So far, so good. Idles at 24C in ambient of 18. Havent run any major stress tests on it but did a couple hours video conversions with it at maybe 80% cpu usage and it pushed it up to 45C. Its only intended as a HTPC anyway. I had considered putting a GPU into it until the breadbox actually arrived and I realised the roll top rolls down the back as well so there is only about 60mm clearance from the roll top to the base at the back. This meant I could have the mobo go right through to the back ok, but the PSU wont, and a GPU wouldnt. The i3 3225 that is in it at the moment is I think the only i3 with HD4000 graphics, so it doesnt really need a GPU anyway for HTPC duty. I'll have a go at warming the thing up properly today and see how hot I can get it, but for all intended purposes it would seem to be fine for the job so far, and very quiet considering its the stock cooler. Summer might be a different story though of course.. Its all a bit of a cobble job, from existing stuff I had lying around. If I had a decent SFX PSU I probably would have used that instead for now, but in the end I will probably ditch this PSU in favour of a pico given the low power demands, and stick a 140mm fan in the back in place of the PSU hole.
heheh love the bread box idea.. should try incorporate the monitor into some other box aswell full steath install
New PCs parts have arrived. Case: Thermaltake Urban S71 Full Tower USB3.0 PSU: Thermaltake EVO Blue 2.0 750W Mobo: ASRock X79 Extreme6 Motherboard CPU: Intel Core i7 3820 (Quad 3.8) CPU Cooler: Thermaltake NiC C5 CPU Cooler Ram: Corsair Dominator CMP16GX3M4X1600C7 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 OS HD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SSD Retail Box Files HD: WD Green 3TB Graphics: HIS Radeon HD7850 IceQ X Turbo 2GB ODD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM Thermaltake Black Extreme Speed 3.0 Plus Card Reader RAID Card: HighPoint RocketRAID 2711 4-port SAS 6Gb/s RAID Controller RAID Case: Server rack with 16 bays HD: 10x WD Red 3TB. Also bought a new headset, Logitech G930 (wireless). New Keyboard/mouse will be coming (G510s and a new G9x for the normal PC, so this one will get the old G510 and G9x Mouse Going to be a fun weekend building
Who needs that many HDDs? and what made you go with WD Reds? Aren't they the 24/7 slow grade CCTV recording spec drives?
I'm sure most people dont 'need' that many. Its basically enough space to have a backup or all my stuff on my main PC (about 50%, so room for more afterwards.) 50LTRv8 got it, they're server quality, which means they are perfect for RAID. Not that i've had a problem with my Samsungs, but i dont want to take the risk with so much data (especially since i'm over 50% of my capacity in my main PC, meaning not everything is backed up atm, if i was to have a failure right now)
Got myself a HP pavilion DV6. Has a I7 quad core CPU (1.60GHz) 6GB RAM (soon to be 8GB) 120GB SSD - Not sure if I should replace the cddrive with a bigger HDD for personal programs + files, or just use an external. 1GB dedicated graphics card Bought it for $300, cheerin'
My current rigs: http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/lan-lounge/213887-my-gaming-rig.html Alienware M18x R2 (Play) Intel 3920XM (was fastest notebook CPU before haswell) overclocked stable to 4.4GHz 2GB AMD 7970m, overvolted to 1.1V and overclocked to 1000/1600MHz 32GB 1600Mhz RAM 2x240GB Corsair Force GT SSD's in RAID0, 1x 128GB Kingston SSD 3TB Seagate External Back Up Drive 2013 Razer Naga Epic Astro A50's Propped up on a Coolermaster U3 for external cooling Alienware M14x R2 (Work) Intel 3930QM 2GB Nvidia 650m 8GB RAM 1TB HDD + 32GB SSD Cyborg RAT 9 Mouse 1.5TB External WB HDD Picture of the two beasts together:
So finally built this, after being sick for about 2 weeks (and most of the extra parts being at work). Worked first time, great success! Just waiting on the server case for the WD reds and it'll be ready to go
4770k o/c to 4,000mhz corsair vengence 16g ram 1600mhz asrock h87 fatal1ty motherboard galaxy gtx770 gfx card samsung 840 pro 128g ssd western digital caviar black 2tb corsair 400r case corsair 750w psu pce n53 wireless card corsair h60 water cooling.
Just finished building mine. Z87 Fatal1ty Intel 4770k 16GB G.Skill Trident Ram GTX570 (placeholder till R290x drops sometime this month -.-) NZXT Kraken X60 Watercooling NZXT Phantom 530 Black Antec 750w Modular PSU The Phantom is a wonderful case to build with. Fan controller/Hub on the back of the motherboard. SSD tray on the back of the motherboard. Tons of room. Heaps of cabling space. Looks amazing. Instantly regretting going Windows 8. But Ill give it time.
What he said /\ /\ /\ We pretty much built the same system NZXT Phantom 530 Case Black Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular HCG-850M Pioneer BDR-208DBKS 15X Blu-Ray Disc Writer OEM NZXT Kraken X60 280mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC 3GB Intel Core i7 4770K G.Skill Trident X F3-2400C10D-16GTX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 Western Digital WD Green 2TB WD20EZRX ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional Motherboard Samsung 840 EVO Series 120GB SSD Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64bit OEM Razer Goliathus 2013 Extended Speed Gaming Mouse Mat Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Razer Mamba 4G Dual Laser Gaming Mouse Acer G276HLBQBID 27in LED Widescreen Monitor
Random pic with a single 290x added & 6970xfire removed. Waiting on some non-nickel water blocks before I add the 2nd card.
well here's mine Chassis - Thermalrock Eclipse (it was free, and it's super practical and importantly for me aluminium) - it is ugly as though ThermalRock Chassis Series- Eclipse PSU - Antec TP-750 Blue - Antec.com - Product: TP-750 Blue Motherboard - ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe - P8Z77-V DELUXE - Motherboards - ASUS CPU - Intel i7 3770k - ARK | Intel® Core RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16GB Kit (4*4GB) 1600MHz - DDR3 16GB (4x4G) Corsair 1600MHz Vengeance RAM Kit PN CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B | Computer Alliance GPU - ASUS GTX670 - GTX670-DC2-2GD5 - Graphics Cards - ASUS SOUND - Still have my Creative X-Fi xtrememusic (which I really like) - Creative Worldwide Support > X-Fi XtremeMusic SSD - 240 Crucial M4 - CT240M500SSD1 - 240GB, 2.5-inch Solid State Drive , from Crucial.com HDD's - couple of 2TB's couple of 1's and a 4TB Primary MONITOR - Samsung S24A350H 27" 1080P LED - http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/monitors/LS24A350HS/ZA Windows 7 x64 (I can't stand 8)
After waiting for the R290X and seeing how it runs and acts as a heater, then umming and ahhing over waiting for aftermarket cards, I finally decided on a video card. Z87 Fatal1ty Intel 4770k EVGA Geforce GTX780TI Superclocked Edition 16GB G.Skill Trident Ram NZXT Kraken X60 Watercooling NZXT Phantom 530 Black Antec 750w Modular PSU So as I mentioned earlier, the case, is fantastic. tons of room, tons of cable management stuff. This video card, OMFG. For a reference card. This is pretty. The GEFORCE GTX logo down the side is customizable in the way it flashes or lights up.
Yeah the 290X is a massive let down IMO, might shine under water but they should have done better with the stock cooler. Loud or hot. Pick one, max! Not both If the green logo bugs you I did a write up on changing it over on oc.n a while ago it's quite straightforward to change it to white at least.
