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Darknova

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Motherboard Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 rev1
Cooling Corsair H70
Memory 4 x 4GB DDR3 Ripjawz 1600Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire Vapor-X AMD R9 280X
Storage 1 x 500GB Samsung Evo 850, 1 x 500GB Vrap Data Drive, 3 x 2TB Seagate, 1 x 1TB Samsung F1
Display(s) 3 x DGM IPS-2402WDH
Case Coolermaster HAF X
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Coolermaster 1000W Silent Pro M
Mouse Logitech G502
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Software Windows 10 Pro x64
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Specs:
Intel E4400 @ 3Ghz
Scythe Infinity
MSI P35 Neo2-FR
Powercolor HD3870 512Mb with Accelero S1 @ 810Mhz/2.5Ghz
2Gb Corsair XMS2 PC6400 @ 1000Mhz
Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 soundcard
Scythe Kama Bay
250Gb Samsung SATA HDD
500Gb Samsung SATA HDD
Hiper Type-M 580W PSU
Samsung 20x DVD-RW
Lian-Li PC-7 Plus

Mods:
Minor Cable Management.
Aftermarket cooling.
All heatsinks etc. replaced with Arctic Cooling MX-2.
 
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ShadowFold

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Motherboard ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling Stock
Memory Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s) XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage Western Digital 640gb
Display(s) Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s) Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores -❶-❸-❸-❼-
Nice, simple and good specs. I like it :) 9/10
 
Dia01

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Video Card(s) ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition 24GB GDDR6
Storage Crucial T700 Gen5 2TB NVMe | Crucial P5 Plus Gen4 2TB NVMe | Crucial P5 Plus Gen4 1TB NVMe
Display(s) AOC U3277PWQU 32in 4K
Case Phanteks Enthoo Evolv mATX TG
Audio Device(s) Onboard SPDIF --> Logitech Z-5500
Power Supply Seasonic ATX 3.0 VERTEX-GX-1000
Mouse Razer Mamba Chroma
Keyboard Razer Cynosa V2 Chroma
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I agree, simple and practical! 8/10
 
Grings

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9/10, what a fine selection of components!

eh, when did you get an auzen x-plosion?, guess what i've got?, bloody hell (well mines actually a club 3d theatron agrippa, which is a relabelled x-plosion!, jusy as well i didnt get that lian li pc7 now (i got a cm690 instead)
 
tzitzibp

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System Name StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
Motherboard P8Z77-V LX
Cooling 1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Tagan 900 watt
Software Win 7 RC / Open office / Games
Nice one!
 
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tzitzibp

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System Name StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
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Cooling 1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
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Darknova

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Cooling Corsair H70
Memory 4 x 4GB DDR3 Ripjawz 1600Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire Vapor-X AMD R9 280X
Storage 1 x 500GB Samsung Evo 850, 1 x 500GB Vrap Data Drive, 3 x 2TB Seagate, 1 x 1TB Samsung F1
Display(s) 3 x DGM IPS-2402WDH
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Mouse Logitech G502
Keyboard Logitech G510
Software Windows 10 Pro x64
tzitzibp said:
Nice one!
Good choice of components 9/10, good cable management (hide the red sata cable) 8/10... I like the name 10/10!!!
not as clean as it could be though! 5/10
basic mods....7/10

good effort, I like the work done...7/10!!!

my rigs...

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1172.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1155.html
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Good cable management? I think it's atrocious lol. And yeah, I'll get around to hiding those cables eventually.

My air compressors on the fritz at the moment so all I have is a brush to clean it at the moment lol.

Grings said:
9/10, what a fine selection of components!

eh, when did you get an auzen x-plosion?, guess what i've got?, bloody hell (well mines actually a club 3d theatron agrippa, which is a relabelled x-plosion!, jusy as well i didnt get that lian li pc7 now (i got a cm690 instead)
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Bloody hell Grings... you're starting to scare me :p
 
tzitzibp

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Motherboard P8Z77-V LX
Cooling 1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Tagan 900 watt
Software Win 7 RC / Open office / Games
I said good, not great.... good for trying... and hide the red cable....ha ha ha!
oh! try the brush then....
 
