Hey all, i just registered on the forums, im excited about GW2 coming out. I am building my new computer this saturday, cant wait, gonna cost me about 1800$, but i wont have to worry about upgrading for at least 4 years or so. These are the specs and components i will have in my new rig
cpu- intel i7 950 quad core 3.06 GHz
mobo- MSI X58A GD56
ram- 12 GIGS OF ddr3 1333mhZ 1.5V
OS- Windows 7 pro 64 bit
graphics card- EVGA Nvidea Geforce GTX 580 PCI epress 2.0x16 1.50 GB GDDR5 SDRAM
psu- Corsair TX 750W
tower- Antec DF 53 case
and a 1TB intenal hdd to add to my 1.5 TB externals.
Curious to know what others have in their computers. And if anyone has any comments or ideas on mine.
Happy gaming all
Asmodaus
What kind of rig do you have for GW2?
Asmodaus
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I have some upgrade plans for mine since it's overdo.
I'm currently running a phenom II quad core mildly overclocked cause for some odd reason my water cooling is sucking and not cooling as well as it should.
I will probs switch that out for a cheapo hexa-core amd cpu hopefully without a mobo upgrade.
I currently have 6 gigs of corsair ram with decent timings.
Will probs just stick with this.
dual booting windows 7 64 bit and a flavor of linux that changes every couple weeks
Currently I have 3x 9800GTX+'s but I have some cards on order to replace these once I deal with the weird fricken heat issue.
psu a corsair 650 watt and corsair 1000watt. Yes I do like to have a seperate one for my cooling system thank you.
I have a 1TB hard drive in here. Sitting on the shelf in my closet i have a second 1tb hd and a 64 (?) GB SSD.
One of these days ill get around to it all.
I'm currently running a phenom II quad core mildly overclocked cause for some odd reason my water cooling is sucking and not cooling as well as it should.
I will probs switch that out for a cheapo hexa-core amd cpu hopefully without a mobo upgrade.
I currently have 6 gigs of corsair ram with decent timings.
Will probs just stick with this.
dual booting windows 7 64 bit and a flavor of linux that changes every couple weeks
Currently I have 3x 9800GTX+'s but I have some cards on order to replace these once I deal with the weird fricken heat issue.
psu a corsair 650 watt and corsair 1000watt. Yes I do like to have a seperate one for my cooling system thank you.
I have a 1TB hard drive in here. Sitting on the shelf in my closet i have a second 1tb hd and a 64 (?) GB SSD.
One of these days ill get around to it all.
Asmodaus
nice, and i think its smart having seperate psu, always good if you can do that, makes less stress on everything when you do that, plus it makes parts last longer, lol
some-_1
My current system is:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz
MoBo: I think it's FoxConn (brought the PC from dell)
RAM: 4GBs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 460
PSU: Seasonic 500W
Case: Silver xBlade ATX
with 600GB primary HDD, 148GB backup (I only backup my documents area which isn't that large) and 100GB to store my Virtual Machines.
Although when I finish my apprenticeship in June and start earning some decent money I'll be upgrading to something similar to yours (I too don't want to upgrade for at least 4/5 years after buying this):
CPU: Intel i7 950 (depending on the Sandy Bridge prices I may get one of them instead, although if what I've heard is true about DRM etc then I won't go anywhere near them)
MoBo: Asus Sabertooth X58
RAM: 12GBs Corsair DDR3 Tripple Channel 1333Mhz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Graphics: x2 EVGA GeForce 570 (using my current 460 as a dedicated PhysX Card)
PSU: Corsair HXUK 1000W (might get a 800 - 900W instead)
Case: Antec 902
I'm toying with the idea of getting an i7 980X-Extreme but I'm not sure if I want to spend the extra £400/£500 on it.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz
MoBo: I think it's FoxConn (brought the PC from dell)
RAM: 4GBs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 460
PSU: Seasonic 500W
Case: Silver xBlade ATX
with 600GB primary HDD, 148GB backup (I only backup my documents area which isn't that large) and 100GB to store my Virtual Machines.
