Show Us Your Rig [6]

[DocBrown]

Another Doc Outa the Box!

Last weekend I put together another AMD build. Everything worked on the first try of the case power button. Win7 installed in 14 minutes from USB 3.0 flash! Two of the Red Led Rosewill 120mm fans turned out to be WHITE LEDs So I ordered a few CoolerMaster SickleFlow 120 Red LED from NewEgg on SALE this week. Then while browsing eBay, I saw RED 12" Bright Cold Cathode Computer Case Neon Lights. So, I am waiting for them to arrive next week.
So far I have not gotten into SSDs or High End Video cards, as they have not been one of my priorities :huh: So here are the specs on this rig.

Red Raidmax Build

RAIDMAX Viper ATX-321WR Red Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
AMD FX-8350 8 core CPU 4.0 GHz
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Four 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 RAM Memory Modules (32 GB Total)
Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 1gb 64-bit DDR3 PCI-e Video Card
Cooler master M2 Silent Pro 720 watt Modular PSU 80 Plus Bronze
Samsung DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224DB/BEBE
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6.0GB Hard Drive
Two Seagate Barracudas ST2000DM001 2TB 7200rpm SATA 6.0GB Hard Drives
Three Rosewill 120mm LED Case Fans
STW 3.5" bay (2) USB 3.0 and (2) USB 2.0

 

[Dude]

Great looking build Doc

 

[Bongo]

Doc that is nice you build your cat a computer

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Gary.

The case Steve used is the same as mine but in black, the NZXT Switch 810.

Gary, that wasn't me that answered. It was my alter ego who thinks I can't speak for myself. :devil2: But, he was correct, it's the switch 810.

I knew that, hence the row of......commas.
Doc, that looks really good, I wondered where the cat was and in the last pic, there she is marking HER property.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Looking good Doc, really clean AMD build and that chip is still a monster!

 

[ganjiry]

Very nice build Doc

 

[A Guy]

Where is the mouse?

Good build Doc.

A Guy

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I think the mouse is hiding and too afraid to come out !

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Can you blame it?

 

[Dude]

So my sweet deal on the motherboard turned sour. I went for my goal 5.4 oc. I got it then the computer crashed, and booted only to a blackscreen. Cleared the cmos, unhooked everything except cpu and ram, nothing. Removed the ram no beeb I took it back. I expected them to only give me the 70 buck credit, but they gave me a brand new mb. Installed it and running great. I'm not going to try a big oc for a while. It does my usual 4.5, gonna stick with that for a while

 

[paulpicks21]

So my sweet deal on the motherboard turned sour. I went for my goal 5.4 oc. I got it then the computer crashed, and booted only to a blackscreen. Cleared the cmos, unhooked everything except cpu and ram, nothing. Removed the ram no beeb I took it back. I expected them to only give me the 70 buck credit, but they gave me a brand new mb. Installed it and running great. I'm not going to try a big oc for a while. It does my usual 4.5, gonna stick with that for a while

Dam, sounds like a close shave there Doug, guess it was good news it wasn't the CPU that died. Maybe that mobo don't like extreme OC's, may have weak parts, who knows, but glad you got a replacement no problem. I would stick the 4.5 yeah, that kind of stuff makes you take a step back don't it.

 

[Dude]

Yes it does. It was an open box so I did take a chance. I will lay low for a few days. Then I will oc this one. If it craps out I will get an Asus

 

[Lava King]

@ Dude, that was a bit of luck being able to exchange that board.


Folks, looks like I had a bit of luck for once. Just brought this home and I couldn't even clean the desk before I bragged boasted shared with my SF friends.

It's an HP ZR30w 30" IPS monitor, manufactured in December 2012, looks like it just came out of the box. Found it on Craigslist for $250. Apparently the seller just didn't want it anymore, he had a pair of 24" monitors on his computer desk. I didn't even try to bring him down on the price, just threw my money at him.

Makes my 24" Asus look small by comparison.

Woohoo!! It's almost like being a kid at Christmas!


Kent

 

[kbrady1979]

Holy crap! 2560x1600 resolution and an IPS panel........for 1/5th the price. Smokin deal. How does the extra resolution look?

 

[Solarstarshines]

Yes it does. It was an open box so I did take a chance. I will lay low for a few days. Then I will oc this one. If it craps out I will get an Asus

Straight up roulette as far as the Refurbished or returned open boxed boards I got lucky with mine and maybe a few other people too

Normally I am all for brand new shinny in the box but couldn't pass the chance up at that deal a few months back $125.00 for any Intel board that is in the high extreme category that is a sick deal

 

[Lava King]

Holy crap! 2560x1600 resolution and an IPS panel........for 1/5th the price. Smokin deal. How does the extra resolution look?

It looks very sharp and clear. Did Windows scale up the desktop icons so that they weren't tiny? Color is not quite as good as my Asus ProArt, but still very good, and like you said, a smokin deal.

Of course, this means that I may have to upgrade the rest of my rig sooner than I had anticipated.

 

[essenbe]

Lava King, Great deal, you really made out on that one. Congratulations. Could I get you to possibly put the same picture on both monitors so we could get an idea of the difference? I'm only curious and if you can't, it's OK. But great deal anyway.

 

[Lava King]

Yes it does. It was an open box so I did take a chance. I will lay low for a few days. Then I will oc this one. If it craps out I will get an Asus

Straight up roulette as far as the Refurbished or returned open boxed boards I got lucky with mine and maybe a few other people too

Normally I am all for brand new shinny in the box but couldn't pass the chance up at that deal a few months back $125.00 for any Intel board that is in the high extreme category that is a sick deal

Exactly how I feel, too.

 

[Dude]

Great looking monitor, you got an amazing deal there

 

[kbrady1979]

The color correction of the Asus Pro Art monitors are what make them what they are. The high end HP monitors I'm sure look great though.