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@BrettMatthews - Thanks for the heads-up on the pump failure issue! After much debate, I ended up using Asus AI software, instead of Corsair's link, for 5 way optimization, including fan control. This means the fans on the rad are plugged straight into cpu_fan and cpu_opt on the board (instead of into the pump), and they speed up/slow down based on cpu temps rather than rad temps. Should keep me nicely protected because the fans will go from silent to super loud if the pump fails and temps get out of control.

The machine was perfectly stable at 4.6ghz, but it seemed to make no difference in the games I play (all maxed thanks to the 1070 at 1440p), so I ultimately opted for a more conservative 4.3ghz OC, with my memory running at 3200, and whisper mode for the fans. So far so good!

 

Core i5 4590
9800GTX+
Hyper 212+
8GB 2133Mhz RAM
Z97 Extreme 3
1 TB HDD
Switch 810 SE
XFX PRO 550W

 

Nothing fancy. I built this last Spring and couldn't be happier - perfect for music replay and general photo/file management for the family.

i3-4370
Gigabyte Z97-HD3
Crucial Ballistix 4G
EVGA Supernova 550 G2
SanDisk 240G x2, 480G x1 SSD, and an old lonely Seagate 250G HDD for rando OSs I want to play around with
repurposed something or other DVD drive from a 9 yr old Dell
Fractal Designs Define 5 sitting on some fancy ass patio blocks that match my carpet
Mechanical Keyboards Disco (Ducky OEM)
shitty Logitech mouse

Running Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and Hackintosh El Capitan. Music/FLAC files on a dedicated SSD, running DeadBeef on low-latency Xubuntu and Ubuntu 14.04 on another SSD with PulseAudio disabled, and the Hackintosh on the 3rd SSD with Clover as boot loader. I have another 4G Crucial RAM but isolated it as a problem with a hanging BIOS that wouldn't boot to an OS after numerous connecting/reconnecting SSDs to MOBO for OS installs. I haven't been arsed to attempt a reinstall of the card since the 'puter is blazing quick for my needs.

I'm ordering a Ducky mouse and leather wrist rest. I love the Disco keyboard.

 

Current gaming dedicated battle station:

6700k delidded @ 4,8GHz liquid metal
Evga 980ti @ 1508MHz
EKWB Predator 360 full loop
16GB DDR4 3000MHz cas 15
Asus Hero VIII
Samsung Pro 850 1TB
Fractal Design Define S
Seasonic xp2 660W
Acer xb271hu gsync
SBX7
And shitload of other IT gear

Mandatory potato shot:



Pros:
Decent overclocks
Adequate cooling
Slick looks
Decent performance for 1440p

Cons:
Bit too bulky by my standards
Can't beat the top air coolers in the noise department

Will be dismantled pretty soon once Jonsbo VR2 chassis is available in EU. Back to air cooling!

 

Have you considered waiting for the Kimera Cerberus? Jonsbo cases haven't had a good track record for cooling.

I've been waiting on the Cerberus for over a year though (have a brand new X99M-WS just for moving from mITX that's collecting dust).

 

Sure, I even took part in the Cerberus Kickstart which failed. Not gonna play the waiting game again.

Not all Jonsbo/Cooltek cases lack cooling performance, for example W2 has solid ventilation and thermal performance.
VR2 is pretty much Silverstone FT05 in smaller package with better cable management and looks. Inverted layout should contribute to decent cooling performance - at least in theory. Part of the fun is testing and tinkering by yourself. Will post impressions once I get my hands on the VR2.

 

Since Define S is the current theme:

 

@chakku Looks good, nice and clean cable management!

 

• CPU: CORE I7-4790K
• GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Superclocked 4GB
• Motherboard: GigaByte GA-Z97X-UD5H
• RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) UDIMM Memory BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00/ BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00
• DVD: Sony OPTIARC | AD-7261S-0B
• Case: Antec P183 Advanced Super Mid Tower Shell Case
• Power supply: Antec CP-850 850 Watt CPX Power Supply
• Antec Easy SATA trayless swap bay for 3.5” drives
• Vantec Storage MRK-525ST NexStar SE Removable Dual 2.5inch SATA HDD or SSD Rack

Drives:

• Boot: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series Media (256GB)
• Home: RAID Striped set (3 TB)
  • WD Black drives x 2 (1.5TB each)
• Backup: RAID Striped set (4 TB)
  • WD Red drives x 2 (2TB each)

OS: MacOS 10.11.6
Monitor: Dell U2711
Amp: Sony UDA-1
Speakers: MartinLogan Motion LX16 + cheap DefTech 8" sub

 

Just picked up a 750 series SSD, can't use it to boot until I get an NVMe compatible motherboard though..

Also noticed Fractal released a Define Mini C that I want, not even long after buying the Define S.

 

Installed some Noctua case fans in the PC and upgraded the gpu to an Asus GTX 1070 Strix OC.

 

Smart design. I now realised I should change my case airflow a bit.

Upgraded my GPU and PSU recently. MSI GTX 1060 6GB 6GT and Seasonic 520 M12II EVO Bronze. Cable management definitely looks better now.

GTX1060 is super awesome for 1080p.

