i7 and i5 owners thread - please show us your rig

[self_slaughter]

Originally Posted by mehkat

Awww makes me miss my Megahalems

Replaced mine with a Noctua NH-D14 as I couldn't find the screws needed for the Megahalems to fit socket 2011 in Australia.

Temps seem to be a slight improvement (Although I changed CPU as well so can't really be sure)... but at what cost?!?!?!

[Huggy_Bear64]

Originally Posted by mehkat

Full specs:

Case - Silverstone Fortress FT02 w/ Scythe GT 1850
CPU - Intel 3770K @ 4.6GHZ (1.25V) / Prolimatech Megahalems + 2 x Scythe GT 1850
Mobo - Asus Z77 Sabertooth
RAM - 2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 (white/low profile)
GPU - EVGA SC Signature Series GTX 680 w/ backplate
PSU - Seasonic XP 1000W Platinum fully sleeved w/ MDPC-X black/white/titanium
SSDs - Intel 520 180GB - Windows 7 64 / OCZ RevoDrive 3 120GB - progs / Intel X25-M G2 160GB - Steam
HDD - WD Caviar Black 2TB - storage
misc: Lamptron FC5 v2 fan controller / Bitfenix Alchemy connect 12cm white LED strip

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other stuff 2012:

sound:
speakers - Audio Engine P4 / N22 / S8
DAC - Cambridge Audio DacMagic
cans - Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium / AKG K 242 HD

keyboard - KBC Poker w/ reds
mouse - Razer DeathAdder Black Edition
mouse pad - Xtrac Ripper XXL
screen - Dell U2410

B-but where did the Cosmos go??

Also it seems kinda sacrilegious to get a case that can hold a 560 rad and not watercool it.
Not even a little bit

[mehkat]

the PSU died, I decided to sell the gfx cards and try a single 580, a Lightning which of course wouldn't fit... and although I had originally planned to hang onto x58 until the wheels fell off Ivy was a callin, seemed like a good time to sell up. I miss the Cosmos, it was a sad day
I think though, water cooling in this case would be a nightmare, sure you can get a big rad in there but there's not much room for anything else. I got kinda sick of everything having to be so specific. WC was fun but too expensive and time consuming for me to do another one... this year anyway

[Huggy_Bear64]

Originally Posted by mehkat

the PSU died, I decided to sell the gfx cards and try a single 580, a Lightning which of course wouldn't fit... and although I had originally planned to hang onto x58 until the wheels fell off Ivy was a callin, seemed like a good time to sell up. I miss the Cosmos, it was a sad day
I think though, water cooling in this case would be a nightmare, sure you can get a big rad in there but there's not much room for anything else. I got kinda sick of everything having to be so specific. WC was fun but too expensive and time consuming for me to do another one... this year anyway

Oh noes! Poor Cosmos

Oh come on it's not that hard. I got everything in there

[pepsimax]

Just bought a 2nd GTX580 (from here) to go into my system, along with a new CPU waterblock (eBay), an XSPC RayStorm, to replace my HeatKiller 3.0 (never liked the shininess of it) Also just got delivered a Razer Sphex mousepad from HK. Just not sure which colour tubing I should use with my new loop install, keep the white or get black?

Im also in the process of ordering some upgrade parts for my Corsair 800D, ordering the SATA3 HDD panel, non see through side panel & Also the following system parts from Corsair, 12GB of 2000Mhz Vengeance ram & 2 x 128GB Corsair Force3 SSD's. Was going to order the USB3.0 front panel but dont think its worth it when they still use the rear USB connectors

Then I'll be looking at sorting out my HDD's to the following
- 128GB Corsair Force3 = O/S (Current SSD shifted to Laptop 50% life left)
- 128GB Corsair Force3 = Game HDD (Sell 300GB VelociRaptor)
- 3TB Seagate = Storage (PS3 backups, Steam backups.. etc)
- 3TB Seagate = Storage (2) Transfer 2.44TB of data from 2x 2TB HDD's (Shit load of ASOT music, Recorded TV (NRL,Footy Show)
- 2TB = Misc drive
- 2TB = Move to USB3.0 external storage casing

This is what my PC looks like atm

[Jakusonfire]

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[cowsword]

Ancientness...


i7 920 @4.2ghz/2xgtx295/ocz 60bg ssd/6g corsair 2ghz/EK blocks/

[Sipheren]

Decided to upgrade to an i7 930 and 12GB DDR3.


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[SheMadeMeDoIt]

I like the white case touch for the hackintosh.

