Ongoing Discussion Post Your Rig!

[AdmiralBoom]

On 2/6/2017 at 9:05 AM, Nazerath said:

Just finished a build of my own:

Case: Anidees AI Crystal-W (White)

CPU: i7-6700K

RAM: 32GB (16 x 2) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mhz

SSD: Samsung 950 M.2 512GB

HDD: 1TB WD HDD

Motherboard: MSI Gaming Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition

PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM850x 850w 80 plus gold

GFX: Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB

Mouse: Razer Deathadder Elite

 

Note: When I took this image, I had yet to do any setup on the software side. At least the construction was finished.

Nice looking rig right there.

[Cincinnatus]

On 2/6/2017 at 8:05 AM, Nazerath said:

Just finished a build of my own:

Case: Anidees AI Crystal-W (White)

CPU: i7-6700K

RAM: 32GB (16 x 2) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mhz

SSD: Samsung 950 M.2 512GB

HDD: 1TB WD HDD

Motherboard: MSI Gaming Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition

PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM850x 850w 80 plus gold

GFX: Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB

Mouse: Razer Deathadder Elite

 

Note: When I took this image, I had yet to do any setup on the software side. At least the construction was finished.

Yay, we can play together now  

[Nazerath]

@Cincinnatus Just as soon as I can get SC installed again. I haven't been able to get it installed.

[Gremlich]

On 2/6/2017 at 9:05 AM, Nazerath said:

Just finished a build of my own:

Case: Anidees AI Crystal-W (White)

CPU: i7-6700K

RAM: 32GB (16 x 2) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mhz

SSD: Samsung 950 M.2 512GB

HDD: 1TB WD HDD

Motherboard: MSI Gaming Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition

PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM850x 850w 80 plus gold

GFX: Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB

Mouse: Razer Deathadder Elite

 

Note: When I took this image, I had yet to do any setup on the software side. At least the construction was finished.

what cooler, the H100i?

[Nazerath]

H115i

[Switch]

Awesome PC Naz! Looks great and has great components!

[Nocmad]

About to start my new build, rest of the parts should get here tomorrow

[Gremlich]

With the SC release not likely until next year, I think most current rigs can handle SQ42. That being said, do you have a decision whether to make a new rig or improve what you've got? I improved what I got and despite the fact that I don't worry too much about benchmarks, I benched my system last year with the FX-8350, 16 GB DDR3 1600 RAM, ASUS M5A97 mobo, and a single GTX970 SSC. Today, I benched the new and improved system with the same benchmark task: same FX-8350, 32GB DDR3 1833 RAM, 990 FX R2 Sabertooth TUF mobo, and 2xGTX970 SSC. I used the 3D Mark Firestrike Extreme benchmark. I did NOT OC my CPU within the system, it just went up to 4.335.

The difference was profound and the cost from old build to new build was $437, not including the Arctic Cooling Freezer 240 CPU cooler. GPUs stayed under 65 deg C and the CPU capped at 35 deg C (but spent most of the time at 29-31 deg C)

 

[Tom Villder]

So, thanks to your advice almost a month ago, I made some changes to my build and wanted to share them with you:

- I found out the voucher was due to expire before the end of this month, so I made arrangements and replaced my trusty Radeon 6970 2GB with a new RX 470 STRIX 4GB.

- My rig was in storage for over 2 years, so I had to replace the thermal paste, clean out a lot of dust and I had a couple of problems with the front.  The filter was almost completely clogged up and some of the plastic covering the front was 'melted'(?) because a car perfume card fell on it while it was stored and somehow reacted with it.  The affected plastic was very soft and malleable:

- I got a replacement front plate for along with a replacement top (changed it from the pre-existing plastic cover to a mesh cover) for about 20 euro:

- A closer look, you can see the CPU cooler (Hyper 212 EVO) and the newly-intalled GPU:

- As you can notice, the rear fan (a 2010 thermaltake fan) was replaced as well because it wouldn't move at all, I used a de-duster can on it and it could barely move... so I replaced it with a coolermaster fan, I would've preferred one without an LED, but that's what was available at the time.

In light of the above changes, my specs are now as follows:

- CPU - i7 3770k

- Mobo - Asus p8p67 deluxe

- RAM - 16GB DDR3

- GPU - RX 470 4GB

- SSD + HDD

Hopefully I can now play SC at a higher resolution than 1366 x 768!

[Gremlich]

@Tom Villder love that case, had I not gotten a great deal on the Air 540, I'd be using the same one.

[Tom Villder]

3 hours ago, Gremlich said:

Air 540

lol that was my second choice for case!

Tbh the handles, removable mobo tray and availability were the factors that made me decide to get my case.

[Gremlich]

Not mine, but Nyah Nyah on Apple for the Mac Pro POS

$5,660 Mac Pro Crushed in Photoshop Test by $1,530 PC with AMD Ryzen

Snap

[Basard]

On 06/02/2017 at 2:05 PM, Nazerath said:

Just finished a build of my own:

Case: Anidees AI Crystal-W (White)

CPU: i7-6700K

RAM: 32GB (16 x 2) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mhz

SSD: Samsung 950 M.2 512GB

HDD: 1TB WD HDD

Motherboard: MSI Gaming Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition

PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM850x 850w 80 plus gold

GFX: Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB

Mouse: Razer Deathadder Elite

 

Note: When I took this image, I had yet to do any setup on the software side. At least the construction was finished.

Same case as me m8. I got mine in black. It's better than the other brand which has no dactal fins at the front for air flow judging by what jayz2cents says. Best tempered glass case on the market for sure.

I'll post mine again soon as I bought a cable kit from corsair (Graphite & silver) so it looks a hell of alot better now.

[Basard]

[CPU]  Type Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
[GPU] Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB, Boost Clock: 1342MHz
[Motherboard] Z170 Asus Republic of Gamers Formula VIII (8)
[Monitor] Acer Predator Freesync 3440x1440 34 inch IPS panel 75 hz
[CPU Cooler] Corsair H100I GTX
[RAM] G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-3200C14D-32GTZ 32 GB (16 GB x 2) DDR4 3200 MHz CL14 1.35V Memory Kit - Multi Colour [Clocked at 3200 Mhz]
[PSU] Corsair 850 Watts
[OS Drive] SSD Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
[Game Drive] SSD Samsung 840 Evo 500GB + Samsung 850 Evo 500GB + (2x) FireCuda SSHD 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
[OS] Windows 10 Pro
[Case] Anidees AI-Crystal Midi Tower Tempered Glass - Black
[Keyboard] Asus ROG Claymore 100% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red

My camara is broken btw :S

 

http://imgur.com/a/Hw6PY

[Tillion]

[Cinderz]

Our gaming "foyer" my build is on the left, bit older of a picture Updated the Monitors to Three Asus MX279 27"

I7 5930k OC to 4.45 GHZ

EVGA SC 1070 GTX

16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 @ 2800mhz

256gb Samsung 850 EVO 

3 TB WD black HDD

Corsair RM850i PSU

ASUS x99 PRO motherboard

Coolermaster HAF X case

Corsair h90 Closed loop liquid cooler for cpu

Roommate's Computer is the same except

ASUS GTX 970

Corsair RM1000i PSU 

Corsair h110i Closed loop liquid cooler for cpu

Corsair 780 Case

The third computer is his old build from 2011, nothing to write home about but gets the job done still!

Before and after of our desk "solution" as well, was fun diving into some woodworking instead of computer building.