Duffman

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Motherboard evga Classified 760
Cooling Prolimatech Mega Shadow with Dual Noctua NF-P12 fans
Memory 6GB Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 (3gb x 2) 1600
Video Card(s) Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X
Storage Corsair P128 SSD for OS, 4 Samsung 500GB in RAID10 For Storage
Display(s) Samsung SyncMaster T240HD
Case Corsair Obsidian 800d Twin Zalman ZM-MFC Plus fan controllers
Audio Device(s) HT|OMEGA CLARO
Power Supply Antec Truepower 1000
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nice rig.

do you still have the stock fan in the Scythe Kama Bay? It blows donkey balls...well actually it doesn't blow much at all. I replaced mine right away.
 
Darknova

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Video Card(s) Sapphire Vapor-X AMD R9 280X
Storage 1 x 500GB Samsung Evo 850, 1 x 500GB Vrap Data Drive, 3 x 2TB Seagate, 1 x 1TB Samsung F1
Display(s) 3 x DGM IPS-2402WDH
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Mouse Logitech G502
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Software Windows 10 Pro x64
Duffman said:
nice rig.

do you still have the stock fan in the Scythe Kama Bay? It blows donkey balls...well actually it doesn't blow much at all. I replaced mine right away.
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I know, it's pathetic. I'll get around to it eventually.

I'm working so much at the moment I just don't have the time or energy to put any real effort into my PC unfortunately. Except for the upgrade to the 3870 it actually hasn't changed in months lol.
 
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That's what I call "Smarter Choice". Good selection of components, nice overclock. I'll give you 8/10

What I like: The Lian-Li case, the Scythe cooler, the OC to the CPU.
What I didn't: Nyaah, everything is just fine, please mention your video-card's OC (if any).
 
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If I were to vote I would have to give you a 5 or 6 right now. Good selection of parts for a simple and practical build, but they're just slapped together with very little attention to neatness. I'm going to withold my vote for now since you mentioned you still have work to do. I'll keep an eye out for progress.
 
Darknova

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Video Card(s) Sapphire Vapor-X AMD R9 280X
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Mouse Logitech G502
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EnergyFX said:
If I were to vote I would have to give you a 5 or 6 right now. Good selection of parts for a simple and practical build, but they're just slapped together with very little attention to neatness. I'm going to withold my vote for now since you mentioned you still have work to do. I'll keep an eye out for progress.
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Mind if I ask what you mean by little attention to neatness?

As for carlos, this is an ENGLISH speaking forum, post in English or you will be ignored.
 
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Darknova said:
Mind if I ask what you mean by little attention to neatness?
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2 things mainly. First off, and it might just be the lighting and camera angle making it look worse than it actually is, you need to dust out the case. Second, the cables can be made considerably neater.

If you want the highest votes form viewers, you need to take a lot of time prepping your rig for the photos. Look at it like getting a car ready for a car show... lots of detail work to get the oohs and aahs.

Comprende senior? HAHA
 
Darknova

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EnergyFX said:
2 things mainly. First off, and it might just be the lighting and camera angle making it look worse than it actually is, you need to dust out the case. Second, the cables can be made considerably neater.

If you want the highest votes form viewers, you need to take a lot of time prepping your rig for the photos. Look at it like getting a car ready for a car show... lots of detail work to get the oohs and aahs.

Comprende senior? HAHA
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Dusty, yeah I know. Finally got a replacement for my compressor so I'll give it a good clean today.

Cables....well have you actually ever seen my case in person? I know I need to neaten up the bottom section, take up the slack etc. but the rest of the cables are about as neat as they are going to get. There is just no where to put the cables. No removable motherboard tray. No holes in motherboard tray. So everything has to be routed behind the 5.25" bays, or across the motherboard itself for some of the shorter cables, like the 8-pin power :(
 
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I voted 10/10 because:

It looks amazingly impressive to me -- otherwise, I wouldn't have voted!
 
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i love those lian-li cases. their cheap, no frills, and easy to mod. plus stock they look nice. Good system specs, i like it nice and simple. 8/10. Only gripe, you need to manage those cables a bit more. they won't constrict airflow but.. make it look pretty ;)
 
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