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Tiiberiius · Aug 6, 2014

This is my new build! Probably one of my most most challenging builds. It was very difficult building in such a small case, but I'm very happy with the outcome of my new gaming rig!

Case: BitFenix Phenom Micro-ATX
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VII Gene
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k @4.40Ghz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 Liquid Cooler
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB @2400MHz (2x8GB)
GPU: ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 780
PSU: Corsair AX760i
HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB
Mouse: Steelseries Rival
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70
Mouse Mat: Corsair Vengeance MM200
Monitor: ASUS VN247H-P 23.6 inch
Speakers: Logitech Z506 Speakers

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tecmo34 · Aug 7, 2014

@Tiiberiius ... Nice looking build for a Micro-ATX!

Greybeard Croft · Aug 17, 2014

New build, I tried to spend a little time making it look clean, however I did end up having to use garden ties to secure my top-mounted fans, as I didn't have the necessary screws.

CPU: i5 4690k 3.5GHz/3.9Ghz (Not overclocked yet)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31 120mm
MOBO: MSI Z97 Gaming 3
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB
PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 750W 80+ Silver
RAM: 2x4GB 1600MHz G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3
CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RM 64MB Cache
SSD: Crucial MX100 128GB
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
A/C: 1x200mm Front, 3x120mm Top, 1x140mm Bottom

{EDIT} Sorry about the photos being on the side, tinypic did that..

Pcbuilder123 · Aug 17, 2014

Really nice build! It looks very nice! Don't the garden ties cause vibration?

Greybeard Croft · Aug 17, 2014

Thanks, it's only my second one and I'm hooked, going to be doing this for years to come.
Umm, yes probably, I mean i did secure them really well through every corner mount, gave them a little movement test and they seemed pretty good.
What can vibrations do? Decrease fan efficiency?

MadMetalGuy · Aug 17, 2014

just changed my rig a little 😀

Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8350 w/ Stock Fan/Clocks
MOBO: Asus M5A97 R2.0
RAM: 12GBs DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked
SSD: Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD
HDD: 1TB 5400RPM 2.5" HDD
WLAN: TP-LINK Wireless N PCI-E Card
PSU: Corsair CX600M 80+ Bronze Modular
CASE: Cougar Solution ATX Midtower
FANS: 2x Cougar 120mm 1500RPM 1x Corsair 140mm fan and 1x Stock Cougar fan exaust

The first pic is before i swapped the graphics the second is just a pic of the new card in the system

Guest · Aug 23, 2014

Howdy partners.

Been holding off posting these before replacing a tired old HDD.
Imgur has done its party piece and thrown in some JPEG artifact, but here we go:

Exceptionally bad angle of the internals^

3 more located in the Imgur Gallery here: http://imgur.com/a/50W1N

Full specs in the signature below.
I still think the C70 is one of the best mid-towers made to date, although, it would have been nicer if the cable holes were closer to the mobo.

Greybeard Croft · Aug 23, 2014

@Distello

I'm absolutely loving the colour scheme going on there. And i love the look of those fans, they seem so tech!

Do you use those HDD cage fans for intake as well?

Dat 1 red fan though. :pt1cable:

Guest · Aug 23, 2014

Greybeard Croft :

Haha, figured the red to white went with the sticker on the power supply.
Yup, those fans are intake, those drive cages are awfully restrictive of airflow though.

Thanks dude!
Nice build yourself sir.

garage1217 · Aug 23, 2014

Not a gamer - Just built this little Micro Desktop for my business.
- Custom built the chassis / laser cut acrylic
- Micro size, only 7.75 x 7.75 x 2.25"
- AMD AM1 5350
- ASRock AM1H-ITX Mobo with 19V DC PSU / no ATX supply! Keeps it tiny
- 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600. One stick would have been more efficient but had these
- 240GB refurbished corsair neutron GTX SSD
- Win 7 64 pro / Had a spare
- Overclocking... HAHAHA Yeah... Not with this mobo. Has pretty much ZERO overclocking features.
- Use an external USB hub with power switches as I have to turn on and off equipment as needed
- Use an external burner to burn disks, otherwise not needed

Love the size and efficiency. Have not put a meter on it but estimate only about 30w at full tilt. Plenty fast for office applications, general web work, basic photo editing, surfing or whatever. I have built some fast pc's but this one makes me laugh as it was so affordable and runs so well!

You can see how small it is next to my normal sized E6420 laptop and mouse...

SSD mounts under the mobo

Cover on the bottom bolts the ssd to the chassis and provides a wire channel under the ssd

LoneRangerS · Aug 27, 2014

First Build: - Built just for those past games that next-gen consoles don't have... & other general uses.

CPU: AMD FX-6300
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB
Mobo: Asus M5A97 R2.0
PSU: NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White Series 8GB 1866MHz CL10
Case: Aeorocool DS 200 White/Black Edition
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P

I began to attempt cable management, but there wasn't enough clearance between the PSU and HDD rack so just gave up... Plus it wasn't a windowed case so wasn't too bothered.

Half Life · Aug 29, 2014

Here is mine. Its not much, but took me some time to save up for this build. As you can see, its lite on pocket to both build and use.

Coolie's Corner Desk
CPU: Intel i3 4130
GPU: Asus GTX 750 TI
RAM: Corsair 1600 2X4 GB
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256
Case: Cooler Master N200 mATX
Monitor: Dell S2240L 21.5"
Audio: Creative T3300 2.1 Speakers

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tecmo34 · Sep 21, 2014

UPDATED: Changed image to include the switch to the EVGA GTX 970 SC SLI setup!! - 10/01/2014

I updated my primary system on the first page to a Corsair 900D case and an AXi1200 PSU. I couldn't pass up them up, since they were free :lol: I'm hoping in a month or two to replace my GTX 670 with two GTX 970's. I'm waiting for a few driver updates and them to become more available in the market.

■CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K
■MOBO: ASUS P9X79 PRO LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS
■RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B
■HSF: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
■OS/App HDD: OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
■Secondary App HDD: Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
■Storage HDD: Western Digital WD40EFRX 4 TB WD Red, 3.5 inch, SATA III 5400 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM NAS Hard Drive
■PSU: CORSAIR AXi series AX1200i 1200W Digital ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
■GPU: 2x EVGA 04G-P4-2974-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card
■BD-ROM: LG Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 10X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 12X Super Multi Blue with 3D Playback & M-DISC Support WH12LS39 LightScribe Support - OEM
■Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 900D CC-9011022-WW Black Aluminum ATX Super Tower Computer Case
■Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
■Montior: SOYO Pearl MT-NI-DYLM24E6 Monitor 24" 1900x1200

carson45 · Sep 29, 2014

Finished my new build.

MSI X99 Gaming 9 AC
Intel i7-5930k
16GB Corsair DDR4 @ 3000mhz
EVGA 980 SLI
EVGA 780
Samsung EVO 500GB
Intel SSD 120GB
500GB HD for storage
Corsair H100i
Corsair 540 White
2 Dell 30" monitors both running at 2560x1600

JBL LSR305s studio monitors
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

nukemaster · Sep 30, 2014

carson45 :

Very nice setup. Also nice to see you can still get 16:10 screens.

tecmo34, That is very clean

trihedral · Oct 5, 2014

NZXT Phantom 530
NZXT HALE-90 v2 1000W
Intel i7-4770k @ 5.0 GHZ
32GB RipJaw-X DDR3 @ 2600mhz
EVGA GTX 780-Ti
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB
Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB
Custom Power Cables

STOCK CPU and GPU Fan (spent all the money on my music setup). :no:

Will update a better picture soon of the computer itself...

Pcbuilder123 · Oct 5, 2014

Nice build but considering wire engagement. I used to have it pretty bad, but it looks WAY better now

Guest · Oct 15, 2014

Couldn't resist taking a few new snaps of the rig after dropping the money on a 970.
Also cleaned up a hell of a lot of cables, bought a new acrylic window - imported from an American place, and added two fans since last time (That'll be... 11, case fans... now).

First thing's first, the shocking cable management, it's difficult to tell - but this isn't actually a screencap from the first Harry Potter just after they dropped down under Fluffy:

The card is... for want of a better word; beautiful:

And there it all is, really quite chuffed to bits:

The card overclocks like a dream.

Batmanjl · Oct 19, 2014

Spec's are in the sig!!!! 😀

jhalfhill · Nov 14, 2014

First time builder. Had multiple hardware issues that spread this build out over 6 weeks. That sucked but I'm happy with the finished product. My Specs:

Cooler Master HAF X case
--custom side window from FrozenCPU
--custom made top panel with four military switches
--cut down fan mount with 120mm Jetflo fan (graphics cooling)
Asus X99 deluxe MB
i7 5820K @ 3.8 Ghz
Swiftech H240-x with Apogee XL waterblock
2 x EVGA GTX 780 SC with EVGA Backplate
--Connected by EVGA 2way/3way SLI Bridge
Corsair Platinum Dominator 32 GB (4x8) DDR4 2666 Mhz
--Installed Dominator light bar kit
Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000w
Samsung 850 Pro series 512 GB
Aerocool 2100 fan controller
Pioneer Blu Ray
Rosewill AIO Card Reader
Bitfenix Alchemy white/white cables
Bitfenix Alchemy 30cm Blue LED
Bose Cinemate GS series II
3 x Lenovo 22.5" monitors

Motopsychojdn · Nov 20, 2014

Four switches, so my first question is, Youre not a Browncoat?
I'm normally one for seeing cables but your white/black contrast works nicely on my eyes, I'd swap the led fans for white Leds personally, i think the blue spoils an otherwise very nice build mate
Moto

jhalfhill · Nov 21, 2014

Motopsychojdn :

Browncoat?? Not sure what you mean. Googled it but I'm not familiar with Firefly. I think I agree with you on the white leds. I have always loved blue LED lighting and have it on all kinds of stuff. Love it most on my boat! Although I may swap the LED fans out for white ones as you suggested to see the look. I'll post some pics when I do it.

Motopsychojdn · Nov 21, 2014

+1 Browncoats are Firefly fans, theres an injoke about three switches and I look forward to seeing any updated pics, I'll post an updated one of mine over the weekend, adding a new res to the loop and its a bit special 🙂
Moto

jimthenagual · Dec 1, 2014

Spec's are in my signature. Still have to straighten out some cable management, but getting there.

Edit: started some cable management

Motopsychojdn · Dec 2, 2014

Yup, reckon you do hehe, I'd also look to doing something about the Bridge there, maybe find some paint or tape the same colour and co-ordinate it to the cables blue, nice rig though overall man

Moto

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