Show Us Your Rig [3]

Nice looking Rig's

@ James & lovewin7yea

YUP! I did that with my old gtx285 and it looked great, but I took the mesurements of a allready desighned backplate. For example, if you say have a nvidia gtx580, then type in google : ek 580 backplate, it will show you backplates you can buy, then just use those as a giude. I used aliminium(not the best, it gets too bendy) so then I got this hard mix between plastic and perspex,and that worked great, but did nothing else, just looked good.

Yeah, best would be to search for your cards buyable backplates, then download the how to install pdf's, thats what helped me with the size of plate and where the holes will need to go and what I needed to assemble. The washer were easy, my problem was finding screws small enough, in the end it was held together with only 2 screws, on either ends haha

But don't go for aliminium, if you make a mistake on it it shows for ever like if it gets a dent or bends, that too was my problem

A Guy said:

jamesandalexis said:

Here's my baby. Currently @4.5ghz temps max at 66degrees Celsius with Prime95 running for 24hrs. I'm going to call it done. Next build to come later this year, a 2011 based system.

Did you notice any drop in temps with the 2nd fan on the 212+? I've read that you gain little to none with a 2nd fan. A Guy

TBH, I never even tried it without. I knew that I would eventually be overclocking so I didn't even think twice. I will say that I know that I am not getting the full potential of even having both fans due to the fact that they are not matched. I know I said I'm done with it, but I intend on buying all new fans from Noctua to replace the ones I currently have. Also, the other point to having push and pull is the actual thermodynamic flow within my case. The top fan pushes air directly over the RAM and then is pulled into the cooler and pushed back out and then out of the case by the rear exhaust. After some more tweaking last night, I managed to drop my max temps down to 64degrees Celsius.

I haven't posted in awhile, but here I go. My desk has stayed pretty much the same, other than kbm/speakers. I did add some red cathodes to it to match my back lit keyboard though. My actual rig has had a MAJOR overhaul though. New motherboard, graphics cards, hsf, ssd, fans, and soon a new psu and cpu.





But here is where the overhaul has happened!



I am currently in love with my computer.. I leave the side of the case off currently so i can stare at it, its a computer like i have always wanted!

It is going to be awhile till the next update to my rig though.. I need to put some repairs into this guy.


(The red one is mine)

At least one has a V8 :)

A Guy

Maxwell- i like the x-fire, nicly done.