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[CptBarbossa]

Here is my computer. Some old hardware, but wanted to see if 8 graphics card would work in one computer. Guess what, it does!

Specs:
i7 4790k
evga z87 classified
24gb HyperX Fury blue 1600mhz
NZXT 1200w 80plus gold
H80i
(2) Sapphire hd 4850x2 in quadfire
(2) EVGA GTX 295 in quad SLI

Here is a video for some more information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_rlSD_QD1Q

 

[Michael Grant]

Xeon E3 1246V2 NoFAN crh-80 passive cooler, Gtx 970 Gigabyte mini with Artic cooling passive cooler, Seasonic passive psu. BeQuiet fans.

 

[nukemaster]

Very cool!

 

[bajkapeter]

Hey guys
Here's my first build ever, let me know if there's any improvements I could make on it

Specs.:

- Haswell i5-4670 @3,4 GHz
- BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 CPU cooler with Arctic MX-4 thermal compound
- ASUS H81M-C mATX LGA1150 motherboard
- 16 GB of Kingston HyperX Fury Black (1600MHz CL9) RAM
- ASUS R9 290X 4GB DirectCU II OC
- Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD
- Cooler Master V650 80+ Gold Semi-modular power supply
- Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition case fan (painted the white ring black, to match the color scheme)
- Thermaltake Versa II case, a bit trimmed down (drilled out the rivets, and removed the drive cages the plastic front panel, and other useless components)

I know the case and the cable management is a mess, and the motherboard is brownish instead of black, but I haven't had the money to buy better components yet

 

[SammChisnall]

Hi Guys, been wanting to post my build here for a while, the point of project Groudon is to make overkill my bitch. I have an MSI Z97 Gaming 7 running an I7 4790k and 16GB HyperX Beast 2400mhz, a H100i for CPU cooling and AF/SP fans cooling the case. The GPU's are Crossfire R9 290x Lightnings, for storage i have 3 1TB Seagate Barracuda's and 2 Samsung 840 Evo 240GB SSD's. All of this is powered by an EVGA Supernova 1600w G2 (yes i know its too much) and inside a Corsair 900D. The only issue I have with this build is the goddamn Cables.
Criticise away 😉

 

[RunLuke]

My PCB is brown too, who cares 😉

 

[Spike_xps720]

Specs:
Case - NZXT Phantom 820 black
Motherboard - Asus X99 Deluxe 3.1
CPU - i7 5930k (OC to 4.5 Ghz)
Memory - 32GB Geil (4x 8GB) DDR4 3000 MHz (Timing 15-15-15-35) OC to LPX XMP 2666
CPU cooler - Corsair H100 GTX
Power supply - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified 1000W
Operating system - Windows 10 PRO 64bit
Primary HD for Operating system - SAMSUNG 850 EVO MZ-75E1T0B/AM 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage HD - WD BLACK SERIES WD4003FZEX 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Video card - EVGA GTX 980ti Hybrid 2-way SLI
Monitor - Overlord Tempest X270OC, 27" 120 Hz IPS (set to 100 Hz)

 

[xapoc]

 

[nukemaster]

Spike_xps720,

For questions about your cooling please post a thread or check out The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

I would not want video card heat out the bottom because the power supply is pulling that air in.


xapoc,
Looks good.

 

[MichaelG414]

MichaelG414

I built my first PC (well had it built by Fry's)
Operating system is Windows 10 64bit.

Motherboard: MSI z97a Gaming 7
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790k 8MB 4.1 GHz
RAM: Vector 3 Red 16GB 1600MHz DDR3
Graphics: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4GB 256bit 1228Mhz Core Clock
Cooling: Corsair H110i GT 280mm
Power: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 850w ATX
Drives: 1) 480GB OCZ Trion SSD
2) 1TB Mains HDD 7200 RPM 64MB Buffer
3) 1 TB Mains HDD 7200 RPM 64MB Buffer
Optical Drive: Blue Ray R/W 16X
Wireless: EDiMax AC1200 Dual Band PCI Adapter (however I have my PC connected through the ethernet port on the motherboard)
Case: Thermaltake Core V51
Lighting: NZXT Hue LED controller

I benchmarked using Firestrike free demo version in 64bit settings. First was in MSI Gaming mode and I scored about a 11,300 or so. Second was using MSI's software OC Genie to put it in their optimal overclocking mode. The test then came back at about 12,200.

*edited, I removed the questions since it wasn't appropriate for this thread, sorry - my bad.

 

[JaxAxRho]

MichaelG414
Can anyone tell me what my normal operating temperature ranges should be for my CPU and motherboard? At idle the Intel i7-k runs about 30C or below. Under heavy load it gets to maybe 40C. The motherboard CPU hotter at 40C idle and maybe 49C under load. The temps for the motherboard system, TZ00 and TZ01 mid 30C to high 20C's.

Those temps are quite normal for a well cooled i7. I read an article the other day (and now I can't find it for the life of me) that tested what temperatures should be seen on different Intel chips and you are well below the max. Especially for an i7. That radiator looks to be working out well for you.

 

[IAmJacks24]

Just built my first computer for mild/moderate gaming on an EXTREME(ly lucky) budget, and I used this site for a lot of insight before I became a member, so I figured I'd post the final result!

CPU: Intel Core i3-540 3.06GHz OC'd to 3.52GHz on stock cooler
Mobo: ASRock P55DE3
RAM: 4x2GB DDR3 1600
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD7950 3GB Boost State
HDD: 250GB 7200RPM Laptop Drive (waste not want not)
PSU: Ultra Xfinity 500W
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
Other: ASUS disk drive, and a front USB 2.0 dock.


