So my first rig from 4 years ago got retired, went a little over budget but happy with the results:

Spec:

Hey guys, here is my build log in my new case, the Corsair Carbide air 540. I picked and sold mangoes to save up for this case, hence the name....

Specs are:

CPU: Core i5 4670

Cooling: Raijintek Triton (in future so i can review on my new youtube channel for tech!) http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=30030&cPath=23&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed&gclid=Cj0KEQiAgMKmBRDMjo_F9OfUubABEiQAp8Ky11EgF33pDvc2pYQzh99l8CXCimakFqJYbdsdXmzPvU0aAp-58P8HAQ#googlebase or this cooler: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23&products_id=29277

Motherboard: MSI Mpower max

Ram: G.skill Ripjaws X 1866mhz
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7200rpm HDD
GPU: PNY GTX 770 reference cooled

PSU: Corsair RM850

Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540 black

Custom sleeved cables: PCCG 'BumbleBee' (link: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=30135&cPath=1357 )

hope you guys enjoy!

tags:
@alby800

Tech_Dreamer GhostWindGamer

Unlikelyjoker

Bubblewhale

DIV1D3

elecxonica

People who i am unsure if they wanted to be tagged or not, but i am still going to tag them:

Flight1sim

Darkman

TheSLSAMG

DigitalHermit 

SORRY IF I DIDN'T TAG ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/JGiZxsorry had to do on imgur as images are too big, and yes i know there is double posting enjoy everyone!!!!!!

~Elias-

SORRY FOR LOW QUALITY POST PEOPLE WANTED IT SO I GAVE IT TO 'EM!!!!!

Main Components:


CPU:

Intel Core i7-4790K 4,0 GHz (Devils Canyon)

CPU Cooler:

NZXT KRAKEN X61 AIO LC 280mm

MB:

ASUS Z97-Pro Wi-Fi, Intel Z97

RAM:

Team Group Dark Series Grey, DDR3-2400, CL11 4x8GB

SSD:

Crucial MX100 2,5 Zoll SSD, SATA 6G - 512GB

HDD:

4x6TB WD Caviar Green

PSU:

Antec EarthWatts EA-650, 80 PLUS Platinum

CASE:

NZXT Phantom 530 Midi-Tower – Black

FAN:

8x Aerocool Shark Black Edition Fan 140mm Black (Of which, in all
likely hood only 7 will be used)

3x Aerocool Shark Black Edition FAN 120mm Black (Of which 2 will be
used for the case)

1x NZXT 200mm White

2x NZXT 140mm White (2000rpm version comes with the X61, Will most
likley not be used)

1x NZXT 140mm White (1200rpm version comes with the case, will most
likely not be used)

ODD:

ASUS BC-12D2HT 5,25 Zoll SATA Blu-ray

OS:

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1

GPU:

N/A (for now)


Sponsors:

My Own Wallet


The idea behind the Build

The idea has been around for quite a while. Sadly, I already couldn't
really put together my last build myself, due to my dwindling fine
motor skills and I see no reason why I would expect it to be any
different this time around. As a result there of I didn't spend too
much time thinking about computers for a while. However when the SFR
was revalued I realised that the time was right. Thanks to my truly
shite fine motor skills, I will be relying on my close relatives and
friends to help me doing the actual building of the system. I know
what needs to be done I began fiddling with my first computer when I
was 10 and by now I'm 23, but sadly my body is really letting me down
so as previously mentioned I will be relying on some help for the
actual building of the rig.


What I'll be using it for, is mainly as a multimedia center together
with a 100hz 46” Samsung LED TV. I'm slowly getting sick of having to
take my Laptop into a different room each time I want to use the TV.
Each time that I do so it's a lot of work and since I'm in a
wheelchair If I drop an external HDD, which there is a real chance of,
that's quite a loss.

I also plan on using it as form of a personal home wide cloud and as a
general storage system.

Since it will be located right next to the TV, it can't really have
too many LED's, although I like builds with lots of LED's. A PC shaped
disco ball would be way too distracting. Which is also why it needs to
be reasonably quiet, I doubt I can make it really silent, but I'll
give it a go.

As I don't really have fine motor skills, or a usable reaction time, I
don't really plan on using it for gaming, for the time being at least.
Other than a few good oldies from my past such as Empire Earth, Age of
Empires 2, Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader, Sims 3... and so on. Which
I'm hoping the Intel HD 4600 GPU can handle.


