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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: Ampera on February 18, 2015, 02:00:07 pm
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I am interested in other people's Gaming/Workstation/Everyday builds if you make your own custom PCs.
To start here is mine.
AMD A10 6800K Richland Based Quad Core APU (With a radeon 8000 series card that goes unused.)
I got 16 gigs of DDR3 GIEL memory.
a 500GB 850 EVO SSD by Samsung.
a 2TB Hitatchi server grade 7.2k Sata 3 hard drive
a GeForce GTX 970, 1664 CUDA cores 4 GB GDDR5, KBoost at 1.4 Ghz ACX 2.0 Cooler by EVGA.
An In Win (Forgot the model) white case.
Some random Sata DVD burner I had.
And a biostar Full ATX motherboard (FM2)
This puppy is made for gaming, rendering, and programming large games.
It does good at all of it pretty much maxing out any game you throw at it,
and finishing a 1:30 hour render in about 30 minutes.
Also it runs NetBeans and VS 2013, so I'm happy about that. :-+
Share yours below, or comment on other people's builds! I want to see what you use! :)
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a GeForce GTX 970, 1664 CUDA cores 4 GB GDDR5, KBoost at 1.4 Ghz ACX 2.0 Cooler by EVGA.
That is 3.5GB + 0.5GB >:D
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Fine. Idc it ran games fine before, it will still run them fine.
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Here's mine
-MIGHTY i3, second most expensive version
-MSI Radeon 6950 2GB reference card (got it second hand for half price)
-8gb ram
-big SSD
-smaller SSD
-big green really heavy case
-dust (lots)
-semi-broken 3.5" front panel card reader/fan controller thingy
-Antec 750W PSU
-Super nice LG blu-ray disk drive
-Cheap Gigabyte mobo
It plays anything I want it to fine, so I've had no reason to fiddle with it. I used to play PC games quite a lot, but I've not even started Steam in nearly two years now. However fun it may be, I can always find something more productive to do instead sitting on the PC for hours.
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hmm, I don't even know what's in my crate anymore. *runs lshw*
- Core 2 Quad Q8300, 2.5 GHz
- 4 GB of DDRsomething at 800 MHz
- MSI G31TM-P35 board
- 500 GB hard disk, WD5000AAKS-0
- Some Radeon HD 5000 series (neither lshw nor lspci knows which one it is and I don't remember, probably the cheapest one)
- NFI what power supply I've got, but it hasn't fallen over yet
- dust
- box
- USB wifi dongle
Clearly this is not a gaming rig ;) Though it was no cold molasses when I built it
As it's my work/layout machine the key is what's plugged into it - a pair of somewhat large LCD monitors, a Model M, a trackball "mouse" and an Agilent GPIB card ;D
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Intel Core i5 4670k 3.4GHz
Mushkin 16GB DDR3 1866MHz
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H
Cooler Master TPC-812
Diamond Radeon R9 295x2 8GB
Crucial M4 256GB SSD
Samsung 840 500GB SSD
2x Seagate 4TB HDD
Antec HCP-1000 Platinum PSU
Cooler Master HAF XB
Been meaning to overclock the CPU, but honestly I'm not really bottlenecked by it, and I've been having odd stability issues I haven't been able to trace the cause of.
Peripherals:
Qnix QX2710 27" 2560x1440 IPS monitor @112Hz
KBC Poker II, Cherry MX Brown switch
Cooler Master Mizar mouse
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These are all cool builds!
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Since a picture says more than a thousand words, i will show a (old) photo of my setup.
You guys figure out the rest... (Okay, i had 5 minutes of boredom, so i looked up my specs. See below...)
By the way, notice the ropy contraption at the left corner of the graphics card. I guess that was about 2..3 years ago when i attempted to prevent the cards butt flapping in the wind in case i move the PC around. I have to say, I am not proud of that ;D I removed it after a short time, replacing it with a proper rubber bumper between the CPU/RAM cooler and the back of the graphics card...
