My dad just brought me a new pc

Specs: 

I5-3570k

Dont know the Mobo 

8GB Ballistic Memory

1TB Seagate Storage 

EVGA 100-W1-0500-KR (500W)

Fortress Case

this pc came without a GPU. So i would sell my EVGA 750 ti and buy a better juan under $500 so help me buy a gpu. Thx guys

About to build my Mini ITX system about time too! 
Specs are 
250D case.
GTX 970 EVGA super clocked. 
I5 4690K
8GB Vengeance RAM
H100i water cooler
Asus Z97I-PLUS
Corsair CXM 600W
120GB kingston V300 SSD
1TB WD black (Game storage)
250GB WD blue (Recording)
Nzxt fan hub. 

What do you guys think? ( I am hopping I did not undergo on the 600W PSU)

After 6 months of building I think I'm finally done, at least until I decide whether to attempt water cooling.  Love to hear comments or suggestions, I think I got it fully loaded up tho.   Currently running Win 8.1  OS is on the M.2 SSD and the Apps are running of the two 850 Pros in Raid 0. 

The final piece came today a back plate for the GPU.  I think it came out pretty darn good.  I'm going to give it a month then consider water-cooling. I want to go acrylic even though flex tubing is a lot easier/cheaper.  I may also get a second 980 GPU, but i'm not sure if i want that before the watercooling or after. Right now it isn't a necessity, so it may wait.  Overall I'm very happy with the look.   I can take colours with any backlight if there are requests!  ** sorry about the last two pix. I have tried to straighten them out a few different ways and it isn't working**

Here are the specs:

Case:           Corsair 780T

CPU:            Intel i7-4790K

MB:              Asus z97 Maximus Formula VII

RAM:           Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133MHz 4x4 GB w/custom red light bar

GPU:           MSI Gaming GTX 980

PSU:           Corsair AX860i

CPU Block: Swifttech H220X w/custom RoG Plate

SSD 1 OS:  Samsung XP941 256GB

SSD 2 App: 2 x Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (running in Raid 0)

HDD 1:        WD Velociraptor 600GB (used for local file transfers)

HDD 2:        WD Black 4TB

LEDs:          IceModz Case LED kit

Cabling:      Red/Black cables from ModDIY

Hi guys!

It's been a long time since I've posted on this forum, and is the first time I am posting anything substantial for that matter. I'm generally one of the people that hang around in the background and just drift around.

The build I am showing you today has taken a lot of effort, and it is quite literally my dream PC. The build in question is a Acrylic Watercooled 5820k, dual SLI-980 system in a Enthoo Primo. The build has a red and black color scheme I tried quite hard to drag throughout as much of my desk as I could. This system has been up and running since the start of January however I am just getting the chance to share it with the community now. This was the first time I've ever taken on a project of this magnitude by myself, and in the planning stages I was extremely ambitious with my plans, hence "Project Ambition." It only dawned on me after I ordered everything how hard it was actually going to be to get everything the way I wanted it; but the work was definitely worth it.

My main inspiration for this computer was my Grand Father who is in his later years of life and was recently diagnosed with cancer. While my grandfather definitely wasn't the person that got me interested in computers (can thank Linus for that), he was a driving factor in my decision making. I managed to show him my computer fully assembled before I came back home from holidays, and he called it "Big Red." That is the name that is going to stick. He became extremely excited himself when he learned that I was undertaking this task, however I only told him "I am going to build a computer," he never thought I'd take it anywhere close to this far.

This has become my baby, as I hope it would for anyone, over the last few weeks. While it isn't perfect, it is an astounding thing none the less. 

Without further ado, here are some pictures (Some of which are potato, the others are 18MP): http://imgur.com/a/OEnYo

There is a lot of information in that imgur link that I will summarize here:

After 12 hours of work:

I had almost all major components installed, the pump, reservoir, motherboard, graphics, water-blocks, radiators, and SSD; almost all of which would be taken back out in the next 36+ hours of work. 

I had started to cable manage, and the main components and SSD were plugged in.

At this point I didn't think I was going to manage to fit at least one of the hard drive cages back into the case. I was contemplating modding the 5.25" bays with a drill and work to mount it up there.

After 24 hours of work:

Most of the bending and cutting of my acrylic tubing was completed, however a few pieces definitely needed to be fixed or replaced.

Cable management has come a long way since the day before, however that might not be noticeable in the photographs.

I managed to hand the HDD cage above my pump, and it is fully secure.

After 48 hours of work:

A lot of effort has gone into fixing tubing, and wire management at this point.