Since this is the first post to this build I wont go on about all the
components, most of them I picked very carefully I wish I had put more
thought into the PSU, but I'll give an explanation as to why later on
if the reason isn't obvious.


The visuals will be pretty simple other than the NZXT cooler the build
has no special LED's. Which in of it's self nearly kills me, I love
over the top whacky builds that look like an aliens mother ship has
landed on earth and is trying to hide. So basically it will just look
like a normal NZXT Phantom 530. since it will look so basic I have no
idea if anyone will care, but I thought I'd give it a go.


There will be Pics so don't abandon ship quite yet, if you haven't
already done so.

So far I have received the four HDD's and I just received three
packages I have yet to open. (they look like they're in good shape so fingers crossed that all is well.)

So, after a handy back-pay bonus this month, I decided to treat myself and finally splash out on components for my first build.

The specs:

Intel i5-4690k

Gigabyte gtx750ti black edition

Asus z97-ar mobo

Corsair AX860i

Avexir core series white 8gb @ 2133MHz

3x Samsung 840 evo 120gb SSDs in RAID 0 (hopefully)

So I'm aware this is a strange build. The 750ti will be a 970 in a few mnths and the PSU is simply to be future proof (another kit of avexir will be joinin the 970 giving me 16gb total) there is also a western digital 4tb coming at some point for backup of the raid array and mass storage. I shall keep this thread updated as I go along.

Bear in mind it's my first build, and first forum post so any tips and/or tricks would be greatly appreciated

First up my first P2. "The bogey"

That was delivery day

Then, my first ever ALX, hence my namesake.

Nfenix.

Quad SLI, triple monitor.

Re-ALX, my modded silver ALX

My lunar shadow Aurora..

Silverstone Temjin.

A51 ALX

That covers 2008 until the present. Post away !!

Old System

Case:    Thermaltake M9

Mobo:   EP45-UD3

CPU:     Intel Core2Duo E8400 (stock cooler)

Ram      2x2GB DDR2

HDD;     512Gb (now replaced with 2x256GB SSD)

Drives:   2 x LG dvd

Fans      2x120mm blue led, molex connected (now replaced with 2 non led with 1 in PWM mobo header and 1 molex with 7V regulator)

Psu:       400W-ish (possibly case psu)

New system

Case:               Fractal Design Define R5 (no window)

Mobo:              Gigabyte EP45-UD3 ATX

CPU:                Intel Core2Duo E8400

CPU Cooler:    Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3

Ram:               2x2GB DDR2

SDD;               2x256GB SSD)

Drives              1 x LG dvd 

Intake Fans:    2 x Fractal Design GA-14 (case fans both on front connected to case fan regulator switch)

Exhaust Fan:   1 x Be Quiet Silent Wings 2 140mm PWM mobo connected

Psu:                 Corsair RM550

I've already installed the psu into case, and planned/managed cable run, flipped the door to open from left, and moved GP14 rear case fan to front, and installed Be Quiet  fan in the back, unfortunately i couldn't connect the Silent Wings 2 fan to the fan control on the case because the connector is a small 3pin female plug and the Be Quiet fan is 4pin PWM.

(sorry about these 3 pics, taken on a crappy phone (i know, no excuse in this day and age lol)

Finally got my cpu cooler last Saturday morning, got it home and the jitters hit me. What if i do this and kill it :-( 

So i logged on to WoW for a few hours  Speedfan 4.50 had the GT630 (passive cooled) @ 67deg and the cpu @ 52deg at load

I finally turned off my old pc about 1am and started gutting it

Then placed the SSD's on the 2 sleds behind mobo plate

installed the dvd drive ( i really like the thumb screws for installing in the 5.25 bays)

@ 3am i started on the cpu cooler (attaching the mounting brackets)

after a good mornings sleep - the moment (more like couple of hrs) of truth

Being a 1st timer (read total noob), i installed the mobo, thinking i'd then attach the cooler......WRONG.

The Dark Rock Pro 3 is an ABSOLUTE HULKING BEAST of a cooler than takes up about a third of an ATX mobo.

total overkill for this system, but future ready. Never mind the fact that, aparently, you're supposed to do this outside of the case LOL

only issue i had was that i couldnt get the ATX 12v 8pin through the grommet top left of case and after installing cooler that corner of the mobo can't be reached ( going to open it up again and try removing the grommet and see if the cable will fit trough then. it currently runs across the back and diagonally to the psu and even though it's a non windowed case i know it's there and it's bugging me :-(

It's looking nice now 

after last pic..... the moment of truth

IT'S ALIVE .... YAY ME

While it's still got the old heart and lungs, i have completely surpassed my objective of building a quiet pc, This is absolutely silent. At 1am if i turn an ear to the pc, lean in and strain the hearing i can barely hear the whisper of the 2 GP14 case fans in the front, then i turn the case fan control to the middle, and it's dead silent. 

the cpu is now running over 12 deg cooler, and the gpu a cpl less too thanks to lower ambient temps inside the case.

