Show off your newest system upgrade components here!

[Power94]

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I7 8700k 4.70ghz

Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7

AIO Kraken x62 2x 140ML BLUE PRO 2x kraken orginal 140mm= 4 fans push-pull
WD BLUE 4TB

WD GREEN 2TB

SEAGATE 1TB

KINGSTON SAVAGE 240gb SATA 3

SAMSUNG EVO 960 NVMe 250gb

CORSAIR RM1000i

GTX 1070 G1 GAMING

G.SKILL 16GB Trident Z RGB DDR4 3600MHz CL16

be quiet dark base pro 900

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHAv5EUXb4s&t=28s

 

[g-unit1111]

Here is the 13 YO Cooler Master Cav 3 case.... Cooling is really bad and no cable management to speak of and no filters.

Yeah that's pretty bad - but still pretty clean compared to some of the ones I have seen. I can guarantee I have seen worse than yours. I should go through and post some pictures. :lol:

 

[jankerson]

Here is the 13 YO Cooler Master Cav 3 case.... Cooling is really bad and no cable management to speak of and no filters.

Yeah that's pretty bad - but still pretty clean compared to some of the ones I have seen. I can guarantee I have seen worse than yours! I should go through and post some pictures. :lol:

I cleaned it out dust wise about 3 months ago knowing I was going to replace it. Normally did it about every 3 months or so because it got dusty inside.

 

[jankerson]

Yeah, that one is in good shape...

Anyone got a match?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Wouldn't call those new components.

 

[Power94]

oh man my heart is broken xD why someone let this happen

So the receptionist where I work asked me to pull out the hard drives of 3 of her old PCs. They had all been sitting in an attic or a storage unit, I can't remember. And these PCs were in such horrible shape that I had to take pictures of these to document why you need to clean your PCs regularly. But that one was actually the cleanest one. :lol:

Check out the dust coming out of this old Dell.

oh no.. i be scared to turn on that optic drive, some big spider would jump on me ahaha..those things are the worst when you need to open something like that, in storage units i go for it but pc from the attic or basement no man just no xD

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Let's keep this thread for component upgrades , not neglected PC's.

 

[jankerson]

Wouldn't call those new components.

Mine was a much needed new case and CPU Cooler.

From that old case and Intel OEM cooler.

 

[Slumy__57]

Haven't updated on this thread in awhile, and I've had a couple good projects going on. First, I'll go through some of the upgrades I've been doing to my personal build. Since I last updated, I ended up finally splurging on a new monitor. I got a 27" Dell 1440p 144hz G-SYNC from Best Buy (Got them to price match Fry's for $320)

I then slowly became less and less satisfied with my 1060's performance with the new monitor, and decided that a new GPU was in order. I sold my 1060 to a co-worker, and picked up a like-new 1070 off of a friend. I payed more than I would've liked, but with how prices are right now, not much I can do about that.

Last thing I did on my build was a new CPU cooler. Newegg ran a good deal on the Cryorig H7, and I decided I may as well get one. My CPU runs kinda hot anyway, and having the new cooler opens up the possibility of overclocking in the future as well.

As far as other projects, I recently snagged a great deal on a Dell Poweredge R610. dual Xeon 5504 processors, 64 gigs of ram (All 16 gig sticks), 3 300gb 10k SAS drives, and 3 1tb sata drives. I got the whole thing for $150. Don't have any big plans for it at the moment, I've got server 2016, so I'll probably just install some basic server roles and maybe create a mock enterprise domain to mess around in.

And lastly, my little sister had been saving for months to start buying pc parts, and little does she know, I'm already building a rig for her for Christmas. I picked up a used Dell Optiplex with an i5 4570, 8 gigs of ram and a 500 gig hard drive for $130. I already ordered a new PSU, and a 1050, and will be picking up a new case for her as well.

And that is what I've been up to the past few months. 2k monitor, 1070, Cryorig h7, R610, and a build to introduce my lil sis to the world of PCs.

 

[loki1944]

Got a Zotac GTX 1060 3GB for my brother:

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And Oculus CV1; though I know VR is still quite (re: almost nada) limited in terms of AAA quality games, couldn't resist for X: Rebirth VR.

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[Dark Lord of Tech]

Got a Zotac GTX 1060 3GB for my brother:

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And Oculus CV1; though I know VR is still quite (re: almost nada) limited in terms of AAA quality games, couldn't resist for X: Rebirth VR.

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Very nice!

 

[Barty1884]

Not a real visual difference, nor an upgrade I needed....but still.

PSU upgrade.
SuperNOVA B2 750W to SuperNOVA G2 550W.

Cable management needs a little bit of work (tough in such a small case) but I'll deal with that better over the holidays.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Why the upgrade B2 is a great unit?

 

[Barty1884]

Good question.
It is a great unit, yeah.

Basically, a combination of factors.
1. A great sale ($80 CAD which *never* happens! Typically you have to pay >$130 for a quality unit)
2. I like to have a good PSU onhand for troubleshooting other systems, I just sold my main backup PSU and the G2 was too good to just leave it boxed.
3. I have a 4790 and a GTX 1060 3GB, so the 750W unit was wasted anyway (although, so is the 550W arguably).
4. Being fully modular and shorter, I can work my cable management a bit better (when I tear it down). The B2, with the hard-wired 24 pin and EPS were impacting the HDD bays

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I see and IT LOOKS REAL NICE!

 

[g-unit1111]

Ah, look what I got!

So long White Knight, hello Purple Cobra! I think I'm going to order my M2 drive today as well. I'm going to build it tomorrow so I will have some more pictures.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Nice case , my neighbor has that one.

 

[jankerson]

Nice case.

 

[g-unit1111]

So I got the S340 unboxed. It's really nice. Size wise it's not too different than the H440. The glass is real glass and I'm very paranoid about breaking it or scratching it. The purple is not too obnoxious - it is a very nice shade of purple that is easy on the eyes. And the cable management system is very nice. NZXT definitely thought this one through.

Close up of the limited edition plaque, I got #335 out of 1500:

 

[jankerson]

Yeah it's not overdone purple wise.

Looks like a nice case.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

So I got the S340 unboxed. It's really nice. Size wise it's not too different than the H440. The glass is real glass and I'm very paranoid about breaking it or scratching it. The purple is not too obnoxious - it is a very nice shade of purple that is easy on the eyes. And the cable management system is very nice. NZXT definitely thought this one through.

Close up of the limited edition plaque, I got #335 out of 1500:

Very nice! My neighbor calls his the Purple Panzer.

 

[g-unit1111]

Very nice! My neighbor calls his the Purple Panzer.

Mine's going to be called "The Purple Cobra" after the legendary Dodgeball squad.

 

[jankerson]

How does the airflow look in that case?

 

[g-unit1111]

How does the airflow look in that case?

I haven't got it built yet but it looks pretty similar to the H440 or any other case like that.

 

[jankerson]

How does the airflow look in that case?

I haven't got it built yet but it looks pretty similar to the H440 or any other case like that.

I guess it has vents on the top and bottom of the front panel?