PC Gaming, Overclocking, and Graphics Cards.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

With threads for both next gen consoles, I thought it only right to throw up a thread about PCs. Anybody got a mega rig? Watercooled? Three cards?

 

I've not gone that far, but I do have a pretty bitchin' PC. 3570k running at 4.5Ghz with a H100i watercooling loop to keep it chilled. GTX 780 superclocked. It plays BF4 rather well.

[The Guest]

When people talk about overclocked what do they mean?

 

How do you do this and does it damage your computer?

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Overclocking is just taking the clock frequency (which, in reality, is what people call the 'speed') of your component - normally the processor (or CPU - Central Processing United) and upping the frequency. Modern Intel processors ending in a 'k' are unlocked and allow you to adjust the settings in your bios to enable it to run more quickly. Running the processor at a higher clock speed means it generates more heat. So, if you put a decent cooler on it, you can run it a bit faster. Sounds like crazy stuff to do until you understand it. Basically, you adjust a few settings in bios and replace your cooler (fan, really) from the stock one like this:

 

 

to something like this, which looks much better. Which is a no-maintence water cooler. This one costs about 85 quid.

 

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Or you can go the whole hog, like these fellas.

 

http://www.murderbox.com/mkii_prototype/gallery/

[stringvest]

or you can get out into the fresh air and talk to real people

 

*winky*

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

or you can get out into the fresh air and talk to real people

 

*winky*

NO. NO! Don't make me do it.

[Funkasy]

When it comes to gaming the pc is much better then any console, specially if it comes to shoot em up games. Personally i only play dota2 at the moment. I have a 2 year old pc at home dont remember the specs and a pretty good laptop for gaming that i bought some months ago. When i move home again i will be buying a big mofo computer that you are talking about in the opening post with all the newest and best gear. 

[The Guest]

I think the thing that puts me off doing that sort of thing is the fact you probably have to make a few mistakes before you completely get it right or understand how to do it.  And those mistakes will probably cost a few quid!

 

I had a bit of an obsession a few years ago with building myself a proper high end PC for gaming.  I obviously had no clue what I was doing but had an idea of what parts I would need.  One of the IT lads in my work basically listed all the parts to buy from a website called Scan and said he would help me build it.  My car broke down and I had to spend the money on that and then just never got round to it.  The thing that puts me off it now is I think I'm becoming less and less savvy with computers.  That and the fact playing on consoles is dead easy to just load up and go.  I always get the impression (I may be completely wrong) that playing shooters/multi-players generally on PC is always just full of cheaters anyway.  Is it?

[Allan]

I always get the impression (I may be completely wrong) that playing shooters/multi-players generally on PC is always just full of cheaters anyway.  Is it?

 

Quite the opposite. Whilst there is a large modding community on PC, they very rarely take their mods/hacks/cheats into public games. Whilst over on the consoles, once a game is hacked, it spreads throughout all public playlists/game modes.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

[md1892]

Thats awesome.

 

Need to update my machine, haven't done so in 6 years, still runs most things though.

 

Just bought the beta of planetary anhilation off steam, once that goes properly methinks i'll finally go watercooled, or just spunk a load of money on an alienware.

[M_B]

And hopefully the Oculus Rift headset will be out this year.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Thats awesome.

 

Need to update my machine, haven't done so in 6 years, still runs most things though.

 

Just bought the beta of planetary anhilation off steam, once that goes properly methinks i'll finally go watercooled, or just spunk a load of money on an alienware.

Build! Fuck alienware.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I thought this was interesting.

 

[md1892]

Build! Fuck alienware.

 

I want a gaming laptop though, otherwise I would build as I have with every desktop since 1998 !

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I want a gaming laptop though, otherwise I would build as I have with every desktop since 1998 !

Ah, in which case ignore me.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

So, graphics have improved a bit.

 

[Hades]

With threads for both next gen consoles, I thought it only right to throw up a thread about PCs. Anybody got a mega rig? Watercooled? Three cards?

 

I've not gone that far, but I do have a pretty bitchin' PC. 3570k running at 4.5Ghz with a H100i watercooling loop to keep it chilled. GTX 780 superclocked. It plays BF4 rather well.

Main reason I'm not an avid PC gamer - Australian summers are brutally hot and any room with a gaming PC is automatically 10-15 degrees warmer. Wished I lived on the North Pole.

[Chairman Meow]

I'm looking to build a new machine once I get myself back into the world of work. Mainly for the driving game side of things as I'm not really getting the best out of the few games I do have with my current setup as it stutters on some of the mods being created.

 

Someone has created a mod of this for instance

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transf%C4%83g%C4%83r%C4%83%C8%99an

 

I'm doing some mods as well so it would be nice to have something running a bit faster when I'm creating as well.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I'm looking to build a new machine once I get myself back into the world of work. Mainly for the driving game side of things as I'm not really getting the best out of the few games I do have with my current setup as it stutters on some of the mods being created.

 

Someone has created a mod of this for instance

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfăgărășan

 

I'm doing some mods as well so it would be nice to have something running a bit faster when I'm creating as well.

It's probably my favourite hobby these days, this high end PC building lark. Total waste of my money.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Not high end, but i'm building a digital pinball machine with my friend at the minute. It'll be a bit like this, although we haven't started to build the enclosure yet, just bought and built the functional components (buttons, screens, PC etc):

 

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Cool project.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Thanks, its for my mates dad for Christmas. He's mad addicted to pinball on the iPad so my mate priced his favourite pinball machine and it was £5k! I think we'll end up building this for about £500 and he can download hundreds of pinball machine variations.

 

Also consideing adding caster wheels and a mechanism for the tv to fold up to turn it into a media centre aswell.

[Chairman Meow]

It's probably my favourite hobby these days, this high end PC building lark. Total waste of my money.

 

I keep pricing everything up but not pulling the trigger. 

 

The money is there, but who knows how long the redundancy money will need to hold out and I've got a rally car in mid build. I can't really justify spending the money on a computer so I can pretend to drive a car when I have an actual car to get finished,

 

Unless I get a new job of course. 

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Congratulation computer graphics, you're now more real than God's version.