Show off your rig! [Archive] - Bjorn3d.com Forums

Martin_B

11-07-2012, 02:56 AM

I looked, i think, almost everywhere in this forum, and i don't saw a topic where the member can show their computer in photo. So, I propose to dedicate this topic to it. So, just post a photo of the interior of your computer and maybe explain the thematic if it have one, the choice the component, etc.

So, mine:
http://www.cowcotland.com/images/config/img-1381.jpg

http://www.cowcotland.com/images/config/img-1382.jpg

A photo in the dark for the blue led effect (nota bene: i change screen since this photo...)
http://www.cowcotland.com/images/config/img-1205.jpg

Like you can see, i choose a general blue-black-white/metal thematic with blue led.
The only exception are the ram, because of the lack of blue ram in trichannel...

peti1212

11-07-2012, 03:14 AM

Very nice Martin, I don't necessarily have an up to date photo of the inside of my rig, but will have to take one once I move my stuff over to the Phantom 820 chassis by NZXT. But here is my working area for those that are interested:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Room_forum.jpg

PP Mguire

11-07-2012, 06:08 PM

I have tidied up cables since I took this pic the other night, but here is my setup. No real aim to things since I didn't buy over half of what is in here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Review/Patriot%2032GB/DSCN2204.jpg

ryandigweed

11-07-2012, 06:31 PM

^^ Nice system mate !.. :) Love it.

But i think there might a tiny error in your signature. Unless you do have 40GB of DDR3 1600Mhz :D :D

Joshua_Mahr

11-07-2012, 06:56 PM

Martin are those the Corsair SP fans(Static Pressure model). How are they? I was thinking of ordering some for my radiators.

PP Mguire

11-07-2012, 10:05 PM

I only had the 32GB kit in the picture for review purpose. When I'm done doing a global bench I'll be adding my 8GB Ripjaw kit to the mix.

Martin_B

11-07-2012, 10:33 PM

Martin are those the Corsair SP fans(Static Pressure model). How are they? I was thinking of ordering some for my radiators. Effective, but noisy compared to my old Noctua at full speed. But it's true that their max speed is more high than the speed of my old Noctua. At low, they are silent.

TehYoyo

11-07-2012, 11:13 PM

peti1212

11-08-2012, 07:09 PM

I just got in the parts for the testbench and I'm building it as we speak. The tesbench will be right next to the other computer on the right side of the desk. Basically far right corner. As soon as I have it set up, I'll take pictures. :) Also, I up upgrading my current desktop PC to the NZXT Switch 820 chassis, so I'll post a picture of the complete system as well. :)

PP Mguire

11-08-2012, 07:30 PM

Personally believe your test bench should be a 3770k based setup.

Cody_Irwin

11-08-2012, 10:04 PM

Here's my rig for now...hahaha
My cooler died as well last week so awaiting new one, as I hate air coolers for some reason still, just too bulky? hah.

Btw can you spot 2 products I will be reviewing sometime this month? =) For those who dont know what my reviews were so far, No its not the memory.

They all stick out, well besides one... Ill just say that one of them has something to do with my Fan on the radiator, and the others allow better cable management =P

http://i.imgur.com/Twljh.jpg (http://imgur.com/Twljh)

PP Mguire

11-08-2012, 10:45 PM

Look at that card sag, I do not miss having a DirectCU2 card. Nice rig otherwise.

TehYoyo

11-09-2012, 01:29 AM

Also, I up upgrading my current desktop PC to the NZXT Switch 820 chassis, so I'll post a picture of the complete system as well. :)

E-e-e-excellent. You call it the Switch 820? I thought it was the Phantom 820. (Although it's really a combo of both)

Cody_Irwin

11-09-2012, 02:00 AM

Look at that card sag, I do not miss having a DirectCU2 card. Nice rig otherwise.

Always hate sagging cards but nothing you can do! lol

ryandigweed

11-09-2012, 03:16 AM

Nice rig!! :-) SSD?

James86

11-09-2012, 04:02 AM

2930
This is my dusty rig.
i7 3820@4.3
16GB @1866
and a Gigabyte 560Ti I won here at Bjorn3D

brokenwave

11-09-2012, 05:28 AM

bigger pic can't see anything

Cody_Irwin

11-09-2012, 05:57 AM

Nice rig!! :-) SSD?

if you mean mine? No, its not a ssd, its going to be a LONG time till I get one, unless I win one which will be a LONG time.
I dont goto SSD because its just too much, I prefer my storage space.

Thats a Hybrid Drive from seagate, which I still personally do not trust that much, as Every seagate harddrive I have owned has died.
Every Westerndigital Hard drive I have owned still somewhere in this house running 100%

PP Mguire

11-09-2012, 06:47 AM

Always hate sagging cards but nothing you can do! lolNot buy them, just an option lol. I had to used a pill bottle under mine. I have a triple slot Galaxy card and it doesn't do that. I can't understand why the DCU2 cards sag so bad.

if you mean mine? No, its not a ssd, its going to be a LONG time till I get one, unless I win one which will be a LONG time.
I dont goto SSD because its just too much, I prefer my storage space.

Thats a Hybrid Drive from seagate, which I still personally do not trust that much, as Every seagate harddrive I have owned has died.
Every Westerndigital Hard drive I have owned still somewhere in this house running 100%SSDs are dirt cheap and getting cheaper. You can get a 128GB SSD for less than 100 which is 5x faster than a standard 7200RPM drive. It can carry your OS and a ton of programs which will see an increase with faster loading times and your hybrid can store whatever else you may need.

Funny how I'm the complete opposite. The only WD drive I've ever had last longer than a year is my external. Probably because it hardly gets used. All of my server drives are Seagate minus 1 which is an F3 that I got for free.

