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Toothless · Nov 28, 2014

Toothless · Nov 28, 2014

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Dec 7, 2014

Is it oven bound? :roll:

Very nice looking board.

thebluebumblebee · Dec 7, 2014

I'm curious about Asian companies. Is flat out copying what your competitor does considered okay?
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5
MSI Z97-Gaming 5

Batou1986 · Dec 7, 2014

Well z97x is specific chipset and gaming is a popular buzzword so....

Toothless · Dec 7, 2014

So due to things happening. My CPU came to my second family's house two hours after I boarded the train for home. I'll be expecting that sexy processor this week.

JTristam · Dec 7, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
I'm curious about Asian companies. Is flat out copying what your competitor does considered okay?
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5
MSI Z97-Gaming 5

Not just asian companies, chinese companies. They're from the same culture so it might have something to do with their culture? Maybe imitating one another is fine for them. Maybe that's how they work. Biostar is a perfect example.

Toothless · Dec 9, 2014

OKAY GUYS. So first thing is first. PREPPING THE CASE.

Sideways picture ftw? Puush won't rotate it. qq

ANYWAY. Cleaned it out and plopped that sexy board in. Like my ASUS board: It's cutting it close.

Phone quality is so dumb.

Next! Putting in the stuff!

Plugged in and whatnot. Zip-ties are amazing. The two fans at the bottom 1. Draw in air for the GPU. 2. Blow on the heatsink on the board. NB I believe.

What fun is there to building if there isn't blood?

NOW WE WAIT FOR THE FINISHING TOUCH: THE PROCESSOR.

Toothless · Dec 10, 2014

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSS

Nordic · Dec 10, 2014

Are you going to bake the heatsink first?

Toothless · Dec 10, 2014

james888 said:
Are you going to bake the heatsink first?

Oven is in use sadly.

OneMoar · Dec 10, 2014

Lightbulbie said:
Oven is in use sadly.

put the CPU in the toaster it will improve performance by 200%

Gmr_Chick · Dec 10, 2014

Cue the porno music! :roll:

On a side note, it seems like EVERY mobo company and their grandma are doing black/red boards now. I prefer Giga's old gaming boards myself, but then again, I am a black/green whore. At least it was different though.

[Ion] · Dec 10, 2014

Same case that I have Breslau in--does a good job!

Toothless · Dec 10, 2014

Gmr_Chick said:
Cue the porno music!

On a side note, it seems like EVERY mobo company and their grandma are doing black/red boards now. I prefer Giga's old gaming boards myself, but then again, I am a black/green whore. At least it was different though.

I'm on the black/red/blue train.

ensabrenoir · Dec 10, 2014

Awesome build........

......is that a raidmax psu? Not familar with them....very nice hardware to risk. I guess all can fail though, Just had an Antec pop on me.

Toothless · Dec 10, 2014

ensabrenoir said:
Awesome build..............is that a raidmax psu? Not familar with them....very nice hardware to risk. I guess all can fail though, Just had an Antec pop on me.

I'm looking to have a buddy that owes me money get the XFX PSU that was suggested in another thread.

thebluebumblebee · Dec 10, 2014

Lightbulbie said:
I'm looking to have a buddy that owes me money get the XFX PSU that was suggested in another thread.

Toothless · Dec 10, 2014

QUESTION THAT NEEDS AN ANSWER URGENTLY.

Do I put Windows on my 500GB or my 1TB? I'm thinking my 500GB so my games and docs get loaded onto the 1TB,

OneMoar · Dec 11, 2014

whatever drive is fastest
i would keep the os on the smaller drive incase you need todo a full drive image

Toothless · Dec 11, 2014

Now I tear my room apart to find my SD card reader.

OneMoar · Dec 11, 2014

Lightbulbie said:
Now I tear my room apart to find my SD card reader.

mine disappeared into the ether ages ago

Toothless · Dec 11, 2014

OneMoar said:
mine disappeared into the ether ages ago

I took mine out and lost it. Good job me.

Also I'm halfway through the install and two trees fell due to wind. Ooohhh dear.

Jborg · Dec 11, 2014

Nice board!

