[Discussion] Computer Specs Show-off Thread. Show us your goodies!

OK, then I'll try that.

One thing that I'll warn you about, if you were using the Intel HD graphics or AMD, you may experience an error where you'll no longer see the Linux Mint icon at boot or shutdown. 

This poses no harm to your computer, because once you're logged in, all is great. It just requires a different configuration file for the Mint Icon to show at these times. 

Just wanted to warn you.

Cat

How the heck can you take a screen shot in Speccy? I'm so noob on this software.

Edited by JerkyMcDilerino, 07 July 2015 - 08:08 AM.

Well.....screw this, i think my picture is alright ehh? 

Edited by JerkyMcDilerino, 07 July 2015 - 08:14 AM.

Yes the pic is fine, Jerky!

What I like is that i7-4790K, those Dell Community 'Rockstars' must be boozing it into the wee hours of the morning, as they said it was 'too hot' for a stock XPS 8700. Looks like yours is fairly much under control. I believe those 'Rockstars' needs to pass the bowl around more, they've been drinking too much of their own very laced Kool-Aid. 

Anyway, that i7-4790K is on my wish list, now I know what to tell those whom asks me to get me for Christmas, Newegg gift cards!

Then I can rock with you!

The Speccy snapshot is no big deal, open the app & let it load completely, click on the File tab in the left corner, what you're looking for under that is 'Publish Snapshot', click that and then Yes in the box that opens. When you do this, a link will open (highlighted in blue) & be seen, no personal information is provided, like your license key or real IP address. Just hover your mouse over that link, right click & select Copy, and on the page where you wish to post it all you need to do is again right click & select Paste, preferably on a line by itself. 

That's all there is to it!

Good Luck with the i7-4790K, I'll be there with you soon! At 4.0GHz with a 4.4GHz boost, who needs to OC?

Cat

Edited by cat1092, 08 July 2015 - 02:40 AM.

@cat1092, if i were you i would wait for the Intel  Skywhale CPU because i believe it's going to be interesting to see if there any improvement over X99 Haswell-E CPUs, and the reason i upgrade to i7 4790k because my i5 4690k peformance sucks that's why i'm upgrading to i7 because i'm going to do video editing and some majority of games will take advantages of rendering as well. As matter of fact, 4 core CPU will show its age soon because Battlefield 4 is currently using 4 core, so future Battlefield will use about 6 core i doubt. 

" If you are going to upgrade or build a new PC, make sure you pair a high end CPU with a high end GPU in order to avoid bottleneck." 

Also, thanks for the compliment! 

Other than that, i7 4790k will be a sweet spot, but later on quad core CPU will show its age, which is sad, and i have to spend money on a new rig again! 

Here is the video of CPU boss battle, i7 - 5960X vs i7-4790k vs i7-4770k

Edited by JerkyMcDilerino, 09 July 2015 - 09:15 PM.

Jerky, if I were to go above the i7-4790K, would indeed need to build a new PC, as on the 1150 boards, that's the end of the line. A last gem to the masses whom chose the Intel 1150 platform over the less expensive AMD counterparts & indeed a great one. I believe for mainstream users, quads won't go away, it's just that enthusiasts will want more & have our own graphics solution. There's a couple of issues to be ironed out over the newer MB's, like those who are using an M.2 slot loses SATA Express, and possibly the USB 3.1 technology also. Too many give & takes at the moment, why not have available, w/out condition, all the ports that the MB is designed for? Hopefully by the time I do a build, these issues will be non-ones. 

Not that I'm an Intel 'fanboy', in fact have one AMD based PC, just prefer Intel, everything just works. Many cannot even upgrade their SSD's firmware on AMD boards, it must be removed & let someone with an Intel computer do the job. Now that's bad & would be downright embarrassing to me, to have to go to a relative/friend just to upgrade a SSD's firmware. 

