Your PC ATM

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Quick update -

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/...hotos/Lian Li PC V354B/Z68/2500K/S6301602.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/...hotos/Lian Li PC V354B/Z68/2500K/S6301605.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/...hotos/Lian Li PC V354B/Z68/2500K/S6301606.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/...hotos/Lian Li PC V354B/Z68/2500K/S6301608.jpg

Unfortunately, I'm going to be selling off my H²O cooling gear.

On the bright side I don't think my second H²O cooled PC will be the last H²O loop I put together tho

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Forgot to say I replaced 2 stock Lian Li 120MM fans and another 120MM with some 120MM Yate Loon mediums.

Hopefully I can end up running this 2500K at the same speed I had it on under H²O.

How are the temps on that 570 ?

 

[Ross211]

Ross, your build is kind of similar to my mini ITX server. I have a Lian Li case, too, but I chose to go with a Silverstone Strider PSU with the optional Short Cabke set. It made a huge difference.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141285

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/464/psuinstalled.jpg

That is some clean cable management there. Nice log on that system there, thanks for sharing. I was very close to buying the PC-Q08 over this PC-354, it looks great to work with from the shots in your log.

It would be a good idea to get a modular PSU if I want to have better cable management and get rid of my nasty cluster of zip tied cables. I really like that Silverstone you have, I've never seen a modular PSU that had modular plugs for the 24 pin ATX and 8 pin 12v power connectors, that is very convenient.

It makes me sad that you have a better HTPC than I do main rig....

The hardware in my PC-354 is now my main gaming rig / desktop

How are the temps on that 570 ?

Doing awesome, I was very surprised to see that my temps on the card in this case are the same as in my HAF 932. I played BC2 for about 2 hours last night and it got up to 58 C at the highest. I do have the 570 fan unlock BIOS so it will ramp up to 100%. I think I have Afterburner set to ramp it up to 100% after 55 C.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Doing awesome, I was very surprised to see that my temps on the card in this case are the same as in my HAF 932. I played BC2 for about 2 hours last night and it got up to 58 C at the highest. I do have the 570 fan unlock BIOS so it will ramp up to 100%. I think I have Afterburner set to ramp it up to 100% after 55 C.

That is pretty good, about what my 470's see in my HAF-X.

 

[Cold Storm]

Ross, your build is kind of similar to my mini ITX server. I have a Lian Li case, too, but I chose to go with a Silverstone Strider PSU with the optional Short Cabke set. It made a huge difference.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141285

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/464/psuinstalled.jpg

That's the way to make it look. I love Silverstone for the thought of "shorter cables".. But, I wish my strider Plus, would have a switch.. My only problem with their line of psu's.. But, I do have 2 1000w Strider Plus's.

 

[Athlonite]

ST75F-P here and yeah totally a good buy

 

[TRWOV]

The net was down yesterday so I decided to start with the cable management:

I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[pantherx12]

If you really want to get into it could cut a few whole in the motherboard back plate.

Few loose cables ( cathodes and side panel fans)

But here;s what a few holes can do for a case with no cable-management ( sunbeam transformer)

NOT my pc ATM.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

If you really want to get into it could cut a few whole in the motherboard back plate.

Few loose cables ( cathodes and side panel fans)

But here;s what a few holes can do for a case with no cable-management ( sunbeam transformer)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/mopatop/DSCF1238.jpg

NOT my pc ATM.

O_O that thing is amazing

heres mine, just got me sleeved cables from {uZa}DOA these things are purrrrty.

This is the zalman I got a bit ago, glows green, but not too bright. It's hella loud if it's a full 12volts. I have it undervolted to 5V and it's pree good. Keeps my CPU pree cold. Max i've gotten with this is 48C Sorry about the dirt, I got it like this, and spent 2 hours cleaning it fin by fin and that's the best I got it.

I fixed my cable management :3 I like it a bit better like this

A full shot, that 6 pin is for my 5770 I get tomorrow C: I don't want to have to open the case again so I just took it out now

 

[Jegergrim]

O_O that thing is amazing

This is the zalman I got a bit ago, glows green, but not too bright. It's hella loud if it's a full 12volts. I have it undervolted to 5V and it's pree good. Keeps my CPU pree cold. Max i've gotten with this is 48C Sorry about the dirt, I got it like this, and spent 2 hours cleaning it fin by fin and that's the best I got it

Wow, I can imagine how bad it must have been prior to the cleaning

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Wow, I can imagine how bad it must have been prior to the cleaning

30mins of that was me cleaning caked up thermal paste off the base!

 

[Jegergrim]

30mins of that was me cleaning caked up thermal paste off the base!

I feel for ya. I once recieved a radeon 4850, which was clugged up with dust to the point where it was running 95C at 30% load, man I was amazed

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

I feel for ya. I once recieved a radeon 4850, which was clugged up with dust to the point where it was running 95C at 30% load, man I was amazed

O_O I don't understand how people can get stuff that dirty. I once cleaned a computer from a 15 year-old and it was filled with dust, and weed. I have no idea what he was doing with that computer.

 

[JrRacinFan]

O_O that thing is amazing

heres mine, just got me sleeved cables from {uZa}DOA these things are purrrrty.
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg200/scaled.php?server=200&filename=1000514mi.jpg&res=medium


This is the zalman I got a bit ago, glows green, but not too bright. It's hella loud if it's a full 12volts. I have it undervolted to 5V and it's pree good. Keeps my CPU pree cold. Max i've gotten with this is 48C Sorry about the dirt, I got it like this, and spent 2 hours cleaning it fin by fin and that's the best I got it.
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg190/scaled.php?server=190&filename=1000516c.jpg&res=medium


I fixed my cable management :3 I like it a bit better like this
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg805/scaled.php?server=805&filename=1000517.jpg&res=medium

A full shot, that 6 pin is for my 5770 I get tomorrow C: I don't want to have to open the case again so I just took it out now

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg41/scaled.php?server=41&filename=1000513le.jpg&res=medium

Mine is a total mess compared to yours currently.

