Show Us Your Rig [3]

[Alsisgevat]

Yeah, I am happy with it, I will upload a pic or 2 of how it looks,just for second opinions,

And when looking for a chassis, dont buy for what you need now, buy for what you plan on doing with it in 5 years,so basically make sure it will stay "up to date" as long as needed

 

[Poimetheus]

My samsung 32" LED 1080p tv/monitor, yamaha AV receiver (7.2), ps3, xbox and sky hd

seat and stuff (yes mac boo hiss lol)

my media pc sat on my subwoofer, used just for movie streaming

my rig, in my aging antec 900 case, soon to be an NZXT phantom

sneaky peak inside, currently rocking a stock cooler till i get new case

What are you doing with that acrylic box?? I'm in the market for one if you're replacing.

 

[Alsisgevat]

Pics are here for those who are interested in seeing the changes

http://www.sevenforums.com/overclocking-case-mods/244466-tj-11-build.html#post2036371

 

[Alsisgevat]

I ran a SSD HD tester today,and at the end it said I should fix the corrupted error and sectors,so I let it run and fix the stuff, now it went from a 7.9 score down to 7.5, but it is way faster,and not just with file transfers,but with boot-up,response and so on, so it scored lower,but made an actual difference you can see. Anyone els experienced that recently SSD's tend to score different every time you format? Or is it just mine?

 

[Britton30]

I think over formatting will slow a SSD due to writes and wearing. I found mine was slower when new but picked up after running it several days. Went from 7.5 to 7.9 in WEI and 567 to 777 with As SSD benchmark. I use Secure Erase in Parted Magic to wipe a SSD before a reinstall.

What tester did you use Joey?

 

[nostaw5]

I dont really have a picture But check My System Specs for the full details

 

[Britton30]

At last, it's found a home!

I have had my Intel system sitting on the motherboard box since April, testing to make sure it was stable. I have now put it in an Inwin Dragon Rider full tower case.
Special thanks go to essenbe and ICit2lol for their help, advice, and parts for this effort. Thank you Steve and John!

My build log, only 23 pix.
Here is the stock case, pic from Newegg.com.


This is the new parts in the pool, came from AMD. Intel i5-2550K with 16GB G.Skill 2133 RAM.


I painted the exterior blue.

First parts in the case, I/O panel and PSU.

Optical drives, Lg BluRay burner and ASUS DVD burner.

Fashioned a filter over the front intake fan.


...and on the CPU cooler intake fan.


I added some aluminum foil tape to the cooler to help stop side air bleed-out.

Board and PSU mounted.


My "neat" workspace, a picnic table in the kitchen.

Stages of wiring inside and behind the board.


Wiring behind board and inside finished, YAY!


Using magnetic sheet I have attached some sheer black curtain material to case opening for filtering. I have 3 fans binging air in and one exhaust=positive pressure. It ain't pretty but should be good at keeping dust to a minimum.


Case assembled with front panel attached. One card reader and a USB 3.0 panel.



How it looked for 3+ months taking up space on my desk.

 

[essenbe]

I have had my Intel system sitting on the motherboard box since April, testing to make sure it was stable. I have now put it in an Inwin Dragon Rider full tower case.
Special thanks go to essenbe and ICit2lol for their help, advice, and parts for this effort. Thank you Steve and John!

My build log, only 23 pix.
Here is the stock case, pic from Newegg.com.
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This is the new parts in the pool, came from AMD. Intel i5-2550K with 16GB G.Skill 2133 RAM.
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I painted the exterior blue.
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First parts in the case, I/O panel and PSU.
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Optical drives, Lg BluRay burner and ASUS DVD burner.
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Fashioned a filter over the front intake fan.
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...and on the CPU cooler intake fan.
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I added some aluminum foil tape to the cooler to help stop side air bleed-out.
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Board and PSU mounted.
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My "neat" workspace, a picnic table in the kitchen.
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Stages of wiring inside and behind the board.
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Wiring behind board and inside finished, YAY!
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Using magnetic sheet I have attached some sheer black curtain material to case opening for filtering. I have 3 fans binging air in and one exhaust=positive pressure. It ain't pretty but should be good at keeping dust to a minimum.
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Case assembled with front panel attached. One card reader and a USB 3.0 panel.

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How it looked for 3+ months taking up space on my desk.
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Looks good. Nice job, Gary.

 

[DocBrown]

Does the Pringles can & the salt shaker speed up the preformance ? What is your secret Gary ?

 

[Britton30]

Does the Pringles can & the salt shaker speed up the preformance ? What is your secret Gary ?

:roflmao:Very much needed accessories Jack. When added to the tummy things work much better. The beverage (Pepsi) was out of sight.