Although when I finish my apprenticeship in June and start earning some decent money I'll be upgrading to something similar to yours (I too don't want to upgrade for at least 4/5 years after buying this):
CPU: Intel i7 950 (depending on the Sandy Bridge prices I may get one of them instead, although if what I've heard is true about DRM etc then I won't go anywhere near them)
MoBo: Asus Sabertooth X58
RAM: 12GBs Corsair DDR3 Tripple Channel 1333Mhz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Graphics: x2 EVGA GeForce 570 (using my current 460 as a dedicated PhysX Card)
PSU: Corsair HXUK 1000W (might get a 800 - 900W instead)
Case: Antec 902
I'm toying with the idea of getting an i7 980X-Extreme but I'm not sure if I want to spend the extra £400/£500 on it.
Asmodaus
word of advice, id stay away from the asus sabertooth mobo, they have had major probs with them with burning up ddr3 ram because ot bad voltages, and not booting up because of not having the 1.5 volts , and also version 1 and 1.1 were burning out fans, some so badly they melted some, so unless you know that they worked out the bugs, id stay away from it. I was gonna get that board, but when i heard that, i decided to go with the MSI X58A GD56 mobo instead
and as for the sandybridge i7's there still new and are hard to come by
and as for the sandybridge i7's there still new and are hard to come by
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and as for the sandybridge i7's there still new and are hard to come by
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moriz has thems it would seem
Asmodaus
i say you can get you hands on one, get it. I know where ever i go they are sold out. Just like my graphics card, 4th place i went to will get some in on the 19th, so until hten the computer guy is lending me out an gtx 570 until the 580s come in
Elder III
Well my personal rig is an i5 750 OCed to 3.6ghz with a HD5850 and 4GB (may up it to 8GB ar some point if prices keep dropping) so I'm confident it will max GW2 out with ease @ 1080p. I recently added a HD 4850 to my wifes computer (AMD 7850 CPU) since I don't think her old HD 4650 was going to cut it for GW2, but I expect it will be sufficient now to max out the game @ 720p; if we ever upgrade her screen to 1080p it could be another story but for now I expect to have a very smooth gameplay for both of us.
Lourens
C2D e8400,Sapphire hd4850,Samsung 2232BW what else?
Reokuma
My Macbook Pro died the other week so I've been forced to get a new computer (not paying $800 for a new screen) so I'm looking into getting a Toshiba Qosmios. I'm a Mobility Gamer so laptop is the only way to go.
Nice 18.5" 720p Display (I usually use my 48" HDTV when I play GW)
i7 4 core 8 thread 1.73Ghz
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M
Only 4Gigs of ram, I'll upgrade to 8 Gigs later when its necessary
and a 500Gig hard drive (7200 RPM)
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/lapt...X500/X505-Q894
I'm so psyched about guildwars2 I cant wait to play it.
Nice 18.5" 720p Display (I usually use my 48" HDTV when I play GW)
i7 4 core 8 thread 1.73Ghz
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M
Only 4Gigs of ram, I'll upgrade to 8 Gigs later when its necessary
and a 500Gig hard drive (7200 RPM)
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/lapt...X500/X505-Q894
I'm so psyched about guildwars2 I cant wait to play it.
Jumping Is Uselss
Asmodaus, your rig is overkill for GW2, but it is a beast. 
What i'll be running for GW2
i5-750 OC to 4.0 ghz
4GB of ram
ATI 5850 OC core to 1 ghz
650w psu
2x 1TB in RAID 0
What i'll be running for GW2
i5-750 OC to 4.0 ghz
4GB of ram
ATI 5850 OC core to 1 ghz
650w psu
2x 1TB in RAID 0
cebalrai
Athlon II X3, unlocked to an X4, 3.0 Ghz overclocked to 3.65 Ghz
4 GB DDR3 1333
Radeon 5770
Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard drives w/RAID 0
46" Plasma TV display
Best of all.... the rig lives in a mini-ITX case.
4 GB DDR3 1333
Radeon 5770
Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard drives w/RAID 0
46" Plasma TV display
Best of all.... the rig lives in a mini-ITX case.
Quaker
This is just another "brag about my rig" thread. I won't have a complete rig for GW2 until sometime shortly after the GW2 beta.
(Atm, it's an i5-750 with an HD4870, but the video card is likely to change.)
(Atm, it's an i5-750 with an HD4870, but the video card is likely to change.)
