Offical Show Your Rig Off

procupine14 · Jun 15, 2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousey

Looks like it could be worth taking a dremel to the case purely so you have more space to route cables through, at least it'll let airflow go through better that way

I've been there a lot. especially on the case before my Cosmos. I think I ended up taking half of the case apart by the time I ended up getting my computer a bigger home where everything actually fit properly.

madspec · Jun 21, 2009, 05:02 PM

Hey all , i have 2 rigs ... one for home and one for the road .

Home PC :

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 4.1 Ghz ( laped )
GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6 DDR3
EVGA E-GeForce GTX295
4 X 1 Gig Kingston HyperX 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL7 7-7-7-20
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme cpu cooler ( lapped )
1 X Western Digital Velociraptor 300 gb 10 000 rpm
2 X Seagate 1 TB SataII 32 MEG
3 X Seagate 500 gig SataII 32 MEG
AUZENTECH X-MERIDIAN 7.1 Sound Card
PS Xigmatek 850 watts
Zalman ZM-MFC2 Fan Controler
Cooler master Cosmos S RC1100 case
Dell WFP27 27" Flat Panl Display

Some Pics ....

And this is my " on the road " rig .

Asus W90VP A1

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2.0GHz Quad core)
18.4” Full HD (1920 x 1080) display
ATI Dual Radeon™ HD 4870 (512MB x 2) DDR3 DGE
640GB 7200RPM (320GB x 2) hard drive
6GB of RAM
Blu-ray disc combo drive
Built-in 2.0 megapixel camera with digital array microphone
Fingerprint reader
Bluetooth v2.0
Wireless 802.11 a/g/n
Genuine Windows Vista® Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Chaos · Jun 21, 2009, 05:41 PM

sweet

cbeasley0 · Jun 21, 2009, 06:52 PM

Had to scale these down, so they lost some detail:

Chaos · Jun 21, 2009, 08:15 PM

i like the DuOrb coolers

cbeasley0 · Jun 21, 2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

i like the DuOrb coolers

Especially because the stock ati fans are terrible. It dropped the temperature on my card by almost 30 degs, even with my case as cramped as it is. Plus they're incredibly quiet and the LED's give it a sweet look.

Mac Daddy · Jun 22, 2009, 01:49 AM

Nice

Neshi · Jun 22, 2009, 02:16 PM

very nice.. I especially like the laptop. As I will need one for my studies I just checked what it would cost here. Didn't know how quickly I had to close the site

procupine14 · Jun 22, 2009, 03:24 PM

Looking good! I have to throw up some new pictures of the system after I get my new hosing and everything zip tied up.

cbeasley0 · Jun 23, 2009, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procupine14

Looking good! I have to throw up some new pictures of the system after I get my new hosing and everything zip tied up.

I didn't know you were liquid cooling again. Didn't you sell your last pump and everything?

isaak · Jun 23, 2009, 11:38 AM

A quick photo of my system (specs in system specs tab)

Mac Daddy · Jun 23, 2009, 01:17 PM

Nice setup Isaak sure it works great

lepel · Jun 25, 2009, 03:13 PM

I got myself the Lian Li A05n and a brand new PSU (a Seasonic M12II 500W) the other day. Here's before and after pics of the interior. Note: the PC you see in the first pic was built by a shop, but I did the "transplant" into the new case myself. I'm pretty pleased with the wiring (and dusting

) tbh.

This is the case I had before: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NjY0.Now I have the Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd.

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 25, 2009, 03:52 PM

Here's some new pics.
New case, motherboard, GPU, PSU, RAM, CPU Cooler Keyboard and Mouse since last photos.

The Zalman!

My new Microsoft Keyboard

I'll post an inside shot of the case soon. It should look good. The cooler I mean.

isaak · Jul 3, 2009, 12:43 PM

NEW CASE!!

IT's HUGE!!

Mac Daddy · Jul 3, 2009, 01:32 PM

Nice addition on the case Bro looking good

Bolletje · Jul 3, 2009, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaak

A quick photo of my system (specs in system specs tab)

Lol que? Is that your SATA-cable that is twisted? I shouldn't do that because you maybe get corrupt data? (physics).

Neshi · Jul 3, 2009, 05:11 PM

I've seen alot of builds where that has been done. If you don't twist it too tight, I doubt it can do harm

Bolletje · Jul 4, 2009, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neshi

I've seen alot of builds where that has been done. If you don't twist it too tight, I doubt it can do harm

But why should you take the risk when there is plenty of room available?

procupine14 · Jul 6, 2009, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbeasley0

I didn't know you were liquid cooling again. Didn't you sell your last pump and everything?

Yeah I wold off a lot of stuff but I bought all new stuff as of recently.

Lowfat · Jul 20, 2009, 06:06 AM

removed drive cage and swapped the GTX295 to the HD4890's.

lepel · Jul 20, 2009, 10:02 AM

Very neat as usual.

**kris23** · Jul 20, 2009, 10:08 AM

how good is that V10?

