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[Parsnip]

Sure, here's my modest system.

I made this gif a while back when I moved from my old Antec Solo to Define R4.

Now it's more like this, most of the stuff is changed from that gif.

Too lazy to dust it.
Also too lazy to manage cables, it's a bit sad that the old gif is neater than it is now.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

A lot of people have the Fractal Design cases... when I got my Arc Midi, the thing has a USB cable that was too short and when I tried to put it on my system, it tore off the tip of the USB 3.0 cable end (from the case). Hated that so much...

 

[Marcone]

5820K @ 4.2
16GB Crucial DDR 4
MSI X99 SLI Plus
GTX 780
256 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
2TB Toshibia HDD
Corsair AX 850
Corsair H110
Corsair Air 540

 

[Oxn]

Yeah you should do it, I'm certain it will look awesome.

My main rig, I focused solely on white, but had already purchased the red and blue, so when I threw them on my secondary, I realized it didn't look as bad as imagined... then right after I bought the green one just balance it all ... a'la "RGB".

Im using a White case also.

The Cougar evolution-W to be exact.

 

[OzPinoy]

Those with hideous cable management I suggest getting a Cosair Air 540 case in your next build. You can hide your bad cabling job behind the second chamber.

 

[Baka Sempai]

Im using a White case also.

The Cougar evolution-W to be exact.

Im using this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146071

About to upgrade.... let me know if you may want it..... i wouldnt mind shipping it your way

 

[semicolin82]

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[Isomac]

Most recent picture I found. This is how you make SLI system right?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Shitty camera, low light, and what not; but here it is with the new sound card, which shines more than I anticipated.

and this is in August:

 

[Oxn]

I just put in my new LED fan right now and snapped a pic.

Using a 3570k
16GB ram
Samsung 830 Pro
GTX 780

Waiting on SkyLake-E to upgrade.

 

[LordOfChaos]

PC does mean personal computer, after all, so..

Don't even lie, those are some smexy innards. Razer even aped the inner layout (which I'm ok with...Still smexy).

 

[The_Lump]

After looking through this thread I'm utterly ashamed to look at mine, but here it is. Due a clean/tidy/upgrade. Used mainly for graphic design/photography bit quite a bit of gaming too.

Asus P8Z68-M
i5 2500K (@3.3Ghz)
Sapphire HD 6870 (1GB)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3
Corsair H80i Liquid CPU Cooler
256GB Plextor SSD + 2x 1TB HDD + 60GB OCZ SSD Scratch Disk
Cooler Master Silencio 550 Case + Corsair SP120 Fans
OcUK Battle 750W Mudular PSU
(Coupled with a 27" AOC monitor)


Runs virtually silent and cool at all times

 

[mattman5000]

The aesthetics of some of computers in this thread make me want to completely redo my cabling (thinking about buying the Corsair AXi1200 just so I can get the fully modular cables), and redo my liquid cooling + nozzle fitting.

What do you guys think? All white liquid with black fittings + white cables? Or should I go black cables, or maybe blue cables to match the motherboard?

(re-posting pic for reference)

 

[MetalDeer]

After looking through this thread I'm utterly ashamed to look at mine, but here it is. Due a clean/tidy/upgrade. Used mainly for graphic design/photography bit quite a bit of gaming too.

Asus P8Z68-M
i5 2500K (@3.3Ghz)
Sapphire HD 6870 (1GB)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3
Corsair H80i Liquid CPU Cooler
256GB Plextor SSD + 2x 1TB HDD + 60GB OCZ SSD Scratch Disk
Cooler Master Silencio 550 Case + Corsair SP120 Fans
OcUK Battle 750W Mudular PSU
(Coupled with a 27" AOC monitor)


Runs virtually silent and cool at all times

Not trying to be patronizing here, but are you sure you have your RAM installed correctly? Because every motherboard I've had, you're supposed to put both RAM sticks in the same color so you can use both channels and utilize dual-channel.

If I'm wrong and I'm just making myself look like an idiot, please just ignore me.

 

[CharmingCharlie]

Not trying to be patronizing here, but are you sure you have your RAM installed correctly? Because every motherboard I've had, you're supposed to put both RAM sticks in the same color so you can use both channels and utilize dual-channel.

If I'm wrong and I'm just making myself look like an idiot, please just ignore me.

By the looks of it he appears to have 4 sticks of RAM in there, 2 have blue heat spreaders and 2 without heat spreaders. So his PC should be running in Dual Channel mode.

I might add to the topic over the weekend. I just ordered a new SSD that needs plonking in my PC and I will probably do it on Sunday. I will also use the opportunity to dust the thing out a bit and do a general tidy up. It's nothing exotic or exciting but it has been my gaming PC for nigh on three years now.

 

[MetalDeer]

By the looks of it he appears to have 4 sticks of RAM in there, 2 have blue thermal coverings (or whatever you call those things) and 2 without thermal coverings. So his PC should be running in Dual Channel mode.

