Author Topic: Computer Show & Shine (Read 74419 times)

bigdl · « **Reply #25 on:** January 12, 2012, 04:15:43 pm »

Matt, check the thermalpaste application make sure they did it right. Also, if the system has been OC try to get the BSOD message, there is a guide somewhere on Overclock.net for OC that will give you a general idea what the BSOD was related to, i.e. not enough voltage for the CPU and some other stuff.

But if it is heat, check the thermal paste, and make sure the heatsink is tightened down correctly.

saar · « **Reply #26 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:08:01 pm »

My setup:

Intel Core i7 950 @ ~3.07GHz (not OCed)
12 GB (2x 6GB kits) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 RAM
ASUS Sabretooth X58 mobo
ASUS nVidia GTX470
2x WD Velociraptor 150GB 10k RPM HDDs in RAID 0 (OS Disk)
Thecus N4100 Pro NAS with 4x 2TB 7200 RPM HDDs for media + whatever
2x Dell U2410 (24" LCD) monitors

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (which was free, I'd be running Home Premium otherwise)

Personally, I'm moving away from OCing because honestly it's not necessary anymore. A Core i7 will demolish everything you put in front of it at the stock frequency. I'd rather have a stable, quiet system than some ridiculous fan-filled monstrosity I have to shut off to keep my sanity.

kijho · « **Reply #27 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:55:47 pm »

Oh man, I built my first and current PC when I was 16.
Quad core AMD Phenom 3ghz w/ 8gb ram w/ ATI 6950 or something currently.

I used to play WoW back in wotlk with a ton of people, but when everyone got older (18 now) we all kinda moved on, became so boring without people on
to help feed those nights after a long day of work and you can't sleep. Was a fun game. I miss the old times in it.

Mainly only use this machine now for Photoshop CS5 with some extremely resourceful editing, Sony Vegas for some light video stuff, that's about it.

Contemplating building a new one or upping this sometime in the future.

The Goat · « **Reply #28 on:** January 13, 2012, 10:54:49 am »

Here is my current set up in a temporary location on a temporary desk.

D70_2036 by Edarlidd, on Flickr

this is only my second custom computer build and have been using it for a little over a year

D70_2017 by Edarlidd, on Flickr

Case - ANTEC P183
PSU - XFX 850W
MoBo - ASUS P6X58D
CPU - Intel i7 960 3.20GHz just add at aftermarket cooler will overclock soon
CPU Fan - Thermatake Qspin
GPU - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480
Ram - Cosiar Dominator 3x4GB 2000mhz
OS HDD - Western Digital 600GB Sata6 Raptor Drives X2 in RAID1
Media HDD - Western Digital 1.5TB 7200RPM X2 in RAID0
Optical Drive - LG Blueray Burner
Media Reader - Manhattan Reader

Monitors - Samsung 27' Syncmaster P2770 X2 (such nice monitors almost color calibration required and 1ms a great gaming monitor)
Keyboard - Razer Anansi (just got not sure if i like it yet)
Mouse - Razer Mamba
Speakers - Audioengine 5
Music Headphones - Sennheiser HDR136 (Wireless)
Gaming Headphones - Razer Magalodon

Currently Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 but I just got a good deal on 2 of these 64GB SATAGB/s Soild State HDD

D70_2028 by Edarlidd, on Flickr

and going to try running Ubuntu 64-bit on them

D70_2022 by Edarlidd, on Flickr

this was installed last week the only thing I have added since original build got a good deal on that and the 2 Solid state HDD

Mischief · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2012, 12:38:36 pm »

Got this the other day and holy crap is it ever huge..

a little sneak preview for what's going to happen tomorrow..

Mischief · « **Reply #30 on:** January 15, 2012, 03:04:45 pm »

Just finished painting it Satin Black and it looks pretty darn good in person, can't wait to put it all back together and see how it turned out. I got 1 run on the right side of the HDD tray holder so I decided it wasn't worth the trouble of sanding out and re-applying.. all in all pretty good for a couple hours of work.

side note: No top coat was used as I wanted a flat/chalky look to it and not reflective as the case is brushed aluminium.

Mischief · « **Reply #31 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:15:43 pm »

PSU and video card arrived today so I decided to test them out to make sure they worked

All temps are in Celsius

Before:

CPU: 44 - idle
GPU: 37 - idle (ATI 6670)

CPU: 56 - BF3 medium settings
GPU: 50 - BF3 medium settings (ATI 6670)

After (so much dust..):

CPU: 32 - idle
GPU: 44 - idle (ATI 6850)

CPU: 45 - BF3 on Ultra
GPU: 70-72 - BF3 on Ultra (ATI 6850)

I just want to point out the huge difference between the CPU temps before/after and all I did was blow out the dust in the heatsink.. amazing. The card runs a bit hot but doesnt seem to stagger so I am happy with that, and this will be a good comparison to see if the newer case has better airflow which translates to lower temps.

