Computer thread!!!

[kickinindian]

I have irrational wants to build more PC rigs just because, even if I have no purpose lined up for them.

me too i wish i lived in an area where that could be my job, but i live in a retirement community, so that does not work.

[HennaE30]

Computer thread!!!

Do some measuring first! I have the first gen 300 and my old 3 fan video card will not fit. I googled the card you listed and it's also a 3 fan design and pretty long. It may bump into the drive cage at the front.

My sisters husband has a 450D (not much bigger inside than a 300R), and his MSI 970 fit with plenty of room. (it's just slightly shorter by maybe a half inch than mine). I was going to do a little more looking before I pulled the trigger on one next week. Thanks for lookin out for me tho.


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[HennaE30]

Finished the refresh. 970 fits nicely.

Corsair 300R Carbide case
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570k @3.40GHz
Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte Windforce GTX970
Patriot Blast 240GB SSD (OS)
Hitachi 750GB "dump drive"
Stock Corsair case fans and Intel intercooler



Have this on order.. Some of the stuff people have been able to do with the K70 lighting is awesome.


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[Wschnitz]

Shoulda got the normal K70 and used extra money on cpu cooler :P

Looks nice though, I really want my next GPU to be a gigabyte card.

[HennaE30]

Shoulda got the normal K70 and used extra money on cpu cooler :P

Looks nice though, I really want my next GPU to be a gigabyte card.

CPU cooler next upgrade. Not too worried about it because I'm not planning to overclock for awhile, and this cooler is more than enough for stock.


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[Wschnitz]

Yeah itll be fine, just noisy. Only real reason I got a noctua one right away after my Corsair one. Corsair one was almost as noisy as stock.

[HennaE30]

Yeah itll be fine, just noisy. Only real reason I got a noctua one right away after my Corsair one. Corsair one was almost as noisy as stock.

My system is actually really quiet. Surprised the hell out of me. I need to reinstall MSI Kombuster and run the benchmark again. Then I'll probably run some of the stress tests, see how everything holds up. Playing Witcher 3 max setting temps were 30-50* range. Really need to play with the settings (atm I'm still fighting to get Win10 set up correctly.


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[Dagamus(NM)]

I like computers.

I have a couple builds completed and in progress. Two x99, two x79, three AM3. All liquid cooled. Well, two on closed loop coolers and the rest on custom loops.

[Nesset]

I still want a 2012 Mac Pro tower with the 12 cores and 64 gigs of ram to tinker with.....

[Wschnitz]

The G5? Just find someone who isnt smoking crack on craigslist and buy the empty shell for $100, then put a Dual X5650 build inside it.

[lambo]

The G5? Just find someone who isnt smoking crack on craigslist and buy the empty shell for $100, then put a Dual X5650 build inside it.

Yeah you could build a 12 core 64gb machine way cheaper than cl tards would ask for one...

[James Crivellone]

I still want a 2012 Mac Pro tower with the 12 cores and 64 gigs of ram to tinker with.....

Look at HP Z600/620, or Z800/820 if you want dirt cheap multi core

[Nesset]

Look at HP Z600/620, or Z800/820 if you want dirt cheap multi core

Holy crap, those look like tanks. I'll have to begin scouring the local classified and what not to see if one pops up..

[Wschnitz]

That feel when PC boots so fast you cant try out your Ubuntu boot drive cause you cant open bios :(

Think Keyboard is too slow to turn on, so i cant press delete in the 1.5s it takes to boot.

[Dagamus(NM)]

Some of my PCs.

Here is my in progress build at the office



The one I am typing on now



These are twins. Case labs SM8s with extended tops and pedestals housing three Aquacomputer copper 420mm rads. 5960X, Rampage 5, 64GB 2800MHz G.skill memory. Quad raid 0 Intel 730 series SSDs and quad sli 780Tis on one and Quad sli 980Tis on the other. Lots of EK waterblocks, bitspower fittings.

BAMFs!!