Just completed my new build

BamaColeman · Jan 10, 2013

I just finished my new build. I used the following components:

i7 3770K CPU
Asus P8Z77-v LE Plus Motherboard
Patriot Viper 16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM
Samsung 830 Series SSD (OS Only)
Windows 8
Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid Cooling System
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB DDR3
LG BluRay Writer
Corsair HX750 PSU
Phantom 410 Case

The cable management on this system is incredible. Very clean. System boots in under 8 seconds.
Anything else that you guys can think of that I am missing?

HammerON · Jan 10, 2013

Pictures please

Looks pretty good. A little weak on the GPU, but still a good card. Do you plan to game much?

BamaColeman · Jan 10, 2013

How do I post pics?

Can you quickly let me know how to post a pic. New to the board.

The GU was a holdover from my old build. Need to upgrade. New to computer gaming. I just got Skyrim V

cadaveca · Jan 10, 2013

Host pictures here(free, anonymous):

http://www.techpowerup.org/

once you've uploaded, click the button under the picture, it'll make a link you can just paste on here.

If you need help with how to generate the link, you'll see that there is like a yellow stamp in the quick-reply box, click it to pop up a window that you can put the picture's url into(you'll be able to paste it in there), and it'll make the code for it to show when you push OK.

BamaColeman · Jan 10, 2013

Here goes...

cadaveca · Jan 10, 2013

Worked great.

blibba · Jan 10, 2013

Nice. I'd be worried about dust getting in with all that negative pressure, though.

BamaColeman · Jan 10, 2013

what should I do?

Negative pressure? I hadn't thought about that. Advice?

happita · Jan 10, 2013

That is an amazing cabling job. Holy moly. I can never get it to look that good, maybe it's just me

Congrats on the build.

BamaColeman · Jan 10, 2013

Thanks

Thanks. I have to confess, the case is very conducive to cable management. It is a Phantom 410, and it is awesome. I will post a picture of the the entire system from the outside. The case reminds me of a Star Wars Storm Trooper. Ha

stinger608 · Jan 11, 2013

happita said:
That is an amazing cabling job. Holy moly. I can never get it to look that good, maybe it's just me

Congrats on the build.

I'm like you Happita, I can never seem to get near as clean of a wire management as that. :laugh:

Awesome build and very awesome wire management!!! :respect:

ChiSox · Jan 11, 2013

I like the cable management as well, very nice for a first time build. You must have p...a...t...ience. Something I do not. Next up benchmarks!

Mindweaver · Jan 11, 2013

Nice clean build! Great job! :toast:

Fill out your system specs. :toast:

JrRacinFan · Jan 11, 2013

Lookin' nice. The fan on the Kuhler looks lonely. Maybe add another so it doesnt suffer depression from loneliness?

BamaColeman · Jan 11, 2013

Okay

Any suggestions on benchmark software. Also, someone mentioned positive pressure in my system. Any suggestions as to clear that issue?

Jetster · Jan 11, 2013

3Dmark 11

Positive pressure is just having more fans going in then out. Keeps dust out of the cracks

BamaColeman · Feb 21, 2013

Upgraded my video card

Upgraded to a Sapphire HD 7950 OC card. Runs very nice. The only thing that I need now is a larger SSD.

BTW, I had a very curious development happen to me. My SSD started filling up. It just houses my OS and some apps, but it went from 18GB of free space down to 6. Very puzzling.

I did some digging, and I deactivated my indexing, but that didn't seem to work. What I ended up having to do was disable hibernation. If you need a quick lesson on what I did let me know. It freed up my SSD to 19GB of free space.

Later

BamaColeman · Feb 21, 2013

Nova mark

My Novamark score is 2175

Hillbilly · Feb 21, 2013

Very Nice

tokyoduong · Feb 22, 2013

BamaColeman said:
Upgraded to a Sapphire HD 7950 OC card. Runs very nice. The only thing that I need now is a larger SSD.

BTW, I had a very curious development happen to me. My SSD started filling up. It just houses my OS and some apps, but it went from 18GB of free space down to 6. Very puzzling.

I did some digging, and I deactivated my indexing, but that didn't seem to work. What I ended up having to do was disable hibernation. If you need a quick lesson on what I did let me know. It freed up my SSD to 19GB of free space.

Later

Cool, I always knew they have to use my SSD to wake up faster but didn't know it took that much from it. My comp does wake up from sleep/hibernation in about 3-5 secs compared to a regular start up of about 10 secs so it doesn't really matter. I'm going to do the same thing to my computer since it boots so fast that I have to wait for my LAN to connect anyways.

Thanks for the info.

brandonwh64 · Feb 22, 2013

Clean! VERY CLEAN! looks like a great build

Jetster · Feb 22, 2013

BamaColeman said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/130110/IMG_2559.jpg

Quick question. So you can mount a closed system like that. With the hoses at the top? There's no air in the system?

Just never thought about it before

tokyoduong · Feb 22, 2013

Jetster said:
Quick question. So you can mount a closed system like that. With the hoses at the top? There's no air in the system?

Just never thought about it before

Yes, you can mount it any direction you want and have the fan in any configuration you want as long as it is the correct size.

