Post your gaming setup!

**Drunkenvalley** · 2013-01-09, 09:38 PM

I got myself a bunch of drill-bits and stuff, so I deriveted the 600T's 5.25" bay and drilled holes for mounting the D5 pump-res combo on. The result? Pretty neat.

This may be just a test-run. I'm undecided whether to build the particular setup being considered in the 600T or the 650D; the first has more watercooling potential, but will be a lot more work before I can call it complete. The 650D hasn't been touched, and I don't have to with the rads I've planned from the start, so I'm undecided on this one.

**CheezusCrust** · 2013-01-09, 11:20 PM

ALL THE PIXELS.

I still need to find a dual monitor stand so I can set the ASUS MW221U's up properly, but they're not available in Greenland. The closest I can get to that is a single monitor stand for $150 each.

Specs:
AMD FX-6300 w/NH-D14
Gigabyte GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 5450
Gigabyte 970A-UD3
Cooler Master Test Bench v1.0
Antec Earthwatts 550w PSU
128GB Kingston HyperX
1TB External USB 3.0

Peripherals:
1x Achieva Shimian 2560x1440
1x Xerox XM7 1680x1050
2x ASUS MW2212 1680x1050
1x Samsung S22B 1920x1080

QPad MK-80 MX Blue
Logitech G400
Mionix Sargas 900 mousetable

Only noticing very light backlight bleeding on the Achieva Shimian, can only really see it when I make the monitor go full white. Other than that I haven't noticed any dead pixels or dust.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2013-01-09, 11:41 PM

To be perfectly honest... it looks messy. =/

**Cyanotical** · 2013-01-09, 11:43 PM

it's very spartan

**DeltrusDisc** · 2013-01-09, 11:46 PM

Also, who is the girl in the poster to the left? O.o

**CheezusCrust** · 2013-01-09, 11:48 PM

Tidied it up as much as I could without spending the entire day moving stuff around. (Even if I wanted to, I've got back problems)

The girl is my niece, something she hung up when I was in Denmark I think.

**n0cturnal** · 2013-01-09, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by inux94

Only noticing very light backlight bleeding on the Achieva Shimian, can only really see it when I make the monitor go full white. Other than that I haven't noticed any dead pixels or dust.

What?! Backlight bleeding is noticeable in dark settings, not white ^^

**tetrisGOAT** · 2013-01-09, 11:51 PM

I prefer an enclosed case, myself /shrug

And I think he might be talking about either IPS glow or LED-clouding.

**Xuvial** · 2013-01-10, 12:11 AM

Well my whole "wooo lets remove the drive cage and stack drives on top each other like they're pancakes" idea went out the window as soon as I got my 3rd drive -_-
While separating the drives with bits of sponge worked out wonderfully because my HDD became almost completely silent, the whole stack toppled into my 120mm bottom intake when I wasn't around. FFFFFFFFFFUCK. Luckily the fan seems to be alright.

So the cage went back in...

...and strangely enough, the issues I was having with the side-panels not fixing on properly also went away. Apparently the drive cage is helping to support the case structure, keeping it 100% straight. Who knew?

**tetrisGOAT** · 2013-01-10, 12:13 AM

Why not buy a 4-in-3, 5.25" HDD adapter? Or 3-in-2. Disregarding structural integrity.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2013-01-10, 12:19 AM

Always loved your rig and internals, Xuvial. Give us a new whole desk picture!

Also... so I am guessing the computer was off when it all fell? =S

**Xuvial** · 2013-01-10, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by tetrisGOAT

Why not buy a 4-in-3, 5.25" HDD adapter? Or 3-in-2. Disregarding structural integrity.

Cables. I would have to find a way to make a power cable + 3 sata cables go across the middle, the only option would be to route them from the top and them have them drop down to the drives if I was to keep the middle "gap" cable-free. No-go since the top area is already full with all the cables coming from front panel fan controller/usb/eSata/dvd/etc.

Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc

Always loved your rig and internals, Xuvial. Give us a new whole desk picture!

