Kinda overkill to watercool the southbridge, as it doesnt get hot at all now that most things are moved to the IOH.
Not that overkill and it looks nice all shiny an chrome I need replace the ROG red light with a green one lol that build was annoying so I kinda just leave it alone. and its actually cooling the NB and SB.
Polk Audio Monitor 30 Series II (And some polk 10" sub)
DECK Legend / Razer Deathadder
Custom built desk, computer.. Used to water cool (Black and white case) but I switched back to air.. Also built a case meant for watercooling by hand over the summer. Working with metal is fun . Never finished it, though.
Sorry for the low quality of the first pic.. That build was last year and I lost the "real" pic in a reformat, only place I found it online was as my avatar on overclock.net.
New Specs: Silverstone FT02 - i7 920 @ 3.8ghz (1.17v, I got a golden chip) - 6gb Mushkin Redline 2000mhz - Asus Rampage III Extreme - Corsair 1000w - Noctua D-14 - 2x EVGA Black Ops (Superclocked) 580 - 2x WD Caviar Black 750gb (Raid0) + Intel x25-V SSD. All cables hand sleeved by me.
thafireball, how do you like that setup? I'm thinking about using my old 19" lcd for work and browsing once again and the hdtv for movies and games only, so I'm thinking of either putting the tv right above the monitor or putting it on the opposite wall in my room (wil need a long cable for this, kinda worried about picture quality or response time)
Any ideas, suggestions?
"Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world." Hans Margolius
Wanted to do a lot more but I was on a budget for an apartment and stuff. But I'm pretty content. 3 monitors would be nice though. Or a really big one. But here it is. My Bloodlust AMD build. Specs are on forum signature.
Took about a month to build most annoying was the individual sleeving tedious and frickin boring as hell
3fan Rad tucked away inside on the top and 2 fan rad on the back along with a chiller stuck in the inside front.
Sweet. I had originally installed a Corsair H50 on my CPU and it leaked onto my MOBO, the pcie slots, video cards and on bottom of case only a few days after build. I was freaking out. Cleaned it up and let it dry for a few days. Luckily everything still worked. I still like water cooling even though my V6 keeps it under 55°c under full load clocked a 4GHz. But I'm going to actually build it myself this time. But for now I'm just happy that it survived.
Here are some of my setup, specs in signature, just moved into new place and sorting stuff out/unpacking. Crysis 2 signed artwork on wall and the infamous signed AoC chick too.
and some of the goods with inquisitive cat who likes boxes
Glad your Corsair watercooling worked out for you. Mine leaked.
AMD Phenomenah II 3,2 Ghz X6 (watercooled by a Corsair H50 system)
ASUS Crossfire IV
NVIDIA 480 GTX
8GB Corsair DDR3 1600
4x Intel X-25 SSD raided with raid 10
1 Seagate Barracude IV 1,5 GB
1 Icebox with 2 Western digital Caviar 1,5Gb drives in
Corsair 950W PSU
Samsung DVD burner
Philips Brilliance 24"
HP Color Laserjet 1600 + Canon LIDE scanner (together my color copier, very useful)
Logitech trackman + Mediatech keyboard
I aint taking any pictureas of it, I have it in a huge old Chietek MIDI tower, it is huge and give great cooling but it ain't pretty. Besides, it is the inside that matters.
Edit: Forgot sound. Creative X-FI USB plugged to my stereo, a Hartman/Kardon with JAMO 160W speakers.
Speakers/Headphones: JBL Creature II / Sennheiser PMX 60
Keyboard: Logitech G11
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Mouse Surface: € 2.99 foam pad
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus M4N72-E
Computer Case: CoolerMaster Centurion V :: CoolerMaster Real Power M620
Thinking to upgrade the CPU to a X6 so I can play EQ2 in maxed settings Also musing about SLI, but I need a good heathsink (vent to top or back) for the 2nd GPU, because the original fan is very close to the bottom of the case
You're totally right. It's a horrible computer. I've been playing the latest and greatest games fully maxed out with it for the past 3 years and going but it's completely horrible in every way, shape and form. troll more
It's not a bad rig at all.