Yup, i already hacked my GPU cooler little bit... Running GPU fans from MOBO fan controller, using SpeedFan to get fans to 15% at idle. Meaning custom temperature/fan curve using GPU temp sensor. SpeedFan lets you use case fans with GPU t sensor, which is also useful. With stock 6GT GPU you can tune fans to only 30%-40% at idle, too much ambient noise for me. A little work, but everything is automated, cool and silent!

Updated specs.

Processor: Intel 3570k OC 4.2GHz
Motherboard: MSI Z77 G45
Cooling: Alpenföhn CPU Cooler BitFenix 120mm fan
Memory: Corsair V. 1600mHz 8GB
Video Card(s): MSI GTX 1060 6GT 6GB
Case: Bitfenix Shinobi
Power Supply: Seasonic 520 M12II EVO Bronze
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB
HDD: WD Green 2TB
Mouse: G502
Keyboard: CM Quickfire Ultimate MX Brown
Mousepad: SteelSeries 4HD

 

Built my current PC back on early January 2011 as an Xmas present for myself.

The original configuration was:

Case: Silverstone FT-02WRI Limited Ed.
Processor: i7 930 (OC dynamically to 4.0Ghz)
Heatsink: Noctua NH D-14
Board: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Rev. 2
Ram: 12Gb (6x2Gb) Kingston Hyper-X 1600Mhz XMP
Video: 2 x Gigabyte GV-N480SO-15I GTX480 SOC
2 x OCZ Vertex 2 50Gb SSD Sata II (In Raid 0) - System
1Tb Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata III - Data
Bluray Writer: Pioneer BDR-205
Wifi: Asus PCE-N13
Psu: Nesteq XS-1000 1000w PSU Gold (one of the earliest Gold rated PSU at that time)
Monitor: Dell U2410
Keyboard: SteelSeries 7G
Mouse: Razer Mamba
Speaker: BlueSky EXO 2.1
OS: Windows 3.1c (Joking....)

6 years on the running, things replaced were the two 50gb SSD for a 120gb PCIe Revodrive 3, the 1Tb WD HD for a 4GB WD Red Pro HD, and added a Lamptron FC Touch Fan Controller.

 

What a monster of a cpu cooler!

 

Noctua D14, added another 140mm fan at the exhaust. Baddest out there at that time. Now second after D15.

Need it to go 4.0-4.2Ghz (from 2.8Ghz stock) without going water.

After 6 yrs, still running at 4.0Ghz.

 

The wait for Ryzen begins

 

Pictures of my entire desk setup http://imgur.com/a/fHje9

GTX 1080 FE
i7 4770k @ 4Ghz
16GB DDR3 Corsair Ram
Z87 Mpower Mobo MSI
2x 250GB Samsung 850 EVo SSD's in Raid 0
1x 3tb Hitachi Storage HDD
Evga 1000W G2 PSU
Custom Painted H440 Inverted Black/White
Corsair H100i
Noctua Fans Galore (mainly nff12's.)


Logitech G810 Romer G keyboard
Logitech G502 Mouse
Glorious Mousemat and Wrist Rest
Yamaha Mixer MG10XU (mic interface)
Rode NT1 (newer model) microphone
Rode PSA1 Boom arm
SilverStone Monitor Riser
Dell P2715Q 27" 4k IPS monitor (Hence the GTX 1080)

As for audio stuff.
Schiit Uber Stack
HE-500 (Alpha Pads)
Audeze LCD2 (2016 drivers)
Audioquest Nighthawks
(I know the pictures have an hd650, I sold em).

planned upgrades: New Dac -> New Amp -> New Monitor/2nd Monitor -> 2nd GTX1080/Sell for 1080ti -> New CPU that isn't AMD Ryzen.

 

My current build (more or less)

Photo Editing Rig by Adam Mrugacz, on Flickr

CPU: i5 3570K @ 4.2 GHz
MoBo: Asus P8Z68-M Pro
RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB DDR3 2133
GPU: XFX 5450
CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-D14
Case: Silverstone TJ-08E
SSD Storage: 128 and 64 GB Crucial SSD
HDD Storage: 500 and 1500GB WD HDD

 

Built this around a year ago.
GTX 970, i5 4690k and 8gb RAM ~750gb worth of SSDs and Fractal Design R5 with custom white power led.

 

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My current 'setup'. Pardon the potato phone quality. Went for all the cozy tube colours on my glowy glowy stuff.

Been 'building' computers for close to a decade now, started tinkering with electronics when I was in second grade, did my first full desktop rig by myself when I was in grade.. 9 or 10. Still have the motherboard serial ingrained in my memory; M4A78T-E. It's been lots of fun as I've been able to afford fancier toys and rigs as I've gotten older and whatnot.

My latest desktop (before I sold it due to moving cities) was a 4690k, Radeon 290x's, some 200gb of SSD's, and 16 gigs of white LED RAM. Was going for a very clean and organized approach with it, sleek. Most pictures I have of it are before I put a liquid cooler in for the CPU to get rid of the... brick, but the first one has it in. I'm big on cable management, and on getting my friends into it when I help them build their rigs. Apologies for the turtle beaches in the last photo, this was before I popped my hifi cherry with the 598's!

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