Iron Monkey
I'll brag. A little.
AMD Phenom X6 1055T.
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H.
OCZ Reaper 2x2GB.
HIS HD5850.
Corsair H50.
Corsair HX620.
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB.
Samsung F3 1TB x 2.
Lian Li PC-A71.
Dell 2407 WFP.
Logitech G500.
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard.
Logitech Z10.
It plays Crysis.
AMD Phenom X6 1055T.
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H.
OCZ Reaper 2x2GB.
HIS HD5850.
Corsair H50.
Corsair HX620.
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB.
Samsung F3 1TB x 2.
Lian Li PC-A71.
Dell 2407 WFP.
Logitech G500.
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard.
Logitech Z10.
It plays Crysis.
Schnellburg
As soon as my new GPU's and mobo gets here I'll be set for quite awhile.
55" Insignia HD Led tv
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
4xEvga GTX580's in 4way sli with the heatplates taken off for water cooling.
i7 980 extreme (no oc yet)
6g ddr 1600 ram
2x1200w psu's
g11 keyboard
g9 mouse
Sound blaster arena headset
Logitech 5.1 surround sound set up
2xIntel x25m 120g
2xWD 1tb caviar black for everything else. Raid 0
Should be set for quite awhile as I don't plan on bleeding out money to stay on the cutting edge of technology anymore.
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8862/computer1.jpg
55" Insignia HD Led tv
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
4xEvga GTX580's in 4way sli with the heatplates taken off for water cooling.
i7 980 extreme (no oc yet)
6g ddr 1600 ram
2x1200w psu's
g11 keyboard
g9 mouse
Sound blaster arena headset
Logitech 5.1 surround sound set up
2xIntel x25m 120g
2xWD 1tb caviar black for everything else. Raid 0
Should be set for quite awhile as I don't plan on bleeding out money to stay on the cutting edge of technology anymore.
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8862/computer1.jpg
makosi
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55" Insignia HD Led tv
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Cheers.
Schnellburg
Yeah, no delays except switching between inputs. Just the text is a bit hard to read in the chat box, that is my only qualm about it.
Armageddon
AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 965 @ 4100 MHz (20 x 205)
Asus Crosshair III Formula
G Skill F3-12800CL7-2GBRM 683.4 MHz 7-7-7-21 1T
2 x HD 4850
Total Size 2795.3 GB (1729.0 GB free)
Ideazon Fang
Ideazon Merc
CM Storm Sentinel Advance
XFX Pro 750W
using my 'backup' ram atm since I had to rma my corsair
next upgrade will be 2 different ATI cards but atm these can do everything I need
@Schnellburg - awesome rig I noticed the ferrite cores for your gpu's - do they make much of a difference?
Asus Crosshair III Formula
G Skill F3-12800CL7-2GBRM 683.4 MHz 7-7-7-21 1T
2 x HD 4850
Total Size 2795.3 GB (1729.0 GB free)
Ideazon Fang
Ideazon Merc
CM Storm Sentinel Advance
XFX Pro 750W
using my 'backup' ram atm since I had to rma my corsair
next upgrade will be 2 different ATI cards but atm these can do everything I need
@Schnellburg - awesome rig
I noticed the ferrite cores for your gpu's - do they make much of a difference?
Quaker
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Does a TV function the same as a PC monitor? Same responsiveness etc? Any delays?
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When I play GW on my 47" using my HTPC with a wireless keyboard and mouse, I don't notice any lag or smearing. The only negative is, like above, that at 1920x1080 the text in the chat box is a bit hard to read due to it's small size, my vision, and my seating distance.
Elder III
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The only negative is, like above, that at 1920x1080 the text in the chat box is a bit hard to read due to it's small size, my vision, and my seating distance.
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Lourens
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As soon as my new GPU's and mobo gets here I'll be set for quite awhile.
