Processor: AMD FX-8350
Graphics card: XFX Radeon R9 280 DD 3GB
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM
RAM: Kingston hyper x 8gig
Chassi: Corsair Graphite 230T
Power: EVGA SuperNOVA 750B1 750W
Mobo: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
I'm using a:
Main Rig:
- 5960x [Currently not overclocked, haven't got the best OCer =P 1.2V for 4.2 meh ^^]
- MSI X99s XPower AC Mobo -> Lots of expansion, not ASUS, and robust build quality. [Expectiing to keep this CPU / MoBo for about 5yrs =P]
- Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 2666MHZ 4x4GB -> I'm well aware that they are overly-overpriced, but patience isn't my strong side if it's about technology and well, the Ballistix Sport that cost half, are still not in stock at my retailers soo... [built this 2 months ago].
- Gigabyte R9 290x -> Cause had nothing but trouble with the only time I tried Nvidia [680 SLI] and I use Linux a lot ^^
- Corsair AX850 PSU
- Corsair Force GT 120gb [Windows 8.1] -> Bad SSD, slow and poopy, wouldn't buy again
- Samsung 830 256GB [Arch Linux] -> Very decent SSD, running my Arch install I mainly use.
- WD Caviar Black 1TB -> Nice drive, though getting slow and feels like it's going to die soon [bought mid 2012]
- Case: Xigmatek Elysium -> Replaced the sidewindow with fan + mesh for all acrylic glass / noise dampened with KingMod stuff
- Monitors:
27" ASUS PB278Q 1440p [main]
24" BenQ XL2410 1080p [right]
24" BenQ RL2450 1080p [left] -
Keyboard(s):
Ducky Shine 2 BlueLed / MX Blue
WASD Custom V1 green / white engraved keycaps / MX Blue - Mouse: Logitech G400s [<3 this thing]
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Sound:
ASUS Xonar STX which uses the Cinch to feed my Onkyo A-9377 Integrated AMP to my Magnat Monitor speakers
JDS Labs O2+Dac Combo Limited Edition (6.5mm jack edition) for my BeyerDynamic DT 880Pro 250 Ohms
BlueMic Snowball Black [bought from Apple store, cheapest by far here x)]
- Watercooling Setup:
- Fans: 6x Noctua NF-F12 for the Rads [both Push only] 1x NF-FLX14 back Intake, DemciFlex Magnetic Fan filters
- AquaComputer Kryos HF for the CPU [with 2011 mounting kit, bought for 1155 back then]
- AquaComputer Kryographics Hawaii for my 290x
- AlphaCool Nexxxos Monsta 360x80mm Rad Front
- Phobya G-Changer 360x60mm Rad Top
- AlphaCool D5 Pump + Accetal mounting thingy
- Phobya 250mm Tube Reservoir
- Aquatuning Compression Fittings
- Masterkleer 1/2" White tubing
- De-Ionised Water [mistake, see below] + Mayhem's Biocide
Why you should not use DeIonised water (the stuff for car batteries, irons and so on you get at basically any supermarket) :
For my first watercooling loop, I used Mayhem's pastel red. While looking awesome for the first months, it started changing color (went from blood red to deep purple, no smoke on the water though). Probably cause my two EK CSQ 680 FC blocks corroded horribly. Stay away from EK, please (copper, no nickel plating). Now I decided to go for destilled water instead. While googling and asking around on the internet, basically I was convinced that it did not matter whether I used de-ionised or destilled water. Well, when I upgraded to X99, I thought I'd clean my blocks while I'm at it, and they were heavily corroded. I learned, that DI water, will take back it's ions from the copper and therefore corrode it. Even AquaComputer blocks, which, looked like new when the EK blocks had the feeling of sandpaper inside and were all black-ish. Bad choice.
Therefore I'll tear down the WC-Loop next time I sit on 600ish bucks I can easily spend and replace the Case (On-switch kinda broken), the CPU and the GPU cooler.
- Case: Lian Li PC-V750(B or WX, not sure if I want a window yet)
- CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S [cause of Dom Plat ram]
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GPU Cooler: Either a G10 + h55 or something, a Raijintek Morpheus or a Alpenföhn Peter II.
While the G10 was the easiest and space-wise best thing to use as the top PCI-e slot is way too close to the RAM and the 14s will overlap it, and I'm somewhat afraid that the Morpheus / Peter II will not fit on the ward in the middle slot, I heard the G10 does a horrible job at cooling the blazing hot VRM of my 290x, any input on this? ^^
Server / Torrent / Media / Whatever rig:
- Intel i3 2125 (Should have gone AMD back then, would have been cheaper / faster for my purposes)
- Gigabyte D3H-B75M something mATX mobo
- OCZ Vertex 2 Sata 2 120gb SSD Arch Linux, took that from an old laptop
- WD Green 2TB, Seagate 3TB
- 2x DVD / BD Drive
- Fractal Design Define Mini
- 2x Corsair SP 120
- 1x Noctua 120mm AF thingy
- ATI Radeon 3870
Laptop:
- Sony Vaio Pro 13
- i5 4200U
- 256GB SSD
- 8GB RAM
- 1080p calibrated IPS / Bravia Screen
- Touch [I disabled that instantly]
- Arch Linux
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
MoBo: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
RAM: Crucial Ballistix SPort 8GB DDR3-1600
GPU: MSI R9 290
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 Watt 80+ Gold Modular ATX 12V Power Supply
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
SSD: Crucial MX100 Series 128GB SATA III 6Gbs/2.5"
Case: NZXT Carfted Series Phantom 410 Mid Tower ATX Computer Case
Could this build run games like Battlefield 4 or Far Cry 4?
CPU: Intel Core I5-4690k @3.9
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX Gaming 5
RAM: (2x4) Adata 1600, @1600/ (2x4) Kingston hyperX fury 1866, @1600
PSU Seasonic X-Series 750w 80+ gold
GPU: Asus Strix GTX970 (for main monitor)/ EVGA GT-520 (for second monitor)
CPU cooler: Corsair H110
Case: Cosrair Air 540
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128gb
HDD: WD Black 1tb
Fans: 2 noctua 140mm(pull), 2 corsair af140 purple led(push), 3 cougar 120mm(front intake), 1 cougar 140mm red led(rear ehxaust)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/hQ42tvT.jpg[/img]
Picture is old, back when I had the gtx 660 EVGA ftw.
Intel i5 4690K
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Noctua NHU-14s
EVGA 980 Super Clocked ACX 2.0
EVGA 750 G2
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Western Digital Black 2TB
Fractal Design Define R5
My first build so go easy on me if I've done something stupidly wrong lol
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D
Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 SKT-AM3+ Motherboard (Rev 1.0)
CPU: AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor
GFX: 4GB MSI GTX 760
RAM: Corsair Vengance Pro 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
PSU: EVGA 650W SuperNOVA NEX650G
Storage: 120GB Samsung 840Evo SSD & 1TB Western Digital Black HDD
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14
Hi, I'm a new member. Been subscribed on YouTube for two years and now a forum member. My rig is a scratchbuild case because I figured I could do better than what was available (and succeeded partially). Harddrives and wifi were reused from the dead laptop it now replaces.
CPU:
AMD A10 7850K Black Edition @ 4.2 GHz
Motherboard:
AsRock FM2A88X Extreme4+
RAM:
8 GB Kingston HyperX Beast @ 2133 MHz, CL11
GPU:
onboard R7 graphics @ 960 MHz.
Case:
The StealthRay
Storage:
2x Seagate Laptop SSHD 1TB. Also 1x SanDisk Pulse 128GB SSD. Also 1x Samsung Spinpoint M3 500GB
PSU:
Cooler Master, G-series, 500 watt, non-modular, 80plus Bronze.
Display(s):
Samsung SyncMaster 920N + Iiyama ProLite X2380HS
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impressive. it is the inside touches that make this build.
My revised FX Build from last year.
Specs
CPU = FX 6300 OC to 4.4Ghz
CPU Cooler = Xigamatek Gaia
Mobo = Asus M5A97 R.20
Memory = 8 GB G Skill Ram 1866mhz
GPU = Asus R9 270 (Bought used for $40 via my older brother's friend)
Storage = 128GB MX 100 SSD , 2 1TB HDD, and 1 500GB HDD
Case = Corsair 200R case
PSU = Rosewill Hive 650W PSU
Pictures here https://imgur.com/a/j7VVG#0
Description of parts here http://pcpartpicker.com/b/xxQV3C
New member, first build. I thank Logan and JJ from Asus for giving me inspiration on my build;
http://imgur.com/a/yuP9T
Intel Core i5 4690k
Asus Z97-Pro (wifi-ac)
8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance LP
XFX Double Dissipation R9 290X
EVGA Super Nova 750B PSU
Corsair Spec-01
WD Blue 1TB
Silicon Power 120GB SSD
I7 3770
16 gigs ram
gtx 680
MSI military motherboard
500 gig ocz ssd (os)
1TB Mushkin SSD
2 TB WD Caviar black for file sharing
3x 4TB WD Caviar black for storage
Case: NZXT H440 (White&Black)
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark1
CPU: i7 4790k
GPU: Saphire R9 290 with Arctic Accelero Extreme iii (OC'd 1150 core clock)
PSU: Corsair RM 850
RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengeance
Cooler: NHD-14 (Industrial Fans)
HDD: 1TB Black
SSD: Samsung 840 1TB
Computer Build:
Case: Antec 1200 V3
HDD: WD Blue 500GB 7200 rpm
and WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm
Ram: Ripjaws X Series 16gb (4x4gb at 1600)
CPU: i5 4670k
Motherboard: Asrock Extreme 4
GPU: Sapphire R9 280x Toxic Edition
PSU: Rosewill HIVE Series 750w Bronze
Just finished revising this:
- FX8350 @4.7
- Coolermaster 212 Evo
- Gigabyte 990FX UD3
- PNY XLR8 8GB 1600 (Need to scoop up one more stick)
- EVGA GTX970 SC
- Asus Xonar D2
- Ultra 750W psu
- 1TB WD Black
- 2 250GB PNY SSD in raid 0
- NZXT S340
Hi guys,
Looking for some help on deciding on what to go with here. I am building 2 machines, one for my wife and one for myself. These will be a heavy gaming build with some light internet browsing sometimes. So keep in mind whatever parts I buy, I am buying 2 of them >.>
My goal is to have some quality parts, good performance with a mild overclock on the CPU/GPU. Also trying to stick with
Here are the specs I am looking at right now.
CPU: i5 4690K
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150
Powersupply: Corsair HXi 750w Platinum
RAM: HyperX Fury (White)
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
HDD: 2TB WD Black
Case: NZXT S340 (White) (Bought Already)
GPU: EVGA 04G-2983-KR GTX 980 Superclocked
I am undecided on CPU/GPU cooling yet. As far as those parts I have listed, is there anything anyone sees that is going to conflict? Or I can save money on? Or any suggestions at all?
Theme:
My wife's build is going to be Purple/White. Mine is undecided yet, probably a 2-tone too. I will be doing some minor case mods and painting to assist with the color scheme. I will also post pics and stuff throughout my build.
Thanks guys!
Case: ATX Mid Tower, Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gunmetal Black
Mobo: ASUS Z97-Pro
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670k
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2 x 4GB)
GPU: Sapphire HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 (I would like to get a GTX 970 soon)
PSU: RAIDMAX RX-850AE 850W
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB
Boot SSD: Crucial MX100 128GB
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
AMD FX 8350 4.7Ghz (NXZT Kraken X60)
Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB (Various TB's of 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda drives)
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 1866Mhz
CORSAIR HX850
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980 4GB
NZXT Phantom 820 Case
Xstar 27" 1440p Monitor
Recently built this. Information about the build is on my profile.