Case: Silverstone Temjin TJ08-E
PSU: Seasonic X-650 Gold (totally overpowered for my configuration, but i had the PSU already and it is semi-fanless)
CPU: i7-3770 (no K version, because 3770k does not have VT-d)
CPU cooler: Prolimatech Genesis
Board: Asus P8Z77-M Pro
RAM: 32GB
Graphics: Asus GTX670-DC2-2GD5
System SSD: Samsung SSD830 128GB
Storage: 2x 2TB RAID-0 HDDs (Green WD)
Sound: Asus Xonar Essence STX
Other components: Lite-On iHES11 DVD, Dell keyboard + HP mouse
OS: Windows 7 Pro x64
Displays: 2x 23" 1920x1080 e-IPS displays, landscape+portrait (Fujitsu P23T-6, Dell U2312HM)
Backup: Self-built FreeNAS-powered NAS with 12TB total usable capacity (only for private use, no high throughput required)
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 260
RAM: 16GB ECC
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M
HDDs: 6x 3TB (RaidZ2) 2x 2TB (Mirrored)
(P.S.: It might look like me being an Asus fanboy. I ain't. It just so happened that Asus components were often the best fit for my particular requirements...)
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Knotted string, Heath Robinson award for Gonzo! :)
Got:
I5 2500K
Asrock Z77 extreme 6 (I think 6)
16GB Corsair 1866 RAM
Couple of Nvidea 260 GTX (these were free!)
Antec quatro 1.2Kw PSU
Fractal Designs Define R4 case.
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ASUS P8Z68V-LX Mobo
Intel i7 3770K
Corsair 750W PSU
16Gb Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer
2*240Gb SSDs (boot / video editing)
2*1Tb HDDs (storage)
GTX750Ti (soon to be a GTX570)
2* Iiyama 21.5" 1080 monitors
Some cheap CoolerMaster case
...and a really really old original Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 1.0, must be well over 10 years old, gone yellow and all the clicks have gone out of the scroll wheel, i cant bring myself to change it... it's like your favorite jumper that has holes in it! :-DD
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Really cool! While building my PC I had to ghetto mount a fan. I got a 2pin fan off an old PSU that went bust. The 2 pin connector doesn't fit into any 3pin headers, so I took a Molex to 3pin fan adapter, chopped the connector off, and hard soldered it to the fan.
Also it's a 140 mm fan and my case can only hold 120 mm so I had to wedge it into the case.
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intel DP55GW motherboard
I5-760 cpu
4 gig of ram
GTX7xx series graphics card
WD 1 Terabyte Enterprise drive (so called Black's, but the ones specifically made for enterprise. They have their model number in a yellow box on the drive label. ) as boot volume
WD 1 Terabyte Enterprise drive as backup
Win 7 32 bit
Runs everything i want/need. I have at least 5 more of those motherboards laying around. And piles of those drives.
I have 4 of those machines at home. All identical. Makes it easy to re-image.
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Intel i5 3570k under a scythe Mugen 3 Rev B cooler
16GB Corsair XMP3 1600MHz RAM
Asus P8Z77-V Pro motherboard
Sapphire HD 7850 2GB graphics card. AMD=PITA drivers, but performs OK
Samsung 840 250GB SSD
WDC Red 3TB
Seagate 2TB drive (but failing, bad series, lots of complaints on web :palm:)
Fractal Design Define R3 case
A bunch of Scythe case fans, which only spin up at high load (silent computing :-+ )
Dell U2312HM monitor
Dell U2414HM monitor
Logitech G500s mouse
Logitech K400 keyboard. Seriously not ideal for typing comfort, but it's very compact on a crowded bench + works well off the bench as well (like a couch).
I now run Linux Mint 17 on this machine, but I still have a Windows installation for some games which cannot run on LM17.
I've been planning to upgrade my graphics card to NVIDIA for some time (GTX960 or 970), but recently I got a PS4 instead to offload my gaming needs out of the PC world. This has been a logical choice for me for various other reasons, although I strongly believe that PC gaming is much cheaper (Steam sales..) and attractive to many.
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All my machines are now Intel Xeon's on a Supermicro board with ECC RAM and I've never looked back. Most solid machines I've ever used.
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AMD FX-8320 with Zerotherm FZ120 heatsink and Noctua fan
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
16 GB DDR3 Corsair Low Profile
Sapphire Radeon 7770 Ghz Edition 1GB ddr5
Samsung 2494HM (1920x1080)
Samsung T240 (1920x1200)
Disk Drive HGST HDN 724040ALE640 SATA Disk Device (3726 GB)
Disk Drive ST2000DL 003-9VT166 SATA Disk Device (2000 GB, 5900 RPM, SATA-III)
Disk Drive WDC WD10 02FAEX-00Y9A0 SATA Disk Device (1000 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-III)
Disk Drive WDC WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0 SATA Disk Device (2000 GB, SATA-III)
DVD-RW HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH20NS15
Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert (analogue tv tuner)
Seasonic X-650 psu
Aerocool XPredator full tower case
Picture below is a bit old
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Jeez these are old cards.
