Hey guys, new here and just thought i would post my my build and say howdy :)
Amd FX-8350 - Stock cooler was horribly noisy and provided terrible cooling, so went with the Corsair H90 Liquid cooling Asrock Extreme 4 Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8gb(2x4gb) Gigabyte Radeon HD7850 2gb(my old card, rest of the system was upgraded about 8 months ago) Intel 530 80gb SSD(from old system) Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7200rpm(new as my old 1 had a mechanical failure after 7yrs, thank god for backups ^.^) Corsair Obsidian 450D Corsair 140mm 1440rpm Case fan x2 (Purple)
Razer Deathadder V2 Tte Challenger Prime keyboard(not in the pics)
And for my home studio bit since i don't want to annoy the neighbours i swapped out my Pearl Export 6p for an Alesis DM10 Studio Mesh head kit.
Intel 5960x at 4.6ghz Nvidia Titan X at 1400 Asus x99 sabertooth G.skill 32gb 2400mhz DDR4 Fractal design Kelvin s36 All in one Watercooler Intel 730 240gb SSD Samsung 850 pro 512gb SSD. Win8, probs going to move to win10 when it arrives.
Is a 3D design and rendering box. It'll also be running a couple of 3D printers when I fix em.
Xeon 1231v3 CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo with a single fan be quiet! Straight Power 10 600w Semi Modular R9 290 Sapphire Tri X OC 8gbs Kingston HyperX Blu Ram Dual Channel Cougar Spike Case 1TB WD Caviar Blue 500gb WD Green (not in use cause it sucks)
All I do is play League of Legends most of the time with a touch of UDK and some other games.
Here`s my HTPC/ 1080p tv gaming rig, spec: -4960x on Rampage IV Black with monoblcock -64 gb Corsair platinum (failed ram disk idea) - gigabyte 980 gaming g1 -intel 750 ssd 400 gb -Startech 10 gig nic
Operation Facepalm: Because sometimes you need something there and then and don't think about how bad of an idea it was, and then facepalm really hard!
CPU - Intel Core i7 4930k @4.8ghz CPU Cooler - Corsair H105 with Noctua 120mm silent fans Motherboard - Asus P9x79 on Bios 4806 RAM - Kingston Hyper X Beast 2400 CAS11 overclocked to 2800mhz GPU - Evga 780ti ACX 1006, overclocked to 1278 core 7180 memory Storage - Samsung 840 Pro 512GB Boot/programs/work stuff OCZ Vertex 4 256gb - Dedicated games drive Some Samsung Thing 1TB - Various storage, most of it is on a 12TB NAS Some old hard drive from a very old rig 160GB - Music only drive Power Supply - EVGA Supernova 750W G2 with fan-less operation Case - Cooler Master Cosmos SE
Temps are pretty low mostly. The graphics card maxxes out at 78-81 degrees, CPU about 70. 100% stability
Phanteks Enthoo Luxe case (Black) Asus Sabertooth 990fx mobo Asus Strix 2gb R9 285 graphic card AMD 8370FX CPU Corsair 32gb 1866Mhz DDR3 ram Corsair H100i CPU cooler modified with Noctua fans for silent running Corsair HX750i PSU Crucial MX200 500gb SSD for OS and applications Four 3tb Western Digital black drives (raid 10) for storage AOC 27 inch monitor 2560x1440, Q2770PQU. Can be rotated though 90 degrees if required.
CyberPower CP1500EPFCLCD Backup UPS PFC Pure Sinewave 1500VA/900
Main OS: Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon Boots in seconds. Lovely!
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£96.41 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£176.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£127.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£552.65 @ More Computers) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£552.65 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£68.75 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
I built my PC at the end of March. Last time I did a full system build was in 2010. I pulled my PSU and SSD from my old PC.
This year, my build philosophy was "uncompromising silence". My Antec 900 Two that I had, got really loud and annoying.
I decided that I also would not put any fans on the top of the case, not only for silence but also for the fact that I didn't want dust to build up inside the PC at such a fast rate, which is why you see the Kraken being mounted to the front. There are three fans there. 2 in front of the cooler and one behind it on top in a push-pull config.
I set out last month to build a workstation because my current "gaming" PC just wasn't up the the task. 8 hour renders are really boring when you cant game while waiting. Temps ran hot at first on the rear cpu but once I sorted out the fan in the cd slots(old antec 900 mount) it has been remarkable cool. It has been churning Squeeze and AME for 1 week now and temps stay under 60C on both cpus.
You see, I've always played games on the PC but I haven't gotten serious about it at all before. Well, now I kind of want to, and I'm moving more primary PC as apposed to console. I decided to make a Semi-budget PC, as I don't want to spend way too much but I still want to be able to play games at High settings with good framerates. Here is the part list I have at the moment:
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H
RAM: A-data XPG V1 (2x4GB) 1600 DDR3
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM (Considering putting in an old HDD instead and then getting an SSD as well)
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC Edition
PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Semi Modular ATX
Case: DIYPC Mirage D1-Y ATX Mid Tower
Well, that's all the specs. Where I am in Canada it's about $750 total, which I think is a decent price range. I'm sure with used parts and sales I'll be able to knock of at least $75. If anyone can tell me what they think about what I've chosen, it's be much appreciated. Also, I was wondering if The GA-H97M-D3H can fit another Toxic R9 280X, as I think I'd like to add another one in there later on. I'm just not sure because of the size of it. If you know of any other potential problems, those would be great to know to. I just don't want to get all the parts in my hands just to figure out something won't work and I become depressed. Thanks for reading all this, Please give some feedback!
