Show Us Your Rig [4]

[Britton30]

Nice rig Gene, you did well on cable management.

 

[essenbe]

Well done, Gene. It looks great.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Gene, I like those PCI covers. I also notice a marked difference of the Seasonic modular cables between my 600w and your 850w. I also notice the powered fan expansion card you mounted on the floor of the case in the number one HDD cage, does that keep the cables tidy or does it provide fan control or better power delivery for the fans?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Those PCI-e covers are nice. I wonder where Gene got them?

I have a hub similar, if not identical, to the one Gene has. It's just a power distribution hub that works the same as a Y cable adapter but is more sanitary looking. The one I have is fed from one of the 12v pairs of a 4 pin Molex connector and has three 3 pin fan connectors. They are normally mounted using velcro tape but I'm mounting mine on nylon stand-offs since the hub will be mounted on a surface that will be covered with sound dampening foam. The stand-offs are also more rigid, making plugging and unplugging fan cables an easier one-handed operation; it will make connecting and disconnecting the side panel fan a lot easier. Here is a link for several of them (the first 14 items on the page).

 

[paulpicks21]

Yet another upgrade. Wasn't too happy with the EVGA so got a MSI non-reference 660 Ti. This had some coil whine (as did the EVGA but it wasn't as bad on the MSI). Replaced the Antec TP New 650W PSU with the new 2012 edition of the Seasonic X-850 and silence is heaven (even in heaven) - no more squeal. And for $120 newegg on Black Friday - what a deal!

Great looking rig there Gene

 

[paulpicks21]

I took a few pics of my rig since I changed the CPU and Mobo.

I must admit I didn't realise how dusty it was in there until I looked at the pics, the camera flash really shows it up Time for some cleaning on the weekend!

 

[essenbe]

Nice, neat job, Paul. Well done.

 

[Dave76]

Nice rig, good work and looks great.

 

[GeneO]

Gene, I like those PCI covers. I also notice a marked difference of the Seasonic modular cables between my 600w and your 850w. I also notice the powered fan expansion card you mounted on the floor of the case in the number one HDD cage, does that keep the cables tidy or does it provide fan control or better power delivery for the fans?

Thanks Alan (et al). The backside of the Fractal R3 case is pretty shallow so the flat cables made a big difference there. I think the R4 has more room back there.

The cable fan expansion is definitely for tidiness. The bottom fan + the front two are powered off of it. It is a bit flimsy though - it is held down with velcro.

 

[GeneO]

Nice looking rig Paul - looks like it has great airflow. Future plans include SLI 660 Ti?

Cheers

 

[Solarstarshines]

Paul it looks excellent

 

[GeneO]

Great rig GeneO, I too got a Seasonic X series only a 600watt for my old 8 core rig and you're 100% correct it's quality kit !

Great 'puter Alan. I was really surprised at the difference the Seasonic made over my old Antec (the Antec was after all a Seasonic under the covers). No more whine and quiet as can be.

Speaking of Antec and quiet, I added an Antec TrueQuiet Pro 120mm fan to the front of the case. It is pretty quiet at 600 rpm but at 1200 it has a definite audible tone. For the advertising claims and the price, all I should hear at 1200 rpm is the air

 

[ICIT2LOL]

My latest and most adventurous

CoolerMaster HAF XM
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570K
Intel RTS2011LC Liquid Cooling System
ICY BOX 5.25in Multiport Panel with Card Reader
ASUS GeForce GTX 650 DirectCU 1GB
Asus XONAR DG sound card
CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 Blue x 4
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM
Corsair HX-1050 80 PLUS Silver Power Supply
Samsung 830 Series 128GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST500DM002
G.Skill Ripjaws Z F3-2400C10D-8GZH 8GB
Scythe Kaze 5.25" Fan controller
If the pic quality isn't much I had to cut down the sizes a bit

 

[jeepmann4x4]

Nice rig there Icit2lol!!
how do you like those CoolerMaster Megaflow 200's? I want some Red 200's.

 

[Dave76]

Nice rig ICit2lol, sharp and crisp, well done

 

[A Guy]

Great rig GeneO, I too got a Seasonic X series only a 600watt for my old 8 core rig and you're 100% correct it's quality kit !

Great 'puter Alan. I was really surprised at the difference the Seasonic made over my old Antec (the Antec was after all a Seasonic under the covers). No more whine and quiet as can be.

Speaking of Antec and quiet, I added an Antec TrueQuiet Pro 120mm fan to the front of the case. It is pretty quiet at 600 rpm but at 1200 it has a definite audible tone. For the advertising claims and the price, all I should hear at 1200 rpm is the air

Gene, they want to know where you got the PCIe covers

A Guy

 

[essenbe]

Nice looking rig, John. It looks a lot better than my HAF XM. Well done.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Thank you both it took some real effort this one as I had a few teething probs with a lemon GPU and the install of the Xonar took a bit of working out plus the UEFI (very different LOL!!) But is so quick compared to the Sandy!!

Mind you the case is really really nice to work in and the wiring goes mostly behind the board and just comes through the rubber flapped holes - very convenient for a real nice appearance and tidiness (something I am not noted for LOL!!) Stacks of room back there so the wring there is not that untidy either.

No I am sold on Coolermasters my Sandy is in a Coolermaster Centurion case but that is not so good as this HAF.

The fans Jeepman are the real deal mate nice and quiet as are the blue 140's - more airflow than the 200mm - I did have a Storm in there but it was a tad noisy and I just really like the blue. I have the original red you could have if you lived next door LOL!! The red isn't bad it glows as well as the blues but I am just a blue person.

Price wise they were just fantastic.

 

[Solarstarshines]

New Case and MotherBoard

Thermaltake Element V

ASUS Sabertooth 990fx

also another 8 gb of ram 16gb now

 

[paulpicks21]

Nice looking rig Paul - looks like it has great airflow. Future plans include SLI 660 Ti?

Cheers

Wow, a lot of posts since last night on this thread, thanks to all the comments on mine.


Yes I fear SLI will be in the future:shock: