Your PC ATM

[Komshija]

Wait a minute... You called it "The Green Knight"? It looks purple to me.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Wait a minute... You called it "The Green Knight"? It looks purple to me.

It was green at one point lol. This picture was taken the day after i swapped it to purple.

It's orange now.

 

[theFOoL]

All CLEAN

 

[Flyordie]

The system in specs, right before I got it fully put together. lol.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Remember my legacy windows xp build with the MSI GAMING 970 motherboard. I finally got around building it with alot of headache. I remember assembling it all in a case but it could not display anything. Turns out I just need to change the motherboard battery to a new one. What a few weeks wasted. I initially assembly in a red jonsbo aluminium case below as it is easier to troubleshoot with the panel easily detachable. I scratch the top of the case assembling it, damn. Just cover it up with red nail polish which looks hideous. I don't have a 140mm to place on top. Installed windows 10 to test things out. Looks fine except it overheated. This Fx8320e is hot. Look like the Jonsbo red is not getting enough cooling. I gonna send this away for storage.

Just today I thought of trying the small form factor atx case again. It is the same case which I initially put my ryzen in but I got another blue one lying around, Raijintek Styx. It is supposed to fit a micro-atx board but I found that I can jam an atx motherboard in with some "creative" assembling. Took all panel out screw the mother board in. The top panel is touching all the io and there no way I can put 120mm fans. So 92 mm fan instead. Jam the usb 2.0 pci bracket in too. The Gtx 780 is fat or this case is small. The wiring is horrendous but can't be help since the psu is not modular. All successful fitted in. Smallest atx build with size components in at about 25 litres. I am testing this now, in fact I am typing from it now. If all is well just need that windows xp.

Edit: Just realised I installed twin 80mm instead. sigh.. got to take this out again.

 

[btarunr]

Something I quickly put together for the wife, using a mix of brand-new and old parts. Got sweet discounts on the new parts.

 

[GoldenX]

Did a sidegrade from a HD7750 to a R9 270X, that big Sapphire Toxic one, so I had to cut my case a little bit to make room, and since the PSU has only a single 8-pin, I had to make a single 3 molex to 6-pin with some molex to sata adapters.

 

[Flyordie]

Keep an eye on that VS450. If Corsair is anything like they have been, they used Teapo/OST bottom of the rung caps on the secondary filtering side which tend to go bad. (namely the 12V line)

 

[dj-electric]

IDK why people buy VS anymore that Antec's VP series exist. These are night and day in terms of reliability.
VP500 is king

 

[btarunr]

I got that VS450 for the equivalent of $30. Also, that Carbide 100R for $35. The case is surprisingly good for an entry-level Corsair. Memory is HyperX Fury DDR3-1866 2x4GB, which cost around $80. CPU around $105. Motherboard, VGA, and SSD are old.

 

[HarvesterOfSorrow]

Heres my pc atm, CPU is i5 4670k and GPU good old HD7970, i should upgrade it at last

 

[Flyordie]

I got that VS450 for the equivalent of $30. Also, that Carbide 100R for $35. The case is surprisingly good for an entry-level Corsair.

Yes, those Corsair cases are great for the money. Was looking at them for a low profile build for a friend in a few weeks. (Gonna be bumping to a TR 16core ES/mATX build in May-June) I just retired the Thermaltake Element V "TPU Review Sample"(Hai Peet!) when I went to the Corsair 570X.

I got my Seasonic X Series 850W KM3 for $72 brand new, warranty and all from Newegg in Nov 2016. Forgot to send in the $20 MIR though. lol. I guess miners screwed up the high end PSU market too. :-(

I have a few SS-550HT OEM "Retail-Pigtail" units still on the shelf that I sell at my shop for $30. You can get them on e-bay here for $20-40 still. But my gosh are they reliable and can take a beating. Most are 650W units just branded 550W. Used that PSU for 3 builds over the course of 8 years before I retired it to a life of... ease... powering a 780Ti in my neighbors rig.. lol. That thing would be pulling 700W from the wall and still keep 11.98-12.02V.
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@ Harvester
I feel bad for you Harvester.. :-( GPU market is still in shambles. Prices are coming down though. I have seen a few RX Vega56 and 64 cards in the 700-800 range. Which is still not a good deal. (Think 400-450 for V64 air cards, 550-600 for V64 water cards) Your CPU is fine imho if you game at higher resolutions like 1440p and 4K. Looks like a fine build though. You take care of your equipment it looks like.

 

[Arrakis9]

found an insanely good deal on a second 480gb intel 750 drive... had to have it

do need to paint it black to match the other one though... with time.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Last year I swapped my s2716dg for xb24yu. Wanted to sell the Dell, but no one seems too interested in byuing gaming monitors atm, so decided to keep it for now and add it as my secondardy display. I really like it. I can play games and watch courtroom dramas at the same time, this is fantastic, no longer will I have to choose between thw two.

 

[Arrakis9]

Temps have been slowly rising... Found the culprit.

 

[theFOoL]

New Motherboard

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[Flyordie]

Temps have been slowly rising... Found the culprit.

What would cause that? :-o I've never seen a fluid that coagulated like that.

 

[Arrakis9]

What would cause that? :-o I've never seen a fluid that coagulated like that.

Primochill vue... Stay away from it if you don't like tearing down your loop every couple of weeks.

 

[Flyordie]

Primochill vue... Stay away from it if you don't like tearing down your loop every couple of weeks.

I use AIOs these days. I used a chlorine resistant seal kit on my old custom build water loops years ago.. before you could get them from newegg and amazon. Fishtank pumps anyone?

Basically, just kept it as chlorinated as a pool. lol. Crystal clear water. (Food Coloring was optional 15 years ago.. lol)

Sucks that it did that. Soap and water take it out?

 

[Arrakis9]

I use AIOs these days. I used a chlorine resistant seal kit on my old custom build water loops years ago.. before you could get them from newegg and amazon. Fishtank pumps anyone?

Basically, just kept it as chlorinated as a pool. lol. Crystal clear water. (Food Coloring was optional 15 years ago.. lol)

Sucks that it did that. Soap and water take it out?

It actually rinsed out fine with hot water only and a little scrubbing.

 

[phanbuey]

Nekkid for now..

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Changing out the socket hardware and mounts

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Pasted

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For anyone wondering how I do all of my mounts.. Ek true backplate's

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Finished

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ugh... and a lian li PCv1000 series. jealous.

 

[R00kie]

It actually rinsed out fine with hot water only and a little scrubbing.

That reminds me, my GPU temperatures have been rising gradually, right after I replaced Mayhems aurora with something a bit more usable.
Scrubbing time it is then...

 

[Vayra86]

That reminds me, my GPU temperatures have been rising gradually, right after I replaced Mayhems aurora with something a bit more usable.
Scrubbing time it is then...

Its stuff like this that makes me stay on air

 

[R00kie]

Its stuff like this that makes me stay on air

It's the experience that counts

 

[khemist]

New gpu block installed.