Cody_Irwin

11-09-2012, 07:43 AM

peti1212

11-09-2012, 09:52 AM

Personally believe your test bench should be a 3770k based setup.

Waiting for Ivy Bridge-E. ;)

E-e-e-excellent. You call it the Switch 820? I thought it was the Phantom 820. (Although it's really a combo of both)

You are right, sorry typo, my brain was somewhere else.

______________________________

Anyhow, I just finished building the new Main System, and I took some photos. Enjoy! :)

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4238_r.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4244_r.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4247_r.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4251_r.jpg

Joshua_Mahr

11-09-2012, 12:32 PM

To those of you with saggy GPU's. I have extra power jacks if you want them.

PP Mguire

11-09-2012, 04:38 PM

SSD's are not cheap enough, its still around 1$ a gig, and Im not spending cash when I need around 250gb+ which is around 250-300$+

5x faster does not mean much to mean anyways, as it hardly makes a improvement to anything besides boot times that I would use it for.

My rig is on 24/7 meaning the boot time is really not required by me, I play mainly Online games which SSD's make no difference in, and any Offline games only take like 5 secs to load up on a hdd, compared to like 2 secs on a SSD.

I just dont find it Viable for me to spend that sort of Cash to try to find what its best at for me.

Also WD HDD's you always get Caviar Black drives usually, They are the toughest, I still have drives about 12+years old from WD all perfect working order, been Zero'ed to formatted each atleast 100times each.

Caviar black and Western Digital all the way for me =)

Oh btw, dont take anything I say to heart, I just sound mean haha, its how I type XD.You must not have used an SSD before. I'll let you hold that thought until you finally have one in your main rig then have to go back to using a HDD again. You'll never say this again, and SSD users will agree. I have been using SSDs since first gen (around 08) and they were barely faster than standard drives in raw speed, but the latency and access times are what kills regular HDDs. I have a Samsung F3 and Seagate 7200.11 1TB in my server and neither can mimic the everyday use performance of even that first gen SSD which was 150/90 sequential. I now have a Vertex 2 which is about double the performance of a standard "fast" drive in raw performance but everyday performance matches that of my friends Agility 3. That being said, you can get a 240GB Vertex 2 off Newegg brand new for 150 and I'm sure once the holidays come around that will go down further. Trust me when I say, 4 years ago I used to be the one that needed my 500GB drive to install all my useless junk (I would install almost all of my games at once, the whole Adobe Creative Suite, you get the picture) and once I got that 64GB SSD I didn't see much of a "difference". So I put it in my laptop and 2 weeks later it was back in my system and I have never looked back. Like I said, you wont understand this until you use an SSD everyday for a while and go back to a HDD. That is when you go, holy balls, never again. No hybrid drive, cache drive, or even a Velociraptor can give you that fluidity and snappiness of an SSD.

Joshua_Mahr

11-09-2012, 05:01 PM

Come and try my LSI MegaRaid 9260-4i with 2x 256GB Vertex 4's in Raid 0 and tell me you wouldn't want it. You have no idea of the speed! Even 6 15K SAS Cheetas in Raid 10 cant keep up.

Cody you need to come say Hi to Florida!

foxmobouser

11-09-2012, 07:58 PM

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6954/img1146k.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/571/img1146k.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/492/kkkkknh.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9268/sssssspc.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/sssssspc.jpg/)

New Budget Build

Thermaltake Dockker
AMD FX-8150 8-core
Corsair H100
ASUS DVD burner
Asrock Extreme 3 970 open box
GSkill memory/ currently pics with patiot memory sticks
AZZA 850W PSU
500GB Hitachi HD
Good old EVGA 9600 GSO

Martin_B

11-09-2012, 10:14 PM

Cody_Irwin

11-09-2012, 10:19 PM

hah, I dont doubt the speed, I got a harddrive from Joshua awhile back it was a 30gb, I did some stuff on it, as well as using it as my laptops HDD as my seagate hdd died in it.

I personally dont use the laptop for anything but internet to watch stuff in my room on my bed haha. as this laptop is going to die at somepoint soon.
But when I was using it on my main computer, I just seen no benefit to gaming for online games or bearly offline games.

of course with todays modern ssd's it may be different but still not a option for me as I cant just buy a ssd that simple.

also josh, no... you need to come up here haha. Theres a lan event in janurary. I prolly wont go as usual as I have no one to go with lol.
All my buddies here are such lame asses.

peti1212

11-09-2012, 11:14 PM

Ok, Santa Claus was early this year and send me a GTX 670. :mrgreen:
Need of change my photo after I remake my cable menagement that's now a mess...

@Peti
Because of you, my jaw fall on the ground...
Awesome computer!!!

Martin, please take your time with your computer. Any computer can look sexy, you just need to take your time, sometimes completely redo cable management. Take each peace of hardware out of your system, slowly dust it off, fans as well with finger, and compressed air, use a vacuum to suck out the dust from your case, and redo the cables, and you're system will look very sexy too. It's all about keeping it clean, taking your time and slowly thinking about how you can make it better. Having lots of zip ties helps a lot.

For those wondering, it took me from 6PM till about 1AM to build the system, 30 min to clean up, 15 min to take photos. So about 7 hours to move from one system, dust off, vacuum, take out cables, dust those off as well, place in motherboard, memory, processor and CPU cooler, then took about an hour to figure out the case connectors, because there were 12 fan headers on the Phantom 820 due to the fan controller on the top, and once all the case cables were completely tucked away from sight and plugged into the system, that's when I throw in the power supply and took everything step by step. Might have used about 20 zip ties.

