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[Aeacus]

January
Bought Corsair ST100 RGB headset stand for my Skylake build and Aerocool X-Vision fan controller for my AMD build.

During fan controller installation.

Aerocool X-Vision up and running.

Channel layout:
Channel #1: Sharkoon 140mm (green LED) - front intake
Channel #2: Sharkoon 140mm (green LED) - front intake
Channel #3: Bitfenix Spectre Pro LED 140mm (green LED) - top exhaust
Channel #4: Bitfenix Spectre Pro LED 140mm (green LED) - top exhaust
Channel #5: Sharkoon 140mm (green LED) - rear exhaust

Night shot.

I like how nicely the ST100 RGB headset stand shows off my Void Pro headset. Best part, headset stand LEDs are compatible with Corsair CUE and i can sync them with the rest of my Corsair peripherals.

Night shot.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Just sold my older setup a few weeks ago and spent out of pocket about $600 to get my new PC.
i7-6700k OC @4.7Ghz
NZXT Kraken X62 Rev. 2.0 AiO Liquid Cooler
ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming AURA Motherboard
16GB (2x8) 2400Mhz DDR4 Memory
ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 Gaming Graphics Card
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
Seagate 1.5TB HDD x2 (Total 3TB)(Had these lying around already)
Corsair CX600M 80+ Bronze 600W Semi Modular Power Supply (Had this one lying around already)
iBuyPower Customized S340 Elite PC Case (Tempered Glass tinted side panels on both sides of PC)
Corsair K70 Vengeance Red LED Cherry MX Red Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.

Everything was purchased second hand for way less than retail so that's how I got it so cheap.

Here is the Link to the picture album of the PC.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BzXWrNEKG6EjUXkM2

Here is a single pic to share

 

[g-unit1111]

Finally managed to secure a GTX 1060 6GB. Got the MSI TwinFROZR VI, and this thing is a beast. Here it is:

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Finally managed to secure a GTX 1060 6GB. Got the MSI TwinFROZR VI, and this thing is a beast. Here it is:

Nice setup G.

 

[g-unit1111]

Finally managed to secure a GTX 1060 6GB. Got the MSI TwinFROZR VI, and this thing is a beast. Here it is:

Nice setup G.

Thanks! Eventually I'm going to get a Kraken X62, Hue+, and G Skill Trident Z RGB, then the setup will be complete!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

That will add a nice touch to the case.

 

[Aeacus]

February
Bought two CyberPower CP1300EPFCLCD UPSes for my Skylake and Haswell builds.

Preliminary tests to see if they work.

For Haswell build (wife's PC), i put the UPS next to the PC for her easier access.

While for Skylake build (my PC), UPS sits on the floor and next to my subwoofer.

 

[Rogue Leader]

I have the same one on my gaming PC, works excellent. I also have the smaller version (1000PFCLCD) thats relegated to my PS4 and TV.

 

[USAFRet]

I bought the next one up last March...CP1500AVRLCD.
It arrived DOA.

100% refund from Amazon and they let me keep it.

 

[Aeacus]

I bought the next one up last March...CP1500AVRLCD.
It arrived DOA.

100% refund from Amazon and they let me keep it.

For capacity wise, yes, yours is one step up but build quality wise, it's one step down.
Your UPS is part of the Intelligent LCD series offered by CyberPower. Intelligent LCD series UPSes come either with stand-by or line-interactive design and they only output simulated sine wave. While the ones i got are part of the PFC Sinewave series which come only with line-interactive design and they output only (true/pure) sine wave.
CyberPower lineup: https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/ups/

When you got your UPS, i take that it didn't turn on. Did you plug it to the mains and let it's battery to charge for at least 8 hours? Since battery does deplete over time when UPS is kept in store storage for long period of time. That initial recharge is also written in UPS manual as a prerequisite.

 

[USAFRet]

When you got your UPS, i take that it didn't turn on. Did you plug it to the mains and let it's battery to charge for at least 8 hours? Since battery does deplete over time when UPS is kept in store storage for long period of time. That initial recharge is also written in UPS manual as a prerequisite.

Oh yeah, plugged it in and let it sit for hours.
Dead as a doorknob.

Amazon wouldn't take it back because LITHIUM!

 

[Aeacus]

Oh yeah, plugged it in and let it sit for hours.
Dead as a doorknob.

Amazon wouldn't take it back because LITHIUM!

But why not RMA it directly to the CyberPower?

Yeah, many shipping services are iffy about shipping hazardous materials. Usually they don't want to deal with those since those require special packaging and permits when sent by consumers.

