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[Case Gallery] Cheap AMD Gaming Rig

Joined
Jan 7, 2008
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System Name Main / Home Media Serever
Processor Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory 12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage 2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s) 2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04
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Specs:
Amd Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 3.0 Ghz
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 AM2 Motherboard
Leadtek Nvidia 8600gt - Bios Modded 660/1512/800
4 GB of G. Skill DDR2 800 (4 x1 GB)
Seagate 250 GB Sata II HDD w/ 16mb Cache
Pioneer 112d DVD-Burner
Thermaltake TR2 430 Watt PSU
Generic Black Rosewill case
ViewSonic 19" Widescreen LCD
Arctic Freezer 64 Pro Cpu Cooler
Arctic Accelero S2 VGA Cooler
Windows XP Pro SP2

Mods:
Third party CPU & VGA cooling, Cut out fan grills, OCed CPu and Video card.

This is just a temporary Build for now. Plan on getting a new video card, case, and psu this summer. Not bad for below $500 though. 3dMark06: 5150
 
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Joined
Sep 6, 2007
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Location
Los Angeles, CA
Processor Intel i7 4790K
Motherboard ASRock z97 Extreme
Cooling NZST Kraken
Memory 16gb
Video Card(s) 2x EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2
Storage Samsung 950 EVO
Display(s) 28'' Samsung
Case NZXT H700i
Power Supply EVGA 850G2
7/10
Clean and simple, nothing fancy... nice work on your cables.
If anything id paint the inside/back of your case to give it a more elegant look.

you should take that vga cooler and put it on a 8800GT or GTS(G92) and it'll double your 3dmark score
 
Joined
Jun 17, 2007
Messages
7,335 (1.19/day)
Location
C:\Program Files (x86)\Aphexdreamer\
System Name Unknown
Processor AMD Bulldozer FX8320 @ 4.4Ghz
Motherboard Asus Crosshair V
Cooling XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 for CPU
Memory 8 GB CORSAIR Vengeance Red DDR3 RAM 1922mhz (10-11-9-27)
Video Card(s) XFX R9 290
Storage Samsung SSD 254GB and Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Display(s) AOC 23" @ 1920x1080 + Asus 27" 1440p
Case HAF X
Audio Device(s) X Fi Titanium 5.1 Surround Sound
Power Supply 750 Watt PP&C Silencer Black
Software Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
7 out of 10 from me to.

I say you replace that Nvidia Card with an ATI to call it a true AMD rig, but thats just me.
 
Joined
Jan 7, 2008
Messages
3,924 (0.66/day)
System Name Main / Home Media Serever
Processor Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory 12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage 2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s) 2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04
Thanks for the input. Im defenantly planning on getting a new video card soon, either an 8800gt or HD3850. Just need the money first :(
 
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Australia, Sydney
*Tkpenalty is freaked out how similar that build is to his secondary*

Nicely done, very clean build that looks rather nice. See that hole next to the PSU? route your spare wires behind the mobo tray; its neater.
 
Joined
Nov 14, 2007
Messages
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Location
Detroit, MI
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Pro Wifi II
Cooling Hyper 212 EVO v2
Memory 2x16GB G.Skill DDR4-4000
Video Card(s) AMD RX 6750 XT
Storage WD Black SN850 2TB, various other SSD's from ages past
Display(s) LG 27GL850 1440@144, AG Neovo EM2701QC 1440@75
Case Zophos EVO Silent by Raijintek
Audio Device(s) HyperX Cloud II Wireless headphones
Power Supply Corsair RM850x
Mouse ProtoArc EM01
Keyboard Razer Blackwidow X Chroma Mercury
Software Windows 11 Pro
Very clean and good cable work. The case is not particularly great, and pics are fuzzy. Offsetting between aesthetics and attention to detail along with build quality. I dub thee 6/10.
 
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