Show Us Your Rig [3]

[A Guy]

Do you use your PC, or just test and change hardware?

A Guy

 

[edwin222]

A Guy, I'm not a gamer or any kind of hardware tester. I wanted a very fast and powerful machine with great visualization – multiple monitors. A gaming rig was my only choice. This is my second scratch build. The first was a dual monitor setup that was fast for its day – P4 2.0a, 512MB RDRAM, GeForce FX 5600, 2-21” CRTs. Today, I’m into 2-D and 3-D animation, music and movies. I’m semi-retired and am always in front of my computers doing something – no TV – too depressing. I make use of all 3 monitors on a regular basis while the little machine is busy downloading. I’m just an old fart that kinda understands these new fancy things. Check out the links.
http://edwinsanimatedimages.com/
Private Link: http://edwinsanimatedimages.com/computer.htm - more pictures of the i7 build.

 

[A Guy]

Sorry, that was directed at Britton30. He goes through hardware like kleenex You have a killer rig

A Guy

 

[Britton30]

Masterful Case Mods http://games.yahoo.com/photos/masterful-case-mods-slideshow/

Sorry, that was directed at Britton30. He goes through hardware like kleenex You have a killer rig A Guy

LOL! If it weren't for getting bad hardware....

Britton30, nice! 2 on board(s).

Thanks!

Look real good, Gary. But, they are homeless. They need a case to live in.

Yeah, they will have one soon.

A Guy, I'm not a gamer or any kind of hardware tester. I wanted a very fast and powerful machine with great visualization – multiple monitors. A gaming rig was my only choice. This is my second scratch build. The first was a dual monitor setup that was fast for its day – P4 2.0a, 512MB RDRAM, GeForce FX 5600, 2-21” CRTs. Today, I’m into 2-D and 3-D animation, music and movies. I’m semi-retired and am always in front of my computers doing something – no TV – too depressing. I make use of all 3 monitors on a regular basis while the little machine is busy downloading. I’m just an old fart that kinda understands these new fancy things. Check out the links.
http://edwinsanimatedimages.com/
Private Link: http://edwinsanimatedimages.com/computer.htm - more pictures of the i7 build.

Awesome pages there Edwin!

 

[essenbe]

Nice rig, Edwin.

 

[IownAmoneyPit]

Awesome build edwin222 thanks for sharing.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Edwin,
Outstanding set up! Let me ask if using a smaller center screen then the two flanking screens does this effect the images in an sort of negative way if you had three identical screens would that change things. I'm just using two screens the same and I've wondered if saving some real estate buy using a smaller center impacts the images across the three?

 

[edwin222]

linnemeyerhere, the center CRT is left over from my PIV 2-monitor setup. I have the 2-LCDs on blocks to bring everything in line for general work, with the resolution set to 1024x768. When I run G-Force visualization, I set the CRT to 1600x1200 to enable the full flow across the 3 monitors. The color difference with the CRT is OK since it’s in the center. As I stated in my original post, I won’t be satisfied until I have 3-25” LCD monitors. For now I’m extremely satisfied with my 3-monitor hybrid setup.

 

[Thorsen]

Great setup and excellent 2-D, 3-D work.

 

[edwin222]

Hi all. Thanks for the comments.
linnemeyerhere, I may have confused you about my CRT monitor. It's set to 1024x768 for general work. There are no issues switching between the different resolutions (LCDs at 1920x1080). I usually open 2 pages on the LCDs and 1 on the CRT when performing everyday tasks. For G-Force visualization, I kick the CRT to 1600x1200 and make 1 large G-Force window that spans all 3 monitors. I had to play with the screen placement on the CRT to get everything in line. I'm real happy with the results, especially since I can control the visualization from my PIII. As to gaming, I'm can't comment on Game Quality. I know the other hardware will handle most PC games, but I've never played a game - on any PC, XBox, Wii, Playstation or Ninendo. Galaga was my last attempt at becoming a gamer.
Thanks everyone for sharing. I’m looking forward to seeing more monster Rigs.

 

[edwin222]

Spring Cleaning 2010

Yesterday was Spring Cleaning 2012 - a good time for updated pics.
Yes, I still have dust! Looks like a lot of work coming up to clean all those fan blades.

