[MERGED] Your Main PC - Pictures, specs and discussion <IMAGE HEAVY>

ED E

wandatowell wrote: »

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2315/20110428210415.jpg

That chair, it lets it all down. Your eyes may be like this :eek: but your ass will be likr :mad: Proper chairage is crucial to any setup.

Brian

First build, first attempt at cable management

Landoflemon

Thanks for reviving this thread! I was disappointed to see it was no longer stickied on the top of the building and upgrading page! How did you find those cable wrap things, were they easy enough to apply? I like the look of them. Just one case fan or is there any I can't see? What graphics card did you put in it?

IrishMetalhead

are you talking about the cable sleeving or the the cable ties?
if your talking about the cable sleeving the psu come pre-sleeved

Landoflemon

Yep, sleeving that's the one. Oh right ok, sorry I must have been looking at it funny! Have you tried feeding any of the cables in behind the plate for the motherboard? In the gap between the plate and the removable side panel?

Brian

No, I haven't, but the cables are a little bit short so I think I'm stuck with the direct-route approach.

Brian

Landoflemon wrote: »

Just one case fan or is there any I can't see? What graphics card did you put in it?

Yep, the case is a Thermaltake V3 which has just the one 120 mm fan. Ventilation seems pretty good though. Might pick up another fan in Maplin's this afternoon, although I'm not sure if I could fit one between the RAM and the top of the case..
Speaking of the case, it has built-in motherboard stand-offs which kind of freaked me out as I wasn't sure you were meant to screw the mobo directly to the case, so to speak.
Graphics card is an ASUS 6850. Bit of an ASUS fanboy after my Eee PC 1000H, and AnandTech picked it as the top of the 6850s they reviewed.

deceit

Baza210 wrote: »

No, I haven't, but the cables are a little bit short so I think I'm stuck with the direct-route approach.

Here is the same psu in a build I did for a mate as you can see with a bit of work can get the cables behind and looks alot better. You might have to put the 8pin through the cpu cut out though but it does fit. Sorry about the lights, he was going to go uv watercooled loop hence the lights.

Tea_Bag

Why do the PSU manufacturers make the cables so short? honestly, if my CoolerMaster silent pro 600W PSU had cables that were just 1-2cm longer id be laughing.

deceit

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Why do the PSU manufacturers make the cables so short? honestly, if my CoolerMaster silent pro 600W PSU had cables that were just 1-2cm longer id be laughing.

So they can sell you extension cables . I think they usually are designed for standard atx cases and anything bigger such as a haf 932 or such you need the extension cables.

Burgo

Thread needs some lovin!
Before crossfire:



After and some cable management:


Need to tidy under the desk...sometime

deceit

Bit of an upgrade, net case for my main machine which will be upgraded to an sr-2 fully watercooled between now and xmas as will need a dual cpu system and 48gb ram for work (brilliant excuse ). Server was moved to the utgard case and a new amd build will be done in my 690II which I bought also

Gonzovision

Ahem...that is a Lanboy Air

deconduo

Using a lanboy air with watercooling? -_-

cherryghost

*spanks*

I told you, no lanboys! :pac:

Solitaire

deconduo wrote: »

Using a lanboy air with watercooling? -_-

Given the lack of sustainable air pressure due to overventilation its probably the only way to really cool anything in one of those eyesores

deconduo

Solitaire wrote: »

Given the lack of sustainable air pressure due to overventilation its probably the only way to really cool anything in one of those eyesores

Well if you add about 14 fans it works out ok :P

Solitaire

Only 14? :eek:

:pac:

glynf

New "24" monitors & CPU cooler next on list-and a 2nd 6970 funds permitting

ED E

Loving that case, what is it?

Why new monitors, surely the current setup is more than adequate?

glynf

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Loving that case, what is it?

Why new monitors, surely the current setup is more than adequate?

The case is a silverstone FT02, just got it today

Currently have 1 no. 22" DVI @75 hz dvi as centre and 2 no. 22" VGA @ 60 hz. This mix of vga & DVI causes tearing on some games, so planning on 3 no. DVI's and may as well go 24" while at it.

Brian

Suggestions for next upgrade: mechanical keyboard and some decent headphones.

Burgo

Baza210 wrote: »

Suggestions for next upgrade: mechanical keyboard and some decent headphones.

http://www.daskeyboard.com/ and Audio Technica ATH-AD700

Brian

Good suggestions. I would go for a tenkeyless as they are often better for gaming in terms of posture, but seeing as you're left-handed it doesn't matter.

Burgo

Baza210 wrote: »

Good suggestions. I would go for a tenkeyless as they are often better for gaming in terms of posture, but seeing as you're left-handed it doesn't matter.

could always try and get your hands on a model M! I may be a lefty, but use my mouse with my right hand :pac:

-Trek-

Burgo wrote: »

http://www.daskeyboard.com/ and Audio Technica ATH-AD700

if your going with one of those keyboards, don't forget to purchase the earplugs their offering too

Tea_Bag

so this is what i started with. i had to build a few machines.


and this is how my baby came out:


more? OK.
my poor attempt at cable management:o



whats that? you wanted more you say?

TA-DA!


and running..


the red fan to help cool the cards is an idea shamelessly stolen from Flaccus.
what ever happened to him??

the CPU cooler is stolen from my old rig because i ran out of funds. it does a good job though keeping the CPU under 50*C @4ghz under prime95.

as it stands for now, my specs are:
Corsair graphite 600t
Asrock Z68-Extreme4
Powercolor 6950CF
i5-2500k (soon to be big OC)
8gb G.Skill ripjawX 1600mhz
Akasa Freedom Tower Cooler
Intel x25-m gen2 80GB SSD
Samsung F3 1Tb
XFX 850W Pro


Future changes:
window side panel
shorter CF cable if i can be arsed looking for it
a second SSD to RAID0
small SSD as RTcache for the samsung,
and some water all round if i can get plates to fit the custom PCB of the cards.


sorry for the big pics, i resized them a load and anymore ruined the aspect ratio

and my retired gaming PC now HTPC/Server specs are:

CM Storm Scout
CM silent pro 600W modular
MSI 770-G45
4gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
GTX460
Phenom II X4 B55
2Tb HDD

(pics to follow)

it'll be used as a dedicated game server with a cat5e cable to the UPC 100mb package.

af_thefragile

^^Cool build! Like the case!
Anpost says my order is "on route to customer". Can't wait to start building my PC!!

glynf

Nice setup Tea Bag. Best of luck with it.

Re. cable management, the best thing to use i find is a bag of 100mm tie wraps & stickyback tie wrap blocks like these.



Bag of 50 for about €5-7 froom Radionics, Demesne or Eastern electrical or similar elec. distributor.

deejer

Actually when you posted the question about the 6950 temps earlier I was going to ask you about your build as I knew you had been working on one. Always like to see a 6950CF build! And its a great looking case

Did you do a 6970CF build also?

Tea_Bag wrote: »

the red fan to help cool the cards is an idea shamelessly stolen from Flaccus.
what ever happened to him??

I thought you might know since he is from your part of the country! It was actaully his 600T build that made me really want to get this case.