Viva la 5770! You will enjoy it!

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Mine is a total mess compared to yours currently.

Viva la 5770! You will enjoy it!

Ohh, you should see the back! It's a huge mess This case makes it kinda easy, there are just somethings I want to fix, that 6 pin is a bit too long, and I want to fix the 8pin/ 24pin so they are straight. If you have a decent case, it's really easy. And I can't wait till I get it! After that, the only thing I will need to update is my hard drive, it has a 5.2 in the windows rating thing.

 

[Jegergrim]

Ohh, you should see the back! It's a huge mess This case makes it kinda easy, there are just somethings I want to fix, that 6 pin is a bit too long, and I want to fix the 8pin/ 24pin so they are straight. If you have a decent case, it's really easy. And I can't wait till I get it! After that, the only thing I will need to update is my hard drive, it has a 5.2 in the windows rating thing.

If you don't mind noise much or have a good soundproof case the WD Black series are pretty fast with a 64 mb buffer Although SSD is the only way to go if you want scores above 5.9 in windows rating

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

If you don't mind noise much or have a good soundproof case the WD Black series are pretty fast with a 64 mb buffer Although SSD is the only way to go if you want scores above 5.9 in windows rating

I usually leave my case open lol, but It would prob be quieter than the drive I have now, when i boot up i can feel it reading on the bottom of my desk

 

[DaveK]

Just a little update of my Core i3 upgrade after my E4300 setup died.

 

[PopcornMachine]

Just a little update of my Core i3 upgrade after my E4300 setup died.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/davidkinsella/P1110595.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/davidkinsella/P1110634.jpg

Nice PSU you have there.

 

[JrRacinFan]

I usually leave my case open lol, but It would prob be quieter than the drive I have now, when i boot up i can feel it reading on the bottom of my desk

After everything is done here with case mods and a small upgrade I'll be for sure posting a few pics.

 

[brandonwh64]

I need to get more pics of my mATX I7 and my X4 Cruncher

 

[20mmrain]

Here is My PC at the moment haven't posted it for awhile.... Working on some other tid bits will post again soon.....

Future Beauty and Functional mods....
G.Skill 8 gigs 1866 Mhz Sniper Ram (Ordered on the way)
Carbon fiber and white sleeving For power supply
Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 Motherboard (For future PCIe 3.0 and ivy bridge compatibility)

Specs....
Asus Maximus Extreme IV
i7 2600k 4.5 Ghz 1.29Vcore
Corsair XMS 3 1600 Mhz 4gb
Intel X25 80gb SSD
Western Digital 500Gb Black Caviar
EVGA GTX 580 SLI
Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000watt
Corsair Graphite Special Edition 600T
Water Cooling XSPC Rasa Kit (with custom tubing and other custom odds and ends)
1 x Xigmatech 200mm fan and 3 x Xigmatech 120mm fans

 

[PopcornMachine]

Here is My PC at the moment haven't posted it for awhile.... Working on some other tid bits will post again soon.....

Future Beauty and Functional mods....
G.Skill 8 gigs 1866 Mhz Sniper Ram (Ordered on the way)
Carbon fiber and white sleeving For power supply
Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 Motherboard (For future PCIe 3.0 and ivy bridge compatibility)

Specs....
Asus Maximus Extreme IV
i7 2600k 4.5 Ghz 1.29Vcore
Corsair XMS 3 1600 Mhz 4gb
Intel X25 80gb SSD
Western Digital 500Gb Black Caviar
EVGA GTX 580 SLI
Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000watt
Corsair Graphite Special Edition 600T
Water Cooling XSPC Rasa Kit (with custom tubing and other custom odds and ends)
1 x Xigmatech 200mm fan and 3 x Xigmatech 120mm fans

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43188&stc=1&d=1313519309

Beautiful Pic!

I have an XSPC Rasa kit too. Need to post pics.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Here is My PC at the moment haven't posted it for awhile.... Working on some other tid bits will post again soon.....

Future Beauty and Functional mods....
G.Skill 8 gigs 1866 Mhz Sniper Ram (Ordered on the way)
Carbon fiber and white sleeving For power supply
Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 Motherboard (For future PCIe 3.0 and ivy bridge compatibility)

Specs....
Asus Maximus Extreme IV
i7 2600k 4.5 Ghz 1.29Vcore
Corsair XMS 3 1600 Mhz 4gb
Intel X25 80gb SSD
Western Digital 500Gb Black Caviar
EVGA GTX 580 SLI
Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000watt
Corsair Graphite Special Edition 600T
Water Cooling XSPC Rasa Kit (with custom tubing and other custom odds and ends)
1 x Xigmatech 200mm fan and 3 x Xigmatech 120mm fans

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43188&stc=1&d=1313519309

I was debating on getting one of those rasa kits, how happy are you with it ?

 

[brandonwh64]

rasa kits are very good. a friend has one and it does very well

 

[TRWOV]

Just finished with the wires:

Before:

After:

I hided several of them under the motherboard. I rotated the back exhaust fan in order to get 8 additional centimeters that allowed me to put the plug on the back of the tray.

Closer look:

Back of the board tray:

I could do better but I'd need longer SATA and IDE cables plus a 4 pin molex extention. I also need a 5" SATA cable for the drive in the 5.25" bay. The SATA power cable is 25cms less than what I'd need to be able to route it on the back. This will have to do.


EDIT: I'm reading the Cable management help desk. I hadn't thought about putting the HDDs backwards!!! That'll allow me to route the cables behind the tray.