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mines a heap of crap and i hate it, not sure of the specs but 3g ram , 320g hd , geforce 1 something lol
every game i play has to be on min settings
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i5 2500k
MSI P67A-c43 board (with the fixed SATA controller)
8GB Crucial ram
960GB Crucial M500 SSD
2x WD 500GB Black (WD5002ABYS) in (onboard) raid 0
MSI R6970 lightning 2GB
Antec Solo 2 case
Dell 2007WFP and Dell 1703FPt
This graphics card... I had to buy a new case for it, it's basically a fullsize card. The heatsink is so heavy it warped the board and actually didn't make proper contact, It is now held on with an extra tie-wrap. On the box it had a picture of a jet fighter, that's what it sounds like if you stress it. I think it has a TDP of 250w...
The SSD is by far the best thing ever. Load times are pretty much non-existant. Only downside is that every other computer now feels painfully slow, especially laptops.
The raid 0 setup has been disturbingly reliable. I created it on my previous pc, a core2duo (with also an Intel chipset). It was just a matter of plugging them in my current machine and enabling raid in the bios and it magically worked. So much for all those horror stories about onboard raid 0 compatibility issues.
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I built mine for realtime video (as seen in my blog post) about 6 months or so ago, and secondary to that CAD and Sketchup with V-Ray. Reliability was a big factor in parts choice also.
All in all, I'm pretty happy with it, but next one will be Xeon I think, because even with all that grunt, 3D renders still take a looooong time.
i7 4790k
Noctua NH U14 Air Cooler (Recommend)
4 x 8Gb G Skill Trident X DDR3 3000 RAM (my wallet didn't like this)
ASUS Maximus VII Hero Motherboard (Really like this)
Corsair 1200w Modular PSU
2 x Crucial CT512MX SSD
2Tb Samsung Platter Drive
2 x EVGA GTX980 4Gb 'Superclock' version (I bought my SO shoes so that when she found out how much I spent on this, she didn't really care as much)
2 x ASUS MX279 Monitors (love these)
EDIT: I always check out the old (but always updated) Atomic forum 'kitlist' post to get a good guide of the price/ performance sweetspot when doing a new build.
http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php/topic/13969-parts-guide/ (http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php/topic/13969-parts-guide/)
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Lessee...
i7 3930k @ 4.2 GHz (stock is 3.2)
16GB DDR3-1600 RAM
Geforce GTX 780 card
Samsung 830 256GB SSD
Seagate somethingorother 2TB HDD
Corsair HX850i PSU
Antec P280 case
Random pile of watercooling kit (CPU only at the moment, haven't bothered with the GPU... yet.)
Plus a few servers for other needs.
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(http://i59.tinypic.com/bepow.jpg)
Core i7-3930k with 212 Evo
DX79SI
16GB 1600 DDR3
GTX 970 4GB
120mm Delta side panel fan with Cindy Wu sensorless DSP drive
900W Lainey Schmidt digital power system with PFC bypass
128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (/, ext4)
2x 1TB HDD RAID 0 (/bulk, ext4)
It's from about 3 years ago, except the GPU which I had upgraded to run my 4K monitor.
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My latest PC (purchased not built):
$139.80 taxes included
(Open Box) DC8000 Desktop Computer Off Lease Refurbished; Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Processor 3.0GHz; Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit; 4GB DDR3-1333 RAM; 160GB Hard Drive; DVD-ROM Drive; Display Not Included
I added 2 250GB drives that a friend gave me and an extra 2GB of memory that came off my wife's $250 system after upgrading hers from 2GB to 4GB :)
This box is just for electronics and it can do all I need it to do :)
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Core i7-3930k with 212 Evo
DX79SI
16GB 1600 DDR3
GTX 970 4GB
120mm Delta side panel fan with Cindy Wu sensorless DSP drive
900W Lainey Schmidt digital power system with PFC bypass
128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (/, ext4)
2x 1TB HDD RAID 0 (/bulk, ext4)
It's from about 3 years ago, except the GPU which I had upgraded to run my 4K monitor.