I have soooo got the bug now, and am really looking forward to upgrading mobo, cpu, and ram (telling everyone to just give vouchers for particular pc store for b'day), so who knows - maybe this year

thanks to all the forum members for the posts i've read. lots of advice/tips/encouragement there.

thanks also to the techtubers for keeping us informed too 

Hi LinusTechTips people!

So here it is ... My Second waterCooling Build!

Phatenks Enthoo pro ( I think this is the best case ever .... u can get it on Ebay from Scancomputer for 71£ FREE SHIPPING )

2x XSPC 120mm Rad, 1x 240mm XSPC Rad

XSPC UV BLUE Tubing 7/16

XSPC 7/16 - 1/4 Fittings, XSPC G1/4 45 degrees fittings

AquaComputer 780 waterblock GPU

XSPC Raystorm ( AMD ) CPU block

Bitspower 80mm Water Tank

EK Pump Top , D5T Vario Pump

Corsair SP120 Blue Led fans

Some lighting 30cm

What do u think?

Any idea how to make the Coolant more Blue? Its kinda Dark now... I mean deep blue ... Cant even see my Water Tank ...  Currently using XSPC UV Blue ( Doesnt seems to be UV at all .. )

So I'm building a gaming/streaming/audio recording computer to also use for school tasks (such as Word/Powerpoint/Excel/etc) and while I originally had a pcpartpicker build called "white lightning" all set up, I decided to change a lot of the parts and go from a Black/White/Blue build to the more traditional Black/Red build since there are more quality parts available in that color scheme (and I do have a bit of a preference for MSI mobos). I chose this particular name because I grew up with the Command and Conquer games and I always thought that Nod had some of the coolest buildings and vehicles.

I already bought the case (back when I was planning the black/white/blue build), and I plan to just swap out the fans and pretend it's a SPEC 03 Red.  

Also with the build name, I dig it more and more because it's also a reference to the amount of gaming power I will be holding in my very hands:

   

May not be nothing spectacular but it suits me. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s6r799

Since my original machine (first built in the middle of 2013) there have been quite a few changes, so I thought I'd do a build/change log on it now. Meet Loreley:

The very first version, Loreley 1.0 if you will. It was a major upgrade for me since I was coming from my old core 2 CPU and a GT 9800. Upgrading to a modern (and overclocked) i5, a gtx 770 and double the ram was quite significant, 1080p gaming on modern games was finally possible. The case was one of those "because I can"-things, but more on that later. I kinda lost the original pictures, but just imagine the sexy ACX cooler from EVGA here.

Then I got a 1440p monitor (mainly for work) and the 770, while still very capable, wasn't quite enough anymore. That and my urge to finally switch to an AMD GPU sealed the deal: I got myself a fancy R9 290. I actually managed to sell my 770 for a very reasonable price, so this upgrade came in very cheap (280€ for the R9 290 while I sold my 770 for 220€)

Fast forward several months, we're close to the 900-series launch and the prices for the R9 200 series drop quite significantly, crossfire suddenly seems like a very tempting idea. I switched to a beefier PSU and got myself the second R9 290 for 200 bucks while praying that crossfire actually works properly and that I can deal with the additional heat (the answers to these questions would be hell yeah and yes).

In the meantime I switched the SSD for a larger model and donated my old SSD to my laptop.

And just last week this thing happened, a new case and a bunch of proper fans were bought. I couldn't stand the CM HAF case with its LED fans, loud aesthetics and acoustics and its overall design that made dust a real problem. So I switched to this baby, the nanoxia deep silence 6. Filtered intakes everywhere, clean aesthetics, sound dampening and enough space for all the expandability I could ever want (in all aspects, it can fit every mobo or radiator config or amount of harddrives that I could ever need). Equipped with 7 EK Vardar fans and 3 of the stock fans in the top (which don't spin at all in idle and are only there if the need for additional cooling comes up) it is extremely quiet and actually cooler under load than my old case. It's truly gigantic (keep in mind that this is a full sized ATX mobo in the following pictures) and has been a real pleasure so far.

more pics, and that's probably the end. Sorry for the potato camera, but the Moto G is the best (and only) thing I have in terms of picture quality.