Lowfat · Jul 20, 2009, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

how good is that V10?

pretty decent IMO. Mine however is modded a bit. Instead of the 70W TEC/peltier, I am running a 125W one. I don't know how much of a difference in temps it gives though. But I found that it did to a bit better than the TRUE black that I had before it.

Mac Daddy · Jul 20, 2009, 01:33 PM

Very nice and clean man how are the 4890's working for you?

**kris23** · Jul 20, 2009, 05:04 PM

i lol at the SSDs that are just sitting tight at the bottom of the case......

so you dont burn out any control mechanism by upgrading the TEC?

Lowfat · Jul 20, 2009, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Very nice and clean man how are the 4890's working for you?

The only game I've played with them is STALKER Clear Sky, and the microstuttering is rather annoying w/ high details. I never played the game with the GTX295 so I can't compare it to it though. Might have been the same. I'll try out Crysis in the next few days to see how she does.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

i lol at the SSDs that are just sitting tight at the bottom of the case......

so you dont burn out any control mechanism by upgrading the TEC?

Actually the SSD's are raised off the floor by about a cm buy a bunch of pennies

And I don't use the stock V10 parts. The 120W TEC is powered by its own dedicated power supply. It is hooked up to a relay that shuts the TEC off when the PC turns off.

DJ BIG T · Jul 20, 2009, 09:00 PM

very nice lowfat..

Lowfat · Jul 20, 2009, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neshi

I've seen alot of builds where that has been done. If you don't twist it too tight, I doubt it can do harm

You can twist it as tight as you want and it won't cause data corruption. Its a digital signal, the signal is either going to arrive or its not. When I coil my cables like that, I wrap them around a 3-4mm thick screwdriver.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bolletje

But why should you take the risk when there is plenty of room available?

There is almost no risk and it makes things look quite a bit neater.

Coresong · Jul 21, 2009, 05:45 PM

My goal was to make a low key, living room suitable semi-hidden and totally quiet computer. I went to somewhat extremes, hand building a wooden frame to act as a side table / radiator shroud / coolant overflow catcher and be somewhat acceptable to wife as "furniture". End result is not bad looking, completely silent (despite 14 fans . ..)

The tech details:

intel Core i7 extreme 965
Asus W6T6 WS Revolution
2x nvidia GTX295 water cooled in quad SLI
2x intel 160GB SSD as Raid 0
1x 300gb raptor
1x 1TB WD
Koolance 1200watt watercooled oil immersed PS
MIPS North /south bridge waterblock
Mosfet water blocks
2 x (4 x 120mm) radiators
1/2 ID 3/4 OD tubing throughout
3x2Gb Corsair dominator DDR3 2000
Lian Li A71A case

CPU & MOSFET water blocks

Northbridge & Southbridge MIPS waterblock (ordered from some obscure store in germany... not an easy find..)

The whole mother board partially plumbed..

Mostly plumbed . .. just one card outlet missing..

Filled and degassed .....

underside of the top 4 fan radiator

Internal hard drive cage . . .

back side showing the back radiator install , plus the the water cooled powersupply..

Side on , top off showing top radiator fans

Finished product, from rear ...

Finished rig with top on ...

It is totally silent, tops out at over 35,000 3dVantage benchmark .... have gotten it OC'd to 4.6GHZ for brief time (the MB temps get high, not enough air movement over non WC'd parts), I was running at 4.2 GHZ util weather got hot, it dumps a HUGE amount of heat into the room. Running at stock clocks till the weather cools off or I really want to max some 3D FPS....

Jun 21, 2009, 05:02 PM	#1802
madspec DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Hey all , i have 2 rigs ... one for home and one for the road . Home PC : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 4.1 Ghz ( laped ) GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6 DDR3 EVGA E-GeForce GTX295 4 X 1 Gig Kingston HyperX 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL7 7-7-7-20 Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme cpu cooler ( lapped ) 1 X Western Digital Velociraptor 300 gb 10 000 rpm 2 X Seagate 1 TB SataII 32 MEG 3 X Seagate 500 gig SataII 32 MEG AUZENTECH X-MERIDIAN 7.1 Sound Card PS Xigmatek 850 watts Zalman ZM-MFC2 Fan Controler Cooler master Cosmos S RC1100 case Dell WFP27 27" Flat Panl Display Some Pics .... And this is my " on the road " rig . Asus W90VP A1 Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2.0GHz Quad core) 18.4” Full HD (1920 x 1080) display ATI Dual Radeon™ HD 4870 (512MB x 2) DDR3 DGE 640GB 7200RPM (320GB x 2) hard drive 6GB of RAM Blu-ray disc combo drive Built-in 2.0 megapixel camera with digital array microphone Fingerprint reader Bluetooth v2.0 Wireless 802.11 a/g/n Genuine Windows Vista® Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Jun 21, 2009, 05:41 PM	#1803
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off sweet __________________

Jun 21, 2009, 06:52 PM	#1804
cbeasley0 Temerarious Technophile Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO USA Posts: 185 Rep Power: 25 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Had to scale these down, so they lost some detail: Last edited by cbeasley0; Jun 21, 2009 at 07:14 PM.