The other thing that I prefer about Intel is that the CPU's runs much cooler for the power provided, like the i7-4790K uses only 88W, that's just 4W more than the i7-4770 that I have & anything that AMD can compete with will use a lot more power & produce a ton of heat. The lowest cost 6 core Intel CPU would use 140W, yet at the same hand, an equivalent AMD model would require 200-220W at a minimum, and by the time the PC is built, it can warm a small closed off room in just an hour or so in the winter, in the summer, certainly would need a good fan just to stay cool. 

I do not like a hot running PC, another reason why the brand is superior. 

Yes, should I choose to build a PC, and likely will in the next couple of years, will do a six core build, but not a high dollar one, a CPU in the mid-$500's, this gets rid of the lame Intel HD graphics that they think is 'stunning'. The 4600 graphics only produces a WEI score of 6.7, running Windows 7 Pro on the XPS 8700. As I recall, that's the same on the i7-4790K, seems like they'd have introduced their newer graphics on that one, yet it may be designed for 5th gen CPU's only & I believe we're not far away from a 6th gen 'i' series. 

BTW, I'm an Emsisoft fan myself, have it running on several computers, though most are dual or tri booters, and I'll run ESET on at least one OS & Emsisoft on the rest, this catches anything that the other may miss. Have used ESET since 2010 & Emsisoft since 2012. 

I would like to see a release of Emsisoft for Linux, though the market share is so small, they may not want to place the resources into it. Plus there's a few major forks, with Ubuntu based being the largest, though there's others that true Linux enthusiasts runs, as well as licensed versions for business/servers, a lot of distros to cover. Maybe if market share grows, there will be a demand for EAM for Linux. 

Thanks for the videos above, am going to check these out now!

Cat

Wow, cat1092 that's a lot of writing you got there, but it's up to you to decide you know? If you are happy with your wishlist then there's no question for you to upgrade, but if you are plan to upgrade probably is going to be the graphics card as the essential part for gaming these day. Other than that, i want to play with you soon( okay, now i know this part is getting wrong) on Battlefield game or whatever game you prefer. By the way, you can add me on Steam which is Jerky McDilerino with bleepingcomputer profile picture.

I WANT TO ROCK WITH YOU 

Jerky, actually I don't even play games on my computers, never have been interested in it, other than running Heaven's Benchmark for fine tuning the card with EVGA Precision X. What I use larger GPU's for is having more graphic power for running virtual machines. On this PC, w/out a PSU upgrade, the GTX 960 was the best that I could do, and so far has done a great job. I could have went with the GTX 970 or 980, but that would require a decent PSU upgrade, to one with at least 750W output, forget what's supposed to be on the rails, though any good 750W modular unit would meet the need. 

The other reason why I went with the GTX 960 was price, for $200, this is a decent card, not 'budget', yet not at the top of the heap either. It's still 19th on the Passmark chart today, not bad for the money. 

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

Now I can run virtual machines that looks like real ones more than ever, and have had some that beats off the shelf computers in terms of performance, w/out sacrificing much at all on my main or 'host' PC. Since I have 32GB of RAM, it doesn't harm me to lend 2GB of it for the video graphics of the virtual, and also give it 8GB RAM & 4 CPU cores. I'll soon be getting a 2 year old monitor for just $40 that was $250 new, and this will give me something that I've never had, the ability to have multiple monitors. That is, if I like what I see. Am hoping for DVI, HDMI & DP ports on the monitor, this will be fantastic!

Cat

I would say 650W is sufficient enough in most build

GTX 960 specs >> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960/specifications

GTX 970 specs >> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications

GTX 980 specs >> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-980/specifications

GTX 900 series design to be power efficiency compare to previous Kepler GTX 700 series. The GTX 750 series was the introduction to the Maxwell architecture, and that's what AMD still struggling at.

Also, i got couple of videos that you might find interesting, and this does apply to everyone that choosing OVERKILL PSU.

How big of a Power Supply do you REALLY need?

How to test your computer Power Supply by itself

I got this Dell XPS for $280 today

Old computer running my internet radio station Phat Beats Radio I was using till I got the Dell XPS

My new Acer spin with Windows 10 pro

Edited by NickAu, 22 May 2019 - 01:46 AM.