Disclamer for this build log:

(For anyone who thinks that I am stupid to waste money on this project should leave this tread now. (yes I am talking to you))

Reasons:

If you guys seen my rig in my profile, I am only running a Core 2 Duo system as my daily PC

• CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz
• Motherboard MSI P31 Neo 2 LGA 775
• RAM 2 GB OCZ Lan party DDR2 800 kit CL4-4-4
• GPU POV Geforce GT8600 512MB DDR2
• Case CoolerMaster Centurion 5
• Storage Maxtor 60GB, WD 250GB both IDE ,WD 320 SATA2
• PSU Vantech ION2+ 500w PSU
• Display(s) HP 20" 4:3, Philips 19" 4:3 monitors
• Cooling stock LGA775 Intel cooler, CoolerMaster 120mm case Fan 80mm front intake
• Keyboard Microsoft X6 Sidewinder
• Mouse Microsoft Lasermouse 6000
• Sound Creative X-Fi USB External
• Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

The CPU is showing signs that it is dying as the CPU load always hit 100% at startup of OS and thats even with a clean OS upgrade from Win XP 32bit to Win 7 64bit and a remount of the cooler and reapply of thermal paste didnt help much at all.

I have swapped to a older E6240 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo and now the CPU load is stable when just booted.

The OS is in the WD 320GB HDD which was a hand me down from my dad's PC when he go the new i5 4460 rig

The aim is to renew the PC with some parts which i have got for cheap from friends, ebay and from sources I shall not mentioned.

I found a shop at my local PC haunt which has the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 for like 50 Singapore dollars which is estimated for around 40 USD

And there is still shops selling brand new G41 mobo like the Gigabyte G41M-Combo which will allow me to use up to 8GB DDR3 for 110 Singapore dollars or around 88 USD

Corsair Vengence DDR3 8GB Kit for 112SGD which is around 89USD

So in total will be 217USD or 272 SGD

But the price could be lower if i ask the boss of the shop for discounts

In addition to the CPU, mobo and RAM

I will also swap out the 8600GT for a Quadro FX4800 which I bought two of them years ago on ebay but one died so i still have one good working GPU

The Quadro FX4800 is basically the rebrand of the GTX260 but with 1.5GB of GDDR3 VRAM instead of the odd 768MB of the GTX280

Before anyone say "you dumbass, the Pentium G3258 will be way better!"

As mentioned in the disclamer, please leave this topic unless you want me to report you.

I do not play any recent AAA games, I just want to play old school games that I have like Mechwarrior 4 and web surfing but as I multi task, the dual core is not enough for my needs and 2GB is now a struggle when I open a few tabs on Firefox.

I will continue to updage this log when I get the parts on the next paycheck

I still need to send money to my parents and pay for my own living and travel expanses 

The cooler is not yet in the planning stage but I have a feeling the current case will not fit the bigger cooler I am getting

the stock Intel Cooler will not cut it for the QX6700 even at stock speeds

So the cost may go up if i need to switch casing and get the CPU cooler

so I will have to pick the CoolerMaster 935 Stacker and CoolerMaster V8 GTS which are suppose to be in my future i7 5960X X99 build in the next or following year.

For now the Plan is to swap the CPU,Mobo,RAM and GPU for the above parts and retaining the rest

I will post photos of the current rig tonight

Thanks for reading

Regards

Dragoon20005

So I decided a little while ago that I needed a new case, went for the 900D because it's huge and will be great for when I watercool my next build.

Specs:

So I decided a little while ago that I needed a new case, went for the 900D because it's huge and will be great for when I watercool my next build.

EDIT: Update is complete, check the bottom of this page for results!

Specs:

Hello ladies and gentlemen! So I have had my 7850K for around a year now, and seeing as it's bottle necking my R9 280 pretty badly, I figured it was time to upgrade. So I have chosen to upgrade to an i5-4690K, an MSI Gaming 5 motherboard, and a Noctua NH-D15. Everything else is staying the same as it was previously. Right now I have the motherboard only (Pictures below) I should have the CPU and cooler by mid-March. Not a very eventful build log, however some people wanted me to make it. Here, I will document some benchmarks moving over to Intel, as well as temps. Though as APU temps are currently very difficult to measure I won't have anything to compare to. If you'd like to be tagged whenever I update this build log, please let me know. I will leave you with my gallery now. (Current build in my signature.)

