ 1600MHz

HDD/SSD: 2x 2.5" Corsair FS GS 240GB SSD S3 6GB/s, 4x 3.5" 4TB Seagate Const. ES.3 SAS3 6 GB/s, 7200, 128MB

GPU: 1x AMD FirePro W7000 4GB GDDR5

PSU: Modular XFX Pro 1250W BE - 1250W, 80PG, 135mm, Active PFC

Monitors: 3x 27" LG IPS LED - 2560 x 1440, 16:9, 5M:1 DCR, 1,000:1 Native

PSU is a little overkill but I plan on adding a second W3680 come my next paycheck.

P.S. this isn't for gaming, it's a workstation, most relevant thread I could find to post specs.

Here's mine:
CPU: AMD phenom II x4 955 Black edition 3.2ghz quad
COOLER: Xigmatech red scorpion
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-970A-d3
GPU: Msi 7850 twin frozr. 2gb oc
RAM: 8gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz
CASE: Aerocool PGS vx-e or something
PSU: Ionz 650~watt chrome
SSD: nada
HDD: Seagate barracuda 7200rpm 2tb (boot drive/ main storage)
WD caviar green 1tb (was my external, is now my secondary storage drive)
OS: Win 7 Home ultimate 64bit

The funny bit is, this build cost me around $500. Maybe less. Got a lot of it secondhand. Cpu, mobo, psu, case, cooler. The rest is brand new. Bar the caviar green.

Heres my Computer build.

OS:Windows 8 Pro (It's good, don't hate, just need to install a start button.)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapte
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply
Monitor: Samsung S27B350H 27.0" Monitor
Monitor: Dell E207WFP

I also have 4 more 250GB sata 2 drives that I jacked from old laptops.
total 10 USB 3 and 8 USB 2

CPU: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz
MOBO: Asus Rampage III Formula LGA 1366
GPU: AMD Sapphire 6950 2GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4 8GB DDR3-1600
CASE: Raidmax Smilodon mid tower
PSU: Thermaltake Black Widow 850w 80 PLUS BRONZE
HDD: 2X WD Caviar Black 1TB
OS: Win 7 Home Premium

Does pretty good on everything, mostly used for games and anime, wouldn't recommend it though, just fancy parts really.

worth about 1200 all around, expensive motherboard and cpu yo.

Mobo: asrock z77 pro 4
CPU: i5 3570k
GPU: xfx Radeon 7850
Ram: 16g
SSD: 120G samsung 480 series
HD: 2TB WD (one red one green)
OS: win7 (hate win8)
PSU: 600W

as for your friend here something for him/her

CPU Intel Core i3-3220: $119

Ram Corsair Vengeance 8 GB: $73

MOBO MSI B75MA-P45: $68

EVGA GTX 650 Ti Graphics Card: $145

WD Blue 1TB: $70

case NZXT Source 210 ELITE Midtower:$44

Corsair Builder Series CX 430w: $41

-----------Total------------
$560

all of this will let him run modern day game from mid-high settings. While if he want more graphical power, tell him to get a better graphic card.

while the rest of the money tell him/her to use that for computer peripherals.
one suggestion to look into is mechanical keyboard.

CPU: Intel i5 3570k OC'd to 4.0
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus
Mobo: Asus p8z77-v pro
RAM: 2x4GB GSkill Sniper @ 2133
GPU: Evga GTX 560 Ti
PSU: Seasonic x 650
Case: Antec P280
SSD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB
HDD: 1.5 TB seagate and a 2 TB western digital
mouse: logitech g500
keyboard: cheap wired rosewill - smallest you can get that still has a number pad
speakers: cheap 2.0 that has a powered sub
headset: logitech g330 - had to repair with super glue and duct tape twice

I don't like mechanical keyboards because of all the clickety clackety and the weight. I don't have space for a proper desk so I have to lean back with keyboard on my lap.

A great site to go to find parts is pcpartpicker as it will compare from all the major pc part sites and find you the best deal.

recording video games is very intensive on your hardware. He will need a good intel core i5 quad or better and a really good graphics card to maintain a good fps. The video files created will also take up a lot of space.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965
CPU cooler: Cooler Master something
MOBO: MSI something
RAM: 2x4GB from something
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7900
PSU: Haven't checked
Case: Cooler Master something
SSD: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224BB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB
OS: Windows 8 Ultimate
Mouse: Microsoft standard
Keyboard: Wired - Something from A4 tech
Speakers: I soon have my stereo setup plugged in.
Headset: AKG K-240

I got all of this for 1100 gold coins.

Cpu: Intel Pentium M 1.2 ghz

Mobo: Dont know?

Memory: 512 mb DDR1

GPU: Non existant

Cooling: Air.

Case:()

Storage: 58gb sata

Rich niggers..

Current (Temporary):

CPU: Intel Dual Core E5800 3.2GHz
MoBO: G41m P28
RAM: 2GB DDR3 1006Mhz CL9
GPU: Gigabyte GF 210
HDD: 80GB, 160GB 7200RPM
FAN: 120mm Rear Fan, 9inch Side Fan
CASE: Some olds unbranded Case

Planned (Till I get munneee)

CPU: I7 4770K
Mobo: Z87 Pro4
RAM: 12GB DDR3 2133MHz CL7
GPU: GTX 660TI
HDD: 1TB x2 7200RPM
SSD: 256GB
FAN: Water Cooled Set
Case: lol idk

I'd change that 660ti to a 760 because the 760 cost less but has the same performance (or more).