That’s a pretty bad ass little laptop you’ve got there, adamd! And Lenovo’s are really good machines. I love my V570. 
Laptop (Sony Vaio S 13)
- Intel Core i5-3210M
- 12GB DDR3-1333
- Nvidia GT 640M LE @ 140% of factory clock - I probably have enough thermal headroom to take it close to 200% but haven’t bothered.
- Intel SSD 330 180GB
- Windows 10 RTM (or whatever the Technical Preview is called at the moment)
Usually cnnected to a long list of external storage and audio devices.
Just built this week:
Specs:
CPU: I5 4460 3.2GHz
Cooler: Should have been a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, but it was a little complex to fit the first time around. Shall be installed soon.
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz 8GB (1x8)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 8GB
Case: Corsair 230T
PSU: Corsair CX750M
Shitty camera quality
Up until now most of my gaming has been done on a xbox 360 or my lenovo thinkpad :-p Needless to say the thinkpad stuggles a little bit, but fear not!
I am building a budget pc for gaming, I understand that not all of the parts are high end, however I got many of them on sale/clearance or even 2nd hand. Its meant to be a budget-ish ‘console killer.’
FX-8150 (used)
ASUS M5A99 EVO R2
16gb DDR3 Corsair ram 1600mhz (used)
1TB Seagate HDD
ASUS GTX 950 Strix Gaming 2gb
ASUS optical drive
2x 120mm deep cool fans
Thermal Take TR2 700w PSU
Cooler Master Hyper T2 CPU Cooler
Deep Cool Tesseract Case
Random Logitec mouse + keyboard
Windows 10
All in all the build has cost me less then 750$ CAD (Really cheap for here in CA)
My gaming desktop has an Intel i5 6500 Skylake w/ 16GB DDR4 3200 RAM, and a PNY GTX 770 OC2 4GB video card running Win10 Home.
I’ve played Automation much more on my 4GB Surface Pro 2 though, since I’m away from home the majority of my life.
I just upgraded to a Surface Pro 4… still debating if I’m going to keep it (roughly 9 days left to decide), but it runs Automation on full blast like a champ.
might as well
so i started out with a stock dell optiplex 380 that was stock, except it was missing the PSU, hard drive, and processor.
so the first thing i did was i got a core2 quad Q8300 for just $30 to put in there, i also had a Fractal Design newton 800 watt PSU from a failed build, a 128 Gig SSD that i got from one of my laptops (was upgrading to a 320 Gig Western Digital Blue drive) along with a 2 Terabyte seagate hard drive i was using for some data backups (which were way outdated anyways) then i also took a heatsink out of another dell i found at a recycling center (fit the stock mounting brackets but was much beefier). i then used a windows 7 disk to install windows then took the windows 10 upgrade, i also got a 2nd stick of 2 gigs of DDR3 from another recycling center PC to make it a total of 4 gigs (was 3 stock, one 1 gig and one 2 gig). i initially started out with a GT430 but then i ordered the GTX 750 Ti and it is currently my main system, and i managed to get it NCIX approved 
time for a pic:
(note, the picture was taken before i put the SSD in, it’s an older pic of the system, it also has a capture card and a wifi card in there now, this pic is just a bit outdated)
Cpufreak, how well does that PC handle games?
better than most dells i’d have to say, i do run into CPU bottleneck a lot, but ETS2 is easily playable on medium-high settings and i can run automation maxed out, i don’t have battlefield 4 or GTA5 or anything of the like to compare it to sadly
I’ve posted specs a few pages back, but I failed to share an image, so.
BLARG! An Image.
AMD FX-8350 (From 4.0ghz-5.0ghz depending on apps, temps, and mood)
DDR3 2x 4gb (From 1866mhz-2400mhz depending on apps, temps, and mood)
nVidia GTX Titan X (always stock)
With my smexy Zalman CNPS 9900 Max 135mm cooler.
Might wanna clean the dust off that cooler, Lordred 
That is hardly any dust at all you silly boy
I keep the computer clean, but I am not a fanatic. I live in a VERY dusty environment, and I clean the computer monthly, this is about as dirty as it gets.
Oh, yeah. I forgot that you Californian people are relatively close to the sea, so computers naturally get more dirty.
I’m in the desert, very dry, low humidity. Lots of dust/dirt.