My rig is a bit more powerful, but it has the Q6600 overclocked to 3.06 and it runs anything I can throw at it at max settings easily. This is a very under-rated processor, mainly because it's cheap and a quad, but it matches my other dual core (E8600, not overclocked though, this is a beast if you clock it) which certain "reputable" overclockers claim should eat it alive while gaming.
Ok, I have 1600 DDR3 (8 gig), A GTX280 and 700w PSU, but it still uses the same chip.
Another point is the RAM, people (read: trolls) turn their noses up at DDR2, if it's not DDR3 or DDR5 it's "bad", which is nonsense. Same for the PSU, some people think a small PSU is bad, which again is nonsense, as long as it's enough to juice the puppy, it's all good. Personally i think often a persons PSU is like a hardware e-peen, whoever has the biggest is the best....obviously
Just a footnote, don't overclock it unless you know what your doing and have the right mobo/heatsink/fan combo to make it work and keep it cool. I burnt one of these chips out a while back and an E8500 not long after screwing around trying to squeeze every bit of juice out of it (yes, i realise this was really really stupid). Had the Q6600 OC'd to 3.06 for 2 years now without any hiccups.
Expresso gave me a Hearthstone beta key.....I'm so happy
Personally I like seeing all different kinds of setups. From the smoking new, visually appealing to the underpowered clunkers that still manage to run games. Hey. If it's all you have, then it's at least enough to play MMOs.........hopefully. Actually I'm thinking about building a decently spec'd PC in a f$%^ up case. Maybe a cheap steel one and drop it from my window, back my truck into it, hit it with some tree limbs and let it sit out in the rain, wipe it out after it dries, install my parts and write in sharpie, "Who needs a side window when you have half the side panel missing?" Maybe take a hatchet a couple of times to the top to allow more ventilation. I can see it now. Damn.
Vivex platronics headset (I picked this up as a gift from SOE Fan Faire 2008 hehe)
Overall i'm really happy with it Runs very well and can't really see a need to upgrade anytime soon. The headphones and Logitech Z5500's are the major selling point though.
How do some of you wire your cases so well? I've used modular power supplies while hiding the cords behind the motherboard tray using tie wraps and everything and it ever comes out like some of these. These computers look like they dont have any wires in them at all and I dont get it!
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Not that overkill and it looks nice all shiny an chrome I need replace the ROG red light with a green one lol that build was annoying so I kinda just leave it alone. and its actually cooling the NB and SB.
Yea it sure looks cool, you did an amazing job on it.
If I was using that christmastree my kids would be on the computer like flies drawn to light and wreak havoc.
This is about right: http://www.treehugger.com/50-year-old-computer.jpg
YEAH!
Well that's how I feel after looking at those pics haha.
32" hdtv and a keyboard good for coding. Gaming is rarely done at the desk on this pc lately, mostly playing games on my bed with a gamepad.
"Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted.
Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."
Hans Margolius
32" LED, 120hz TV (1080p)
Onkyo TX-SR601 Reciever
BeyerDynamic DT770 Pros
Polk Audio Monitor 30 Series II (And some polk 10" sub)
DECK Legend / Razer Deathadder
Custom built desk, computer.. Used to water cool (Black and white case) but I switched back to air.. Also built a case meant for watercooling by hand over the summer. Working with metal is fun
. Never finished it, though.
Sorry for the low quality of the first pic.. That build was last year and I lost the "real" pic in a reformat, only place I found it online was as my avatar on overclock.net.
Old Specs: Custom HAF 932 - i7 920 @ 4.42ghz - 6gb Mushkin Redline 2000mhz - EVGA 3x SLI - Corsair 850w - Custom WC Loop (Apogee XT block) - 2x 5870 - 2x WD Caviar Black 750gb
New Specs: Silverstone FT02 - i7 920 @ 3.8ghz (1.17v, I got a golden chip) - 6gb Mushkin Redline 2000mhz - Asus Rampage III Extreme - Corsair 1000w - Noctua D-14 - 2x EVGA Black Ops (Superclocked) 580 - 2x WD Caviar Black 750gb (Raid0) + Intel x25-V SSD. All cables hand sleeved by me.
I occasionaly play my PC on my 52" this is my gaming setup for my xbox and ps3 and sometimes the PC lol.
