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[arm1234]

Built my first PC in June of 2013, thought I'd share with you all. So far it chews through everything I throw at it, and I love him to death!

Specs:
Case : Fractal Design Define R4 Black windowed version
Mobo : ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4
CPU : i5-4670k, OC'd at 3.7 (Just to be safe, First overclock)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H90I (Closed Water Loop)
RAM : 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
GPU : EVGA GTX 780 3GB Superclocked
HDD : Seagate 1TB 6.0GB/s
SSD : Samsung 128 GB 840 pro series SATA3
PSU : Seasonic M12 II 750 W Modular

Lights: LOGISYS Cold cathode lights
Drive: Asus Blu-ray, DVD drive

 

[Mirakledba]

arm1234 - WOW! And you call your PC SHE not he 😉 Awesome rig man. I have that case and CPU :3 And hard drive xD The green LED is very niec But i am not going to put LED's in mine as the define R4 is more of a classy yet beast rig.

 

[arm1234]

arm1234 - WOW! And you call your PC SHE not he 😉 Awesome rig man. I have that case and CPU :3 And hard drive xD The green LED is very niec But i am not going to put LED's in mine as the define R4 is more of a classy yet beast rig.

Hahaha I am aware of the convention of calling your PC "She", but I think that the power my machine puts out allows for that convention to be "overlooked"! (Plus I built it with my own hands, and always wanted a son, so He is my surrogate son 😉)

 

[paki_cuseo]

arm1234 - how is the temp bro ?

 

[Lutfij]

Please don't quote images. There is a thread for discussions here. Please go back to OP if your're unsure of the rules.

 

[arm1234]

paki_cuseo I get about 28°C on idle and then about 53°C when I push it. I probably could OC it more but dont want to do that until I get a better loop in there.

 

[Specialist24o]

This is my Fractal Design R4 this is an on going build.

Specs:
Case: Fractal Design R4 2x 140mm Fractal Silent in front and 1x 120 Fractal Silent Rear.
Cpu: AMD FX8350 4.0Ghz (OC@ 4.5Ghz Stock Volts)
Cpu Cooler: 212 Evo with Push/Pull Corsair High Performance SP120mm
Mobo: Asus M5A97PRO
Ram: 2x 4Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport 1333Mhz (OC@1499Mhz)
Gpu: XFX DD 7870 2Gb GDDR5 Ghz Edition with Prolimatech MK-26 2x Bitfenix Spectre Pro 140mm (OC@ 1125Mhz Core Clock 1275Mhz RAM Clock Stock Volts)
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120Gb Sata 3 (Boot Drive). Kingston V300 120Gb Sata 3 (Games Drive)
HDD: 2Tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 3. Western Digital Elements 1Tb External
PSU: 750W OCZ ZS Series

 

[Cuerex]

@Specialist24o wow i didnt know the MK26 takes up so much slots

R9 290 with Arctic Accelero Xtreme III
FX 8320 OC 4.3ghz
G.Skill Sniper 2x4GB 1866mhz CL9
Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Thermalright Silver Arrow heatsink with Alpenföhn Wingboost 2 and Noiseblockers Eloop
X-fi Titanium soundcard
Corsair RM 650 Watt
Bitfenix Fan controller
Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
2tb hdd,320gb hdd,120gb ssd
bitfenix 30 leds stripe

 

[Mirakledba]

Cuerex - LOVE THE LED's man! That CPU cooler looks SICK! Good job on cabling.


Specialist24o- Awesome rig. Thats HUGE....the GPU. Nice rig!

 

[stickg1]

Wish a USA retailer carried the Alpenföhn fans. They're great...

 

[HWS]

Sorry for phone quality but here's my baby!

 

[Mirakledba]

HWS - WOW....Awesome! But consider a new GPU if you can That beast needs a bigger beast of a GPU!

 

[HWS]

HWS - WOW....Awesome! But consider a new GPU if you can That beast needs a bigger beast of a GPU!

I've been debating on going with an SLi config or just to buy a new GPU because an SLi setup would be cheaper for me.
Also, thank you!