I'm looking to upgrade the processor around Christmas/Tax Return to an i7-860 or i5-760.

And about the PSU... that's where the build story gets interesting...

I was given my case and graphics card by a friend when he upgraded his system, and I already had the RAM and HDD from working at a tech department for a few months. A few days ago I went to a local thrift store and saw a bunch of PC's for cheap,and I found my donor system for $7! It was generous enough to lay its life on the line and supply me the processor, motherboard, PSU, and the disk drive and additional front USB hub.

Comments and suggestions are welcome!

 

[nukemaster]

Just a friendly reminder that this is a Gallery thread.

For general discussion, check out The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

For build advice check, out the Systems section of the forum.

For new builders, check out Step-by-Step Guide to Building a PC

For information on upgrade and new build advise, check out *How to Ask for New Build or Upgrade Advice*. This thread helps users post in way that gives all the information required to make helping them easy.

 

[vn_mnm]

This is my rig. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is the first time I have ever built a desktop rig myself. I take pride in my own work building it up from scratch using my own hands, so I name it the F-15E Strike Eagle :

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 980 4GB JetStream Video Card
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A9 PWM 46.4 CFM 92mm Fan
Monitor: LG 24MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.8" Monitor
Loudspeaker : Microlab M310 40W

What do you guys think of it ?

Here are the photos :
Overview :


Description :


Monitor & Loudspeaker :

 

[JaxAxRho]

What's the twisty tied on thing in white? On the left part of the picture?

 

[vn_mnm]

What's the twisty tied on thing in white? On the left part of the picture?

It is a pack of water-vapour absorber made up of silica crystals. Since I live in a country in the far east which is near the equator, it has a wet tropical weather. Hence, I think equipping my Strike Eagle with 2 packs of silica will help drying the air flowing inside its case when it is offline. 😀

What do you think of my rig ?

 

[JaxAxRho]

Not a discussion thread, question redacted.
I think it's a good looking system aside from a little messy. I'm sure it runs well.

 

[vn_mnm]

Not a discussion thread, question redacted.
I think it's a good looking system aside from a little messy. I'm sure it runs well.

Thanks for the compliment m8. Actually the Zalman Z3 Plus is quite a niche case when it comes to routing the 8-pin mobo to the other side of it, since the top of it leaves quite a little space for the 8-pin connector to slip in and plug into the mobo. That is the main reason of the mess.

 

[MichaelG414]

Decided to upgrade my build just a little more and added a second GPU but had to also put in a larger power supply so I went with the Thermaltake 1200W Toughpower Grand Gold. Also found this nice MSI rigid SLI bridge that adds some bling.

And it seems to be working well...

 

[Norton72]

Here's my just completed build. Nothing fancy, but I can build on it.

Mobo: ASUS X99-M-WS
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X
Storage: 2x Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD, 1x WD 750GB HDD
RAM: CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 2800
Case: be quiet! SILENT BASE 800 WINDOW
PSU: EVGA 220-PS-1000-V1 80 PLUS Platinum 1000 W
Current GPU: SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R7 265
Soon to be changed for: EVGA GTX 970 FTW

 

[scottyspot]

Mine has 6x 5tb 7200 rpm Toshiba HDDs, a 3tb 7200 rpm Seagate Barracuda HDD, 2x 480gb Intel 730 ssd, LG Blu-ray burner, 400gb Intel NVMe PCIE ssd, i7 5820k processor, 64gb Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 2666 ram, 2x Gigabyte r9 390 video cards in crossfire, tp link wireless AC card, MSI x99sli plus mobo, EVGA supernova g2 1300 watt PSU, and various fans and my clear case. It works well and drives a 28 inch 4k 60hz monitor and my 50 inch 4k tv. Some here may not like it, l but I do.

 

[tiny voices]

Out of curiosity, why have than many HDDs with nothing on them?

 

[scottyspot]

That was because they had just been replaced. I had a bad cable with my PSU and it took out 6 of the drives. I have the ones I had data recovery insurance on out getting that done right now, and the data will be put back on the new ones. I just installed those 6x 5tb drives on this past Friday.

Before I had 4x 5tb drives and 2x 3tb drives in their place. Thankfully EVGA is going to refund me the replacement costs of those drives, but still, the loss of so much data hurt. Ohh well, I think the majority of what was irreplaceable was on teh ones I have out at Seagate for data recovery. Shouldn't take long to get a bunch on the new drives either with my astrophotography, video, and regular photography. I work with stacks of 500+ images in RAW format at times for the astrophotos.

*edit: The Intel 730 SSDs did have something on them, but I backed it up to Amazon and moved stuff around, btu have not put it back on them again. Probably will next weekend.

 

[Deleted member 1771594]

My old PC build with upgraded components. Still my main computer after all this years.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
Motherboard: MSI Z97M Gaming Micro ATX
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400
Storage: Crucial M500 Solid State Drive (2 x 240GB)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB (2-Way SLI)
Case: Corsair Obsidian 350D
PSU: Cooler Master V850 850W

 

[Deleted member 1771594]

My small PC build.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC Mini ITX
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB Solid State Drive (2 x 240GB)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB
Case: MSI Nightb​lade Z97 B​arebone PC​ Case
PSU: Proprietary MSI Nightblade PSU 600 watts