Thanks Steve. I figured out the 3.5" panels so they're not buried.

 

[Terronium 12]

Missed out on some good-looking rigs in here as of late. Sabertooth is still running a-okay, in fact I've picked up some modded extension power cables and some additional tubing to get the water back on Ivy.

I'll pick up the HX cables sometime next week, I think.

Anyway, I'm a little behind - you putting together a new system, Steve?

 

[Alsisgevat]

Gary that chasis looks amazing!!! Welldone on an awesome looking rig!

 

[Britton30]

Gary that chasis looks amazing!!! Welldone on an awesome looking rig!

Thank you!

 

[Alsisgevat]

Can I suggest something?

For your cpu cooler fans : http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1..._w_De-Vibration_TPE_Cover.html?tl=g36c365s936

Those are the ones I wanted in the very beginning along with some light blue liquid, but after reading about clogging and so on,I tried finding light blue tubing,but couldn't, I still thing they look amazing, and would match your blue rig,blue motherboard very well.

Secondly, I notice you spend allot of time on making sure dust doesn't get into your system, I recently came across some one side foam strips,and placed it all around the inside of my side panel corners and on the bottom of my rads, it not only seals those tiny openings from dust, but works great as sound dampers. And on the rads it works well as vibration absorbers aswel,so it's kinda a 3 in one deal. So I cut 4 pieces and stuck it onto an fan filter,now the filter is sealed of from all sides,and it noticeably reduced noise. So I know everyone has there own methods,but I'd like to share the pics of what I used,it worked great,And I can definitely recommend this foam strips, I got it from a local hardware store and it was really cheap,they have allot of different sizes, and it proved to work great on my rig.

Anyway it's just a suggestion,and hope it helped any on the forum who work hard on those super silent dust free rigs

The first pic is the strips itself, second pic is the dust guard with the foam seal on,last pic is the new dust filter on my rig,but the flash made it look allot brighter,but you can still see what it looks like.

 

[ganjiry]

nice job Gary well done mate
i too have a suggestion this is what i used to make filter for my case wires.co.uk : Woven Copper Mesh
they come in A4 size sheets and some are so fine i thought it was cloth lol. i did'nt know u could squash steel up like a rag lol.
my 2 cents

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Got there in the end mate took some time but it pays off eh? Really like the finished job - hope mine looks a good but I have a very hard act to follow

 

[essenbe]

Missed out on some good-looking rigs in here as of late. Sabertooth is still running a-okay, in fact I've picked up some modded extension power cables and some additional tubing to get the water back on Ivy.

I'll pick up the HX cables sometime next week, I think.

Anyway, I'm a little behind - you putting together a new system, Steve?

Yes, I probably am. Just trying to find the right parts. I pretty much have it in my mind, except for the case. I was almost ready to pull the trrigger on an 800D. But, I took a serious look at it and realized, there is no airflow and almost no way to make any. just google 800d air flow problem. So, as of this moment I am undecided. The rest of the parts I know what I want. Or close enough to decide in an hour.

Joey, that looks nice, kind of like weather stripping. How much static pressure on those fans? Cooler master makes a sickle flow 120MM fan that puts out 70CFM and 3mm/h20 static pressure, @19Dba which is the highest I've seen.

 

[Alsisgevat]

Yeah it's high, but remember that when you put those in,at such high cfm,your gonna generate allot of noise via the rads. I don't want to sound rood, but sometimes the "best" isn't the right way, have a look at this review Review - What's the best 120mm case fan? | bit-tech.net, you don't need to read it all,just the page I linked to, you will see that for example the gentle typhoons doesn't have the best cfm,and looses allot against the other fans, but when compaired on a rad and you take the noise into concideration it wins hands down,so far that they recomend gentle typhoons on most review site when it comes to radiator fans. However,they are "old" and as far as I can tell corsair's latest fan range are the "new" gentle typhoons, but I checked some forums,and everyone is sticking to gentle typhoons, but again that may just be personal choice, what I do know is that the coolermaster sickleflow fans are very noisy when they go on a rad,or even when they are close to each other. If I may suggest,get gentle typhoons 1200rpm's with a fan controller, so you will be set with low rpm rads or mid-high ones. But seeing as you want that silent rig,I wont go for anything higher then the 1200 rpm range. But if you want different fans, the zalman shark fins are pretty good,they are a bit noisy if you dont control them, and have a look at corsairs latest batch of fans. But don't be to concerned about high cfm, it may just turn out to be a very noisy fan.

 

[essenbe]

Yes, I've read on several overclockers forums that CFM does not matter on a rad, it's how much static pressure it builds up inside the rad.

 

[Alsisgevat]

Yup static is important, those noctua's aren't to bad as rad fans, maybe add them in the list of possible fans?