I could have thrown all the hardware in there in 15 min and be done with it, but instead spent 7 hours on it and I think it was worth it. Well 7 hours with dinner, snacks, and doing other stuff as well.

Martin_B

11-10-2012, 12:47 AM

Trust me Peti, cable menagement is something I take my time to do :)

If it's now a mess, its because i needed to search for a 8 pin in my cables, for my new GTX 670, who were hided behind my motherboard and I don't have other choice than cut 2 tie for that...
So, the majority of the cables are free now because of that... ^^'

Cody_Irwin

11-10-2012, 02:08 AM

I find cable management iffy, just due to the fact if your case has enough space behind, or your PSU cables are bunched up ect. Such as mine.

Also it matters if you use Front panel connectors or not and all that.

Also matters where and how many cable management areas you have, and if your PSU if right up or upside down for intake ect.

Its all a serious thing to take into consideration and can fall flat after you start ziptieing everything down.
This always happens to me... Especially when I have to turn sata cables upside down and everything, turning into something I cant do such as 2x or more 5.25in bay drives that require sata power, because PSU's tend to like to have upside down connections and it just looks horrible, and they are not spaced out enough ect.

Pablo 54

11-10-2012, 12:36 PM

2933

I am superstitious when it comes to cabling (not that I am any good at it). I don’t tie things off etc. until the build runs for several weeks. I am calling him Festus.

PP Mguire

11-10-2012, 04:38 PM

Takes me no time at all for cable management. Maybe it's just I'm so used to moving parts around.

Edit: As for the SSD convo. The HDD is the slowest piece of any computer, and an SSD only fixes that by a little. For games the only 2 I noticed a serious improvement was Skyrim and Battlefield 3. Friends would get pissed that I'm loaded and in a map way before them with their slow HDDs lol. On a standard drive vanilla Skyrim isn't too bad, but when you start loading on the HD mods it takes longer and longer to load and an SSD really does help that a lot. The greatest benefit to an SSD is general PC usage. Thing is, you don't really notice the difference until you have used an SSD as your main drive for a while then have to go back for whatever reason. The difference is that subtle, but there enough to piss you off when you are stuck on a HDD again.

Martin_B

11-11-2012, 12:29 AM

Yep, i agree. When I work on my laptop who have only a HDD, i can really feel the difference. With a SSD, all is like automatic, direct. But it's true that it's a big investment for one with a good size and who are of good quality. But you can make like me and try to win one in a giveaway. It's like that i got mine. If you are lucky, you will maybe be able to win one of the two SSD of the giveaway of this forum also. :)

Ok, for return to the subject of this topic, two new photos of my new cable management. A lot of cable tie inside:

http://www.cowcotland.com/images/config/img-1450-v2.jpg
http://www.cowcotland.com/images/config/img-1452-v2.jpg

My best cable management ever!

peti1212

11-11-2012, 06:50 AM

Very nice Martin! I like it a lot. You know I built so many systems and cable management is difficult to get right the first time. And even now when I feel I'm pretty good at it, I still learn new things and try out new things on my future builds, eventually what you think used to be awesome is **** already. :P You did a great job with the case you have and the type of hardware you're running (Non-modular PSU).

Edit: I see you tied together the SATA cables and some other cables as well from your previous pictures. One thing to consider for future cable management, though you can still do it without too much problem. You can also zip tie the PCI-E power connectors together to make it looks like it's only one cable going up and then dividing into two pieces, and you can also reroute the SATA cables to go by the side of the back of the motherboard tray, down where you have the gray cables, and then zip tie the sata cables to the gray cables, making it look like there is even less cables, but technically you are only routing it with the other cables. :)

brokenwave

11-11-2012, 10:10 AM

will post my heater pic very soon too, lol cable management don't do

najiro

11-11-2012, 10:19 AM

hahaha! nice rig martin_B. we do have a "similar" cable management technique of hiding everything at the back.
sorry about the low quality pictures X_X

FRONT
2938
BACK
2939

had a few changes, I still use a HD 6770 there, im using a EVGA GTX 560TI now but cable management is still the same :D

Pablo 54

11-11-2012, 01:06 PM

I agree. Great cable management, Martin_B.

Pablo 54

11-11-2012, 01:07 PM

Najiro,

Who's the PSU manufacturer?

Martin_B

11-11-2012, 04:23 PM

Thank you guys. :)

Not easy of making a nice one with a PSU of 850W that is not modular... Too many cables...
The thing i like the most with my case, the fact it have a lot of space behind the motherboard!

najiro

11-11-2012, 04:47 PM

Najiro,

Who's the PSU manufacturer?

it's a Corsair TX 650..
non-modular.. 80 plus certified.. JUST 80 PLUS X___X
not bronze, not silver, not gold or platinum.. X___X

don't really have much money for building my PC... building that actually took me a year.. slowly upgrading parts piece by piece.. I just got luck with the CM storm trooper case. I traded it with my old Athlon II X4 640 and Asrock 880GM-LE motherboard..

PP Mguire

11-11-2012, 06:09 PM

Pablo 54

11-11-2012, 07:17 PM

don't really have much money for building my PC... building that actually took me a year..

Other than Giga-Bjorn, that's pretty much the norm for me. A piece here, a bit there and after a while TADA! A computer.

Martin_B

11-11-2012, 07:54 PM

It's also that I am doing with the computer of my girlfriend, except instead of buy part, i try to win them in giveaway ^^''
That take really a lot of time, but at the end, I save a lot of money for her. :)
I plan to finish it next summer by buying with her what is missing, except if I could finally win a complete computer by this time or what is missing. ^^

Ya, i know, I am a really cheap guy, but it's also like that i upgraded my computer... ^^''

ryandigweed

11-11-2012, 10:05 PM

Waiting for Ivy Bridge-E. ;)

You are right, sorry typo, my brain was somewhere else.

