Your PC ATM

phill · Jul 19, 2011

Chicken Patty said:
What problems are you having? And as far as build time, patience has certainly paid off with this build.

I just couldnt get Windows to boot from my adaptec array, I think it was some setting in the bios that was stopping me do it but its all sorted now

Its a shame the arrays take so long to startup, it would be a nice quick speed otherwise

PopcornMachine said:
Very nice pics. I know exactly how you felt. Was very nervous when i did my first real water cooling a few moths ago. Very relieved when it was done.

Its not the first water cooling I've done which is a good thing because I would be literally shi&&ing my pants with this hardware!! I've had it that long I never thought I'd ever get anywhere with it!! Its a shame I have to wait for new graphics cards, but its not the end of the world

I have enjoyed building the rig, I just wish it hadnt of taken so long!!

Chicken Patty · Jul 19, 2011

Ah well, you got it sorted out, so hopefully smooth sailing from now on.

PopcornMachine · Jul 19, 2011

phill said:
Its not the first water cooling I've done which is a good thing because I would be literally shi&&ing my pants with this hardware!! I've had it that long I never thought I'd ever get anywhere with it!! Its a shame I have to wait for new graphics cards, but its not the end of the world
I have enjoyed building the rig, I just wish it hadnt of taken so long!!

Yes, well this is a hobby that is ultimately satisfying after long periods of doubt and anxiety. :eek:

Glad you got it going. Nice job!

phill · Jul 19, 2011

Chicken Patty said:
Ah well, you got it sorted out, so hopefully smooth sailing from now on.

Seems to be running fine now

I have my Raid 0 for Windows 7 and I have Raid 0 for my games

I've also got a 1.5Tb drive in there for screen shots and crap but I dont know how much use that will get

I cant wait till the new cards arrive

PopcornMachine said:
Yes, well this is a hobby that is ultimately satisfying after long periods of doubt and anxiety.

Glad you got it going. Nice job!

Well it will be when I get things sorted

I have a few issues with the case at the moment and I need to make sure that everything else is alright too

Overclocking will be my biggest hurdle, as I cant remember how to overclock an i7 for love nor money!! :lol:

Roll on when the 762 build gets finished

LifeOnMars · Jul 19, 2011

Great rig Phill. I love the sheer size of that case!!

phill · Jul 19, 2011

LifeOnMars said:
Great rig Phill. I love the sheer size of that case!!

And its still too damn small!!

Cable management is going to be a bitch!! :lol: :banghead:

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jul 19, 2011

phill said:
Today was the day....

Testing it still works!!
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2223/img0686t.jpg

Ambient temps:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/8743/img0687xb.jpg

Temps look ok to me for stock!
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1540/img0688ej.jpg

PC temps:
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1636/img0690vt.jpg

Its working!!
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/208/img0691pt.jpg

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5277/img0692sc.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4259/img0693zn.jpg

I have been sh***ng bricks most of the afternoon about turning this thing on and bloody hell I'm so glad its over!! :lol:

Everything is running at stock for the moment. I just would like to get my bearings a bit as its been nearly 4 months I think, since I have turned this on so I'm gonna get used to it first!! :lol: I've got to put the top back on and take off all the brown protective paper but there she is, finished

Amazing work, and nice temps.

phill · Jul 19, 2011

Thank you for the comment

There's still a bit left but I'm not giving up just yet!!

Any tips please dont hesitate to drop me a line!!

scaminatrix · Jul 19, 2011

Front room 'net PC (yea yea, cable management to come :eek:

):

Chicken Patty · Jul 20, 2011

phill said:
Seems to be running fine now I have my Raid 0 for Windows 7 and I have Raid 0 for my games I've also got a 1.5Tb drive in there for screen shots and crap but I dont know how much use that will get I cant wait till the new cards arrive

What cards did you order?

Boneface · Jul 20, 2011

This is the somewhat new one, Reusing my old Antec900 case, painted inside black and new parts, decided to go with another 6870 but one that was quieter. Hope its ok to post this many pics, if not let me know ill take out ones that dont matter. these are parts i recieved today.

phill · Jul 20, 2011

I ordered two 3Gb 580's so I can put one in each machine for now. I was very tempted to order six but sense took over as I thought why buy six great cards now when in a few months the new 6 series will be out. So when they are I'm going to take a serious look at them and see what ATI has to offer at the time.. I'll get whatever is best for the single screen games and the triple screen games. The new three or four cards can go in the 762 board and the two 3Gb cards can go with the one above...

