Your PC ATM

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Thanks so much for your comments guys! I appreciate it
He he, thanks man! Sure I can adopt you dunno if the wife will be happy though!


To be honest with you, it's not so good, got it at Costco way bellow retail price, but lately's been giving me a lot of trouble, claims it's out of paper even when it's not , sometimes my IPhone or iPad won't find it over wifi, forcing me to reboot the printer, and the ink is very expensive too, but I got an Inktek refill kit from Amazon for a fraction of the OEM ink price, the printing quality is very good though, and the touch screen and apps are pretty neat.

She wont have to know, I can live in the shed and If you have drilled a little hole and filled the ink your self it will do that, that was happening with mine, so I returned it, kept the ink from that one and they even gave me a newer one with more ink!

 

[t77snapshot]

Just picked up a new 32" Samsung hdtv on clearance at Costco for $206 out the door. Decided to hook it up to the rig just for fun and you know... I kinda like it for now. It's overkill with web browsing, but awesome for gaming!

 

[sneekypeet]

Just picked up a new 32" Samsung hdtv on clearance at Costco for $206 out the door. Decided to hook it up to the rig just for fun and you know... I kinda like it for now. It's overkill with web browsing, but awesome for gaming!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/T77snapshot/zFinal.jpg

I can feel that. I wasn't using the 40" Sammy in my living room near enough. It gets a metric shit ton of use as my main monitor now It also scales the size of my TJ11 down a bit...lol

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

I can feel that. I wasn't using the 40" Sammy in my living room near enough. It gets a metric shit ton of use as my main monitor now It also scales the size of my TJ11 down a bit...lol

My sister just got a new tv, a 40 inch and it's massive. I don't know how you can play games like that unless you're really far away, sneeky are you blind? It's okay, were here to help.

 

[mlee49]

I once tried sitting about 3 feet away from a 56" plasma and tried playing UT3, needless to say my eyes bleed instantly.

 

[sneekypeet]

My sister just got a new tv, a 40 inch and it's massive. I don't know how you can play games like that unless you're really far away, sneeky are you blind? It's okay, were here to help.

Damn near 40 but not blind. I write a lot with Word and do image editing. It's only 1080p res, but the increased size is a huge plus. I sit like 2-2.5' away

I once tried sitting about 3 feet away from a 56" plasma and tried playing UT3, needless to say my eyes bleed instantly.

UT3 will make your eyes bleed at any res!

 

[mlee49]

Lol, that was in 2008. It looked good at the time.

 

[sneekypeet]

Lol, that was in 2008. It looked good at the time.

Oh it still looks OK, its just that even on my 22" or 24" my eyes would bleed from that game....it was just too fast paced I think, IDK. I do know I could only take 30mins to an hour of that game on any screen I tried

 

[Frizz]

Oh it still looks OK, its just that even on my 22" or 24" my eyes would bleed from that game....it was just too fast paced I think, IDK. I do know I could only take 30mins to an hour of that game on any screen I tried

Agreed, using a 27inch here and have the black edition of UT3, the movement isn't natural it is close to fast paced hovering than running and yeah gives me motion sickness after a while.

 

[20mmrain]

Finally got my Corsair H100 yesterday! Stayed up until 3am installing everything

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/IMG_2249.jpg

Here's a close up of the cooler, I'm using a push'n pull setup, just added the fans from my old H70 to the 240mm radiator:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/DSC09689.jpg

Here's a quick test for temps before installation, with my old H70, the CPU is running at 4.5Ghz @ 1.29V

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/Temp h70.jpg


Now, here's a run with the H100 immediately after installation, dunno if Corsair ir still using Shin Etsu for the pre-applied TIM, but I decided not to change it for now, I believe it may need some more setting time, but, anyways, here're the results:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/Temp h100 max.jpg

I'll wait a few days and see if the TIM performance improves over time, if not I can either replace it with Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra Metal, or Arctic MX-4, what do you guys recommend?