kijho · « **Reply #32 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:18:55 pm »

Small and dark photo but this is my current

canehdianJ · « **Reply #33 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:43:41 am »

Quote from: SLo_STi on January 16, 2012, 07:15:43 pm

PSU and video card arrived today so I decided to test them out to make sure they worked

All temps are in Celsius

Before:

CPU: 44 - idle
GPU: 37 - idle (ATI 6670)

CPU: 56 - BF3 medium settings
GPU: 50 - BF3 medium settings (ATI 6670)

After (so much dust..):

CPU: 32 - idle
GPU: 44 - idle (ATI 6850)

CPU: 45 - BF3 on Ultra
GPU: 70-72 - BF3 on Ultra (ATI 6850)

I just want to point out the huge difference between the CPU temps before/after and all I did was blow out the dust in the heatsink.. amazing. The card runs a bit hot but doesnt seem to stagger so I am happy with that, and this will be a good comparison to see if the newer case has better airflow which translates to lower temps.

Hehe

I saw 92 degrees on my 8800gtx last summer playing a map in starcraft

Mischief · « **Reply #34 on:** January 20, 2012, 07:40:03 am »

Got a couple things delivered the other day including the replacement case fans.. I am also extremely happy about how the painting turned out as it matches the exterior brushed aluminium pieces perfectly. I made a few alterations to the build plan but it will be for the better.. more on that later.

*edit: for some reason photbucket doesn't want to save the rotation edits i made.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2012, 04:47:18 pm »

itshay son. I need to post my rig up here! I'll get pics later.. Maybe.

Antec 900 Advanced (modded for cable management)
Corsair HX850W Semi-modular power supply
Asus P8P67-Deluxe 3.0
Intel i7 2600k - OC'ed to 4.4GHz (I love the automatic overclock)
H70 Corsair Water Cooler
4x 4GB G.Skill Sniper 1600MHz Dual Channel low voltage RAM
1x 120G Corsair Force 3 SATAIII (OS Drive)
2x 500GB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda (Apps/Games drives)
1x 1TB 5400RPM Seagate Barracuda (Data drive)
2x eVGA 560 Ti Superclocked 1GB (SLI)
2x Samsung S23A300B 23" LED monitor
Triton 5.1 headset (USB powered, no emulation)
Logitech 5.1 speakers
Razer Deathadder mouse
Logitech G15 keyboard

EDIT:
SLo_STi, I just noticed we have the same desk from jysk.

Mischief · « **Reply #36 on:** January 27, 2012, 07:52:30 pm »

build is done! Everything works as expected and I will be re-doing all the cabling either saturday or sunday to clean up the hunk of mess. I had one scary moment when i realized the new board doesnt have a spot for an IDE cable for my DVD drive so i drove like mad to OTVTech and picked up a $20 DVD drive that would work. I only need it for a few discs then it will be put into the closet. Stay tuned as I will probably be going 7950 in crossfire with an ivy bridge soon!

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #37 on:** January 28, 2012, 12:06:25 am »

I'm in love with that case. How much did it cost?

Mischief · « **Reply #38 on:** January 28, 2012, 12:06:53 am »

Quick update. got all the software installed and updates completed then i dove right into overclocking. Currently sitting at 4.5GHz (1.312v) and after 2 hours thus far of Prime95 (100% CPU) the core temp is sitting at a balmy 60 degrees. It's very possible with this cooler I can go up to 4.7GHz or slightly more.. will be an interesting test once i get the cabling sorted out so air can flow a bit better.

Quote from: LilDrunkenSmurf on January 28, 2012, 12:06:25 am

I'm in love with that case. How much did it cost?

The case itself was 290 from a local store, or DirectCanada.com. I painted the interior and all pieces black and ordered the 4th HDD cage (only comes with 3) which cost around 40 dollars + 30 for duty etc. Its quite an expensive case but man is it ever beautiful with all 4 fans lit up in the front.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #39 on:** January 28, 2012, 12:15:20 am »

That's what I'm thinking. I'm running the Antec 900 advanced, which has a similar feature, but it's much smaller, which is a little frustrating, as well as the total lack of cable management. I had to pick up a dremel just so I could get all the cables in order, so I could finally stick that second 560ti in.

Mischief · « **Reply #40 on:** January 28, 2012, 12:37:53 am »

Quote from: LilDrunkenSmurf on January 28, 2012, 12:15:20 am

That's what I'm thinking. I'm running the Antec 900 advanced, which has a similar feature, but it's much smaller, which is a little frustrating, as well as the total lack of cable management. I had to pick up a dremel just so I could get all the cables in order, so I could finally stick that second 560ti in.