Ah, I didn't even see those. Well, now I look like an idiot.

 

[HokieJoe]

Corsair 540 Air

I am using the same one.

It looks badass. I have an Antec CP-850 I'm dying to use, but I'm not wild about buying Antec's offerings. I may just build a case if I can't find one to shoehorn that PSU into.

EDIT: After checking it out, I don't think it will work.

 

[Baka Sempai]

Ah, I didn't even see those. Well, now I look like an idiot.

No, you are actually correct, ... his RAM is not installed correctly ...
There's two black slots and two blue ones, he has mismatched sticks running in single channel which would limit the overall frequency speed of the ram.

The blue heatsink sticks should be either paired on the blue slots, or vice versa.

 

[CharmingCharlie]

No, you are actually correct, ... his RAM is not installed correctly ...
There's two black slots and two blue ones, he has mismatched sticks running in single channel which would limit the overall frequency speed of the ram.

The blue heatsink sticks should be either paired on the blue slots, or vice versa.

I imagine all the ram sticks have the same frequencies and timings. So it doesn't really matter if he has them "matching" as long as all 4 sticks are running the same frequencies and timings it will work in dual channel mode.

 

[thejpfin]

Build this pc 2 weeks ago and it was my first time building a pc. PC building virginity lost!
Yes, that cable management is horrible, don't judge

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Could do with a bit of dusting but heyhoo -

 

[HT UK]

First time I'd built my own PC

 

[dex3108]

This is from last year now cable management is a bit better

 

[The_Lump]

Not trying to be patronizing here, but are you sure you have your RAM installed correctly? Because every motherboard I've had, you're supposed to put both RAM sticks in the same color so you can use both channels and utilize dual-channel.

If I'm wrong and I'm just making myself look like an idiot, please just ignore me.

Not patronizing at all, don't worry. I took the heatsinks off two of the RAM sticks as they were too tall to fit under my old cpu cooler. All four are the same

By the looks of it he appears to have 4 sticks of RAM in there, 2 have blue heat spreaders and 2 without heat spreaders. So his PC should be running in Dual Channel mode.

Yup, what he said.

 

[CharmingCharlie]

Whelp I finally got around to open up my PC to shove another SSD in and remove the 2 dead seagate drives (oh seagate you gits). I thought I took some pictures. Turns out my damn phone camera was on video instead. Didn't fancy taking everything apart again just for pictures so did a screenshot from the video :-

Vital statistics are :-

MB - Asus P8Z68-V LE
CPU - Intel 2500k @ 3.4ghz
RAM - 8gbs of 1600mhz cannot remember the name of the manufacturer
GPU - Gigabyte GTX670 4gb

Hard Discs = 1 x Samsung 120, 1 x Samsung 240gb, 1 x Samsung 3tb, 1 x Samsung 1tb

Yes to my utter shame that is a standard intel heat sink and fan on the CPU. I accept that this is 100 percent blatantly lazy and cheap . My cable management policy is currently "shove it all down at the bottom out of the way" which seems to work well.

I did notice I had two free RAM slots and could shove another 8gbs of RAM in there. But with DDR 4 waiting in the wings I think I will soldier on with 8gbs for now. I hope this ole girl will keep me going for another year or two or last long enough for DDR4 to become standard.

 

[nabe_shogun]

Just yesterday I upgraded the power supply, graphics card and ram. I should probably do motherboard and CPU next as they are over 4 years old.

inside

setup

 

[RGVNOE]

My first Build

ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula
i7-4790k
GTX 980 STRIX
16 GB DDR3 RAM Corsair Vengeance Pro
Cooler Master Nepton 240
EVGA Supernova 850 G2

external build

and inside case

and all the other colors it lights up

 

[riflen]

This is my Frankenstein. Obviously, presentation is not a priority for me. GPUs are 780 Ti and CPU is 3570k.

 

[old manatee]

My pc is full of cat hair but it runs like a Swiss watch so I don't pay it no nevermind.

 

[Durante]

There's a surprising amount of really high end systems in here. Oh, and AiO watercooling seems more mainstream than massive air cooling now, which makes no sense to me

 

[Smokey]

There's a surprising amount of really high end systems in here. Oh, and AiO watercooling seems more mainstream than massive air cooling now, which makes no sense to me

Dont understand how people don't want massive amounts of metal taking up half their case or force them to curse at it putting it together?

 

[Woffls]

Never intended to build a high end system, hence the 750 Ti SC and H60 cooler. I'll get a new GPU when I need it.

5820K on the MSI X99S Sli Plus with 16GB of G Skill whatever DDR4.
Other side is reasonably tidy as well.

