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I have had that drive for several years, took it out of a WD My book external enclosure when that was still possible. I only use it now because it still works but I probably shouldn't due to it's age.  

  • 2 weeks later...
On 4/17/2017 at 0:34 AM, adrynalyne said:

I'm guessing it's along the lines of going to battle vs a dance off. I kid, I kid. ;)

 

Exactly - a thread for battle stations, and someone posts their imac.

Like starting a "Post your guns" and supposed posts a picture of a rubberband gun.... painted nicely.

@TitoistJust doesnt belong, didnt mean anything nasty by it.

On 24/02/2017 at 5:39 PM, Mando said:

Specs:

 

  • Corsair 400C case
  • i7 7700k (4.8ghz clock)
  • Corsair 115i AIO CPU cooler.
  • S2770 Asus STRIX H
  • 2x8Gb Corsair LPX LED DDR4 3200Mhz XMP
  • EVGA Founders Edition 1080ti 
  • 2x123Gb Samsung Evo 840s (Raid0) striped (1gb/sec av R/Ws)
  • 4x256 Samsung Evo850s (Raid0) Striped (2gb/sec av R/Ws
  • EVGA 650GS Modular PSU
  • 3x 140mm Corsair static pressure low noise LED fans. 
  • 1x120mm Corsair  static pressure low noise LED fans
  • Samsung curved S27D590C Monitor
  • Technics Separates audio
  • SteealSeries Siberia 3000
  • Razer blackadder LH mouse
  • Razer Chroma v2
  • OS Vol in the rear 2.5" SSD bays.
  • Games Vol in drive caddy (x4) 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 2 weeks later...
On 2017-04-25 at 10:30 PM, T3X4S said:

Exactly - a thread for battle stations, and someone posts their imac.

Like starting a "Post your guns" and supposed posts a picture of a rubberband gun.... painted nicely.

@TitoistJust doesnt belong, didnt mean anything nasty by it.

I game on it and its performance is way higher than my previous 2012 Custom PC Build with a Radeon HD6950 MSI Twin Frozr. Thus, I would still consider it a worthy "Battlestation". I continue to shock people on StarCraft 2 who ask what system I "built" to load the game so fast and I tell them its an iMac. However, unlike the picture, I actually use a Razer Naga Molten Edition when I game.

 

Some game benchmarks averages:

World of Warcraft - High Graphics 95fps

Starcraft 2 - Ultra 87fps

Diablo 3 - High 88fps

Star Wars The Old Republic - High 121fps

Battlefield 1 - High 49fps

Battlefield 4 - High 62fps

 

For these games, I have to lower the resolution to about 3K, 5K take the FPS and half it, except for Starcraft 2. It somehow manages to still run smoothly at full 5K.

 

Don't judge a book by its cover.

6 hours ago, Titoist said:

I game on it and its performance is way higher than my previous 2012 Custom PC Build with a Radeon HD6950 MSI Twin Frozr. Thus, I would still consider it a worthy "Battlestation". I continue to shock people on StarCraft 2 who ask what system I "built" to load the game so fast and I tell them its an iMac. However, unlike the picture, I actually use a Razer Naga Molten Edition when I game.

 

Some game benchmarks averages:

World of Warcraft - High Graphics 95fps

Starcraft 2 - Ultra 87fps

Diablo 3 - High 88fps

Star Wars The Old Republic - High 121fps

Battlefield 1 - High 49fps

Battlefield 4 - High 62fps

 

For these games, I have to lower the resolution to about 3K, 5K take the FPS and half it, except for Starcraft 2. It somehow manages to still run smoothly at full 5K.

 

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Right on !   Thats cool.

I stand corrected.
What video card does your imac have ?  Honestly - as little as I game anymore, I wouldnt mind getting a mac.  One of my favorite all time computers was the previous gen Mac Pro

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But, if I were to get a mac, it would be a mbp - I am covered on the stupidly overkilled, never uses more than 50% resources, PSU fan never spins, desktop - dont need another.

14 minutes ago, Titoist said:

It is running an AMD Radeon R9 M390 graphics processor with 2GB of GDDR5 memory.

This thread is "Show Your Battlestation", not talk about it...

  • 2 months later...

Please ignore the mess!

Tower is behind my monitors - rocking the i7 6700k with a SLi 1080 and Dominator Platinum setup inside an NZXT S340 Black case - no RGB for me - not really into flashy setups 

 

Being my monitors support freesync, I'm waiting for those darn Vegas to come out so I could replace my SLi with some decent crossfire cards

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  • 4 weeks later...

I don't do PC games too much any more so my 'Battlestation' is an Alienware 15 R3. Main machine is a 2014 MBP 15"...

 

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My last remaining full sized gaming PC was last upgraded in 2006 and has a Core 2 Duo ;)

 

  • 3 months later...
6 minutes ago, Ruti said:

Just on time, before 2017 ends xD. What a Year this has been. I only regret losing my btc paper wallet encription key.

I had to confirm you were the earlier poster hahaha :D 

 

ive added a couple of tweaks to mine, ill post pics later, once my desk is tidied :p Case is back on the floor.

On 29/11/2017 at 4:55 PM, Mando said:

just to make you greener, i got it for less than RRP way less ;) £100 saved :p

Dont have money to buy it even with the £100 Savings xD

53 minutes ago, Bryan R. said:

It's nearing the end of 2017 and the thread only has 2 pages :(

I've recently upgraded to a new PC - Intel NUC + GFX1080 eGPU. Check it out :) 

The NUC itself is under the monitor to the right.

 

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OMFG a NUC with a egpu!? i was wishing for a surface pro with an egpu but, NUC should be more afordable right?

 

How Much is that NUC?

2 hours ago, Ruti said:

How Much is that NUC?

That looks like the newest one at $300-400, depends on which one. You need RAM, HDD, and OS separate, tho.

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