Show Us Your Rig [3]

[Jascias]

Hi Guys. I was looking at my Tuffshed in the backyard and had a epiphany. Create a all in one room, where you can sleep, game, and eat.
From start to finish.

I7 2600k
Gtx 590
Silverstone 1000w
6 HD 9 Terabytes
12 gb ram

 

[ganjiry]

very nice setup and shed u got there. jealous :drool:

 

[linnemeyerhere]

That's one tough shed man ! Only draw back is it's a run to the head in an emergency !
Paradigm's are one great value in audio. Serious rig and I love the magnifying light for the intense close up work. Not sure what you do but is the company hiring ?!! lol

 

[Solarstarshines]

That's one tough shed man ! Only draw back is it's a run to the head in an emergency !
Paradigm's are one great value in audio. Serious rig and I love the magnifying light for the intense close up work. Not sure what you do but is the company hiring ?!! lol

I second that !

 

[GeneO]

Uh oh

My question is, do you have a loo out there. :roflmao:

 

[windude99]

Here is my rig. The photos are attatched.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

windude99,
Nice and clean system, but I'm especially impressed with the taught bed making skills you have shown us in the picture, might even be hospital corners used? lol. Great upgrades on the ram, cooler and I'm guessing the Seasonic PSU unless that came stock? Also jumping to a couple of killer 1TB+ drives. Next major improvement would be to use a SSD for the OS and Primary Software and now that you can get a 64gb for 84.00 it's doable. Thanks for the sharp pictures !

 

[windude99]

The CPU cooler was stock. This pc had a bestec 250 watt psu that i felt more comfortable not using. I tried a Crucial M4 ssd and this pc didn't like it. I ended up putting it in my laptop and it works perfectly. This system had the Seagate 1TB stock and I added a 1TB Western Digital. The graphics card and psu my dad and I did together since we both like doing upgrades to computers.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

windude,
Well cheers to that, nice job. One of these days you'll have to design a rig from the case up. Welcome to the forum.

 

[windude99]

windude,
Well cheers to that, nice job. One of these days you'll have to design a rig from the case up. Welcome to the forum.

Thanks. I may upgrade the ram in the future for virtual machines, but right now 6gb is good enough. Also, I am planning on building a pc in a few years.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

windude99,
You'll have the time of your life, I built my first system a few years ago and now I understand or don't why manufacturers paint you into corners with non-standard components. Actually I totally understand, it's so you can't upgrade and will replace every couple of years. I've learned valuable knowledge from that first build and learned from my mistake which I continued to the 2nd build and so forth and so on. All of this before I found this forum which has be like a revelation of knowledge and learning. I hope you find it as valuable as I have and if you can learn from our mistake and knowledge it will save tons of grief and monies !

 

[windude99]

windude99,
You'll have the time of your life, I built my first system a few years ago and now I understand or don't why manufacturers paint you into corners with non-standard components. Actually I totally understand, it's so you can't upgrade and will replace every couple of years. I've learned valuable knowledge from that first build and learned from my mistake which I continued to the 2nd build and so forth and so on. All of this before I found this forum which has be like a revelation of knowledge and learning. I hope you find it as valuable as I have and if you can learn from our mistake and knowledge it will save tons of grief and monies !

When my pc (the pc pictured) didn't like my ssd, I was really disappointed. The sata controller is just some AMD controller. I don't know why this system didn't like the ssd. The ssd works really well in my laptop, so it's not the ssd. Except for that issue this system has been really solid. Building my own pc has always been something I have wanted to do ever since i knew it was even possible. Also, if you or anyone else can give me some tips to improve the cable management, that would be great. I am kind of limited because the case HP used is very shallow. From the fatory, the psu it came with had all of the unused wires bundled at the top of the case, which didn't look nice. Any ideas for improve my pc would be greatly appreciated.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

windude99,
I would just wait till you can build the next system. The case doesn't allow or the PSU being non-modular for a lot of options. Zip ties and such is about all you can do. I made this very mistake with my full tower case as it has limited pass through's and such so my cables mostly all show. Don't worry about this now as you don't even have a window on the case to look into it. The difference in case temps is zip and the only one who'll know what's going on inside is you.
If you start to add bigger GPU's and such you'll be changing out the PSU again (adding higher wattage) and at that time I would go much larger and modular, but again this will all be better at the time you start thinking about the case up. It's my opinion that a great build starts with a superior case and PSU and if bought right will outlast many CPU's, Mobo's, and GPU's. Spend wisely there and you're good for way down the road, saving tons of monies.