55" Insignia HD Led tv ASUS Rampage III Extreme 4xEvga GTX580's in 4way sli with the heatplates taken off for water cooling. i7 980 extreme (no oc yet) 6g ddr 1600 ram 2x1200w psu's g11 keyboard g9 mouse Sound blaster arena headset Logitech 5.1 surround sound set up 2xIntel x25m 120g 2xWD 1tb caviar black for everything else. Raid 0 Should be set for quite awhile as I don't plan on bleeding out money to stay on the cutting edge of technology anymore. http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8862/computer1.jpg |
My classmate plays on 3 27" Dell Ultrasharp 2560x1440 screens (=7680x1440)
Let me remind you that you will be bleeding money everyday with 2.4KW
Schnellburg
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What is the point of using 4 GTX580 when 1 is allready overkill for all games? *Since your gaming on 1920x1080
My classmate plays on 3 27" Dell Ultrasharp 2560x1440 screens (=7680x1440) Let me remind you that you will be bleeding money everyday with 2.4KW |
pvpchu
Intel i7 950 3.07 Ghz
Asus Rampage Extreme III
Corsair 4 gig memory
1 TB HD
Nvidia GTX 460
Asus Rampage Extreme III
Corsair 4 gig memory
1 TB HD
Nvidia GTX 460
galactic
Get an ssd for a bootdrive and a 1 terra disk for storage, having that much ram is useless because the harddrive is your bottleneck.
KZaske
My System Specs: CPU:AMD Phenom II x6 1090t (@3.8GHz); GIGABYTE: GA-MA790GPT-UD3H; Zalman CNPS9700 AM3 CPU Cooler; WD SATA2 WD10EALS (boot); WD SATA2 WD5000AVDS (data); 8GB Corsair Dominator CMD8GX3M4A1333C7; BigFootNetworks Xeno Pro NIC; XFX HD-6950-CNFC 2G; Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW; Lite-On DVD/+R RW LDW-401S, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-115D; PSU:Rosewill RG-850-S; SoundBlaster X-FI XtreameGamer
Wife's System Specs: CPU:AMD Phenom II x4 965BE; MSI: 870-G45, Zalman CNPS 9700 AM3 CPU Cooler; BigFootNetworks Xeno Pro NIC; WD SATA2 WD5001AALS (boot); WD SATA2 WD5000AVDS (data); 8GB SuperTalent W1333UX4GM; Sparkle GTX-460 OC 1GB ; 19' Samsung SyncMaster; Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-115D; PSU:Rosewill RG-630-2.
We are almost ready for GW2.
Wife's System Specs: CPU:AMD Phenom II x4 965BE; MSI: 870-G45, Zalman CNPS 9700 AM3 CPU Cooler; BigFootNetworks Xeno Pro NIC; WD SATA2 WD5001AALS (boot); WD SATA2 WD5000AVDS (data); 8GB SuperTalent W1333UX4GM; Sparkle GTX-460 OC 1GB ; 19' Samsung SyncMaster; Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-115D; PSU:Rosewill RG-630-2.
We are almost ready for GW2.
Lourens
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I'll ask you the same question of why does he play on 3 screens when 1 works just as well. Because he and I can. I spend my money on my computer, as does your classmate. Others spend them on cars like ferrari, but why buy a ferrari when a ford does the job just as well? Because you can.
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Undead Cheese
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As soon as my new GPU's and mobo gets here I'll be set for quite awhile.
55" Insignia HD Led tv ASUS Rampage III Extreme 4xEvga GTX580's in 4way sli with the heatplates taken off for water cooling. i7 980 extreme (no oc yet) 6g ddr 1600 ram 2x1200w psu's g11 keyboard g9 mouse Sound blaster arena headset Logitech 5.1 surround sound set up 2xIntel x25m 120g 2xWD 1tb caviar black for everything else. Raid 0 Should be set for quite awhile as I don't plan on bleeding out money to stay on the cutting edge of technology anymore. http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8862/computer1.jpg |
The HCP does 1700WDC.
Anywho my system is:
i7 860 @ 3.8Ghz
ASUS Maximus III Gene
Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3 1600
HD 4850
Corsair HX450
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Let me remind you that you will be bleeding money everyday with 2.4KW
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Nihilim Dhiamara
CM 690II advanced
Asrock P55 deluxe 3
I5 750
2*2gb corsair ddr3 1333mhz
CM gx650
OCZ vertex 2
2 * Samsung spinpoint F3 1tb
Saphire hd5770 (upgrading this one to a 6970 this summer)
Samsung p2250 screen
G11 keyboard
MX518 mouse
Asrock P55 deluxe 3
I5 750
2*2gb corsair ddr3 1333mhz
CM gx650
OCZ vertex 2
2 * Samsung spinpoint F3 1tb
Saphire hd5770 (upgrading this one to a 6970 this summer)
Samsung p2250 screen
G11 keyboard
MX518 mouse
cebalrai
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I'll ask you the same question of why does he play on 3 screens when 1 works just as well. Because he and I can. I spend my money on my computer, as does your classmate. Others spend them on cars like ferrari, but why buy a ferrari when a ford does the job just as well? Because you can.