Should be fun I think

Volkszorn88 · Jul 20, 2011

Boneface, once you throw in a 2nd 6870, you'll be good to go ^^

Boneface · Jul 20, 2011

Volkszorn88 said:
Boneface, once you throw in a 2nd 6870, you'll be good to go ^^

I had 2 before as in last night lol, just needed the cash for something else and bought this 6870 lol

Wile E · Jul 20, 2011

[H]@RD5TUFF said:
No one but myself mentioned a G5, I acknowledged there was no home brew option in this form factor for half the price. If you really dont have the room for a tower perhaps you should consider a larger living space. GG

An iMac is a hell of a lot more affordable than buying a new house.

Sorry you don't like it, but all-in-ones are a valid market segment, and iMacs happen to have the best panels in said segment, and are priced fairly for that feature compared to the Tn equipped all-in-ones with the same power and features.

Your arguments against just aren't valid.

phill · Jul 20, 2011

Boneface said:
This is the somewhat new one, Reusing my old Antec900 case, painted inside black and new parts, decided to go with another 6870 but one that was quieter. Hope its ok to post this many pics, if not let me know ill take out ones that dont matter. these are parts i recieved today.

Looking good mate

Please post up some results if you do any testing

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jul 20, 2011

Wile E said:
An iMac is a hell of a lot more affordable than buying a new house.

Sorry you don't like it, but all-in-ones are a valid market segment, and iMacs happen to have the best panels in said segment, and are priced fairly for that feature compared to the Tn equipped all-in-ones with the same power and features.

Your arguments against just aren't valid.

If lack of affordability is "just isn't valid" I'd love to know what a legitimate complaint would be, way to be butt hurt.

Radical_Edward · Jul 20, 2011

My PC atm, I still need to get another case fan and a SSD. But lately other stuff > PC parts I want.

Chicken Patty · Jul 20, 2011

Still very clean Rad, great job! :toast:

Radical_Edward · Jul 20, 2011

To be honest, I just cleaned out the whole rig before that photo. There was some pretty nasty dust build up even with all the filters. :laugh:

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jul 21, 2011

Radical_Edward said:
To be honest, I just cleaned out the whole rig before that photo. There was some pretty nasty dust build up even with all the filters.

Still looks good.

Animalpak · Jul 21, 2011

New rad EK Cool Stream 3x120mm for my next PC

phill · Jul 21, 2011

Animalpak said:
New rad EK Cool Stream 3x120mm for my next PC

No wonder I couldnt buy two of these, you'd taken the last one!! :lol:

Wile E · Jul 21, 2011

[H]@RD5TUFF said:
If lack of affordability is "just isn't valid" I'd love to know what a legitimate complaint would be, way to be butt hurt.

Affordability isn't valid argument when you then go on to suggest a larger living space in order to fit a tower. I'd say an iMac is much more affordable than that. :roll:

But, giving you the benefit of the doubt, even if the argument were valid, show me something all-in-one with a 27" 2650x1440 IPS, and the same relative cpu and gpu power for less. The only thing you can fairly compare the price of the iMac to is other all-in-ones. People buy all-in-ones becasue that is specifically what they are looking for. Anything else is apples and oranges (no way to avoid that pun, unfortunately). That would be like me telling somebody not to buy a (insert pricey car of choice here), but buy a kit car instead because it's cheaper to build and make faster. Kinda defeats the purpose when that's not what the person wants.

I'm not butt hurt at all as I'm not the one in the wrong here. lol

Boneface · Jul 21, 2011

phill said:
Looking good mate Please post up some results if you do any testing

So far at 4.5, 1.3v, multi is actually 45, np playing BC2 for a few hrs! Had updated the newest bios f4, but couldnt get a stable OC at 4.5, so went reverted back to f3!

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Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
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Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

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Storage	Samsung Pro 980 2TB NVMe (OS and Games) // WD Black 10TB HDD (Storage)
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Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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Cooling	Thermaltake Frio Silent 14
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Video Card(s)	ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 1TB SSD
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Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750
Software	Win 10 64-bit

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Bad Moon Ryzen
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asrock B450M Pro4-F
Cooling	Vetroo V5
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 32Gb (8gb x 4) 3200 MHz DDR 4
Video Card(s)	6700 XT
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb, Samsung 860 Evo 500Gb,WD Black 8Tb, WD Blue 2Tb
Display(s)	Gigabyte G24F-2 (180Hz Freesync) & 4K Samsung TV
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact w/Dark Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	MSI MPG A850GF (850w)
VR HMD	Rift S

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