I am curious and thus having two questions >:D
1. Who is Lainey Schmidt?
2. What is a "PFC bypass", what's its purpose? (I would read this as bypassing/disabling "power factor correction", but doing that makes little sense to me :-// )
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My main "go to" PC is still a Core 2 Duo with 2 gig of ram, 6 terabytes of HDD, 256 gig SSD, and an 8800 GTX :P It's also my main development PC, but I also have distcc running on every machine on my network to help with bigger builds. If I used VMs at all this machine would have probably being retired a long time ago though.
I've a nice little gaming/media PC too though that only really gets used when my main one can't do full settings at 1080p, surprisingly that's only just becoming a regular occurrence. That's a quad core i5, 16 gig of ram, and a 760 ti.
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Any of you EU gamers play online games?
Think we could meet for a giggle in some free game, EEVBlogSmash!
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Any of you EU gamers play online games?
Think we could meet for a giggle in some free game, EEVBlogSmash!
I could set up a Steam group (EEVBlogGamers?) if anyone knows if that'd be OK with Dave et al.
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Hail gaben.
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Any of you EU gamers play online games?
Think we could meet for a giggle in some free game, EEVBlogSmash!
I could set up a Steam group (EEVBlogGamers?) if anyone knows if that'd be OK with Dave et al.
Would be best to get permission from Dave first IMHO.
A steam group will work for all members across the globe too, a TS server as well and we are all set for some shenanigans :)
Hail gaben.
You never know EEVBlog on steam might be worth the weight :D
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We could play rounds of doom or quake if anyone has it. I can host.
If anyone is open to new things and liked the sonic genesis games we can try a fan game called Sonic Robo Blast 2.
It's a 3D sonic game based off the doom engine, and it's a 3D sonic game done right. Totally free and I am willing to host a server.
And it's doom engine. I have an IBM 325 server that can play it. XD
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I have Anno 2070, Payday 1/2, Borderlands 2 and not much else. I also haven't played any of them in a while so I'm a bit rusty :)
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PlanetSide 2 is free to download and free to play(can get it through Steam).
Drive tanks, fly aircraft, run and gun, infiltrate, repair or heal.
1000 players on 64Km map.
If EU, then join Miller server as Vanu Sovreignety.
I am lowly player there (aiming for 0.5 K/D!), but I can help if only to drive you round and explain things.
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There is Star Trek online on steam or Arc. If your a fan of MMORPGs and Star Trek you'll love it.
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Specifically built for my YT channel video rendering & workshop Dev PC.
i7-4770 (3.4GHz) cpu
8gb DDR3 ram
64-bit Win7
Nvidia GeForce GT640
Asus Z97M Plus mb
WDC WD1002FBYS (enterprise server 24/7 rated) 1tb drive C
Hitachi 1tb drive D
And here it is, she sits under a workbench in my workshop.
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Mac Mini Server 2012
i7 3615QM
16GB RAM
2 x 256GB internal SSD, one for native operating system partitions, other for programs and development
1 x 512GB external eSATA SSD for various VMs
Startech 20Tb eSata hardware RAID 5 ad hoc archive drive
Elgato Thuderbolt 2 Dock
Lacie Thunderbolt dual eSata
3 x AOC U2868 4k monitors, one on the end of the Thunderbolt/displayport chain, two on two USB 3.0 DisplayLink adapters
Manhatten Mondo 28 port USB hub
Windows 8.1 x64
StorageCraft ShadowProtect for weekly full backup to external server, hourly incremental
No water cooling, no frills, no games, no endless fiddling about, this has all my work on it!
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Core i7 something
16Gb RAM - Kingston I think
2 x 240Gb Samsung EVO boot volume (RAID 1)
6 x 2Tb Western Digital in a RAID10 volume - general storage
3 x Asus EN9800GTX
DVB-S freeview decoder
Motherboard is Asus from memory
No games... All EE related stuff.
Top photo is the box
Bottom photo is the early stages of me building my lab
Why 6 monitors you ask?