I have had to empty my loop a few times now do to mistakes such as having my top mounted radiator mounted upside down causing the fittings to leek profusely no matter what I did.

I am back home at this point and the computer is in it's final resting place.

My 2 LED strips are installed.

My ROG Swift is also setup and working properly.

A decent amount of work later:

I swipe my sister's 18mp camera in order to take some beautiful photographs of the machine.

The LED strips have moved around, I managed to find an extra two LED strips that are also hiding in the case.

My ModMic is installed on my HD8 DJ headphones.

I have the O2 Amp I built myself set up.

Ducky Shine Keyboard, and EVGA TORQ X10 Carbon mouse to go with the color scheme. 

And finally, the area is cleaned up and wire management has been taken care of on my desk.

Complications: 

I managed to actually severely scratch the side window of the case many times, without realizing is. The alcohol solution I used to clean the window has left the top part of it in a haze at certain angles.

I couldn't figure out how to mount my HDD's at first, that was resolved

Learning to bend the Acrylic properly (wasted a meter of tubing at the beginning).

If any of you are interested to see the price sheet, and what the total came down to you can see the google doc here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18_SWODJWDjD7d_t-gPmQCSsxtWzQXYidKM_G34Khso4/edit#gid=0

(Doesn't include what I already owned)

Now, the purpose for this computer now, is content creator, and experimentation, as well as gaming. I definitely went overkill, but the plan is to not have to upgrade until I graduate from University. I am planning on going into Computer Engineering this coming fall.

Overclocking results (something I am not overly fond of with this rig):

I haven't actually managed to OC the CPU to something I wanted, I don't need the extra performance anyways, so I am leaving it at stock. The farthest I tried was 4.4GHz at 1.45V and it wasn't stable, not to mentions temps were insane. I managed a stable 4.0 GHz at 1.3V but temps were touching the 80's.

GPU's were something that did fairly well actually, They are both running at 1517 MHz core, 1810 Memory.

In Firestrike Ultra I have managed a score of 11286

In Firestrike Original I managed a score of 18206

(G3258 + R9 270 gave a score of a little over 3000, on the original Firestrike)

I'm aware big walls of text scare people, but if you've made it this far, I hope you've enjoyed what you've read and seen. Thanks for taking the time to give my pride and joy a look.

Feel free to make me aware if I formatted something wrong, or just simply comment on the build.

I plan on building a gaming pc for GTA 5 (when it comes out for pc), Call of Duty, CS:GO, Assassins creed, etc.

I opted for an AMD-based pc since it seems like AMD processors have a lot better value.

CPU: AMD FX-6300

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212

Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0?? (Maybe)

RAM: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X V

SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" 

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 

PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply

OD:Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

I haven't decided on the case yet since they're so many options and a wide price range

Please leave any comments or suggestions!  

Hello.

This is my first build, slowly upgrading.

Tried to make it as silent as possible.

Pics: http://imgur.com/a/oTBMI

Specs:

Case :NZXT S340 Midi Tower White

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI, Socket-1150 

Cpu: Intel Core i5-4690K 

Psu: Corsair RM650 80+Gold 

Fans: 2x Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition 
2x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition

Gpu: Gigabyte GeForce G1 GAMING GTX 970 4GB

SSD: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Intel 120GB

Cpu cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

My girlfriend said that I had to buy a white case so it wouldn't look ugly in the room...? so then i just continued with painting stuff white.

At first it was loud, I didn't care about that untill I was sitting up at night browsing and watching movies, and it got more and more annoying.
So i started changing out fans, but still loud.
Then I found out that it was my xfx psu that made most noise, so I switched to one with zero rpm mode (doesn't even start the fan under gaming).
Then i could hear the stock cpu fan, so it had to go.
The gpu fan is alot quieter than I was expecting, I can't really hear it( fans at 34% at idle but still very silent at load)
Case fans are going at 600rpm and I can barely hear them.

This is my current rig.

Hey, y'all. I'll be turning an Apple PowerMac G5 into a PC. I'll be using the G5, a MountainMods mobo tray, and a Lian-Li PSU adapter. Oh yeah - and a Dremel 4000.

As far as parts:

Intel Xeon E3-1230v3

GTX 770 (PNY Reference Card)

Asus Z87 Sabertooth

EVGA 750G2

WD Black 1TB

Samsung Evo 840 128GB

DVD R/W

Noctua NH-C14

3x Noctua Redux fans

Anywho, I've gotten it off of eBay. Now to mod it. It currently is a 2.5Ghz Water-cooled G5 with the infamous Delphi cooler. Time to tear it down

CPU: Intel i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz

GPU: Gtx 970 MSI

RAM: Hyperx red 8GB (2x4gb)

Motherboard:some random 40$ board from gigabyte

I just want some little changes that will make this baby faster  .