My Specs...
i7 2600k @ 4.5 Ghz 1.29VCore 1.08 VCCIO
Asus Maximus Extreme IV
EVGA GTX 580 SLI (3 rd card not installed at the moment But I do have one)
XSPC 750 2x120 RAD 750 KIT (With some mods)
Corsair Graphite 600T SE white
Cooler Master 1000 Watt Silent 80plus Gold
Intel X25 SSD 80GB
G.Skill 8GB 1866Mhz Sniper 1.5v
2x Western Digital 500GB Black Caviar RAID 0

I only mention my specs to show you that we have similar systems.... and to show you what temps you could expect to get with your cooler.... The only real major differences to mention are.....1. My WC set up is a little different 2. I only have two fans on my RAD and they were only running at 50% instead of their normal 100% 3. Gelid Extreme TIM 4. My other GTX 580 is currently out of my system because of my main PSU going down. 5. This was after benching at 5Ghz for awhile before I restarted and saw your post.

So.... I think the temps here that I show you should be doable if you change your TIM and maybe look for fans with more static pressure..... If not exactly the same at least close to the same temps.... Hope this helps yah... You should be able to drop them by another 8c just something to shoot for..... BTW really nice build bud.... really really Nice!!!

 

[Athlonite]

I've found Colin Mcree rally v1.0 used to give me the sinking stomach feeling when doing some of the big jumps in Australia still does too don't know way I know it's just a game but everytimes a treat no other game does that to me though

 

[15th Warlock]

She wont have to know, I can live in the shed and If you have drilled a little hole and filled the ink your self it will do that, that was happening with mine, so I returned it, kept the ink from that one and they even gave me a newer one with more ink!

LMAO! Sure man, I'll make sure you have access from the shed to the house; heck, we'll probably spend more time at the shed having some beers that at the house, no worries bro...

Seriously, did you buy your printer from Costco? I've been refilling mine for quite a while, and I thought that voided the warranty, but since the paper loading thing has nothing to do with the ink refill, and after hearing you had the same problem with your printer, this sounds to me more like a manufacturing defect that should be covered by warranty, should I bring my printer back to Costco?

I once tried sitting about 3 feet away from a 56" plasma and tried playing UT3, needless to say my eyes bleed instantly.

I hear you mate! That TV on our gaming room in the pic is a 58" 3DTV, nothing beats playing Crysis 2 and The Witcher 2 on it

My Specs...
i7 2600k @ 4.5 Ghz 1.29VCore 1.08 VCCIO
Asus Maximus Extreme IV
EVGA GTX 580 SLI (3 rd card not installed at the moment But I do have one)
XSPC 750 2x120 RAD 750 KIT (With some mods)
Corsair Graphite 600T SE white
Cooler Master 1000 Watt Silent 80plus Gold
Intel X25 SSD 80GB
G.Skill 8GB 1866Mhz Sniper 1.5v
2x Western Digital 500GB Black Caviar RAID 0

I only mention my specs to show you that we have similar systems.... and to show you what temps you could expect to get with your cooler.... The only real major differences to mention are.....1. My WC set up is a little different 2. I only have two fans on my RAD and they were only running at 50% instead of their normal 100% 3. Gelid Extreme TIM 4. My other GTX 580 is currently out of my system because of my main PSU going down. 5. This was after benching at 5Ghz for awhile before I restarted and saw your post.

So.... I think the temps here that I show you should be doable if you change your TIM and maybe look for fans with more static pressure..... If not exactly the same at least close to the same temps.... Hope this helps yah... You should be able to drop them by another 8c just something to shoot for..... BTW really nice build bud.... really really Nice!!!

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43717&stc=1&d=1316929635

Thank you so much for your post, I'm familiar with your system, and our specs are pretty similar, I've always admired your custom water cooling setup though It's been an inspiration to me, and many times I've found myself adding a radiator, three koolance GPU water blocks , and all the necessary stuff for a custom water loop to a cart at FrozenCPU to get my SLI setup water cooled after seeing your system pics, only to quit when I'm about to check out, man why am I such a chicken shit when it comes to custom water cooling??