[quote=“Lordred”]I’ve posted specs a few pages back, but I failed to share an image, so.
BLARG! An Image.
AMD FX-8350 (From 4.0ghz-5.0ghz depending on apps, temps, and mood)
DDR3 2x 4gb (From 1866mhz-2400mhz depending on apps, temps, and mood)
nVidia GTX Titan X (always stock)
With my smexy Zalman CNPS 9900 Max 135mm cooler.
[/quote]
waitttt i read somewhere else, i thought you were playing on a laptop?
similiar specs to mine
Asus K43TK
AMD A6-3420M @ 1.5Ghz (overclockable to 2.0, but because cant do it via bios, have to do it everytime it restarts.)
2x2GB of DDR3 RAM
the Integrated HD6520G+dedicated HD7670M (hybrid dual graphic on a low end laptop. yay )
1TB HDD, originally 500GB, died, upgraded and replace with, the 1TB, but also was broken so… RMA, and this is the 3rd HDD on it’s 4 years life so far
sitting on a deepcool N9 cooling pad.
battery died, replaced, the connectors went bad, never got it repaired.
keyboard and mousepad is also dead. using external mouse+key.
this laptop is now really just a shitty powerless desktop replacement.
but, only 70Watts power imput FTW
Oh, I also have a Lenovo Z575 A6-3400m 1.4ghz quad, which turbos to 2.4ghz.
I can OC it to 2900mhz, but it gets angry.
[quote=“Lordred”]Oh, I also have a Lenovo Z575 A6-3400m 1.4ghz quad, which turbos to 2.4ghz.
I can OC it to 2900mhz, but it gets angry.
hwbot.org/submission/2220154_lor … 960.43_mhz[/quote]
if you;re talking about boost clock, i took the boost speed from 2.4 to 2.6
not much of an increase. but i didnt really care about boost speed since it rarely effects actual performance. and are only active for <30 seconds.
Only pictures I got of my main rig at the moment; imgur.com/a/1aNUT
Daily driver, gaming and work station specs;
CPU: i7-5960x @ 4.5GHz 1.275v
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i
Mobo: ASUS Rampage V Extreme
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengence DDR4 @ 3000MHz
GPU: 2 x EVGA GTX980 in SLI
Storage: 2 x 240GB Corsair Force GS in Raid 0 - 1TB WD Black mass storage - 2TB WD Green Parity
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
Case: Corsair 780T
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
Monitors: 3 x BenQ XL2720z 1080p 144Hz 1ms GtG TN panel
Keyboard: Corsair K95
Mouse: ASUS ROG GX950
Headphones: Astro A40 & Mixamp
The old daily driver, now guest PC/server thing;
CPU: FX-8350 upgraded later to FX-9590 @ 5GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i upgraded later to Corsair H110
Mobo: ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z
RAM: 16GB Viper DDR3 @ 2133MHz
GPU: ASUS HD7970 DU2 later upgraded to ASUS R9 290x Reference (What a mistake 
)
Storage: 1 x 120GB Corsair Force GS - 2TB WD Black mass storage
Case: Corsair Air 540
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
Monitors: 2 x ASUS 1080p 60Hz 6ms GtG IPS panel
Keyboard: Corsair K70
Mouse: No idea
Headphones: None
Picture is of original config, with 8350, 7970 and H80i
The old old daily driver, now guest PC/torture testing thing;
CPU: i7-920 @ 4.2GHz
CPU Cooler: Asetek AIO 120mm thin, I forget the model
Mobo: Not a clue anymore
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1066MHz
GPU: HD5850
Storage: 1TB WD Black HDD
Case: Now in open air test stand, old case thrown out
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
Monitors: 1 x 1080p 60Hz
Keyboard: Logitec G11
Mouse: No idea
Headphones: None
No pics of this ol’ girl unfortunately. 
oh god you…
THE JELLY IS STRONG…
i’d still want your oldest one
[quote=“koolkei”]oh god you…
THE JELLY IS STRONG…
i’d still want your oldest one[/quote]
why, what you got now?
[quote=“cpufreak101”]
[quote=“koolkei”]oh god you…
THE JELLY IS STRONG…
i’d still want your oldest one[/quote]
why, what you got now?[/quote]
i just posted that quite literally above…