Pictured below is actually a 1080p wallpaper on the TV Screen that I took pic of lol.
And so is this.
Might aswell throw this in my great 2010 beef jerky order LOL,thats what I lived on when building that computer
thafireball, how do you like that setup? I'm thinking about using my old 19" lcd for work and browsing once again and the hdtv for movies and games only, so I'm thinking of either putting the tv right above the monitor or putting it on the opposite wall in my room (wil need a long cable for this, kinda worried about picture quality or response time)
Any ideas, suggestions?
"Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted.
Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."
Hans Margolius
Wanted to do a lot more but I was on a budget for an apartment and stuff. But I'm pretty content. 3 monitors would be nice though. Or a really big one. But here it is. My Bloodlust AMD build. Specs are on forum signature.
Getting too old for this $&17!
Nice build. Very well put together. No spaghetti wire messes. lol.
Getting too old for this $&17!
Sweet. I had originally installed a Corsair H50 on my CPU and it leaked onto my MOBO, the pcie slots, video cards and on bottom of case only a few days after build. I was freaking out. Cleaned it up and let it dry for a few days. Luckily everything still worked. I still like water cooling even though my V6 keeps it under 55°c under full load clocked a 4GHz. But I'm going to actually build it myself this time. But for now I'm just happy that it survived.
Getting too old for this $&17!
Glad your Corsair watercooling worked out for you. Mine leaked.
Getting too old for this $&17!
AMD Phenomenah II 3,2 Ghz X6 (watercooled by a Corsair H50 system)
ASUS Crossfire IV
NVIDIA 480 GTX
8GB Corsair DDR3 1600
4x Intel X-25 SSD raided with raid 10
1 Seagate Barracude IV 1,5 GB
1 Icebox with 2 Western digital Caviar 1,5Gb drives in
Corsair 950W PSU
Samsung DVD burner
Philips Brilliance 24"
HP Color Laserjet 1600 + Canon LIDE scanner (together my color copier, very useful)
Logitech trackman + Mediatech keyboard
I aint taking any pictureas of it, I have it in a huge old Chietek MIDI tower, it is huge and give great cooling but it ain't pretty. Besides, it is the inside that matters.
Edit: Forgot sound. Creative X-FI USB plugged to my stereo, a Hartman/Kardon with JAMO 160W speakers.
Haha. We have the same case.
Getting too old for this $&17!
Nice squeeze into that case. But the wire mess is killing my eyes. Is that manga I see in the background? (0_o)
Getting too old for this $&17!
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 425 Processor (3 CPUs) ~2.7GHz
Memory: Corsair 2x2Gb 800Mhz
Hard Drive: 1.210Gb :: SeaGate ST3250820AS :: SAMSUNG HD642JJ :: Western Digital WD3200AAJB
Video Card: EVGA geForce GTX460 SuperClocked 768Mb
Monitor: iiyama ProLite E2208HDS
Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Speakers/Headphones: JBL Creature II / Sennheiser PMX 60
Keyboard: Logitech G11
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Mouse Surface: € 2.99 foam pad
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus M4N72-E
Computer Case: CoolerMaster Centurion V :: CoolerMaster Real Power M620
Thinking to upgrade the CPU to a X6 so I can play EQ2 in maxed settings
Also musing about SLI, but I need a good heathsink (vent to top or back) for the 2nd GPU, because the original fan is very close to the bottom of the case 
It's not a bad rig at all.
My rig is a bit more powerful, but it has the Q6600 overclocked to 3.06 and it runs anything I can throw at it at max settings easily. This is a very under-rated processor, mainly because it's cheap and a quad, but it matches my other dual core (E8600, not overclocked though, this is a beast if you clock it) which certain "reputable" overclockers claim should eat it alive while gaming.
Ok, I have 1600 DDR3 (8 gig), A GTX280 and 700w PSU, but it still uses the same chip.
