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My main potato:
Intel i7-4700MQ 2,4ghz four-core boosting up to 3,4ghz
8gb of DD3 running at 1600mhz
Nvidia Geforce GT755m
1TB hard-drive with 8gb flash for fast boot
Windows 8.1

My secondary potato:
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3,2ghz Dual core
3gb ddr3 1333mhz
Palit geforce gt630 2gb ram
500gb hard-drive
Windows 10 / Ubuntu 16.04

Desktop Specifications:
Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz
Corsair H105 Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Gaming 5 Z97
16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866MHz RAM
MSI Nvidia GTX 980
256GB Crucial SSD
2TB Seagate Barracuda
3TB Western Digital Black
1TB Seagate Expansion Drive
All inside a NZXT H440 and running Windows 10
27" Acer B276HUL 60Hz 1440p

Laptop Specifications:
MSI GE Series GE72 Apache Pro-242
Intel Core i7-5700HQ @ 2.7GHz
16GB 1600MHz RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970m
1TB 7200rpm HDD (SSD to be installed soon)

Let's talk about fucking potatoes here
Got this off of a random website because I have no fucking clue myself.
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Video Card
Intel® HD Graphics
Memory
6.1 GB
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit

Computer Specs:
CPU: Intel i7-4790k
Motherboard: MSI Z97M Gaming
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16gb 2400Mhz
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 970
Storage: 1TB Hard Drive
PSU: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Display: Samsung S24D300
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB
Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB
Operating System: Windows 10 Professional
Case: Fractial Design ARC Mini R2

I'm really happy with it :

The definition of potato:

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz

GPU:
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

RAM:
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz

Motherboard:
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K (LGA775)

Storage space:
465GB x2

Operating System:
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Computer Specifications

Computer #1:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K (Not Overclocked)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 (Nvidia)
Motherboard: Unknown
SSD: 255GB (Kingston)
Hard drive: None
RAM: 8GB (DDR3)

Computer #2:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 960 (Nvidia)
Motherboard: Unknown
SSD: 255GB (Crucial)
Hard drive: None
RAM: 8GB (DDR3)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K (OC to 4.4Ghz, with an air cooler, while still getting temps no higher than 75 celsius. Pretty proud of that.)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 (Nvidia) (Also overclocked a little bit)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P
SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 Evo
Hard drive: 2TB Western Digital Black Series
RAM: 16GB DDR3 @ 1866Mhz
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Fucking great case)

Attached are some potato quality photos taken from my crappy phone camera. Enjoy. (Old photo, since then got a dedicated sound card because my motherboard's onboard was terrible, and put the graphics card in the 16x slot instead of the 8x one (derp))

Edit: Sick mousemat

(May 2, 2016, 07:37 PM)lods of Wrote: [ -> ]emoneCPU: Intel Core i5 4690K (OC to 4.4Ghz, with an air cooler, while still getting temps no higher than 75 celsius. Pretty proud of that.)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 (Nvidia) (Also overclocked a little bit)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P
SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 Evo
Hard drive: 2TB Western Digital Black Series
RAM: 16GB DDR3 @ 1866Mhz
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Fucking great case)

Attached are some potato quality photos taken from my crappy phone camera. Enjoy. (Old photo, since then got a dedicated sound card because my motherboard's onboard was terrible, and put the graphics card in the 16x slot instead of the 8x one (derp))

Spoiler

Edit: Sick mousemat

Those CPU coolers confuse me. Surely having the fan like that disrupts the airflow?

(May 2, 2016, 08:03 PM)Chicken Coup Wrote: [ -> ]

(May 2, 2016, 07:37 PM)lods of Wrote: [ -> ]emoneCPU: Intel Core i5 4690K (OC to 4.4Ghz, with an air cooler, while still getting temps no higher than 75 celsius. Pretty proud of that.)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 (Nvidia) (Also overclocked a little bit)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P
SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 Evo
Hard drive: 2TB Western Digital Black Series
RAM: 16GB DDR3 @ 1866Mhz
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Fucking great case)

Attached are some potato quality photos taken from my crappy phone camera. Enjoy. (Old photo, since then got a dedicated sound card because my motherboard's onboard was terrible, and put the graphics card in the 16x slot instead of the 8x one (derp))

Spoiler

Edit: Sick mousemat

Those CPU coolers confuse me. Surely having the fan like that disrupts the airflow?