If I had to do it all over again I would probably pick up a different case.. either a Corsair 800D or a Lian Li P80-NB or actually I would probably pick up a Reverse ATX case.. those look pretty swanky. The 77F doesn't have too much room to work with cables and it's definitely meant to just house a bunch of hardware and not have anyone see the insides (i think every lian li case is like that) but eventually this will see a clear side window and some extra LED's.

k_LX · « **Reply #41 on:** February 10, 2012, 04:34:02 pm »

Quote from: kijho on January 16, 2012, 09:18:55 pm

Small and dark photo but this is my current

I really like your lighting and setup.

harrymonster · « **Reply #42 on:** February 14, 2012, 05:28:24 pm »

My rig!

Antec Eleven hundred
Asus P8Z68 deluxe
Intel i7 2700k oc'd to 4.4ghz
Corsair vengence RAM 16gb (4x4gb)
Asus radeon HD 6950 1gb
OCZ Vertex 3 120gb (win7)
Hitachi 7200rpm 2tb (storage)
Corsair TX850M power supply

All this for... my giant email/WSC machine! I havent had time to play many pc games yet. I have BF3, anybody else play anything fun?
Also, thinking of going with the Corsair H80 get it up to 5.1/5.2ghz?

SLo_STi, thats a MASSIVE cooler!

Mischief · « **Reply #43 on:** February 15, 2012, 08:32:09 am »

Quote from: harrymonster on February 14, 2012, 05:28:24 pm

My rig!

Antec Eleven hundred
Asus P8Z68 deluxe
Intel i7 2700k oc'd to 4.4ghz
Corsair vengence RAM 16gb (4x4gb)
Asus radeon HD 6950 1gb
OCZ Vertex 3 120gb (win7)
Hitachi 7200rpm 2tb (storage)
Corsair TX850M power supply

All this for... my giant email/WSC machine! I havent had time to play many pc games yet. I have BF3, anybody else play anything fun?
Also, thinking of going with the Corsair H80 get it up to 5.1/5.2ghz?
SLo_STi, thats a MASSIVE cooler!

Nice setup! What cooler do you have right now? You should be able to pump that up to 4.7GHz on air cooling if you have a decent cooler. I would definitely go closed loop CPU cooler for going around 5GHz though, once the Ivy Bridge comes out I will probably upgrade to that system as well! The air cooler I have right now is really freaking massive (and heavy), I thought for sure it would look tiny in this giant of a case but I was wrong, it sits maybe an inch 1/2 (maybe less) away from the side of the case.. I play BF3 if you want to add me up! Name: MischiefDynasty

On another note my friend kevin and myself took to cleaning up the wires in the case and this is the result, I think it looks 10x better.

before:

after:

k_LX · « **Reply #44 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:42:33 am »

^Dang, good job guys. I really need to learn how to manage cables.

So clean!

Mischief · « **Reply #45 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:48:39 am »

Quote from: k_LX on February 15, 2012, 09:42:33 am

^Dang, good job guys. I really need to learn how to manage cables.

So clean!

I'm horrible with cables, but after working with my friend on cleaning it up I realized how easy it is.. You just start with 1 cable and figure where to run it and it sort of blossoms from there. This case isnt even that great for cable management and it still looks okay.. the Corsair 800D would likely be the best but owell.

Side question.. who is into LAN Tournaments?

teacherman · « **Reply #46 on:** February 15, 2012, 09:56:38 am »

Quote from: SLo_STi on February 15, 2012, 09:48:39 am

I'm horrible with cables, but after working with my friend on cleaning it up I realized how easy it is.. You just start with 1 cable and figure where to run it and it sort of blossoms from there. This case isnt even that great for cable management and it still looks okay.. the Corsair 800D would likely be the best but owell.

Let your OCD run rampant!

STI 2NV · « **Reply #47 on:** February 15, 2012, 10:00:11 am »

Cable management is a great mix with OCD

Mischief · « **Reply #48 on:** February 15, 2012, 10:15:31 am »

My OCD is more that things have to be even and perfect.. Like oil changes haha. I currently do one every 5k but the oil is a bit darker than I like so the next best would be every 3k, but then that would mean I would be doing oil changes every 3k and thats not even.. so I have to switch it down to 2.5k. With my computer it's not so bad, cables never really bothered me but after seeing some crazy awesome computers where I couldn't see any cables at all it made me realize how ugly mine was. I can still see some fan cables but i'm not too worried about it haha.. it already runs about 2 degrees cooler just from cleaning up the mess.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #49 on:** February 15, 2012, 10:31:12 am »

Quote from: SLo_STi on February 15, 2012, 09:48:39 am

I'm horrible with cables, but after working with my friend on cleaning it up I realized how easy it is.. You just start with 1 cable and figure where to run it and it sort of blossoms from there. This case isnt even that great for cable management and it still looks okay.. the Corsair 800D would likely be the best but owell.

Side question.. who is into LAN Tournaments?

I've always wanted to go to one, but my gaming lately has become increasingly diminished to just MMO's and MOBA's.