Show Us Your Rig [8]

[Layback Bear]

The second reservoir to the right was put there just to balance out the appearance.

Bending tubing for the first time was a somewhat frustrating experience. I suggest buy extra tubing because you will make mistakes if you are picky. All tubing has been checked with a level to be plum and level and that does take some time. I bent the tubing instead of using 90 deg fittings. I did it this way so the system didn't look like a bunch of fittings and nothing else.

I spent more time on the wiring than the tubing.
The system has more lights than I care to count and 14 fans. Making the wiring just right so I could hide most of it took a lot of planning, thought and time. Getting the wiring that is visible to run vertical or horizontal (no Cris Crossing or funny angles).

I still don't have the lights the way I want them. You probable haven't noticed but you don't see any of the lights reflecting in the reservoirs or tubing. I don't want the little LED light strips reflecting each bulb. All I want to see is the light the LED's put out.

I had the system all together and then decided to add the motherboard tray covering. My original plan was a black case with blue fluid and gold fittings then watching them damn videos on line I changed my mind.
You guessed correctly. I had to completely disassemble the whole thing to add the silver motherboard tray covering.

The system runs very very cool no matter what stress I put on it.

Note:

Once you use tubing you will never go back to using hoses.

The Phantek's case was a joy to work with.

I do have a ton of money in this system so it will be a while before I build another new system.

I'm glad you all like the end results.

 

[shinigami8671]

Hey guys, got a little question, I just bought an EVGA GTX 970 FTW edition along with Asus Maximus 6 hero and 4670k, the thing is, the 970 has a little bit of coil whine, its not that bad, but its there.
Should I return it? I think its a good GPU and it didn't cost me that much either, this was the firestrike score:

I think its a good score, can anyone else let me know how it compares to other versions? I haven't OCed anything yet.
Some snaps coming soon

 

[shinigami8671]

Some shots, really bad shots, but shots nonetheless.
Have yet to get a good CPU cooler and planning to get the new Maximus 7 hero or ranger for M.2 feature and 16GB Gskill rams as well.

My first ROG board, loving this little extra feature here

 

[Dude]

You can look here to compare the score

http://www.sevenforums.com/benchmarks/312988-post-your-3d-mark-firestrike-scores.html

It is a good score. As far as the coil whine, I would run it a few days and if it persist consider RMA

 

[shinigami8671]

You can look here to compare the score

http://www.sevenforums.com/benchmarks/312988-post-your-3d-mark-firestrike-scores.html

It is a good score. As far as the coil whine, I would run it a few days and if it persist consider RMA

Actually I've asked around, and coil whine is completely normal apparently, in GTX 970 cards especially. Plus it's barely there sometimes, only in certain games.
So will keep it, it cost me only 340$ as compared to the usual 470$. was a great deal!

 

[Dude]

Cool, nice score on Firestrike. Post it at that link and we can add you to the board

 

[Solarstarshines]

Did a couple of Upgrades to my Daughters rig today so she can have the best PC for homework

This is my Original system from joining the forums in 2010 this was a

Biostar T-785G Motherboard Already Have

Win 8.1 $89.99

965BE Phenom II @3.4 GHZ going to OC to 3.8 Already have

4GB of Patriot Gaming Ram Already Have

128GB OCZ Agility SSD for OS Already have

500GB Seagate Baracuda HD Bought for $44

His R7 260X 1GB got that for $99 with because of rebate was 124.00

PSU already have

I will not disclose the PSU i don't want any heat over it lol

Anyway OS will be 8.1 Windows here are the pics and yes i know it's dusty but this is showing you the upgrade i am now cleaning it getting ready to install win 8.1 tell me what you think

Guys i changed my mind i am not going to build a new intel Rig till Next year i am going to finish this upgrade :sarc:

Steve aka Essenbe has gotten me thinking about the PSU yes it is shhhhhtttyyy capital S

So i am going to snatch out the Psu /Mobo CPU and Ram and add Water

Currently looking at this Combo


Corsair CX Series CX600M 600 Watt ATX Modular Power Supply CP-9020060-NA - Micro Center

Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB DDR3-1866 (PC3-14900) CL10 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (Two 4GB Memory Modules) 649528765192 - Micro Center)

Also replacing the Gpu i bought for a better version or better

Not sure if i am going to keep stock cooling or go water i just took out $400 to do this :shock: just spent 290 the week before this is one expensive upgrade God bless the love of Building your own

 

[Solarstarshines]

I'll be back in a few

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I'll be back in a few

Someone's gonna have fun!

 

[Solarstarshines]

Now all i have to do is crank it up and install Windows 8.1

I had to go and exchange the water cooler because for some reason the Antec was botched hoping this corsair will work like it should have had bad times with one before

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Well, that was fast! It would have taken me much longer.

 

[Master Turkey]

Larger power supply forced me to ghetto rig the fan with two screws and two zip ties. Rather than go all "tin banger" on it with sheet metal screws... I just bought a Bgears bblaster 90mm fan. Only two screw fit but it's mounted and tight. (Edit - Is not level. OCD folks need not apply here, lol. Bothers me a little the it's not level and only two screws, but it's in...). Now the mesh dust cover works without tweaking or bending or looking like crap. Sits flush now. Bought an icy dock. Relocated the HD and ssd to one 5.25" bay and removed both cages. Did a TON of cable management. Done but never finished it would seem. I purposely left the fans out of the bundles because I have an nzxt fan controller on the way. Simple, hide-able one. Going to put it in the bottom of the 5.25 drive bay. Sent the h100i back, hopefully I'll get my new cooler tomorrow. Still one fan not here (140 thermal take exhaust fan). So I'm not done done. But some progress shots none-the-less.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Well, that was fast! It would have taken me much longer.

I got it going but for some reason when restarted does nothing i have to hit the memory ok button on the MB for it to boot i am wondering is the ram the issue ?

 

[Dude]

Does the BIOS have the correct time?

 

[Solarstarshines]

Does the BIOS have the correct time?

Yes I fixed that but most likely needs a update I'll try when I get home from work later

 

[BorisTheAnimal]

I just realized that my dream machine would be around 2600 euros.

 

[Dude]

Build it, and we will look at the pics

 

[N00berG00ber]

in the process of modding my front panel to get more airflow through out the case!

 

[Solarstarshines]

So........:sarc:

That Motherboard i had was a POS had to go back once again and grab this it better work this time
ASRock 990FX Killer AM3+ ATX AMD Motherboard 990FX Killer - Micro Center

 

[Master Turkey]

99% finished. Cable management done. Nzxt fan controller in. Lepra 240 CPU cooler in. Tt 140 exhaust fan with white led in. CPU cooler does indeed work a ok. 52-55 under full load at 4.4ghz. I haven't tried my 4.6 profile yet but it seems like it'll be more than fine.