 

[Chris_IWS]

932 HAF Advanced case
Fractal Design R2 Newton 1000W PSU
Crosshair V Formula Z motherboard
AMD FX-8350 CPU @ 4.2GHz
Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid Cooler
2x Radeon HD 7950 GPUs
8GB Kingston DDR3 RAM @ 1600MHz
Crucial 240GB M500 SSD
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SSD
Western Digital Red 3TB HDD
Western Digital 2TB HDD

Need to get some covers for the back of the case and hide some of those cables.

 

[DevilFox]

i7 4790 + Corsair Hydro H75
Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 16GB DDR3 CL8 1600MHz
Gigabyte 970 G1 Gaming
ASRock H97M PRO4
etc.

The case is a Fractal Design Node 804, which I love.
And finally, I know some people hate this shiny stuff but here's a quick look from the outside

 

[TC McQueen]

There's a surprising amount of really high end systems in here. Oh, and AiO watercooling seems more mainstream than massive air cooling now, which makes no sense to me

Aside from concerns about water being in a PC and messing around with the tubing, AIO watercooling does look a lot easier to install. I remember what a pain in the ass installing my Hyper 212 Evo was because of the weird way the mount works.

 

[Parsnip]

Aside from concerns about water being in a PC and messing around with the tubing, AIO watercooling does look a lot easier to install. I remember what a pain in the ass installing my Hyper 212 Evo was because of the weird way the mount works.

I could probably never use water cooling, just too paranoid about water in the pc. Just nope nope nope, couldn't deal with it.
Been using Noctua NH-U12P since early 2008. I don't know how other cooler makers are with their customer support, but with every mobo/cpu upgrade I've made so far, they have been easy to deal with in order to get a free updated mounting kit when needed.

 

[acksman]

Built a couple of weeks ago. Going Tri 980's when I find the right monitor.

 

[MizzouRah]

Old Case was an Orsis something or another that was god awful noisy.
Upgraded to a Fractal R4 Blackout with a window or the solid panel -- they gave me both for a RMA issue.

Old specs:
P6t Deluxe V2
i7 920 @ 3.4 Ghz
GTX 770 SC 2 GB
12 Gigs DDR3-1600
Slow 1TB HDD

Post Black-Friday Impulse Specs:
ASUS Z97 Pro (Christmas gift from the missus)
i7 4790k
Samsung 850 Pro (256 Gigs) along with the old 1TB HDD
16 Gb G. Skill Sniper DDR3-2400
Still have the GTX 770, but Gigabyte 970 G1 should arrive tomorrow
Picked up a VG248QE on sale as well for my first foray into 120hz lightboost goodness.

 

[Idempotent Button]

Quadfire, because.

 

[Oxn]

Quadfire, because.

The color is very fitting because it must be a furnace in there.

 

[Idempotent Button]

The color is very fitting because it must be a furnace in there.

It doubles as a room heater!

 

[MisterNoisy]

This build's about two years old (2500K/Z87/GTX670) or so, but I moved it into a smaller case (CM Storm Scout II) earlier this year:

My HTPC/LAN party machine:

 

[mrlion]

Best I could do sorry In between my phone's crappy camera and how the PC is setup (the side panel faces the wall...) and yeah but anyway

i7 5820k
16 GB RAM
GTX970
256 GB SSD
3 other HDDs (one 4TB, one 1TB, one 650 GB)

 

[Goldenelementxl]

5960X
Titan Black SLI
16 GB DDR4

 

[Objectively Bad Opinion]

The color is very fitting because it must be a furnace in there.

I thought those GPUs exhaust outside of the case, not inside?

 

[AsianOni]

Before :

X2 4800+ (w/ Tuniq Tower 120)
DFI LP nF4 Sli-DR Expert o)
8800GT Sli
Mushkin Redline XP4000
Lian-Li PC-A10B

After :

i5 4690K (w/ BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3)
Asus Z97-A
GTX780
CM ATCS-840
Same old PSU : Seasonic M12-600

 

[dmr87]

Corsair Obsidian 750D
Asus Maximus VI Hero
4670k
Corsair Vengeance 16GB
MSI GTX780ti
Corsair AX750

Nvidia, show us the 900 series ti card.

 

[yatesl]

No photos, but last week I built a PC for my brother.

Got it all put it, and then realised that the case (Silencio 452) doesn't have a cut out for the supplemental mobo plug, and I'd have had to have routed it under the motherboard before putting it in to hide the cable.

I'm just glad that a) it wasn't my PC and he didn't care, and b) there was no window on it. Cooler Master, you dicks. It's perfect, aside from an ugly wire going all the way from the PSU to the top left corner.

Eugh.

 

[Eddie Bax]

Some of you guys are way too hard on yourselves. Still plenty of sexy PC porn in here, stray cables or not.

 

[bathsalts]

I can still hear the curses coming from the installation of some of these massive air coolers you guys have.

Some of you guys are way too hard on yourselves. Still plenty of sexy PC porn in here, stray cables or not.

cable management is an art, some of us know we're just finger painting compared to the Rembrandt's out there, wish this was mine; I still finger paint and use LED's to cover up all the mistakes.