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[MERGED] Your Main PC - Pictures, specs and discussion <IMAGE HEAVY>
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I asked for some help with a build on this thread, and here are the results. For my first ground up build, I was delighted and relieved when it switched on first time.
Major components prior to assembly:
Arty lighting:
SSD hidden behind the motherboard:
Battlestation Crampostation:
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Very nice...very tidy...good work
I bet your ass gets numb after 4 hrs of gaming with that chair...Just messn
A fair point, it's not ideal at the moment, but I can look into a replacement in future. I just grabbed it from the kitchen table, so it really should be temporary.Above: how can you use a computer on such a small desk??? With your arms hanging off it and nowhere to rest, not even mentioning the lack of space for a proper mousepad. A pity for such a machine to be restrained.
i used to have smallish desk similar to yours and a big one makes such a difference !
I know, it is a definite annoyance. Problem is though, that I'm living in a small apartment and I literally don't have space for a large desk. I put off buying a rig for ages actually, wondering what I was going to do. Calling it a "battlestation" is a bit daft actually, think I'll edit that
However, when I push the monitor to the back of the desk, and the keyboard and mouse back also, it's not too bad They're there in the picture mostly because I had just moved everything back after moving them for the photoshoot.
Finally, I have a wired 360 controller, so I could move things around and sit on the couch with out too much hassle.0 -
AMD A6-3500
Asus F1A75-I
64GB SSD + 1 tibble hard drive
Low profile PCI-E 1x RS-232 card (the board has a 16x slot)
150W PSU
Slimline DVD-RW drive from a laptop i scrapped
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Finally got my computer sorted, mainly due to the top class advice and help from you guys!
I figured I owed you all some pics!
Assorted parts;
Built! Tryed my hand at a wire tuck which came out reasonably well I think considering my psu is non modular;
Bit of a close up;
128GB SSD ;
CPU cooler. (This was a bit of a pain to install as the brackets didn't line up properly. The first time I booted it I was getting some pretty high CPU temps, above 70deg. I dismantled the cooler again and and through fiddling with the brackets managed to get it sitting nice and level on the CPU. I'm now getting a cool 30deg.:D Well I think that's around what it should be anyways)
A couple of my setup;
And this is a horse;
(It was on my photobucket from ages ago!)
Delighted with the computer. Its a really nice, fast machine. The only thing that gets me a bit about it is the OS. Windows is already pissing me off with its constant updating, restarting and configuring, and thats before it is constantly asking me if I'm sure I want to do whatever I just did....:mad: oh well! It seems like its a necessary evil for the time being!
p.s.Sorry for the poor quality of the images, my main camera is out of battery and I had to use my video camera....first world problems and all that:rolleyes:0 -
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Are you allowed to drill the wall? If you grabbed one of the ikea desks that are just wall mounted(+1 leg if you want extra support) then you could probably make better use of the space in that corner. They can be trimmed to length if one side is going to be hidden too with just a small jigsaw. Might be worth a look.
Very nice rig, case is a beaut. Is the vertical PCI slot in the frame for a PCI fan unit to cool the GPUs?
You're asking me right? I'll definitely look into that. I had considered scrapping this desk and getting a better one, but it was actually in the apartment when I moved in, and I'd be concerned that the management agency might be pissed if it went missing, considering it (and every single other thing in the apartment) is specifically noted on the inventory. My compromise was that I've removed some of the extra panels from this crap desk, such as the keyboard tray, and a big panel at the bottom that the computer would sit up on, but which limits leg room even further.
As for the vertical PCI slot, I'm not 100% sure as it doesn't say in the manual or anywhere, but I think you could put fan controls, or extra usb connections and hook them up to the motherboard headers.
What I would love to know however, is what the hell these are for? (the bottom 3 square ones)
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As usual a few more changes to my main rig and what I did with the left over parts.
I now have a 3570k and maximus iv extreme in my main rig with 32gb ram
The FX8150, 16gb ram and the Crosshair v motherboard where used to build another esxi 5.1 server. I now have 3 of them.
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ProjectColossus wrote: »You're asking me right? I'll definitely look into that. I had considered scrapping this desk and getting a better one, but it was actually in the apartment when I moved in, and I'd be concerned that the management agency might be pissed if it went missing, considering it (and every single other thing in the apartment) is specifically noted on the inventory. My compromise was that I've removed some of the extra panels from this crap desk, such as the keyboard tray, and a big panel at the bottom that the computer would sit up on, but which limits leg room even further.
As for the vertical PCI slot, I'm not 100% sure as it doesn't say in the manual or anywhere, but I think you could put fan controls, or extra usb connections and hook them up to the motherboard headers.
This is what I think its for.
Another idea might be to clamp a new top to the current table, giving you a small bit more room without doing anything to the current one.0 -
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As usual a few more changes to my main rig and what I did with the left over parts.
I now have a 3570k and maximus iv extreme in my main rig with 32gb ram
The FX8150, 16gb ram and the Crosshair v motherboard where used to build another esxi 5.1 server. I now have 3 of them.
I clicked the play button but nothing happened
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Brian is a bit of an audiophile iirc, got the proper kit to power his cans(assume the amp is taking a digital line from his PC).
and he's damn right for doing so. I think its funny in a way how 20-40 years ago people had proper speakers, amps, turn table and what have you. Now technology has moved on so much but what people have for playing sound is far worse. A few small tinny active speakers from creative labs made in Choina and if you're lucky a pair of Dr. Dre beats if they're lucky is all a lot of people have to their name.
have an alesis ra150 and a pair of wharfedales from the 60's on another comp, i'll post pics of that later. i'm no audiophile by any means though, only an amateur
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and he's damn right for doing so. I think its funny in a way how 20-40 years ago people had proper speakers, amps, turn table and what have you. Now technology has moved on so much but what people have for playing sound is far worse. A few small tinny active speakers from creative labs made in Choina and if you're lucky a pair of Dr. Dre beats if they're lucky is all a lot of people have to their name.
have an alesis ra150 and a pair of wharfedales from the 60's on another comp, i'll post pics of that later. i'm no audiophile by any means though, only an amateur
Oh I agree. Problem is average joe today cant/doesnt hear or care for the difference.
Dont get me started on Beats, or people paying 300E for turtlebeach cr@p.
I'm running a discrete little Sony hifi built into my shelves and Beyerdynamic DT990Pro's when I need to make less noise/have privacy. Also decided to play TF2 on my 350W 15" PA cabs one time 0 -
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