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Build a Windows 7 gaming rig, I got a few choices from my spare hardware, but I end up building this.

Xeon E3-1231 V3
16GB Kingston DDR3-1600
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Galax GTX 1070 Katana
X-Fi Titanium HD
256GB LiteON SSD

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Build a Windows 7 gaming rig, I got a few choices from my spare hardware, but I end up building this.

Xeon E3-1231 V3
16GB Kingston DDR3-1600
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Galax GTX 1070 Katana
X-Fi Titanium HD
256GB LiteON SSD

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That looks amazing! The Katana is SO cool and x fi tianium ohh boy! Really cool!
 
Build a Windows 7 gaming rig, I got a few choices from my spare hardware, but I end up building this.

Xeon E3-1231 V3
16GB Kingston DDR3-1600
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Galax GTX 1070 Katana
X-Fi Titanium HD
256GB LiteON SSD

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I digg the slim graphics card. But shouldn't the memory be in either the red or black slots? Unless you plan to install 2 more of course.
 
I digg the slim graphics card. But shouldn't the memory be in either the red or black slots? Unless you plan to install 2 more of course.
The motherboard is slightly damaged around the CPU holes because I overtighten AIO that damages the memory traces rendering the first two slots dead so yeah I forced to use it that way :cry:
 
I finally got a piece of XP running on my machine for the first time since Vista came out.. it warms my cockles :love:

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Build a Windows 7 gaming rig, I got a few choices from my spare hardware, but I end up building this.

Xeon E3-1231 V3
16GB Kingston DDR3-1600
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Galax GTX 1070 Katana
X-Fi Titanium HD
256GB LiteON SSD

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Why is the ram in odd slots?

edit i see now
 
@freeagent I know nuances are in the details and the devil wears Prada, but............?

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Are you sure you didn't stay out in the sun too long? :roll:

Just kidding, a really subtile touch of humor :peace:.
 
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Is it done yet? The psu was not getting enough fresh air, so I swapped in a faster arctic 80mm, cut some plexi to keep the air in the chamber, mount d one manual fan control, deshrouded 4070s and reposted and added 15mm thermalright fans. What I really need is a different mb, so I can OC the 12600kf again.
 
I regretted throwing off my Dell XPS case
 
finally upgraded my case to long laying around corsair carbide 275r, already seeing much better temps. I won't add new fans, two (rear and top) are enough for me as i have very low power cpu and gpu and it would be quite economical too and won't hurt anything.
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My build with the Phanteks xt pro ultra :)
What do you think? Really an awesome case
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finally upgraded my case to long laying around corsair carbide 275r, already seeing much better temps. I won't add new fans, two (rear and top) are enough for me as i have very power cpu and gpu and it would be quite economical too and won't hurt anything.
@Acuity that's illegal dude....SO clean, I am over any kind of cable management at this point in my life, but this....almost makes feel bad about mine ahhahaha.

@avidgamer121 that's a very busy desk man, is there no option to get the subwoofer on the ground somewhere? and spread the satellites around the monitor?

And here's mine M720Q with Quadro P1000 installed, the blue heatsink on the VRM is my doing, not part of the card originally:

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@avidgamer121 that's a very busy desk man, is there no option to get the subwoofer on the ground somewhere? and spread the satellites around the monitor?
the actual question is, would it improve my sound experience? if yes, then i might find a way.
 
nice, just it looks you need to clean it from the dust
you're right actually, dust builds pretty fast in my room for some weird reason, doesn't happen with my brother's pc. Less than 2 weeks ago i cleaned my desk thoroughly but now it seems as if it hasn't been cleaned for months.
 
My case sits by windows on desk
 

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Test rig (7700X & GTX1060) up and running. This time testing the Asus 4K monitor which gave me issues (flickering) on my sig rig. I suspect it was the extended power cord inserted in the UPS, kinda weird that the previous monitors never gave that issue. :wtf:
Also testing the 5.25" usb-a&c which suddenly failed on my main rig but seems to work again..
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And running the beta of Steam for the graph bar.
PS; Vulkan + Valheim on 4k with the GTX1060 was not a good combo, lol.
 

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The mouse pad looks like leather.. interesting..
 
Wrap one of those on each leg for the wife..

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