Also... so I am guessing the computer was off when it all fell? =S

...nope it was on. Came back from shopping, oh look my Samsung 830 is trying to make babies with the AF120. How curious :P

edit: As for a desk picture, about 10 million objects of random junk are currently occupying the table. It seems to be human tendency to automatically fill clean areas with junk, so I'm currently in the middle of a big cleanup mission + vacuuming.

**DeltrusDisc** · 2013-01-10, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by Xuvial

...nope it was on. Came back from shopping, oh look my Samsung 830 is trying to make babies with the AF120. How curious :P

Oh. Thought it was a HDD, not an SSD that fell.

Well, now I don't give a damn! :P

**noteworthynerd** · 2013-01-10, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by Xuvial

http://i.imgur.com/9MfYc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/z2082.jpg

Man that is tidy! Tidiness is one of the things I miss most about bigger cases, but the convenience of easily transporting my tiny case wins out every time...

I also like the Sabertooth boards the more I see them.

**CheezusCrust** · 2013-01-10, 01:30 AM

Originally Posted by n0cturnal

What?! Backlight bleeding is noticeable in dark settings, not white ^^

I derped, was in a hurry when I posted it :P

It's at the bottom left part, but as I said barely noticeable. Very, very satisfied with the monitor ^w^ (And the rest of the build)

The PCI-e on the GPU's are warping a tiny bit, but it's miniscule

**at05gt** · 2013-01-10, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Xuvial

Well my whole "wooo lets remove the drive cage and stack drives on top each other like they're pancakes" idea went out the window as soon as I got my 3rd drive -_-
While separating the drives with bits of sponge worked out wonderfully because my HDD became almost completely silent, the whole stack toppled into my 120mm bottom intake when I wasn't around. FFFFFFFFFFUCK. Luckily the fan seems to be alright.

So the cage went back in...

"images used to be here"

"here as well"

...and strangely enough, the issues I was having with the side-panels not fixing on properly also went away. Apparently the drive cage is helping to support the case structure, keeping it 100% straight. Who knew?

I have similiar issue with my Ostrog, it has 5 3.5" bays, 2 are solid to the case in a bottom mounted standard orientation bay, the other 3 are in a 90 degree rotated (read the ass of the drives faces the side panel window), removable, tool less (has these slider things that snap in and remind me of Dell hdd rails) cage that sits behind the front 120mm intake. The cage has very few ventilation holes to it, so to be able to use the front intake as an intake (like its designed) you have to remove the drive cage. Which leaves you with space for 2 drives........ I'll throw some pics up of what the hell I'm talking about this weekend, work and college run my life currently so not alot of free time.

BTW those fans look vaguely familiar..... really can't place where I've seen them.... oh ya that's right cause I've got 4 in my case as well.

WTB photography lessons from some of you guys, your pics are amazing, mine always turn out looking like crap. Too much flash, too dark, yada yada.

**Zeara** · 2013-01-10, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by Xuvial

Well my whole "wooo lets remove the drive cage and stack drives on top each other like they're pancakes" idea went out the window as soon as I got my 3rd drive -_-
While separating the drives with bits of sponge worked out wonderfully because my HDD became almost completely silent, the whole stack toppled into my 120mm bottom intake when I wasn't around. FFFFFFFFFFUCK. Luckily the fan seems to be alright.

Cant you try something with zipties? To tie them down to the bottom of the case, or something like that.

**Xuvial** · 2013-01-10, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Zeara

Cant you try something with zipties? To tie them down to the bottom of the case, or something like that.

Huh...didn't even think of that. *headdesk*
Anyway I like the drive cage ^_^

**Ninjaxl** · 2013-01-10, 05:43 PM

Finally got myself together and moved my old table from parents house. Now a lot more space on the desk and can finally put PC back on the table

New monitor looks huge from the back lol

**n0cturnal** · 2013-01-10, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by Ninjaxl

Finally got myself together and moved my old table from parents house. Now a lot more space on the desk and can finally put PC back on the table

[.IMG]http://i.imgur.com/th1Jrl.jpg[/IMG]
[.IMG]http://i.imgur.com/E3tAXl.jpg[/IMG]
New monitor looks huge from the back lol

Nice setup but that chair looks horrible.

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