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[Dark Lord of Tech]

Very nice!

 

[MaDDD]

I logged into my router settings by entering the IP address into the search bar and I enable mac filtering or something like that and it booted me off and now I can't get back on

Not exactly an upgrade component.

Anyway, Friday comes my new monitor, 3840x2160 @ 60 Hz with Freesync and 1ms GTG response time.

I'll post some pics of it setup with the rest of my setup when it arrives.

 

[GosuVu]

Core i7 6800k
Corsair h105 extreme water cooling loop
Gigabyte x99 Ultra gaming mobo
G.Skill 32 gigs 3000mhz quad channel memory
Corsair Obsidian 750D Case
EVGA 850 Watt Platinum power supply
Samsung 256gb ssd
2TB HD

still using gtx 770 superclocked 2 way SLI

 

[MaDDD]

4K monitor all set up with my 1080p 144 Hz LG monitor.

PC at night.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Nice additions!

 

[jimmyEatWord]

this is my ssd , 240 gb , pioneer , in raid mode with my old ssd's




this is my new z270 motherboard , my old motherboard was a faulty gigabyte g3

this is my new cooler :



with the fans :



and this is all of those stuff together in my case



these I got free for buying all those :


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And my old windows key is working I told you it wasn't an OEM .. the only thing I didn't manage to put together was the tiny speaker on my motherboard , It simply doesn't beep at the boot no matter which way I put it

 

[Aeacus]

the only thing I didn't manage to put together was the tiny speaker on my motherboard , It simply doesn't beep at the boot no matter which way I put it

The thing with newer systems and internal speakers is that when they beep, there's something wrong with the system. As long as it's quiet, there's nothing to worry. (At least that applies to MSI MoBos, not so sure about other MoBo manufacturers.)

My Skylake build also has MoBo internal speaker connected and it doesn't beep either when i start my system. Same goes for my Haswell build.
But my old AMD build (from 2011) does beep 3 times at every startup, despite system running just fine. Same goes for my ancient Pentium II (from 1998) that also beeps several times at boot up.

Btw, you should do proper cable management inside your case. The rats nest you currently have is ugly to look at, it's a great dust magnet and also disrupts internal airflow.

 

[jimmyEatWord]

the only thing I didn't manage to put together was the tiny speaker on my motherboard , It simply doesn't beep at the boot no matter which way I put it

The thing with newer systems and internal speakers is that when they beep, there's something wrong with the system. As long as it's quiet, there's nothing to worry. (At least that applies to MSI MoBos, not so sure about other MoBo manufacturers.)

My Skylake build also has MoBo internal speaker connected and it doesn't beep either when i start my system. Same goes for my Haswell build.
But my old AMD build (from 2011) does beep 3 times at every startup, despite system running just fine. Same goes for my ancient Pentium II (from 1998) that also beeps several times at boot up.

Btw, you should do proper cable management inside your case. The rats nest you currently have is ugly to look at, it's a great dust magnet and also disrupts internal airflow.

Hi

thanks for the informative post , my previous MoBo , a gigabyte used to beep on every boot and reboot

and yes , i'm a bit lazy when it comes to cable management (i've actually never done it ) and cleaning my case too , where i live it gets dusty pretty soon , so it's pointless

 

[jimmyEatWord]

since the insides of my case is apparently ugly I decided to take some pictures from the outside

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with the led works

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[Rogue Leader]

Hi

thanks for the informative post , my previous MoBo , a gigabyte used to beep on every boot and reboot

and yes , i'm a bit lazy when it comes to cable management (i've actually never done it ) and cleaning my case too , where i live it gets dusty pretty soon , so it's pointless

I'm not sure how your fans are oriented but if you have a lot of dust you're a good candidate for a positive pressure setup, having more intake than exhaust fans helps keep air pressure in and keeps the dust from seeping in through the other parts of the case where it tends to come though. Couple dust filters you can make yourself if your case doesn't have them and it can make a huge difference.

 

[Aeacus]

Hi

thanks for the informative post , my previous MoBo , a gigabyte used to beep on every boot and reboot

and yes , i'm a bit lazy when it comes to cable management (i've actually never done it ) and cleaning my case too , where i live it gets dusty pretty soon , so it's pointless

Proper cable management does take several hours to complete (took me 3 hours for my Skylake build) but the end result is pleasing to the eye and also good for PC's health.

Under the spoiler is one of my many build pics to show the cable management inside my Skylake build.

Spoiler

(Click on image for full size.)

Am i seeing right that your PC sits on the floor and on the carpet?
If so then there's no question in my mind why your PC gets so dusty so quickly.

Did you know that when you elevate your PC only 6 inches from the floor then you can reduce dust intake up to 80%?
If not then here's further reading about it: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1858957/airflow-101-setting-fans-keeping-computer-cool.html

My PC sits on my table and it's 29 inches off from the floor. Few pics of my Skylake too if you're interested,
link: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3272328/show-newest-system-upgrade-components/page-3.html#19439439

 

[Deleted member 217926]

My computer sits on the floor, on carpet and has for years. I've never had any dust problems. Having a clean house helps

You don't have to have perfect cable management but if you care enough to do your own build and to show that build off in a thread like this then you should at least try. It's really not hard and it makes a big difference in not only looks but airflow.

 

[USAFRet]

All my recent real upgrades have been infrastructure, rather than flash.

