Post your gaming setup!

[DeltrusDisc]

VenomousX, not so quiet, but it cools damn good.

Get the one I have, you will not be displeased! ;p

[Asmekiel]

Get the one I have, you will not be displeased! ;p

VenomousX    ->    NH-D14

[Cavus]

http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMAG0108.jpg

My Setup

Cable management: :'( I know

[DeltrusDisc]

VenomousX    ->    NH-D14

oh right... you little....

Btw, watch your inbox, I'm going to PM you something about OC'ing. Kay? Kay!

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My Setup

Cable management: :'( I know

Couple things, one, downsize the image so it's no larger than 800 pixels, it's against the rules here.

2. I once had bad cable management too, you know how I fixed it? I went to the hardware store, paid about $5 for a pack of like 100 zip ties, and came home and put like 2 hours dedicated JUST to cable management. Voila.

[Cyanotical]

Including the fact the AX1200 has 100A on one rail and my PC is not running from a grounded socket.

why isn't it grounded, thats kinda important

[Rixis]

oh right... you little....

Btw, watch your inbox, I'm going to PM you something about OC'ing. Kay? Kay!

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Couple things, one, downsize the image so it's no larger than 800 pixels, it's against the rules here.

2. I once had bad cable management too, you know how I fixed it? I went to the hardware store, paid about $5 for a pack of like 100 zip ties, and came home and put like 2 hours dedicated JUST to cable management. Voila.

this, so much this

also, your case even has slots for cable routing, and you have a modular psu, try cable routing with a regular psu, so much crappy wiring to hide !!

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...s/SDC10122.jpg - back

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...s/SDC10121.jpg - front

is how i have mine, if nothing else, tidying my cables was a great time sink, i love solving problems, and cables are problems that i got to spend a couple hours having fun solving :P

[Asmekiel]

why isn't it grounded, thats kinda important

Because there is no grounded socket in my house, except in the kitchen. But I need 25 meters of cable to get there -_-
Going for a little less to be safer:P One day I'm going to fix it.

[Orkela]

So what program should I use to test stability of my gfx card so I can try cranking it up some?

[DeltrusDisc]

Because there is no grounded socket in my house, except in the kitchen. But I need 25 meters of cable to get there -_-
Going for a little less to be safer:P One day I'm going to fix it.

So either a. you have a huge fucking house or b. you are upstairs or downstairs from the kitchen with your computer and probably on the other side of the house.

25 meters? oh come on you can do it! Totally safe! XD

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this, so much this

also, your case even has slots for cable routing, and you have a modular psu, try cable routing with a regular psu, so much crappy wiring to hide !!

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...s/SDC10122.jpg - back

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...s/SDC10121.jpg - front

is how i have mine, if nothing else, tidying my cables was a great time sink, i love solving problems, and cables are problems that i got to spend a couple hours having fun solving :P

that's creepy... the back of your case almost looks identical to mine. Do you have the NZXT Sentry 2 fan controller too? >_>

[Deleted]

So what program should I use to test stability of my gfx card so I can try cranking it up some?

There are plenty. Tessmark and Furmark are both well used afaik.

[Asmekiel]

So either a. you have a huge fucking house or b. you are upstairs or downstairs from the kitchen with your computer and probably on the other side of the house.

25 meters? oh come on you can do it! Totally safe! XD

Ok, maybe not 25, but 15 at least.. And ye, I live on the campus of the uni, 2 high.


-edit- waaaaaaaait a minute... I have 1 grounded socket in my room!!!! it's behind the wardrobe :P I probably can get there.

[Cyanotical]

Because there is no grounded socket in my house, except in the kitchen. But I need 25 meters of cable to get there -_-
Going for a little less to be safer:P One day I'm going to fix it.

step 1: buy new house

j/k


if you can, get 50 ft of copper wire, like the kind used to ground tv antenna's from lightning, attach one end to metal on your computer case, attach the other end to a metal cold water pipe

[Rixis]

So either a. you have a huge fucking house or b. you are upstairs or downstairs from the kitchen with your computer and probably on the other side of the house.

25 meters? oh come on you can do it! Totally safe! XD

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that's creepy... the back of your case almost looks identical to mine. Do you have the NZXT Sentry 2 fan controller too? >_>

a haf 912 case and a sentry 2 yes :P

[Deleted]

step 1: buy new house

j/k


if you can, get 50 ft of copper wire, like the kind used to ground tv antenna's from lightning, attach one end to metal on your computer case, attach the other end to a metal cold water pipe

Or just run it halfway through your garden and then straight down into the ground.

[OffC3nter]

I just built this about a week ago on a budget that was not terribly big.
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE @ 3.2ghz
mobo: Gigabyte 870A USB3
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu 8gb 2x4 1600mhz
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 550ti
Case: Cooler Master elite 430
Sound card: My old SB audigy platinum
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper n520
PSU: Corsair Builder series cx600v2
Hdd 500gb WD caviar black





Mind you there was a 600-700$ budget and the only thing that was useable from my old PC was the soundcard. I'm totally happy with it and its a massive upgrade from my old POS. Case has no cable management to speak of but some creative use of zip ties fix it up a bit, the cables are much more tidy then the pics actually show. One day down the line i would like to get a better video card but this was the best my budget allowed and fankly is plenty for what little i do.

[Deleted]

Mind you there was a 600-700$ budget and the only thing that was useable from my old PC was the soundcard. I'm totally happy with it and its a massive upgrade from my old POS. Case has no cable management to speak of but some creative use of zip ties fix it up a bit, the cables are much more tidy then the pics actually show. One day down the line i would like to get a better video card but this was the best my budget allowed and fankly is plenty for what little i do.

For such a tight budget that computer looks amazing. You could probably work on the cable-management a bit though. In either case, nice build!

[pansertjald]

got my 4,5GHz oc down to 1,340V now. its looking better and better.

i think i might even try to aim for 4,8GHz now. just waiting for the srews for my h100 rad, so i can run push/pull

[Cavus]

So the main reason my cable management was so bad is that my PSU has notoriusly short cables (the 8pin power cable made me rage). I have a bajillion zipties (like 20 spent on ghetto rigging a fan to the side panel and yet they charged me 5 bucks for like 100). Anyway I'll work on it and hopefully get some sweet pics of my ghetto rigged fan, etc!

EDIT: Also gonna do some overclocking (hopefully) tomorrow, I just am in desperate need for a guide on how to overclock an i5 2500k on a P8Z68-V-Pro (including software and whatnot). If anyone could hook me up with that I'd be super grateful!

[DeltrusDisc]

So the main reason my cable management was so bad is that my PSU has notoriusly short cables (the 8pin power cable made me rage). I have a bajillion zipties (like 20 spent on ghetto rigging a fan to the side panel and yet they charged me 5 bucks for like 100). Anyway I'll work on it and hopefully get some sweet pics of my ghetto rigged fan, etc!

EDIT: Also gonna do some overclocking (hopefully) tomorrow, I just am in desperate need for a guide on how to overclock an i5 2500k on a P8Z68-V-Pro (including software and whatnot). If anyone could hook me up with that I'd be super grateful!

http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...king-tips.html

zing!

[Cavus]

God damnit I spent like 4 hours scouring OCN for something basically exactly like that. :/

2 things:

Do I need to take things into special consideration on my board?
Is CPU Voltage that same as CPU Multiplier?