Cable Management - I chose not to run my wiring from inside to outside and then back to the inside. I felt the space between the right side and the cover was too small. My case lets me run the sata disk drive wiring directly to the devices from the back side of the disk drive rack. I like having the inside and the right side both to be as clean as possible. I did try it the other way up to the point where I couldn’t get the cover on the right side. I must say, though, there are plenty of very clean rigs in these posts.

Cooling and Performance - At idle, my CPU runs at 33°C and my GPUs run at 30°C. I've
never seen the CPU over 58°C, even when OCed to 4.0, running 3 instances of Convert XtoDVD, using all 8 cores at highest. 3 different movies finished in 22+ minutes. 7 1/2 minutes per movie. I pushed 8 cores at 4.0, time critical, to 5 minutes 40 seconds for a 1.5GB mkv conversion. My PIII 1000 used to take up to 3 1/2 HOURS for a 700MB conversion. I routinely convert movies in under 10 minutes while performing other tasks. The GPUs aren't pushed that hard in their daily use, so, for now, I don't have any heat issues with them. But I do love my G-Force Visualization on 3 monitors. You have to have 2 GPUs with SLI or Crossfire for that. I love nVidia!

Event Viewer: Boot Time - 46.484 seconds. Shut Down Time - 9.082 seconds.

Edwin's Animated Images
Private Link: i7-960-ROG-SLI

 

[ganjiry]

lookin good mate u are right about 1 thing lol. u have got some work to do on that dust

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Dust is such a pain in the arse. I hate how it cakes to fan blades. It slows and disrupts the air flow and clogs the fins on all coolers. I use a air compressor and paint brushes as well as twice a year a slew of moist q-tips to clean the blades. I wish I could get a quality fan that ran silent and it's blades would be removable so you could just run it under water with soap, dry and re-install. I would fill my case with them...are you listening Noctua???

 

[essenbe]

I just got a new toy yesterday.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Steve,
That is one awesome card. And when they fall in price you can SLi a second......OMG !

 

[ganjiry]

Dust is such a pain in the arse. I hate how it cakes to fan blades. It slows and disrupts the air flow and clogs the fins on all coolers. I use a air compressor and paint brushes as well as twice a year a slew of moist q-tips to clean the blades. I wish I could get a quality fan that ran silent and it's blades would be removable so you could just run it under water with soap, dry and re-install. I would fill my case with them...are you listening Noctua???

yup it is a right royal pain in the arse
the fans i use on my h50 come apart for cleaning Phobya Nano-2G Silent PWM Red LED 120mm Fan Review - YouTube

Edit. ive just bought me some new ram. 8GB vengance black also remember my gigabyte board? the one that wouldnt run the fx cpu turns out it was my fault lol as ebuyer couldnt find any fault. anyway ive just found someone thats gonna swap it for a EVGA GTX560 ssc so i shall ssell that for more than im sellin the board for and then buy my H100 happy days

 

[essenbe]

Steve,
That is one awesome card. And when they fall in price you can SLi a second......OMG !

Then I would have to buy more monitors. And a place to put them. But, the thought has crossed my mind.

 

[ganjiry]

I just got a new toy yesterday.

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nice im thinking of maybe switching to Nvidia for my next gpu if i cant find another one like i have. been reading some good things about em. u will deffo enjoy that card essenbe. 1 or 2 of the lads in the gaming comunity im in have just bought 670's/680's and r totally blown away by them

 

[Alsisgevat]

Seemes everyone is doing some nice extras to their chassis,.

Essenbe- congrats on your new card, I almost bought a 6series nvidia too,but in the end I bought some other stuff. Never the less congratulations!

Ganjiry- that cooler will change your pc world, liquidcooled is always a good choice!

Edwin222- Looks good,congrats. I like your memmory cooler the most.

Linnemeyerhere- yup,dust is allways aproblem, thats why I switched to only fans on my cpu cooler and nothing else.

Anyways,congrats all

 

[ganjiry]

yup it will do the job nicely. tis just a shame that i can only run 2 fans on it due to space in my case. im already using a h50 which believe it or not is doing a pretty decent job for now. i am running push/pull on it tho and my temps r pretty good. idle 35/37 load 45c(BF3) 52c intel burn test so the h100 should bring temps down some more