No, there's no air in the system unless it is defective. Closed comes out of the factory that way. I like the closed systems. A lot less maintenance if any at all. Smaller size overall. Cheaper...much much cheaper.

The downside with closed system is fixed hoses so it limits how far you can mount it or which direction. Sometimes, the tubes are on the stiff side instead of flexible. You can't stick the tubes through the water cooling pre drilled holes. If you have a big case and you want to mount it on the far top part of the case, the tubes may not reach. Also it may cause conflict with wiring if you have bad cable management. You can't change tubes/radiators/pumps(it's cheap enough to just buy a new one)

BamaColeman · Mar 17, 2013

URpgraded my GPU to the MSI HD 7950

Great card, and the missing component to my build. I'm very pleased with the performance!

zilla · Mar 18, 2013

Great job

System Name	Media Room HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS
Cooling	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper 1600Mhz DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI HD 7950 boost edition
Storage	Samsung 830 Series SSD/Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Sony HT Projector
Case	NZXT Phantom 410
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Windows 8

System Name	Threadripper
Processor	3960X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix TRX40-XE
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Neo (sTR4) Water Block
Memory	G. Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB 3600
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	Corsair K70
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

System Name	Media Room HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS
Cooling	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper 1600Mhz DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI HD 7950 boost edition
Storage	Samsung 830 Series SSD/Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Sony HT Projector
Case	NZXT Phantom 410
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Windows 8

System Name	Media Room HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS
Cooling	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper 1600Mhz DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI HD 7950 boost edition
Storage	Samsung 830 Series SSD/Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Sony HT Projector
Case	NZXT Phantom 410
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Windows 8

System Name	The one under the desk / Media Centre
Processor	Xeon X3730@3.6GHZ / Phenom II X4 805E
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55M-UD4 / Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Corsair H70 + 2*PWM fan / Arctic Alpine 11
Memory	16GB DRR3-1333 9-9-9-27 / 4GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	Asus DirectCU GTX 680 / Gigabyte 560TI
Storage	Kingston V200 128GB, WD6400AAKS, 1TB Seagate 7.2kRPM SSHD / Kingston V200 128GB
Display(s)	Samsung 2343BW + Dell Ultrasharp 1600*1200 / 32" TV
Case	C'M' Silencio 550 / Some ancient SilverStone brushed aluminium media centre
Audio Device(s)	No.
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower XT 675W / EVGA 430W
Mouse	Mionix Naos 3200 / Generic PS2
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos TKL Pro / Evoluent Mouse Friendly Keyboard (Logitech OEM)
Software	Windows 7 Ult x64
Benchmark Scores	Nah.

Processor	i5-7600k
Motherboard	ASRock Z170 Pro4
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ AC MX-4
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 2400 Corsair LPX Vengeance 15-15-15-36
Video Card(s)	MSI Twin Frozr 1070ti
Storage	240GB Corsair Force GT
Display(s)	23' Dell AW2310
Case	Corsair 550D
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-760XP2 Platinum
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	B450+2700x
Processor	Ryzen 2700x
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk
Memory	Ballistix Sport LT - BLS2K8G4D30BESBK
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 XC 4GB DDR5
Storage	PNY SSD
Display(s)	2x LG 27" IPS
Case	NZKT H510
Power Supply	CORSAIR - RMx Series 850

System Name	Tower of Power / Sechs
Processor	i7 14700K / i7 5820k @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 / X99S GAMING 7
Cooling	CM MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB Close-Loop AIO / CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 / G.Skill DDR4 2800 16GB 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti / ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 V2 OC Edition
Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / Samsung 870 PRO 500GB M.2
Display(s)	Samsung 32" Odyssy G5 Gaming 144hz 1440p, ViewSonic 32" 72hz 1440p / 2x ViewSonic 32" 72hz 1440p
Case	Phantek "400A" / Phanteks “Enthoo Pro series”
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Azalia Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / Corsair CXM CX600M
Mouse	Glorious Gaming Model D Wireless / Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (128gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Portable Gamer
Processor	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
Cooling	CPU / Noctua NH-L12 GPU / ARCTIC Accelero S1 Plus
Memory	G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400
Video Card(s)	EVGA NVIDIA GTX 960 SSC
Storage	ADATA SP550 480GB SSD
Display(s)	ASUS 23" LCD
Case	SilverStone Sugo Series SG05BB-LITE
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	SILVERSTONE ST45SF 450W
Mouse	Logitech G500
Keyboard	CMStorm Trigger Z
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 3570k
Motherboard	Asrock Z77
Cooling	Corsair H60
Memory	G Skill 8gb 1600 mhz X 2
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon 7850 X 2
Storage	1 TB Velociraptor, 240GB 840 Samsung
Display(s)	27" Samsung LED X 2
Case	Thermaltake V9
Power Supply	Seasonic 620 W, CX600M on stand by
Software	Win 8.1 64
Benchmark Scores	Benches are silly

System Name	Lil Truck
Processor	4670k
Motherboard	MSI Z87M G43
Memory	16GB Patriot DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 660 Twin Frozr
Storage	Seagate 1GB x2_512 GB SSD
Display(s)	Acer 24" 1080p
Case	CM Elite 430
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster_Z
Power Supply	Tt 750W
Software	W10

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