Another point is the RAM, people (read: trolls) turn their noses up at DDR2, if it's not DDR3 or DDR5 it's "bad", which is nonsense. Same for the PSU, some people think a small PSU is bad, which again is nonsense, as long as it's enough to juice the puppy, it's all good. Personally i think often a persons PSU is like a hardware e-peen, whoever has the biggest is the best....obviously
Just a footnote, don't overclock it unless you know what your doing and have the right mobo/heatsink/fan combo to make it work and keep it cool. I burnt one of these chips out a while back and an E8500 not long after screwing around trying to squeeze every bit of juice out of it (yes, i realise this was really really stupid). Had the Q6600 OC'd to 3.06 for 2 years now without any hiccups.
Expresso gave me a Hearthstone beta key.....I'm so happy
Personally I like seeing all different kinds of setups. From the smoking new, visually appealing to the underpowered clunkers that still manage to run games. Hey. If it's all you have, then it's at least enough to play MMOs.........hopefully. Actually I'm thinking about building a decently spec'd PC in a f$%^ up case. Maybe a cheap steel one and drop it from my window, back my truck into it, hit it with some tree limbs and let it sit out in the rain, wipe it out after it dries, install my parts and write in sharpie, "Who needs a side window when you have half the side panel missing?" Maybe take a hatchet a couple of times to the top to allow more ventilation. I can see it now. Damn.
Getting too old for this $&17!
RME hdsp 9652 - for ears
Sanyo PLV-Z4 - for eyes
Cooler Master stc-t01-uw1 - for hardware
Sentinel Advance - main weapon
Generation P
Currently running:
23 inch 1080p HP HD screen
intel i5 750 @ stock
Zipman silent pro processor fan
2x 2gb G.Skill Ripjaw ram (1333mhz)
Ati radeon 5850 (1gb) graphics card
Gigabyte UD3 motherboard
Creative Soundblaster Fatal1ty soundcard.
Samsung F3 Spinpoint 1gb HDD
Corsair modular 700 watt PSU
Coolmaster stacker 830 gaming case
Misc:
Logitech Z5500 5.1 surround sound speakers
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech G9x mouse
Bose headphones
Vivex platronics headset (I picked this up as a gift from SOE Fan Faire 2008 hehe)
Overall i'm really happy with it
Runs very well and can't really see a need to upgrade anytime soon. The headphones and Logitech Z5500's are the major selling point though.
Autofire
this is mine
Case CoolerMaster CM Stacker 831 Silver Aluminium Case
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9400 (2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P5N-D: DDR2, SATAII, 2 x PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 2 x PCI-e x1
Memory (RAM) 4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz
Graphics Card 1024MB GEFORCE 9800GT
Monitor LG W2452T 24 INCH WIDESCREEN
All vanilla no overclokcing or anything, works ok but I seem to have some bottleneck on my ADSL as i get a fraction of my Broadband speed
Motherboard ASUS® P5N-D: DDR2, SATAII, 2 x PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 2 x PCI-e x1
Memory (RAM) 4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB)
Graphics Card 1024MB GEFORCE 9800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Motherboard ASUS® P5N-D: DDR2, SATAII, 2 x PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 2 x PCI-e x1
Memory (RAM) 4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB)
Graphics Card 1024MB GEFORCE 9800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
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Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Mid-Tower Gaming Case
i7-990X 3.46 GHz OC'd 20%
Bigfoot Killer E2100 GbLAN
Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM Dual Fan
Guerrilla Intel X58 Chipset SLI
12GB DDR3/1600M triple channel
2 x GTX 580 3GB
1,100 Watts power supply
640GB SATA-III
80 GB Intel 320 SSD
costing close to 3000$
Runs anything through the roof though
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
This is mine
How do some of you wire your cases so well? I've used modular power supplies while hiding the cords behind the motherboard tray using tie wraps and everything and it ever comes out like some of these. These computers look like they dont have any wires in them at all and I dont get it!
I guess wiring is just not my forte.
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K
Cooler: Thermaltake Black Widow Spin Q
Memory: Corsair Vengance 2 x 4gb 1600mhz
Hard Drive: 1tb Caviar Black, 1tb Segate External HHD
Video Card: Diamond 6850
Monitor: 19" Acer
Sound Card: Using onboard sound
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound
Keyboard: Random Compaq
Mouse: Random Optical mouse
Mouse Surface: Nvida mouse pad
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Primium 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro (Rev 3.0)
Computer Case: Antec 300