______________________________

Anyhow, I just finished building the new Main System, and I took some photos. Enjoy! :)

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4238_r.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4244_r.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4247_r.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4251_r.jpg

Kickass Rig man ! :)

Martin_B

11-11-2012, 10:36 PM

The Phantom itself is already kickass. All that is 100% kickass, like would say a famous reviewer on youtube ^^

peti1212

11-11-2012, 10:40 PM

For those interested in the cable management of the phantom 820. Here is my system:

Before cable management, without hardware in it:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4216_r.jpg

After cable management, and with all the hardware in it (see signature)
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/NZXT%20Phantom%20820/IMG_4241_r.jpg

PP Mguire

11-11-2012, 11:05 PM

Redid mine today with my Corsair PSU.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/PC%201111-2012/DSCN2223.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/PC%201111-2012/DSCN2231.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/PC%201111-2012/DSCN2222.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/PC%201111-2012/DSCN2225.jpg

najiro

11-12-2012, 01:02 AM

Seasonic are the OEM for the TX models so nothing to worry about there. It's a good PSU.

If your model is an older one they may have qualified for bronze after you purchased. Current TX650 models are bronze.

yep the new TX 650 is bronze certified.. sadly I got the older only "80 plus" certified version because it was on sale X__X
anyway! I did win a PSU from a kitguru event... a Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 10 850w 80 plus platinum certified. Still waiting for it to arrive.. I hope it arrives soon..

@ post above:

How did you mount the H50 in front?? I was hoping to do that in my storm trooper. nice rams and that beefy videocard looks great!

PP Mguire

11-12-2012, 03:47 AM

Both TX units are the same, so yours is bronze.
That Be Quiet! PSU should be real good.

I drilled the rivets to the drive bays that were there and used washers and the extra holes in front. Thanks, even though I'm not too fond of the card. I hate triple slot coolers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/20121111_181106.jpg

TehYoyo

11-12-2012, 03:51 AM

Nice! I'm excited to see the NZXT 820 review on Bjorn3d. Hurry up, lol!

peti1212

11-12-2012, 04:29 AM

Haha, TehYoyo, I'll try to get it done this week. Stay tuned. :P

najiro

11-12-2012, 04:49 AM

Ahh I see.. uhhh.. the last time i "modded" my case was a side panel window cut. Was trying to refine it then... made some permanent ugly marks X__X
it was a small one but I hated it.. There is a huge clearance in my case for the radiator. will try to figure out something soon. hehehe. meanwhile I'm planning to mod my gtx 560ti and mount an antec kuhler 620 soon. Will post pictures when it's done :)

PP Mguire

11-12-2012, 06:01 AM

You know Artic makes an AIO unit for GPUs now, right? I wanted to mod my H50 on my GTX 465 back in the day. Never got around to it.

najiro

11-12-2012, 06:36 AM

You know Artic makes an AIO unit for GPUs now, right? I wanted to mod my H50 on my GTX 465 back in the day. Never got around to it.

Aftermarket GPU coolers here are either hard to find or not available at all. There are no artic products sold here as far as I know even in my country's capital city. Some do acquire one but they were bought outside (probably in the US like newegg).

ANyway, I found an interesting gpu mod using antec kuhler. Fortunately, CPU coolers here are available but not as plenty compared to the US market. Here's the work log I found. The guy is only using CABLE TIES!! so that really got me interested. :)
http://www.overclock.net/t/1198510/build-log-amd-6970-lightning-antec-kuhler-920-mod-56k-warning

There are so many similar mods now, Some did use H50 but it was relatively hard they say since the tubes are relatively stiff and angled 90 degrees. (I use an H50 as well).

PP Mguire

11-12-2012, 06:44 AM

Arctic is an Asian company. I'm pretty sure they sell stuff in the Philippines. Do you see any Accelero Xtreme GPU coolers in your websites?

najiro

11-12-2012, 07:00 AM

Honestly.. no :(

http://www.tipidpc.com/itemsearch.php?sec=s&namekeys=%22arctic%22

that's the biggest online PC hardware source I know. the arctic products sold there are from private individuals.. except for the arctic thermal compound LOL.

biggest retailer
http://pcx.com.ph/
none at all LOL.

The only option is to order abroad. My dealer does offer that, I think he buys it at amazon.. but well.. shipping it from there to here makes it really expensive.. then RMA is also a nightmare :(

PP Mguire

11-12-2012, 08:09 AM

Wow that's weird.

ryandigweed

11-12-2012, 08:27 PM

I guess youll have to wait. Or request your distributor to register and stock up with arctic :-). I thought the phillipines had all the major computing brands

Cody_Irwin

11-12-2012, 08:53 PM

FYI, Goto FROZENCPU.COM and order, they ship international and ive seen many happy people, so it would be good.

Pablo 54

11-12-2012, 08:54 PM

Tension and zip-ties.
How much play in the cables do you guys allow? Also, I have used velcro straps in the past over zip-ties. I noticed several of you using zips. Better?

PP Mguire

11-12-2012, 10:36 PM

I use zip ties because I have a ton of them. I use moderate tension on the cables are it doesn't really harm them.

peti1212

11-12-2012, 10:52 PM

I use zipties only. I hate the velcro ties. When I use zipties, I tie it down as hard as I can, sometimes I even accidently even break a few zipties just by pulling too hard. Also I usually have quite a bit of tension on my cables, but not at the connector parts. Those parts are usually loose enough so I would not damage the leads.

najiro

11-13-2012, 01:03 AM

I guess youll have to wait. Or request your distributor to register and stock up with arctic :-). I thought the phillipines had all the major computing brands

no.. :(
you won't find plextor and crucial stuff here sold in PC hardware stores or malls. no distributors I guess.. seasonic and enermax PSUs.. hard to find.. it's even hard to find the latest EVGA products! lol! All custom watercooling stuff like EK and XSPC are usually ordered outside the country.

