• 10Sep 09

  My Gaming Setup!

  Thanks to anshul89's suggestion, I'm posting my gaming setup!

  
  Well like many others here I'm sure, I've been gaming since I was a toddler and been lovin' every minute of it. I started off playing games on the good old Amiga 500 which is still in a box somewhere in the garage, along with many of the archaic floppy disks that house some of the best games of my nostalgic childhood, including Alien Breed and Jaguar XJ220.
  
  Over the years I went through various systems including the Sega Master System I and II, Sega Megadrive (or Genesis as it's known in the States), NES and SNES. Gaming consumed (and continues to consume) a particularly large portion of my daily life, in which I am happy!
  
  Gaming in the present though has changed an awful lot since the good old days, but not at all in a bad way. Below is what you can call my gaming-life in a way, since this is where I spend my countless hours doing the thing I love most (except a few select activities... ).
  
  These first pics are of my first custom-built PC from 2006. I had played around with computers before and was familiar with changing out hardware and installing components, but this was my first PC build from scratch. A long time overdue if you ask me.

  

  This wasn't a great build so far as cable management goes, but I enjoyed building it.
  
  

  Specs were:
  E6600 - OCd to 3.2Ghz
  GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3
  2GB G-Skill DDR800
  XFX 8800GTX
  WD 320GB HDD (7200rpm)
  Antec TruPower Trio 550w PSU
  Antec P180i case
  

  I later upgraded the machine with the following:
  

  Q6600 OCd to 3.2Ghz
  4GB Kingston Value RAM DDR800
  
  
  Anyway onwards! Next up is my current rig which I initially built last year but upgraded my 2 9800GX2s with 2 GTX295s. Pointless upgrade? Maybe... but why should I care?
  
  
  My PC with the 2 9800GX2s
  
  
  
  My PC with the 2 GTX295s!
  
  Current Specs:
  Core2Quad Extreme QX9650 @ 4Ghz
  EVGA 780i Mobo
  4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer - DDR1066
  2x Palit GTX295 - OC 675/1170
  WD 320GB and 2x 500GB HDDs (7200rpm)
  Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme CPU Cooler
  Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w PSU
  7x Antec blue LED fans
  Coolermaster Cosmos S Gaming Case
  LG Blu-Ray ROM
  Logictech G15 Gaming Keyboard
  Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse
  Razer Mantis Gaming Mousepad
  ASUS VW222u and VW224u 22" LCD monitors
  Fail Logitech Speakers
  Sennheiser PC161 Gaming Headset

  

  Then we have my Samsung 40" HDTV for my XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 and sometimes PC. I got this baby about 2 years ago and it was one of the best purchases I've made.

  My bed is directly infront of my computer desk and my TV is directly in front of my bed, so I can see the TV when I look over my computer monitors and can watch TV while I lie in bed . You can actually see my PS3 in the above picture just above my left monitor.
  

  

  Well that's my gaming setup for now, I might post more pics as time goes by to spruce things up a bit! Now back to playing games!!!!
  

  • Posted Sep 10, 2009 8:34 am PT
  • Category: Computers
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• 9Sep 09

  It's taken a while, but I think I've kind of started! :o

  So this is just me saying that I might actually start using this thing called a "blog". It's scary stuff and I haven't done it before on other forums until now. I might even consider updating it, that's right, updating it as things change in my little gaming-life.
  
  For those who don't know, my name is Ray, I live in Melbourne Australia and I spend far too much time (wait, you can't have too much, I take that back) playing games and enjoying all of the wonderful things technology has to offer.
  
  So, as I gradually get off my ass and start using the GS functionality a bit more, I might actually have something worth showing in my blog.
  
  Happy hunting in the meantime!

  • Posted Sep 9, 2009 4:55 am PT
  • Category: Rant
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