I want it now to match my 970 g1 gaming!

dhdude · Dec 11, 2014

Nice hardware man! :toast:

Toothless · Dec 11, 2014

Not sure if this is normal on the stock cooler but I'm hitting 76c easily while updating and putting stuff on.

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Agent Texas / Selene / Eve
Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

Processor	Ryzen 5900X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime X470 Pro
Cooling	Arctic liquid freezer II 240
Memory	2 x 16 Gb Gskill Trident Z 3600 Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3060 Ti OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 500 Gb / 860 EVO 1 Tb
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G703
Keyboard	Logitech G513
Software	Win 11

Processor	Intel i7 4960X
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	2x eVGA GTX Titan SLI
Storage	1x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, 2x WD Caviar Black 2TB
Display(s)	Asus VG23AH
Case	Corsair Obsidian 800D
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

System Name	RPC MK2.5
Processor	Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Pro V2
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE
Memory	CL16 BL2K16G36C16U4RL 3600 1:1 micron e-die
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 3070 Ti GAMING OC
Storage	Nextorage NE1N 2TB ADATA SX8200PRO NVME 512GB, Intel 545s 500GBSSD, ADATA SU800 SSD, 3TB Spinner
Display(s)	LG Ultra Gear 32 1440p 165hz Dell 1440p 75hz
Case	Phanteks P300 /w 300A front panel conversion
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	SeaSonic Focus+ Platinum 750W
Mouse	Kone burst Pro
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 7
Software	Windows 11 +startisallback

System Name	The Captain (2.0)
Processor	Ryzen 7 7700X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X670E-A
Cooling	280mm Arctic Liquid Freezer II, 4x Be Quiet! 140mm Silent Wings 4 (1x exhaust 3x intake)
Memory	32GB (2x16) Kingston Fury Beast CL30 6000MT/s
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 SUPRIM X
Storage	1x Crucial MX500 500GB SSD; 1x Crucial MX500 500GB M.2 SSD; 1x WD Blue HDD, 1x Crucial P5 Plus
Display(s)	Aorus CV27F 27" 1080p 165Hz
Case	Phanteks Evolv X (Anthracite Gray)
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2021) 1000W 80-Plus Gold
Mouse	Varies based on mood/task; is currently Razer Basilisk V3 Pro or Razer Cobra Pro
Keyboard	Varies based on mood; currently Razer Blackwidow V4 75% and Hyper X Alloy 65

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	iJayo
Processor	i7 14700k
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX z790-E wifi
Cooling	Pearless Assasi
Memory	32 gigs Corsair Vengence
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX 2070 Super
Storage	1tb 840 evo, Itb samsung M.2 ssd 1 & 3 tb seagate hdd, 120 gig Hyper X ssd
Display(s)	42" Nec retail display monitor/ 34" Dell curved 165hz monitor
Case	O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	M-Audio monitors
Power Supply	LIan li 750 mini
Mouse	corsair Dark Saber
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121
Software	Window 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	meh... feel me on the battle field!

Processor	I5 4690K @ 4.8 Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7
Cooling	Swiftech H140X
Memory	16GB Crucial BallistiX 1866Mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 G1 Gaming
Storage	850 PRO 1TB SSD, 840 EVO 500GB SSD, 850 EVO 500GB
Display(s)	Nixeus EDG 27-Inch IPS 1440P, 144HZ 16:9
Case	NZXT H440 Red/Black
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	G600
Keyboard	G710+
Software	Win 10 64B

System Name	Cannon
Processor	Intel Core i7 13700K
Motherboard	Asus Z690-P D4
Cooling	Corsair H100i PRO XT w/ Corsair ML120 White LED x2
Memory	32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual 8GB
Storage	1TB 980 Pro w/Heatsink + 500GB 970 Evo Plus NVMe + 2TB MX500 + 500GB 850 Evo
Display(s)	34” Dell S3422DWG 3440x1440 144hz Curved + 27" Dell U2713H IPS 1440p + Dell P2219H IPS 1080p
Case	Corsair 4000X RGB - 3xSP120 ELITE RGB (Front Intake) + 1xML120 White LED (Rear Exhaust)
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z SE + Logitech z623 2.1
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x SHIFT
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 \|\| Linux Mint
Benchmark Scores	None. Primary uses are browsing, music, gaming (mostly Battlefield & Doom) and virtualization!

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

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