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A Ferrari gives a better driving experience than a Ford. Your computer will not give you a better GW2 experience than a machine that costs 15% as much as you paid.
Schnellburg
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A Ferrari gives a better driving experience than a Ford. Your computer will not give you a better GW2 experience than a machine that costs 15% as much as you paid.
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As for the ferrari vs ford driving experience that is all a matter of opinion. Some like speed, some like comfort, some like style, and others like the name. All depends on what kind of person you are.
Lastly why does what GPU's and how many of them matter to you or anyone else. I'm not here pointing out that some people are playing on gtx 260s or 9800s or whatever else anyone has. How about everyone stays on topic?
cebalrai
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You have no clue what I paid for my computer, and whatever you wanna guess is fine by me as I know the number. And secondly playing on a computer that gets 10 fps as opposed to a computer getting 60 fps is not a great gaming experience.
As for the ferrari vs ford driving experience that is all a matter of opinion. Some like speed, some like comfort, some like style, and others like the name. All depends on what kind of person you are. Lastly why does what GPU's and how many of them matter to you or anyone else. I'm not here pointing out that some people are playing on gtx 260s or 9800s or whatever else anyone has. How about everyone stays on topic? |
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Painbringer
AMD 945 Denab 3.00 x4 Phenum II
8 Gb G-skill Ripjaws 1333 with flashy blue cooler (just for looks I am sure I do not need it )
WD Black 640 GB Drive
Sapphire Toxic edition 6850
Cheap arse MSI DVD drive
ASUS M4A78T-E motherboard
Should be more than sufficient is my guess really do not want to sink any more money in a new system for a few years.
8 Gb G-skill Ripjaws 1333 with flashy blue cooler (just for looks I am sure I do not need it
) WD Black 640 GB Drive
Sapphire Toxic edition 6850
Cheap arse MSI DVD drive
ASUS M4A78T-E motherboard
Should be more than sufficient is my guess really do not want to sink any more money in a new system for a few years.
aelesia
My 3 year old Macbook Pro.
15.4" 1440x900 screen
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz T8300
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
4GB DDR2 RAM
Hitachi 200GB HDD
15.4" 1440x900 screen
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz T8300
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
4GB DDR2 RAM
Hitachi 200GB HDD
BuD
I love tax season ^^ parts are rolling in, should have everything by Friday
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz
Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
ASUS Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 2.5" 64GB (For OS)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache (for pron :P )
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
SAMSUNG P2770FH ToC Rose Black 27" 1ms Full HD HDMI LCD Monitor
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz
Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
ASUS Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 2.5" 64GB (For OS)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache (for pron :P )
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
SAMSUNG P2770FH ToC Rose Black 27" 1ms Full HD HDMI LCD Monitor
Zefie
Just finished building my new rig. I was going to get sandybridge originally but since they recalled that I really didn't feel like waiting.
ASUS P6X58D Premium Mobo
i7 960 Bloomfield 3.2Ghz
Windows 7 64 bit
ASUS Geforce GTX 570
Corsair XMS series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-pin DDR3 1600Mhz
Corsair HX 850w
Barracuda 7200 RPM 500GB HDD (soon to be SSD)
Antec 1200 Full Tower
ASUS 23" Full HD HDMI Monitor
ASUS P6X58D Premium Mobo
i7 960 Bloomfield 3.2Ghz
Windows 7 64 bit
ASUS Geforce GTX 570
Corsair XMS series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-pin DDR3 1600Mhz
Corsair HX 850w
Barracuda 7200 RPM 500GB HDD (soon to be SSD)
Antec 1200 Full Tower
ASUS 23" Full HD HDMI Monitor