Hey guys! I finally finished my first build. I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out, my goal was to build a powerful gaming PC that would be able to handle modern day triple-A titles without completely breaking the bank. I made the decision a few months ago to join the PC gaming crowd and leave my console behind. I'm excited to see what you guys think of this build.

The Specs:

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl Windowed

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5

CPU: Intel i5 4690k

RAM: 2x8GB HyperX Fury  DDR3 1600Mhz

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming

Hard Drive: WD Black 1TB

SSD: Intel 530 Series 120GB

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500M

CPU Heat-sink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

4 Extra Fractal Design R2 Silent Series 140mm Case Fans

What it actually looks like (Sorry for the poor image quality):

http://imgur.com/a/hWH2N

Let me know what you all think!

Hello friends,

As i am really unimaginative i have made this drastic move and made this thread.

I have started to buy all my parts now and as they are arriving ive gone out to get some red LEDS for the case is black with red fans (corsair 760T), the motherboard and ram is red even watercooler has a red ring on it (H105).

Now im looking to you pros (as you may have done this a few times) to help me come up with a theme and a name for the build as i have seen a few on here (E.g "Toaster" "X-Desk" "Purple Horizen") I was thinking of a red dragon like a

asian dragon theme, i dont know if that is cool or not but ive not see it before, but i dont really know what i could do. As this is my first build i dont want to go crasy i was just thinking a sticker haha. Any ideas on a theme and a name would be really appreciated!

Thanks very much

Definitely not trolling...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vhFbrH

Corsair GPU water-cooling brackets not listed so add 3x to total

...ok maybe a bit

V top kek ppl

This is my first PC build. I'm used to building notebooks, mostly Clevo based barebones centered around socket 988B (mobile LGA1155 equivalent), so building a PC actually felt easier.

This will be my main rig and I will use it for RTL level hardware design, 3D rendering, occasional video editing, and perhaps some gaming when GTA V comes out. So apparently, I won't be overclocking because there really is no need to.

Anyway, here are the parts I've selected

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1246 V3 (4C/8T 3.50GHz)

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 (1792SP 925MHz)

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws 2x 4GB DDR3-1600MHz

Storage: 256GB Crucial MX100 SSD + 500GB WD HDD

Power Supply: EVGA 500W

Case: DIYPC MA01-Black/Green

This all totals to around $680. I don't have much space left under my desk so I chose a cheap mini tower case along with a cheap uATX motherboard. The Xeon E3 series have been a legend among non-overclocking users since 2011, they are basically cheap Core i7s that most people dismissed as server CPUs not suitable for home or gaming purpose, not true lol. This particular SKU has an HD P4600 and is priced at around $270 and performs between the i7-4770 and i7-4790.

Here we go

Hello.

Well, recently I made a new RIG.

Parts what I used:

Some photos (sorry for quality, made by SGS IV):

I'm waiting for Red & Black sleeves

Greetings.

few months back found a PC on the side of the road cause it was council cleanup in my area, needed some ram, and the mechanical drive in it was almost dead.. but i noticed it had a removable MB tray.. which brought on the idea of a stealth build.. mount a few parts to a bit of plywood and mount that to the back of my desk.. 

the other day i needed to wander down to the local PC shop to grab an SSD for it, got a new PSU as the generic one that was in the orig box was louder than a 747, also got a new CPU cooler for it as the fan was almost dead from dust and shit in the bearings.. and had thrown in a spare 500gb 24/7 seagate server drive i had laying around for storage.. 

using bits of old mechano i had laying around for the past 20 years.. i mounted the parts needed to the plywood 

specs

AMD X2 250

2x2gb Corsair DDR2 800mhz

Gigabyte GA-MA780G-UD3H

Kingston 120gb V300 SSD

Seagate ST3500630NS 24x7 500gb Drive

Corsair VS 450w PSU

its cheaper to run this rig as a daily driver than my gaming rig, so its nice to not be ass raped by the power company when the bills come around..

and tommorow i shall do the stealth part.. mounting this to the rear of my desk up against the wall (there shall be adequate ventilation as i dont keep the desk hard up against the wall)

when i mount it to the back of the desk, might need to break out the soldering iron to extend the power/reset switches as i had them bundled up neatly under stress testing this mobo to ensure it was 100% stable, but other than that, should be fairly easy to do and shall post pics when the job is done..