FYI, Goto FROZENCPU.COM and order, they ship international and ive seen many happy people, so it would be good.
wow they have specific evga stuff! interesting! :) thanks for the lead.

brokenwave

11-13-2012, 03:51 AM

my folding rig29422943

Cody_Irwin

11-13-2012, 04:29 AM

no.. :(
you won't find plextor and crucial stuff here sold in PC hardware stores or malls. no distributors I guess.. seasonic and enermax PSUs.. hard to find.. it's even hard to find the latest EVGA products! lol! All custom watercooling stuff like EK and XSPC are usually ordered outside the country.

wow they have specific evga stuff! interesting! :) thanks for the lead.

No problem, they back up on all EVGA Stuff as they are the prime people to make Liquid Cooled GPU's Ect. so I mean hey, Mod store selling good prices, and all that, I would really look to see how much.

PP Mguire

11-13-2012, 05:33 AM

performance-pcs.com also ships globally. I find their selection to be better along with free cable sleeving.

najiro

11-13-2012, 12:10 PM

http://www.performance-pcs.com and http://www.frozencpu.com/ does offer interesting stuff!
dang! i must control myself X________X
cheapest shipping is kinda pricey based on their estimator.. around $50-$60 for an Arctic Accelero Xtreme III VGA Heatpipe Cooler (ACCEL-X3) (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/16176/vid-185/Arctic_Accelero_Xtreme_III_VGA_Heatpipe_Cooler_ACC EL-X3.html?tl=g40c21s66) ..i just see a lot of guys here using that.. it must be really good then? I looks to beefy too! really good looking aftermarket gpu cooler

PP Mguire

11-13-2012, 06:23 PM

CDsDontBurn

11-13-2012, 06:55 PM

Hopefully, I'll be posting with my new rig pretty soon. I just need a MoBo, CPU Cooler, and SATA Optical to get my new system operational :)

So far, I have a Sapphire 7870, 8GB (2x4GB) AMD RAM, and an OEM i5-3570k :D

najiro

11-13-2012, 07:13 PM

That is what came on my card stock. I wouldn't use it if I had a choice personally.

This is what I was talking about before.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=54_196_684&products_id=35117

ack!! shipping cost estimator says $74.. fedex economy..
$250 for that thing X__X

antec kuhler 620 looks the same thing just without the added fan to cool the capacitors and stuff.. ill just attach a fan to cool them perhaps. planning to do this after I come back from a 3-week vacation going to my province where there's bananas, corn and sugarcane fields all around LOL

Hopefully, I'll be posting with my new rig pretty soon. I just need a MoBo, CPU Cooler, and SATA Optical to get my new system operational :)

So far, I have a Sapphire 7870, 8GB (2x4GB) AMD RAM, and an OEM i5-3570k :D

yeah, post that here! we will surely want to see that :)

CDsDontBurn

11-13-2012, 07:50 PM

Well, here's what I do have so far.

Sapphire 7870Ghz Edition & AMD 8GB (2x4GB) RAM kit - pictured on laptop screen. (The AMD CPU [pictured on my laptop screen] is for sale. It's an FX-4170. I'll be making a thread on that in the next few days.)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/New-Parts-2.JPG

Intel i5-3570k

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/New-Parts-3.JPG

Pablo 54

11-13-2012, 09:07 PM

Nice 3570k

CDsDontBurn

11-13-2012, 09:29 PM

Thanks! :)

peti1212

11-14-2012, 06:31 AM

Can't wait for the build CDs. I just finished building yet another system. This is my third one this week. I'll post up some pics soon.

CDsDontBurn

11-14-2012, 08:40 AM

Can't wait for the build CDs. I just finished building yet another system. This is my third one this week. I'll post up some pics soon.

Thanks! I'm waiting on selling some stuff so I can get the money to build the system. I need about $80 - $100 more before I can buy all the parts I need to build it.

Anybody want to be nostalgic and buy my s478 stuff - basically everything in my signature? CPU, CPU Cooler, MoBo, RAM, and Video card all for $80 :-D

PP Mguire

11-14-2012, 08:50 AM

ack!! shipping cost estimator says $74.. fedex economy..
$250 for that thing X__X

antec kuhler 620 looks the same thing just without the added fan to cool the capacitors and stuff.. ill just attach a fan to cool them perhaps. planning to do this after I come back from a 3-week vacation going to my province where there's bananas, corn and sugarcane fields all around LOL

yeah, post that here! we will surely want to see that :)
Difference being, the Arctic cooler is made specifically for GPUs. I agree though, it is quite pricey for what it is.

peti1212

11-14-2012, 09:40 AM

OK, so I just finished putting together the test bench that I had in my sig. Video card is not correct in the signature as I always switch out the hardware and right now I'm just running a reference GTX 650 Ti.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Testbench%202012/IMG_4317.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Testbench%202012/IMG_4318.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Testbench%202012/IMG_4319.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Testbench%202012/IMG_4320.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Testbench%202012/IMG_4321.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n44/peti1212/Testbench%202012/IMG_4322.jpg

najiro

11-14-2012, 09:47 AM

Difference being, the Arctic cooler is made specifically for GPUs. I agree though, it is quite pricey for what it is.
If only shipping is a bit lighter, maybe I can consider :(
I'm in the province now, surrounded with bananas, mosquitos and cicadas LOL. Good thing internet can reach me X__X
I really like the antec kuhler gpu mod.. looking forward in doing that when I get back home from this vacation :)

EDIT:
internet was taking so long to post my reply, didn't see peter's post..
WOW!! nice test bench build!!
there are no test bench cases here in my country as well as lan-party size cases so that's really a candy to my eye

CDsDontBurn

11-14-2012, 10:04 AM

That's an epic test bench there peti! I would LOVE to have something half as awesome as that for work!

Figit090

11-14-2012, 10:47 AM

Holy crap that's a nice test bench! I thought it was some new crazy design for a PC, just an open air showoff thing for displaying just as you did there, not for testing. it looks like something you'd leave setup for use as is...

Here's my rig, I call it RGB Panda. I'm a photographer and I needed a photoshop/editing rig and I fell in love with NZXT's Phantom 410. Seeing as how my work is color oriented and colors (at least digitally displayed colors) are made from RGB pixels, I ran with that idea.

I wanted I a clean simple black/white theme build with colorful lighting. I achieved that with NZXT's Hue controller and RGB LED tape, Geil Black Dragon ram with red LED lights, and an extra NZXT blue LED fan up top (somewhat custom, these are not sold separately so I found one used). When I have the Hue controller set to green I have a nice Red ram, Blue top fans, and finally Green case lighting, completing the color scheme coming from my rig. I do like changing its colors but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I hope you think the same!

I JUST finished the wire tucking and removed the hard drive bay, installed extra fans and I had some decals I figured I would find a place for. Here are some images:

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/319/c/0/untitled_by_figit090-d5l2484.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/319/9/d/untitled_by_figit090-d5l259d.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/319/3/c/untitled_by_figit090-d5l259a.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/319/9/2/untitled_by_figit090-d5l2591.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/319/4/3/untitled_by_figit090-d5l258t.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/319/f/7/untitled_by_figit090-d5l258i.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/319/d/2/untitled_by_figit090-d5l258d.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/319/b/5/untitled_by_figit090-d5l24c0.jpg

ryandigweed

11-15-2012, 10:09 PM

Dude, that's an amazing Test bench. I am particularly in love with the test bench !.. I don't know how i couldn't know that AeroCool had an test bench case !.. Seems way better than benches that are ridiculously expensive :|

TehYoyo

11-16-2012, 01:43 AM

my folding rig

Lol good idea on that dedicated GPU cooling. Wouldit be more effective to remove the shroud and just keep the heatsink? I imagine that the air flowing down doesn't really help the intake, especially with the small gap b/w the two cards.

Anyways, thanks for folding.

That Guy

11-16-2012, 01:47 AM

TehYoyo

11-16-2012, 01:49 AM

OK, so I just finished putting together the test bench that I had in my sig. Video card is not correct in the signature as I always switch out the hardware and right now I'm just running a reference GTX 650 Ti.

Uhhhhhhhh.... awesome? That's so incredible! Loving it! Any build log? Guide to front IO and power? Did you use a notebook cooler and mod it?

brokenwave

11-16-2012, 01:49 AM

the shroud is needed to help move air to the heatsink and push it out to the back,without it, it's just a fan that go nowhere. the top card only reach 76c where outside temp 50f , my other folding rig's gtx 285 reach 82c with open case

sifter

11-19-2012, 03:28 PM

2962

Always wanted to try out water-cooling, so instead of upgrading I chose to spend the money on water cooling parts. The drop in noise and low temps made it well worth it.

PP Mguire

11-19-2012, 05:33 PM

Uhhh, GPU and CPU on single 120 rad? Hope your temps aren't bad.

peti1212

11-19-2012, 06:40 PM

Uhhh, GPU and CPU on single 120 rad? Hope your temps aren't bad.

I think PP is smoking the grass again... Just kidding PP... if you look closer the tubing goes outside the case, so he could have a dual or triple rad there.

PP Mguire

11-19-2012, 06:55 PM

I think PP is smoking the grass again... Just kidding PP... if you look closer the tubing goes outside the case, so he could have a dual or triple rad there.
Actually, I posted that right when I first got up. Like before coffee and everything and yea I didn't notice it went outside of the case lol.

Cody_Irwin

11-19-2012, 08:39 PM

Some nice looking rigs coming along.
I got to build my buddies this weekend, or tomorrow whenever parts come in before thanks giving, nothing special since he couldnt afford much.

PP Mguire

11-19-2012, 09:59 PM

I'm hoping to buy another water block soon. The one I want is only 45 bucks but bills and my car come first =/

sifter

11-20-2012, 04:22 AM

peti is correct, there is a triple 120mm radiator outside the case. CPU temps are around 30~32ºC and GPU(6970) will top out at ~42ºC under full load.

peti1212

12-03-2012, 02:55 AM

Do any one of the new members want to share their systems for fun? :)

CDsDontBurn

12-03-2012, 05:04 AM

I'll be posting my new rig and its components as soon as all the parts come in. The MoBo should be here either Tuesday or Wednesday and the optical drive will be here either Thursday or Friday. With those two components, I could build my new system. Pictures will be taken ;) :-D

Cody_Irwin

12-05-2012, 06:50 PM

I am sick of my rig, I keep tearing it apart to do member reviews n what not, I really need to build a new comp for like a test bench...lol

Joshua_Mahr

12-05-2012, 07:00 PM

I have a couple Lian Li Test benches, makes it so easy.

Cody_Irwin

12-05-2012, 07:05 PM

Yeah I know :(

I have a couple Lian Li Test benches, makes it so easy.