[Sipheren]

Originally Posted by SheMadeMeDoIt

I like the white case touch for the hackintosh.

Cheers, I like it more than a MacPro and its faster than most of them too

[staffy007]

thought I'd post some pic up,sadly i have'nt had time to w/c the second card yet,but with some black paint the xaser case dose'nt look too bad and with the top cover removed i put a 360 rad there instead of 240








I'll post some more pics when i get the second card under water

[converge]

Hardware:

Lian Li V600FX
ASUS Rampage 4 Gene
Intel Core i7 3820 @ 5Ghz
Mushkin Redline 16GB 1866Mhz C9
AMD HD 7970
Intel 330 160GB SSD
Seasonic CP860W with custom black and white sleeved cables

Water Cooling:

Dangerden Monsoon D5 Bay Reservoir
Watercool MO-RA3 4x180MM Radiator with White Silverstone 180MM fans
Watercool Heatkiller 3.0 Black Nickel CPU Block
Watercool Heatkiller HD 79x0 Nickel GPU Block
Bitspower Matte Black 1/2" Barbs
Primohill Primoflex Pro LRT 7/16" 5/8" Clear Tubing
Mayhems Pastel White Concentrate

[stmok]

One of my old AMD Sempron boxes died. (Motherboard gradually failed until it simply didn't boot-up any more.)...I couldn't wait for AMD to pull their finger out any longer, so I upgraded that specific box to Core i5 (Ivy Bridge).

DEAD:
2006 system (1 core)
* Sempron 2800+ @ 2Ghz (Stock cooling, stock voltage)
* KingMax 1GB (2x 512MB) DDR1 400Mhz
* ASRock K8SLI-eSATA2 mobo
* ULi M1697 chipset
* Geforce 7600GS
* SB Audigy sound card
* Realtek RTL8201CL 10/100 on-board LAN
* Pioneer DVD-burner (PATA)
* Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (Linux, 32bit)
* Generic (Laser brand) 4-port PS/2 KVM

UPGRADED TO:
2012 system (4 cores)
* Core i5 3570K (Stock cooling, stock voltage for now)
* Corsair Vengeance LP (4x 4GB) 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz, 9-9-9-24.
* ASUS P8Z77-M PRO mobo
* Intel Z77 chipset
* Intel HD4000 IGP
* Realtek ALC892 on-board sound
* Realtek 8111F Gigabit on-board LAN
* Lite-on DVD-burner (SATA)
* Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (Linux, 64bit)
* Aten CS62US 2-port USB KVM


Unchanged/Retained:
* Supermicro SC760 full-tower E-ATX case
* 1x Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD 1TB
* 2x WD Green HDD 2TB
* Antec 500W NeoPower PSU
* Samsung 24 inch Sync Master S24B300 LED
* Logitech USB wired Keyboard and Mouse.


Bare in mind, I don't play modern day games...That's why you don't see any current generation Geforce- or Radeon-based video card in the system.

[SheMadeMeDoIt]

stmok this is a pics thread dude. Let's see them.

[stmok]

Originally Posted by SheMadeMeDoIt

stmok this is a pics thread dude. Let's see them.

It's the big one on the lower left. The smaller one is another AMD Sempron 2800+ build from 2006; that has yet to expire.


Many moons ago, I cut off the original side vents (starting to rust) and replaced them filtered bits.


You'll note the distinct dark-grey paint there at the drive bay area...That's anti-rust paint I put on after grinding off the rust. The Samsung Spinpoint HDD is housed in a Zalman HDD passive cooling caddie. (It has rubber mounts that completely nullify the annoying weird pitch noise the HDD makes due to vibration...Its dead silent).


...And here's the Core i5 3570K with stock Intel HSF, ASUS mobo, and all the memory slots filled with 4GB Corsair Vengeance LP sticks.



You'll probably note the five 120mm fans. (1 in upper rear; 2 in lower front; 2 on the side). The fans are controlled by switches on the top of the case. See the 2nd pic and note the green LED where my headphones are...
* Green => Switch to the left => Low speed/noise.
* Off => Switch to the centre => No noise.
* Red => Switch to the right => Full fan speeds...Sounds like your typical fridge. Low pitched hum.

The problem with this tower case is that its from the late 1990s. (No design considerations for efficient cooling or low noise like today's cases). It used to be quite loud and accumulate heat in its original arrangement; I was hitting 50 to high 60s deg/C no matter what components I used. ...So I made some customisations to improve cooling and to reduce noise.