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velvetx:
Figured I would start this thread as I have been building PCs as a hobby for most of my life. Whether you are a beginner or veteran to me cable management is the most important thing when doing a build. It makes things cooler and it looks much better. Anyway onto the build. Pictures are most welcome.
VelvetX Desktop Rig:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC
CPU: Intel i7 4770K
Video Card: Gigabyte GTX 970 4GB
RAM: 8GB G.Skill Trident X Series DDR3 2600
PSU: Seasonic Platinum 1000w Modular
Sound Card: Creative ZxR (Asus Essence STX II as well)
Case:Corsair Obsidian 900D
Cooling: XSPC Raystorm RX360 Water Cooling Kit w/ D5 Variant Pump
Hard Drive 1 (OS): Samsung Evo 850 (500GB)
Hard Drive 2 (Programs): Seagate ST3000DM001 Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM Drive
Hard Drive 3 (Games): Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM Drive
Peripherals
Mouse: Logitech Daedalus Apex G303
Keyboard: Das Keyboard 4 Professional
Monitor 1 (main): Asus VG248QE 144hz
Monitor 2 (secondary): Benq RL2450H 24in
smitty1110:
Case: Rosewill Thor
CPU: Intel i7 4790k
Graphics Card: EVGA Superclocked GTX 780
RAM: 32 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 w/ great timings
PSU: Can't remember, but it's excessive and 80 PLUS Platinum
Cooling: Basic Bitch intel cooler
Peripherals
Keyboard: Ducky Zeros w/ Cherry MX Brown switches
Mouse: Steel Series Sensei RAW
Monitor: Samsung 4k w/ 1ms response time
I've got a rebuild/upgrade that I'm planning out, I'll probably post some pictures when I start that.
I've been considering trashing the Thor and getting a 900D, how's it worked out for you velvetx?
velvetx:
--- Quote from: smitty1110 on September 22, 2015, 02:55:18 AM ---Case: Rosewill Thor
CPU: Intel i7 4790k
Graphics Card: EVGA Superclocked GTX 780
RAM: 32 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 w/ great timings
PSU: Can't remember, but it's excessive and 80 PLUS Platinum
Cooling: Basic Bitch intel cooler
Peripherals
Keyboard: Ducky Zeros w/ Cherry MX Brown switches
Mouse: Steel Series Sensei RAW
Monitor: Samsung 4k w/ 1ms response time
I've got a rebuild/upgrade that I'm planning out, I'll probably post some pictures when I start that.
I've been considering trashing the Thor and getting a 900D, how's it worked out for you velvetx?
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The 900D is a beast. Honestly there is so much room. Great cable management. Great case for water cooling.
zerodeefex:
I went from an 800D to a 900D to a lian-li Q25 with drive cages removed. It's tiny and was easy to drill out unnecessary internals. The top is just the right size for my custom loop. I no longer run 2 3x120mm radiators anymore so I prefer the smaller form factor quite a bit.
As for internals:
P8Z77-I deluxe
3770k @ 5 GHz on a custom loop
32GB (2x16GB) DDR3
512GB Samsung 830 (3 years still going strong)
580 lighting XE (was running a 980 ti, don't game so I sold it)
I'm using a topre realforce that I traded some older keyboards for and find it fantastic
I had 3 Korean 1440p displays. I sold two recently since one is more than enough for my needs.
In 1986/87, my mom worked at AMD and one of her work buddies came over and showed me how to put together a PC. Years later, he helped me overclock the family 486 DX2/66 I had built. Now I don't have time to futz with computers much, but when I do I make liberal use of heat shrink tubing, my soldering iron, various hole saws with my makita 18V, and a dremel. I abhor windows and flashy LEDs.
RazrLeaf:
--- Quote from: velvetx on September 21, 2015, 11:44:45 PM ---Video Card: Asus GTX970 4GB
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Your picture shows a Gigabyte Windforce GPU. Typo?
--- Quote from: smitty1110 on September 22, 2015, 02:55:18 AM ---PSU: Can't remember, but it's excessive and 80 PLUS Platinum
Cooling: Basic Bitch intel cooler
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This amused me greatly. Platinum PSU paired with a 4790K with a stock cooler.
And I personally think the 900D to be way too much case. I have a Fractal Design Define R5 with air cooling, and it's heavy enough to be cumbersome to move.
As for my own build, the internals are as follows:
Intel i7-5820K @ 4.3 GHz
Asus X99-A
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4x4GB DDR4-2400
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 970
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2
Crucial MX100 256GB and 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB in RAID 1
I use a pair of Dell P2414H 1080p monitors, a Razer Taipan, and a Razer Blackwidow TE Stealth keyboard with O-rings, and Simple Audio Listen speakers.
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