 

[tiny voices]

I just ordered my first new keyboard in 5 years, a Mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Browns! This guy to be exact: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823162027

I had previously a Logitech G15 which was VERY worn out. I really loved the display screen which I used to display my CPU and GPU temps/ usage. After ordering the new keyboard I realized I would lose this screen. I chose to hack it up and see what I could do. These are the results:

First I chopped the screen and associated circuit board out of the keyboard.

Here we have the separated sections of the screen housing. You can see that bit on the left that sicks out. It jutted quite far off into the keyboard and ran a toggle switch. I simply hacked this off with some scissors and hoped for the best.

HOLY CRAP, this might actually work.

Put it back together and it looked kind of goofy.

So I used some electrical tape to neaten it up.

And.....IT WORKS!!! This went about as well as possible for hacking up a once $120 keyboard. All of the buttons still work, including the music playback and volume control buttons. Not I have a standalone data display screen for free, and I get to use my new mechanical keyboard without sacrificing any features of my old keyboard.

 

[nukemaster]

Nice work. First thing I though was dedicated media keys

 

[Mirakledba]

TinyVoices - Enjoy it! And nice pants 😉

 

[tiny voices]

Thanks guys! And LOL, those are my "not going anywhere today don't care" sweat pants.

 

[djayarr808]

Just recently upgraded from a Sandy-Bridge rig with specs as follows:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K (OC 4.5GHz, 1.3vCore stable on 27 hours Prime95 SmallFFT @ 78-degree avg.)
MB: Asus P8Z68-V PRO
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600mHz CL10 1.5V 8GB (1x8)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked (OC ~1280mHz core clock)
Boot: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD
PSU: Corsair CX430 (80+ Bronze, non-modular)
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB
Cooling: Cooler Master 212 EVO (installed WC as well a little later: Swiftech Apogee Drive II, HWL Black Ice GT Stealth 240&120 XFLOW(s), Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex PRO 10, XSPC Compressions, Bitspower 90-degree rotary Compressions, 3/8" ID 5/8" OD PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT tubing - Elegant White, Phobya drain port, T-fitting)

Just upgraded to:
2500K>4770K
P8Z68-V PRO>Asus ROG Maximus VI Formula
SLId my GTX 660 SCs (long process)
CX430>AX760i

It's been a long 4 months since I put the first parts together and I can finally say that THIS build is over. My Apogee Drive II just busted so i'm leaving the loop out until I can put another $1K or so into it. I'll just look at that as a whole new build. So at this point, my Hyper 212 EVO is going back on because my stock one is so NOT doing anything. Anyway, here's some pics of my "finished" build.

I'll post a new one when I save up the money to make that upgrade. Skylake-E will probably out by then and nVidia Maxwell will be "last years" tech.

 

[Mirakledba]

djayarr808 - Very nice! Great upgrade and you will be getting much faster FPS when you get that 660 SLId. I just wish the pictures where Bigger

 

[djayarr808]

djayarr808 - Very nice! Great upgrade and you will be getting much faster FPS when you get that 660 SLId. I just wish the pictures where Bigger

You can check the full-sized ones out on Overclocked.net :
http://www.overclock.net/t/1461791/clarity-in-hindsight-a-build-log-for-the-common-man-tl-drs-need-not-come-by
I figured since I can't upload it on here, the owners would rather not have us killing servers haha.
I've been running the SLI for a couple weeks now. I gotta say, the single 660 was not bad at all. I could run every game (besides Crysis 3) on max presets and they were more than playable. It could run a preset lower and be totally fine. Medium presets were flawless. The 2-way SLI scaled extremely well! I'm getting double the performance and maxed settings are butter.

Mahalo for the reply!

 

[djayarr808]

 

[fl-gators-fan]

Just upgraded to x2 EVGA GTX 770s in SLI. I LOVE the look of the Titan style video cards and opted for 2 of the EVGA GTX 770 Super-Clocked editions, instead of a more stylish cooler such as the ACX. Plus they each came with AC4:BF!! Kept one code for myself and sold the other on Ebay!

Other specs are in my sig & sorry I'm not a very good picture taker....lol!

 

[Mirakledba]

fl-gators-fan - Awesome rig man!

 

[fl-gators-fan]

fl-gators-fan - Awesome rig man!

Thank you my friend!!

 

[jben04]

That Falcon pc is real sweet,,good job