 

[USAFRet]

Oh yeah, plugged it in and let it sit for hours.
Dead as a doorknob.

Amazon wouldn't take it back because LITHIUM!

But why not RMA it directly to the CyberPower?

Yeah, many shipping services are iffy about shipping hazardous materials. Usually they don't want to deal with those since those require special packaging and permits when sent by consumers.

Amazon has a very strong 30 day return policy.
Unless otherwise specifically instructed, that is where I go within the 30 day period, in the very few times I've needed.

I didn't care either way. I just wanted a working UPS.
Amazon refunded 100%, and said "eh, keep it. Do what you want with it"
So I bought a Tripp-lite for the same price.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

My brother had a DOA from CyberPower too , NOT SURE OF THE MODEL.

 

[Saga Lout]

In the UK, our postal service will not carry any type of batteries. It's stupidity having to use a courier to return a battery because the supplier screwed up the order.

One outfit I use lets me keep any wrongly supplied units rather than go to those lengths to return them.

 

[aquielisunari]

Last month I purchased

and a 650W PSU

and an HTC Vive.

Had

Have

. Very satisfied with my upgrades. Average GPU temps decreased by about 20C and average CPU and GPU loads are also down when at 1080p. FPS at least doubled in most games. Some seem stuck to my refresh rate even though I don't have any local or global setting set to enable vsync and all power options are set to the maximum. .

 

[Spanky460]

Windows 10 Pro, Mother Board Asus ROG Strix Cpu, Ryzen 7 1800x (Overclocked
4.1), Ram TridentZ RGB (16gb), Graphics Card MSI Aero GTX 1080, Self Contained
Water Cooler H150i PRO RGB, Power Supply Corsair CX750M

I Believe That Is Everything...

Let Me Know What You Guys Think Of My New Rig

This Is With Heavan Running on Highest Settings

 

[Deleted member 362816]

Build that I just finished a few weeks ago.

7700k--4.8ghz
Msi z270 Gaming m7
32GB Corsair 3000mhz RBG
2x Nvidia GTYX 1080's
Custom EK loop--- Would like to add the Gpu's some day.
Braided cables white/black
Pretty clean build IMO.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Windows 10 Pro, Mother Board Asus ROG Strix Cpu, Ryzen 7 1800x (Overclocked
4.1), Ram TridentZ RGB (16gb), Graphics Card MSI Aero GTX 1080, Self Contained
Water Cooler H150i PRO RGB, Power Supply Corsair CX750M

I Believe That Is Everything...

Let Me Know What You Guys Think Of My New Rig

This Is With Heavan Running on Highest Settings

Excellent setup , looks great!

 

[Aeacus]

March
Bought Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD for my Skylake build.

Had to pull the GPU to get enough room to install my M.2 SSD.

During partition cloning.

New SSD up and running.

M.2 NVMe SSD is so tiny that i can hardly see it in my build.

 

[aquielisunari]

Windows 10 Pro, Mother Board Asus ROG Strix Cpu, Ryzen 7 1800x (Overclocked
4.1), Ram TridentZ RGB (16gb), Graphics Card MSI Aero GTX 1080, Self Contained
Water Cooler H150i PRO RGB, Power Supply Corsair CX750M

I Believe That Is Everything...

Let Me Know What You Guys Think Of My New Rig

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Excellent setup , looks great!

@Spanky460 I saw your core clock at 1987MHz. That told me your GPU was probably too warm. I then saw it was at 78C. Or was it 79? Anyways, that's too warm for GPU Boost 3.0. I 'm not looking to go off topic, start of conversation or troubleshoot in here. Get that temperature down below 56c and see what happens. To be clear, your GFX card isn't thermal throttling. Instead GPU Boost 3.0 is reducing its OC in favor of cooler temperatures. I suspect that 1080 has some pretty good user OC left after GPU Boost 3.0 gets done with it.

 

[g-unit1111]

Ooh look what I got in the mail:

I will get these installed over the weekend. Then the next purchase will be my cooler and then I will be done. I can't wait to get this rig showed off when I am finished.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Looks good. Going in the Ryzen build? What speed is it?

 

[g-unit1111]

Looks good. Going in the Ryzen build? What speed is it?

Yup! It is DDR4-3200. I scored it for $191, been waiting for several weeks for the price to drop and I think that is as good as it is going to get for now. I will be buying the Kraken the next time I get paid.

 

[nosirrahx]

@g-unit1111

Did my post here get deleted? I was sure that I posted in this thread.

EDIT:

Yep, my post did get deleted, any particular reason why?