Regardless, thanks for your advice, I'll definitely order some Gelid TIM after hearing two of you guys recommend it to me already, and apply it to my H100. Temps have already dropped a couple degrees since I installed my cooler, and it's not even been 24 hrs yet, so I guess the goo added by Corsair needs a bit more setting time, ambient temperature is bound to drop any time soon here also, as we are still hitting 92 degrees max, and we keep our AC pegged at 76 degrees all day long It's gonna be a nice bill from SCE but anyway, I'll try your advice, and probably even lap my CPU for the sake of it

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Unnecessarily large monitor? I say YES!

 

[15th Warlock]

Unnecessarily large monitor? I say YES!

http://img.techpowerup.org/110925/IMG_20110925_175059.jpg

And I say: Why the hell not?

 

[Wile E]

@15th Warlock - Did you ever try bi-amping your Klipsh mains?

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Thanks for your reply I have never tried Gelid's TIM, I used MX-4 for my H70, and as you can see the temp delta between my previous cooler and the H100 with the pre-applied TIM isn't that big, dunno if Corsair still uses Shin Etsu, but I may order some of the Gelid goo to give it a try, thanks for the advice mate

I had uploaded pics from my office before, it's not much of a gaming room setup, but it's more relaxing for gaming and browsing the net, here's my office:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/IMG_2259.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/IMG_2258.jpg

I apologize for the cable mess , gotta work on that , Here's a pic from my gaming room setup I had uploaded previously, that's where I keep my HTPC:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110630/DSC00052.jpg

Hope you like it

Very nice setup. Gotta love the Z-5500's!

 

[15th Warlock]

@15th Warlock - Did you ever try bi-amping your Klipsh mains?

Yes, I did after you advised me to, and you were absolutely right, it sounds way better than having a front wide speaker setup thank you for your recommendation

 

[Wile E]

Yeah, it blew my mind how much of a difference it made. I was a naysayer until I tried it on a whim one day.

 

[BrooksyX]

Here is the black and red themed sandybridge build. Mostly done for now (PS sorry for the bad pics all I have is crappy cellphone camera with no flash ):

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Here is the black and red themed sandybridge build. Mostly done for now (PS sorry for the bad pics all I have is crappy cellphone camera with no flash ):

http://img.techpowerup.org/110925/IMG_20110925_115208.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110925/IMG_20110925_115220.jpg

Nice and clean, gotta love simple and clean builds, thanks for sharing!

 

[Darkleoco]

Thanks for your reply I have never tried Gelid's TIM, I used MX-4 for my H70, and as you can see the temp delta between my previous cooler and the H100 with the pre-applied TIM isn't that big, dunno if Corsair still uses Shin Etsu, but I may order some of the Gelid goo to give it a try, thanks for the advice mate

I had uploaded pics from my office before, it's not much of a gaming room setup, but it's more relaxing for gaming and browsing the net, here's my office:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/IMG_2259.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110924/IMG_2258.jpg

I apologize for the cable mess , gotta work on that , Here's a pic from my gaming room setup I had uploaded previously, that's where I keep my HTPC:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110630/DSC00052.jpg

Hope you like it

Whats up with the white and red on the side of your HAF X? Is it some sort of graphic because if it is I would love to know where you got it

 

[15th Warlock]

Whats up with the white and red on the side of your HAF X? Is it some sort of graphic because if it is I would love to know where you got it

It's an Asus ROG sticker that came included with my motherboard

 

[Darkleoco]

It's an Asus ROG sticker that came included with my motherboard

Maybe I need to find a fancy sticker for my HAF X then lol

 

[ViperXTR]

 

[micropage7]

Mostly done for now (PS sorry for the bad pics all I have is crappy cellphone camera with no flash

thats fine, usually phone camera with flash will give you over exposure, just make sure the object that you taken has enough light so it would minimize noise