CDsDontBurn

12-05-2012, 10:01 PM

Got my MoBo yesterday!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/ASUS%20Z77%20System%20Build/IMG_1019.JPG

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/ASUS%20Z77%20System%20Build/IMG_1020.JPG

ryandigweed

12-06-2012, 02:01 AM

CDsDontBurn

12-06-2012, 06:42 AM

Thanks! I'm getting pretty close to building that system of mine :)

najiro

12-06-2012, 06:50 AM

I'm about to get a used XSPC Rasa RS240 kit from a friend. It will be my first custom watercooling build.
Any tips?
If there's somebody who want to discourage me, please do it now :)
I need care and maintenance tips from the pros please..
any help will be appreciated.

Scott

12-08-2012, 11:00 AM

2982This is my new office rig. Sabertooth X79, 3960X, 32GB GSkill, TT 1200 Watt Power Supply, TT Water Cooling, Crucial M4 512GB SSD, Seagate 2TB HD, Asus DVD-RW, Nvidia GTX680 and Windows 7 Ultimate. I still have to tidy it up but I had invoicing to get out so will work on that during my slow week between Christmas and New Years.

James86

12-08-2012, 05:08 PM

That's a killer rig with plenty of room to upgrade.

Joshua_Mahr

12-08-2012, 08:50 PM

Nice box Scott!

peti1212

12-08-2012, 09:10 PM

Very nice system, just needs some tidying up, like you said! :)

Aoshi

12-09-2012, 07:34 AM

Am I the only one who gets really excited with new computer parts? That "new electronics smell"? Just me? Alright. I'm not weird.

CDsDontBurn

12-09-2012, 07:38 AM

Am I the only one who gets really excited with new computer parts? That "new electronics smell"? Just me? Alright. I'm not weird.

No your'e not. I'm the same way, lol.

ET3D

12-09-2012, 09:53 AM

Am I the only one who gets really excited with new computer parts? That "new electronics smell"? Just me? Alright. I'm not weird.

Smell of anything new excites me, even the virtual smell of new digital game downloads.

(And grrr, I can't post on the forum with the latest version of Pale Moon, which is currently my default browser. Had to open the page up in IE.)

CDsDontBurn

12-09-2012, 10:02 AM

Smell of anything new excites me, even the virtual smell of new digital game downloads.

(And grrr, I can't post on the forum with the latest version of Pale Moon, which is currently my default browser. Had to open the page up in IE.)

Why not use FF v13108198156105871596125987.33 or Google Chrome?

PP Mguire

12-09-2012, 02:19 PM

Latest. Water block incoming, so I'll update when I have the loop back up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Review/Kingston%20HyperX%20Beast%2064GB%202133/DSCN2254.jpg

CDsDontBurn

12-09-2012, 07:55 PM

^^ Is that the system in your sig?

peti1212

12-09-2012, 09:27 PM

He's running 64GB now. That's the difference, but yes, that's the system in the sig.

ryandigweed

12-09-2012, 09:34 PM

He's running 64GB now. That's the difference, but yes, that's the system in the sig.

Holy Moly that's a lot-o ram!

CDsDontBurn

12-09-2012, 09:55 PM

Holy Moly that's a lot-o ram!

It's so he can play Crysis :-P

TehYoyo

12-09-2012, 10:11 PM

PP Mguire

12-10-2012, 02:54 AM

^^ Is that the system in your sig?Yes. Well actually, it's already a tad different. I took the Raptor back out, I took the Noctua off and replaced it with another Scythe, I took the 7950GT out and replaced it with an 8400GS, tossed my X-Fi back in, and replaced my *cough* packet injector wifi *cough* out and put my PCI-E N card back in. Here in the next two weeks it will change yet again due to more incoming parts. Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB, EK Supreme block + water loop, and I'm hoping to replace the 580 with something else too.

Holy Moly that's a lot-o ram!Indeed, and I haven't found a real world usage for it besides RAMDisk either. Super nice racking a ton of programs up though.

It's so he can play Crysis :-PYes, through RAMDisk! Actually, Skyrim and BF3 make better usage with faster disk speeds.

CDsDontBurn

12-10-2012, 03:54 AM

Yes. Well actually, it's already a tad different. I took the Raptor back out, I took the Noctua off and replaced it with another Scythe, I took the 7950GT out and replaced it with an 8400GS, tossed my X-Fi back in, and replaced my *cough* packet injector wifi *cough* out and put my PCI-E N card back in. Here in the next two weeks it will change yet again due to more incoming parts. Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB, EK Supreme block + water loop, and I'm hoping to replace the 580 with something else too.

Indeed, and I haven't found a real world usage for it besides RAMDisk either. Super nice racking a ton of programs up though.

Yes, through RAMDisk! Actually, Skyrim and BF3 make better usage with faster disk speeds.

I met the founder of RAM disk at a convention not too long ago. He said he'd give me a free key to get the unlimited version of RAMDisk. Not sure what I'd install to the RAMDisk though aside from games, haha.

PP Mguire

12-10-2012, 04:44 AM

I currently have Photoshop, BF3, Skyrim, and Farcry 3 in RAM. Totally worth it until your computer crashes lol. I really can't wait until I can give this OCZ turd the boot.

That Guy

12-11-2012, 12:26 AM

Lol nice. The Vertex 2 is kinda old... that is, for a rig w/ the specs you have.

PP Mguire

12-11-2012, 03:03 AM

Considering I didn't pay for most of this, it's acceptable. Then again the speed itself is perfectly fine in what you can really see and feel.

TehYoyo

12-12-2012, 02:19 AM

Considering I didn't pay for most of this, it's acceptable. Then again the speed itself is perfectly fine in what you can really see and feel.