Jun 21, 2009, 08:15 PM	#1805
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off i like the DuOrb coolers __________________

Jun 22, 2009, 01:49 AM	#1807
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Nice __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jun 22, 2009, 02:16 PM	#1808
Neshi S.N.A.F.U. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 3,260 Rep Power: 150 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off very nice.. I especially like the laptop. As I will need one for my studies I just checked what it would cost here. Didn't know how quickly I had to close the site __________________ If one does not attach himself to people and desire, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live? Life is just too damn short for if's and maybe's

Jun 22, 2009, 03:24 PM	#1809
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Looking good! I have to throw up some new pictures of the system after I get my new hosing and everything zip tied up. __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Jun 23, 2009, 11:38 AM	#1811
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,253 Rep Power: 108 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off A quick photo of my system (specs in system specs tab)

Jun 23, 2009, 01:17 PM	#1812
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Nice setup Isaak sure it works great __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jun 25, 2009, 03:13 PM	#1813
lepel HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 552 Rep Power: 39 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off I got myself the Lian Li A05n and a brand new PSU (a Seasonic M12II 500W) the other day. Here's before and after pics of the interior. Note: the PC you see in the first pic was built by a shop, but I did the "transplant" into the new case myself. I'm pretty pleased with the wiring (and dusting ) tbh. This is the case I had before: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NjY0.Now I have the Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd.

Jun 25, 2009, 03:52 PM	#1814
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Here's some new pics. New case, motherboard, GPU, PSU, RAM, CPU Cooler Keyboard and Mouse since last photos. The Zalman! My new Microsoft Keyboard I'll post an inside shot of the case soon. It should look good. The cooler I mean. Last edited by RE III - Frankie; Jun 28, 2009 at 04:07 PM.

Jul 3, 2009, 12:43 PM	#1815
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,253 Rep Power: 108 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off NEW CASE!! IT's HUGE!!

Jul 3, 2009, 01:32 PM	#1816
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Nice addition on the case Bro looking good __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jul 3, 2009, 05:11 PM	#1818
Neshi S.N.A.F.U. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 3,260 Rep Power: 150 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off I've seen alot of builds where that has been done. If you don't twist it too tight, I doubt it can do harm __________________ If one does not attach himself to people and desire, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live? Life is just too damn short for if's and maybe's

Jul 20, 2009, 06:06 AM	#1821
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off removed drive cage and swapped the GTX295 to the HD4890's. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

Jul 20, 2009, 10:08 AM	#1823
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,990 Rep Power: 121 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off how good is that V10? __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jul 20, 2009, 10:02 AM	#1822
lepel HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 552 Rep Power: 39 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Very neat as usual.

Jul 20, 2009, 01:33 PM	#1825
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off Very nice and clean man how are the 4890's working for you? __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jul 20, 2009, 05:04 PM	#1826
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,990 Rep Power: 121 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off i lol at the SSDs that are just sitting tight at the bottom of the case...... so you dont burn out any control mechanism by upgrading the TEC? __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jul 20, 2009, 09:00 PM	#1828
DJ BIG T DH FaN BoY Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ORLANDO,FL Posts: 930 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off very nice lowfat.. __________________

Jul 21, 2009, 05:45 PM	#1830
Coresong DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Offical Show Your Rig Off My goal was to make a low key, living room suitable semi-hidden and totally quiet computer. I went to somewhat extremes, hand building a wooden frame to act as a side table / radiator shroud / coolant overflow catcher and be somewhat acceptable to wife as "furniture". End result is not bad looking, completely silent (despite 14 fans . ..) The tech details: intel Core i7 extreme 965 Asus W6T6 WS Revolution 2x nvidia GTX295 water cooled in quad SLI 2x intel 160GB SSD as Raid 0 1x 300gb raptor 1x 1TB WD Koolance 1200watt watercooled oil immersed PS MIPS North /south bridge waterblock Mosfet water blocks 2 x (4 x 120mm) radiators 1/2 ID 3/4 OD tubing throughout 3x2Gb Corsair dominator DDR3 2000 Lian Li A71A case CPU & MOSFET water blocks Northbridge & Southbridge MIPS waterblock (ordered from some obscure store in germany... not an easy find..) The whole mother board partially plumbed.. Mostly plumbed . .. just one card outlet missing.. Filled and degassed ..... underside of the top 4 fan radiator Internal hard drive cage . . . back side showing the back radiator install , plus the the water cooled powersupply.. Side on , top off showing top radiator fans Finished product, from rear ... Finished rig with top on ... It is totally silent, tops out at over 35,000 3dVantage benchmark .... have gotten it OC'd to 4.6GHZ for brief time (the MB temps get high, not enough air movement over non WC'd parts), I was running at 4.2 GHZ util weather got hot, it dumps a HUGE amount of heat into the room. Running at stock clocks till the weather cools off or I really want to max some 3D FPS....