No, for one simple reason, convection.

The fan on the bottom of the heatsink pulls the hot air upwards from the GPU, and the heat pipes conduct the heat from the CPU, and the heat is then pulled out by the exhaust fan at the top left there. So if anything it's a 2 in one cooling solution sort of thing, as it helps my GPU stay a little cooler as well as my CPU.

Stock coolers tend to just be reliant on the fan rather than heat pipes, and commonly the thermal paste is sub-par. This cooler cost me £25 and saved me £100 getting me performance similar to that of an i7 4790k at 3.5Ghz

So basically since its a $500 case, I have a good computer under the hood.

I have a small processor from Intel, one of their Micro™ lines, it's pretty rare and for the prong-count it chucks out a pretty impressive 4.5ghz.

I have on board MOBO graphics, but I added a GeForce sticker so my fps stays around 144.

4gb of DDR3 RAM with platinum tipped inserts that go into the MOBO. That makes the interaction ratio between the ram and the computer go by so much faster. With that in mind, that makes my computer lighter, which means it's easier to transport from LAN party to LAN party, because I always come in first place and get invited to new ones.

I have a 350W power supply, fully modular. No wires are existent in my case, and that's not because of pro cable management, but rather WiFi compatibility with SATA ports and the like. Signals are sent from the PSU to the various components. All of it is controlled by gauges on the front of my rig.

I have adapted the Clapper (https://youtu.be/Ny8-G8EoWOw) into my own patented LED light switch. Essentially, I have to clap the theme song to Metal Gear Solid, and the lights turn on.

On the outside of my rig, I have magnets and stickers of various obscure computer places such as Tiger Direct. My most notable sticker is the Geek Squad logo, and that certifies me as a legal computer technician.

If you weren't impressed enough, I'm the co-founder of Python. I still use the IBM keyboard I used to create the language to this very day.

My mouse is a Logitech G502.

Aw jeez, I guess I gotta jump on the bandwagon.

The Desk-Hogger:
CPU: Intel i7-5820K Haswell-E @ 3.3GHz (6 Cores for maximum never using more than 40% of my processor)
Motherboard: Asus X99-Deluxe (Because I went SUPER overkill on the Processor)
RAM: Currently 16GB DDR4, motherboard has slots for 64GB, half of the slots are blocked by the CPU cooler. Will double it eventually.
GPU: Asus Strix nVidia GTX 970 (That is my weakest link. Will be replaced eventually)
C: Drive: 500GB Crucial SSD
D: Drive: 4TB Western Digital HDD (7200RPM)
PSU: Dying
Monitor: Asus 22" monitor (x2)
OS: Windows 10

The Suitcase Hogger:
Asus Republic of Gamers G75V
CPU: Intel i7-3630QM @2.4GHz
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 660M
RAM: 16GB (Upgraded from 8GB)
Cooling 1.2 fans (Main fan has been louder than my Mom's car for over 2 years now)
OS: Windows 8 (Windows broke, can't update to 8.1 or 10)

The Toy:
Raspberry Pi 3
OS: Raspbian

holy shit, everyone here has an i7? do you get them for free or something? god I need an new pc.

(May 4, 2016, 01:04 PM)Project Wrote: [ -> ]holy shit, everyone here has an i7? do you get them for free or something? god I need an new pc.

I saved up for a bit and went full on Overkill on mine.
$2000 later and I can't run games like GTA5 on high because of GPU+PSU problems

(May 4, 2016, 01:04 PM)Project Wrote: [ -> ]holy shit, everyone here has an i7? do you get them for free or something? god I need an new pc.

If you knew anything about i7s you would know that there is virtually zero difference between an i7 and an i5 on the gaming scale.

Or second though, go ahead and spend $100 extra for something you don't need.

(May 4, 2016, 01:04 PM)Project Wrote: [ -> ]holy shit, everyone here has an i7? do you get them for free or something? god I need an new pc.

Nah used 5k nok for a new motherboard and a i7 :3 totaly worth it!