Dang. Lol I need your job. :(

PP Mguire

12-12-2012, 03:58 AM

Most of it is accumulation over the years. I have only got RAM on review so far.

TehYoyo

12-13-2012, 04:14 AM

How big is the B3d staff in total?

CDsDontBurn

12-13-2012, 06:14 AM

At least 4 :-P

Scott

12-13-2012, 10:07 AM

How big is the B3d staff in total?
7 of us.

najiro

12-13-2012, 11:24 AM

At least 4 :-P

hahaha! Scott says it's 7 of them. So you need that much people to run reviews, have a good tech site with forums. Interesting! :) My company makes niche sites, we had 10 people working on it before but we are at the mercy of Google's policies, updates and just about everything they do. Planning to start my own website in the future, PC hardware and gaming related of course :)

TehYoyo

12-13-2012, 11:47 PM

hahaha! Scott says it's 7 of them. So you need that much people to run reviews, have a good tech site with forums. Interesting! :) My company makes niche sites, we had 10 people working on it before but we are at the mercy of Google's policies, updates and just about everything they do. Planning to start my own website in the future, PC hardware and gaming related of course :)

Cool. GL w/ that.

Cody_Irwin

12-16-2012, 09:42 PM

/agree Especially since it's not as easy as he thinks.

Cool. GL w/ that.

That Guy

12-18-2012, 01:50 AM

/agree Especially since it's not as easy as he thinks.

It totally isn't - I imagine that there are tons of spammers, trolls, etc. that make life hard.

PP Mguire

01-16-2013, 06:15 PM

Water back in. I was bored yesterday so it gave me something to do. Tubing looks nasty because I had to reuse my old tube but it gets the job done. This block really isn't made for these CPUs though, so I need to grab a new EK for 2011 support when I get a new board. Still, dropped my load temps 15c at least. Took 2 of my drives out and added a 2TB so I don't have a floating drive anymore. Dropped the RAM down to the 8GB Ripjaws due to the 8GB sticks possibly causing me instability issues.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/DSCN2391.jpg

CDsDontBurn

01-16-2013, 07:52 PM

I need to take good pics of my system and post it up in here! :-P

PP Mguire

01-16-2013, 08:03 PM

They don't have to be "good" lol. Mine isn't. Going to upload another pic of my 98 box here in a few. It's going to be dirty cause I'm lazy so don't hate.

CDsDontBurn

01-16-2013, 08:43 PM

But I have a new system! It has to be good!!!!

PP Mguire

01-16-2013, 10:41 PM

Scratch the 98 box. It pissed me off so I tossed it in the closet.

Goliath182

02-05-2013, 04:47 AM

Here are the latest pictures of my rig.

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PP Mguire

02-19-2013, 12:42 PM

Forgot about this thread. I thought we had one but wasn't sure.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/2_19_2013/DSCN2434.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/2_19_2013/DSCN2433.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/2_19_2013/DSCN2439.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/2_19_2013/DSCN2445.jpg

http://youtu.be/J8DY1IonFtM

najiro

02-19-2013, 04:40 PM

nice! SLI doesn't need a bridge?
I like the watercooling loop and cable management, really neat!!

PP Mguire

02-19-2013, 04:46 PM

nice! SLI doesn't need a bridge?
I like the watercooling loop and cable management, really neat!!There is a bridge on it.

najiro

02-19-2013, 06:07 PM

There is a bridge on it.

ahh I see it on the bottom picture.

foxmobouser

02-19-2013, 08:36 PM

There is a bridge on it.

Are those the clear lowes tubing and you have black coolant in it or is the tubing just black?

Nice and clean btw.

James86

02-19-2013, 10:50 PM

On his FB page he said he bought 20ft of black tubing from Lowes so I'm assuming it's black.

PP Mguire

02-19-2013, 11:03 PM

Are those the clear lowes tubing and you have black coolant in it or is the tubing just black?

Nice and clean btw.

On his FB page he said he bought 20ft of black tubing from Lowes so I'm assuming it's black.James got it. It's gloss black tubing from Lowes. If you plan on doing a custom loop with it at 0.25c/ft then I suggest going and buying like 20ft of it. Lowes is going to sell it off and not bring it back. I used to buy the clear tubing because I never noticed this stuff.

CDsDontBurn

02-20-2013, 02:54 AM

My sister's rig I built last week for her.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/MSI%20990FX%20Build/0212132229.jpg

foxmobouser

02-20-2013, 05:33 AM

nice but its just screaming for a closed loop cooler ;)

CDsDontBurn

02-20-2013, 06:26 AM

nice but its just screaming for a closed loop cooler ;)

You mean like the ThermalTake Bigwater 760+ or w/e? Meh, she didn't want to spend too much money on this as I got her the core components for a total of $35 ;).

All she bought herself was the PSU, 250GB Samsung-840, Optical drive, and 2TB WD-Red. $420 was enough spending for her she said.

PP Mguire

02-20-2013, 06:45 AM

Why a Red drive? I would have gone cheaper with a Seagate Barracuda and got similar performance.

Nice clean rig. Idk if it's the picture or what, but the gray is just peeling my eyes.

CDsDontBurn

02-20-2013, 06:57 AM

Why a Red drive? I would have gone cheaper with a Seagate Barracuda and got similar performance.

Nice clean rig. Idk if it's the picture or what, but the gray is just peeling my eyes.

Because the 2TB Reds were all that Fry's had in stock when we made the drive down there. I wanted her to buy the 1TB Red as anything more than that was going to be overkill, but she had to get overkill because that's all they had, haha.

I told her that she would have saved more money if we did the shopping online on NewEgg, but she insisted that we go down to Fry's as that would be more "fun" to do. And, she's right about that last part.