Hello everyone!

So I'm building a new computercase. As a ground I'm using the Fractal Design Core 1000, only cause it's cheep. The case will be for my new apartment later this year when I'm moving in with my wife. Therefore it will not be spakling or anything like that, trying to keep it as clean and easy as posible

Here in stock. Now I will uppload images as fast as I'm ready to.

Dark Link

Welcome to my next project/build log: Dark Link A.K.A Twilight Princess
After posting a build log, here and there making some small builds for friends & family, and for the past few months I've been thinking of a new project to build.
 

The reason why I started this project is because when I was younger my first game ever played was "Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time"  & "Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" and since from than I've been a fan of the game. Played every single game of Zelda aside from Hyrule Warriors due to not having a Wii U. Aside from that, as the title of this project, this is based on "Dark Link". I hope you enjoy this build and watching as I progress through the build log. 

So here are some 3D Renders of what my upcoming case will look like, and changes might occur throughout the project. This might take a few months to finish up due to the fact of budgeting and paying bills I won't be able to finish this entire case for a while. So I apologize in advance if you expected this to finish quickly !
 

Legend:

 Red: Purchased

Blue: Ordered, waiting on Arrival

Orange: Haven't Ordered Yet
 

Part List:

CPU: Intel I7 - 4790K

CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220X 

Motherboard: MSI SLI Krait Edition / Asus Sabertooth Mark 1 [Debating]

RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury White 2 x 8 (16 GB 1866Mhz)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Storage # 2: Samsung 840 Evo 240GB

Graphics Card: Galax 970 Hall Of Fame Edition

Case: Custom Built Case

Power Supply: EVGA G2 750Watt (Gold)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW - 24B1ST (BLK)

Monitor: Asus MX279H/VX239H-W

Fan: Aerocool DS 120mm (White) x6

Keyboard: CM Devastator Keyboard (Blue) / Tesoro Colada Saint Keyboard

Mouse: CM Devastator Mouse (Blue) / Ozone Xenon (White)

Headset: Tesoro Kuven Gaming 7.1 (White)

3D Renders:

*Note: Images are relatively big 

Dark Link Renders

*Pictures of computer component's will be added at a later date. I apologize as I do not have a good camera, photos will be from my phone itself.

Hello, I am writing this build to show you guys how you can make an unique way to power on your computer. Instead of using a regular power button, I made a setup that required two toggle switches and a key switch in order to power on the computer.

The things I used for this are the following:

http://www.amazon.com/Hammond-1591DSBK-ABS-Project-Black/dp/B0002BENMI (Purchased 1)

http://www.amazon.com/Illuminated-Automotive-Toggle-Switch-Button/dp/B0060U92FS/ref=pd_bxgy_hi_text_y#productDetails  (Purchased 2)

http://www.amazon.com/Momentary-Key-Switch-2-Keys/dp/B0002ZPBHK (Purchased 1)

http://www.amazon.com/Enercell-trade-High-Power-AC-Adapter/dp/B007ZL831K/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Y6G85NCHPQRD0X30KSF (bought elsewhere but thats what I have)

http://www.lowes.com/pd_136033-12704-770307_4294722552__?productId=3363062&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1%26page%3D2&facetInfo=

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=135682-12704-770314&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3127719&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

I also used 18 gauge stranded black and red insulated copper wire for this

An optocoupler or mechanical relay (I am still working on getting that, will provide link later)

330 Ohm resistor

Two pin motherboard header

Some tools you will need:

• Drill with drill bit sizes or a step drill that can make 3/8 and 5/8 holes, the may have to be slightly bigger for the threads
• Soldering Iron and Solder, desoldering pump if you aren't that great at soldering and might mess up
• Wire strippers and cutters
• Pliers
• Wrenches (adjustable is best)
• Channel Locks (Completely optional, I didn't use them)
• Screwdriver

Also before I even begin I would like to give a huge thanks to Grrizz. He has helped me out a huge amount along the way and showed me great circuit diagrams and has given me advice on how to get this working.

You can check out the "behind the scenes" here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/282488-flip-switch-and-key-computer-start/

Now why did I do this, you may ask? I just wanted to do something fun, and this has always certainly seemed to fit that criteria for me. I'm not using it for any security purposes or anything of that sort.

Also take some time to know which pins on the toggle switches are positive, accessory, and ground. I mention these several times. 

In this picture, the connector pin sitting horizontally on the right is ground, the pin just left to that is positive, and the pin on the very left is the accessory pin.