A new UPS, and this:

 

[jimmyEatWord]

Hi

thanks for the informative post , my previous MoBo , a gigabyte used to beep on every boot and reboot

and yes , i'm a bit lazy when it comes to cable management (i've actually never done it ) and cleaning my case too , where i live it gets dusty pretty soon , so it's pointless

I'm not sure how your fans are oriented but if you have a lot of dust you're a good candidate for a positive pressure setup, having more intake than exhaust fans helps keep air pressure in and keeps the dust from seeping in through the other parts of the case where it tends to come though. Couple dust filters you can make yourself if your case doesn't have them and it can make a huge difference.

No , I don't have a lot of dust inside my case really , this cosmos II case is a pretty good one when it comes to dust filtering , I 've been having this case for over two years now and the amount of dust piled up is really negligible , and I think I've already done a little bit of cable management for the airflow , I've duct taped a bunch of cables that came with the case in front of the 200 mm intake fan and that's the biggest airflow for my case .

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there are just too many wires that come with this case , the only way to take care of them is to cut off all the unnecessary ones ..

here at the top is the 200 mm fan at the bottom is the new 120 mm LED fan I newly received

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and at the rear is another 120 m fan

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..My Question is , I couldn't install one of the 120 m fans for the 360 radiator because of the plastic parts on my motherboard and my radiator is actually working with two fans only .. is there a way to take care of this ? the motherboard is a z270 msi gaming m5 ... thanks for your help in advance

 

[jimmyEatWord]

Hi

thanks for the informative post , my previous MoBo , a gigabyte used to beep on every boot and reboot

and yes , i'm a bit lazy when it comes to cable management (i've actually never done it ) and cleaning my case too , where i live it gets dusty pretty soon , so it's pointless

Proper cable management does take several hours to complete (took me 3 hours for my Skylake build) but the end result is pleasing to the eye and also good for PC's health.

Under the spoiler is one of my many build pics to show the cable management inside my Skylake build.

Spoiler

(Click on image for full size.)

Am i seeing right that your PC sits on the floor and on the carpet?
If so then there's no question in my mind why your PC gets so dusty so quickly.

Did you know that when you elevate your PC only 6 inches from the floor then you can reduce dust intake up to 80%?
If not then here's further reading about it: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1858957/airflow-101-setting-fans-keeping-computer-cool.html

My PC sits on my table and it's 29 inches off from the floor. Few pics of my Skylake too if you're interested,
link: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3272328/show-newest-system-upgrade-components/page-3.html#19439439

Hi , thanks for answering

my case is too heavy to elevate it from the ground and put it anywhere for the moment ; but like I said in the previous post cable management is pretty impossible with cooler master cosmos 2 case , cause it has too many cables that come with it , disregarding the extra cables that you put in

but can you answer my last question regarding the radiator ? thanks

 

[Aeacus]

..My Question is , I couldn't install one of the 120 m fans for the 360 radiator because of the plastic parts on my motherboard and my radiator is actually working with two fans only .. is there a way to take care of this ? the motherboard is a z270 msi gaming m5 ... thanks for your help in advance

If you refer to the plastic rear I/O cover then it's there only for smoother looks and not for anything else.

To remove the rear I/O cover, you have to take your MoBo out of your case and look under the MoBo how that plastic I/O cover is attached to the MoBo.

But if you refer to the plastic on the left from CPU 8-pin power connector on this image:

Then that is part of Northbridge heatsink and i'm not sure if you can remove it.

Personally, i don't like the plastic cover over the rear I/O since it makes MoBo feel cheap. I prefer the old looks where there was no plastic cover.

Oh, do mount your rad fans in pull and not in push.
Here's reason why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyC3lZ5WFMk#t=3m45s

 

[maikutech]

All my recent real upgrades have been infrastructure, rather than flash.

A new UPS, and this:

Not gonna lie to you but it looks like that thing came from the 80's, must they design it to look that bland ?

 

[USAFRet]

Not gonna lie to you but it looks like that thing came from the 80's, must they design it to look that bland ?

Seeing as it is 7" tall, and lives behind a closed cabinet door...looks don't really matter.
Easy hotswap access to the 4 drive bays is the key here.

 

[maikutech]

Not gonna lie to you but it looks like that thing came from the 80's, must they design it to look that bland ?

Seeing as it is 7" tall, and lives behind a closed cabinet door...looks don't really matter.
Easy hotswap access to the 4 drive bays is the key here.

But why must you select a celeron processor installed in it ?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Do you even know what it is?

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/model.php?II=212

 

[USAFRet]

But why must you select a celeron processor installed in it ?

Because that's all it needs.

Plex server, whole other OS in a VM, on the fly video transcoding, web server....
All handled easily.

A bigger processor would simply be a waste of money, heat, power.
Not everything needs a big i7.

 

[maikutech]

Do you even know what it is?

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/model.php?II=212

Are you being blind again, I know what it is and I was only joking with usafret.
Why do you persist on starting up with me in here ?

@usafret good luck with it.

 

[RealBeast]

Great thread, I always need ideas on how to spend more money. :lol:

No recent desktop upgrades here, been working too much. Did buy a Dell M6800 factory outlet refurb that looks new then upgrade its CPU to an i7, GPU, memory, 2 SSDs and end up at less than half the price of the new machine with warrantee if I swap everything back.

 

[maikutech]

ive got the razer blackwidow rbg is the v2 worth the upgrade?

Thanks for the compliment also read this from pc magazine to get a better idea between the original and updated version of it.
http://www.pcmag.com/review/351239/razer-blackwidow-chroma-v2

 

[MaDDD]

Out with the GTX 970 JetStream and in with the GTX 1080 JetStream...