 

[windude99]

windude99,
I would just wait till you can build the next system. The case doesn't allow or the PSU being non-modular for a lot of options. Zip ties and such is about all you can do. I made this very mistake with my full tower case as it has limited pass through's and such so my cables mostly all show. Don't worry about this now as you don't even have a window on the case to look into it. The difference in case temps is zip and the only one who'll know what's going on inside is you.
If you start to add bigger GPU's and such you'll be changing out the PSU again (adding higher wattage) and at that time I would go much larger and modular, but again this will all be better at the time you start thinking about the case up. It's my opinion that a great build starts with a superior case and PSU and if bought right will outlast many CPU's, Mobo's, and GPU's. Spend wisely there and you're good for way down the road, saving tons of monies.

Yea, agreed. HP didn't want their systems to be upgradable I guess. When I build I will definitely choose a good case and psu, and not to forget, a good mobo. If I want to do much more upgrading, then I will need to rebuild, and I don't know how much my pc will like that. I will probably stick to this current setup because it can play dirt 3 really well and I can use virtual machines and everything else I want it to do. It is a well made machine, it just wasn't made to be upgraded that much. I'm amazed that it runs the Radeon HD 5670, a new power supply, and another harddrive. If I upgrade anything on that pc, it will be the OS, if Windows 8 is good.

 

[JoeDavola]

Hi Guys. I was looking at my Tuffshed in the backyard and had a epiphany. Create a all in one room, where you can sleep, game, and eat.

Awesome, you modded an entire room.

 

[A Guy]

Looks good windude99

A Guy

 

[windude99]

Looks good windude99

A Guy

Thanks! Also, any tips or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

 

[PwnFrnzy]

Just got done putting in my new Cooler Master Hyper 212 heatsink. It barely fit into my 430 Elite case and there was some issues with getting the Heatsink's backplate on the back of the mobo, the hole wasn't in the correct position.
The Heatsink is huge compared to the old heatsink which had a 60mm or 90mm fan on it, I put Arctic Silver on it and there is already a 10C drop in temps, but I'll be playing Crysis 2 to get the thermal paste set in.
The second picture should be my old heatsink next to the box for the new one, knowing how big the 212 is, my old heatsink is a toddler compared to the 212
Sorry for the blurry pictures, I'm not very sturdy when is comes to taking pictures.

EDIT: Also while I was at Fry's Electronics I went over to the CPU display and all the Athlon and Phenoms are gone, has the FX series replaced all the other AMD CPUs?

 

[Solarstarshines]

Just got done putting in my new Cooler Master Hyper 212 heatsink. It barely fit into my 430 Elite case and there was some issues with getting the Heatsink's backplate on the back of the mobo, the hole wasn't in the correct position.
The Heatsink is huge compared to the old heatsink which had a 60mm or 90mm fan on it, I put Arctic Silver on it and there is already a 10C drop in temps, but I'll be playing Crysis 2 to get the thermal paste set in.
The second picture should be my old heatsink next to the box for the new one, knowing how big the 212 is, my old heatsink is a toddler compared to the 212
Sorry for the blurry pictures, I'm not very sturdy when is comes to taking pictures.

EDIT: Also while I was at Fry's Electronics I went over to the CPU display and all the Athlon and Phenoms are gone, has the FX series replaced all the other AMD CPUs?

Nope i seen a Bunch load at the Frys by me Fountain Valley and Anahiem
Also lmao i do have a 965 Be but im probally going to swap it out in my other rig with the 925 Deneb 2.8 Ghz oc'able to atleast 3.8 Ghz if you are looking for a little upgrade try the frys in my area your in the Riverside area right ? would be like 35 min trip to Anahiem from you

 

[PwnFrnzy]

Nope i seen a Bunch load at the Frys by me Fountain Valley and Anahiem
Also lmao i do have a 965 Be but im probally going to swap it out in my other rig with the 925 Deneb 2.8 Ghz oc'able to atleast 3.8 Ghz if you are looking for a little upgrade try the frys in my area your in the Riverside area right ? would be like 35 min trip to Anahiem from you

I went to the one in Industry City. All the Phenoms and Athlons are gone, the manager then told me they were being deactivated and replaced with the FX series.