Your PC ATM

[DarthBaggins]

Lol takes time and practice, I've never had a chance to use a spray gun yet but a rattle can is comfortable to me

 

[peche]

Lol takes time and practice, I've never had a chance to use a spray gun yet but a rattle can is comfortable to me

also with cans i suck too....

 

[Vincy Boy]

Skylake in NZXT S340
DSC_2360 by wirp9, on Flickr

Loving the NZXT S340 as it makes for an easy wiring job. No optical drive bays, no problem.

 

[Animalpak]

external radiator is a must.

 

[PP Mguire]

external radiator is a must.

Love the little rig.

 

[Animalpak]

Thank you !

Temporary i let it like this.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

It is dead Jim. Today I try booting up my PC and it suddenly shut down by itself. There is no blue screen, it just turned off. Thought it was the power supply but its not. Sigh..I am too tired with this already. I am throwing in the towel for PC diy now. This is the 3rd or 4th time this machine have a problem. I need something that just work without the hassle. This biostar is a fallen star. I am gonna rma the cpu, motherboard and ram. I don't care if some seems to work ok. I had enough. That would the last time in a long while I would be doing this. It costing me too much time and money for this. After I got everything back from the rma hopefully things working. I am gonna back up everything finish up my downloads and works in the pc and sell it all off. This PC is large and take a lot of space. All this stress is also not good for my heart which I should keep low already.



I would be going for pre-built pc like an NUC or any console size pc now. I still wonder which to get. Maybe I would get a tablet. I just don't know. I don't much money to spend on a PC. Just need something small, portable and hassle free.

 

[micropage7]

my current case HP dx6120 MT

after some cleaning, after cut some and after cut myself several times and personally i like the steel. pretty solid

 

[EdInk]

LiqC-Luxe

 

[peche]

beautiful rigs!

 

[tabascosauz]

Happy new year to all and I hope the holidays have been cheery. I've been waiting a long time for this because my most important lifeline also happens to be the one rig that I have never documented in pictures. Until now. @GreiverBlade this is what I was talking about in praising the SG05's suitability over the SG08's unwieldiness; @MIRTAZAPINE sorry to hear that your PC seems to be at the end of the road. I promised that I would have photos so here they are, and some motivation for you to build ITX!

I finally get to shoot in the front yard. Granted, I've been away from the cam for three months and forgot to put the 50mm 1.8 on, but the 18-200 VR2will have to do. The SG05 is really a dream for travellers.

The GTX 750 Ti is an excellent choice. For most of the performance of my previous R7 265, I get to throw out an entire chain of PCIe connectors, which is a godsend for management in this enclosure, as well as reduced heat and power consumption leading to a quieter system. The ST45SF-G does not like to be pushed, and this is a perfect solution. The trusty old 4790K and 16GB Fury kit handle the rest of the system's duties. You also may notice that I neglected to use the provided 2.5" bays. This is because in this configuration, the SSDs stay cool (~30°C) and the data/power cables form an archway over the 120mm fan; the fan can provide a clear flow of cool air to the components and the SSDs don't get hot. Win-win. And yes, SSDs only. HDDs bumping around is just asking for trouble.

I take it that many of you will not have seen this cooler before. It's the L9x65, a new evolution of the classic L9i that is the workhorse of many a compact mITX PC. It's beefier, with more height, more dissipation surface area, more heatpipes, and falls in line with all its bigger Noctua brothers by using the SecuFirm 2 mount (this mount was the D9L's, it's the exact same). It cannot handle the 4790K at 4.4GHz 1.21V, so I dial it back to 3.5GHz and it never peaks beyond 70°C in OCCT. I retired the D9L for another day, because it's a good cooler but not the one I need right now.



EDIT: don't know why pincushion distortion is so bad today. Usually the 18-200 VR2 does better than the nifty fifty in this regard. The front bezel is attached just fine, the lens doesn't feel like working properly today.

 

[DarthBaggins]

Rig is back at the desk, no more gaming bucket for me, lol

 

[t_ski]

Nice "junior" on the wall

Does it work?

 

[Outback Bronze]

Hi guys,

This is my HTPC. I've had this type of setup for ages.

I found a R9 Fury X locally for less than half the retail price so I couldn't resist. I think it has the new pump in it so its not that bad but it is still a little noisy for me.

So what did I do? Modded it of course. But only with foam (to quieten) and took off the back bracket that you bolt it to the chassis to.

Why did I take the back bracket off you say? Well the short answer is that the pump gives off a lot of vibrations and was vibrating the whole case. This was causing me headaches.

In Figure (1) I have highlighted what I've done. First, I did place foam in between the back bracket and chassis to deaden the vibrations but this wasn't as good as removing it all together. You can see marked number 2.

Mark 1 is where I have placed the foam in between the front face plate and the pump. The pump is straight underneath the face plate. You can see a slight bulge. This reduced the noise a lot buy dampening the pumps vibrations.

Figure (1)

Figure (2 & 3) is the where I have removed the back bracket from the card. You can see where it does not touch the case. This reduced sound by a fair margin! I'm lucky the card stays upright like this as in a normal tower it might not be possible.

Figure (2)

Figure (3)

Now for some general photos:

And my fully sik wireless mouse. The front headlights do turn on when you move the mouse but I've turned them off to save battery. Its an XY GT 1971, 351 Cleveland-Aussie Muscle.

System Specs:

i5 4690k
Z87X-OC
Corsair 8GB 2400 DDR3
Corsair RM650i
San Disk 240GB SSD
2TB WD Green
Auzentech 7.1
LG 60" 1920x1080
Sony 5.1 with Big Bad Sub.
DVD Rom (just in case)
*I have the stereo and sound card linked via optical cable spitting out 5.1 DTS. Although I mainly just use the TV speakers as the wife doesn't like the subby!

I have reduced the speed of the Fury x to about 720mhz. This only produces max about 180w for entire system and every thing is working flawlessly @ 60fps. I was surprised at the power output once I de-clocked.

This is why I have decided to keep it and mod the noise to an acceptable level I've been happy with

 

[peche]

excellent hardware, its a shame that the cables are wherever you look ....

 

[Outback Bronze]

excellent hardware, its a shame that the cables are wherever you look ....

Yeah mate I've tried my best. The case isn't no type of new one where its easy to hide the cables behind the motherboard etc.

There is literally nowhere to stash the cables. There is a lot going on in there, even the motherboard has two usb3's that I've plugged in for my 4 front panel usb3's

That's one of the main reasons i bought the case. It supports 4 fp usb3's.

 

[Ferrum Master]

Yeah mate I've tried my best. The case isn't no type of new one where its easy to hide the cables behind the motherboard etc.

There is literally nowhere to stash the cables. There is a lot going on in there, even the motherboard has two usb3's that I've plugged in for my 4 front panel usb3's

That's one of the main reasons i bought the case. It supports 4 fp usb3's.

It is fully modular, why don't you order custom cables?

 

[peche]

It is fully modular, why don't you order custom cables?

this is a real good option

 

[Outback Bronze]

It is fully modular, why don't you order custom cables?

I think the stock cables that come supplied are not all that bad. They kinda match the cables from the Fury X. Not sure you can see em. Am I still going to be able to hide custom cables?

Anyways I'm not sure I like those custom cables. But yeah I can have a look see at it. Any suggestions?

Also there's no window on it so who's going to see it tucked inside my cabinet the way it is??

Thanks pal.

 

[EdInk]

I have reduced the speed of the Fury x to about 720mhz. This only produces max about 180w for entire system

Do you use that with Frame Rate Target Control on...seeing as you only have a 60hz monitor? Let me know if the power saving increases.. I'm looking at purchasing one.. i know i know polaris/pascal coming soon...but I can't wait..this money is burning a hole through my pockets....lol

 

[Ferrum Master]

IAny suggestions?

I usually order from these guys, very good quality sleeving, they are also on flea bay. You can mail them and give your drawing with specific cable lengths and schematics, they are all actually very responsive who do cable sleeving. For example I always add one Sata power lane for back side 2xSSD's coming from ATX connector route, so I can omit need for them in the modular block connection thus getting even more space, less wires.

You have to thought out how to route out the PCIE power, so it is unseen and not in the middle covering the whole beauty. The gain from that is perfect airflow and easy device management. So Far from the pictures i see that the cables are just way to long for you, ain't it?

 

[Jetster]

I hate the flat PSU cable that come with Seasonic and Corsair. They don't work well in small tight cases and put to much pressure on the connections

I order these to replace the flat ones. Much better

 

[Outback Bronze]

Do you use that with Frame Rate Target Control on...seeing as you only have a 60hz monitor? Let me know if the power saving increases.. I'm looking at purchasing one.. i know i know polaris/pascal coming soon...but I can't wait..this money is burning a hole through my pockets....lol

Hey buddy, nah I don't use frame rate control. TBH matey, just wait for the new cards. I stole this one very cheaply. I'm pretty sure I would not want to pay full price for one of these Fury X's. I think the pump has not been engineer too well or not well enough for me. I had to modify it to get it to an acceptable level I could tolerate.

You have to thought out how to route out the PCIE power, so it is unseen and not in the middle covering the whole beauty

Yeah tell me about it. Im still scratching my head. Thanks for the link mate. Its getting late here bud so ill check it out tomorrow.

I hate the flat PSU cable that come with Seasonic and Corsair. They don't work well in small tight cases and put to much pressure on the connections

Yeah its silly because the PCI-E cable's are just the normal black sleeved one's then they put those in for sata and molex power??

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Wendys Nightmare

2ThugXeon

Blue Bubbles

Winebox

 

[DarthBaggins]

Nice "junior" on the wall

Does it work?

Actually it does, I have a Launch SNES I want to mount next to it too (it's mounted in a way that didn't damage the unit as well)