-Intel i5 6600k [OC'd to 4.6Ghz] -Asus Z170-AR motherboard -16gb [2x8] Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400Mhz [OC'd to 2666Mhz] -Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo -Corsair RM750i PSU -Sapphire R9 Nitro 390 -256gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD -Bitspower X-Station Power I used as a fan header to keep my mobo relatively uncluttered -Corsair Vengeance C70 in gunmetal black -Crappy cable management that needs to be remedied badly, but only after I do Sleeved cables
PerformancePCs didn't include the double-sided tape that I believe was supposed to be in the box with the Bitspower X-Station, so I just cut a cable management velcro strap in half, threaded it between the power board and the acrylic back plate and secured it over that top grommet. Not totally optimal, but it's the best place I could get it to where all the fans could reach without extensions. I had it mounted in front of the grommet inside, but those 2 LED's on the front of the card are super bright and not diffuse at all. The rear LED's are much better looking.
I also have some DarkSide LED's to add in here, just need to purchase an extension for it. They should help even out the lighting quite a bit. Knowing me, this will look completely different in 4 months though. I love the C70 case, but I'll end up doing a ton of mods to it before all is said and done. Watercooling, cables, removing the drive trays completely, etc is all in the near future.
Here is my rig. My specs are on my profile here. Just click on my user card and view them. Major edit here. I am waiting on my Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. The stock fan is temporary. . .
No pictures because there's not much to look at; I don't care very much about aesthetics.
Desktop / Windows 8.1
Intel Core i5-3570K
ASUS P8Z77-V LX
Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 16GB [2×8]
EVGA GTX 650 Ti BOOST SC 2GB
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
Seagate 3TB 7200RPM
Corsair CX750M
I haven't needed to overclock the CPU yet; when I do, I will upgrade from the stock cooler. The Seagate HDD is the second one I've bought; the first failed just out of warranty and I will not be buying more. The GPU is sufficient for my needs because I'm still using an old monitor (1280×1024@75Hz); I will upgrade it when I get new monitor with higher resolution. This will eventually be a gaming-only PC after I build a new Linux workstation.
Server / FreeNAS
Intel Core i3-2120
ASUS P8H61-M LE CSM
ADATA DDR3-1333 8GB [2×4]
Dell SAS 6i/R
Seagate 750GB 7200RPM [×4]
Seagate 400GB 10kRPM [×4]
NZXT Source 210
The NZXT case was chosen on the basis of 3.5" bays per dollar. It also has 3 5.25" bays, so I could add external 3.5" or 2.5" hotswap bays. The Dell HBA is currently a very cheap way to add more SAS/SATA ports. The HDDs were similarly obtained at low cost from surplus, and I have spares for when they fail.
"Defector": Intel i7 5960x Asus x99 deluxe Asus gtx980ti Crucial ballistix sport 32gb ddr4 2400mhz Samsung xp941 512gb m.2 ssd Samsung 850 evo 500gb Corsair ax750
Cooling: Alphacool xt45 360mm radiator 3x noctua ipc 120mm 2000rpm fans Alphacool xt45 280mm radiator 4x noctua ipc 140mm 2000rpm fans push/pull noctua ipc 140mm 2000rpm fan (rear intake) Silverstone 8way pwm hub running all fans Bitspower aix99d full cover block for x99 deluxe Bitspower titan-x full cover block Bitspower crystal link 12mm tubing Bitspower enhance multi-link 12mm fittings Primochill ctr ii d5 enabled res Xpsc d5 pump Mayhems raspberry purple pastel coolant
Case/mods: Fractal design define r5 Custom interior and exterior panels Custom side panel Darkside mods white led strips (3x 5", 4x 12", 4singles) Painted parts on the x99 deluxe white Painted d5 pump SystemSleeved extensions made from mainframe customs telieos sleeve
Wow really like this build, and there are not very many non custom loop builds I like. What paint did you use on the gpu as I have been looking at doing something similar. If you can, why do you have to sell this beauty?
Really like this. I would have never thought those colors would have gone together so well, the brown rubber on the fans actually looks good with the purple and white. I would love to do a build like this one day, especially the monoblock as it looks much cleaner than two or more separate blocks.
Sadly, I do not have the money to buy new components and water cool, and I made the mistake of buying a gpu with no good waterblock options and it is bright yellow and orange, not even close to matching the rest of my rig. When I bought all of the parts, I did not think about the overall ascetic of the components, I just bought the ones that looked cool on their own. However, I am slowly transitioning to an all white look and will buy a reference gpu the next time along.
I'll just say that silent computing is nice. Right now I've got no fan control, well the GPU does but anyway.. 2x GP-14's (in/out) at ~380rpm, 1x A14 (in) at ~650rpm, the 120mm Slip Stream on the cooler is the 800rpm variant. Processor is OC'd to 4.6Ghz.
Of course the GPU cooler is nowhere near silent but I don't pretty much game at all so 95% of the time the radial fan on it just idles away below 800rpm being inaudible. Only slightly ramping up when I'm using Photoshop (don't mind) or watching TV/movies with MPC-HC (+madVR) using upscaling at which point I've got audio from headphones or from speakers so can't hear the damn thing. I'm looking into replacing it with something else but I've got more important things to buy than some silly graphics card :D
Unfortunately mine is nothing special to look at but i will sort a picture out later... I have a commercial workstation ... It is a Lenovo C20 Thinkstation
Specs:
2 x 3.0GHz Intel Xeon X5667 12MB Cache - Quad core wih HT = 16 threads 6 x 16GB DDR3 RAM = 96GB 1 x 1GB nVidia Quadro 2000 2 x 256GB Hynix SL301 SSDs 2 x 1TB WD Blue
yes it does, every time i list something over $100 someone contacts me about using a bank check or offering sex (it happened multiple times when i listed my tv because my reflection was in it.)
anyways, because my rig is better therefore I don't need yours haha. One of my co workers is looking to buy a pc very soon ill mention it to him.
Cooled by: Triple 45mm Alphacool nexxos D5 vario pump XSPC Raystorm CPU block EK full coverage MSI 6G block More fans than any sane person needs (3 Enermax Magmas 75cfm, 3 EK vardars (radiator fans) 110cfm, 1 phanteks 50cfm, 1 NZXT 140cfm)
(you may have noticed i'm having the same coolant problem as Jayz2Cents, Mayhems pastel is a PITA this is my second batch)