I'm also in need of a name for this baby. Any suggestions?

Tags: @Geekazoid

Hey 

I've just completed my second water cooling build this time I decided to change everything up since the last build I swapped the motherboard for a MSI z77 M-Power Big Bang and that system literally went off with a bang taking out everything other than the cpu and the hdd's and ssd's lucky. In this build the parts used are 

• Case- NZXT 810 Switch White
• CPU- Intel 4820k x79 @3.9Ghz (Will be over clocking soon)
• Fans- 2 Case fans and 5 Corsair SP120 LED white fans
• Motherboard- Asus X79 Sabertooth
• Memory- Kingston Hyper X beast 16GB 1600Mhz
• Hard Drive 1- 2TB Seagate Barracuda 
• Hard Drive 2- 2TB Seagate Barracuda 
• Hard Drive 3- 3TB Toshiba 
• Solid State Drive 1- Kingston 240GB v3
• Solid State Drive 2- Crucial 240Gb 
• Power Supply- Corsair AX860i 
• Graphics Card- EVGA GTX780 Hydro Copper Classified 
• Sound Card- Asrock Sound Blaster

WaterCooling Parts

• WaterCooling Pump and Res- XSPC D5 Photon 270
• WaterCooling Tubing- XPSC 3/8 ID - 5/8 OD 16/10mm Clear 
• WaterCooling Bits- XSPC G1/4 XPSC 3/8 ID - 5/8 OD Compression Fittings with 45 and 90 degree joins 
• WaterCooling Rads- XSPC Triple rad 120mm Crossflow & XSPC double 120mm radiator 
• Extras- XSPC Green watercooling temperature sensor & NZXT Hue
• WaterCooling Dye- XSPC EC6 Blood Red

Monitors on Dual Stand clamped to desk

• Asus VE278H
• LG IPS-27EA63

Keyboard & Mouse

• Corsair M65 Gaming Mouse
• Razer Black Widow Ultimate (US layout)

okay im a new builder and know nothing about building my own pc, so how does this build look?

Introduction

Let me just state this now, this project was inspired by Akula and his Project Armada which I had stumble upon over half a year ago and since then, I have been motivated to build my own custom loop.

The project gets it's name for two reason, one of which is because I am Re-using all (if not most) of my component from my current rig, and secondly because the case itself is named 'Define'. So combining those two words in bold, leads to Re-Define...yes I am aware the name isn't the best, but its all what I can come up with. 

Also I would like to mention that this is my first custom loop, and as a challenge for myself, I will be using Rigid Tubing alongside a heatgun.

The theme will mostly be black and blue.

Current Component

• Intel 3770k
• Asus P8Z77V-Pro
• Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 1866Mhz (2x8GB)
• Gigabyte GTX 980 (Reference)
• Fractal Design Define R4
• OCZ Vertex 460 (240GB), OCZ Agility 3 (240GB), Intel 530 (120GB), 2x Western Digital Caviar Black (1TB)
• Corsair RM750

Upgrades

• Fractal Design Define R5 (Acquired)

Watercooling Components

• EK-Supremacy Evo Copper Acetal Clean CSQ Waterblock (Acquired)
• EK-FC980 GTX Nickel Acetal Clean CSQ Waterblock (Acquired)
• EK-FC980 GTX Black Backplate (Acquired)
• Alphacool NexXxos XT45 Full Copper Radiator 360 (Acquired)
• Alphacool NexXxos ST30 Full Copper Radiator 280 (Acquired)
• Bitspower Single D5 Pump and Reservoir Combo (Pending)
  • Bitspower D5 Top Upgrade 150 - Black
  • Bitspower D5 Mod Top v2 - Acrylic 
  • Swiftech MCP655 Variable Speed
  • Bitspower D5 Pump Mod Kit - Matte Black
• PrimoChill 1/2" OD Rigid PETG Tube (Pending)
• PrimoChill 1/2" OD Rigid Revolver Compression Diamond Knurled Fittings Anodized Black (Ordered)

Miscellaneous

• 2x Noctua NF-A14 (Acquired)
• 3x Noctua NF-F12 (Acquired)
• Corsair AF140 (Acquired)
• PrimoChill Blue Transparent Coolant Dyes (Pending)
• Swifttech 8-Way PWM Splitter (Acquired)
• Lian Li PCI Replacement Slot Cover Black (Acquired)
• Carbon Fiber Vinyl Wrap (Acquired)
• Silver KillCoils (Pending)