Step 1: Drill holes in the box (I did mine on the opposite side of the removable panel, mine went toggle switch, toggle switch, key switch)

Step 2: Mount the toggle switches

Step 3: Crimp 2 wires onto a terminal connector and bend the terminal connector to a 90 degree angle

Step 4: Place the each terminal connector on the ground of the two toggle switches

Step 5: Cut and crimp a wire that will go from the accessory pin of the first switch to the positive of the second switch (and bend those terminal connectors to a 90 degree angle

Step 6: Place the terminal connectors onto the corresponding places said in Step 5

It should look something like this: 

Now after this, things become slightly more difficult, but certainly nothing too overwhelming.

Step 7: Cut off the end of the ac to dc wall plug

Step 8: Strip the two wires and know which one is negative and which is positive (on mine the dashed line cable is positive)

Now that you have you positive and negative from the wall plug, you can drill a hole in the box where you want the cables to be entering though.

Step 9: Push wires through the hole

Step 10:  Crimp Connectors (you can use either connector type, depending on how many you have) I crimped these so that I could disconnect them in the event of failure

At this point, you are set up to make your connections to the positive from the first switch and to the ground power for the two switches and the optocoupler/relay

Step 11: Cut and crimp a cable for your positive terminal slot on your toggle switch (your terminal connector will have to be at a 90 degree angle like earlier in order for them to fit in the orientation I used

Step 12: Push the terminal connector onto the positive slot on the toggle switch

Step 13: Crimp the other side and connect it to the positive end of the positive wire of the wall plug that you crimped earlier

Now you will solder four wires together, yes four wires.

Step 14: Cut 4 wires, 2 in the appropriate length for the ground connections on the toggle switches, 1 for the ground connection for the optocoupler, and the other to connect to the ground wire on the wall adapter

Step 15: You can go ahead and crimp terminal connectors onto the two wires for the toggle switches and bend them 90 degrees

Step 16: Solder the 4 wires together, making sure that they are all firmly connected. Twisting them together will help this process.

Step 17: Take one of the two wires with no terminal connectors (because you crimped two of them) and crimp a terminal connector onto the end (remember to use the right one that will go other whichever one you used onto the wall adapter)

Step 18: Connect the terminal connector onto the ground terminal connector on the wall adapter

Let's take a step back and make sure that everything is correct. You will have your positive wire coming from your wall adapter going to the positive connector pin of the first toggle switch. The accessory pin of the first switch has a wire going to the positive connector pin of the second toggle switch. There is nothing on the accessory pin of the second toggle switch. Starting at the ground wire of the wall adapter, it connects to another wire that then splits into 3 other wires. Two of these are going to the ground connector pins of the two toggle switches. The last wire is going to nothing. Also the two switches should be mounted while the key switch is not in.

Now you will be soldering two wires onto the key switch.

Step 19: Cut a wire that will be going from your accessory pin on the second toggle switch to the key switch and crimp a connector to go over the accessory pin (and bend it 90 degrees to make it fit)

Step 20: Solder the other end of the wire onto the circular connector closest to the switch (you may have to put it in like how it will be to figure this out)

              I put the wire inside the circular hole and soldered if from the inside, filling it up with solder to keep it in there

Step 21: Cut another wire (it will be going to your optocoupler/relay)

Step 22: Solder this one onto the other connector of the key switch

Step 23: Put the key switch in and connect the wire with the terminal connector onto the accessory pin of the toggle switch

Step 24: Feel free to tighten down all the nuts to the box securely

Before I say the next step I will say this: one of my LED's of my toggle switches went out. The other is working perfectly, so I don't know if it was something I did (like the wiring coming undone), but it went out very abruptly after working earlier when I was testing it. The LED's are supposed to like up with a range of 3.3V to 12V of power. I am using 5V, like I have planned through this guide.

Step 25: Plug in the wall adapter (MAKE SURE IT IS ON 5V) (although it shouldn't affect this)

Step 26: Turn on the switches and see the blue LED's!

This is just about where I am at. I have tested it with a 5V relay to turn on my computer, but I cannot permanently use that one, for I will be using that relay for other things.

Also thanks again to Grrizz for making this entire thing possible. He has been a great, rather, amazing help to bring this to life as said before.

I WILL continue to update this when I get my optocoupler. If I have any major holes in the steps or something doesn't make sense or if anyone has a question feel free to say it. I am sure there is some massive mistake in here. 

I predict that there will be at least 10 mistakes or so, also if anyone sees a typo feel free to say it and I'll fix it!