Because I can... >:D
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/share-your-pc-build/?action=dlattach;attach=137498;image)
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/share-your-pc-build/?action=dlattach;attach=137500;image)
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Core i7 something
16Gb RAM - Kingston I think
2 x 240Gb Samsung EVO boot volume (RAID 1)
6 x 2Tb Western Digital in a RAID10 volume - general storage
3 x Asus EN9800GTX
DVB-S freeview decoder
Motherboard is Asus from memory
No games... All EE related stuff.
Top photo is the box
Bottom photo is the early stages of me building my lab
Why 6 monitors you ask?
Because I can... >:D
Thats cool. 8) :-+
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Thanks tautech.
The box is getting a bit old now - about 4 years.
I am in the middle of designing the spec for a new one.
I think I will go back to just 2 monitors though - maybe 4K... :)
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Core i7 something
16Gb RAM - Kingston I think
2 x 240Gb Samsung EVO boot volume (RAID 1)
6 x 2Tb Western Digital in a RAID10 volume - general storage
3 x Asus EN9800GTX
DVB-S freeview decoder
Motherboard is Asus from memory
Nice box. Good old 9800GTX. Had one too until 3 years ago. And at work at that time a Quadro FX4800 :)
Why 6 monitors you ask?
Let me guess... (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_Miniatur_Wunderland_Computer.jpg) (everybody starts small ;D )
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There are a few times when my 2 just aren't enough, at least my MB will support 3 monitors....more space needed.
I3 3.3G
Asus P8B75-M MB
12 G ram
60 G SSD
500 G HD
2x 1 G HD
Coolermaster PSU
Dual boot to Win 7 or 8
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Are those the old aspect ration screens MrB?
Might be a cost efficient way of doing things if so.
Either way I like it :)
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Are those the old aspect ration screens MrB?
Yes they are.
They cost me nothing, so I chose to use them instead of buying new ones.
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/16558363296_c5c3ae944c_o.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/15964583453_d0153da8d5_o.jpg)
this is my HTPC system, just built a few months ago.
using:
cpu: haswell 45w i7 chip (4 real cores, 8 threads), the i7-4790t
http://ark.intel.com/products/80809/Intel-Core-i7-4790T-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz (http://ark.intel.com/products/80809/Intel-Core-i7-4790T-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz)
case: streacom fc8-evo
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00958DB9U (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00958DB9U)
ram: 16gb low profile
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A14ZT8I/ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A14ZT8I/)
psu: pico-psu 160w (overkill, but not too expensive)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TWE6B8 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TWE6B8)
disk: samsung ssd
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-120GB-mSATA3-Solid-Retail/dp/B00HT2RNSO (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-120GB-mSATA3-Solid-Retail/dp/B00HT2RNSO)
and that's about it. not many parts, but its supposed to be a minimal build.
added/unexpected bonus: when I bought a new tv (vizio 39" m-series) and connected it up with win7, I was able to set the refresh at true 120hz for 1920x1080p. wow, 120hz really makes a HUGE difference, and its using just the onboard intel video.
I have a pair of media bridges (asus 68u) that link the htpc with my nas and the rest of my home network. getting good link speed, too:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/16558879022_b277677e6f_b.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/D5MY6kK.jpg)
Found a good pic of mine. I've since replaced the PSU (from 750W Bronze to 1000W Platinum) and fixed up the cable management, but otherwise that's current.
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Caselabs Merlin SM8
Corsair AX1200i power supply
EVGA Classified Z97
Intel i7 4790K
2x SanDisk Extreme Pro @240GB, RAID1
32GB DDR3@2133
Asus Strix GTX970
EK water blocks
alphacool radiators
Corsair SP fans
Aquaero 5 fan/pump controller
D5 pump
Yeah, it's watercooled. Call it overkill or a waste. No worries. I call it fun - and silent.
PS: All file storage is NAS using a core i3 on a Mini ITX, 16GB, LSI 9211 HBAs, and 8x 2TB WD Reds in a mirrored stripe via NAS4Free.
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Corsair AX1200i power supply
1200W PSU? Are the waterpumps that hungry, or do you have 2x GTX970?
PS: All file storage is NAS using a core i3 on a Mini ITX, 16GB, LSI 9211 HBAs, and 8x 2TB WD Reds in a mirrored stripe via NAS4Free.
I hope you don't use ZFS volumes for backup purposes... (afaik i3 doesn't support ECC memory)
In all likelihood you don't, otherwise you wouldn't have an LSI 9211 in your box :)