Post your gaming setup!

[Drunkenvalley]

Out of curiosity, why're you going IB again?
Or: Why wait now with the bad news coming? If you're waiting for your cooler I'd just replace it with a Corsair H60 as well at this point, given the poor overclocks we're seeing after all. :<

[Bastiram]

CPU: Intel i5-2500k 4x3.30GHz (Turbo 3.70GHz) Oc to 4,5
Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 B3 Sandy Bridge
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212
Ram: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance (2x4)
Hdd: Werstern digital black 1000 GB 7200 rpm 64MB
SSD: Samsung 830 128 gb
Graphics: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC (1 GB)
Power Supply: Antec earthwatts 650W

[Asera]

Haven't been around in a while, but I recently took a swing at the MiniITX platform. Primary function will be HTPC, but it will double as a small travel friendly workstation. I'm going to Vancouver in a couple of weeks, so I figured now was a good time to build something like this!



Stats:
Silverstone Sugo SG05B Chassis w/ basic 350W PSU
Asus P8H61-I
Intel Core i3 2100
2x2GiB Corsair Value DDR3-1333
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12

When I go to Vancouver, I am nabbing the GeForce GTS250 from my office workstation to use in it, moving my GTX 560Ti from home to the office in case anyone needs to use that machine, and leaving my home tower off, I guess. I'm kind of regretting not going for the 450W version of the Sugo, but at the same time, fitting the 560Ti in that little case might be more trouble than it's worth.

Images:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_motherboard1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_motherboard2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_motherboard3.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_build1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_build2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_build3.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_build4.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30058556/exc_build5.jpg

I'll have more pictures later, when I nab the GTS250 this weekend to test fit it and get it running.

[Alka]

My PC is located behind the wall in my over size walk in closet,that small box is my 12" sub woofer for my surround system, all my wiring feed through the wall down below and hookup to the pc that is on a tv stand along with my stereo receiver, which is also my speaker system for my room/PC. This way any heat that is given off is in the closet, not my room. PS I have an AC vent in the closet so it does still stay cool.

lol, how do you keep your PC dust free, 2 weeks and i get so much dust in my PC, desk, monitors, everywhere. sucks

[got3n]

lol, how do you keep your PC dust free, 2 weeks and i get so much dust in my PC, desk, monitors, everywhere. sucks

Well I do clean my room/house on a weekly basis so dust isnt really an issue. I just dust the PC and my entertainment equipment and it stays pretty clean. I have filters on my intake fans so the inside of the pc is semi dust free, and when I do need to clean it out I have a PC vacuum I bought and works very well.

[noteworthynerd]

Friendly "stay on topic" reminder. If you wanna talk about dust filtering/PC cleaning, feel free to move the discussion to the Computer Forum Chat thread or make a thread.

[Xuvial]

edit: woops went off topic.

Nice mini-ITX build you've got there Asera.

[Airin]

Haven't been around in a while, but I recently took a swing at the MiniITX platform. Primary function will be HTPC, but it will double as a small travel friendly workstation. I'm going to Vancouver in a couple of weeks, so I figured now was a good time to build something like this!

<snip picture>

Stats:
Silverstone Sugo SG05B Chassis w/ basic 350W PSU
Asus P8H61-I
Intel Core i3 2100
2x2GiB Corsair Value DDR3-1333
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12

Yay another Mini ITX builder. Though for different reasons. Looks like a nice build you have there.
I went with the 600w SG07 for mine (Thread in Sig) and it worked out perfectly, I wish you luck on your GTS 250 travels

[Resinderate]

So I finally finished my build yay \o/

Fairly happy with it so far and no real major fuck ups seemed to have shown up ^^

Specs:

i5 2500k @ 4.8GHz
H100 in push/pull (4x Arctic Cooling F12's , 2 PWM)
ASRock z77 Extreme4
Gigabyte Windforce x3 GTX 680 OC (Boost on 1180MHz for now)
1.5TB WD Caviar Black
128GB Crucial M4
4x 4GB Corsair Vengeance LP White
850w NZXT Hale90
NZXT Sentry Mix
Asus XONAR DG 5.1 (Not in pics)
And of course the precious Arc Midi to hold it all! With some painted mesh


And the pics o/ (Excuse the general mess )













And an old pic of my kip of a desk, but the layout hasn't changed unfortunately ^^



Thinking about maybe putting one of the spare H100 corsair fans in the floor, but airflow seems fine for the minute, kept shivering all day sitting next to this thing! With my headset on today I couldn't hear the 680 with it's fan on 90% so I don't think the noise should be an issue at least, we'll see

I think I'll have to make a sig now =]

Cheers everyone for all the help over the last 6 months or so with general queries and planning, couldn't have done it without you!

//Resi

[Rennadrel]

Ordered myself an Antec P280 case today, going to pick it up tomorrow along with a Z77 board. I will be even closer to my final build, minus the liquid cooling of course, as I decided I am going to stick with air cooling so long as I get the right GPU, my H80 is cooling nicely anyway.

[Notarget]

So I finally finished my build yay \o/

I love the white painted mesh. Nice white/black build. Is that fan control on the front?

[Asera]

So I finally finished my build yay \o/

Fairly happy with it so far and no real major fuck ups seemed to have shown up ^^

I really like the paint job on the mesh, really gives the Midi a nice depth, makes it look more costly than it really is. xD


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I nabbed my GTS250 from my office workstation for the weekend to fit in and try, here's how it looks in this little case, with a couple better overall views:

[Adappy]

Very nice Asera, I'll be plugging in the power connection for that graphics card was a pain... looks like a tight fit

[Asera]

Very nice Asera, I'll be plugging in the power connection for that graphics card was a pain... looks like a tight fit

It helps to have small hands.

I need to figure out what card to buy to stick in this machine though, the GTS250 is way too loud. I didn't realize it was because of the noise pollution where I work...

Time to make a thread...

I got a Define XL case for my server this week too, I'll have pictures of that beast tomorrow most likely. <3

[Butler Log]

The focusing isn't the best, but what can I say, I have a shitty phone











Could have turned the fans around 180° so you see less of the cables, could have been a bit tidier down the bottom, but all in all I am quite happy. And it absolutely blitzes my old computer. I'm going to let it "settle in" for a week before overclocking anything though.

[Resinderate]

I love the white painted mesh. Nice white/black build. Is that fan control on the front?

Yep it's the Sentry Mix. It fits in neatly with the white LED's for numbers. Its controlling the 2 in the front, 1 in the back, and then the 2 on pull on the H100 atm.

[Rickz]

Soon™

[kidsafe]

Could have turned the fans around 180° so you see less of the cables, could have been a bit tidier down the bottom, but all in all I am quite happy. And it absolutely blitzes my old computer. I'm going to let it "settle in" for a week before overclocking anything though.

Your heatsink fans and exhaust fan are working against each other and both end up having less localized air pressure to work with...

[Butler Log]

How do you tell which way a fan will blow when it is switched on when it has no arrows marked?

[noteworthynerd]

How do you tell which way a fan will blow when it is switched on when it has no arrows marked?

Air goes with the "swoop". I don't really know how to explain it better than that, so I made this quick image: